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Serving Deschutes County Sisters Oregon
VOL. XX NO. 40 October 2, 1996

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Sisters man imprisoned for drive-by shooting

By Jim Cornelius
Sisters area resident Joshua Norman Rodgers was sentenced September 24 to 18 months in prison for firing a rifle into a home on Deer Ridge Road on January 26.
The 20-year-old plead no contest to a charge of first degree attempted assault. He received the maximum sentence.

According to prosecutor Steve Gunnels, Rodgers and his friend Scott Sheeran more...

Warm Indian summer frustrates deer hunters

By Jim Cornelius
The good hunting weather of the past two weeks didn't hold up for opening day of deer season September 28. Warm, dry weather gave an advantage to the deer. more...

Camp Sherman team recovers boy's body

Camp Sherman Hasty Team members were called into action in the Crooked River Gorge on Saturday, September 28, to recover the body of a 16-year-old boy who apparently jumped more...

Bears sighted in Sisters

By Jim Anderson
"Look! Is that a bear?!" a woman at Indian Ford exclaimed one morning recently while looking out her kitchen window.

Her husband ran to the window. "You're right, it is a bear," he shouted, "and look,

it has a cub with it!"

Other bear-sightings around Sisters, and indeed, right in the industrial park and at the elementary school, have left no doubt that Sisters has been attracting more than the average tourist over the last several weeks. more...

Folks flock to Sisters for festival

By Kim Bentley
Sisters played host to some folk music legends and to an array of topnotch regional musicians and storytellers at the Sisters Folk Festival Friday and Saturday, September 27-28. more...

Sewer study given to HGE, Inc.

By Jim Cornelius
The final phase of a study that will prepare Sisters to install a sewer system will be conducted by HGE, Inc., an engineering firm from Coos Bay.

The Sisters City Council decided Thursday more...

County denies cell phone antenna

By Eric Dolson
CellularOne is likely to appeal a Deschutes County decision denying a cellular phone antenna in a subdivision on Wild Horse Ridge above Sisters.

County Hearings Officer Karen Green agreed more...

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