News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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A homeless man in Sisters, possibly with mental illness, may be on a collision course with police. Less than two weeks ago, the indigent was given a citation for trespassing at a local business after being told several times not to loiter on the premises. He has had several confrontations with sheriff's deputies who have attempted to inform him of the law. If he continues to be the subject of complaints and receive citations, he is likely to end up in jail, at least for a short while. According to Mary Teixeira, case worker... Full story
The City of Sisters has inked a deal with Spectrasite Wireless Towers, Inc. to allow construction of a cell phone tower near the city's sewer treatment plant. The Sisters City Council agreed to a lease at their Thursday, August 9, meeting. Spectrasite will pay $1,500 per month base rent and an additional $500 per month for each service provider that takes a space on the pole. The lease covers a five year period, with automatic renewal unless the city opts to renegotiate or ter... Full story
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- City Council Meeting 7 p.m., 2nd and 4th Thursday each month, Sisters City Hall. 549-6022. - School Board Meeting 7 p.m., 2nd Monday each month, high school lecture/drama room. 549-8521. - Black Butte School District Board of Directors meets 2nd Tuesday of each month, 7 p.m., Black Butte School. 595-6203. - Sisters - Camp Sherman Rural Fire Protection District Board of Directors meets the 2nd Monday each month, 8 a.m., Sisters Fire Hall, 301 S. Elm St. 549-0771. - Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD meets for drill every Monday, 7... Full story
- Deputies arrested a Sisters man for driving under the influence and reckless driving after he allegedly plowed through a fence along Indian Ford Road. The 20-year-old reportedly had a blood-alcohol count of .15 percent. - A woman and a man were riding horseback along Highway 242 west of town when the woman hailed a passing driver and shouted at him to call police as her companion was harassing her. A deputy responded and the woman confirmed that her male friend was indeed harassing her but rode off when she told the driver... Full story
A group of Civil War-era re-enactors gave visitors a glimpse of the early history of the region at Camp Polk Meadow Preserve on Saturday, August 4. The re-enactors portrayed an advance scouting party for Company "A," First Oregon Volunteers, the army contingent that established Camp Polk in 1865 to protect the builders of the Santiam Wagon Road. The allegedly marauding Indians never materialized and the camp was abandoned after the 1865-66 winter. However, the site became a... Full story
The Sisters Ranger District has given the green light to development of a new 10,000-square-foot lodge and new cabins at Suttle Lake Resort. A decision notice released August 1 detailed plans for development of the resort and for restoration of the surrounding forest. The decision came after years of study and several presentations to the public. According to the Forest Service, public concerns about the proposed project significantly shaped the final decision. "I think the... Full story
A 21-year-old woman was killed crossing Highway 20 when she ran into the path of an oncoming vehicle. A 21-year-old woman from Ireland was killed Monday afternoon, August 6, when she was struck by a pickup truck while crossing Highway 20 approximately six miles east of Sisters. Charlotte "Ingrid" Sinclair, a counselor at Camp Tamarack near Suttle Lake, was traveling with a friend headed toward Sisters. According to sheriff's office reports, they stopped to look at a map and... Full story
The summer population of Camp Sherman swelled in recent weeks, but it wasn't due to tourism. Seven hundred firefighters and an additional two hundred support personnel made camp near the Metolius River to battle the Bald Peter fire on the Warm Springs Reservation. Virgina Gibbons of the U.S. Forest Service explained, "We were doing a 100 percent mop-up effort. It had to be thorough because there was a lot of fuel that could hold heat and start a fire down line. The Tribes asked us to do this." The work is hard, dirty and dang... Full story
State Representative Ben Westlund, R-Tumalo, will seek another term in the Oregon Legislature if the term limits law is overturned. The 1992 law mandating term limits was ruled unconstitutional by a Marion County judge on July 20; that ruling is currently under appeal. Westlund served as House co-chairman of the Joint Ways and Means Committee this year, he has been given much credit for helping keep the lid on partisan bickering in the last session, which ended in July. "I thought it was a great session... It was a very bipar... Full story
Sheriff's deputies arrested two teens after they allegedly crashed a stolen 1993 Acura Integra in the Crossroads subdivision. The driver, Kyle Elliot Holcomb, 19, of Portland, was arrested on multiple warrants and a count of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. The passenger, Joshua Marshall Reznick, 18, of Crossroads, was arrested on one count of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. According to Reznick's family, Holcomb was a boyhood friend of Joshua's who visited him in... Full story
Folks in Sisters can enjoy a Saturday full of old-fashioned fun and entertainment at the Country Fair at the Sisters Episcopal Church on Saturday, August 11. The fair opens at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Episcopal Church, 1/4 mile west of Sisters on the McKenzie Highway. The event runs until 4 p.m. Live entertainment will be going on all day, free, on the outdoor stage. Featured entertainers will be two of The Booher Family plus Dick Sandvik and Jim Cornelius, known locally as the Hoarse Whisperers, There will be rides for the... Full story
Floyd Domino teaches piano and interacts with his class at the Booher Family Music Camp. Musicians from near and far came to Sisters last week for the the 13th annual Booher Family Music Camp, held at the Sisters Community Church. Brendan Booher, age 20, was in charge of this year's event. "This was our first year having it in Sisters," he noted. "We've always had it in the Valley, but the change of venue worked well. It's a fantastic facility, and very professional." Older brother Rudi agreed, saying, "We have people coming... Full story
Krista Pagano with Frankie the sheep. Local 4-H youth had an outstanding run at the Deschutes County Fair last week. "The kids have done incredibly well at the fair this year," said Pinky Pagano, mother of one of the 4-H club members. "Out of the 17 kids in this club, seven returned with their sheep into the championship round of the Market Class. "Three took first place, with four returning in second place." The competition is divided into several categories: Novice (which can be any age, as long as it is the first year of... Full story
As Sisters School Board members travel around the region looking at school designs, some citizens have expressed concern that taxpayers are funding these trips through bond money. That is not the case, according to school board chair Heather Wester. School board members pay their own expenses on such trips, she said. For the trip to Boise, Idaho, Wester said, Bill Reed, who is a private pilot, flew board members in his own plane. The board has viewed several schools, in Boise, Portland, Vancouver and Bend. Board members met... Full story
