Nov. 4, 1971
Sweet Home enjoyed one of the quietest Halloween nights in a long time. Police reported only three incidents of egg throwing Sunday as the major crimes of the night.
There were a few reports of pumpkins being smashed, and Monday morning found plenty of store windows more or less artfully decorated, but vandalism was at a minimum.
Removing graffiti left by Halloween pranksters is a chore downtown businessmen face each year, but this year members of the junior class of Sweet Home High School were found scraping and washing the windows of business firms along Main Street as their public service project.
Classes also compete to earn points from service projects each year in an effort to earn the “Class of the Year” award. This is the third year the junior class cleaned up after Halloween, and the business owners were grateful for the service.
Women’s Lib finally won out over the all-male Sweet Home Lions Club. Earlier this year several high school girls complained vociferously to the Lions on the fact the club recognized only the “Boy of the Month” for the past 15 years, invited him to dinner, treated him royally, and gave him a gold pin to commemorate the occasion.
Germaine Merzenich was the first female to be recognized by the Lions as “Girl of the Month.”
Oct. 30, 1996
Community members took the first steps to create a Sweet Home Community Foundation.
Sponsored by the Sweet Home Economic Group, the foundation would be set up as a funding source for various projects or needs in Sweet Home.
Youthbuild, a program administered by Community Services Consortium, broke ground for two new low-income homes to be constructed in Sweet Home by teenagers looking for a second chance at getting an education and entering the job market.
Wilderness Village representatives asked the Sweet Home City Council to commit $5,000 toward the cost of a feasibility study. The project goal is to provide a professional retreat center with a golf course. Without the city’s support toward the needed $75,000 cost of the study, Wilderness Village believes they would have to scrap the project.