News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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In the spirit of the season, members of the community stepped up last Thursday night in support of the Sisters Cold Weather Shelter, donating a total of $6,350 at an evening of music held at Cork Cellars. Metabolic Maintenance's Ed Fitzjarrel put up a challenge of $2,500 to be matched by attendees, who upped the ante and donated $3,850. Fitzgerald and his musical partner Joe Leonardi were joined by Jim Cornelius and Mike Biggers and Portland singer-songwriter Laura T. Lewis... Full story
A California man is in jail and a Sisters woman was taken to the hospital after a motor-vehicle crash on Locust Street early Wednesday morning, December 20. According to Deschutes County Sheriff's Office Lieutenant Mike Biondi, 25-year-old Breanna McClung of Sisters was delivering newspapers in a Ford Explorer at about 5:06 a.m., and was stopped on the southbound shoulder of South Locust Street dispensing papers when she saw a Subaru headed south on Locust at a high rate of speed. The Subaru struck McClung's vehicle head-on... Full story
To the Editor: As a complement to monthly school board meetings, superintendent coffees, newsletters and open office hours, I plan to pen Letters to the Editor in the hopes of being even more communicative with the entire Sisters community. We have much to celebrate coming out of our December 13 School Board Meeting: • We celebrated that our Volleyball Team are the 2017 State Champions! • Enrollment increased 11 students this past month. • 2017 state testing results and graduation rate prove, again, that... Full story
Like iron and steel, Ponderosa Forge has proven it's tough enough to stand the test of time. Founder Jeff Wester is celebrating 30 years of growth and serving Central Oregon customers. Wester has a storyboard with photographs that show his company's progression. The images start in 1981 when he moved to Central Oregon. Wester's love for blacksmithing began in high school. He grew up in the coastal town of Tillamook and left home to attend Central Oregon Community College,... Full story
The Deschutes County Sheriff's Office is seeking anyone with information, or that can assist in identifying the suspect in an attempted theft from an ATM in early December. The incident occurred during the early morning hours of December 6, at the U.S. Bank in Sisters. Video surveillance received by DCSO on December 21 shows an apparent adult mail at the ATM from 1:41 until 2:20 a.m. on December 6. The suspect is seen with a large screwdriver during this time attempting to... Full story
Susan Waymire has set up shop in Sisters to help local folks answer the call of adventure. The Luxury and Adventure Specialist Affiliated Agent for TravelStore has recently moved to Sisters - but she's been here before. "I'm a Camp Tamarack Girl for about 10 years," she told The Nugget, recalling her days as a young camper and camp counselor at the youth camp west of Sisters. "I spent my summers in Central Oregon." She recalls piling in the back of a pickup truck and rolling... Full story
Cloverdale and Sisters firefighters were involved in their weekly training exercises on Monday, December 18, at 7 p.m., when they were called out to respond to a three-car wreck on Highway 20 at Plainview Road. According to Cloverdale Fire District reports, the wreck involved a Subaru Outback, a Toyota Camry and a Chevy pickup truck, and two of those vehicles had collided head-on at highway speeds. The single occupant of the pickup truck was extricated from the vehicle by... Full story
The Outlaws were defeated 70-48 in their road game against South Albany (SA) on Thursday, December 21. Sisters has had a very tough pre-season, facing several 5A schools in hopes the high caliber of competition will prepare them for league play. South Albany's offense was in high gear from the get-go, while the Outlaws started off slow. The Rebels hit seven shots from behind the arc in the first half, and had a total of 11 for the game. Two of their players scored 41 of their total points. The Outlaws trailed the Rebels... Full story
The mission of Circle of Friends, a nonprofit mentoring program in Sisters, is to provide friends/mentors to make sure Sisters' most vulnerable kids develop life skills, social skills, academic success, and their own individual talents. And last week 15 little friends had the opportunity to express their holiday shopping talents by searching for unique gifts for their families, with gift certificates for Habitat for Humanity Thrift Store donated by ZoselHarper Realtors. This... Full story
It happens. You're parked in the lot at Ray's Food Place and somebody's stray shopping cart comes rolling across the pavement - and right into your car. You now have a nice dent in your driver's-side door. "I love those carts!" says Mike Cmelik with a chuckle. That's because Cmelik's Dent Craft Paintless Dent Removal specializes in a quick and relatively inexpensive fix to just that kind of everyday mishap. Utilizing specially designed steel rods with a variety of tips - some... Full story
A statistic the other day on the news caught my attention. The average lifespan in the U.S. dropped for the second year in a row to 81.1 for women. Based on that, I can expect 7.5 more years at least. If that time goes as quickly as the past seven-and-a-half years, I'll be done before I know it. The beginning of a new year is a good time for some self-reflection about my remaining years. What pops to the surface is, I want my remaining time to make a difference, however... Full story
In a week that saw the Sisters High School swim team swell to a total of 35 athletes, the Outlaws showed some strength to go with their depth in a triple dual held at Bend Swim Center on Tuesday, December 19 against Redmond and Ridgeview The Sisters girls beat Ridgeview 70 to 45, but the Panthers edged Sisters 73 to 72 in the team scoring. Top performances by the Outlaws included a big win by the 200-meter medley relay team of Meredith Mandal, Brook Robillard, Anna Bartlett and Hawley Harrer in a time of 2:33.43 to... Full story
Christmas is in the rear-view mirror; soon it will be New Year's. It's time to partake in the American tradition of retrospection about the past year, and vows to improve in the coming year. We're swearing off the indulgent foods and lack of exercise once the new year begins. 2018 will be a milestone of personal health and fitness. If this sort of talk sounds familiar, it's because there are millions of others doing the same thing. New Year's resolutions are often dreamt during the blood-sugar spikes of the holiday eating... Full story
The girls basketball squad fell 28-22 at home against Culver on Tuesday, December 19. Culver jumped out with a quick lead, and at the close of the first quarter held a 10-6 advantage. Sisters committed numerous turnovers in the second period, and also struggled to get the ball through the hoop. At the half, the Outlaws trailed the Bulldogs 18-8. The Outlaws played much better in the second half, and outscored Culver 14-10, with 10 points coming in the final quarter. Sisters... Full story
On a recent research trip into the Nevada outback, Nugget editor Jim Cornelius and I had occasion to stop for a few minutes in Silver Lake, to pay our respects at a monument in the local cemetery. Ten feet high, unprepossessing, the monument was erected in 1898, to remember the victims of Oregon's deadliest fire. The Silver Lake Fire of 1894 isn't really the stuff of a Christmas column, except that in the midst of an agonizing tragedy there were also towering acts of... Full story
It is human nature to compare ourselves against others. There has always been a pressure from generation to generation to "keep up with the Joneses." Of course, who the "Joneses" are has changed over time. For instance, you have had to replace those lovely harvest gold and avocado appliances once so chic with white or black and then to stainless-steel, and now somehow smart appliances that can order your milk for you. The way in which we compare has also changed. If we go back a century, our means to compare was based... Full story
"Color Gone Wild," the 2018 traveling show by the Weaving Guilds of Oregon (WeGO), kicks off a statewide tour January 8 at Central Oregon Community College in Bend. For Sisters resident Linda Davis, it's been a yearlong labor of love as she's headed up the 2018 traveling show committee. Davis is a spinner, weaver, knitter, seamstress and longtime member of Central Oregon Spinners and Weavers Guild. It's been a constant communication with more than 700 members of WeGO, a... Full story
