Jan. 13, 1972
City Council members voted to install a two-line emergency phone to the police station, to purchase two road graders to bring two streets up to standard, and to purchase a piece of property.
The decision to add another emergency line was made when it was found that the present line could be closed off in the event a caller inadvertently left his own phone off the base.
With two lines, the number can be reached even though one phone is in use. Cost of the additional phone line will be about $102 per year, and a third line may be sought in the future.
The road graders can be purchased as surplus for $100 each, plus transportation cost. The one grader currently owned by the City is in need of some $2,000 in repairs. Petitions were granted for construction of Spruce Street and a short roadway off Mountain View Road, bringing them up to gravel standards.
Deputy sheriffs are busy investigating thefts from this past week.
Ernest T. Robertson reported someone entered his home and made off with several appliances, including a razor, coffee pot, can opener and a lantern.
The theft of a 1968 Volkswagen sedan was reported by Donald Durden. His car was parked alongside a county road in the Holley area. Durden said it would had to have been towed by whoever took the car, as it was inoperable.
Mike A. Martell reported the theft of a saddle and trappings from a shed on his property. Terry Lee Hugley reported four rifles were taken from his home, and two rifles with telescopic sights were taken from the home of Homer Irwin Pack.
Following a report of comparative cost of remodeling Long Street School to house the District 55 central office and of repairing the present office building, school directors voted to make use of the school and dispose of the present office building.
Estimated cost of repairing the office building to make it useful for another 10 years would be $9,960. Extensive electrical work, a new heating system and entire new roof were major needs noted in the report.
Architects figured costs for remodeling of Long Street School to make it adequate for future use would cost $21,000. The school building would not only provide space for administrative offices, but would allow for needed expansion of the Instructional Material Center, maintenance shop, ample storage area, and pupil personnel facilities.
Sweet Home High School’s High Q team retired undefeated by winning over Banks High School of Portland, 125-40. As winners of three successive contests, they retire from weekly competition but are eligible for the Tournament of Champions to be held in the spring.
The Sweet Home four, coached by student affairs director George Wenzel, defeated Washington High School of Portland, and Centennial High School of Gresham in the two previous weeks.
Team members are Mark Frachiseur, Marcia Nivison, Jim Cook and Erik Duncan. This is the fourth year Sweet Home competed on the television game, but it is the first year it retired undefeated.
Jan. 8, 1997
A soupy mess. That’s how the Sweet Home District Ranger describes soil conditions throughout the forest.
Those conditions have led to several mudslides which have closed Highway 20 and other roads. While bothersome, recent weather hasn’t done nearly the damage to the Ranger District as the February 1996 storms.
During that storm, rain and snow runoff created a huge wall of water that did millions of dollars worth of damage to the forest, streams, bridges and other structures.
In addition to the mudslide that closed Highway 20 just past Moose Creek Road two weeks ago, there’s a new slide three miles up Canyon Creek that is several hundred feet wide.
The Sweet Home Planning Commission approved a conditional use permit for Steven L. Barber to construct a new building at his storage rental business on the corner of 9th Avenue and Main Street. Barber requested the permit after all of his 55 units were filled.
An engineering study was conducted because most of the proposed building sat inside a floodway around Ames Creek. Following the study, Barber modified plans so the new building would be located outside the floodway boundary.
The City of Sweet Home will be drawing up a lease agreement to keep the Sweet Home Rodeo at its current site on 49th Avenue. The Chamber of Commerce, which operates the rodeo, is seeking funds to build multi-purpose facilities for the rodeo in hopes of attracting a larger rodeo association and more events year round.
The Chamber had been searching for a new site since plans to develop the adjacent site into an assisted living facility were unveiled. Yet the current grounds seemed to be the most suitable place for the rodeo.