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Fire has filled local forest for a week. photo by Lynn Woodward |
B&B
Complex fires current status
Sunday, August 31, 3 p.m.
With Highway 20 reopening and residents of Camp Sherman slowly returning
home, life is beginning to return to something resembling normalcy in
the Sisters area.
Highway
20 reopens today
The
Oregon Department of Transportation will reopen Highway 20 to traffic
between the Santiam Junction and Sisters at 9 a.m. Sunday, August 31.
Evacuees
return home
Saturday, August 30, 5 p.m.
Ann
Ingham attached a balloon and a "Thank you firefighters!" sign
to her mailbox. Chip Dale mowed his lawn.
Camp
Sherman residents to return today
Saturday, August 30, 11:30 a.m.
Camp Sherman residents will return home today, 10 days almost to the hour
after the raging Booth Fire forced them to leave their homes on Thursday,
August 21.
Fire
rages through forest
A massive wildfire has raged in the forests
west of Sisters since Tuesday afternoon, August 19.
Fire
nixes Bush visit to Camp Sherman
After
a couple of weeks of rumor, then a couple of days of excited anticipation,
local residents saw a planned visit to Camp Sherman by the President of
the United States overtaken by an emergency.
Firefighters
save Suttle Lake area
Virtually
everyone who lives in or visits the Sisters country cherishes good times
at Suttle Lake.
Budget
deal welcomed by school district
An
apparent deal to cement a biennial state budget is welcome news at the
Sisters School District office.
Black
Butte Ranch weathers fires
Three
fires in two years, plus one evacuation and the threat of two others,
have plagued Black Butte Ranch (BBR), but it is still doing fine, although
hit with some financial losses.
Highway
20 restoration a big job
As
the safety of Camp Sherman seemed at the moment relatively secure, concerns
of Sisters residents and the business community turned to the closure
of Highway 20 over Santiam Pass.
Sisters
Folk Festival nearly sold out
Time
is running out to buy tickets for the Sisters Folk Festival, September
5-7.
Tamarack
Village to offer affordable housing
The
first housing in Sisters with income-based rent will open its doors to
residents in mid-September.
New
Sisters library edges closer to reality
Plans
for a new Sisters Library got a boost last week.
Yve
Evans fronts new group at jazz fest
Yve
Evans, one of the all-time favorite musicians at the Sisters Jazz Festival,
will return to the festival's stages this September but with her own band
rather than as a vocalist with another group.
New
connector road on schedule
The
long-awaited McKinney Butte link from Highway 20 to the new Sisters High
School will be surfaced next week (Monday-Wednesday, September 4-6) and
is expected to be finished and ready for the opening of school on Monday,
September 15.
Sisters
woman excels in triathlons
Sprint
triathlete Paula Waite took second place (out of 215 in her age group)
at the Danskin womens' triathlon event held at Genessee Park in Seattle
earlier this month.
Timberline
hike tough warm-up for climb
The
trek of a lifetime is awaiting 16 Black Butte Ranch and Sisters hikers
next week as the date for the assault on South Sister approaches.