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Put on your kilt and get ready for a day of fun. The Scottish Heritage Festival is coming to the Linn County Fair and Expo Center in Albany from 9AM until 5PM on April 11. The theme of this years festival is “Sharing the Story and Experiencing the History.” Organizers say the purpose of the festival is to provide families and community members with outstanding entertainment while providing information on the influence of Celtic culture in the areas of science, medicine, industry, education, literature and government. Entertainment will feature the award winning Gothard Sisters who took the 2013 national award as the “Best New Irish Artists.” Also appearing will be the Golden Bough Celtic band just back from a tour of Europe and celebrating their 35th anniversary as a group. Local entertainers will include dancers from the Corvallis Celtic Arts Studio, the Eugene Highlander Pipe Band and the Kitchen Ceilidh, a Eugene-based all women singing group. There will be clans and various vendors featuring Celtic jewelry and other wares. Authentic Scottish food will also be available at the festival. Historic re-enactments will take place featuring the Northwest Jacobites, the Cameron Highlanders, the Knights of Varitas and the Court of Mary Queen of Scots. Highland game events will also be on display including the 3,000 year old Celtic game of hurling. Admission to the Scottish Heritage Festival is $10, seniors and students is $8 and children 12 and under are free. There will be no charge for parking at the fair and expo center. This is a great event for Albany and promises to be a truly unusual and memorable day for everyone attending.
New Life For A Corvallis Landmark by Rick Rogers
When the Whiteside Theater was built on the corner of S.W. Fourth and Madison Streets in downtown Corvallis in 1922, it was considered one of the most lavish and beautiful movie palaces in the state.It was built by brothers Samuel and George Whiteside, considered to be the founders of the movie business in Corvallis opening their first movie house in 1908.The building is the perfect example of Italian Renaissance architecture applied to a theater.The Whiteside family continued to operate it as a movie house until the 1980’s when it was sold to Tim Moyer and eventually Regal Cinemas.The Whiteside closed its doors in 2002 and was apparently headed for the wrecking ball, eventually becoming a retail space. That is when a group of local concerned citizens stepped up to the place and went before the Corvallis City Council in an attempt to save the venerable old theater with a plan to convert it into a community entertainment center for stage and movie presentations. The non-profit Whiteside Theater Foundation was born and with it came the beautiful renovation work that is being done today.
Louise-Annette Burgess, one of the founders of the Whiteside Theater Foundation, gets ready to open the snack bar.
For those who have never been inside the Whiteside, you are in for a treat.When it was built, the theater seated 1,135 people.The seating capacity was later reduced to 800.When you walk through the front doors you will find a lobby and auditorium that instantly transports you back to the days of movie palace opulence. A huge “sunburst” lighting fixture illuminates the auditorium with decorative accents at every turn.There is a full balcony and a mezzanine that features a lounge area where you can still see some of the buildings features that have been preserved over the years. The Foundation has worked hard to raise money and now features events throughout the year including concerts, films and more.They are currently seeking donations and help to upgrade the electrical systems in the building, expansion of the lobby and upgrades to the stage and dressing room areas.For more information and a list of scheduled events go online to their website at: www.whitesidetheater.org. Tours of the theater are scheduled for May 4 and July 6 for a $5 donation and is well worth the time to take an inside look at one of the mid-valley’s architectural treasures.
One of the beautiful ceiling decorations in the Whiteside’s mezzanine lounge.
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• FARMER’S MARKETS are starting to open in various cities and towns around the mid-valley. - ALBANY – Every Saturday, 9AM until 1PM, at the corner of 4th Ave. and Ellsworth St. starting on April 18. - CORVALLIS – Every Saturday and every Wednesday, 9AM until 1PM, corner of First and Jackson Sts. starting April 18. - LEBANON – Thursdays, 2PM until 6PM, corner of Main and Grant Sts. coming in May. - BROWNSVILLE – Every Saturday, 9AM until 1PM, corner of Main and Park Sts. coming in May. - SWEET HOME – Every Saturday, 10AM until 2PM, in the Thriftway parking lot coming in June. • EASTER ACTIVITIES- PHOTOS WITH THE EASTER BUNNY at Heritage Mall, 14th and Clay Sts. in Albany April 1st through 4th. Info at: www.heritagemall.com. - BROWNSVILLE EASTER EGG HUNT, 1PM on April 4th at Pioneer Park. Go to: www.historicbrownsville.com, or call: 541-928-0831 - EASTER FUN AT MONTEITH PARK in downtown Albany at 12:30PM on April 5th. For details, call : 541-9902194. • ALBANY CIVIC THEATER PRESENTS “MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING” with performances April 2, 3 and 4. The theater is located at 111 W. First Avenue in downtown Albany. Ticket and other information is available at: www.albanycivic. org. • CRAFTERS MARKET AND HOME BASED BUSINESS EXPO will be held from 9AM until 4PM on April 4th at the Santiam Place Wedding and Event Hall, 139 Main St., Lebanon. Call: 541-259-3255 for information and table reservations. • BROWNSVILLE MOYER HOUSE “GRAND REOPENING” is scheduled for 11AM until 4PM on April 4th. The historic Moyer House is located at 101 Park St. More information is available at: www.historicbrownsville.com. • LYONS GARDEN CLUB will hold a meeting at 1PM on April 8 in the conference room at the Lyons Fire Department.
