The New Era
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Meet The Court; Sportsman’s Holiday 2009, Princess Leah Dauley
Princess Leah Ashley Dauley, 16, will be a senior at Sweet Home High School. She is one of…
June 10, 2009
Board approves school budget
The District 55 School Board adopted a budget for next school year, but more budget cuts could be…
June 10, 2009
Class of ’09 says good-bye
The ceremony moved to the gym because of stormy weather and the ghost of the Pride Trip hovered…
June 10, 2009
Keys, Kropf named boys and girls track MVPs
Dakotah Keys and Maria Kropf were named the most valuable players for the boys and girls track teams…
June 5, 2009
Bully Gang comes up with two wins
Bully Gang Sweet Home fighters came up with two wins Saturday night at Capital City Cage Fights in…
June 5, 2009
Zane Wise, Paige Niemi named top boy, girl athletes
Zane Wise and Paige Niemi were named the Booster Club Boy and Girl of the Year on May…
June 5, 2009
Cutting through controversy
Scott Melcher and Melcher Logging Co. have been doing fuels-reduction work for years in Central Oregon, but their…
June 5, 2009
Jamboree staffer, community volunteer honored by Elks
The Sweet Home Elks Lodge named Shannon Thayer the National Elks Foundation Distinguished Citizen for Sweet Home at…
June 5, 2009
Joseph Topp
Joseph Gregory Topp, 54, of Waldport died of a stroke May 24, 2009 at Good Samaritan Regional Medical…
June 5, 2009
Axel Schmidt
Axel Walter Schmidt, 73, of Sweet Home died May 31, 2009. He was born on May 19, 1936…
June 5, 2009
Four named to lead SHHS commencement ceremonies
Paige Niemi and Norajean Lemar have been named valedictorians for the Sweet Home High School Class of 2009,…
June 5, 2009
Desler’s next court date in August
Dan Desler is anticipating pleading not guilty to all charges connected to a criminal air pollution case. He…
June 5, 2009
Rob Callagan winner in inaugural Dam Run 5K race
Rob Callagan of Sweet Home was the winner in the inaugural Dam Run 5K Saturday at Foster Dam,…
June 5, 2009
Senior has not missed a day in 15 years of school
When Billy Rinehart walks the graduation aisle Friday, he will have completed 15 years of school €“ without…
June 5, 2009
Peer Court a go for fall, city officials tell kids
Gina Riley of the Sweet Home Police Department intends to have a new Peer Court program running by…
June 5, 2009
Pleasant Valley Rollover
Paramedics look inside a 1996 Chevrolet Suburban that rolled over at the intersection of Pleasant Valley Road and…
June 5, 2009
River Bend leads 2009 county park upgrades
The county Parks Department has spent or plans to spend a total of nearly three-quarters of a million…
June 5, 2009
Graduates: Do what you know
When the Class of 2008 graduated last year, there were signs that things weren’t going well in our…
June 5, 2009
Hawthorne’s Karson Rodgers wins chamber essay contest
A Hawthorne sixth-grader was the winner in an essay contest for local fifth- and sixth-graders held in May.…
June 5, 2009
Mary Tunnell
Feb, 10, 1946 €“ May 30, 2009 Mary Ann (Kroker) Tunnell, 63, of Sweet Home, died May 30,…
June 5, 2009
Richard Bowler
Richard A. Bowler, 80, of Reedsport died May 26, 2009. He was born Sept. 24, 1928 in Oakland,…
June 5, 2009
Bayli Riggs named MVP of Husky softball team
The Huskies softball team named Bayli Riggs its most valuable player during the annual softball awards dessert on…
May 29, 2009
Green Peter kokanee derby June 6
Kokanee Power of Oregon will hold its second annual kokanee derby Saturday, June 6, at Green Peter Reservoir.…
May 29, 2009
Memorial Day speaker recalls costs of war
Flag waving, barbecues, pancake breakfasts, fishing trips, poppy flowers, camping and Memorial Day fun are important because they…
May 29, 2009
Ramoz finishes 69th in state golf championships
Travis Ramoz, the only Sweet Home player to qualify for this year’s 4A state golf tournament at Quail…
May 29, 2009