News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Injured veterans and their families took to the slopes of Hoodoo Mountain Resort last weekend as Oregon Adaptive Sports (OAS) hosted the sixth annual "Heroes in Sisters" event March 1 through 3. Jeremy Fox, program director for Oregon Adaptive Sports said, "Our mission is to help people with disabilities to get out and enjoy snow sports. We're just now working towards being a year-round program and offering summer sports too, so we can offer recreation opportunities for people... Full story
Deschutes County Circuit Court Judge Alta Brady dismissed a suit filed by former Outlaws girls soccer coach Nik Goertzen against three Sisters citizens. A suit against the school district was in limbo as of press time. Goertzen's contract as a coach was not renewed for the 2012-13 school year. He was not actually terminated from his position; his contract was not renewed. Coaches are "at-will" employees of the district. He coached the Outlaws to the state championship game in 2011. Goertzen was named league and state coach... Full story
Patty Cordoni has terminated her contract with the City of Sisters as of March 1. In a letter to City Manager Eileen Stein and Mayor Brad Boyd giving 30 days notice, Cordoni said she plans to remain in Sisters and focus on her real estate business. The city is transitioning the position to the supervision of Economic Development for Central Oregon (EDCO). Cordoni thinks that's a good move, though she will not throw her hat into the ring for the position. "With a new economic development manager, committed funding, and EDCO di... Full story
Two teams from Sisters High School competed in the regional Mock Trial competition on Saturday, March 2, at the Deschutes County Justice Building in Bend. The designated "black" team ended up winning the competition and thereby qualifying for the state competition to be held March 16 at the Mark O. Hatfield Federal Court building in Portland. The winning team members are Katie Stewart, Sarah Dumolt, Shea Krevi, Kennedy Hall, Angela Todd, Nicky Blumm, Riley Barrett, Jacob... Full story
Once again, I find myself agreeing with my friend Mike Morgan (The Nugget, February 27, page 2). We differ on some of the issues he raised, and I look forward to a discourse with Mr. Morgan when the local option election has concluded. Mr. Morgan is a model of civic participation and engagement and I respect his well-thought-out opinions - he has enlightened me on several occasions. But one thing that we do agree on: Sisters, you need to vote. To teach causation in U.S. History, my students are asked to consider the theme... Full story
To the Editor: Mike Morgan's opinion in The Nugget asserted that Sisters High was behind all four Bend-La Pine high schools in their 2012 math scores. I was surprised, so I checked the results on the Oregon Department of Education's website. I learned that the Sisters School District had BETTER math scores than the Bend-La Pine District. How could each of the "regular" high schools in Bend-La Pine be higher and still have the total district be lower? The answer is that the Sisters score included all students, while each of th... Full story
Starting this week, Sisters Art Works will be displaying some of the artwork donated for My Own Two Hands. The annual fundraiser provides funding for Sisters Folk Festival Inc.'s educational outreach program, the Americana Project and other SFF programs. Donations are plentiful and varied, providing an interesting cross-section of mediums from paintings to ceramics, woodworking, photographs and sculptures. The community is welcome to take a look at some of the donations and... Full story
Erica Lowry wasn't so sure about her submission to My Own Two Hands. The Sisters High School senior wanted to approach the theme of "Deep Roots" indirectly, so she decided to do a painting depicting bluesmen that evoke the 1920s-30s blues foundations of much of American music. And while she used some vintage photographs for inspiration and reference, she painted more impressionistically than she usually does. The result didn't satisfy the artist. "I didn't like it," she told... Full story
Taylor Nieri was voted Player of the Year and First-Team All-League by Sky-Em coaches for the 2012-2013 season. This marked the first time in Sisters High School's history for a women's basketball player to bring home this honor. Nieri rewrote nearly every school record in the books this year, including single-game scoring (34 points), season scoring (440 points) and career scoring (1,173 points.) She also set a single-game free-throw record this year, going 20 for 26 against... Full story
Last Wednesday evening laughing and snickering from parents, and hilarious bickering from student actors and actresses could be heard drifting out of the drama room of the Sisters Middle School. The reason was a take-off on the old familiar story of Rupenzel, put on by drama teacher Caroline Plath's middle schoolers, entitled,"A Hairy Tail," written by Charlie Lovett. Twenty-four students took part in the silly little comedy, and from the time the lights came up to the final... Full story
The seventh- and eighth-grade wrestlers brought their season to an end competing at the Central Oregon Middle School District Tournament held at Ridgeview High School. Five wrestlers earned medals, and eighth-grader Dustin Brigham (125 pounds) led the way with a second-place finish. After a bye in the opening round, Brigham pinned opponents from Culver, Crook County and La Pine, and then lost to Chris Wilder from Elton Gregory in the finals. Middle school Coach Jeff Smith... Full story
The Sisters High School alpine ski team capped off their racing season with a strong showing at the two-day Oregon School Ski Association (OSSA) state championships at Mt. Bachelor March 1-2. The Outlaws girls team brought home the third-place trophy, while the Outlaws boys took fourth place in the state races. The Summit boys team placed first ahead of Bend High. For the girls, Bend High outmatched Summit to take the girls title. Competing in giant slalom on Friday,... Full story
