News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Enrollment at Sisters Elementary was up only slightly when students returned to classrooms on September 3, while the middle/high school saw a jump of 33 students, from 551 to 588. However, superintendent Steve Swisher cautioned that the numbers were likely to change between Tuesday and Friday at the end of the first week of school. "As I was talking to (elementary principal) Tim Comfort about enrollment, two more students walked through the door who had not registered. There will probably be others who registered and don't... Full story
A Lebanon man was arrested Tuesday, August 27, after he allegedly punched his wife in an argument at a campground near Camp Sherman. According to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department, Charles M. Mercier, 36, was deer hunting in the Camp Sherman area near First Creek with his wife. The couple allegedly had an argument over when they would return home to Lebanon. Police reported that the couple spat in each others faces, then Mercier allegedly punched his wife in the right... Full story
To the Editor: This is in response to a letter written by Sherry Silva which appeared in the August 28 Nugget. On behalf of our staff and management, I apologize for any inconveniences caused by the actions of our employees at Suttle Lake. During the week of August 18-24, there were several large fires burning in Central Oregon. The fire danger was extreme. Thousands of trees in and around Suttle Lake are dead and dying. This creates a very hazardous situation during high winds and high fire danger. Employees of Northwest... Full story
I like bellies, generally. I photograph navels for the sake of art as well as for my own amusement. My little portrait gallery, with its quiet, though cyclopean theme and tone, gives praise to the diversity, the expressiveness and symmetry of the American breadbasket. One volunteer subject has registered the claim that two quarts of catsup will fit into the cavern which, in close-up, resembles Copernicus Crater on the moon's surface. He is a scientist and this would be, I assume, testable data. However, fat is not a social... Full story
WARM SPRINGS, Ore. (AP) -- The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs have reached a settlement with the state over rights to water from the Deschutes River basin, including the Metolius River. The deal balances development and irrigation with preserving flows for fish. It also ends an era of uncertainty about the scope of the Warm Springs' water rights, which date from the tribes' 1855 treaty with the U.S. government and have priority over all later development in the basin. The tribes, the state and the federal government... Full story
Firefighters contained the 700-acre Park Meadow blaze 13 miles southwest of Sisters on Saturday, August 31. The 500 troops from Fort Carson, Colorado who were called in to help battle the Three Sisters Wilderness wildfire were redeployed to the Summit fire in the Umatilla National Forest early Saturday morning. Two crews remain to mop up and watch hot spots. Base camp was moved from the lower sno-park on Three Creeks Road to Allingham Guard Station where firefighters are also stationed to keep an eye on the Jefferson Fire tha... Full story
Someone is raiding flower pots and planters in Sisters. Four businesses on the east end of town were struck by a flower thief or thieves over the August 24-25 weekend. Other businesses have, in the past few weeks, discovered holes in their planters or blank spots on the sidewalk where flower pots once sat. The thief or thieves took $361.95 worth of artificial flowers, flower pots and ivy arrangements from outside display carts at Netties on Main Street. Thieves also dug 11... Full story
A Redmond woman was arrested by Sisters police Friday, August 30, on charges that she wrote 15 bad checks to 11 Sisters businesses over rodeo weekend in June. The arrest closed a 2-1/2-month investigation by the Sisters Police Department. Police arrested Gail Marie Raczkowski, 42, for first degree theft and on 15 counts of negotiating bad checks. According to police, Raczkowski wrote checks in Sisters June 7-9 totaling $1,220.17. The account the checks were allegedly written... Full story
A 600-strong U.S. Army task force pulled out of Sisters Saturday, August 31, after doing battle with the 700-acre Park Meadow blaze 13 miles southwest of town. The blaze was declared contained the same day. The Task Force Vanguard/3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division hit the fire lines Tuesday, August 27, to battle the blaze sparked by a lighting strike Friday, August 23. The unit, stationed at Fort Carson, Colorado, came to Sisters from California where they fought... Full story
