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Legislative Report
Phil Barnhart State Representative Central Lane and Linn Counties I woke up early on a Saturday morning last…
Dollars For Scholars a dream taking shape over many years
Mona Waibel For The New Era Oregon’s new logo is all about dreaming and some of the city’s…
Area honor rolls
Oregon State University CORVALLIS – Names of students who have made the Scholastic Honor Roll Fall term have…
City needs parks planning, too
A two week hiatus seems to have significantly affected City Link’s ability to form logical thoughts. Or maybe…
Hussein’s capture a real holiday treat
A collective cheer went up across the USA Sunday with the news that Saddam Hussein had been captured.…
Get government out of marriage: homosexual or otherwise
The U.S. government and people ought to slap down any thoughts of a constitutional amendment defining marriage and…
Forget dreamers, we want
We left a good job with a large advertising agency to move to Sweet Home in 1985, so…
City Link
In the next few editions, City Link will delight readers with a brand new series on Transportation Planning.…
Government issues…
Government work at its finest, City Planner Carol Lewis tells me the Department of Land Conservation and Development…
Tip of the hat to our EMT/firefighters
Our family has had a couple reminders recently of how quickly life can change. A couple weeks ago,…
It’s past time to OK healthy forest plan
It bewilders us how anyone can look at the devastation caused by wildfires in Oregon the last couple…
Just for Laughs
A. Lincoln Ispas SILENT ASSASSINS Have you ever wondered how flu and cold bugs manage to sneak up…
City open about sensitive subjects some others aren’t
As usual someone’s behind the times writing an anonymous letter to the editor. For the millionth time, we…
Letters
Tiger supporters are appreciated Editor: The Sweet Home Junior High would like to thank the sponsors of the…
Modern America needs a new “Seabiscuit” to help give lost souls real purpose
Bev Kitchin Radio personality Don Imus says Seabiscuit is a poor movie. Well, Imus is full of horse-biscuits.…
Alcohol abuse impacts entire state
Bob Nikkel One issue is interwoven with most of the social problems we have in Oregon: It’s alcohol…
Comprehensive plan public hearing is August 26
Next Tuesday, August 26, the Sweet Home City Council will hold a meeting in the City Hall Annex…
Congress must spend money to fight fires, remove fuels
U.S. Reps. Peter DeFazio and Greg Walden Last fall, we made an effort to come together to write…
The New Era earns six ONPA awards
Photos of Sweet Home residents at play and mopping up after a 90-plus-mile-per-hour wind storm earned The New…
Support the Sweet Home Community Foundation
Max Thompson Sweet Home Community Foundation The Sweet Home Community Foundation (SHCF) has concentrated on increasing contributions to…
Where’s Sheryl Crow?
I have heard that Sheryl Crow has been sighted around Sweet Home in a teal Corvette convertible. For…
A billion here, a billion there…
A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting…
Want to Protect the Earth? Then Protect Private Property
J. David Breemer Earth Day – April 22 – is a good occasion to revisit the question: Do…
SHHS class focuses energieson greenhouse construction
They’ve made bird houses an outhouse and now they’re working on a green house. Benny Dahlenburg’s construction technology…
ODOT doing something well
Now, here’s something amazing — Oregon Department of Transportation is actually doing something decent. Okay, the project itself…