The Nugget Newspaper January 29, 1997 for Sisters, Oregon

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Serving Deschutes County	Sisters Oregon
VOL. XXI NO. 5	January 29, 1997

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Bad check suspect nabbed; loot recovered
Sisters police have recovered property stolen from two Sisters stores two weeks ago by a couple who allegedly went on a bad-check-writing spree throughout Central Oregon.	Amanda Jean Dehart, 19, was arrested by Prineville police last week on charges of theft by receiving stolen property. more...

Cell phone towers may sprout in region

Deschutes County faces a potential crisis regarding the siting of wireless communication "cell phone" towers, according to Community Development Director George Read. more...

No concrete answers to sidewalk questions

By Jim Cornelius
Contractors who specialize in sidewalks will likely have a busy spring in Sisters as property owners hurry to meet a June 1 deadline for having their sidewalks repaired or replaced. more...

Schools struggle with calendar
By Jim Hollon A package of "alternative calendar" models received a somewhat cool reception by the Sisters School Board Monday night. Some board members claimed the proposed schedules were not substantially different from the traditional calendar now in place.	The board has been examining various school calendars to get maximum use of present facilities in the face of possible overcrowding. Under a "multi-track" schedule, a certain percentage of students would be in school while another group would be off. more...

Sisters dropout rate lower than state's

By Jim Hollon
Sisters schools work hard to keep students in school, and numbers seem to indicate that the district does pretty well.

A couple of years ago the district had nearly twice as many dropouts as it did during the 1995-96 school year -- the rate dropped from 8.4 percent to 4.6 percent. more...

Sisters' juvenile diversion programs succeed

By Jim Cornelius
Kids in Sisters may get themselves in trouble for infractions ranging from drinking and curfew violations to theft, but the diversion programs designed to deal with violators are keeping them from making the same mistakes twice.

Sisters concert series wins major sponsors

Ray's Food Place of Sisters and Coca-Cola of Central Oregon have signed on as title sponsors for the 1997 inaugural Sisters Starry Nights Concert Series.

The co-sponsors committed to lead sponsorship last week. Both have contributed money and thousands of dollars worth of food and beverage products to help the concert series.

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