News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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For my parents it was Vietnam, for my grandparents, World War II. Even my older cousins can remember a war -- Desert Storm. It seems like every adult in my life can recall a war -- some small conflicts, some major conflagrations. Their stories are haunting. My grandmother witnessed the bombing of Pearl Harbor. My parents watched their peers being slaughtered on the television during dinner. My father constantly tells me about how lucky he was to have had such a high draft number and how my uncle wasn't so lucky. History... Full story
Green-tinted, spiked hair creeping up the back of a pierced teenager's head might be shocking to some, but it is a staple of the punk rock look -- and part of the youth scene in Sisters. Ear-rupturing punk music with screeching lyrics filled the small Domino Room venue in Bend on Friday, February 7. Local hard-core and punk rock bands from Sisters and Bend displayed their musical creations to a gathering of eager fans. The scene offered everything from tattooed youngsters with multi-colored hair and gleaming silver rings... Full story
Nicolas Yopp is a stand-out member of the Sisters High School Ski Team. He is headed to Sweden for the Deaflympics. Photo provided Skiing sensation Nicolas Yopp hopes to dazzle audiences at the 2003 Deaflympics in Sundsvall, Sweden, this month. Yopp is a senior at Sisters High School and has been a standout member of the ski team for four years. He is hearing impaired. Yopp started skiing early in life, hitting the snow at the tender age of 18 months. Yopp and his family caught wind of the Deaflympics a little over a year... Full story
Ivo Gervasi. Photo by Tessa Durdan-Shaw Foreign exchange student Ivo Gervasi notices one big difference between his home town of Butwill, Switzerland, and Sisters, Oregon. Gervasi finds that he can more easily speak his mind here in Sisters without having to worry about what people think. "Here it's more about the people you talk with, they don't get angry if I don't like what they are saying," he said. Gervasi is a 16-year-old Rotary exchange student who arrived in Sisters in August of 2002. Ivo will spend a total of 11... Full story
It is hard to imagine Sisters without the local Kiwanis Club. The club provides food baskets to needy families at Christmas, as well as running a year-round food bank. Many Sisters students have gotten a boost toward college through Kiwanis scholarships. What would it be like without an organization like Kiwanis? Just ask anyone who was around 25 years ago and they'll tell you. Before Kiwanis there was no one who could so easily reach into hearts -- and pockets -- for the good of the town. On November 28, 1977 the Sisters... Full story
