News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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A Newberg man was arrested Tuesday afternoon, July 15, by Oregon State Police (OSP) detectives on multiple counts involving sexual misconduct with a minor. Investigation of Rodney Meade Pelling, 66, began on Sunday, July 13, when Deschutes County deputies investigated a report of suspicious activities involving Pelling and a minor female at a Sisters motel. Pelling was arrested for three counts of Sex Abuse in the First Degree and 11 counts of Using a Child in Display of Sexually Explicit Conduct, and he was lodged at... Full story
The City of Sisters is serious about its water. That's a point that's crystal clear in the city's public works department. According to City of Sisters Public Works Department Special Projects Coordinator Paul Bertagna, the municipality operates a groundwater system that has passed its twice-monthly testing for the Oregon Health Department (OHD) with flying colors for as long as he can remember. With concerns over public water safety due to a recent outbreak of salmonella in Alamosa, Colorado in March that sickened over 300... Full story
The housing market remains in a dramatic slowdown, the subprime mortgage mess is still festering, and foreclosure rates are soaring across the nation and in Deschutes County. But not in Sisters. A "foreclosure notice" is the document which initiates foreclosure proceedings, the process by which the lender "takes back" the property due to non-payment on a loan. The historical foreclosure numbers paint a grim trend for Deschutes County. For the entire year, 2006, Deschutes County received 221 foreclosure notices. At the end of... Full story
To the Editor: Jean Wells has given to our town a very special gift, called "Quilt Show." It began 33 years ago with 12 quilts blowing in the breeze on the Old Sisters Hotel, now called Bronco Billy's. Over the years her wonderful gift has increased more than one could imagine. People come from all over the world to experience this wonderful gift. They come for a week or more and fill up our town with excitement, energy and the almighty dollar. Many return in the off-season to visit our beautiful community. Most merchants... Full story
House Speaker Jeff Merkley, candidate for U.S. Senate, will visit Sisters on Friday, July 25. The visit is part of the Democrat's "100 Towns for Change Tour." He will visit 13 towns in Central Oregon July 25-27. He will ultimately travel to 100 towns across the state to meet with voters and hear about issues that impact their daily lives. Merkley will arrive in Sisters at 4 p.m. and visit a Sisters Habitat for Humanity House at 575 E. Washington Ave. He will then walk down Cascade Avenue with Mayor Brad Boyd and City... Full story
The Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce is launching the Sisters Community Business Focus (SCBF). The group will allow Sisters Chamber members to get to know other businesses, pursue cooperative advertising and public relations opportunities, and welcome new businesses to Sisters. SCBF meets every first Wednesday at 8 a.m. at the Sisters Chamber offices, 291 E. Main Ave. According to chamber officials, networking through the SCBF will help businesses share successes and challenges and receive feedback from their peers,... Full story
Bill Miller, 83, won't have to think very long about his epitaph: "Lucky in Love," he said. He was referring to his wife Nancy, or "Nan," who has shared his life since 1948 - and what a life it has been. They were close to some major events of the 20th Century, raised two children and saw the world during Miller's 20 years with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The couple shared several assignments at "hot spots," such as Vietnam, the Philippines and Thailand. Nan... Full story
Audiences at Eagle Crest last weekend were dazzled by the beautiful horse flesh, magnificent wagons, excellent horsemanship and the showmanship of the 18th Annual Invitational Draft Horse Show. Horsemen from all over the Northwest rolled into Eagle Crest to take part in the excitement. There were Norwegian Fjords, Sorrel Percherons, American Creams, Belgians, Belgian Hafflinger Cross, and Clydesdales in two-, four- and six-up hitches. The beautiful Percherons were bred as... Full story
Sisters area residents Teresa and Dean Helmick have opened the Nine Peaks adult care home, seven miles out of town on West Cascade Avenue. Teresa, the primary caregiver at Nine Peaks, has been a Licensed Massage Therapist since 1997. She has been working with geriatric clients for a large part of that time. Her husband, Dean, has been a contractor in the area for a number of years, and hopes to build two more adult care homes in Sisters soon. Licensed in February of this year, Nine Peaks welcomed its first full-time... Full story
The July Chamber of Commerce "Mix 'n' Mingle" held a touch of nostalgia for some attendees. It was held in nearly the same spot as the very first mix 'n mingle, behind Coldwell Banker Reed Bros. Realty. That first event was held in either 1993 or 1995 - nobody seems to know the precise date. Both times, food, drink, music and plenty of socializing was the order of the evening. The social aspect is the most important part of the Mix 'n' Mingles, according to Carole "C.B."... Full story
Sisters Drug Co. Pharmacist Jenny Murphy is thanking Sisters residents for their patience. The pharmacy is converting to a new computer system which is expected to provide many advantages for customers - but will take some time to implement. The problem for refill customers is that all of their prior information must be manually transcribed to the new system, Murphy said, a painstaking process that must be done with no errors. With between 100 and 150 refills a day, the... Full story
Concerned residents met Saturday morning to learn about fighting the yellow flag iris invasion in Camp Sherman's Lake Creek area. The meeting was led by Pete Schay, vice president of the Friends of the Metolius (FOM) and the champion of efforts to control the spread of yellow flag. Schay, on behalf of FOM, secured an Oregon Department of Agriculture funded grant through the Oregon State Weed Board. Maret Pajutee of the Forest Service, Dave Langlund of the Oregon Department of Agriculture, and Steve Davis, director of public... Full story
