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Nursing Notes: Tears can be help or hindrance for elderly eyes
I frequently have people ask me: “Sarah, why are my eyes so weepy? Is there something wrong with…
Christmas at SHEM
Santa Claus (also known as Safeway Service Operations Manager Brian Adams) and volunteers, above, team up at Sweet…
Late start in athletics hasn’t slowed masters competitor Ken Bronson
Scott Swanson While the rest of the population is pondering the possibility of getting in better shape now…
Cans for pants:Local third-grader collects money to buy garments for Filipino street children
Audrey Caro Gomez Keeghan Gittins-Banker had big plans for the money he had been saving all summer, but…
Trump’s election may pose challenges for monument
Audrey Caro Gomez Proponents of a Douglas-Fir National Monument have said they anticipated it would take about a…
School district meetings aim to get teachers on same page to address student performance
Sean C. Morgan On a Friday morning earlier this month, a group of second-grade teachers from all of…
Death Notices December 27, 2016
Austin Irwin Sr., 75, of Sweet Home died Dec. 24, 2016. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the…
Small exhibits are a lot of what East Linn Museum’s all about
What do a $100 bill, a walnut, and the East Linn Museum have in common? For one thing,…
North River crash
Medics, above, attend to victims in a rollover crash on North River Road at the entrance to Lewis…
Ball-handling, shooting woes dog SH in losses to Siuslaw, S. Umpqua
The Huskies lost at home to Siuslaw 60-31 Dec. 19 and South Umpqua 45-24 Dec. 20. South Umpqua…
Volunteers install smoke alarms
Sean C. Morgan Volunteers from the Red Cross and Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District installed 177 smoke…
Officials: Jamboree benefits to SH exceed mere balance sheet
Sean C. Morgan Even when it doesn’t raise a net profit for the Sweet Home Economic Development Group…
Council adopts policy on naming city-owned facilities
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council last week adopted a resolution setting a policy for naming…
Santa gets earful via correspondence from local second-graders
Patricia Kagler’s Class Foster School For Christmas I wish for a red and black vest. Why I want…
Community steps up for Sharing Tree effort
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District is delivering 384 boxes full of presents this…
STAR Toy Run
Santa (Randy Claasen) gets to ride in style during the STAR Touring and Riding Association’s second annual toy…
Sportsman’s Holiday Court out and about as they serve
Sean C. Morgan It’s been a bit of a soft opening for the 2017 Sportman’s Holiday Court –…
SHJH science teachers honored by state association
Sean C. Morgan The Oregon School Teachers Association presented Outstanding Classroom Teacher Awards to Sweet Home Junior High…
Rocking Around the Christmas Tree winners announced
Though fewer businesses participated this year in the fifth annual Rocking Around the Christmas Tree, “the fun and…
Sights and Songs of Christmas
Actors in the East Linn Museum’s Live Nativity, above, portray the original manger scene of Jesus Christ’s birth…
SHPD seeks to address rising numbers of dog calls
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home Police Chief Jeff Lynn told the city Public Safety Committee last week that…
City Council to consider street maintenance fee
Sean C. Morgan The city Public Safety Committee will move the concept of a street maintenance fee to…
Council declares former 9th Avenue facilities surplus, with intent to sell
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council last week declared surplus the former Public Works maintenance facility…
Environmentalists ask county to opt out of lawsuit
Audrey Caro Gomez After initiating a $1.4 billion breach of contract lawsuit against the State of Oregon and…
GAME OVER:
A frozen net holds two basketballs on Fourth Avenue Sunday morning, after clearly stopping a shootaround after one…