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  • Redfields bring art full circle

    Linda Hanson|Updated May 27, 2014

    Susanne Kibak Redfield and Randy Redfield will celebrate the opening of their new studio/showroom on Main Avenue on Friday, May 30. The two artists have come full circle from the early days of 1981 when Susanne, who had developed a unique and distinctive relief method of glazing, opened Kibak Tile in Sisters. Two years later she met and began working with Randy Redfield, an Oregon painter who added his colors to the tiles and soon to a new line of pottery. Their outstanding... Full story

  • The great potato giveaway

    Linda Hanson|Updated Jan 7, 2014

    The new year began with a sparkling, cold and sunny day - a perfect time to invite friends and neighbors to the farm for a great potato giveaway. And that is exactly what Sarahlee Lawrence and her husband, Ashanti Samuels, owners of Rainshadow Organics of Terrebonne, decided to do. The gesture was one of necessity though, and a way to turn the farmers' disappointment over a ruined crop to happiness for members of the community. Earlier in the year Rainshadow Organics had... Full story

  • Changes coming to post office

    Linda Hanson|Updated Sep 24, 2013

    A crowd of about 60 people took their seats in the Camp Sherman Community Hall last Monday evening and listened attentively as Lisa Ebner, the manager of postal operations out of Portland, described the changes coming to the historic Camp Sherman Post Office.  Accompanied by her assistant, Janice Conrad, Ms. Ebner did her best to make clear the reasoning behind the coming reduction in postal service hours in Camp Sherman from the current eight to four hours Monday through Friday. The changes will go into effect October... Full story

  • Youngsters get hands-on adventure

    Linda Hanson|Updated Aug 20, 2013

    There was plenty of action and adventure last Wednesday in Camp Polk Meadow as Karen Parker and Ginny Elliot guided and encouraged seven kids, three moms, one granddad and a photographer on an exploration of insect and bird life in the meadow. Throughout the morning, intense focus was followed by cheers of delight as grasshoppers, a praying mantis, and even a little snake were discovered, collected and released. Thanks to the restoration and preservation work of the Deschutes... Full story