News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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The woman came out onto the porch of their home in the woods well after daybreak, about 7 a.m., on August 20. At first, she thought she saw a coyote trying to get at the eight puppies locked in a pen by the barn. The dog, which had been inside the house, flew past her out the screen door. She thinks the dog, mother of the litter, knew something was wrong. The house cat shot up a tree not far from the puppy pen. The young mountain lion, it wasn't a coyote, went up the tree after the house cat. The woman screamed for her... Full story
Two boys in a transition program out of the McLaren School escaped from a camp along the Metolius River about six miles below Bridge 99 late Tuesday night, August 19, or early Wednesday morning, August 20. Jefferson County Deputy David Blann said he was notified of the escape at about 11:30 a.m. on August 20 by camp officials. Blann said he was told the boys escaped sometime after bed-check at 11:30 p.m., thus had as much as a 12-hour head start. McLaren is a detention center for young men who have committed serious crimes.... Full story
Sisters teachers will get a pay raise starting this school year. Representatives for the Sisters teachers and the school board agreed in a Friday, August 22, bargaining session, to raise salaries 6 percent over two years. However, teachers will get the raise in small increments over two years, which administrators believe will make the increase affordable for the district. "It allows us, with a tight cash year, to get on our feet without cuts or reductions," said superintendent Steve Swisher. Kirk Albertson, spokesman for... Full story
Chris Bone was out in the garden of her home in Metolius Meadows in Camp Sherman when she saw the plane flying low overhead and heard the engine cutting out. Rad Dyer, who also lives in Camp Sherman, said, "I was at the end of my driveway when I heard an engine sputter. I looked up and saw the wheel of an airplane right over my head." The twin-engine Piper Apache PA-23 landed safely between homes on the 1,600-foot-long Metolius Meadow common area. As soon as it was on the ground, the pilot hit the brakes and dug a pair of... Full story
Weitech Inc., a Sisters business that manufactures electronic pest-control devices, has contributed $10,000 to the Sisters School Foundation for new school classrooms. "We believe in Sisters and the value of a good education and good educational facilities," said Todd Weitzman, who owns the company with his father, Stewart Weitzman. "We wanted to do our part to help the community we live and work in." Several contributors have donated sums in the $3,000 to $15,000 range, including Lynn Johnston Building Contractor, project ma... Full story
The Sisters Ranger District is asking citizens how the Forest Service should manage the forest along Highway 20 between Black Butte Ranch and Sisters. The district has mailed surveys to 400 people. So far about 38 people have responded, most of whom acknowledge the danger of catastrophic fire and approve of thinning the dense understory. Rick Dustin, the district's landscape architect, created the survey. He said he intended "to get the public's opinion on what kind of landscape people desire. The hope is that through this... Full story
The busy summer retail season is also often a busy season for hot checks. This summer has been no exception, according to Sisters Police Chief Rich Shawver. Shawver said there has been no particular pattern to the rash of bad checks that has hit Sisters in the past couple of months. "It's just from one end to the other," Shawver said. "They hit them all. "We're not the only ones," Shawver noted. "Bend has been deluged with bad checks, and I assume Redmond has, too." Two... Full story
* * * To the Editor: In reference to the Letter to the Editor submitted by Warren Campbell, M.D. (The Nugget, August 13,) and the Letter to the Editor submitted by Tim Clasen, City Councilman (The Nugget, August 20), regarding the Sisters Les Schwab Tire Store: I would think that by being a doctor Dr. Campbell would be accustomed to getting all details about a patient before sending him into the operating room. In my opinion, a vacationing couple from California have no business writing a letter about a locally owned and... Full story
On the Renewal of Dancing Life is odd. A mixture. A puzzle. A quirk in the great void. Looking out at the winter sky where the stunning moon and speckling stars hang in the cold with no returning gaze, one's heart can fill with unnerving speculations. Are we paying close enough attention, we might ask ourselves? Are we absorbing the silence, taking it in, saving it for our hours of need? Have we spent enough time contemplating the edge of the universe and our relationship to it, or the concept that the resolution of... Full story
There is a moment late in August, as the days shorten, when you will notice a change in the air, a subtle crispness that says fall is coming. Not long after that, we are likely to have a few cool moist days, like the ones we had last week. They bring the temperature down a little more. This slight turn of the weather is not the end of the sunshine by any stretch of the imagination. There are still plenty of shirtless days left. But it is an end to the oppressive heat. It signals that the dog days of summer are over. As the... Full story
