News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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The Deschutes County Sheriff's Department is investigating a burglary at a home on Highway 126 near Sist ers. According to police reports, the resident reported that the house was burglarized sometime during the night of April 10-11. The family had been staying with a relative in Redmond overnight and returned on the morning of April 11 to find the back door pried open. A shotgun and other items were allegedly taken from the house. Sheriff's investigators reported that they are developing suspect information and the... Full story
A land exchange that would ultimately allow the expansion of the Best Western Ponderosa Lodge on 16 acres currently owned by the U.S. Forest Service has won the backing of the City of Sisters. The Sisters City Council unanimously approved a resolution in support of the exchange between Crown Pacific a nd the Forest Service at their April 10 meeting. Motel owner Bill Reed testified at the meeting in favor of the exchange. "The plan is that once (Crown Pacific) takes title, they... Full story
Sisters parents and teachers packed the lecture/drama room at Sisters Middle High School Monday night, expecting a decision on whether the school district should adopt an "alternative calendar." The board, short two members, declined to make a decision. Board member Harold Gott is in Portland while his wife undergoes cancer treatment. Jan van den Berg was out of the country on business. But even without a decision forthcoming, the board took intensive public input on the pros and cons of a schedule which would shorten the... Full story
The Deschutes National Forest and the Columbia River Bioregion Campaign are the hottest new couple in town. The agency and the coalition of conservation activists -- at odds on some issues -- have teamed up with Sisters artist Dennis McGregor to produced a haunting poster promoting the benefits of prescription fire. CRBC is a coalition of eastside Oregon and Washington conservation groups. The Forest Service is often the target of criticism by groups like CRBC, which oppose logging in sensitive habitat areas or in quantities... Full story
Deschutes County Sheriff Greg Brown has won the endorsement of the Sisters City Council for a proposed one-year $6.9 million levy to maintain sheriff's services The council unanimously approved a resolution in support of the levy at their April 10 meeting. Brown noted that the proposed levy is split so that Sisters residents, who have their own police force, pay a lower rate than those living outside city limits. "This is not a new tax," Brown emphasized. "You're already payin... Full story
An enthusiastic contingent of Sisters High School students fared well at the annual State VICA competition held Saturday April 12 in Portland. Adam Rosencrantz and Mandy Dunn led the way with their first place finish in the television production contest, which earned the pair the right to compete at Nationals in Kansas City, Missouri the last week of June. Sisters also earned the only Outstanding Chapter Award among the 60 schools represented. Mandy Dunn will represent Sisters at Nationals in this area as well. VICA, which... Full story
* * * To the Editor: Sisters has changed so much in the 16 years I've lived here, and it continues to change every year. With all the changes, it seems that Sisters should have a museum to preserve photographs and artifacts from the "old days" so that we don't lose our historical identity. A museum run by volunteers in one of our few remaining historic buildings would give residents and visitors the chance to see what Sisters was about. There are lots of people around town with old photographs and artifacts and I'm sure they... Full story
Real Soup On Blessing the Peace Bakers I tend to declarations, both solemn and practical, ripe for immediate usage. I float like a sea plant, toward the arbitrary and want to attach myself, hoping to have found an ultimate, the grand one perhaps, the final one, the all encompassing. Since I am also prone to the piercing gaze, friendships with renegades, poking inquisitions, long necessary bouts with a personal journal, and quiet defiance in general, I emerge repeatedly from these forays fully grown, clothed, I might add, an i... Full story
A claim against the City of Sisters was filed in U.S. District Court by members of the Sisters Police Department on Tuesday, April 15, 1997. The lawsuit alleges that the city and City Administrator Barbara Warren, individually, violated the Fair Labor Standards Act as well as the contract between the city and its employees, and also infringed on employees' First and Fourteenth Amendment rights. The suit claims that police officers Allan R. Borland, Wayne A. Morgan, Donald K. Pray and Christopher Bangs, and police... Full story
