News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Sisters-Camp Sherman Rural Fire Protection District firefighters on Friday knocked down a truck and camper fire at 69170 Bay Dr. in Sisters, on the east slope of Wild Horse Ridge. Fire officials report that Hinkle Butte Lookout called in a smoke report at 2:36 p.m. Oregon Department of Forestry and the Forest Service responded. They then called for Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD to respond. Mutual aid from Cloverdale Fire District was also called. First responding units found a 2006 Lance camper on fire with extension into the... Full story
The Sisters City Council is getting ready to make a decision on who controls trash collection within the city limits. City staff is reviewing High Country Disposal's latest franchise proposal effectively taking the City of Sisters out of the refuse business (see "City mulls contracting out for refuse collection," The Nugget, June 24). One city councilor is not on board with letting this function go to an outside contractor. In a guest opinion column printed in last week's... Full story
Entering exhibits at the Deschutes County Fair is a habit for Sisters resident, Ruth Rowe. She is one of the stalwarts who keep the long-held tradition of textile crafts alive and well, faithfully entering her embroidery projects for the past 40 years. In an era of digitized and machine-assisted handwork, Rowe, 90, holds her embroidery hoop in arthritic hands, creating linens decorated with fine stitching. Her family cherishes the finished projects; each generation lays their... Full story
To the Editor: Thank you Lon Kellstrom! Lon Kellstrom seems to be the only City Council member who is looking out for the business and families of this town. The important subject that I am referring to is the city wanting to give up our trash collecting to HCD (High Country Disposal). By the City of Sisters collecting our own garbage, we make a lucrative income. By giving it to HCD, then HCD is the profiteer. It makes no sense that the city would even give this much thought. I can tell you who has given this a lot of... Full story
There's nothing that creates the feeling of small-town America like an old-fashioned country fair. For more than a decade, Sisters Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration has provided all the wholesome fun and entertainment of the classic country fair - and gained a regional reputation for its art show. The church will host its 13th annual Country Fair & Art Show on Saturday, August 9, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The art show begins Friday evening, August 8. Admission and parking... Full story
Sisters 4-H participants displayed their prize rabbits, dogs, sheep, pigs and photos at the Deschutes County Fair last week. Plenty of ribbons accompanied the entries home. The fair dog show is held on Tuesday, the day before the fair officially opens. (Dogs are not allowed on the grounds during the fair.) The Sisters dog club, The Happy Hounds, is led by Jan Gould, who breeds and shows miniature Australian Shepherds. Her Sisters club members, who all showed in the junior... Full story
Thirteen members and two alumni of the Sisters High School Cross Country team took part in the inaugural Cascade Lakes Relay, August 1-2, as part of the squad's summer training. The race, patterned after Oregon's Hood to Coast Relay, featured about 50 teams that made the run, covering 216 miles from Diamond Lake to Bend. There were four walking teams and two high school teams that covered 132 miles from Silver Lake to Bend. It was a dark and lonely night when the Sisters team... Full story
The EVP (Extreme Volleyball Professionals) tour made its way to the Pacific Northwest on July 26-27 along the Seaside, Oregon, coast. The Harrer family fielded three players in three different divisions. Janice competed in the Women's Pro Open and finished third, Hannah, 14, competed in the Juniors Division and finished third, and Tom and Janice competed in the Mixed Doubles Division, finishing first. The Harrers moved to Sisters last August from Honolulu, Hawaii, where they have competed in Pro Beach Volleyball for the last... Full story
•Lutton's Ace Hardware has raffle tickets now on sale to win a Weber barbecue worth $400. The tickets are $3 a ticket or two for $5. The drawing will be held Saturday, August 16 at 3 p.m. during their "Super Sidewalk Sale" and "Scotts Tent Sale Event." You need not be present to win. Call 549-8011 for more information. •Wisteria Chic is having a "Summer Sale" beginning August 8. They are located at 183 E. Hood Ave. •Aspen Lakes' "Sunset Serenades" continue on August 10 with Reno & Cindy Holler at 7 p.m. The... Full story
Beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and long-time Sisters resident and member of the Church of Christ, Joan G. Morris died on July 24. She was 80. She will be best remembered for the beautiful things she could sew and her love of cooking, animals, and the many people she helped and prayed for in her 80 years. Welcome home gram. We will miss you. Information provided by the family of Joan G. Morris... Full story
Black Butte Ranch Stables will be where the action is on Sunday, August 17, when riders will try their hand in a free equestrian vaulting clinic. Vaulting is an equestrian sport in which the horse is controlled by a lunge line, working in a circle around the handler. The vaulter works on the horse's back, doing gymnastic moves at different gaits. The clinic will be taught by Laura Herman, whose father, David Herman, owns Equine Management, the company that supplies the horses and staff to the Black Butte Stables. Laura has... Full story
