The New Era - All about Sweet Home since 1929

Taylee Rosa, center, hands out cookies at the Sunshine Espresso and Northern Farms and Feed checkpoint Friday evening, July 9, during the Sportsman's Holiday Cut the Gut cruise night. The checkpoint was named the 2021 favorite by cruise participants. The other checkpoints, where cruisers stopped for hospitality and to get their cruise cards stamped, were A&W, Crazy Dog Grill, Friends of the Library, Gregory Home Team, Les Schwab, O&M Point S, Spoleto's Pizzeria, Sweet Home Choppers, Sweet Home Police Department, Sweet Things Boutique, The Coffee Hut, The Woods Roadhouse, Trash to Treasure and Umpqua Bank. O&M Point S Tire and Auto Service hosted a burnout pad, for which the winner was Ethan Chiaffino, driving a Dodge with a second-generation Cummings diesel.