News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Central Electric Cooperative did not have proper county permits to erect at least some of the power poles they have put up in the Sisters area, according to a county code enforcement technician. A lawyer for CEC disagrees, saying that because of Measure 37, no permits were required. Deschutes County Code Enforcement opened a case on the matter last week. The case involves "a parcel of CEC land within Deschutes County that is zoned F1 (forest)," said code enforcement technician John Griley. The exact location of the parcel was... Full story
Molalla High School has banned a young man from school athletic events after he was identified as having yelled racial slurs directed at a black Sisters player during a September 16 soccer game. Coach Mark Keel and his players left the field with a few minutes remaining on the clock, feeling that the atmosphere was threatening. Some witnesses indicated that more than one adult spectator was involved. However, an investigation by Molalla Principal Roy Reynolds found that only the one young man was responsible for shouting the... Full story
Firefighters mop up near Golf Home 97, which was destroyed in the fire. Homes saved at Black Butte Ranch were very close to homes that burned. Only great effort on the part of Black Butte Ranch firefighters, standing in "defensible space," saved them. The fire scorched the ground and torched 30 foot trees into charred sticks all the way to their tops. The edges of Fiddleneck, an 18 foot wide one-way street, melted. "This was a regular wall of fire," said Black Butte Ranch Fire Chief Ed Sherrell. Sherell said firefighters... Full story
Sisters, 7:30 p.m., July 28 -- Both homes lost to fire at Black Butte Ranch were on the northwest corner of the property, probably on Fiddleneck, as the fire exploded in the early afternoon on Sunday. There are another 84 structures "at risk" from flames that surged onto the Ranch. Sometime between 1:30 and 2 p.m. the fire "blew up" very fast. "It advanced like a fire storm. There was no time to do anything," said Black Butte Police Chief Gil Zaccaro. Deschutes County Sheriff Les Stiles said "what was a spot fire was... Full story
Sisters--8:30 a.m. July 29-- The Cache Fire that has destroyed two houses at Black Butte Ranch is still a threat, despite "lying down" over night. The forecast on Monday is for hot and dry 86 degree temperatures and 20 percent humidity, according to the Forest Service. Winds were expected to be 10 to 15 miles per hour later in the afternoon. These conditions are very similar to those on Sunday when the fire exploded past lines and into Black Butte Ranch. The Forest Service expects the fire to spread east and southeast,... Full story
Sisters, 9:45 a.m. July 29 -- Homes saved at Black Butte Ranch were very close to homes that burned. Only great effort on the part of Black Butte Ranch firefighters, standing in "defensible space," saved them. The fire scorched the ground and torched 30-foot trees into charred sticks all the way to their tops. The edges of Fiddleneck, an 18 foot wide one-way street, melted. "This was a regular wall of fire," said Black Butte Ranch Fire Chief Ed Sherrell. Sherrell said firefighters "really thought we had a handle on this... Full story
Twenty-one students left Sisters High School last month after the sudden closure of the Royal Haven Equestrian Center for Girls east of town. Proprietors Steve Gage and Karen Lee closed the facility for "troubled" girls at the end of December and sent the residents back to their parents. An article in the January 5 issue of The Bulletin alleged that the program was under investigation concerning issues of sexual abuse. Oregon State Police detective Tom Kipp confirmed that "there is an investigation and it is pending" but... Full story
Deschutes County Hearings Officer Karen Green shot down two separate applications that would bring more than 60 acres of new industrial land into the Sisters Urban Growth Boundary. Last week, Green denied Barclay Meadows Business Park's request to add 35 acres along the west side of Camp Polk Road near the airport and rezone it from farm to industrial use. She also turned down a virtually identical request from the Sisters School District on approximately 30 acres at the end of North Pine Street. According to Green, both... Full story
