News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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St. Charles Health System will open a new primary care clinic to serve patients in Sisters this summer. St. Charles Family Care is one of two new clinics; the other will be in Bend. Like the St. Charles Family Care clinics in Redmond and Prineville, the Bend and Sisters clinics will serve all patients regardless of their insurance coverage or ability to pay for services. To staff these clinics, St. Charles has hired four primary care physicians. Dr. Joseph Bachtold, a family... Full story
Andrew Gorayeb has won a seat on the Sisters School Board, earning 68 percent of the vote in the May 19 election. Gorayeb also serves on the Sisters Park & Recreation District board of directors, is junior varsity lacrosse coach and chairman of the Outlaws Lacrosse program and is an active mentor in the ASPIRE program, a mentoring program that guides students in defining and planning to reach their post-graduation goals. Board chair Christine Jones, who was running unopposed,... Full story
Three Sisters runners were crowned state champions at last weekend's OSAA Track and Field State Championships. Taylor Steele, the top returning distance runner from last year's meet, entered the competition believing his best shot would come in Saturday's 1,500-meter race, in which he was second in 2010. As things turned out, he ran the best 3,000 meters of his career Friday morning, outkicking the 2010 cross-country champion Zorg Louselet of Henley in the final 300 meters to... Full story
To the Editor: Kudos to CRAFT (Cat Rescue Adoption and Foster Team) that assisted me in a rescue of a stray cat a month ago at the former Coyote Creek Restaurant. I noticed the orange (formerly fluffy, now terribly matted) kitty on a walk through the property. There was food in a plastic bucket that some kind person had provided. Also the good folks at Bi-Mart had also been providing it food. But it was looking very unwell and in need of medical care. I called CRAFT that afternoon and left a message about the cat needing resc... Full story
"World War II was the greatest catastrophe in history. More people were killed and more buildings destroyed than in previous or subsequent wars. It brought terror and death to millions of civilians, women, children, old men, more millions of soldiers killed in their teens or twenties." - "Wild Blue," Stephen Ambrose. The huge cost of human life from 1940 to 1945 was largely the result of the destructive forces of air power. Air power was welcomed after the carnage of trench warfare in World War I. H.G. Wells had predicted as... Full story
Sisters will have a new source for fresh, local foodstuffs this summer. A new Sisters Farmer's Market will be operating each Friday starting June 10, from 3 to 7 p.m. The market will cover a block of Ash Street between Main and Adams avenues. The Sisters City Council approved the closure of the street earlier this month. "We're making it kind of a street fair kind of feeling," said Janet Zuelke, one of four founding committee members. The others are Jan McGowan, Bruce... Full story
Almost 100 years ago, a man killed a wolf and was unexpectedly transformed as he stared into the dying wolf's green eyes. Last Thursday night a crowd of over 100 people gathered to hear the story of how the death of a wolf gave life to a new era of holistic stewardship at the Central Oregon premiere of "Green Fire" at Sisters Movie House. The documentary film recounts the continuing influence of conservationist Aldo Leopold, best known as author of "A Sand County Almanac," and shows how his ideas are still fueling a... Full story
Pamplona has the running of the bulls; Sisters has the Sisters Stampede. The mountain bike race, which established itself last year as a major Sisters event, is back on Sunday, May 29. Hundreds of cyclists from elite riders to first-time racers will test their mettle on the Peterson Ridge Trail system. "It's shaping up to be a lot bigger already," said race organizer Joel Palanuk. Last year's race drew some 368 racers; Palanuk said the 2011 event's pre-registration has hit 105... Full story
The Outlaws lacrosse team's season came to an abrupt end with their 11-4 loss against Canby at home on a muddy field on Wednesday, May 18. Coach Bill Rexford told The Nugget he liked Sisters' chances as they headed into the game and thought the teams matched up well. The tough and well-coached Cougar squad proved they were just a little better than what Sisters had faced this year. The Outlaws weren't able to rise to their level of play quickly enough to make it a game.... Full story
The Outlaws crushed Cascade, 12-0, in five innings at home in Sisters on Thursday, May 19. The Outlaws will advance to the first round of 16 in the state championships next week. Sisters was to host Gladstone on Wednesday, May 25, at 4:30 p.m. The victory over the Cougars marked the fourth consecutive game the Outlaws have recorded a win in five innings due to the 10-run rule. Sisters went one, two, three to retire the side in the top of the first inning, and then the Outlaws... Full story
The young Outlaws squad performed well at the Class 4A State Championships on Monday and Tuesday, May 16 and 17, which were held at the Eagle Ridge Golf Course. Sisters finished 11th out of 14 teams with a two-day total of 723. The Outlaws posted a team score of 365 in the first round on Monday and lowered their score by seven strokes in round two for a total of 357. LaGrande took first place at 643 and Klamath Union was runner-up at 645. Crook County took third at 655. All five Sisters golfers played well in their first... Full story
The girls tennis team sent their No. 1 doubles team, Jen Houk and Elise Herron, to compete in the state championships, which were held at the Tennis Center in the athletic complex at the University of Oregon Thursday through Saturday, May 19-21. The duo was eliminated in the pigtail in the first draw. The pigtail is a qualifying round, where you have to win before you are entered into the main draw. Houk and Herron lost 2-6, 6-7 (8-10) to Cassy Lematta and Samar Sakih of Oregon Episcopal on Thursday. Jen and Elise lost the... Full story
