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Serving Western Deschutes County, Oregon  April 9, 1997 
Vol XXI  No. 14

Sisters, Oregon

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Negotiations begin over school salaries

By Eric Dolson

Sisters teachers have proposed a 4.8 percent base salary increase for the 1997-98 school year, guarantees of seniority protection in the event of layoffs and modification of discipline procedures.

In a negotiating session April 2,

teachers and the district began bargaining over the terms of employment for the last year of a four-year contract that spans 1994 to 1998.

Despite the four-year nature of the contract, salary, fringe benefits and two non-economic issues (from each side) can be renegotiated each year. More... 

MIP party bust
raises complaint

By Jim Cornellius

The father of an 18-year-old Sisters youth is planning legal action after his son was cited as a minor in possession of alcohol Saturday,
March 29.

The 18-year-old was one of more than a dozen teens cited More..

Simpson named Rodeo Queen

By Jo Zucker

Laurie Simpson brought an array of talents to bear in capturing the Sisters Rodeo Queen crown. A straight-A senior at Redmond High School, Simpson is a slim brunette whose horsemanship skills cannot be questioned. 

The rodeo queen competition held Saturday, April 5, More... 

Sisters again reviews sewer scenarios

By JimCornelius

Sisters area residents got a good look at what a city sewer system would look like and what it would cost at a series of public meetings last week.

The meetings, held April 2,3 and 5, were part of the final phase of a sewer study that will take Sisters through planning a system and getting approval from county and state agencies.

The final decision whether to build a sewer could be made by the city council or, more likely, by a vote of the city residents.

Dick Nored, president of HGE, Inc., the engineering firm in charge of the study, conducted the meetings, with input from county sanitarian John Mason.

"We're really trying to work this so that everyone is More ... 

Cloverdale firefighters
honor their own

By Jim Cornelius

Last month, the Cloverdale Rural Fire Protection District honored their own at their annual awards banquet held at the Sisters Rodeo clubhouse.  More... 

Trucks collide
near BBR

A Black Butte Ranch fire truck was struck broadside as it was making a U-turn across Highway 20 west of Sisters on Thursday, April 3.

According to the Deschutes County Sheriff's Department, the small "brush" fire truck had been traveling up and down More... 

Candidates for community action

Forty-one Sisters community members have been suggested as possible members of a team that will chart Sisters' course for the future.

The names of suggested "Community Action Team" members came from surveys handed out at a March 12 meeting in which Mike  More...

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