News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Sisters has strong ties to Nepal, where a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake last weekend has claimed at least 4,000 lives. Ten Friends, founded by Sisters teachers Mark Lamont and Rand Runco, supports a school and an orphanage in that Himalayan nation and has provided medical and rescue equipment and water filtration there for almost two decades. Over the years, dozens of Sisters students and educators have visited Nepal in support of Ten Friends' programs. On Sunday evening, Runco, Lamont, and Sally Benton issued a statem... Full story
In 1970, Sisters was a quiet, hamlet - a blip in what was once a major east-west interstate highway. It was almost a company town. There were a few small groceries and restaurants, several small retail businesses and the landmark Hotel Sisters, which was becoming as tattered as an old saloon hostess and was no longer open for business. The town was basically a pit stop. Brooks Camp was one of the biggest neighborhoods in the small town, home to families of loggers who cut... Full story
Carol Flohr Morgan, age 53, of Sisters passed away on the evening of April 26 after a long struggle with Scleroderma and early-onset Alzheimer's diseases. Carol was born in Sunnyvale, California, on November 16, 1961 to parents Katharine and Richard Flohr. She graduated from Saratoga High School in California in 1979 and attended West Valley College and Humbolt State University in California. Carol joked that she was indeed a "Humbolt Honey." For much of her life she lived... Full story
Nancy Gulnac Williams Roberts of Redmond passed away April 15, 2015, at Hospice House in Bend, after a long battle with cancer. Nancy was born July 28, 1949 in Watsonville, California, to Bill and Teresa (Garcia) Gulnac. Nancy never met an animal she didn't love. And horses to cats, she spoiled them all. She enjoyed camping, fishing and riding her horse. She was especially fond of her time spent riding with the girls at Rim Rock Riders and the Redmond Saddle Club. Nancy is survived by her two children, a brother and her... Full story
It's a rite of spring in Sisters Country. Every April for the past 13 years, golfers brave iffy spring weather to unlimber the clubs and kick off the season at three Sisters Country golf courses. This year, 316 golfers participated in the Central Oregon Shootout at Black Butte Ranch, Aspen Lakes, and Eagle Crest. For the Ranch, this year was special. It was the first time golfers in the Shootout got to play the recently renovated Glaze Meadow course. It was kind of nice for us... Full story
To the Editor: In view of the letters on the roundabout I think certain observations are necessary. From a letter April 15 by Steve Allely: "...if a roundabout is installed I can guarantee some unaware trucker is going to plow straight through in the middle of some dark night..." You guarantee? Truckers would be that careless? In the same letter "I don't know of any trucker or hauler who thinks this is a good idea." To make this statement objective, one would have to give the names of the truckers as well as the type of rig... Full story
It's a natural harmony: a nationally renowned premier guitar maker and a nationally renowned music festival. The duo has come together in Sisters to hit a sweet note of mutual support and benefit. Preston Thompson Guitars has made a rapid and impressive mark in the world of quality acoustic instruments since opening its manufacturing facility on Main Avenue in Sisters at the end of 2013. It's a return to a career that Thompson started in the 1970s, recreating the classic Ameri... Full story
Since its inception in 2010, which grew from a terrible tragedy for a Sisters family in 2009, the Ian Ferguson Memorial Scholarship Fund has helped more than 75 athletes play baseball in Sisters. Approximately 125 girls and boys play Little League ball in Sisters, and the Ian Ferguson Memorial Scholarship Fund has been able to scholarship nearly 10 percent of those players every year. Ian "Fergie" Ferguson, a standout athlete for the Sisters Outlaws (1997) died in a 2009 car... Full story
The Outlaws posted a sweet 14-3 victory over Cottage Grove at home on Friday, April 24, and redeemed themselves from their loss to the Lions in the first round of league play. Three days earlier they smashed Sutherlin 15-1 in another home win. In Friday's action, Sisters matched up against the Lions in a game that proved to be quite the opposite of their first encounter earlier in the season. Sisters scored 14 runs on 11 hits and only committed one error in the contest, while... Full story
One of the great things about having a local radio station like we have in Sisters with KZSO 94.9 FM, is that the hosts are often our friends and neighbors. With Shawn O'Hern and Thomas Means, co-hosts of "In Your House," you can get your home repair and improvement questions answered on the air and have professional local help available if you need it. Michael Richards, general manager of KZSO, talked to his friend Thomas Means about doing a show like "Car Talk," but focusing... Full story
The Outlaws posted a 14-2 victory over Roseburg at home on Saturday, April 25. Roseburg played hard, but Sisters scored steadily throughout the entire game to record the win. Sisters scored three goals in the first quarter, and at the half held a 6-1 lead. The Outlaws racked up eight additional goals in the second half and finished with a convincing win. Lane Gladden led the team with four goals, and Tyler Head and Mark Fish each had three. Chance Halley scored two goals and... Full story
