I love football, especially hometown football
I love football. I enjoy watching nearly all sports, but I prefer above all others are track and…
Phoenix High dominates at C. Grove golf tourney
Phoenix High School dominated the nine-team Cottage Grove Invitational Golf Tournament April 20 at the Tokatee Golf Course…
District 55 refinances bond to save $782,000 over 21 years
School District 55 taxpayers will save $781,874 over the next 21 years as a result of the district’s…
Celebrate golden anniversary
Franklin L. Costa and Janice M. Mercer met while attending the College of Idaho (Albertson’s College) in Caldwell,…
Medical call load on pace to match 2004 record
Ambulance calls in Sweet Home for the first quarter were on track to push Sweet Home Fire and…
SHHS students earn honors, scholarships
High school senior Jeff Rice has been named a finalist for the National Merit Scholar designation; senior Matt…
School Board candidates forum scheduled April 21
A District 55 School Board candidates forum will begin at 6:30 p.m. on April 21 at the Jim…
Expect fair and balanced journalism, really
I have many friends ? and relatives ?who regard “The Media” with suspicion. Simply put, they view The…
Krystle Streight breaks shot-put record
Senior Krystle Streight shattered the SHHS shot-put record set in 1994 Wednesday as the Huskies traveled to a…
Baseball roundup
Elmira 10, 9 Sweet Home 9, 3 Despite a tough first-game effort, the Huskies lost a doubleheader 10-9…
The New Era sold to Scott and Miriam Swanson
Alex and Debra Paul announce the sale of The New Era Publishing Company, Inc., to Scott and Miriam…
LBCC receives federal TRIO
Linn-Benton Community College has been awarded a federal TRIO grant, aimed at helping first-generation, low income and disabled…
New Japanese structures built
Visitors to the healing garden at Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital (SLCH) will now be able to enjoy it…
The New Guy
I?m not expert in too many things, but I come close in moving. I once calculated the number…
Drifting into unemployment
More than a quarter century ago, my father-in-law, Pete Lauters, made an innocent comment one cold Iowa Sunday…
Husky boys win 3-way
Sweet Home’s female golfers opened their season with a nine-hole match at Arrowhead Country Club March 17. Seniors…
Cascade, Sisters top softball squad
Cascade 6 Sweet Home 4 The Cascade Cougars fended off a four-run fourth-inning attack from the Husky softball…
Smith hits homer to defeat Sisters; SH drops Cascade
Sweet Home 7 Sisters 6 Travis Smith hit a seventh-inning three-run homerun March 30 at home to carry…
Huskies swing into track season
The Husky track and field squads continued their tune-up for the league season last week with a non-scoring…
Corps water meeting March 29 in S.H.
The annual reservoir information meeting sponsored by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be held Tuesday, March…
John McCardle is new development director at LBCC
John McArdle has joined Linn-Benton Community College as the new Development Director of College Advancement and Foundation office…