News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Steve Swisher will remain Sisters Schools Superintendent. On Thursday, March 16, Swisher asked to be removed from consideration for the job of Superintendent of Bend Schools. The Bend District later chose another candidate . Swisher said that he and his wife, Novella, deliberated at length before making the decision to remain here. Considerations included community support, quality of life issues, and "where we want to make a difference," Swisher said. "There was a lot of individual intervention by individuals expressing... Full story
Hopes for salmon recovery in the Metolius River were bolstered last week with release of 11,500 juvenile coho salmon and about 4,500 sockeye salmon juveniles. Camp Sherman resident Jim Sternberg has been raising these fish adjacent to Spring Creek in a project sponsored by Portland General Electric (PGE). A large group of local Camp Sherman residents joined members of the Warm Springs Confederated Tribes, students from Black Butte School and public officials from the Forest Service and the Oregon Department of Fish and... Full story
Fewer teachers will teach larger classes in Sisters schools next year, due to a shortfall in state funding. School administrators calculate that costs in increased salaries and in operational expenses such as fuel will outstrip state funding by about $250,000 in the 2000-01 school year. That means cuts in staff and probably in some programs. "I think there will be fewer teachers and classified staff," said schools superintendent Steve Swisher. "Class sizes will be larger and... Full story
Deputies out of the Sisters substation arrested Jason Lee Sparks, 20, on Monday, March 20, on a Tennessee warrant for car theft. According to sheriff's office reports, Sparks was clocked at 76 miles per hour on Highway 20 east of Sisters. A deputy initiated a traffic stop for speeding. The car was determined to be stolen and the deputy was informed that Tennessee had a felony warrant out on Sparks for the theft. The deputy called for back up and officers made a "felony stop" with guns drawn in the parking lot of Oregon Log... Full story
Fire crews will soon put the torch to forests around Sisters as the Sisters Ranger District's annual spring burning programs get underway. Starting in the next two weeks, burning will be conducted in the Canal Project south of Sisters along Road 16 (Three Creek Road); in the Underline Project west of Sisters and around the perimeter of Black Butte Ranch. The fire crews try to burn when wind and temperature conditions minimize smoke. However, Mark Rapp of the Sisters Ranger District said, that downwind areas are likely to be... Full story
Beth Mitchell and Jeremy Ast are now serving regular shifts at the Sisters firehall as the Sisters-Camp Sherman Rural Fire Protection District's newest paramedics. Though hired recently, the pair have been serving the district as volunteers since 1995. According to fire chief Don Rowe, they scored as the top two out of nine candidates on the civil service test required for hiring, which spoke well of their Central Oregon Community College education and of the fire district's... Full story
The Sisters School District bumps along from financial crisis to financial crisis and its patrons wonder why. The answer is simple: Funding at $5,000 per student doesn't cover increasing expenses. A district like Sisters, with relatively steady enrollment from year to year, is doomed to fall behind as costs -- salaries, fuel, maintenance -- go up. That means laying off teachers, cutting back programs, providing fewer educational opportunities for current students than for those who came before. There are some who say "it's... Full story
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