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District eyes rural school closures
School District 55 will send Holley and Crawfordsville kindergarten students to Oak Heights next school year unless higher…
June 26, 2010
North, Emmert win in basketball All-Stars series
The North, including Drew Emmert of Sweet Home, won both games of the annual Oregon Athletic Coaches Association…
June 26, 2010
Fish return to S. Santiam; Steelhead, salmon already nearing last year’s totals
After five years of mostly poor steelhead and salmon runs, the fish have returned. Brett Boyd, manager of…
June 26, 2010
Construction students learn safety from Georgia Pacific
Sweet Home construction students got industrial-style safety training this year thanks to an innovative program presented by Georgia…
June 26, 2010
Furniture Share opens Linn County branch in Lebanon
A Linn County branch of the relief organization Furniture Share is opening in Lebanon at the River Center.…
June 26, 2010
Hawthorne students get wet, wild reward
Students at Hawthorne School got to celebrate the end of the school year June 11 with a water-filled…
June 26, 2010
Sign ordinance final draft on way
City of Sweet Home Community Development Director Carol Lewis is completing a final draft of a new sign…
June 26, 2010
Keep fireworks legal, state officials warn
June 23 opens the season for fireworks sales in Oregon. Legal fireworks may be purchased only from Oregon…
June 26, 2010
Local student picked for OSU medical research program
Erika Snow of Sweet Home has been named to participate in the 2010 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summer…
June 26, 2010
If we’d known then what we know now…
They say hindsight’s 20-20, but when it comes to elections (and plenty of other things), I often wish…
June 26, 2010
Video rental store owners develop new product line
The times are changing in the video rental business, and American Family Video is changing with them. “We…
June 26, 2010
Obituary: Loren Wetherell
Loren Rodney Wetherell, 84, of Lebanon died June 19, 2010 at Century Fields Assisted Living in Lebanon. He…
June 26, 2010
Scholarship, college prep help pay off big for SHHS
Students in the 2010 Sweet Home High School senior class have received a record amount of scholarship aid,…
June 26, 2010
Obituary: John Wacek
John Henry Wacek, 87, of Sweet Home died June 17, 2010. He was born Jan. 22, 1923 in…
June 26, 2010
Betty Rice
Betty June (Points) Rice, 74, of Sweet Home died at home June 14, 2010 after a long battle…
June 26, 2010
Obituary: Margie Kneaper
Margie Mae Kneaper, 65, of Sweet Home died June 19, 2010. She was born April 23, 1945 in…
June 26, 2010
Obituary: Kenneth Hankins
Kenneth Jim Hankins, 60, of Lebanon died peacefully at his home on June 13, 2010. He was born…
June 26, 2010
Keys and Kropf repeat as track and field MVPs
For the second year in a row, Dakotah Keys and Maria Kroft were named MVPs for the Sweet…
June 19, 2010
Council says no to archers
The City Council last week declined to take action on a proposal to allow archers to practice shooting…
June 19, 2010
New coach brings college soccer experience to pitch
A former Division I college and semi-pro soccer player has been named head coach of the boys soccer…
June 19, 2010
Brock Crocker signs to wrestle for Southern Oregon
Brock Crocker signed a letter of intent to wrestle for Southern Oregon University during a ceremony in the…
June 19, 2010
City Council weighs options as schools ask for help
While city officials contemplate how to deal with the loss of $40,000 in revenue from School District 55…
June 19, 2010
Sweet Ride Car Show set to roll June 26
The second half of Sweet Home’s car show season will happen Saturday, June 26, with the second annual…
June 19, 2010
Dakotah Keys’ High-Q thank-you
Thank you! When my track coach, Billy Snow came to me and told me that I had won…
June 19, 2010