Rima Givot, Ron Thorkildson, and Thomas Jefferies, all from Sisters, attended a recent RECON (Research and Education Collaborative Occultation Network) workshop in Pasco, Washington, to learn how to see objects in the Pluto region of the heavens. RECON is involving 60 communities all along the West Coast (from northern Washington to southern Arizona) in attempting to discover more information about distant solar system objects as far out as Pluto in the Kuiper Belt and... Full story
On Wednesday, April 22, Rima Givot and her Biology B class headed out to Indian Ford and Camp Polk meadows to examine some birds. Mentors from Deschutes Land Trust and members of the community came out to help groups of students identify different species of birds. "The biology students are going to apply learning about evolution and adaptations through actually studying birds in a real authentic research project," said Givot. "So to help them learn about birds they need to... Full story
Professor Frank Conte, retired OSU limnology professor (emeritus) living in Camp Sherman, has a long love affair with Oregon's only salt lake, Lake Abert, located in Lake County. He used Lake Abert as a living textbook for his OSU students' studies, and sent graduates out to follow careers in water-related work over the years he taught at OSU. However, the object of Prof. Conte's affection is - as we speak - dying. This undeniable fact has plagued Conte for years, and each year his frustration has become more acute. As a... Full story
An atmosphere of cooperation and amiability prevailed when the Sisters City Council held their workshop last Thursday night, conditions that have been absent of late. Councilor David Asson encouraged his fellow councilors about taking a more involved role in the issues that come across their desks. In an effort to be better informed at the beginning of City projects, Asson proposed a simple process. "If we could use the old 'who, what, where, when, why and how' to identify wha... Full story
Dealing with fire in the forest is a hot topic in Sisters. On Tuesday evening at The Belfry, Sisters Science Club hosted the last Frontiers in Science lecture series of the year: "Sustainable Forest Management Practices, or...Why is there Smoke in My Blue Sky?" The 7 p.m. symposium was free to the public and every seat in The Belfry was taken. John Bailey, associate professor of silviculture at the Oregon State University College of Forestry, began with a focus on fire history and fire ecology during the past century and how... Full story
The Outlaws boys tennis team swept the doubles matches against Willamette this past weekend, and defeated the Wolverines 5-3. Three days earlier Sisters beat Cascade 5-3 at home at Black Butte Ranch. Sisters traveled to Willamette on Friday, and were met with wet courts that needed to be swept and squeegeed before the match could begin. Teams played for approximately 45 minutes before the rains began again. The match had to be postponed, and play was resumed late Saturday morning after the courts had dried out. The doubles te... Full story
An acoustic music festival will harmonize with the wind in the pines and the roar of the river as Lake Creek Lodge hosts a Music on the Metolius festival on Friday and Saturday, May 15-16. The 42-acre venue will host bluegrass and folk music, with barbecue and alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages to choose from. There will be a variety of well-known local bands headlining in the evenings and an exciting lineup of new, "up-and-coming" artists performing during the day. A weekend pass includes festival entry on Friday... Full story
Your 8-year-old son and your 1-year-old pooch are playing in the room next to you, when suddenly you hear a growl coming from your dog. You race into the room and find your son trying to get the family dog to sit in a chair. Your son explains they were just playing a game and Fido needed to be sitting in that chair. Luckily you were nearby, but things could have gotten out of hand; your son could have been bitten. Young children are not able to interpret a dog's language, and... Full story
• Hardtails Bar and Grill is enclosing its corral stage as the new summer season of outdoor music gets underway. • The Cottonwood Café is now open at 403 E. Hood Ave., serving breakfast and lunch Wednesday through Sunday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. • The Garden Angel has added numerous updated pieces of turf equipment, enhancing productivity and service for their clients. They have also earned their landscape irrigation and backflow license, LCB#9352, to better serve their clients in Sisters... Full story
Sisters' economic engine is beginning to hum along more smoothly, and a group of citizens will gather May 8 to explore how the community can get it tuned up and rumbling into the future. Sisters Country Economic Vitality Summit - Shaping Sisters: Pioneers on the Frontier of Innovation runs Friday, May 8, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at FivePine Conference Center. The event is free and open to the public, but advance registration is required; there are a few places left at the table. "Our... Full story
Beginning this spring, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) will be undertaking major speed zone studies on five streets in Sisters, according to Paul Bertagna, public works director for the City of Sisters. In a meeting last week involving Bertagna, City Manager Andrew Gorayeb, and representatives of ODOT, it was agreed that the following streets will be studied: McKinney Butte from Highway 20 to Highway 242; Barclay Drive from Highway 20 to Locust Street; Locust... Full story
