The Nugget Newspaper August 28, 1996 for Sisters, Oregon

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Serving Deschutes County	Sisters Oregon
VOL. XX NO. 35	August 28, 1996

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Hot day, altitude snag visiting plane
By Eric Dolson A small single engine plane with two occupants crashed on take-off from Sisters Eagle Air airport on August 22 at about 12:30 in the afternoon. Rick McReynolds, 31, of Lebanon was the student pilot flying with instructor	Donald Dodd, 30, of Harrisburg. The 1979 Piper Tomahawk PA-38-112 was owned by Jack Healy, operator of the airport in Lebanon, Oregon. Both occupants were flown to St. Charles Medical Center by Air Life more...

Study will prepare Sisters for sewer

By Jim Cornelius
The final phase of an engineering study that will prepare Sisters to install a sewer system has been launched.

The Sisters City Council voted Thursday, August 22, to put out a Request for Proposal more...

Air show hobbled by fire fight

By Jim Anderson
The Central Oregon Air Show in Redmond provided 12,000 spectators with the usual excitement of aerobatics and aircraft displays -- and also a great deal of confusion. more...

Troops called to battle Sisters blaze
By Jeff Schroeder Smoke choked the air in and around Sisters last weekend as a 590-acre lightning-caused blaze flared up in the wilderness near Park Meadow 13 miles south of town. Three firefighting crews and a helicopter were at work	helicopter were at work Monday morning laying hose line and building a lane around the fire. They were preparing for the arrival of 500 troops from a Fort Carson, Colorado military team which deployed periodically throughout Monday, August 26, more...

Hiker injured on mountain

By Jim Cornelius
A Bend man was hurt Sunday, August 25, when he fell while climbing down the east side of the South Sister.

According to Deschutes County Sheriff's Search and Rescue, Jeffrey Mortimore, 42,was at the 7,900-foot level more...

Sisters students score well

By Jim Hollon
Sisters students continue to score higher than state average in the Oregon Statewide Assessment tests.

The test scores were released last week by the Oregon Department of Education. more...

Dam relicensing offers chance to reestablish salmon runs

Portland General Electric has launched efforts to acquire a new license for its 408,000 kilowatt, three-dam Pelton Round Butte hydroelectric project located on the Deschutes River about seven miles northwest of Madras. The current project license expires Dec. 31, 2001. more...

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