News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) will build a new 10,000-square-foot maintenance station off Highway 126 east of Sisters this spring. The $2.3 million construction contract has been tentatively awarded to Kirby Nagelhout Construction Co. of Bend,according to ODOT spokesman Peter Murphy. When it's completed later in 2012, the building will house the Sisters Maintenance Station staff and associated highway maintenance equipment. "With the construction of this new building, ODOT will deliver a major boost to the... Full story
The Sisters City Council was in rare unanimous agreement Thursday night in their support of a proposed expansion of Three Creeks Brewery's brewing operation in the Three Sisters Business Park. They were also in unanimous favor of providing incentives to keep the brewery expansion in Sisters. The only point of disagreement was on whether to put a time limit on the terms of a proposed sewer fee reduction -and that determined the shape of the final vote. After a contentious discussion between councilors, punctuated by unchecked... Full story
For some members of the community, access to medical care appears beyond their reach. The Casey Eye Institute Outreach Van is working to bring eye care into focus by hosting mobile screenings out in the community. Free vision screening will be offered for low-income with no vision insurance clients on May 19, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Sisters Park & Recreation District Coffield Center (at the west end of the Sisters High School parking lot). Mandatory pre-registration is required by calling the FAN office at 541-549-0155.... Full story
Creekside Park along Whychus Creek has 10 new aspen trees thanks to the efforts of Kathy Few's third-grade class from Sisters Elementary School. The students gathered at the park on Thursday, April 26, to mark Arbor Day. Urban forester Katie Lompa noted that the city of Sisters has been designated a Tree City USA for the past five years. To maintain that designation, the city must sponsor an Arbor Day celebration each year. "You guys are helping the city to keep its status,"... Full story
To the Editor: I would like to know why our town of Sisters is being turned into Knott's Berry Farm of Southern California. And when the roller coaster is going in. Little by little, that is what our city leaders are doing to our town! (I use that term loosely.) Let's cut down more trees to make room for more pavement/concrete/parking and curbs. And let's have back-in parking! WOW! That's a good one. Everyone that lives here knows how a lot of the tourists drive when they are here. They have a hard time parking when pulling... Full story
Theodore Roosevelt is coming to Sisters next month -in the person of reenactor Joe Wiegand. The nation's leading Roosevelt living history "re-creator" will visit Sisters Middle School on Thursday, May 10, from 8 to 11:30 a.m. for a live history performance. The presentation will feature Wiegand portraying Teddy Roosevelt, who shares funny stories of the former president's life in the White House with six kids, and anecdotes from his many adventures, from bear hunts to the Panama Canal, from Africa to the Amazon. The tour is... Full story
The Suttle Lake United Methodist Camp and Retreat Center is one of the most venerable institutions in Sisters Country. It's older than the Sisters Rodeo and nearly as old as the centenarian Hotel Sisters. Campers celebrated the 90th birthday of the retreat on Saturday, April 28. Four new facilities were dedicated, the culmination of years of work by volunteers, contractors, generous benefactors and camp staff. Attendees at the event included campers who were active, or at... Full story
The Outlaws continued to steamroll over league foes this past week to push their record to 10-0. Sisters crushed Cottage Grove 11-0 in five innings on Friday, April 27 and three days earlier beat La Pine 10-3 at home. On Monday, the Outlaws defeated Junction City 16-3, on their home field. Sisters shut out the Lions in five quick innings on Friday. The Outlaws got their first run of the ballgame in the second inning. Isaiah Glatz hit a ground ball between shortstop and third for a base hit to score Bryce Alderman. In the... Full story
The invention of electric light pushed back the dark and allowed the extension of active life into the nighttime. This isn't an entirely good thing, scientists will tell you. Visitors to National Astronomy Day activities at Sisters High School learned about the importance of darkness through the movie "The City Dark," and presentations by David Ingram, chairman of Dark Skies Northwest (the regional chapter of the International Dark Sky Association). Ingram noted that dark... Full story
A solid force of more than 120 veterans and friends gathered Saturday for the 2nd annual Great American Chili Feed, a fundraiser benefiting the joint Sisters American Legion and VFW posts. Sisters Community Church was filled to near capacity with hungry veterans and their families, all out to support the events and assistance programs promoted by area veterans organizations. Guests dined on homemade chili, cornbread and slices of patriotic cake decorated in red, white and blue... Full story
Sisters Christian Academy held its annual fundraising walk-a-thon last Thursday. It's a common event at the school, but this year it kicked off with an uncommon twist. Mebrahtom "Meb" Keflezighi, an elite runner from Eritrea, started the walkers, joggers and runners. Keflezighi and his family came to the United States after fleeing their native country of Eritrea to escape a war with Ethiopia. His unexpected athletic and academic successes earned him a full scholarship to... Full story
The boys' lacrosse team's strong and steady play led them to a decisive 8-2 victory over the Thurston Colts on Saturday, April 28. Thurston entered the game 8-3 with an average of 10 goals per game and the Outlaws were able to hold them to just two goals. Scott Nelson scored Sisters' first goal of the contest with an assist from Beau Fitzke in a man-up situation. Coach Bill Rexford said, "Our extra-man situations have been delivering. We capitalized on 50 percent of our opportunities. It's nice to make them pay for their mist... Full story
