News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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The Outlaws dropped both their league games this past week: a 32-49 loss at home against Sweet Home on Tuesday, January 28, and a 52-63 loss at home against Newport on Thursday in a make-up game that was rescheduled from earlier in the season due to inclement weather. In Tuesday’s loss, Sweet Home jumped out early and capitalized on 15 first-half turnovers to enter the half up 24-10. The Huskies pressure got to the Outlaws, which resulted in unforced turnovers. Sisters came back strong in the third and cut the lead from 14 t... Full story
Cold and flu season begins in December, but it isn’t until February and March that it reaches its pinnacle of infectious havok, often affecting millions. The CDC (Centers for Disease Control) figures that between October of 2019 and January 18, 2020, between 15 and 21 million people have suffered. The death rate is around .1 percent. The flu is a virus which is different than the common cold. Yearly, the virus mutates and becomes hard for the natural antibodies in the immune system to protect against. This makes the sickness... Full story
William Rich Reed passed at his beloved Cold Springs Ranch, surrounded by family, on January 28. He was 95. Bill was born in Portland, Oregon, on November 28, 1924, to Mable and Julian Reed. His childhood was filled with adventures, riding horses with his cousin, Don Mayne, at the family ranch in Skamania, Washington, skiing Mt. Hood and fly-fishing with his father, Duke, in Kaskela, Oregon. A fortuitous life-altering moment occurred in the first grade at Irvington Grade... Full story
•?Sisters City Council will hold their annual goal-setting meeting on Thursday, February 13, starting at 3:30 p.m. Staff has been working on department work plan objectives and year-to-date financials to provide an update to Council. This will be a thorough review of progress through this fiscal year and planning for next fiscal year. After that meeting, alignment of Council goals and department work plan objectives will come together in a proposed budget document presented t... Full story
Another double-meet weekend for the Sisters Outlaws swim teams moved them one step closer to the district meet scheduled for later this month. Results from the meet in Stayton Saturday, February 1 were not made available before press time, but Friday’s seven-team meet at Lebanon produced some season bests for the Outlaws. Lydia Bartlett once again provided a number of high points for her team as they placed fifth overall with 114.5 points. Sweet Home completely dominated the team standings with 382.5 points to easily o... Full story
Warfighter Outfitters is hosting its annual fundraising dinner and auction benefit this Saturday, February 8, at the Riverhouse Expo Center in Bend. Warfighter Outfitters is a veterans nonprofit that provides free of charge guided hunting, fishing and engagement trips to veterans. One hundred percent of the proceeds of the fundraiser go directly to operating costs as there are zero salaries in the organization. In previous years, Warfighter Outfitters has hosted a crab feed and auction at Aspen Lakes, but due to selling out... Full story
It’s hard to believe it is February 2020 already! Where does the time go? Here are some recent happenings and some “new year’s resolutions” for the Sisters Ranger District. First, we are still accepting comments on a project proposal to clear 13 miles of existing powerline corridors in the Indian Ford and Camp Sherman vicinity to improve access and powerline safety, including wildfire risk reduction. Speaking of wildfire, the 2019 revision of the Greater Sisters Country... Full story
Landscape photographer Gary Albertson continues his photographic work even though he has faced years of challenges with deteriorating sight. Albertson has pigment dispersion glaucoma, which occurs when pigment cells in the eye slough off from the back of the iris and float around in the aqueous humor. Gary ran his Sisters Gallery and Frame shop in Sisters for eight years. He has lived in Camp Sherman for 20 years and photographs the Metolius River and several of the local... Full story
Want to go to a fiddle camp or a culinary competition? Study science or theater outside of school? Don’t have the funds to make it happen? The Roundhouse Foundation is ready to help. At mid-school-year nearly $12,000 remains in the Roundhouse Foundation Enrichment Scholarship budget for Sisters middle and high school students who want to enhance educational opportunities beyond the regular school day. Managers of the fund are working to get the word out so students can take advantage of the generosity of the Roundhouse F... Full story
Local law-enforcement agencies including the City of Bend and Redmond police departments and the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office have joined the Neighbors app by Ring. The Neighbors app provides a platform for communities to share information about activity occurring in their neighborhood, helping to keep people and property safe. Participating law enforcement agencies will not have direct access to all app users’ videos — only videos users have selected to share. Citizen participation is optional, anonymous, and does... Full story
Tick tock! Waterston Desert Writing Prize submissions for the 2020 prize are due by midnight, April 1. If you are planning to submit, it’s time to get serious about applying. Find all the guidelines and a link for submissions at Waterston Desert Writing Prize. The prize honors creative nonfiction that illustrates artistic excellence, sensitivity to place, and desert literacy, with the desert as both subject and setting. Inspired by author and poet Ellen Waterston’s love of the high desert of Central Oregon, a region that has... Full story
