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Thanks to Tree Commission
Editor: Sweet Home tree Commission, take a bow. The Flowers & Trees, Birds & Bees event was excellent.…
May 18, 2006
Thanks for shoe donations
Editor: A belated thank you to all of the Sweet Home Kiwanis Club members involved in purchasing and…
May 18, 2006
Thanks to health workers
Editor: As we prepare to celebrate National Hospital Week May 7-13, I wanted to acknowledge and thank the…
May 18, 2006
Sweet Home’s potential unrealized
Editor: This is in response to all the letters that I have seen printed recently regarding Sweet Home’s…
May 18, 2006
It’s time for PIE to work with district on charter school
People Involved in Education, the group that runs Sand Ridge Charter School and wants to start a similar…
May 18, 2006
Police deserve voters’ support
Editor: The Sweet Home Police Department deserves our continuing support. Despite all the misinformation out there, the police…
May 10, 2006
No excuse for not voting
Editor: On a business trip, my son met and married a young lady from Vietnam about a year…
May 10, 2006
Levies need our support
Editor: I moved to Sweet Home four years ago, happy to be near my family but concerned about…
May 10, 2006
Protest over redistricting teaches the wrong lesson
Earlier this year, Oregon Secretary of Education Susan Castillo put the brakes on the Oregon Student Athletics Association’s…
May 10, 2006
Anger was misplaced
Editor: I, Kim Lawrence, would like to make a formal apology in reference to finance, employees’ salaries and…
May 10, 2006
Mueller more than a leader
Editor: Many have shared their views about the exceptional leadership skills that Tim Mueller possesses as Sheriff of…
May 10, 2006
Yanking signs dirty politics
Editor: While driving through Linn County you are certain to take notice of scores of sizeable bright yellow…
May 3, 2006
Skilled workers deserve benefits
Editor: I read a letter to the editor in The New Era that suggested city employees should have…
May 3, 2006
Ideas don’t make sense
Editor: In response to Kim Lawrence’s letter, one has to ask what she is thinking with two of…
May 3, 2006
Money is not hidden in budget
Editor: I have recently moved back to Sweet Home after several years away. If Kim Lawrence has been…
May 3, 2006
See positives in Sweet Home
Editor: I am mad as heck and I’m not going to take it any more. Citizens of Sweet…
May 3, 2006
City’s what you want it to be
Editor: Twelve years ago when we moved to Sweet Home, we were looking for a quiet small town…
May 3, 2006
Learn more about city
Editor: In response to Kim Lawrence’s letter in The New Era (April 26), I would like to make…
May 3, 2006
Funding not that simple
Editor: In response to Kim Lawrence’s April 26 letter, I would first like to say that a city…
May 3, 2006
Laws dictate funding use
Editor: In response to Kim Lawrence’s letter of April 26, one has to ask what budget committee she…
May 3, 2006
Distinguish between illegal, legal immigrants
The issue of Latinos, particularly Mexicans, moving into the United States is not a new one. But it’s…
May 3, 2006
Vote no on levies
Editor: In response to the finance director and the city manager’s Letter to the Editor (April 19 and…
April 26, 2006
Thanks for Easter help
Editor: If I were to define Easter, 2006 with one word it would be WOW! Thanks to those…
April 26, 2006
Police, neighbors stepped up
Editor: I would like to thank the Sweet Home Police Department and the people of Sweet Home for…
April 26, 2006
Vote ‘yes’ for police, library
Editor: Later this week we will receive our ballots to renew the current police levy as well as…
April 26, 2006