Opinion

Editor: Mona Waibel wrote a fine, detailed article about the Ames family in the September 2008 issue of…

Editor: What a smiley face the state puts on closing Hwy. 20 (Oct. 15). Nowhere did they acknowledge…

This year we face many statewide ballot measures. Most of those have already been fully discussed in public…

Editor: In response to the recent articles regarding the Boys and Girls Club and coaching ((Oct. 1 and…

Editor: As a citizen of this United States of America, I would like to know why the Sweet…

Editor: In reading the article “Girod says rural interests top his Senate agenda” (Oct. 15), I was appalled…

If you haven’t received your ballot for the Nov. 4 election, it should be arriving in the next…

Editor: The late Peter Marshall, chaplain of the U.S. Senate, tells of a village that grew up below…

Editor: I’d like to share something that I witnessed last Tuesday. It only took up a minute or…

Editor: My home is on an 80-acre tree farm that I own in Linn County. I understand the…

Editor: The second week of October celebrates National Nurse Midwifery Week and National Physician Assistant Week, giving those…

Editor: Adam Smedberg of Portland responded in the Oct. 1 issue to my letter to the editor of…

If you’re feeling angry right now, join the club. The bailout of the ailing financial institutions in this…

With all the recent interest in revitalizing Sweet Home’s business district through the Sweet Home Active Revitalization Effort,…

Editor: Thank you, Sweet Home community. Saturday afternoon, our beagle was lost as she ran away from our…

Editor: I have two children in grades 2 and 5 that are playing sports at the Boys and…

About 25 years ago a call went out to the community for volunteers to help read freshman AP…

This is in response to the letter “Correction: Palin not first woman VP candidate” by Rich Black in…

Editor: Sweet Home Junior High would like to thank the sponsors of the Tiger Pride incentive program for…

Editor: The changing of the seasons has started. The trees are switching into their fall colors. The hunters…

Editor: One paragraph in the article “Teachers want more prep time” (Sept. 17) piqued my interest on how…

My mother was the first person in her immediate family to graduate from college. So was my sister-in-law.…

Editor: Sometimes I just have to sit and think they are smarter than I. I’m watching one of…

Editor: Regarding the story “City signs onto planned homeless aid,” (Sept. 3) all the well-laid plans and attempts…

Editor: I read your editorial in the Sept. 3 edition and although I often agree with your positions,…