There will be a special speaker. For additional details, call: 503-508-5913 or 503-859-2563.
• BLACKBERRY JUNCTION will once again be coming to the Linn County fair and Expo Center in Albany on April 8th through the 12th. More info is available by calling: 503-5078200.
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• CHRISTIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE meets at 7:30AM the second Thursday of each month at Novak’s in Albany for a no-host breakfast. There is no additional charge for attending. The next Christian Chamber meeting will be on the morning of April 9th and features a special guest speaker. Great networking opportunity for Christian business owners. Go online: www.cccnw.org. or call: 541-791-2901 for more information.
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• OREGON PAINT HORSE CLUB HORSE SHOW will be held April 10th through 12th at the Linn County Fair and Expo Center in Albany. Call: 541-639-5175 for more information.
• OREGON SCOTTISH HERITAGE FESTIVAL is scheduled for April 11th at the Linn County Fair and Expo Center in Albany. Please see the front page article in this issue of High Points for additional details.
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• WESTERN STAR GRANGE FLEA MARKET AND BAKE SALE will be held from 9AM until 3PM on April 11th at the grange hall located at 30423 Tangent drive. For more information, please email: westernstargrange@gmail.com.
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• SANTIAM HOSPITAL AUXILLIARY will hold their quarterly meeting in the hospital conference room in Stayton at 1PM on April 16th. Plans for the scholarship program and upcoming events will be discussed. For more info, call: 503749-2910.
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• HERITAGE MALL KIDS CLUB meets at 11AM on Saturday, April 18, in the mall at 14th and Clay Sts in Albany. The theme this month is “It’s All About Mom.” Get information online: www.heritagemall.com. • OLD TIME STORYTELLING at the Albany Regional Museum, corner of Second Ave and Lyon St in downtown Albany is scheduled for Noon until 2PM on the afternoon of April 18th. Get more details at: www.sunnycroftbooks.com.
• CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP ANNUAL BANQUET will take place on the evening of April 11th at the Fairview Mennonite Church in Albany. Please see the article on the banquit on page 2 of the Points for Profit section of this issue of High Points for details.
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• LEBANON BIZ EXPO will be held from 10AM until 6PM on April 14th at the River Center, 3000 South Santiam Highway. For table registration and other information, call: 541-2587164.
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• I CELEBRATE KIDS BENEFIT GALA will take place starting at 5:30PM on April 18th at the Linn County fair and Expo Center in Albany. Call: 541-979-2773 for more details.
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• PROCESSION OF THE SPECIES PARADE AND CELEBRATION will begin at 10AM on April 25th in front of the Linn County Courthouse and then parade through downtown Albany. Get information by calling: 541-928-2469.
• BRIDE’S FLEA MARKET will be held from 9AM until 4PM on April 25th at the Santiam Place Wedding and Event Hall, 1390 Main St. in Lebanon. Get more details by calling: 541159-4255.
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• LEBANON FLEA MARKET is scheduled for 9AM until 4PM on April 11th at the Santiam Place Wedding and Event Hall, 139 Main St., Lebanon. Get more info and table reservations by calling: 541-259-4255.
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• ALBANY WOMEN’S CONNECTION MONTHLY BRUNCH will take place at 10AM on Wednesday April 15th, at the Phoenix Inn Suites Hotel across from Home Depot. This month will feature a talk about the benefits of nutrition, exercise and good health. All women are welcome. For details and reservations call: 541-928-2286.
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• BEAVER STATE CORVETTE CLUB CAR SHOW will take place at Heritage Mall, 14th and Clay Sts. In Albany on April 11th and 12th. Get more information at: www. heritagemall.com.
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Spring is finally here, and there are lots of educational and interesting things to see and do around the area. All year long, the mid-valley offers a wide variety of events for the whole family. Each month you will find a list of specially selected educational and entertaining events for you to enjoy. Keep this list handy so you can check it throughout the month.
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• POINTS FOR PROFIT MONTHLY DINNER starts at 6PM on April 28th at the Albany Eagles Lodge, Water and Broadalbin Streets in downtown Albany. For more information about the Points for Profit program linking local businesses with local non-profit organizations, call InSpirit Marketing at 541-791-2901, or go online to: www.pointsforprofit.org.
