News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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There's word on the street of a new Sisters Outlaws sports fund-raiser that's as big as a house. Actually, it is a house. Outlaws boosters have formed a limited liability corporation established to purchase land, then build and sell a house. Not your typical high school sports fund-raiser. "It was just sort of a brainstorm that popped out when we were talking to parents about fundraising," said Outlaws baseball coach Brian Stevens. "One of our parents works with Adair Homes and sort of volunteered." "We can do it. We've done... Full story
The Sisters region won't feel much effect from a sweeping Clinton administration plan to end road construction in large areas of the West. Forest Service Chief Mike Dombeck unveiled last week the policy that would effectively end road construction on 43 million acres of Forest Service lands -- nearly a quarter of the 192 million-acre National Forest system. Sisters District Ranger Bill Anthony said the proposal would have no visible impact in the Sisters area. "I don't see any change locally that will affect current public... Full story
The necessity for daily trips to the Sisters post office may soon be eliminated. United States Post Office Senior Clerk Shanna Sproat told the city council Thursday night, May 11, that all 1,860 Sisters branch post office boxes are taken, leaving newly arrived residents with a minimum wait of several months for a mail box. Sproat says the consequent heavy use of general delivery has inundated the post office and "creates havoc, especially for some business customers." Councilors are considering the possible solution of home... Full story
Deschutes County Sheriff Greg Brown aims to change the way the sheriff's office is funded in this November's election. Brown, sheriff for the past 3-1/2 years, attended the Sisters City Council meeting, Thursday, May 11, to ask for support in bringing Sisters into a proposed Deschutes Law Enforcement District. County law enforcement has been funded primarily through serial tax levies for the past 20 years. The sheriff's current three-year levy expires this year. According to Brown, chronic funding uncertainty because of... Full story
Stores that habitually leave merchandise outside after business hours are being asked by the City of Sisters to correct the practice -- or possibly face citation. At the Thursday, May 11, city council meeting, Mayor Steve Wilson explained that proposed ordinance changes to require businesses to clean up applied to tourist oriented businesses in the more heavily traveled parts of the business district. According to Wilson, the city is not concerned with stores that traditionally, as common and accepted business practices,... Full story
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Sisters High School, already known in Oregon for its high academic standards, has established rigorous new curriculum requirements which will take effect this fall. New standards, approved at the May 8 Sisters School Board meeting, establish graduation requirements which link student coursework to performance on the state Certificate of Initial Mastery (CIM) tests. The new standards are, in part, an answer to the difficulty students in Sisters, and throughout the state, have faced in meeting new-- and sometimes controversial... Full story
