News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Some local folks will be watching the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City with special intensity this week as their friend Chris Klug hits the slopes in the snowboarding Parallel Giant Slalom. Klug, who lives in Sisters during the summer, earned the signal honor of helping to carry a flag from the rubble of the World Trade Center in opening ceremonies. His girlfriend Missy April will be on hand to watch Klug vie for a medal against the best competition in the world. So will her... Full story
DeAnn Pilch puts the finishing touches on the restored computer lab at Sisters Elementary School. Two months ago, a water pipe in the Sisters Elementary School heating system broke. Water and oily steam poured into the computer lab, destroying all the equipment, the carpet and the fixtures. This week, a completely refurbished "cybersite" will reopen -- and it is better now than ever. After an insurance reimbursement of approximately $91,000, the lab was refitted with Dell... Full story
The Sisters fire department is having trouble keeping up with fire inspections as Sisters grows. So the department has launched a new self-inspection program that will allow some businesses to check their own fire safety. "We only have so many people and we're getting behind on inspections and reports," said firefighter David Wheeler, who handles inspections for the department. "We just can't get to every business in town." The self-inspection program will only apply to... Full story
John Patrick Kalista survived. His driving privileges will not. A Redmond man survived a wreck that, to all appearances, could have cost him his life on Friday, February 8. According to sheriff's office reports, John Patrick Kalista, 25, of Redmond, was traveling westbound on Highway 126 shortly after 11 p.m. when he lost control of his mother-in-law's 1987 Ford Taurus, ran off the road and went head-on into a tree. Deputies investigating the accident reported that the... Full story
Water users are cautiously optimistic that substantial snowfalls of this winter will turn around drought conditions that parched the region last year. Deschutes County Water Master Kyle Gorman likes what he sees, but he's not quite ready to call the storms a drought-buster. "If it keeps snowing like it did this morning (February 8) I'd say so, but I don't want to say yet," Gorman said. Actually, according to Gorman, evidence that the region is out of the drought will not be... Full story
Sisters students made art from old guitars. Using guitars as their canvasses, students at Sisters high school have designed and created 11 unique pieces of art. The students' guitars, along with another 13 painted by local artists, will be auctioned off on Saturday, March 9, to raise funds for the ongoing Americana Project. The guitar art will also be featured at local businesses during the Painted Strings Art Stroll on March 1. "The Painted Strings project has been a lot of fun," said Mike Baynes, who teaches art at the... Full story
Sisters area residents may attend an open house to learn about efforts to develop a community trail system for hikers, bicyclists, walkers, cross-country skiers and equestrians within the greater Sisters area. The open house will be held on February 27, at the Sisters Athletic Club, 413 W. Hood Ave. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. Refreshments will be served. A group of Sisters area residents with a vision for a network of safe, accessible trails that connects neighborhoods within the Sisters School District to down- town... Full story
Amanda Kessel, left, and Laura Leis accept the award for Best Film for their film, "Killer Wail" at the Second Annual Outlaw Film Festival. Movie fans arrived at Sisters High School last Saturday night to find the place transformed. A red carpet, bordered by multicolored lights, was rolled out along the sidewalk. Inside the foyer, tickets to the Second Annual Outlaw Film Festival could be purchased at a box office, created and assembled by SHS students. "There's a lot more to it this year," said the event's creator, senior Pa... Full story
Winter is always a slow and scary time for Sisters businesses. The tourist crowds of summer and fall thin out and the cash registers stop ringing. Combine the traditional slow season with a recession and post-September 11 economic jitters and winter looks pretty bleak -- even when the sun is shining. Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce manager Clyde Stryker reports mixed impact on Sisters businesses. "Some are saying it's bad, they're not surviving," Stryker said. "There are... Full story
Bend developer T.M. Pete was acquitted on Friday, February 8, on six charges of theft and three charges of forgery. Pete had been accused by the Deschutes County District Attorney of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from building clients in fraudulent business deals. Michael Hooey of Sisters was a witness against Pete. According to Hooey, one of the aggravated theft charges against the developer stemmed from work Pete was involved in on Hooey's home. While he was disappointed that the judge found that no criminal... Full story
The Sisters fire district board of directors has declared a "purported employment contract" with former board president Greg Brown to be invalid. In a resolution adopted Thursday, February 14, district staff were authorized to "proceed accordingly to obtain refunds of any funds paid as a result of this agreement." The resolution noted that "no district records exist showing approval by the board of directors of an employment agreement between Greg Brown and the Sisters-Camp... Full story
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- A Rug Doctor was reported stolen from a local store. - A Sisters area resident complained that a man has been harassing him. The man was contacted and complained that the Sisters man was harassing him. Both men were told to stop harassing. It was not clear if either man will be allowed to play in the sandbox. - A Portland man was picked up on a probation detainer after a traffic stop in Sisters. He was also cited for driving while suspended, not having insurance and driving without his seatbelt. - A man reported that... Full story
Falling in love with India After graduating from Sisters High School last spring, I decided to do something a little different for my first year out on my own. Since I was barely 17, I took a year off from the books and instead did a Discipleship Training School in Lakeside, Montana. My DTS was through an organization called YWAM, or Youth With a Mission. For three months I studied various subjects such as working with other cultures and intercessory prayer, and then for two months I lived in India. I went with a group of 12... Full story
