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After having last week’s race canceled at Mt. Hood due to heavy snowfall, the Sisters High School Nordic ski team faced near whiteout conditions at Mt. Bachelor on Saturday, February 4, which forced race officials to modify the race plan. Rather than conducting a pursuit race, which includes two phases, officials decided to simplify and run just one mass-start five-kilometer classic race. “The wind was unbelievable, so to keep everyone out there a couple of more hours to fin... Full story
The boys Nordic ski team posted its first-ever meet victory Saturday, January 21, beating three Northern Division rivals in a classic-style race at Mt. Bachelor. The Outlaws placed six racers in the top 10 to score 19 points to overwhelm Corvallis (33), Redmond (40), and Cleveland (66). Kelly Crowther was the runner-up (13:45) behind Max Foster of Redmond, who won the individual title in 12:50. Jeremy Evan (14:38) and Stefan Redfield (14:42) placed fifth and sixth respectively to score for the Sisters squad, and Kyle... Full story
After last week’s twilight race tune-up, the Outlaw Nordic Ski team showed it is definitely ready to compete with a very strong outing at the first league meet of the season Saturday, January 14, at Hoodoo. The Sisters girls had three racers in the top nine to take second place among seven Northern Division teams in a classic-style event measured at just under five kilometers. Redmond won the meet with 14 points by placing three racers among the top four. Sisters scored 48 p... Full story
A rainout of last Saturday’s open race at Hoodoo has not deterred the spirits of the members of the Sisters High School Nordic ski team. In fact it will simply make Thurday’s night race at Hoodoo Mountain Resort more exciting, according to coach Lee Fischer. The Outlaws will host other Northern Division teams on January 5 in a five-kilometer freestyle race at Hoodoo beginning at 4:30 p.m. It is the first time Fischer has hosted an evening meet for high school racers and he looks forward to seeing how it works out. “It will... Full story
Music greets you entering the Dancerfli Productions! studio next door to Iron Accents at 117 W. Sisters Park Dr. in the industrial park. Peak through the curtained door and you’ll likely see dancers under the direction of a young woman completely in her element, Sundi McClain. McClain, who is originally from Roseburg, and her husband Robb were traveling through the area earlier this year, decided Sisters was “the place” and opened the studio August 8. In short order, McCla... Full story
With the first competition still two weeks away, the abundance of local snow has given the Sisters High School Nordic ski club a great jump start to the season. In addition to good snow, the team is reveling in its biggest turnout in club history. Coach Lee Fischer, in his sixth year heading the team, is thrilled to have a number of returnees as well as a fresh flock of new faces on the squad that touts 18 members. “It’s always good to have a strong core of experienced ski... Full story
The “Christmas Blessings to New Orleans” gift drive to benefit victims of Hurricane Katrina continues through December 13. Unwrapped, small gifts for people of all ages are being collected at three locations in Sisters. Gifts can be dropped off at Sisters Coffee Company (273 W. Hood Ave.) and Sisters Video (413 W. Hood Ave.) during regular business hours and at Three Sisters Fellowship (442 Trinity Way), Tuesday-Friday between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. According to coordinator Kim Barry, gifts from Central Oregon will be del... Full story
The “Christmas Blessings to New Orleans” gift drive to benefit victims of Hurricane Katrina continues through December 13. Unwrapped, small gifts for people of all ages are being collected at three locations in Sisters. Gifts can be dropped off at Sisters Coffee Company (273 W. Hood Ave.) and Sisters Video (413 W. Hood Ave.) during regular business hours and at Three Sisters Fellowship (442 Trinity Way), Tuesday-Friday between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. According to coordinator Kim Barry, gifts from Central Oregon will be del... Full story
More Sisters students will have an opportunity to swim competitively this year. For the first time in 10 years the Outlaws swim team has secured a second training facility and a volunteer coach to give the large number of students trying out for swimming a chance to participate, according to coach Isolde Hedemark. Hedemark reported that Sisters High School (SHS) Site Council member Lori Hancock and SHS Volunteer Coordinator Ann Jacobsen approached Dave Elliott, manager of the Sisters Inn, about possible use of the motel pool... Full story
As an encore to the series of summer hikes led by women from Three Sisters Fellowship Church, three autumn hikes are scheduled in upcoming weeks. Thursday, October 6, a group will depart at 9 a.m. from the church and drive west to traverse the five mile loop around Clear Lake located along the highway to Eugene. This level hike encircles sparkling Clear Lake and meanders through a lava flow and shady forests. Vine maples should be in full color, providing a real taste of... Full story
For 30 years Harland Yriarte has directed a running camp in the heart of the Steens Mountain country where his Basque grandfather once tended sheep. His philosophy is simple: Come to the high, high desert, away from what he calls “Flatland, America” and test your body, mind and soul in ways that will not only make you a better runner, but a better person. Six members of the Outlaws cross country team took that challenge and spent the first week of August in some of the mos... Full story
Summer hikes led by members of Three Sisters Fellowship are continuing through August and everyone is welcome according to co-leader Kim Barry. Recent hikes into Tamolitch Pool and Obsidian Falls were magnificent,participants report. The trip into Tamolitch included 15 adults and 16 kids and provided a great opportunity to unite, said Kim Barry. Tamolitch is very kid-friendly since it is fairly level and only about four miles long, she said. In contrast, a hike around the... Full story
