News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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A barrel racer makes the turn at Sisters Rodeo. Trevor Brazile drew All-Around Cowboy honors with high scores in both the calf roping and team roping at the Sisters Rodeo June 8-10. He was one of many elite rodeo performers who traveled to Sisters for the 61st edition of "The Biggest Little Show in the World." Part of the draw to Sisters this year was the fact that the Sisters Rodeo was picked up as part of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) summer tour. As a result, more of the top cowboys saw Sisters as a... Full story
Kristy Gilliam (r) hugged teacher Sally Benton at an emotional graduation ceremony June 7. The 53rd commencement of Sisters High School was the largest ever as 114 students made the partial transition from school years to adulthood on Thursday, June 7 at the high school gymnasium. An additional 11 students completed graduation requirements, but were not present for the ceremony. In all, 89 students received 26-credit Sisters High School diplomas and an additional 36 earned 22-credit State of Oregon diplomas. The high school... Full story
This doe charged Squawback Woods resident Jim Smith and his dog on Thursday, June 7. She was probably protecting her fawn. Jim Smith was walking his dog along a street in Squawback Woods early Thursday morning, June 7, when he heard the clatter of hooves behind him. He turned to see a doe bearing down on him. "That sucker came right up to me and I wasn't sure I was going to get rid of it before it attacked me or the dog," Smith said. "She just kept coming. She got within... Full story
The effluent is flowing just like it should through Sisters' new sewer system. Cash flow is another matter. The project is $402,496 short of cash to complete the hookups in the commercial core and residential areas. However, city officials say the cash flow problem won't delay the project. According to Mayor Steve Wilson, the shortfall is attributable mostly to the city having to commit $396,000 in anticipated connection fees at the beginning of the project to match an Oregon... Full story
After several lean years, Sisters schools are feeling flush with an $8.4 million budget, approved by the school board last week. That's up from $7 million last year. The extra money will allow the district to hire new teachers, update technology and take care of some maintenance needs. The lion's share of the new funds comes from local option taxes approved by Sisters area voters in November 2000. A revised estimate from the Deschutes County Assessors Office placed the... Full story
Sisters residents can weigh in on a new development code being crafted by the City of Sisters at public hearings on Wednesday, June 20, and Thursday, June 28. The Model Development Code & User's guide for Small Cities, created under the auspices of the Department of Land Conservation and Development and the Oregon Department of Transportation, provides a simple format for rules covering residential, commercial and industrial development. According to city planner Neil... Full story
Billy Layne Shoemaker of Terrebonne hauled in a lunker at Wizard Falls Fish Hatchery. Everyone in the state was invited to enjoy free fishing day last Saturday, June 9 -- no license required. At Wizard Falls Fish Hatchery, however, some lucky youngsters had a chance for something even more special. As water circulates through the hatchery's rearing tanks, inevitably, a few tiny fish are washed out in the discharge and into the hatchery settling pond. Having thus escaped, these fish sometimes linger there for years and grow... Full story
Kirby Nagelhout Construction Company (KNCC) of Bend won the contract to repair extensive damage at Sisters High School at a special school board meeting on Thursday, June 14. KNCC was the lowest bidder among five contractors, coming in with a base bid of $460,000. That was $98,000 lower than the nearest competitor. The school board had delayed a decision for a week while seeking legal opinion on the bidding process. Nagelhout was the major subcontractor on the high school buil... Full story
A National Guard trooper clears brush at Black Butte gravel pit. Sisters took on the appearance of a military base this week as approximately 300 troops of the 1249th Engineer Battalion of the Oregon Army National Guard moved into the area. The Guard troopers put in arduously long days in a combined training/service project operation that leaves some improvements in the National Forest -- and makes the unit better prepared for active duty. The engineers are expanding the... Full story
The City of Sisters signed off on a lease to allow a 120-foot cell phone tower in Sisters -- but the company that sought the lease may reject it. SpectraSite, a tower building company affiliated with Sprint, "feels the terms should be should be more favorable for the 'excessive' rent the city is requesting," according to Ladd Wiles, a telecommunications and legal consultant working on behalf of SpectraSite. The city is charging $1,500 per month for the site located at the... Full story
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A man died this week in Indiana, strapped to a padded table in a sterile room. He was administered a lethal dose of drugs. The government killed him out of revenge for a horrible act of terrorism that murdered 168 people, including 19 children, in a large public building reduced to smoking rubble. The murderer, a soldier, claimed to have acted in retaliation for homicide by the government at Waco, at Ruby Ridge. To him, the lives he mourned were heroic victims, the lives he took were "collateral damage." All this killing, so... Full story
- A man reported that a woman stood on her deck looking at him and his wife as they walked their dog by on forest land. The woman held a rifle. The woman has yelled at the couple in the past. It turned out the rifle was an air rifle. The woman told a deputy she would shoot trespassing dogs. The deputy told her that's illegal. So is menacing. The woman said she didn't care. - A man was reportedly "playing with himself" behind city hall. Turns out he was sprucing up in the sprinklers. - A man was arrested after he allegedly... Full story
