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Letter: LBCC measure deserves support (May 4, 2022)
Editor: Linn-Benton Community College is on the May ballot with a proposed bond measure. I plan to vote…
May 4, 2022
Letter: Added thoughts on sewing skills (Jan. 12, 2022)
Editor: I really enjoy Roberta Mc-Kern’s museum musings. The last one (Dec. 29) about a quilt interested me…
January 12, 2022
Letter: Is this liberty or mass groupfear? (Jan. 12, 2022)
Editor: In 2022 will Americans turn to basic life and liberty principles? When a nation’s leaders identify and…
January 12, 2022
Letter: Reader enjoyed Gala Concert (Dec. 22, 2021)
Editor: The Christmas Gala concert on Dec. 11 was so amazing! The whole town needs to come next…
December 22, 2021
Letter: Where’d all these rules come from? (Dec. 22, 2021)
Editor: I’m sick of all these rules! Rules made up by un-elected bureaucrats and low-level clerks, telling us…
December 22, 2021
Letter: Are leaders really ‘following science?’ (Dec. 22, 2021)
Editor: Since Day 1 of COVID-19, medical advisors and decision-makers have ordered citizens to “follow the science” while…
December 22, 2021
Letter to the editor: Leave of absence rationale explained (Nov. 24, 2021)
Editor: I decided to write a followup to the article (Oct. 27) that mentioned me going on a…
November 24, 2021
Letter: Support East Linn Museum (Nov. 17, 2021)
Editor: I am writing to encourage strong support for Sweet Home’s local hometown museum and its staff, the…
November 17, 2021
Letter: History holds warnings to heed (Nov. 17, 2021)
Editor: Hitler was head of the Socialist Party. Have we forgotten? Victoria Peargin Sweet Home
November 17, 2021
Letter: Lack of concern not Christian spirit (Nov. 3, 2021)
Editor: I received a message from a friend who lives in Linn County. She told me that she…
November 3, 2021
Letter: Mask-wearing a sign of true friends (Nov. 3, 2021)
Editor: Friends don’t kill friends or strangers. Please wear a mask! Wes Marchbanks Sweet Home
November 3, 2021
Letter: Thanks, Sweet Home, for helping students
Editor: Sweet Home P.E.O. (Philanthropic Educational Organization) Chapter DD, wishes to sincerely thank the Sweet Home community for…
October 27, 2021
Letter: Charter School appreciated too (Oct. 27, 2021)
Editor: I would like to say thank you and show my appreciation to the principal at the Sweet…
October 27, 2021
Letter: COVID resistance doesn’t make sense (Oct. 27, 2021)
Editor: “COVID is the No. 1 killer of law enforcement officers in 2020 and 2021,” according to the…
October 27, 2021
Letter: Action, not talk, gets things done (Oct. 6, 2021)
Editor: Last week I attended the City Council meeting, having been assured it would include how to help…
October 6, 2021
Letter: Anger weakens abortion argument (Oct. 6, 2021)
Editor: It was with a sad heart that I read Diane Diaute’s letter of Sept. 22. There is…
October 6, 2021
Letter: Alum missing school band (Oct. 6, 2021)
Editor: Where is the Sweet Home High School band? While attending the Huskies home games, I have noticed…
October 6, 2021
Letter: Both men, women guilty in abortion (Sept. 29, 2021)
Editor: In her letter of Sept. 22, Diane Daiute spotlighted the hypocrisy of religious fakes who pretend and…
September 29, 2021
Letter: Concert’s success was joint effort (Sept. 29, 2021)
Editor: Dr. Carmen Hall’s classical piano concert in the high school auditorium last Monday, Sept. 20, was met…
September 29, 2021
Letter: Thanks for keeping the median beautiful (Sept. 22, 2021)
Editor: Thank you to the “Green Team” who are responsible for maintaining the beautiful median strip gardens on…
September 22, 2021
Letter: Hypocrisy shows in abortion fight (Sept. 22, 2021)
Editor: The hypocrisy of the people of faith is stunning, I’ll tell you. All religions are loaded with…
September 22, 2021
Letter: Rancher offers medical alternative
Editor: Over the past few months I’ve become deeply interested in the trend that has humans using the…
September 15, 2021
Letter: Donations welcome when SHEM’s open (Sept. 15, 2021)
Editor: My name is Cindy L. Rice, and I serve as the volunteer pantry manager at SHEM. I…
September 15, 2021
Letter: Do what it takes to keep kids in school (Sept. 15, 2021)
Editor: Hello, Sweet Home. We have a common purpose: protecting and doing what’s best for our children. As…
September 15, 2021
Letter: U.S. can only blame self – or its leaders
Editor: The U.S. government estimates that the 9/11 attacks, which originated in Afghanistan, cost Osama bin Laden $500,000.…
September 1, 2021