News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Technology directors from 15 education service districts throughout the state met last week in Sisters to learn how to take advantage of two major gifts to Oregon schools. Under a program called StRUT (Students Recycling Used Technology), Intel has donated 10,000 Pentium II computers to be dispersed to school districts in Oregon, with 2,000 going to each congressional district in the state. Oregon Graduate Institute (OGI) is making available a new program for the class-room that lets students build their own spoken language... Full story
A recent redband trout survey for the upper Metolius Basin raises both caution and optimism among fishery biologists. The survey, authored by Fishery Biologist Bradley Houslet and released by Sisters Ranger District on July 20, clearly shows increased spawning success among "redbands," the local strain of rainbow trout. But the timing and reasons for this increase pose interesting questions for biologists. One of the more intriguing is that the recent spawning success of wild redbands follows the cessation of stocking... Full story
State rules that could make it extremely difficult to partition farm land are being tested in two cases in Deschutes County. County Hearings Officer Karen Green heard two separate applications Tuesday, August 4, each seeking to create two non-farm parcels out of an approximately 40-acre parcel in Tumalo. The county has established a 20-acre minimum size for non-farm parcels in the exclusive farm use zone. The state Department of Land Conservation and Development says that... Full story
Perched on top of Green Ridge at 4,600 feet is the only volunteer fire lookout in our local forest. Sixteen volunteers divvy up the schedule (some as couples; some as single lookouts) for fire watch duty between July 1 and Labor Day. Marilyn Anderson, who has been doing this for seven years, is in charge of the volunteers. They work under direction from Sisters Ranger Station and Central Oregon Dispatch (COD). The fire watch day at Green Ridge runs from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. unless there is lightning or fire activity... Full story
In 1978, Becki Neal and her sister Judy moved from the Willamette Valley to Sisters to start a beauty salon. After 20 years, Neal can relate with amusement the unusual conditions they had to overcome after the salon opened in the Wakefield house on Cedar Street. "The front door of the house was on ground level, but the business was in the basement, which had no water. We had to go up two flights of steps to the top level to shampoo and come back down to work in the basement. "But, it was the only space available in Sisters,... Full story
White tents, bright balloons and music will signal the start of the 3rd Annual Country Fair at the Sisters Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration on Saturday, August 15. The church is located an eighth of a mile west of Sisters on Highway 242. Admission is free. Starting at 11 a.m., pony rides, sheep cart rides, llamas to pet, games to play will all be provided for the kids' delight. A wide variety of music will entertain guests throughout the day. The Persuaders will provide rock and roll, nationally renowned fiddlers Rudi... Full story
* * * To the Editor: Shirley Petrie wrote that Sisters had it all (Letters to the Editor, The Nugget, August 5, 1998). I thoroughly agree but for how long? Do the citizens of Sisters actually realize what is going to happen to our community with the advent of The Pines housing development, the Pine Meadow Ranch housing development and the Bruce Forbes housing development on Perit Huntington Road? PMR will build more than 200 homes, Forbes more than 100 homes and the Pines, 75 houses. At an average of two vehicles per... Full story
New Sisters Village will likely have a sewer system before the City of Sisters breaks ground on theirs. PMR Devco, LLC, applied for a Water Quality Waste water Discharge Permit with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. Steve McGhehey, PMR developer and partner, expects that the state will approve their application. "When approved, we would begin work on (the sewer) within 90 days," McGhehey said. The City of Sisters, on the other hand, is not planning to advertise bids until January 2, 2000, according to City... Full story
