News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Sisters' real estate market may have slowed down and construction has backed off from the fevered pitch of a year ago, but developers are planning some major commercial endeavors in Sisters. A three-story hotel is in the early planning stages, located in the Pine Meadow Ranch development on Hood Avenue. The property owner is Celia Hung, who owns Sisters KOA Campground. Van Lom Architects is the applicant. Portland Developer Willamette Planning Group, LLC has filed a land-use... Full story
Hole No. 17 on Sisters' disc golf course is missing. The steel basket that catches disc golf putts at the course near Sisters High School was reported stolen on Monday, July 21. Course creator Kathy Kemper-Green suspects it was stolen sometime Sunday night. It was unlikely to have been a random or impulsive act, Green noted. The thieves would have required bolt cutters to break the stout padlock on the base of the base of the basket stand and would have probably required a... Full story
Several times in the last 10 years, High Country Disposal (HCD), the garbage service for Bend, Redmond, and Deschutes County, has asked the Sisters City council to grant them a franchise for the trash collection in Sisters. Each time the city council has declined. Earlier this year, HCD again requested a franchise to collect Sisters' residential and commercial garbage. Our city council again declined. Subsequently, HCD "sweetened" their proposal. The council concluded that HCD's more lucrative offer at least required further... Full story
To the Editor: In the July 16 issue, The Nugget ran a wonderful cover story about this year's Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show, and we appreciate it! Unfortunately the front page photo that was selected to represent the event was of a transient vendor who was not part of the show. This particular vendor had every opportunity to be an official participant but withdrew her entries (and her offer to volunteer her time) because she didn't like our limit of five sale quilt entries per person. Its particularly... Full story
Bill Miller of Sisters has led an adventurous life. A ski enthusiast, he enlisted in the elite 10th Mountain Division and saw combat in the rugged terrain of northern Italy during World War II (see The Nugget, July 23, page 3). After discharge in 1946, Miller decided to go to college. A college degree was quite an ambition for a guy who graduated 449th out of a high school class of 452. The admissions dean gave the veteran a break and said if he did well on College Board Exams, maybe something could be done. Miller did and... Full story
Work crews are furiously laying on the final touches to meet a weekend deadline. On Saturday morning at 10 a.m., longtime fire district board member Chan Cathcart will step up with a fire ax to cut the ribbon on the Sisters-Camp Sherman Rural Fire Protection District's brand-new $3.7 million Fire Hall. The ribbon cutting will kick off a morning open house, including fire engine rides for Sisters children. "We're obviously trying to get a lot of things done, but I think we're... Full story
Jeff and Jerry (J.T.) Taylor of Sisters have built a rare, if not unique, race car: a 1964 Studebaker Daytona. Wherever the car has raced, officials and fans gathered to snap photos, ask questions and give compliments. What those fans don't know was the central question, the question that guided this project from first nut to final bolt, the question that spurred father and son as they worked over 18 months to create something from scratch without any history, manuals, or... Full story
The Sisters Folk Festival has been bringing the best of American roots music to Sisters for the past 13 years. The festival, held September 5-7, has established a nationwide reputation for outstanding performances in an intimate and beautiful setting. This year the Sisters Folk Festival offers a variety of performers who explore every aspect of the world of folk music, from singer-songwriters to string bands. The festival will bring legendary songwriter Jesse Winchester to Sisters, treating the audience to a chance to hear... Full story
The "Sisters Visioning" process, in the fall 2006, produced a number of outcomes. One was the "Sisters Visioning Statement," a road map by which community-wide decisions could be made. Another outcome was the formation of "Leadership Sisters," a small committee which clearly saw the need to "train up" new community leaders. During the October 2006 Future Fair, a part of the visioning process, participants rated the community on 10 attributes that make for "successful rural communities." Sisters scored high on "evidence of... Full story
Several organizations in Sisters are thousands of dollars richer, thanks to the City of Sisters. The City of Sisters allocates a budgeted amount each year to fund local community organizations' efforts. This fiscal year the budgeted amount is $15,000. All organizations were welcome to apply for a portion of the budget; the application process is simply a letter stating how the funds would be used within the community. This year 20 different organizations requested a total of $65,158 in funding. At the city council meeting on... Full story
Having left Independence, Missouri several months ago, the hardship of being part of the wagon train going west was felt moment by moment by all. With so much boredom and so much hardship she began tatting, the making of lace, to ease her mind. At Ft. Boise they merged with other wagon trains taking the same route to Central Oregon. Around the fire one evening a few started dancing, there the gentlemen met the lady and they fell in love. This is the story Sisters folk artist,... Full story
While developers have cleared a hurdle in the courts in their quest to site destination resorts in the Metolius River Basin, Senator Ben Westlund continues to try to halt them in their tracks. Two resorts are in the early planning stages: a conventional destination resort of some 2,500 acres with golf courses, and a 627-acre resort dedicated to other forms of recreation, such as hiking and horseback riding, west of Camp Sherman. Westlund, who co-sponsored Senate Bill 30 to ban resort development in the basin, explained his... Full story
Taylor Tucker 11, represented her hometown of Sisters well over the weekend, at the 2008 Oregon Speedo Long Course State Championship held at the Amazon Pool Complex in Eugene. More than 1,200 swimmers and 40 USA swim teams from Oregon and southern Washington participated in the four-day meet. Tucker, who swims for the Bend Swim Club, finished in the Top 8 of all six events she entered in the meet, including winning the state championship in the 100-meter backstroke with a... Full story
Last Monday - two or three weeks early - the much-anticipated Three Creeks Brewing Company opened for business at FivePine Lodge & Conference Center in Sisters. "We originally planned to open sometime in August," owner Wade Underwood said, "but we were ready, so we (quietly) opened up last week, and we've been slammed ever since." With only one or two patrons in the pub at 11:30 a.m. Sunday morning, "This is the slowest it's been, by far," the bartender told The Nugget.... Full story
•Twins, Tamara and Taylor, of T&T Pizzeria are turning 21 on Saturday, August 2. In celebration, they are offering a free dessert pizza with any large or extra-large pizza throughout the day. Call 549-2122 for details. •Eurosports is having "The Good Stuff" Sale on all road bikes and demo full-suspension mountain bikes. There will be savings from $200 to $1,750. They are located at the corner of Hood Avenue and Fir Street. •AmeriTitle announced that Tiana L. Van Landuyt has joined the team in Sisters. Tiana bri... Full story
Being a champion of libraries - and president of the Friends of the Sisters Library - my life revolves around people who love books. Last week I had the wonderful opportunity to meet a lovely woman who has produced a first-rate book about a remarkable grandmother, Persis Beach Bennett. Grandmother Bennett was born in 1915, and spent most of her life living in Lancaster, New Hampshire. Her four children were also born in the house where she was born, and life was beautiful.... Full story
In the November 4, 2008 General Election, Sisters city residents will elect three city council members. The terms of Shawna Bell, Brad Boyd, and Lon Kellstrom will expire. All three are eligible to apply for re-election. According to City Recorder Kathy Nelson, several people have picked up packets, but no one has filed to run - including the three incumbents. Persons interested in being elected to one of the city council positions must file a "perfected" petition with the City Recorder by 5 p.m., August 26, to be placed on t... Full story
The Sisters-Camp Sherman Rural Fire Protection District is taking its training off the streets and onto a designated training area at the southern edge of Sisters. The fire district acquired rights to use four acres of land adjacent to the city sewage treatment facility several years ago in a deal that provided the City of Sisters space for its recycling center. Now the city must request rezoning from Deschutes County, which holds jurisdiction over the property, to allow the... Full story
