News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Lake Creek Lodge. photo by Conrad Weiler The future of Camp Sherman's Lake Creek Lodge is up in the air again as Oregon's Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) sent back for review Jefferson County's decision approving expansion of the lodge. The three-member LUBA Board denied seven of nine errors charged by petitioner Friends of the Metolius. However, the board sustained two claims of error on the part of Jefferson County. The remand clouds the future of Gordon and Jeff Jones, owners of Lake Creek Lodge, and their year-long... Full story
Harold Mulligan (left) and Frank Jackson accept a U.S. battle flag from Sen. Ben Westlund. photo by Jim Cornelius State Senator Ben Westlund presented an American flag carried in combat in Iraq to Sisters' two veterans organizations on Wednesday, March 3. The flag was taken on a 303d Expeditionary Fighter Squadron combat mission flown by an A-10 Thunderbolt over Baghdad on May 29, 2003. The flag was originally sent to Iraq as part of a consignment of state and national flags... Full story
The top two administrators at Sisters High School are no longer "acting." Superintendent Lynn Baker announced Monday, March 8, that he is making Bob Macauley principal and Jim Golden assistant principal on a permanent basis. Both men have been serving on interim appointments, which they received after former Principal Boyd Keyser resigned and took a similar job in Washington state at the end of the last school year. Baker announced his decision to move both men to permanent appointments at Monday night's school board... Full story
Suzy Bogguss. photo provided Singer and songwriter Kim Carnes makes her return to Starry Nights on Saturday, March 13, for the sold-out second installment of the 2004 benefit concert series. Joining her this year are Starry Nights veteran Greg Barnhill and two acclaimed country music stars new to the Sisters stage -- Suzy Bogguss and Carolyn Dawn Johnson. The four artists will perform in a Nashville-style singer-songwriter round, where each takes turns showcasing his or her own material, with all-star backup from the others i... Full story
Bad Plaid offered "Celtic" dancing at Sisters Act. photo by Jim Cornelius A nearly full house cheered and clapped along with the music during "A Celtic Sisters Act" held on Saturday, March 6, at the Sisters High School auditorium. The 11th annual community talent show raised funds for a well at a Ugandan school and for some Sisters school programs. The event showcased a variety of acts with themes from Scotland and Ireland. The High Desert Celtic Country Dancers performed a Scottish country dance and a Highland fling,... Full story
Sisters Rotary Club is determined to make sure every third grader in Sisters will be able to swim. The club unveiled a new swim education project in partnership with Sisters Elementary School and Sisters Athletic Club at a Rotary meeting on Tuesday, March 2. The effort is the local club's "Centennial Project" honoring the 100th anniversary of the founding of Rotary. The swim program will be launched this spring with the opening of Sisters Athletic Club's new indoor pool... Full story
Students, parents and community members can ski for a day and contribute to the school district at the same time. Hoodoo Ski Area will host a Sisters Schools Community Day on Friday, March 19. Hoodoo will donate 50 percent of qualified lift ticket proceeds to the Sisters School Foundation. To qualify, skiers must present a Sisters Schools Community Day coupon at time of ticket purchase. Those coupons may be found in students' take-home notices or at the front offices of Sisters schools and the Sisters School District office.... Full story
A packed house learned about the McKenzie Canyon Irrigation Project on Tuesday, March 2. photo by Jeff McCaulou Squaw Creek Irrigation District wants to pipe another of its irrigation ditches in an effort to conserve water. SCID hosted a meeting March 2 that sparked debate and questions over the project to pipe irrigation water from Squaw Creek. A small room at Sisters District Ranger Station was packed with landowners, farmers, and water experts. Marc Thalacker, manager of Squaw Creek Irrigation District and Mike Riehle,... Full story
Providing affordable housing in Sisters is a high priority in a redrafted Sisters Comprehensive Plan, which was adopted by the city council last month. Carolyn Gabrielson, a member of the Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board of Directors, praised Goal 10 of the plan, which outlines how the city will provide for housing needs. "In terms of affordable housing, it makes substantial steps forward because it takes the long view," Gabrielson said. "It provides for residents with incomes of all levels. The commercial market does not... Full story
Local workers dig foundation trenches in Costa Rica. photo provided A work brigade from Sisters Habitat for Humanity, led by Sisters residents Dale and Molly Larsen, visited Costa Rica from February 17 to March 1 to help build two houses in the Cartago area. They were part of the Global Village Program of Habitat for Humanity that provides affordable housing to low income families in more than 80 countries around the world. The team assisted a local builder at each site by digging foundation trenches and septic system and... Full story
Miles Johnston is just one of the students who will benefit from his father's contribution to the school library. photo by Charlie Kanzig The new Sisters High School library shelves got considerably fuller last month with the arrival of a major book order made possible by a donation from a Sisters man. Lynn Johnston wanted to make a gift to honor his parents and felt that adding to the book collection at the Sisters High School library would be the most fitting way to thank his mother and father for the values of hard work an... Full story
Black Butte School History Day winners. photo provided Eight Black Butte School students qualified for the State History Day competition to be held at Willamette University April 17. Each student placed first or second at the regional contest in Madras on Saturday, March 6. The theme this year is "Exploration, Encounter, and Exchange." Eighth grader Kelsey White created a 10-minute video document on the power of the television lens to capture the Civil Rights struggles in the south. White began her presentation by showing... Full story
The two main roads near the entrance to Black Butte Ranch have been torn up the past three weeks for the replacement of new underground electric conduit. "We have about another two weeks to go," said Travis Kinder, foreman with Robinson & Owen, Inc, of Sisters, contractors for the extensive trenching job. "And that is predicting fair weather." The project started at Curly Dock Road and runs along the recently renamed Bishop's Cap (formerly Hawkes Beard) on the western side of the Ranch. It extends almost two-thirds of a mile... Full story
Sisters is on the verge of significant and lasting changes as local government develops a plan for a couplet, expands the Urban Growth Boundary and attempts to promote economic development. Developers and civic action groups are also weighing in to shape the future of the town. In early January, the City of Sisters drafted the "Goals, Staff Work Plan 2004" to create "where are we headed" vision statements. At the top of this document it states, "Vision: people of all ages and income levels can live and work in Sisters,"... 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: Read with interest... 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 Area Chamber of Commerce meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month, 8 to 9 a.m. at Sisters Fire Hall, 549-0251. - Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD meets for drill every Monday, 7 p.m. Sisters Fire Hall, 301 S. Elm St.... Full story
- Sheriff's deputies arrested several juveniles for criminal mischief after they allegedly vandalized six mailboxes and a porta-potty in Crossroads. The kids allegedly made a blowtorch with a lighter and a spray paint can and used that on the boxes and toilet. - There was a scuffle at a local gas station after several motorists stopped to discuss each others' passing technique. One man was pushed to the ground, but no one wanted to pursue any charges. - Several signs were knocked over on Highway 20 east of Sisters. - A... Full story
Breaking the law almost cost a snowmobiler his life on Saturday, February 28. In the Three Sisters Wilderness Area at Tam McArthur Rim, snowmobile tracks are all that is left to tell a story of a narrow escape from an avalanche that veteran patroller Gabe Chladek from the Sisters Ranger District said was the largest one he had ever seen in the Cascades. Chladek is no stranger to avalanches, having worked as a ski patroller for Hoodoo Ski Area and spending years on the wilderness boundary at Three Creek Lake as winter... Full story
