Vandals strike Sisters school and churches

Vandals struck two Sisters church facilities on Monday night, October 17, causing several thousand dollars’ worth of damage.

Deschutes County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating the incident but so far have no leads.

The vandals broke windows and tore off cloth streamers at Sonrise Christian School. According to police, there was also some damage done to an outdoor basketball hoop.

Damage was worse at Trinity Christian Center.

Rocks thrown through the front doors shattered the glass doors, gouged drywall and a pair of doors and broke a drinking fountain.

Pastor Frank Fraga said that damage estimates had gone over $2,000.

Fraga believes the rocks must have been propelled by a “potato gun” or a slingshot of some kind. The two baseball-sized rocks put holes through tempered glass in the doors and shot across a 48-foot lobby to hit the bathroom doors, the walls and the drinking fountain.

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