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Former SH students receive medical scholarship awards
The Lebanon Community Hospital Foundation, Girod Scholarship Committee, Easton Scholarship Committee and Dinges Scholarship Committee are pleased to…
Blake Keesecker to marry Tami Zucker
Blake Joel Keesecker, son of Joel and Nancy Keesecker of Sweet Home, and Tami Lynn Zucker, daughter of…
Rural development experts congregate in SH
Scott Swanson Board and staff members from Rural Development Initiatives got an up-close-and-personal look at a community on…
Summer of 2012 shaping up to be an active one
Scott Swanson This past weekend, Sweet Home’s first big one of the season – featuring the Free Fishing…
Burning ban starts June 16
Sean C. Morgan A ban on backyard burning begins Saturday, June 16, in Linn County, along with Benton…
Board ratifies contract with PIE
Sean C. Morgan The District 55 School Board ratified a contract Monday night with People Involved in Education…
Library summer program features wide variety of activities
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Public Library Summer Reading Program gets under way on June 20. Registration…
New superintendent gets high marks from board
Sean C. Morgan The District 55 School Board gave Supt. Don Schrader ratings of “high satisfactory” to “very…
Cool Soda meetings continue Thursday
Meetings are scheduled through October to enable the public to learn and comment about the joint effort between…
LBCC graduation ceremonies to be Thursday at Expo Center
The 44th annual Linn-Benton Community College Commencement Ceremony will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 14…
Church wants to send kids to camp
Scott Swanson Know any youngsters who could benefit from going to camp? Fir Lawn Lutheran Church wants to…
Finish line for Class of ’12
As rain poured down outside, the Class of 2012 graduated Friday, June 8, in a cozy ceremony in…
‘All Lands’ meeting draws VIP crowd
Scott Swanson What would happen if local government officials and private landowners worked together with key state and…
Parks program includes art, eats, science, lots of water
Sean C. Morgan The city of Sweet Home’s annual Summer Fun in the Parks program kicks off at…
Principals hired for Oak Heights and Hawthorne
Sean C. Morgan The District 55 School Board hired Terry Augustadt as principal of Hawthorne Elementary School and…
Injuries add to Sweet Home cops’ woes
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Police Department continues to run shorthanded, with two new officers attending the…
Host families needed for next year
Cynde Burford says that plans are under way for next year’s crop of exchange students and, as usual,…
SHHS reunion organizers seeking alums, volunteers
Sweet Home High School will celebrate 100 years with a July 14 reunion of all classes, from 1912…
Weekend activities kick off summer season for SH
Safety fair, free fishing and car show on tap Summer activities in the Sweet Home area kick off…
Albany company gives SH woman’s home a new roof
Sean C. Morgan Mary Carter of Sweet Home was one of two recipients of new roofs provided by…
Charges against Strickler dismissed
A theft case against former Sunshine Industries Executive Director Verle John Strickler was dismissed on May 30. A…
City officials crunch numbers on water filling station
Sean C. Morgan If the city of Sweet Home builds a proposed water filling station, the facility would…
The five amigos
This year’s five foreign exhange students have made quite an impact on campus, students and administrators say By…
Dam Run 5K June 16
The fourth annual Dam Run 5K will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 16, at Foster Dam.…