News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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The Deschutes County Public Health Department reports that a bat found in Sisters has tested positive for rabies. Confirmatory tests were performed at the Oregon State Public Health Lab after a Deschutes County resident noticed a dead bat in his dog's mouth.The dog was current on the rabies vaccine and will undergo quarantine for 45 days after revaccination. "Rabies is transmitted through the bites of an infected animal, and while post-exposure vaccination is effective," Deschutes County Communicable Disease Program... Full story
A 24-year-old hiker fell ill on the Green Lakes Trail near the Pole Creek Trail and had to be assisted by Search and Rescue personnel last week. It was the second time SAR personnel aided an ill backcountry hiker in a week. On June 17, at about 3 p.m., Deschutes County 911 received a call from Jessica Sheets reporting her hiking partner Daniel Horn had become ill and needed medical assistance. Sheets reported the pair had been hiking for two days in the area and had covered approximately 20 miles the day before. Sheets and... Full story
The Sisters Planning Commission last week approved the site plan for the McKenzie Meadows Village (MMV) senior living facility consisting of 45 senior living units and 12 senior memory-care units. They also approved the modification of the previously approved MMV Master Plan, to accommodate the site plan's shifting of the location of buildings by more than 25 feet from where the buildings were originally approved to be located. Sounds simple enough. But the June 18 public... Full story
Dear Editor, I appreciate the interest, interview, and commentary article published in The Nugget by Diane Goble on "Perils of Pesticides" in the June 3, 2015 edition. There are a few incidental facts I would like to clarify. While Lowe's has announced it will no longer carry neonic-treated seeds, plants, and products this will not happen until NEXT year. That means that this year's neonic-treated products will be sold as usual and will kill pollinator insects and birds who ingest those insects as part of their normal... Full story
As a family of walkers and cyclists, the path from Black Butte Ranch (BBR) to Sisters will benefit my family personally and BBR families and guests alike. It would be a wonderful amenity to the Ranch, providing a safe, scenic trail which links BBR to the commercial services of Sisters. The majority of owners support the path, despite some having concerns over increased public access. It is no wonder the trail has majority support when the top two family activities on the Ranch are No. 1 walking at 91 percent and No. 2... Full story
The 40th Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show is about to roll out in Sisters. The theme of the 2015 Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show (SOQS) is "A Timeless Tapestry" - a story told through weaving fabric and thread. This year, SOQS honors the quilters, instructors, volunteers, artists, businesses, donors, sponsors and industry leaders whose help and support during the past four decades have transformed the town of Sisters into a living tapestry every second Saturday in July since 1975. The... Full story
Quilting is a traditional art - one that is continuing to grow and evolve as artists press into new frontiers. Yet even the most avant-garde quilter can appreciate the extraordinary detail-work of hand-stitched traditional quilts. Visitors to the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show this July will have an opportunity to see such work on display at Beacham's Clock Company. Family quilts belonging to local contractor and Sisters Rodeo Association President Glenn Miller will be on display... Full story
The Sisters Folk Festival (SFF) will raffle an extraordinary Breedlove Guitar to mark its 20th year during the festival set for September 11-13. The guitar, a custom C20/CM by Breedlove Guitars, has a red cedar top and quilted mahogany back and sides, a sunburst finish, and a custom inlay of "SFF 2015," with a vintage microphone in keeping with this year's poster image by Dennis McGregor. It is valued at $8,000. The wood used to produce the guitar back and sides is from "The... Full story
Steampunk art and quilts are strange bedfellows, but you can find both in Sisters Galleries during this week's Fourth Friday Art Stroll, and extending through the Quilt Show month. The Sisters Arts Association invites you to stroll the town this Fourth Friday, from 4 to 7 p.m. (and maybe a little later), and see what's new. Listen for music, share light refreshments, and enjoy the galleries on Hood Avenue, Cascade, across town at Sisters Art Works on Adams, and down the block to Canyon Creek Pottery. Gallery maps are... Full story
Sisters High School's baseball slugger Justin Harrer turned down an opportunity to be drafted in the fourth round by the San Diego Padres. Harrer would have garnered a signing bonus of $500,000, and had his schooling completely paid. Instead, Justin chose to play collegiate ball for Washington State University (WSU) next year. Harrer has been involved with the Padres organization for the past several months, particularly the regional scout, Justin Bachman. Harrer had periodic... Full story
