News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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A frozen pipe in the heating system caused a leak in the Sisters Elementary School computer lab that damaged or destroyed the equipment and damaged some of the fixtures. The leak was found early Wednesday morning, November 28. According to school district construction manager Bob Martin, a fitting froze and expanded and solder on a copper pipe failed due to freezing, which caused a 3/4-inch hot water pipe to leak. The water, which ran through the school's boiler, created an... Full story
The Sisters School Board and the Sisters Schools Foundation are changing the way they handle certain donations in the wake of inquiries into how contributions for sewer line upgrades were handled by School Superintendent Steve Swisher and school board member Bill Reed. The foundation plans to eliminate the superintendent's discretionary fund. The school board decided in a special meeting on Monday, December 3, to review all district financial transactions before bills are... Full story
The giving tree is up at Ray's Food Place. The Sisters community has launched its annual holiday food drive to help folks in need in the area. The Sisters Kiwanis Christmas Food Basket program is now taking donations to assemble the baskets, which will be delivered to qualifying families on December 22. The baskets contain "a complete Christmas dinner from the turkey to dessert," according to project coordinator David Hiller. Hiller expects to serve between 90 and 100... Full story
The Outlaws could not escape the Billies in semi-final action. The Outlaws succumbed to turnovers and a tough Pleasant Hill football team Friday night, November 30, to bring to a close a very successful season. The Billies outscored the Outlaws 42-6 and they will play Scappoose Saturday, 3:30 p.m. at Reiser Stadium on the Oregon State University campus. The Billies scored on their opening drive with Harley Firestone going in from the one-yard line. The Outlaws sputtered on their first drive. A 15-yard reception by Jawan Davis... Full story
Ski season has arrived... Hoodoo, the popular family ski area at the top of Santiam Pass, opened as scheduled on Friday, November 30, and there was plenty of the stuff that skiers like best -- snow. Lots and lots and lots of snow. In fact, by the end of opening weekend, the reported snow base was more than 4-1/2 feet. Forecasts call for even more snow in the coming week -- a prospect that has skiers elated, especially after last year's sub-par snow year. "This weekend has really been a whirlwind," said Hoodoo General... Full story
Oregon's first World Cup Sled Dog Race, the Atta Boy 300 "Race for Vision," is coming to Central Oregon January 5-13, 2002. Host accommodations for the mushers and their handlers are needed in Sisters, Bend, Prineville, La Pine and Sunriver. The race will also require a large number of volunteers. Some of the top sled dog racers in the world, including the current Iditarod Champion, are coming to compete for a top prize of $50,000. The field, limited to 35 competitors, is already filled and organizers are looking for host... Full story
Road District 18 officers observe a culvert's impact on snow plowing. Culverts cut in roads west of Sisters are doing a great job at draining run-off -- but they're a problem when it snows. The Road District 18 board discussed culvert problems on the Suttle Lake Road (Road 2070) at its Friday, November 30, meeting. Located in Jefferson County, this road is a Forest Service road and is managed by Road District 18. Gary Lovegren, a local area resident, plows Road 2070. The Forest Service contracted out to have six culverts cut... Full story
Members of the Sisters community will have an opportunity to visit St. Winefride's Garden at the Church of St. Edward the Martyr during an open house on Saturday, December 8, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, December 9, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The garden, which was created through the efforts of many members of the local church community, was recently completed and has already become a Sisters landmark. The opportunity to view the garden coincides with the church's third Annual Nativity Scene Festival. The Church of St.... Full story
Beverly Bauges surveying the Trout Creek Swamp. She is a member of a GIS special analysis team. Like most of the stream basins in the Sisters area, Trout Creek has seen the tampering hand of man. Forest Service officials say that Trout Creek Swamp is an old grazing site that has been tinkered with since at least the 1930s. At the time, the land was used for grazing and ditches were dug to drain the swamp in order to create drier pastureland for cattle. Alterations to Trout Creek's tributary system continued on into the... Full story
Aviation class visits the Evergreen Museum of Aviation in McMinnville, Oregon. Jim Harrison's aviation class has been very well received by the students at Sisters High School. It was the first time an aviation class had been offered. Twenty-four students took the class, which according to Harrison was "actually too big." Harrison's aviation class enjoyed a variety of experiences throughout the semester. During the first several weeks of class, students got some hands-on experience. They built two model airplanes made of... Full story
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A fair solution The Sisters School Board is suffering an embarrassment of riches. It not only passed, in the May election, a $20.5-million bond issue to build a new high school. It subsequently learned that the district expects to earn $1.9 million in interest from investment of the bond proceeds before the bills have to be paid. While that might produce cheers in some towns, in Sisters it produced a controversy that split the school board down the middle. Two members said: "Let's return the interest money to the taxpayers" b... Full story
- A man complained that city snowplows were pushing snow into his driveway. - A young man collapsed in the street due to a seizure. An ambulance crew transported him to the hospital. - Deputies assisted Cloverdale firefighters at the scene of a small blaze that started when a space heater was placed too close to a dog bed. - A man and a woman are having an ongoing public dispute over possession of a cell phone. - A deputy had to haze cattle off a roadway and back through a hole in the fence through which they had escaped. The... Full story
