News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Three Sisters area residents were arrested February 2 in connection with a January 26 shooting incident in which several rifle rounds were fired into a home on Deer Ridge Road near Sisters. Oregon State Police arrested Scott Robert Sheeran, 20, Nathan Allen Gregory, 26, and Joshua Norman Rogers, 19, on charges of first degree criminal mischief, unlawful use of a weapon, recklessly endangering and menacing. According to OSP reports, the suspects fired at the house from a nearby roadway; two of the rounds allegedly entered the... Full story
The Sisters School District will ask voters in a May election to reconsider the same $5.5 million bond issue that was defeated by a four percent margin last November. The Sisters School Board agreed by a 3-1 vote in their February 5 meeting to propose a $3.5 million bond issue to pay for the construction of eight classrooms at the elementary school and remodel the old intermediate school site for seventh and eighth graders. An additional $2 million will be proposed for... Full story
The dawn. Slowly emerging from the cozy wraps of night, invaded by logic and checkpoints, releasing abstractions, gathering thoughts and tensions, slipping into our daytime face, we rise; we shine. This is the hour of most rituals. We mark the day here in our most personal space, before the door swings open and we are launched out onto the great dance floor and the bright lights of day. If the world was different, simpler, we would act only according to our best impulses and not suffer imposing time schedules and the... Full story
Recent snows have pushed a below-average season to 140 percent of average precipitation for the "water year" which began last October 1. Kyle Gorman, Deschutes Basin Watermaster, told an irrigation seminar at the Central Electric Cooperative in Redmond last week that the snow and rainfall in the Deschutes drainage is at 140 percent of normal and, barring any abnormal warming and drying, there should be no shortages of water through the summer months. Sisters area conditions also appear to be very good, according to Gorman... Full story
Drivers will need to slow down between the Sisters Middle/High School and the City of Sisters. The speed limit on that section of the McKenzie Highway will drop from 55 to 40 m.p.h. by the end of March. According to Laurie Gould, public affairs representative of the Highway Division of the State Department of Transportation, the speed limit change was approved by the Oregon Transportation Commission on August 16, 1995. The lower limit will be introduced in recognition of "increased pedestrian and vehicle traffic at a nearby... Full story
The lights blinked out briefly in Sisters January 31 when a Bonneville Power Administration operator accidentally shut off service to a main Central Electric Cooperative power feeder. According to CEC General Manager Lane Powell, the outage, which occurred at about 1:15 p.m., cut off power to more than 4,600 co-op members in the Sisters area, Black Butte, Camp Sherman and Hoodoo. Powell reported that the switching error at the BPA Redmond substation caused a switch in CEC's Sisters substation to open. That switch had to be... Full story
The 1996 Sisters Quilt Show season was formally set underway Friday night, February 2, with the unveiling of the Quilt Show's poster. The event, held at the Stitchin' Post, honored the creator of the painting, well-known Sisters' graphic artist Dennis McGregor. The audience applauded enthusiastic approval as the painting was uncovered a few minutes after 7 p.m. by John Keenan. The crowd of about 100 well-wishers, including the artist's wife, Marcie noted that McGregor's 1996 poster differs significantly from his four... Full story
Two days of mediation has ended a year-long battle over a proposed gravel mine and crushing operation four miles west of Sisters. Although the resolution still must be finalized with Deschutes County, mine opponents and representatives of mine operator Hap Taylor and Sons, Inc. agreed in talks held January 30-31 on several conditions that they believe will relieve the concerns of those who have fought against the mine. Hap Taylor & Sons, Inc. agreed to cut their maximum... Full story
