News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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I’ve always been a wee bit of a Celtophile. Almost all of the music I listen to on any given day has “Celtic” roots. We named our daughter Ceili (pronounced Kay-lee), which is Irish Gaelic for a party with traditional music, dancing, and storytelling. I cut my storytelling teeth on the tales of another Celtophile, the pulp fictioneer Robert E. Howard, and named our dearly missed dog Conan (Gaelic for “little wolf”). It’s more an affinity than a matter of heritage. My ancestry... Full story
The Western Bluebirds (sialia mexicana) will soon be returning to Oregon after wintering in California and Mexico. Dropping from a perch to feed on ground insects or consuming many berries including poison oak, elderberry, and mistletoe, our Western Bluebirds will build their nests in tree cavities or birdhouses. As members of the thrush family the male will begin singing before dawn to mark his breeding territory. The female gathers fine grasses, needles, feathers, and... Full story
The Lady Outlaws basketball squad had two players, Payden Petterson and Haleigh Froehlich, earn Honorable Mention All-Conference awards. The Oregon West Conference is tough and talented, and although the Outlaws didn’t have the best season, both Petterson and Froehlich did get noticed, and were respected by the other coaches in the league. Petterson, a senior and team captain, averaged eight points and 4.5 rebounds per game as a shooting guard for the Outlaws this year. Coach Paul Patton said, “Payden was our best perimeter s... Full story
Jenna and Laura Curtis are sisters, and they’re close. Seeing them together, it’s obvious how much they admire each other. “But we also fight,” said younger sister Laura, laughing. Most of their fighting spirit is reserved for social justice issues and the people they support both professionally and personally. They’ve shown, when they are committed to a cause, there’s a good chance things will change for the better. Jenna graduated from Sisters High School in 2007. Laura... Full story
Kris Kristofferson may have mourned a Sunday morning coming down, but on March 13, eight Sisters firefighters celebrated a Sunday morning going up. And up. And up. The team from Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire Department participated in the annual Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) Firefighter Stairclimb at the Columbia Center in Seattle. The event is a major fundraiser for LLS. The 2,000 participants are career, volunteer, or retired firefighters who climb up the second-tallest... Full story
After very recently relocating from Sisters to Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Kimberly Lynn Ward-Cary passed away March 11, in Tennessee, at the age of 63. She was born on October 13, 1958, in Bakersfield, California, to Tom Sr. and Barbara Jackson Ward. Kimber’s parents moved their family back to Sisters in 1965, when she was about 6 years old. Kimber attended elementary and middle schools in Sisters and high school in Redmond and was very active in the Redmond High School rodeo, a... Full story
Skiers Bela Chladek and Corbin Fredland, along with other elite skiers from Oregon, traveled to Mt. Rose, Nevada, with the Oregon Interscholastic Ski Racing Association (OISRA), where they represented the state of Oregon at the Western U.S. High School Championships. The team was comprised of the fastest high school ski racers from across Oregon. Another team from Oregon, Oregon Schools Ski Association (OSSA) representing the Bend area, also attended the race. Other states... Full story
After last year’s shortened season, the athletes and coaches of the Outlaws track and field team look forward to a full campaign, with a complete slate of meets and more than double the time to train. A core group of veterans mixed with a healthy crop of newcomers means that new head coach Cailen McNair and his staff will spend the first portion of the season determining the events in which individual athletes will partake. After two weeks of training, some of those q... Full story
Alessandra Wentworth and her mare Q recently participated in one of the biggest horse shows in Southern California. Competition ran from January 22 through February 7. The show in Thermal, California, takes place at Desert International Horse Park, where Olympic athletes train, one of the largest competitive parks. It is also where the World Cup Qualifiers are also held every year. “I had wanted to go for a couple years with my other horse, but this year I finally had the o... Full story
Sydney Myhre started playing volleyball when she was in second grade. She is still in love with the sport, and working hard at becoming an even better player. Kids can’t technically start playing volleyball until third grade, but Myhre got a head start, playing with her older sister Addy on her third-grade team, coached by her parents, Jason and Rachelle Myhre. The team played in Bend against other rec-league teams in the area. In sixth grade, Myhre played for Sisters M... Full story
Sisters Folk Festival (SFF) is rolling out “The Pronghorns,” the 2022 festival poster image commemorating its 25th annual event September 30-October 2, in Sisters. After a rousing and much-anticipated folk festival in 2021, the SFF staff and board are looking ahead with excitement to once again bringing roots music to Sisters and Central Oregon. Dennis McGregor, a Sisters artist, musician, songwriter and children’s author, has been the poster artist for the Sisters Folk Festi... Full story
Juniper Blu is a new independent boutique shop in Sisters next door to Hood Avenue Art. Somerli McLain now operates Juniper Blu, her second shop in the Central Oregon area. McLain also owns and operates Maple Moon in Redmond, selling the same types of goods. “I decided to open these stores because I love meeting new people. I love anything to do with home décor and sharing things that I am passionate about with customers,” said McLain. Juniper Blu is a home and gift sho... Full story
