News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Cool, wet weather over the weekend and into Monday helped clear out smoke that plagued Sisters last week. The Scott Mountain Fire burning 15 miles to the west inundated the region with smoke on Wednesday and Thursday, but that smoke abated with the change in weather. The fire is 3,300 acres in size and is 30 percent contained. Firefighters are not attacking the fire directly. According to the incident command team, "the Scott Mountain fire, located in the Mt. Washington... Full story
Three candidates for Sisters City Council - Sharlene Weed, Wendy Holzman and Jacki Shepardson - are pledging to keep their campaign expenditures to a minimum and they don't want any campaign contributions. Instead, they are asking for those who support them to make a donation to the Sisters Kiwanis Food Bank "in honor" of their campaigns. The candidates, while aligned in their views, say they are not running as a slate. At a campaign kickoff party at Angeline's Bakery & Café on Friday, Weed and Holzman said they would... Full story
David Asson is one of six candidates running for a seat on the Sisters City Council in the November 2 election. Asson, 73, has lived in Sisters for the past four years. Prior to moving here, the Assons lived for 43 years in Beaverton. David and his wife of fifty years, Carolyn, have four married children and thirteen grandchildren. Two of their married children live in Sisters Country. The pull of family and the natural beauty of Sisters Country motivated David and Carolyn to... Full story
The budget ax has fallen again. This time it missed the Sisters School District. A combination of stimulus monies from the federal government and a firm pledge from the governor and the Oregon State Legislature has given the school districts around the state, including Sisters, a little breathing room. The Sisters School District can begin the school year with no fear of further budget cuts until December at the earliest. On August 27 Governor Kulongoski announced another... Full story
I am writing to you as the ninth anniversary of my sister Cathy's murder at the World Trade Center approaches. She happened to be attending a breakfast meeting at Windows on the World (the restaurant on the top floor of Tower 1) that day and as bad luck would have it, she became trapped above the point of impact and was incinerated. Every year, I get to watch her die on television again and again. We have never found any trace of her. I've been reading and watching a lot of discussion about a proposed "mosque" at "ground... Full story
When Rick Johnson graduated from high school in Houston, Texas, his choir teacher posed a compelling question: where did he see himself in 10 years? His answer: living in Oregon, married, with children and a dog, inspiring young kids with music. Johnson doesn't yet have children, nor has he limited himself to one dog. But according to plan, Johnson takes his place this week as the new choir director for both Sisters High School and Sisters Middle School. In doing so, he's... Full story
Folks in Sisters will celebrate the heritage of the West in the Sisters Western & Native American Arts Festival, September 4-5 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Sisters Creekside City Park. Visitors will enjoy a fine variety of Western and Native American arts and crafts from vendors throughout the Sisters Country and around the Northwest. The Anvil Blasters will perform on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. On Sunday, Charles Littleleaf, a flutist from Warm Springs, will perform. Many other activities will take place throughout this... Full story
A deer in the swimming pool is not a good thing. That's exactly what Melanie Petterson thought when her son Rory called her to say there was one in the pool at her home at the east end of the Sisters Airport. "You have to be kidding!" she said. "Nope, it's for real, mom," Rory confirmed. Melanie then turned to the secretaries in the Sisters High School office where she was signing up her daughter Jacobie for athletics, and told them about it. No one thought it was serious and... Full story
The Lady Outlaws volleyball team heads into the 2010 pre-season ready for battle with their minds set on defending their state title. Eight return from the 2009 championship team and will lead the Outlaws toward that end. Three seniors, Kaity Douglass, Mary Jane Schulte, and Marissa Calavan are back for their final season and all will contribute leadership to the team. Douglass returns as setter and will quarterback the Outlaws' offense. Kaity returns with a lot of experience under her belt; she is a natural floor leader. Shu... Full story
