News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Public officials in Oregon and Washington have a warning for people visiting trailheads and recreation areas across the region: park illegally and you might get towed. The U.S. Forest Service tweeted a photo Thursday showing a car being towed from a trailhead parking area in the Mount Hood National Forest, saying law enforcement agencies would ticket and tow parked vehicles that pose a danger to public safety, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported. Earlier in the week, the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office said 16 cars were t... Full story
Steep terrain is challenging firefighters on the Green Ridge Fire, burning in heavy timber two miles northeast of Camp Sherman on the Sisters Ranger District. Aerial resources assisted firefighting efforts on the ground to construct preliminary fire lines but the steep terrain creates problems with burning material rolling downhill into unburned areas. Fire officials reported active fire behavior and spotting yesterday. The fire is at 30 acres with no containment, according to Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch. The Green... Full story
Citizens for Community (C4C), and the Community Website Partnership have teamed up to create a community-driven website called Sisters Country Community Connects. The website will be a one-stop-shop for all things Sisters and its community. It is intended to create awareness, connect and engage organizations and people. The website will be a place to access volunteers from around the community. It will also strive to create a place to connect with organizations and businesses as well as the media. The partnership is being... Full story
Many of us have fond memories of skipping ropes on the playgrounds of yesteryear. A childhood game of “I betcha can’t make 100 skips,” or a jump-a-thon sponsored PE program come to memory. Nostalgia for jump rope isn’t child’s play. It can be an effective fitness device. Here’s why. A jump rope doesn’t take up any space. It won’t take up the spare room or half the garage with piles of boxes on top of it (looking at you, treadmill). It doesn’t require a large upfront expense. It’s an activity that can be done while on hold wit... Full story
Patrick Maley has a passion for promoting safe, competent firearms use. Maley is principal instructor of Cascade Gun & Safety, which he launched this year in Sisters. An NRA certified pistol instructor and range safety officer, Maley has a particular focus for his work. “I really want to focus on women, couples, and first-time shooters,” he told The Nugget. “From our perspective, the more knowledge you have, the safer you are.” First-time firearms purchase have skyrock... Full story
Last summer Sisters Elementary School nurse Beth Hummel took a leap of faith and bought a class IV heat laser, a powerful therapeutic instrument that uses focused light to stimulate a process called photobiomodulation (PBM). It marked the launch of her new business, Hummel Massage and Laser Therapy. With 23 years in nursing and 15 years as a massage therapist, Hummel was eager to begin a new chapter using the healing light source that changed her life, moving her on the road t... Full story
A house concert on Sunday, August 23, will feature Never Come Down, 2018 Rockygrass Band Competition Winner. The address of the event is 411 E. Main Ave. in Sisters. At 5 p.m., there will be an acoustic jam. The concert starts at 7 p.m. Social distancing between pods of one to four people will be observed and masks are required. Seating is limited; RSVP by Friday, August 21. Bring beverages, lawn chair or blanket and a suggested donation of $20 per person. Contact Linda Leavitt at [email protected] for more information... Full story
When Susan Parker moved to Sisters from the Bay Area with her husband Brian Farrow eight years ago, after a 37-year career working as a vice president and buyer for Macy’s, she wanted to stay active in a meaningful way and become part of the small-town community. A friend at Black Butte Ranch mentioned the ASPIRE program at Sisters High School, which provides mentors to support students in navigating their post high school plans. Parker felt an immediate sense of excitement t... Full story
The camera’s fall, towards the lioness’s head instantly created empty space between her eyes and mine, causing the raw magnitude of the moment to somehow leap up yet another level. Her head snapped an inch to the side in response to the camera bouncing at the end of its strap, which encircled my neck. Absentmindedly, maybe out of habit, I had slung it over my head before standing up and that might very well have saved my life. The little twists and turns of the swaying cam... Full story
Big Lake and I have a relationship that goes back more than 60 years. So, on one of our recent 90+ degree days, when my hiking buddy suggested water sports at Big Lake, rather than a hot, dusty trail, it wasn’t a hard sell. Actually, we had considered the possibility on a weekend a couple of weeks earlier but were repelled by the great hordes of people crowding the lake. Having roundly rejected the idea on that occasion, we thought a midweek visit might be a more reasonable c... Full story
Over 21 million Americans have mood disorders. Bipolar disorder in particular, also known as manic-depressive illness, affects a whopping 2.8 percent of the U.S. population. With statistics like these, there’s a good chance you or someone you know is dealing with this condition—and some may be misdiagnosed with depression. Learn more in local author Willa Goodfellow’s “Prozac Monologues” (see related article) and from the following resources. BP Hope: Ever hear the one... Full story
Feeling blue? Ever feel like the blues won’t lift? You’re not alone. Millions of Americans live with depression. What might come as a surprise: about half of those diagnosed with depression are eventually re-diagnosed with bipolar disorder. That’s according to local author and Episcopal priest Willa Goodfellow. Her book “Prozac Monologues: A Voice from the Edge” launches on August 28 with a virtual Paulina Springs Books event also featuring Marean Jordan. “Half. A fifty perce... Full story
