Lebanon Fire District hosted its third Young Women’s Fire Academy June 23-24.
Rosie Droback, from Brownsville, (left), provides physical support while Alexis Gazeley, Lebanon, tries her hand at using a fire hose to squelch a burning vehicle.
Kyra Langhelm, LFD medical school volunteer (right) instructs.
Girls learn how to use extension ladders.
McKenzie Crenshaw, now a dual-role firefighter for LFD, attended the academy in 2019. She said she always wanted to be a firefighter when she was growing up, so having the opportunity to attend the academy was an exciting opportunity for her to get the hands-on experience. “It was an amazing experience and I learned a lot,” Crenshaw said.
Lebanon Library’s Thursday Summer Reading Program events have included a wide range of activities.
Autumn Foltz, 6, tosses a soft ball to juggler Rhys Thomas of Portland’s Jugglemania as he lobs another toward her during the June 23 kickoff event in Academy Square.
Thomas said he had to learn his skills from books because YouTube didn’t exist back in his day.
Toby Korcek (striped shirt) throws a stuffed rat at Rhys Thomas during an interactive activity.
A visit by Wildlife Safari was another popular activity, held July 14, where library staff counted more than 700 attendees.
Wildlife Safari employee Jane Marino holds up their rainbow boa, Groovy, for kids and parents to see.
Leila Goulet, an employee at Wildlife Safari, holds Chive, a prairie dog from the zoo.
Jane Marino with Chive’s brother, Russet.
Bandit, an American badger, searches the grass for goodies while Wildlife Safari employee Jane Marino educates visitors to the library’s performance series about the mammal.
Children admire Carmen, a Moluccan cockatoo that was part of the Wildlife Safari educational exhibit at the Lebanon Public Library on July 14.
Local officials cut the ribbon for the July 8 grand-opening celebration of the new Western University of Health Sciences, College of Health-Sciences Northwest physical therapy college, located in the former Hometown Furniture building at 2665 S. Santiam Hwy., CHS-NW began accepting students studying physical and occupational therapy last summer.From left are Linn County Commissioner Will Tucker, COMP-NW Interim Provost and Chief Academic Officer Paula Crone, Mayor Paul Aziz, Executive Vice Dean/Chair/Associate Professor of the Department of Physical Therapy Education Chad Lairamore, President Robin Farias-Eisner, CHS-NW Founding Dean Dee Schilling, Lebanon Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Rebecca Grizzle and County Commissioner Roger Nyquist.
The City of Lebanon has erected a new pedestrian crossing sign downtown at the intersection of Main and Vine streets. City Councilor Gamael Nassar, who runs a business near the location, asked during an April 13 council meeting whether the city could place a sign to remind cars to watch for pedestrians. According to Oregon law, a crosswalk at an intersection may be marked or unmarked [ORS 801.220], but a pedestrian crossing at any place other than a crosswalk must yield the right of way to vehicles [ORS 814.040(1)(b)]. However, a city ordinance states that no pedestrian shall cross other than within a marked crosswalk on Main Street between Rose Street on the north and Oak Street on the south [10.40.020]. A driver commits the offense of failure to stop for a pedestrian [ORS 811.028] when the pedestrian or an extension of the pedestrian (cane, bicycle, wheelchair) has entered the crosswalk [ORS 811.028(4)], not while the pedestrian is on the sidewalk.
