Letters, letters, letters

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To the Editor:

Why don't the local businessmen use money from the profits they fleece from tourists, and buy the land for the sewers?

They seem to have plenty of resources to advertise out of the local area to entice tourists to come to Sisters. Then they refuse to let these same tourists use any bathrooms.

I have contacted the Oregon State Health Department as this is a real health issue.

The businesses that benefit form the tourist trade they encourage should be the ones to pay for the sewer system, or stop trying to attract business from out of the local area.

Now, they want the federal taxpayer to pay for the land so as to benefit themselves. It's called greed, without responsibility.

Been to Sisters, done that, never again. When you have tourists pissing between buildings it should tell you there is something wrong!

Michael Humeston

Editor's response:

Mr. Humeston doesn't seem to realize that businesses that "benefit from the tourist trade" recognize the problems he describes and have been at the forefront of the decades-long struggle to develop a sewer in Sisters.

He is also incorrect in asserting that the business community is requesting the donation of federal land for the sewer. In fact, savings on the project will benefit residents of the city probably more than the businesses, but Mr. Humeston also may not be aware that people live here.

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To the Editor:

On behalf of the Central Oregon Incident Management Team and the Sisters Ranger District, we would like to express our appreciation to the many individuals and businesses who assisted us this past week during the suppression of the Cache Creek, Dugout and Grassland Fires.

A special thanks is extended to the Sisters School District for allowing us the use of the Sisters High School for our incident command post and base camp. The facility served us well.

A special thanks is also extended to the Sisters Community Church for allowing us to extend our camp to their facility to meet parking needs, and to the Sisters airport for the use of the airport as our helibase.

Fire officials warn that the fire danger is still high, and they ask that everyone be careful and call your local fire agency for current fire restrictions.

It is a pleasure working with and serving this community and the rest of Central Oregon.

Sincerely,

John Jackson, Incident Commander

Bill Anthony District Ranger, Sisters Ranger District

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To the Editor:

The Gary L. Wassom family would like to thank all of our friends for their contribution of food, gifts, flowers, and kind expressions of sympathy, especially the Rick Cole family and the 911 Sisters paramedics for their quick response and efforts.

The Wassom family

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