News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Sisters Folk Festival has announced the final schedule for the annual festival, September 6-8. The festival’s 11 intimate venues throughout downtown Sisters have attracted audiences for more than two decades, helping to earn the festival tagline “All The Town’s A Stage.” This year’s schedule features performances by 46 artists over three days, plus six Americana Project alumni artists who will perform Saturday, September 7 at the Fir Street Park Songbird Stage. Artists i... Full story
Two of Sisters’ favorite events are on tap this week. Sisters Park & Recreation District (SPRD) will bring the Hawaiian Islands back to Sisters on Thursday, August 8, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Village Green city park. “This is the fifth year for our luau,” said Shannon Rackowski, event coordinator for SPRD. SPRD will bring back the Aloha Spirit — the mutual affection and regard for all with no obligation in return — with music from headliner Kurt Silva, Halau Uhane Dancers, Sisters Ukulele Players, DJ Chuck Boogi... Full story
Oregon State Police took a suspect into custody on Monday afternoon, August 5, after a vehicle pursuit on Highway 20 ended in a crash on Wheeler Loop near the BiMart shopping center area in Sisters. Numerous local law enforcement units responded to assist. OSP could not be reached for details on the incident by press time. Further information will be posted at www.nuggetnews.com as it becomes available.... Full story
Singer-songwriter poet Beth Wood is no stranger to Sisters. The Texas-born, Portland-based troubadour has been hosting the Sunday Community Celebration at the Sisters Folk Festival for the last eight years. On Friday, August 9, Beth will read poems from her two poetry books, “Ladder to the Light,” and “Kazoo Symphonies” at Paulina Springs Books. Then on Saturday, August 10 from 5 to 7 p.m., Wood will play songs from her 11 albums in the Eurosports Food Cart Garden. Both ev... Full story
A first-time car show entrant from Sisters won best in class at one of the most prestigious competitions on the West Coast. Since 1973, Forest Grove, Oregon, has hosted Concours d’Elegance. The phrase is French in origin and means a “competition of elegance.” It refers to an event where prestigious vehicles are displayed and judged. Every era of automotive history is represented, from the earliest horseless carriages to the latest sports cars. Although most people know Brad... Full story
The Peterson Ridge trail system (PRT), built and maintained through volunteer effort, has been providing recreational opportunity for equestrians, hikers, dog-walkers, mountain-bikers and most recently snowshoers for over 10 years. Sisters Trails Alliance (STA) is hosting a celebration of local trails on Saturday, September 21 at Village Green Park. The event features organized hikes and mountain-bike rides on the trail system, activities in the park for everyone, a little his... Full story
Historically, there is no animal on the face of this good Earth who has caused we humans more problems than the mosquito. Not only have they spread death and destruction throughout the human race through transmitting disease, but in our effort to “control” these pestiferous little beasts we have caused environmental problems that have become almost as serious as the blood we’ve lost and the diseases we’ve suffered from. Let’s face it, it’s really not the diseases that mosquito... Full story
Pam Mitchell has been a volunteer 4-H leader of the Cloverdale Livestock Club for 34 years — from long before her children were able to participate. The program has been a key part of her life since the fourth grade when she became a 4-H member. It’s a family affair and Mitchell’s dad, Keith Cyrus, a fifth-generation farmer, remembers joining the 4-H program back in 1947. “I was only 7 years old and started out with rabbits, and then I showed steer in my last year in 19... Full story
Local illustrator and painter Maren Inga Burck will be revealing her community mural at Seed to Table Farm, Wednesday, August 7, from 4 to 7 p.m. during Seed to Table’s Growing Community Event (see column, page 4). The event will feature Burck’s mural release — a 26-by-12-foot installation that is at the centerpiece of the nonprofit education farm. Burck is an illustrator and painter raised in Central Oregon. She graduated from Sisters High School in 2007 and rec... Full story
Just when they thought they’d seen their largest donation ever in 2018, Mid Oregon Credit Union kicked off its annual Supplies 4 Schools 2019 supply drive with yet another record donation from a Redmond resident who stuffed 190+ backpacks with school supplies ready for local students. The donor, Vikki Olds, topped her previous year’s contribution of 140 backpacks by a significant margin, saying that she planned ahead and ordered many of the supplies earlier in the year to get maximum benefit from her investment. Her hus... Full story
High-flying dogs and loud music are what you get when you have a dock-diving dog competition at the Deschutes County Fair, presented by Xtreme DogSports (XAD) aka DogTown. Mike Allen, emcee and known as mayor of DogTown, founded the competitive dog sports creation in 2003 and the company has gained momentum at fairs all over the West. Xtreme DogSports hosts dock diving, disc games, and K9X, which is a fast-paced run, jump, and grab ground-based sport for dogs with high energy... Full story
