News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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California is starved for power and the Northwest has been pushed to provide it, but those problems have not had much effect locally. According to Jim Crowell of Central Electric Cooperative, there's enough power to supply needs locally --Êas long as the temperatures don't plunge too steeply. There is a plan in place that would automatically trigger 30-minute rolling blackouts in a serious low-voltage situation, Crowell said. If the cooperative anticipates a shortage,... Full story
Barclay Contractors received a letter of commendation from the Oregon Department of Forestry on Friday, December 15. ODF Forester George Ponte presented the letter to Barclay Manager Dan Hewitt at Barclay offices in Sisters. "Even though this is for the operation near Cache Creek, Barclay is known for their care of forestry resources," said Ponte. Willamette Industries owns the land, which had been previously logged. Seed trees had been planted and natural reproduction was already taking hold. Willamette hired Barclay Contrac... Full story
It's a month late and several thousand votes short, but Greg Brown's peers presented the outgoing Deschutes County Sheriff with a signal honor this month. The Oregon State Sheriffs Association named Brown "Sheriff of the Year" on December 6. The association cited Brown's work as co-chair of its legislative committee. "He worked diligently to secure and maintain adequate funding... testifying at numerous House and Senate hearings to ensure that sheriffs' perspectives were heard," said retiring OSSA President Rodd Clark. Clark'... Full story
Engineers evaluating structural deterioration at the 10-year old Sisters High School have identified water-related damage that may cost the district as much as $500,000 to repair, according to Sisters School Superintendent Steve Swisher. "We are in the process of getting the problems clearly identified so that we can get our arms around them and begin corrective action," he said. "But," he said, "let's reserve judgment until we have all the information." Swisher said the Bend engineering firm of Kleinfelder, Inc. has been... Full story
Approximately 11 lots in the Buck Run subdivision in Sisters have been left out of the city's sewer plans. Owners of the lots plan to go before the Sisters City Council on Thursday, December 14, to find a way to get on to the system. The lots in Buck Run Phase III lie along Tyler Avenue and Maple Street. That phase of the subdivision was approved in September 1997, eight months before city residents approved a sewer bond. The sewer system plan that the vote was based on did... Full story
In a year of political turmoil, one of Congress' important achievements was passage of legislation to boost wildland firefighting resources. According to U.S. Forest Service sources, congressional funding increased to the tune of approximately $2 billion for wildland firefighting and support positions nation-wide. Catastrophic fires in Montana and New Mexico played a key role in catalyzing congressional action. Some of the new resources are specifically designated to create new "Hot Shot" firefighting teams, like those... Full story
Time may be running out on a microwave communications corporation seeking to erect a 150-foot tall cell tower in Sisters. Acting on the Mericom Corporation proposal, the Sisters Planning Commission on November 15 recommended setting a lower -- but unspecified -- height for the proposed tower. On December 6, the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners indicated it would amend the county ordinance and drastically lower the maximum allowable height for cell towers. The city planning commission decided to ask the city council to... Full story
For over a century Camp Polk Cemetery has been the final resting place for many local residents. Now, through the efforts of Nancy Clark and Betty Howard, an exhaustive record of the pioneer cemetery has been compiled in a new book. Some 207 numbered sites have been listed, plus other unnumbered discoveries. These are grouped alphabetically in the 194-page book. Excellent black and white photos graphically depict the headstones and grave markers at each site. Epitaphs (where available) are noted for each burial marker plus a... Full story
Traffic signals on Cascade Avenue, elimination of the intersection of Highways 20 and 242 and possibly a one-way couplet through town are recommended for Sisters by the Oregon Department of Transportation. ODOT planners and engineers presented a draft Transportation System Plan (TSP) at a public meeting on Tuesday, December 12, at Sisters Fire Hall. Planner Stephanie Popp said that ODOT hopes to decommission the "Y" intersection of Highways 20 and 242 and route traffic into... Full story
The Sisters School District has begun the process of selecting an architect of record. Acting School Superintendent Gene Carlson said that it was necessary for the district because of needed repairs at both the high and middle schools. Carlson also said that, in the event the board decides to try for another school bond -- and succeeds -- the architect of record would design the school. At the December 11 school board meeting, member Steve Keeton gave an additional reason for hiring an architect. Referring to the November 7,... Full story
The Sisters School District will be approximately $56,000 richer come December of next year. Acting Superintendent Gene Carlson advised the five-member Sisters School Board that, with President Clinton's signing of HR 2389, timber revenue monies will flow from Washington, D.C. to Salem and on to Deschutes County -- and finally to the 1,100-student Sisters School District. However, the program isn't without detractors. Carlson said that there has been some opposition to the legislation from a "variety of Oregon... Full story
The Nugget welcomes contributions from its readers, which must include the writer's name, address and phone number. Letters to the Editor is an open forum for the community and contains unsolicited opinions not necessarily shared by the Editor. The Nugget reserves the right to edit, omit, respond or ask for a response to letters submitted to the Editor. Letters should be no longer than 300 words. Unpublished items are not acknowledged or returned. The deadline for all letters is noon Monday. To the Editor: At a public hearing... Full story
- A Sisters deputy was summoned to Redmond to investigate suspicious noises on a man's roof. There was nothing up there.The man had purchased a "sonic ear" -- as seen on TV -- so he may have been picking up attorneys' strategy sessions in Florida. - A man got into an altercation with the manager of a local lodging establishment and was escorted off the property. He returned when deputies were there and was found to be in possession of less than an ounce of marijuana. In addition to a citation for the pot, he was given a warni... Full story
