Abortion is a sorry option
Editor: Wow, Sean Morgan, you surprised and pleased me with your knowledgeable, well-thought-out article on the school-based health…
School clinic wouldn’t be free
Editor: My objection to a school-based health clinic is financial. None of this is “free.” We taxpayers foot…
President’s veto focuses on real embrynic issue
President Bush’s veto last week of a bill that would have increased federal funding for stem cell research…
Lots of options besides clinic
Lots of options besides clinic Editor: I have been called a lot worse names than a Crips, Skinhead,…
Outdoors: It’s the rotten experiences that sometimes make the best stories
By: Shane Ullrich For a story teller or a story listener, there’s one thing that makes a story…
Gilliland logging to fund new land purchases
The Sweet Home Cemetery District is logging a strip of land along the city limits, at the north…
Amy Belveal to marry Bryan Offutt
Amy Nichole Belveal and Bryan Kelly Offutt have announced their engagement to marry on July 29. Belveal is…
Larry Horton, Milli Bostrom to wed
Milli Bostrom and Larry Horton have announced their engagement to marry on July 22. Bostrom is the daughter…
First Baptist Block Party
Marian Taft, 3, clearly enjoys herself as she plays in the bounce house with her Scott Patton, 5,…
Deane P. Morris
6 in Eugene. He was born the youngest child of John Thompson and Bertha (Bracewell) Morris in Coquille.…
Shane Robinson
Aug. 9, 1975 – July 9, 2006 Shane Robinson, 30 of Sweet Home, died July 9, 2006. He…
Virginia M. Taylor
Dec. 2, 1933 – July 14, 2006 Virginia M. Taylor, 72, of Sweet Home, died July 14, 2006…
‘Religious’ bullies killed school clinic
ditor: Just like the Crips, Skinheads and Latin Kings, “religious gangs” are taking over the neighborhoods. These bullies’…
Why is tobacco still legal?
Editor: According to the medical experts, tobacco is killing 1.4 million people a year. There are 10.9 million…
History: From Our Files
July 19, 1956 A Sweet Home housewife learned early this week that she had submitted a winning entry…
Thanks for your help with flowers
Editor: The Sweet Home Beautification Committee receives many, many, compliments on the looks of the downtown area with…
Banjo enthusiasts put on July 4 show
Banjo buffs from all over the United States and as far away as Germany converged on Sweet Home…
Assistant principals leaving SHHS
District 55 School Board members on Monday accepted the resignations of assistant high school principal Daymon Monteith and…
Gail J. Caswell
March 14, 1915 – July 6, 2006 Gail James Caswell, 91, of Sweet Home, died July 6, 2006.…
Darold Williams
Jan. 26, 1947 – June 29, 2006 Darold Lee ‘Bulldog’ Williams, 59, of Lebanon died June 29, 2006…
Marie E. Nork
Feb. 4, 1923 – June 28, 2006 Marie Eleanor Nork, 83, of Sweet Home, died June 28, 2006…
Giving follow-up to a news story its due
One of the problems with news today is that follow-up sometimes gets short shrift. Often a story will…
Parade was great ride
Editor: Wow, what a neat perk! As a member of the City Council, I was afforded the privilege…
Keys qualifies for Junior Olympics decathlon, javelin
Sweet Home’s Dakotah Keys has qualified for the National Junior Olympics Meet in Baltimore July 25-30 in the…
Kropf wins return trip to Hershey nationals
Sweet Home’s Maria Kropf has qualified in the 100 meters for the Hershey’s Track & Field Games national…