News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Emotions ran high last Thursday at the Urban Renewal Agency board (URA)/City Council workshop when Councilor David Asson voiced his disappointment regarding what he called lack of due diligence by the board on the latest round of urban renewal grants. (The City Council acts as the directors of the City's Urban Renewal Agency - see related story, page 24.) Asson contended that the board had not been given adequate time to review the 19 applications passed on by staff for... Full story
Sisters City Council President McKibben Womack is stepping down from his seat effective April 30. The mayor and City Council will appoint a replacement to serve out his term. Womack told The Nugget that he is resigning to focus on the needs of his young family and his landscape maintenance business. Womack has three children; ages 6, 4 and 2, with another on the way. "Our new addition is supposed to be born somewhere around the end of April, so it kind of made sense," Womack... Full story
I still think the roundabout is a waste of time, money, and a mistake. A light at this intersection is much more smarter. I don't really care what was voted on in 2011. People change their mind and you all need to put this to a vote to the City of Sisters, not the decision of the city council, of which I have no faith in - ie: the back-in parking, what a debacle and a waste of money. And now you are changing that again! Shannon Chesney ••• To the Editor: In all the talk of the pros and cons of a paved trail... Full story
Sisters' Cascade Avenue streetlights will spill less light into the dark nighttime sky. The City of Sisters, in consultation with members of the Sisters Astronomy Club, has given the nod to a fix to the streetlights installed during the recent Cascade Avenue renovation. The fixtures will have a glazed glass finish and a dimmer that will limit the amount of light that spills out, bringing the installations into conformance with the City's dark skies ordinance. The fix allows people to see the decorative features of the light... Full story
Governments don't move fast. Case in point is the upcoming change to the intersection of Barclay and Highway 20. Back in 2009 a group of citizens spent months researching the best way to move pedestrians, cyclists, cars, and trucks through and around town. Their findings were part of the Transportation System Plan (TSP) that was adopted by the City of Sisters in January of 2010. One of the key components of that research was the preference for a roundabout at both ends of town. As a member of that group, I can tell you that... Full story
For a special 40th anniversary event, the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show (SOQS) teamed with Island Batik to shine a spotlight on the 29 quilters who have, over the years in Sisters, received special recognition as featured quilter, inspirational instructor, machine quilter of the year, or Quilt Show Sunday lecturer. "Island Batik approached us with the concept of wanting to recognize an extraordinary body of work," said Jeanette Pilak, SOQS executive director. "When we looked... Full story
Registration is open for the Ride for Two Rivers, now on Saturday, May 30. This bicycle tour takes riders up the McKenzie Pass and benefits two of Central Oregon's Wild & Scenic Rivers through the National Forest Foundation: The Metolius River and Whychus Creek. Riders are invited to cycle with friends and family through pristine forested landscapes and ancient lava fields while helping restore habitat for these iconic species in two of our treasured rivers. The Sisters Area... Full story
Entry forms for the 2015 Sisters Rodeo Parade are available at www.sistersrodeo.com. The parade will be held on Saturday, June 13, starting at 9:30 a.m. in downtown Sisters as part of the 75th Sisters PRCA Rodeo. Entry deadline is May 15, with parade position numbers to be sent out after that date, according to the committee. Application forms can be filled out and submitted online. Paper forms are available at the rodeo office, 220 W. Cascade Ave. in Sisters. The entry form includes general rules for parade participants, a m... Full story
The Outlaws came out on top in every one of their three games last week. Sisters started their week with a 9-4 win over Mt. View on Tuesday, March 31. Three days later the Outlaws beat Ridgeview 12-3, and on Saturday they tallied a 17-5 win over Hermiston JV. In Tuesday's win, Lane Gladden led the team with three goals and two assists, and Joe Jones scored two goals and recorded two assists. Chance Hailey also scored two goals, and Mark Fish and Tyler Head each added one.... Full story
The Outlaws earned an 11-5 win over Madras at home on Friday, April 3. A day earlier, Sisters lost 3-2 at home in a tight game against Burns. In Friday's action, the Outlaws scored 11 runs on 10 hits, and had one error in the game. The White Buffs scored five runs on six hits and had four errors. Alex Olivier pitched the first five innings for the Outlaws. Olivier attacked the hitters and made them hit the ball. The infield defense did a great job of backing him up to get the... Full story
Lake Abert, our state's only salt-water lake, is hardly capable of supporting a human community these days. But Dr. Richard M. Pettigrew of Eugene claims archaeological evidence that human occupation of the lake's margins was once extensive. Pettigrew says, "Concentrations of prehistoric habitation sites around the lake, on terraces at different elevations, suggest that ancestral Native American hunter-gatherers were able to support surprisingly large populations from the... Full story
