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Proposed marina in wrong place
Editor: I would like to voice my opinion about the marina project. I for one and many others…
March 5, 2008
SHEM thanks those who help
Editor: The first thing I want to do is acknowledge the passing of our volunteer of longest standing,…
March 5, 2008
Sweet Home one of a kind
Editor: I like Sweet Home. I like it the way it was, I like it the way it…
March 5, 2008
Sweet Home does need turnaround
Editor: How interesting. Experts say (Sweet Home) needs a big turnaround. Well, as one who was raised in…
February 27, 2008
Fond memories of old Cascadia
I’m a big fan of Mona Waibel and her “Remembering the Good Old Days” features in the monthly…
February 27, 2008
SH could learn from city to south
Editor: Thank you for your coverage of the meeting with Pam Silbernagle and Vicki Dugger and your continuing…
February 20, 2008
Wrestling’s fall shows college sports’ hypocrisy
Having just returned from one of the greatest sporting spectacles in the state of Oregon – the OSAA wrestling…
February 20, 2008
Questions about library district
Editor: There is much talk these days about the Linn Library League (LLL) creating a new library district.…
February 20, 2008
Here we stand; now what?
The visit to Sweet Home last week by a pair of experts in downtown renewal did what it…
February 6, 2008
High school choir impressive
Editor: I attended the Jan. 14 Sweet Home School Board meeting. In honor of School Board Appreciation month,…
January 25, 2008
Behind cloud is a silver lining
Editor: Thank you, Kim Lawrence. I believe your ongoing weekly complaints are having a positive effect on this…
January 25, 2008
Hoops teams take game to school
Editor: Impressive! The Varsity and Junior Varsity basketball teams volunteered their time and talents at Little Promises to…
January 25, 2008
All candidates for council look good
Editor: As I write this I don’t know who the City Council will choose to appoint as a…
January 25, 2008
To help make change happen, time is now
With some of this year’s Oregon Jamboree line-up signed, if not delivered, it’s time to start getting ready…
January 25, 2008
BLM proposal offers needed solutions
Suzanne L. Penegor and Gienie Assink Oregon counties find themselves in a budget dilemma as a result of…
January 18, 2008
Writer’s anger solves no problems
Editor: I really feel terrible for Kim Lawrence. I can’t imagine having such a deep anger focused on…
January 16, 2008
Parked cars are breaking what law?
Editor: Ms. Lawrence, with all the time you seem to have to pen rude, ignorant, hateful letters, I…
January 16, 2008
Good letter, bad letter
Editor, I am writing in response to both “Letters to the Editor” published Jan. 9. The first letter…
January 16, 2008
City still has problems
Editor: What is wrong with the city department heads? What type of experience do they have to have…
January 9, 2008
Apology for ‘prank’
Editor: I would like to personally apologize to the residents that were affected by the removal of their…
January 9, 2008
New year brings plans for improvements
Now that the new year is here, we’re pondering answers to the question of what’s going to be…
January 9, 2008
Coaches’ vision now paying off
Editor: Several years ago Sam Shipp, Rich Dodge and Randy Whitfield had a forward-looking vision. They envisioned a…
January 4, 2008
Last year had big successes; Let’s build on them and move forward
Scott Swanson Here it is, the beginning of a new year. Seems like we just celebrated the start…
January 4, 2008
Response to need ‘gratifying’
Editor: This is an open letter of thank you to the citizens of Sweet Home and the local…
December 19, 2007
How to really have holiday fun
I had intended this week to write a scathing column on the ban on the phrase “Ho Ho…
December 19, 2007