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Articles from the April 25, 2017 edition


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  • New adult foster care home opens

    Erin Borla|Updated Apr 25, 2017

    Sisters' new adult foster care home, Mac's Country Haven, is open on Rope Street and taking new residents. Sarah Spurlock, a third generation caregiver and her husband, James, along with their six children, moved to Redmond from Harney County last year with the hope to someday own their own care home. Spurlock took a job in Sisters and quickly found the home they are now running. In January, the family moved from Redmond to Sisters. She lives at the care home, and the family... Full story

  • Festival invites public to join 'common canvas'

    Updated Apr 25, 2017

    The public is invited to take part in the Common Canvas Project, hosted by Sisters Folk Festival, Inc. (SFF) as part of their annual celebration of the arts and arts-based fundraiser, My Own Two Hands (MOTH). The Common Canvas activities bring this year's theme, "Opening Doors," to life. You can participate by creating and illustrating a message about the door you'd like to open this year by decorating a wooden postcard. The postcards will be a part of an art installation at S... Full story

  • Watching over us and our homes

    Jim Anderson, Correspondent|Updated Apr 25, 2017

    The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is a state agency designed to help keep our planet Earth - and us - healthy. Currently, DEQ is encouraging Oregonians throughout the state to take part in a nationwide effort on Saturday, April 29 to collect unused, unwanted or expired medications so they can be disposed of properly. The federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), in association with hundreds of law enforcement, public health and other organizations, is... Full story