News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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The 2003 Sisters Quilt Show unfurled Saturday, July 12, blanketing the heart of Sisters with breathtaking evidence that the art and craft of quilting is flourishing. As if to celebrate, the weather was gorgeous. Even the smoke from the Link Fire was kept away most of the day by winds that stirred and fluttered the quilts. Sisters had done her homework to accommodate the crowds. The new Barclay Park provided a pleasant respite with its convenient restrooms. Storefronts and eateries greeted visitors with festive welcome signs.... Full story
Smoke and flames made the forest dangerous for firefighters. photo by Matt Cyrus After a long and nervous week, Link Fire Incident Commander Mike Morcom reported that the 3,574-acre blaze was 100 percent contained Sunday night, July 13. The fire is not out, however. The Blue Mountain Interagency Fire Team noted in a release that "even after the perimeter of the fire is fully cooled, large interior fuels will continue to burn for some time, and smoke will be seen in the area... Full story
Firefighters quickly doused a brush fireon Sunday near Lake Creek Lodge in Camp Sherman. photo by Conrad Weiler Local firefighters quickly subdued a small brush fire in Camp Sherman Sunday, July 13. The fire was located behind Cabin 17 on the northeast section of the 42-acre property located off Road 1419. Cause of the fire is still under investigation. Barbara Sufficool, cook at Lake Creek Lodge, was walking her dog when she spotted the fire shortly before 11 a.m. She alerted Velda Brust, who telephoned 9-1-1 and reported... Full story
Cyclists rolled through Sisters so fast the action seemed to be over in seconds. photo by Jim Cornelius The 24th annual Columbia River Bank Cascade Cycling Classic, featuring some of the finest male and female cyclists in the United States and Canada, zipped through Sisters Country on Thursday, July 10, for the second stage of the five- stage competition. The Deschutes Brewery Road Race, as the stage is called, began at the Santiam Junction and wound its way up and over the McKenzie Pass, through Sisters, and on up to the... Full story
Sisters attorney Glen Lasken was elected chairman of the Sisters School Board at the board's annual organizational session last week. Senior board member Bill Reed was chosen vice chairman. The board also briefly discussed two pending issues: a proposed daycare operation at the new middle school (the existing high school) to serve teachers and other school staff members and a dilemma caused by the installation of wrong-sized windows in the media center of the new high school. Lasken has two children enrolled in the local... Full story
Potholders were a big hit at the Pine Needlers Quilt Show. photo by Jim Cornelius Quilt shows put on by Camp Sherman's Pine Needlers are always special events. Friends from around the globe exchange good wishes and friendship, in person, through shared quilts, written messages or music. "There are always surprises," said master quilter Andrea Balosky. This year it was Staff Infection, a seven-piece folk band entertaining the morning crowd at the Camp Sherman Community Hall. People danced, sang and enjoyed browsing the quilts... Full story
On the first anniversary of the evacuation of Black Butte Ranch during the Cache Mountain Fire one year ago, a group of actors will stage three short plays at a dinner theater on the deck off the dinning room at the BBR Lodge. The no-host, public dinner event will be held on Monday, July 28. One of the short plays will be about the evacuation. Entitled "Fireman's Pie," it recalls many incidents, mostly real, many humorous, about what home owners took with them and the interaction of two families preparing for the worst.... Full story
Temporary Post Office chief Pat Green has made no secret of her desire to stay in Sisters. She's getting her wish, at least for a while. The person chosen months ago to be the new postmistress of Sisters changed her mind and is staying in Illinois, said Green, "temporary" officer in charge. "I love this place and this job and I hope I can stay on," she said. "But one never knows what the higher-ups have in mind. I could be out of here tomorrow." Green is a resident of Culver, north of Sisters. She has been the temporary postm... Full story
Black Butte Ranch management, guests and residents are counting their blessings. They didn't have to evacuate and the Ranch is safe. Things could have been worse. But the three days of threat from the Link Fire did have their cost. Full accounting of the extra labor costs and lost revenues won't be complete until the end of the month, according to Ranch manager Loy Helmly. However, estimates place the losses in revenue at about $45,000. According to Helmly, $15,000 was lost... Full story
