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  • Northwest Forest Pass debuts in Sisters

    Craig F. Eisenbeis|Updated May 2, 2000

    Local bluesman Bobby Sims and his band will rock the Sisters Smokehouse Corral on Sunday afternoon, May 7, from 1 to 5 p.m. in a fund-raiser for the Sisters Folk Festival. Sims, who will also perform at the folk festival this fall, will play on the outdoor stage at the Smokehouse. A $5 donation to the Sisters Folk Festival is requested. According to Smokehouse owner Al Herauf, the blues concert is the first in a series of summer concerts designed to provide entertainment on Sunday afternoons and to raise interest in the... Full story

  • Low-cost firewood available

    Craig F. Eisenbeis|Updated Apr 25, 2000

    The Forest Service is making non-marketable wood available to the public. All along the Highway 20 corridor north of Sisters, the Forest Service continues to thin trees as part of a program intended to enhance forest health. The trees are already down and waiting. Alan Heath, who administers the Forest Service firewood program in Sisters, is anxious to have the public take advantage of the offer. "These trees are smaller than we would traditionally be able to sell in a timber sale, so we're offering them to the public at low... Full story