News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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An illegal burn at a rented residence at 69050 McKinney Butte Rd. in Sisters sparked a brush fire on Saturday that quickly blew up into a four-acre blaze that could have gotten completely out of hand. “It almost did (get out of hand),” said Sisters Camp Sherman Rural Fire Protection District Fire Marshal Dave Wheeler. “We were very lucky.” The fire, which was still under investigation on Monday, July 3, was apparently caused by an escaped spark from a burn barrel or fire pi... Full story
Quilts appear as if by magic on the storefronts of Sisters on the morning of the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show. That “magic,” however, is actually the result of a three-week effort by some 75 volunteers who sort and assign locations to the 1,200 quilts entered in the show. The sorting of the quilts is a major logistical operation. “When we place the quilts around town, there’s actually a plan,” said quilt show Executive director Ann Richardson. “We pick quilts that will look g... Full story
To the Editor: I would like to thank everyone who attended the Ugandan Orphan Choir’s performance at Chapel in the Pines in Camp Sherman last Sunday. AOET (Action for Empowerment) is an organization that is worthy of our respect and support. I was fortunate to go to Uganda this past January and was moved by their determination, optimism, and vision for the future of the kids in their care as well as all of sub-Saharan Africa. Their model of sustainability, vocational training, and targeted education struck a profound chord w... Full story
Sisters’ population is growing every year and the city’s water and sewer systems are not expected to withstand the increased growth unless something is done to expand the existing infrastructure. The sewer system is predicted to reach capacity in three years. The same is true for the water system, which will not accommodate further growth in the next three years unless a new well and reservoir are constructed. “As the community grows, it’s natural to take a look at your water systems and see where it needs to be expande... Full story
The SOAR (Sisters Organization for Activities and Recreation) District has received more than $91,000 in grants to support various youth programs. The district received grants from: • Special Districts Association of Oregon — $750 — Safety Grant. • Juan Young Trust — $5,000 — Youth Development and Leadership Program. • The Herbert Templeton Foundation — $5,000 — Youth Development and Leadership Program. • The Roundhouse Foundation — $950 — Summer Americana Project. • Sisters Rodeo Association — $1,000 — Scholarships. • De... Full story
Some were strolling the quaint streets of Sisters passing from shop to shop to chat with area artists and enjoy the evening’s fiber arts and quilting exhibits and demonstrations. Others were cruising up and down Cascade Avenue flying the Stars and Stripes on their Harley Davidson bikes. One was dressed as Uncle Sam sporting a red, white and blue spangled baseball cap. All were taking time to appreciate the creations and talents of the more than 30 regional and area artists w... Full story
• A little boy found a $20 bill at the gem show and turned it in at the Sisters sheriff’s substation. • The sheriff’s office received numerous calls about a woman sleeping by the highway. She was passing through town. • A business owner reported that a fired employee took some files. The files were returned upon request, but the matter was referred to the district attorney for possible action. • Deputies wrote several MIP citations at a weekend party. • A deputy counseled a mother after her two-year-old escaped from the hous... Full story
• Trevor Johnson, son of Steve and Cindy Johnson of Sisters, has earned status as Doctor of Jurisprudence from Willamette University College of Law. He has accepted a clerkship with Judge Bryan T. Hodges of the Circuit Court of Oregon in Eugene. Trevor is a 1999 graduate of Sisters High School and a 2003 graduate of Wheaton College. • A tip of the hat goes to the dozens of volunteers who make the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show happen each summer. •Curtis Brewer, a package car driver for UPS, was recently recognized by the compa... Full story
The Kiwanis Club of Sisters President Tay Robertson presented long time Kiwanis member Glenn Keeran with the Distinquished Service Award. Keeran was the surprised special guest of the Kiwanis Club of Sisters recently at Bronco Billy’s Ranch Grill & Saloon, where some 60 fellow Kiwanians honored him at a banquet for his many years of hard work through the Kiwanis Club. During Keeran’s service in Kiwanis Club of Sisters, he was also designated the “Distinquished Club Presi... Full story
Singer-songwriter Craig Carothers will bring his well-tuned road act to Sisters on Thursday, July 27, for a Sisters Folk Festival Benefit Show. The show will begin at 7 p.m. at the Americana Studies Center within the new Sisters Art Works Building at 204 W. Adams Ave. in Sisters. Local singer/songwriters Allan Byer with Dean Prescott will open the show. The venue holds 80 people and a sell-out is likely. Advance tickets are $10 and are available at Paulina Springs Books in Sisters or Santiago’s Mate Company in Redmond. In t... Full story
A Sisters woman was charged with fourth-degree assault after she allegedly hit her sister and a male friend in an altercation over where to eat. According to Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office reports, the woman was riding in the back seat of a car going from Sisters to Bend on June 27. Her sister was in the front passenger seat and a male friend was driving. The woman and her sister allegedly got into a heated argument over what kind of food to eat and the woman allegedly reached over the back seat and started choking and h... Full story
When it comes to celebrating the Fourth of July, Camp Sherman knows how to dish up a thick slice of Americana. It started Saturday afternoon with the traditional Fourth of July weekend parade of bikes, pedestrians and Lee Farm’s 1930 Model A truck to the Camp Sherman Store. There, Chef Roger White and his cohorts Frank Deggendorfer on burgers and Larry Fernandez on chicken were rounding up grub for the hungry holiday crowd. The sound of the River Pigs rocking music got e... Full story