Ninety-one runners hit the road in support of The Little Cloverdale Preschool on Sunday. The school staged its first-ever half-marathon and 8k run as a fundraiser for the school - and it was successful both in its mission and as a race. According to race organizer Bryn Singleton, the event raised $2,000. The courses were lined out along Cloverdale and Jordan Roads. Josh Nordell took overall honors in the half-marathon, with a time of 1:28.27 and the top female finisher was... Full story
The Sisters High Desert Chorale, the community's performing choir, will perform two free public concerts this weekend on Friday, May 4, and Sunday, May 6. The choir has been rehearsing this year's choral pieces since February, with the women putting in extra time for three special selections for which the male singers will take a break and be part of the audience. The women will be performing two mountain ballads arranged by Ron Nelson, "He's Gone Away" and "Will He Remember?"... Full story
•â¯Kathy and Frank Deggendorfer wrote: Many thanks to the Rotary Club of Sisters for their support for the Vision Project on Taveuni Island in Fiji. Rotary really is a wonderful organization! Rotarians put action into their desire to help others (readers of The Nugget Newspaper might remember that $1,500 from the Wine in the Pines event was earmarked for the Fiji Eye Project). When Frank and I were in Fiji with the Casey Eye Institute volunteers last November, I made a promise to the Tavenuni Rotary Club... Full story
Last month, when our library was officially closed for the normal two-day rest, a transformation took place. A magnificent 200-pound fused-glass art piece was installed in the round window above the entrance foyer. The whole idea got rolling when library staff member Sandy McDonald mentioned to Peg Bermel, library manager at the time, that the foyer looked bare and needed "something." Peg then took Sandy's concern to members of the FOSL Art Committee that she would like to... Full story
The boys tennis team beat Bend's JV team by taking the number of sets won (9-7) with four matches won by each team, on Thursday, April 26. Two days later the Outlaws lost 3-4 to Henley and defeated Hidden Valley 8-0 in a round-robin tournament held at Black Butte Ranch. In Thursday's action, Luke Gnos (No. 1 singles) got the Outlaws started with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Ceasar Villaricenzio. "Luke used aggressive slice shots to come to the net, and his well placed volleys gave him... Full story
Sisters was sprinkled with pixie dust this weekend as a student-led production of Peter Pan entertained both children and adults at the Sisters High School Auditorium. Directed by senior Katie Dumolt, the classic story of eternal youth, imagination and magic was well received by the community in all its performances. "There's been a lot of enthusiasm about it," said volunteer Robin Legg, the mother of McKenzie, a pirate in the play. "The matinees have been a little light but... Full story
Josh Nordell, a special education teacher at Sisters High School, has been selected as one of the 10 Circle of Excellence winners in the OnPoint Prize for Excellence in Education contest. Nordell is the only finalist from east of the Cascades. Nordell has created a life-skills program from the ground up for the most severely disabled students in the school. In the classroom, Nordell is responsible for the full-time education of ï¬ve special-needs children ranging in age from 13 to 19, in addition to two remedial... Full story
The girls tennis team played against Henley and Hidden Valley in a three-way round robin tournament at Black Butte Ranch on Saturday, April 28. Sisters beat Hidden Valley 8-0 and lost 3-5 to Henley. Matches were played with a one-hour time constraint. The Lady Outlaws were excited they were able to get in a full day of tennis, since their last four matches were cancelled due to rain. No. 1 singles player Becky Thomas lost her first round to Megan Conley of Henley 2-6, 2-6,... Full story
Troop 139 recently conducted a restoration project in the Whychus Creek Wild and Scenic Area. Last week, the Forest Service ripped up the old 900 Road and campsite as part of the restoration. The troop then provided manual labor consisting of seeding, planting trees and native brush, removing fire rings, picking up garbage, moving rocks, covering up the old roadbed, installing signs and construction of a few connector trails to bypass the area. The 12 scouts and five adults... Full story
House on Metolius in Camp Sherman has served as a private estate and retreat for more than 100 years. Now it is open to the public for corporate retreats, destination weddings and family adventures. The main lodge and six individual cabins can accommodate up to 30 overnight guests with additional indoor and outdoor space for meetings, special events or weddings of up to 125 people. Loy Helmly, formerly of Black Butte Ranch, has joined House on Metolius as general manager. Renovation on the main lodge was completed in 2012,... Full story
After completing the final regular league meet of the season at La Pine on Wednesday, the Outlaws track and field teams sent a contingent of stars to the Meet of Champions held Saturday at Willamette University in Salem. The Meet of Champions is a longtime tradition for schools from the 4A classification and smaller, in which athletes must qualify to compete, giving the meet an atmosphere similar to a district or state meet. The meet, which is non-scored, featured over 50... Full story
May is a great month to view the constellation of Ursa Major. Located near the north celestial pole, this collection of stars is one of only a handful of circumpolar constellations that can be seen from our latitude. A circumpolar constellation never sets and is visible year-round as it rotates counterclockwise around the North Star. The easiest way to find Ursa Major this time of year is to look nearly overhead for its familiar asterism, the Big Dipper. Two stars at the end o... Full story
Sisters City Hall turned into an art gallery reception Tuesday evening with a display of art from Carolyn Platt's middle school art class. The artwork was submitted in response to a "Sisters Through My Eyes" art contest sponsored by the city staff. The winning picture, eighth-grader Elizabeth Larson's watercolor "3 Sisters With Horses," will be on the cover of the city's budget binder for FY2012-2013. Director of Finance Lisa Young said, "We picked a winner for the cover, but... Full story
