News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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A fire apparently started by children playing with matches consumed a storage shed and travel trailer at a home in Crossroads on Saturday, December 20. According to Sisters Fire Chief Don Mouser, the fire started in a sofa in the shed at the corner of Crater and S. Bluegrass Lane. Mouser reported that four children were present; one of them allegedly started the blaze. Mouser said the children will participate in the Juvenile Fire Setters program, which educates youth on the dangers of fire.... Full story
Sisters police recovered a vehicle reported stolen in Bandon after a man they arrested last week told them where to look for it. Police arrested James Lee Meadows last week when they caught him driving a car stolen out of Bend. According to police, he also had in his possession a checkbook stolen from a man in Bandon. Police questioned Meadows in jail about a stolen vehicle belonging to the Bandon man, and Meadows told them he thought it was parked at the Riverhouse in Bend. Police recovered the vehicle. Meadows told police... Full story
Two Sisters men were hurt in a single-vehicle wreck on South Pine Street and Sisters View Sunday night, December 21. According to police reports, Kenneth C. Mogan and Curtis Lee Ladd were injured when their 1968 pickup truck crashed into a ponderosa pine tree at about 9:40 p.m. According to Steve Wilson, who lives on the southwest corner of S. Pine Street, the tree was the only obstacle that prevented the truck from plowing into his house. Ladd was air lifted to St. Charles Medical Center suffering chest injuries described... Full story
An independent appraiser will review the value assigned to a 16.2 acre parcel of Forest Service land in Sisters, after citizens raised concerns over whether the public was getting fair market value for the property in a land exchange. The parcel is part of a 70,000 acre land swap between the Forest Service and Crown Pacific in the Deschutes, Fremont and Winema National Forests. The parcel being reviewed is part of the Sisters Ranger District compound on the west end of town. In the proposed exchange, Crown Pacific would... Full story
Three Sisters High School graduates have received scholarships at Central Oregon Community College. Alicia Roth was awarded a Reiss Hermen Equipment Scholarship. Bryanne Elder was awarded a Mary Dillon Scholarship. Elder is working toward associate's degree in nursing. Jenifir Tracy received an Honor Book Scholarship. Annually, the COCC Foundation assists more than 200 students with scholarship support. The Foundation, a separate, nonprofit corporation governed by a volunteer board of trustees, assists the college and... Full story
St. Charles Medical Center has announced an average rate increase of 3 percent to take effect January 1. According to SCMC spokesman Todd Sprague, the rate adjustment is comparable to the anticipated rise in the 1998 Consumer Price Index. The basic hospital room rate will rise from $515 to $530 per day. "Based on the most recent figures we have from the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems," Sprague said, "our charges are nearly 20 percent below state averages and as much as 31 percent below some of the... Full story
* * * To The Editor: Without a doubt, mismanagement and over-cutting have led to the demise of our forests both public and private. That era is finally history. In today's real world, what few loggers and ranchers are left work hand-in-hand with our federal agencies. A new era has arrived and all of us who work in the forest have recognized it. True Story. I would like to invite Steven Huddleston to explain why he calls us taxpayer-subsidized welfare loggers. I don't like this. I wonder what he calls you ranchers? Perhaps at... Full story
The Sisters schools have decided which temporary staff members must be cut because there are fewer students in Sisters classrooms. The schools were forced to make the cuts after a drop in enrollment between September and December triggered a $101,188 shortfall in revenue. The cuts were mostly voluntary, and affected all three Sisters schools. High school science teacher Jim Green has voluntarily retired as a permanent teacher, effective in the second semester. Green will conti... Full story
