News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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It couldn't have been any better. The Sisters Outlaws track team had high hopes going into the state finals at the University of Oregon May 24-25; they were peaking at just the right time in the season and each athlete was primed to turn in his or her best performance. They succeeded beyond their highest expectations. The team took second place overall in the state and T.K. Phelps, Adam Haynes and the boy's 1,600-meter relay team all returned to Sisters as state champions in... Full story
Deschutes County Sheriff's Lieutenants Greg Brown and Larry Blanton will face off in a November general election contest for the office of Deschutes County Sheriff. Blanton and Brown are the survivors of a three-way primary race that also included Redmond police chief Jim Carlton. Carlton garnered 4,768 votes, Blanton received 6,506 and Brown led with 9,177. None of the candidates received the 51 percent of the vote required to avoid a runoff election. Blanton told The Nugget... Full story
To the Editor: It made me mad when I heard that bond issue Number 21 did not pass. I don't get it. I mean, put yourself in my shoes. I'm a sixth grader going into seventh grade next year with one elective and seven classes. The middle/high school is already overcrowded, and with my grade moving in, I don't see how we can even have lockers with all the kids there. Without the money that we were going to get (if Number 21 passed), we can't afford another building. A lot of classes are being cut, as well. Why do people have to... Full story
The season of loose dirt has arrived. Odd little boot-sculpted things that travel readily indoors to crush and crunch underfoot, happily prove that the earth's crust is indeed on the move. Primary agents in this particular migration are children in the thrall of early spring, faithfully drawn to the spongey, gritty masses of awakening topsoil that hover magnetically outside all the meticulous landscaping we might have carefully planned specifically to prevent the literal and random sanding of our floors by the old waffle... Full story
The Stars and Stripes flapped in the stiff breeze at Camp Polk Cemetery as Sisters area residents honored America's war dead in a ceremony conducted by local posts of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. A color guard of John Berry, Elton Wilmot, George Winterfeld and Kenneth Fitch posted colors and a rifle squad from G Troop, 1-82nd Cavalry, Oregon National Guard fired the 21-gun salute. Pastor Harold Gott offered a prayer in remembrance and Chief Petty Officer A... Full story
Sisters will have to wait a little longer into lawn-watering season to establish new water rates. A resolution setting new water rates was tabled by the Sisters City Council Thursday until the June 13 council meeting. The delay was ordered to permit the addition of language requiring a $10 water account transfer fee. Persons signing up for city water will be required to pay a $10 "transfer fee" when new city water rates become effective July 1, if the city council approves the water rate resolution on June 13. Presently,... Full story
The development of 50 acres of the Pine Meadow Ranch moved closer to reality last week with the approval of a zone change and comprehensive plan amendment by Deschutes County Hearings Officer Karen Green. The land lies just outside the west city limits of Sisters on the south side of McKenzie Highway. Pine Meadow Ranch Development Co. requested the zone be changed from UAR-10 (urban area reserve) to RS (residential standard) and RH (residential high density). The company plans to build between 150 to 200 dwellings eventually... Full story
In an extremely tight election that was finally decided by write-in ballots, the Sisters school bond was defeated, 963 opposed and 891 in favor of the proposal. Coupled to a shortfall in basic school support from the state, the Sisters School District will have to lay off instructors and increase class size next year. "At this point the school board will be meeting to review the situation and determine a course of action," said school board chair Bill Reed. "Our overcrowded situation still exists, and many items in the... Full story
