News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Starting today, St. Charles Health System and Deschutes County Health Services are joining together to open a new phone line to answer questions from the public about COVID-19. The free phone line, available to individuals in Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson counties, will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday and will be staffed by caregivers and county health services professionals. “We are thrilled to partner with Deschutes County Health Services to offer this new service to our community to help address this e... Full story
Jinny Reed has been working fire for 32 years. She has been with the Sisters Ranger District for 19 of those years working in wildfire prevention, education and suppression. After a career spanning most of her adult life after high school, Reed hung up her uniform and retired as of February 29. Reed’s primary role as assistant fire management officer for Sisters has to do with prescribed burns and fire prevention and education. “My passion is to get the best information abo... Full story
From a desire to have a daughter to join their two sons, Shellie Souza’s life took a turn that the best of us would find incredibly challenging. With her husband, Brad, theirs is a story of changing 102 young lives. At the end of a quiet lane of dirt and pine needles in a serene country setting is the home of the Souzas, where foster children have found a place of solace and security. When they still lived in California, the Souzas wanted to adopt a girl. Through a myriad of loops, they were convinced to foster two boys. This... Full story
The Sisters School District reports that as of Monday, March 16, none of the positive cases of COVID-19 in Deschutes County or the state had a connection to the Sisters school community. All school activities, including sports practices, have been suspended until April 6. Superintendent Curt Scholl reported that, “If school cancellations extend beyond April 6, our plan is to have staff meet in grade level and content teams to push out core distance learning materials to our students.” Sisters School District is providing gra... Full story
Editor’s note: As the impact of COVID-19 is a rapidly unfolding situation, The Nugget will update information at The Nugget News and on Facebook as it becomes available. Sisters was caught up during the past week in the floodtide of closures and cancellations accompanying efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19. Sisters schools closed as of Friday, March 13, and will remain closed until April 6 as a mandated statewide closure overlapped with Sisters’ two-week spring break. All... Full story
Sisters will have a lot more law enforcement coverage starting this summer, when a new contract between the City of Sisters and the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office takes effect. The Sisters City Council signed the contract at its Wednesday, March 11 meeting. It now goes on to the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners and Sheriff Shane Nelson for their approval — which is expected to be readily forthcoming. Nelson expressed his satisfaction with the contract in an i... Full story
Just as a wildfire can create its own wind, whipping up a firestorm of destruction, the public health crisis surrounding the COVID-19 virus has the potential to have far-reaching and long-lasting effects on the Sisters community. And just as Sisters has weathered the impacts of wildfire, we will weather this crisis, too. Hopefully, the aggressive measures being taken now will mean the crisis will fade and Sisters, the nation and the world can return to our normal lives. But... Full story
To the Editor: Indivisible Sisters had our first Get to Know the Candidate meeting of 2020 at Sisters Public Library the evening of March 4. About a dozen Sisters citizens met Carina Miller, who hails from Warm Springs, graduated from the University of Oregon, and is running for Oregon’s District 30 Senate seat. That is the seat that Senator Cliff Bonham vacated to run for Representative Greg Walden’s seat in U.S. House for District 2. It is currently occupied by Lynn Findley. Carina (or any candidate, for that matter) has... Full story
Before becoming a non-profit organization, the founding members of Age Friendly Sisters Country (AFSC) listened to local seniors, heard their concerns, and compiled data about their needs. What they learned in those early days was that the same issues facing aging adults affected people of all ages. Thus, AFSC was born with the guiding principle: “good for everyone, 8-80!” When the 2018 Sisters Country Vision surfaced many of the same issues and needs, AFSC realized there was real synergy between their mission and the vision... Full story
In a letter to Sisters Mayor Chuck Ryan, Nadine McCrindle Executive Director of the Central & Eastern Oregon Chapter of The American Red Cross said that the Red Cross "is working to continue delivering our mission, including the collection of lifesaving blood, but we have had a staggering number of scheduled Red Cross blood drives cancelled as more workplaces, school and college campuses and other venues send people home and encourage social distancing." McCrindle noted that "disruptions to blood donations can lead to... Full story
Portland, OR—Governor Kate Brown today announced an extension of Oregon’s statewide school closure to a total of six weeks, until April 28, and also issued further guidance for Oregon’s public schools. This follows on an initial two-week closure of Oregon's schools to end on March 31. The orders, outlined in Executive Order 20-08 , are as follows: - Schools are to remain closed through Tuesday, April 28, 2020. - Districts are to provide learning supports and supplemental services to students and families during the clo... Full story
