Sean C. Morgan
Of The New Era
High school senior Ben Schmidt was named Sweet Home Junior First Citizen and joins Hayley Cole this week for the county-level competition. They will join other Linn County junior first citizens in the Veteran’s Day parade in November.
Schmidt, 18, is the son of David Schmidt and the late Valerie Schmidt.
He plays varsity soccer for the Huskies, and recently returned from a year-long trip to Germany as…