News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Beginning Wednesday, contractors will be replacing a culvert on a forest road west of Sisters. The closure will impact access in the area for several months. The Snow Creek culvert replacement will occur on Forest Road 1514, a thruway between Forest Road 16 and Forest Road 15, on the Sisters Ranger District. Visitors will need to consider how to access destinations without using Forest Road 1514 because no detour or road bypass routes will be available. The contractor will begin excavation for the culvert on Wednesday, June... Full story
Passers-by on Camp Polk Road during the first part of the summer will see a swath of black plastic along the edge of the Camp Polk Meadow Preserve below. The plastic was laid last week as part of an Oregon State University Cascades project, in partnership with the Deschutes Land Trust (DLT), to eradicate cheatgrass in the Hindman Springs area of the preserve. The process, known as "solarization," uses heat to kill a seedbed of unwanted grasses, like cheatgrass. First, the... Full story
The first annual ritual of the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show season has been enacted: The Quilt Show office is open on Hood Avenue, directly across from Lutton's Ace Hardware. A crew of volunteers, energized by Clyde Dildine's rhubarb muffins, was busy Friday morning, setting up tables where hundreds of display quilts for the show will be taken in, registered, sorted and assigned their hanging spot for the show, set for Saturday, July 13. One very special quilt was already on... Full story
The Hood Avenue/Fir Street water project is on schedule for completion on June 30. Paving is nearly complete where mains were laid on Hood Avenue, except where they connect with mains of Fir Avenue near Eurosports. A paving crew worked during the day on Thursday to expedite the paving and keep on schedule. That got some folks' attention in town, as all work was supposed to be conducted at night to minimize disruption to businesses. City Public Works Director Paul Bertagna... Full story
To the Editor: Parents and taxpayers in the Sisters School District should know about the decision to eliminate all library staff from our school libraries starting next year. This past year, one media manger (thank you Marie Phillips!) was split between the middle and grade schools, with no staff at the high school "library." With Marie's retirement, it has been decided to not fill the position. Most, if not all, the middle school staff want the libraries staffed and (Superintendent Jim) Golden shot them down, again. Mr. Gol... Full story
With a glistening black ribbon of expanded runway and a new fueling station, Sisters Eagle Airport will ring in the Fourth of July with a grand opening event, inviting all of Sisters to celebrate the upgraded community asset. The event, which takes off 7:30 to 10:30 a.m., will feature a pancake breakfast, a visit from local car clubs, a fly-in by pilots from across the region and informal tours of the facilities. "We're definitely going to be showing the facilities off," said... Full story
Executive Director Anne Heath of Sisters Park & Recreation District (SPRD) has resigned her position, as Anne and her husband, Alan, will be moving to the Eugene area where he has accepted a position with the Forest Service on the Willamette National Forest. She delivered a letter of resignation to the SPRD Board of Directors on June 6. "Over the last four years I have had the honor to work on an amazing team that committed itself to building this district into a viable and professional district," Heath wrote. "This work has... Full story
Bethany Bachmeier, a freshman in Sisters High School, was watching the various small, wild rodents skittering about the Trout Creek Conservation Area (TCCA) out behind the high school and wondered who they are, what they do, and how they impact forest health. The advice she needed to conduct a study was right at hand in the person of Rima Givot, science teacher at the high school. They came up with scientific research methods to help Bachmeier find answers. Bethany began her r... Full story
For decades, Marie Phillips has helped students and teachers navigate school libraries to enhance Sisters education. Perhaps no aspect of education has changed more in that period, especially as the digital revolution gained steam in the past few years. As Phillips steps into retirement, so too does the role of library services in the Sisters School District. Phillips came to Central Oregon looking for a more rural lifestyle. "My kids did not know that milk came from a cow or... Full story
Audrey Goldsmith has high expectations of her mules. Much higher than the usual pack animal, Grand Canyon people-toter perception most folks have. Her mules do perfect canter-departs, cattle sorting, and one of them jumps over cross-country and show jumping courses at one-day event competitions. Her 9-year-old mule, Heart B Oliver, recently paired up with 13-year-old Mallory Johnson to compete at beginner novice level in two one-day events. Mallory outgrew the lesson horse... Full story
