The New Era
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School Board Position Two Candidate Steve Hiett
Steve Hiett says he wants to see Sweet Home schools continue to thrive. Hiett, 43, is running for…
April 26, 2009
Benefit for burn victim Lynn Damewood Sunday at Figaro’s
Sweet Home Figaro’s Pizza will donate all its proceeds on Sunday, April 26, to help one of its…
April 25, 2009
Boys second with Taft in Val-Co golf
The boys golf team tied with Taft for second in a Val-Co League tournament Tuesday, April 14, at…
April 25, 2009
Keys sets two records at Meet of Champions
It was a perfect day for track and field Saturday at the Meet of Champions at Willamette University…
April 25, 2009
SHHS argues safety first in proposed return to Capital Conference
School District officials this week proposed that Sweet Home High School be returned to the Capital League to…
April 25, 2009
Four arrested after theft of equipment, lumber
Sweet Home police have arrested four persons in connection with a theft from Willamette Forest Products reported on…
April 25, 2009
Opal Fogle
Opal Arline Fogle, 90, of Sweet Home died April 13, 2009. She was born Nov. 16, 1918 in…
April 25, 2009
Burn victims show improvement, families say
The two Sweet Home women severely burned when a backyard fire flared up, are both recovering at the…
April 25, 2009
Western Renewable Resources refiles suit against state DEQ
Western Renewable Resources has again filed a lawsuit in Linn County Circuit Court against the Oregon Department of…
April 25, 2009
SH dominates Central on home baseball diamond
Sweet Home 8, Central 2 The Huskies defeated Central 8-2 at home on the baseball diamond Monday evening.…
April 25, 2009
Huskies down Central, coach’s ‘team to beat’
Sweet Home 7, Central 5 In what may be the biggest game of the season, the Huskies cracked…
April 25, 2009
New rodeo queen comes with experience
The Sweet Home Rodeo named Nicole Schrock its 2009 rodeo queen on April 11. Five girls competed for…
April 25, 2009
Susan Wimmer
Susan Wimmer, 67, died April 16, 2009 in her home in Cascadia, with her family by her side.…
April 25, 2009
Frank Dietz
Frank Theodore (“Ted”) Dietz, 75, died in his sleep on the morning of April 17, 2009. He was…
April 25, 2009
Junior high school club members love creepy crawlies
They love the “herps” and they’d like to teach others to love them, understand them and not to…
April 25, 2009
Sweet Home, Lebanon Boys and Girls Clubs to merge
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Lebanon and Sweet Home last week announced plans to merge the two…
April 25, 2009
Pauls lone Sweet Home winner in Capital City cage fight action
The Bully Gang’s Eli Pauls came up with a big win Saturday night at the Capital City Cage…
April 21, 2009
Huskies split in softball with Sisters after blowout win and loss
Sisters 7, Sweet Home 2 The Huskies softball team split a doubleheader with Sisters on Saturday, April 11,…
April 21, 2009
Boys top Newport and Stayton in track; girls third
Despite having some regular scorers out of action due to sickness or injury, the Sweet Home track and…
April 21, 2009
Hope Sanderson
Hope Ann Sanderson, 54, of Albany died April 10, 2009. She was born Oct. 28, 1954 in Lebanon…
April 17, 2009
Elmer Blankenship
Elmer Blankenship, 65, of Sweet Home, died March 29, 2009, surrounded by family at the time of his…
April 17, 2009
Edward Loree
Edward LeRoy Loree, 80, of Mill City died April 10, 2009. He was born April 15, 1928 in…
April 17, 2009
Women burned in fire pit flare-up
Two Sweet Home women were severely burned in an apparent accident around a backyard fire pit early Saturday…
April 17, 2009
Big Loser winner did it with diet, ‘very regular exercise’
Dave O’Brien knew it was time to lose weight. He weighed well over 200 pounds at the beginning…
April 17, 2009
Free seminars to teach parents ABCs of Positive Behavior
If your child’s behavior seems to deteriorate when he or she walks in the door after school, the…
April 17, 2009