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Lebanon (OR) Express, Wednesday, November 1 7, 2004 A3 Sifts i soldiers9 Edds i Shoppers may purchase gifts for the children of Lebanon National Guard soldiers in Heritage Mall any time before Dec. 18. A holiday tree exhibit is set up near the mall entrance between the food court and Ross Dress for Less with children's names and wish lists. Customers may purchase and wrap a gift, then return it to customer service at the center court near Santa Claus or leave it with a mall security officer. The gifts will be distributed to the 60 children at a private event on Dec.

19. Five members of Troop are now deployed in Iraq. About 50 who have been home on leave for the past couple of weeks expect to go there soon, Six more are finishing up their training in Texas and Louisiana and will be home on leave about Dec. 20, then head back' to Ft. Polk just after the first of the year for another month or two of training before being sent to Iraq.

Sgt. Samuel Comer, readiness NCO at the Lebanon Armory, was excited about, Heritage Mall's desire to help the local military families. "The holidays are always the toughest times for the families, and this would be a tangible way for the local Lebanon, Albany and Corvallis communities to support the sacrifice that the armed forces and their, families are making," he said. I Landstrom's Celebrating Veterans' Day at Green Acres Members of Lebanon's National Guard Troop 82nd Cavalry, unfold an American flag during a Veterans' Day assembly at Green Acres school Nov. 10.

Six soldiers currently on leave between several months of training and deployment to Iraq demonstrated how to properly open and fold a flag and talked about ways in which the flag should not be used, including on costumes and for advertising. SSG Tim Fox told the elementary school students "You are the reason we fight as hard as we fight. We're proud to represent our community." Students presented the soldiers with poems and letters they wrote. Ed Babcock, who served five months in Afghanistan with the U. S.

Marines, showed students a video about what soldiers do there and talked about putting the letters he received from students at Green Acres on the bulletin board for everyone to share. During the assembly, students saw the school's facilities operator in another role in his uniform as Senior Master Sergeant Ralph Sprout, a member of the Air Force Reserve. (Photos by Bill Anderson) Suspects sought in attempted robbery, burglary jeweler. People called me 'Mrs. If going to be kind of nice to be anonymous for a while." Linda plans to return to oil painting and playing the piano again, and both Bahrke's have plenty of projects to complete on the home they built outside of town a few years ago.

The Bahrke's plan to do some traveling this time just for fun. Over the past two decades, they've flown all over the world on business, buying diamonds in Europe, attending seminars and shows. Linda will miss those whirlwind trips she admitted. But thaf a small price to pay for time for themselves. "We have other things we want to do," Linda said.

"We've put them on hold for the last few years. And I've promised I'll babysit for any grandchildren, if and when rhey come." Continued from page Al and do some of the things we want to do. We've earned it. We need to have some time to do our own thing for a while." Since the Bahrke's have owned Landstrom's, the local economy has seesawed from good to bad times. Five years after they returned to Lebanon, the timber industry crashed, and hundreds of mill workers lost their jobs.

Empty stores lined Main but Landstrom's managed to survive. The store moved across the street, and several years ago, doubled in size' when it moved to its current location. Riding the economic waves meant long hours and hard work, Linda said. "When you own a business," she said, "if an all-or-nothing kind of thing. It becomes your personality almost.

If who you are. I wasn't Linda any more, I was the and attempted to enter. She told police the man came to the door of the shop and showed a firearm. He, attempted to enter the business but the door was locked. When she dropped to the floor and called police, he left the area in an unknown direction.

He is described as 5 feet 8 inches to 5 feet 10 inches tall with a medium build and wearing dark clothing, including some type of ski or face mask. A canine was called in to track the suspect, who was not found. The investigation is contin- Lebanon police are investigating an attempted robbery at Dragon's Brew on Nov. 9 and a burglary at Lorene's Cafe on Nov. 12.

A clerk at Dragon's Brew called 911 about 5:40 p.m. Nov. 9 to say a man approached the business, displayed a handgun uing. A burglar or burglars got away from Lorene's Cafe early Friday morning with a safe containing $1,900 to $2,100 in cash and an unknown number of checks. The doors, door frame and cash register were damaged.

Police noticed the 'glass door and screen door were broken at 3:05 a.m. Nov. 12. Lt. Mike Schulte said police have no suspects but continue to investigate.

Heat pump motor prompts fire call It took firefighters a little Smoke and a burning windows in the building, he smell at Lebanon Christian School and Lebanon Chapel at 2900 S. Main Rd. about 10:45 a.m. Nov. 9 turned out to be a blower motor in a heat pump.

time to locate the problem, said Fire Chief Perry Palmer, but damage was limited to the equipment. The smoke and odor were easily eliminated by opening said. Students were evacuated from the building for a short time. Sixteen firefighters responded with six trucks. Concrete Work Asphalt Paving land Clearing Site Preps FREE Estimates Residential Commercial 1 4 Main ist.

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