News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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The cupboard is full at the Kiwanis Food Bank. In fact, it's overflowing, thanks to the generosity of local people and organizations. Food bank coordinator David Hiller said food drives and individual donations brought in thousands of pounds of food during the last few weeks. A significant percentage will be boxed at Sisters Fire Hall and distributed in Christmas baskets this week. Hiller said the holiday food drive and financial donations make the Christmas Food Share program possible. About $6,000 in donations will buy... Full story
On Christmas morning more than a thousand underprivileged children's faces will light up with joy, thanks to the efforts of Lorena and Bob Bliven and dozens of other people who contributed to the Sisters couple's toy drive this year. Those children are why the Blivens have spent hundreds of hours each of the last eight years on their toy drive. Lorena, a retired social worker, knows first hand the challenges many underprivileged families face. After the couple retired in 1993, Lorena bought a giant stuffed bear at a garage... Full story
Rachel Eady of Sisters is the youngest rider -- at age 14 -- ever to win the Amateur Final of the World Championship Snaffle Bit Futurity. The September 23 win earned the Sisters High School freshman $7,000. Her proud dad, Ted Eady, says Rachel's horsemanship winnings for the year are now close to $30,000. This is the 28th year for the Snaffle Bit Futurity, which ran from September 20 to October 1 in Reno, Nevada. The event offers hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and prizes and attracts riders and spectators from all... Full story
The last place Kathy Perry wants to be is where she is -- talking to a newspaper reporter about her family's financial situation and her husband's health problems. The Perrys are a private family, and Kathy is putting herself in this unpleasant situation because, she said, "I want to thank this wonderful community for all they're doing, and I want to help my husband." Her husband, 50-year-old Sisters contractor Larry Perry, "has always been a big man, but over the last two to three years he's suddenly gained hundreds of... Full story
Back in the 1960s, folk groups like the Kingston Trio inspired thousands of young people to pick up guitars and learn to strum along to such favorites as "Hang Down Your Head Tom Dooley." Sisters Folk Festival Executive Director and co-founder Dick Sandvik was one of those youths, and he's had a passion for folk music ever since. "It was the kind of music that made you think, I can do that," he said Sandvik hopes Sisters High School students will be similarly affected by the Americana Project, a new educational effort... Full story
How do you make a living quilt that requires nearly 900 individuals in a town with a total population of just 911? With a lot of help from people from around the country and an incredible amount of organization and local volunteer work. Sisters artist Dennis McGregor came up with the idea of an 891-square-yard living quilt as celebration of the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show's 25th Anniversary this year. By 6:30 a.m. Friday morning, July 7, hundreds of volunteers from Sisters, around the country and around the world were in... Full story
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a story about fawning season for The Nugget. What I learned from reporting that story may have saved a fawn's life. On Saturday I was doing another story for The Nugget at the Camp Polk Cemetery. I arrived a few minutes early, and as I was getting out of my car, I noticed a doe off to my left. It was bounding around, staring at me and just acting pretty strangely. Thinking of the story I'd just written about fawning season, I thought the unusual behavior might be due to its fawn being nearby.... Full story
