SHARC to host Sunday concerts
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Live music, food and fun will take place at SHARC’s outdoor amphitheater every Sunday from July 15 through Sept. 2. Held 5-8 p.m., these free concerts are open to all. Bring a blanket or low beach chairs for these casual concerts, which will feature bands playing everything from new age to light jazz and rock. Concert schedule: • July 15: The Pitchtones – bluegrass/Americana • July 22: Lino – new age • July 29: Slick Side Down – jass/fusion • Aug. 5: Moon Mountain Ramblers – bluegrass • Aug. 12: Lloyd Jones Expe-
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rience – roadhouse R&B • Aug. 19: Woodstock Weekend. The Tempest at Woodstock and Bart Hafeman tribute to the ’70s – pop/rock • Aug. 26: Elliot – motivational pop rock • Sept. 2: Michelle Van Handel Quartet – light jazz/Latin
Sunriver resident wins award
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Tom Leenknecht was the recipient of the Salt of the Earth Award at a recent Sunriver Christian Fellowship worship service. The award is given annually by the church to a person who has given back to the community. Leenknecht’s friend Doug Seator enumerated to the congregation the many ways Tom reaches out to others, including shoveling snow from driveways of some of his more senior neighbors, cutting and delivering firewood to people who are sick or financially strapped, and working with programs that mentor people in poverty. In one instance, Leenknecht was asked if he could employ a man who had lost his job, gone through a divorce, fallen behind on his child support payments, became homeless, got into drugs and went to jail. Leenknecht said he’d give it a try, but the rules would be
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strict: no smoking, no drugs, no alcohol while working, show up every day and work at least as hard as he does. The man took advantage of the opportunity and continues to work for Leenknecht where he earns a paycheck, owns a car and is insured, makes his child support payments, and has recently moved into a rental home and is staying current with his rent. This is not the first individual Leenknecht has assisted. Several years ago he helped an employTurn to Award, page 15
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SHARC opening fills food bank
The Care & Share program collected 2,000 pounds of food during the grand opening of SHARC on May 26. For a donation of two cans of food, homeowners and visitors alike enjoyed the new swim and recreational facility with all donations going to Holy Trinity Community Outreach’s Care & Share program, the local area food bank that provides food and household products to area families on a monthly basis. From the time SHARC opened on Saturday until closing, cans of food and cash donations were accepted. Care & Share president David Guasco said volunteers took five truckloads of food to the pantry to keep ahead of the mountain of donations. Upon finding that the entry fee was two canned food items, many neighbors and visitors left only to return later with more family members and cans of fruit, tuna, chili and vegetables as a donation. By the following week, after work by volunteers over two days, the donated food had been sorted and stacked and the facility’s shelves were nearly full. In May, Care & Share prepared and distributed fresh and canned food, shampoo and toilet paper to 220 families, a total of 648 children and adults. Food assistance programs are facing an increase in the number of people seeking assistance since the economy has slowed and living costs increased. To donate to Care & Share, call 541-598-6595 or email Guasco at gwazkoe@cmc.net
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