Travelers using U.S. 20 over the Santiam Pass are reminded that a paving project resumed last Sunday evening. Paving is scheduled on Sunday nights from 7 p.m. to 8 a.m. and Monday through Thursday nights 6 p.m. to 10 a.m. Two-way traffic will be controlled with flaggers and a pilot car. Travelers should expect up to 20-minute delays. The project will be completed by October 31. The project covers almost 14 miles from Santiam Junction in Linn County (milepost 74.5) to Jack Lake Road in Jefferson County (milepost 88.2). Stay... Full story
Generally, parents act as a taxi service for their kids to get to all of their extracurricular activities during the school year. This summer, Sisters Park & Recreation District (SPRD) felt it was time for adults to taxi themselves to an activity designed for them, that the whole family could enjoy. SPRD did just that this summer, offering two new adult sports leagues that have just wrapped up, crowning the first league champions in cornhole and co-ed softball. The cornhole le... Full story
Can young kids run a real, certified food cart? Can they prepare delicious food safely — and learn to become entrepreneurs? According to Angelena Bosco, founder of Kid Made Camp, the answer is a definite yes. “Working for money is fun,” said Bosco. “Kids can do anything.” As she knows from the many youth and children’s cooking classes she has taught, “They love preparing and serving food.” Kid Made Camp’s inaugural food cart camp will take place August 19–23. Campe... Full story
Standing in a well-equipped workshop, two retired mechanical engineers extolled woodworking as a fun hobby and productive pastime. Dennis Mills, with 40 years as a woodworker under his belt, and Rich MacConnell, a relative newcomer to the craft, discussed the Sisters Area Woodworkers (SAW), a group of 76 members who all share a love of crafting projects from wood. They meet the first Tuesday of each month from 7 to 9 p.m. in members’ shops. Member Terry Ferguson said, “My fav... Full story
What goes best with a hot summer day? How about iced tea and Hawaiian dance? On Sunday, all are invited to sample herbal iced teas made from medicinal plants, watch and learn hula, and check out a Sisters Country archaeology dig game. The fun happens at Sisters Farmers Market on Sunday. Maesie Speer presents “Herbal Iced Teas for the High Desert Summer” on the Songbird Stage at Fir Street Park from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Marketgoers are welcome to come up onstage, chat with Spe... Full story
Dorothy Jankowski, 56, of Wilton, Connecticut, took a fall on Misery Ridge and had to be assisted off the strenuous route. Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office reports that at 10:36 a.m. on August 1, 9-1-1 Dispatch received a call from a hiker on the Misery Ridge Trail at Smith Rock State Park, that she had come across Jankowski, who had sustained a non-life-threatening injury and needed assistance getting down off of the trail. Jankowski and her husband, Peter Jankowski, were o... Full story
Troy Rayburn is the new face at City Hall, having arrived about a month ago to assume the duties of project coordinator in the City of Sisters Public Works Department. A fourth-generation Oregonian, Rayburn grew up in The Dalles and graduated from Oregon State University with a degree in public administration. He went on to do graduate studies in Public Administration at the University of Oregon, during which time he served as a graduate intern with U.S. Senator Bob Packwood... Full story
Oregon State Police took a suspect into custody on Monday afternoon, August 5, after a vehicle pursuit on Highway 20 ended in a crash on Wheeler Loop near the Bi-Mart shopping center area in Sisters. Numerous local law enforcement units responded to assist. OSP could not be reached for details on the incident by press time. Further information will be posted at www.nuggetnews.com as it becomes available.... Full story
At last week’s town hall on carbon emissions and House Bill 2020, which called for cap and trade measures, over half of the 80-something members of the audience made comments, suggestions, and asked questions of State Sen. Cliff Bentz and Rep. Daniel Bonham. Despite a variety of opinions on the merits or faults of cap and trade and possible economic impacts, the people who spoke at FivePine Conference Center were almost unanimous in their message regarding carbon emissions a... Full story
In many areas of western North America, the melodious song of the black-headed grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus) is a familiar harbinger of spring. They appear here in May with both male and female singing from tops of trees. Their song is often confused with the robins’ morning symphony. They are feeding heavily now in preparation for their long migration to Central America and Baja. Their nests are so thinly constructed that eggs can be seen through the bottom. Thin n... Full story
Oregon State Police arrested a 31-year-old Eugene man on multiple charges on Monday, August 5, after a pursuit on Highway 20. According to an OSP report, at about 3:40 p..m., an OSP trooper reported a reckless driver on the east side of the Santiam Pass on Highway 20 traveling eastbound. He was unable to catch up to and stop the reckless vehicle, which was picked up a short time later by another OSP officer as it was approaching Sisters. There was a short pursuit, which was terminated. The vehicle was located in Sisters follo... Full story
