News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Sisters residents are still eating beef, despite a mad cow scare in the U.S. photo by Kathryn Godsiff As the investigation into the origins of America's first case of mad cow disease continues, folks in Sisters are still buying meat and dining on steaks. "Sales were up 25 percent over last Christmas," said Ron Bliven, meat department manager at Ray's Food Place in Sisters. He said his store purchases meat through Western Boxed Meats, a distributor who deals with a processor in Iowa called Iowa Beef Packers. The meat comes... Full story
Reuben Beeman. photo by Jim Cornelius Reuben Joseph Beeman of Sisters gave himself the best Christmas present of his life this holiday season. Hours of persistent phone calls to three states reunited him with siblings he hasn't seen since his early childhood. The 24-year-old Sisters man knew his father had two children from a previous marriage -- his sister Tara and brother Parker. But Reuben's dad died on a fishing boat in Alaska 15 years ago, when Reuben was eight years old... Full story
Sled dog racing will take over Sisters during part of the Atta Boy 300 Oregon World Cup next Tuesday and Wednesday, January 6-7. This is a "stage race" spread over eight days. Two of those stages take place in the Sisters backcountry, recently blanketed with heavy snow. In a stage race, each of the days features a complete race in itself, rather than one long race of many days, such as the Iditarod in Alaska. The Iditarod, where many of the Atta Boy race competitors have run, starts March 6, running from Anchorage to Nome. Th... Full story
Snow plowing equipment roamed the streets of Sisters. photo by Jim Cornelius Well over a foot of snow blanketed the Sisters country on Sunday and Monday, December 28-29. Equipment operators swarmed around town plowing streets and parking areas Monday morning as the flakes continued to fall, swiftly covering their work. The Sisters Library closed due to weather conditions and employees had a hard time getting to work in the heavy snowfall. Some folks had a tough time just getti... Full story
Deschutes National Forest officials are seeking comment on a proposal for salvage logging, reforestation and fuels treatment on portions of the forest burned in the Eyerly Fire. The blaze occurred 20 miles north of Sisters in July 2002 on the Sisters Ranger District and scorched 23,573 acres. The draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) analyzes three alternatives in detail. Alternative one would lead to no action, while two and three propose different levels of salvage logging, reforestation and fuels treatment. The DEIS... Full story
Sheriff's deputies arrested 16-year-old Andrew Thomas Sherrell of Sisters after an investigation into a purse snatching at Ray's Food Place parking lot on Friday, December 19. The arrest was made on December 29. Sherrell was lodged at Deschutes County Juvenile Detention Center on one count of third-degree robbery, one count of second-degree theft and one count of third-degree theft.... Full story
Jim Cornelius Snow piles up in Sisters. photo by Eric Dolson A series of snow-laden storms rolled over Sisters during the New Year's Day holiday, blanketing the area with a the heaviest cover of snow local residents have seen in a decade. More snow is predicted through this week. Road crews had a hard time keeping the network of city, county and local subdivision roads plowed ahead of the continuous snowfall. According to Sisters City Manager Eileen Stein, it takes three people about four hours to plow the city streets of Sis... 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 Area Chamber of Commerce meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month, 8 to 9 a.m. at Sisters Fire Hall, 549-0251. - Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD meets for drill every Monday, 7 p.m. Sisters Fire Hall, 301 S. Elm St.... Full story
- A Sisters couple got a little too enthusiastic with their holiday partying and were arrested after spinning their cars in a parking lot and onto the street. Both had blood-alcohol counts well over the legal limit. - A man with a scope was reported going into people's driveways. He was found to be conducting a bird count. - Two vehicles collided in a parking lot. One driver was uninsured and got to watch as his car was impounded. Information in "Sisters sheriff's calls" is taken from log entries of the sheriff's... Full story
The B&B Fire was the major event of 2003. photo by Eric Dolson In Sisters, 2003 will go down in history as the Year of Fire, as two major blazes threatened the communities of Black Butte Ranch and Camp Sherman. But Sisters saw plenty of action in other arenas as the city continued to grow and change. And the Sisters community did not remain untouched by world events; many local families sent soldiers into action in Iraq. Among the many stories of 2003, a few stood out. They... Full story
