News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Howard Paine is leading an effort to defeat the Deschutes County Sheriff's levy. Paine, who lives outside of Sisters, and Charles Patterson, of Bend, have launched the political action committee, Citizens Against Sheriff's Extravagance. They intend to fight the September 15 levy, which would raise about $22.5 million over three years. Paine argues that the department spends too much on staff, vehicles and phone services and is handling highway patrol and truck safety checks... Full story
For the thousands of visitors in Sisters for the 23rd Sisters Quilt Show, a cloudless sky and soft summer breeze were an added bonus to the harmony of color and design displayed in approximately 800 quilts along Sisters' streets. A surprising number of those visitors, apprised of the quilt show through articles or advertisements in magazines or on the Internet, had scheduled vacations around the quilt show or traveled to Sisters from Canada, Norway, Holland and states as distant as the east coast. Ellie Ryker, a retired... Full story
Sisters Mayor Steve Wilson lambasted City Council President Gordon Petrie Thursday, June 9, for not disclosing to the council his involvement in two local political action committees. Petrie served as treasurer for the Committee to Save Sisters, which opposed the sewer bond, and currently is treasurer of Citizens for Fair Development Charges, a group seeking to charge maximum systems development charges. Petrie said he is well within his rights as a citizen. "I took care of th... Full story
Searchers found the body of Martina Testa, 36, of Albany, on Wednesday, July 8, at the 8,900-foot level of the North Sisters. According to Deschutes County Sheriff's Search and Rescue, Testa, carrying full camp gear, apparently lost her footing and slid down Thayer glacier, hitting a rock outcropping and falling farther to her death. The woman's body was located by Deschutes County Search and Rescue veteran Bill Good, who was acting as an observer aboard an Oregon Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopter. According to Rick... Full story
Bend police arrestedDonald Jerome Guilbeaux, 36, of Sisters, after he allegedly built a bomb while at work at Beaver Coaches on Wednesday, July 8. According to Lt. Matt Fine of the Bend Police Department, a co-worker turned Guilbeaux in to a supervisor, who moved the bomb from Guilbeaux's work area to an office. The immediate area was cleared, Fine said, but the plant was not evacuated and "it did not disrupt operations." The Oregon State Bomb Squad later detonated the device, which resembled a pipe bomb, in a vacant lot... Full story
The seventh annual Children's Teaching Fair will be held on Saturday, July 18 at Sisters Village Gree Park from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Featured free craft and educational booths include, pottery at the wheel, pencil rubbings, soap docorating, mask making, rice art, marshmallow art, science booth, tie-dye, calf roping, and an African booth with hands-on African items and instruments. Sisters Little Cloverdale Preschool will sponsor a play area with bubbles and playdough. Sisters Together for Children will host play water paddle... Full story
Local land use activist Bill Boyer didn't get the apology he was looking for from City Planner Neil Thompson at the Sisters City Council meeting Thursday, July 9. Boyer, the chairman of Alliance for Responsible Land Use in Deschutes County, took exception to remarks Thomson made at a dedication ceremony for the Hood Avenue extension across Pine Meadow Ranch on June 11. Thompson criticisized opponents of the PMR development. In a prepared speech, Thompson said, "there are... Full story
* * * To the Editor, The front page of the June 17 issue of The Nugget covered a story about the opening of the Hood Avenue extension in Sisters. According to The Nugget, our city planner Neil Thompson "sharply criticized those who have opposed the PMR development," remarking in a prepared speech for the occasion that "There are those who have borrowed the honorable title 'land use watchdog' and have corrupted its purpose. They have taken on the mantle of 1,000 Friends of Oregon, bringing dishonor to that organization, making... Full story
Not long ago I had a client on the river, a most pleasant older gentleman. He had fished for years on many of the best rivers and with the most knowledgeable guides. When I told him we would be fishing mostly with nymphs he made a face. But he was enough of a fisherman to know that, when it's time to nymph, you nymph. It only took a few minutes of watching him fish to understand why he, like so many other fisherman, had an aversion to nymphing. He had never developed the same sensitivity for a nymph that he had for a dry... Full story
