Letters to the Editor 07/26/2006

To the Editor:

I am in search of assistance for a memorial for my father, Randy C. Davis, who passed away this last January of a massive heart attack. Many who have resided in Sisters for over 20 years may know of him, builder of many homes in Black Butte Ranch, Tollgate and surrounding neighborhoods, avid hunter and fisherman, a great friend to anyone and an awesome family man.

He loved Three Creeks Meadows/Lake and the surrounding trails around the forest there. My sisters and I want to take a memorial bench (hand carved out of juniper wood made by a local artist in Canby where we now reside) and place it at the trailhead of Little Three Creeks Lake, which was one of our August family campout traditions, led by my dad.

The eight grandchildren loved this hike with grandpa, as my two sisters and I did when we were younger. The trail has been kept up well in the 35 years I've been around and we want to contribute in dad's honor. I have contacted the Deschutes National Forest and Sisters Ranger Station but have not heard back from anyone at either station.

If anyone can provide me with assistance, I'd greatly appreciate it. Please send correspondence to: [email protected]

Michelle Webber

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To the Editor:

Summer is unfolding gloriously at the moment, with a mix of hot sunny weather and Sisters' signature parade of events reminding us what a marvelous place this can be. Meanwhile, signs of the town's boom are proliferating, with ground being broken practically everywhere you look for new public buildings, businesses, infill developments, and subdivisions.

Most of us view all of this growth with a mixture of both excitement and concern. Please tell us about yours. Your Community + Your Vision = Your Future.

Make your voice heard! Your personal input is crucial to informing the community visioning/growth strategy process currently underway. Take the survey and learn about this process at http://www.sistersvision.org. There is a student version as well, for middle school and up.

A paper version of the survey can be had at City Hall, the Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce Visitors Center, the Forest Service office and the library. Mark your calendars for a related fun and productive community event on October 7, in conjunction with the Harvest Faire.

John Rahm

C.A.T.S. Vision Committee

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To The Editor:

I was glad to see the article about the skate board park in Sisters. I thought that would get the skaters, well most of them, off the city streets.

I was sitting in a chair last Friday afternoon watching traffic and pedestrians move about on Cascade Avenue, when a person appearing to be in his late teens or early 20s came whizzing by on a skateboard traveling between the parked cars and the moving traffic casually eating an ice cream cone.

Very shortly afterward a teenager came wheeling his bike up the sidewalk. A couple minutes later the skateboarder came, still eating his ice cream cone, whizzing down the sidewalk. Followed shortly by the bike rider.

Then three older ladies came up the street from the direction the riders were traveling on the sidewalk. They stopped to look in the window of the store, and I heard one of them say, "What kind of kids do they raise in this town? They should know better than to ride on the sidewalk."

The sidewalks are marked "No Bicycles" and "No Skateboards." It makes one wonder if these kids can read or not. It appears they have no respect for their own safety or others', in this case the elderly ladies.'

I think the skateboard park is a great idea. I also realize that there are always those who will go about doing things their own way.

Dean Smith