News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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True to plan, M & M Services completed their instream restoration work on Whychus Creek in three weeks. The work involved the stretch of creek from the Locust Street bridge to the Highway 20 bridge where it runs between Creekside Campground and Creekside Park. Four new stone stairways provide designated access to the creek, to reduce wear and tear on the creek banks. The streambed was modified so the concrete that was part of the sewer system is lower in the water and won’t i... Full story
Traffic Safety Plan (TSP) amendments were adopted in December 2021. Since that time, almost a dozen safety improvements have already been made in the first seven months of 2022, according to Public Works Director Paul Bertagna. This summer and fall six more projects will be completed. Completed: - Developed and approved the 20-mph residential speed zone (Ordinance 521). - Signed and implemented the 20-mph residential speed zone signs (over 100 signs). - Installed four... Full story
The wait is over. After nearly a year, Toriizaka Art has opened at 222 W. Hood Ave. in the space formerly long occupied by Ken Scott’s Imagination Gallery. The new gallery was rebuilt from the skeleton up — new floors, new walls, new windows, new roof, new plumbing, all-new electric, brand-new kitchenette, and a paint job inside and out. The renovated space is nothing of its former self. The curator, Karen Thomas, has taken art in Sisters to a new height. She and her h... Full story
The Outlaws boys soccer squad has made steady improvements, and their collective skill and “soccer IQ” has grown tremendously, thanks to Coach Jeff Husmann, who has coached them the past four years. Husmann noted that with the improvement the team’s expectations for success has grown and the boys are up for the challenge. Sisters has shifted to 3A, and the change will allow the Outlaws to be even more competitive. According to Husmann, the seniors are the spirit and identity of this year’s team. They have raised the bar of... Full story
Meadows are rare in the deep forests of Sisters Country. Found near rivers and springs, their deeper loamy soils grow grasses and summer wildflowers and, when wet enough, discourage trees. People have been drawn to meadows for centuries, to camp, graze animals, cultivate grasses, and gaze at a portal to the open sky. If you park at the Allingham Bridge in Camp Sherman and walk upstream on the west side of the Metolius River Trail, you walk beside Allingham Meadow. First you cr... Full story
The Sisters Park & Recreation District (SPRD) childcare program will be able to serve many more families thanks to a funding boost approved by the Deschutes County Commission. Commissioners approved American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to support the SPRD childcare program and Furnish Hope, a local nonprofit that furnishes homes at no cost to families in need. The $25,000 allocated to the Sisters Park & Recreation District is expected to allow the District to serve 30 to 40 additional children between the ages of three... Full story
It was in April that the City brought Jacob Smith on board as its first ever code enforcement officer. He had been in a similar position in Redmond for 13 years. Our July 5 story on overgrown weeds and grass pointed out a sizeable part of Smith’s job. We wanted to get more in-depth with him, to get the bigger picture on his role and how he’s adapting to it. True, “vegetation” issues as he calls them are at the top of his work pile, as we are now into the peak of the summer... Full story
On Saturday, August 6, the town of Sisters lost a local who will be forever missed. Conrad Charles Kiefer was born in Eureka, California, where he lived for most of his childhood until moving to Sisters in 1996. Conrad graduated from Sisters High School in 1999. After High School, he worked as a wildland firefighter. No one knew the Deschutes wilderness better than Conrad. Conrad worked for the City of Sisters, Knife River, and most recently McKenzie Cascade Excavation. He... Full story
On Saturday April 16, Russell John Ribb, Jr. went home into the loving arms of his Savior. Russ was 94, born August 28, 1927, in Sherwood, North Dakota. Being an only child, he enjoyed their move to Donnybrook, North Dakota, being close to grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. In 1937, they headed out west to Long Beach, California, and then settled in La Puente. This is where Russ started attending church as a young boy and accepted the Lord as his Savior at age 10.... Full story
Young artists from a creativity camp performed original songs, read poetry, and showed their paintings at Sisters Art Works last Friday. But this camp had a special twist: the kids also created songs inspired by local elders. Earlier in the week, campers attended the senior luncheon at Sisters Community Church. They asked questions, listened, and took notes on their elders’ life stories, favorite foods, and more. Back at camp, youth came up with song ideas based on luncheon co... Full story
The Pole Creek Ranch property has a history of running cattle, elk, llamas, and even a camel, but for the first time Saturday, August 20 it was 120 people of all ages that had run of the place, at the inaugural Giddy-Up Ranch Run sponsored by Run Sisters Run. The Cole family, owners of the ranch, are moving toward allowing a limited number of events on the property in the future and opened the place up for race director Kelly Bither as a way to foster community connections.... Full story
Water and development To the Editor: Water again. I wonder if the residents of greater Sisters are as confused as I am about the City’s water policies? In the hearing in 2021 to consider the Woodlands development, which will increase the population of Sisters by 30 percent and extract tens of thousands of gallons of water from our aquifer, the City Council gave little thought to water. They seem to have considered it to be an infinite resource, as if this were 1921 and only a handful of people lived in Sisters. The City h... Full story
