News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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For about two hours on Sunday, February 22, the only people who could get into the Sisters Post Office were wearing full chemical protection suits. The Redmond Hazardous Materials Team was called out to Sisters at noon after several Sisters residents reported difficulty breathing and choking after being in the post office. Team members suited up and entered the building with instruments to detect the presence of noxious gases or chemicals. They made a systematic search of the entire building, emptying trash cans outside and... Full story
A family with two young children from Bothell, Washington, were hurt Friday, February 20, when a pickup truck driven by Robert Young of Sisters pulled out in front of their Jeep Cherokee on Highway 20. According to sheriff's department reports, Young, 84, stopped briefly at the stop sign on Harrington Loop, then swung out in a left-hand turn front of the eastbound Jeep Cherokee. The investigating deputy reported that Young was using oxygen at the time of the crash. The driver of the Cherokee reportedly told a sheriff's... Full story
Karla Bonhoff and John David Souther brought a sold-out crowd to its feet on the opening night of the second annual Sisters Starry Nights concert series. The Sisters High School auditorium was filled Saturday, February 21, for the benefit for the Sisters Schools Foundation. Bonhoff returned to Sisters for a second year accompanied by musician and songwriter J.D. Souther. Joining Bonhoff and Souther were Kenny Edwards, also a Starry Nights veteran, and Rob Meurer of Christopher Cross fame. The John Congdon-Scott Foxx Trio... Full story
The vehicles collided at 5:05 p.m. as twilight settled over Highway 126 east of Sisters. The truck and the car hit head-on; the car's driver was killed, the truck's driver seriously hurt. Sisters firefighters cut the truck's driver out of the cab, stabilized him and put him aboard an AirLife helicopter, which landed in a field at the junction of Highway 126 and Camp Polk Road at 5:30 p.m. Three minutes later, AirLife lifted off, transporting the injured man to St. Charles... Full story
The Sisters High School jazz band, vocal ensemble, concert band, and concert choir will head south to California on Sunday, March 1, on a trip designed to further their musical skill and experience. Music teacher Jody Henderson will lead 87 students and seven chaperones on two charter buses in a trip that Henderson has been planning for a couple of years. "This is the first time we've done anything like this," explained Henderson. "The former music teacher, Mr. Lindahl, did it every year on a smaller scale, but this is a... Full story
Sisters resident Barbara Butler is passing on her intimate knowledge of wilderness ways in her new book on tracking entitled "Wilderness Treks: How to Sleuth Out Wild Creatures and Wayward Humans." Butler took years to develop the professional skills necessary to write and teach about tracking. The list of the animals Butler has tracked is long and impressive, and some of her methods challenge conventional wisdom. The method by which she determines the sex of deer, for instance, might surprise the hunter who for years has... Full story
* * * To the Editor: Need or Greed? That is the question! Do the tax-paying residents of the City of Sisters need to spend millions on a large-scale municipal sewer system? Only if we are prepared for the large-scale growth and development which it will inevitably bring! And who benefits? Primarily real estate and commercial interests, most of whom do not even live in Sisters. Make no mistake, the sewer will most definitely increase the density and cost of living in Sisters. According to the League of Oregon Cities, "growth... Full story
Sisters City Councilor Gordon Petrie does not believe Sisters needs a sewer. "To me, when it comes to sewers, a 'need' is health-related and anything else is a 'desire,'" Petrie said in a workshop Monday, February 16. Petrie noted that no evidence of groundwater contamination has been found in Sisters, and that it is impossible to contaminate the city wells because they lie upstream from Sisters. "I don't think sewage flows uphill," Petrie said. "I think it's absolutely... Full story
