News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Deer migrating to their summer range in the Sisters country must run a gauntlet of highways, crossing open pavement and dodging hurtling cars. Many don't make it. "Boy, they're just getting slaughtered out there," Sisters Police Lieutenant Rich Shawver told The Nugget. This is the most intensive period of summer deer migration, according to wildlife biologist Steve George of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. From now until mid-June, deer will be moving in large... Full story
An ember from a permitted burn blew into the brush at a residence in Squaw Creek Canyon Thursday, May 8, ig niting a brush fire that charred about three-quarters of an acre before firefighters knocked it down. Sisters fire units, along with Forest Service and Oregon Department of Forestry firefighters responded to the blaze at 69876 Stardust Lane in Sno Cap Vista. According to fire captain Gary Lovegren, the blaze was caused by a slight east wind that picked up an ember and blew it outside the controlled burn area. On... Full story
Sisters is about to prove what a community working together can do. A meeting of those who can contribute to a "room raising" of four classrooms at the Sisters Elementary School has been set for Wednesday, May 14 at 11 a.m. in the administration office board room. This locally grown, grass roots, voluntary effort has blossomed since the Sisters School Board voted to create a middle school using existing facilities at the administration campus. The move of seventh and eighth graders from the Sisters/Middle High School was... Full story
In hopes of breaking holiday gridlock on Cascade Avenue, the City of Sisters, Oregon Department of Transportati on and Deschutes National Forest have devised a detour to route traffic around the downtown bottleneck. The detour will be in place Memorial Day Weekend for westbound traffic only. Westbound drivers can either go through town on Cascade Avenue as usual, or they can follow signs right on Locust and left up Main Avenue. Signs will direct drivers to turn right from Main Avenue onto Pine Street, lead them north to... Full story
Sisters Middle/High School teacher and advisor Glenda Hyde has been named Oregon Activity Advisor of the Year. "Being chosen is exciting," Hyde said, but "I view this as recognition and honor for the whole school. I couldn't do the kinds of things I was able to do this year without the support and inspiration from a really terrific staff." As an advisor, Hyde works with three clubs: the Honor Society, the Junior Honor Society and VICA (Vocational Industrial Clubs of America). According to Hyde, she coordinates the students' e... Full story
Sisters School District will hold their annual Kindergarten RoundUp/preregistration on Thursday, May 15, at 2:15 p.m. in the Elementary School Commons. Parents of children who will be five years old on or before September 1 are eligible to enroll for the 199798 school year. The 45 minute meeting will cover information concerning the first year in school. Registration, immunization and curriculum information will be shared and the necessary forms handed out. Proof of birth and immunization records are needed to register. Due... Full story
* * * To the Editor: As someone who's known David Haynes for over 30 years, I would suggest to the citizens of Sisters that you are the real losers by allowing your political leaders to eliminate such a fine officer from your city's service. You all need to ask those same leaders some hard questions and to let them know that the security of your community is more important than their floundering management. John Dimick * * * To the Editor: Last week I read in The Nugget that police Chief Haynes is on suspension till May 15... Full story
On the Ascending of Spring, and Asparagus The warmth is real. Proven with greeny sprouts in a curved line under the hose where it snakes across the clearing to the water trough. Confirmed by the trees full of sweet and chatty young birds, discussing nesting, mates, and the local proliferation of cats. People are boldly exposing their soft, winter-pink knees and elbows in the afternoons. And others, those inclined to adopt seasonal uniforms, may be packing wistfully away, their antique wools, those sturdy and constant friends... Full story
A new extension of Hood Avenue will more closely resemble a city street than a state highway following a joint session of the Deschutes County Planning Commission and the Sisters Planning Commission Thursday, May 8. Pine Meadow Ranch Development's proposed extension will run west across the northern portion of the ranch and turn to link up in a 90-degree intersection with Highway 242. Planners also approved redesignating the road as a "collector" street instead of an... Full story
There was a time when I thought of the natural world as stable. I was not so keenly aware of the power of catastrophic events. In an instant Mount St. Helens changes all that. After she blew her top, I could not look at the Cascades in the same way. I read about even bigger events, like Mount Mazama, and somehow the ground I was standing on didn't seem quite so stable. My view of rivers was a lot like my broader view of nature. I knew rivers were in a constant state of flux; continuously changing. They have to be changing or... Full story
