News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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The late rising moon, freshly out of eclipse, moving through billowing, steamy clouds in the great long distance, bringing us the sun's cool aura still at midnight, inspires the neighboring dogs. As I slide into bed in my sweet country abode, an absurd orchestra is tuning outside my window. Frogs, crickets, june bugs, sprinklers, cats plucking the screens, a howling canine chorus, and suddenly, from the left a earsplitting male human roar brings a quick crescendo, and then silence. Then the long falling into dark and quiet... Full story
Sisters area resident Scott Robert Sheeran was sentenced March 8 to 18 months in prison for his role in a drive-by shooting incident on Deer Ridge Road near Sisters January 26. Sheeran, 21, pleaded guilty to first-degree attempted assault and three counts of recklessly endangering another person in connection with an incident where shots were fired into a home on Deer Ridge Road from a nearby roadway. No one was injured in the incident, although Oregon State Police reported... Full story
The Sisters Elementary School has been awarded a grant by Portland State University to improve the talented and gifted program. According to principal Tim Comfort, 22 schools applied for the grants and nine schools were accepted into the program. The grant will send Comfort, teachers Tina Fiedler (third grade), Diane Jacobsen (fourth grade) and Jill Misener (third and fourth grade) and counselor Amy Stranieri to Portland State for an all-day seminar. "There we will look at what we are now doing and develop an action plan on h... Full story
Sisters area woodcutters can oil up their chainsaws and head for the woods. The firewood-cutting season opened on the Sisters Ranger District April 1 and will run through November 30. Four areas are designated for wood-cutting: Green Ridge, Pole Creek, Three Creeks and the West Metolius area. The West Metolius area will not be open for cutting until June 1 to allow soils to dry out. Woodcutting permits are available at the Sisters Ranger District offices and at Hoyt's... Full story
In discussions on how to revise Sisters' parking district ordinances, the Sisters City Council entertained the idea of dispensing with them. They may do both. The council passed two ordinances designed to clarify the city's parking district assessments and "park-in-lieu" fees in their March 28 meeting. The ordinances were adopted with the understanding that the council would immediately schedule workshops to deal with questions still plaguing the parking district -- including the possibility of abandoning the parking... Full story
Brent Sherman, 46, has pleaded not guilty to charges of possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine) and allegations that he tried to extort $10,000 from his former lawyer in Bend by threatening him with a baseball bat. As a result of the charges, Sherman was returned in 1995 to federal prison in Lompoc, California from which he had been paroled after serving about 10 years for a California bank robbery. Sherman once operated Cascade Aircraft Salvage out of offices in Sisters. The Oregon State Police raided Sherman'... Full story
James P. Knipple of Sisters has plead not guilty to charges of delivery of a controlled substance stemming from an undercover drug investigation conducted in January and February by Sisters Police and the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team. According to District Attorney Mike Dugan, Knipple is set to go trial in the case June 25. Two other Sisters men, Ronald Lee McGuire and Phillip Francis Smith are to enter pleas on charges of delivery of a contolled substance later this month. David Glen Daugherty and Wilma E. Daugherty... Full story
The triangle of land at the junction of highways 20 and 242 has been chosen by the Sisters Ranger District as their preferred site for the location of the East Portal of the McKenzie Scenic Byway. A draft Environmental Assessment was completed March 27. The assessment includes three alternative sites for the proposed parking area, restroom and information kiosk. The site on the triangle -- Alternative 2 -- was listed as the preferred alternative. Two other alternatives propose placing the improvements adjacent to the RELCO... Full story
To the Editor: As parents with school-aged children, we have been following the debate on year-round school with great interest. We feel that a very important issue has not been made clear to the public or taken into consideration in the discussions. The year-round schedule is only being proposed for the elementary and middle-school students. The high school would remain on a traditional September to June schedule. Just imagine for a moment having two children, one in elementary and one in high school. One child will be... Full story
