COVID has produced ‘strange and surreal’ year for SHEM
Scott Swanson Sweet Home Emergency Ministries has had a “strange and surreal” year, one of its directors told…
Online auction nets some $15,000 for scholarships
Scott Swanson Organizers of the Sweet Home Alumni Foundation’s annual Trees for Scholars Christmas tree auction were wondering…
Three Sweet Home volleyball players sign with LBCC
Scott Swanson Three Sweet Home volleyball players signed letters of intent last week to play next season for…
OSAA announces new sports schedule in response to COVID
Scott Swanson The Oregon School Activities Association Executive Board has revised its calendar to start sports and other…
Local teens win award in forestry video contest
Scott Swanson Aiden Shamek said he first got interested in the Thru the Trees video contest earlier this…
When Husky fans return, Main Gym will offer a little sparkle
Scott Swanson If OSAA-sanctioned sports begin on Dec. 28 as planned, and if fans are allowed to attend…
Downtown owner restores old building that will be store
Scott Swanson Scott Snedeker is, by his own admission, a “do-it-yourselfer.” So when he moved to Sweet Home…
Got lights? Organizers envision show that draws crowd
Scott Swanson Picture a downtown lighted to the nines, so spectacular that people from throughout the Mid-Valley region…
Local player Abbott is first signee for new Bushnell beach volleyball program
Scott Swanson Teja Abbott plans to play beach volleyball for Bushnell University next year after signing a letter…
Local students don’t let COVID stop their volunteerism
Scott Swanson It was the chimneys, most of all, that left an impact. “The number of chimneys –…
Elks’ remodeled facility needs more usage, lodge leader says
Scott Swanson Sweet Home Elks have spent the last decade remodeling their facility, but now that they have…
Huskies’ Bailee Hartsook signs letter of intent to Western Oregon
Scott Swanson Though her senior volleyball season has been, at the very least, delayed by the coronavirus pandemic…
No charges filed against watercraft operator in fatal accident at Foster
Scott Swanson No charges will be filed against the operator of a personal watercraft that struck and killed…
Fall sports ‘mini-season’ under way, with contests this week
Scott Swanson After 10 days’ hiatus, Sweet Home High School athletes were back on the fields and in…
Life is delivering music for Veteran of the Year, local bugler
Scott Swanson Peter Butler enjoys surprises – most of the time. There was that draft notice he got…
Service truly what brought family together for local couple
Scott Swanson This is the story of two military veterans who start their adult lives without much of…
1976-77 Huskies turned basketball fortunes for SHHS
Scott Swanson Felix Wilkerson flips through the old album, full of newspaper clippings and photos. “That’s the season,…
Unsuspecting SHHS student gets surprise gift from alum: a truck
Scott Swanson When Jake Fanning got a text from his wrestling coach, Steve Thorpe, last week, he thought…
New pastor brings varied experience to Cornerstone
Scott Swanson Kurt Schnabel has been involved in church pretty much all his life. He was born in…
Local Mom helps playground makeover
Scott Swanson When Rachel Maynard of Sweet Home took her two boys to the playground at Waterloo County…
Softball players get back on field during ‘mini’ season; to play Thursday
Scott Swanson Softball Coach Karyn Hartsook watched her players work out last week, the second of the “mini…
When COVID strikes home, things change
Scott Swanson I actually had planned to write about newspapers for this week’s edition. After all, as should…
Group effort helps carvings get back on feet
Scott Swanson Melissa Cheek has always appreciated public art and when she took over ownership of the Holley…
New chamber office manager brings lots of experience to job
Scott Swanson Melody Jordan Reese has been office manager for the Sweet Home Chamber of Commerce for less…
K-9 festival to be replaced by Gemma-focused scavenger hunt
Scott Swanson Sweet Home Police Department will host an alternative-format K-9 Jamboree this year, a scavenger hunt that…