Fuel costs putting squeeze on budgets
Sean Morgan and Scott Swanson Of The New Era The surge of fuel prices over $3 a gallon…
Edgar Powell
Jan. 9, 1945-May 10, 2006 Edgar “Ed” Allen Powell, 61, died on May 10, 2006 in Lebanon. He…
Christen Ives
March 30, 1946 – May 12, 2006 Christen “Chris” Ives, 60, of Sweet Home, died May 12, 2006…
Paul Wands
April 7, 1928 – May 13, 2006 Paul Wands, 78, of Sweet Home, died May 13, 2006 at…
Charlie Alvin McDaniel
Jan. 21, 1938-May 9, 2006 Charlie McDaniel, 68, of Sweet Home died May 9, 2006. He was born…
David F. Goodrow
Dec. 1, 1944-May 4, 2006 David F. Goodrow, 61 of Sweet Home died on May 4, 2006 at…
Martha Hadland
Nov. 1, 1937-May 7, 2006 Martha June (nee Smith) Hadland, 68, of Sweet Home died of endometrial cancer…
Why bother with an election?
Editor: I have been gathering information on past sheriffs. I went back from 1953 to 2005. It is…
Thanks to Tree Commission
Editor: Sweet Home tree Commission, take a bow. The Flowers & Trees, Birds & Bees event was excellent.…
Thanks for shoe donations
Editor: A belated thank you to all of the Sweet Home Kiwanis Club members involved in purchasing and…
Thanks to health workers
Editor: As we prepare to celebrate National Hospital Week May 7-13, I wanted to acknowledge and thank the…
Sweet Home’s potential unrealized
Editor: This is in response to all the letters that I have seen printed recently regarding Sweet Home’s…
It’s time for PIE to work with district on charter school
People Involved in Education, the group that runs Sand Ridge Charter School and wants to start a similar…
Loggers get on a roll with second straight win, 21-6, over Capitol City
The East Linn Loggers raised their seaon record to 3-2 with a 21-6 thrashing of the Capitol City…
Equestrians second in district drill meet
The Husky equestrian team finished second in drill during its district meet on April 28. “We qualified to…
Gagner wins league golf title, goes to state
Chelsea Gagner of Sweet Home was tied for ninth after the first day of the OSAA 3A/2A/1A girls…
Lady Huskies clinch first softball title since ’89
Sweet Home’s girls clinched their first league championship since 1989 by beating North Marion 11-3 Monday to finish…
Tracksters turn in PRs at Stayton Twilight Meet
Tuning up for the district meet this weekend, the Sweet Home track and field squads competed in the…
Baseball team loses final three regular-season games
North Marion 7, Sweet Home 1 The Husky baseball team lost its final regular season game Monday night…
Summer’s here and it’s time to play outdoors
With the wet winter days behind us and the wonderful sunny days of spring upon us the anticipation…
Police, library levies just miss voter turnout needed to pass
The city of Sweet Home’s local option levies were approved in Tuesday’s election, but voter turnout reached just…
17.8% of voters cast ballots as of Friday
As of Friday morning, Police Chief Bob Burford said, Sweet Home had a 17.8-percent return on ballots for…
Zeldia Darby
May 14, 1922 – May 1, 2006 Zeldia Darby, 83, of Sweet Home, died May 1, 2006 at…
Mary Parks
April 29, 1930 – May 2, 2006 Mary Amelia Parks, 76, of Sweet Home, died May 2, 2006.…
Bernice Simkins
Nov. 30, 1928 – May 2, 2006 Bernice A. Simkins, 77, of Sweet Home, died May 2, 2006…