| Careless campers cause conflagration |
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Campers started a 30-acre fire within a mile of the Pole Creek Trailhead
on Wednesday, June 18. About 130 firefighters battled the blaze for two
days, and had the fire under control by midday Thursday. |
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| Motorcyclists injured |
| Two motorcyclists were injured at the junction of Highways 20 and 126 at
the east end of Sisters on June 18 when a driver pulled in front of them
and their 1997 Harley Davidson slammed into the side of a 1993 Geo Prizm. |
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| Zone change approved for Inn |
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Developer Ted Eady has won approval from the Sisters Urban Area Planning
Commission for a zone change on 13.6 acres of the Barclay Ranch. The commission |
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| Digging into the past at Suttle Lake |
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People have been camping out at Suttle Lake for a long time -- a really
long time.
Sisters Ranger District Archeologist Don Zettel led a crew of diggers
in an archeological exploration of the area |
last week and found evidence that people had camped there at least 1,300
years ago and possibly as far back as the Ice Age.
The dig was organized as work begins on remodeling the Suttle Lake Resort.
The Forest Service routinely studies such work areas to make |
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| Keep tabs on Tabby |
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The expanding population of feral cats is a problem in Deschutes County
and across the country.
The cats have become a serious threat to indigenous birds, |
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| City scuttles RVs |
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Sisters planners have scuttled plans to put up to 23 "park model"
RVs at Mountain Shadows RV park.
The Sisters Urban Area Planning Commission, in their June 18 |
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| Motorcycle takes out fence |
| A Sisters man suffered a broken leg and other injuries after he plowed his
motorcycle through a fence along Highway 242 early Saturday, June 21. John
Bradley Wymore, 24, was arrested |
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