News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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One of the benefits of having a state-of-the-art community-built greenhouse so handy at Sisters High School is the doors of opportunity it opens for students. Recently, with the help of Audrey Tehan of the Seed to Table project, 14 students from Glen Herron's biology class got into farming in a big way. According to Tehan, "The main goal of the class is to foster a deep understanding and curiosity about our agriculture systems. It is a vast topic of biology, socioeconomics,... Full story
The U.S. Forest Service is currently investigating the possibility of increasing the number of acres being offered for sale at the present site of the Sisters Ranger District headquarters. "That decision has not been made yet, but that is the proposal (to add 13.21 acres to the property sale), with a decision to add or not expected by the end of March 2018 after the current public scoping and comment period ends," said Ian Reid, Sisters District Ranger. Those 13 acres lie... Full story
Opinions were fairly evenly split at a May 6 community meeting regarding possible adoption of time, place and manner (TPM) regulations on the marijuana industry for the City of Sisters. TPMs can regulate times of operation, location and proximity of businesses, signage and advertising, disposal, licensing terms, odor mitigation, background checks, and other considerations for marijuana businesses. At this point in time, Council is only looking at whether or not to establish... Full story
Sisters Christian Academy is facing a serious financial crisis due to low enrollment. While the school will definitely complete this school year, long-time board member Peter Storton told The Nugget that the school is coming to "a time of decision" as to whether it will be able to continue into the future. The private school is seeking community support to carry on. "We're hoping people will step up," Storton said. "We want to go in with the attitude that we are going to be... Full story
To the Editor: To clarify the misreading of my previous Letter to the Editor: I support "Butte" as the best alternative for our roundabout art as I stated here previously. It echoes the colors of our forests, the shape of cinder cones, the experience of driving among ponderosas - even the "field iron" of homesteads and ranches. At no point did I mean to suggest that the roundabout art should resemble a high tech bicycle or anything else, as one respondent implied. Sisters aspires to be a town known for art. We have a... Full story
Tyler Head, a graduate of the Sisters High School Flight Science program, earned his FAA Private Pilot Certificate last week. Head's interest in aviation began when a friend of the family and Sisters resident, Blake Weber, took Head for a flight in his Cessna 170 from Sisters to Minam River Lodge for breakfast. An avid backcountry pilot, Weber showed Head the scenic views from the peaks of the Cascades to secret fishing spots only accessible by backcountry planes near Joseph,... Full story
More than 100 people shared while they shopped at "Values & Visioning" booths stationed last weekend at Ray's Food Place. Organized by Citizens4Community, the booths were part of the kick-off of the public engagement phase for the visioning effort, "Sisters Country Horizons." City and county Horizons project reps were on hand, and passers-by shared what they value most about Sisters and offered ideas for what might make the community better. Participants also took surveys,... Full story
By this time next year, there will be a brand-new hotel on the west end of Sisters, built, owned, and managed by longtime Sisters residents Steve and Robin Rodgers and their family. The GrandStay Hotel and Suites in Sisters will have 39 rooms, including two whirlpool suites and four two-room extended-stay suites with kitchenettes. An indoor pool and spa with 16 ft.-by-8 ft. glass garage doors, that open onto a patio during warm weather, is included in the building. Rodgers... Full story
Mitch and Julie Mansfield's story is a familiar one. Just over a decade ago, they visited Sisters at Thanksgiving time and they fell in love. They decided that Sisters was the place where they wanted to raise their daughters, and they made the move. They purchased Sisters Olive & Nut Co. from friends of a friend and went into business. His friends and family thought he'd gone... well... nuts. "I owned a machine shop and never worked a day of retail in my life," Mitch... Full story
Success in track and field is all about the numbers. If the team has some depth and can cover all 17 events at the high school level, good results tend to follow. That may be why Sisters High's Head Coach Jeff Larson is smiling most of the time these days. "We have a great turnout," said Larson, who is in his fourth year as head coach of the Outlaws and sixth overall with the team. "In fact, it might be our biggest team of all time." The girls team, which has won three consecu... Full story
The Outlaws battled hard at the 4A OSAA State Tournament held at Pacific University Thursday through Saturday, March 8-10, but weren't able to come out on top in either of their games. Sisters had to match up against No. 1-seeded Banks in their first game of the tourney on Thursday afternoon. They battled the Braves hard the entire game, but just couldn't post the win. They lost the contest 46-38. The Outlaws offense was a bit slow out of the gate, and they only managed to... Full story
Sisters Middle School was a bastion of competitive energy last weekend as young readers ranging from grades 3-12 flexed their literary muscles in the annual Battle of the Books regional competition. Teams from as far away as Burns and Dayville arrived ready to go head-to-head with other foursomes in a competition which required contestants to recall specific details from an array of books read over the previous year. In the 3rd-5th grade category, students had to be familiar w... Full story
Food is a daily essential of our lives. We all make decisions about what to eat. These decisions implicate us in the real cost of that food - socially, environmentally, and economically. Not to mention that our choices impact our health slowly, for better or worse, with every bite. When we walk into a grocery store we see aisles of food, colorful, unblemished, and convenient. A cornucopia year-round. Look a little deeper and its just a sea of labels, eye-catching branding on... Full story
The Oncken brothers, 9-year-old Ezra and 11-year-old Nicolas have spent their lives growing up with the sounds of violin strings as a part of their lives. Elder brother Nicolas can distinctly remember the first time he heard a violin and how powerful that moment was - and so can his mom, Akiko. "From that first day Nicolas heard the sweet sounds of the violin he spent hours practicing his love of the instrument by holding a frying pan under his chin and using the first stick... Full story
Last week Diana Liu, Sisters Elementary School's Chinese teacher, took her fourth-grade Chinese classes on a field trip to Sisters High School (SHS) where she instructed the students on how to cook a favorite recipe from her childhood. Liu grew up in Central China, in the province of Shaanxi. Shaanxi is a northwestern Chinese province whose ancient capital, Xi'an, was a starting point for the Silk Road. Xi'an is the home to the mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, an archaeolog... Full story
• TR and Jen McCrystal have announced that the restaurant they built first as Jen's Garden and more recently as The Cottonwood Café will be acquired by David Touvell, owner of Chow in Bend; Ryan Sturmer, executive chef of Brasada Ranch and local business person Stephen King. "After many years building this iconic café in a quaint cottage, we are pleased to see it moving into the hands of a very talented trio," they said in a statement. "David has built one of the most successful and lasting... Full story
More and more aging Sisters residents are striving to stay independent and in their own homes as long as possible. And many are living at home with children or other family members. As we age, day-to-day living at home poses challenges and potential hazards. Some simple modifications can make a home much more livable and a whole lot safer for aging adults. Chris Patrick of Home Customizations in Sisters worked as a maintenance supervisor at a HUD retirement village, and he is... Full story