Five lightning strikes caused small fires on Black Butte Monday evening, July 3. According to the Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch Center in Prineville, there were 24 total “incidents” or fires caused by lightning in Central Oregon as a result of a storm that brewed up around 7 p.m. and lasted until about 9:30 p.m. The storm brought rain and hail in some areas. The Black Butte blazes were on both the north and south slopes of the cinder cone and all were 1/4-acre or less in size. Sisters Ranger District, Black Butte Ran... Full story
The outerwalls went up on the new City Hall this week and the 9,000 square foot building is slated to be finished by mid-December. The new building, which occupies the space where Sisters Middle School used to be, will be located next to the library and the school administration building. According to City Manager Eileen Stein, the area is becoming a new civic center campus. “A lot of people were concerned that the school district was going to sell the land the city hall is b... Full story
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) recognized local volunteer crews that pick up litter on Central Oregon state highways at a luncheon in Bend on June 24. Some 45 groups including at least five from the Sisters area received plaques honoring 10 or more years of volunteer cleanup of the roads. “The plaques went to groups with 10 or more years of service,” said Diana Ridenour, coordinator for the region of ODOT’s statewide Adopt-A-Highway program that began in 1991 p... Full story
For some folks, quilt show weekend holds another event just as exciting as the annual stitching extravaganza — the huge used book sale held at Sisters Library by the Friends of the Sisters Library (FOSL). Beginning Friday evening at 7 p.m., members of FOSL will have the opportunity to peruse the wide variety of books that will be on display in the public meeting room and on the veranda of the new Sisters Library. All day Saturday, from 9 a.m. until almost dark the sale is open to the public, with FOSL members and v... Full story
• Common Threads and Sisters Mercantile are selling 2006 official Quilt Show T-shirts. • Rexford Holly Stationers has moved to the Sisters Art Works building at 204 W. Adams Ave. The business is no longer a retail outlet, but offers its product at Wisteria Chic. Visit www.rexfordholly.com for more information. • High Desert Hair, located in Town Square, is expanding. The salon will offer enhanced services, including laser hair removal. The expanded space will also allow for a larger variety of beauty supplies. • The Fly Fishe... Full story
Valori Wells’ creativity is in full bloom. She designs cheerful flower fabrics based on her own photographs, is writing another pattern book, runs The Stitchin’ Post with her mother, Jean Wells Keenan, and has been chosen as the Featured Quilter at this Saturday’s Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show. Being chosen by the Quilt Show committee was special since Wells was born just before her mother started the first show and she has grown up behind the scenes of the event. “It was def... Full story
Rockhounds and others appreciative of what lies beneath the surface of our planet had a chance to rub shoulders at Sisters’ Roundup of Gems, held at the elementary school grounds June 30-July 4. The vendors at the show displayed and sold rocks, minerals, petrified wood, fossils and jewelry grade stones and gems. Some of the pieces were polished; others were in their natural state. The rocks came from all over the world and represented a range of geologic diversity. Wayne a... Full story
In conjunction with Saturday’s Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church is raffling a Husqvarna Platinum 755 Quilt Sewing Machine that comes with a Quilter’s Kit IV. The Platinum 755 is a multi-talented quilt machine that offers a wide variety of stitch options. Husqvarna prides itself in designing sewing machines that are easy to use and that inspire creativity. The drawing will be held at the church on Saturday, July 8, at 2 p.m. The church is located at 386 N. Fir St., two blocks north of Cas... Full story
For Barbara Gibson, owning and operating a Native American store has been a lifelong dream. Gibson brought that dream to Sisters, opening Blue Feather Indian Trading Post in the Town Square last month. She had previously been in business for nine years in Crooked River Ranch and in downtown Redmond. Many of her customers have followed her to Sisters and Gibson is looking forward to enjoying the brisk trade of Sisters. Gibson moved her store from Redmond to Sisters on the recom... Full story
Officially, it is announced as a public review of travel management on public lands. In reality, it is a major effort by the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management to seek public comment on how much and where motorized use recreation should be allowed on public lands. Public comments on this issue are being invited from all forest users at a series of six workshops to be held in Central Oregon during the coming weeks. One workshop will be held in Sisters on July 25 from 6 to 9 p.m. at Sisters High School. Others on the... Full story
Father Richard Ley (pronounced Lee) is the new priest at St. Edward the Martyr Catholic Church in Sisters. Father Ley has come to Oregon from St. Agnes Church in Arlington, Virginia, and is replacing Father James Logan who left St. Edward’s to work full time at the Chancery office in Bend. Father Ley became a Catholic when he was 15 years old. After graduating from high school, he worked for a year in the naval shipyard in his hometown of Portsmouth, Virginia; he then a... Full story
Fluid Images of Sisters is used to working with prestigious clients to create film and video with the company’s unique Strada camera crane. That doesn’t mean they can’t get a little star-struck. Bob Johnson of Fluid Images got to spend much of Wednesday, June 28, with Arnold Palmer, who was in the area to look over the land where his signature golf course will be developed in Tumalo. “In my eyes he’s the legend,” said Johnson. “I could never have met a more class-act individua... Full story
The SOAR (Sisters Organization for Activities and Recreation) District Board of Directors has appointed Peggy Tehan to fill Board Position #3, vacated by John Bushnell. She will serve in the position until the May 2007 Special District Board election when the position will be open for any interested person to file for election. Tehan has been involved with the SOAR Recreation for several years as a budget committee member as well as participating in many programs with her three children. She is a Certified Public Accountant... Full story
