Police need our support
Editor: It will be time this fall to vote to keep our Sweet Home Police Department. Sweet Home…
Keep dogs in yards
Editor: Why is it we have to contend with dogs running loose when we’re trying to take our…
Reader likes the opinions
Editor: I am very impressed with the opinions of the editors and guest writers in the Sept. 13…
Replanting key to ‘nuked’ forest
Editor: This is in regards to Carol Roberts’ letter in the Sept. 6 paper, about her concern for…
Thanks to Tiger Pride sponsors
Editor: Sweet Home Junior High would like to thank the sponsors of the Tiger Pride incentive program for…
Boys lose soccer matches
Taft defeated the Husky boys’ soccer team 2-0 after a tough first half on Thursday at Taft. “We…
Water polo girls win two, boys one as teams continue to gel
Sweet Home’s water polo squads are making some waves in the pool, coach Kathy Benzo said after three…
Outdoors: Things may be different, but hunting’s still where I want to be
Shane Ullrich For The New Era With the archery hunters in the woods already and the rifle hunters…
Girls get win against Creswell
The Husky girls’ soccer team won their first game of the year 1-0 against Creswell at home on…
Harriers show some promise at Cascade meet
Sweet Home’s boys cross-country team gave a foretaste of what could be Thursday with a second-place finish at…
Chelsea Frick to wed Curtis Norton Jr.
Chelsea Nicole Frick and Curtis Clay Norton Jr. have announced their engagement to marry on Oct. 7. Frick…
Local scholarship winner
Amber Larsen, of Sweet Home, receives a scholarship award from the Ford Family Foundation “Sons and Daughters Program”…
Sweet Home school district welcomes new teachers
Following are new teachers who have joined the Sweet Home School District #55 this year: Bethel, Cathee Holley…
Wilma A. Alvarez
July 10, 1942 – Sept. 7, 2006 Wilma A. Alvarez, 64, of Sweet Home died Sept. 7. 2006.…
Tristen Sharp
Tristen Alexander Zimmerman Sharp was stillborn Sept. 2, 2006 at Sacred Heart Hospital in Eugene, the son of…
Linda Eichner
June 23, 1949-Sept. 7, 2006 Linda Marie Eichner, 57, a Lebanon resident, died Sept. 7, 2006 after a…
Anthony DeCecio
Sept. 1, 1923- Sept. 8, 2006 Anthony DeCecio, 83, of Sweet Home died Friday, Sept. 8. He was…
Girls soccer loses first game
The Husky girls soccer team opened its season with a 13-0 loss to Pleasant Hill on the road…
Netters top Philomath in league opener
Sweet Home 3, Philomath 0 Sweet Home’s strong defense produced its first ValCo League win over Philomath in…
Water polo teams progress in opening matches
The Sweet Home water polo teams opened their 2006 campaign with losses to South Salem, but coach Kathy…
Pettit scores in the air, on the ground
Kyle Pettit’s arm and legs produced three big plays as Sweet Home outdueled Estacada, 20-12, for its first…
Katie Wolfe marries Kenny Kittson
Katie Wolfe and Kenny Kittson were married on July 1 in a double ring ceremony with 100 relatives…
Company Picnic
Justin Rowe, 6, surrenders after he was ambushed by his mother, Kathy Rowe, center, and Kathy Steinbacher, right,…
Gary Lueskow
Gary Lueskow, 70, of Lebanon, died Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006 at Lebanon Rehabilitation and Specialty Care. At his…
Paul Bates
May 6, 1920 – Sept. 1, 2006 Paul William Bates, 86, of Sweet home died peacefully in his…