News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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The Sisters Act provided tremendous entertainment for an audience estimated at over 600 while raising funds for school children at the Nabririzi School in rural western Uganda at the 12th annual talent show held Saturday, February 26 at the Sisters High School auditorium. The 2005 edition, “Sisters Act at the Beach” featured a wide variety of offerings centered on beach themes with performers from the community and beyond. Masters of Ceremonies Melvin Herberger and Kelly Pow... Full story
A traffic stop by a Black Butte Ranch Police Department (BBRPD) officer on Saturday, February 26, led to the arrest of two La Pine residents on multiple drug charges. According to BBRPD reports, an officer stopped a car for speeding along Highway 20 just before 2 p.m. The driver, Dustin R. Gerard of La Pine was driving on a suspended license and, according to BBRPD, he consented to a vehicle search. BBRPD reported that the search turned up methamphetamine and marijuana in the vehicle. The officer arrested Gerard and... Full story
Those who were among the several hundred people who witnessed the American Bald Eagles perched near the Forest Service Interpretive Area on the west end of Sisters last week might consider themselves very fortunate. It isn’t every day a person can go grocery shopping, pick up auto parts, dry-cleaning or stop at a restaurant and see a couple of adult bald eagles. This time of year, bald eagles are usually repairing their nests from last winter’s snow and ice damage, or out scr... Full story
• Hummingbird Auto Glass has made Sisters its new home. District Manager Ryan Osborne is available in Sisters for window tinting, rust prevention, water leak detection. For more information call 549-8493. • Custom House Studios, located at 208 Elm St., is offering jewelry-making classes throughout March. Call 549-1611 for more information. • Coyote Creek is gearing up for a corned beef and cabbage meal St. Patrick’s Day, Thursday, March 17. Make reservations. Wretchro will play in the lounge at 8 p.m. • Holistic Animal He... Full story
The Lady Outlaws lost 37-34 to Stayton in the third place Capital Conference basketball tie-breaker on Tuesday, February 22. The game was played at Sweet Home, a neutral site for both teams. Sisters trailed Stayton for the first three quarters of the game and started the final period down by 10. The Lady Outlaws poured it on in the fourth quarter and an Emily VanBlaricum layup tied the game 34-34. Sisters outscored the Eagles 16-6 with 30 seconds left on the clock. Stayton sco... Full story
The Outlaws lost 76-64 to the Cascade Cougars in the Number 2 seed Capital Conference basketball tiebreaker on Tuesday, February 22. The game was played at neutral Sweet Home. The Outlaws gave up 20 offensive rebounds in the contest. “We were just horrid on the offensive boards,” said Coach Rand Runco. “They killed us on the glass.” Cascade hit four three’s in the first quarter alone and by the end of the period held a 27-19 lead. The Cougars never looked back and went on to win by 12 points. Cascade’s Sibernagel led the Cou... Full story
The story on the Outlaws swim team’s state finish (“Outlaws produce records at state meet,” The Nugget, February 23 page 4) omitted the second-place finish of the Outlaws in the 200-yard freestyle relay. This finish was critical in setting the Outlaws up for their overall fifth-place finish out of 39 schools that started the competition.... Full story
Oregon school districts, including Sisters’, received some good financial news — and some not so good — in recent days. The good came in the form of an increased state general fund revenue forecast for the next biennium, 2005-07. With an improving economy, the Office of Economic Analysis said state government should receive $202 million more in general fund tax dollars than was forecast in December. While that is not huge, measured against a projected $12.6 billion budget, schools have reason to believe they will recei... Full story
Thanks to snow falling in the mountains again, Sisters Middle School was able to complete the winter retreat for eighth graders at Hoodoo Mountain Resort on Thursday, February 17. The school offers a retreat each trimester, but with so little snow in the mountains where the winter retreat was to be held, the event was postponed for nearly a month in the hope that snow would deepen, allowing for the activities planned for the day. As things turned out, the class spent a... Full story
Sisters High School (SHS) has adopted Michaela Madsen as its new Sparrow for the 2004-2005 school year. Sparrow Clubs help children and families in crisis. Michaela lives with her parents, Kevin and Jennifer and three siblings in Sisters. She attends Sisters Elementary School. Dick Reinertson, owner of Rhino Ranch and Realty, is sponsoring Michaela. Students at SHS can perform community service work at $10 per hour, record their hours on a service voucher and turn in the hours toSparrow Club advisor Kristy Rawls. Reinertson w... Full story
The Sisters School Board has decided to “refund” the bonds that were sold in mid-2001 to build a new high school. Like a homeowner refinancing to take advantage of low interest rates, the board hopes to wind up paying less on its loan. At its February 15 meeting, the board heard that Seattle-Northwest Securities, which handled the original bond sale, has recommended the refunding. Four possible scenarios were presented. The one that Superintendent Ted Thonstad said would be the district’s most likely choice would produ... Full story
• An MIP party near Sisters led to multiple arrests. Someone called in a false report of shots fired in Sisters, apparently in an effort to divert deputies form the party. That earned an arrest for misuse of 911 and making a false police report. One of the attendees reportedly used his car to knock over mailboxes. • A woman reported that a man was watching her through binoculars at the park, then followed her through town. • A woman reported six thefts from her ATM bank account. The ATM withdrawals included stops in Rome,... Full story
Here are some films to take you from St. Valentine’s to St. Patrick’s. Almost everyone in Sisters willing to name a favorite romance came up with “The Quiet Man” (1952), John Ford’s movie about an American boxer (John Wayne) who returns to his native Ireland and encounters a red-haired colleen (Maureen O’Hara). Ford was interested in Ireland. He was christened Sean Aloysius O’Feeney (sometimes listed as John Martin Feeney) — as fine an Irish name as a bhoyo can have. According to the New York Times’ 1952 review, he studie... Full story
