News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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After a year-and-a-half battling the law enforcement division of the Bureau of Land Management, Steve Allely has regained virtually all of the artifacts seized by federal agents in an April 13, 1994 raid on Allely's home in Sisters. The BLM returned Native American arrowheads and stone tools that Allely, an artist and flint-knapper, had collected over the years. No charges were ever brought against Allely in connection with the seizure. The BLM did keep some pieces of mammoth... Full story
Sisters police detective Don Pray and Deschutes County sheriff's lieutenant Greg Brown were presented with certificates of commendation by the county board of commissioners Thursday, January 11, for their actions in a December 26 shooting incident in Sisters. According to police reports, Detective Pray responded to the Bank of the Cascades at approximately 6:15 p.m. on December 26 to check out a report of a suspicious man with a handgun. Lt. Brown arrived to assist Detective... Full story
A Redmond mother and daughter were killed outright at 11 a.m. Saturday, January 13, in a two- car collision on U.S. 20 near Lost Lake. A 2- year- old girl in the same car was secured in an approved child restraint seat and was not injured. This was the second fatal accident in a little over two weeks on the same short stretch of road between Hoodoo Ski Area and Lost Lake. Three people died after an accident on December 27, including Willard and Mae Cyrus, farming pioneers of the Sisters area. The dead were Kathryn Nelson,... Full story
Break- ins and thefts occurred at three Camp Sherman recreation cabins sometime between Thanksgiving and December 29, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department has disclosed. The three residences are located at the end of Summer Home Tract "O," located one mile north of Camp Sherman on the banks of the Metolius River. Owners of the cabins are Tom and Janet Harper of Junction City, John and Katharine Burr of Salem, and Harry and Genevieve Watson of Bend. The Burrs discovered the burglary of their home December 29. Stolen from... Full story
Sisters' weather in 1995 proved to be about average as far as temperatures were concerned but considerably wetter than normal. However, such a simple statement masks the monthly fluctuations in both temperatures and precipitation. The year started out on a wet note with Sisters' January precipitation (which included a scant two inches of snow) totaling 3.88 inches. This amount was equal to 44 per cent of the entire precipitation in 1994. February was a month of contrasts. It was one of the mildest on record with Sisters... Full story
Forest Service workers at the Sisters Ranger District returned January 8 from what was probably their longest Christmas vacation since school days. But the shutdown of federal government offices for 19 days, while Congress and the Clinton administration tangled in a budget impasse, was hardly a time of unalloyed enjoyment for the foresters. They are now making up for lost time on several projects delayed somewhat by the furlough. District Information Assistant Tori Roberts said the situation wasn't as bad as it might have bee... Full story
Sisters resident Thomas Patrick Marshello, 34, was arraigned January 3 on charges stemming from a December 26 incident in which he allegedly led Deschutes County sheriff's deputies on a chase through Sisters and on surrounding roads. Marshello was arraigned on charges of Assault III and Escape II, both Class C felonies; driving under the influence of intoxicants; fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer; reckless driving and Attempted Assault I, a Class B felony.... Full story
