News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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The City of Sisters plans to start charging the Sisters Library rent for its facility on the corner of Main Avenue and Spruce Street. At a work session last week, the city council instructed city administrator Barbara Warren to send a letter to the library informing library staff that that rent would be charged after one month's notice. Rent would be 65 cents per square foot and would amount to $1,690 per month for the existing structure. This action stems from last year's election separating the Deschutes County library... Full story
A fire that started in a stump in Tollgate Thursday afternoon, June 15, is considered suspicious, according to Deschutes County Sheriff's Office reports. The blaze apparently started in a stump near the intersection of Conestoga and Lariat streets at about 2:30 p.m. It quickly spread to the surrounding brush, burning an approximately 50-foot circle around the point of origin before a fire crew doused the flames. Sergeant Rich Shawver said he was forwarding his report to the Central Oregon Arson Task Force for review as a... Full story
Horses may no longer be welcome in the Tollgate subdivision west of Sisters. An ad-hoc committee formed by the Tollgate Property Owners' Association Board of Directors recently proposed phasing out all horses within Tollgate. The committee sent a letter and survey to Tollgate homeowners a few weeks ago, asking for their opinions on the matter. Tollgate's Covenants, Codes and Restrictions (CC&R) have allowed horses since the inception of the subdivision 28 years ago. However, the letter states that Tollgate has become more of... Full story
Representative Ben Westlund thinks he has a way to significantly boost funding for Oregon's public schools. Westlund floated the idea of taxing the gross receipts of non-Oregon companies at a meeting with parents, students and teachers in Sisters last week. He thinks such a tax could realistically raise as much as $3 billion dollars. It is not clear that such a tax would be politically viable, though Westlund thinks it could pass if proceeds are dedicated to solving the... Full story
A Deschutes County Grand Jury indicted Steven Gage of Sisters on 22 additional counts of sex abuse and criminal mistreatment on Friday, June 16. Gage, who operated Royal Haven Equestrian Center for Girls near Sisters, had been indicted previously on 45 counts including rape, sexual abuse and criminal mistreatment. He was arrested by Oregon State Police detectives on June 2. According to OSP Detective Tom Kipp, additional victims came forward after the arrest and their allegations led to the additional counts. Twenty of the... Full story
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Last week, the sheriff's deputies union endorsed Les Stiles for Deschutes County Sheriff. This week, they may vote to undo that endorsement and return to a neutral position in the race between Stiles and incumbent Greg Brown. The endorsement of the challenger came at a Monday, June 12, meeting of the Deschutes County Employees Association, which represents deputies, correction officers and office workers. According to Deschutes County Employees Association president Darren... Full story
