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Opinion: Sometimes having your name in the news can be a bummer
The first time my name got in the local paper (that I remember, anyway), I was pretty excited.…
Letter to the Editor: Youngster dead wrong on Social Security
Editor: Regarding the column “At 70, Social Security needs to die,” (Aug. 24), I didn’t have to read…
SHEDG’s taking over rodeo a good move
The Sweet Home Economic Development Group Board of Directors has made a good decision in opting to take…
History from The New
August 18, 1955 Weeks of preparation were climaxed Saturday with Frontier Days’ grand parade which packed the streets…
Thank God for the Atomic Bomb
Earl Tilford Guest Columnist On the evening of Aug. 16, 1945, my father, my eight-months-pregnant mother and my…
Who knows what else is out there?
Sean C. Morgan Over The Edge They just discovered a previously unknown waterfall in a national park in…
History from past New Eras
August 11, 1955 Three Sweet Home families were made homeless last Sunday morning at 4:08 a.m. when a…
New NCAA rule on Native American nicknames goes too far
Scott Swanson Notes From The Newsroom The latest advance in the march toward political correctness on our fair…
Parents can help combat ‘summer learning loss’
Larry Horton, Ed.D. Superintendent, School District 55 Nearly all children display some level of what educators call “summer…
History
July 28, 1955 Tex Ritter, nationally known folk ballad singer, will be the special feature of Sweet Home’s…
Give a thumbs-up to Rodeo Committee
The Sweet Home Rodeo Committee deserves special recognition for its work this year through adverse circumstances ? mainly…
Officials should revisit SHFAD’s departure to county dispatch
The Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District?s desire to move from using dispatch services provided by the city…
Letter to the Editor: Wal-Mart good for us
Editor: Once upon a time, the town of Sweet Home was a thriving community. We had a Fred’s…
Will new Wal-Mart be a plus for Sweet Home?
Picture this. Your kid comes into the house, complaining that his bike tire has a big hole in…
I love football, especially hometown football
I love football. I enjoy watching nearly all sports, but I prefer above all others are track and…
Expect fair and balanced journalism, really
I have many friends ? and relatives ?who regard “The Media” with suspicion. Simply put, they view The…
The New Guy
I?m not expert in too many things, but I come close in moving. I once calculated the number…
Drifting into unemployment
More than a quarter century ago, my father-in-law, Pete Lauters, made an innocent comment one cold Iowa Sunday…
Who is to blame for today’s drug issues?
Michael Spasaro For The New Era After reading State Sen. Floyd Prozanski’s March 8, 2005 Register-Guard opinion piece…
Lawmakers chip away at Oregon’s public records law
Brad Cain Associated Press Writer SALEM, Ore. (AP)–Passed at the height of the Watergate scandal, Oregon’s 1973 public…
Community colleges fill an
Editor: On February 17, six local business leaders and two LBCC graduates joined me at the Capitol to…
It’s time to see the forest for the green
Mike Riley February 1, 2005 I confess. I grew up in Sweet Home. I went to high school…
Public records are for readers, not newspaper’s good
They?re at it again. It never fails, when politicians think the budget sky is falling, they turn to…
Council should allow social gambling, poker tournaments
The Sweet Home City Council should revisit the social gambling issue and change its ordinance to allow the…
Vandals marring Weddle Bridge
Vandals are marring and threatening to destroy the symbol of our community…the Weddle Covered Bridge. For the last…