News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Gusty winds toppled trees through electric lines on Christmas day, knocking power out in Sisters and portions of the surrounding area and interrupting many a Christmas dinner. According to Central Electric Co-op's member services director Jim Crowell, the major outages began at about 4 p.m., when a tree went down through a line in the area of Ash and Jefferson streets. "That caused a breaker to open and apparently knocked out most of downtown Sisters," Crowell said. Before tha... Full story
More than 30 Sisters children had to pinch themselves to make sure a computer giveaway at Sisters High School on Wednesday, December 23, wasn't a Christmas dream. The students were each selected to receive a computer for their home, paid for by anonymous community donors and delivered just in time for Christmas from Nashville Computer Liquidators in Tennessee. OutlawNet personnel worked as feverishly as Santa's elves to load internet software onto the computers and set up... Full story
A borrowed riding helmet saved nine-year-old Kimmy Reynolds from potentially fatal injuries in a horseback riding accident near Sisters two weeks before Christmas. Following the accident, an examination revealed that the helmet's slender visor had been ripped off and that the protective interior padding was in pieces. But for the sturdy outer material of the helmet - only dented above the missing visor - there might never have been another Christmas for Kimmy. For over two years prior to the accident, Kimmy had been... Full story
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government wanted scientific advice when it asked 13 scholars to help update rules that dictate how national forests can be used. Then politics broke out among the scientists. One scientist accused his colleagues of trying to turn forests into a biological reserve. Another, the leader of the group, quit because he could not defend the panel's conclusions. Now the panel is leaderless and five months behind schedule. Observers wonder what will become of the once-heady effort to update regulations that gove... Full story
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - More than four years ago, Oregon voters approved a law requiring prison inmates to work a 40-hour week to help pay for their prison stay and make restitution to victims and communities. To date, just under 60 percent of eligible inmates are fulfilling the voters' mandate, and corrections officials estimate it will take at least eight more years to employ all the state's eligible prisoners. But even those projections will suffer a serious blow if Governor John Kitzhaber's budget proposal gains support.... Full story
Black Butte Ranch Fire Chief Darell Churchill is set to retire February 28, after 19 years of service at the ranch. Churchill, whose firefighting career has spanned 31 years, has been Fire Chief at the ranch since Novemberof 1983. During Churchill's time, the ranch has grown from about 700 homes to about 1,200 homes. The fire department has grown with it. Churchill became the fourth full-time employee in the department when he hired on in 1979. "When I started, we had one... Full story
* * * To the Editor: There have been a number of letters complaining that Sisters is abandoning its 1880s theme. Howard Paine, for instance, states in his letter (December 23), "the city is rapidly losing its identity." My own perception is that Sisters is evolving a richer and more interesting identity. To my eyes, the new buildings are beautiful and well-crafted. I prefer them to some of the buildings done in the 1880s style. Why can't Victorian and Craftsman co-exist with "Western?" These styles can be found side by side... Full story
Sheriff's deputies arrested Russell Eugene Dunn of Sisters on multiple charges December 25, after he allegedly assaulted a woman at his home and then scuffled with the deputy responding to the incident. According to sheriff's office reports, a deputy was dispatched at about 8:30 p.m. to a report of a man yelling and a woman screaming for help at 220 N. Tamarack Street in Sisters. The deputy reported that, as he arrived, he saw Dunn straddling the woman in the driveway, apparently choking her. The deputy allegedly heard Dunn... Full story
