News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Kelly Fitzjarrel, Ashley Sweeney and Marigrace Marshall. photo by Peggy Chesser The girls tennis team claimed the Class 3A-2A-1A Special District 2 title for the second year in a row at a two-day tournament at Black Butte Ranch on Thursday and Friday, May 13-14. Thirteen teams participated in the event. Sisters finished first with 28 team points. North Bend was second with 25 and Junction City third with 16. Ashley Sweeney and Kelly Fitzjarrell entered the tournament as the number four seed in the doubles division. The... Full story
Attorney Jacques DeKalb has launched an investigation into the alleged killing of a Bend man by his client, 17-year-old Stephen Withrow of Sisters. Withrow is accused of beating 42-year-old Curtis Dean Kizer to death in Drake Park on the evening of Friday, April 16. DeKalb told The Nugget that he has retained a pathologist to review the Kizer autopsy and is having his own expert review DNA evidence allegedly obtained by police in a search of Withrow's home. "I'd like an expert to review the evidence just to tell us where we... Full story
Principal Bob Macauley (right) shut down a student walk-out on Tuesday, May 18. Students had planned to walk out in protest over staff and program cuts next year but decided against it in the face of three-day suspensions. Teacher Carol Dixon, a retired teacher (center) is one who will not be rehired. photo by Jim Cornelius English and Spanish classes will be slashed along with photography and drama programs at Sisters High School (SHS) under a plan to cope with some $400,000 in budget cuts next year. Cuts are being made at S... Full story
Pianist Michael Allen Harrison and singer Julianne R. Johnson drew standing ovations from the audience in a performance at Sisters High School. photo by Ravi Tej Khalsa Sisters High School's new baby grand piano was baptized in fine style on Saturday, May 15. An enthusiastic and appreciative audience greeted Michael Allen Harrison and Julianne R. Johnson, along with three performers from Sisters High School to celebrate the gift of the baby grand piano from the Snowman Foundation of Portland. Harrison, producer, composer,... Full story
On the day that Stephen Withrow allegedly brutally beat and killed Curtis Dean Kizer, he had consumed nine 22-ounce beers, according to a search warrant affidavit. The 17-year-old allegedly purchased the alcohol illegally from a clerk at Space Age Gas. Withrow's day of drinking ended with a tragedy, which only makes it an extreme case of underage drinking in Sisters. One poor choice can begin a dangerous spiral downward to more poor choices, said Sisters High School Principal Bob Macauley in an interview with The Nugget.... Full story
Due to the high fire danger, all outdoor debris burning in Deschutes County was halted as of Sunday, May 16. Outdoor burning is now prohibited in Black Butte Ranch Rural Fire Protection District, Cloverdale RFPD and Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD. Fire chiefs urge citizens to contact the fire department or district in your area for specific outdoor burning regulations. Call 9-1-1 to report all illegal burning activities or smoke sightings immediately.... Full story
First place boys age 13-15: Kelly Crowther, Luke Glick, Nick Anthony, Riley Gilmore and Josh Uttley. photo by Lynn Gilmore Sisters was well-represented among the athletes who took on Bend's legendary US Bank Pole Pedal Paddle event on Saturday, May 15. Braving chilly, rainy conditions, athletes of all ages combined in teams or set out alone to conquer the multi-event course that included alpine and cross country skiing, cycling, running and canoeing from Mt. Bachelor to the Les Schwab Ampitheater in downtown Bend. Sisters... Full story
Find every foster child a permanent home: that's the goal of state services for foster children. But some foster children are not likely to be adopted or reunited with their biological family. These children are typically in their teens, have lived in as many as 15 homes and have a long history of misbehavior and emotional disorders, said Asa Gemignani, Sisters area certifier for the Oregon Department of Human Services. These kids are called "drifters." Drifters are often sent to "last chance" foster homes, because if they... Full story
The two sets of foster parents in Sisters who take care of the most difficult, older children in the state system both say they foster parent because it is their "calling from God." Blanche, 59, and Orville Tadlock, 60, are full-time foster parents who have housed about 50 teenage foster boys over the last 22 years, with as many as eight in their home at once. Lee Bellahdid, a single foster parent in his early 30s, and coach of the Sisters High School Girls' Varsity Soccer Team, has housed 12 teenage boys in the last two... Full story
