News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Though it's kept a low profile since its big launch last month, there is a lot of work going on behind the scenes with the Speak Your Peace Civility Project (SYP). It has been a month since the community met with Rob Karwath, national representative for SYP, to discuss the nine tenets of civility. From over 300 attendees, more than 100 surveys were completed at the various meetings with Karwath. Members of the community clearly showed their support for an effort to encourage civil discourse. Of those surveyed, no one stated t... Full story
After 12 years in my comfortable home on Whychus Creek, it is time for me to downsize and economize, hopefully without giving up my own front door and patch of garden. That's much easier said than done, particularly if I want to continue to live in Sisters, which I do. It's no secret that affordable housing to buy, in my case under $200,000, is non- existent in Sisters. So are affordable rents, if I could even find a rental available. So what are those of us over 70 with limited incomes going to do? Whatever I am able to... Full story
News clips of happenings around town: • Lynne Fujita-Conrads will be leaving her position as City of Sisters Finance Officer on January 25, after eight years at City Hall. She plans to pursue other interests. Lynne has been training her replacement, Joe O'Neill, to help get him onboard. • Sisters School Board will hold another public forum on Monday, January 25, at 6:30 p.m. at Sisters Elementary School to explain the repair, maintenance, and update needs in the schools, answer questions, and hear the... Full story
City staff, and council with a Thursday-night approval of additional findings, reaffirmed their previous rulings on a controversial land-use application for events on a vacant lot on Cascade Avenue. Sisters City Council voted on December 10 to approve a motion making additional findings as outlined in a remand by the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) regarding an appeal by Sisters entrepreneur Celia Hung of a land-use application for a temporary-use permit (TUP). Hung, owner of Bend/Sisters Garden RV Park, secured a... Full story
Rob Merola, a senior at Sisters High School, is working with his ASPIRE mentor, Phyllis Smith, to actualize his dream of pursuing a degree that will prepare him to be a theater arts manager. Merola loves performing, but he doesn't want to be a starving artist hoping for his big break while waiting tables. Therefore, approaching the performing arts from a business perspective is aiming Merola toward a school with strong business and theater arts departments. That's the kind of... Full story
Beginning this spring, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) will be undertaking major speed zone studies on five streets in Sisters, according to Paul Bertagna, public works director for the City of Sisters. In a meeting last week involving Bertagna, City Manager Andrew Gorayeb, and representatives of ODOT, it was agreed that the following streets will be studied: McKinney Butte from Highway 20 to Highway 242; Barclay Drive from Highway 20 to Locust Street; Locust... Full story
The Urban Forestry Board (UFB) began their work of caring for Sisters trees in earnest at their March 11 meeting, reviewing tree-removal requests, approving the document advertising for a city forester, and getting updates on current projects. They reviewed the Request for Proposal (RFP) drawn up by City staff for contracting a city forester to provide urban forestry advisory services for staff and the UFB. RFP proposals are due April 1, 2015, interviews and the board's recommendation to City Council will take place in April,... Full story
Good health is so easy to take for granted, until I experience a period of ill health. And sometimes I don't realize how sick I was, until I regain my health. Surgeries that require time for healing and rehabilitation also give pause to consider the importance of health and fitness. At age 70, a downturn in my overall condition gives rise to much more introspection than it did at 40 or 50 or even 60. Living alone and being physically compromised brings up questions of the feasibility of long-term residency in a small town,... Full story
