News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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The best news about that young bear hanging around town is that it seems to be keeping out of trouble. That said, it did cause a great deal of excitement last Wednesday afternoon when someone spotted it taking a nap in a tree about 40 feet above the playground in Sisters' Village Green Park. "All it was trying to do was get some rest, but it was at the wrong place at the wrong time." ODFW wildlife biologist Steven George said. "He was smack right in the middle of the park,... Full story
Aspen Lakes Golf Course and Lodge has been served with a notice of foreclosure. A public auction is scheduled on July 27 on the Deschutes County Courthouse steps. "There will be no auction on the 27th," Matt Cyrus said in an interview with The Nugget Thursday. With sister Pam Mitchell and brother Grant looking on, Matt said that the March 12 foreclosure notice was simply due diligence on the part of the bank. The total due through March is just over $4.5 million according to official documents, with monthly payments of roughl... Full story
Fadi Bedaywi, of Space Age Gas in Sisters, has taken the preliminary steps to launch an initiative petition to overturn the three-cents-per-gallon Sisters gas tax approved by voters last March. Bedaywi has submitted paperwork and a request that the city attorney craft a ballot title. Petitioners require 162 signatures to get the repeal on the ballot. City Recorder Kathy Nelson told The Nugget that it will likely be several weeks before the petition actually hits the streets.... Full story
There's a theme that runs through Jean Wells-Keenan's life that's much like a well-made quilt. The components are simple: a love for the creative process, a giving heart and a clear and intuitive vision in all she undertakes. The results of her clear focus are vast and varied; most are familiar to avid quilters around the world. What some are not aware of is the motivation for all of her accomplishments. This year, Keenan was chosen to be the 2010 Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show... Full story
To the Editor: At first glance, the two-column article in The Nugget last week by Howard Jameson, challenging my relatively short letter the week before that teachers are overpaid was mild irritation. Of course, anyone can pick out a specific teacher and assert for various reasons that s/he is underpaid. In the example Mr. Jameson picked, I happen to agree with him. The problem of starting every teacher, regardless of background, education and experience at the same salary as a 22-year-old student just... Full story
The Around the Block Fiber Art Stroll on Saturday afternoon began the countdown to the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show. Several businesses in town hosted fiber artists, and strollers got a glimpse of what to expect come next Saturday. According to Kathy Deggendorfer at Sisters Art Works, the afternoon was "amazingly brisk." She had met people from all over the country, some in town for the Fourth of July and some just for the quilt show. The event was "another well-oiled machine fr... Full story
Supporters of the local chapter of Habitat for Humanity transformed Creekside City Park into an old-fashioned Fourth of July festival complete with apple pies, patriotic music, and games for all ages, marking Independence Day on Sunday with the Sisters Picnic in the Park. Director Julia Rickards sang praises for all of the volunteers and contributors who made the event such a resounding success. "The volunteers were reliable, responsible, and enthusiastic and really lived out... Full story
Sisters residents get used to seeing all sorts of interesting sights as the summer crowds descend upon the town. One that will become familiar even after those crowds leave is the dog cart pulled by Sherlei (pronounced Shirley) Lestarjette's enthusiastic pair of rescued dogs. Tramp and Lady. Both are 18-month-old black Lab-cross pups from the Redmond Humane Society. They can be seen most days by those who savor the early morning and evening sights and sounds west of Sisters.... Full story
Artists will paint some of the Sisters Country's most beautiful landscape on July 24, along the Metolius River at a point where it flows toward the majestic Mount Jefferson. The event is the second annual Plein Air Paintout. The resultant paintings will enable the National Forest Foundation to bring attention to the Metolius and also Whychus Creek, where last year's paintout was held. Artist and sponsor Kathy Deggendorfer noted that the watershed enhancement effort was aided by Senator Betsy Johnson, who is allowing painters... Full story
Tollgate is a community with a story, a story that defines community in a way many would consider a throwback to an earlier time. With nearly the same population as the City of Sisters, Tollgate has that small-town feel of a neighbor-helping-neighbor kind of place. As business manager for Tollgate Property Owner's Association, Betty Fadeley takes her direction from Tollgate's volunteer board of directors; she was also a resident for 25 years. Last year she and Lynda Murphy... Full story
If you're looking for something a bit different to wind up Quilt Show weekend, try heading out to Camp Fraley Ranch, east of Bend, on Sunday afternoon and take in a polo match. The Pacific Northwest Polo Invitational is a charity match organized by the Cascade Polo Club. It's the first polo match held in Central Oregon, and has been eagerly anticipated by enthusiasts of the sport. Club president Dan Harrison, of Sisters, said there's a two-fold reason for bringing polo to... Full story
