The New Era
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Highland Games, Celtic Festival here this weekend
In Greg Downs’ vision, the emphasis on Saturday’s Sweet Home Highland Games and Celtic Festival should fall on…
August 21, 2002
S.H. teen dies in Calapooia fall
A 17-year-old Sweet Home boy died Sunday evening after an accident 23 miles southeast of Sweet Home on…
August 15, 2002
Safety issues top proposedFoster Lake boat ramp hearing
Would the addition of a new boat ramp at Caulkins Point on Foster Lake be a plus or…
August 15, 2002
SHHS grad helps raise USS Monitor
Sweet Home sailor Vern Malone said he was excited to see the gun turret of the USS Monitor,…
August 15, 2002
Back to School 2002
ALL SCHOOLS The first day of school for grades K-6 will be Tuesday, September 3, 2002. Attendance at…
August 15, 2002
Jann Horner is new LBCC board chair
Linn-Benton Community College’s Board of Education elected new officers for the 2002-2003 year at its annual organizational meeting…
August 15, 2002
LCH and LBCC partner on new health career center
Lebanon Community Hospital will be the site of a new Health Careers and Training Center. The decision, agreed…
August 15, 2002
Sally Pelham has a hunka, hunka burnin’ love for Elvis
Sally Pelham knows Elvis Presley died August 16, 1977…but a flicker of hope still burns inside here that…
August 15, 2002
District 55 athletic information
Official practice for High School football, volleyball, soccer, cross country and water polo begins on August 19. Students…
August 15, 2002
Doug Peargin named national girls swimming coach of year
Although he turns 60-years-old this month, Doug Peargin looks as though he could teach swimmers a third his…
August 15, 2002
Oregon girl a hit
Sara Evans, who calls Oregon home part of the year, was a hit with her fellow Beaver state…
August 4, 2002
Walker rocks Jamboree
Clay Walker fans got their money’s worth Saturday during the 10th Oregon Jamboree in Sweet Home. The award-winning…
August 4, 2002
Sammy Kershaw, man of many talents
Sammy Kershaw drew loud approval from the more than 8,000 fans at Saturday’s Oregon Jamboree in Sweet Home.
August 4, 2002
Dance fever
The Thorpe girls, Natalie and Taylor, and a friend, put the Jamboree dance floor to good use Friday…
August 3, 2002
Keith Urban wows crowd with guitar talent
Australian Keith Urban had fans cheering and dancing during the Oregon Jamboree on Friday evening.
August 3, 2002
Martina McBride rocks Oregon Jamboree
More than 6,000 fans turned out under beautiful Oregon weather Friday to open the 10th Oregon Jamboree in…
August 3, 2002
Patriotic hat
Rhonda Beach of Newport was an eye catcher Friday during her first visit to the Oregon Jamboree. Beach…
August 3, 2002
Council agrees to sell rail parcel of land to Deardorff
The Sweet Home City Council agreed to sell a small piece of the former Oregon Electric Railroad right-of-way…
July 31, 2002
Two arrested for poaching, shooting
Oregon State Police arrested two persons in connection with a poaching case and a drive-by shooting on July…
July 31, 2002