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Four-day week poses unknowns
Editor: The four-day school week would hurt Sweet Home students and the community if adopted by the local…
October 19, 2011
Cemetery figures don’t add up
Editor: The Sweet Home Cemetery District, along with director Harland Smith, has asked for an 8-cent-per-$1,000 tax to…
October 19, 2011
Bus schedule needs more input
Editor: My kids finished high school over 30 years ago, so I’m not in the current loop, but…
October 19, 2011
Pool more than just recreation
Editor: I was absolutely incensed by the letter written by Don Austin of Sweet Home in the Oct.…
October 19, 2011
Pool serves more than just athletes
In response to Don Austin’s letter of Oct. 12: Yes, Mr. Austin, you are right. The swim club…
October 19, 2011
Thanks to Post Office supporters
Editor To our representatives, Sen. Merkley’s field representative, Oregon Rep. Sherrie Sprenger. Linn County Commission Chairman Roger Nyquist…
October 19, 2011
This solution one city can’t afford to get wrong
The fact that property values are down and that tax revenues for our local Police Department were likely…
October 19, 2011
Museum roof gift of generous donor
Editor: Have you noticed? The East Linn Museum received a new roof, or at least part of a…
October 12, 2011
Party first, country last
Editor: “The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term…
October 12, 2011
Cutting oak tree happened too fast
Editor: I caught news that a very old tree at Hawthorne School was in danger of being cut…
October 12, 2011
Sorry we missed police celebration
The South Santiam Sweet Potato Queens were sorry to be unable to attend the Police Centennial celebration. The…
October 12, 2011
Police, schools outweigh pool
Editor: I read your article “Levy to be first option for pool” in the Oct. 5 paper. As…
October 12, 2011
Proposed pool district awash with problems
The financial crunch we’ve all felt for the last several years continues to inflict pain on Sweet Home.…
October 5, 2011
Planning key to righting finances
Editor: Re “Responsibiliy equals terrorism?” (Aug. 10): Good for you, Jeani West. It’s called planning ahead. I’ve never…
September 21, 2011
Thanks for eating out to help troops
Editor: Even in our sluggish economy 16 area restaurants generously agreed to participate in Dining for Troops on…
September 21, 2011
Keeping it clean starts at home
Editor: I recently took a walk around town to get some exercise, but what I got was a…
September 21, 2011
Bus route doesn’t make much sense
Let’s let the bus drivers design their routes. Why not have a passenger van parked at Foster School…
September 14, 2011
Businesses truly deserve support
I support local business but then I shop at Wal-Mart, after that I will head over to Albany…
September 14, 2011
Post-9/11 enigma
Osama bin Laden said in a 2004 videotape, “We, alongside the mujahideen, bled Russia for 10 years, until…
September 14, 2011
Pressing on 10 years after 9-11
This Sunday will mark the 10th anniversary of the Muslim terrorists’ attacks on the World Trade Center in…
September 7, 2011
Flowers spiff up SH’s downtown
Editor: Thank you, thank you, thank you to the people who plant, feed and nurture those beautiful flowers…
August 31, 2011
Reconsider bus route changes
Editor: School Board Chairman Jason Redick, please reconsider your plan to make children on High Deck and Whiskey…
August 24, 2011
Responsiblity equals terrorism?
Editor: I must be one of those extreme right-wing tea party terrorists who just ruined the credit rating…
August 10, 2011
Volunteers are Jamboree’s VIPs
Editor: During the Jamboree event I was fortunate to rub shoulders with many VIPs. The VIPs I am…
August 10, 2011
Blame ‘W’ for debt problems
Bruce Bartlett, former deputy budget director for Pres. George H.W. Bush and aide to President Reagan, says the…
August 10, 2011