News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Already wounded by cuts made this spring, Sisters schools may be slashed still deeper due to a decline in property tax revenues in the state. The state overestimated the amount of revenue to be collected from property taxes and will now cut back state funding by as much as $43 per student this year and between $40 and $42 per student next year, according to schools superintendent Steve Swisher. That puts Sisters schools about $50,000 deeper in the hole this year and next. The... Full story
The legendary Nitty Gritty Dirt Band closed out this year's Sisters Starry Nights Concert Series on Saturday, April 8, with a set that demonstrated why the band is one of America's longest-lived and best-loved groups. Jeff Hanna, Jimmie Fadden and Bob Carpenter gave the music a "front porch" feel -- if your front porch is a place where one of the best songwriters in country music and one of its rising stars drop in for a jam. Hanna's wife, songwriter Matraca Berg and platinum-... Full story
Participants were treated to a beautiful spring morning Saturday, April 8, for the fourth Kevin Johnson Memorial Run held at Sisters High School. Kevin Johnson graduated in 1993 from Sisters High School and died after being hit by a motorcycle in 1996. The event is sponsored each year by the high school leadership class to raise funds for a scholarship honoring Kevin. Members of the senior class nominate students for the award who share some of the traits Kevin is remembered for, including enthusiasm, school spirit, and... Full story
Mayor Steve Wilson thinks things are going pretty well in Sisters. "Sisters is on fairly solid footing right now," Wilson said, "and the city has been running smoothly over the past three years." Wilson spoke to a Lunch and Learn group at Sisters Central Oregon Community College Center last week. The city's sewer project drew most attention. According to Wilson, the backhoes should roll on the project in July. From that point, there is an 18-month completion date for the $12 million project. "We'll do the job section by... Full story
Sisters High School art students are helping the Family Access Network (FAN) reach out to those in need in the local community through the "Empty Bowls for FAN" program. The artists, aided by local potter Mitch Deaderick and instructor Mike Baynes, have been throwing and glazing pottery bowls, which will be filled with soup at a benefit dinner on Friday, April 14. Dinner is at 6 p.m. at Sisters High School. Those attending the dinner will dine on soup served in the... Full story
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The Deschutes Basin Land Trust has acquired 145 acres of the "Pond Ranch" along Squaw Creek just north of Camp Polk Road near Sisters. A donation of $800,000 from Portland General Electric was crucial to the $850,000 transaction. The property was purchased at below market value from the Mary Anderson family, according to land trust executive Brad Chalfant, after nearly a year of effort by the various parties. A message was left for the Andersons, but they were not available by press time. The land purchase includes nearly a... Full story
