News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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The seven semifinalists for Sisters School Superintendent are a varied lot, but not geographically. All but one already work in Oregon, three in Central Oregon. Redmond Superintendent Jerry Colonna, who is helping to coordinate the search, told The Nugget that "out-of-state candidates are shying away from Oregon because of our financial situation, so the out-of-state pool has really gone down." The fact that 28 other Oregon districts are looking for chief executives is also a limiting factor. Colonna was selected Monday as... Full story
For the second year in a row, an Oregon State University biologist has planted thousands of Chinook salmon fry in the Metolius River and its tributaries. With a name that sounds as if it could belong to the hero of a romance novel, Jens Lovtang would rather be the hero of a salmon success story. Prior to construction of the Pelton Round Butte project, Chinook and sockeye salmon -- as well as steelhead -- successfully spawned in the Upper Deschutes River system. As part of the dam re-licensing process, various interested... Full story
Jeremy Fields (left), Brian See and Nate Goodwin have returned from shuttle recovery work in Texas. Photo by Dave Priest Last month's loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia affected us all, but some local Forest Service employees were impacted more directly than most. Jeremy Fields, Nate Goodwin and Brian See are Sisters Ranger District employees who were part of a Central Oregon team dispatched to Texas to take part in the search and recovery of shuttle debris. Sisters resident Ben Curtis also made the trip as part of the... Full story
Volunteers from the Sisters Community Trails Committee have been working on a plan to develop a network of commuter and recreational trails within the greater Sisters area. Committee members have completed a draft plan proposing a network of 36 trails, totaling 143 miles. The plan also discusses how the trails might be funded, constructed, managed and maintained. Community members may weigh in on the draft plan at a Sisters Community Trails Committee Open House at Sisters Elementary School, 611 E. Cascade, on Monday, March... Full story
Jon Renner, the force behind OutlawNet, remembers when there was no local Internet service in Sisters. "The closest locals could get was a long distance telephone call to Eugene through AOL," said Renner. As a Social Studies teacher, Renner believed Internet service was important, knew the school couldn't afford it and decided to do something about it. The school-based OutlawNet was the result; the company has now been in business for seven years. Renner is often asked how OutlawNet is faring, considering the school's... Full story
Fiddlesticks wowed the crowd at the Sisters Act. Photo by Jim Cornelius The Sisters Act has become a highlight of winter in Sisters over the past decade, providing an opportunity for local folks to share their talents with their neighbors. The 10th anniversary show on Saturday, March 8, was no exception, drawing a crowd of 600 people to the Sisters High School Cafetorium. "It was a fun and fantastic show thanks to all the great entertainers and the audience," said organizer... Full story
The world is waiting for an apparently inevitable war in Iraq. In Sisters, families are holding their breath as they prepare to see their loved ones depart for the Persian Gulf region, moving into harm's way. PFC David Martin, U.S. Army 1st Cavalry. Photo provided David Martin, a Sisters High School graduate and the son of Bob and Jan Martin, expects deployment in April. Martin serves with the 1st Cavalry out of Fort Hood, Texas. His armored division will undergo extensive... Full story
Fire Chief Chuck Cable led the Cloverdale awards presentation. Photo by Jaki Roberson The Cloverdale Rural Fire Protection District (CRFPD) held its 2003 Volunteer Annual Awards Banquet on Saturday evening, March 8 at the Sisters Rodeo Clubhouse. This year's anniversary is especially significant as it commemorates CRFPD's 40th year of fire protection and emergency assistance to the community and outlying areas. Following an hour of spirits and hors d'oeuvres, Chief Chuck Cable opened the event to honor this year's award... Full story
Sisters High School senior Mareta Lindley will be winging her way to Washington, D.C. in June to attend the Presidential Classroom "National Security in a Democracy" program. While the Presidential Classroom has been around for 35 years, this is the first year the National Security program has been offered. Over the years, the Presidential Classroom program has allowed more than 100,000 top high school students from the U.S. and abroad access to the federal government and the people who shape public policy. Lindley is the... Full story
Tami Willis. Photo by Sue Anderson Tami Willis, Sisters High School Class of 2000, will enter the Missionary Training Center (MTC) in Provo, Utah, on March 26 to begin her 18-month mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She will be in Provo for three weeks, then she will move on to the Carlsbad, California area where she will remain for the rest of her mission. "I was about 10 when I decided to go on a mission," Willis said. Later on her goals were more specific. "I wanted to graduate from high school,... Full story
