News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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• Doc Holliday’s Western Emporium and Tea & Treasures are for sale. Owners Steve and Barbara Wilson are selling the businesses and the property after 14 years of retail service in Sisters. • Central Electric Cooperative is planning to upgrade power lines between Sisters and Black Butte Ranch. Plans call for steel poles to replace wood poles. There will be about 5 percent more poles to carry the line. • Qwest is planning to extend a buried phone line to three private customers along the Metolius River. • Cork Cellars is hostin... Full story
A huge crowd caught a glimpse of past glories over the weekend when the mightiest of horses stepped out from “yesterday” shaking up the arena at Eagle Crest in the 16th Annual Central Oregon Invitational Draft Horse Show. Horse power was the name of the game as the massive drafts leaned into their harnesses and dug into the ground reaffirming their incredible strength and endurance. The stunning examples of the massive steeds that were represented at the show included Cly... Full story
Camp Sherman resident Madeleine Landis has set out on a 500-mile trek along parts of the Pacific Crest Trail and John Muir Trail. “I reached 50 years old and decided if I were going to do this, I better do it now. I wanted something with five and zero in it and a 500-mile trek seemed to fit,” said Landis. Landis was to start from Clairtappaan Lodge in California, a structure her father helped build in the 1930s. After seven to eight weeks on the trail south, she ends her journey at Kennedy Meadows through Walker Pass. “I... Full story
• A man handcuffed himself — then realized he had no key. A deputy rescued him from his predicament. • A Sisters business reported a theft by an ex-employee. • A two-vehicle non-injury crash sheared off a telephone pole at the ground. • A man reported that his daughter’s ex-boyfriend is harassing the family. It seems that the young man accompanied the young lady home from college, but mom and dad kicked him out because they don’t like his lifestyle. A deputy contacted the young man at work and told him to lay off. • A resi... Full story
For fly fishermen, Camp Sherman’s annual fly fishing show just keeps getting bigger and better. The Fifth Annual Metolius River Fly Fishing and Bamboo Rod Fair proved to be the largest and arguably the best to date. New features included a public address system and a 7,200-square-foot tent which allowed for hourly video presentations and made room for 55 vendors, which was up from 38 last year. Camp Sherman Store owner Roger White, who heads the event, said they are working h... Full story
There is misinformation flying around in cyberspace regarding a close fly-by of Mars slated for August of this year. Disregard it — unless you just want to spend a lovely evening watching the heavens anyway. An e-mail I received goes like this: “The Red Planet is about to be spectacular! This month and next, Earth is catching up with Mars in an encounter that will culminate in the closest approach between the two planets in recorded history. The next time Mars will be thi... Full story
