News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Thirteen local students, 10 from Black Butte School in Camp Sherman and three from Sisters High School, took first place honors at the state History Day competition at Willamette University on April 14. The win allows these history buffs to represent Oregon at the National History Day contest in College Park, Maryland, June 10-14. In keeping with the contest theme "Frontier in History," seventh graders Ryen Schneringer and Chad Horning produced a 10-minute documentary titled, "Fat Man and Little Boy" in which they show that... Full story
Sheriff's deputies arrested six Sisters residents on drug charges after an unrelated investigation led them to a house on Oak Street where drugs were allegedly found. According to sheriff's office reports, a deputy was investigating a possible auto theft and accident when he approached the house on April 11. The deputy reportedly looked through the window in the front door and saw Nicholas Brown, 18, scraping an off-white substance from a baggie onto a mirror. When the deputy knocked on the door, Brown allegedly hid the mater... Full story
Sisters area voters will decide whether to fund sheriff's office operations and whether to build a new high school in the May 15 election. Ballots for the mail-in election are to be sent out on April 27. The sheriff's levy, which is a continuation of the levy currently in place, assesses 78 cents per $1,000 in property value for urban residents and $1.12 per $1,000 for rural residents. There is no cost increase in the levy proposal. According to the sheriff's office, the three-year levy funds patrol services, crime... Full story
At least for now... Despite a much-disputed claim by the Forest Service that the public supports the unpopular forest user fees, the Oregon Legislature has come out firmly against the fee program. State Representative Ben Westlund and several others sponsored House Joint Memorial 15, which clearly declares Oregon's opposition to the forest fees. Westlund, who represents State Representative District 55 -- which includes the Sisters area -- said that the Legislature has made a commitment on this issue. In describing the... Full story
The Forest Service is pleased with the progress toward completion of its spring schedule of controlled burns. The program is designed to reduce wildfire danger in forest areas near Sisters. The work is being coordinated by Mark Rapp, Assistant Fire Management Officer for the Sisters Ranger District. "We have about three-fourths of the work done close to town," said Rapp. That amounts to nearly 700 acres of forest lands that have already been fire-treated. He was apologetic about the smoke produced by the project. "The... Full story
For just $10 a person on Friday, April 20, 140 folks from Sisters ate a delicious soup dinner, received a hand-crafted ceramic bowl and enjoyed first class entertainment. And they added around $3,000 to the Family Access Network's emergency fund. As patrons arrived, they each had the opportunity to choose their bowls. One hundred and forty bowls of different sizes, shapes, and colors had been created specifically for this event, many by local potters such as Mitch Deaderick and Cheryl Guggenheim. Others had been crafted by... Full story
Sheriff Les Stiles and the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners held a joint press conference on the sheriff's levy on Friday, April 28. Residents of Sisters will continue to see Deschutes County Sheriff's Deputies patroling city streets, even if voters don't turn out to support the sheriff's operating levy in the May 15 election. Sheriff Les Stiles said at a Friday, April 27, press conference that he will "absolutely not" cancel the city's contract for police services if... Full story
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Vote "Yes" on school bond Voters should vote "YES" on the $20.5 million bond to build a new high school in Sisters, and convert the existing one into a middle school. The board took its responsibilities to taxpayers to heart, and trimmed down the bond request rejected by voters in November. The final package is much more conservative than what many educators believe they need. The board has also resolved to sell the current middle school site on Highway 20 if the bond passes, using most of the proceeds to pay down the bond.... Full story