• City staff has shared with Council their draft version of a resolution rejecting hateful acts in our community and welcoming, serving, and protecting residents and visitors without regard to race, origin, religion, income, gender, sexual orientation, or immigration status. Council made a few suggestions for the wording and directed staff to place the resolution on the August 26 regular meeting agenda for consideration for adoption. • An AmeriCorps intern will be... Full story
When Sisters resident Mona Delfino, animal communicator and energy healer, found out there was a horse at 3 Sisters Equine Refuge in Bend who was recently rescued from near death, she seized the opportunity to help. Like Robert Redford in the film “The Horse Whisperer,” Delfino was born with a remarkable gift to communicate with animals and help them heal. Delfino said she became aware of her special abilities at the age of five when she knew what her dog Shadow was thi... Full story
The Black Butte Ranch land is rich with human history. Writing the 50th anniversary book, “There is a Place,” was a lesson in pursuing a more complete understanding of the people who called the region home. While researching the book, I found human history for the Black Butte Ranch (BBR) area usually focused on stories about the Santiam Wagon road that passed over BBR land, the “discovery” of the area by the first white explorers and the many attempts by land specula... Full story
Accessibility improvements to the Creekside Park Bridge will be completed by the end of 2020. The bridge improvements include ADA-accessible ramps (Americans with Disabilities Act) on either side leading up to the bridge, with decorative railings and the addition of viewing bump-outs along each side of the bridge. Following a design review by the Parks Advisory Board, the board recommended to Council that the Option B design be approved, allowing the City to save some funds... Full story
“Your destiny is part of you... your spirit, your dreams, your very breath and blood. But destiny is shaped by the roads you choose to follow. In life, choices are everything.” With these words, Rufus’s mother unknowingly entices her young red-haired kitten to set out on an adventure for which he is totally unprepared. Luckily, Rufus is “No Ordinary Cat” — and this is no ordinary book. Writing in the refreshing style of Farley Mowat’s classic dog story, “The Dog Wh... Full story
I have been an advocate of term limits for as long as I can remember. The thought sickens me that members of Congress are allowed to serve so long — like the late Senator Strom Thurman (R) for 48 years, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, (D) 34 years, Senator Mitch McConnell, (R) 36 years, Lindsey Graham (R) 30 years, and we can’t forget Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D), 30 years. The list goes on and on. There is no need here or little point in taking time to delineate why we need term limits; that is obvious or should be obvi... Full story
To the Editor: The tirade against Jim Cornelius (Letters to the Editor, The Nugget, August 5, page 2) represents the attitude of too many demonstrators we have seen, i.e. “my way or the highway.” It should make thoughtful people take notice. The urge to beat up Donald Trump overflows into condemnation of all who disagree with their myopic viewpoint. Civility is passé, it seems. The style now is sarcasm and spin. Nothing new about that, but it should be recognized as vitriol, not analysis. Donald Harner To the Edi... Full story
Eighty years ago, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) completed construction of a new recreational ski lodge at the summit of Santiam Pass. The unique architecture is characteristic of six ski lodges built by the CCC in the Pacific Northwest. For nearly a half century thereafter, the Santiam Pass Ski Lodge offered outdoor recreation opportunities, first as a public skiing area, hiking center, highway stopover and rest area and, later, as a church camp. It all ended in 1986,... Full story
School administrators are managing what seems to be daily updates as to how the 2020-21 school year will operate in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The August 12 Sisters School District board meeting, conducted via Zoom, took place a day after the Oregon Department of Education released its latest update of guidance for schools, which, as was expected, did not change the fact that Sisters School District will be starting the year under the Comprehensive Distance Learning (CDL) model. Superintendent Curt Scholl... Full story
The City of Sisters, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), and the Sisters School District (SSD) are working together to make the proposed Highway 20/Locust roundabout a reality. The eventual construction of the roundabout will require a right-of-way acquisition from the Sisters School District for land at the grade school that is the current site of two tennis courts. The City of Sisters is already working in conjunction with the Oregon Department of Transportation... Full story
Sisters is growing and changing rapidly. Those who want to shape what growth and change look like over the next decades will have a significant opportunity as the City of Sisters updates its comprehensive plan. The City has contracted for up to $95,000 with Angelo Planning Group, Inc. out of Portland for technical assistance with the state-mandated comprehensive plan update. Work begins in earnest this fall. “It’s the guiding legal document for the City in terms of growth and... Full story
Sisters Middle School will be the base camp for firefighters battling the Green Ridge Fire located two miles northeast of Camp Sherman. Vehicles are moving in and out of the middle school site on Highway 242 at the west end of Sisters, and motorists should be aware and exercise caution driving through the area.... Full story
UPDATE #2: Central Oregon interagency Dispatch corrected their estimate of the Green Ridge Fire to 500 acres as of Tuesday evening. Infrared mapping of the fire area overnight will likely yield a more precise estimate. UPDATE: Within an hour of reporting an estimated 80 acres on the Green Ridge Fire, fire officials are revising that number significantly. Sisters District Ranger Ian Reid told The Nugget that estimates are difficult due to smoky conditions, but the most recent estimate he heard is 300 acres. Central Oregon... Full story
