News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Funding of the Deschutes National Forest has dropped 41 percent since 1990, and 15 percent in just the past two years. However, the Deschutes National Forest remains the most highly funded forest in the nation, according to Bill Anthony, Sisters District Ranger. For various reasons, high profile forests in the Northwest have traditionally received more funds -- and still do. As an example, Anthony cited a Colorado forest of exactly the same size (1.6 million acres) which receives a budget allocation of less than one-third... Full story
The Sisters Organization for Activities and Recreation has a brand-new 1,760-square-foot headquarters on Locust Street in Sisters. The modular unit was trucked in from Modern Building Systems of Aumsville, Oregon, on Wednesday, May 3, and assembled on the grounds of Sisters Middle School. The building will house SOAR's after school clubhouse, provide space for arts and crafts classes and allow SOAR to provide supervised activities for half-day kindergartners during the hours... Full story
Sisters High School gave itself a good grade on the first "community report card" sent home to parents May 1. The report card rates the school's success in: creating a caring community; setting and achieving high standards; making learning positive and engaging; and helping students enter the wider world feeling confident and capable. SHS rated itself "strong" in all areas; "exceptional" in setting high standards. The criteria were developed out of a series of... Full story
Sisters High School students are worried about their school's finances and frustrated by what they see as inaction on the part of legislators to fix the school funding system. Lindsey Warner and Jamie Cundiff, sophomores, joined seniors Matthew Adams and Megan Benton to assess the damage of continuing school budget cuts. The conversation soon turned to a recent visit to the school by District 54 Representative Ben Westlund. Adams says initially he was glad when Westlund visited because he and his friends had many questions.... Full story
The soon-to-be new owners of the Pond Ranch are poised to turn back the clock 135 years. In early July, the Deschutes Basin Land Trust (DBLT) will finalize its purchase of the 145 acre property. The Hindman Barn was constructed within the holding on Camp Polk circa 1865, becoming the first structure built by white settlers between the Deschutes Basin and the Cascades. DBLT plans to rebuild the barn and to enlist community support in restoring the fragile riparian and meadow ecosystem to its pristine, pre-settlement state.... Full story
The Sisters High School Band will participate in the State Band Championships at the Oregon State University Music Department on Thursday May 11. The honor is a first for Sister High School as well as for band director Jody Henderson. Bands attending the State Band Festival must qualify by achieving a certain status at a league or district band festival sanctioned by the Oregon Schools Activities Association (OSAA) or the Oregon Music Educators Association (OMEA). The SHS Band attended two such festivals: the Capital... Full story
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* * * Smith's position is dead wrong We've read a number of editorials lauding Senator Gordon Smith's great show of courage for opposing Oregon's assisted suicide law. We were unmoved by Senator Smith's tears as he announced this refusal to put the will of the people before his own personal religious beliefs. There was no courage there. The dollars Smith will receive for his next reelection campaign will more than make up for any votes lost by his defiance of Oregon voters. Mr. Smith has every right to express his feelings... Full story
