News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Sisters High School will host the first of several "summit" meetings of Sisters community agencies on January 29. The meetings will allow the agencies to exchange information and discuss projects and priorities of mutual interest. Although the public is invited to attend, only board members of the agencies involved will be allowed to participate. Participants in the summit include the Community Action Team of Sisters, the Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce, Sisters City Council, Sisters Camp Sherman Rural Fire Protection Distri... Full story
A variety of equipment and technology keeps the roads around Sisters safe during the winter. State, county and city crews must work together to insure that all the roads are passable when it snows. "We work in partnership," said Julianne Repman, spokesperson for the Oregon Department of Transportation. Based on weather conditions, crews may plow the snow, apply cinders to the roads, or use a deicer, which leaves behind stripes of FreezeGard. The chemical in that product is magnesium chloride, which includes a rust inhibitor.... Full story
Icy roads contributed to this accident. photo by Jim Mitchell It wasn't as bad in Sisters as it was in Portland, but icy road conditions last weekend did contribute to several wrecks. A three-car pileup clogged Highway 20 outside Three Wind Shopping Center on Saturday when vehicles slid into each other on the slick roadway. According to authorities, a westbound Jeep lost control on the slick pavement and slid into an eastbound passenger car. An SUV following the passenger car eastbound was unable to stop and also hit the... Full story
A little piece of Sisters history. The owners of this shed are offering it to the City of Sisters. It was originally a logging camp cook shack used by Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Company. photo by Jim Mitchell Though he lives in Rome, New York, Orville Carroll owns a piece of Sisters history -- in fact, several pieces. Investigation of an offer to donate a "historic" shed to the City of Sisters turned up a wealth of Sisters history dating back to the 1930s. Recently, Carroll offered the City of Sisters the 13-by-16-foot "shed" loca... Full story
John Hiatt. photo provided Tickets for the 2005 Sisters Starry Nights Benefit Concert Series will go on sale on Saturday, January 22 at 9 a.m. at Leavitt's Western Wear in Sisters. General admission tickets are priced at $45 and limited to six per person. The shows, which raise funds for the Sisters Schools Foundation, will take place at the Sisters High School auditorium on March 5 and April 2. The series will kick off with a solo acoustic performance on Saturday, March 5, by renowned singer-songwriter John Hiatt, who last... Full story
A 3-to-1 decision by the Sisters City Council has opened the door for a McDonald's in Sisters -- unless a legal challenge is filed with the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) within 21 days. The decision to approve the Site Design Review and Conditional Use permit request by Cache Mountain Development for a restaurant, convenience market and gas station came after an appeal of the planning commission's approval of the plan. City Planner Bill Adams briefly reviewed pertinent sections of the latest document in the... Full story
Lisa Clausen breaks ground on her movie house fourplex. photo by Jim Mitchell Lisa Clausen's "labor of love" took another step forward on Monday morning, January 17. Crews broke ground for Sisters' first theater, Sisters Movie House, in the FivePine development on the east edge of town. The theater will face Highway 20, just east of Sisters Athletic Club. Clausen's mission is to make the Sisters Movie House the cultural center of the community. To be completed next summer, the planned theater, according to Clausen, "will feat... Full story
The city of Sisters is backing several community projects -- in spirit, not financially. Despite a widespread community perception, the City of Sisters is not financing the new SOAR Phase II project and other programs. City Manager Eileen Stein emphasized that the city has endorsed and prioritized these projects, not financed them. The city's endorsement puts local organizations/projects in a more favorable position when applying for federal and state grant funding. The statewide Needs and Issues Inventory is a process develo... Full story
Attorney Steve Bryant swears in Judy Trego, Dave Elliott and Brad Boyd. photo by Jim Mitchell Brad Boyd was installed as the newest Sisters City Council member at the council meeting on January 13. His first official act was to abstain from voting on the McDonald's issue because he had not been involved in prior meetings and hearings on the issue. The new and re-elected council members, Boyd, Judy Trego, and Dave Elliott were sworn in by City Attorney Steve Bryant. Boyd unseated Councilor John Rahm in an election that saw a... Full story
Bingo players enjoyed an evening at the restored Community Hall. photo by Conrad Weiler The refurbished Camp Sherman Community Hall, closed for the past four months, hosted a chili feed benefit on Sunday evening for local boys Jarett Hancock and Chad Horning. The two Sisters High School students will participate in the Oregon People to People Student Ambassador program in Europe this summer (see The Nugget, January 5). "They did it right," said local resident Jack Walker, commenting on the hall. Gone are the harsh fluorescent... Full story
Wyeth in Metric Dog costume. photo provided Sisters Elementary School was a sad place last week. Students and staff said good-bye to a beloved mascot: Wyeth the Wonder Dog, Dog of the Future. The approximately 10-year-old Australian Shepherd mix was a fixture at the school, where for years fourth-grade teacher David Hewitt included him in class activities. "He started coming on 'pet day' and he was such a hit with the kids... I took to bringing him three or four days a week," Hewitt said. It was a big privilege to have Wyeth... Full story
The Nugget welcomes contributions from its readers, which must include the writer's name, address and phone number. Letters to the Editor is an open forum for the community and contains unsolicited opinions not necessarily shared by the Editor. The Nugget reserves the right to edit, omit, respond or ask for a response to letters submitted to the Editor. Letters should be no longer than 300 words. Unpublished items are not acknowledged or returned. The deadline for all letters is noon Monday. To the Editor: In response to the... Full story
- City Council Meeting 7 p.m., 2nd and 4th Thursday each month, Sisters City Hall. 549-6022. - School Board Meeting 7 p.m., 2nd Monday each month, middle school lecture/drama room. 549-8521. - Black Butte School District Board of Directors meets 2nd Tuesday of each month, 7 p.m., Black Butte School. 595-6203. - Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD meets for drill every Monday, 7 p.m. Sisters Fire Hall, 301 S. Elm St. 549-0771. - Sisters Kiwanis Club meets every Thursday, 7:30 a.m., Sisters Fire Hall. 549-1223. - Sisters Habitat for... Full story
- A deputy investigated a reported theft at Sisters Middle School. - Someone reported that a wolf had been shot near Sisters and wanted a deputy to come take a look. The deputy was unable to locate a dead wolf. - Numerous drivers slid off roads into ditches and fences on local roads and in subdivisions. - A citizen reported an apparently drunk pedestrian weaving around on the highway. A deputy could not find the man. - Deputies responded to numerous complaints about dogs -- aggressive dogs, trespassing dogs, barking dogs. -... Full story
Sisters Elementary School has a full complement of students. photo by Jim Cornelius A sparsely attended public hearing January 10 gave the Sisters School Board only a little guidance about how to relieve elementary school overcrowding. A larger turnout is expected for a second hearing, to begin at 7 p.m. tonight (Wednesday, January 19) in the elementary school library. The topic of overcrowding was introduced at a special board workshop last month, and the board would like to decide on some course of action at its February... Full story
