It is going to be a while yet before the public finds out which city of Albany employees are part of a workforce reduction plan.

CORVALLIS - Saturday was a special day for 9-year old Gavin Higgins.

On his deathbed, Doug Meuler wrote his last will and testament in big block letters on a simple sheet of white paper. He left everything he had to the Native American Longhouse and the Ethnic Studies Department at Oregon State University.

ADAIR VILLAGE — Watching the workers from Ram Jack Foundations in Eugene maneuver 70-year-old former Camp Adair Army barracks into place on William Carr Avenue brought back a flood of memories for Corvallis resident Merritt Jensen, 92.

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Vickie’s DJ & Dance is hosting a fundraiser dance for the Samaritan Regional Cancer Center from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday, March 14, at the Albany Eagles Lodge, 127 Broadalbin St. N.W. Children are welcome if accompanied by adults.

United Way of Linn County needs about 100 volunteers to help decide funding to agencies. An orientation is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 20, in the Calapooia Middle School cafeteria.

An open house will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 17, to celebrate the opening of Mary’s Place, an adult foster care home for men and women with early stages of Alzheimer’s disease or dementia.

SWEET HOME — The LBCC Sweet Home Center will offer “Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions Self-Management Program,” a free workshop for people with ongoing health conditions such as diabetes, asthma, emphysema, heart conditions, high blood pressure and MS.

The Albany Parks and Recreation Department is taking registration for lifeguard training and water safety instructor classes at the Albany Community Pool, 2150 36th Ave. S.E.

LEBANON — Residents of Brownsville and Scio who want a ride to Lebanon may soon be able to catch it once a week through the Lebanon Dial-a-Bus.

The Oregon Farm Bureau, the state’s largest general agriculture advocacy group, has endorsed Chris Dudley’s candidacy for governor.

The Teamsters Joint Council 37 has endorsed John Kitzhaber for governor, the Democrat’s campaign has announced. The Teamsters group represents 30,000 Oregon workers in nine different locals.

The Oregon Daffodil Society Show will be from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, March 27 and 28, at the Heritage Mall, 1895 14th Ave. S.E.

Jefferson Rural Fire Protection District

Lester Martin graduated from Salem High School in 1937, but when it was time for him to receive his diploma, the school told him he owed $5 in transportation fees.

Physical fitness and exercise classes offered through Linn-Benton Community College’s centers in Lebanon and Sweet Home will begin the week of March 29.

LEBANON — The Lebanon Police Department has set a March 25 deadline to register for its citizen police academy. Participation in the academy is free.

A freak gust of wind took off the top and severed a second branch of a cedar tree in Henderson Park about 4 p.m. Friday, damaging John and Jane Donovan’s garage and van at 739 Calapooia St. S.W.

Bill Sizemore on Thursday fended off a plea from a mid-valley Republican leader to withdraw from the contest for the GOP nomination for governor.