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Serving Deschutes County Sisters Oregon
VOL. XVII NO. 11 March 13, 1996

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Kids and alcohol: Is there a solution?
By Eric Dolson
There are kids in Sisters getting drunk. Others use other drugs: pot, crank and LSD. While most will survive, some will kill themselves or others, especially if they are driving. 		Can anything be done?

Probably not. Teen-agers have been getting drunk for hundreds of years, and parents, many of whom got drunk themselves (and used drugs, and survived) more...

School books are in short supply in Sisters
By Eric Dolson
When dollars are short, it's important to have sensible priorities. In a public school district, where more...

Challenges come with year-round school
By Jim Cornelius
Sisters schools are studying how year-round education works in other districts and how it might be implemented here. more...

Elementary teachers support bond
By Jim Cornelius
Sisters Elementary School teachers lent their support to the school district's proposed bond issue at the March 11 school board meeting. 		Carol Boudreau read a letter signed by 42 elementary school staff members urging the board to pursue the full $5.5 million bond and pledging support. more...

Pine Meadow zoning hearing continued
By Jim Hollon
A request to take about 80 acres of Pine Meadow Ranch just west of Sisters out of an urban area reserve zone and rezone it for residential development was continued during a public hearing before a Deschutes County hearings officer in Bend March 5. more...

Sisters ponders portal project
By Richard Ward
The Sisters Ranger District is looking for public comments on the East Portal Project which will develop a self-service visitor information area in one of three areas on the west side of town. more...

Clifton Clemens is 90
By Eric Dolson
You can't tell many people they don't look a day over 70 and mean it as a compliment. Clifton Clemens doesn't, and he turned 90 on March 6.

What has he learned in 90 years? more...

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