News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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The Sisters School Board agreed Wednesday, October 2 to investigate concerns of several Sisters parents regarding coaching in the Sisters High School girls basketball program. The investigation will be the third conducted by the Sisters School District in regard to complaints of emotional abuse brought by players’ families. The current investigation is in response to a “supplemental tort claim notice” and will be conducted by an outside investigator. “The District is going t... Full story
Concerns about the health of the Sisters High School health program, about attendance and about student vaping occupied the Sisters School Board at their monthly meeting on Wednesday, October 2. The meeting also focused on reports from the principals, an update on the school enrollment, and support for the mission and vision project that is entering its implementation stages. The meeting opened with comments from three members of the audience including a parent who expressed concern about the status of the high school’s healt... Full story
This is the time of the year when key aspects of the atmosphere and ocean begin to emerge that will drive weather patterns in the coming weeks and months. Soon seasonal forecasters will begin evaluating this information, making their own judgments about which sets of data are most important in order to paint a picture of the upcoming winter here in the Pacific Northwest. Most atmospheric scientists regard the ocean/atmosphere coupled mode, known as the El Niño-Southern... Full story
To the Editor, In the September 25th edition of the Sisters Nugget, my Letter to the Editor was published. At the conclusion of my letter about Sisters needing better police protection, I stated that “It’s time for the Sisters City Council to act on re-establishing a Sisters city police department, sooner rather than later.” In the most recent edition of The Nugget, there was a Commentary on page 20 titled “Sisters can’t afford it’s [sic] own police department,” written by Laurie Kimmell, Deputy Multnomah County Sherif... Full story
Two dozen art students from Sisters Middle School art classes walked to town Thursday for a colorful tour through four galleries on Hood Avenue. First, they gathered in front of Sisters Gallery & Frame Shop. Dividing into small groups, they alternated among the galleries for a different experience in each location. For some, it was their very first opportunity to visit an art gallery and meet with working artists. At Sisters Gallery & Frame Shop, small groups cut glass petals... Full story
David Joy writes from the beauty and darkness of his home country in the Appalachian Mountains of western North Carolina. His “Appalachian noir” novels — “Where All Light Tends To Go,” (an Edgar finalist for Best First Novel); “The Weight of this World”; and most recently “The Line That Held Us” are deeply steeped in the culture and the landscape of the region — yet the writing and the storytelling is so powerful that it has transcended both region and genre to wi... Full story
A recent column about climate change in The Nugget demands a rebuttal. The column expressed a number of “facts” and opinions, only one of which do I fully agree with, and that is that climate science has been politicized. As proof of how our politics are impacting science, consider that 27% of Republicans express concern about climate change while 83% of Democrats express that same concern (Pew Research Center Poll). This is not the same in the rest of the world. The GOP climate-change platform is the opposite of conservative... Full story
Fourth-generation Oregon author Molly Gloss will be talking about her latest book, “Unforeseen: Stories” (2019), her first retrospective of short stories as well as two new stories, on Saturday, October 19, 4:50 to 5:40 p.m., in room A at Sisters Middle School as part of the Sisters Festival of Books. Gloss has authored a handful of award-winning novels and a number of prize-winning short stories in several different genres including literary and historical fiction, fantasy, a... Full story
It was primarily a solitary journey across England, on foot, spanning 20 days and 308 miles. Distant views were often shrouded in clouds, creating a sense of tunnel vision and isolation. Terrain included moors and bogs, seemingly never-ending expanses of treeless hills, intense altitude climbs and pastures filled with livestock. Each day would conclude at a B&B in a quaint village where there might or might not be resources from a store or restaurant. For Diana Durbin Field,... Full story
