News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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The Sisters City Council began last week the process to find a permanent city manager. Eileen Stein resigned on April 1, and Andrew Gorayeb was appointed by the council as a "limited-duration" city manager. Gorayeb's current agreement with the city expires in August. With Gorayeb recused from a July 11 workshop, councilor Catherine Childress suggested that the council consider forgoing what could be an expensive and time-consuming search, and explore coming to terms with Gorayeb to continue as city manager. Childress said,... Full story
The action on quilt show day got going early. Even as an army of volunteers hung the colorful works of art on businesses across the downtown area, strollers were taking in the sights. The crowd grew as the sun climbed into a perfect blue sky, with nary a cloud in sight. The weather was as close to perfect as it could get: Warm but not hot, and no threat of thunderstorms to put the Quilt Rescue Squad on edge. The atmosphere was relaxed and festive as quilters examined the... Full story
As the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots killed in an Arizona wildfire on June 30 were laid to rest last week, the thoughts of wildland firefighting professionals turned to the fundamental question of firefighter safety. The issue strikes very close to home for Sisters wildfire firefighting contractor Dave Vitelle, who owns and operates Bear Mountain Fire. Safety is supposed to be the absolute priority on any fire, Vitelle notes, but safety sometimes comes into competition with... Full story
Last Thursday, a Sisters Ranger District road maintenance crew, under the guiding hand of Forest Service Fishery Biologist Nate Dachtler, dug their way into the logging history of Sisters Country as they helped bring Indian Ford Creek alive for redband trout and other aquatic organisms. The crew dug into the old Brooks-Scanlon railroad and logging road bed near Indian Ford Campground on Highway 20 to remove an old culvert put in by Brooks-Scanlon in the 1950s, when the... Full story
To the Editor: As an animal lover and concerned citizen of the Sisters community, I strongly urge pet owners to consider their pets (dogs in particular) in the warm weather. This last week I have been witness to several cases of what I can only consider neglect. Dog owners leaving their dog in the car with the windows only partially down (even all the way down does not work) in the shade of a tree or building outside the library. I've called or gone into the library on many occasions to ask them to find the owner of cars... Full story
Transparency - noun: Openness, accountability, straightforwardness, candor. Recent commentary concerning the proposed Sisters-Black Butte multi-use trail indicates a need for the U.S. Forest Service, Sisters Trails Alliance, Sisters Park & Recreation District to be transparent about this proposal; to publicly clarify actions taken and comments made. Did the inspiration for this trail originate with the USFS or STA? During a meeting held at the Tollgate community hall April 23, 2012, the STA and USFS stated that no taxpayer... Full story
One year ago this past July, Curtis Salgado walked into a small southeast Portland blues club, got out his harmonica and began to play and sing. This should come as no surprise to those who have followed Salgado's nearly 40-year career. The unusual thing was that was that nine days earlier Salgado was in a hospital getting a portion of his cancerous lung removed. No problem for this soul survivor. Long an icon in the blues, soul, and R&B scene in this area, Salgado and his... Full story
Central Oregon has been hit with a ukulele boom. Peggy Tehan has been teaching a ukulele class at Sisters Park & Recreation District (SPRD) for a year. "It's really made a comeback," said Tehan. "I played the guitar for 40 years and then picked up my first ukulele in Hawaii over six years ago. The ukulele is user-friendly without much work, and the size is convenient to travel with." When Tehan's six-week spring SPRD ukulele class ended, some of the students wanted to continue... Full story
When Jess Walton, Emmy award-winning actress from "The Young and the Restless," and her husband author John W. James moved to Sisters two years ago they had no idea they would be designing slow-feeders to benefit horses. James and his wife had visited Sisters a few times and ended up falling in love with the small-town charm and its snow-capped peaks. They bought a 10-acre horse ranch on the outskirts of Sisters and ended up adopting two rescue horses. "We've never had any horses before," says Walton. "We started looking at... Full story
Jack Poe spent the years 1960 to 1968 as a U.S. Marine conducting missions for his country in hot spots of the world ranging from Vietnam to Central America and a couple of places in Africa. He can't talk about the missions he was assigned in those years, but they were extremely dangerous. "When you're hunting somebody, they're hunting you," said the soft-spoken Marine last Saturday as he sat quietly amid the bustle of the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show. Wounded twice, his right... Full story
The proposal for a paved trail that would ultimately run from Sisters to Black Butte Ranch has been broken into phases to increase the chances of at least a portion of it getting funded. Kirk Flannigan, Sisters Ranger District recreation team leader, told The Nugget that Phase I of the project would include a paved path from Sisters to Tollgate and from Crossroads to Sisters High School. Phase II would involve extending the path from Tollgate to Black Butte Ranch, and Phase... Full story
• Hats off to Ann Richardson. After 11 years as the executive director of the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show, Ann is passing the torch to Jeanette Pilak. Under Ann Richardson's leadership, the quilt show has become an internationally recognized cultural event, while never outgrowing its small-town charm. That is no mean feat. Growing an event like the quilt show organically while maintaining its integrity is a profound challenge, made even more complex by the need to work around traffic impacts on a major state... Full story
Last Friday, lots of home-schoolers and their parents had the opportunity to experience an up-close-and-personal look at Sisters Country's pale tigers and other butterflies. Seventeen adults and 17 children from Bend and beyond took part in the annual North American Butterfly Association (NABA) count held within an area that included Green Ridge, Prairie Farm, the Round Lake road and the Metolius River. Several NABA members from Eugene also participated to help butterfly... Full story
Many of us who live on the east side of the Cascades tend to forget that there are some great hikes just over the pass. In this case, McKenzie Pass. Benson Lake is a relatively short and easy hike that is a great choice for the entire family, although toddlers may object to a gradual, but long, uphill grade. The trail is well-defined and mostly smooth, with a conifer-needle carpeting. There are a few downed trees, which must be scrambled over or otherwise circumvented along... Full story
