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Thanks to health professionals
Editor: Each May, hospitals across the nation celebrate the collective efforts of nurses and other health care professionals…
May 10, 2016
Citizens deserve better performance
Editor: Based on the recent events concerning City Manager Craig Martin, and the council’s less-than-transparent activities regarding his…
May 10, 2016
Who’s really out of touch today?
Editor: Liberalism at its finest: It’s OK to stomp on an American flag but it’s not OK to…
May 10, 2016
SH water, sewer rates excessive
Editor: Regarding water and sewer rates (April 20), as someone on a fixed income of only $700 a…
May 10, 2016
Reasoning behind decision paper-thin
Editor: Only in Sweet Home can such paper-thin reasoning as “It was time for a change” suffice as…
May 3, 2016
Alcohol criticism not very biblical
Editor: In response to Victoria Peargin’s letter, “Alcohol shame to Christian witness” (April 20), I write this as…
May 3, 2016
Council’s action raises questions
Editor: With all the uncertainty and mystery surrounding the departure of Craig Martin, our former City Manager I…
May 3, 2016
What is the City Council’s vision?
Editor: Craig Martin, we are grateful for the exceptional job you did as city manager and regret the…
May 3, 2016
Council’s action a grave error
Editor: I’m sure we’re not the only ones in shock from the forced retirement of our beloved Craig…
May 3, 2016
It’s time to end child abuse, make state safe for children
Hilary Harrison The time has come for us to end child abuse and neglect. It’s time for each…
April 27, 2016
City manager departure doesn’t make any sense
We in Sweet Home have suddenly found ourselves in a situation we haven’t experienced in 18 years with…
April 27, 2016
Rio is impressive
Editor: I went to the movie at the Rio tonight and I was very impressed. Nice, clean and…
April 27, 2016
Council, explain
Editor: This week, our city council “involuntarily retired” our city manager, Craig Martin. It appears that Craig Martin…
April 27, 2016
Alcohol shame to Christian witness
Editor: Regarding the article (April 13) about a Sweet Home worship pastor from Cornerstone Church who has opened…
April 19, 2016
Letting dollars do the talking best solution for SH slums
Our City Council is considering ways to clean up local rentals in which conditions are, in a word,…
April 19, 2016
Middle class does not need help
Editor: Dear fellow Democrats, Republican, Pubrats (Republicans who say they are Republicans but are Democrats in disguise), please…
April 12, 2016
Healthy eating can create wellness
Editor: The leading causes of death in Linn County are Heart Disease and Cancer. “Linn County is ranked…
April 12, 2016
Letter to governor: Come and see realities of rural life
Dear Gov. Brown: We read with interest your 2016 State of the State address, delivered last Friday, April…
April 12, 2016
Editorial: Government in the sunshine is healthy for everybody
The public’s business, the people’s business, should be conducted in public, in front of the people. This year,…
April 5, 2016
Thanks to dedicated local doctors
Editor: As we prepare to celebrate Doctors’ Day on March 30, we are pleased to acknowledge and thank…
March 29, 2016
Keep our natural resources at home
Editor: Oh wow, someone wants to preserve a few acres of real forestland and there is, and I…
March 29, 2016
Balance forest, human needs
Editor: The proposed Douglas Fir National Monument is, unfortunately, a problem people have always faced in the course…
March 29, 2016
Science fair stirs optimism about local learning
John H. Marble It’s common knowledge: the horrible failure of our public schools Hardly a day goes by…
March 22, 2016
Cost of pleasure can be long-lasting
Editor: The liberals always fall back to that same old line: “It’s my body and no one should…
March 22, 2016
Editorial: Pleasant banquet a good sign for chamber
It’s been a long and, at times, tumultuous year for the Chamber of Commerce. Saturday, though, as 200-plus…
March 15, 2016