News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Fire management personnel on the Sisters Ranger District will be conducting a 204-acre prescribed burn on Tuesday October 10. The unit is located west of North Pine Street (2058 Rd), south of Indian Ford Creek Road (1102), and north of the 800 Road. People are asked to avoid driving the north end of Pine Street on Tuesday if possible. Smoke will be visible for days following the burn, from Sisters and surrounding communities. Patrols will be conducted in the burn area until the unit is declared out. The purpose of the... Full story
Stepping out of the Forest Service vehicle onto Highway 242, and standing surrounded by blackened ponderosa and lodge-pole pines and once-green Douglas fir trees, the lack of a burned smell was surprising. The air, once filled with acrid, dense smoke, was clear and clean and the sky was blue. The surroundings were silent, except for the sound of a chainsaw whining through the thick trunk of a tree identified as a hazard, and the resultant thud as the tree fell to the ground... Full story
Oregon Congressman Greg Walden (R-Hood River) was in Sisters on Sunday afternoon to tour the Milli Fire with Forest Service personnel and to meet with representatives of Sisters businesses and the City of Sisters to discuss the economic impact of the fire on the business community. The meeting was arranged by former interim City Manager Rick Allen at the request of Walden's office. Walden reported that this has been a $2 billion fire year, with 49,000 fires nationally. As... Full story
Sisters schools continue to struggle with enrollment numbers - the most critical element affecting school funding. As of October 2, enrollment across Sisters' three schools stood at 1,069 students. That's down 13.5 students from the end of the last school year, and is 12 students below district projections. The enrollment picture is usually clearer in October, as the school year settles in. Since schools are funded on a weighted calculation based on enrollment numbers, fewer... Full story
Back in 1966, when Multnomah County began a five-day Outdoor School program for all sixth-graders in their system, Betty Gray of Portland - wife of John Gray who got Sunriver and several other Oregon-based projects going - thought her life-long dream of kids learning in the forest had at last come true. The Gray Family Foundation, whose slogan is, "Outdoor School For Everyone," through the efforts and assistance of the Oregon Community Foundation, has kept Betty's dream... Full story
To the Editor: We have one vacation rental that we previously rented out on a month-to-month basis. This home is one way for us to fund higher eduction tuition costs for our six kids and hopefully help fund our retirement in the future. One extremely unfortunate experience with a very difficult tenant who cost more than $15,000 out of our pockets caused us to rethink our strategy with this house. The timing of this event was when most people had left our area (2010/11) due to lack of jobs and the great recession. We could... Full story
Remember when you got your first car? How excited you were! A long-awaited milestone was reached. You could take your girl to the movies. You could show off to all your friends, and if you survived that, you were ready to be an adult. Soon, though, you needed to impress other adults. You added a good-looking car to your self-identity. You bought ever more expensive vehicles - sports cars that could weave in and out of traffic, SUVs, pickups - aside from the station wagons that safely carried your kids and their friends to... Full story
Last Saturday was a high-flying day for the 48 members of the Sisters High School Flight Science class. They all got together at Sisters Eagle Air at 9 a.m. for a day to head out for the Erickson Aircraft Collection Museum in Madras. Getting from Sisters to Madras and back can be achieved several ways: A bus would work; so would car-pooling. The students went another way: plane-pooling. Several Sisters airplane-owners - members of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) -... Full story
The Deschutes County Sheriff's Office is investigating several car break-ins that occurred on the night of October 4, and a burglary that occurred on the night of October 7, in the city of Sisters. The car break-ins occurred on South Oak Street, South Pine Meadow and on North Songbird Street. The burglary occurred at Richard's Produce at 411 W. Cascade Ave. The Sheriff's Office is reminding the public to lock vehicles and remove any valuables from the interior of vehicles to prevent becoming a victim of theft. Citizens can... Full story
The Urban Forestry Board reluctantly reached a consensus at their October 9 meeting, following a tour of the Sisters School District property directly behind Reed Stadium, where the district wants to remove more trees. Following a thinning project at the middle school which City staff and the UFB thought exceeded a verbal agreement, the City issued a stop work order to the district until all parties involved had a chance to meet and review proposed further thinning. At the beg... Full story
Dan and Julia Rickards invite the Sisters community to join them for the 14th Annual Print Giveaway at Clearwater Gallery and Framing. The gallery doors will open at 10 a.m. Dan will be signing 150 prints and offering an array of framing packages at discounted prices for the weekend. "Lupine In Bloom" stirs up images of brilliant paintbrush and lupine, quick dips in icy cold lakes, glittering stars on soft black velvet skies, and many silent steps on the... Full story
Robert L. Eberhard, the familiar face and voice of Eberhard's Dairy Products in Central Oregon, died Tuesday, September 26, at his home in Redmond, ending his fight with cancer. Bob Eberhard was born May 6, 1935, in Prineville, to Swiss immigrant John Eberhard and his wife, Nelda. Bob was a hard-working boy, starting a paper route at 12 years of age and later in his teens, cleaning offices of US Bank and the telephone company. In 1953 Bob graduated from Redmond Union High... Full story
