News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Downtown businesses and motorists soon will begin to experience inconveniences due to construction on the Sisters sewer project. On October 13, Jack Robinson & Sons project foreman Ron Welsh said that some of the four-person crews currently working north and east of downtown are scheduled to cross into the core business area within two weeks. Excavation and the laying of pipe are planned within and along the alley between Hood and Cascade Avenues that extends from Elm to Oak Streets. The crews will work west from Elm Street,... Full story
A Deschutes County Sheriff's Deputy arrested a 17-year-old and a 19-year-old in connection with vandalism in the Tollgate subdivision last week. The arresting deputy said he was given information that led to the identification of the two suspects. The 17-year-old reportedly admitted to committing some but not all of the damage. The deputy arrested the pair on a charge of second degree criminal mischief, a Class A misdemeanor. The 17-year-old's case will be handled through juvenile corrections. Tollgate and the Deschutes... Full story
Coordinators for the campaign to pass the two Sisters School District tax measures continue to be guarded about chances for victory in the November 7 election. Bill Willitts, chair of the Committee for Sisters School Children, spoke out less than one week before October 20, the day ballots are scheduled to be mailed. "I think the outcome for either the local option levy or the school bond is too close to call at this time," he said. Willitts characterized the people he has spoken with as falling into one of two categories:... Full story
The High Mountains Jazz at Sisters festival settled a lawsuit with Dolores Pritchard for $750,000 before the suit went to trial last week. Pritchard was injured when she tripped over a log in the dark and fell when exiting the festival tent at the Sisters Village Green during the 1998 festival. The settlement was paid by the jazz festival's insurance company. The City of Sisters was also named in the suit, but, according to city administrator Barbara Warren, there was no... Full story
A 20-year-old Sisters man was arrested in the early hours of Saturday, October 14, after he allegedly punched a man, knocking him out and putting him in the hospital. According to sheriff's office reports, two men were driving in the Edge of the Pines neighborhood at about 3 a.m. looking for one man's girlfriend, when they drove by one residence and were accosted by Rory Hunt. Hunt reportedly told the men not to drive by the house. They drove on and circled the block. When they came up to the residence on the other side,... Full story
Motorists in a hurry would do well to relax their accelerator feet when driving in the Sisters area. At its October 12 meeting, the five-member Sisters City Council approved an intergovernmental agreement with Deschutes County that will bring a Justice of the Peace to town at least one day a month. The circuit adjudicator will decide municipal code violations, predominantly traffic related. The judge should be busy. According to Deschutes County Sheriff's Office Patrol Sergeant Rich Shawver, the lowered speed limits... Full story
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Editor's note: Due to the extraordinary number of issues on the ballot this November, we will not offer endorsements on all ballot measures and candidates. Deschutes County Board of Commissioners: Larry Kimmel. Kimmel comes to the job well prepared through his service on the county's budget committee. He is right to emphasize the positive aspects of growth while advocating apprpriate management. However, Kimmel must be careful that he does not mistake business interests for the interests of the community at large. Measure 94... Full story
