News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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The Sisters School Board has selected Steve Swisher of Cottage Grove, Oregon, as Sisters' new superintendent of schools. Swisher will take over from retiring superintendent Judy May on July 1. Swisher was one of 32 applicants for the superintendent's position in a search that began last November. According to school board members, the board wanted a superintendent who could act as an "advocate for children" and a strong leader who could run the district as a "CEO." Swisher ser... Full story
The signs are up and the new speed limit of 40 miles-per-hour is in effect on the McKenzie Highway between the Sisters Middle/High School and downtown Sisters. Because a speed zone investigation conducted by the Oregon Department of Transportation determined that the McKenzie Highway is engineered for a 55 mph limit, the lower 40 mph limit will be in force for two years and reviewed every six months for effectiveness. Local law enforcement agencies will issue warnings for a "reasonable amount of time" until drivers can... Full story
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Mostly, I am normal. Average in almost every way including the usual scattering of opposing propensities. I do suffer, however, with autonomous tear ducts. I remember hearing for the first time, the term river of life, and thinking that I and my tears were a part of that, participants, contributors. Family legend has it that as a child, I could, for reasons of drama or trauma, conjure and expel tears in arcs, out from my body, dousing my comforters, and quickly bringing doom to my oppressors. As a hay fever victim I have... Full story
A proposed three-way land exchange between federal, county and local public agencies will provide land for a future school near Tollgate. Tollgate property owners want to assure that the exchange, once completed, will protect the quality of life of residents in the forested subdivision one mile west of Sisters. The proposed exchange would trade 250 acres, now Deschutes National Forest, along the south boundary of Tollgate to Deschutes County for two parcels of county land. Once the exchange is completed, 80 acres of the 250... Full story
A thorough search of follicle forest was conducted at the Sisters Middle/High School as school officials attempted to curtail an outbreak of head lice. Two students were discovered to have head lice on Wednesday, February 21. A couple more showed up with the critters the next day, and a couple more the day after that, according to school officials. Lice are caught either through direct contact or indirect contact such as the sharing of clothing, combs, brushes, ribbons or earphones. While lice do not jump or fly, they can cra... Full story
Just when everyone believed they had heard the last of the Sisters Comprehensive Plan for awhile, it's back in the news because of a procedural error. It was former Sisters planning director Leslie Bangs who called the city's attention to the fact that Deschutes County representatives had not been formally invited to review certain aspects of the Sisters Comprehensive Plan as required in a joint management agreement between Sisters and the county. The county must concur on land use issues concerning those lands in the city's... Full story
Last Saturday, March 2 was a beautiful day to go flying, so a group of men put skis on their planes and lifted off a field about eight miles east of Sisters for a short spin. Without their feet leaving the ground. These pilots fly radio-controlled model airplanes. And while one member said the group was made up of "a bunch of rascals playing with toys," these model aircraft represent a serious hobby for the 20 members of the Cascade Flyers. After all, it can take hundreds of hours to build one of these airplanes. Flyer Lynn O... Full story
The alcohol-related death of a 30-year-old Sisters woman at a party reportedly attended by many Sisters teens has raised concerns about under-age drinking in Sisters. Dennis Dempsey, principal at Sisters Middle/High, believes that the schools and the community have to take action. "We have to be proactive before we have another major tragedy," Dempsey said. "It is just a matter of time before this happens to a 14-or-15 or 16-year old." According to Dempsey, school counselors h... Full story
