News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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The Hoodoo Run to the Top 5k and Half Marathon delivered as advertised, as both courses concluded at the tip top of Hoodoo Butte — an arduous one-mile-plus climb. The Saturday running event drew over 100 entrants in its return to action after being canceled in 2020 due to the pandemic. About 50 intrepid runners departed the start at 8 a.m. sharp, for the 13.1-mile course under clear blue skies. The course began at the edge of the Hoodoo parking lot near the access to... Full story
From a scene right out of Claude Monet’s France, nine Plein Air Painters of Oregon (PAPO) gathered at Black Butte Ranch for the annual fundraising event that garners money for the Sisters School District art programs. As part of the event on July 9th, PAPO and featured Black Butte Ranch artists competed in a timed en plein air painting competition on the Ranch properties during the day. Artists painted at Black Butte from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., then framed and turned in their p... Full story
Last week I saw a man carrying a sign on the streets of Sisters saying “take the diaper off your face.” I felt a flash of anger, then purposely squelched the fire. That man happens to live in a country where He is FREE to have an opinion and to express it, even if it shames and belittles others. He is free. Still, I will suggest there is another freedom slowly being syphoned from our precious moments. It concerns the pursuit of happiness, inner freedom. This inner freedom is being replaced daily with provoked ind... Full story
How did Sisters become the community it is today? For those who’ve lived here for many years, the answer often goes back to volunteers, businesses, and nonprofit organizations who’ve invested sweat, dollars, and time. For Debbie Newport, it’s important for those new to Sisters to understand what it took to make Sisters special. Newport typifies the character, commitment, and courage needed to create a community always striving to be better and reach youth in need. Her dedic... Full story
If you’re looking to find Molly Baumann, the newest member of the board at Sisters Park & Recreation District (SPRD), outdoors might be the best place to start — at Hoodoo during the winter and outside in the woods or on the water the rest of the year. Baumann is a native Oregonian, having grown up in Portland. She graduated in Recreation Management from the University of Montana and worked for Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks for seven years, with her last position the... Full story
With very close to 30 real estate closings a month in Sisters that means virtually every day somebody from somewhere else is a new neighbor. Just who are they and from where are they coming? There is no single database per se that is easily accessed that would reveal the information so The Nugget has to rely on anecdotal evidence. Who better to know than the realtors and title companies? We started with Jen McCrystal of Coldwell-Banker Reed Brothers whose current list of... Full story
Sometimes it is amazing what love can do. Two years ago, they hadn’t even met. Then COVID-19 hit the U.S. in 2020 and students had to move into remote learning. Two young girls, Aila and Lily, temporarily relocated to Sisters, to their grandparents’ vacation home, getting away from the crowds of California. One morning in late March, Jean Russell Nave — Jean Nave’s nom de plume — walked her three Scotties past the girls’ window while they were eating breakfa... Full story
Nick Anthony was inspired by teachers and experiences he had growing up in Sisters. Now living near the shores of Lake Michigan, he’s taken what he learned in school and work into his career in a research lab in the biomedical engineering department at Northwestern University. Working for one of the country’s leading private research and teaching universities, Anthony is working with people and research that are sometimes even hard for him to grasp. “We have a lot of scien... Full story
Consider the facts so readily available online via many credible resources. Herein, sharing two of them. From Wikipedia (sans footnotes and links) we learn that “Critical Race Theory” (CRT) is a body of legal scholarship and an academic movement of civil-rights scholars and activists in the United States that seeks to critically examine U.S. law as it intersects with issues of race in the U.S. and to challenge mainstream American liberal approaches to racial justice. CRT examines social, cultural, and legal issues pri... Full story
A favorite quote by author Arundhati Roy sums up Mandee Seeley’s work advocating for people experiencing houselessness in Sisters Country: “There’s really no such thing as the voiceless. There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard.” Seeley is a woman with grit and passion, who’s been a housing advocate in Sisters since 2016. That’s the year her family of four moved to Oregon and became houseless themselves. Her family, including two young children, h... Full story
