Sisters sheriff's calls...

• Do-it-yourself traffic control was the theme of the week as someone nailed a STOP sign to a tree and someone blocked off Cascade Avenue at Oak Street with orange cones. Deputies removed the unapproved traffic-control devices.

• A motorist hit a deer. Oregon State Police gave permission by phone for the driver to dispatch the injured deer on her own.

• Deputies were dogged with complaints about canines - aggressive dogs, dogs at large, etc.

• Someone has been sleeping in the upstairs bedroom of what was once a bed and breakfast. Deputies are alert on patrol.

• Deputies were also alerted to the fact that someone stole several bundles of The Nugget delivered last Tuesday night. The paper contained several stories and much opinion on a controversial subject. Coincidence?

• A Sisters woman alerted police to a mail scam that leads people to think they won a sweepstakes award of thousands of dollars. The mailing is actually an attempt to defraud a bank.

• Deputies attempted to contact a man who drove his lawnmower across a neighbor's property then "got verbal" with them when the neighbors remonstrated. Deputies left a message for the man to desist.

• Deputies responded to a minor fender-bender in a restaurant parking lot that was escalating into a verbal confrontation. The deputy advised the parties to exchange information and let insurance companies sort out fault.

Information in "Sisters sheriff's calls" is taken from log entries and reports of the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office.