News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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A burgeoning middle/high school student population has forced the Sisters School District to look outside school facilities for classroom space. School Board chairman Bill Reed and Principal Dennis Dempsey met with the board of directors of the Sisters Baptist Church Tuesday, April 9, to request the use of four church classrooms during the 1996-97 school year. According to Reed, the church will consider the request and give an answer sometime around the first of May. The... Full story
Representatives for the estate of Joseph M. Fought have filed a civil suit against Sisters accountant and real estate developer Arthur C.F. Pratt, claiming that Pratt owes the estate more than $2.3 million, plus interest. According to the claim, Pratt borrowed approximately $939,000 from Fought in November, 1993 at 12 percent interest to purchase commercial lots and build "Phase I" of an office building in Sisters. As later amended to include accrued interest, payment on that loan totaled approximately $10,224 per month.... Full story
To the Editor: I wish to respond to the concerns regarding year-round scheduling expressed in a letter printed in the April 3 edition of The Nugget. The primary concern is that families with an elementary/middle school student on a YRE schedule and a high school student on a traditional schedule would have a logistical nightmare juggling their childrens' schedules, especially if both parents are working. Recognizing this potential problem, districts that have gone to YRE have developed one schedule which is compatible with... Full story
Suddenly, the tilt of the planet is discernible. A pale crack in the night sky is visible by six o'clock. By the time one is perfunctorily refreshed and inspected and knocking on doors, the broad blue veil of dawn is bathing the sagebrush, coming in windows, cleanly, full of portents. With this early light, summer is invented most surely in the mind again. It becomes real and we are heading toward it. Windows are cast open in the afternoons, the porch is tidied and swept, the tools assembled, and the flowerbeds are apprised... Full story
New water rates will not be determined until after the Sisters City Council has heard from the public. That decision came after the council reviewed recommendations of engineering firm H.G.E., Inc. during a workshop last week. A public hearing is scheduled for the May 9 city council meeting. If adopted by the council, the recommended rates for basic service to single family homes will not change--$16.50 a month for up to 10,000 gallons of water and $6 for the loan retirement. The price for each 1,000 gallons over 10,000... Full story
It seems that John Lee Nuebel, recently of Tucson, Arizona, wanted to move back into the house in which he once lived on Wilt Road near Sisters. There was a problem: Nuebel doesn't own the house and someone else has been living there for a year. Nuebel, 39 was arrested by Deschutes County Sheriff's deputies Tuesday April 9 on charges of burglary, criminal mischief, theft and trespass after he allegedly twice broke into the Wilt Road house and, according to police reports,... Full story
Implementation of a plan to add on-street parking spaces in the Sisters commercial district was delayed February 11 until the city council holds a workshop February 18 to discuss the future of the parking district concept. The plan, if approved, will use revenue generated by the current parking district ordinance fees and assessments. Mayor Dave Moyer said the parking development plan identifies 43 locations in the parking district in downtown Sisters. Most of the sites will require widening the paved surface of streets and... Full story
The spread of knapweed is a growing problem in the Sisters country and throughout Central Oregon. The Oregon Department of Agriculture reminds citizens that this is an ideal time to work to halt the spread of knapweed. Central Oregon's Diffuse and Spotted Knapweed infestations are more easily controlled now as the rosettes begin to emerge on the local landscape. Spraying with herbicides or removing the plant before flower and seed stalks appear is the most effective means of controlling one of the area's most troublesome... Full story
A Sisters man was arrested Wednesday, April 10, after he allegedly raped a 19-year-old woman who had visited him at his home on East Cascade Street. James Robert Bloss, 45, was taken into custody on charges of first degree rape, sodomy and unlawful sexual penetration. According to police reports, the alleged rape occurred while the victim was at Bloss' residence, possibly taking a guitar lesson. Police reported that the victim fled Bloss' house after the alleged rape and went... Full story
