News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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The Deschutes County Board of Commissioners has approved a land exchange that could give the Sisters School District 80 acres adjacent to the middle/high school -- provided a plan is drafted to protect the rare Peck's penstemon flower that grows on the land. The land swap proposal involves about 250 acres now owned by the U.S. Forest Service adjacent to the middle/high school and some county land between Sisters and Bend and more land in La Pine area. All three commissioners voted January 29 to initiate the exchange despite... Full story
Construction contracts on the Mountain Shadow RV Park have degenerated into a tangle of legal complaints, including one being heard this week in Deschutes County Circuit Court. Testimony before Judge Steven Tiktin and a jury of 12 was expected to continue Tuesday in the case of A. Wayne and Marlene Scott, owners of the RV park, versus Barclay Contractors, the primary contractors on the 1994 project. The Scotts are suing Barclay for approximately $170,000, claiming the contracting company improperly installed concrete RV pads... Full story
To the Editor: Roy Manbeck's letters is incorrect. His dispute over landscaping at Mt. Shadows R.V. Park was not with me, but with another subcontractor. He chose not to pursue. My fence issue was proposed and built by a local contractor who lives and works in the Sisters community; the work done at Mt. Shadow is done by local contractors. Roy Manbeck's statements are 100 percent incorrect. I never made such statements. In view of the fence the city disapproved. We attempted to correct it to their satisfaction; some plants... Full story
Settlers we are, most of us, seekers of niche, routine, a core of reassuring sameness around which may pivot the rest of real life with its bedlam and asymmetries. Some of us, the unusually punctual perhaps, are more ingrained with habits and customs than others, preferring for example, to lay out a particular breakfast cereal (bran twigs ) at night with not one but two paper napkins ( edges square to the table ' s edge ) covering a certain bowl which has, over the years, proven to be just the right size and weight, with a... Full story
The year 1996 will go down as one of the wettest, if not the wettest, on record in most of Western Oregon. But Oregon's High Desert country -- the dry side -- was wet, too, with some weather stations reporting more than double their normal precipitation levels. The Sisters' weather station recorded 23.18 inches of precipitation in 1996. This was 162 percent of the long-term average and was the wettest year since climatic data was taken at the Forest Service Ranger District in 1961. Madras, located in the normally semi-arid... Full story
An investigation into an alleged sexual assault on a Sisters Middle/High School student last September will likely be dropped, according to school authorities and the Deschutes County Sheriff's office. The 15-year-old victim claimed she left school on September 12 a few minutes before 3 p.m. for a walk on the nearby nature trail. She said she was grabbed from behind by an unknown assailant dressed all in black who exposed himself and jumped on top of her, reported Deschutes County Sheriff's Department Detective Bob Stone, at... Full story
Century 21 Sterling Properties real estate agency has closed its doors in Sisters. Agency owner Beverly Toney told The Nugget that her health, which had been poor since last March, got worse in October, making it difficult to maintain the real estate business. "That's the main reason I'm closing the business -- under doctor's orders," Toney said. She said she has not decided on her future plans, but that she would have to "take some time off." Toney said the closure was not... Full story
The City of Sisters may toughen its enforcement of the sign ordinance and fine businesses that have illegal banners. Violators may be cited into municipal court -- although planning commissioners don't remember that ever being done. Sisters' new mayor Steve Wilson has been an advocate of stronger sign ordinance enforcement since his tenure as a Sisters planning commissioner. He recently directed city planner Neil Thompson to work with the planning commission to strengthen... Full story
Despite this winter's sometimes fickle weather, managers say Hoodoo Ski Area is plowing through a more-than-respectable ski season. The resort has hosted more than 16,000 visitors so far this season according to General Manager Mike Obymako -- somewhat below earlier projections but far above the disastrous beginning recorded this time last year. And Hoodoo's annual Winter Carnival, scheduled for February 8, is expected to bring addtional visitors to the resort. "Some adverse weather during the Christmas holiday hurt us,"... Full story
