News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Samaritan Children's Home in Sri Lanka. photo provided As the scale of human suffering from the December 26 earthquake and tsunami in South Asia became apparent, fund-raising efforts got underway to help victims. The Nugget has launched such an effort to help rebuild the Samaritan Children's Home on the east coast of Sri Lanka. Dayalan Sanders, a Sri Lankan-born U.S. citizen, ran the orphanage for 28 children. On December 26, the orphanage was wiped out. Sanders, his wife, the staff and all 28 children escaped on a... Full story
A Sisters organization is being formed to campaign for additional money for public schools in the 2005-07 state budget. Called the Legislative Action Team for Schools in Sisters, the group has evolved from what was originally the Committee for Sisters School Children. The leader of the new group is Merry Ann Moore, mother of two Sisters Elementary School students. The Legislative Action Team will be affiliated with Stand for Children, a statewide organization promoting a state school appropriation larger than the $5 billion r... Full story
Hoodoo Mountain Resort got enough snow to open. photo by Hadley McCann It took its time getting here and it didn't exactly come in with a bang, but winter finally arrived in Sisters last weekend. Flurries of snow fell over the area on Friday and Saturday, with a decent snowfall coming down on Sunday -- just in time to create nasty conditions for drivers headed west over Santiam Pass. Sisters Ranger District reported three inches of new snow over the weekend. Hoodoo Mountain Resort opened on Friday, December 31, after more... Full story
Tracy Moore interacts with children she met on her seaborne journey. photo provided Tracy Moore is just a junior at Oregon State University, yet has already realized a lifelong dream. Walking through the basement of a building at her college, this Sisters High School graduate noticed a poster on a bulletin board for a "semester at sea." Moore had always wanted to travel so she checked out the program at www.semesteratsea.com and planned to take her college classes overseas. To attend fall semester aboard a ship took effort.... Full story
True to his word, Sisters School Board Chairman Glen Lasken sent John Shepherd a written response to Shepherd's complaint about the program for Talented and Gifted students (TAG) at Sisters High School. The five-paragraph letter, dated December 22, did not mollify the complainant, however. When asked his reaction last week, Shepherd said he found the letter "vague and ambiguous." He said, "They seem to be saying that they're doing a good enough job, but they're not." Shepherd made a 10-minute appearance before the board at... Full story
The holiday season was a nightmare for many travelers -- especially those who tried to get across the country by air. Comair's computer failure led to the cancellation of more than 1,000 flights on Christmas Day and snarled traffic for a week and a U.S. Airways sick-out further complicated the already hobbled air travel system. Most Sisters area travelers avoided such travails according to Phil Arends of Desert Wings Travel in Sisters. But Arends acknowledged that air travellers can now expect more headaches and hassles than... Full story
Victoria Graves and Jerry Norquist. photo by Becky Coffield Jerry Norquist and his wife Victoria Graves have a passion for athletics -- and for the Sisters community. Jerry's love and involvement with bicycles began when he was a child. Born and reared in San Diego, Norquist says, "Bicycles were our transportation. I grew up on bikes." After a lengthy career working for Trek, Norquist is still dedicated to getting more people involved with cycling, especially children. Other than a few years here and there, Norquist spent... Full story
The mushers are coming. photo provided Two stages of the Atta Boy 300 World Sled Dog Championship Race will be held in the Sisters area on January 10-11 -- at Hoodoo Mountain Resort on January 10 and at Upper Three Creek Sno-Park on January 11. The Atta Boy 300 has drawn such notables as Doug Swingley, four-time winner of the Iditarod. Race coordinator Cheryl Rhea expects between 60 and 70 mushers from all over the world. Five, from South Africa, Scotland, Sweden, New Zealand, and Poland, will be in the United States for the... Full story
The City of Sisters has formally declared support of a grant submitted by the Bend Community Action Team (BCAT) on behalf of the Central Oregon Microenterprise Progam. Sisters enterprenuers will be able to take advantage of the program. The microenterprisedevelopment industry has defined "microenterprise" as a business with five or fewer employees, which requires $35,000 or less in start up capital and which does not have access to the traditional commercial banking sector. Many micro businesses are home-based, some are part-... Full story
Kate Canja. photo provided Kate Canja is following a family tradition. The Sisters High School senior is pointed toward a career in the military, specifically the U.S. Navy via the U.S. Naval Academy. Recently, U.S. Representative Greg Walden nominated Kate as one of eight Central Oregon high school students for admission to the service academies. Walden's office had received over 70 requests for nomination to one of the service academies: U.S. Military Academy at West Point (USMA), U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA), U.S.... Full story
Reprinted by permission, The Gazette in Montgomery County, Md. December 29, 2004 Many county residents are waiting anxiously for news of family and friends endangered by the tsunamis that devastated 11 countries in South Asia and East Africa on Sunday (December 26). Tens of thousands of men, women and children are dead, with the death toll rising every day. Untold millions of survivors face homelessness, starvation and disease. Friends and family here pieced together what happened and what lies ahead. This is what they told... Full story
Many Sisters area residents are interested in donating to help with relief efforts in tsunami-ravaged areas of South Asia. The tsunami that followed a 9.0 earthquake near Sumatra on December 26 has claimed more than 150,000 lives. Here are some of the local and national organizations accepting donations to help victims of the South Asian tsunami. Most groups recommend that people donate money rather than supplies. The Nugget Newspaper does not endorse or recommend any specific organization or program. Check programs... Full story
A Forest Service plan will protect riparian areas along Squaw Creek. photo by Jim Fisher Foresters are planning to restore and protect riparian areas along Squaw Creek south of Sisters. Major goals of the Sisters Ranger District project are to improve stream habitat for bull trout by reducing the negative impacts of off-roading and camping in sensitive streamside riparian areas. The proposed project covers about 10 miles of Squaw Creek as it flows towards Sisters near the Three Creek Road, Forest Service Road 16. Specific... Full story
Samaritan Children's Home in Sri Lanka. photo provided Funds have begun coming in to the Samaritan Home Relief Fund set up at Bank of the Cascades in Sisters. Samaritan Home Relief has obtained 501(c)(3) non-profit status, making contributions to the fund tax-deductible. The organization now has a website at www.samaritanchildrenshome.org. The Gazette in Montgomery County, Maryland reports that: "As of Monday, Diyana Sanders and her husband, sister, and mother had raised $30,000 for Samaritan Home Relief, a nonprofit they... Full story
The Nugget welcomes contributions from its readers, which must include the writer's name, address and phone number. Letters to the Editor is an open forum for the community and contains unsolicited opinions not necessarily shared by the Editor. The Nugget reserves the right to edit, omit, respond or ask for a response to letters submitted to the Editor. Letters should be no longer than 300 words. Unpublished items are not acknowledged or returned. The deadline for all letters is noon Monday. To the Editor: After the recent... Full story
- City Council Meeting 7 p.m., 2nd and 4th Thursday each month, Sisters City Hall. 549-6022. - School Board Meeting 7 p.m., 2nd Monday each month, middle school lecture/drama room. 549-8521. - Black Butte School District Board of Directors meets 2nd Tuesday of each month, 7 p.m., Black Butte School. 595-6203. - Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD meets for drill every Monday, 7 p.m. Sisters Fire Hall, 301 S. Elm St. 549-0771. - Sisters Kiwanis Club meets every Thursday, 7:30 a.m., Sisters Fire Hall. 549-1223. - Sisters Habitat for... Full story