High Desert Gallery will host "Where Rivers Meet," an opening artist reception for Paul Alan Bennett and Cary L. Weigand on Saturday, July 26, from 4 to 8 p.m. Bennett is a renowned and award-winning painter, educator and art advocate. Weigand, a native of Hawaii, relocated to Central Oregon in 2004, where she works in porcelain sculpture. "The theme for this show evolved out of a discussion I had with my friend, John Simpkins," Bennett said. "I had just finished a painting on... Full story
The West will get a little bit wilder in Sisters next Saturday, as Jennifer Lake Gallery serves up an all-day Western event. The centerpiece of the event is the unveiling of Jennifer Lake's series "Oregon Love Story of the Wild Wild West." "It's a story I've written to coordinate with paintings," Lake explained. The unveiling takes place at 1:30 p.m. Before that, starting at 11 a.m., artists from the Sugar Cone Art Academy will be working on the gallery's porch. At noon, Lake will unveil the White Lake Ranch Collection, which... Full story
It's the volunteers that make the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show the biggest and most popular show of its kind in the world. Last Sunday, many of those volunteers were treated to dinner, music, prizes and fellowship as the show's organizers paid tribute to their efforts. Some 500 volunteers are needed to make the event fly, according to Executive Director Ann Richardson. There are 175 quilt hostesses; 130 hangers; 50 to 60 people to take quilts down and a 16-member "quilt rescue"... Full story
Roger May will be traveling once a year for four years for Rotary International to Tanzania, Africa for HIV orphan relief. What important thing does he need for his trip? The Mrs. Simpson fly. The fly, the brochure says, was named after Mrs. Wallis Simpson - a fly for which the trout, like King Edward VIII, will give up their kingdom. Seeing Sherry Steele, expert fly tyer, at Camp Sherman's Bamboo Rod Fair last weekend, he passed on his urgent need. Steele got to work. Steele... Full story
The Oregon Fish & Wildlife Commission held its quarterly meeting in Sisters last week. Although the commission did not tackle any issues impacting Sisters directly, commissioners got a spectacular look at what is sure to become a significant fish and wildlife question in the near future. Commissioners and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife staff climbed Black Butte to survey the likely future sites of two destination resorts, the 627-acre Metolian resort and the proposed... Full story
Laura Mosar, loving wife and mother, died at her home in Sisters on July 12. She was 54. She was born Laura Mitchell in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on August 17, 1953. Laura graduated from St. Mary's Nursing School in Minneapolis, and spent over 30 years as a registered nurse in Oregon. Laura resided in Medford for 20 years before moving to Sisters in 2001. On August 24, 2002, she was united in marriage to Allan Mosar in South Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Laura had numerous passions,... Full story
Carol Chaney died at peace in her home on July 1, 2008. She was born Carol Henriette Dykmans in San Jose, California on May 3, 1922. She graduated from the University of California at Berkeley, met and married George H. Chaney and soon moved to Portland, Oregon, where she began her professional life as a child psychologist, a 30-year career. In 1980, after retirement, her second career began in Central Oregon where she owned and managed "Plum Pretty," a well-known dress shop and boutique in downtown Sisters. Carol had a... Full story
Bear Gray of Sisters celebrated his 70th birthday in his favorite style on Saturday night: with a cruise-in. Gray has organized the casual Saturday car event for the past three years, drawing classic cars and other rides to Sisters from all over Central Oregon and beyond. "It's strictly fun," he said. "It's a cruise-in, not a car show." The cruise-in is held "from 5 p.m. to whenever" each Saturday night during the summer. This summer Gray and Doug Williams, who assists with th... Full story
A City of Sisters public works crew spent a couple of days last week hunting for and repairing a leak in a water pipe serving businesses on Cascade Avenue. It's important to find the leaks so that they don't waste resources - or turn into burst pipes and floods. Last summer, a burst pipe along Pine Street sent a river of water gushing into the Sisters Industrial Park, and only quick thinking by business owners and their employees - and help from Sisters firefighters pumping... Full story
•A vehicle pulling a trailer rolled over, but there were no serious injuries. •A girl called when she found her mother unresponsive after taking a sleeping pill. The woman proved to be OK, just deeply asleep. •A woman was transported to the hospital after an accident on Highway 20 at Jordan Road. •A dog was hit by a car on the highway. The owner responded to remove the dog from the roadway. •A motorcycle rider hit a patch of tar on Holmes Road and lost control and crashed. •Deputies responded to... Full story
The Sisters Post Office will be relocating to the corner of Barclay Drive and Larch Street in the near future. In an effort to provide convenient service, the Post Office has agreed to provide "cluster mailboxes" on the south side of Sisters. The City of Sisters Planning Department is requesting citizen comments on sites under consideration for new cluster mailboxes. The cluster mailbox units will be installed prior to the new Sisters Post Office's opening. City staff and the Sisters Postmaster have identified 18... Full story
• Amp Media Group would like to thank all the people who helped in putting on the Inaugural Central Oregon Blues and Crawfish Festival held in Sisters this year. First, thanks to our great number of hard working and dedicated volunteers! (Especially Corrine Pray and Tami Jones - wow!) Thank you for the cooperation of the City of Sisters City Hall staff, Creekside City Park proved to provide a perfect atmosphere, excellent for music. Thanks to the surrounding residents who live by the park. We hope that you... Full story
Jade Schneringer is used to feeling good. She's fit and athletic and active, so when her health took a strange turn to the bad last year, she started looking for ways to recover her usual vigor. "I was off work for a few months," she said. "I was really really sick. I thought I was dying." She discovered USANA Health Sciences nutritional supplements. Founded by Dr. Myron Wentz, USANA creates nutritionals that are manufactured to the highest standards of potency and effect and... Full story
