News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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A drum made by artist Laura Campbell. photo provided The Sisters community will celebrate the arts in grand style with a two-day event on Friday and Saturday, April 2 and 3. The fund-raising event titled "My Own Two Hands" brings together professional, part-time and student artists to benefit the Americana Project and arts programs in Sisters schools. The Americana Project, an offshoot of the Sisters Folk Festival, introduces students to roots music and the impact of that music on American culture. "What better way to... Full story
Three people were killed when their four-seat Cessna 182 aircraft crashed on Sunday, March 28, on the slopes of Three Fingered Jack. According to the Linn County Sheriff's Office, Brian Scott Dittchen, 28, of Silverton, Melissa Ann Davidson, 24, of Salem and Trenton Amos Taylor, 27, of Bend, were on a flight-seeing trip over the area burned in the B&B Complex Fire last summer when their plane went down. Civil Air Patrol was activated on Monday when Dittchen did not show up for work, the sheriff's office reported. Air patrol s... Full story
Left to right: Ran Zhu, Tony Powell, Nicki Post, Sarah Dodson and Maren Gauldin, students from the University of Colorado, work on Habitat house. photo by Tom Chace Two groups of college students spent most of their spring break working in Sisters as volunteers on several Habitat for Humanity houses. The first crew of 10 came from the University of Idaho, in Moscow, and spent their 10-day "vacation" doing foundation work at two of the houses on Cowboy Street. Many helped repaint the Habitat Thrift Store on Main Avenue and... Full story
The Oregon Department of Transportation is inviting the public to an open house on the "Sisters Intersection West Project (US20/OR242)." The meeting will be held on Friday, April 2 from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Sisters Fire Hall Training Room, 301 S. Elm St. in Sisters. ODOT representatives will be available to discuss construction plans and specifications, the project schedule, and the temporary traffic control plan for the project that will realign the "Y" intersection of Highway 20 and Highway 242. According to ODOT, the... Full story
Low-income housing programs in Sisters are in full swing. Cyndy Cook, executive director of the Central Oregon Regional Housing Authority (COHRA), updated the Sisters City Council in a workshop Thursday, March 25, on three financial assistance efforts: low-income housing, a family self-sufficiency program, and a housing choice voucher program. Cook said Tamarack Village Apartments on Larch Street -- the first housing in Sisters with income-based rent -- has all 33 of its units filled. Tamarack Village opened in September... Full story
Ardent residents packed Sisters City Hall on Thursday, March 25, to voice their desires for future residential development in the City of Sisters. The Sisters City Council was considering an amendment to the Sisters Development Code (Ordinance 348). Two people encouraged the council to modify the amendment to better accommodate affordable housing. About eight other speakers asked the council to modify the amendment to allow for lower density and larger lot sizes. The councilors decided to delay action on Ordinance 348, which... Full story
While some locals argue for more smaller lot sizes to make housing more affordable in Sisters, others turned out at City Hall on Thursday, March 25, to voice their desire to keep Sisters a beautiful retirement community, with large lots and low density. The visitors implored the Sisters City Council to modify a proposed amendment to the Sisters Development Code (Ordinance 348). The proposed amendment would require developers building new residential subdivisions to develop four to eight houses per gross acre. But residents... Full story
The new Sisters Athletic Club is a large and versatile facility. Nugget News photo Sisters Athletic Club is ready to open its new18,000-square-foot facility on Highway 20 at the east end of Sisters on Monday, April 5. The expansive new club will be much more than a workout facility, according to Tate Metcalf, facilities general manager. "True, we're going to have a full athletic club with all the up-to-date workout equipment, but we'll also have meeting rooms for public events, a snack and juice bar open to the public,... Full story
Sisters area residents and visitors can pitch in to help the forest recover from the scorching flames of last summer's B&B Complex Fire. Tree planting along the banks of Abbot Creek near Camp Sherman is scheduled for Saturday, April 24. The Forest Service is seeking 100 volunteers to plant seedlings and cage healthy young trees to protect them from invaders. Abbot Creek is one of many small tributaries to the Metolius River. It is an important part of the watershed where small fish are reared and wildlife gather. According... Full story
Sisters knitters no longer need to travel out of town to satisfy their creative urges. The Stitchin' Post, famed for meeting the imaginative needs of quilters, is now carrying colorful lines of yarns and other knitting supplies. Driven by the requests of customers, Stitchin' Post owner Jean Wells and floor manager Sally Brittain are working to create an inspiring collection of yarns ranging from basic wools and cottons to high-end designer yarns. The wools hail from the British Isles, the United States, and Japan in a rainbow... Full story
Construction and real estate sales are booming in Sisters -- and inventory is shrinking. photo by Jim Cornelius While home prices skyrocket in Sisters, Realtors struggle to maintain enough inventory. Sisters has attracted national attention in two different sources this last month. A feature on Sisters appeared on the front page of the travel section in The New York Times. Then Sisters was listed in a top ten of emerging second-home markets on the internet at MSN Money. Regardless of the recent recognition, Realtors agree tha... Full story
Sisters schools face a $600,000 deficit next year, according to the most recent estimates provided by Superintendent Lynn Baker. The hole could get deeper depending on the result of pending labor contract negotiations -- and the situation could be less dire if an economic uptick provides more funding. "Everything is still projection," Baker said on Friday, April 2. "Right now, with our best estimate, we are probably looking at an approximate $600,000 deficit." The district has already tightened its belt, knowing that the... 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: As I sit here and... Full story
- City Council Meeting 7 p.m., 2nd and 4th Thursday each month, Sisters City Hall. 549-6022. - School Board Meeting 7 p.m., 2nd Monday each month, middle school lecture/drama room. 549-8521. - Black Butte School District Board of Directors meets 2nd Tuesday of each month, 7 p.m., Black Butte School. 595-6203. - Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD meets for drill every Monday, 7 p.m. Sisters Fire Hall, 301 S. Elm St. 549-0771. - Sisters Kiwanis Club meets every Thursday, 7:30 a.m., Sisters Fire Hall. 549-1223. - Sisters Habitat for... Full story
- Detectives are investigating a reported sexual assault. - A couple of cars collided in a gas station parking lot. Talk about the high cost of gas. - A man reported his car stolen from the streets of Sisters. - A Sisters man was injured when he tried to light a propane heater and started a fire in his trailer. The man got the fire out, but his face and hands were burned. He was taken to the hospital for treatment. - A restaurant worker reported a suspicious call. The caller ordered take-out, then wanted to pay with a VISA... Full story
Today a letter from Ed Gillespe was in the mail. For a contribution, he wants to send me a Republican Party Platinum Card so George Bush can "do what what's right for America by cutting taxes, reforming education, strengthening our energy supply, controlling unnecessary spending and bolstering our national security." I don't know. George has so far failed miserably on all those counts. Why should he have another four years? Taxes? George gave tax cuts to the top few percent of Americans, not the rest of us. Bush could have... Full story
