Music plans a step in right direction
The reality of the volunteerism and cooperation that make Sweet Home work is evident to even a newcomer…
Boys open soccer season with losses
Tillamook 4, Sweet Home 2 Stayton 5, Sweet Home 2 The boys soccer team lost 4-2 to Tillamook…
Cross-country boys get fast start at Newport
The Sweet Home cross-country team began its 2008 season with a second-place finish for the boys at the…
Hunting season is here, and opportunities abound
Deer and elk archery hunting continues and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife reports that conditions were…
Girls one up on 2007 with tie in second soccer game
Sweet Home 2, Stayton 2 The girls high school soccer team just improved upon its performance last year…
Andersons to celebrate 66 years of marriage
Harry and Dorothy (Ratelle) Anderson will celebrate their 66th anniversary on Sept. 5. They were married in Minneapolis,…
Lewis Creek Park closes for winter; others to follow
Linn County Parks and Recreation closed Lewis Creek County Park on Tuesday, Sept. 2, for the season. It…
VFW Post remodels kitchen
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Sweet Home Post is remodeling its kitchen, which is often used for communitywide…
Barbara Delano
Barbara Lee Delano, 65, of Salem died on Aug. 23 in Troutdale after a six-year battle with cancer.…
Ronald Pickle
Ronald “Ron” Gene Pickle, 52, of Mesick, Mich., died at Munson Medical Center on Aug. 11, 2008. He…
Betty Mink
Betty Cheek Mink, 74, of Sweet Home died Aug. 28, 2008. She was born Jan. 17, 1934 in…
Marjorie VanEpps
Marjorie A. VanEpps, 91, died Aug. 27, 2008. She was born April 17, 1917 in Stevens County, Wash.…
Why allow such waste of water?
Editor: Aug. 27, 2008 – How many thousands and thousands of gallons of water will be wasted and…
Everybody has a role in schools
Editor: As we begin the new school year, I want you all to know how special this year…
Beautification efforts appreciated
Editor: When residents of Sweet Home and visitors to our area drive down Main Street, they see the…
Suddenly, it’s an interesting race
Well, the presidential election just got really interesting – or maybe I should say the vice-presidential race did.…
Foster School a special place
Editor: Last fall I started working as a substitute teacher’s aide with the Sweet Home School District. My…
Hunting season deadlines closing in for archers
Archery hunters, don’t forget you must purchase your tag by Aug. 29 (before the season opens Aug. 30).…
District has 16 newly arrived teachers; here they are
Suzette Andersen – High School, Family and Consumer Studies. Andersen is a graduate of Oregon State University. She…
Enjoying a little bridge
Crawfordville residents and visitors enjoy some summer fun at the Crawfordsville Bridge Day festival Saturday. The event included…
Melvin Dean Peterson
Melvin Dean Peterson, 71, died Aug. 15, 2008 at his home in Meadview, Ariz. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel…
Myrna Nelson
Myrna A. Nelson, 69, of Crawfordsville died from complications related to a brain tumor on Aug. 18 at…
Wayne Slater
me died Aug. 19, 2008. He was born March 2, 1936 in Foster to Otto and Pearl (Dove)…
Robert Ellis
Robert Sylvester Ellis, 66, of Sweet Home died Aug. 20, 2008. He was born in Torrance, Calif. to…
Anna Wolfe
Anna Arlene Wolfe, 75, of Sweet Home died Aug. 19, 2008. She was born July 13, 1933 in…