News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Most irrigation canals in Central Oregon run through highly porous volcanic soils that soak up water like a sponge. In some cases, over half the water flow in an unlined irrigation canal may be lost by the time the water reaches its intended destination. To prevent that, a major project is underway to pipe the Cloverdale Ditch. The Deschutes Basin Resources Conservancy brought together local, state, federal, tribal and private representatives in Sisters last Thursday, October 19, to review this and other area projects... Full story
The war over water between the Keith Cyrus family and the Squaw Creek Irrigation District went to court last week. The central dispute now concerns ownership of the "Cloverdale Ditch," a primary irrigation canal serving land east of Sisters in Cloverdale and Lower Bridge. Cyrus claims that he purchased the ditch when he bought the land it runs across, the Skelton property, in 1958. SCID disputes this, saying that SCID took over the canal in an agreement signed in 1940. In exchange, according to SCID, Skelton received his... Full story
Vandals hit several businesses and vehicles in downtown Sisters on Saturday night, October 21. According to sheriff's office reports, someone -- or several people -- poured red, sticky liquid over a post office van, into the mail drop box at the Sisters Post Office, into a vending machine and over the doors and windows of several businesses. They also apparently tried to stuff a burning newspaper into the mail drop box and set fire to notices on a bulletin board in front of another business. The vandals also broke signs,... Full story
Les Stiles, candidate for Deschutes County Sheriff, acknowledged Friday, October 20, that two of his print campaign advertisements were inaccurate. Stiles pulled one of the ads, dealing with 12-hour shifts, that was scheduled to run in The Nugget on October 25. The ad had already appeared in The Bulletin. According to Stiles, a proofreading error led to a misstatement that there would be a 25 percent cost savings to put deputies on four, 12-hour shifts instead of the current 4... Full story
Paulina Springs Book Company will host a celebration of local authors on Sunday, October 29 from 3 to 5 p.m. Residents from Sisters, Bend and Madras will share their works with the audience. These authors represent a diverse range of fiction and non-fiction. Sisters author Melody Carlson will read from her book "Diary of a Teenage Girl." Tom Chace has written a handbook called "Am I? Am I Not? - an Alcoholic" and Jeff Gerke (writing as Jefferson Scott) will read from his thriller "Fatal Defect." Dan Rehwalt from Madras has... Full story
Sisters area residents brought forth family heirloom quilts for display at Ruth Ingham's Lunch and Learn meeting at Sisters Community Church Hall last week. As part of Sisters COCC's very popular current noontime weekly program, "Legends, Scandals and Myths of Oregon," Ingham asked people to bring their quilts and share memories with others. Ingham, who is a quilt appraiser and works at the Stitchin' Post, mentioned how popular quilts and quilting have become in Central Oregon. Anybody who has been in Sisters during a July qu... Full story
The Nugget welcomes contributions from its readers, which must include the writer's name, address and phone number. Letters to the Editor is an open forum for the community and contains unsolicited opinions not necessarily shared by the Editor. The Nugget reserves the right to edit, omit, respond or ask for a response to letters submitted to the Editor. Letters should be no longer than 300 words. Unpublished items are not acknowledged or returned. The deadline for all letters is noon Monday. To the Editor: In the October 22... Full story
Re-elect Rep. Ben Westlund Westlund has done a good job in Salem. He has been a moderating influence on the extreme factions of his Republican party and has worked with Democrats to the benefit of Central Oregon. He deserves another term.... Full story