Rescue Response Gear, a locally owned company that supplies equipment to fire departments, search and rescue organizations and other agencies, has expanded its focus and accessibility to the public. The company is offering an online site with a comprehensive inventory of everything from climbing gear to car-camping needs. Lance and Monika Piatt, owners of Rescue Response Gear for the past eight years, want Sisters area residents to know that their business, located in the... Full story
To passersby it looked like a major fire emergency was taking place near Buck Run last Wednesday, July 20. Nearly 70 personnel from the Sisters-Camp Sherman Rural Fire Protection District (RFPD), Oregon Department of Forestry, Deschutes County Search and Rescue, U.S. Forest Service and Oregon Department of Transportation joined forces in the second annual Multi-Agency Fire Exercise. Fire trucks and tankers, hoses and yellow-clad workers could be seen in and around the Buck Run... Full story
So well known that his trail name is simply and reverently intoned as “The Runner,” 55-year-old David Horton is about to finish doing something that is truly hard to fathom. In two weeks he will finish running the entire Pacific Crest Trail — all 2,650 miles of it — in a total of 66 days. That works out to about 43 miles every day on the average. The current speed record belongs to Ray Greenlaw who finished in just over 83 days. Horton wants people to know that his own record... Full story
There was a little bit of Hollywood and a whole lot of the finest bamboo rods in North America at the fourth annual Metolius River Bamboo Rod Fair held at Black Butte School in Camp Sherman over the weekend. Jason Borger, who did the fly casting scenes for Brad Pitt in the 1992 movie A River Runs Through It, provided the Hollywood aspect of the event. Much more than just a movie double, Borger is the director of Fly Casting Education for the Fly Casting Institute and the... Full story
Glen Davidson attended the first Davidson family reunion in 1965, which was the start of a legacy unheard of these days: 40 consecutive years of get-togethers designed to nurture and instill family bonds. Carol Williams, Glen’s youngest sibling among a family that totaled 13 children, hosted the 40th annual event at her property called Meadowbrook near Camp Sherman last week. The driveway lined with American flags and the gallery of photos of veterans displayed in the barn w... Full story
Sisters residents and visitors looking to catch the latest summer flicks now have to go no further than the east edge of town. The Sisters Movie House opened its doors for business in the FivePines development near Sisters Athletic Club on Thursday, June 30. The theater served just over 200 moviegoers the first day, according to developer and owner Lisa Clausen. “It was like a fire drill the first day, but things actually went quite well,” she said. “We had a dry run the n... Full story
It might come as a surprise to outdoor enthusiasts around Sisters, but a marked number of area residents have seldom ventured out onto the many mountain trails within easy access of the Sisters area. A group of women from Three Sisters Fellowship Church would like to change that — and provide relationship-building opportunities in the process — by offering weekly hikes throughout the summer months. “We’ve found that many people, particularly women, love to be outdoor... Full story
In the footsteps of John McLoughlin, Lewis and Clark, and Oregon Trail Pioneers, the fourth graders of Sisters Elementary School journeyed by bus on the annual Oregon history field trip June 2-3. Led by fourth grade teacher Diane Jacobson, a lover of Oregon history and veteran of 18 such trips, as well as fellow fourth grade teachers Mark Lamont and Clay Warburton, the fourth graders made their way from Sisters Thursday morning to the first real stop of the trip at Laurel... Full story
One hundred and twenty-seven seniors took the final passage in their public school education at the 57th commencement of Sisters High School on Friday, June 3, before the largest crowd in school history. Principal Bob Macauley welcomed everyone and shared briefly his praise of the class before deferring to senior class president Seann Igoe. Igoe thanked Superintendent Ted Thonstad and Board Chairman Glen Lasken for their leadership and service to the school community and presented the senior gift, a permanent placard posted... Full story
For the past nine years for Alyssa Boley and the past eight for Kimberly Wilson, virtually every single Monday night of the school year has been spent in Bend practicing with the award-winning Youth Choir of Central Oregon. The pair performed in their final concert together on Sunday, May 22, at the Tower Theatre in Bend and were honored along with five other graduates for their contributions and dedication to the choir by director Beth Basham. Wilson remembers Boley... Full story
Jenny Boswell achieved her dream in winning both hurdles races at the OSAA 3A Track and Field Championships, capturing state titles in the 100- and 300-meter hurdles. The meet was held in Eugene May 20-21 at Hayward Field on the University of Oregon campus. In the 100-meter hurdles, the tighter of the two races, Boswell exploded off the start and never let up, winning in a new state meet record time of 15.01 seconds. Angela Rear of Junction City was over a half second behind... Full story
The third and final eighth-grade retreat of the 2004-05 school year took place in Camp Sherman on Friday, May 20, as the class of 2009 wrapped up the three-part series with some final group challenges and a bit of community service. A fall retreat took place at the Methodist Church camp at Suttle Lake and the winter outing was at Hoodoo Mountain Resort. The objectives of the retreats, according to principal Lora Nordquist, include building teamwork, instilling responsibility,... Full story
As a seventh-grader-to-be in Baker, Oregon, in the spring of 1949, Jim Anderson saw some high school kids pole vaulting at the high school track across the street from his house and immediately, as he puts it, “lost my heart to it.” “When we moved to a place with a little acreage a short time later I would use a wooden rail from the corral to vault with because it’s all I could come up with,” he said. Now, 56 years later, Anderson just completed his 42nd year of coaching... Full story
