A 30-ton boulder was hoisted into place by a tall crane on Oct. 26 at the future entrance to Samaritan's medical campus near Twin Oaks Drive and Highway 20.

The giant rock was donated by Larry Blem and Cascade Timber Consulting of Sweet Home, which also transported the boulder to the garden.

In total, about 100 tons of rock will be used in the garden project. Kurisu International is heading up the work.

"The entrance piece is scheduled to be done by Thanksgiving," said Ian Rollins, Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital public relations coordinator.

The first building phase for the medical school will go to bid next month with construction slated to begin by the end of November.

Samaritan Health Services is building the medical school. WesternU of Pomona, Calif., has signed a 20-year lease to bring the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific Northwest to Lebanon. The first class to begin in the college is set for 2011.