News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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The Sisters Starry Nights concert series, which has raised over $1 million for the Sisters Schools Foundation over nearly 20 years, came full circle Sunday night. The inaugural Starry Nights performer, Karla Bonoff, took the stage at The Belfry for an intimate evening of song. Her first appearance on the Starry Nights stage was in 1997, the year that Starry Nights was formed to raise funds to preserve programs in the face of budget cuts. "To put it in perspective, I wasn't... Full story
Beginning as early as this week, fuels specialists on the Sisters Ranger District intend to ignite 500 to 1,000 acres of prescribed burns. Individual burn units are scattered across four separate project areas called Highway 20, Sisters Area Fuels Reduction (SAFR), McCache (Hwy 242) and Metolius Basin projects. All prescribed burn units will be scheduled to take advantage of spring weather and forest fuel conditions. This is a continuation of treatments utilizing prescribed... Full story
Old Man Winter officially departed the scene at 9:30 p.m. local time on Saturday, March 19. The weather he dished out this season, taken as a whole, turned out to be about normal with regard to temperature and precipitation. But, as the saying goes, the devil is in the details. Last fall climate scientists were watching a large mass of very warm water that was advancing eastward across the tropical Pacific Ocean. They warned that when this slug of unusually warm water reached... Full story
To the Editor: Reading Jeff Mackey's letter in the March 30 Nugget News I thought I had accidentally happened upon that famous Monte Python skit: "Why, we were so poor we lived in a shoe box by the side of the road. Luxury! We dreamed of living in a shoe box. We were so poor the 12 of us had to live in a sardine can and walk six miles barefoot through the snow..." Then Mr. Mackey tells us about his minimum-wage jobs that he had ... wait for it ... "over 50 years ago." Right, Mr. Mackey. From 1960 to 1964 I worked my way throu... Full story
The 14th annual Peterson Ridge Rumble 20- and 40-mile trail run is set for Sunday, April 10, with a full field of runners in both distances. Race Director Sean Meissner, a former resident of Sisters now living in Durango, Colorado, is in town all week getting the course checked over and marked before the 8 a.m. start of the 40-mile race. "The trails look to be in good shape due to the recent weather not being overly wintry," he said. "Some years we have to deal with snow." The course starts at the junction of Edgington Road... Full story
The cinder roads around Zimmerman Butte turned into a course for sled-dog teams last weekend in the annual Pacific Sled Dog and Skijor Association Mush Without Slush event. Mushers using a variety of contraptions from wheeled sleds to modified bicycles ran several loops of varying distances. Each course was run as a class. Within that, folks could run any of the team size and configurations listed for that class. Teams for each course ran the trail together; awards were... Full story
Not long ago, the Central Oregon Shootout was a small tournament that was barely a blip on the Central Oregon golf radar. Fourteen years and a lot of hard work by the three participating golf facilities, including Aspen Lakes Golf Course in Sisters, and the 54-hole tournament has formed into a prized tradition and the second-largest golf tournament in Central Oregon. The Central Oregon Shootout will tee off again April 21-24, in what will again be a full field of more than 300 golfers. The two-golfer team tournament features... Full story
The Outlaws wrapped up pre-season play with a 6-4 win over the White Buffaloes at Madras on Friday, April 1. Sisters scored three runs in the fourth inning to take a 4-1 lead, and held onto the lead to the end. The Outlaws added an important run in the top of the seventh for a great finish. Coach Steve Hodges explained, "We had a runner at first and third with two outs. We ran an early release play at first and drew the ball, and our third-base runner (Jake Larson) came home.... Full story
The boys lacrosse team suffered two tough losses this past week. Sisters lost 15-3 at South Eugene on Monday, March 28; and on Friday, April 1, they fell 16-3 at home against Marist. In Monday's game against South Eugene, the Outlaws were held scoreless in the first quarter, while the Axemen tallied three goals to take the lead. Ethan Morgan scored an unassisted goal in the second quarter to get Sisters on the scoreboard, but at the half the Outlaws trailed 7-1. The Outlaws... Full story
On his 21st birthday, Jerry Marshall interviewed for a position as a receiving clerk with Bi-Mart in the Rogue Valley. Forty-four years later, on Friday, April 1, Marshall hung up his spurs as manager of Bi-Mart's Sisters store. He recalled those early days in an interview last week. "At the time, Roseburg was just the ninth store," he said. "It was a small company and it was growing and there was a chance to advance." And advance he did - from sporting goods manager in Walla... Full story
Kendra Owens, 30, of Bend, found out the hard way that a spring hike on Black Butte can be a little dicey. She fell on an icy stretch of trail and had to be rescued by local search and rescue volunteers. Deschutes County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue was dispatched on March 30 at 12:59 p.m. to assist Owens, who had slipped on ice and injured herself while hiking on Black Butte Trail, northwest of Sisters. Kendra's friend and reporting party, Trisha Russell, stated they... Full story
Sisters High School sophomores had the opportunity to participate in Challenge Day last month. This program, a nonprofit based in the San Francisco Bay area, helps young people connect through powerful, life-changing programs in their schools and communities. The program on a larger level is designed for grades 7-12 and uses highly interactive and energetic activities run by two trained leaders. Facilitators guide 100 youth and 25 adults through a carefully designed model of ways people separate from each other and identify... Full story
In some cultures, those who reach a certain age quietly walk way from their villages and go off to die so they won't be a burden to their family. I'd like to think we've risen above that in this day and age, but here I find myself approaching that certain age living in Sisters, where it seems, though unspoken, that's pretty much what's expected. We have developers here who only think on the large scale and argue over pittances instead of asking people what they want and making it happen. When I talk to my senior friends and... Full story
The Central Oregon Youth Conservation Corps (COYCC) is currently accepting applications for nearly 100 summer jobs, and one of the crews will be based here in Sisters. Amy Racki, the Forest Service's recreation team leader for the Sisters Ranger District, made the local announcement and said that applicants must be 16 to 18 years of age. "These programs offer youth a great opportunity to be employed, work in and learn about the management of their national forests, and provide a sense of accomplishment and confidence," said... Full story
William N. (Bill) Miller, 91, former 10th Mountain Division ski trooper, CIA psychologist, communist prison camp expert and Oregon Red Cross Emergency Services Director, died at his home in Sisters on March 30, following a short illness. Miller, who could have been a strong candidate for a "Most Interesting Man in the World" contest, enjoyed a life full of action, incomparable experiences and recognition. Coming from a skiing family that helped found the "First Kingdom of... Full story
Roberta Jeanne Beach, beloved mother and mother-in-law, 97, passed from this life to eternal life on March 18, 2016, in Salem. Roberta was born July 8, 1918, in Jackson, Michigan, to Fern Hammond Moore and John T. Moore. The family moved West and she attended schools in Washington and Oregon, graduating from Queen Anne High School in Seattle. During a return visit to Jackson, she met the love of her life, the late Harold L. Beach, and they were married August 30, 1936, in Trinity Episcopal Church, a union that endured 68... Full story
A multiple-vehicle wreck has closed Highway 126 at six miles Fryrear Road east of Sisters. A Nugget reporter at the scene said there appear to be several serious injuries. A detour is in place but motorists should avoid the area if possible.... Full story
The Sisters City Council reviewed an investigator's report regarding workplace issues concerning City Manager Andrew Gorayeb in executive session on Monday. By statute, executive sessions held for such personnel matters are closed. Media may attend in an observer's role but are enjoined from reporting on the session. Mayor Chris Frye and City Attorney Steve Bryant told The Nugget that Gorayeb remains on paid administrative leave while the City Council conducts its review. The... Full story