To the Editor: I am writing to express my opinion about the idea of a McDonald’s fast food restaurant going up in Sisters. I was with one of 12 families who came to your beautiful town for the SOAR-sponsored basketball tournament over MLK Jr. Weekend. Each year we look forward to Outlaws hospitality and a chance for our kids to throw snowballs and basketballs in such wonderful surroundings. I hope you all will continue to vote out having any fast food chain restaurant erected in your town. Resist the temptation! Let me t... Full story
One toddler plays with a truck, one boy learns to use scissors and a little girl scribbles with crayons while their moms sit in the next room discussing discipline. That’s one morning in the life of the award-winning program, Together For Children. Last week, the program won special recognition from the Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon (EMO). The annual Vollum Humanitarian Service Award honored the program for enhancing the lives of children by strengthening families. The a... Full story
When the tsunami hit South Asia on December 26 and the pictures of catastrophic destruction began to filter back to Sisters, Craig Morton, his daughter Anna, and Jenny March-Aleu, like virtually everyone, wondered what they could do. Their answer was more direct than most. They decided to visit Sumatra (Indonesia) and put their hands and hearts to work. Morton described his trip to Sumatra and illustrated the devastation with pictures he had taken in the tsunami-ravaged area at last Saturday’s Cabin Fever potluck, held in C... Full story
The Forest Service is thinning tree stands in Camp Sherman and doing other work to protect the land from fire (see “Cutting trees to protect the forest,” The Nugget, February 23, page 6). Sisters District Ranger Bill Anthony brought his team to Camp Sherman’s Community Hall on Thursday, February 24, to make a courtesy heads-up call to alert local people to future plans in the area. Funding, as usual, remains a major problem. “Our funds have been cut 9 percent this year,” Anthony told his audience of about 30 people. “We expec... Full story
While there may be some snow on the ground right now, it’s not too early to prepare for what could be an early and long wildfire season. Sisters area residents are encouraged to start now to clean up yard debris around their properties. That’s the advice from Dave Wheeler, fire marshal for the Sisters-Camp Sherman Rural Fire Protection District (RFPD). “The low snow pack and below average rainfall so far this winter will likely mean an earlier than normal end to our local burning season this spring,” Wheeler said. “Homeow... Full story
After the success of his self-published book “Fire Mountain, the Eruptions of Mount Saint Helens,” Gary Albertson had the freedom to explore the forests, seashores and deserts of the West, Southwest and Mexico for many years. During this time, Albert-son developed his eye for landscape photography. He credits this period of his life for the inspiration that evolved into a successful career as scenic photographer and artful framer. Gary currently operates Sisters Gallery and... Full story
The Sisters Starry Nights Concert Series is offering four items in a raffle to help raise funds for the Sisters Schools Foundation. The raffle will start on Saturday, March 5 with tickets being sold in the lobby at the John Hiatt concert, and continues through April 8 when the winning tickets will be drawn. The four items are: an acoustic-electric guitar signed by John Hiatt; an acoustic guitar signed by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band; a load, or 10 yards, of gravel delivered anyw... Full story
A storm is brewing over the old Santiam Wagon Road (SWR) and a proposal to open more forest areas to off-road vehicles. The McKenzie Ranger District has proposed action on 13,845 acres in the Santiam Pass area including the historic Santiam Wagon Road. An environmental assessment (EA) will be prepared regarding motorized vehicle recreation after citizen input. The proposal has already ignited a firestorm regarding the SWR. The Santiam Wagon Road was used largely in the last half of the 19th century to transport stock, people... Full story
Local residents are concerned about the impact of some 400 new homes on Sisters schools. About 50 Sisters residents attended a public presentation of Hayden Homes’ plans for a 400-unit residential development in Northwest Sisters on Thursday, February 24. The impact of the development on Sisters schools was the top concern for those at themeeting. Eileen Obermiller, landscape architect with the firm Otak, and Dave Cady, Director of Land Development, led the Hayden p... Full story
What populations of deer and elk should be maintained in Oregon and what should the ratio be for buck deer to does and bull elk to cows? Those were questions that Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) biologists asked more than 50 people at a meeting held February 23 at the Redmond High School. Almost without exception, those speaking at the two-hour meeting supported increasing mule deer and Rocky Mountain elk populations as well as increasing the male-female ratios, even if it would result in fewer hunting tags,... Full story
SOAR’s Cabana Club turned into an indoor rodeo arena for SOAR’s first Cowboy Night for middle and high schoolers Friday night, February 25. Boots, belts and cowboy hats were the attire of the evening, as country music filled the facility. Tom Coffield, SOAR’s director, estimated that about 70 middle schoolers and 40 high schoolers were in attendance at the event. The entry fee of $10 bought $60 worth of Cowboy Bucks which could be used to buy pizza, pop, bull riding, calf... Full story
After nearly two years of meetings, decisions, challenges and legal wrangling, the outlook for Camp Sherman’s Lake Creek Lodge expansion plans is still clouded. Owners Gordon and Jeff Jones have planned adding 23 new tourist rental cabins to the existing 16 units. Friends of the Metolius have petitioned against this on several points, the most salient of which are defining what a tourist rental cabin is and secondly what is measured as total buildable space. In February 2005, for the second time, LUBA (Oregon Land Use B... Full story