The Lady Outlaws' season came to an abrupt end on Saturday, March 2, when they fell to Mazama in the first round of the state playoffs. Sisters lost the contest in a final score of 81-44. Saturday's game in Klamath Falls was well-attended by Outlaws fans, with nearly 100 people making the long trek to show their support. Coach Julianne Horner said the coaching staff and entire team are grateful to their faithful fans. The Outlaws kept the game tight the first quarter and at one point held a 9-8 point lead. The Vikings hit a... Full story
Dennis McGregor is well-known in Sisters for being the artist who painted a whole bunch of Quilt Show posters - 14 of them in all. He is also a songwriter and now an aspiring children's book author. All those talents come together in his book "Dream Again," the story of a young woman named Annie trekking the Oregon Trail on a wagon train accompanied by her faithful horse, Grace, and a precious quilt made by her grandmother. Without spoiling the story it can be said that the... Full story
Robert Joseph Tilson, Jr. died at 91 on February 2, in Palm Springs, California. Bob was born in Fresno, California, on March 2, 1921, to Robert Joseph and Henrietta Tilson. He graduated from the University of Oregon and served in the U.S. Marine Corps as First Lieutenant during World War II, Pacific Fleet, and received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroism. As a member of the Marine Reserves until 1957, he achieved the rank of Captain. In 1942 he married Roberta... Full story
Ben Miller's first week as head softball coach at Sisters High School was similar to the first weeks of his predecessors. He was met with blue sky, but a frozen field that had taken a beating from Mother Nature. But like those before him, he made the most of it while spending the extra hours working on the field. "I had a few parents helping me and we spent Saturday and Sunday morning working on the field," said Miller, who assisted outgoing varsity coach Jim Milliman the last two seasons. "But despite not being able to... Full story
Nathan Woodworth is well-known to the Sisters community - though folks may not be sure which Nathan they are talking to. The young impressionist/comic has a stable of spot-on character impressions ranging from U.S. Presidents to Jack Nicholson or Jack Sparrow. Woodworth will bring his act to the stage at The Belfry on Friday, March 15, in a "Clean Comedy Night" event featuring himself, Randall Knight and the improv group Triage. Woodworth has been performing stand-up comedy... Full story
The ongoing saga of the Wild Mountain mushroom and jerky stand appears to be entering its final phase. After a number of appeals to the city council and the planning commission over the last year-and-a-half, owner Ky Karnecki was poised this week to remove the stand. Karnecki shut down the operation per the requirements of his 2012 Temporary Use Permit (TUP) the week before the February 14 city council meeting. At that meeting Karnecki and his supporters made a final unsuccessful pitch to the city council to modify or make... Full story
• Old West Collectibles has moved to a new location at 183 E. Hood Ave. (across from Eurosports). Proprietor Len Gratteri offers Old West memorabilia, antiques, books, old postcards, photos, maps and more. For more information call 541-549-6875 or 503-314-1130. • The operational hours of Sisters Recycle Depot have changed. The depot will be open seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. • C&K Market Inc., parent company of Ray's Food Place, announced that the Portland Business Journal... Full story
You know that stressful drive from Portland to Seattle? Take a traffic break and take the Nisqually exit: the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge is not more than a mile from the turn-off. As you pull up to the visitor center (VC), don't miss the juvenile bald eagle perched in the big cottonwoods. Don't get all pushed out of shape by all the cars stacked up in the parking area; once you've paid the fee for enjoying all the wildlife you'll see, start out on one of the trails,... Full story
"Eclipse!" - a slide show and lecture about lunar and solar eclipses - will be presented by Sisters Astronomy Club member Jim Hammond on Sunday, March 10 at 3 p.m. in the meeting room of the Sisters Library. Hammond traveled "down under" to Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia to view the total solar eclipse that occurred on November 14, 2012. This was the third total solar eclipse that Hammond has observed, but more than 40 years passed between the last two occasions; and for... Full story
Grammy-nominated John Fullbright from Okemah, Oklahoma, will return to Sisters as the Sisters Folk Festival's "encore artist" for the September 6-8 event. Fullbright will be returning to perform as a duo with guitarist Terry Ware throughout the weekend. He will once again present his wry humor and intense insight and lyrics to the Sisters audience. The festival will also feature Lake Street Dive, with a fresh take on jazz-influenced tunes, led by the vocals of Rachael Price.... Full story
How many times have you had the "feeling" that something was going on your life - or your friend's - and you couldn't understand or have proof of it going to happen, and didn't know where the "hunch" came from? Then, finding proof you were right, it became even more mysterious. Such phenomenon could be "intuition," or the ability to acquire knowledge without inference and/or the use of reason, a "shot out of the blue." Karen Grace Kassey will be exploring "intuition" at The... Full story
Back in January, I reported on Hoodoo's lower Nordic trail system, which I have skied a number of times. It wasn't until last month, however, that I finally got around to skiing Hoodoo's outback on the upper Nordic trail system and enjoying its beautiful mountain views. Readers who follow my outdoor columns may recall that, while I have certainly been enjoying cross-country skiing lately, I lay no claim to any lofty level of expertise. As a result, I have always scrupulously... Full story
Each fall, serious music students get the chance to audition for an elite group of student musicians. The competition is difficult, the standards are high and the chance of being selected is slim. Students audition by submitting a tape demonstrating their mastery of a musical instrument. Thousands of students from across Oregon apply for the coveted positions. Of those thousands only around 100 will be selected to play in Oregon's All-State Orchestra. A panel of judges from ar... Full story
