News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Starting in May, forest users will have to pay $5 per vehicle per day to park at trailheads, up from $3 in previous years. However, the new "Northwest Forest Pass" is good for more activities, covering entrance to special areas such as Lava Lands Visitor Center in Deschutes County and other sites throughout the Pacific Northwest. Annual passes are available for $30 and are now good for a year from the month of purchase. "Because it's covering more, we thought it would be... Full story
Sisters schools are facing deep cuts this spring due to a $200,000 shortfall in state funding. According to superintendent Steve Swisher, an error in reporting from the Deschutes County Assessor's office made Sisters' tax revenues seem larger than they really are. This led the state to cut back the amount of school support funding distributed to the district. The state has made some corrections for the error, but, because most of the money has already been distributed, the... Full story
Farmers, ranchers, fishermen and whitewater rafters will all likely reap the benefits of a good dose of winter precipitation. Though the winter has seemed long and wet, it has produced close to average snowpack, according to Deschutes County Watermaster Kyle Gorman. Snowpack measures just a little more than normal, at about 116 percent of average, Gorman said. Much of the snowpack formed late, in January and February. "December things were pretty dry," Gorman said. "I was... Full story
Seventeen members of the Sister's High School Chapter of SkillsUSA-VICA will compete in the 2000 Oregon Skills USA-VICA State Championships March 16 at Lane Community College in Eugene. The students in the vocational skills program will also compete at a leadership conference on April 15 at Linn Benton Community College in Albany. The Sisters High School representatives and their competition areas are: Culinary Arts: Jessica Toney, Ted Hunt, Steven Morse, Ashley Addison. Commercial Baking: Chelsea Benson, Loretta Self, Emily... Full story
Tim Lillebo wants to see more of Oregon protected as roadless area. The director of the Oregon Natural Resources Council, spoke at Sisters COCC Lunch and Learn meeting last week. He outlined the Wild Wilderness Campaign now underway in Oregon. Using maps and slides Lillebo noted that 10-15 percent of public lands are roadless (not accessible by cars), including Tumalo Mountain. Oregon contains 18.5 million acres of land managed by the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management (BLM); 11 percent of these lands have... Full story
A months-long effort to resolve traffic and compatibility concerns about industrial developments north of Sisters will be hung up for another two weeks, due to a quirk of Sisters' voting procedure. The Sisters City Council voted 2-1 on March 9 to approve an agreement that requires Barclay Meadows Business Park and the Sisters School District to pay over $150,000 apiece to mitigate traffic impacts from their developments. But Sisters' charter requires a unanimous vote to... Full story
Steve Swisher has asked to be removed from consideration for the job of Superintendent of Bend Schools. Swisher will remain Sisters Schools Superintendent for the immediate future. "I am no longer a candidate for the position," Swisher told The Nugget on Thursday, March 16. The Bend board was to decide on Friday between three candidates. Swisher said that "lots of hot tub time" went into the decision by Swisher and his wife, Novella to remain in Sisters. Considerations included quality of life issues, and "where we want to... Full story
