News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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The forest fire that twice burned in the Jefferson Wilderness has been controlled after scorching 3,648 acres, about 1,968 acres in wilderness managed by the Deschutes National Forest and 1,680 acres on lands of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. The cigarette-sparked fire was first reported on July 8 burning in very difficult terrain above a lava flow near Candle Creek. It was contained by July 14 at 1,200 acres. Then the humidity dropped to less than 10percent and the fire wandered to a point where afternoon winds blew... Full story
Five Sisters girls put months of practice and dedication on the line and turned in standout performances in equestrian events at the Deschutes County Fair. The girls, members of the 4-H "Rockin' Riders" team, competed in the Horse Fair July 27-29. The event, which preceded the opening of the county fair, tested their mettle in skills ranging from showmanship and trail riding to cow working and barrel racing. Erin Deggendorfer continued her winning 4-H career, taking honors as... Full story
To the Editor: We would like to respond to the letter in last week's Nugget regarding the accident on the Metolius River. It is fortunate the young boy involved was not seriously injured but this incident and the writer's view of the incident concerns us. The Metolius River, with temperatures less than 50 degrees coupled with very strong currents, is not a family swimming river. We ask ourselves where the boy's parents were. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's implementation of the recent wild fish ruling has been... Full story
Many systems of logic govern football. For the armchair devotee, the first order of business is to learn to watch and interpret the unfolding drama between the players on the field. If this is not accomplished, and if questions are not appreciated, the potential fan tends to drift on in to other activities. I like football. Not as a devotion, but as a nostalgic ambiance so reminiscent of many hours of my childhood, spent in my father's den, watching the burly boys smash and crash into one another, that upon hearing the rush... Full story
Living in a world of constant change, it's good to know that there are a few things left that can be counted on to stay pretty much the same. You know what to expect when you go to the county fair -- and that's the whole idea. You can count on fun carnival rides for kids (of all ages), good music, tasty food and livestock groomed to a high sheen for show and auction. And what cow-country fair would be complete without a rodeo? Families from Sisters and all over Central Oregon... Full story
The Sisters Ranger District has proposed a precommercial forest-thinning project in the Green Ridge area. The precommercial thin, proposed for nine locations geographically from Green Ridge to Bluegrass Butte, will improve forest health, Forest Service officials say. The 1,316-acre project area is located within numerous "plantations," where trees were replanted at older timber sale sites in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Since then, tree densities in the new ponderosa pine stands have become too great to provide good... Full story
Any lingering worries organizers might have had about moving one of the region's largest antique shows from Bend to Sisters have been dispelled. The first Sisters Antique Festival held August 3-4 drew large crowds and provided brisk business for vendors who were virtually unanimous in their praise of the new Sisters venue. Event organizer Nancy Mattison of Country Heart Promotions reported that many vendors had stronger sales than at last year's show; some told her it was... Full story
Jim Ramsey of Sisters and his nephew Lenny Gorman are gong racing again this weekend. Sponsored by Sisters BP and Sisters Storage and Rental, Ramsey and Gorman race mini-trucks at the speedway up in Madras. Ramsey said he and Gorman currently race in the mini-car class, but with a few other truck owners are trying to form a class just for mini-trucks. The trucks are mostly stock, except for tires and suspension. "That way someone can't put $5,000 or $6,000 into and engine and dominate," Ramsey said. The trucks are lowered 2... Full story
Dr. Patrick Quillin believes that cancer can be defeated through nutrition, and he's enlisted Metabolic Maintenance of Sisters to join the fight. "We are looking for a cure for cancer, and I know we're on the right track," Quillin, Vice President of Nutrition for Cancer Treatment Centers of America, told employees of the Sisters nutritional supplement company. Dr. Quillin, PhD, RD, was in Sisters to celebrate the development of a package of nutritional supplements manufactured by Metabolic Maintenance. The supplements are use... Full story
