Feb. 23, 1950
Sweet Home Active club members will launch a fundraising drive as the first step toward control and eventual elimination of mosquitos in the city. Using the slogan, “Let’s Bite ‘Em Back,” members seek to raise $1,200 to purchase enough oil-based DDT to blanket the entire area. The most prominent mosquito here is a breed that carries sleeping sickness organisms. The club plans to spray multiple times this summer, then repeat in the following years if enough funds are raised. They will get a DDT spray formula from the bureau of entomology at Oregon State college, and the city will allow use of a fire equipment to help with the spraying.
The proposed Green Peter and White Bridge dams were recommended for addition to the flood control and rivers and harbors bill now under consideration by the senate, which would authorize projects.
Feb. 20, 1975
The city will submit a pre-application for $388,000 in Department of Housing and Urban Development money to construct a sewer interceptor to the troubled Foster-Midway area. The council approved the pre-application but indicated it’s not obligating itself to any course of action. It’s the first phase of a two-pronged effort to secure 100% federal funding for the $1.55 million system. The F-M project is ranked third by the Environmental Protection Agency out of 140 sewer proposals in the state.
The city’s Bicentennial Commission is looking for a project to commemorate the country’s 200th birthday. The commission agreed to ballot the community a second time to determine its wants after a first ballot failed to generate any response. Ideas include a city museum, a Hwy. 20 rest stop, a park in Strawberry Hill or Marine Park, and a mural wall painting. High school students suggested a parade, a monument, a giant cake with 200 candles, a log cabin raising, and a quilt depicting Sweet Home history.
Feb. 23, 2000
Coach Doug Peargin’s swim team brought home the school’s first team championship trophy for 1A, 2A and 3A with a score of 65. Tears welled up in his eyes and his voice cracked as he described the boys team that captured the title.The school’s only individual champion was sophomore Rhys Birky, who clocked 2:06.1 in the 200 I.M. The Huskies finished the year undefeated in addition to holding the new state title.
The Sweet Home Fire Department is hosting a “burn to learn” at the former Sweet Home Plywood mill off 24th Avenue, owned by Willamette Industries. The event offers the public a chance to observe the fire department in action, and it’s significant in that an important piece of Sweet Home history will go up in flames.