Sponsors appreciated
Editor: Sweet Home Junior High would like to thank the sponsors of the Tiger Pride incentive program for…
SHEM needs help this fall
Editor: The changing of the seasons has started. The trees are switching into their fall colors. The hunters…
YAC gives kids chance to make difference
With all the recent interest in revitalizing Sweet Home’s business district through the Sweet Home Active Revitalization Effort,…
Thanks for help in finding dog
Editor: Thank you, Sweet Home community. Saturday afternoon, our beagle was lost as she ran away from our…
Concerns about kids sports
Editor: I have two children in grades 2 and 5 that are playing sports at the Boys and…
Volunteer would like to help again
About 25 years ago a call went out to the community for volunteers to help read freshman AP…
Letter writer appears biased
This is in response to the letter “Correction: Palin not first woman VP candidate” by Rich Black in…
Girls soccer team ties Central
Sweet Home’s girls soccer team came away with a tie at Central after holding the Panthers scoreless on…
X-C boys second at Cottage Grove; girls take third
The boys cross-country team finished second last Thursday at the Cottage Grove Harriers Challenge, while the girls tied…
Husky boys drop first two Val-Co soccer matches
The Husky boys soccer team opened league play with losses to Newport and Central. Sweet Home a 4-0…
Huskies run in a crowd at Seaside cross-country meet
The Sweet Home cross-country teams went to the granddaddy of Oregon cross-country meets and came away relatively unscathed…
Pumping P.E.
Holley Principal Tiffanie Lambert, left, and district P.E. teacher Kate Buehler, met former Portland Trailblazer Jerome Kersey last…
Man, boy arrested after vehicle allegedly stolen
Sweet Home police arrested two Sweet Home residents for stealing a car and attempting to elude police on…
Walter Wiles
eet Home died peacefully at his home Sept. 15, 2008. He was born Jan. 9, 1925 in Bokoshe,…
Death Notice
Mary R. Costa, 90, of Cascadia died Sept. 19, 2008. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the arrangements.…
Richard Amundson
Jan. 27, 1933 – Sept. 18, 2008 Richard “Dick” Amundson, 75, of Sweet Home died Sept. 18, 2008.…
Gladys Wilken
Nov. 6, 1920 – Sept. 21, 2008 Gladys Wilma Wilken, 87, died Sept. 21, 2008. She was born…
Leta Pitts
March 15, 1919 – Sept. 17, 2008 Leta Mae Pitts, 89, of Sweet Home died Sept. 17, 2008.…
Alvin Parton
Alvin Ray Parton, 34, of Sweet Home died Sept. 16, 2008. He was born Dec. 6, 1973 in…
Keyboard class more than music
Editor: One paragraph in the article “Teachers want more prep time” (Sept. 17) piqued my interest on how…
Programs open door to college for kids
My mother was the first person in her immediate family to graduate from college. So was my sister-in-law.…
Still looking for right candidate
Editor: Sometimes I just have to sit and think they are smarter than I. I’m watching one of…
Plan needs input from homeless
Editor: Regarding the story “City signs onto planned homeless aid,” (Sept. 3) all the well-laid plans and attempts…
Outdoors: Iron Mountain trail closures
Visitors to Iron Mountain will encounter occasional trail closures from Sept.16 through Oct. 31 due to construction of…
Boys beat Elmira for second soccer win of season
The Husky varsity boys soccer team toppled Elmira 3-2 Friday following two losses earlier in the week. At…