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Spring is a great time to get busy in the garden or lace up your boots for a hike in the woods, but remember: not all plant life we encounter is friendly! In the Northwest, there are two notorious noxious plants: poison oak and stinging nettle. They grow in domestic and wild environments, so the likelihood of a chance encounter is fairly high. The leaves, stems, and roots of poison oak contain an oil called urushiol. Within 15 minutes of contact, urushiol binds to proteins in the skin; causing an itchy, blistery, rash which can last for weeks. Urushiol may cling under nails, and to clothing, pets, and objects (tools, toys, camping gear, etc.), so you may come in contact without leaving home! If you’ve been exposed, carefully remove clothing (avoid pulling items off over your head), and wash skin in cool water, brushing under nails. Products such as Technu and Zanfel are specially formulated to “disconnect” urushiol from skin, thorough cleansing reduces the severity and duration of a poison oak rash. Hydrocortisone cream or aloe may be applied when skin dries, to reduce inflammation. Technu and Zanfel can also be used preventatively; much like sunscreen is used for sun protection. See your doctor if the poison oak rash is near eyes or covers a large percentage of your body. If you inhale urushiol-containing smoke, seek medical
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What is a Medicare Supple- Oral Cancer Screening Buys Month ment (Medigap) plan? Going When you become eligible for Original Medicare Part A (hospital) and Part B (medical, doctors), then you have options. You can choose a Medicare Supplement (Medigap) plan and/or Medicare Prescription Drug plan (Part D of Original Medicare) or you can choose a Medicare Advantage plan (Part C of Original Medicare) – this is a single plan. Medicare Supplement (sometimes referred to as a Medigap plan) follows Original Medicare and covers some or all of the costs not covered by Parts A and B. This means they are secondary when paying claims for Part A and Part B and Original Medicare Part A and Part B are first. Your primary care physician will submit billing for services to Original Medicare Part A and Part B and after Original Medicare processes the billing/claim, then your Medicare Supplement will pick up and cover some or all the costs according to the plan you have chosen. Medicare Supplement plans are offered by private companies. The most popular plan is Plan F, which covers all of the costs (gaps in coverage) that Original Medicare does not pay. Medicare will post what costs they do not pay at their web site, www.Medicare.gov or in the publication Medicare & You. For 2015, they released their publication on or after
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Michael and Heidi Gornik welcome you to the Fun Zone in downtown Albany.
Happy Easter Points for Profit meeting is April 28, 2015 from 6-8pm at the Eagles, Albany. Taqueria Alonzo will be catering! If you would like to reserve a dinner please RSVP by 5pm on April 27, 2015 to info@pointsforprofit.org or call (541) 791-2901.For more information visit pointsforprofit.org.
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The Fun Zone located at 223 S.W. Second Avenue in downtown Albany is one of our newest business partners in the Points for Profit program. Kids and adults will love this new and exciting addition to the local entertainment scene offering a variety of custom built bounce houses and slides as well as specially designed party rooms suitable for any type of occasion. Owners Michael and Heidi Gornik wanted to open a family business in Albany and got the idea for the Fun Zone when happening on a similar large business while traveling across country. They found the perfect location in downtown Albany when a large retail space became available that had one time served as a Sears store and recently was a tropical fish business. Heidi says that the large interior space was perfect which a high ceiling that would accommodate tall bounce houses and large inflatable slides. But that is just the main floor. The
building also has a full basement which has been setup, painted and equipped and rented as party rooms for just about any type of gathering from birthday parties to baby showers and community meetings. Plans are now in the works from a home-based business expo to be held at the fun zone from 4 until 7PM on April 12 where adults can browse through the expo while the children and grandchildren have fun in the bounce houses upstairs. Space is still open for the home-based expo and tables can be reserved by calling the Fun Zone at 541-704-0919. Other information can concerning use of the facility and party bookings can also be obtained by calling the same number or by dropping by. You can also check them out online at: www.g2funzone.com and on Face book. Remember when you book events or just drop off kids to bounce and have a good time for a while, keep your receipts for your favorite participating non-profit organization.
