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Canning workshop set

Enjoy learning about canning high-quality fruit and fruit pie fillings with Oregon State University Extension Service at a public workshop with a hands-on lab.

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Former Outlaw’s path set in Sister High School classes

Full-time ceramist and part-time river guide in the Grand Canyon, Laura Campbell developed the tools for her professions through her experience at Sisters High School.

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Solo flight carries on tradition

On his 16th birthday, Ryan Ilmberger carried out an unusual family tradition: He soloed in an airplane.

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Kid Made introduces food cart camp

Can young kids run a real, certified food cart?

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Donor sets record in school supply drive

Just when they thought they’d seen their largest donation ever in 2018, Mid Oregon Credit Union kicked off its annual Supplies 4 Schools 2019 supply drive with yet another record donation from a Redmond resident who stuffed 190+ backpacks with school supplies ready for local students.

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Commentary... A journey to the farm Olympics

My favorite day this spring was the first-ever sixth grade Farm Olympics.

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School supplies drive underway in Sisters

Sisters’ Back to School-School Supply Drive is underway at Sisters’ Les Schwab Tire Center.

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Astronomy Club talk confronts vastness of cosmos

Standing in a dark country meadow, staring up at a sky full of stars and the diaphanous glow of the Milky Way arching overhead, it is easy to feel small.

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Sisters grad operates ‘Hopservatory’

Grant Tandy, a Sisters High School graduate, is the manager at the Worthy Brewing Company “Hopservatory” in Bend.

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SPRD offers families scholarships

The Sisters Park & Recreation District (SPRD) offers two scholarships for Sisters Country families that participate in SPRD programs.

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Montecinos earned FOSL scholarship

The Peg Bermel, Friends of the Sisters Library Scholarship started in 2007 and Audrey Tehan, of the well-known Sisters Seed-to-Table Garden, was the first recipient.

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EMT to visit Haiti on humanitarian trip

Rachelle Beiler, Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire Department volunteer and student, is taking her knowledge of medicine to Haiti in November.

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How much water do snowpacks hold?

CORVALLIS — Oregon State University researchers have developed a new computer model for calculating the water content of snowpacks, providing an important tool for water-resource managers and avalanche forecasters as well as scientists.

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University science project hit snag

The course of science — like true love — never does run smooth.

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Sisters student hones leadership skills

A Sisters Heart of Oregon YouthBuild student was selected to join more than 80 other young leaders in Washington, D.C., to further develop their leadership skills and network with current and former students from YouthBuild programs across the country.

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Airport hosts university science project

A test flight for a project measuring electrical conductivity in connection with thunderstorms was to launch via balloon from Sisters Airport early this week.

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Class of 1999 to celebrate 20 years

Sisters High School Class of 1999 will be celebrating their 20th reunion in July. The reunion will take place in Sisters at the Sisters Saloon, around town, and in the Village Green park.

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Stars over Sisters

This past spring black holes made history when scientists published the first picture ever taken of a black hole in galaxy M87.

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Dinner celebrated food, human connections

Splitting Aces Livestock hosted an Anthony Bourdain Day Dinner on the Ranch on June 25, serving their own grass-fed livestock and produce from Seed to Table.

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Guitar-builders play and display their work

Hand-made music rang out at Sisters High School on Monday, June 17, as participants in the Americana Luthier Program — a group of high schoolers taught by Tony Cosby — played and displayed the guitars and ukuleles they built this school year.

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