News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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The passage of the sheriff's levy September 15 will keep a full complement of deputies on duty in the Sisters area. Sisters area voters in all precincts approved the levy. Except in the Cloverdale area, which went in favor by only 18 votes (470-453), the levy passed by wide margins. The levy passed by a 55.95 percent to 43.56 percent margin county-wide. The Sisters sheriff's station has eight positions including a supervising sergeant. According to Deschutes County Sheriff... Full story
The weather was a bit chilly, but the music was hot at the eighth annual High Mountains Jazz at Sisters festival Friday-Sunday, September 18-20. The show was an outstanding artistic success, according to festival director Ray Buselli. "The bands really enjoyed themselves," he said. "I got complimented by every band. They thought this was one of the best festivals on the West Coast, comparable to Sun Valley and Mammoth. They were really complimentary of the volunteers." This... Full story
Sisters City Council President Gordon Petrie will face a recall vote in the November 3 general election. If a majority of city voters votes to recall him, Petrie will be removed from the city council. A petition for recall filed by Melanie Curry and Citizens for Cooperative Urban Planning received 85 signatures, 38 more than the required number to place the recall measure on the ballot, according to City Administrator Barbara Warren. A recall petition requires the signatures... Full story
Developers of a proposed new Suttle Lake Resort have offered a new, scaled-down plan for the Sisters Ranger District site. The developers, Larry Solie, Jim Schmidt and Rick Mathis, went back to the drawing board with the Forest Service this summer, after they got negative public response to a larger development proposal. In the new plan, the developers would build 12 small rental cabins, approximately 600 square feet in size, for four people. That is reduced from 15 larger cabins in the previous proposal. Instead of building... Full story
After changing hands eight times in as many years, the 840-acre Alder Springs Ranch will finally rest in public ownership. A host of environmental groups converged on Sisters City Park Friday, September 18, for the final dedication of the Alder Springs in-holding. Surrounded by the Crooked River National Grassland, the property lies 14 miles due northeast of Sisters. The ranch is a significant addition to the grassland, which hosts 8,000 mule deer in the the Metolius winter range, according to Trust For Public Land (TPL) mate... Full story
The Sisters Schools Foundation has distributed $31,500 to programs in all three Sisters schools. The foundation board, in its September 17 meeting, provided funds for technology, classsroom equipment, athletic equipment and a high school building project. Funding included $2,500 for a new soundboard for the elementary school music program. According to foundation president Rod Morris, another $3,000 went to the elementary school for "math manipulatives" - hands-on math... Full story
* * * To the Editor: I would like to commend the Sisters School Board for their action regarding the alternative calendar "experiment." Contrary to the opinion espoused by Susanne Kibak Redfield in the September 9 Nugget, I submit that the board acted in a most responsible manner by listening and responding to the educators, parents and community members that they were elected to represent. I was astounded to read Ms. Redfield's characterization of the July school board meeting as "obstreperous and raucous" punctuated by... Full story
A Sisters sheriff's deputy stopped a Redmond man for speeding on Highway 20 Thursday, September 17, and ended up arresting him on drugs and explosives charges. According to sheriff's office reports, the deputy stopped Theodore Ernest Jokinen at about 7 p.m., headed westbound on Highway 20 about 70 miles per hour. The deputy reported that he "noticed beads of perspiration on the driver's forehead and also noticed many scabbed lesions on his arms and wrists." There was a female passenger in the car and two small children,... Full story
