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City must count water cost
Editor: This is just a note for the City Council members who are considering the privatization of the…
July 5, 2006
Jump at health clinic chance
Editor: I would like to urge the residents of Sweet Home to jump at the chance to have…
July 5, 2006
Why are clinic opponents afraid?
Editor: Sean Morgan did a great job relaying the details of the public meeting for the school-based health…
July 5, 2006
Visit the (local) rodeo
If you’ve paid any attention to the windows in downtown Sweet Home recently, you’ve probably seen signs for…
July 5, 2006
Chamber mixer evidence of new chapter for organization
It’s encouraging to see the progress made by the Sweet Home Chamber of Commerce in the last year,…
June 29, 2006
Water problems are in ground
Editor: The Sweet Home City Council is about to make a decision about who will control Sweet Home’s…
June 29, 2006
Water management an issue of control
Editor: As to having a private company manage our water and wastewater facilities, I’m not so sure this…
June 29, 2006
School clinic timing stinks
Editor: While six of nine hard-working Sweet Home School Board members were absent from last Thursday’s school-based health…
June 29, 2006
Charter school is worthwhile
Editor: I’ve pondered long and hard, thinking about what I should say in this letter to the people.…
June 29, 2006
School Board not equitable
Editor: The school board spends hours trying to make good decisions for our community. Now the school board…
June 29, 2006
Thanks for Fishing Derby
Editor: We would like to compliment and sincerely thank all that participated in hosting the fishing derby at…
June 21, 2006
Thanks to SHJH for can drive help
Editor: Sweet Home Emergency Ministries would like to thank Sweet Home Junior High students and their adult supervisors…
June 21, 2006
District responds to questions
Editor: There have been two questions raised regarding the Sweet Home School District’s policies surrounding consistency in enforcing…
June 21, 2006
A sign of growing old: You learn how to listen
It was when I was wrestling a 14-year-old kid a few months ago that I started really feeling…
June 21, 2006
Difference of priorities?
Editor: The District 55 School Board meeting on June 12 was worth the price of admission. That price…
June 21, 2006
Give charter school fair opportunity
Editor: I’m writing concerning the charter school. I do not have any children or grandchildren in the School…
June 21, 2006
How can senators be so deaf?
How can senators be so deaf? Editor: In regards to our deaf senators, how can they not listen…
June 15, 2006
Flower power, funding for cops
Flower power, funding for cops Two things have happened or been written that I wish to comment on.…
June 15, 2006
Questions about proposed clinic
Editor: I have a few questions concerning the new health clinic being proposed at the Sweet Home High…
June 15, 2006
Editorial: Good-bye, and don’t forget your roots
This week we’re saying good-bye to 143 seniors who are graduating from Sweet Home High School. For some,…
June 7, 2006
Thank-you to SHIBA vols
Editor: There are some terrific people in Linn County who gave of their time to help those in…
May 31, 2006
Kropf off base on border wall
Editor: Rep. Jeff Kropf is entirely wrong that a wall or fence will stop illegal imigration and coyotes…
May 31, 2006
Concert etiquette
Editor: Of the 8,000 plus residences in Sweet Home, only approximately 100-plus patrons of the arts were in…
May 31, 2006
Let traffic fines pay for cops
Editor: As a volunteer for the budget and safety committees here in Sweet Home, I have some doubts.…
May 31, 2006
New Era out of touch with SH
Editor: Going back through the recent news pertaining to the Sweet Home charter school, I noticed an article…
May 31, 2006