News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Byline All eyes in the Sisters School District are turned toward Salem, awaiting the final state budget appropriation for education. Schools superintendent Steve Swisher expects the final numbers to come in at $4.86 or $4.87 billion - just enough to support the budget the district drafted e"arlier this summer. "As long as we end up in the high $4.8s we'll be okay," Swisher said. "I'm reasonably confident, still that we'll be able to move around the appropriations... and basically be able to stay with our plan for the year. If... Full story
First it was snow, now it's a suspected virus. As if having to postpone its opening for the first time in its 37-year history due to snow wasn't enough, Big Lake Youth Camp was hit with a suspected virus last week that forced the cancellation of this week's session. Camp director Rob Lang reported that he contacted Linn County health officials last week after about 50 percent of the 248 campers involved in last week's seven- to nine-year-old adventure camp became ill, mostly on Tuesday and Wednesday, July 13-14. Symptoms incl... Full story
Terry Williams is visiting every residential and commercial building in Sisters to figure out how they will eventually hook up to Sisters' sewer system. Williams, an employee of HGE, Inc., the engineering firm that is designing the system, will identify where the sewer lines come out of the buildings so the engineers can plan the most efficient way to lay out the pipes for the system. "Once this is down, they'll know where they're actually going to run the mains," said city... Full story
The City of Sisters is 340.97 acres bigger, as of last Monday, July 12. The city's annexation of its entire Urban Growth Boundary, approved by the voters in May, became official on that date, broadening the city to about 920 acres. The increase also brings approximately $9,627,570 in property values into the city's tax base. The annexation came just in time for the Sisters Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration. The church's well, which had been going for some time,... Full story
Thirty years ago, Christian J. Scherrer made a deal with the City of Sisters: If the city would annex land owned by him and his partners, the Loe brothers, Scherrer would loan the town $20,000 for a water system. And the rest is history - although it sounds a lot like the present and the future. In past decades, Sisters faced the very same growing pains that confront city officials today. The fall of the local logging industry and the rise of tourism drew people to live in town; residential lots inside the city limits sold... Full story
* * * To the Editor: Last Wednesday morning we were shocked and saddened to see the article on the front page of The Nugget about the car theft. We had expected to have it reported somewhere in the paper, but never dreamed it would be a front page article with the name of the accused, a 15-year-old juvenile. Yes, you were within your legal rights to report it as you did. However, it was not the WHOLE STORY! Had you checked with the juvenile detention authorities you would have learned that Travis had confessed and was... Full story
I met Sylvester Nemes once. He was guest speaker for the very first Oregon Trout banquet. While he was in the state, arrangements were made for him to fish the Metolius. I was privileged to be selected as his guide. At the time I didn't know much about Syl Nemes or the soft hackle approach to flyfishing. Soft hackle is an extremely old form of fly fishing. It originated in England and hearkens back to the wet fly days before modern nymphs or dry flies were even invented. As newer approaches have come into fashion, the older... Full story
A team of Camp Sherman youths placed first in Oregon and sixth nationally in a history competition with their presentation of "Science, Technology and Innovation in History." "We finished first in the state (at Willamette University) and sixth place in the nationals," said team-member Emily Sims. The other three team members were Matthew Adams, Tiffany Adams and Linda Nagle, all Sisters High School students. The National History Day competition was held recently in College Park, Maryland. "This team took on the 'big boys' at... Full story
Drivers are chafing at the bit to take the McKenzie Highway up and over the mountain pass, but they'll have to wait at least another week. Highway crews won't have the scenic route cleared and open until the end of July, according to Oregon Department of Transportation spokesperson Laurie Gould. "Their target date is July 29," Gould said. "We were hoping to get it open earlier. They've actually plowed a path all the way through, but it's only as wide as a snowplow." With very... Full story
