News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Volunteers worked efficiently to serve up a nice Christmas dinner for many Sisters families. photo by Jim Mitchell Each month, the Kiwanis Club of Sisters, through the Sisters Food Bank, serves up to 80 families. Those families who meet federal income guidelines are eligible for a donation of food monthly from the food bank. This December, with help from the Sisters/Camp Sherman Fire Department (providing toys and gifts), The Nugget (pet food), and other volunteers (labor), Sisters Kiwanis served an additional 129 families... Full story
What started out as an application to construct a new building containing a restaurant, a convenience market, and a gas station turned into a city-wide verbal battle over whether McDonald's should be allowed to do business in Sisters. The controversy packed City Hall on multiple occasions and prompted Councilor Sharlene Weed to comment, "I love having a room full of people who are passionate about something!" On Thursday, December 23, a crowd of 45 watched the city council debate and, ultimately, give the green light to the... Full story
Some 400 acres of county-owned forestland located in Fremont Canyon eight miles northeast of Sisters may become part of an outdoor classroom for natural resource students at Central Oregon Community College and Oregon State University-Cascades, according to Joe Stutler, Deschutes County forester. Stutler has proposed to Deschutes County Commissioners and the colleges that some or all of the 7,000 acres of county-owned lands be made available for outdoor studies. The proposal has met with initial interest from both the county... Full story
This is a World Championship year for the Atta Boy 300 Oregon World Cup Sled Dog Race for Vision, more commonly known as simply the Atta Boy 300. The race, founded by Jerry Scdoris, a lifelong devotee of sled dog racing, began its run in 2001. The Atta Boy 300 begins Wednesday, January 5. Sisters will host two stages of the race, on January 10-11 at Hoodoo Mountain Resort and at Upper Three Creek Sno-Park. The Atta Boy 300 has drawn such notables as Doug Swingley, four-time winner of the Iditarod. Swingley was the 2002... Full story
City Attorney Steve Bryant tosses a tie-breaking coin to determine council terms. Brad Boyd won the toss. photo by Jim Mitchell Several important city issues were overshadowed by the McDonald's decision at the Sisters City Council meeting on Thursday, December 23. City Attorney Steve Bryant used a commemorative coin in a toss to decide the council terms of Dave Elliott and Brad Boyd. Under the Sisters City Charter, because the two tied in votes in the November election, a coin-flip decided who was to receive a four-year... Full story
The price of cutting heating oil consumption at Sisters High School has nearly tripled in a month. But the school board hopes the result will still represent a bargain. The subject first arose at the November 8 board meeting when board members approved an analysis of energy efficiency at the year-old high school. The study was to be done by Integrated Energy Services Inc. of Portland (IES) at a cost of no more than $4,952. A month later, at the board's December 13 meeting, Facilities Director Bob Martin reported that as a... Full story
This Chevy Blazer lived up to its name. It was consumed by flames on Thursday morning. photo by Jim Mitchell The Sisters/Camp Sherman fire department hit the road twice within three hours last Thursday morning, December 23. They didn't have to go far. Both destinations were within a few blocks of the fire station. At 5 a.m. a delivery driver reported smoke coming from Sisters Auto Supply. Upon arrival, the fire crew could find no active fire and suspected a faulty furnace may have been the cause of the smoke. At 7:30 a.m.,... Full story
This roundhouse is a relic of Sisters' logging days. photo by John Hayes The historic Sisters roundhouse still stands across from the western end of Trinity Way as a reminder of earlier logging days. Built in 1947, the structure served for about a decade for the storing and repairing of railroad equipment for Brooks-Scanlon logging operations in the area. Those operations reached as far as Fly Creek, east of Green Ridge in Jefferson County, through Sisters and connecting with the mill in Bend. Fred Gibson was construction... Full story
Sisters' growing pains generated some of the biggest news of 2004, with controversies over a proposed McDonald's and a planned one-way couplet generating lots of ink on the news pages -- and in the Letters to the Editor column. Neither issue is completely resolved at year's end. The Sisters City Council upheld a planning commission decision to allow a McDonald's drive-through restaurant and gas station at the west end of town, but opponents are seriously considering an appeal to the state Land Use Board of Appeals (see... 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
Lighting candles in Sisters Sometimes it seems awfully dark out there. The horsemen of war and plague gallop across the deserts of the Middle East and the savannas of Africa. The evening news is a litany of scandal, corruption and homicide. The nation is deeply, bitterly divided. We must face the darkness; hiding from it does not make it go away. Yet we should not become mesmerized by it to the point at which we come to believe it encompasses all. Because there's a light out there, too, and it's close to home. Many people in... Full story
- A resident complained about a neighbor's hound dogs -- not for the first time. A deputy responded and heard a hound howl as only a hound can howl. This time there was a warning; next time the owner will be hounded into a citation. - Someone stole an irrigation wheel line motor. - There was a report of vandalism to a drink machine at a golf course. Frustration? - A deputy stopped a driver who was weaving over the road. The driver was having a diabetic problem. Sisters EMTs responded and rendered aid. - A driver reported... Full story
