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Holley girls create surprise quilts as gifts for teachers
Busy hands urged needle and thread through calico fabric. Young heads bent forward in concentration. Stitch followed stitch…
July 9, 2009
Five teachers, staffers retire from district
School District 55 is experiencing five retirements this year, including two teachers and three classified employees. Kathy Ives,…
July 9, 2009
Artis Isom
Artis J. Walker Swofford Isom, 83, of Sweet Home, died July 2, 2009. She was born April 6,…
July 9, 2009
Obama’s, Dems’ first six months not encouraging
Let’s see. It’s been said in the news media; our Internet chat rooms, forums and blogs; our pages;…
July 9, 2009
Gerald Dohn
Gerald Henry Dohn, 77, of Sweet Home, died July 4, 2009 at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center. He…
July 9, 2009
Sweet Home area alums receive degrees
Former Sweet Home residents graduated from a number of colleges and universities across the nation this spring. Jacob…
July 9, 2009
Burn victims, now home, making good progress
Two local women who sustained critical burns when fuel was poured on a backyard fire earlier this year…
July 9, 2009
Elementary artists named Smokey poster contest winners
Megan Lynch of East Linn Christian Academy, Katie LeBret of Oak Heights School and Madelyn Hawken of Foster…
July 9, 2009
Edith Trulove
Fern Taylor Trulove, 97, of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, a former Sweet Home resident, died July 4, 2009. She…
July 9, 2009
Floyd Kelly
Floyd “Tony” Kelly, 70, of Sweet Home died from cancer at home with his wife, Claudia, by his…
July 9, 2009
Early settlers’ descendents to be honored at holiday reception
Descendents of early Sweet Home settlers will be honored from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 11, during…
July 9, 2009
Rate hikes on table for council
The City Council will decide July 14 whether to increase water and sewer rates. The proposed increase ranges…
July 9, 2009
Ambulance of the sky
If things go extra badly for you and you need a fast ride to a Portland or Eugene…
July 9, 2009
Boys and Girls Clubs board named, merger takes shape
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Lebanon and Sweet Home are making progress toward their impending unification, club…
July 2, 2009
Sweet Home, Sweet Ride show attracts top-notch classics
Some 153 show cars from around the state were displayed Saturday on the athletic fields south of Husky…
July 2, 2009
School readies recruits for summer fire season
Twenty-three Sweet Home seasonal firefighters were among more than 200 from around the state who camped out last…
July 2, 2009
Sportsman’s Holiday gets nostalgic name change
The Sportsman’s Holiday, to be held July 10-12, will sport a new name this year: Frontier Sportsman’s Holiday.…
July 2, 2009
SH wrestling camp starts July 5
Two hundred wrestlers will crowd Husky Gym beginning Sunday, July 5, for the annual Sweet Home Wrestling Camp,…
July 2, 2009
NeVelle Marshall
NeVelle L. (Smith) Marshall, 101, of Sweet Home died June 26, 2009. She was born in Betteravia, Calif.,…
July 2, 2009
Fr. Raphael Kyiebiineh
Fr. Raphael L. Kyiebiineh, 61, of Ghana, Africa died June 29, 2009 in Lebanon. He was born May…
July 2, 2009
Christa Raymond
Christa L. Raymond, 39, of Stevenson, Wash., died June 18, 2009. She was born Feb. 21, 1970 in…
July 2, 2009
Library’s summer reading program begins this week
The Sweet Home Public Library summer reading program gets under way today with a theme promoting creativity. In…
July 2, 2009
Betty Vinson
Betty Jean Vinson, 77, of Albany died at the Mennonite Home from cancer. She was born June 3,…
July 2, 2009
City kicks off summer recreation program
The city of Sweet Home Community Development Department has started a nine-event summer recreation schedule on Thursdays for…
July 2, 2009
Foster mill driver done after 47 years
When Mike Garber finished his shift at the Foster Weyerhaeuser veneer mill Thursday, June 24, it was the…
July 2, 2009