Posted: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 12:00 am
April 2: Wandering buffalo are causing problems in the area of Richardson Gap Road and Snow Peak Drive. The animals have been escaping. Deputies from the Linn County Sheriff's Office have been called several times to help round them up.
April 2: Jim and Lisa Treml opened a new jewelry store in downtown Lebanon. They have 20 years of experience in the business.
April 2: To help with incidental costs, a fundraiser is being held April 4 for the family of 6-month-old Emily Ann Duty, who is in need of a liver transplant.
April 2: The Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps has begun a program at LHS. The program's primary purpose is to teach cadets leadership and accountability.
April 9: The Lebanon Boys & Girls Club will open a child development center on June 1. It will offer an enriched child care program for youngsters 2.5 to 6 years.
April 9: Mark Finch, an administrator at LHS for four years, has been appointed to be LHS head principal.
April 9: Lebanon Emergency Shelter Services has opened a transitional house for homeless men on Walker Road. It is limited to five men at a time.
April 9: A tree falling on high voltage transmission lines along Brewster Road about 2:30 p.m. on April 2 started multiple brush fires along a 100-foot length of fence line and ditch. Firefighters had to wait about 30 minutes for Pacific Power to arrive before they could attack the flames.
April 16: The drop-out rate at LHS fell from 6.2 percent in the 2005-06 school year to 4.6 the following year.
April 16: Laticrete, a manufacturer of adhesives and grout for ceramic tile and stone, held an open house on April 9 at its new Lebanon plant. It opened with 14 employees on one shift but expects to add additional shifts. It will ship to customers, including nearby Lowe's Distribution Center, in eight western states.
April 16: Effective July 1, the city will assist landowners with the cost of sewer lateral repairs. The city will reimburse landowners after the work is completed. Sewer laterals are the lines that run from the sewer mainlines to individual properties.
April 23: Linn County deeded ownership of the Scroggins Seed building to a non-profit group, Scroggins Mill Rural Heritage, which plans to turn it into a museum. First the group must make arrangements for public access to the building with Union Pacific Railroad, which owns the land under the structure.
April 23: The Boys & Girls Club has five new board members: Amy Torgerson, Jolene Watson, Lori Hill, April Opoien and Wayne Rieskamp. Rieskamp is returning to the board; he previously served several terms.
April 30: Four downtown businesses were burglarized in three consecutive days in the past week, the latest in a rash of burglaries in the area. Victims were Yaho Deli & Market, Rock the Caffe, Mrs. B's Crystal Quail and Ronald Combe, chiropractor.
April 30: Water rates in the city of Lebanon will go up 10 percent on July 1. It is the first increase since 2001. City officials blame inflation and the effects of burdensome regulations.