Slick's Que Co., in Sisters, has been awarded top honors by the National Barbecue News and a listing in the Best-of-the-Best Barbecue Restaurants in America Guide. Receiving hundreds of recommendations each year, the National Barbecue News awards the top honors to only those restaurants that pass strict quality, service and consistency tests that come unknown and unannounced prior to any consideration to the Best-of-the-Best listing. Slick's was tested by affiliates of the National Barbecue News and consistently excelled in... Full story
Sisters equestrians and others in need of gear repair no longer have to tote their leather goods to another town for fixing. Three Ponies Saddlery, located next to the Sisters Rodeo office on Cascade Avenue, can handle most anything except boots, according to saddler David Holmes and his wife, Dawn. And if you decide your old saddle has had it, David can make you a new one. The shop is small but tidy, with an eclectic collection already accumulating. Several saddles are for... Full story
Hundreds gathered at Black Butte Ranch on Independence Day to salute our country's flag, honor BBR veterans, and race their red, white, and blue decorated bicycles from the sport field to the rec barn, ending up at the Fourth of July barbecue. More than 300 children and adults took the mad dash toward the Fourth of July picnic where they got to dangle from the heights on the climbing wall, have a tug of war, do the limbo, and try their luck in the balloon toss. Rodger... Full story
The City of Sisters pays special attention to its trees and is an active participant in the Tree City USA program. Sisters' Urban Forestry Board recently awarded a certificate to Nicole Montalvo and her son Orry Abbenhuis for selecting the Tree of the Year. The award is one half of the Urban Forest Awards. Nine-year-old Orry really likes trees, his mother reported, so she walked through Sisters with him to select a special tree as Sisters Tree of the Year. "We like Sisters... Full story
Store owners Roger and Kathy White offered up their 15th year of 4th of July celebrations at the Camp Sherman Store last Saturday. Roger still makes his secret rustic baked bean recipe, the crowd gathers, and burgers and brats sizzle, tempting everyone to come back for thirds. The Stars and Stripes of our American flag always take center stage on Independence Day. Camp Sherman has its own set of stars in the people who live here and visit, creating a history of their own.... Full story
Access to the high country trails is tantalizingly close. Last week, all but about the last quarter mile of the Tumalo Falls Loop was snow-free. Even so, the entire loop was a superb hike. Most trails under 6,000 feet are now snow-free. This trail tops out at just a bit over 6,000 feet, and that's where it was still necessary to climb over a few snowdrifts. The trail was obscured for only short stretches and could easily be followed with a little care. Most of the trail has... Full story
Two years ago in the woodshop department at Sisters High School, learning to build guitars in his advanced Wood 2 class, Scott Salgado never would have dreamed that he'd soon be crafting instruments for world-famous Breedlove Guitars in Bend as a Master Class Binder. In a rare opportunity last fall, Breedlove opened recruitment for a few coveted positions. More than 300 people responded to the call, and Salgado was offered one of the six openings. He was one of the youngest... Full story
Tucked into a little office on the outskirts of Sisters are big connections to a rural mountain village in Uganda. The Hope Africa Child Development Program is staffed by an army of one, Kelly Pyke, who, along with the sponsors she gathers, has empowered an entire village and its hundreds of children. Pyke is the director of Hope Africa Child Development Program. The program helps Sisters families financially sponsor a child (or children) in Uganda. "When a child and his/her... Full story
The High Street Band will bring its high-energy brand of jazz to Aspen Lakes in Sisters on Friday, August 13, for "A Starry Summer Night," a benefit for the Sisters Schools Foundation. The evening will feature a kabob-themed buffet dinner, silent auction and concert under the stars, where guests can enjoy spectacular mountain views while dancing on the outdoor dance floor or inside Aspen Lake's beautiful clubhouse lodge. The event is a production of the same team that created... Full story
• Fourth of July Picnic organizers Julia Rickards and Cindy Rainey wrote: We would like to thank the 150 of Sisters who contributed $10 (or more) each to "Be One of Us," a Presenting Sponsor of the first annual Fourth of July Picnic in the Park for the benefit of Sisters Habitat for Humanity. From the early morning 8K/5K fun run to the old-fashioned fun that was had at the picnic in Creekside Park, the 300-plus people who attended had a great time and were so impressed by the sense of community at the event. We... Full story
From the mid-1800s to the early 1900s the millinery trade convinced ladies that feathers in their hats would make them more attractive. The result was a mass killing of herons, egrets and other waterfowl that brought several of them to the brink of extinction. With feathers going for $32 an ounce in the 1800s, and one late Victorian egret feather offered today by Ruby Lane for $49, it's no wonder... In Oregon, egrets were killed by the thousands. Western grebes were also... Full story
Dalton Early is on a mission. The 13-year-old Sisters resident is building a fund to restore a 1962 Oldsmobile Cutlass for his first car. The funds for that project are coming from his other primary passion: collecting and processing fossils from ancient lakes. Looking around at his display of dozens of fossils at the Sisters Roundup of Gems at Sisters Elementary School, Early said, "I prep all the fossils and seal them myself. It's one of my favorite things to do in my spare... Full story