Santa Claus (aka Franz Brown) and artist Tom Browning. Photo by Jim Cornelius People all over the world have seen him on Christmas cards and prints by Sisters artist Tom Browning. Santa Claus, right? Well, yes... also known as Franz Brown, a freelance art writer from Dawes County, Nebraska. Franz has been modeling for Browning since 1989, when Browning tapped the writer to pose for "Bottoms Up," a painting of Santa feeding ducks. He could not have known then that he had found... Full story
Pastor Rodger Hall and his wife Sue. Photo by Jaki Roberson Sisters pastor Rodger Hall has come out of retirement to found Christ's Church of New Beginnings, which meets at Sisters Elementary School. Hall has a long history of ministry in Sisters. Hall founded the local chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Cowboys, Inc. in 1976. Hall, then minister of the First Church of Christ in Sisters, had learned of the Christian cowboy organization from a professional cowboy in Redmond. Hall, who enjoyed roping calves while not in... Full story
Local seniors -- like their counterparts everywhere -- have a keen interest in prescription drugs that save lives and improve their health. Meeting last Tuesday at Sisters Community Church for their weekly luncheon, 45 local seniors heard Brenda Chilcott explain drug choices and pricing. Chilcott, an American Association of Retired People (AARP) volunteer and Development Manager for the Central Oregon Council on Aging (COCOA), said that generic drugs can do the job and yet keep costs down. She compared Mevacor, a generic... Full story
After Sisters High School band students finished their final exams for the trimester, they filled two buses to head for some performances in Portland. The SHS Concert Band was invited to the Lewis and Clark Invitational Band Festival, hosted annually for the high school bands in Oregon and Washington that have been most successful over previous years. Sisters was the only 3A band participating in the event on Friday and Saturday, March 7-8, yet was one of only seven of the 30 bands attending that performed at a level high... Full story
The Central Oregon Horse Journal, a new magazine devoted to the equine culture of the region will be available this week. The magazine, published by The Nugget Newspaper, Inc., offers features, informational articles and coverage of events in the Central Oregon region. "Our mission is to become the indispensable source of horse-related information for Central Oregon," said Editor Jim Cornelius. "The COHJ seeks to entertain, inform and educate our readers with thorough coverage of the events, activities, disciplines and... Full story
Greg Brown, former Deschutes County Sheriff, will serve 33 months in a minimum security federal prison for embezzling more than $575,000 from the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office and the Sisters-Camp Sherman Rural Fire Protection District. Brown was sentenced in federal court in Eugene on Tuesday, March 11. His sentence begins 45 days from that date. He will also face three years of post-prison supervision. Brown paid restitution to both the county and the fire district. The fire district accepted $390,378.16 as restitution.... Full story
The Nugget welcomes contributions from its readers, which must include the writer's name, address and phone number. Letters to the Editor is an open forum for the community and contains unsolicited opinions not necessarily shared by the Editor. The Nugget reserves the right to edit, omit, respond or ask for a response to letters submitted to the Editor. Letters should be no longer than 300 words. Unpublished items are not acknowledged or returned. The deadline for all letters is noon Monday. To the Editor: Every single... Full story
For my parents it was Vietnam, for my grandparents, World War II. Even my older cousins can remember a war -- Desert Storm. It seems like every adult in my life can recall a war -- some small conflicts, some major conflagrations. Their stories are haunting. My grandmother witnessed the bombing of Pearl Harbor. My parents watched their peers being slaughtered on the television during dinner. My father constantly tells me about how lucky he was to have had such a high draft number and how my uncle wasn't so lucky. History... Full story
- Deputies arrested a Sisters man for third degree sex abuse and furnishing alcohol to a minor after he allegedly fondled a 17-year-old girl who was living at his home. - A burglar struck a remote Sisters home some time in the past weeks, ransacking several rooms and stealing a Walther PPK .380 pistol. - Deputies investigated graffiti at Sisters High School that read "Die All." Information in "Sisters sheriff's calls" is taken from log entries and reports of the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office.... Full story
...Heavy equipment finished the job. Photo by Jim Cornelius Sisters dignitaries and members of the Barclay family braved chilly winds on Friday, March 7, to wield the golden shovels that broke ground on the new Harold and Dorothy Barclay Memorial Park. The park is located on a now-closed stretch of Ash Street adjacent to The Gallery Restaurant. The park will feature much-needed restroom facilities, well drinking fountains, street lamps and power for entertainment purposes. A... Full story
