News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Mentoring organizations, city councils, and civic organizations across Central Oregon are partnering through Better Together to celebrate National Mentoring Month with a regional campaign to recruit caring adults to volunteer as youth mentors. During the month of January, The Nugget will feature some organizations in Sisters and their volunteer mentors. The articles will share the stories of Sisters youth mentors and hopefully encourage other local residents to volunteer as mentors. Mentoring opportunities are open to adults... Full story
Few people pay more attention to winter weather forecasts than Sisters School District administrators, who must balance the need for student safety with the state of Oregon's requirement for classroom days each year. For Sisters Superintendent Curtiss Scholl, things begin early when a big snowfall is anticipated. "Our head of transportation is on the road at 4 a.m. and I'm on the road by 4:30," Scholl said. "We talk at 5 in the morning about whether the roads have been... Full story
Central Oregon's prolonged spell of cold, snowy weather provided a certain wintry charm to the holiday season this year. That "charm," however, came, quite literally, at a cost. Local residents paid more (or will when the bills arrive) to heat their living and working spaces. Then there was the additional expense associated with clearing snow from around homes and businesses. This might have included purchasing products that help melt snow and ice from sidewalks and other walk... Full story
Winter is hard on wildlife, just as it is on you and me. But like you and me, wildlife that spends winter with us have layers they use to stay warm and dry - like our layers of clothing that keep us comfortable in cold temperatures. Birds who winter here are well-suited to survive frigid conditions, with downy feathers close to their warm bodies. Their down is like our long-johns, trapping air close to our skin, keeping in the heat. A bird's outside feathers, that prevent... Full story
To the Editor: With the unprecedented snowfall we have recently received, I would like to send out a reminder to support the merchants of our beautiful town. The businesses of Sisters rely heavily on the Christmas/New Year holiday time to generate revenue to help make it through the slower months of January and February. This year, with the early, repetitive, heavy snowfall, the commerce in Sisters has been greatly affected. I have talked with numerous business owners who are really struggling (and we've yet to even enter... Full story
What began as several conversations last fall between Sisters residents concerned about the apparent growth of homelessness and lack of affordable housing in our community has materialized into a full-blown warming shelter that opened it doors on January 1, 2017 and has been open every night since. "I don't think I realized just what this whole thing would become! I am so grateful we all pulled together to make it a reality! What a dream come true!" said Jen Binks, one of the... Full story
Volunteers with the Sisters Trails Alliance (STA) have spent the past few weeks "Getting Plowed." Yes, it's true; and they are inviting others to "Get Plowed," too! For some time now, members of this community-centered organization have been volunteering their time - and a great big red snowplow - to help plow out people stranded by the huge dump of snow that has arrived in Sisters Country. Kris Calvin, together with Michael Grant, Jardon Weems, and Mark Thompson, has spent... Full story
The boys basketball team played three good games this past week and tallied the win in each. Sisters started their week with a 54-33 win at home against Redmond, and three days later defeated Burns on the road in a final score of 47-37. Sisters was scheduled to make up a game with Lebanon on Saturday, but the game was canceled for the second time due to weather-related travel constraints. Mountain View had their game with Hermiston canceled, so Athletic Director Tim Roth set... Full story
The wrestling squad traveled to the Bend Invitational on Saturday, January 7, and finished fifth in the tournament. Mountain View was the first-place finisher with 303.5 points, Bend was runner-up at 240, and La Pine took third with a score of 221.5, Summit fourth at 178, and Sisters fifth with 84. Cole Pade and Casey Warburton both earned third-place finishes for the Outlaws. Pade (138-pound weight class) battled back through consolations to earn a third-place medal. "Cole again showed how tough he is and that every... Full story
Sisters Coder Cows robotics team is headed to the state competition next weekend, January 14-15, at Liberty High School in Hillsboro. Sisters Middle School sixth-graders Matthew Riehle and Bodie Dachtler, and elementary school fourth-graders Cooper Merrill and Micah Dachtler, encouraged by their coach Meghan Flaherty, have been working since early September to build and program their robot. Flaherty has coached Matthew and Bodie for the last three years, with Cooper and Micah... Full story
The Lady Outlaws lost both their games this past week, but gained experience and skills on the court and look forward to league play. Sisters fell 47-28 at home against Redmond on Tuesday, January 3, and then lost 56-34 to the Highlanders at Burns three days later. Sisters came out flat in Tuesday's matchup against the Panthers and just couldn't recover. Redmond consistently put the ball through the net and earned an easy win. Rylee Weber led the Outlaws with 12 points, Alexa... Full story
Six Oregon artists share recent artwork inspired by trees, on display at Atelier 6000 (A6) in Bend through January 29 (traveling from Portland's World Forestry Center where it was shown at the end of 2016). Participating artists are members or past members of A6, a printmaking and book arts studio and gallery in Bend. Each artist was naturally drawn to a particular tree species, responding to visual qualities as well as geographical, social or historical contexts. A6 will... Full story
The great battery of recent storms has made things interesting. Cars are off the road, pipes are freezing, heat pumps are failing, and I've got three snowy mounds down in the corrals I think contain horses. By the time you read this, we may have received another 15 inches, which will raise the stakes considerably. Yesterday, while snowshoeing from the house to the barn, I kept thinking about Werner Herzog's brilliant documentary, "Happy People, A Year In the Taiga." The film c... Full story
Sisters has been hit with an arctic blast that brought ice-cold temperatures, snow, and freezing rain. It's cold outside, and even though playing in the snow can be great fun for you and your dog, keep in mind that frigid cold can also be dangerous for your furry friend! A pooch who gets too cold could develop hypothermia; a condition that occurs when a dog's body temperature falls below normal. If his temperature continues to fall, the muscles stiffen, his breathing and... Full story
By early 2015, it was time to leave. After having spent the better part of a year debating the merits of a move to Portland, or waiting until we retire, the itch to move grew more intense. Things were not going so well where I worked. A regime change then, in one fell swoop, changed the entire culture, and I no longer wanted to be a part of it. A rather heated discussion with my daughter over the merits of coming over to see me, also left me feeling like it might be time. Throw in the fact that after 17 years, the Sisters... Full story
An educator for 45 years, Greg Pozovich feels right at home mentoring teens who are part of the Heart of Oregon YouthBuild program. Over the past two years, he has done one-on-one mentoring with four boys, as well as group mentoring. After serving as a mentor for eight years in the ASPIRE program at the high school, Pozovich was looking for a new challenge in a different environment. "I had a rough growing up in Chicago. If not for the help I received, I probably wouldn't be... Full story
We are not to expect perfection in this world; but mankind, in modern times, have apparently made some progress in the science of government. - George Washington, letter to the Marquis de Lafayette, Feb. 7, 1788 Way back before the dawn of time, in the last century, I was working in the valley for the Children's Services Division (CSD). That agency is now called DHS. It was the 1970s and I was working as a protective service social worker. One difficult duty I had was to assess reports of child abuse, conduct investigations... Full story
