The New Era
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Hazard committee refines goals
The city of Sweet Home’s All-Hazard Mitigation Committee added several new action items to a list of those…
March 26, 2009
Gladys Shaw Smith
Gladys Illa Rowley Shaw Smith, 96, of Sweet Home died March 17, 2009. She was born April 1,…
March 26, 2009
Earlene Nolan
Earlene Doris Nolan, 68, recently of Albany and previously a Sweet Home resident, died on March 9, 2009…
March 26, 2009
Fred Geil
Fred Aldin Geil, 67, of Albany, died March 13, 2009. He was born July 26, 1941 in Lebanon…
March 26, 2009
Retired priest reopens St. Francis Church
After hearing the call unexpectedly at a church service in Port Townsend, Wash., Father Tom Wilson, 79, came…
March 26, 2009
Twelve file for School Board seats in May 19 election
Twelve candidates have filed for the District 55 School Board election on May 19. Incumbent Chanz Keeney will…
March 26, 2009
A day in Rep. DeFazio’s life covers a wide range of topics, activities
Rep. Pete DeFazio had a busy day March 12 at his office in the Rayburn House Building in…
March 26, 2009
Huskies expect to be in Val-Co baseball race
The Sweet Home baseball team is starting this season with one ingredient it lacked last year: experience. The…
March 16, 2009
Sweet Home Foundation doles out $20,000 in grants
Sweet Home Community Foundation President Bob Burford announced 10 grants, totaling approximately $20,000 to local organizations Saturday night…
March 16, 2009
Kriston Loree, Shilo Rhodehouse to wed in June
Shilo Lea Rhodehouse and Kriston David Loree have announced their engagement to marry on June 26. Rhodehouse is…
March 16, 2009
Girls state champion
Sweet Home’s Laura Gourley put the squeeze on a Cottage Grove opponent during an exhibition match at the…
March 16, 2009
Huskies fall after first-round playoffs win
After scalding Scappoose in a lopsided 71-51 home victory last Tuesday, Sweet Home’s boys basketball team continued their…
March 16, 2009
Equestrians start new season with new riders, coaches
The Huskies graduated four senior equestrian team members in 2008, leaving this year’s team young and relatively inexperienced…
March 16, 2009
Girl golfers deeper than usual, boys looking thin
The 2008 Sweet Home boys golf team was a hard act to follow, and the lowest turnout in…
March 16, 2009
Husky boys aim to defend track title; girls look stronger
A year after winning Sweet Home’s first boys track and field state title, the Huskies are back on…
March 16, 2009
Softball team young, but plenty experienced
Last year the Sweet Home softball roster was dominated by freshmen and the Huskies surprised some people by…
March 16, 2009
‘Tom Sawyer’ makes stop at Oak Heights
Members of the “Tom Sawyer” cast take a bow at the end of the production, which involved all…
March 16, 2009
Naomi Thompson
June 28, 1930 – March 7, 2009 Naomi A. Thompson, 78, of Sweet Home died March 7, 2009.…
March 16, 2009
School board considers $900,000 in cuts next year
The District 55 School Board received a list of $900,000 in proposed budget cuts for next school year,…
March 16, 2009
Courtly quintet
Members of the Sportsman’s Holiday Court were introduced Saturday night at the Sweet Home Chamber of Commerce Awards…
March 16, 2009
Lucille Rice
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Satruday, March 21, at Fir Lawn Lutheran Church for…
March 16, 2009
Myrtle Hufford
Jan. 13, 1913 – March 4, 2009 Myrtle Arietta Hufford, 96, of Hufford Ridge, east of Foster, died…
March 15, 2009
District 55 to cancel bus routes
School District 55 will stop providing bus rides to some 130 students next year, pending board approval later…
March 15, 2009
2 file for board
So far, two incumbents have filed to run for five open Sweet Home School Board positions. Jason Redick…
March 15, 2009
Lake cleanup produces lots of junk
Every year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers pulls submerged debris from under the surface of Foster Lake…
March 15, 2009