News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Rodney Allen Stambaugh of Sisters was cited in connection with an alleged hit and run accident on Highway 20 on Monday, September 6. Sheriff's deputies responded to a report of a hit and run on Highway 20 at about milepost 95 on Monday afternoon. According to sheriff's office reports, a deputy found a Jeep on the roadside with its hood up. The driver reported that he was westbound on the highway when a brown full-size Chevrolet pickup truck crossed the center line and came toward the Jeep. The driver reported that he swerved... Full story
For the first time since the passage of Measure 5 in 1991, Sisters schools can go to the voters for operating funds. The school board is reluctant to do so, even though the district has some serious funding needs. The local tax option, signed into law by Governor John Kitzhaber earlier this month, allows school districts to seek limited funds from property tax increases without losing their current level of state funding. According to Sisters schools superintendent Steve Swish... Full story
Giant Russian visits Sisters One of the largest bi-planes in the world, an Anotov AN-2, lumbered into Sisters Eagle Air on Thursday, September 16. The plane, owned by the Lundgren family of Camp Sherman, was just stopping over on its way to final display at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington. The plane was piloted by Shane Lundgren, who flew the craft from Maine to Sisters. Shane is a pilot with Air Berlin, an airline the family owns in Europe. Shane flew the Anotov from Alaska to Norway across the North Pole last ye... Full story
* * * To the Editor: In Sisters, our children have been taught since kindergarten (and hopefully at home since birth) not to borrow something without asking and not to take something that does not belong to them. Let's not let these important values disappear when they get to middle school. About 10 days ago my daughter left a pair of black dress shoes in the girls' locker room at the middle school. The next day they were gone. Since they were not in the lost and found, we assume someone decided to take them. Although she rea... Full story
Blaze quickly slapped down A hot-burning fire just outside of Sisters was quickly slapped down by a multi-agency attack on Wednesday, September 15. The"human-caused" fire was called in at 3:43 p.m., according to Wayne Rowe with the Oregon Department of Forestry in Sisters. Fire conditions are extreme. In the initial attack, ODF responded with three engines and five people; Sisters/Camp Sherman RFPD sent five engines and eight firefighters; the Forest Service had four engines, and seven firefighters at the scene. The mutual... Full story
The developers of the proposed Barclay Meadows business park along Camp Polk Road want Sisters voters to annex the property into the City of Sisters. An annexation election will be held in November. A Deschutes County Hearings Officer is review- ing whether the 35-acre property should be included in the city's Urban Growth Boundary and rezoned for light industrial use. Investwest developer Jack Rinn and his partners argue that the land will provide industrial land to Sisters and add to the city's tax base. Opponents have... Full story
Sisters residents will have six months during which they may offer suggestions on what to do with effluent from Sisters' sewer and how to use the treatment facility lands. The Community Action Team of Sisters (CATS) will lead a series of 12 workshop meetings over six months to get public input on the uses of the land known as Section 9. There will also be three town hall meetings. The Sisters City Council authorized a $4,117.50 contract with CATS director Ted Viramonte to... Full story
Sisters schools have 33 more students than they had last year. Sisters Elementary grew by 16 students to a population of 447; the middle school added four students and Sisters High School grew by 13 students for a total of 429. The total number of students as of last week was 1,150. That's good financial news to the school district, which was facing up to $100,000 in cuts after the state budget allocation for schools came in smaller than expected. The state funds schools... Full story
