News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Avalanches kill 25-30 persons in the U.S. every year with many more injured each winter, according to the National Avalanche Center. At present the Central Oregon Cascades are at Level 3 risk (Considerable) on a 5-point scale. So far in the 2022-23 season, there are 14 recorded deaths including the one reported on page 1: seven in Colorado, three in neighboring Washington, all on February 19 at Colchuck Peak near Leavenworth, and one each in Oregon, Nevada, Montana, and... Full story
Walk anywhere in Sisters for more than three or four blocks and you are very likely to encounter spalling, the unsightly flaking on concrete sidewalks. It looks as if the surface is pitted or pocked. While it occasionally happens from putting sodium chloride (rock salt) based ice-melting products on sidewalks, its actual causes are several. They include poor quality concrete or inferior finishing, improper curing, corrosion of the underlying rebar (reinforcing bars or... Full story
Sisters is the new headquarters for Jive Radio, and a lot of folks think that’s cause for celebration. KJIVE (96.5 FM/www.jiveradio.org), a non-commercial independent radio station owned by OpenSky Radio Corp., has its first-ever formal studio located in The Belfry. And that venue will host a celebration of the station and independent music on Tuesday, March 14. Cruz Contreras, singer-songwriter and band leader of the Black Lillies — who have played here multiple t... Full story
In 2013 on April Fools Day, Sisters local Slater Smith performed his first show with bandmates under the moniker The Weather Machine. The band felt incredibly lucky. After a ton of open-micing as a solo act, Slater had locked down a month-long residency at The White Eagle in Portland just in time for their first record release. So Slater invited the band along to play every Monday in April, and The Weather Machine was born. The Weather Machine brought Smith and his friends to... Full story
Clark’s Nutcracker (Nucifraga Columbiana) occupies an integral role in the regeneration and maintenance of high-elevation pine forests. They store pine seeds, plucked from cones by their strong and sharp beaks, in a pouch behind their tongue. Up to 90 seeds are stored within this pouch, which are then cached in the ground over a large area. In the fall up to 33,000 seeds will be stored in the ground and the Clark’s Nutcracker is able to remember where they cached the see... Full story
The young man had roots in the sunny forests of the Metolius Basin, but he met his fate in a dark forest far away, almost 80 years ago. The story behind the short, charmed life, tragic death, and surprising afterlife of Elliot R. Corbett is part of the history of one of Oregon’s most remote state parks. Elliot Ruggles Corbett II was a member of the influential Corbett family, who were a key part of the development of Portland, Oregon. It started in 1851, when Henry Winslow C... Full story
The last chance to purchase discounted tickets to the Big Ponderoo Music Festival is Tuesday, March 21 at www.aftontickets.com/BigPonderoo. Early-bird tickets are available at a $25 discount for $150 (limit four per person); the remaining tickets will be sold at the advance price of $175 per ticket. Tickets for youth ages 6-17 are $70 each; children 5 and under attend free. Presented by Sisters Folk Festival, Big Ponderoo — taking place June 24-25 — is a brand-new music festival bringing bluegrass and Americana... Full story
Writer and documentary filmmaker David Alexander Baker will offer a presentation from his new book, “The Lost Continent: Coral Reef Conservation and Restoration in the Age of Extinction,” at Paulina Springs Books on Thursday, March 16. Baker will share selections from his book along with a slideshow featuring photographs of coral reefs from around the world. “The Lost Continent: Coral Reef Conservation and Restoration in the Age of Extinction” is a nonfiction investigation of... Full story
Four years after the adoption of the Sisters Country Vision and Action Plan by the City Council and other key partner agencies, the Vision Implementation Team (VIT) is still collaborating on Vision progress, identifying and dissolving barriers, identifying funding for project implementation. The team annually updates the Vision Action Plan to reflect progress, changes, or new information based on the needs of the growing community, and on community feedback. They provide progress reports on those action items underway, and... Full story
I’m at a loss — stunned, saddened, provoked. I’ve just finished reading a heart-wrenching, soul-sucking article about the latest algorithm update about an AI software called Replika. Replika is an AI chatbot that users can access to create an artificial chat buddy as a virtual companion. The company boasts the catchy (albeit depressing) slogan: “Need a friend? Create one now.” Many of us can hardly believe that our fragmented, individualistic, narcissistic age would ever come to such a troubling tipping point, but reg... Full story
Sisters Elementary School (SES) celebrated reading last week, with local author Joyce Burk Brown, who read her and co-author Linda Wolff’s children’s book, “The Magic in Listening.” The author reading was the culmination of an entire Reading Across America week at the school celebrating reading and practicing habits such as active listening. Reading Across America’s official date was March 2, also author Dr. Seuss’ birthday. Read Across America was created to help kids get ex... Full story
Sisters Elementary School (SES) will hold their annual Kindergarten Roundup pre-registration on Friday, April 21 in the school gymnasium. Each student will participate in a teacher led activity while parents are involved in a parent orientation. Sign up by contacting the elementary school at 541-549-8981. Children who will be five years old on or before September 1, 2023 are eligible for the 2023-24 school year. Enrollment forms may be picked up at the Sisters Elementary School office between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. The school... Full story
The Outlaws Alpine Ski Team raced in the Oregon High School State Championships held at the Hoodoo Ski area Wednesday through Thursday, March 1-3. Despite a lot of new soft snow, which can be problematic for ski racing, the event came off as a big success. Coach Gabe Chladek told The Nugget that throughout the entire event he heard nothing but positive comments and thank-yous from the teams that traveled from out of town. Wednesday was set aside for teams to train and warm up... Full story
Bill Moore was born in San Diego, California. After graduating from San Diego State University with his bachelor’s degree, he worked as a school teacher. He earned his EdD in special education at the University of Oregon in Eugene, and afterward joined the staff of Teaching Research in Monmouth. He worked at Teaching Research for over 30 years as a research professor. Bill lived in Sisters for many years before moving to McMinnville. He and his wife, Jane, traveled around t... Full story
Roger Nelson of Sisters passed away January 28 after a long battle with Parkinson’s. Roger was born in Salem, graduated from Beaverton High School, University of Oregon, and Willamette Law School. He practiced law for over 52 years, doing estate planning, tax work, real estate development, and nonprofits. He did a considerable amount of his work pro bono and considered it to be his “ministry” in life. He hadn’t raised his fees in over 20 years, as he considered what he did his gift to others. His business partner of 30 years,... Full story
Wellhouse Church offers Christian education to children and students in Sisters. They began serving the youth of Sisters in Christian education in 2020. “We started in pre-K and started expanding further in the fall of 2020, and we picked up where Sisters Christian Academy left off,” said Mary Ryan, director of operations at Wellhouse Academy. Ryan handles student enrollment, curriculum, and staff and teacher training. Wellhouse Academy serves students from kindergarten to... Full story
The Sisters Ranger District of the Deschutes National Forest will host a public open house in mid-March. On Wednesday, March 15, the Sisters Ranger District will provide interested public the opportunity to review and discuss a range of activities planned for the next year with Sisters District Ranger Ian Reid and program specialists. The open house will run from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire Hall, located at 301 S. Elm St. Doors will open at 5 p.m. “We always enjoy the spring open house to share our u... Full story
