A hot-burning fire just outside of Sisters was quickly slapped down by a multi-agency attack on Wednesday, September 15.

The"human-caused" fire was called in at 3:43 p.m., according to Wayne Rowe with the Oregon Department of Forestry in Sisters.

Fire conditions are extreme. In the initial attack, ODF responded with three engines and five people; Sisters/Camp Sherman RFPD sent five engines and eight firefighters; the Forest Service had four engines, and seven firefighters at the scene.

The mutual aid request also brought

Sisters schools have 33 more students than they had last year.

Sisters Elementary grew by 16 students to a population of 447; the middle school added four students and Sisters High School grew by 13 students for a total of 429. The total number of students as of last week was 1,150.

That's good financial news to the school district, which was facing up to $100,000 in cuts after the state budget allocation for schools came in smaller than expected.

The state funds schools through a weighted, per-student formula known as "average daily membership" (ADM). The state pays schools $4,500 per ADM. With 25 more ADM this year Ñ at least so far Ñ Sisters may have about $112,500 more to work with this year.

For the first time since the passage of Measure 5 in 1991, Sisters schools can go to the voters for operating funds. The school board is reluctant to do

The developers of the proposed Barclay Meadows business park along Camp Polk Road want Sisters voters to annex the property into the City of Sisters.

An annexation election will be held in November.

Sisters residents will have six months during which they may offer suggestions on what to do with effluent from Sisters' sewer and how to use the treatment facility lands.

The Community Action Team of Sisters (CATS) will lead a series of 12 workshop meetings over six months to