Around Town January 10, 2017
Birth center visits limited at hospital To protect pediatric patients, mothers and newborns from flu viruses circulating in…
Finally, snowfall
Oak Terrace is a busy place Saturday morning, Jan. 7, as residents turn out to enjoy falling snow.…
Foundation seeks grant proposals
The Sweet Home Community Foundation will begin its annual grant cycle Jan. 15 and is seeking proposals. The…
Public Safety Log January 10, 2017
Jan. 8 12:07 p.m. – Louis Bradford Phillips, 57, cited and released in field on Sweet Home warrant…
Thank you, LEOs
Drivers honk at local residents, joined by Community Services Officer Gina Riley, second from left, who gathered Friday…
Nutrition changes can make new year a happier one
Editor’s note: In this issue we introduce our new columnist, Cathryn Arndt, an expert in nutrition and food,…
Boys get ‘good win’ over CC
Sweet Home defeated Crook County 56-38 Friday evening at home in varsity boys basketball. “It was a good…
Editorial: On second thought, how bad are things, really?
To listen to a lot of folks, 2016 was pretty lousy. Our nation elected Donald Trump after a…
Letters to the Editor December 10, 2017
Community steps up for needy kids Editor: We would have never thought that two years ago the Kids…
Death Notices January 10, 2017
Services will be held later this week for Elwyn “Al” Flint, who died Dec. 28, 2016. Details had…
Huskies win Linn County team championship, three individual wrestling titles
Three Sweet Home wrestlers won individual titles as the Huskies rolled to the team championship in the Papé…
Hazel Shull
June 17, 1918 – Dec. 31, 2016 Hazel Beulah Shull, 98, a former Sweet Home resident, died Dec.…
Carol Ann Salsbery
Sept. 22, 1945 – Jan. 3, 2017 Carol Ann Salsbery, 71, of Sweet Home died Jan. 3, 2017.…
Mother of Lebanon man is missing
Merrilee Cooley, 68, of Portland, is missing. No one has spoken to her since Tuesday, Dec. 27. She…
Girls lose 3 at Stayton tourney
Sweet Home’s varsity girls basketball team lost three games during a tournament held Wednesday through Friday at Stayton…
Editorial: New year should bring new commitment to a better one
Hard to believe it’s a new year already. In our review of the news of 2016, some of…
Boys beat Scio, but lose to La Grande, Blanchet in basketball
The high school varsity boys won one of three games at a basketball tournament held Wednesday through Friday…
Husky swimmers win all 22 events at Stayton Invitational
Sweet Home’s swimmers may have been tired Dec. 28, but for the first time all season they were…
Phyllis Hankins
April 20, 1925 – Dec. 27, 2016 Phyllis Ann Hankins, 91, of Sweet Home died Dec. 27, 2016…
Wayne Johnston
Jan. 9, 1947 – Dec. 20, 2016 Wayne Howard Johnston, 69, of Sweet Home died Dec. 20, 2016.…
Laretta Childers
Nov. 15, 1937 – Dec. 30, 2016 Laretta Marie Childers, 79, of Sweet Home died Dec. 30, 2016.…
Huskies wrestle to 6-3 finish at Northwest Duals, good for ninth in tournament
Sweet Home’s varsity wrestlers finished second in their pool and ninth overall at the 36-team Northwest Duals tournament…