Jan. 25, 1973
A patrolman and junior high student were hospitalized following a collision of a school bus and city ambulance at the intersection of 12th and Long streets.
Charles Pollock, 14, was checked for possible broken ribs and internal injuries, while Marvin “Butch” Winslow, 22, driver of the ambulance, was treated for a fractured arm, and minor cuts and injuries.
The ambulance was enroute to pick up a heart attack patient when it collided with the bus and slid into the south side of The New Era building.
An emergency traffic control light at the center of the intersection activated when the ambulance left the garage, but the bus driver, Albert Abenroth, 56, did not see the light because the sun was shining directly into the windshield.
State police cited Winslow for disobeying a stop sign.
Two horses, cash, and guns and ammunition were recovered when three juvenile Sweet Home boys were found in possession of the missing items after being apprehended in the Tally Creek area near Green Peter reservoir.
Police were investigating the thefts when a boy called police and tipped them off. The boys’ parents had reported them missing. The boys told police they were running away.
The Sweet Home Green Peter Boat, Yacht and Regatta Association will resume complete responsibility of the Sportsman’s Holiday boat show events this year. The Sportsman’s Holiday steering committee covered the boat show’s cost last year, including insurance, toilets, prizes and needed equipment.
Mrs. Betty Hughes won an amateur weekly photo contest sponsored by The Enquirer with an entry of two photos of her son Tim and his cousin Jim when they were babies. She received a $70 prize and is eligible for the “photo of the year” grand prize.
Five community members were honored at the 29th annual Chamber of Commerce awards banquet. Charles “Chuck” Smith was named Senior First Citizen, Robert Wulf received Junior First Citizen, Alice Hyland was named Woman of the Year, Dr. Edward Buhn was named Man of the Year, and Cody Carsen was named Jaycee of the Year.
The Conservative Baptist Church held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new complex at 1150 Elm St.
The new building will be of frame construction covering 5,800 square feet to house a 200-seat auditorium, nursery, classrooms and offices. There will be parking for 38 cars, and a picnic and playground area.
Jan. 28, 1998
A firm was selected to perform a feasibility study of the proposed Wilderness Village Park project for a cost of $75,000, funded by U.S. Forest Service grant and match money.
The project would serve as a corporate business planning and retreat facility with a restaurant, golf course, museum, hotel and convention center. It is expected to put revenues into the city, school district and community organizations, and to spark economic development.
The Sweet Home Boxing Club has grown to 20 members since it started in Scott Stockman’s garage this last summer. Stockman has been boxing since 1989 when he lived in California.
He answered an ad from Jesse Ramos, of Lebanon, who was looking for a place to coach, offering Ramos his home gym as a location.
Sweet Home’s Teen Court is now in session after more than a year of preparation. The program places juvenile offenders in a court of their peers for sentencing on first-time offenses.
A volunteer jury of the offender’s peers will listen to a report of the offense and make a recommendation to a volunteer judge on a fitting sentence. Judge Jad Lemhouse and Ginger Hopper are serving as court coordinators.
Friends and coworkers honored Rolf Anderson for 40 years of service to the U.S. Forest Service. Anderson recently retired from the career that took him across the country and throughout Oregon, where he finished his last five years at the Sweet Home District Ranger.