News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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A lightning strike at about 4 p.m. sparked the first major wilderness wildfire of the season on Monday, July 28. "Black Butte (lookout) picked it up right away. It was a hot strike that went right to a large column (of smoke), said Mark Rapp, who was incident commander Monday night. Rapp said there was no moisture associated with the thunder storm, which allowed the lightning to cause immediate ignition. The fire, clearly visible from Sisters, is on the north side of Black Crater, about one-half mile southeast of Windy Point... Full story
Gale Oliver Bearden, 46, of Sisters, was killed on Wednesday, July 23, when the all-terrain vehicle he was riding rolled over on him. According to the Deschutes County Sheriff's Department, Bearden and passenger Mildred Larabee were riding up an incline near Fryrear Butte when the ATV began to lose power. Larabee leaped from the ATV as it began to roll backwards; the ATV then rolled over once on Bearden. Larabee applied a tourniquet to Bearden's leg, then ran for the nearest... Full story
Former Police Chief David Haynes, fired by the City of Sisters on May 15, 1997, is suing the city and City Admin-istrator Barbara Warren for a total of $1.2 million. The lawsuit was filed in Federal Court in Eugene on Thursday, July 24 by Haynes' attorney, James M. Brown, of Salem. The city and Warren have not yet been officially served, although they received a courtesy copy of the lawsuit via fax the same day it was filed, according to Nikki Hendricks, an attorney working on Haynes' behalf. Haynes alleges that he was... Full story
Be on the alert for the dying wild birds frequenting feeders in the Sisters area. Something has gone wrong - finches, Pine Siskins, crossbills and Evening Grosbeaks have been found dead in the Sage Meadows area. It was just about this time last year that salmonellosis (sal-moh-neh-LOW-sis) broke out among the crossbills in the LaPine and Crescent areas. According to Chris Carey, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist in Bend, the same problem may be occurring in Sisters this summer. A similar outbreak occurred... Full story
The City of Sisters has settled a lawsuit filed by its police officers by agreeing to pay the officers approximately $30,000 including damages and attorney's fees. The lawsuit stemmed from the city's refusal to pay the police compensatory time accrued during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1996 and the refusal to grant salary "step increases" as required by the employee contract. The lawsuit claimed that the city violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by forcing the officers... Full story
Sisters area residents will soon start exploring whether to contract city police service out to the Deschutes County Sheriff's Department. Sheriff Greg Brown proposed merging Sisters police services with the sheriff's department at the July 24 city council meeting. The council agreed to form a citizens' review group to explore the proposal. Brown told The Nugget that his proposal is a starting place for the review committee, "which may have a whole separate set of issues that... Full story
Sisters police arrested a Bend man and a Redmond woman Friday, July 25, on drug, theft and weapons charges stemming from a search of their vehicle. Rodger Leroy Haywood, 34, and Sharon Edith Groetsch, 48, were booked on charges of possession, manufacture and distribution of a controlled substance and first degree theft of a firearm. Haywood also faces charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm and driving while suspended. A Sisters officer arrested Haywood after he... Full story
* * * To the Editor: Kay McLaren's column in last week's Nugget was right on. There is nothing that can't be accomplished when everyone who benefits from a project cooperates. It is also true that not having public restrooms for the visiting public is disgraceful. The city constituents may not want a sewer system, but we don't need one to have public restrooms. There are a number of systems available that don't require a sewer. You can see them at rest stops that dot our highways. They can also be found in some... Full story
On the emblems of summer Wildflowers, the ones which have agreed to move into my garden - it looks like home, most likely - are blooming in confusion everywhere. The cooling, welcome afternoon breeze goes silver across the sagebrush, and the domestic greens fill with warm soft gold tones of the tended garden. I like watering things. Standing in the yard with the rain in my hand, communing with leaves and blooms. It is like paying homage to the wondrous slow rush of summertime. Everything is popping up and out, expanding... Full story
When most folks think of nymph fishing they think of fishing the bottom with indicators, heavy flies, add-on weights and possibly a small dropper fly. For many, casting this type of hardware is not nearly as pleasant as using a light, delicate dry fly. Some folks limit themselves to being dry fly purists. But there is an alternative - a style of light, shallow nymphing in which subsurface flies cast as easily as the most delicate of dry flies. Shallow nymphing takes advantage of emerging insect behavior. By varying the... Full story