David Hewitt found his calling after moving to Bend to work in sales at Sears in 1980. His daughter had just started elementary school, and Hewitt was a regular volunteer. "By the time she got into first or second grade, that was the high point of my week - going in and helping at her school," he recalled. He loved walking down the halls, picking up on what he calls "kid energy." "That might drive some people nuts, but I thought it was just great," he told The Nugget. He... Full story
Nicky Blumm, a three-year starter for the Outlaws baseball team - during which the team compiled a 72-11 record and earned three top-five finishes in the state - represented Sisters High School at the 34th annual 4A All-Star Series for graduating seniors in Roseburg on June 15-16. Blumm started at second base for the South All-Stars and helped them prevail over the North in the three-game series: 4-5, 15-5, 7-5. He played flawlessly in the field, collected three hits, walked,... Full story
Coffee and breakfast in the morning, beer to go with some flatbread pizza in the evening - Hop N Bean has you covered before noon and after. The new growler station, located between Sisters Pumphouse and Sun Buster Video in the former location of Subway, features 24 taps with 19 different beers and ales, two hard cider selections, two wines and a root beer. "We also have six taps of Kombucha Mama," noted co-owner Mandy Strasser. Kombucha is a healthful brewed tea drink. A... Full story
Jeri, a long-time Sisters resident, passed peacefully away in her sleep early the morning of Tuesday, June 18, as a result of complications of late stage CML leukemia. Jeri was born, raised and attended nursing school in Washington, D.C. She later moved to southern California in the 1950s, where she worked as an R.N., and a night supervisor and director of nursing at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, Encino Hospital and Pacifica Hospital in Huntington Beach. She also... Full story
Lloyd was born in Detroit, Michigan, September 1, 1919 to Charles and Estelle (Collins) Anderson. His family migrated west to the Portland area when he was young, where he and his brother were raised by their grandparents, Noble Hall and Lillie Anderson. He married Estella Irene Johnson July 17, 1938. They had three children. They were married 40 years. Irene passed away December 1984. He began his working career at Multnomah Tile Company in Portland, then was a magnetic inspector for Iron Fireman before serving in the... Full story
Janet Helen (Kalmes) Ries, 68, of Sisters, died peacefully surrounded by family on June 22, from complications of pancreatic cancer. Jan was born November 16, 1944 in Rollingstone, MN to Edward and Helen (Gengler) Kalmes. She married John Ries on August 8, 1964 and they were married almost 49 years, during which time John's military service took them to Hawaii and Colorado. After the Army years they settled in North Bend, Oregon, where they lived for 25 years and then retired... Full story
4 & Above: Grade 9: Bachmeier, Bethany J; Bachtold, Jadon J; Bidasolo, Margaret M; Blakelock, Hunter D; Calavan, Macadia E; Fisher, Elizabeth H; Flowers, Sianna E; Greaney, Tara R; Hunt, Daniel K; Knoop, Dallas A; Larson, Elizabeth G; Lawrence, Chase W; Miller, Michaela M; Petterson, Rory M; Schutte, Logan C; Sellentin, Halston S; Shepherd, Chelsey B; Stewart, Mary R; Vial, Karly J; Wagner, Danika. Grade 10: Lukens, Nila L; O'Connor, Jennifer B; Vogt, Langley F; Rudinsky, Danielle K; Arruda, Cassandra L; Ausman, Emily L;... Full story
Sisters resident Col. Bob Woollard, U.S. Army, Ret., recently collected his Associate of Science degree from COCC - 47 years after finishing his last class there. All he needed was to transfer one credit, for a PE class, and the parchment was his. It's not as though Woollard needed any more letters after his name. In those 47 years, he served his country with distinction in the Army National Guard and in the Department of the Army, earning a bachelors degree in botany and two... Full story
The quilting landscape in Sisters has a new feature: The Quilt Shack has opened for the summer at 270 E. Cascade Ave. (next to Bandits Mercantile). Rhonda Krider opened the shop as a seasonal endeavor complementing her establishment of the same name in Prineville. She carries a wide selection of fabric with outdoorsy, Western and vintage Americana themes, including some novelty fabrics that complement her neighbor's wares with a vintage biker or Route 66 theme. "I carry patter... Full story
There is no escaping the fact that burned-over forests will be a part of life in Sisters Country for generations to come. The land burned in last year's Pole Creek Fire was only the most recent of thousands upon thousands of local forest acres that have gone up in flames over the last several years. Fire in the forest has always been a natural part of the greater ecological picture, but recent fires in the second-growth forests of the West are not especially natural. Very few... Full story
Dinosaurs may have been blasted into extinction or starved to death some 70 million years ago, but in every kid's imagination they're still with us, and capable of making life more exciting than homework - or even computer games. The High Desert Museum's new exhibit - "Be the Dinosaur: Life in the Cretaceous" - has combined interactive video simulations with traditional displays and fossil specimens in a dramatic exhibit that will breath life into the Age of the Dinosaur, and... Full story
