July 13, 1950
The subject of a three-week manhunt, Jerry Macomber, 27, was nabbed in Medford after a gun battle with police. He is the accomplice of Ted Nichols, who was arrested for three burglaries in Linn County. It was believed Macomber was hiding out in Linn County forests when he stole a car from the Santiam Cabins, and was spotted in Quartzville, at Sunnyside School and in Bates Park. The pair were wanted for safecracking, horse theft and robbery. Macomber later stole the Sunnyside bus and looted the Lampson farmhouse in the McDowell Creek area.
Fishermen found a skeleton three miles west of Mountain House near the Santiam River. The coroner believes the remains have been there at least five years and may likely belong to an elderly prospector from Lebanon who failed to return home from an expedition seven years ago. Found with the remains were remnants of grey hair, tattered clothes, a spool of thread, needles, a small mirror and a peanut bag.
The new central control radio for the police and fire departments’ two-way radio system will be placed in vehicles. The fire department has special need for the radio during summer months when many calls to rural areas are received.
July 10, 1975
Sportsman’s Holiday will feature a Beast Contest this year at Foster Lake. Any five men, or boys, can make a team of “beasts” to compete against another team. The two teams will be placed in the center of a raft where they must throw each other off until the team with remaining beasts is left. The winning team will win $50.
The city received a $388,000 grant from HUD to be used as local matching funds for a $1.2 million grant request submitted to the EPA for extension of a sewer trunk line from the Sweet Home sewage treatment plant to the Foster-Midway area.
July 12, 2000
A team of 45 people representing seven churches in Arizona descended upon Camp Attitude to help build two log cabins with a shared bathroom. After meeting Camp Attitude Founder Ron Heagy, Ben Stanton rounded up 20 other people to hike the Grand Canyon in a fundraiser that raised $76,000. But the hikers went further by using their skills (carpentry, plumbing, electrical) to build the cabins.