News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Citizen control of annexations will be tested as Sisters voters decide whether to annex 13.6 acres of the Barclay Ranch. The annexation is the first to come to a direct vote of Sisters residents since the passage in November of a measure requiring a such a vote. Developer Ted Eady plans to build a 25-room inn on 6.24 acres of the site. He has said he will seek light industrial zoning on another 7.36 acres next to the Sisters Industrial Park. Eady has offered an additional... Full story
Don Rowe of Sisters was named 1996 Citizen of the Year at the Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce annual installation dinner held at Black Butte Ranch Restaurant and Lodge. Black Butte Ranch was presented with the first annual Business of the Year award. The surprise awards were presented by Chamber Board Director Bob Grooney before an audience of over 100 chamber members and guests. Rowe was recognized for a lifetime of accomplishments in volunteer positions including: charter member of the Sisters Jaycees, chairperson for the... Full story
Sheriff's Levy: This levy essentially carries out the mandate by voters to spend more on law enforcement. The levy is needed to run the jails (adult and juvenile) and keep deputies on the street. The alternative is to not open the new juvenile jail and not incarcerate all the criminals who deserve to be behind bars. We vote yes. Measure 9-41: With this measure and the one passed last fall about voting on annexations (see below), the citizens of Sisters are apparently trying to move from a representative type of government to... Full story
Perhaps I have been behaving myself too much lately. My head aches a little and I'm tired. It might be that I am being too nice. Too acquiescing. Overly accommodating. My cheeks are stiff from smiling. Luckily St. Paddy's day approaches and the great remedy of celebration is at hand. Three hundred and sixty-four days of the year, my Irish heritage takes the fall for most of my weaknesses -- I am bossy, I have thick ankles and a wild intolerance of even minute forms of oppression. I tend to quick assertions of opinion, I'm... Full story
A contractor working on a house in the Wilt Road area east of Sisters saw a large dog headed home with a dead lamb in its mouth on Friday, February 28. Rod Sedlacek was driving in the Squaw Creek Canyon Estates subdivision when he saw the dog. Sedlacek said the dog didn't appear to be coming from any area where there were sheep. That night, Sedlacek called the dog's owner. "I said, `I hate to tell you this, but I saw your dog today with a lamb in its mouth.' The owner said `Yeah, I know about those lambs. Someone dumped them... Full story
An apparent teen-age prank landed two Sisters area youths in trouble when they allegedly set fire to the sign at the entrance to Squaw Creek Canyon Estates. Sheriff's deputies responded at about 5:50 p.m. Tuesday, February 25, to a report of suspicious subjects in the area. According to police reports, while deputies were responding to the call, the two 17-year-olds threw gasoline on the large sign and set it afire. The fire was reportedly put out by a witness before it destroyed the sign. The sign is made of cement, but the... Full story
The Sisters Ranger District is planning to underburn 1,180 acres and commercially log 1,230 acres in the Jack-Canyon area 16 miles northwest of Sisters this year, harvesting about 12.5 million board feet of timber. Spruce budworm ravaged fir trees in the late 1980s and early 1990s, leaving dead and diseased trees in over 100,000 acres of the district. The Forest Service has mapped the 1.2 mile home area of two pair of spotted owls. It will log and underburn portions of these areas that provide the owls with cover from predato... Full story
Sisters residents will decide how much money the city has to operate with next year. The Sisters City Council agreed Thursday, February 27, to place three revenue generating measures on the May ballot. The council proposed raising business license fees from $43 to $100, raising the transient room tax from 7 percent to 8 percent and asking citizens for a property tax base increase or a levy of .81 per $1,000. City attorney Steve Bryant advised the city to authorize a levy vote if a tax base increase proves to be disallowed... Full story
A fire that appears to have been intentionally set consumed a storage shed at a residence in The Pines early Saturday morning, March 1. According to Sisters fire chief Don Mouser, the fire is under investigation but appears to have been "started by person or persons unknown." There were no injuries, but according to resident John Stoller, a painting contractor, the fire destroyed all of his painting equipment, mountain bikes, record collection and other family possessions. Total property loss, including the shed, is... Full story
