Alex Paul
The 2003 Oregon Jamboree in Sweet Home netted more than $200,000, director Peter LaPonte reported recently to the Sweet Home Economic Development Group, Inc. board of directors.
“It was a record-breaking year for the festival driven by a near sell-out crowd of 9,000 plus for Alan Jackson on Friday, August 1,” LaPonte said in a press release later that week.
He added the estimate includes projections for some outgoing expenditures yet to be…