Levies for cops, libraries not new
Editor: In response to Mr. Malone’s letter in your April 12, 2006 newspaper. We chose to use the…
Vote for public safety
By the time you read this, the start of the mail-in primary election will be less than a…
Vote no on levies
Editor: In response to the finance director and the city manager’s Letter to the Editor (April 19 and…
Thanks for Easter help
Editor: If I were to define Easter, 2006 with one word it would be WOW! Thanks to those…
Police, neighbors stepped up
Editor: I would like to thank the Sweet Home Police Department and the people of Sweet Home for…
Husky track and field athletes continue to make individual strides
Team-wise, Cascade pretty much dominated a three-way meet with Sweet Home and North Marion April 18. But individually,…
Cascade, Molalla top girls
Cascade 4, Sweet Home 2 Cascade snatched away a 1-0 Husky lead in the top of the sixth…
Huskies beat Molalla, lose three in baseball
Junction City 6, Sweet Home 1 Game one of doubleheader Junction City defeated the Husky baseball team 6-1…
Golfers in the thick of it in ‘extremely balanced’ league
The Husky girls golf team finished fourth of seven teams on April 20, and Chelsea Gagner took second…
Sweet Home wrestlers place at state tourney
Five Sweet Home wrestlers placed in the Oregon State Freestyle and Greco-Roman Tournament April 22 and 23 in…
Egg-citing Easter season
A helicopter from Henderson Aviation of Junction City drops some of more than 2,000 Easter eggs at a…
Eagle Scouts receive their awards
Local Boy Scouts Alex Wilson and Jeff Stratman received their Eagle Scout awards at a ceremony in December.…
Sweet Home singer returns for another run in Teen Idol Contest
Lacey Hightower, of Sweet Home, is back to compete in this year’s Benton-Linn Teen Idol Contest. Hightower, a…
William J. Ross
May 24, 1940 – April 11, 2006 William Joseph Ross, 65, of Sweet Home, died April 11, 2006,…
Richard L. Walker
June 23, 1991 – April 15, 2006 Richard Lee Walker, 14, of Sweet Home, passed away at Doernbecher…
Grace Doerr
Aug. 4, 1922 – April 14, 2006 Grace Doerr, 83, of Sweet Home, died April 14 at Twin…
Wesley J. Wright
March 14, 1923 – April 5, 2006 Wesley J. Wright (Junior), 83, of Lebanon died April 5, 2006…
Florence O. Bridge
April 22, 1919 – April 11, 2006 Florence Olive Bridge, 86, of Sweet Home, died April 11, 2006…
Virgil D. Cheshier
Jan. 4, 1927 – April 9, 2006 Virgil Dean Cheshier, 79, of Sweet Home, died April 9, 2006.…
Jerry Edwin Tate
April 2, 1942 – April 14, 2006 Jerry “Tater” Edwin Tate, 64, of Sweet Home died April 14,…
Thanks for help with egg hunt
Editor: This letter is in appreciation to all the good people of our city and community. I am…
Laws won’t stop illegal immigrants
Editor: Why should an illegal immigrant want to go through the “complex set of regulations” and tough financial…
‘War’ on drugs is simply a misnomer
The problem with the war on drugs is we keep doing it wrong. We don’t really punish people…
Levies for cops, library not new
Editor: In response to Mr. Malone’s letter in your April 12, 2006 newspaper: We chose to use the…
Loggers open season with loss to defending national champs
The East Linn Loggers nine-man football team opened its season Saturday with a 42-20 loss to the defending…