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2010-11 SHHS award winners
Following is our annual list of the previous school year’s award winners at Sweet Home High School. Awards…
Cycle run to benefit fireworks
Sean C. Morgan Motorcyclists will have the chance this weekend to make a little cash for themselves and…
Mock tax run for pool shows $84,000 loss to police, library option levies
Sean C. Morgan Compression will cost local governments a little more than $84,000 in local option levies if…
Rettai Reppy, Trevor Lee engaged
Trevor Michael Lee and Rettai Darlene Reppy are planning a Sept. 3 wedding. Reppy is the daughter of…
Second Pyschostock festival returns with variety
Sean C. Morgan The second annual Psychostock show this weekend, Aug. 13 and 14, will feature 12 bands.…
Rotarians ship supplies to Philippines
The Rotary Clubs of Greater Corvallis and Greater Albany, led by Juan Ulep of Sweet Home and assisted…
A&W celebrating 50 years
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home A&W will celebrate its 50th anniversary on Saturday. The celebration will include a…
Doctor known for generosity, compassion
Scott Swanson They remember Dr. Dowling for many things and for two things: his letterman’s jacket and his…
Council ponders PA permits amidst opposition
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council approved another public address permit just prior to the Oregon…
Suspicious device turns out to be ‘Star Wars’ toy
A suspicious device, possibly a pipe bomb, on the train trestle behind the Vet’s Club, 580 Main St.,…
Chamber cuts hours, needs help
Sean C. Morgan The Chamber of Commerce Visitor’s Center and chamber office needs help. The chamber is closing…
Marine patrol gets new boat
Sean C. Morgan The Linn County Sheriff’s Office has put a new boat on the county’s rivers and…
Fire danger reaches medium, regulated use begins
Sean C. Morgan Local forestlands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry South Cascade Forest Protection District went…
Tucks celebrate 60th
Jim and Betty Tuck celebrated 60 years of marriage on July 24. They were married in Reno, Nev.…
Vets seek help on fireworks problem
Sean C. Morgan Illegal fireworks were constantly going off around town in the days leading up to and…
Genevieve Rice turning 100
Scott Swanson Genevieve Rice can’t see any more and visitors have to talk loudly to be heard, but…
Waibels celebrate 50th anniversary
Bob and Mona Waibel celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on July 25. The Waibels were married July 1,…
Search for missing hiker discontinued
Sean C. Morgan The major search effort for Mark Joseph Hardin, 49, of Sweet Home in the Upper…
Garden tour raises funds for adult foster home
April Hall Cutting For The New Era Delighted by the ornately decorated rooms and the extensive compact gardens,…
Redick: 1st year as school board chair ‘busy’ but ‘good’
Sean C. Morgan Jason Redick is beginning his second year as chairman of the District 55 School Board,…
Spectacular show
Sean C. Morgan Lady Antebellum set a new bar for Oregon Jamboree attendance Saturday night, beating the previous…
Sweet Home District 55 Schools information for 2011-12
SWEET HOME SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 55 Sweet Home, Oregon PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT 2011-2012 SCHOOL OPENING INFORMATION Home ALL…
Josai students have a blast during Sweet Home visit
Megan Sanderson For The New Era Teenagers covered their ears and watched intently as quick-draw Shawn Anderson prepared…
COMP-NW medical school opens in Lebanon
COMP-Northwest, the Pacific Northwest campus of Western University of Health Sciences’ (WesternU) College of Osteopathic Medicine of the…
Waltraud Sarwasch, Wayne Hadland marry in Wisconsin
Waltraud Sarwasch and Wayne Hadland were married July 13, 2011 on the lawn of the groom’s grandparent’s ancestral…