News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Mike Musco has been through it. Family circumstances in his youth forced him to drop out of college. Just as he got his footing in finance, the Great Recession sent everything sliding. Like the market, he bounced back to reach new heights. He bought and sold a business and multiple investment properties, worked eight years at Microsoft in corporate finance and business management, and became a financial advisor. "I finished my accounting bachelor's while I was working at... Full story
The Outlaws notched a big 49-7 win in their league opener on the road at Elmira on Friday, September 20. Sisters opened with a massive 17 play drive to start the contest. The drive took almost 10 minutes off the first quarter and was capped by a Kale Mock three yard run off the right side. Reid Woodson’s PAT was good and the Outlaws took a 7-0 lead that held through the end of the period. In the second quarter, Elmira answered on their opening drive when they hit a screen pass that went 33 yards for the score. Their PAT w... Full story
SFF Presents brings Irish newgrass band JigJam to The Belfry on Wednesday, October 23. A special concert with JigJam will be at The Belfry on Wednesday, October 23, at 7:00 p.m. JigJam, described as "the best Irish band in bluegrass" and "sparklingly infectious," has been hailed as "Ireland's answer to Newgrass Revival." The founding members from Offaly, Jamie McKeogh (lead singer and guitar) and Daithi Melia (banjo and dobro), were joined by Tipperary-born Gavin Strappe... Full story
Kenton L. Chambers was born in Los Angeles, California, on September 27, 1929, and he died on May 22, 2024, at Good Samaritan Regional Hospital in Corvallis after a brief illness at the age of 94. Ken graduated from Whittier College and received his Ph.D. from Stanford University. He joined the faculty in the Department of Botany at Yale University and met his future wife, Henrietta Laing, there. They were married in June 1958. Their daughter Elaine was born in New Haven in... Full story
Bill Wolfe liked to say, "And then I got to go to heaven before I died." That's because in 2021 he and his wife Kathy became caretakers at the Dahl homestead in the Metolius River Canyon north of Camp Sherman, surrounded by the National Forest right where Abbott Creek comes through on its way to the Metolius. Bill passed away in his sleep at the homestead on the morning of July 20, 2024, from heart disease. He was born William Alton Wolfe, the first child of William and... Full story
The Belfry will host Ben Rice and the PDX Hustle on Friday, October 4, at 7 p.m. Known as the "blues ninja," Ben Rice brings a unique blend of blues, soul, R&B, folk, and country to the stage, creating an inviting atmosphere that keeps audiences engaged until the early hours. Since his breakout performance at the International Blues Challenge in 2014, Rice has evolved from a beloved Northwest artist to a national and international touring sensation, gracing stages at... Full story
The Biden administration has asked a federal appeals court to reinstate a rule passed under the Trump administration to remove Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in the Lower 48 states which, if successful, would put the animals under state management as is currently the case in Montana and surrounding states, including Oregon, where state and federal authorities oversee wolf management. On behalf of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, attorneys with the U.S. Department of Justice filed the 87-page appeal of... Full story
The Lady Outlaws Soccer Team posted a 6-1 victory at home against the Elmira Falcons on Tuesday, September 24. Ella Davis got the Outlaws’ scoring spree started 23 minutes into the contest. Mia Rosas sent a through ball from the Outlaws past the Falcon defense and found Davis, who finished it right past the keeper for the score. The Falcons answered with a goal of their own two minutes later to tie it up at 1-1. Sisters scored in the 27th minute when Rosas again found space and crossed the ball to Deven Stevens, who o... Full story
Life was going well for David Kemp. After more than a dozen years as a chiropractor, his practice in Utah had expanded and was thriving. However, a dirt bike accident and an underlying desire to return to his roots conspired to bring David Kemp, a native of Sisters, back to town and open a chiropractic practice focused on wellness. Dr. Kemp spent much of his childhood in Sisters before moving to Utah, where he finished high school and attended college as an undergraduate at Ut... Full story
Sisters High School hosted Balla Kouyaté & Mike Block Band in an assembly on Friday, September 27. Marking the 24th year of this annual tradition, students of all grade levels attended and watched the performance - with wide eyes and big smiles. Brad Tisdel, creative director of SFF Presents, introduced the band, whom he first encountered at the Wintergrass Festival earlier this year. "My favorite thing about these assemblies, as well as the Americana Program here at the high... Full story
The Outlaws’ team started off the week on Tuesday with a three-game sweep over the visiting Creswell Bulldogs (No. 10), with scores of 27-25, 25-23, and 25-22. Two days later they defeated the La Pine Hawks in three close sets (25-22, 25-20, 25-20). Tuesday’s match against Creswell wasn’t easy. In the first set the Outlaws were up 24-21, but due to some errors, they allowed the Bulldogs back in. The set was tied at 24, and again at 25, before Alli Fogarty served up back-to-back aces for the Outlaws’ win. Sisters quickly went... Full story
The Sisters Outlaws football team beat the La Pine Hawks 42-0 on Friday, September 27. Prior to the contest Friday night the Outlaws honored local veterans on their annual Veterans/Military appreciation night. Veterans were escorted to center field by the La Pine ROTC honor guard. After the National Anthem both teams lined up and filed into center field to shake the veterans’ hands and thank them for their service. When the game started, the Outlaws came out on fire against the Hawks. At the half the Outlaws were on top 42-0... Full story
