Local volunteer gives time for people, turtles
September 27, 2023

Skyler Cheppell
From the left, Jo Anne Lutton, Teresa Howard, Linda Ivie, Jacque Valentine, Jerry Howard, Sue Dunn.
Linda Ivie is a Sweet Home resident that has spent a good majority of her time caring for others. Whether it is rescuing, painting, parenting, or volunteering, nothing is able to get in her way.
"I want to be a role model for the younger generation," she said.
Ivie, who is originally from North Carolina, lived in New Mexico when she decided to move to a state she had never been to before Oregon. In 1983, she moved her family to Sweet Home and decided she wanted to do something she felt was meaningful. Twelve days after arriving, she became a member of the Sugar City Gleaners (formerly kno...
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