News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Sisters had a rash of traffic accidents last week. Fortunately, everyone involved will make a complete recovery. On Friday, June 27, at about 11:55 a.m., a 1988 Ford Bronco rolled on Camp Polk Road near Trapper Point. The driver, Francis Anderson, 50, of Bend, was taken to St. Charles Medical Center for evaluation and was treated and released. On Saturday, June 28, Nanci Hackler of Castro Valley, California, pulled out of Barclay Way near the Sisters Airport onto Camp Polk Road. Hackle's Ford pick-up was struck by a Mazda RX-... Full story
The Sisters school administration ordered 12 trees on the high school grounds--including a few large, old ponderosa pines--to be cut because four posed a safety risk, and eight others needed to make way for a set of visitors' bleachers for the football field. Although the district's original master plan called for bleachers and parking where the trees were located, the district has no immediate plans to move the bleachers or for parking. "We're just preparing," said District Maintenance Supervisor Karl Bittler. Bittler said... Full story
City planner Neil Thompson is trying to answer a barrage of questions and criticisms from Deschutes County planners regarding the update of Sisters Comprehensive Plan. "I think a lot of their concerns are misunderstandings," Thompson told The Nugget. The county, in an 11-page memo, challenged the Sisters plan's finding that available residential lots within the city's Urban Growth Boundary are inadequate for future growth. "(The finding) states that there are 294 lots... Full story
Opponents of a one-way couplet through Sisters - as well as the developers of Pine Meadow Ranch - can breathe a sigh of relief. The Deschutes County Commissioners and the Sisters City Council drove the final nail into the couplet's coffin and cleared the way for Pine Meadow Ranch's development at a joint meeting on June 25. The city council, with approval from the county, passed two ordinances and a transportation map amendment realigning Hood Avenue. Hood Avenue will now extend west across Pine Meadow Ranch, making a 90... Full story
Sisters fire officials aren't going to throw a wet blanket on the Fourth of July tradition of setting off fireworks, but they urge those who do to be careful. Though local merchants don't sell them, State of Oregon-approved fireworks are legal inside the Sisters city limits and on some private lands in the state forest. "We allow them to bring in legal, smoke-producing fireworks," said Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire Chief Don Mouser. "We just try to get them to keep a bucket of... Full story
Someone tried to heave a concrete block through the window of Sisters Floral sometime overnight on June 24-25. The dual-pane insulated window stood up to the blow; only the outer pane broke, and the concrete block fragmented. According to Sisters Police, it appeared that whoever threw the block then attempted to use pieces of it to hammer other windows, but couldn't break the glass. Sisters Police Lieutenant Rich Shawver said it wasn't clear where the concrete block came from. Police have no suspects in the... Full story
A Sisters woman was arrested after she allegedly collided with Deschutes County Sheriff Greg Brown's Ford Explorer on Highway 126 on Wednesday, June 25. According to sheriff's reports, Brown was heading westbound on 126 at about 10:15 p.m. when Traci Gayle Scott, 24, overtook his unmarked vehicle at a high rate of speed and attempted to pass him in a no passing zone. Scott allegedly swerved to the right and struck Brown's explorer in the left front end, sending both vehicles momentarily out of control. According to the... Full story
* * * To the Editor: I was shaken to attention by last week's political cartoon by Walt Handelsman. How could a professional, who yields great powers of persuasion over the general public, so badly misrepresent the boycott that the Southern Baptists have initiated against Disney? This is not a boycott against the icon of Mickey Mouse; rather, it is a boycott against a multibillion dollar company seeking to increase its share of the market at what seems to be any cost. Few people are aware that the parent company, Disney,... Full story
On the need for crocuses Blazing off into the sagebrush where patches of brave new grass are poking through the earth, slick and spikey, looking trimmed and oiled like a trendy new hairstyle. I place my feet slowly, every step considered. Cotyledons of the monkey flower huddle together near protective warming stones. They scout the tone and timbre above ground with their little grey ears. I'm alone, so I can greet them. An advance guard of brilliant mosses have appeared in odd places; they are safe with me. The wind carries... Full story
The appearance of Golden Stoneflies on the Metolius is a herald of the transition from spring to summer fishing. The hatch always arrive on or slightly before the Fourth of July. Goldens, which are sometimes mistakenly called Salmonflies, are somewhat smaller, and a bit lighter in color than their larger cousins, the true Salmonfly. Unlike the Salmonfly hatch on the Deschutes, which comes and goes rather quickly, the Golden hatch on the Metolius tends to linger, lasting through July and August and on into early September.... Full story
