Sept. 14, 1950
After an eight-week strike, employees of Willamette National Lumber Company in Foster went back to work. Terms of the settled upon agreement were not released, but a joint statement indicated they reached a “satisfactory agreement.” Jack Hussey’s discharge earlier this year precipitated the strike. He has since been reinstated, but the union also demanded three woods supervisors be replaced.
Sweet Home received its third anti-mosquito spray after Active club members raised additional money for the final operation. Five hundred gallons of 5% DDT and 3% pyronome in an oil carrier costing $450 were used in the heaviest spray yet.
Sept. 11, 1975
Dave Corbin, member of a local citizens group, asked the East Linn Hospital Board to help secure emergency ambulance equipment or consider including the cost of the equipment to the annual budget or a special bond issue. A $3,600 fund drive for two-way radios for both ambulances is underway, but Corbin said the need is urgent.
The Greater Sweet Home Education Association won an election requiring non-members to pay a “fair share” equivalent to GSHEA dues, which help pay for bargaining.
Sept. 13, 2000
Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife held a public meeting to receive input on a proposal that included banning fishing on Foster Lake from November to May. It would also require all wild fish caught be released, with anglers only taking marked trout. The rule primarily aimed at protecting winter steelhead smolt, a threatened species. ODF&W decided to withdraw the proposal and gather more research.
The school district reported a smooth start to the new school year, but initial attendance reports show enrollment is down from 2,446 last year to 2,360 this year, down by 84 students.