News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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When the Institute of Happiness in Copenhagen sent out a call for submissions last year, Sisters resident Katie Diez was intrigued. People around the world were invited to submit objects that made them feel happy. Winning objects would be displayed at the institute’s new Happiness Museum. Diez, an occupational therapist who works with children, had a unique object to send: a packet of seeds. Her “Comfort Seeds” project, a collaboration with visual artist Manda Bryn Sever... Full story
Sisters Folk Festival (SFF) is getting ready to host its largest annual fundraiser and community arts celebration, My Own Two Hands. The event will be held virtually May 10-15. Proceeds from the event support SFF’s mission of strengthening community and transforming lives through music and art. Selecting this year’s MOTH award winners was both challenging and humbling with nearly 80 incredible pieces of art donated by generous artists and organizations to choose from, SFF rep... Full story
Even nongolfers know the importance and prestige of the “Masters” held the first week every April at the legendary Augusta (Georgia) National Golf Club. Augusta is to golf as Wrigley Field or Fenway Park is to baseball, as Churchill Downs is to horse racing, as the Daytona Speedway is to auto racing. Even in non-COVID years, admission to the Masters, one of the four ‘major’ world golf tournaments, is one the most sought-after tickets in all of sports. Attendance at the pan... Full story
Initial plans for the proposed new Sisters Ranger District headquarters were outlined at last week’s virtual open house. (Video of entire meeting available on Deschutes National Forest Facebook page.) The current office was built in the 1950s and has a number of safety and accessibility issues. According to Sisters District Ranger Ian Reid, “The new station is necessary to keep us here (in Sisters).” By dividing the 80-acre parcel of Forest Service property into three pieces a... Full story
Sisters residents get jittery when they see a big plume of smoke on the horizon. Two decades of wildfires that have seriously disrupted life in Sisters Country will do that. But the smoke that billowed up to the south of town last week bodes well for Sisters, fuels specialists and fire managers say. The smoke came from a multi-day prescribed fire in the Sisters Area Fuels Reduction (SAFR) project area, approximately three miles southwest of Sisters along the 1505 Road. “It loo... Full story
