News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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The Sisters City Council plans to take a different tack in dealing with approximately 20 acres of land owned by the U.S. Forest Service inside the city limits of Sisters. At a workshop on Thursday morning, November 30, the council agreed in principle to explore rezoning the land from Urban Area Reserve to make it suitable for commercial use. The move marks a shift from a council proposal to "partner" with Multnomah Publishers in that company's efforts to initiate a land swap... Full story
Plans to place at least one cell phone tower on the city's sewer treatment facility site south of town have hit a snag. According to City of Sisters officials, Deschutes County won't change its development agreement with the city concerning the Section 9 land until the state Department of Land Conservation and Development signs off on the move. The development agreement was part of a complicated transfer of land from the federal government through the county to the city. The a... Full story
Judge Stephen Tiktin is expected to rule by the middle of December in the war between the Keith Cyrus family and the Squaw Creek Irrigation District over who controls the "Cloverdale Ditch" irrigation canal. SCID is piping the ditch to conserve water, some of which will be returned to Squaw Creek to enhance fish habitat. The Cyruses claim that there are better methods of conservation. They also question whether the project has been adequately engineered. On Monday, December 4, in a meeting between the judge and attorneys,... Full story
The line-up for the Sisters Starry Nights Concert Series has been confirmed. The series kicks off on February 24 with the music of Lee Ann Womack, considered one of the brightest stars in country music today. Womack has had a stellar year, with the album "I Hope You Dance" earning platinum status and the title cut winning both the Country Music Association Single of the Year and Song of the Year honors. Among her other top-10 hits are "The Fool," "You've Got To Talk To Me," and "I'll Think Of A Reason Later," while her... Full story
While Sisters High School students work on their birdhouses and hat racks during their wood shop class, Colin Hedren tackles a community-minded project: he's building benches for Central Oregon kindergartens. "Dennis Dempsey, who is the Educational Service District superintendent, called me and asked if my class could build three small benches for kindergartens in Deschutes County," said Bob Martin, who teaches wood shop and construction at Sisters High School. "He showed me photos of what he had in mind, and I knew I had... Full story
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Another important step has been taken on the Metolius River toward the reintroduction of salmon populations to Central Oregon. Officials from the U.S. Geological Survey and Portland General Electric installed two large salmon smolt traps at the Gorge Campground, two miles downstream from Camp Sherman last week. The traps are designed to capture live smolts for study. One of the traps belongs to PGE and the other, which just arrived from a similar steelhead project in Idaho, was provided by USGS. A PGE crew and boom-lift... Full story
