News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Selections for the All State Teams were recently released and three of Sisters players were recognized. Seniors Sam Silva and sophomore Greta Davis were both named Second Team All State, and junior Ellie Rush earned honorable mention. Silva, as outside hitter, finished the year with 170 kills, 207 digs, 45 aces, and 15 blocks. Coach Rory Rush said, “Sam was a consistent leader for us on the floor this year. Her court sense and intensity has been such a valuable asset. We are so proud she was given the recognition she d... Full story
The Outlaws fell 30-44 to Cottage Grove at home on Tuesday, December 17. The Outlaws started off cold, didn’t have good opportunities to score, and when an opportunity was there they couldn’t score. They were held to just two points for the first six minutes of the game, but in the last two minutes were able to cut the lead in half and close out the quarter 6-12. Sisters did a much better job in the second period. Weber hit a three-ball, and a driving lay-up to narrow the Lio... Full story
The Lady Outlaws traveled to Marshfield and participated in the Les Schwab Invitational held Thursday through Saturday, December 19-21. Sisters lost in a tight battle against Marshfield in their opening game, came back and posted a win over Crook County, and then dropped their final game against North Bend. Sisters first game of the tourney was against Marshfield, and Coach Brittaney Brown told The Nugget that the game was the most competitive she’s seen her girls play in h... Full story
The Outlaws matched up against tough competition at the Les Schwab Invitational basketball tournament held at Marshfield High School Thursday through Saturday, December 19-21, and dropped all three of their games. Sisters’ first match up was against Marshfield, and the Outlaws battled hard the first half of the contest against the Pirates. Nate Weber led the team in scoring with his aggressive play to the hoop, and converted 10 first-half points. At the half, Sisters trailed Marshfield 18-30. Strong rebounding from senior J... Full story
Students at Sisters Christian Academy earned awards for their proposals on how to clean the oceans as part of the 28th annual Inventerprise Science Contest Challenge. Brenda Simpson, senior product development lead from Lonza Pharma & Biotech, presented awards to six students at Sisters Christian Academy. The contest is sponsored by Bend Research, which is now a part of Lonza Pharma & Biotech, with support from Bend-La Pine Schools, Central Oregon Community College and the... Full story
According to the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, at about 8:07 p.m., law enforcement was dispatched to a report of a burglary in progress near the 1600 block of Perit Huntington Road at the east end of town. A deputy arrived and spotted a man walking in between two houses in the neighborhood. The man was identified as 26-year old Stephen Calhoun of Redmond. He was allegedly intoxicated, and the deputy detained him. Additional deputies responded to the residence, along w... Full story
Sisters charity World’s Children is providing Christmas to 3,200 children on December 25. All of the children live in orphanages in India, Ethiopia and Guatemala. Each year World’s Children collects funds for Christmas throughout the year and then wires whatever money it has collected to each of 29 orphanages, with a combined 3,200 kids. Every child gets one gift, typically a new article of clothing, and a Christmas feast is cooked. Christmas dinner in the India orp... Full story
A pair of Sisters High School graduates will fly south with the Oregon Ducks for the 2019 Rose Bowl against Wisconsin as workers for the U of O football program. Thomas Arends (2009) has worked with the Ducks program since his freshman year in college in 2009. His current job title is director of player personnel and pro liaison. Maggie Bidasolo, a junior at Oregon, was selected earlier this month as one of four interns with the program to assist during the Rose Bowl week.... Full story
It’s time. The month, the year, and the decade are all coming to an end, but it’s hardly the end of good times. Take yourself, your family, and your friends on a stroll through the galleries of Sisters on the fourth Friday, December 27, from 4 to 7 p.m. It will be a time to ring out the old and get ready for the New Year. Hood Avenue Art is once again showcasing “Small Wonders.” These perfectly sized and priced art pieces are promoted during November and December. Meet the artists, hear live music, and sample light refresh... Full story
This is the first of a two-part reflection on Sisters art gallery proprietor Chris Morin’s visit to the cradle of Western Civilization. “How will our most positive efforts be regarded in just a few generations? Will anyone remember me 50 years from now?” Unanticipated questions burst into my consciousness. After 45 minutes of hiking through avenues, neighborhoods, and back streets of Athens, Greece, I’ve arrived at a one-acre, long-abandoned attempt of a tree-ringed park. N... Full story
The question of housing affordability looms large in Sisters and across the Pacific Northwest. Last week, 28 people explored the topic in Citizens4Community’s December Let’s Talk session. City Manager Cory Misley provided an overview for the participants on the affordable housing picture in Sisters, including data on housing in Deschutes County from the Oregon Housing Alliance. There is a serious shortage of affordable housing in Deschutes County. For every 100 families with e... Full story
