April 13, 1972
The City Council took steps to rid the community of two nuisance and dangerous areas.
They passed a resolution to advertise bids for clean-up of the sites. The first includes a concrete building apparently used once for drying lumber, and a burned-out frame building on 18th Avenue, both owned by Robert F. Hofhein, who will be charged for the cleanup.
The second is debris and old machinery at the defunct Tom and Jerry’s Repair Shop, owned by Thomas and Geraldine Lewis. Both parties were legally advised to take care of the situation.
Hofhein will receive another notice to abate a dangerous collection of logs in the old mill pond on his property. He had protested the accusation that it was dangerous, but the City provided proof.
Brothers Jack and Bob Harer bought Roger’s (Grovom) Radiator and Battery Service shop in Lebanon and moved it to 193 Main St. in Sweet Home.
The two will specialize in radiator work and handle a complete line of batteries for ”everything from motor bikes and foreign cars to commercial trucks,” Bob said. A background in logging and farming has given them a working knowledge of all types of equipment they can use in the business.
Larry and Marge Coulter are getting ready to open their new drive-in food service as construction nears completion.
The Busy Bee, 1890 Main St., will feature Oregon fried chicken by basket, barrel or bucket, and a hamburger package offer. Ice cream and other foods will also be on the menu.
The Coulters also operate Snappy Service on Long Street across from the high school. Marge will manage both businesses; Larry works for Willamette Industries, Inc.
Pete and JoAnne Ferdanis, who purchased John Dimich’s fishing and tackle shop last year, are ready to open the expanded business as JoAnne’s Hobby Shop at 4645 Hwy. 20. Their son, James, will be an associate in the fishing tackle section of the shop while JoAnne manages cold ceramic, fired ceramics and concrete items. When an addition to the building is complete, she plans to offer instruction in cold ceramic work.
April 9, 1997
The District 55 School Board adopted a new four-by-four block schedule for Sweet Home High School. Students will attend four 90-minute periods on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Periods will be 85 minutes on Tuesdays and Thursdays to make room for a tutorial period.
The Corps of Engineers and Oregon Water Resources Department held a workshop to ask residents how they should manage the resources of its 13 Willamette Basin Reservoirs. Participants spoke to representatives focusing on various themes such as recreation, irrigation and pollution, and then wrote down comments on any ideas or concerns they had.
Fueling the need for the workshop and a $2.9 million study is the explosive growth of the Willamette Basin population. Some objectives for the four-year study include municipal and industrial, agricultural, navigation, water, productions, reservoirs, downstream, and fisheries.
The Sweet Home City Council and District 55 School Board formed a joint committee at a special meeting to examine funding options for a teen court and youth services police officer, and a proposal to site the Sweet Home Rodeo arena and events facility on school district property on 18th Avenue.
The teen court and youth services officer would coordinate teen court activity, as well as work directly with students in schools. The relocation of the rodeo to school property comes to issue after Mid-Valley Healthcare announced construction of an assisted living facility adjacent to the current rodeo grounds.
The Sweet Home Boys & Girls Club started a Teen Night on Fridays and Saturdays for teens to participate in games, video games, television watching and other activities. The event takes place at the high school gym where basketball and whiffle ball can be played. Hockey is being discussed as another option.
Food is provided by local restaurants. From 15 to 35 teens participate regularly, and five to 10 first-time visitors stop in to check it out. Any teen is welcome, but must be members of the club after their first visit to be able to attend regularly.
Brandi Flores, a junior at Sweet Home High School, was warming up at a track meet when she saw an old man fall. She at first thought he tripped, but she pulled his hand from a pocket and found no pulse and he wasn’t breathing. Track Coach Billy Snow also approached.
The two performed CPR on the man, Bernard Deacon, who was there to watch his granddaughter compete. Paramedics arrived several minutes later and got his heart working again. His heart had been quivering but no blood was flowing. They said CPR increased Deacons’ chance of survival by oxygenating the blood.
Flores had learned CPR in sixth grade and again last year from the Sweet Home Fire Department. Snow learned it in a class for teachers by Sweet Home paramedics.