News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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The Kiwanis Club of Sisters recently presented its Everyday Hero Award to the Sisters Garden Club. The award is presented to a person or organization in the community that has gone “above and beyond.” The efforts of more than 70 members are enjoyed by residents and tourists as they travel through Sisters. The Sisters Garden Club was started in 1988 by Claudia Grooney, Barbara Warren and Mike Woosley. By 1989 there were 13 members and their first project was to design and landscape “The Point,” an undeveloped street-side area... Full story
Nearly 150 people showed up to wield shovels as patrons broke ground for the new Sisters Library last Saturday in a festive on-site ceremony held under sunny skies. Townspeople, Friends of the Library and local dignitaries and interested folks brought their shovels to symbolically launch their dreams for a new library. From Ardie Winters’ vision of a larger fiction section in the new library to Evelyn Brush’s hopes for the new children’s section to Cal and Marsha Allen... Full story
Make time to attend the “Making Good Time” Kick Off Art Reception in Sisters. The exhibit and auction titled “Making Good Time Clock Show,” will be held at Navigator News, 143 E. Hood Ave. The opening reception on March 18, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. is free The public is invited to view, bid on, or buy these creative timepieces. Students from the Heart of Oregon cut 32 16-inch-diameter MDF particle board for clock faces that have been artistically embellished by Sisters area artists. Mechanical inspiration was provided by Ed and... Full story
Statewide equalization of school funding has been the bane of some affluent Oregon school districts. But the experience of the High Desert Education Service District illustrates the good side of equalization. Based in Redmond, the High Desert ESD encompasses Crook and Deschutes counties. Its superintendent, Dennis Dempsey, is a former Sisters High School principal. Dempsey appeared at the February 14 Sisters School Board meeting to obtain the board’s approval of next year’s menu of 13 “resolution” services to be offered... Full story
Mariel Stones of Sisters was spotlighted by the Unitus Community Credit Union as the member who has been with the Credit Union the longest. The Credit Union was begun in 1937 — as Oregon Telephone Employees Credit Union — and Mariel Stones joined that same year, on July 28. She has been a member for over 67 years. Mariel married James Grant Stones, one of the Credit Union’s charter members, in 1935. While Grant worked his way from delivery boy to electrical engineer for the phone company, Mariel raised the family and also... Full story
This year the annual Memorial Day Ceremony on May 30 is being moved to the Village Green from Camp Polk Cemetery. The decision was made by the Sisters American Legion and The Veterans of Foreign Wars to allow easier access and increased capacity for those wishing to attend. The event has become an important Sisters tradition as veterans and their families acknowledge the fallen of American wars. This year the Crook County High School Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps consisting of an honor guard, rifle squad and... Full story
Zach Jones of Sisters powered his pinewood derby car to a 10th-place overall finish in The Fremont District Cub Scout Pinewood Derby at the Bend River Mall on Saturday, February 26. The 70 racers over the 30-second downhill course were often separated by only hundredths and even thousandths of a second. Jones, of Sisters Cub Scout Pack 139, emerged as first-place winner among the 21 Wolf Cubs on his way to his 10th-place overall finish. Other participants from Sisters Pack... Full story
Local Cub Scouts have been making bluebird boxes as a fund-raising project for the local Troop 139. The boxes are hand-made to order by the scouts and are useful for providing homes for feathred friends. Last year, Troop 139filled orders for 200 bird boxes. They cost $10 each and may be ordered from Cub Scout Troop Leader Bill MacDonald at 385-5288.... Full story
The Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce gathering, Sunrise Sisters, set for 7:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 15 will feature two guest speakers: Alana Audette from the Central Oregon Visitors Association (COVA) and Bill Anthony of the Sisters Ranger District. Audette will talk about COVA’s role in Deschutes County and what they do to attract visitors to Central Oregon. Bill Anthony will present information about the proposed sale of excess Forest Service property and the possibilities for the relocation of the new administrative s... Full story
