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Articles from the May 9, 2006 edition


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  • Sisters sheriff’s calls...

    Updated May 9, 2006

    • A man summoned a deputy because he considered a hole his neighbor had dug to be a safety hazard. The hole was part of a construction project. The deputy did not consider the hole a safety hazard but the contractor agreed to get it filled when he had the equipment on site. • Deputies arrested a 52-year-old woman for drunk driving after a single-vehicle wreck at Holmes Road and Lower Bridge. The woman reportedly claimed that a deer ran out in front of her while she was tying her shoe (?) causing the accident. She gave con... Full story

  • Merrell earns master builder rank

    Updated May 9, 2006

    Bruce Merrell of Laredo Construction has become one of the more than 400 professional builders nationwide to attain a Graduate Master Builders (GMB) designation, identifying him as one of the building industry’s top professionals. Merrell is one of two Graduate Master Builders and one of 13 Certified Graduate Remodelers in Oregon. To qualify for the GMB certificate program, a builder must have attained the Certified Graduate Builder (CGB) or Certified Graduate Remodeler (CGR) designation; or have successfully completed t... Full story

  • Songs of Spring

    Jim Anderson, Correspondent|Updated May 9, 2006

    You’ve been hearing ’em for over two weeks now, singing their hearts out calling their lady loves to join them in irrigation ponds, snow melt, backyard ponds and mud puddles. They’re the true songsters of spring, soon-to-be-daddy Pacific Tree Frogs. The persistence of nature in ensuring the survival of her kind is astonishing. Last night it was down to 19 degrees and I could still hear those tiny tree frogs belting out their love songs just before I removed my hearing instruments and went to bed at 10 p.m. Temperature will... Full story