News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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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
Jenny Boswell wowed the hometown crowd with impressive victories in both hurdles races at the Capital Conference District Track and Field Championships held May 13-14 at Sisters High School. Cascade amassed 191.33 points to claim the team title. Sisters was second with 132, followed by Molalla (108.33), Sweet Home (89.5), Stayton (77.33) and North Marion (55). Boswell improved on her 3A state leading times in the 100-meter hurdles (15.32) and in the 300 hurdles (45.71) on her... Full story
Senior Daniel Holloman jumped and ran his way to three individual titles at the Capital Conference District Track and Field Championships May 13 -14 at Sisters High School. In the process he helped his team finish a surprisingly close third in what was considered a rebuilding year for the boys. Molalla won the meet with 158 points, followed by Stayton (140), Sisters (138), Cascade (134), Sweet Home (49), and North Marion (38). On Friday Holloman captured his second career... Full story
Just before the start of Saturday’s annual Kevin Johnson Memorial Run and Walk, Sisters High School activities director Michelle Herron took a few moments to talk about Kevin Johnson and the impact he had during his time as a Sisters High School student. He came to Sisters from Bend lacking some of the credits he needed to graduate, but shortly after his arrival he really turned things around and became one of the most well-liked, spirited members of the student body, she said. He eventually served as senior class p... Full story
The Outlaws girls track team is ready to travel to Cottage Grove Friday, May 6 for the Cottage Grove Twilight Meet, following a solid second-place finish in a waterlogged La Pine Invitational late last month. Junction City edged the Outlaws 100 to 95.5 for the team title and while the Sisters athletes showed great competitiveness, the conditions made it very difficult to achieve good marks. “The meet was delayed time and time again due to problems with the automatic timing system, so after the second event the meet was a... Full story
The best athletes are those who adapt to whatever situation arises in competition. So, if nothing else, the adverse conditions at Saturday’s La Pine Invitational gave the Outlaws boys track team an opportunity to test its toughness and flexibility. Non-stop rain and numerous delays in the action caused the meet to drag well behind schedule. “The conditions and other problems made it the kind of meet you just get through and put behind you,” said head coach Ross Kennedy. “I was proud of the kids for sticking with it and compet... Full story
The long trip to Eagle Point for the annual Crater Rotary Classic Track and Field Invitational was worth it for the Sisters boys and girls teams as a number of individuals recorded season’s bests in the highly competitive meet. Sisters joined a total of 22 3A and 4A teams for the meet that produced some of the state’s best marks of the year. Jenny Boswell came up with the only first-place medal for the Outlaws, in the 300-meter intermediate hurdles (47.05), and she snagged second in the 100-meter hurdles (16.15), but a num... Full story
In its first scored meet of the season the Outlaws girls track team tore up the competition while the boys finished a strong third at the eight-team Junction City Invitational on Saturday, April 2. The meet uses Wisconsin scoring in which every finisher scores. Each of the eight schools can enter three athletes per event, so first place is awarded 24 points, second 23, and so on. The Lady Outlaws racked up 771 points to outdistance second place Newport by nearly 100 points (674). Team scores for the rest of the field... Full story
The end of a school term typically means students cramming for tests, completing big projects and stressing about making honor roll. Sisters Middle School students got a dose of that the week before the end of the term, but in the actual final days of the second trimester they got to spend time in a wide variety of elective classes during Interim Week. Interim Week is designed to give students exposure to course offerings beyond the electives available during the regular... Full story
With 17 different events to cover for track meets, the first weeks of the season are devoted to determining who will fit where. With 65 boys and girls out at Sisters High School, track coach Ross Kennedy and his assistants have been doing a lot of evaluating and sorting to find the sprinters, jumpers, throwers, hurdlers and distance runners to balance out the teams. Kennedy, who is in his second year as head coach, already has the sound of excitement in his voice as he talks about the teams’ prospects. “The girls have an ama... Full story
Thanks to snow falling in the mountains again, Sisters Middle School was able to complete the winter retreat for eighth graders at Hoodoo Mountain Resort on Thursday, February 17. The school offers a retreat each trimester, but with so little snow in the mountains where the winter retreat was to be held, the event was postponed for nearly a month in the hope that snow would deepen, allowing for the activities planned for the day. As things turned out, the class spent a... Full story
