News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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When the dark helicopters burst over the ridge behind their home and flew low over the roof before descending without lights through the night toward the valley below, a local Sisters-area family wondered if an invasion was in process. Bosnia, Chechneya, even Montana maybe, but Sisters? According to Lieutenant Colonel Michael Straup of the 939th Rescue Wing of the U.S. Air Force Reserve in Portland, the two helicopters observed by some residents and heard by others about seven miles north of Sisters were on a training... Full story
A felon captured at Black Butte Ranch with weapons and drugs may face trial after all, following a ruling by the State Appeals Court of Oregon. Rodney Earl Angerbauer was apprehended March 9, 1994 after a desk clerk at Black Butte Ranch recognized his companion, Nichole Maree Burton, as having walked out on a bill weeks before. Burton was arrested on outstanding warrants. When police went to inform her companion that she was going to jail, they found he had disappeared from the motel room. Comments from Burton caused police... Full story
To the Editor: What can you buy with $75? A good pair of athletic shoes. A couple of rounds of golf at a nearby resort. A lottery ticket each week for most of a year. One new tire for the 4x4. How about badly needed classrooms, textbooks, buses, building maintenance and technology for the children in the Sisters School District? On May 21 voters will have the opportunity to approve a school bond measure that will help keep class sizes down and quality of education high in Sisters, all for about $75 a year for the average... Full story
I love to sing. It is an expression of gladness that enhances almost any scene. It opens, I think, the brain cells, and airs them out. Spontaneous trilling is my form and it is generally reserved for private moments when there is no one around to point out flaws. The truth is that I have a tinny, child's voice which is inclined to wander vaguely from the prescribed tune, out beyond favorable harmonies into the tonal realms of the lone honeybee shopping in crabapple blossoms. Preoccupied usually. Off-key. Far from home. The... Full story
A zone change ruling that could permit development of portions of Pine Meadow Ranch is expected April 16. Commercial and residential development is planned on about 60 acres of the ranch within the Sisters Urban Growth boundary if the zone change request is granted. The request was made by P.M.R. Development Co. The land, which lies just west of the Sisters city limits, currently is in an urban area reserve zone, a zone designed to limit development or prohibit zone changes until a time when it is deemed appropriate to... Full story
If the adage "waste not want not" holds true, Sisters will never want for water. The new water system installed last year has saved the city 62,425,454 gallons of water over a one-year period. According to Public Works Director Gary Frazee's calculations, that's enough to fill 2,935 miles of 10-inch pipe -- enough to stretch from here to New York. Or it could fill a football field-sized tank 274 feet high. And besides preserving a vital natural resource, the more efficient... Full story
It was an experience of a lifetime for Sisters students who traveled to Italy, Greece and Turkey over spring break. In a whirlwind tour that lasted from March 20 to April 1, the students toured Rome, the island of Capri, visited the remains of Pompeii, spent one night near the Oracle at Delphi and two in Athens where they visited the Acropolis and were able to run in the Olympic (new) stadium, and visited Turkey. Guides who were fluent in three languages and shopkeepers who could bargain in any one of five currencies had a... Full story
Faced with a looming budget crunch that may mean cuts for co-curricular programs, the Sisters School Board decided April 8 how sports and activities are to be deleted from -- or added to -- the school district's curriculum. At its Monday night meeting, the board adopted a co-curricular policy developed by a committee headed by school Activities Director Lora Nordquist and Athletics Director Chuck Dekay and modified in two board workshops. The policy calls for coaches and... Full story
A good rain might be the best hope for allergy sufferers who have been hit hard this spring by a high pollen count from Sisters' juniper trees. "As soon as it rains, that'll help a lot," said Deanna Muir, pharmacist with Sisters Drug Company. "A lot of people are really miserable right now." Rainfall, expected by mid-week, will wash pollen from the trees and out of the air, bringing welcome relief from an epidemic of watery eyes and runny noses. Some Sisters area residents... Full story
