News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Weitech Inc. of Sisters laid off 11 production employees last week. According to company president Todd Weitzman, most of those laid off were recent hires, brought on board as the company was "ramping up" to roll out large quantities of its electronic pest control devices late last year. "We had more capacity than we needed," Weitzman told The Nugget. "We could not support all the people we had in production." This was the first production downsizing for the 12-year-old... Full story
Mark Diener of Sisters died Friday, March 9, in a single-vehicle accident on Remuda Road west of Sisters. Sisters firefighters responded to a report of a car fire at 10:23 a.m. and found a two-door passenger vehicle fully engulfed in flames. The victim's body was found in the driver's seat. The victim's brother, Richard Diener, confirmed his identity, which had not been officially released. An autopsy was to be done on Monday. Richard Diener told The Nugget he believes a... Full story
Sisters voters will decide in May whether to build a $20.5 million, 700-student new high school and convert the existing one into a middle school. The Sisters School Board decided 4-0 in their Monday, March 12, meeting to seek the bond in the May election. Chairman Bill Reed, who owns property adjacent to the proposed school site, abstained. The decision came after many days of wrangling over whether to simply ask voters to build a new middle school and expand the existing... Full story
A draft transportation plan, couplet and all, was presented to the Sisters City Council on Thursday, March 15. The council will review the plan in workshops and pubic hearings. The draft will then be presented to other agencies prior to being incorporated in the city's comprehensive plan. The $100,000 document was paid for by the Oregon Department of Transportation. David Knitowski, of David Evans and Associates, author of the plan, told the council that there were some areas where the plan did not represent views of the... Full story
Mike and Bill Reed of Coldwell Banker Reed Bros. Realty accepted honors as Business of the Year from the Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce on March 8. The Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce honored Lorri Craig as Sisters' Citizen of the Year at the organization's annual awards and installation dinner at Eagle Crest Resort on Thursday, March 8. Craig is a past president and founding member of the Community Action Team of Sisters (CATS). In introducing Craig, Bill Willitts (last... Full story
The Sisters Rodeo, a centerpiece of Sisters life for more than 60 years, has been granted an elevated status by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. This year, the Sisters Rodeo will be an official part of the PRCA summer tour. Sisters Rodeo Association President, Glenn Miller, made the announcement this past week. The PRCA, headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, sanctions a series of rodeos as part of formal summer and winter tours. The rodeo's new status will mean a number of changes. First, it makes it likely... Full story
As the Sisters School Board gears up to convince voters to approve a $20.5 million bond for a new high school, legislators in Salem are considering a bill that would allow districts to charge new home builders for their impact on schools. Representative Kurt Shrader (D.-Canby) proposed House Bill 2288, which "allows system development charges collected as school improvement fee(s) to be used to acquire land and construct school buildings and classrooms..." Sisters has such... Full story
The Sisters High School Band and Jazz choir embarked on their fourth annual road trip last weekend. The students performed at Lewis and Clark College, saw Seattle from the Space Needle, took in a Doc Severinsen concert and -- last, but not least -- explored Seattle’s Experience Music Project . Even with such a packed schedule, students and faculty missed only one day of school. "The Experience Music Project was amazing," said SHS Band Director, Jody Henderson. "We got so intensely into it, that we were all exhausted... Full story
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- A deputy stopped two teens for a traffic violation -- one was letting the other, who was "unqualified" to drive, take the wheel. During the traffic stop, the deputy also found less than an ounce of marijuana in the possession of one of the teens. The teen was cited. - A deputy contacted and warned a driver after receiving a citizen complaint about the driver making bad passes on Highway 20. - Students at Sisters High School overheard and reported some threatening remarks. The school resource deputy took one girl into... Full story
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