The Outlaw golfers once again proved they are the best in their league by claiming the district title for the sixth consecutive year. The tournament was held at the Mallard Creek Golf Course in Lebanon on Monday and Tuesday, May 10-11. The Sisters boys finished the tournament with a two-day team total of 597, an amazing 63 strokes ahead of runner-up Stayton which finished at 660. Molalla took third at 682, Sweet Home fourth at 713, Cascade fifth at 755 and North Marion sixth at 781. Four of the five top individual finishes... Full story
Krista Pagano -- champion. photo by Peggy Chesser For the second year in a row, Sisters edged Molalla for the Special District 8 golf championship. The tournament was held at Aspen Lakes Golf Course in Sisters on Monday and Tuesday, May 10-11. Krista Pagano recorded a two-day total of 175 to win medalist honors for the second year in a row. Pagano shot a 91 on the first day of the tournament and a personal best of 84 on day two to lead the Outlaws to victory. On Monday, the first day of the tournament, weather conditions... Full story
Plans to create a traffic alternative that will relieve traffic on Cascade Avenue is costing the City of Sisters more time and money than anticipated. The Sisters City Council voted unanimously on Thursday to award an additional $18,462 to Cogan Owens Cogan (COC), a traffic engineering team which has been working with the city to design a Hood Avenue/Main Avenue couplet. That amount is a 53 percent increase from the initial contract price that the City had with COC, which was for $34,250. "The process of developing the refine... Full story
Medics put Gil Zaccaro on a backboard as a precaution, but he was not seriously injured in a wreck on Highway 20. photo by Jim Cornelius Black Butte Ranch Police Chief Gil Zaccaro escaped serious injury in a motor vehicle accident on Friday afternoon, May 14. The accident took place on Highway 20 at the viewpoint near Plainview. Zaccaro was off duty and driving his Jeep. According to witnesses, Zaccaro was passing a minivan when the van turned left to go into the viewpoint. Zaccaro's Jeep apparently clipped the front end of... Full story
Rich Rollins. photo provided Rich Rollins of Terrebonne has been selected as grand marshal for the 2004 Sisters Rodeo parade, according to Ron Alexander of the Sisters Rodeo Association. Rollins will lead the annual parade through downtown Sisters on Saturday, June 12, and also will make appearances at performances of the 64th Sisters PRCA Rodeo. Rollins was an active participant in the Sisters Rodeo from 1962 through 1985, working as a volunteer, supplier of rodeo horses and bulls and member of the association's board of dir... Full story
Considering that there was a measure affecting Sisters' density on the agenda, City Hall was unusually quiet Thursday, May 13, when Sisters City Council unanimously voted to pass a controversial ordinance which has been tabled for months. After more than a year of meetings and analysis, the Sisters City Council finally passed Ordinance 348 on Thursday, which gives developers more freedom in planning new residential subdivisions. The ordinance amends the development code to require developers to build four to eight units per... Full story
Tami Farrell, Miss Teen USA 2003, who normally resides in her Manhattan suite with Ms. Universe and Miss USA, will revisit her Oregon roots to show her support for Sparrow Clubs USA. Farrell is making this special trip to attend the Central Oregon RE/MAX fourth annual Golf Classic and Retreat, which will benefit Sparrow Clubs of Central Oregon. The RE/MAX offices of Central Oregon are joining forces in an effort to raise funds for Central Oregon Sparrow Clubs, a youth-driven non-profit which enables kids to help other local... Full story
The Nugget welcomes contributions from its readers, which must include the writer's name, address and phone number. Letters to the Editor is an open forum for the community and contains unsolicited opinions not necessarily shared by the Editor. The Nugget reserves the right to edit, omit, respond or ask for a response to letters submitted to the Editor. Letters should be no longer than 300 words. Unpublished items are not acknowledged or returned. The deadline for all letters is noon Monday. To the Editor: In order to "stay... Full story
- 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-Camp Sherman RFPD meets for drill every Monday, 7 p.m. Sisters Fire Hall, 301 S. Elm St. 549-0771. - Sisters Kiwanis Club meets every Thursday, 7:30 a.m., Sisters Fire Hall. 549-1223. - Sisters Habitat for... Full story
- The Sisters office has received numerous calls swirling around a tenant/manager dispute at Tamarack Village. - A man reported theft of gas at a local station. A gallon is suddenly a lot more valuable. - A man reported that his heifer was shot and killed while grazing at the Hap Taylor rock pit. There are no suspects. - A man reported a large swastika painted on the road at Plainview/Paradise Alley. - The sheriff's office received a call about a family dispute over ownership of a bread machine. - Deputies responded to a... Full story
