News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Kim Carnes, one of the first artists to perform for the Starry Nights concert series, dazzled her audience yet again last Saturday night. The accomplished singer/songwriter returned for a fourth time to raise money for Sisters schools. "We've known Dan and Jeri Fouts for years," explained Carnes, her trademark raspy voice surprisingly absent during conversation. "I'd done benefits for Jeri for 10 or 12 years in Santa Fe New Mexico, so we were excited when she asked us to come to Sisters." Kim Carnes' first show in Sisters... Full story
Local activists are working on a plan to restore the health of Squaw Creek. However, if Senate Bill 488 were to become law, "Squaw Creek" may cease to exist altogether. In reality, the creek itself would continue to flow -- but the name would be gone. The change is part of a nationwide movement to end the use of place names bearing the word "squaw." According to some sources, the word "squaw" can be interpreted -- in a Native American language -- as a vulgar anatomical reference and derogatory term for a native woman.... 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 homes 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 charges to... Full story
The Forest Service is inviting comment on an extensive vegetation management proposal to "treat" approximately one-third of a 15,000-acre project area west of Sisters. "Treatment" would include logging, thinning, mowing, under-burning, reforestation, road closures and other measures. The McCache Vegetation Management Project, as it is called, is located west and southwest of Black Butte Ranch. The project area comes to within about a mile of the southwest corner of Black Butte Ranch and to within a mile of Cold Springs on... Full story
The crew that is making sewer connections has been moving along at a fast clip. Local contractor Gary Tewalt is earning high marks as his crew hooks up Sisters businesses to the new sewer system. Tewalt & Sons has been installing the "service laterals," the connections from each local business to the curb. The laterals from the curb to the sewer line are already installed. Nearly 45 hook-ups were expected to be completed by March 21. Casey Kendall, representing contractor CRM Contracting, Inc., said he could have hired... Full story
Award-winning outdoor journalist Wayne van Zwoll will headline the Second Annual Sisters Sportsman Banquet. The event is set for Saturday, April 7, from 4 to 8:30 p.m. This year's event will include several educational sessions, displays, trophies, and many door prizes. Immediately following a New York steak dinner catered by Tumalo Feed Company, van Zwoll will speak on trophy hunting. The event will be held at Sisters Community Church, 15220 McKenzie Hwy. (next to Sisters High School). Space is limited to 300 people, 18... Full story
Deputies arrested a Hillsboro man on Sunday morning, March 18, after he allegedly assaulted his wife on a Sisters street. An off duty Black Butte Ranch police officer and a sheriff's deputy responded to a 7 a.m. report of a woman screaming for someone to call police. According to Deschutes County Sheriff's Office reports, the deputy arrived to find a Jeep Cherokee partially blocking South Fir Street, just south of Hood Avenue. The driveline was clearly broken. The alleged victim said that she and her husband, David Wayne... Full story
Work has begun on a 19-unit apartment complex on Adams Avenue in Sisters. Sisters' planning commission gave the go-ahead to Hap Taylor on Wednesday, March 21, to build a 19-unit apartment complex on Adams Avenue in Sisters. The complex is made up of three buildings: one containing 12 units; one containing six units; and the third housing a public laundromat with a manager's apartment above. Planners granted a conditional use permit and a variance to allow more than four units... Full story
Sitka students atop the Habitat House One of them had never driven a nail before. Another really liked the idea of getting out of Alaska for spring break. All seven young ladies visiting Sisters from Sitka, Alaska, agreed on one thing: working with Habitat for Humanity is a great way to provide community service and learn new skills. The five high school students with their two college-age leaders arrived in Sisters on Sunday, March 18. They started work on the two-story, three-bedroom duplex on Monday. "They are all... Full story
Fears about school safety hit close to home in recent weeks, with the arrest of a Mountain View High School student for allegedly plotting to murder a teacher and fellow students. Scott Shelton, who serves as Sisters' School Resource Deputy, acknowledges that threats and school violence can happen anywhere, but he considers Sisters schools to be safe. "Schools are still, statistically, one of the safest places in this country," Shelton said. "And Sisters schools, I would say,... 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: Several weeks ago,... Full story
- A woman caught a man in her car with his hand in her purse. She called the police. A deputy informed her that, since the man was her husband, the incident was a civil matter. - Two horses were found walking up Highway 126 westbound -- destination unknown. The owner was contacted and deputies helped round up the wayward critters. - With the onset of spring weather, the dogs of Sisters have started to roam, which is, of course, against the rules. - Two Tollgate residents reported being chased and threatened by a Rottweiler in... Full story
