The Nugget Newspaper February 12, 1997 for Sisters, Oregon

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VOL. XXI NO. 7	February 12, 1997

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Police nab fugitive after chase
Police arrested Curtis Lee Ladd, 39, of Sisters February 9, after he led a Sisters police officer on a chase over snowy backroads northeast of Sisters.	According to police reports, a Sisters officer saw Ladd speeding eastbound on West Adams Street at about 8 p.m. Sunday. Ladd allegedly turned south on Ash Street, then east on Main Avenue, running a stop sign. more...

Sisters schools may play the student shuffle

By Eric Dolson
Rapid enrollment growth in grades 7-12 could crowd students in K-6, as the Sisters School District ponders moving students in grades 7 and 8 out of the middle/high school and back to the intermediate school campus. more...

Sisters faces more taxes or fewer services

By Jim Cornelius
Sisters residents and businesses may have to choose between paying new taxes and higher fees or losing city services as the City of Sisters hunts for new sources of revenue to plug a $48,000 hole left in the city's budget by Measure 47 cutbacks. more...

Barclay wins lawsuit against Mt. Shadow
By Eric Dolson Barclay Contractors of Sisters won more than $83,000 from A. Wayne Scott, owner of Mt. Shadow RV park, in a Deschutes County courtroom on February 5.	The jury found that Scott still owed Barclay for construction of the motel and recreational vehicle park, finished in 1994. The same jury decided that Barclay did not owe Scott anything for alleged problems with the project. more...

Builders look for volunteers

By Jim Cornelius
Habitat for Humanity volunteers are looking for a few more dedicated nail-pounders to help them finish construction of the organization's big new thrift store on Main Avenue in Sisters. more...

Outlaws' Judy lands

By Doug Darlington
Outlaws football standout Griff Judy signed a national letter of intent February 5, accepting a full-ride scholarship to attend the University of Montana. more...

Community center advocates ask what Sisters needs

By Doug Darlington
If you build it, will they come?

If organizers procure grant money to build a community center in Sisters, will residents support the effort with their patronage of events and services offered at the site? more...

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