News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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A hot-burning fire just outside of Sisters was quickly slapped down by a multi-agency attack on Wednesday, September 15. The "human-caused" fire near McKinney Butte between Highway 126 and Camp Polk Road was called in at 3:43 p.m., according to Wayne Rowe with the Oregon Department of Forestry in Sisters. In the initial attack, ODF responded with three engines and five people; Sisters/Camp Sherman RFPD sent five engines and eight firefighters; the Forest Service had four engines, and seven firefighters at the scene. The mutua... Full story
The Sisters Ranger District will burn 100 acres on Glaze Meadow adjacent to Black Butte Ranch this week, in the district's first-ever prescribed burn in a meadow. The fire will scorch the world's largest population of the wildflower Peck's penstemon - and forest biologists are thrilled. According to district ecologist Maret Pajutee, the intentional torching of this historic grazing allotment will make history. "Prescribed burns are usually associated with timber sales or fuels reduction in the forest," Pajutee explained. "We... Full story
One of the largest biplanes in the world, an Anotov AN-2, lumbered into Sisters Eagle Air on Thursday, September 16. The plane, owned by the Lundgren family of Camp Sherman, was just stopping over on its way to final display at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington. The plane was piloted by Shane Lundgren, who flew the craft from Maine to Sisters. Shane is a pilot with Air Berlin, an airline the family owns in Europe. Shane flew the Anotov from Alaska to Norway across the North Pole last year, a journey documented by Na... Full story
The East of the Cascade Quilters of the Stitchin' Post in Sisters, and the Mt. Bachelor Guild of Mountain Country Mercantile in Bend, have combined their efforts and talents to make 21 quilts for those in need in Kosovo. Irwin Bear of P and B Textiles in Burlingame, California, has requested of guilds across America a donation of quilts for the relief effort to Kosovo. He sends up to 100 yards of fabric to guilds who wish to make quilts. All quilts are returned to P and B Textiles who will send them to Kosovo in October and... Full story
The discovery of ancient artifacts at the Paulina Pool site on Black Butte Ranch have sparked interest in carrying out further studies at the ranch. Jean Nave will present a proposal to the Black Butte Ranch (BBR) Board of Directors for establishing a project to study ranch history. According to the proposal, the ranch would participate in a flagship program being developed by the Center for the Study of The First Americans at Oregon State University. The Archeology Education Project would allow teachers to receive hands-on... Full story
* * * To the Editor: Last week, with the weather holding good, we decided to make one last camping trip of the year to that magical place of places, the pristine Metolius River. I have fished the Metolius for many years with but little success. This time it was different. After rigging up rod and reel comes the all-important decision of what fly to tie on the line. Will it be Greenwell's Glory, a golden-ribbed hare's ear, an elk hair caddis? My fly box is filled with these gorgeous creations of the fly-tier's artistry. This... Full story
A local tax for school operating funds could raise as much as $617,500 a year for Sisters schools, according to schools superintendent Steve Swisher. A state formula was released last week following Governor John Kitzhaber's surprise approval of a bill allowing school districts to place tax measures on the ballot to raise funds for teachers and other operating funds. Since the passage of Measure 5 in 1991, local tax measures have been restricted to funding school construction. According to the state formula, Sisters could rai... Full story
Sisters jazzes it up Beautiful Sisters weather combined with top-flight bands to make the ninth annual High Mountains Jazz at Sisters festival a toe-tapping success. Chicago Six, featuring Eve Evans, Marilyn Keller and Bob Schulz, offered a stirring centennial tribute to Duke Ellington which packed the tent at Sisters' Village Green on Saturday afternoon, September 18. Gator Beat took its spicy brand of music to Sisters High School on Friday for an assembly that taught student... Full story
