News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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In the world of senior living, The Lodge in Sisters, currently under construction on Carpenter Lane, promises to be a place of beauty for those who live, work and visit there. As a part of their commitment to support local businesses and artists, The Lodge recently commissioned 138 architectural accent light fixtures from artisan Susie Zeitner, owner of Z Glass Act located on Sun Ranch Drive. Zeitner's handcrafted luminaries will be featured in The Lodge's lobby, library,... Full story
"It is awfully hard to grow a tomato in Central Oregon," Bob Lawton, Sisters Community Garden manager and treasurer, said with a knowing smile. Bob's fellow gardeners at Saturday's season-opener work party laughed - as in "been there, tried that." They know from experience that you had better have a bit of a Viking spirit to garden outdoors in Central Oregon where snow, frost, hail and high winds (not to mention deer, moles, and guinea hens) often stand between you and that... Full story
If there is a perfect hometown for Darlene and Mick McGrady, a place filled with music, horses and wide-open spaces, Sisters is most definitely it. Enjoying a morning at their home surrounded by a plethora of musical instruments including two standing Irish harps, Darlene told me of her prolific and joyous career in music, one that included touring with the 1960s folk group the New Christy Minstrels. "I have been in music since I was knee high to a grasshopper," she laughed.... Full story
This is the third of a three-part, behind-the-scenes series about mountaineer Warren Thompson, Sisters resident who has gone on two expeditions to Everest, one to Denali and many more to world-class mountains. After the 1984 expedition, determined to return to Everest, Warren Thompson heard then-President Reagan call the Soviet Union "The Evil Empire." Frustrated, he decided to do something for world peace. In 1990, he was back on Everest. "There is this old saying, 'You can l... Full story
This is the second of a three-part series about Sisters mountaineer Warren Thompson who has gone on two expeditions to Everest, one to Denali, and many more to world-class mountains. Part one appeared on March 7. Everest 1984: "Nobody sleeps well on Everest because of the lack of oxygen," Warren Thompson says. In 1984, he was leading an American expedition that was attempting to climb Everest from the Chinese side of the mountain, a first for the U.S. "I was at Base Camp, look... Full story
Editor's note: This is the first of a three-part, behind-the-scenes series about mountaineer Warren Thompson, Sisters resident who has gone on two expeditions to Everest, one to Denali and many more to world-class mountains. "George Mallory was a British climber who in 1922 and 1924 tried to be the first human to climb Everest," Warren Thompson said. Thompson, a Sisters resident who has made two expeditions to Everest, another to Denali and many more to other world-class... Full story
"I will never forget what my kindergarten teacher wrote on my report card. 'Rachel marches to the beat of a different drummer.'" Sitting in Suttle Tea, with talkative students bustling around us, Rachel Shultz, the Similar Ministries Coordinator at Crystal Peaks Youth Ranch, described how she and her U.S. Marine officer husband, Brad, ended up in Central Oregon. "Coming from a broken home, my teacher's words only reinforced the awkwardness I felt. As a child, I never knew... Full story
"'Are you an antique, Mom?'" Chelsie Hoyt-Gloeckner said, laughing, during a conversation at Suttle Tea. "That is what my young girls, Lola and Hadley asked me recently. 'Were there cars when you were little?' Nothing like being an antique!" Raised in Sisters, Chelsie, the owner of Heritage USA, an antique store located at 253 Hood Ave., is among the town's creative business women who juggle being a wife, raising children, managing a store and watching over a ranch. She doesn'... Full story
"OMG moments?" Sam Pyke laughed at the question. "Plenty of them. Last year, in Azerbaijan, I was filming a hunt for Dagestan Tur sheep, incredible animals that live at about 10,000 feet. To get up that high, you have to use pack horses. Well, I was filming while riding my horse and seeing the 80-degree cliffs on both sides, I realized that one wrong step by the horse and I would be dead. Crazy dangerous. I was basically terrified..." "Terrified" is not a word one would... Full story
Those straight-shootin,' git-'er-done Sisters Rodeo Association ladies were right: "Wear painting clothes!" they warned, like women who knew exactly what they were talking about. Sure enough. By late morning, my hands were covered. It was under my nails and brushed along my jeans. Bright, American-flag-blue paint. Well, I had to laugh. Welcome to being a brand-new volunteer with the Sisters Rodeo Association. There's been an early spring kick in the air as folks show up at... Full story
