News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Jennifer Lake is tired of moving around. The internationally-acclaimed folk artist has had a gallery in Sisters for years - in at least four locations. Now she has moved back to 370 E. Cascade Ave. (the former home of Wild Dusty Rose), where she once had a space. "I'm the boomerang girl," Lake said. "People make a joke of it all the time. But we're here to stay now; we're not moving again." This time at the location, Lake has filled all 1,800 square feet - and she needs the... Full story
In 1947, Aldo Leopold, the man credited with being the Father of Wildlife Management, said in his essay, A Sand County Almanac:, "Conservation is a state of harmony between man and the land." There is a current situation in the Sisters area indicating that a few people are seriously out of tune with that philosophy. First is the person or persons who set the traps along hiking trails near Indian Ford Creek. That was an irresponsible thing to do. A dog out for the day with the owner was caught and suffered serious injuries.... Full story
The Sisters School Board has voted to allow the school district to use proceeds from the sale of the 30-acre Lundgren Mill property to pay the approximate $1.2 million it owes the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) for a disallowed homeschool program at Sonrise Christian School (now Sisters Christian Academy) and to repay the $2.1 million plus interest that it owes from the Full Faith and Credit obligations it issued last spring. At the Tuesday, March 11 school board meeting, board members approved unanimously the adoption... Full story
