Editor:
I feel I am very lucky to live in Sweet Home, Oregon.
We have a wonderful police and fire department. Very grateful and appreciative for all of their protection. Thanks for putting your life on the line for mine.
Our city manager uses his spare time (rather than waiting for quitting time) helping take care of our beautiful downtown median strip. Did you know it takes over 600 volunteer man-hours to keep the medium strip in such nice condition? I am so grateful for those volunteers. I am not a gardener, nor do I like yard work, so their efforts are doubly appreciated by me.
We also have two computer repair businesses in town. Garth has a repair place down by the Gleaners, and he does great work. I have a Mac, and sometimes it is hard to find anyone to work on them. R&D computers on Main Street does, and that saves me from having to go out of town. They both are reasonable and very nice to work with. While you are at R&B computers, you can shop in the small well-stocked gift shop managed by his wife.
I encourage all of you to shop locally first. We have tons of nice shops in our area. Give them a chance first to supply you with what you need before heading out of town.
Jeani West
Sweet Home