News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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The SHS commencement ceremony for 2010 included looking in the rearview mirror as well as onto the road ahead for the 134-member class. That spirit of remembrance and anticipation filled the air on Friday, June 4, and was reflected in the class motto (author unknown): "Behind you are the shadows of what might have been, and ahead the image of what we hope to be." With eight valedictorians and four salutatorians, speeches dominated the evening in the packed-to-the-rafters... Full story
Judge Alta Brady ruled last Friday that the City of Sisters' gas tax is legitimate. That means Sisters gas stations owe the City of Sisters the three-cents-per-gallon gas tax for the period of April 9 through April 30, 2010. The due date for their first payment was May 25 but, to date, only two stations in Sisters have paid their bill. Both of the Shell gas stations have paid their bills, sending payments of approximately $1,100 and $1,200 to the City of Sisters. The remainder of the stations, Sisters Pump House (McMeekin... Full story
The top competitors in the world will be back at Sisters Rodeo, trying to cash in on $10,000 purses, the richest in the nation the second weekend in June. Bareback riding brings in Bobby Mote of Culver, first in the world in 2009 and winner of National Finals Rodeo. Ryan Gray, who won Rodeo Houston and is currently No. 1 in the world, will be a contender, along with Jason Havens of Prineville, with a second-place finish at national finals and a rating of 10th in the world. Brian Bain, a Culver native and traveling companion o... Full story
The Sisters School District has one more reason to take pride in its arts program: Carolyn Platt has been selected to receive the Middle School Art Educator of the Year award by the Oregon Arts Education Association (OAEA). Platt, in her fifth year as art and drama teacher at Sisters Middle School, will be presented with the award at OAEA's October conference at the Portland Art Museum. "I'm honored that I was even considered to be in their company," Platt said of the OAEA, a... Full story
To the Editor: WOW, the school funding article by Matt Cyrus and Tim Larson was an eye opener. How does the nearly $82,000 per year teacher salary compare to other districts of similar size? To me this seems very high for teachers. Yes, educating our children is an important job, but just how much should it cost and how much is too much? Who on the school board negotiated the 17-percent salary increases to the teachers? I do not believe the CPI increased by 17 percent during that same period. The article suggested that the... Full story
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is responsible for thousands of acres of recreation and public grazing lands in Oregon. This responsibility often draws fire as the agency is forced to balance the needs of wildlife with the recreational plans of thousands of people. BLM has announced a 700-acre seasonal wildlife closure on public lands east of Sisters and west of Redmond, in the recreation area off Fryrear Road on the south side of Highway 126 just south of the county... Full story
Residents of Starr Ranch near Sisters got a surprise visit last Saturday, from a wandering bear. If there's one animal that can get itself into trouble in the forests of its Sisters Country home, it's a bear. The last time we had one visiting here it got itself shot, which, from the philosophical point-of-view, isn't too polite a way to handle any old-time resident. But YOU can help to not have that happen again. If there's one thing a bear likes most in life, it's eating - an... Full story
Filmmaker Steve Wursta will visit the Sisters Public Library for a screening of the documentary film "From Cheyenne to Pendleton: The Rise and Fall of the Rodeo Cowgirl," on Saturday, June 11 at 3 p.m. The film is free and open to the public. Wursta's historical documentary offers insight into the West and women's participation in the rodeo in the early decades of the 20th century. The film chronicles the lives of Idaho's Bonnie McCarroll, Colorado's Bertha Blancett and... Full story
