News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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The Anvil Blasters will kick off spring with a show at The Barn on Saturday evening, April 25. "The Barn is probably our favorite place to play," says band member Jim Cornelius. "The sound is great in there and we love the atmosphere. It suits our music." The songs of The Anvil Blasters are peopled with border renegades and desert dreamers, poets, pirates and ghosts of the old, weird America. It's a rollicking recipe of gunpowder, twang and tequila that has earned The Anvil... Full story
The Sisters School District's choral music program is rich in the sound of quality piano music. Program director Rick Johnson took delivery of four pianos last week. A new grand piano will grace the middle school choir room and stage. Three new upright pianos will fill the high school music practice rooms with music. The pianos were donated by the Snowman Foundation Piano Forte Guild during the annual Ten Grands gala event at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland on... Full story
The road ahead of me is much shorter than what lies behind. The experience gained maneuvering all the freeways, side streets, mountain passes, country lanes, and a few dead ends, makes this last leg of the journey one to which I bring courage and curiosity, vulnerability and hopefully some wisdom, humility, and gratitude. I am most grateful for my fellow travelers who have accompanied me on small portions, many miles, or the entire length of my life's trip. One friendship... Full story
Randy Cooper of Sisters passed away suddenly on March 29, 2015, Palm Sunday, from an acute pulmonary embolus. Randy was born in Chicago, Illinois, 67 years ago and leaves behind his devoted wife, Marlene Dumas, of Sisters; his brother-in-law, Kevin Dumas, of Sisters; and his (other) "mom," Marjorie Dumas Mumford, of Bend. Randy also leaves behind a daughter from his first marriage, Wendy Cooper Velasquez of Joshua Tree, California; and his brothers, Robert Cooper of Chicago,... Full story
