News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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A few weeks prior, each scout had been tasked with designing and building their own derby car—with a few requirements. Each derby car had to weigh less than five ounces and be built mainly by the scout it belonged to. In reward for all their hard work, each scout received a medal, and could also win a trophy for best design or fastest car. The excitement from the scouts was evident as they played with their derby cars and their friends while watching the official timer, S... Full story
Sisters citizens can weigh in on a major development project slated for the west side of town on Thursday, February 20, at 5:30 p.m. at Sisters City Hall. The Sisters planning commission will hold a hearing on the master plan for up to 50 multi-family units covering approximately 26,800 square feet of building area and approximately 26,800 square feet of commercial space and supporting infrastructure behind the current Three Winds Shopping Center. The proposed Dollar General store between McKinney Butte Road and Bi-Mart is... Full story
Some 500 trees will need to come down to clear an existing power-line corridor in Camp Sherman. A proposed project in the recreational area west of Sisters will establish a 20-foot-wide corridor and upgrade 131 poles along 13 miles of Central Electric Cooperative power line right-of-way across National Forest land. The project will, in part, mitigate against the danger of the kind of fire that occurred in November 2018 in Paradise, California, when high winds caused PG&E... Full story
“Through that process I found a deep appreciation for the community here, the history that led to the Sisters we see today, and the shared goals for the future,” Mardell said. “When the opportunity arose (to apply for the planner position), it provided a great alignment of my goals: to work for a smaller city where a planner’s duties have a great deal of variety, while also working for a city that I care for deeply.” A graduate of the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of... Full story
To the Editor: A special thank-you goes to Ray’s for all the years of allowing Kiwanis to set up our trailer in their parking lot. This is one of our most popular fundraising events. This is a classic win-win situation – the community can buy some delicious See’s candy and Sisters youth programs will benefit from the proceeds. ALL the proceeds, after the candy’s cost, are distributed to youth programs. All the candy must be prepaid and unsold candy cannot be returned. So, without community support, this event could end up... Full story
Many folks in Sisters are lamenting the loss of our Book Corner, the longtime source of used books and DVDs, etc. Of course we all cheer the prospect of library expansion in any of the Deschutes Library branches, but I think a few aspects of the reorganization need to be highlighted. The Nugget article (January 20) didn’t mention that Director Todd Dunkelberg ordered dissolution of all “Friends of the Sisters Library” (FOSL) groups because he felt the funds raised were “not significant enough” to merit continuing the non-p... Full story
Winter Carnival has been a tradition at Hoodoo for decades and includes a number of free events (no lift ticket required): an ax-throwing booth; disc golf; musical chairs; a three-legged obstacle race; a team tube race; a hula-hoop contest; a flyathalon; a pie-eating contest; a ski javelin throw; an archery contest, a Hoodoo employee snow sculpture contest and bingo. The lifts are open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Highlights include a special dinner menu, the Dummy Downhill contest, the annual torchlight descent and professional... Full story
They called him Breaker Morant for his skill at breaking rough horses. And he was a fine horseman, a drifter, a drover, a drinker, a brawler, a bush poet, a Boer War soldier in a tough irregular unit — and ultimately a convicted and executed war criminal. He was the kind of man around whom legends gather. The Sisters community will weigh the question as to whether Harry Harbord Morant was a murderer or a scapegoat of the British Empire during a screening of the award-winning 1... Full story
Nine Sisters Camp-Sherman firefighters will be participating in the annual Leukemia and Lymphoma Society stair climb in Seattle on March 7. More than 2,000 firefighters from around the world participate in climbing the Columbia Tower located in downtown Seattle. The stair climb is in its 29th year, and this will be the sixth year in a row Sisters firefighters will be participating. Travis Bootes, participant and EMT firefighter, spoke with The Nugget on the climb and why they... Full story
This week Citizens4Community launched a local survey to help guide the growing nonprofit and shape the future of its community-building efforts in Sisters Country. The survey is available through noon Tuesday, February 11 on the C4C website — Citizens4Community.com — and several local businesses have kicked in prizes to help boost participation. Community input also will be gathered during four focus groups this week. “Through the survey and focus groups we’re hoping to reach a broad cross-section of community members... Full story
Keegan Williams, a talented nine-year-old artist from Bend, has taken the art scene by storm with his clever drawings, which feature witty creatures and designs that come mostly from his vivid imagination. Williams’ dream of becoming a cartoonist has become more of a reality after art enthusiasts bought 12 prints of his drawings that were displayed on the wall at Good Day Café (adjacent to Bedouin) during the last Fourth Friday Artwalk. Bedouin owner Harmony Thomas is a Si... Full story
The Lady Outlaws fell 39-57 at home against Sweet Home on Tuesday, January 28, and two days later lost 29-51 at home against Newport in a make-up game that was rescheduled due to bad weather earlier in the season. Sisters had a very effective first half in their game against Sweet Home on Tuesday. Payden Petterson hit three triples in the first to get the Outlaws off to a great start, and at the close of the first Sisters was on top 11-10. Sisters controlled the pace of the... Full story
Gemini is the featured constellation for the month of February in this edition of Stars over Sisters. This grouping of stars depicts a pair of celestial twins and is located between Auriga, Taurus and Orion to the west, Monoceros and Canis Minor to the south, and Cancer to the east. Gemini ranks thirtieth in size among all the constellations and was first catalogued by Greek astronomer Ptolemy in the second century. Gemini is one of the 12 zodiac constellations. The zodiac is... Full story
If you should come out on your back porch some day — or night — next summer and see the beautiful adult long-toed salamander, please be kind to it; it’s the ONLY “native” salamander you will find in Sisters Country. We do also have the rough-skinned newt, but it hangs out most of the time near our lakes further up the slopes of the Cascades. If you find yourself kayaking placid waters near Warm Springs, you should see rough-skinned newts there as well. There’s a similarity... Full story
The mountain quail (Oreortyx pictus) is the largest quail in the United States. I found these colourful quail on the shoulders of Mt. Jefferson, and while waiting for a good opportunity to capture an image from my truck, had one sitting on a log staring at me and he did not blink for 40 minutes. In foothills and mountains of the far west, coveys of these striking birds scurry through the manzanita thickets. Mountain quail are often overlooked, because they keep to dense cover;... Full story
