Dec. 14, 1950
The Linn County telephone exchange will install 40 new suburban lines for Sweet Home and Lebanon. Each line carries a maximum of 10 customers, serving 400 telephone users in rural Linn County. Twenty lines are reserved for Sweet Home. Additional Sweet Home long distance lines to Albany and Lebanon will soon be erected.
City Council accepted a petition from Wayne Roberts bearing 41 signatures of residents owning property along 7th Avenue and A Lane who seek paved streets. The city engineer will survey and plat prior to creating an improvement district. The project will include asphalt paving, installation of curbs and drainage pipes.
Dec. 11, 1975
New arrivals to Sweet Home are the Cambodian family of Sen Khe Khlev, who are related to the Saing Santoon family brought here last month. Sen’s family arrives from a refugee camp in Arkansas and are sponsored by St. Helen’s Catholic Church. Sen worked 15 years as a policeman in his country.
Heavy rainfall caused flooding around a lot of homes this week, but Robert and Clara Scheidt say their home floods every year. Their home is located just below Foster Dam, and they blame Linn County and the Corps of Engineers for their problem – Linn County for not cleaning out drain ditches, and the Corps for building a road above their home during the dam’s construction.
Dec. 13, 2000
City employees began removing the soil from the Main Street median strip in an effort to get rid of the horsetail weed, which has caused complaints of sight obstruction. Drainage rocks will be installed, along with some fresh soil and low-maintenance plants. Also featured will be lamp posts with bars for hanging banners and potted flowers.
The school board determined it was okay for teachers to show portions of R-rated films in class for educational purposes. School policy indicated PG and PG-13 films could be shown with parental consent, so the board agreed to add R-rated films to the policy. The subject came up after a parent complained that two films were used in class: clips from “Saving Private Ryan” and “Rosewood.”