News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Police executed a search warrant on a rented residence about four miles north of Camp Sherman on Saturday, October 18, seizing eight marijuana plants, weapons and drug paraphernalia. There was no one at home at the time of the raid. The owner of the property, who lives in Portland, is not a suspect. No arrests were made and no arrest warrants had been served by press time, according to Senior Trooper Scott Moore of the Oregon State Police. Marijuana was discovered growing on the property by a U.S. Forest Service survey crew,... Full story
A familiar crowd will return to Sisters next summer after a two-year absence. The Gold Wing Road Riders Association will again hold their Oregon District Rally in Sisters the third weekend of June, 1998. The club rally and nighttime light parade were fixtures in Sisters until two years ago, when the club decided to move their rally to Prineville after the City of Sisters enacted new event permit fees. According to Gold Wing District Director Dennis Fuller, Sisters offers more... Full story
Sisters residents might have thought they were caught in London pea soup fog early Thursday morning, October 16. Smoke from a Forest Service controlled burn settled in over the town in a thick, choking blanket for a couple of hours before lifting and dissipating into the blue autumn sky. It wasn't supposed to happen. According to Forest Service fuels technician Chuck Cook, weather conditions and forecasts were favorable when the burn was touched off south of town Wednesday... Full story
The City of Sisters is taking another close look at building a sewer system. The $12,496,450 project would serve residences and businesses, and retire hundreds of aging and in some cases, failing, septic tanks and drainfields. At an October 14 city council workshop, Dick Nored of HGE Engineers brought some numbers for review. Under Nored's scenario, $5 million of the $12.5 million project would come from rural and community development grants, and a federal grant through the forest service. Approximately $6.4 million would... Full story
Sisters schools could get more than $240,000 to fix roofs, fund technology infrastructure, or to pay off debts - without increasing taxes - if voters pass Measure 52 in the current vote-by-mail election. The ballot measure would allow the state to issue up to $150 million in lottery-backed revenue bonds from 1997 through 1999 to finance public school projects. The money would be distributed on a per-student basis at about $240 per student. The Sisters School Board has... Full story
Ruth and Jack McCawley of Sisters are looking for a way to pay for repairs to their trailer which was damaged when a windblown tree fell on it Thursday, October 9. The trailer, sited at Circle 5 trailer park, suffered between $5,000-$6,000 in damage, according to park manager Sandra McNerney. The McCawleys were in the trailer when the tree fell on it, but they were unhurt. They are still living in the trailer. "They're living in it, but they don't have hot water or a furnace... Full story
Sisters High School played host to over 100 art enthusiasts - most of them teachers - from all over the state October 10. The annual Oregon Art Education Association fall conference was organized by Barb Williams of Madras, Lenice Smith of Burns, and Sisters' art teacher Mike Baynes. Those who attended participated in various workshops including such areas as animation, computer-assisted art, painting, and drawing. "The week leading up to it was stressful," said Mike Baynes, who in addition to organizing and hosting this... Full story
* * * How we vote Measure 51: There is much more to this ballot measure than first appears, and much less. The contradiction of unendurable suffering is that it is, in fact, endured. Until it is not. Then it is no longer suffering. Pass or fail, this will not change, little will actually change. We believe some things are simply too personal to be subject to government intervention. Measure 16 took a faltering step toward removing government from the bedside of those in their last months of life. Measure 16 was flawed. But th... Full story
