News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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The Sisters girls rugby team brought home a win at the statewide Summer Rugby 7s Tournament. The girls team, which launched this season, was made up of Sisters High School students who had no previous experience playing rugby. The girls' perseverance to build both strengths and skills over the season showed when the team was able to make something out of nothing and triumph at the state level. After a brutal face-off against Beaverton, the girls faced Canby in an effort to... Full story
This month local Sisters student Emily Ausman and another Central Oregon student, Donte Smith (who is from the Warm Springs Reservation), travelled to Taipai, Taiwan, to represent the United States at a conference for Caretakers of the Environment International (CEI). Students who attended the conference are participating in environmental community service projects in their home countries, which they presented at the conference. There were 14 countries in attendance and 41... Full story
The Sisters girls 7s rugby team based in Sisters is picking up heat in their first summer season. Led by Coach Brennan Morrow and Assistant Coach Keegan Bloss, the team, including (as pictured left to right) MJ Murphy, Betsy Ausman, Shayla Curtis, Megan Calarco, Riley Warburton, Chawndra Craig, Samantha Wavrin and Marissa Young, earned its first two victories on Saturday, July 19, in Portland against the Highlanders - winning 20-0, and then against Canby winning 17-0. It was... Full story
After watching her boyfriend Keegan Bloff play rugby for about a year-and-a-half now, Sisters High School student Samantha Wavrin decided that she wanted a hand in the action. Since the only high school rugby team in Central Oregon was the Bend Blues (a boys team) she decided to make a few phone calls to Rugby Oregon, the statewide rugby association, to find out how to get a girls team started. Once Wavrin found out that it was possible for her to start a Girls Rugby 7s team,... Full story
This Independence Day, Sisters Eagle Airport will host Wings & Wheels. The event is a two-part fly-in and classic car show. A fly-in is a gathering of pilots who will bring their vintage and fly-about aircraft to Sisters Eagle Airport. Pilots will literally fly into the event, which will give spectators an in-action display of various aircraft. AirLink is expected to fly in their PC Turbo Prop. The car show will also provide a wide variety of vintage car models that are the pride and joy of local community members. The... Full story
In the cozy, warmly lit space of "The Barn" on Friday, April 28, students of the Americana Project celebrated their newly released full-length album "Under the Sun." This is the 12th album recorded by students of the Americana Project since 2003. The Americana Project is the educational outreach program of the Sisters Folk Festival. The Barn was packed with chairs and the eager audience spilled onto floor and out door. The students performing were filled with enthusiasm and... Full story
