News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Roots music fans from all over the West will roll into Sisters this week to take in the sixth annual Sisters Folk Festival, set for Friday-Sunday, September 7-9. The festival carries on the traditions of American music, from blues to bluegrass. Saturday night's concert featuring legendary cowboy singer and songwriter Ian Tyson sold out well in advance. "Ian Tyson has an enormous following in this part of the country," said festival board member Jim Cornelius. "As soon as the word got out that he was coming to Sisters, the... Full story
Deschutes County Sheriff's deputies arrested James Mize, 36, in Camp Sherman last week, after a long investigation into a series of campground thefts throughout the region. Mize was cited in connection with thefts in the Suttle Lake area and was arrested and taken to Deschutes County Jail on an unrelated warrant. According to sheriff's office reports, after an interview with detectives, Mize was also lodged on a charge of first degree aggravated theft. Deputies are also seeking Stanley Eugene Barrett, 26. He is believed to... Full story
Jackie Kolb paints a young face at Saturday market. Sisters residents and a large contingent of visitors enjoyed the traditional last-weekend-of summer vacation hurrah over Labor Day. The Saturday Market at the Village Green -- the last of the season -- drew large crowds to sample the wares of craft and food vendors and to enjoy live music entertainment, belly dancers and face painters. There were rumors of grumpy weather in the offing, but they proved to be false as Sisters... Full story
Quarterback Mike Greene draws a bead at the Outlaw Jamboree on Friday, August 31. The Sisters Outlaws are coming into the fall season armed and dangerous. Sisters' most explosive offensive threat is senior Mike Greene. Greene is splitting time between the receiver and quarterback positions. Coach Bob Macauley is slowly handing the quarterback reins over to junior Pat Burke. By doing this, Macauley hopes to build Burke's experience -- and to cut Greene loose to roam downfield where he is always a threat to score with his... Full story
Sisters High School junior Kristin Lamoreaux experienced Nashville from an insider's perspective this summer. Not only did she tour the city with Nashville songwriters Tim and Angela Lauer, she spent several hours recording songs with Tim in his studio. "I got to know Tim and Angela when I worked with them at one of the Starry Nights concerts last winter," said Lamoreaux, who dazzled the crowd with her own performance during Leann Womack's concert. "We really hit it off and Tim encouraged me to come and visit them in... Full story
Amateur football is alive and well in the state of Oregon, thanks to the OFL -- the Oregon Football League. Beginning it's second season, Central Oregon has a team in the conference that goes by the moniker The Central Oregon Stampede. This season, they will make Sisters their home field. Justin Kubler and his wife Kebbra are the primary organizers and catalysts for the team. "We're not really semi-pro, because we're strictly amateur," Justin said. "It's a league for anyone 18 years and older (out of high school) who wants... Full story
Two small rustic buildings will soon meet the wrecking ball. Two rustic buildings on Cascade Avenue will be knocked down and replaced with new Western-styled retail spaces under a plan submitted to the City of Sisters by developer Bill Reed. One site is the current location of Arts of the West at 281 W. Cascade Avenue. Owner Mike Hug is holding a clearance sale to reduce inventory before closing his doors on or around Saturday, September 15. Hug said that he and his wife Bev... Full story
Fasten your seat belts! There's a great steelhead run on its way up the Deschutes River. We first started seeing the signs clear back in July while we were still trout fishing in the upper river. On three separate occasions we had steelhead take our trout flies. On lighter trout tackle, only one of these fish was actually brought to the bank. That was a nice five or six pound native hen. The others gave us enough of a run and jump that we knew for certain they were not just overzealous trout. Unfortunately, in true steelhead... Full story
Joyce Palmer. If you have to work for a living, it's nice to get up in the morning looking forward to your day. For many of Sisters' long-time employees, the pleasures of their work are all wrapped up in the love of people. "Customer service is my favorite thing," said Joyce Palmer, who has worked at Christmas Mountain Magic for the past five years. "I love people. I love sending them out smiling." The store where Palmer works is unique, carrying Christmas ornaments and decora... Full story
Marathon training requires long months of building up mileage in preparation for the 26.2-mile test of endurance. Incorporating long training runs into the regimen that are unique in some way helps runners to avoid "staleness" in the last month or two of training. Here in Sisters country the best solution is a wilderness run. Deirdre Kanzig, her buddy Susan Fullhart, along with David Carlson and Rochelle Curtis, who are all entered in this month's Portland Marathon, put this theory into practice on Labor Day with an early... Full story
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One of our favorite and most frustrating pundits, Molly Ivins, is nearly illiterate when it comes to economics. So are many liberals. They waste arrows on the wrong targets, they fight the wrong battles. In her column this week, (on this page), Ms. Ivins takes aim at free markets. As an example, she uses airline deregulation to show how bad deregulation can be. Then she defeats her own case. Airline travel has tripled in 20 years, she points out, and fares are 40 percent lower. She implies we need more regulation, without... Full story
- A merchant reported $309.65 stolen from the store till during business hours. - A deputy contacted a bowhunter who was inadvertently scouting on private land. - A deputy found a drunk woman walking westbound up Highway 20. She was headed home -- to Black Butte Ranch. The deputy gave her a lift. - Two young men were reportedly using illegal fireworks in Sisters. - A man reported that a young Sisters man was harassing him and his wife. He said the young man taunted his wife at the Post Office. There seems to be more-or-less... Full story
They're back... The school busses rolled through the streets of Sisters on Tuesday, September 4, bringing students back to school after a summer break that seemed to fly by. Students will see a few changes, especially at Sisters High School, which got a $475,632 face-lift this summer. Construction crews expect to finish up the remoding project by September 19. They will mostly keep out of the way of returning students, though there may be some areas that are marked off-limits... Full story
