News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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A two- or three-year-old male cougar killed one sheep and three goats last week at two ranches in McKenzie Canyon northeast of Sisters. Sherode Powers was riding his horse Monday afternoon, January 17, and spotted a cougar standing behind a large juniper. "I got bored after a few minutes just sitting there on my horse," Powers said, "so I shouted at the cougar and it loped off down into Squaw Creek Canyon. "I rode down to where the cougar had been standing," Powers said, "and my horse didn't get nervous until I crossed the... Full story
Many Sisters students have textbooks that are wearing out and falling apart. Many have textbooks that are way out of date. Some don't have textbooks at all. "They're non-existent in some classrooms," school board chair Bill Reed said earlier this month. "It's really, really a bad situation." School administrators acknowledge that the textbook situation is dismal. "While we technically meet the state standards, we're constantly running into issues of having the right book and h... Full story
Squaw Creek is on the move -- and it's not just water running downhill. A November 28 flash flood washed out a private bridge on the creek and severely eroded the Highway 20 overpass in Sisters. The creek changed its course in several areas due to the flood event. In fact, the channel has moved as much as 100 feet and more in places, according to Bob Bridgeford of the Upper Deschutes Watershed Council. According to Bridgeford, the November 28 flood registered flows of 1,800... Full story
Sisters' crime rate held steady or declined in all categories last year, according to Sisters community policing deputy Todd Williver. Williver facilitated a sheriff's town hall meeting at Sisters Firehall on Thursday, January 20. The meeting was attended by Deschutes County Commissioners Dennis Luke and Tom DeWolf as well as Oregon Rep. Ben Westlund, R-Dist. 55, law enforcement officials and members of the public. Williver, who was serious- ly injured in an on-duty collsion... Full story
A limited number of general admission tickets are still available for the Saturday, March 4, Stephen Bishop/Wayne Cotter show, the first of the three Sisters Starry Nights Concerts. Tickets may be purchased at Leavitt's Western Wear in Sisters for $25. The March 25 show featuring John Hiatt and the April 8 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band show are already sold out. Bishop's long list of hits includes "On And On," "Save It For A Rainy Day," and "It Might Be You," the theme song from the movie "Tootsie." He also wrote the themes for... Full story
The Sisters Outlaws basketball team fell to 0-4 in league play and 3-11 overall, losing to the Cascade Cougars 53-56, on Friday, January 21. Daniel Dalky from Cascade led all players with 25 points. For Sisters, Jered Coffield had 14 points from the post position and Kyle Kinney tallied 10. Sisters battled hard to make a contest of the game. Sisters was down by 13 with six minutes left in the game and was able to pull the game to within one point. Cascade pushed its lead to five with a minute left; Sisters hit a... Full story
Yeah, Bradley has the occasional heart flutter. At least he has a heart. Al Gore is like the guy in a bad sci-fi movie receiving orders from a giant worm growing up his spine. McCain allegedly has a temper. At least he knows the issues. George Bush, like his father before him, is obviously reading from a text he doesn't understand. Folks, do we really want a campaign between two mechanical men driven at us by entrenched special interests? Winning is everything to the puppet masters. So they find puppets who "capture the... Full story
The Sisters Outlaws ski team took to the slopes for its third race of the year on Saturday, January 22. Sisters, a member of the Central Oregon Ski League, raced on the Ed's Garden run at Mt. Bachelor. Bend High School captured the team titles in both wo- men's and men's Giant Slalom race. Bend High continued to dominate the slopes as the three top men's racers were from Bend. Ryan Geser finished in 13th place for Sisters, the highest placing on the boys' team. Geser had a combined time of 1:48.71. Nicholas Yopp finished the... Full story
Byline The Outlaws swimmers walked away with several top finishes in a five-way competition at Philomath. Teams from Cascade, Jefferson, Central, Philomath and Sisters competed in the invitational. Hilary Hedemark recorded a first place finish in the 100-yard butterfly (1:08.59) ahead of Leah Johnson of Philomath (1:13.38). She also finished first in the 100-yard backstroke (1:10.16) followed by Cascade's Jamie Burlison (1:16.16) and Chelsea Durdan-Shaw (1:16.25). Durdan-Shaw placed second in the 200-yard Individ- ual Medley... Full story
