| Police
nab fugitive after chase
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By Jim Cornelius
Sheriff's deputies, tipped off about a stolen car leaving a gas station
in Sisters, intercepted Robert Nelson Howell, 40, on Highway 20 and
chased him into Bend. Howell crashed his vehicle and was apprehended at
the scene.
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According to sheriff's department reports, Howell was wanted out of Massachusetts
for arson and attempted murder.
Deputies attempted to stop Howell at the Tumalo grade on Highway 20, but
he allegedly failed to yield and continued to head south More...
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| Judge Tiktin
hammers Mt. Shadow lawsuit
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By Eric Dolson
A. Wayne Scott was slapped with a stinging rebuke by Judge Stephen Tiktin
on March 6. Tiktin ruled that Scott's lawsuit against Barclay Contractors
of Sisters was "meritless." More...
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Burning prescribed
for forest
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The Sisters country will get a bit smoky starting this month as the
Sisters Ranger District Fire Management Group conducts its spring prescribed
burning program.
The annual program, which will run till about the end of May, is
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| Sisters
businessman sues fire district
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A Sisters businessman has filed a lawsuit against the Sisters-Camp
Sherman Rural Fire Protection District seeking $20,500 in damages stemming
from a February 1995 fire department training exercise in the Sisters Industrial
Park.
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During the course of training, members
of the department sprayed Phos-Chek fire retardant on logs belonging to
Handcrafted Log Homes. Owner Ed Adams claims he was forced to close his
business while the logs were tested to determine whether they would be
suitable for use in residential construction
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| Hikers will pay to use Sisters trails
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By Jo Zucker
Hikers using wilderness trails in the Sisters Ranger District this summer
will pay for the pleasure by purchasing a new Trail-Park permit.
The regional Trail-Park permit system is a three-year experiment that the
agency hopes will help finance both trail maintenance and facility and
site restoration. The experiment More...
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| Ski Inn marks 25 years with Habitat
donation
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The Ski Inn restaurant turns 25 years old on March 15. To celebrate,
owner Lill Palmer is making a generous donation to the Sisters community
that has supported her family for three generations.
Palmer is going to host a party on Saturday, March 15. And she is going
to donate the gross proceeds to Sisters Habitat for Humanity.More...
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| COCC scholarships available
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Applications for Central Oregon Community College Foundation 1997-98
scholarships are now available.
Applications must returned to the COCC Student Financial Aid Office by
5 p.m. on Friday, March 28. More than 100 scholarships, ranging from $150
to $1,600, are available. More...
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