News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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A new festival blew into Sisters this summer with a combination of high-quality jazz, blues, R&B and soulful rock. Sisters Rhythm and Brews Festival unfolded on Friday and Saturday with an open-air stage in Village Green Park and at Sisters Art Works. The event, organized by Sisters residents Jennifer and Joe Rambo, brought together hundreds of folks celebrating music, local food and crafted libations in the park, overflowing with all the elements that make summertime great... Full story
Sisters Middle School will be a different place when it opens for classes this September. The middle school has been the focus of the school district's bond-related construction through the summer. From repairs to the parking lot and a new paint job to remodeling of the commons and a fire system upgrade, the school, originally opened in 1992, is getting significant improvements. The most obvious changes for the public are at the entry of the school. An entirely new, secure... Full story
Vandals stole tools and shot holes in equipment last weekend at the site of a local forest project. Dave Elpi of Sisters Forest Products told The Nugget that sometime during the weekend vandals stole tools and shot up his log skidder in the forest northeast of Sisters. For the past four years, Elpi has been working on the Bend Municipal Watershed project, helping to create a fire break in the popular recreation area running between Three Creek Lake and Todd Lake. The project is supposed to help keep firefighters safe in the... Full story
The East Portal site at the intersection of Highways 20 and 242, just west of downtown Sisters has been a mess. The Forest Service property, which offers parking and public bathrooms for the traveling public has been "littered with human waste, soiled clothing, discarded luggage, broken camping equipment, alcohol containers and drug paraphernalia," according to Deschutes County Sheriff's Sgt. Kent Vander Kamp. "Most recently, a city cleaning crew interrupted a transient attemp... Full story
To the Editor: I share Paula Surmann's concerns about climate change and the need to influence Congress. Every year, the extreme heat, weather disasters and fire disasters are getting exponentially worse across the U.S. and the world. Trying to talk to your Congressmen about this is a lot like talking to your doctor without an appointment and a four-week wait. You cannot just call them up or send them an email. I don't want to appear cynical, but do you believe that these Congressmen actually read your emails? I have sent... Full story
On the occasions when I have contemplated what motivates human behavior, I have done so mostly within the framework of "nature/nurture." Are we motivated mostly by our genetics or by how our life experiences have formed us? Maybe they interact. Science tells us that certain environmental factors may cause mutations in our genes that could be carried through to our children. Maybe it's not either/or. As a young man, I tried to test the nature/nurture paradigm when I visited my absent father to see what in him was common to me... Full story
Last week, a bunch of excited kids headed for Suttle Lake through the safe and quiet forest. They're part of Heather Walden's Black Butte Eco-Bike Explorers. Black Butte Eco Bike Explorers is a grassroots, nonprofit program put together to get kids outdoors to learn about ecology and conservation through art and mountain-bike exploration. The goal is to provide young people between the ages of 10 and 15 tools to make a difference and help improve and maintain our environment.... Full story
The 23rd Annual Country Fair and Art Show will be at the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration in Sisters on August 10 and 11. The invitational art show begins with an artists' reception on Friday from 5 to 8 p.m., which includes refreshments and a silent auction. The public is invited to come out and mingle with the artists. The art show continues on Saturday along with the popular Country Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The art show and sale includes outstanding regional... Full story
Next Wednesday, August 15, 5:30 to 8 p.m., the Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire Hall will be the setting for Footloose at the Fire Hall, an evening of free food and fun, seeing old friends, meeting new ones, and discovering - and rediscovering - popular dances of yesteryear and today. The idea of the evening, according to Citizens4Community board member Amy Burgstahler, is to bring people in the community together to have fun while they "celebrate the fantastic community we live... Full story
A wayward cat that somehow made his way from Bend to Sisters was reunited with his owner after being cared for by the staff at Rio Restaurant and Sisters Athletic Club. "For nearly a week a sweet kitty was hanging around the grassy area behind the Sisters Athletic Club and Rio Restaurant," Cindy Tintle of SAC reported. "Four-year-old Nicholas, the son of Rio's owner (Roberto Cardenas) developed a natural bond with the affectionate kitty. Nicholas made sure the kitty was fed an... Full story
Sisters Flight Science students got the chance to fly in to a backcountry overnight campout with instructors Sam Monte, Walt Lasecki and Brian Lansburgh at McKenzie Bridge airstrip. They were joined by several local pilots from Sisters, including Jeff Taylor in his Highlander, Tyler Head in his Cessna 170, and Steve Harris in his Bearhawk. They were also visited by several other backcountry pilots who overheard the group on the radio, and who swooped in to McKenzie Bridge to... Full story
Sisters resident Jeff Ramsey is a passionate man. As a Hollywood stuntman and stunt coordinator he has been lit on fire by Drew Barrymore, kidnapped Mel Gibson, and been bashed over the head with a breakaway lamp by Julia Roberts' stunt double. He's crashed cars on purpose and been blown off of more horses than he can count, but above all, Ramsey says, "I love to be on fire." Ramsey, who split time as a young man between the deserts of Arizona and Southern California, came to... Full story
Powerlifting is hard. And that's just what Anne Geser wants. "I've discovered that hard makes you grow," she told The Nugget. "Hard empowers you." Last weekend, the 65-year-old Sisters woman traveled to Portland and smashed the International Powerlifting League deadlift world record for her age and weight class (65-69, 132 pounds). The record was 82.5kg/181 pounds. Geser beat that mark. Three times. Her first lift was 85kg/187 pounds, her second 90kg/198 pounds, and she... Full story
