| Man killed after rape, attack on police |
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A Sisters Post Office employee was shot to death by a Bend police officer
on Saturday, July 5, after he allegedly attacked the officer with a pair
of scissors at St. Charles Medical Center. |
Kenneth Ross Coleson, 46, was at the hospital Saturday evening
to be examined in a rape investigation. Bend Police had arrested him Saturday
afternoon for kidnapping and raping his estranged wife.
Police reported that Coleson |
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| Search on for ranger |
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By October the Sisters Ranger District should have a new ranger at the
helm. Until then, Mike Hernandez will continue to act as ranger. When Karen
Shimamoto took a new assignment in the |
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| Rains may only delay fire danger |
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Heavy, late rains in June may cause wild grasses to flourish, increasing
fire hazard later in the summer.
According to Mike Carnahan of the Sisters Ranger District, "Rains
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| Ground-breaking set for new classrooms |
A golden shovel will be put to work when school officials and
volunteers host an official ground-breaking ceremony for four new elementary
school classrooms on Wednesday, July 9 at 5:30 p.m.
Volunteers are key to the project, which would cost$400,000 if put out
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will be added to the west wing of the school toward the parking
lot primarily with volunteer labor and donated materials.
School Superintendent Steve Swisher said the short ground-breaking ceremony
will be followed at 6 p.m. by a meeting of those interested in |
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| Sisters player heads to World Series |
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Pat Burke, a star of the Sisters Little League all-stars, has earned
the opportunity to participate in the 1997 Continental Amateur Baseball
Association World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.
The CABA World Series begins |
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Colorful quilts
to blossom on streets of Sisters |
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Sisters will experience its annual metamorphosis into the center of the
quilting universe Saturday, July 12, as thousands of quilters flock to the
Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show.
Over 700 quilts will be displayed |
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| Logo sought for Great Penny Drive |
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Michelle Elpi is asking Sisters area residents to create a logo for the
ongoing students' Great Penny Drive, which will help fund local charities.
The winning design will go on the display container which will ultimately
contain one million pennies. |
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