Girls place well in Jr. Olympics
Maria Kropf won the long jump in the Oregon Junior Olympics track and field championships held Saturday at…
Sweet Home fighters lose two in Salem competition
Two Sweet Home fighters lost fights Saturday night at Capital City Cage Fights at the Salem Armory. Trevor…
Meet the Court Sportsman’s Holiday 2008 McKenna Burnett
As a Sportsman’s Holiday princess, McKenna Burnett wants to be a role model for the community, and she…
World of Wheels at Grampa Tom’s
Grampa’s Choice – 1931 Chevy Roadster, Denny Rice of Philomath. Best of Show – 1960 Chevy Impala, Dennis…
Making Music in May
Five Sweet Home High School students attended the 2008 Music in May festival at Pacific University in Forest…
719 people, including 38 locals, receive LBCC degrees
A total of 827 degrees and certificates were awarded to 719 candidates at the 40th annual Linn-Benton Community…
Local residents among OSU, UO grads
The 2008 graduating class from Oregon State University was one of the largest in the school’s history on…
Kenneth Culbertson
Jan. 16, 1934 – June 13, 2008 Kenneth Ray Culbertson, 74, of Sweet Home died June 13, 2008.…
Dumping kittens is criminal act
Editor: On June 2 a truck stopped at the driveway to a local church, Community Chapel on Ames…
From Our Files
June 19, 1958 Sam Kimball reported seeing the Russian Sputnik III flash through the sky south of Sweet…
Downtown SHARE taking shape
Earlier this year, on a series of dark, cold, rainy nights, Sweet Home citizens got together and determined…
Many thanks to SMART vols
Editor: I would like to send out the warmest thank you to all the SMART volunteers that donated…
More to success than just money
Editor: What is the measurement of success? I ask this because I am a little concerned about the…
Lakes are full and it’s time to catch some fish
Most of the Willamette Valley pond stocking with trout is done for this season. Bass crappie, bluegill, and…
Softball team has ups and downs
The high school summer softball team easily won four games last week, but they lost big to two…
Huskies hone high-speed hoops against Junction City
The high school summer boys basketball team spent last week honing their new high-speed, full-court game, walloping Siuslaw…
SH residents arrested in alleged metal theft
Two Sweet Home residents were arrested Saturday night after police stopped a vehicle loaded with grave markers, scrap…
Kerry Claasen, Tom Modin to wed
Kerry Claasen and Tom Modin have announced their engagement to marry in September 2009. Claasen is the daughter…
Meet the Court Sportsman’s Holiday 2008 Alyssa Logan
Alyssa Logan joined the Sportsman’s Holiday Court because she saw it as an opportunity to get involved more…
Stanley Walters
Stanley David “Opa” Walters, 68, died June 4, 2008. He was born April 23, 1940 in Lebanon to…
Judith Cockrell
Judith Kay Cockrell, 63, of Sweet Home died June 3, 2008. She was born April 5, 1945 in…
Fontelle Ponzoha
Fontelle J. “Mickey” Ponzoha, 86, died June 1, 2008, surrounded by her family at Samaritan Albany General Hospital,…
Phyllis Brewster-Durr
Phyllis Jane Brewster-Durr, 76, died June 2, 2008 at Marion Estates. She was born May 18, 1932 in…
Kenneth Smith
Kenneth Casey Smith, 94, of Sweet Home died June 2, 2008. He was born Sept. 6, 1913 in…
Harvey Dudley
Harvey James Dudley, 74, of Sweet Home died June 8, 2008. He was born Nov. 20, 1933, in…