News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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With Sisters’ growth a common topic of conversation around town, a public meeting on Thursday, May 2, 5:30 p.m., at City Hall will be of interest to everyone, whether a proponent or opponent of growth. City staff will be on hand to provide information about the findings of the draft Housing and Residential Land Needs Assessment (HNA) and answer questions (see sidebar, page 17). The assessment compares the current inventory of available lands for residential building to the p... Full story
Fort-five adults and 10 children collected over a ton of trash during the Earth Day Community Cleanup last Saturday organized by Mandee Seeley of Sisters Park & Recreation District. With supplies donated by SOLV and three dumpsters provided by the Sisters Ranger District, 136 bags of trash are no longer littering Sisters and the surrounding forest. Zimmerman Cinder Pit yielded the largest collection of trash, including a discarded electric dishwasher, picked up by Mandee’s h... Full story
As Sisters Country enters the season of spring burning, the specter of the destruction of the mountain town of Paradise, California, looms like a pall of wildfire smoke over the community. While Sisters is well-schooled in the terrible effects of massive wildfire, the community is better prepared than many to face the threat. That is, in large part, thanks to a long campaign of thinning and prescribed burning around vulnerable parts of Sisters Country to build resilience and t... Full story
To the Editor: We would like to thank City Manager Cory Misley and City Councilor Andrea Blum for educating our group on April 11 about how our City government operates, who is responsible for what, and how citizens can get involved in making Sisters a better place. We are so grateful for all the volunteer work Andrea puts into her work as a councilor, and for the passion and dedication Cory showed us for making sure Sisters thrives. They taught us that the City operates on a $15,836,348 budget for FY 2018-19 to administer wa... Full story
Last year, when Laird Superfood made the decision to open a major facility in Sisters, we worked out our facility location, transportation routes and how to train an ever-increasing workforce to deliver sustainable products that fuel people across the globe to perform at their peak. But there’s one critical element of our work over which we have little control: housing for our employees. Once at full capacity, we will be ramping up our employee hiring for our new modern facility in Sisters, likely making us the largest employ... Full story
The Sisters Farmers Market is rolling out a fresh, new look and format. There will be activities for all ages and a new logo. Instead of Fridays, it will run from June to September on Sundays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Fir Street Park. New offerings include a showcase with activities like crafts, cooking demonstrations and talent shows. Last year, the market was struggling with erratic vendor numbers late in the season. This year Rachel Kelleher, market manager, hired T. Lee... Full story
The sunshine warmed hundreds of eager young egg-hunters crowded into Creekside Park waiting in anticipation for the start of the 40th annual Sisters Easter Egg Hunt. The Park overflowed with 4,000 colorful plastic eggs hidden in the grass, behind trees, on rocks, and nestled in the pine needles. Volunteers from Sisters-Camp Sherman and Cloverdale fire departments co-sponsored the Easter Egg Hunt and early on Easter morning they hid the eggs and divided the park into four... Full story
A grand opening celebration is scheduled at Sisters Habitat for Humanity’s new Thrift Store at 211 E. Cascade Ave., for Saturday, April 27. The celebration will start at 9 a.m. at the former building, 141 W. Main Ave., to honor the store founders. This will be followed by a procession to the new location for a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Volunteers and staff have been working since November revamping the former Sisters Drug and Gift building into a new location for Habitat’s Thr... Full story
It’s looking more and more like 2019 will be the last year that the public will have free and unfettered access to local wilderness areas. Two years ago, prompted by the perception that wilderness areas were being too heavily used, the Forest Service began the bureaucratic process of restricting trail use in the three wilderness areas in Sisters Country: the Mt. Jefferson, Mt. Washington, and Three Sisters wilderness areas. Referred to as the Central Cascades Wilderness Strategies Project, the proposed change was announced i... Full story
