News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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(L.-r.): Erica Lowry, Savannah Higgins, Shawn Horton, Justin Erlandson and Mollie Boyle sang with Kenny Loggins and guitarist Chris Rodriguez. photo by Peggy Chesser Kenny Loggins rocked the house at the Sisters Starry Nights Concert held in the new Sisters High School auditorium on Saturday evening, January 17. Loggins' career spans over 30 years; 12 platinum albums; 14 gold albums; and numerous awards. Loggins heard of Sisters Starry Nights through several of his band members who'd previously been to Starry Nights with... Full story
The elusive Camp Sherman area cougar was captured early Sunday morning, January 18, near Pine Lodge Road. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) and Forest Service personnel set a large animal trap near the swimming pool and cabana in the Metolius Meadows residential area. The trapping procedure started one week ago. The animal has been seen around housing areas for quite some time. Since this is an inhabited area with small children around, officials considered the cougar a threat. A resident's household cat had been... Full story
At its first meeting of the year on Monday, January 12, the Sisters School Board failed to get a more complete explanation of lower-than-expected interest earnings on the district's high school construction bonds. Snow was partly to blame. The Sisters area's better than two-foot snowfall over the Christmas/New Year holidays kept District Facilities Manager Bob Martin so busy with buildings and grounds problems that he was unable to complete a final "spread sheet" of expenditures for the new high school, which opened for... Full story
State Measure 30 will make an $800-million difference to the state budget during the current (2003-05) biennium. Ballots for the measure went to voters in the mail last week. City of Sisters services will be basically unaffected and Sisters will only feel any impact from state or county cuts indirectly. But Superintendent Lynn Baker says Measure 30 will make a $600,000 difference to Sisters schools, with about one-third of the impact being felt this year, 2003-04, and two-thirds next year. If the district has to cut roughly $... Full story
Squaw Creek got a little rambunctious as ice built up then broke during winter storms. photo by Jeff McCaulou On Wednesday, January 7, Sisters City Hall got a call from Tim Clasen who lives south of Sisters. Clasen reported that Squaw Creek was very high and that there would soon be excess water in town. Gary Frazee, Sisters' Public Works Director, headed to the bridge on Elm Street in the snow plow he was operating. "By the time I got to Squaw Creek ... the water was back to normal," he said. Kathy Nagel, who also lives on... Full story
For years people forced to work or attend school at the dilapidated middle school on Locust Street in Sisters have thought, "They oughta burn that thing." Next month, they will. Sisters-Camp Sherman Rural Fire Protection District will invite fire departments from all over Central Oregon to join them in a "burn-to-learn" exercise that will provide invaluable real-life firefighting experience while getting rid of the former middle school building to make way for a new library an... Full story
Mushers hit the trail in a storm at Hoodoo on Tuesday, January 6. photo by Jeff McCaulou In the world of dogsled racing, comparing Buddy Streeper and Doug Swingley is like comparing a Ferrari to a Land Rover. Streeper is the undefeated champion in the sprint class while Swingley holds four titles in the 1,100-mile Iditarod dog sled race. Streeper dominated the competition in the Sisters stages of the Atta Boy 300 dog sled race earlier this month and Swingley was the next contender. The $55,000 race came to the Sisters area... Full story
Sisters took a big step towards building a long-awaited new City Hall when the Sisters City Council voted unanimously this month to select a local architectural firm to design the building. The council approved a contract in the amount of $60,000 with Steele Associates Architects, the firm that designed Sisters High School and donated the design for Barclay Park. The city selected Steele Associates after reviewing 16 proposals, with costs ranging from $56,000 to $178,000, said Scott Steele, project principal. The council... Full story
The "Wheel of Fortune" spun Dan Fouts' way this month -- and the Sisters Schools Foundation is $63,300 richer for it. The Hall of Fame NFL quarterback participated in a charity special edition of the popular game show, where NFL Hall of Famers competed on behalf of their favorite charities. Fouts chose the schools foundation, which his family has supported since its founding. Fouts went up against former Washington Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann and Chicago Bears Hall of Fame tackle Dan Hampton. "We each had a partner... Full story
Measure 30: Yes Sisters area voters should vote to approve Measure 30 on the ballots received last week. We can't afford not to. Cuts to Sisters schools that will follow the defeat of Measure 30 would damage the quality education this whole community strives so hard to promote. The school district stands to lose some $600,000 over the next two years. That means cutting school days, laying off quality employees, cutting programs. Last weekend, Sisters enjoyed an outstanding Starry Nights concert. Starry Nights has raised more... Full story
Where is Waldo? Stuck in an icy pond. He was safely rescued. photo provided A routine feeding session turned into a rescue mission on Sunday, January 11, at the Lazy Z Ranch just outside of Sisters. When manager Vickie Herring and staff member Sophia Little headed off into the freezing morning, they didn't expect to find Waldo, an 18-month-old bay gelding, stuck in the ice in a ranch irrigation pond. "When Vickie and Sophia went to feed, they found the entire herd gathered around the pond," said Virginia Loomis, who manages... Full story
For staff that have been with the Sisters School District for a decade, it's a bout of deja vu -- a new high school and a powerful winter storm. In the early nineties, the high school -- now middle school -- building was built with a metal roof and no provisions were made to hold the snow on the roof. Snow slid off and built up and water got into the building by means of saturated ground around the exterior. "When everything thawed, water got in the building," said Bob Martin, Facilities and Construction Project Manager for... Full story
Artists from Sisters and the surrounding communities will offer up their works in a variety of media as a celebration of the arts as a force for change in the world -- and as a fund-raiser for the Sisters Folk Festival's Americana Project. The Americana Project brings roots music education into Sisters schools. The art works will be auctioned at a party on Saturday, April 3, at Ponderosa Forge and Ironworks, following an art stroll and chili feed on Friday, April 2. The "My Ow... 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: The Sisters-Camp Sh... 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 Area Chamber of Commerce meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month, 8 to 9 a.m. at Sisters Fire Hall, 549-0251. - Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD meets for drill every Monday, 7 p.m. Sisters Fire Hall, 301 S. Elm St.... Full story
- Deputies picked up a Sisters man on a parole violation warrant. - A Sisters resident reported the theft of a credit card number and an attempt to make $500 in illegitimate purchases. - Another unrelated identity theft problem arose, with a suspect in the Detroit, Michigan, area. - Deputies assisted a horse owner rounding up some stray critters and returning them to pasture. - A woman pulled into the sheriff's substation looking for help. She was having medical problems. Staff called paramedics to the scene and the woman... Full story
