March 16, 1972
The District 55 School Board approved the hiring of a diversified occupations director and a vocational education director for high school programs.
They will develop vocational programs being stressed by the state board of education to enable students, who do not intend to continue with higher education, to receive high school instruction which will give them “entry level” skills in the work field upon graduation.
The City Council adopted an ordinance designating two buildings to be removed and cost assessed against the property.
A former office building, twice gutted by fire, was deemed structurally unsafe and unrepairable, and a concrete building on the same property deemed dangerous because of collapsed roof and falling walls.
Lucille Jorgenson was chosen Teacher of the Year by the Greater Sweet Home Area Education Association.
She has been teaching at Hawthorne Elementary for four years and currently has classes in fifth and sixth grades. She is also doing graduate work in elementary education at Oregon State University.
Her philosophy of education is, “I willingly try any program that will benefit youngsters. Kids are important. Let’s help them develop a desire to want to learn.”
March 12, 1997
District 55 School Board members turned down, 4-4, a block schedule for the high school that was proposed by administration. The board had been considering the issue since January.
The proposal would have created 90-minute periods for classes on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and 85-minute periods on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
The state House Water Policy Committee held a hearing to consider a resolution to reauthorize three reservoir projects in the Willamette River Basin, including dams in the Holley and Cascadia areas.
When Cascadia resident Jean Burger heard about the hearing, she initiated a communication chain that resulted in letters and a petition with 79 signatures opposing the proposal.
A representative of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde testified at the hearing because the proposed dams could affect a cave in the area that has Native American drawings. Cascadia residents are concerned they could be flooded out.
The Sweet Home Chamber of Commerce presented a proposal to District 55 School Board to site its rodeo grounds and multi-use facility on school district property. The site, located between the varsity baseball field and the bus barn on 18th Avenue, drew attention from the city and Oregon Jamboree, who sent representatives to the meeting.
The Chamber has been looking for a new parcel of land to build a permanent facility since a developer purchased land around their current site on 49th Avenue and expressed interest in purchasing the rodeo grounds. Chamber Director Darcie Vanderyacht said the rodeo is the main supporter of Sportsman’s Holiday, an event that might not exist without it.
A 20-year award and pin were presented to Sandra Lennon of Cascadia for her cooperative weather station there. Lennon operates a combination hydrological and climatological cooperative weather station which includes a maximum/minimum temperature system, a standard rain gauge and a recording rain gauge. Weather observers such as Lennon collect and record precipitation, temperature and river readings on a daily basis.
The program manager from the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Portland said cooperative weather observers are integral in data collection for the National Weather Service. The data is used to forecast the next days’ readings and for climatological purposes.
Voters approved a 30-cent-per-pack tax on cigarettes effective this year, but Leonard Weatherly is seeing an increase in his customer base at his Smoker’s Choice discount cigarette outlet at 3035 Hwy. 20. Smokers stocked up on their favorite brands on Jan. 31, ringing in a record-breaking $2,400 for Weatherly.
The first week of February was slow for him, but now he’s seeing more customers than he had before as their stockpiles dwindle and smokers look for better prices on their packs.
Another Sweet Home bowler scored 300 at Sweet Home Lanes this past month. Tobey McGarry, 19, bowled 300 last month. Then 15-year-old Nic Zook bowled 300 two weeks ago. Mary Ann Rettke, owner of Sweet Home Lanes, said this is the only 300 bowled in Sweet Home by a junior bowling league member that’s she’s aware of.