News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Student leaders made their case to the school board. photo by Jim Cornelius Student outrage over school budget cuts was re-channeled last week from an abortive protest walk-out into a campaign to save the job of at least one of the retired teachers whose positions were cut from next year's budget. Ryder Hornbeck, Brittany Wall and Chris Wimer, representing dozens of students who packed a special school board meeting Monday night, May 24, asked the school board to allow fund-raising to save the position of English teacher... Full story
A U.S. District Court judge has cleared the way for launching the McCache Vegetation Management Project on the Sisters Ranger District. The McCache Project includes about 4,500 acres of treatments designed to reduce the risk of large-scale losses due to insect, disease and wildland fire events, according to the Forest Service. District Court Judge Owen Panner ruled May 12 the project did not violate federal environmental laws, as a Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project lawsuit contends. "We're obviously pleased with the... Full story
The group facilitator fished hard for a consensus, Monday, May 17, at the Sisters Couplet Advisory Committee meeting. Although he managed to gather some preferences, the atmosphere of the meeting was that of unanswered questions, distrust and numerous complications. The committee met for the second time after the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) put roadblocks in their previous plans to design a one-way eastbound Hood Avenue/westbound Main Avenue couplet. The couplet is intended to relieve traffic on Cascade... Full story
Pat Cook hit the boards for a last dance with her students last week. She's retiring after 10 years of teaching dance in Sisters. photo by Tim O'Neal Pat Cook retired from active teaching in 1991. After more than 10 years as a Sisters dance instructor, she has retired again. Last Thursday evening, May 20, Cook presented her final production, "How the West Was Fun," in the auditorium at Sisters High School. Pat Cook and her husband, Richard, traveled from Dallas, Texas, to Portland to visit their son in 1991. Richard had recen... Full story
Sisters' American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Posts will hold their 12th annual Memorial Day Service at Camp Polk Cemetery on Monday, May 31, at 11:15 a.m. Transportation will be provided by SOAR, with buses leaving Sisters Elementary School from 10:15 to 11 a.m. There is no parking at the cemetery. The Crook County Naval Junior ROTC will perform, and Sid Carter, Crook County Veterans Service Officer, will be the speaker. There will also be a fly-over by U.S. Air Force jets stationed at Kingsley AFB. For more... Full story
Celebrating their Wohelo award: (L.-R.) Rikki Glick, Jackie Grittman, Crystal Metcalf, Teresse MacKenzie, Amber Craigg, Josh Simone. photo by Conrad Weiler Celebrating many years of friendship and service through Camp Fire USA, six local students received their Wohelo (Work, Help, Love) awards at Sisters High School on Sunday evening. A large group of family, friends, and officials applauded the efforts and accomplishments of Amber Craigg, Rikki Glick, Jackie Grittman, Teresse MacKenzie, Crystal Metcalf and Josh Simone in... Full story
A scene from Mark Macpherson's PSA. photo provided Mark Macpherson of Sisters is taking his personal fight against drugs and alcohol onto a broader battlefield. The 17-year-old senior whose own struggle with drinking and drugs landed him in serious trouble is trying to help his peers avoid his mistakes through a film project he launched at Sisters High School. "I used to have a pretty serious problem with drugs and alcohol," Macpherson told The Nugget. "I did a lot of things I never thought I'd do and ended up assaulting a (p... Full story
Pastor Larry Harrelson. photo by Jim Cornelius After shepherding Sisters Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration through a period of rapid growth, overseeing a major construction project and weathering two health crises, Pastor Larry Harrelson is retiring from his post at the church. He and his wife Willa will move to Boise, Idaho, where their daughter and three grandchildren live. Harrelson said that he and the congregation had reached a crossroads, making this a good time for change. "We've kind of completed a certain... Full story
Sisters sixth graders learn about their environment. photo by Brad Tisdel The Sisters Middle School sixth grade class invaded Camp Tamarack May 4-7 for the annual Outdoor School program led by science teacher Carol Packard and educational consultant Brad Tisdel. For most sixth graders the experience turned out to be the highlight of the school year. Students arrived at the shores of Dark Lake by school bus on Tuesday morning, welcomed in song by a cadre of 13 high school camp counselors, who would become mentors, teachers, an... Full story
A moving crew brought Habitat Home No. 28 to the homesite. photo by Jim Mitchell In the early Saturday morning hours, Sisters Habitat for Humanity house number 28 moved across town from the former Relco Tank Line site on Highway 20 (next to Mtn. Shadow RV Park) into its new home on Maple Lane. Constructed in the 1970s, the house was an office for Relco for a number of years. With the closing of that company and plans to develop the land, Relco owners donated the building to Sisters Habitat for Humanity. The building will... Full story
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- City Council Meeting 7 p.m., 2nd and 4th Thursday each month, Sisters City Hall. 549-6022. - School Board Meeting 7 p.m., 2nd Monday each month, middle school lecture/drama room. 549-8521. - Black Butte School District Board of Directors meets 2nd Tuesday of each month, 7 p.m., Black Butte School. 595-6203. - Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD meets for drill every Monday, 7 p.m. Sisters Fire Hall, 301 S. Elm St. 549-0771. - Sisters Kiwanis Club meets every Thursday, 7:30 a.m., Sisters Fire Hall. 549-1223. - Sisters Habitat for... Full story
- Several job site thefts of construction materials were reported in the Sisters area. - Someone reported the theft of a motorhome that has been the subject of a civil dispute. - A local property owner reported that several "No Trespassing" signs were torn down. By a trespasser, perhaps? - A man got stuck inside a storage facility security fence. He managed to get out and leave before the cavalry showed up. - A Sisters woman rolled her SUV on Highway 20, but escaped with only minor injuries. - A man was reported yelling into... Full story
Nate Mulkey and LaRene Farmer install a mural painted by Jerry Werner of Sisters. Werner's painting was reproduced on vinyl panels and installed on a wall at Barclay Park. photo by Jim Cornelius During the heyday of public mural art in the 1930s, famed artists like Diego Rivera could be found on scaffolds fronting municipal buildings, painstakingly brushing in the details of their monumental works. The great mural artists could never have conceived of the technology that allowed Sisters artist Jerry Werner to create a mural... Full story