As I write, the calendar will turn to December 21, the winter solstice, and a time that brings me joy every year as we begin the climb out of shorter days and longer darkness toward the light and warmth of spring and summer. The cold and dark of winter has always been my time of remembering and reflecting. As I listened to Christmas carols the other day, I was struck by the word “joy” in “Joy to the World,” one of my favorite carols that always ended the midnight Christm... Full story
The Three Sisters Robotics Team (formerly known as Outlaw Robotics) earned a berth in state competition after an excellent performance at regional robitcs competition last week. This is the fourth year that the team from Sisters has participated in the First Lego League (FLL) regional qualifying tournament, held this year at Mountain View High School on Saturday, December 14. It’s the third time they have advanced to the state tournament to be held at Lincoln High School in H... Full story
Sisters entrepreneur, artist and founder of the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show Jean Wells is featured this month as TheQuiltShow.com’s Quilting Legend. A trailer for the feature can be viewed at https://thequiltshow.com/component/allvideoshare/video/show-2513-tqs-quilting-legend-jean-wells. The website notes, “Our TQS Quilting Legend for 2019 is the one and only Jean Wells. Jean, founder of the Stitchin’ Post in Sisters, Oregon and author of over 30 books, welcomes Alex and Ricky... Full story
If you’re part of a happy, archetypal, Norman Rockwell family, today is warming up your heart with joy and contentment. Your house is full of grandmas and grandpas, uncles and aunties, cousins and kiddos stomping snow off their boots as they return from building snowmen and lobbing not-too-dangerous, non-icy snowballs at one another. There are turkeys or hams to lovingly cook and carve, a fireplace to gather ‘round, and a jolly patriarch who drinks only enough brandy to red... Full story
First it was rumors, “The barred owls are coming, the barred owls are coming…” Next, it was the dire warnings that the barred owls were going to either chase all the northern spotted owls out of the Northwest, or breed with them and bring forth a whole new sub-species called “sparred owls.” Then the warning was the feathered invader would compete with the spotted owls for prey and eat them out of house and home — which seems to be the case. In any event, the las... Full story
It’s the holidays, and Sisters Christian Academy (SCA) teachers and students were busy last week, boxing gifts of a different kind. A Feed the Need packing party kicked off early in the school gymnasium on Thursday, December 19, with a full school effort participating in the process of scooping, weighing, sealing and then packing the sealed bags of high-protein dehydrated meals in a box for hungry children and orphans in Haiti. Robbie Gilliam, SCA principal, guided students, teachers and volunteers from the community t... Full story
A familiar resident of our ponderosa pine forests is the white-headed woodpecker (Picoides albolarvatus). Feeding on insects, cone seeds, and larva from the thick bark of ponderosa pines, they also nest in older snags of pines. After excavating the nest cavity, two to nine white eggs are laid and the parents share brooding duties for approximately 14 days, and then the chicks are fed by both parents for another 26 days in the nest. At least some of the pairs remain together... Full story
The Aspen Lakes Estates Owners’ Association contributed in the spirit of giving to the Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District’s annual gift drive. The association the held its Annual Holiday Quarterly Connection at the Brand 33 Club House on the evening of Thursday, December 5. In addition to bringing appetizers to share that celebratory evening, homeowners wished to contribute to the Sisters Community in a meaningful and charitable manner. In conjunction with Sisters-Camp She... Full story
Santa Claus is extremely busy in this season, but each year he makes time to spend the weekend before Christmas at Black Butte Ranch. He visits with dozens and dozens of children, hearing about their year and their holiday wish list, then shares story and song with the 400 or so people who turn out for the Ranch’s Breakfast with Santa. Julia Kelleher of Bend has been bringing an extended family of 20 out to Black Butte Ranch each year for the past seven years. The reason is s... Full story
Black Butte School (BBS) students revealed the history of the Hodag and how it came to Hoodoo Ski Area in a stage production at Camp Sherman Community Hall on Thursday. “Oregon Winter” was a variety show with holiday music and the feature presentation of the evening, “The Legendary Hodag,” was written and directed by Jennie Sharp. The year is 1893. Eugene Shepard, played by student Jo Jo Souza, a respected timber cruiser, stumbles into a logging camp in Rhinelander, Wiscons... Full story
A 22-year-old Sisters man was jailed on Monday, December 23, in connection with an early morning break-in at Sisters Meat and Smokehouse. Deschutes County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched at 4:22 a.m. to a reported burglary in progress at the Sisters Meat and Smokehouse on S. Spruce Street in Sisters. When deputies arrived the suspect had already left the area after breaking into the business and stealing meats and products. The suspect was seen on video surveillance breaking into the building. The suspect was described as... Full story
