Larsen Arndt
Guest Commentary
Sweet Home was very, very fortunate last week.
Last Tuesday, we watched helplessly as Detroit, Lyons, Gates and Mill City in the North Santiam Canyon were either destroyed or severely damaged by wildfires.
Meanwhile, another fire had started that morning to our south, in the Mackenzie drainage and by Tuesday evening it had destroyed the communities of Blue River and Vida. As dry winds from the east pushed these wildfires, ballooning…