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Child Evangelism Fellowship To Host Annual Banquet By Rick Rogers The mid-valley chapter of Child Evangelism Fellowship, a non-profit member of the Points for Profit program will host their annual banquet on April 11 at the Fairview Mennonite Church, 35100 Goltra Road in Albany. The organization oversees programs that minister to children and young people throughout the midvalley area. Funds are being raised for a summer camp called Christian Youth In Action to train teen missionary volunteers. The training will prepare them to teach 5-day outdoor Bible clubs in backyards, parks, churches and other locations. Those attending the banquet will also have the opportunity to learn about other aspects of the Child Evangelism Fellowship goals. Local program directors David and Jennifer Becker
say there is not direct charge for attending the banquet however freewill donations will be accepted and table sponsorships are available. In addition there will be an auction of delicious deserts starting at 5:30PM to help raise funds for the program. Dinner will be served at 6PM with musical entertainment provided by the Santiam Brass. Families are welcome and there will be a special children’s program presented by the teen missionaries. Reservations are required for the dinner. To get more information. make reservations or find out about table sponsorships call: 541-258-7150. You can also get information online at: www.cefolc@centurylink. net. Those attending the banquet will also be given information of getting extra points for the Points for Profit program.
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Where is the Christian Retail Industry moving toward? Recently, Family Christian filed for bankruptcy. The ripple impact is great and will have huge consequences in the industry. One of the casualties will be area representatives for each vendor and publisher. They will be the first to lose their jobs which will lengthen the divide between the store owner and vendor. The second impact will be pastors, ministry leaders, and church attenders buying goods and services from the web. Local momand-pop Christian bookstores will suffer a deeper blow from the internet purchases from Christian Book Distributor (CBD) or Amazon. The third consequence will be the closing of smaller Christian bookstore chains. Recently Tree of Life announced that they are closing their doors here in the Northwest. Owners Mark and Timmy Schoepke have truly blessed the Christian community over the years. They have supported local ministries as well as many
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Easter Favorites
With Easter upon us, you can bet the TV stations will haul out all of their library of Biblically-based favorite movies. Some are very good, and some are very bad sword and sandal epics with very little biblical basis at all. I have a few favorites which I would recommend watching on DVD or other video sources so you don’t have constant commercial interruptions every few minutes. First of all, I have to talk about Cecil B. DeMille’s “The Ten Commandments.” I first saw this movie in the old Rialto Theater in downtown Albany when it came out in 1956. This film ran for just over 3 hours and 40 minutes with a built-in intermission. Outside of “Gone With The Wind” it was one of the longest movies I had ever seen. DeMille was no stranger to “The Ten Commandments.” He first filmed it as a silent movie in 1923. Now he had a lot more to work with in the way of technological improvements. The 1956 version was filmed in what might be termed a movie version of high definition called VistaVision, gorgeous Technicolor and sweeping special effects such as the parting of the Red Sea.
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do with the churches and the need for Christian resources. Most will order online for cost and convenience. To some degree as a member of a church, I totally get it. We are all struggling financially and can’t afford to pay the extra couple dollars locally. Recently, I have witnessed churches cutting back significantly with their own budgets. My own church had to let go of a pastor due to a financial shortfall. The second will be a change in practice. Based on the direction in the digital age and post-church age, I believe the Bible will be more widely accepted on devices verses hard copies. With the pending drop of Bible sales nationally due to technology, I’m convinced this will be the nail in the coffin for Christian Book Stores. The third is the continued decline of the church in America. We have truly danced around this elephant in the room. The church has tried several times to repackage itself with fancy language like “Story,” “Narrative,” etc. Pastors may be younger and have “Hipster” glasses, but the repackage after a closer look is just the same-old for many. So where do we go in light of a massive industry, culture, and change in the practice within churches as it relates to Christian resources, Bibles, etc? I believe the first directive is to call the church globally to a massive investment in turning back to the character of God. In order to see a deepening hunger for God we must
teach, train, and disciple the Body of Christ around the foundations of our faith. In other words, we must get back to the Biblical Basics. The second is the need for the church to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ visually and verbally with their neighbors. It has been exciting to see many coming to know Christ around the world. I pray that this will be evidenced in our local communities. I have had the privilege of seeing people come to know Christ in our local Christian book store, Willamette Valley Christian Supply. One of the greatest joys is helping them pick out their first Bible as they begin their new journey. The third reality is for the church to embrace what our patriotic fathers before us pursued. They longed to understand God’s Word and, with humility, stepped forward in practice. These observations are not exhaustive and truly there could be much to discuss and debate on the subject. To answer my initial question: I believe the consumer age of goods and services is coming to an end for local Christian retail. The resources will now become digital and have access through multi-media. My heart is sad, and yet I pray God directs us in the days ahead as we face a continued change in our culture. I pray that the church will take up the Acts 2:42-47 call and devotion that will embrace this next generation of young Christ followers.
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Here in the Pacific Northwest, we are fortunate to not have hurricane or tornado seasons to worry about, but we do have our fair share of natural disasters. They may come in the form of a freak funnel cloud or flooding, among other things. We must also consider unexpected disasters like fire. Individuals and businesses should safeguard themselves against any and all disasters by taking a few simple steps. The IRS suggests the following steps to protect our important information.
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