News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich by promising to protect each from the other. - Oscar Ameringer I love living in Sisters, it's bucolic nirvana. Once in a while the news seems to intrude, and nothing is more intrusive to me than this long campaign season for the presidency. It is so tempting to change the channel or ignore it, but my mind thinks of the consequences of ignoring this seemingly endless circus and what that means to all of us here. At times I wonder if this... Full story
Authorities in Colorado Springs identified a man who embarked on a shooting spree, killing three people in that town on Saturday, as Noah Harpham. Harpham was killed by police. Harpham, 32, was a 2000 graduate of Sisters High School. He played in a Christian band called Not All Related, which was profiled in a 2002 story in The Nugget (link to story). CBS News reported that, "Witnesses said the gunman first took aim at a young man riding a bicycle, shot him several times and left him face-down on the sidewalk. Police found... Full story