Max Kahnt came to Sisters for a whole school year at Sisters High School as part of the foreign-exchange program. Kahnt said that he decided to come to America because he wanted to see America based on what he saw in the movies. "I would see movies with America as the setting and would say to myself that's a place I want to see and I wanted to see it for myself," he said. He said that he had done foreign-exchange programs in other places like Poland, and he said, "Why not... Full story
Cassidy Edwards has been a Panther, an Outlaw, a Cougar, and she's going to be a Bronco. But what's a nickname? In this case, it is a dream come true for Edwards. "I am extremely blessed and beyond excited for this opportunity," said Edwards. "It all still seems so unreal. It has always been a dream to go and play Division 1 softball and now the dream is coming true." Everywhere she has played softball, Edwards has made an impact. When she was a Redmond Panther, she earned a s... Full story
Well, Beverly and I are recently back from a seven-month sojourn to New Zealand this past winter (their summer). Since Beverly is in a wheelchair she can't take the very long flight there so we went by cruise ship, departing Seattle last October. It was 5-1/2 weeks each way since the Holland America ship stopped at many Pacific Islands going and coming. The ship did the summer cruise season in the South Pacific, while we rented a house and car and stayed on New Zealand's South Island until time to catch the same ship home thi... Full story
The last day of Rodeo this year was as full of action for the Cloverdale Fire Department as it was for the cowboys - and their ride lasted a lot longer than eight seconds. Firefighters tackled a brush fire in the forest behind the rodeo grounds, a motor-vehicle collision that knocked down a power pole, and a car fire on the detour route set up by responding agencies. With the assistance of U.S. Forest Service and Oregon Department of Forestry units, the brush fire was... Full story
Cloverdale volunteer firefighters raised over $8,000 during this years' Rodeo fundraiser, raffling off a Howa Legacy .30-06 rifle. This year's winner was John Ouelette of Sisters. Ouelette met with firefighters on Wednesday afternoon, June 17, at Cascade Liquidators, a federally licensed firearms dealer, to complete the legal transfer. Ouelette says that the rifle will eventually be given to his grandson as he grows up and learns to hunt and shoot. If this year's rifle looked... Full story
On the evening of June 10 a small group of educators, students and amateur astronomers gathered at Sisters High School in an attempt to detect the presence of a small, icy body located at the outer reaches of the solar system. It was RECON's (Research and Education Collaborative Occultation Network) inaugural campaign to measure the size of objects orbiting the sun beyond Neptune, called Trans-Neptunian Objects, or TNOs. Telescopes and cameras at 60 communities stretching... Full story
I had heard of Steins Pillar before but had never visited it until a friend suggested that we do just that and hike the four-mile round trip. So, off we went and discovered that Steins Pillar is 57 miles from Sisters in the Ochoco National Forest. Our first surprise was how lush the area was. It was also relatively cool on a very hot day. We had both traveled the area east of Prineville many times and thought of the area as being much hotter and drier. However, the valley... Full story
There is nothing more soothing to the spirit than time on the river, drifting with the current and putting a line in the water. That's true for anyone; it's especially true for veterans who have been injured in the service of their country. Warfighter Outfitters of Sisters (www.facebook.com/warfighteroutfitters) was founded by veterans and is run by veterans to provide fellow veterans with the opportunity to get into the outdoors and pursue activities they love -despite... Full story
You never know what you're going to find when you start rummaging around in your old storage boxes. When Cha, the fossil hunter and owner of Cha For The Finest Gallery at 183 E. Hood Ave., started brushing away at some ugly old rocks in a box, she discovered what she believes to be rather unique dinosaur fossils from the Cretaceous Epoch, 113 million years ago. "If I had known what a treasure I had, I never would have left them in storage for six years," she said. She... Full story
The City of Sisters earned the Big Chainring Award for Public Agency from the Deschutes County Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC). The City was among several recipients to be recognized on June 24 for their contributions to pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly environments in Deschutes County. Since 1996, the Big Chainring Awards have been awarded annually to honor individuals, businesses, and public agencies that have made significant contributions in support of... Full story