The Outlaws boys soccer team fell 4-0 at Creswell on Monday, September 23, but came back three days later and beat East Linn Christian 3-1. Sisters knew the Creswell Bulldogs would be motivated to beat them, as they were the team the Outlaws played for the league championship last year in a come-from-behind 5-4 win. Coach Jeff Husmann told The Nugget that one of the challenges the team has faced this year is their slow start to the games, coming out cautious and flat-footed. The Outlaws gave Creswell too much space in... Full story
The Sisters community is invited to join an important conversation about houselessness in the Sisters area on Sunday, October 6. This gathering will take place from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at the new Sisters Elementary School, located at 2155 W. McKinney Butte Road, Sisters. Hosted by a coalition of local organizations — including the Sisters Ranger District, Sisters School District, City of Sisters, Sisters Park & Recreation District (SPRD), Sisters Library, Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District, DCSO, Deschutes County Behavioral H... Full story
The Sisters Country Vision Implementation Team (VIT) recently published its 2023 Progress Report. The Vision report highlights progress toward long-term goals for Sisters Country and details efforts of local agency representatives, organizational leaders, and community volunteers to make Sisters Country more prosperous, livable, resilient, and connected. The report can be viewed at www.bit.ly/sistersvision2023. “With so much growth and change over the past few years, we know that there are many in our community who are u... Full story
Family Access Network (FAN) received an $8,900 donation from 110 Women Who Care. After three local organizations made presentations - Seed to Table, Family Access Network (FAN), and Living Well With Dementia Sisters - FAN was chosen to receive the funds donated at last week's 100 Women Who Care Sisters quarterly gathering. The donation was awarded to the nonprofit receiving the most votes from the women in attendance. The $8,900 gift will benefit the Sisters FAN in a number... Full story
"I like being part of something bigger than me," was Sarah McDougall's answer when asked why she is seeking a position on the Sisters City Council. She also enjoys teamwork and has seen plenty of that in her interaction with and observation of the City Council, the City staff, and other City boards and advisory committees. After 14 years living in Bend, McDougall and her husband, Chris, moved to Sisters in 2020, and McDougall has jumped into volunteering with both feet. She... Full story
Use that turn signal To the Editor: What do you do when driving down the road and wish to turn off to the right? You signal your intent for the car behind you as a courtesy so they are safely warned you are turning. It is also telling a person who may be waiting to turn into the traffic that they may turn out. Now, the roundabout is a good mover of traffic if that logic is the same as before. When you wish to enter the roundabout you look to see where the oncoming car is going, whether it is going to continue around or is... Full story
Editor’s note: Each candidate for Deschutes County Sheriff has been offered an opportunity to submit an op-ed detailing their vision prior to the November 5 election. Every day each summer, thousands of Central Oregonians in and around Sisters live under constant threat of catastrophic wildfire caused by illegal homeless camping. The threat became reality at least twice so far this summer elsewhere in Deschutes County. The Darlene III fire near La Pine and the Milepost 132 fire just north of Bend this summer led to mass eva... Full story
It's an ongoing blight, and it's a challenge to forest managers to remove abandoned vehicles in the national forest. There are no reliable numbers of discarded vehicles, but estimates continuously place the total in the many thousands. In the Sisters Ranger District of the Deschutes National Forest the number runs between 30 and 40 per year, mostly RVs, the kinds towed by a car or truck and ranging in size from 15 to 35 feet in length. However, cars and motorcycles also... Full story
A local forest dweller wielded fire extinguishers provided through a fire protection program to attack a small fire in the woods near Sisters the evening of September 24. According to the Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District, a nearby forest resident reported a small fire on National Forest land approximately one-half mile north of the Best Western Ponderosa Lodge in Sisters. After reporting the fire, the neighboring forest dweller attempted to extinguish the fire using two small fire extinguishers that were provided to him... Full story
When it comes to law enforcement priorities and policies, there is not a lot that separates the two candidates for Deschutes County Sheriff. But Captain William Bailey and Sergeant Kent Vander Kamp are sharply divided over culture and morale within the agency. The candidates participated in a League of Women Voters-sponsored forum in Bend on Monday, September 23, where they fielded questions submitted earlier by the public on issues ranging from homelessness to guns to the con... Full story
Reporting on the success of Sisters Folk Festival is a familiar tune. There are barely enough superlatives to describe the sold-out three-day event just concluded. SFF Presents Board Chair Leanne Summers summarized it this way: "We've got something special in this community. The 2024 Sisters Folk Festival exemplifies that extraordinary, hard-to-define gift. In a time when it is easy to dwell on differences, Sisters Folk Festival artists, audiences, and volunteers reminded me o... Full story