Most local hikers seem to be familiar with Wasco Lake only by virtue of a trail sign pointing away from the much more popular Canyon Creek Meadows loop trail. In reality, Wasco Lake is a nice little destination itself. The trail takes off from the Jack Lake Trailhead; it's relatively easy and is less than a five-mile round trip. Instead of following the recommended clockwise loop to Canyon Creek Meadows, take the counterclockwise direction when the trail forks in the vicinity... Full story
Three sets of brothers from Sisters helped celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts this summer at the 2010 National Scout Jamboree in Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia. They returned with tales of trading scout badges, seeing celebrities, visiting historical monuments and living through crazy rain and thunder storms. Christian and Daniel Hunt, Joe and Ross Grant and Will and Alex Cyrus attended the 10-day event with more than 45,000 other scouts, adult leaders and volunteers.... Full story
I love it! The phone calls and e-mails are coming in about strange, screeching calls piercing the peaceful night sky. Jodi Creed sent me this one (edited for brevity): "Three nights ago I was beckoned outside by the call of a great horned owl (GHO) very close to our house. He (or she) was being answered by a more distant owl with a slightly longer call (but still a great horned) and once by an even more distant owl. "All of a sudden, during the conversation between the first... Full story
For Tori DeLeone, this summer was never a blank canvas. The Sisters High School senior worked hard all spring to be accepted into an elite pre-college art residency program and she had a ticket for the East Coast. DeLeone spent an intensive four weeks at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore, one of the country's oldest and most respected art schools, expanding her portfolio and her ideas for the future. It was an exhausting schedule. Most days, classes began... Full story
David Green of Sisters was the lumberjack to beat going into Friday's elimination round of the STIHL Timbersports Collegiate Championship on opening weekend of the Oregon State Fair in Salem. But on the very first event, fate stepped in during the stock saw challenge and Green got a "DQ" (disqualification) penalty for crossing the line and using more than his allotted four inches of wood, receiving zero points and all but ending his chance of winning the event. His times were fast and consistent in the other segments: the... Full story
Sisters High School's boys soccer team returns 12 players to the varsity squad, and they'll be a force to be reckoned with this season. The Outlaws kick off their season at home against Cascade on Tuesday, September 7, with game time set for a 4:30 p.m. start. The Outlaws bring back seven seniors, including Scott Everson, Tanner Smith, Scotty Bowen, Austin Williams, Sam Quinn, Colby Gilmore and Nathan Roy. Everson, honorable mention all-league last year, returns for his fourth season on varsity and will play at the midfield... Full story
Three Sisters students have returned from Europe, where they spent two weeks this summer as United States ambassadors for the People to People program. Thirty-seven Central Oregon students and their chaperones visited four countries. They hit the ground running after a long flight from Portland to London which marked the start of their journey. Sisters Middle School teachers Midge Rose and Dave Glick were the Sisters chaperones for the trip. "Every year the theme is... Full story
The Outlaws football team will return 19 players to the team, including 10 starters. Returning starters on offense include seniors Marcus Arends, Jordan Hodges, Marteen Jiminez, Erik Carlson, Randon Beech, John Green, Jared Nelson and juniors Bryce Alderman and Jalen Miller. Seven of those players are back as starters on offense. Wide receivers Arends, one of the Outlaws' captains, Hodges and Jiminez all bring leadership to the team and, according to Coach Bob Macauley, will be the team's strength. "These guys are all fast... Full story
Sisters volunteer coordinator Karly Hedrick has earned a reputation as an effective community organizer in Sisters. "She's an extraordinary individual," said Maret Pajutee, who has worked with Hedrick organizing volunteers for the National Forest Foundation (NFF) and the U.S. Forest Service. "She is very outgoing, organized, capable, responsible. It's a potent combination for a volunteer coordinator." Hedrick has gained experience working with the National Forest Foundation,... Full story
• A man reported his vehicle stolen from a campground. It was later recovered. A woman had thought she had permission to use it whenever she wanted. She was mistaken. She was also cited for drug possession when a deputy found methamphetamine residue in her purse. • A 26-year-old man was arrested for drunk driving after he ran into some mailboxes returning from the brew fest in Bend. He had a blood-alcohol count of .14 percent. • In a separate incident, a 49-year-old man was arrested for DUII,... Full story
