News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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The boys tennis squad currently has four players, and all are fairly inexperienced. The team will welcome any new players who would like to join and learn the game. There will be no cuts, and everyone is guaranteed to earn a varsity letter. Senior Barry Jaxon and juniors Matthew Riehle and Zenus Ortega return as third-year players, but their tennis experience has been limited due to COVID. All three joined the team brand-new to the game in 2020, but after two weeks of practice the entire season was cancelled. In 2021, the... Full story
Partners In Care, provider of hospice care in the Central Oregon region, announces the appointment of Greg Hagfors as its new chief executive officer, according to its President and Board Chair Suzanne Lafky. “Our board of directors engaged in a thoughtful process to fill the lead staff role following the retirement of Eric Alexander, who served the nonprofit organization for 16 years,” said Lafky. “We are gratified that Greg Hagfors has accepted our offer of employment and w... Full story
Sisters Park & Recreation District (SPRD) just wrapped up a dynamic basketball season after taking a year off due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Some 125 athletes were back on the court this winter between SPRD’s youth basketball league and a tournament league offered by Outlaws Boys’ Basketball (OBB), a committee of SPRD. The season wrapped up with a successful Sisters Shootout basketball tournament on Presidents’ Day weekend that drew 53 teams from around the state and California... Full story
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently introduced an online tool at www.CDC.gov to help you decide whether to continue to wear a mask in indoor public spaces so that you can reduce your risk of contracting COVID-19. The CDC’s timing is excellent because Oregon is poised to lift its indoor mask mandate on March 12. The CDC’s COVID-19 “Community Levels” identifies risk levels in each county in the U.S. based upon current data on hospital beds being used, hospital admissions, and the total number of new... Full story
Most Americans hear the word “health” and associate it with diet and exercise. Health for well-being, vitality, and longevity is much more involved than this. A healthy lifestyle should be built upon a firm foundation of the following pillars of health: adequate hydration, dedicated breathwork, quality sleep, appropriate levels of physical activity, clean foods, effective stress management, and healthy relationships. Improving your habits in these areas, even if it’s only a small improvement, can create a domino effect towar... Full story
This month’s featured constellation is Cancer the Crab. Being the dimmest member of the zodiac, it is not the easiest asterism to make out. (The zodiac is a strip of sky where the sun, moon, and all the planets of our solar system are always found.) Cancer is bordered by Gemini to the west and Leo to the east, and lies just above the head of Hydra, the Water Serpent. It’s positioned about 65 degrees in altitude from the southern horizon around 9 p.m. during March. Obs... Full story
The Cloverdale Rural Fire Protection District is going back to voters to seek funding to provide a sustainable level of 24/7 staffing. The District has filed a ballot measure for the May 17 election, seeking a 69-cents-per-$1,000 (assessed valuation) levy to fund 24/7 staffing by fire officers/EMTs. Cloverdale Fire District voters in May 2021 said a vehement “no” to a levy that carried a tax rate of $1.35 per $1,000 of assessed property value. Voters rejected it by a 70 per... Full story
If all goes according to plan, the instream and bank restoration work on Whychus Creek, where it runs between Creekside Park and Creekside Campground — from the Locust Street bridge to the Highway 20 bridge — should take place in August 2022. This according to Mathias Perle, restoration program manager for the Upper Deschutes Watershed Council, in his report to the City Parks Advisory Board, who held their March 2 meeting at the creek. The strategic plan for... Full story
A number of readers were concerned about The Nugget’s story on February 23 that brought to attention to the difficulty some property owners were experiencing in obtaining or renewing homeowners insurance when the insured property was not rating well. Reader Craig Rullman took the time to write a letter that appeared in last week’s issue, sharing his experience with renewing his policy on his rural property. His letter ended with a warning about the deleterious impact und... Full story
