News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Two Sisters men were injured Friday evening in a two vehicle head-on crash on Highway 20 near Gerking Market Road west of Tumalo. According to Oregon State Police (OSP) Sergeant Don Wagner, on May 2, 2008 at approximately 6 p.m. a green 1999 Toyota Camry four-door driven by Cameron Rosseau, 20, with passenger Jennifer Lanter, 18, both from Bend, was eastbound on Highway 20 when his vehicle drifted onto the shoulder and overcorrected colliding with an oncoming white 2000 GMC... Full story
The Deschutes County Sheriff's Office is investigating the theft of a dual-wheeled metal fuel trailer from the construction site of the new Ray's Food Place in Sisters. The trailer is the property of the Bend Oil Company and contained approximately 1,500 gallons of off-road diesel fuel. The fuel is valued at approximately $6,000 dollars and was the property of the construction firm, Taylor Northwest. The trailer is white in color and features red lettering, "Bend Oil Contractors Services." The tank on the trailer is... Full story
Sisters public schools will have fewer students next year. Total enrollment may drop as much as 125 students. The decline affects all three buildings, the elementary, middle and high school. The decrease may reduce state funding for the district, not next year but the year following. To some extent, the decline may be offset by an increase in enrollment in charter schools and Web-based homeschooled students, for which the district receives 20 percent in exchange for providing services (see related story, page 6). It is... Full story
To the Editor: Regarding transfer students: When our family moved here almost 16 years ago, the local high school my brother-in-law attended struggled to protect him from the racist views that students and staff had at the time. His siblings were enrolled in Sisters because of that and the difference was day-and-night. They were met with support, acceptance and given every opportunity to succeed if they so wished to. From the time our boys were toddlers we decided Sisters would be their school. From preschool on, we have... Full story
Early Monday morning May 5, forest smoke from a controlled burn lay in gullies and low spots, just above creeks and roads, between houses in subdivisions around Sisters. Square miles of smoke, trapped close to the ground by an inversion. But by 9:30 a.m. most of it had lifted as the sun rose and the smokey air began to rise. This smoke came from a burn on private land just west of Sisters near Tollgate and Crossroads. According to Don Pollard of GFP Enterprises, his company... Full story
It had to happen sometime: three of Sisters' popular dining and drinking establishments are going "Smoke-Free." Bronco Billy's, Coyote Creek Café and The Gallery have all announced they'll be making the change on Mother's Day, May 11 - over seven months before required to do so by Oregon law. On January 1, 2009, the "Oregon Smokefree Workplace Law" will expand to include "bars, bar areas of restaurants, bingo halls, bowling alleys, employee break rooms and at least 75... Full story
Three-time Grammy winner and acclaimed contemporary blues singer-songwriter and guitarist Keb' Mo' will close the 2008 Sisters Starry Nights season with a solo performance on Saturday, May 10 at the Sisters High School Auditorium. The sold-out concert is a benefit for the Sisters Schools Foundation and raises funds for classroom and co-curricular programs and activities in the Sisters School District. Keb' Mo's distinctive sound embraces multiple eras and genres, including... Full story
•Sisters Christian Academy will host an open house with classroom tours on May 12-14 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. They are located at 15211 McKinney Butte Rd. behind Sisters Community Church. •Kokanee Café in Camp Sherman is opening for the season on May 9, just in time for Mother's Day. •Village Interiors is hosting a huge 50 percent off inventory reduction sale at 352 E. Hood Ave. •The greenhouse is open at Lutton's Ace Hardware. •Out West Designs is hosting a vendors trunk sale on Saturday, May 10,... Full story
The Outlaws golfers finished second (313) in their final league tournament of the season which was held at the Tokatee Golf Course on Thursday, May 1. Marist, the Outlaws biggest foe, took first with a score of 298. Other scores in the tournament were: Cottage Grove (353), Junction City (358), Elmira (372) and La Pine (400). The Outlaws were led by Michael Reeve, who finished with a 74. Evan Mitchell carded a 78, Cody Farr-Baenziger a 79, Jonathan Standen an 82 and Aaron Simundson rounded out the scoring with a 91. "The... Full story
The girls golf team is at its peaking as it wraps up league play and heads for the district tournament. The Outlaws finished first at Aspen Lakes on Tuesday, April 29, and one day later finished runner-up at the Sisters Invitational at Aspen Lakes. In Tuesday's match Sisters finished first with a team score of 350. St. Mary's out of Medford was runner-up at 384 and Cottage Grove placed third at 485. Lindsay Reeve was the individual medalist and finished with a score of 78.... Full story
Plans are being finalized for two new charter schools that will operate under the umbrella of the Sisters School District. At a recent community work session, the Sisters School Board approved the opening this September of the Sisters Web and Early College Academy (SWECA) and the Sisters Early College (SEC). The two charter schools will operate as one 501c3 non-profit corporation, governed by its own board of directors. The schools will have a combined enrollment cap of 400 students. SWECA will accept students in grades... Full story
The Outlaws beat the Billies by a slim 6-5 margin at Pleasant Hill (PH) on Monday, April 28 and then wrapped up their week with two big wins. Sisters shut out La Pine 11-0 at home on Friday, May 2, and one day later beat Grant Union 15-6. In Monday's game against the Billies, Sisters scored two runs in the third inning to take a 2-0 lead. Tanner Hodges singled, advanced on two passed balls and then scored on a catching error to give the Outlaws their first run. Jarred... Full story