Kenneth Jerome Johnson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Ken and Mary Johnson. He grew up in Minneapolis and was fondly known as "Tuck" by his close family. He attended Roosevelt High School and later graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1961 with a B.S. degree in Forestry. Ken married Judith Ann Johnson on June 22, 1963 in Willmar, Minnesota, at Vinje Lutheran Church. They were happily married for 54 years. Ken and Judy raised two boys, Eric Robert and Matthew... Full story
Born in Hopeland, PA to Harry and Bessie Strickler, she was the youngest in a family of six with sister Mary and brothers Robert and James. Nancy attended Ephrata High School and was elected to student council and participated in choir. It was there she met her devoted husband, Ronald Mohler, whom she married in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, in 1950. They began a family soon afterwards and gradually moved west. They settled in Corvallis, and retired in sunny Sisters. She was Ron's... Full story
The Outlaws football squad was clobbered 44-14 at home against top-ranked Cottage Grove on Friday, October 6. Despite the loss, Coach Neil Fendall told The Nugget he felt the Outlaws played one of their best games of the season. Cottage Grove scored their first TD with five seconds left in the first quarter. The extra point was good and the Lions went up 7-0, and held the lead the entire game. Early in the second quarter, the Outlaws closed the gap to 7-6. Taylor Fendall... Full story
As we head into cold and flu season, many of us do so with an increased level of stress. Whatever particular cocktail of events you find stressful, it is likely you have encountered at least some of the ingredients in the last few months. Stress can take a toll on sleep, mood - and the immune system. Fortunately, there are ways to help the body recover from a period of stress that also benefit the immune system. During an event we find acutely stressful, our brain puts out a small amount of adrenaline. Our adrenals pick up... Full story
It is human nature to associate food with taste. Most people associate eating with recreation or pleasure. Many people turn to food for comfort, satisfaction and indulgence. And its common sense now, in this era of obesity we have found ourselves in, to associate food with weight loss or gain. Don't eat this because it will make you fat and do eat this because it will help you lose weight. But what if we looked at food as how it will make us feel ... and perform? What if we... Full story
Tai chi is a form of exercise transcending many generations as a martial art, meditation, and choreography of movement, which has many pronounced effects on the body. Now, thanks to a better understanding of neurological processes through exercise and movement, tai chi stands as an exercise modality that anyone can enjoy and gain exceptional results. While its origins are uncertain, it's speculated that tai chi has been practiced for at least 700 years. Originating in ancient China, modern tai chi follows a pattern of... Full story
You're in the middle of a project, fully absorbed. Your phone beeps with that special tone you chose for text notifications. Without a second's thought, you drop what you're doing and reach for that ever-present device, concentration broken, project derailed. The music's great at the concert, a band you've loved for years. But you can't just be in the moment and experience the music - you have to Snapchat it to your friends, over and over and over again. We've all seen this; most all of us have done this or something like... Full story
The Earth shook a bit Monday, September 25, under the Rainwater Café when a group of 10 enthusiastic "shakers and movers" got together for the first time as a steering committee for the emerging Senior Alliance. The steering committee will provide the Sisters community with a picture of the needs of our aging community. The emphasis is that Senior Alliance is inclusive. Conversations and collaboration are key to its direction for assisting seniors in the community to have and to easily access the many services present... Full story
The Lady Outlaws continued their domination on the court as they swept league foes Cottage Grove (CG) and Sutherlin last week. Sisters posted scores of 25-17, 25-19, and 25-23 in their win at CG over the top-ranked Lions on Tuesday, October 3. Two days later, they tallied a three-set win at home over Sutherlin. Tuesday's win over the Lions saw the Outlaws at the top of their game at the service line: as a team they posted 15 aces. Sisters jumped out quick in the first set and... Full story
After a tough week of workouts that included training for Friday's Oxford Classic in Bend, the Outlaws cross-country team enters what Head Coach Josh Nordell considers the heart of the racing season. This is not to say the Outlaws did not compete hard at the Oxford meet, according to Nordell. "We knew the kids would be racing a little tired and sore, but they pushed themselves nonetheless," he said. The course at Drake Park is very spectator-friendly, but notoriously slow compared to other courses the team will see the rest... Full story
The girls soccer squad posted a 4-0 shut out at home over La Pine on Monday, October 2, but three days later were shut down 2-0 at Cottage Grove. The Outlaws improve as a squad every game they play, but continue to struggle to get the ball into the back of the net. Victory at home over the Hawks on Tuesday was sweet and boosted the Outlaws confidence. Rylee Weber scored the first hat trick of her career to lead the squad. Sisters scored their first goal of the contest at the... Full story
