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PMR rolling on first housing phase
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| People could start moving in to condominium
units on Pine Meadow Ranch next spring, according to developer
Doug Sokol. All 15 of the lots in the high density zone of
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development's first phase have sales
pending.Out of a total of 50 residential lots, 18 do not yet
have sales pending, Sokol said. PMR Development Company expects
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| Budget pinches
Sisters schools |
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Sisters schools will be pinched by a lower-than-expected
appropriation from the Oregon Legislature.
The Legislature passed a $4.81 billion education budget
at the end of a long session on Friday, July 23. The Sisters
School District 1999-2000 budget was based on an appropriation
of $4.86-$4.87 billion.
According to schools superintendent Steve Swisher, the
final budget figure translates to about $90,000 less than
what the district had anticipated.
However, Swisher noted, funding for the Crook/ Deschutes
Educational Service District should jump to about $120 per
student under the budget package (the current rate is $54).
Sisters schools currently contract for thousands of dollars
worth of services from the
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| Youth arrested for
computer crimes |
| Kenneth Avery Crain, 17, of Sisters,
was arrested Friday, July 23, after he turned himself in to
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Finches succumb to disease
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| The first inkling of a disease outbreak
among the wild birds around Sisters surfaced around the end
of June when Kristen Newton noticed dead red crossbills under
her feeder. |
A few days later, Newton's neighbor
on Wilt Road, Barbara Egan, discovered more dead crossbills
at her feeding stations. The Egans also noticed several dead
evening |
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| Forest Service okays
land sale for sewer |
| The U.S. Forest Service recently
approved the sale of 160 acres of National Forest land to
the City of Sisters for the city's wastewater |
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Obymakos
leave Hoodoo |
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After 18 years managing Hoodoo Ski Area west of Sisters,
Mike and Nancy Obymako have left the resort. Chuck Shepard,
from Coburg,
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Classic cars
are coming |
| That rumbling sound, that flash of
chrome, that splash of vivid color on the streets of Sisters
will come from a host of custom cars arriving soon |
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