July 18, 1974
Motorless boat races will replace hydroplane racing on Foster Lake during this year’s Sportsman’s Holiday. The hydroplane races were canceled earlier this year at the height of the gas shortage. Sponsored by the Sweet Home-Green Peter Boat, Yacht and Regatta Assn., the event will include canoe, sailboat, rowboat, rubber life raft and regular raft races.
Dr. Terry Kendrick will open his practice at East-Linn Medical Center this week. Under current arrangements, all of the center’s staff will be shared by doctors Kendrick and Ronald Hartmann. Kendrick has already joined committees for ambulance service and an architect renovation project. Although he’s unsure of the types of services the center will be in need of in future expansion, the physician said he finds the country is a little behind in ambulance and emergency services. His wife, Marilyn, will work as an R.N. for him.
Linn County commissioners denied approval of a campground across from Lewis Creek Park. During their meeting they also approved a recommended zone change for the new Tomco Inc. plant near Sweet Home.
July 21, 1999
BMX riders took to a new BMX track at Sankey Park, which was completed by Public Works and the Kiwanis Club. Since completion, swarms of children and BMXers have taken on the course, which was designed to be easy enough for younger riders with challenging sections for more experienced riders.
Linn County commissioners decided to allow Liberty Rock Products to continue operating its Weber Rock Quarry on Berlin Road after the company admitted it violated its conditional use permit. The board heard considerable testimony as to the problems with the company’s blasting. Some suggested blasting caused damage to neighboring homes, but a consultant said the ground vibrations measuring .3 inches per second could not cause damage. Liberty Rock admitted it registered a .53 inches per second on a blast last year and used more than 125 pounds of explosives per day, which violated the permit.
The city will continue using boards in Sankey Dam to fill Sankey Pond and will use remaining grant funds from the 1996 flood toward upgrades for the dam’s structure. They decided not to include hydraulic lift gates, as proposed in the grant.
Residents began moving into Linn County Affordable Housing’s new Ames Creek Court affordable housing project for senior citizens this week. Ground broke on the $1.8 million, 30-unit development at 18th Avenue and Fir Street in September.
Neighbors to the Oak Heights Subdivision – a proposed development on Seventh Avenue – filed a tort claim against the City of Sweet Home for allowing what they claim is an illegal development. They claim developer Mike McGovern’s four-unit apartment complex violates a zoning map because the project partially falls on a single-family residential zone.