News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Voters will likely decide in May whether to build a new high school in Sisters. The Sisters School Board voted unanimously on Monday, February 12, to file in March for the May 15 election. However, the move is contingent on the board receiving "satisfactory" information from its architect team on the scope and cost of the project. The board also hopes to receive public input on the project before the March 15 filing deadline. A letter was to go out to voters this week seeking... Full story
State planners have put the brakes on a proposal that could have sited a gravel quarry on public lands east of Sisters. Local residents and people who ride, hike and explore in the so-called "Golden Triangle" between Highway 20 and 126 rose in vocal opposition to an Oregon Department of Transportation study that put forward several possible gravel mining sites. One of those sites was off Buckhorn Road and another was off Fryrear Road. According to ODOT planner Jason Neil, the... Full story
The City of Sisters will jump into the fray as an intervenor in the appeal against bringing two proposed industrial parcels into the city. Acting on a request from Barclay Meadows Business Park and from the Sisters School District, the Sisters City Council agreed Thursday, February 8, to intervene in an appeal to be filed by the Alliance for Responsible Land Use in Deschutes County (ARLU DeCo). As an intervenor, the city will prepare a brief to the state Land Use Board of... Full story
The preposterous-sounding plan to build an entire house as a school sports fund-raiser was a success -- a big success. As a result, Philip and Leslie Jackson, of Oregon City, will be living on Easy Street. That's the Easy Street located in the Tollgate subdivision just west of town. The Jacksons were the buyers of an Adair home that was constructed under the auspices of a parent group seeking creative new ways to prop up dwindling funds for the Outlaws sports programs at Sisters High School. Meeting for a celebratory dinner... Full story
Bank of the Cascades was recently awarded a $54,989 Affordable Housing Program grant from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle. The funds will be used in the initial development of two local Habitat for Humanity projects. Sisters Habitat for Humanity will benefit from $24,995 of the grant to build five single-family residences in Sisters. The residences will be for families that are at or below 60 percent of the Deschutes County area median income and are first time homebuyers. Consideration will be given to special needs... Full story
The Gallery Restaurant is to be the first business connected to the Sisters sewer. After the Gallery closes at 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday, February 21, CRM Contracting will quickly hook up the lateral connection between the restaurant and the main sewer line. "At 6 a.m. when they open for business, I want to have their tanks pumped and be out of there," said Project Manager Casey Kendall. CRM Contracting is a an offshoot of Commercial Ready Mix, a Salem-based corporation. Kendall runs the company's Central Oregon operations,... Full story
Developers of an approximately 24 unit affordable housing project in Sisters are exploring the possibilities of creating a community center on nearby city park land. Cyndy Cook of the Central Oregon Regional Housing Authority (CORHA) broached the idea at a Sisters City Council workshop on Thursday, February 15. "We have a community center on all our other sites," Cook told the council. "A community center is an important piece of an overall concept." However, the site in... Full story
Kristin Gibeau, center, will lead volunteers in building several new homes for Sisters Habitat for Humanity. Volunteers were hard at work last week, preparing the foundation on the latest habitat for Humanity home in Sisters. The volunteer crew is working under the supervision of Kristin Gibeau, newly hired by Sisters Habitat for Humanity to ramrod the chapter's projects. Gibeau brings to her job as construction supervisor 14 years of experience in the construction field. "I... Full story
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- Deputies arrested a Bend man for drunk driving after he rolled his vehicle on Highway 20. A good samaratin drove the man to town, where deputies attempeted to contact him. The man took off on foot, but was quickly rounded up. He then complained of injuries, so he had to be taken to the hopsital, where he tried to leave the emergency room. All in all, it took four hours to get the man booked. - A man called police after his 15-year-old daughter threw a piece of broken glass at him during an argument. This was not the first... Full story
Grace and Homer "Willy" Williamston were married September 8, 1984. They'd both lost their previous mates to cancer. In fact, Grace had provided hospice care for Willy's first wife during the final days of her life. From the very beginning of their relationship, Grace and Willy had known they were soulmates. The couple enjoyed traveling together, and to celebrate Valentine's Day back in 1987, Grace and Willy relaxed at the coast for a few days. The morning of Valentine's Day, Grace got up and dressed, ready to go out for a sp... Full story
