News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Neighbors have gone to court to stop a large, community drainfield from being built in the Barclay Meadows subdivision. The drainfield would serve 10 to 30 homes in the new Timber Creek development. The lots will have their own septic tanks but are too small for their own drainfields, so developer J. Bruce Forbes has proposed piping the liquids to two 10-acre parcels across the street from the development. Barclay Meadows neighbor Jo Thompson doesn't think that is a good idea. "Septic systems fail. And this one, for 10 to 30... Full story
Jodi Henderson is coming back to Sisters schools next year to teach instrumental music. Henderson left Sisters last year to teach at Mountain View High School in Bend. Henderson was extremely popular in Sisters. His return is being greeted with joy. "I am thrilled. Jodi breathes such life into our music program. He gets the ultimate out of the kids. They admire him, and he encourages them to do the best they can," said Patty Little, who has children ages 17, 15, and 8 years old in the Sisters schools. Henderson is returning... Full story
David Allen Nolton, 42, of Channel View, Texas, was found dead on Tuesday, March 2, after he apparently hanged himself in the woods near Sisters. According to Deschutes County Sheriff's Office reports, the incident was reported by a pair of men from Bend who spotted the body along Three Creeks Lake Road near milepost 3 south of town. Sheriff's deputies, Forest Service law enforcement and Sisters fire district personnel responded to the scene shortly after noon. According to sheriff's office reports, Nolton was found hanging... Full story
Boyd Keyser, Sisters' new high school principal, leapt at the opportunity to live and work in the Sisters School District. Keyser received his contract from the Sisters School Board at its Monday, May 8, meeting. "(Sisters) has got a great reputation," Keyser said. Like many migrants to Central Oregon, Keyser was also attracted to the natural beauty of the area. He is an Eastern Oregon native, a horseman and an outdoorsman. The principal is coming to Sisters after a year as... Full story
The Sisters High School Chamber Choir will join the Sisters Community Chorus in two winter concerts at the Episcopal Church of the transfiguration in Sisters on Sunday, March 14 and Monday, March 15. The High School Choir had a new beginning recently when Forrest Daniel joined the school staff as choral director. Daniel also directs the community chorus. "The talent was there I just had to cultivate it," Daniel said. Daniel's arrival marked the beginning of a new concentration on voice, separate from instrumental... Full story
Kenneth R. Prather is the interim pastor at Sister's Church of Christ. Ken and his wife Stella moved from Grangeville, Idaho, where he served as interim pastor at the Grangeville Christian Church. Harold and Linda Gott are now serving the church in Grangeville. Prather graduated from Puget Sound Christian College, Edmonds, Washington, and Lincoln Christian Seminary, Lincoln, Illinois. The Prathers have served churches in Astoria, Lebanon, Florence and Colfax, Washington. Their ministry in Florence was for over 11 years at... Full story
* * * To the Editor: Target shooters: This letter is directed to all who use the lot behind Lazy Z, off of Highway 126 for target practice. Here in Central Oregon there are becoming limited places to go to shoot. Even limiting ourselves more are those who use the areas and abuse them by not picking up after themselves. An example is the lot behind Lazy Z, off of Highway 126 which is a very convenient location for all shooters to enjoy. But, in recent times I have noticed a lot of garbage piling up from inconsiderate users of... Full story
Creekside residents need to stock up sandbags and sand in case spring run-off brings flooding. "It never hurts to have some sandbags around," said Pine Meadow Ranch owner Dorro Sokol. Sokol came to Sisters in March of 1971 and has seen plenty of high water since. "I've been through three or four floods," Sokol recalled. "Sometimes you get real heavy run-off in May. The creek just goes wild and takes trees and boulders and everything." She said that in one flood about 20 years... Full story
Eric Dolson The Oregon Department of Transportation has apparently decided it wants to make life easier for traffic cops ... and more difficult for the rest of us who drive on public roads, especially on the east side of the mountains. Under House Bill 2202, and secreted in other bills currently under discussion in the Oregon Legislature, ODOT is working down in Salem to replace Oregon's basic rule. Right now, speed signs on rural highways are not hard and fast limits. A traffic patrol officer who issues a ticket for... Full story
