The New Era
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Preparation and planning best deter regret
Editor’s note: Typically, we offer up advice to our local graduates in our issue before Sweet Home High…
June 2, 2015
GOP power moves authoritarianism
Editor: Thanks to the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, for the past seven years Colorado has provided intrauterine devices…
June 2, 2015
Jakob Hiett, Bethany Gingerich named track MVPs
The track and field team’s annual awards potluck this year marked a transition between eras, Coach Billy Snow…
June 2, 2015
Public Safety Log June 1st
June 1 12:59 a.m. – Caller reported a male walking up and down the street yelling about bad…
June 2, 2015
Hero Half Marathon draws a crowd to honor fallen soldiers
Rachel Kittson-Maqatish For The New Era A total of 266 peopleregistered to participate in the third annual Hero…
June 2, 2015
ODFW: Bear cub found at Yellowbottom illustrates need to leave wildlife be
A yearling bear cub that begged for food from campers in the Yellowbottom area during Memorial Day weekend…
June 2, 2015
Sierra Thayer named softball team’s Most Valuable Player
The members of the Sweet Home High School varsity softball team named Sierra Thayer their Most Valuable Player…
June 2, 2015
Aris Somatis
Sept. 12, 1962 – May 15, 2015 Aris Damian Somatis, 52, of Sweet Home, passed away Friday, May…
June 2, 2015
Sally Wallace
Feb. 18, 1938 – May 28, 2015 Sally Jane Wallace, 77, of Sweet Home died May 28, 2015.…
June 2, 2015
Around Town May 27, 2015
Foster Lake Trail clean-up Saturday Volunteers are needed to help clean up Foster Lake Trail, which is badly…
May 26, 2015
Death/Service Notices
— John R. Blechinger, 76, of Sweet Home, Oregon died May 16, 2015. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is…
May 26, 2015
Tributes to the Fallen
Carol Davenport, left, and Hawthorne fifth-grader Paige Parton place a brick in honor of Davenport’s late husband, Floyd…
May 26, 2015
ncumbents elected to School, SHFAD boards; write-in count under way
Four incumbents were re-elected to their seats in the May 19 election. In Sweet Home School District, winning…
May 26, 2015
P.E.O. Chapter FA announces scholarship recipients
P.E.O. Chapter FA of Sweet Home has awarded scholarships to three local women, all of whom are or…
May 26, 2015
Public Safety Log May 27, 2015
May 21 6:07 a.m. – Caller reported that neighbors were hooking up to her water, 900 block of…
May 26, 2015
Hero Half Marathon
Runners leave the starting line Saturday morning at Community Chapel as they begin the third annual Hero Half…
May 26, 2015
Catherine Harriman
March 7, 1930 – May 19, 2015 Catherine V. Harriman, 85, of Sweet Home passed away Tuesday, May…
May 26, 2015
Iris Fuller
Dec. 17, 1926 – May 18, 2015 Iris Fuller, 88, of Sweet Home, died of cancer May 18,…
May 26, 2015
Local students win spelling contest
Students from Holley School and Sweet Home Charter School competed May 7 in the Sweet Home School District…
May 19, 2015
PEO hands out college scholarships to Sweet Home-area students
Sweet Home PEO, Chapter DD is has announced its annual scholarship winners. The recipients are Sweet Home residents…
May 19, 2015
Deputies coax local man out of tree after crash
A Crawfordsville man underwent a mental evaluation late last week after, Sheriff’s deputies said, he fled the scene…
May 19, 2015
Softball team gears up for Corbett
The Huskies finished sweeping the Cottage Grove Lions in softball to end their regular season, and now they…
May 19, 2015
Council consideration of legislation shouldn’t be complicated
We appreciate the dedication of our City Council members to keeping Sweet Home on an even keel financially…
May 19, 2015
Kaye Conklin May 23, 1936 – May 9, 2015
Kaye Francis Conklin, 78, passed away on May 9, 2015. She was born on May 23, 1936, the…
May 19, 2015
Jayne Heyne
May 1, 1953 – May 3, 2015 Was born May 1, 1953 and passed of natural causes on…
May 19, 2015