News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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A group of Sisters citizens is trying to recall city council president Gordon Petrie because of his efforts to stop grant funding for a sewer system. The recall petition filed Monday, September 14, by Melanie Curry of the political action committee Citizens for Cooperative Urban Planning, alleges that Petrie "has put his own agenda before desires of the majority of voters in Sisters." Petrie declined to comment about the petition to The Nugget, saying that he had not... Full story
Sisters High School principal Dennis Dempsey will take a half-time position with the regional Education Service District as its Director of Technology, starting October 1. Dempsey will continue half-time as Sisters High School principal for the remainder of the 1998-99 school year, with a team of teachers and administrators taking on many of the day-to-day responsibilities of the principal. Dempsey's position with the ESD is expected to evolve into a full-time role next year.... Full story
The tents are up. Volunteers are primed. The weather gods are smiling. Bands are coming, and so are excited jazz fans. If pre-sales are any indicator, a record crowd will enjoy three days of traditional jazz, swing, big band and Cajun-zydeco when High Mountains Jazz at Sisters gets underway Friday at 1 p.m. Festival sponsors and Early Bird fans already will have had an evening of top music at a sponsor dinner Thursday night, featuring the youth band Hull's Angels and at a warm-up party Thursday night at the Main Avenue... Full story
A collision at the junction of highways 20 and 242 sent three people to the hospital on Saturday morning, September 12. According to sheriff's reports, Sheaffer Lapham, 18, of Bend, tried to make a left turn from Highway 20 onto Highway 242 "without yielding the right of way" to an oncoming 1989 Cadillac driven by Karen Osborne, 42, of Salem. Osborne and her passenger were injured in the wreck, as was a teen-age passenger in Lapham's Honda Civic. They were transported to St. Charles Medical Center by Sisters' ambulance.... Full story
The owner of the Mountain Shadow RV Park is considering a fast food restaurant, such as a McDonald's, for the site. Last week, the Sisters City Council refused to allow semi-permanent modular units, classified by the state as RVs but not really vehicles, to be placed on the property. According to Tom Anderson, general manager of the Comfort Inn and the RV Park, a restaurant is one of the outright permitted uses in the highway commercial zone. Anderson denied that RV park owner Wayne Scott was trying to tweak the city for its... Full story
Ultraviolet radiation and a harmful fungus may pose a threat to a rare form of the long-toed salamander living in the Three Creek watershed south of Sisters, according to Oregon State University scientists. While studying Three Creek's amphibian populations, OSU Zoologist Andy Blaustein recently discovered a unique form of the long-toed salamander which may be a distinct, endemic species. "This (salamander) grows a very different type of skull and jaw structure under certain conditions and we don't know why," Blaustein said.... Full story
River scenes and whitewater and workshops covering a variety of issues that affect Pacific Northwest boaters headline the Northwest Rafters Association's Fall Festival on Saturday and Sunday, September 19-20, at the Sisters Rodeo Grounds. The festival kicks off with an all-you-can-eat breakfast from 8 to 8:45 a.m. offered by the NWRA Bend Chapter for $5. The workshops begin with a presentation by Larry Olson, photographer and driving force behind "Oregon Rivers"- a coffee table collection of photographs. Olson offers a slide... Full story
* * * To the Editor: Our forefathers created a constitutional framework that gives us rights and balanced processes: the right to freely express our own opinions, the right of every person to debate and have an equal say in decision-making processes and the assurance that the our unique ship will be guided in the direction that the majority agrees upon. On this ship, we enjoy the right to elect officers who are charged with our safety and well-being, making the day-to-day decisions, minor course adjustments and to faithfully... Full story
This has been a rough steelhead season. Problems started early when a thermal barrier developed in the Columbia. At the start of the run in July, things were fairly normal. The numbers were starting to build and steelhead fever was growing. Then, through August, the hot weather just went on and on. Temperatures in the Columbia began to creep up into the mid-70s. Warming water slowed the run; by mid-August, the fish movement had ground to a complete stop. Fishing on the Deschutes was so poor you could have popular runs like... Full story
