News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Sisters will move to a 4A classification and become part of the Sky Em League if the OSSA (Oregon School Activities Association) Executive Board approves the Classification and Districting Committee’s final recommendation. The Classification and Districting Committee for 2006-2010 met on September 26 to make its final recommendation. The committee made its recommendations based on the following criteria: • Improve competitive balance within a league. • Minimize travel/expense for schools. • Maintain current league alignme... Full story
HGE Inc. of Coos Bay has filed its preliminary master plan for Sisters’ water system improvements. According to City Manager Eileen Stein, the engineer’s plan was turned in last week. The firm is suggesting that Sisters drill another well and make improvements to the two existing wells in the short term. A long-term recommendation is to build a second city reservoir. The study was commissioned to help the city keep up with the demands of growth on its infrastructure. The cit... Full story
Tickets are expected to go fast for the SOAR Foundations’ 2nd Annual Cow Pie Bingo event. Tickets are now on sale in Sisters at the SOAR office (Sisters Organization for Activities and Recreation). The bingo game will be held on Friday, October 21, at the Sisters football field. At 3:30 p.m., Gomez the steer will be turned loose on a giant bingo board painted on the football field. The event will conclude when Gomez “creates” a cow pie in one of the bingo squares. If the cow pie drops in one of your squares you could be the w... Full story
Dragons, dinosaurs and dogs will be telling their stories through books at Sisters Elementary School beginning October 11. The school is hosting its annual Scholastic Book Fair with proceeds going toward the fourth grade spring field trip. Fourth graders will spend most of this year learning about the history of Oregon. In May they will culminate their studies with an overnight trip to Fort Vancouver, the state Capitol in Salem and the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center. This year’s book fair theme is “Enter The Kingdom of Rea... Full story
Award-winning Sisters songwriter Dennis McGregor is hitting the road this week for a two-week tour in California. McGregor, who won the 2004 Sisters Folk Festival Songwriting Contest and has been a fixture on the local music scene for years, is taking advantage of some personal travel time to expand his musical horizons. “It all started with an invitation to a friend’s wedding in Santa Barbara,” he said. The songwriter — whose regular gig is as a graphic artist and painter... Full story
• A resident reported a dead deer in her yard and sought advice on how to dispose of it. The deer had apparently been hit by a car. • A resident reported a hit-and-run to his fence. • A Sisters youth was reported being verbally abusive and threatening to leave home. After talking to a deputy he decided to stay home and go to bed. • Deputies investigated a report of an unattended child. • Deputies intervened in a squabble between two high school girls. It seems that one tried to hit the other, but failed to connect. • A woman... Full story
Sisters is in a race to keep up with growth and the city’s sewer system is no exception. The municipal waste treatment facility at the south end of town is expected to reach capacity in about three years. The city hopes to expand the system’s capacity by then. City Manager Eileen Stein said she hopes the city can get greater capacity without actually expanding the size of the treatment plant. That could be done if the plant can produce a higher quality of effluent. “If we can go up to Level 2 or 3a or maybe even Level 4, perh... Full story
Outdoor debris burning within the Sisters-Camp Sherman Rural Fire Protection District and the Cloverdale Rural Fire Protection Districts opened Tuesday morning, October 4. Recent rain and cool weather has decreased the risk of major wildfires, according to fire department officials. Residents desiring to burn must have on file a burn permit, obtainable at any district fire station. Campfires are allowed year-round, but must also have a permit. Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire Chief Tay Robertson says that residents should be aware... Full story
The weather was almost prefect for opening day of mule deer hunting season around Sisters and, in spite of the diseases that smacked the mule deer last winter, the count was up. According to Clair Kunkel, biologist with Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW), most of the hunters followed the rules of engagement, which brought about a 17 percent hunter success in the Southeast Metolius Unit. Kunkel checked 30 hunters on Sunday and found five legal bucks in hunter’s c... Full story
Most 15-year-olds are just starting to think about what they might like to do when they get out of school and have to make a living. Alex Scagliotti is already launched on his career. The Sisters middle schooler is a professional wakeboarder competing in the Junior Men’s Division in a sport that is growing in both prestige and popularity. He took first place among 15 riders last weekend at the World Wakeboarding Association (WWA) final event of the season at Lake Villa Lagos n... Full story
You would think that with over 70 years of dealing with the nature of this wonderful old Earth I would know better than to say, “All…” Nope, not this thickheaded old naturalist. I just keep blundering along, hoping a rock doesn’t fall on my head. Well, one did… Not too long ago, while verbalizing on the lovely attributes of spiders, I said, “ALL spiders contain venom.” The truth of the matter is, ALL do not. I was in a discussion with a few friends regarding spider venom... Full story
