News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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After 15 years of massive and severe blazes that have blackened landscape and choked the community with smoke for weeks at a time, severely disrupting people’s lives and the local economy, Sisters lives in dread of wildfire each summer. To push back against those impacts, foresters must fight fire with fire: specifically, prescribed fire. Fire is not the enemy of the forest — in fact, it’s essential to the forest’s health. Ponderosa pine forests like those of Sisters Cou... Full story
Clarification: In last week’s issue, columnist T. Lee Brown endorsed school board candidate Mandee Seeley. Her page 2 op-ed column quoted Courtney Snead, interim director of Sisters Park & Recreation District, Seeley’s employer, who described some of Seeley’s work. To clarify: Neither SPRD nor its director endorse any candidate for public office. The endorsement came from the columnist alone. σ σ σ To the Editor: I want to give a shout-out to our SHS student drivers! They continually impress me in their... Full story
There are still chants of “lock her up” referring to Hillary Clinton at Trump rallies, even though she was never indicted for any wrongdoing. Trump would love to lock up anyone that criticizes him or challenges him. Trump even threatened to lock Hillary up after he was elected. That is what authoritarian dictators do. If you had been paying attention, you would know that Trump envies the world’s dictators the most. I think he dreams of being one. Hillary used a personal email server for some of her official business and it wa... Full story
Spring has sprung; the sun is shining and the roads around Sisters beckon to cyclists. It’s time for both cyclists and motorists to re-learn the annual ritual of minimizing conflict on shared roadways. A little bit of courtesy, patience and common sense go a long way toward keeping things neighborly. Conflicts arise when one or both sides of the motorist-cyclist equation fail to respect the others’ space and prerogatives. Both have a right to the road — but they hav... Full story
When Sisters Folk Festival staff chose the theme for My Own Two Hands, their intention was to be inclusive and invite everyone in Sisters Country to join them for the festivities. “We All Belong” has inspired contributing artists like poster artist Carly Garzon Vargas to create art that reflects that message. The choice of Las Cafeteras to headline the free concert Friday night, May 10, at The Belfry is a way to continue the celebration and intention for inclusion. Las Caf... Full story
The Blue and the Gray will again march against each other on the lush meadows along the Metolius River in Camp Sherman. The weekend of May 18-19 marks the sixth year that the American Civil War has come to Central Oregon. The living history event takes place in an expansive meadow at the private House On Metolius property near Camp Sherman. The event immerses visitors in an open-air environment recreating the era of the 1860s. It is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.,m.... Full story
Three candidates have thrown their hats in the ring for the two-year unexpired term of Position 1 on the Sisters-Camp Sherman Rural Fire Protection District (SCSRFPD). They are Kristie Miller, Stratton Poindexter, and Ken Jones. Chuck Newport is running unopposed for re-election to Position 4, and Bill Rainey is the incumbent in Position 5 up for re-election. Kristie Miller retired from her position as Sisters District Ranger after 35 years with the U.S. Forest Service in... Full story
Each year a theme is chosen for My Own Two Hands (MOTH) celebration of the arts, the primary fundraiser for the Americana Project and programs of Sisters Folk Festival (SFF). This year’s theme — “We all Belong” — inspired artists to create and donate a piece of art to be sold at the benefit auction in support of music and arts programming in Sisters schools and the community. Sisters artist Carly Garzon Vargas laid the groundwork for the 18th annual fundr... Full story
Norma Holmes is one of the luminaries of Sisters’ vibrant arts scene. Noted for her plein air paintings, Holmes is now engaged in bringing a book of her work to life. The artist has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund printing and distribution of “Land Escapes: A Painted Journey On Oregon’s East Side.” The book is completed; Holmes is seeking $21,517 in contributions to have the book printed and distributed. The all-or-nothing Kickstarter campaign closes on June 2. In a Ki... Full story
Bicyclists are taking to the gravel in big numbers. Gravel riding — or “gravel grinding” or “adventure riding” combines elements of road- and mountain-biking in distance rides over unpaved roads. “From a racing and organized riding perspective, it’s blowing up,” said Casey Meudt of Blazin Saddles bike shop in Sisters. He notes that the august Cycle Oregon is offering a gravel riding option for the first time this year. With miles and miles of unpaved forest roads... Full story
“No one is advocating for these men and women after you’ve stripped them of their humanity and then send them back out into society.” — “Jane,” military spouse “Dr. Richard Stone, executive in charge of the Veterans Health Administration, told lawmakers that many former service members are deeply damaged, with 77 percent having been exposed to combat, and the issue cannot be solved solely through mental-health treatment. “Significant amounts of this relates to personal, financial and relationship problems, and... Full story
Mary Alice “Mickey” Duehren passed into eternal life on April 21, Easter Sunday, at the age of 83, from the consequences of vascular dementia. She lived in Sisters for 33 years, most of that time with her husband, “Bill” (William Henry Duehren, Jr.), who pre-deceased her in 2013. They owned and operated Sisters Decorating from 1986 to 1997 when they retired. An active member of her community, Mickey volunteered with many civic, charitable, and church communities in the tow... Full story
Gary Clinton Barnett of Sisters passed away at his home, with family, on April 24, 2019. He was 84. Gary was the only son of Claude Barnett and Georgia (Bourland) Barnett. He was born in Oceanside, California, where he grew up and graduated from Oceanside High School. He then joined the U.S. Navy and served on two destroyers, the USS Osborne and the USS Rogers, during the Korean War as an electronics technician. He went to San Diego State College, earning a BS in physics. Gary met Barbara Ann (Connolly) Barnett while in... Full story
The Things I Have To Do are small…but there are so many of them. They pile up madly, one on top of the other. Most are of the everyday variety. Food must be bought and cooked. Laundry must be washed. Work must be worked. Husbands must be laughed with, talked with, clung to. Children must be tickled, read to, bathed. The world around me is wonderful, though it’s hard to appreciate with so many Things going on at once. Small birds swoop through the ponderosas. On ground t... Full story
Sisters High School students from Rima Givot’s chemistry class took to the field on Thursday, May 2, for the now-annual science balloon launch. It was the fourth consecutive year Givot has led this effort with her chemistry class. Givot, along with her student teacher Samantha Petrie and a number of volunteers, worked with the students throughout the project from planning, to launch, and all the way to retrieval. The launch of the two balloons took place early Thursday morning... Full story
