May 28, 1959
The Holley school and community will present a centennial program, depicting growth of the country from the time of the early explorers to the present day.

The show, which gives special attention to the early development of this locality is open to the public, free of charge. The open air program will be presented on the south porch of the school. Several parents have formed a chorus and will sing selections pertaining to the period being depicted. Parents and teachers will also furnish background music.

Mrs. Donna McQueen and Mrs. Iva Hightower have drawn and painted murals for the background scenery. Women of the community have made the costumes.

Sweet Home’s annual Memorial Day parade will be held on ‘M’ street.

Immediately following the parade the memorial program will be held on the athletic field at the high school, with John Sheppard, past district commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, as the principal speaker.

Harold Dishaw will serve as master of ceremonies, and Rev. Earl Downing will offer the invocation. Asa Smith, accompanied by Mrs. Frances Horner on the piano, will sing “Sleep, Soldier, Sleep.”

May 30, 1984
Final paving of the new Pleasant Valley Bridge was begun last week by Morse Brothers Inc. Willis Grafe, county engineer, said the north end was paved on Thursday, but rain on Friday delayed completion of the job.

Grafe said only a few more days of good weather are needed to finish the paving, and then with the exception of the striping, the project will be complete. The bridge was officially opened to traffic on Dec. 8, almost two and a half years after construction began.

Located just upstream of the old bridge, which was built in 1945, the bridge was constructed to meet increased traffic demands, and to provide a safe alignment relative to the two sharp curves on the north end of the bridge. The new bridge has a higher load capacity and reduced maintenance costs over the old one, which was damaged in the flood of 1964.

About 16 protesters pitched their tents this weekend near where Willamette Industries is planning to log the Pyramid Creek area in the Middle Santiam, east of Sweet Home.

More were expected on Memorial Day when protesters planned to hold a “wake” for the cut trees. Earlier this month a group of about 20 demonstrators temporarily halted the work of a road crew at the site when they occupied an area about to be dynamited.