News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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The Sisters High School Class of 2006 Graduation Celebration Committee has launched its “Butter Braids” fund-raiser. A “Butter Braid” is a hand-braided pastry with layers of real butter, filled with a delicious variety of fruit filling. The 22-ounce loaf comes frozen and when baked produces a homemade tasting breakfast entree or dessert. A nine-count box of caramel rolls is also available. Each item sells for $10 or three for $27. The school is also selling “Windmolen Twists,” which come in seven fillings (five sweet and t... Full story
Locals and visitors in the Sisters area look forward to this time of year for the opportunity to go from the ski slopes to the golf course in a single day. Aspen Lakes Golf Course is opening for the 2006 season on Friday, March 10. Those who are feeling a bit rusty, those who are working on lowering their handicap and beginners alike can work with Aspen Lakes’ PGA staff. The popular Sunset Serenades concert series will once again return to Aspen Lakes, along with a number of other activities for golfers and non-golfers a... Full story
Folks in Sisters can celebrate the wearin’ o’ the green at the Sisters Public Library on March 16, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. with the local trio A Scottish Heart. The performance, part of the library’s Café Libri series, is free and open to the public. Since 1994, Irene Goodnight, Becky Duncan and Steve Allely have been playing, arranging and performing traditional Scottish and Irish music together as “A Scottish Heart.” Goodnight, who plays fiddle in the group, is joined by Duncan on piano and Allely on bodhran, tinwhistles and Ui... Full story
As the owners of Sisters Inn & RV Park get ready to add some new commercial development to their site, manager Dave Elliott is trying to find a way to preserve the Sisters Inn pavilion. Elliott hopes to move the pavilion from Sisters Inn to the new Cliff Clemens Park at the north end of Sisters. “There’s very few building moving outfits that can move a building of that size,” Elliott said. Guessing that the moving cost will run between $30,000 and $35,000, Elliott hopes a vari... Full story
Under bright skies and with warm weather, the Sisters Outlaw Alpine Ski Team competed this week at the State High School Championship race hosted by the Mt. Hood League at Ski Bowl on Mt. Hood. Representing the Outlaw girls were Liz Dale, Annie Hancock, Jenna Sneva, Joelle Hamilton, Kelly Morton and Kelsey Newport. Sisters’ Michael Cristiano was the sole member of the boys team to qualify for the state race. Day One found the Sisters girls sitting comfortably in fourth place, tying the school team record set by last year’s gi... Full story
Earl Horton Hammond of Sisters died on Wednesday, March 1 after suffering from lung cancer. He was 84. Horton was born July 1, 1921, in Fremont, Nebraska to Jessie Horton and Earl Russell Hammond — known to the grandchildren as “Grannan” and “Dad.” He grew up with two siblings: Katherine, his elder sister by 10 years, and brother Jack, his elder by eight years, both whom preceded him in death. He met his wife of 62 years, Julia Shingle Ludwick, in the summer of 1940 in Sequoia National Park where they both worked for several... Full story
Orville G. Tadlock of Sisters died on February 27. He was 62. A celebration of his life was held on Saturday, March 4, in Springfield, Oregon. He was born in Wright City, Oklahoma on June 20, 1943 to Terrill and Ruby (Bean) Tadlock. He married Blanche Holeman in Springfield on August 3, 1962. He was a timber contractor for Tadpole Cutting and a Christian evangelist. He enjoyed studying scripture, raising his family and foster children, taking long hikes around lakes and... Full story
