News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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The Sisters Rodeo is set to open wide the gates on the 57th annual running of one of the region's top rodeos June 13-15. The Sisters event traditionally brings together top cowboys and cowgirls and top rodeo stock, and this year's show is no exception. For three days the Sisters Rodeo Arena will provide a showcase for a host of world champions. Ace calf roper Joe Beaver has become a fixture at the Sisters Rodeo over the years, and the 1996 All-Around Champ is back this year... Full story
This is the time of year when mule deer are giving birth to fawns. Left alone, they have an excellent chance to grow into adults. However, according to The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW), an increasing number of well-meaning people who discover fawns, thinking they have been abandoned by the doe, take the fawns out of the wild. This is the wrong thing to do. ODFW biologists repeatedly ask people to leave deer fawns alone. Even in the case of a fawn discovered near a roadway, and a doe is found dead nearby, it... Full story
The Sisters and Cloverdale Rural Fire Protection Districts will close down the open burning season at dusk on Sunday, June 15. Burning commercial waste, demolition material, domestic waste, industrial waste, land clearing debris and field burning will be prohibited. This burn season was a relatively safe one, with both districts reporting fewer problems associated with open burning. Cloverdale fire chief Chuck Cable reported a decrease of 33 percent in open burning-related incidents, and Sisters chief Don Mouser said permit... Full story
Sisters teachers and the school board are unable to agree on a contract until the Oregon Legislature decides how much money will be available for schools. "Negotiations about salaries are on hold until we know what the legislature is going to do. We are probably looking at late this month or next," for a contract settlement, said Schools Superintendent Steve Swisher. Swisher said "the school board position is that there is only a certain amount of dollars and they are not willing to cut programs to grant raises. Teachers... Full story
Jenny Crofoot, a junior at Sisters High School, won second place in a regional architectural contest that challenged high school students from Central Oregon to design a Habitat for Humanity low-income home. Brooke Morgan and Rae Anne Harrell of Sisters received an honorable mention for their joint project. Winners were announced on Sunday, June 8 at the Mountain View Mall. The home design could not exceed 900 square feet, and was to include a 250 square-foot design for a future expansion. Instructor Jim Reiss used the... Full story
The volunteer effort to build four classrooms at the Sisters Elementary School is nearing a major milestone. "The drawings are basically 'engineer stamped.' We will soon submit them to the city and county for permits," said Schools Superintendent Steve Swisher. "As soon as permits are completed we will break ground, hopefully right after July Fourth," he added. At a meeting on June 5, a former board member of Nike met with project organizers. "He gave us ideas and concepts and said he would go back and visit with others at... Full story
Redtinged pine trees along forest roads have forest watchers concerned about some new blight or damage from wildfires. But the red cast to the pine trees is expected in the aftermath of prescribed fire. According to Fire Specialist Mark Rapp, during the first few weeks after a wet spring burn people venturing to the forests will see blackened tree boles, small dead trees, blackened shrub stems, and lots of red needles caused by fire scorch and heat pulses. The red needles do not always mean the trees are dead. Trees with 15... Full story
* * * To the Editor: The Little Cloverdale Preschool parents would like to thank Tom Coffield of SOAR for offering a gymnastics/tumbling class for preschool-age children this summer. It's exciting to see so many new opportunities for the youngsters in this community: rock-climbing, white-water rafting, even a free guitar class, to name a few. Makes me want to be a kid again! Thanks, Tom, for your flexibility and eager willingness to add four and five year-old children to the list of youth that SOAR serves. May Fan Preschool S... Full story
On onions Oh, how much mankind is like the variable onion. Imperfect rounds, we are, concentric, enclosing a pure and pearly core. Thick pungent layers of flesh beneath fragile, transparent skins. We are of many families, both wild and domestic, loved and loathed, almost everywhere a factor. We grow, both man and onion, largely underground. We flower, make seeds and multiply. Eventually we will add our bit of flavor to the soup. We have, amongst us those who are fanatical about onions. I have heard otherwise very sensible... Full story
Around rodeo time each year, the green drake hatch on the Metolius reaches its peak. For cowboys with a fly rod a little fishing can be an excellent break from the more hectic activities of the weekend. The green drake has always been one of my favorite hatches. Maybe it's the gorgeous setting along the river with the wild flowers in bloom. Maybe it's the insects themselves - the way they float serenely, twitching their wings occasionally, only to be gobbled by a big head that slides out of the depths of the river. Or maybe... Full story