The boys tennis team finished up their week on Saturday, April 4, with their third consecutive day of tennis. Sisters was overwhelmed by a very deep Bend squad in their first match of the week at home on Thursday, April 2. The Outlaws were short their top singles player, and a couple of other key starters in singles and doubles, and were unable to post a single win in the match. Pierce Wehrle and Josh Kizziar came closest at No. 3 doubles, with a hard-fought loss in the... Full story
•â¯Sisters High School has been awarded four pianos through the Snowman Foundation Piano Forte Guild. Sisters choir program and Americana Project teacher Rick Johnson wrote the grant. Johnson and his wife, Tara, along with Sisters Folk Festival Creative Director Brad Tisdel traveled to Portland last weekend where Johnson accepted the grant on the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall stage. The pianos arrive in Sisters on April 16. •â¯Jeff and Gina... Full story
Threatening clouds gave way to sunshine as hundreds of ambitious children from infant to 11 years old awaited the siren for the 37th annual Sisters Easter Egg Hunt to begin in Creekside Park. The park overflowed with 4,000 colorful plastic eggs hidden in the grass, behind trees, on rocks, and nestled in the pine needles. The Easter Egg Hunt was co-sponsored by the Sisters-Camp Sherman and Cloverdale fire department volunteer associations. Early on Easter morning they hid the... Full story
Kelsey Collins chose to take her life Sunday afternoon, March 29. A resident of Sisters since 1999, Kelsey was born in Los Angeles on February 2, 1951. She is survived by her sister, Barbara Malland, her niece, Darla Deats, and grandnephew, Caleb, of California and numerous friends world-wide. From an early age, she welcomed adventure, lived in Europe and traveled the world. Prior to Sisters, she lived in the eastern Sierra ski resort of Mammoth Lakes, California, where she... Full story
I know I came into this room for a reason. Let's see. I got an email from my daughter telling me about ... what the heck did she tell me? OK, back to the computer, read the email again. Hmmm .... no, no clue why I felt I had to go into my bedroom to get a ... what? Nope, no idea. Also no idea why I'm standing here with the refrigerator door open staring at cold food. I'm not hungry. It's not time to fix a meal. Did I suddenly need to check expiration dates? Maybe I should call my daughter. Where's my phone? After looking... Full story
So Fido has finally learned to sit quietly and not beg at the table during dinnertime. What an accomplishment for your furry friend. But now that he's been so good, doesn't he deserve a table scrap? When most pet parents are thinking of "people food" or table scraps, they're thinking of leftover hunks of fat, pizza crust, bones, or chunks of gravy on mashed potatoes. These types of table scraps are NOT healthy for your dog. Those types of scraps are usually very high in fat and calories and low in nutrients, plus these rich... Full story
As May approaches, I can't believe I'm coming up on the one-year anniversary of finishing cancer treatments. I don't go back to see my oncologist until July, when he'll do more labs and see how I'm doing. These landmarks appear and recede from memory, making time move deceptively fast. During recovery from my surgery and starting chemo, fellow cancer warrior Bill Valenti told me about an idea he had for a benefit concert called, "So Grateful I'm Not Dead." Being always the optimist, Bill wanted to have a group of... Full story
One of the challenges of Sisters School District's unique two-week spring break is the havoc it causes for spring sports coaches with league contests scheduled during the vacation. Even so, a hearty and dedicated - though small - crew of track-and-field athletes traveled from Sisters to Sweet Home on Thursday, April 2, to compete against the Huskies and the Elmira Falcons in a three-way Sky-Em League contest. Nine girls and seven boys used a day of vacation to test themselves athletically, showing dedication that impressed th... Full story
The welfare of the wildlife community is tied directly to dead trees. Pine chipmunks can't make it without dead trees to forage on, live in, and hide from predators. It's the same story for northern flying squirrels, and ALL the woodpeckers and other birds, bats, a wide variety of arthropods, mushrooms and the essential building blocks of a healthy forest ecosystem - they're found in wildlife trees (WLT). Not enough can be said about the values of WLT in a forest community. I have a photo showing a northern flying squirrel pe... Full story
The Oregon Department of Transportation and the City of Sisters will host an informational open house regarding the proposed roundabout at the intersection of Highway 20 and Barclay Drive on Tuesday, April 14, at 6 p.m. at City Hall. The design for a roundabout at the west end of Sisters passed a pair of live-fire tests by the trucking industry with flying colors. That moves the long-contemplated project a significant step closer to reality. A link to video from that test is available with the online version of this story at... Full story
