News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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For a day or so, it looked like winter. Then came the rain. Hours and hours of it. According to the Sisters Ranger District, .67 inches of rain fell Tuesday night, December 7, followed by 1.07 inches on Wednesday. Since the steady, drenching rain was falling on a mantle of snow, it turned Sisters and the surrounding area into a soggy, muddy mess. There were no reports of serious damage; just a few leaky roofs and wet wood piles. The usual spots on Sisters' streets turned into small lakes. The rainfall was a disappointment... Full story
Rescuers extricated a victim from this wreck. photo provided Two serious crashes and multiple small wrecks littered Highway 20 between Hoodoo and Suttle Lake on Sunday, December 12. Details were sketchy as the accidents remained under investigation by Oregon State Police. According to Sisters Fire Chief Tay Robertson, a three-vehicle crash about a mile east of Hoodoo resulted in ambulance crews transporting four patients to the hospital and sending one via Air Life helicopter. Four of the patients were critical cases, with... Full story
The McDonald's hearing drew a capacity crowd. photo by Jim Mitchell More than 70 citizens packed City Hall at last week's appeal hearing on a proposed McDonald's restaurant at the west end of Sisters. Cache Mountain Development proposes to build a 4,453-square-foot structure containing a McDonald's restaurant and a convenience market associated with a gas station just west of the Comfort Inn along Highway 20. Mark Peterson, representing Sisters Citizens for Responsible Land Use, filed the appeal after the planning commission... Full story
Sisters students from choir classes were among the "Magical Voices of Christmas." photo by Charlie Kanzig If any of the 400-plus members of Sunday's audience at the eighth annual Rotary Magical Voices of Christmas weren't in Christmas spirit before the show they must have left the Sisters High School auditorium humming a Christmas melody. After a hearty "Merry Christmas" greeting from emcee Jim Craig, four members of the "Bells of Sunriver" played their bells to start the show. To cap their performance Jane Mink, Jan Tuckerma... Full story
One went up, one went down and the other stayed the same. That's a Goldilocks version of Sisters schools results on the state "report cards" for 2003-04, issued by the Oregon Department of Education last week. The overall grades on these cards are expressed in the form of adjectives. In descending order, they are: Exceptional, Strong, Satisfactory, Low and Unacceptable. In the most recent ratings, Sisters Middle School rose to Strong, a step above its Satisfactory mark the year before. Sisters Elementary School slipped back... Full story
Central Oregon parents, students, educators and others will gather in Sisters for a Town Hall meeting to explore ways to better fund local schools. The Wednesday, December 15, meeting in Sisters is timed to coincide with negotiations in Salem on the level of funding schools will get for the next two years. The Oregon School Boards Association will report on the latest funding trends and projections; Sen. Ben Westlund will describe the political ramifications; and Sarah Pope of Stand for Children, a statewide, grassroots advoc... Full story
Sisters area residents living in the fire-prone forestland-urban interface received information on fuels reduction measures and a self-certification form from the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) last week. Owners of more than 30,000 individual interface properties in Deschutes County were notified, according to Robert Young, Central District Forester with ODF. Locally, property owners receiving notices include those in Tollgate, Crossroads, Indian Ford, Black Butte Ranch and other interface areas including individual and... Full story
Adam Silva. photo by Jim Cornelius Kid hits his teenage years, has a rough time, starts copping an attitude, gets into petty scrapes with the law. Dad's had it; takes him to a boxing gym, hopes the kid'll bite. He bites. One workout and he's hooked. The bad stuff starts to fall away. Kid learns discipline. Anger and aggression have an outlet. Kid finds some self-respect, starts respecting others. In the space of a few months, the kid is becoming a boxer. The kid is Adam Silva, a 13-year-old from Sisters. He's the... Full story
The Cabin has garnered national attention. photo by Kathryn Godsiff Tucked away in a quiet corner of Tollgate is a delightful vacation rental log home, The Cabin, which has found its way to national recognition via the magazine Country Comfort. Owners Bob and Vicki Webber said that serendipity made the magazine feature possible; one of their guests is a real estate agent who deals in the luxury home market. One day an editor from Country Comfort called to see if she had any leads on interesting homes for the magazine, which f... Full story
When her department issued this year's school report cards last week (see story), State Superintendent of Public Instruction Susan Castillo said "...it does not make sense for Oregon to have two completely different rating systems -- one from Oregon and one from Washington, D.C. "I am proposing that we make major changes to both the school report card and the federal AYP report to come up with a single measure of school progress." She was referring to the annual report, required by the federal No Child Left Behind Act, to... 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 the recent... Full story
- City Council Meeting 7 p.m., 2nd and 4th Thursday each month, Sisters City Hall. 549-6022. - School Board Meeting 7 p.m., 2nd Monday each month, middle school lecture/drama room. 549-8521. - Black Butte School District Board of Directors meets 2nd Tuesday of each month, 7 p.m., Black Butte School. 595-6203. - Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD meets for drill every Monday, 7 p.m. Sisters Fire Hall, 301 S. Elm St. 549-0771. - Sisters Kiwanis Club meets every Thursday, 7:30 a.m., Sisters Fire Hall. 549-1223. - Sisters Habitat for... Full story
- A dog set off a burglar alarm -- twice. Bad dog. - A burglar reportedly forced the door on a remote Sisters area residence with a pry bar. - A deputy tracked down a driver after she dinged another car in a parking lot. She had no idea she'd dinged the other car with her door. - A parent called to inquire as to whether school officials were within their rights to search her daughter's car. She declined to discuss details. - Someone stole a pair of large orange highway signs warning of smoke and low visibility. Probably... Full story
Sisters Elementary School is full of students and the school board is pondering options. photo by Jim Cornelius It's getting crowded at Sisters Elementary School and the Sisters School Board is considering what -- if anything -- to do about it. At a special meeting Wednesday, December 8, the board outlined a schedule for continued discussion and public input on overcrowding, ideally culminating in a decision next Valentine's Day, February 14. According to the schedule, public comment will be invited at the regular board... Full story
