Sisters passes law to preserve dark skies

 By Jim Cornelius

Sisters residents' ability to stand there amazed at the glory of the Central Oregon night sky will be enhanced

as a new "dark sky" ordinance takes effect in the city.

The ordinance, which Mayor Steve Wilson called "probably one of the

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Fire danger high
With high temperatures, low moisture and thick grasses fed by a wet spring, the Sisters country has become a late-summer tinder box.
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Sisters man arrested for assault
Sisters police arrested Jeremy Cledenny, 23, of Sisters, after he allegedly struck and menaced his estranged wife at the Sno-Cap
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Up go classroom walls
 A Saturday room-raising work party brought together about 30 volunteers to put up walls, but, even with a dedicated community work force steaming away, the three new elementary school classrooms

 will not be ready on September 6 as project leaders had hoped.

Project manager Bill Willitts estimates the rooms will be completed in November, although

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Creek gets all-clear after sewage spill
It's safe again to splash in Indian Ford Creek. The creek waters have tested safe after a sewage spill at Black Butte Ranch July 29.
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Salary talks stall
A technical disagreement about where employees fall on the salary schedule has stalled negotiations between Sisters teachers and the school board.
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Bowling alley goes on the market
The building that was to have been Sisters' new city hall is on the market. The Sisters City Council voted in their August 14 meeting
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