News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Bend Cable delivered a check for $34,485 to the Deschutes County Education Service District on Thursday, April 29. The check paid half of the local cost for 418 computers that will be distributed to schools throughout Central Oregon. In delivering the check, Bend Cable President William Paul Morton said that Bend Cable was investing in the future. "These are our future employees and our future subscribers," said Morton. "We are pleased to help prepare the next generation who will take advantage of the connectivity." The... Full story
Sisters voters are deciding whether to annex all land currently within the Sisters Urban Growth Boundary. Mail in ballots were to be received by voters this week on Measure 9-72. The move would annex approximately 340.97 acres, which would be placed on City of Sisters tax rolls. The increased taxable value is $9,627,570. Another $10,119,410 is non-taxable, covering property consisting of churches and school district property. An $85,000 property would take a tax increase of... Full story
Four major timber sales and a collection of small sales could remove up to 13 million board feet of lumber from the Sisters Ranger District this year. According to district supervisory forester Slater Turner, the equivalent of approximately 77,778 18-inch trees would be removed if all the sales are completed. Three of the four major sales were previously put up for bid as part of the Santiam Restoration Project, but Turner said the sales received no bidders. "They were put up for bid last year," he explained. "But the chip... Full story
The people who live to the north of Sisters can rest a little easier knowing that fire crews can respond quickly from the new Squaw Creek substation located at 17233 Buffalo Drive in Squaw Creek Canyon Estates. Fire officials began recruiting volunteers to man the station on May 3 and the fire district will host an open house Saturday, May 8, from noon to 6 p.m. Sisters-Camp Sherman Rural Fire Protection District chief Don Rowe, hopes to recruit at least 10 volunteers for the... Full story
Carol Packard's sixth-grade class shared a taste of European culture last week in a French language performance at Sisters Middle School. Packard's 30 students studied French twice a week for four months under the tutelage of one student's French grandparents, Drs. Collette and Nicholas Gilroy, who now live in Bend. The retired professors are the grandparents of Packard's sixth-grade student Stephanie Yopp. The couple volunteered to teach the children the French story of a boy and girl whose Aunt Marla comes to visit them in... Full story
* * * To the Editor: I encourage all seniors in our community to make your voice heard. Currently, Sisters Area Affordable Housing Solutions is distributing a survey to the seniors in our area to get their input on their housing needs. Maybe you are a senior who doesn't need housing at the present time and you think this is just a waste of time. There may come a time in the future when your present housing is no longer suitable - you cannot afford the mortgage or rent, you are spending your precious savings on the property... Full story
The Sisters Elementary School will host students and their families for a series of school grounds improvement projects in the third annual "Clean the Green" work day. This year's projects will include adding a gravel walkway next to the primary wing; repainting the playground games; revamping the climbing/slide structure; installing a new basketball hoop; planting flowers; and other smaller projects. Event co-chair Sally Blust said the program needs volunteers, but donations of cash, flowers and landscape materials are also... Full story
A controversial garage addition, built 15 feet inside a setback line in the Crossroads subdivision west of Sisters, will stay after a decision handed down by Circuit Court Judge Stephen Tiktin on May 6. The Crossroads Property Owners Association sued property owner Joseph Holder, his wife and the Holder Family Trust on the grounds that the garage addition on their property violates the subdivision's protective covenants codes and restrictions (CCRs) requiring a 25-foot... Full story
Sisters Mayor Steve Wilson visited the nation's capital last week to lobby for Sisters' sewer facility at a Senate committee hearing. Wilson stood before the Senate Subcommittee on Energy and Natural Resources Wednesday, April 28, to testify in support of recently proposed legislation to acquire land for the Sisters sewer facility. Oregon Senators Gordon Smith and Ron Wyden proposed Senate Bill (SB) 416 earlier this year. The bill would convey 240 acres of Forest Service land known as "Section 9" to the city of Sisters at no... Full story
