News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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The Sisters City Council will decide on a proposed supplemental budget at the May 9 city council meeting. A transfer of appropriations totaling $92,906 is proposed to several city funds to adjust the budget to account for the severance payment to former city manager Eileen Stein. Stein received a severance package totaling approximately $98,000 as part of a settlement agreement in April that included her resignation from her position after an 11-year tenure. The amount of the severance package was startling to some in the... Full story
For golfers, the Central Oregon Shootout means spring has finally arrived. Several hundred golfers have come to the area every year since 2003 to play three days of golf at Aspen Lakes, Black Butte Ranch and Eagle Crest. The tournament offers payouts each day in six divisions. Spring isn't always so spring-like for the tournament, but this year's event enjoyed nearly perfect weather. It was sunny and warm, although a little windy on Sunday. "We had the biggest field ever, 170... Full story
Each year in April, Sisters' status as a Tree City USA gets a boost from students at Sisters Elementary School. Planting trees in public spaces has become an Arbor Day Sisters tradition. This year, students planted aspen trees around the swale next to the stallion statue along Cascade Avenue and at Cliff Clemens Park on Larch Street. The trees were donated by C&C Nursery and Bruce Rognlien and delivered to the site by Gary Frazee. City public works employees sited the trees,... Full story
To the Editor: My husband and I visit from the UK each year to fly our plane around the beautiful Northwest. We love visiting Sisters Airpark for $100 hamburgers and it is great to see on the website that the runway is being resurfaced. This great facility allows us to regularly visit your lovely town of Sisters, which we enjoy so much. We look forward to visiting in the summer. Collette and Chris Slack (South Coast, UK) ••• To the Editor: I was selected as a teaching fellow by the Oregon Humanities to help... Full story
Cyclists can tour the scenic environs of the McKenzie Pass in a ride that benefits two of Central Oregon's Wild & Scenic Rivers, the Metolius River and Whychus Creek. Join the National Forest Foundation (NFF), The Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce, and title sponsor MODA Health on the "Ride for Two Rivers," Saturday, June 15. The day starts with a self-paced ride up the McKenzie Pass (Hwy. 242), one of Oregon's Scenic Bikeways, and finishes with a benefit dinner at FivePine Lodge & Conference Center. This seasonal route... Full story
Marilyn Burkhardt moved to Sisters last November from the Oregon coast, where she lived and worked in many art media for 25 years. Her work is based on her love of nature and animals. Her eclectic tastes range from bronze casting and linoleum block carving to painting in acrylic and the ancient Japanese marbling technique suminagashi. Her latest project before leaving the coast was a mural of local wildlife for the Pacific City library. "After 25 years of living on the Oregon... Full story
Justin Durham was appointed in July to serve out the remainder of the first half of ailing board member Chris Jones' term as the Position No. 3 member of the school board. Durham is now running for a full four-year term in Position No. 2, a slot left open by Cheryl Stewart's decision not to run for a second term. As of this printing Richard Cole has dropped out of the race, leaving Durham running unopposed for Position 2. Reflecting on his current term on the board, Durham... Full story
Current school board chair Don Hedrick is running for a second four-year term in the May 21 election. Hedrick said, "One of the reasons that I hope to get reelected is to maintain some continuity on the school board. If I am not re-elected then Andrew (Gorayeb) will be the senior board member with only two years' experience, everyone else will have less. I don't think that is good for the board or the school district." Despite tight financial conditions, Hedrick is pleased... Full story
Taylor Lucas, a senior at Sisters High School, is Sisters Boy Scout Troop 139's newest Eagle Scout. Lucas met all of the requirements necessary to become an Eagle Scout, and was awarded scouting's highest rank following a review board on Wednesday, April 24. To earn the rank of Eagle Scout, a Boy Scout must progress through all of the ranks beginning with Tenderfoot, earn a minimum of 21 merit badges, serve in a troop leadership position, and lead a community service project... Full story
Charlotte Stromsland passed peacefully after a brief illness on Friday, April 19, surrounded by loving family at her daughter's home in Camp Sherman. Born October 22, 1917, in Akron, Ohio, she was the only child of Carl and Charlotte Ganier. She moved to Chicago, Illinois, as a toddler, where she later graduated from Austin High School and then attended Northwestern University. In 1941 she married Emery Stromsland, the love of her life. The family moved to Los Angeles,... Full story
Born on February 16, 1958 as Carmen Lynette Moss, lost her battle with cancer on April 27, 2013. Proceeded in death by her parents Alvin B. Moss and Nellie L. (Curtis) Moss, grandparents George and Genieve Curtis, grandmother Ella Mae Moss, and brother Arthur Moss. She is survived by husband Rick Foss, sisters Carole Choin of Madras, Virginia (Ginger) Offield of Sisters; two daughters Lynna' Elliott of Bend and Trista Jackson of La Pine; three step-children, Ricky of Bend, and Brady Foss and Mckinzie Patterson of Redmond;... Full story
Given favorable weather conditions, Deschutes National Forest fuel specialists on the Sisters District plan to conduct prescribed burns on three separate projects next week. Two of the burns are planned for south of Black Butte Ranch and one is planned for northwest of Camp Sherman in the Metolius Basin. A 135-acre burn, called McCache North, is planned for an area two miles south of Black Butte Ranch and one mile north of State Highway 242. Another 178-acre burn, called SAFR NW, will be a half-mile south of Black Butte... Full story
