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Editor’s note
We’d like to remind our readers that we welcome letters to the editor. Lately, though, we’ve received several…
August 29, 2007
Law doing end run around voters
Editor: Oregon’s new Domestic Partnership law (HB 2007) imposes by fiat what the citizens of Oregon in 2004…
August 29, 2007
Dierks a lot more than loud
Editor: This letter is in response to those people at the Jamboree that felt Dierks Bentley was too…
August 29, 2007
Photo fixes can turn into a lie
Photos don’t lie. Or do they? Though our main focus here at The New Era is on issues…
August 29, 2007
Meals on Wheels rewarding
Editor: I would like to just follow up on Joan Scofield’s letter to the editor from last week…
August 22, 2007
Raise not right for city manager
Editor: After reading the article about the “City Council” giving the City Manager a thumbs-up (Aug. 1), why…
August 22, 2007
Questions about airport project
Editor: I am writing this letter about an article in the Aug. 15 paper on the airport (subdivision)…
August 22, 2007
Where are the old folks?
Editor: Am I the only one who is getting older? Where are my peers? I have been delivering…
August 15, 2007
Next move looms for Jamboree
Now that the dust has settled, it’s pretty clear that the Oregon Jamboree this year was one of…
August 15, 2007
Minutemen little scary for resident
Editor: In response to Kim Lawrence’s letter (Aug. 1), have you been to southeastern Arizona and seen what…
August 8, 2007
Vet’s Hospital is great deal
Editor: I would like to tell the Sweet Home population about the Veteran’s Hospital in Portland. I’ve never…
August 1, 2007
Border shouldn’t be Guard’s problem
Editor: In regards to Adrianne Shreves’ reply to my letter to the editor dated July 18, 2007, I…
August 1, 2007
Trying to be sensitive when the news hurts
As we noted in our editorial last week, the last month has been a rough one on the…
August 1, 2007
America needs to shape up
Editor: President Bush, he is for the homeland. He took a stand to defend this land, home of…
July 25, 2007
Reminder: Play safe out there
We all hear the warnings. Wear your seatbelt. Wear a helmet. Wear a life preserver. Don’t mix alcohol…
July 25, 2007
Water, sewer rates too high
My name is Keven Hampton, and I live in the Sweet Home city limits. I am simply amazed…
July 25, 2007
Great response from SHFAD
Editor: It was Jim’s and my unfortunate experience to be the first on the scene of a bad…
July 25, 2007
Fireworks were incredible show
Editor: Thank you to the Sweet Home fire department for doing all the work to put on the…
July 19, 2007
Thanks to SH folks for help
Editor: As we approach the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the Mississippi Gulf Coast is seeing fruits of…
July 19, 2007
Citizens already available for patrol
Editor: Kim Lawrence proposed a Minuteman type of group to help find illegal aliens, and I wanted to…
July 19, 2007
Visitors favorably impressed by SH
Editor: Recently, my husband and I visited my relatives in Sweet Home. They showed us around the town…
July 11, 2007
People should take the lead on illegals
Editor: Well, Christmas comes early for all (or some.) I would personally like to thank Roy Beck for…
July 11, 2007
Farmers market for produce only
Editor: A couple of months ago I talked with Mark, the manager of Thriftway Market, about starting a…
July 11, 2007
LID establishment not good enough
This is in regard to the article by S.C. Morgan, page 7, July 4, 2007 edition pertaining to…
July 11, 2007
Give wildlife space to live
Editor: Standing here On the edge Of wildness: Keep wildlife wild; The bear, the cougar, Each has his…
July 11, 2007