Three players from the boys' tennis team competed at the state championships held at the University of Oregon's tennis center Thursday through Saturday, May 19-21. Ben Fullhart (No. 1 singles) started with a pigtail match on Thursday night. Fullhart defeated Justin Chen from Blanchet Catholic 6-1, 6-3. "Ben started the match a little slow, and both boys were nervous," said Coach Garth Tosello. "Ben was more consistent at the end and able to out-think his opponent for the... Full story
The Sisters American Legion and VFW will conduct a Memorial Day Ceremony on May 30, at 11 a.m. at Sisters Village Green Park. This year's featured speaker will be Tina Thissen, who has regularly visited Sisters from The Netherlands. She will talk about the local citizens who have cared for American graves at The Netherlands American Cemetery in the village of Margraten. The ceremony will be followed by a barbecue and a drawing for the Flanders Field quilt. Tickets will be on sale prior to the ceremony. For more information,... Full story
The Forest Service has completed improvements to a number of trails in the Sisters area, with more to come. Improved trails and those seeing upgrades in the near future are in popular, heavy-use, non-wilderness sections of the Sisters Ranger District. Kirk Flannigan is the Forest Service's local team leader for Recreation, Heritage, Lands & Minerals. He is pleased with steps being taken to improve experiences for local trail users. "We're already doing the planning for replacing or adding structures along the Metolius... Full story
Central's Emily Kenton had Sisters High School's varsity softball team's number Thursday, and ended the Lady Outlaws' dream of returning to the 4A State Playoffs for the third time in four seasons with a 1-0 "play-in" game victory for Central at Independence. That number was "one," as Kenyon limited Sisters to only one hit (a seventh-inning single), one walk and only one other baserunner. She struck out 13. And the total number of runs Central needed was one. Outlaws senior first baseman and leading hitter Amber Milliman... Full story
Dr. James Albert Briles passed away peacefully on May 5, 2011, at the age of 77 due to complications from Alzheimer's. He was born in Seattle on May 3, 1934, to James Alexander Briles, a former sales executive for Armour & Co., and Dorothy Dunseath Briles. He was raised in southeast Portland, where he attended Fernwood Elementary and was a member of the l951 Grant High School State Championship baseball team. After graduating from Grant High School in l952 he went on to the... Full story
Sisters High School competed in the annual regional culinary competition on Wednesday, May 18, at Central Oregon Community College. There were 20 teams in the competition from Bend, Mountain View, Crook County, Redmond and Sisters high schools. The first part of the competition required making a plated dessert mousse. The second portion of the competition tested knife skills. Sisters placed second and third. The third-place team of freshman Cody Lagao, and sophomores Hayden... Full story
A new beer from Three Creeks Brewing Co. began flowing from the taps and made its debut at Sisters Movie House Thursday. The one-time release of Water of Life altbier was created in support of the National Forest Foundation's "Tale of Two Rivers," a conservation campaign for the Whychus Creek and Metolius River. "It's our water that we use for brewing. It's our lifeblood here in the brewery," head brewer Pat "Patio" Shea said about water taken from the Three Sisters watershed for creating beers at the restaurant. The beer... Full story
It's a bird, it's a squirrel, it's... a sugar glider. Fitting in your palm like a tiny, doe-eyed possum with wings, the curious-looking sugar glider is a pet that demands attention. Raquel Guzman McFadden is a Sisters hobby-breeder of the strange nocturnal marsupials and likes to share her pets with interested parties. Barely the size of a teacup, they're riding a resurgence of exotic pet ownership and enjoying a thriving popularity in America. "Part of the allure is the chall... Full story
The Sisters Library Community Room is full of small wonders. Quilts, that is. Small ones that will make a big difference for kids in Sisters. Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show hosted a quilt challenge called "Small Wonders," in which quilters made more than 80 quilts that are on display at the Sisters Library through May. The display includes quilts made by the Sisters Middle School ARTS Discovery students and the kindergarten enrichment classes at Sisters Park & Recreation District.... Full story
A recent visitor to the Deschutes Land Trust's Camp Polk Meadow Preserve remarked that Whychus Creek and the Mississippi River have something in common: They were both channelized to control flooding. Today the Land Trust is undoing some of that work by restoring sections of Whychus Creek to its historic condition. In the case of the Mississippi, flood control and navigational issues were the principal concerns that resulted in alteration of the natural landscape. Navigation h... Full story
A rapt audience got to see hands-on science education at McMenamins Old St. Francis School in Bend last Thursday. Sisters High School joined others from around the region in the third annual "Students Speak: A Watershed Summit." Fifteen students from Rima Givot's biology class used an illustrated presentation of their work on the Trout Creek Conservation Area (TCCA) to student audiences from REALMS (Rimrock Expeditionary Alternative Learning Middle School, Bend) eighth grade... Full story
Heather Valentine is quite possibly one of dog's best friends. As owner of Sweets-N-Treats, a local homestyle bakery of natural snacks and bones for all breeds of canines, Valentine cooks up tasty biscuits from her home near Tumalo and hopes to start supplying retail outlets in Sisters, Redmond and Bend. "Everything is baked from scratch, and the reaction from dogs and their owners has been really good," she said. "Ninety percent of the people who bought my products are... Full story
Central District OHSET took away top honors at the state meet last weekend, with two Sisters riders bringing home medals. Olivia Chandler took gold in Hunt Seat Over Fences, and Jenna Jacobsen garnered silver in the Driving competition. There was a drop in numbers of participants, due to concerns about the recent outbreak of EHV1 virus, but according to coach Beth Jacobsen, those who did attend were upbeat and extremely careful to follow protocols for keeping their horses safe (see related story, page 1). More than 400... Full story
