News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Two Sisters youths were arrested Sunday, March 22, for a burglary at Circle 5 RV Park. According to sheriff's department reports, the youths aged 14 and 11, broke into a fifth-wheel trailer at Circle 5 on Saturday, March 21, vandalized the interior, and stole a Ruger 1022 .22 caliber rifle. The youths, who live at Circle 5, were charged with first degree burglary. The 14-year-old was also charged with first degree theft. Neither were taken into custody. Both were to be cited into the Juvenile Empowerment Team diversion... Full story
Amorita Patterson of Prineville was crowned as the queen of the 58th Annual Sisters Rodeo on Sunday, March 22. The 18-year-old Southern Oregon University student put on a fine display of horsemanship in the rodeo arena to cap her winning performance. The rodeo runs in the Patterson family. According to Amorita, her dad "used to be a bull rider in his younger days." Patterson told the Sisters Rodeo Association that she was "raised with good down-home values - as a cowgirl." Patterson was selected from a field of five young... Full story
The concrete bridge that crosses the McKenzie Highway two miles west of Sisters is coming down. The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) will begin removing the bridge on Tuesday, March 31. According to an ODOT press release, the bridge is being removed so that ODOT can widen the highway between Sisters High School and the Crossroads area to include a bicycle path. However, it appears that gravel for the extra width has already been laid with the bridge in place. Dave Neys, Area Maintenance Manager with ODOT, also... Full story
Guy Gleason, a retired educator and resident of Black Butte Ranch, has accepted a post on the Sisters School Board. Gleason will serve an interim term until 2002, replacing Jan van den Berg, who has moved out of the district. Gleason brings to the board 30 years of experience as a teacher and administrator. He started his teaching career at Sunset High School in Beaverton, and then served in the Hillsboro School District as a teacher, athletic director and central office administrator. He and his wife, Sally, have lived at... Full story
Sisters residents and classroom raising supporters from across Oregon will join for a celebration of the new Sisters Elementary School addition on April 22. The school is organizing music, food, celebration activities, tours of the addition, and the unveiling of dedication bricks. The school wants to thank and celebrate the many contributors who made the $500,000 addition possible. Live music will be provided by the Blue Darts. The afternoon program will include poems and commentary bystudents, community members, staff and... Full story
Miss Packard's sixth grade class spent Thursday morning, March 19, planting willows along the banks of Squaw Creek in the Sisters City Park The effort was part of a watershed educational program presented by David Glick from the Deschutes National Forest. The willows should help stabilize the banks, provide shelter for birds and small mammals, keep water temperatures low and provide a nice snack for the local deer herd. Miss Butler's science class cut willows on Friday and will plant these sticks along Squaw Creek after... Full story
* * * To the Editor: The Sisters City Council, on the strength of a carefully worded proposal, voted to hire a "neutral facilitator" to explore the waste-water system proposal and report to the voters. What they have received for their financial outlay is a very expensive "sewer salesperson" (Vergie Reis). What does the council propose to do about the situation? Or is that what they really wanted all along? Editor's note: John Groom is the husband of Virginia Groom, who resigned from the Sisters Sewer Focus Group March 16. *... Full story
A giant land exchange between Crown Pacific and the U.S. Forest Service is 16.2 acres smaller after a parcel inside the City of Sisters was removed from the swap. The supervisors of the Deschutes, Fremont and Winema National Forests announced their decision on the controversial land swap on Thursday, March 19. Crown Pacific was expected to sell the dropped parcel to Bill Reed, owner of the nearby Ponderosa Lodge. "This parcel was not consistent with the overall purpose and need of the Crown (Pacific) land exchange," said... Full story