Elizabeth Renner in the Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts. photo provided Elizabeth Renner sang her way across America. The Sisters music teacher set out May 11 to bicycle across the country. The experience of moving across 13 states at a self-propelled pace, soaking in not only the sights but also the sounds and smells of her country, inspired every train song, every song of the land she knew. For she did not simply fly over or drive by the "amber waves of grain;" she got... Full story
Voting 6-0 the Jefferson County Planning Commission last week approved Gordon Jones' proposed expansion at Camp Sherman's Lake Creek Lodge. The new owner plans to add 24 cabins and a new meeting hall on the 42-acre historic site located on Road 1419. Presently, there are 17 cabins and the lodge on the property and these will be refurbished along with improvements to the present swimming pool and tennis courts. Phase 1 of the project calls for construction of two new cabins on the north portion of the property across from... Full story
The Sisters Urban Renewal Plan now has an official master. The plan was addressed in more detail at the Sisters City Council meeting Thursday, July 10. The council will be in charge of conducting the plan. The plan thus far was put together by an advisory committee made up of participants from the community, representing a variety of opinions. Former Mayor, Steve Wilson, owner of the Mountain Man Trading Post showed up Thursday to praise the Urban Renewal Plan during the public hearing. "As a member of the advisory committee... Full story
Judy Trego. photo by Jim Cornelius Sisters resident Judy Trego will serve as the new Sisters Community Advocate. She will work with the Community Action Team of Sisters on poverty reduction and community development projects. The Community Action Team of Sisters, a member of the Central Oregon Partnership, selected Trego for the post. She is one of seven Community Advocates hired to coordinate poverty reduction initiatives throughout the Central Oregon region. Nancy Knoble, Executive Director of the Central Oregon... Full story
Jeff Wester. file photo He started out shoeing horses out of the back of a pickup truck. Now, he runs a 14,000-square-foot forge, welding, and iron works business in the Sisters Industrial Park. Along the way, he created some of the niftiest iron artwork to be found anywhere. Jeff Wester has made Ponderosa Forge and Ironworks into the premier blacksmith shop in Central Oregon. In one of two showrooms, drop-in customers can choose from decorative iron pine trees, cattail arrangements, candlesticks, coffee tables, bar stools,... Full story
Providing six houses for needy families this summer, Sisters Habitat for Humanity is working at record pace to guide neighbors with shaky circumstances onto solid ground. Terri Gallegly, 42, who owns a quaint, Habitat-built, two-bedroom home on Pine Tree Lane, tells how Habitat and the Sisters community gave a needed refuge to her family. A dishonest boyfriend, a nomadic lifestyle and the careful decisions wrought by a single mother brought Terri Gallegly to Sisters for the first time at age 23 with her four-year-old daughter... Full story
By Tom Chace Jesse Marion waits upon customers in her Sun Optics sales booth. photo by Tom Chace Those "transient merchants" who set up in Sisters almost every summer weekend pay a price in home life to earn their living. They seem to sell everything the tourist might want to buy: Sunglasses. Rugs. Hats -- both comical and western. Novelties. Sno-cones. David Marion and his wife, Jesse, travel from May through September hitting community events all over the State of Oregon. "We do maybe three or four shows a month which... Full story
- A woman gave drive-thru fast food a whole new meaning. Her unoccupied car rolled into Sisters Subway last week. Deputies cited the woman. - A deputy cited a man for allegedly going onto a woman's property and taking rocks. The woman did not want her rocks back, though. - A deputy responded to a report of an injured deer in the roadway. A passing motorist dispatched the deer before the deputy's arrival. - Someone called to report that an intoxicated man at the Sisters Overnight Park was trying to get someone to let him use... Full story
Slob shooters damage sport Shot-up road signs, empty shotgun shells and cartridge brass littering the sagebrush, ricochets screaming over the heads of hikers and cyclists out on the trails. Nobody likes to see the wreckage left behind by irresponsible shooters (see Jim Anderson's column, The Nugget, July 9, page 25). Perhaps the most offended are other shooters. The slobs make all shooters look bad. Many people have only negative feelings about guns and seeing a blasted road sign or a littered landscape only confirms their... Full story