“Should Deschutes County Commissioners be nonpartisan and be selected in nonpartisan elections?” That is a question that could go to local voters, if proponents can get sufficient signatures to place the question on a ballot. Deschutes County Commissioner Phil Chang attended last week’s Sisters Kiwanis meeting to explain his support for Citizens’ Initiative 2021-01-1. According to the County Clerk’s voter statistics, the number of nonaffiliated voters registered in Deschutes... Full story
Homeowners in the Glaze Meadow area of Black Butte Ranch escaped injury when their home caught fire in the early hours of Wednesday, July 21. According to the Black Butte Ranch Fire District the owners, who are not full-time residents, heard a strange noise, realized the house was on fire, and called 911. Fire personnel responded at 3:28 a.m. First-arriving units found a medium-size two-story home on fire on the back deck, exterior walls and within the attic space of the garage. Fire crews performed a quick offensive fire... Full story
A 65-year-old Bend man died when he crashed his Harley Davidson motorcycle on Highway 20 Saturday, trying to avoid other vehicles. According to the Oregon State Police, troopers and emergency personnel responded to a single-vehicle crash on Highway 20 near milepost 88 by Suttle Lake on Saturday, July 24, at approximately 9:10 a.m. Preliminary investigation revealed Richard Cissna of Bend was westbound, operating a Harley Davidson motorcycle, when he attempted to avoid traffic that had slowed, lost control and crashed. Cissna... Full story
Martha Jayne Hawley Vaden was born to parents Glenwood Hawley and Alyce Hensley in Los Angeles, California, on March 30, 1932. She went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on July 11. Mardi grew up in the Los Angeles area and graduated from George Washington High School in 1950. She migrated to Orange County, California, where she raised her four children, Teri, John, Gary, and Janice. She worked 25 years for the U.S. Post Office and retired in 1998. Gram journeye... Full story
Mom, Nani, friend, teacher, and mentor Gitta Eva Storch passed away on March 30, in Walla Walla, Washington in the arms of her children. Born Gitta Eva Feierabend on July 30, 1933 in Berlin, Germany, to Erich and Clara Feierabend, Gitta had a love for life like no other! Growing up during the War, she spoke about hiding in bomb shelters and long visits to the country to find safety with her aunt. After the War, she went to nursing school to become one of the youngest students... Full story
Truck driver-logger in Oregon worked for California Cartage in California, Pozi, First Interstate, and Ruth Shaffer. While living in Sisters, he belonged to many horse clubs, riding and trail cleaning with Oregon Equestrian Trails. He belonged to other clubs: Back Country Horsemen, Redmond Saddle Club, Mr. Long Ears and a few others. He loved riding his mules, Elmer and Ezer. Born in Algoma, Oregon, to Cecil L. Jimerson and Leah M. Peterson. Lived in Oregon until 1967. Lived... Full story
Nancy B. Seaward, beloved wife, mother, sister, and Nana, passed away on July 21, 2021, due to complications of cardiac heart failure. She was born in Laconia, New Hampshire, and raised in Newton Highlands, Massachusetts with her older brother, John, and parents, Harold and Mildred Burnham. They spent summers at the family home on Mount Desert Island, Maine. Nancy attended the University of Maine, Orono, earning her bachelor’s degree in Education in 1959. Always an outdoor ent... Full story
Critical Race Theory To the Editor: My 13-year-old son and I read your article guest column on CRT and had a discussion (“Critical Race Theory and Sisters schools, The Nugget, June 30, page 1; “Don’t be fooled by Critical Race Theory,” The Nugget, July 14, page 2). He was quite upset after reading and could not understand why Sisters would not include this discussion in their school curriculum. Having lived in Atlanta, Georgia, India, and now Sisters (not to mention visiting 15 countries) he has seen the world as few his age... Full story
Outrage is America’s drug of choice these days. Somebody says something or does something we don’t like, we take a BIG hit of that 150-proof outrage and start mashing the buttons on our social media. Social media is a powerful accelerant and amplifier of the high. Not only can we indulge our own craving for some righteous anger, if we can really get it going, we can share the experience with a whole bunch of other angry, outraged people. It’s a party! Trouble is, benders are d... Full story
The Deschutes County District Attorney’s Office confirmed on Tuesday morning, July 27, that they have dismissed charges against Sisters spa owner Mike Boyle. Boyle, 60, owner of Hop in the Spa in Sisters, was arrested on Wednesday, June 30, on charges of harassment, sex abuse, and performing illegal massage. Boyle told The Nugget on Tuesday that he intends to sue the State of Oregon, contending that the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office filed a false affidavit in order to obtain a search warrant on his business, based on the... Full story
