Sweet Home School District 2016-2017
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Public Safety Log August 21, 2016
Aug. 21 6:30 a.m. – Caller reported a neighbor’s dog broke her fence, got into her yard and…
Event a success, but where were leaders?
Editor: (This is a letter I’m submitting to Mayor Jim Gourley and members of the City Council.) It…
Lois Reinhold
Dec. 21, 1926 – Aug. 19, 2016 Lois Reinhold, 89, of Sweet Home, died Aug. 19, 2016. She…
Thomas Young
Jan. 13, 1930 – Aug. 19, 2016 Thomas Owen Young, 86, of Sweet Home, died Aug. 19, 2016.…
Darrell Charles Thurman
March 11, 1945 – Aug. 17, 2016 Darrell Charles Thurman, 71, of Scio, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 17,…
Chester Cairnes
Dec. 18, 1927 – Aug. 17, 2016 Chester “Al” Cairnes, 88, of Sweet Home, died Aug. 17, 2016.…
Epifania Caspe
Sept. 21, 1931 – Aug. 18, 2016 Epifania S. Caspe, 84, of Foster, formerly of Albany, died Aug.…
Kenneth Krell
May 29, 1942 – Aug. 19, 2016 Kenneth LeRoy Krell, 74, of Sweet Home, died peacefully at home…
Mollie Andrews
June 30, 1921 – Aug. 18, 2016 Mollie Etta Andrews, 95, of Sweet Home, died Aug, 18, 2016…
Around Town August 17, 2016
Josai program needs hosts The Josai program at Sweet Home High School is looking to place two Japanese…
Willamette Speedway cancels Saturday races due to heat
Races for Saturday, Aug. 20, have been cancelled at Willamette Speedway. The decision was made due to the…
Courtney Hall, Cyrus Hankins to wed
Courtney Hall and Cyrus Hankins of Sweet Home have announced their engagement to be married. The bride-to-be is…
Public Safety Log August 14, 2016
Aug. 14 10:05 a.m. – Mark Christian Leon Kropf, 21, cited for speeding, 40 mph in a 25-mph…
SH man arrested after neighbor’s truck burns
A Sweet Home man was arrested last week after he allegedly set a fire that destroyed a neighbor’s…
Community health fair an extension of good will that we should accept
Ever felt frustrated about how healthcare works in Sweet Home? – Those multi-month waits for a doctor’s appointment?…
Trump: a diamond in a cow pie
Editor: Many of you, like me, may not like Trump as your first pick to be our next…
Alonzo Korff
Feb. 26, 1955 – Aug. 15, 2016 Alonzo Ambrose “Lonnie” Korff, 61, of Sweet Home died Aug. 15,…
Fatal roll-over
An overturned pickup blocks the eastbound lanes of Highway 20 near milepost 23, about five miles west of…
Public Safety Log August 8, 2016
Aug. 8 9:56 a.m. – Caller reported that someone opened a credit card and Comcast account in his…
Retired timber deputy found dead in forest
Linn County Sheriff’s Office responded to a death investigation near Sheep Creek the morning of Aug. 4, Under…
Woman killed while walking on Hwy. 20
A 41-year-old transient pedestrian died Saturday morning in a crash on Highway 20 west of Sweet Home. Sarah…
Firefighters extinguish burning excavator after it malfunctions
Local firefighters extinguished an excavator fire on the Sweet Home Ranger District Saturday evening. Firefighters from the Oregon…
‘Play Me’ piano on corner in front of Safeway draws a crowd
Photos courtesy of Midge Knowles