News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Jean and Fergy Ferguson. On February 14, 1942, Jean and Fergy Ferguson gazed into each other's eyes and said, "I do." Sixty years later, their vows remain unbroken and their love steadfast. "We are best friends, buddies, and sweethearts," said Jean, as she reflected on their years together. Jean was born in Kansas where her daddy farmed wheat. After several crop failures during the Dust Bowl, the family moved to Payette, Idaho, to make a living. Jean was in high school when she first met the man she was to marry. Jean is... Full story
The fight over the proposed industrial development of two 30-acre parcels at the north end of Sisters may be over. The Oregon Court of Appeals on Thursday, January 24, affirmed a decision that would allow the development to go forward once Deschutes County establishes findings that transportation issues will be adequately taken care of by the developers. Trapper Point residents have fought the development of Barclay Meadows Business Park and the Lundgren Mill property owned... Full story
Hal Ketchum. Singer-songwriter Hal Ketchum makes his first Central Oregon appearance when he kicks off this year's Sisters Starry Nights Concert Series on Saturday, February 2. The fund-raising concert series supports the Sisters Schools Foundation. Known as one of the most versatile of contemporary country artists, Ketchum covers a range of styles from traditional country to rockabilly to elegant pop balladry to rootsy Texas folk. His 1990 debut album "Past the Point of Rescue" established him as a major star, propelled by... Full story
The big tree is gone... but not forgotten. A towering ponderosa pine tree on Cascade Avenue fell to the chainsaw last week, as new construction began on expanded office space for Reed Bros. Realty. According to Mike Reed, the tree was taken down because of safety concerns. A branch fell off the tree during a severe Halloween windstorm in 1994, striking Sisters businessman John Reuter in the head. Reuter, who was distributing Halloween candy, was injured, but the children who... Full story
The SHS Varsity Jazz Band is hot stuff. The Sisters High School Varsity Jazz band and several individual musicians made a strong impression in their first appearance at the University of Oregon Jazz Celebration on January 19. The band spent 45 minutes playing their best in a performance clinic with two jazz studies professionals: guitarist Michael Denny and trombonist/composer Dave Glen. The clinicians were excited to present the advanced artistic concepts of the jazz idiom to the Sisters students. They indicated that... Full story
Little League sign-up sheets are now available at all three schools, Sisters Pumphouse, Figaro's Pizza and at SOAR. The deadline for registration is March 1. Tryouts for majors will be held on March 9, and practices for all teams will begin on April 2. Opening day this season will be April 27. Pictures will be done the same day. In a classic case of David slaying Goliath, the senior baseball team won the state championship two years ago, defeating teams from the Willamette Valley that were essentially all-star teams put... Full story
Members of the high school Key Club who helped work on the new Habitat for Humanity house in Sisters. Left to right: Jacquelien Mansker, Andy Neary, Jamie Cundiff, Anna Evered, Tess Durdan-Shaw and Tara Redfield. File it under the principle of catching people doing things right. On January 26, several members from the high school Key Club donated their Saturday to lend a hand in the construction of the newest Habitat for Humanity house in Sisters. The students got up early on a cold, windy morning and gave of their free time... Full story
Sisters women learned the fundamentals of self-defense in a seminar last weekend. As the world wages its war on terrorism, a Sisters man continues the battle he started more than 15 years ago. Tim Davis, head instructor at SOAR Tae Kwon Do in Sisters, held a self-defense seminar on Saturday, January 26. Sixty women participated in the six-hour course. That is the largest number that Davis has had turn out since he began giving such classes in the mid 1980s. He is not surprised at this surge. Since the terrorist attacks on... Full story
At the beginning of this year, Sisters Elementary School Principal Tim Comfort had a problem: Two good teachers needed to cut back their teaching schedules. Kathy Green had just had a child and she was reluctant to go back to work full-time. Norma Pledger wanted to spend more time with her older children, who need her help to participate in their school activities. Rather than risk losing good teachers, Comfort decided to let the teachers share a fifth grade class. So far,... Full story
A new 13-lot subdivision will be built east of Sisters Elementary School along Perit Huntington Road. The Sisters Urban Area Planning Commission approved the subdivision earlier this month, over the objections of some neighbors who argue that 13 lots on 2.33 acres is too dense and out of character with surrounding neighborhoods. "Thirteen dwellings in a 2.3 acre plot of ground is way too many," one neighbor testified in writing. "And each dwelling will no doubt have several children and dogs. What about our quality of life... 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: Recently, we... 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, high 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 Rural Fire Protection District Board of Directors meets the 2nd Monday each month, 8 a.m., Sisters Fire Hall, 301 S. Elm St. 549-0771. - Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD meets for drill every Monday, 7... Full story
One American frailty that I'm prone to rail against -- probably because I share the guilt -- is our collective obliviousness to other nations and cultures. Further, you'll have to agree with me when I say that Central Oregon is hardly a crossroads of cultural diversity and understanding. In pleasant contradiction to that premise, however, is the High Desert Forum. Created to "increase the level of public debate and discussion regarding concerns of our day," the forum brings public policy issues to Central Oregon. Last week... Full story
- A Sisters man was arrested for harassment in the wake of a dispute with his stepson. The man's probation officer also slapped a detainer on him for violating a no alcohol restriction from a previous legal situation. - A couple of cars rolled on icy roads, but the occupants escaped injury. - Deputies responded to a domestic violence report where a woman had allegedly punched her boyfriend a few times in the face. The woman could not be located and the man did not want her to be found and arrested. The man reportedly seemed... Full story
The Sisters School Board will go forward with the construction of a new high school regardless of the outcome of the March 12 annexation vote in the City of Sisters. The school district is seeking to annex approximately 98 acres for a new school site. Annexation opponents say they want the district to reconsider building a high school and instead build a middle school. The school board rejected the middle school option as being more expensive in the long run and went to... Full story
