The New Era
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District 55 School Board Election, Position Five Candidate Billie Weber
Billie Weber, 79, believes in education, and as a School Board member, she can help promote it, she…
May 2, 2009
District 55 School Board Election, Position Five candidate Travis Luttmer
Travis Luttmer, 29, says he wants to give back and help continue guiding School District 55 in the…
May 2, 2009
Herbert Davey
Herbert E. “Bud” Davey, 88, of Sweet Home died on Monday, April 20, 2009. He was born Jan.…
May 2, 2009
Marjorie Harris
Marjorie Lorene Harris, 84, died April 20, 2009 at Crestfield Rehabilitation-Fenwood Manor in Manchester, Conn. She was born…
May 2, 2009
Mayco Wiles
Mayco Clara Wiles, 79, of Sweet Home died April 26, 2009. She was born March 29, 1930 in…
May 2, 2009
Early belt-tightening saving city from budget cuts
While other government agen-cies are looking at deep cuts in the 2009-10 fiscal year, the city of Sweet…
May 2, 2009
Schools face tough cuts in budget
A weak economy and declining enrollment have created the bleakest financial picture that Supt. Larry Horton says he…
May 2, 2009
Wallace James
Wallace Lee James, 75, died on March 5, 2009 at St. John’s Medical Center in Springfield, Mo. He…
April 28, 2009
Reu Reeve
Reu A. Reeve, 39, of Sweet Home died April 5, 2009. He was born Jan. 12, 1970 in…
April 28, 2009
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