Little Promises auction raises $9K toward van
More than 100 people attended the Little Promises Children’s Program dinner and auction on May 2. They raised…
Huskies lose at Sisters after baseball win over Elmira
The Huskies lost 4-0 in varsity baseball at Sisters on Friday, maintaining a narrow lead over Elmira in…
Huskies down Sisters but can’t hold lead against Falcons
The Huskies rolled over Sisters 13-3, winning under the 10-run rule in six innings Friday and holding onto…
Art award winners
These Sweet Home Junior High art students won gold or silver medals in the Scholastic Art Competition, the…
School Board: Write-in candidate to seek Cascadia seat
Another write-in candidate on Monday, May 4, announced interest in the vacant seats representing Cascadia. Debra Brown, whose…
Retired accountant seeks School Board’s Crawfordsville seat
Staff Carol Babcock, a retired accountant, is seeking the Crawfordsville seat on the Sweet Home School District Board…
So, just who is a volunteer, then?
Editor: Several weeks ago volunteers at the East Linn Museum and the Sweet Home Genealogical Society were surprised…
Gay cake incident really about respect
Editor: If I wanted an “It’s Great to be Straight Cake” to celebrate my son’s coming out of…
Law officers’ challenges go deep, even locally
Law enforcement is a demanding calling, full of pressure and dangers that most of us “civilian” citizens really…
Change in election rules could be good
Editor: Last week’s editorial (April 29) really points out an area that needs to be addressed by the…
Brady Pickle
July 4, 1947 – April 29, 2015 Brady Pickle, 67, of Sweet Home, died April 29, 2014 in…
Martha Noble
Feb. 13, 1949 – May 1, 2015 Martha “Marti” Lorinda Noble, 66, of Foster died May 1, 2015…
Nova Nelson
Jan. 14, 1927 – April 29, 2015 Nova Emily Nelson, 88, of Sweet Home died April 29, 2015.…
Husky girls place at top in two golf tournaments
Sweet Home’s varsity golfers took last week off, but that just gave the junior varsity and the girls…
Veterans invited to youth baseball games, barbecue
Sweet Home youth baseball players will host a military appreciation day at Roy Johnston Baseball Complex, behind Hawthorne…
Huskies track athletes have field day at Lebanon invitational
Lebanon’s Rob Allen Twilight Invitational provided some great opportunities for Sweet Home’s track and field athletes Friday, May…
Caryn Schneider
Jan. 3, 1978 – May 2, 2015 Caryn May Schneider, 37, of Sweet Home died May 2, 2015…
Evelyn Brown
Nov. 28, 1932 – April 25, 2015 Evelyn Fay Brown, 82, of Sweet Home died peacefully, surrounded by…
Merlyn Wisner
Sept. 13, 1936 – March 16, 2015 Merlyn Morris Wisner was born Sept. 13, 1936 in the big…
Around Town April 29, 2015
Theater auditions for camp, ‘Poppins’ The The Lebanon Association for Theatre Arts will hold auditions for its Kids…
SHJH teacher puts stories, long on her mind, into print
Staff That Sweet Home Junior High School teacher Dana Simonson is now a published author isn’t really a…
Arbor Day tree plantings
Arbor Month Poster Contest winner Johnny Lyons, above, a first-grader at Sweet Home Charter School, {{more)) plants a…
Northside Park trees are missed
Editor: Regarding Northside Park: Last summer, due to complaints of drug sales, the entire line of mature, flowering…
Women still lack true equality
Editor: Will transgender men who convert to women lose their U.S. constitutional rights/guaranties of equality? Does that mean…
‘Fifth-year’ program should target middle class
Editor: After reading the editorial on the fifth-year high school program (April 22), there was much I agreed…