News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Foresters are waiting for the green light to launch a salvage logging project on approximately 4,877 acres burned during the Eyerly Fire of 2002 to the north and northwest of Sisters. The plan, which has received criticism from both environmental organizations and timber industry groups, aims to cut about 20 million board feet of dead or severely damaged trees in the 17,000-acre fire area. A final decision is expected by the end of April. According to Sisters Ranger District... Full story
Work crews are running water and sewer lines to a new development on Highway 20. photo by Jim Cornelius Traffic on Highway 20 at the west end of Sisters wended its way past construction crews last week as the workers ran a sewer line to a planned new development along the highway. According to City of Sisters Public Works Director Gary Frazee, the sewer line will serve six commercial lots to be developed on the 7.2-acre Relco property just west of the Comfort Inn and Mountain... Full story
The Sisters High School Jazz Band took first place at the Capital Conference Jazz band competition for the fifth consecutive year on Wednesday, February 18. The annual event was held at North Marion High School. The honor was awarded to the Outlaws after Stayton and Sweet Home were announced as the second and third place winners, respectively. "Each year receiving first place has become (a) more worthy accomplishment because the quality of all the bands from other schools has been constantly improving," said band director... Full story
A 33-year-old man was killed on Sunday, February 22, when he apparently got tangled up in a post-hole auger while working in Plainview east of Sisters. The Deschutes County Sheriff's Office identified the man as Herbert Oliver Pishion, Jr. of Crooked River Ranch. According to sheriff's office reports, the man was operating the auger off the back of a farm tractor. He was working alone when his clothing apparently got caught up in the auger. The man was found by the resident of the house where he was working. Deputies and... Full story
Crystal Jewell left, Jeff McDonald, Tom Rheuben, Bob Buckmann and T. W. Scannell inaugurate a new "CANS for KIDS" recycle station (Kaci Oerter, not pictured, also participated in creating the recycle station). photo by Jim Cornelius In the face of dwindling budgets, a citizens committee has created a new program to tap recycling money for programs in Sisters schools. The "CANS for KIDS" committee created by T.W. Scannell, Dr. Thomas Rheuben and Bob Buckmann has provided an... Full story
"The Snow Queen" is coming to Sisters. photo provided Brigham Young University Theatre Ballet will perform at Sisters High School on Tuesday, March 9 at 7 p.m. The renowned dance troupe performs "The Snow Queen" for communities and projects chosen by the local Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Sisters performance is a benefit for SOAR (Sisters Organization for Activities and Recreation) and Central Oregon Boys and Girls Clubs. This will be the first time a ballet troupe of this caliber has performed in... Full story
High Desert Celtic Country Dancers will perform at Sisters Act. photo by Steve Alleley "A Celtic Sisters Act" will be held on Saturday, March 6, at 7 p.m. at Sisters High School auditorium. This will be the 11th annual production of the community talent show. The event will showcase a variety of acts with themes from Scotland and Ireland. Entertainers will include the High Desert Celtic Country Dancers performing a Scottish country dance and a Highland fling; students from Pat Cook's School of Dance and Central Oregon School... Full story
Kate Rohauer. photo by Kathryn Godsiff The loss of a loved one at the hand of another is the most crushing blow any human being is forced to endure. Kate Rohauer of Sisters knows this first-hand; she lived through the emotional maelstrom following the murder of her daughter Lynette Jarvis in California in September of 1998. Jarvis was shot while hitchhiking with a companion on a lonely stretch of road in the Apple Valley. Rohauer has finally healed enough to be able to help others through the maze of grief and legalities... Full story
The Forest Service plans to fast track two salvage operations in the area of last summer's B & B Complex Fire in the Metolius Basin near Suttle Lake and Jack Creek. Both projects are in areas of existing timber sales and had been partially logged before last summer's devastating fires. According to Marcy Boehme of the Forest Service, each sale had been previously approved under Environmental Assessments "over the last 10 years or so." The B & B Fire burned up all markings on the trees yet to be logged, Boehme said.... Full story
Jan Martin holds rescued time capsules at Sisters Middle School. photo by Tim O'Neal Time plays tricks on memory -- a problem social studies teacher Jeff Barton understands all too well. Back in 1985, he nailed two cardboard, duct-tape-wrapped tubes to two-by-fours behind sheetrock in a newly constructed addition to Sisters Middle School. The tubes were part of a student project to take a snapshot in time of Sisters and create a time capsule to be opened when the building came... Full story
- Village Interiors is consolidating the Sisters store into one showroom. This will make it much more convienent for customers to pick out home furnishings and carpet/flooring at the same place, at the same time. The former Villiage Interior Floor Design Center will be up for rent. - Saturday morning bike rides are back at Eurosports. Riders meet at 9 a.m. in front of Eurosports. - Quality Moving Service has moved back to Sisters after a year in Bend. For information call 549-8611. - Shibui Spa is hosting a Women's Full Moon... Full story
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- City Council Meeting 7 p.m., 2nd and 4th Thursday each month, Sisters City Hall. 549-6022. - School Board Meeting 7 p.m., 2nd Monday each month, middle school lecture/drama room. 549-8521. - Black Butte School District Board of Directors meets 2nd Tuesday of each month, 7 p.m., Black Butte School. 595-6203. - Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month, 8 to 9 a.m. at Sisters Fire Hall, 549-0251. - Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD meets for drill every Monday, 7 p.m. Sisters Fire Hall, 301 S. Elm St.... Full story
- A deputy cited a man for child neglect after he left children in his care alone. - A woman broke a fingernail during a business dispute between two other people. She claimed assault. - A resident reported a cougar sighting in the area of Harrington Loop. - A resident reported gunshots. A deputy investigated. He found a man who had let off three shotgun blasts to scare away coyotes. He hadn't actually seen any coyotes, he just thought it was about time he put some fear into the critters. - A Eugene driver put his car into a... Full story
Heavy, wet snowfall in the Sisters country has local irrigators looking forward to the first good water year they've seen in about three years. According to Squaw Creek Irrigation District (SCID) Manager Marc Thalacker, the last numbers he heard indicate that the mountain snowpack is at about 120 percent of normal. "Any time it's above 150 inches -- as long as there's good water content like there is this year -- you're going to have a good water year." That means SCID should be able to provide a full allocation of water to a... Full story
