The voice of Sweet Home…
Music…
“If we’re not doing what we believe, we’re going to lose our passion. If our passion isn’t there, we’ll never be a witness to folks. They’ll be able to tell we’re going through the motions.”
— Jim Stock after the release of the Stock Brothers first CD, Timeless
Basketball…
“We know we can play toe-to-toe with anyone in the league. We went to North Marion and imposed our will on the game, and we came out successful.”
— SHHS Boys Coach Mark Risen
Anew pool…
“This resolution, to me, is a blank check to the School District.”
— Councilman Robert G. Danielson
“I’d like to have a new pool. You go into that filter room. I’ve never seen so much rust in one place.”
— Councilman Dick Hill
“I think that we have really good information. I think it could be a strong partnership between the district, city and greater Sweet Home community.”
— Donna Short
Education…
“I’m looking forward to the petition process because that means a kid’s thinking about how education ties into their life.”
— SHHS teacher Nancy Ellis with proposed graduation requirements
“I’ve been here for six years and I’ve known this for six years. We have a great staff here. We’re all pulling the same direction.”
— Foster Principal Vic Zgorzelski after Foster received exceptional mark from state
Fighting for life…
“I know I’ve got a problem. They’ve got the medical facilities. If I just died, it wouldn’t bother me. I’ve had a good life. I’ve done a lot of things, seen a lot of things.”
— 13-year-old Brandin Hugley
Alternative education…
“They start to see the consequences of their actions. Historically, they didn’t care because they weren’t worried about a grade.”
— SHJH teacher Tim O’Donnell
Winning cash…
“I’ve been really lucky this year. I just kept winning.”
— Shawn Severns, who won $50,000 on Powerball TV show
Forests…
“This year, we will take steps to combat the Clinton-Gore legacy. We will try to bring real balance back to managing our natural resources in our forests, energy production and other similar interests.”
— AOL President Gary Betts
Politics…
“All council is doing is abiding by the rules and laws they have to go by. It’s not always the popular decision, but it’s the decision that has to be made.”
— Mayor Craig Fentiman
Land use…
“You have to put the shoe on the other foot. What if someone tried to stop you from doing what you want to do?”
— Planning Commissioner Jessica Coward
Volunteers…
“There’s no shortage of volunteers in Sweet Home. All of the people in this room have been or will be volunteers.”
— Chamber President Larry Blem at Awards Banquet
Swimming…
“I was scared to death. All of the guys on the relay team were shaking before the race. We wanted to win it so much.”
— Rhys Birky, SHHS senior
Economic development…
“I think that’s the pitfall of incubating businesses. If you don’t have a place for them to go in the community, you may lose them.”
— City Manager Craig Martin
Volunteer firefighting…
“As long as you have a challenge, you always want to do more rather than stop.”
— Firefighter of the Year Brian Koehne
Sweet Home…
“Hey, it’s been a good ride. It’s been good. We raised most of our family here.”
— Pastor Butch Adock before moving to Sequim, Wash.
Attempted murder…
“This guy’s mean, and he gets angry, and he was drunk. You put that together and you get attempted murder.”
— District Attorney Jason Carlile on Michael Peverieri, who attemped to kill a police officer
Weather…
“I like to say that climate tells us what kind of clothes we should buy and weather tells us what type of clothes we should wear today.”
— George Taylor
Behavior…
“Be good enough to tell me what disparaging remarks … you say I made.”
— Councilman Robert G. Danielson to Mayor Craig Fentiman
“I would deem ‘shut up’ as unprofessional.…”
— Mayor Fentiman to Danielson
“Put in there that if you’re going to charge someone that you do it honestly rather than hide behind ‘I’m not going to debate that with you.’”
— Danielson to Mayor Fentiman
“His bully tactics and lies are now public record for all to see.”
— Bob Pascalar on Danielson
“That’s a lie.”
— Danielson on Pascalar
Hostile takeovers…
“No Wey.”
— Willamette Industries on Weyerhaeuser’s offer to buy Willamette
Coaching…
“It’s a good feeling when you see a kid overcome something they didn’t think they could.”
— Assistant Coach of the Year Tim Boatwright
Giving…
“I just praise God that everything worked out so well…. I just like to help other people.”
— Angel McRae after giving jars full of pennies to the fire department
Pot-bellied pigs…
“It’s my calling. I’ve dedicated myself to this. Where the pigs go, I will go.”
— Lori Smith, who raises pot-bellied pigs
Banjos…
“When young et people dancing in the rain with an umbrella, it’s happy music. We have fun at it. That’s why we do it.”
— Hal Simpson at the annual Banjorama
Russia…
“They’re learning to cope. It used to be the state that decided what to do, where to live, etc.… The ones we dealt with were fantastic. They were ever kind, ever pleasant.”
— Juan and Donna Ulep returning from Friendship Force trip to Russia
Santiam Forest Products fire…
“It looked like a volcano erupted.”
— Fire Chief Mike Beaver
Cattle shows…
“I wanted to show polled Herefords because I like their disposition. My parents also liked looking at the white-faced calves.”
— Kari Winslow
Sept. 11…
“It was a religious experience seeing the sun rise the next day.”
— Major Toby Volz, who works at the Pentagon
Junior First Citizens Amanda Burcham and K.C. Stokes…
“These guys are tremendous. They are both involved, good students, leaders, all the things you want in a young person.”
— SHHS Activities Director Steve Hummer
New York…
“We left New York changed about the way we see people and places. Life is truly fleeting.”
— Chuck Farrington
Vietnam…
“I went and did what I had to do. Coming home, I was lost. People didn’t want to hear you were from Vietnam. If you were from Vietnam, you were a crazy person. I had learned to live less than a person.”
— Steve Koechig
Marc Holcomb Jr.…
“To sentence him lightly is to say life is cheap and crime pays. To sentence him lightly is to say Mr. Holcomb’s life is more valuable than the life he took….”
— Wayne Pruitt
New puppies…
“I didn’t realize there were people out there that could be this nice. The dog’s going to help us both.”
— Linda Armstrong after a Scio man replaced her daughters dog, which had been killed