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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
Letter: COVID war not a party-line debate
Editor: What we forget in our arguments about masks and vaccinations is, that all people of the world…
August 25, 2021
Letter: Big thank-you to local legislators
Editor: A huge thank you to Senator Fred Girod, and Representative Jami Cate for all their hard work…
August 25, 2021
Letter: Hospital trip result: confusion, concern
Editor: My mom got really ill and went to Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital by ambulance. The hospital decided…
August 25, 2021
Letter: Scientism, science perilously different
Editor: Science is one of the greatest intellectual enterprises ever developed. Science is systematized knowledge subjected to rigorous…
August 25, 2021
Letter: Just going by rules of the road
Editor: Wow, since I have been blasted for my previous letters regarding the marijuana sales here in Sweet…
November 1, 2017
Letter: Fuel tax should go to roads, bridges
Editor: By now, most people have heard about the increase in vehicle registration and fuel taxes. Both of…
November 1, 2017
Letter: Ball dropped on auction publicity
Editor: Whoever was in charge of publicizing the Boys and Girls Club auction this past weekend dropped the…
October 25, 2017