Feb. 21, 1974
New owners of the Santiam Drive-in Theatre, James and Audrey Christie, are having their spring opening this weekend as they invite the public to see a double feature – “Showdown” and “Limbo” – at special rates of $2 per car. The drive-in features rain visors and car heaters. The family moved to Sweet Home from Brookings last September after seeing the business up for sale.
The gasoline shortage situation will improve soon. A number of oil companies were prohibited a few weeks ago by the IRS from importing the higher cost foreign refined gasoline, but now they can do so. A Eugene-based petroleum company purchased 34 million gallons of gasoline from Canada at 58.9 cents a gallon. Estimates are that costs to the consumer will run around 70 cents per gallon. Meanwhile the local police chief had to enforce a two-hour parking limit downtown due to motorists parking overnight in fuel pump lines. Violators could be fined up to $5.
Feb. 24, 1999
Hewlett-Packard awarded some $30,000 in cash and equipment to the high school’s science department in response to a grant application submitted by the department and Curriculum Coordinator Jan Sharp. They acquired 12 computer workstations and a comprehensive science software package that included $8,315 in cash to buy software from Vernier Software. It includes a variety of electronic sensors and probes that can be used to collect data and display results on the computer or an overhead projector. The new system replaces one old Macintosh.
The Foster School Parent Teacher Club raised about $5,800 to purchase new playground equipment, which arrived this week at the school. It took about two years for the PTC to raise the money, which bought an eight-foot hex deck with ladders, trap doors and slides. The PTC has a number of additions in mind for the future.
After more than seven years on the Jamboree management team in charge of accounting, Jann Horner has resigned. She worked with the Oregon Jamboree since its beginning. For three years she was president of SHEDG, and remained on the board another two years. Horner said it is time for some “new blood” in the organization.