News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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A mountain climber tumbled 800 feet off the west side of Three Fingered Jack west of Camp Sherman on Sunday, October 26. According to reports from rescuers, Karl Roy Iwen, 27, of Salem, apparently fell 200-300 feet near "The Crawl," then apparently cartwheeled another 500 feet, and may have landed in a crevasse. Two other climbers, who had just met Iwen at the trailhead that morning, reported to authorities that Iwen slipped while descending1 at about 2:30 p.m. They were unable to reach him and hiked out to the trailhead at... Full story
The Les Schwab Taylor Tire Center at the western edge of Sisters should be up and running in March or April of next year. Deschutes County Hearings officer Chris Eck approved the site plan and conditional use permit last week for the 12,000-square-foot "minor automotive repair, battery and tire shop" located on Highway 242 adjacent to the Sisters Motor Lodge. Owner Jerry Taylor said he will apply for building permits at the beginning of November. "We'll build through the winte... Full story
Concerns about containing costs fueled the final public hearing on a proposed police merger before the Sisters City Council Thursday, October 23. Sheriff Greg Brown has proposed that the City of Sisters contract with the Deschutes County Sheriff's Department for police services. Under the contract, the sheriff's department would hire all of Sisters' current police officers. The proposed arrangement would save the city about $43,000 the first year. Indian Ford resident Howard... Full story
A small town where the main drag is also a state highway poses what Oregon Department of Transportation planner Peter Russell calls "an interesting puzzle." Russell hosted an open house at Sisters City Hall Monday, October 27, to examine the pieces of that puzzle with Sisters area residents. The sparsely-attended meeting was part of the preliminary planning for ODOT's Salem-to-Bend Corridor Strategy, a plan that seeks to find ways to efficiently move goods and services while... Full story
Most of the former Silver Spur Motel at the west end of Sisters burned to the ground Saturday, October 25, and everybody from the property owners to the firefighters on the scene were happy about it. That's because the property owners, Richard and Eleanor Davis, got the lot mostly cleared for easier sale, and local fire departments were able to provide priceless realistic training for their firefighters. The controlled fire capped over two months of practice drills conducted... Full story
On cloudy winter days, Sisters can get murky with smoke. When an inversion layer presses down, smoke from woodstoves crawls out of chimneys and spills down the sides of houses, hugging the ground like a blanket. It can get hard to breathe. Sisters Camp Sherman Rural Fire Protection District Chief Don Mouser thinks it's only a matter of time before smoky conditions in Sisters get the attention of the state Department of Environmental Quality and the federal Environmental... Full story
The Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce has appointed two new Board Members. Jean Wells-Keenan, owner of The Stitchin' Post and The Wild Hare, was appointed to a term ending February 2000; and Ed Fitzjarrel, CEO for Metabolic Maintenance Products, Inc., will serve the chamber through February 1998. Wells-Keenan is perhaps best known for her coordination of the Sisters Quilt Show, now in its 24th year. Receiving national recognition through Sunset Magazine and other publications, the Quilt Show consistently draws the largest... Full story
* * * To the Editor: Last week's paper reported that the city council plans to cram a sales tax down our backs to fund a sewer system. It was reported that three drain fields per month fail. How many of those failures are within the city limits or are they in the Sisters "area"? What is the difference in failure rates in Sisters, Bend or Redmond (soils are the same). Reasons drain fields fail: poorly installed, not periodically pumped out, saturated by leaking fixtures, not sufficient for the demand, being driven or parked... Full story
