News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon

Articles from the August 3, 2022 edition


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  • 4-H youth get ready for county fair

    Bill Bartlett|Updated Aug 3, 2022

    Sisters Country is home to the Cloverdale Livestock Club. It’s our version of 4H and it’s been around more than 75 years. The international program began in 1902, boasting more than 6 million current members and 25 million alumnae. Thirty-four youth from 8 to 18 make up the Club here, mostly from Sisters Country but a few from as far as Crooked River Ranch and Bend. The Deschutes County Fair, August 3-7, is the big event, what the young people are all working toward. This is... Full story

  • BBR police officer set to retire

    Jim Cornelius, News Editor|Updated Aug 3, 2022

    Kelvin Lettenmaier is, in the estimation of Black Butte Ranch Police Chief Jason Van Meter, “the epitome of a community police officer.” On August 3, Officer Lettenmaier, 57, was to work his final shift as a Black Butte Ranch Police Officer, after two decades of service that made him a beloved figure at the resort community eight miles west of Sisters. Lettenmaier has had a long and varied connection to the Ranch. His family moved to Central Oregon in the 1970s, where his fat... Full story