The New Era
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2015 season in review: Sweet Home Junior High track
The Sweet Home Junior High track and field team had a “really good core group of kids who…
June 23, 2015
Claud Poteet
Nov. 14, 1919 – June 17, 2015 Claud Arden Poteet, 95, of Sweet Home died June 17, 2015.…
June 23, 2015
Beulah Cowan
March 7, 1920 – June 20, 2015 Beulah Maxine Cowan, 95, of Sweet Home died peacefully in her…
June 23, 2015
Boys & Girls Club still short of goal
The June 30 fund-raising deadline for the Sweet Home Boys & Girls Club is less than a week…
June 23, 2015
New state rules force changes in Sunshine Industries operations
It’s right after lunch and Sunshine Industries headquarters on Clark Mill Road is bustling. Clients, ranging in age…
June 23, 2015
Spring Honor Rolls
Sweet Home High Students on Honor Roll are required to have at least five letter graded classes (A-C).…
June 23, 2015
SHPD crosswalk enforcement effort June 30
The Sweet Home Police Department will conduct a crosswalk enforcement activity on the morning and early afternoon of…
June 23, 2015
Cuts to disabled services just wrong – plain and simple
Regular readers of this page know that, as a rule, we tend to favor government policies and programs…
June 23, 2015
Elks golf tourney
A five-some of Jerry Ekleberry, Jim Morgan, Del Butler, Tom Summer and Terry Masters won the Howard Drago…
June 23, 2015
Around Town June 17, 2015
Tuesday Cruise-In held weekly in SH A weekly Summer Cruise-In is being held Tuesday evenings during the summer…
June 16, 2015
Suspect charged in alleged ‘Cocoon’ scam
An apparent scam that targeted members of the Sweet Home Senior Center three years ago has resulted in…
June 16, 2015
200-plus trainees expected to start fire school Monday
For the 19th consecutive year, forestry officials from the U.S. Forest Service, Oregon Department of Forestry and Bureau…
June 16, 2015
Public Safety Log June 17, 2015
June 14 8:01 a.m. – Heather Lee Elmer, 22, arrested on Linn County warrant for failure to appear…
June 16, 2015
Legislators’ ideas great for some residents, not for others
How far should government go to contribute toward its citizens’ standard of living? Or, to put it another…
June 16, 2015
Brett Blachly named Husky baseball’s Most Valuable Player
The Huskies named Brett Blachly their Most Valuable Player in baseball during an awards dessert held on June…
June 16, 2015
Hudson Speck
Jan. 31, 1935 – May 24, 2015 Hudson “Ray” Speck of Albany died May 23, 2015, surrounded by…
June 16, 2015
Sam Henthorne
Aug. 25, 1945 – June 11, 2015 Sam Glover Henthorne, 69, of Foster died June 11, 2015, surrounded…
June 16, 2015
Green Peter rescue
Linn County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to calls about a possible suicidal man at Green Peter Dam on at…
June 16, 2015
Hero Half donation to local veterans
Local veterans accepted a $7,000 donation, above, from Hero Half Marathon organizers Rachel Kittson-Maqatish, at right of check,…
June 16, 2015
Sankey Park to host knights, movies, more this summer
The Knights of Veritas kick off the summer fun offered by the city at Sankey Park at 6…
June 16, 2015
We all pay the cost of increased wages
Editor: It used to be that when you were hired to do a job you considered it a…
June 16, 2015
Monique Baker
Feb. 9, 1971 – June 11, 2015 Monique Paulette Baker, 44, of Sweet Home died June 11, 2015.…
June 16, 2015
Jacob Greenaway
Jacob Robert Greenaway, 96, of Sweet Home died June 8, 2015. He was born May 22, 1919 in…
June 16, 2015