The Nugget Newspaper - News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon

A 22- year- old Salem man died sometime Saturday night, January 27, after crashing into a tree at Hoodoo Ski Area. The body of James Scariot was recovered at 6:20 a.m. Sunday after an all- night search by Scariot's companions and members of... — Updated 1/30/1996 Full story

Two members of a Newberg family have been released from St. Charles Medical Center in Bend after treatment for injuries they sustained in a January 13 motor vehicle accident near Santiam Pass which claimed two lives. Marcia Worlock, 47, was... — Updated 1/23/1996 Full story

A Redmond mother and daughter were killed outright at 11 a.m. Saturday, January 13, in a two- car collision on U.S. 20 near Lost Lake. A 2- year- old girl in the same car was secured in an approved child restraint seat and was not injured.... — Updated 1/16/1996 Full story

Break- ins and thefts occurred at three Camp Sherman recreation cabins sometime between Thanksgiving and December 29, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department has disclosed. The three residences are located at the end of Summer Home Tract... — Updated 1/16/1996 Full story

Forest Service workers at the Sisters Ranger District returned January 8 from what was probably their longest Christmas vacation since school days. But the shutdown of federal government offices for 19 days, while Congress and the Clinton ad... — Updated 1/16/1996 Full story

A Bend woman, her daughter and a man from Salem sustained multiple injuries Friday, December 22, in a three- vehicle collision on Highway 20 at the Suttle Lake grade. The accident, which occurred at 12:50 p.m. near Mile Post 86.5, blocked... — Updated 12/26/1995 Full story

The Sisters Ranger District hopes to publish a final environmental assessment January 24, 1996, of the Jack- Canyon Vegetation Management Project on 16,600 acres of national forest land west of Camp Sherman. The project area includes the dra... — Updated 11/28/1995 Full story

The Sisters Ranger District is seeking public comment about a proposed exchange of federal and Deschutes County lands which could add 80 acres to the holdings of the Sisters School District. Comments are due by December 15, and should be... — Updated 11/21/1995 Full story

Camp Sherman residents are proud to announce they have a new national champion living among them. They've been rooting for him all along, but now that he has achieved high honor, there won't be any parades. No one will fashion a crown, and... — Updated 11/21/1995 Full story

Seven years after the Metolius River was designated a wild and scenic stream by the federal government and the State Scenic Waterways system, the U.S. Forest Service has released a draft environmental impact statement for management of the r... — Updated 11/14/1995 Full story

The Camp Sherman Local Advisory Committee to the Jefferson County Planning Commission has been one member short since March. More recently, the planning commission member representing Camp Sherman, Suttle Lake and Blue Lake resigned. He has... — Updated 11/14/1995 Full story

The Land Conservation and Development Department has remanded to the Jefferson County Commission "periodic review work task number 4," which concerns zoning and land- use regulations in the Camp Sherman area. "The department concludes that... — Updated 11/7/1995 Full story

Even with the sun shining on a late October Saturday, the water temperature of the Metolius River near Wizard Falls Trout Hatchery was a daunting 45 degrees. Yet, for 13 members of the all- volunteer Camp Sherman Hasty Team of Jefferson... — Updated 10/31/1995 Full story

The Sisters City Council has embarked on a new street numbering and addressing system for the community in the interests of public safety. At its October 26 meeting, the council heard City Planner Neil Thompson bid for consistency, a virtue... — Updated 10/31/1995 Full story

A Sunday afternoon skid on Highway 20 caused a head- on collision which claimed the life of a 73- year- old Salem man. John M. Palmer was pronounced dead at the scene. The two occupants of the second vehicle escaped with minor injuries.... — Updated 10/24/1995 Full story

The Deschutes National Forest has announced a forest- wide timber sale of mostly salvage wood for the 12- month period starting October 1, 1995, and ending September 30, 1996. The sales, located in the Bend, Sisters, Crescent and Fort Rock... — Updated 10/24/1995 Full story

The Jefferson County grand jury has indicted Garth M. Nelson, 53, of Camp Sherman, on three counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to trial court records in Madras. Nelson, free on security release, was to be... — Updated 10/24/1995 Full story

Charges of attempted rape and first- degree sexual abuse against Garth M. Nelson of Camp Sherman were dropped in Jefferson County for lack of sufficient evidence, according to court records in Madras. Nelson was arrested October 1 at his... — Updated 10/17/1995 Full story

Fanned by sudden high winds, a permitted trash fire at a residence on Ponderosa Loop quickly went out of control Sunday afternoon, bringing the Cloverdale RFPD out in force. Bill and Kathy Wolfe, occupants of the house in the Ponderosa... — Updated 10/17/1995 Full story

A deer hunter's discovery 10 days ago of bones and items of women's underclothing stashed near the Santiam highway has stirred an investigation by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department. The stash, located in a brushy area off a closed... — Updated 10/17/1995 Full story

Motorists and emergency services officials in the area were relieved to learn last week that the Sisters Ranger District plans work on a notorious Highway 20 curve just east of Suttle Lake. The proposed vegetation treatment near Milepost 88... — Updated 10/10/1995 Full story

A Camp Sherman man was arrested in his home early Sunday morning, October 1, after police were alerted to a possible hostage situation. Garth M. Nelson, 53, was to be arraigned in Jefferson County Circuit Court Monday on charges of... — Updated 10/3/1995 Full story