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After a contentious meeting last Thursday, the Sisters City Council and City Manager Eileen Stein hammered out a consensus on how to move forward in addressing council members' issues with her leadership. This agreement, put forward by Stein at the end of the Thursday-evening regular council meeting, would include an executive session(s) led by a facilitator with the intent to set a plan to resolve the issues that are dividing the council members, and the issues between at least three of the councilors and the city manager.... Full story
Last October, regional long-range prognosticators made public their views concerning what the Pacific Northwest might expect this winter in the way of weather: A second straight La Niña phase, which would mean cooler and wetter-than-normal conditions; and active weather wouldn't kick in until sometime in December. There was expected to be a better-than-even chance of seeing at least one significant arctic air outbreak; a greater than normal snowpack in the Central Oregon Cascades. Yet, in the middle of January, folks in... Full story
Dave Moyer has seen the pendulum of forest management swing hard over the four decades since he started working on the Sisters Ranger District. Now retiring after more than 41 years on the job in Sisters Country, Moyer has seen forest management go from "getting the cut out" to near shutdown, and now has swung back toward a middle ground of management for forest health. Moyer started working for the Forest Service doing summer temp work in the Ochocos in 1969. After... Full story
If there is such a thing as developing a caring association between bitterbrush, Purshia tridentata - primary mule deer winter food - and Homo sapiens, Sisters High School science teacher Rima Givot will help make it happen. Every Friday, she takes her bundled-up biology students out into the cold and snow of the high school's backyard to study bitterbrush growing on the edge of the sports training field and in the Trout Creek Wildlife Study area beyond. Jacobie Petterson, a... Full story
Editor's note: Due to space constraints, The Nugget was unable to publish all of the letters to the editor regarding the conflict between City Manager Eileen Stein and members of the city council in the print edition. More letters may be found online at www.nuggetnews.com. To the Editor: I just left the special session regarding the discussion and consideration to terminate our city manager. What a travesty! If the way we, as a city, conduct our business is by forming an alliance and voting someone off the island for no... Full story
The council failed. The city manager went rogue. Riots festered under the circus big-top. Contract clarification: 'for cause' should have been detailed in the contract. If it wasn't, get a better lawyer. 'For cause' goes to nuts and bolts, dotting I's and crossing T's. Effective executives hire staff capable of dotting I's and crossing T's then move on to the real work of their position: leadership. 'No cause' is everything and anything else. In practice, it pretty much comes down to leadership-that intangible quality of... Full story
The East of the Cascades Quilt Guild is hosting a presentation by Maret Pajutee and the Quilt for Two Rivers Project on Wednesday, January 25, at Stitchin' Post at 7 p.m. The event is open and free to the public. The project is a ground-breaking collaboration between the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show, the National Forest Foundation and the U.S. Forest Service to find new ways to connect people to the wild rivers that frame Sisters. The outcome of the project, two quilt installations - one 40-feet long, will hang in the Lodge at... Full story
The Brain Teasers 2 exhibit from the Oregon Museum of Science and Technology (OMSI) arrived at Sisters High School on Tuesday where it will be on display until May. This exhibit is brought to the community through the collaborative efforts of The Science Club, Sisters Park & Recreation District and the Sisters School District. After a period of training for high school student leaders and community volunteers to become Brain Teaser docents, the exhibit will open for Sisters school classes on January 30, to the Sisters communi... Full story
The adaptive martial arts program is growing, and needs some help to continue providing a valuable community service. The program, designed specifically for special needs kids, is run by Master Marty Kaczmarek, founder and head instructor at Outlaw Martial Arts, with the help of his wife, Jaymie, and Sherri Hermens and Josh Nordell, both teachers in the Sisters School District. Classes are held at the Outlaw Martial Arts training studio at the Sisters Park & Recreation... Full story
Peter Lund, Sisters Middle School eighth-grader, joined student musicians from across Oregon last Friday in a stirring performance by the all-state middle school honor band at Silva Hall in Eugene's Hult Center. "It was incredible," the 13-year-old trombonist said of playing in a band of 111 students. "It was great to play with so many kids who are serious about music." Lund said he and the other students practiced together for nearly 14 hours Thursday and Friday. The... Full story
Sara Small, Jodie Reoch and Natalie Ambrose were all selected to All-State teams. The extraordinary trio was instrumental in leading the Lady Outlaws to their second straight state championship game. This marked the second consecutive year that Small and Reoch were first team All-State selections. Small was the heart and soul of the Outlaws defense at keeper. Sara tallied 423 career saves over the course of her four years of varsity play and the last two years was named... Full story
