The Nugget Newspaper

Serving Western Deschutes County, Oregon  May 7, 1997 
Vol XXI  No. 19
Sisters fires police chief

 By Eric Dolson

The City of Sisters has put Police Chief David Haynes on paid suspension until May 15, at which time his employment will be terminated, Haynes told The Nugget on May 2.

 "I was given notice yesterday (May 1) at about 11 a.m. by the city administrator to meet with her and Gordon (Councilor Petrie) and Tim (Councilor Clasen)" Haynes said.

"Apparently at 8 a.m. she called Lt. Shaver and asked him to come

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Builders step up to help Sisters schools

By Eric Dolson

Can a volunteer effort in Sisters build four classrooms at the elementary school, tentatively valued at between $350,000 and $400,000? The idea, which

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School board adopts alternative calendar

By Jo Zucker

After years of study and debate, the Sisters School Board has decided Tuesday, April 29, to put kindergarten through eighth grades on an alternative calendar for the 1997-1998 academic year.

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Board votes to move 7th & 8th grades

 By Jo Zucker

Sisters' sixth, seventh and eighth graders will have a new home this fall.

The school board decided Tuesday, April 29, to move the seventh and eighth graders from their present

location at the middle/high school to the downtown administration campus across the street from the elementary facility.

According to board chair Bill Reed, creating a middle school is "the best way to meet the emotional, social and academic needs of seventh and

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Sheriff's services
may be cut

By Jim Cornelius

The fate of the Deschutes County Sheriff's Department is in the hands of the voters -- and if fewer than 50 percent mail in the ballots, the vote won't count.

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City turns to voters

By Jim Cornelius

The City of Sisters is asking voters to stem the tide of a serious budget shortfall.

Mail-in ballots for the May 20 election list five measures that would raise $115,996

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OutlawNet
ponders expansion

By Jo Zucker

OutlawNet, the local Internet service provider based at Sisters Middle/High School, may invest in new hardware which would enable the company to expand.

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