Scott Swanson
Unlike many longtime Sweet Home residents, Hiromi Bean didn’t grow up here.
In fact, she started life in Naha, Okinawa, Japan.
But it doesn’t take long in any conversation with Hiromi to recognize that she’s, first and foremost, a die-hard “American citizen” – and a Republican. She appears frequently in the Sportsman’s Holiday Grand Parade, marching with the local party’s float.
She’s passionate about some other things as well: her family, books, the…