News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Nicholas Allen Levine and Jeffrey Steven Trainor, both 19, and Ila May Payne, 17, were arrested on Monday, September 29, by the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team. Levine was charged with one count of manufacture and two counts of delivery and possession of more than one ounce of marijuana. Trainor was arrested for delivery and possession of more than one ounce. The CODE team seized more than one-half pound of what they described as high quality marijuana in the bust. Manufacture and delivery are Class A felonies, possessio... Full story
Candidates for the Sisters City Council share concerns about managing growth and traffic in Sisters. The six candidates, vying for three open seats in the November 3 election, staked out a large chunk of common ground in a forum sponsored by two local political action committees on Friday, September 25. The candidates responded to six prepared questions. Lon Kellstrom and Dave Moyer were out of town; their written responses were read aloud by facilitator Harold Gott. While... Full story
The Oregon Supreme Court has thrown out an appeal of the Pine Meadow Ranch development in Sisters. Construction of homes is expected to begin next spring. The Alliance for Responsible Land Use, Deschutes County, led by Howard Paine and William Boyer, filed the appeal last year. They challenged a county zone change that allowed high-density and standard-density residential development on approximately 50 acres of the ranch. The Oregon Court of Appeals had earlier upheld the... Full story
Sixteen-year-old Rob Smith of Sisters broke his back on September 21 when he fell while sliding down a "zip line" cable strung between two trees at his home. According to his father, Forrest Smith, Rob fell about 25 feet when the connection that attached a handle to the cable snapped. Rob installed the zip line in his yard, modeled after one at a friend's house, though the friend's wasn't as high, according to Forrest Smith. "I told them I'd rather they didn't (put up a line)... Full story
Staff on the Sisters Ranger District will be cut back 15 to 25 percent over the next three to five years, as nationwide trends in National Forest funding trickle down to the Sisters Ranger District. Projected workforce reductions will shrink the Sisters District from 90 summer employees in 1998 to between 68 and 77 employees by the year 2003, with no anticipated layoffs, according to Sisters District Ranger Bill Anthony. The Deschutes National Forest released its first ever "Business Plan for Workforce Management" on April... Full story
The Sisters High School drama department is rehearsing for a production of the 1930s play "You Can't Take it With You." The cast for the Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman play consists of eight boys and eight girls, with members from every class performing. "The group, cast-wise, is great," said junior Chandra Hess. "All of us are friends and we work well together." "The actors are beginning to fall into their roles and they're learning their lines with great enthusiasm," said director Lisa Fetrow. Fetrow directed "The Mouse... Full story
Women from all over the U.S. and from as far away as Japan will gather in Sisters over the weekend of October 2-4 for the first the Sisters in Sisters Celebration The event will unite sisters, sisters-in-law, sorority sisters, and "sisters in heart," best friends. The celebration is presented by the Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce and Sisters International, Inc. of Portland. The Sisters in Sisters weekend promises fun and inspiration with activities, workshops, motivating speakers, entertainment and plenty of laid-back talk... Full story
When you think of classic dry fly fishing - upstream casting to a free rising trout - you are almost certainly picturing a mayfly hatch. Mayflies, with their delicately curved bodies, their upright wings, and their habit of drifting for long distances on the surface of the river, are well suited to the sport of flyfishing. You can see the hatch, figure it out and then match it. You have the pleasure of watching your imitation, floating just like a natural. When the head and tail rise comes, it is clean and pure - you have... Full story
* * * To the Editor: Respectfully, it seems that proponents of the traditional calendar and the school board majority are still missing the point. The opinion piece on the actions of the school board addressed process and was not particularly in favor or against what type of calendar the community finally settled on. Midway through a study there can certainly be personal opinions but there cannot be any thorough or well researched statistics. The school board is elected to govern our school system without the complications of... Full story