The Outlaws tennis team earned an eight-match sweep over the Eagles on the road at Stayton on Tuesday, April 16. Two days later, they defeated Woodburn 6-2 at home in Sisters to improve their record to 5-1 in league, and 9-2 overall. At Stayton on Tuesday, Coach Carl Click made a few adjustments to the line-up that worked to perfection. Weber played at the No. 1 singles spot, and will continue to play there throughout the remainder of the season. Jed Kizziar, who usually... Full story
The Outlaws golf squad played at the Prineville Country Club (PCC) on Tuesday, April 16, in their first match of the season, along with five other Central Oregon teams. PCC is unique in that it is just a nine-hole course that golfers run twice. Competitors play from different tee boxes on the back nine, and some of them at different angles. One example is hole No. 5 where it’s a par three on the front nine, and the back nine is a par four. Summit took first-place honors with a team score of 325, and Bend High was runner-up at... Full story
The Summit Invitational attracted 30 teams from across Oregon, and even a few from Idaho. The meet included depth of talent rivaling the 4A state meet — which is what Coach Jeff Larson loves about the event. “Truly, each event was deeper than our state meet field will probably be in May,” he said. “It was an excellent mid-season test for our kids.” With so many schools involved, multiple heats were necessary to get everyone to the starting line, resulting in a meet that took about nine hours to complete. “It’s a... Full story
The Lady Outlaws fell 18-7 in a tough battle against Summit on Monday, April 15, but at home on Saturday they were a force to be reckoned with in their 16-3 win over Thurston. In the loss to the Storm on Monday, Olivia Hougham made an outstanding goal for the Outlaws in the first half, when she received an assist from Mary Root as she cut through the eight meter. Olivia continued her cut through the eight, grabbed the ball, and quick-sticked it in without stopping. In the... Full story
The Outlaws started their week with a tough 15-2 loss at home to Summit on Tuesday, April 16, but two days later posted a 10-3 JV1 win at McNary. In the win over McNary on Friday, a mix of varsity and JV players from both teams played in steady rain. The rain didn’t affect the Outlaws’ performance as they outplayed McNary from start to finish. Sisters held a 5-2 advantage after two quarters of play. In the second half, the Outlaws held McNary to just one goal, and tacked on... Full story
The Lady Outlaws beat Stayton 5-3 at home in Sisters on Tuesday, April 16. The Outlaws won all four of their doubles matches, and also got a win at No. 2 singles. A day later, it was a completely different story as the Outlaws fell 0-8 to Philomath. On Thursday, the team bounced back and posted a 6-2 win on the road at Woodburn. In Tuesday’s action, Ramsey Schar was the lone singles winner with her 6-1, 6-1, victory over Megan Campbell. Schar played with intensity and d... Full story
The towns of Sisters and Silverton, Oregon in which I practice rely heavily on tourism, their quaintness, and the promise to deliver the small-town experience so many seek out. Whether lodging or resorts, restaurants, retail, real estate, healthcare, education, or the latest and greatest coffee bar or brewery, the customer experience is essential to each community’s success. Customer satisfaction is a serious business these days. A customer’s experience is made more visible than ever before with social media and rating platfo... Full story
Homeowners can and must take primary responsibility for wildfire safety actions around their home. According to fire science research, individual efforts do make a difference even in the face of a wildfire. The Firewise Communities Program provides homeowners with simple and easy steps to help reduce a home’s wildfire risk by preparing ahead of a wildfire. These steps are rooted in principles based on solid fire science research into how homes ignite. The research comes from the world’s leading fire experts and research org... Full story
What would happen if you turned off all your distracting screens for seven days? For years, teacher and artist Clay Warburton has challenged his fourth-grade students at Sisters Elementary School (SES) to give it a try. This year, the whole school is invited to take part. So is the whole town. Screen-Free Week is a national, annual effort. Organizers encourage people of all ages to “play, explore, and rediscover the joys of life beyond ad-supported screens,” this year Apr... Full story
