News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Highway crews have given up trying to plow through towering snowdrifts to get the McKenzie Highway (Hwy. 242) open. The Oregon Department of Transportation is waiting for Mother Nature - in the form of hot weather - to reduce the task to manageable proportions. That means the scenic highway probably won't re-open until the end of July, likely the latest opening ever. The previous record late opening was July 18, 1964, according to ODOT records. Crews took nearly three weeks to... Full story
The deer are moving in big numbers through the Sisters country - and many of them are dying on the highways, victims of collisions with cars. Aside from being bad for the deer, a collision with a 100-pounds-plus animal at 60 miles per hour can be devastating to an automobile. Whistles on your bumper won't warn deer away, according to Cory Heath of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. "(Drivers) can slow down and they can stay alert," Heath said. "That's the only thing... Full story
Sisters area residents gathered at the Camp Polk Pioneer Cemetery on Monday, May 31, to honor the fallen of America's wars in a stirring Memorial Day tribute. In his keynote address, Captain Norman Scott, U.S. Navy, Ret., described the post-Civil War origins of Memorial Day remembrance. He cited future president James Garfield's remarks at the first official ceremony in 1868. Garfield observed that, through facing the supreme test of combat, the fallen warriors of the Civil... Full story
Cortney Ellis capped a stellar athletic career at Sisters High School by claiming the state title in the long jump Friday, May 28 at the state 3A Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene. Ellis's winning leap of 17-feet-9-inches was her second-best ever and topped the runner-up by nearly a full foot. Ellis actually won the competition on her first jump, sailing 17-feet-5-inches, according to jumping coach Jim Anderson. "With her first jump, she knew she had it in her tank," he said. Four of Ellis's six jumps... Full story
The Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its 1999 annual fund-raising auction on August 11, at Conklin's Guest House. Conklin's was also the site of the 1998 auction, which was the most successful auction the chamber has ever held, according to manager Mardyth Peterson. Volunteers are needed for a variety of duties, both prior to the auction and the night of the auction itself. Individuals volunteering for the auction are able to attend the event free of charge. Beginning in early June, a volunteer from the auction... Full story
* * * To the Editor: Ms. Fahrenholz is wrong about the Holders not being "invited" to a meeting of the Crossroads Property Owners Association at the Sisters Fire Hall (The Nugget, Letters to the Editor, p. 2, May 26). She is also mistaken in writing that the meeting was canceled because of a temper fit by the chairman of the board. The Holders, even as absentee owners (they live at Black Butte Ranch), have every right to be present at a meeting of owners and they were there. Their attorney did not, but he wouldn't leave. The... Full story
A familiar face will be missing from behind the counter at Camp Sherman's Post Office. Jon Sheldahl, after 11 years service to Camp Sherman postal customers, is retiring. Local folks not only transact postal business but also cross paths with neighbors in the community at the Camp Sherman Post Office. The office also contains a small library of magazines, books and local information that readers have come to depend upon. Sheldahl has served as president of the National Association of Postmasters of the United States (NAPUS)... Full story
Keith and Connie Cyrus are suing the Squaw Creek Irrigation District for refusing to deliver water to the Cyrus farm several miles east of Sisters. According to the lawsuit filed in Deschutes County Circuit Court on May 28, the dispute hinges on a 59-year-old contract between the Squaw Creek Irrigation District and successors to the Cloverdale Irrigation Company. Among those who signed the agreement was R. J. Skelton. The Cyrus family eventually bought what had been the Skelton property. The Cyruses say that under that... Full story
