News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Sisters teachers, coaches and administrators face a long summer of wielding the budget knife to balance the schools' budget in the face of a $400,000 shortfall. On June 8, the schools' budget committee approved a budget that tightens the belt in all areas of the schools' program. The school board, whose members all serve on the budget committee, will hold a public hearing on the budget on Monday, June 22. Drastic as the $400,000 cuts are, the committee acknowledged that they a... Full story
Carol Moorehead is resting at home in Tollgate after having surgery to repair her right hip, broken when a car collided with her bicycle in Redmond, June 3. Moorehead, who operates the North Campus of Central Oregon Community College, was returning from the campus to Sisters, on Yew Avenue, when a car made a left turn right into her. She was thrown across the intersection into a ditch, landing on her right hip. "The ball on the hip was forced inward and kind of smashed the socket," Moorehead said. She also suffered a deep... Full story
Some of the best cowboys in the country come to the Sisters Rodeo each year. Besides big prize money, one of the things that brings them here is the chance to square off against some of the best stock in the business - the bucking horses and bulls of Beard Rodeos. "We always try to make sure the top end of the string comes to Sisters," said Casey Beard, who handles the major logistical operation of bringing in stock from the home ranch in Ellensburg, Washington. The stock... Full story
Camp Sherman's Road District 18 will be funded next year - and funds will be available to keep Deputy Dave Blann on the job. Elaine Henderson, Jefferson County Clerk, reported that the Road District 18 election in Camp Sherman on May 19 gathered more than the 50 percent turnout required to be a valid election. The vote approved a levy in excess of $8,800 for fiscal year 1998-99 for maintenance of roads in the Camp Sherman area. With it, there is now a working total of over $17,000 for the coming year. Up to $10,000 of this... Full story
A Sisters Middle School student landed in big trouble last week after other students saw him pretending to shoot at a teacher. The youth was suspended from school on June 2 and his mother subsequently decided to home-school the boy for the remainder of the year, according to Principal Rich Shultz. According to Shultz, the 8th-grader raised his arms like he was sighting a rifle at his teacher, who had his back turned. Another student confronted the boy and asked him what he... Full story
One of the largest trophy fish in the Sisters watershed became a "threatened" species Friday, June 5. After nearly six years of litigation, the bull trout received federal listing under the Endangered Species Act in the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana. In part due to the damming of its migratory waterways, the bull trout has met tremendous decline in the northwest. In Oregon, it is illegal to fish for the species except in the Metolius River and Lake Billy Chinook. Other more emotional factors may have also l... Full story
Sisters area volunteers gathered at the head of the Metolius River on Saturday, May 16, to participate in an Eagle Scout project for Andrew Hyde. Friends, family, and others around the community helped build trail on the bank of the Metolius River. They built 1/2-mile of trail and covered up the previously used track. Kirk Metzger of the U.S. Forest Service, helped plan and run the project. The volunteers also took apart many campfire rings around the trail. This project took over 120 combined hours and was the last... Full story
* * * To the Editor: This letter is dedicated to Vivian Staender whose memory lives on at Wildhaven. Driving down Stevens Canyon Road these last few weeks, my fiancé and I were delighted to see a pair of Mallard ducks swimming in the pond that sits in the heart of the marshland nearby. We talked of the small ducklings that would soon make their appearance and were pleased by the thought. Many nights we could hear the magnificent concertos sung by the frogs that inhabit the same marsh. By day, we would often times stop... Full story
Cold, wet, weather and high water go along with the salmonfly hatch on the Deschutes. It is, after all, the first major hatch of spring. It is normal to get some sunshine and some cold, wet weather. The river levels are usually falling right during the hatch. The insects emerge with the water up pretty high - by the end, when they die off, it is low and clear. This year has been a little bit ridiculous on all fronts. Our efforts to catch the early, mid-May, hatch below Sherar's Falls in the area from Mack's Canyon to the... Full story