A five-way meet in Elmira followed by a trip to the 44th annual Centennial Relays gave the Outlaws track teams plenty of competition last week. The teams showed continued improvement as they move into the home stretch of the season with district competition on May 15. At Elmira Sisters faced the top teams from the Sky-Em league including Marist and Cottage Grove (CG), along with the host Falcons. Illinois Valley from Southern Oregon rounded out the teams. Sisters gave Marist a run for the money in the team score coming... Full story
Raymond L. Hayden of Black Butte Ranch died Friday April 25, 2008 on his 80th birthday at his home in Palm Desert, California, of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. Memorial services and a celebration of his life will be held at a later date in Estacada. Mr. Hayden was born in Gresham on April 25, 1928, and grew up in Three Links, 20 miles up the Clackamas River near Estacada. Ray was a franchised Chevrolet dealer in Estacada from 1959 to 1969. After selling the Estacada dealership, Ray and his family moved to Newport and purchased the... Full story
Brooklyn Haken, 11, likes to do things a lot of other people cannot do. Things like backbends on a four-inch wide piece of wood, handstands on a set of uneven parallel bars and launching into a couple of back handsprings on the floor. Haken is a gymnast and competes in floor exercise, vault, balance beam and uneven bars. A broken foot early in the season sidelined her for several weeks, but she came back into competition and recently brought home several trophies and medals... Full story
•A woman was cited for unsafe passing on Highway 20 near Cloverdale Road after a citizen complaint. •A deputy dispatched a road-injured deer. •A woman is suspected of stalking her husband's (now ex) girlfriend. •Deputies investigated a mysterious invasion of peacocks on a woman's property. •A woman reported that a neighbor's dog killed four of her chickens. •Transients have been occupying a vacant downtown business site, leaving beer bottles and graffiti behind. •An MP3 player was stolen... Full story
It was, and still is, about the music. That's all, really. Don't make more out of it than that. "Shine a Light" mostly features a concert given by the Rolling Stones in New York City in 2006. Filmed and directed by Martin Scorsese, it is a very good movie about a band in a concert. Two concerts actually, each played in 2006 at the Beacon Theater, performances scheduled to film for this movie. Of course it was well filmed. It was done by Scorsese, one of the finest directors for the last 40 years. But the... Full story
The epidemic of resignations by public servants that came this spring in the wake of new ethics disclosure rules has hit Sisters. Dave Marlow, Chairman of the Sisters Urban Area Planning Commission, has announced his resignation in a letter to the Oregon Government Ethics Commission (OGEC). Marlow cited requirements that volunteer public servants disclose information about his relatives as being particularly onerous. "This new law requires that I provide information about my... Full story
Camp Sherman's Marissa Young is threatening records as a professional competitor in the sport of sandboarding. Topping her class of girls under 18, the Black Butte School student is the 2006 Sand Master Jam Junior Woman's Champion and the 2006 NSL Rail Jam Junior Woman's Champion. Young's accomplishments would be substantial for a 30-year-old. In fact, at age 10 she is not even close to being the age of her mentor and sometime coach Josh Tenge who is a 28-year-old champion... Full story
The Lady Outlaws lost 6-2 at home to Junction City on Thursday, May 1. Last week, on Thursday, April 24, the Outlaws only managed one win in their match against Crook County which was held at Black Butte Ranch. In Thursday's match against Junction City the two wins came from No. 3 singles player Maddie Green and the No. 3 doubles team of Jacquie Bryan and Marin Allen. Green trounced Hannah Nelson 6-0, 6-0 and the duo of Bryan and Allen defeated Amanda McCombs and Mallory Rock 7-6 (7-1 tiebreaker), 6-0. "Maddie is a very... Full story
A pair of very victories have kept the Sisters High School varsity softball team in the thick of the Sky-Em League playoff chase. By winning the two league outings, the Outlaws are tied for second place with Junction City. Both teams entered the key May 6 game at Sisters High School with 7-3 league records. League play ends Thursday with the Outlaws hosting third-place Cottage Grove. Overall, the Outlaws are 12-9. "Needless to say, a win Tuesday makes things a lot easier," said coach Tom Mauldin, who explained the Sky-Em... Full story
Senior Brian Greaney took first place in the Rotary Four Test Speech Contest and will move on to compete at the district level. Eight juniors and seniors entered the contest and a group of judges consisting of high school teachers and administrators narrowed the competition down to three: Brian Greaney, Drew Herron and Kathleen Greaney. The three finalists moved on to compete at the 'Club Level.' Judges from the Rotary Club heard each of the finalists speeches before bestowing top honors to Brian. The speeches had to be five... Full story
Together for Children held its annual fund-raiser at the FivePine Conference Center on April 26. Ninety-three tickets were sold for the Saturday night silent and live auction affair. "Our goal was to sell at least 100 tickets," said the non-profit's executive director Edie Jones. Considering that the event conflicted with Rodney Crowell's appearance at Sisters Starry Nights Benefit Concert Series, Jones was very pleased with the turnout. "When we heard that the night was the... Full story
Sisters students, city officials and a local forester celebrated Arbor Day in Sisters last Friday with a song and the planting of new trees on school grounds. Chad and Cathy Stadeli of C & C Nursery donated three trees for Arbor Day. The fourth grade classes planted two of the trees, a spruce and a red maple, at the elementary school. Members of the planning commission and city council attended and were treated to a song by the fourth graders. The third tree, a chokecherry,... Full story
Cory McCaffrey added another jewel to his athletic crown at Saturday's Dick Baker Invitational held at Gladstone High School. He was named athlete of the meet among jumpers and runners. McCaffrey turned on the afterburners to win the 100 meters, anchored both relays to victory and won the long jump. It was all in a day's work for one of Oregon's best prep athletes. McCaffrey captured the 100 in 11.25 seconds, won the long jump at 21-feet-5-inches, and left no doubt in the outc... Full story
