News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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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
County officials will hear two requests to add industrial land to the City of Sisters in a meeting at the Sisters Firehall at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, January 26. The Deschutes County Board of Commissioners will hear a request to bring 35 acres of the proposed Barclay Meadows Business Park into the Urban Growth Boundary and rezone it from farm to light industrial use. The proposed business park lies along Camp Polk Road north of Sisters. The commissioners will also hear a nearly identical request from the Sisters School District... Full story
Sisters' population grew by 18.6 percent between 1990 and 1999, according to final 1999 Oregon population estimates produced by the Center for Population Research and Census (CPRC) at Portland State University. The city added 132 residents over the course of the decade. However, between 1998-99, Sisters reportedly lost a net 10 residents. The population of Central Oregon is increasing at a slower rate than from 1997 to 1998, according to calculations by CPRC. Deschutes County's population growth during the 1990s continues to... Full story
The City of Sisters inched closer to locking up funds for a sewer system, with an award of $1.25 million in loans and grants of $750,000 made January 6 by the Oregon Economic Development Department. The loans will be paid back from the $7 million in bonds approved by Sisters voters two years ago. However, OEDD decided that Sisters is not eligible for $806,300 in Community Development Block Grants, targeted for low- to moderate- income users. An OEDD memorandum to the city... Full story
Water and sewer systems will grow as the City of Sisters grows. The city council has calculated what charges should be assessed developers to pay for the growth. In its Thursday, January 13, meeting, the council reviewed systems development charges (SDCs) for water and sewer systems. If the charges are adopted, new development will pay $2,867 per "equivalent dwelling unit" (EDU) for water and $2,994 per EDU for sewer. A single family residence is considered one EDU. A... Full story
The Sisters Outlaws lost a tough league game against the North Marion Huskies on Friday, January 14. The Huskies downed the Outlaws 77-72 in overtime. The game was slow-paced due to players getting into foul trouble. The Outlaws shot a total of 41 free throws and North Marion went to the line 33 times. "It was a horrid game to watch," Coach Rand Runco said . Dusty Macauley was Sisters' leading scorer with 21 points. Chris Kraft scored a game-high 25 points for the Huskies. Heading into halftime the Outlaws were holding a comf... Full story
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Young Sisters wrestlers learned some new moves and strategies during the Christmas break at a SOAR-sponsored wrestling clinic December 28, led by ex-Stanford wrestler Jeff Grant. Grant, a 1993 graduate of South Albany High School, was the Pac 10 runner-up at 167 pounds in 1998 and has stayed involved as a coach and competitor since graduating from Stanford. "Position, position, position," said Grant, when asked what the most important thing is for young wrestlers to learn. "In many programs, coaches emphasize different holds... Full story
