News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Sisters schools will be pinched by a lower-than-expected appropriation from the Oregon Legislature. The Legislature passed a $4.81 billion education budget at the end of a long session on Friday, July 23. The Sisters School District 1999-2000 budget was based on an appropriation of $4.86-$4.87 billion. According to schools superintendent Steve Swisher, the final budget figure translates to about $90,000 less than what the district had anticipated. However, Swisher noted, fundi... Full story
Kenneth Avery Crain, 17, of Sisters, was arrested Friday, July 23, after he turned himself in to sheriff's deputies and admitted using a found debit card number to purchase about $9,000 worth of computer equipment and software over the Internet. Crain allegedly found a carbon slip from a credit card transaction while riding his bicycle on Main Avenue by the Sisters Library on July 9. Crain told police that he copied the name, credit card number and expiration date on his hand then threw the slip in a trash can. In a written... Full story
The first inkling of a disease outbreak among the wild birds around Sisters surfaced around the end of June when Kristen Newton noticed dead red crossbills under her feeder. A few days later, Newton's neighbor on Wilt Road, Barbara Egan, discovered more dead crossbills at her feeding stations. The Egans also noticed several dead evening grosbeaks and pine siskins among the crossbills. Both the Newtons and Egans called Lynn and Bob Scobee, wildlife rehabilitators in the Bend area, to report what they found. Scobee did not know... Full story
The U.S. Forest Service recently approved the sale of 160 acres of National Forest land to the City of Sisters for the city's wastewater treatment and disposal facility. Acting Deschutes National Forest Supervisor Rebecca Heath signed the decision under the authority of the Townsite Act on Monday, July 26. The Act allows the federal government to sell public land if the sale will benefit the local community. The land approved for the sale is located at the southern edge of... Full story
After 18 years managing Hoodoo Ski Area west of Sisters, Mike and Nancy Obymako have left the resort. Chuck Shepard, from Coburg, recently purchased the operation for $1.6 million and will run it as a family business. Nancy is doing independent contract work in human resources administration. Mike, with his experience working on public lands, is looking into the possibility of developing a new company working with campground management. "It was a wonderful experience and a business challenge,"Mike said about his tenure at... Full story
* * * To the Editor: The Forest Service has been promoting a resort development at the Cinder Beach area of Suttle Lake. Studies have been done to see which level of resort development would be the most profitable to the developer. Such a development would be highly subsidized by the public, for the land is virtually donated and the bridge over the creek would be paid for, at least partially, by public money. The Forest Service justifies the proposal and the subsidy on the basis of "need"- but "need"for whom - the developer o... Full story
That rumbling sound, that flash of chrome, that splash of vivid color on the streets of Sisters will come from a host of custom cars arriving soon for the 10th annual Customs Northwest High Desert Rod and Custom Car Classic. Hot rodders and classic car lovers will arrive Friday, July 30, and stay through Sunday, August 1, proudly displaying their vehicles and cruising. According to Kathy Cummins, one of the event organizers, one driver is rolling west all the way from Allentown, Pennsylvania. Members of classic car clubs... Full story
People could start moving in to condominium units on Pine Meadow Ranch next spring, according to developer Doug Sokol. All 15 of the lots in the high density zone of the development's first phase have sales pending. Out of a total of 50 residential lots, 18 do not yet have sales pending, Sokol said. PMR Development Company expects to have final signatures on the phase one plat early in August, which will allow sales to go forward, according to Sokol. In response to local rumor... Full story