“This is my first field trip ever!” exclaimed a second-grade student from K-8 Warm Springs Academy as he bounced off the bus onto Seed to Table’s education farm. The enthusiasm echoed from 80 other students unloading after the hour-and-20-minute ride to Sisters. It was, indeed, the first field trip many of these students had ever experienced outside of their community in Warm Springs. The day included exploring how seeds travel, surveying the five major needs of plants, and i... Full story
The Outlaws made too many mistakes to pull out a victory at Newport against the Cubs on Friday, October 4, and lost the contest 14-6. It was a hard-fought defensive battle that was scoreless well into the second quarter. Just as the Outlaws seemed to gain some offensive footing, Newport forced a fumble near the midfield and returned it for a score, followed by the PAT. Newport drove the ball deep into Sisters’ territory when a host of Outlaws blocked a field-goal attempt, and Taylor Fendall returned it 80 yards to the Cubs si... Full story
The Lady Outlaws came home with the first-place plaque from the St. Helens Invitational Saturday, October 5. Sisters faced Grant, South Albany (SA), and The Dalles in pool play and finished 5-1, with their lone loss to South Albany. The loss placed the Outlaws as the second seed. The Outlaws faced Rainier High School in the first round of bracket play and dominated the Mountaineers from start to finish. Final scores were 25-2, and 25-3. Next up, Sisters faced pool play opponent South Albany, and they wanted to make sure they... Full story
Religious liberty is one of the fundamental components of our society. The “separation of church and state” is what made the founding of America so revolutionary. But what is the “separation of church and state,” actually? Many who came to America sought religious tolerance and the freedom to choose their religious denomination or basis of faith. There’s no doubt that when our founding fathers talked about religion they held to a Judeo Christian biblical faith, assuming... Full story
Stories of Change brought Native American artist and performer Jefferson Green to the shores of Blue Lake this weekend. The annual fundraising event for Caldera presents storytelling, documentary film and performance showing how the organization’s programs change the lives of youth. Founders Dan Wieden and Priscilla Bernard Wieden, also known by their camp names Papa Bear and Moonflower, greeted people at the door. About 200 celebrants mingled in Caldera’s central Hearth Bui... Full story
Mandee Seeley, Sisters resident who has “lived experience” of housing insecurity, decided to take the problem head on. While researching the broad topic of homelessness online, she came across an organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., the National Alliance to End Homelessness. They were having a national conference in July and Seeley decided she was going to attend, to learn all she could. She was able to secure one of their scholarships, which covered all her exp... Full story
The boys and girls soccer squads both lost their games at Newport on Friday, October 4 — the boys a 2-1 loss and the girls a 1-0 loss. Sisters’ boys started their game a bit sluggish, due in part to the long four-hour bus ride and also having to make adjustments to playing on turf instead of grass. The team settled in and found a good tempo, but couldn’t find the back of the box. At the half, it was deadlocked 0-0. Early in the second half, Newport had a beautiful strike on the ball and scored to go up 1-0. Coach Jef... Full story
Racing locally for the first and only time this season, the Outlaws boys cross-country team placed fourth as a team at the Oxford Classic held in Bend at Drake Park on Friday, October 4. The Outlaws could not quite keep pace with Summit and Ashland, but beat all the other Oregon schools, many from the 5A and 6A ranks, including Bend, Mountain View, Redmond, South Medford, North Medford and Crook County. Summit, ranked seventh among 6A boys teams took top honors with 66... Full story
After I used the term “my truth” in a column, a reader sent thoughtful feedback: “I’ve heard this in the news and on TV ads in various forms — their truth, my truth, her truth, etc.,” Lisa wrote in an email. “I’m being honest here that my first emotional response is kinda angry… I’m wondering if you can educate an older, maybe more traditional lady like me on what the younger folk mean when they use ‘my truth.’” Since she also wrote, “I absolutely loved your c... Full story
The beaver is Oregon’s state animal and is displayed prominently on our state flag. It’s the largest native rodent in North America. History books state that as early as 1540, Europeans worked the fur business hand-in-glove with native peoples. The Europeans traded beads and trinkets for beaver fur and it wasn’t until the mid-1800s that colonists had learned enough from them to go at trapping on their own and keep all the profits. But, from 1790 to 1859 and on into the mid-1... Full story