Sisters middle and high school art students submitted work in the prestigious Scholastic Art & Writing Awards (SAWA) and took home a total of 31 awards. The awards offer students the opportunity to be recognized for their creative talents. Students in grades 7 through 12 can apply in 28 categories of art and writing for the chance to earn scholarships and have their works exhibited or published. There were more than 500 entries in the various categories. Regional awards... Full story
The Outlaws' outstanding defense earned them a big 65-36 win over the Huskies of Sweet Home at home on Friday, January 13. Sweet Home was a scrappy opponent and played a very aggressive style, pressing and trapping all over the court. Coach Rand Runco told The Nugget that the Outlaws did a pretty nice job of defending the Huskies and didn't allow many open three-point attempts. Sisters jumped out early in the contest and at the close of the first period were up 17-5. The... Full story
The Outlaws girls basketball team was unstoppable in their league opener at home against Sweet Home on Friday, January 13, and trounced the Huskies 88-35. Three days earlier the Outlaws lost 52-39 at Crook County. Sisters came out strong right from the start in their game against the Huskies. Taylor Nieri and Carissa Kernutt combined for 16 points in the first six minutes of play to give the Outlaws a big lead. Elise Herron and Savannah Spear applied pressure and forced the... Full story
History came magically alive on Wednesday when the Sisters Christian Academy Middle School presented its annual Living History Museum at Sisters Community Church. Students absorbed the personas of major historical figures over the ages and resurrected them into breathing personalities like Albert Einstein, Napoleon, Cleopatra and Apache leader Geronimo in a tour-de-force of creativity and imagination. "For Living History Museum the kids each choose a person from the past,... Full story
The Sisters Outlaws' Nordic Ski team braved windy conditions at the Oregon High School Nordic Organization Teacup Skate Race, held at the Teacup Lake Nordic Center near Mt. Hood on Saturday, January 14. Courtney Blust finished with the highest place of the day for the Outlaws, finishing thirteenth among 94 finishers, in 16:38. Emily Hyde, of Summit, once again dominated the rest of the field, with a winning time of 13: 45. Amity Calvin saw action for the first time this... Full story
In a very quickly run dual-format swim meet, the Outlaws lost to the White Buffaloes by the slimmest margin of 156 to 151 in the combined women's and men's scores. The Madras boys' team proved to be the stronger, while the Sisters girls dominated in numbers and performance. "The girls won all of the relays plus three individual events", Coach Isolde Hedemark said. The girls' medley "A" relay with Codie Lagao, Katie Stewart, Michelle Young and Samantha Williamson repeated their good performance from Salem, finishing in first... Full story
The Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show (SOQS) is partnering with Arts Central to host the first juried exhibit of art and contemporary quilts in Central Oregon. "Fabrications - The Art of Quilting" opens at Arts Central, on Friday, February 3, 5 to 8 p.m. to coincide with the First Friday Art Walk in downtown Bend. More than 100 quilts were submitted by artists primarily from Central Oregon and juried by Pat Clark, owner of Atelier 6000, and Cate O'Hagan, executive director of Arts... Full story
The lecture/drama room at Sisters Middle School was transformed into an old-fashioned, toe-tapping hoedown on Thursday morning when Cajun fiddle master Kelly Thibodeaux visited Kit Stafford's Americana Project music class. Students got a crash course in fiddle playing and were soon belting out some raw sounds. "We're here in conjunction with the Americana Project, teaching kids how to play the fiddle. I've been going back and forth from here to the high school all week,... Full story
Josh O'Brien was the lone wrestler to record a win in the Outlaws' first home wrestling match of the season against Summit on January 12. O'Brien (138 pounds) dominated Brian Pechan in an exhibition match and recorded a pin in round one to bring the match to a quick end. Coach Gene O'Brien said, "Josh got everything together tonight and was really in sync. He's on track, he's at his weight and locked in." Josh went on to defeat Lane Dowen, the No. 1 seed and winner in last week's tournament at the Bend High Tournament.... Full story
Eight people testified before the Sisters City Council in support of finding a way to keep the Wild Mountain food stand at the east end of town open. Wild Mountain, which offers jerky made from game animals such as elk, and mushrooms Ky Karnecki harvests on the Coast, is designated as a seasonal business, operating at the corner of Locust Street and Highway 20 on a 180-day temporary operating permit. That permit expired on December 27, 2011. For the last several months, Karnecki has been working with the city council to try... Full story
• Bank of the Cascades presented the Sisters School District athletic department with a check for $2,500 for the school district's scholarship program. • Sisters Olive and Nut Company will be relocating to a new location as of January 20. Their new home will be at 271 W. Cascade Ave. (formerly The Oregon Store). Mitch and Julie invite Sisters to stop by for free samples. • The Rotary Club of Sisters is sponsoring Shots for Tots & Teens at... Full story
