News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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In between the Grammy awards and a gig at the White House, award-winning country performer Lee Ann Womack brightened the Starry Nights Concert Series on Saturday evening, February 24. Casually dressed in a red sweater and black skirt, the petite Womack related to her audience as if they were guests in her own house, inviting them into her heart and her music. At one point in the show, Womack's two-year-old daughter toddled on to the stage and was swept up into her mother's arms as she finished her rendition of Willie... Full story
It is a "squeaker," Mayor Steve Wilson admits, but it looks like the Sisters sewer project can be completed on budget, with the promised monthly fee. The city needs approximately $9,911,897 to finish the downtown core and residential areas -- Phase I, II and III of the project, according to engineer Dick Nored of HGE, Inc. Nored told the Sisters City Council on Thursday, February 22, that, assuming the city receives expected connection fees, there will be $10,036,460... Full story
The City of Sisters and the Sisters Ranger District are trying to resolve their disagreement over how the district should be charged for sewer services. Representatives from both parties met again on Thursday, February 22, to work through details of a $250,669.26 charge to hook the ranger district compound and the East Portal kiosk restrooms up to the city's sewer system. "What we're trying to do is understand the bill we're being asked to pay," said District Ranger Bill... Full story
Several new homes are going up in Buck Run in Sisters. Nearby, a new nine-lot subdivision has been approved. City planners approved two new subdivisions in Sisters on Wednesday, February 21. The Sisters Urban Area Planning Commission gave the green light to Mylon Buck's nine-lot subdivision in the Buck Run area and to a five-lot proposal on East Cascade Avenue just east of Sisters Elementary School. Both approvals are preliminary and subject to conditions, including... Full story
Lora Nordquist is now the permanent principal at Sisters Middle School. Lora Nordquist loves her job as Sisters Middle School principal. And her staff and the school board clearly like the way she does that job. Nordquist, who has served as interim principal since the beginning of the school year, took the post permanently this month. The school board, citing her success as interim, elected to name her to the permanent position rather than seeking other candidates. "It makes... Full story
Linsey Lombardi and Katie Sims are two members of the Writers' Club at Sisters Middle School. Sisters Middle School unleashed the talents of its most advanced group of young writers with the first meeting of the writers' club earlier this month. Formed as an outlet for talented middle school writers, the club is comprised of eighth graders who enjoy writing. The club members hope to expand on their writing abilities and show off their talents to other students. "We are hoping to learn something from each other's stories and... Full story
The sheriff's office set up a speed monitoring car on a stretch of Locust Street/Camp Polk Road, where there have been frequent complaints about speeding over the past several months. Speeds are supposed to be low in Sisters --Ê20 or 25 miles per hour inside the city. Drivers often don't pay attention to those limits. "People know, but they're either lazy or distracted," said Sergeant Rich Shawver of the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office. Shaver said many drivers that... Full story
Oregon State Police needs new mission The Oregon State Police is a very costly agency that is in desperate need of reform. But it is politically powerful, so change is unlikely. Recently, we learned that despite past promises to the legislature, OSP has received higher budgets and not put one more trooper on the road. Even a line-item budget entry approving additional troopers was ignored by the agency, which failed to comply with a legislative directive signed into law by the governor. Instead, top OSP brass use agency... Full story
Plans to fix the notorious "Y" intersection of Highways 20 and 242 are on hold, probably for several years. The "Y" had been identified as a safety project by the Oregon Department of Transportation and $112,000 had been "programmed" to fix the intersection, according to ODOT planner Stephanie Popp. The project was supposed to be built this summer. But proposed solutions exceeded available funds and required environmental planning with the Forest Service, which couldn't be... Full story
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- A man demanded that deputies arrest his ex-wife for harassment. It seems she has been talking to him by unknown means from Yreka, California. The man suspects there have been devices implanted in his motor home and car. The man acknowledged that he has been on medication, but he refused to be taken to the hospital to have his medication adjusted. - A deputy took a man who has been constantly complaining about speeders on his street out to use a radar gun. It turned out that the drivers the man thought were doing 60 mph... Full story