Sisters pianist Cammi Benson, age 10, performed in the National Piano Guild competition held in California on July 24. She performed the Bach Repertoire, consisting of 10 pieces written by Bach - played completely from memory - in addition to two-octave scales, and major/minor chord progressions. She scored 23 out of a possible 24 points, which places her performance as "exceptional" in national ranking. Benson was the youngest student to perform the Bach program at this... Full story
Sisters' disc golf course has one heck of a water trap. It's not a designed part of the course, which is located near SOAR on land belonging to the Sisters School District. It's a half-acre fenced irrigation holding pond for Sisters High School. Dozens of errant discs plunge into the pond - but they're not lost forever. Byron and Jared Leisek are avid disc golf players - and certified SCUBA divers. Disc golf impresario Kathy Kemper-Green met Byron at lunch one day and dis... Full story
Sisters High School alum Kaci Oerter has a new business in town: K.O. Photography, at 371 W. Cascade Ave. Open since the first of June, she does every kind of photography you can think of, from family events to weddings to pet portraits. Her bread and butter of late has been "Old Time" portraits, done in her Cascade Avenue studio. She prints her own photos in-house, and can handle prints up to 11 by 14 inches. Originally from St. Louis, Kaci moved to the Sisters area during he... Full story
The SOAR "Teams In Service" program is looking for more work projects. If you want something done that falls in the category of community service, you better get your request in. Thirteen busy Sisters middle school and high school students showed why last Friday at the new Sisters fire hall. The students spent three hours washing trucks in preparation for the open house at the fire hall that took place on Saturday. Rob Harrison, firefighter and paramedic, said the youths did... Full story
Most folks in Sisters are familiar with Whychus Creek as the stream that meanders through Creekside City Park. Fewer are familiar with the reaches of the creek that gain the creek federal "Wild and Scenic" designation. On Tuesday, July 29, Bill Anthony, Sisters District Ranger and Maret Pajutee, District Ecologist guided about 25 concerned citizens on a half-day "Show Me" trip into the wilder side of the Whychus Creek watershed. The trip began with an overview of what the... Full story
When was the last time you observed a spotted skunk climbing out of your woodpile with a mouse in its mouth, or leaving the hen house with egg on its face? Yeah, me too. It's been a l-o-n-g time. When I first arrived in Central Oregon, back in the early 1950s, I lived with Dean and Lily Hollinshead in what is now Hollinshead Park in Bend, and spotted skunks were underfoot year-round. Now all we see are striped skunks. In addition to fine Tennessee Walkers, Dean and Lily had a small Holstein dairy, and it seemed whenever they... Full story
Firefighters lined the sidewalk, many in dress blues. They came to attention as Sisters Firefighter Jeff May led a contingent of the Oregon Fire Service Honor Guard in presenting the colors before a crowd of some 150 citizens. "It's a great day in Sisters," Fire Chief Tay Robertson told the assemblage on Saturday morning, August 2, as the fire district prepared to dedicate its brand-new $3.7 million fire hall to public service. Dave Elliott, president of the Sisters-Camp... Full story
The Sisters High School softball team will hold a fund-raising marathon game Saturday, August 9, at the high school varsity field. Game time is 10 a.m. and will follow the Outlaws' Invitation-Only Varsity Prospect game, scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. The marathon game is the first of several Outlaws fund-raisers in their quest to attend the Disney Wide World of Sports Spring Training to be held next spring break in Orlando, Florida. Players and coaches are seeking pledges or donations. Coach Tom Mauldin noted that "any"... Full story
The City of Sisters has struggled for years to figure out how to encourage the development of "affordable housing" in a community where people are willing to pay a premium for quality of life. Now the City Council is at work on a new housing plan, which they hope to adopt this month. The plan will address how the community can provide housing opportunities to people with low incomes. "Affordable housing" is defined as housing in which residents spend no more than 30 percent... Full story
• A 58-year-old Sisters man was arrested for violating a restraining order after he was found watching his ex-wife through binoculars to see if she was selling off his assets. The man scuffled with responding deputies. • Deputies arrested a 28-year-old man for fourth degree assault and interfering with a 911 call after the man fought with his father. • A bike was reported stolen. • Deputies investigated an anonymous report of juveniles smoking marijuana, but were unable to locate the subjects. •... Full story
Driving through Camp Sherman you might notice the many hikers either walking or strolling the trails on Forest Road 14. Generally, there are at least as many hikers as cars. People will either power walk or stroll, depending on their needs. Avid walkers, Jim and Teri Webster have lived here over two years and enjoy hiking at Canyon Creek campground, the head of the Metolius, or Wizard Falls Fish Hatchery. They also travel around the foot of Three Fingered Jack and hike to the... Full story
