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Writing workshops are an important phenomenon to writers and culture nerds. We hear about how [insert name of writer here] got their start at [insert name of workshop here]. It’s like reading about Paris in the 1920s. We go: Dang, why couldn’t I have been there? Well, it turns out an amazing workshop did indeed happen near here, from 1984 to 2000 — as a new book explains. I was too young for those early years, but maybe I could’ve joined in a later workshop. It was j... Full story
The popular campgrounds within the Three Creek Lake area of the Sisters Ranger District are going from reservable camping sites to sites being available only as first come first served. Due to staffing challenges, Three Creek Lake, Driftwood, and Three Creek Meadows campgrounds within the Three Creek Lake area will be closed to reservation camping until a campground host can be found for the sites, the Forest Service reports. Campers who previously made reservations for the sites will receive cancellation notices and a full... Full story
Jeff and Shanyn Swales bought XPress Printing from founder Tony Meyer in September of last year. The company opened its doors in Sisters in 1989 and offers a myriad of services, including commercial printing and mailing-to-marketing services, design and layout, and graphic design. Swales who’s been the general manager of the shop for many years, was excited to finally take ownership of the business. Jeff Swales joined XPress in 2007, after acquiring extensive knowledge in t... Full story
Parker Bennett knows growing up in Sisters was full of opportunities and blessings. He also realized it would do him good to live in other cultures and get a fresh perspective on his place in the world. Bennett graduated from Sisters High School in 2010. He took up running in middle school and continued competing in high school. “Sisters High School had really good, competitive sports teams. About 80 percent of students were part of the sport culture,” he said. “That small... Full story
Sisters Park & Recreation District (SPRD) wrapped up their recreation programming needs assessment in June and the District is working on implementing program changes that will be begin this fall. In May this year, SPRD hired 3J Consulting to conduct an impartial needs assessment, which included hosting four focus groups. This approach allowed for meaningful conversations on current and future programming needs. SPRD’s board of directors received the final report at their June business meeting, which highlighted key f... Full story
Forest neighbors To the Editor: Your feature story covering homeless people around Sisters was both an eye opener and first-class local journalism (“The neighbors in the forest,” The Nugget, June 29, page 1). Many of us see the encampments daily. It’s easy to dehumanize; it can be much harder to take the time to understand the true circumstances and outlook of our neighbors. Thank you! Winston Saunders Sisters has two labyrinths It would be sad if the Community Labyrinth doesn’t survive the new plans for the Transpo... Full story
- Age Friendly Sisters Country (AFSC) is grateful to The Roundhouse Foundation, Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation, St. Charles, and C4C/Vision Team for their generous support of Sisters Transportation and Ride Share in 2022. Sisters Transportation and Ride Share (STARS) volunteers provide free rides to non-emergency medical appointments in Sisters, Bend, and Redmond, and the service is available to any Sisters Country resident. STARS is an Age Friendly Sisters Country action... Full story
True or false? People read more in the summer. True, according to a 2021 OnePoll survey of 2,000 respondents. Fifty-six percent admitted to reading at least one “serious” book in the summer to look smarter. Thirty-six percent use the summer months to brush up on their knowledge of history, while two in five read more mysteries during vacation months than they do at any other time of the year. More than half of those polled (53 percent) look forward to romantic reads on their h... Full story
The outside thermometer has launched into the red zone. We know that heat can have concerning health impacts, but not just for us upright two-leggeds. Everyone suffers in extreme heat — insects, mammals, and birds, as well as those with roots holding them in one place, plants. The animals and plants of Central Oregon are adapted to some heat extremes. But last year, we beat all records when we catapulted up into the triple digits of 115 degrees. And here we are again in... Full story
Fr. Sibi Poulose, priest at St. Edward the Martyr Catholic Church in Sisters, told The Nugget, “I don’t usually talk about myself.” The good Father much prefers to talk about the work his “Boss” has given him to do. For a man of only 41 years, he has accomplished much for God, and, in another 18 months, he will be returning to northern India to continue the work by establishing a behavioral health mission dedicated to offering housing, support, and services for residents deali... Full story
Mitchell Luftig’s commentary piece in the July 13 Nugget, “Inoculating children against conspiracy theories,” was most disheartening. For someone like me, who has spent most of his working lifetime collecting, analyzing, and utilizing data to inform public policy, Mr. Luftig’s interpretations of reality seem to come from some parallel universe, where life’s story is composed of mainstream media narratives. It’s been decades since the mainstream media has delivered much more than societal disinformation, propaganda,... Full story
A few years back, a colleague who works at another media outlet said, “You get spicy letters to the editor!” This week’s tranche of letters proves her right. As I told my colleague then, the “spiciness” of the letters reflects an engaged readership with strong opinions and passions, and the courage and capability to express them. The Nugget has always believed that Letters to the Editor is a forum in the marketplace of ideas, defined as the concept that, ideally in a free so... Full story
One of the great annual human migrations is underway. From mid-July to mid-August thru-hikers from roughly 45 countries and nearly every state pass through Sisters in an effort to complete one of the world’s great thru-hikes, the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). Stretching 2,650 miles from Campo, California, at the Mexican border to Manning Park, British Columbia, Canada, hikers start out from either border in attempt to complete the hike in a four-to-six-month period before the s... Full story
(Editor’s note: This story was edited to remove a reference that misattributed the cause of the Pole Creek Fire. That fire was determined to have been caused by lightning). Talk to anyone in the local wildfire mitigation arena and one of the first things they mention is the extra-tall grass and weeds everywhere because of a wetter-than-usual late spring. With the onset of high summer temperatures and no precipitation, those dry grasses and weeds provide rapidly burning g... Full story
After four years at the helm as city manager, Cory Misley is leaving Sisters as of September 1 to take a position at Portland State University (PSU) as a project manager for Oregon Solutions. The program Misley is joining is located at the National Policy Consensus Center in the Hatfield School of Government. Misley will be one of two project managers, with a total staff of 10 people in the project. The focus of Oregon Solutions, a program of the governor’s office, is to c... Full story
It was a perfect day for a trail run in Central Oregon as runners gathered for the sixth annual Kiwanis Run to The Top at Hoodoo on Saturday. Temperatures were still in the 50s as the runners set out at 8 a.m. for their 13.2- or three-mile adventures. It’s a simple concept with an evil twist: Run a 5K or half-marathon trail course around the Hoodoo Ski resort, then complete the last mile, climbing over 1,000 feet to the top of Hoodoo mountain. Runners commented to the e... Full story
Deschutes County Sheriff’s deputies made a high-risk stop on a vehicle in the McDonald’s parking lot on Monday, and arrested a 22-year-old man who had allegedly stolen a car in Bend and was driving recklessly on Highway 20, nearly causing several wrecks. The sheriff’s office reports that on Monday, July 25, at approximately 9:21 a.m., the DCSO started receiving numerous calls about a vehicle speeding and driving recklessly nearly causing multiple crashes on Highway 20. The vehicle was reported to be heading west on Highw... Full story
Melinda Ann Witt lived an inspiring life: rich in adventure, deep friendships, happiness, and love. Everyone who met her felt Melinda’s spirit and kindness. Melinda peacefully passed away in the morning on Sunday, July 3, surrounded by family in her home in Arizona after a courageous battle with cancer. Melinda was born on June 7, 1962, in Portland, where she spent her early childhood years. She and her family later moved across the river to Washington, where she was raised a... Full story
