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…
Claud Poteet
Nov. 14, 1919 – June 17, 2015 Claud Arden Poteet, 95, of Sweet Home died June 17, 2015.…
Beulah Cowan
March 7, 1920 – June 20, 2015 Beulah Maxine Cowan, 95, of Sweet Home died peacefully in her…
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…
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…
Spring Honor Rolls
Sweet Home High Students on Honor Roll are required to have at least five letter graded classes (A-C).…
SHPD crosswalk enforcement effort June 30
The Sweet Home Police Department will conduct a crosswalk enforcement activity on the morning and early afternoon of…
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…
Elks golf tourney
A five-some of Jerry Ekleberry, Jim Morgan, Del Butler, Tom Summer and Terry Masters won the Howard Drago…
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…
Suspect charged in alleged ‘Cocoon’ scam
An apparent scam that targeted members of the Sweet Home Senior Center three years ago has resulted in…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Hudson Speck
Jan. 31, 1935 – May 24, 2015 Hudson “Ray” Speck of Albany died May 23, 2015, surrounded by…
Sam Henthorne
Aug. 25, 1945 – June 11, 2015 Sam Glover Henthorne, 69, of Foster died June 11, 2015, surrounded…
On to high school
Eighth-graders say good-bye to junior high in gymnasium ceremony.
Green Peter rescue
Linn County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to calls about a possible suicidal man at Green Peter Dam on at…
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,…
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…
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…
Monique Baker
Feb. 9, 1971 – June 11, 2015 Monique Paulette Baker, 44, of Sweet Home died June 11, 2015.…
Jacob Greenaway
Jacob Robert Greenaway, 96, of Sweet Home died June 8, 2015. He was born May 22, 1919 in…