News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Camp Sherman will honor its longtime resident deputy Dave Blann with a road sign dedicating the road he kept clear in winter to the memory of his service. Camp Sherman community members met with Jefferson County Commissioners on Wednesday, October 9, during one of their regular visits to this corner of their jurisdiction. The meeting seemed poised for contention, as the community ardently wished to honor Blann, and the commissioners indicated that they were not comfortable cha... Full story
Passers-by may have wondered what all the police vehicles with flashing lights and sirens out front of Sisters Elementary School were all about the morning of Thursday, October 10. The blaring music, police cars, and SWAT vehicles were part of the “Strive for 95” attendance initiative underway in Sisters School District — as well as an opportunity for elementary students to get to know more about law enforcement personnel in Sisters Country. The district has a goal of... Full story
The upcoming weekend in Sisters is going to be one for the books — literally. Sisters Festival of Books, a three-day celebration of the literary culture of Central Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, runs October 18-20 at multiple venues around town. The festival features more than 40 local, regional, and national authors. Books featured at the festival will cover a wide range of subjects, including politics, Western historical fiction, Vikings, motherhood, romance, Arctic exploration, Central Oregon recreational activiti... Full story
To the Editor: One of the things I enjoy when visiting Sisters and the wonderful hikes is to read the latest Nugget. In the October 9 issue I just read the letter from Paula Surmann. It’s amazing how many new climatologists have popped out of the woodwork since 2017 when Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced the end of the world coming in 12 years. Yes, Eric Knirk was right, climate change is highly politicized. Paula refers to a graph on a NASA site going back 800,000 years. So who and what instruments were used for ... Full story
The birds and the bees. Dr. Jerry Freilich is quick to confess that he is quite interested in the birds and the bees, and he’s confident that everyone else is, too. The birds are fascinating, of course, but it’s the bees he really wants to talk about. “Biodiversity Begins with a Bee” will be the topic when Dr. Freilich speaks at The Belfry on Tuesday, October 22, for the second lecture in the 2019-2020 Frontiers in Science series. Most people can name fewer than five kinds o... Full story
New Oregon Arts & Letters and Sisters Farmers Market recently co-presented the inaugural Food & Farm Haiku Contest. The judge was the State of Oregon’s official poet laureate, Kim Stafford, soon to appear at the inaugural Sisters Festival of Books. Stafford chose a poem by Holly Crosson of Corvallis as the first-place winner in the adult Out-of-Towners category. Crosson wrote a triptych of poems, which she later revised; the full triptych will be published online at s... Full story
The annual harvest celebration event is a Sisters tradition, and for 40 years thousands of people from all over the Pacific Northwest meet up in Sisters to observe the changing season with the Sisters Harvest Faire, hosted by Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce. Last weekend the event featured 185 vendors that lined Main Avenue with unique handcrafted items from fused glass to metal art. There were novelties for everyone’s taste. The faire is the last hurrah of the summer s... Full story
Eight-year-old Nolan Riding ran the shuttle back and forth across the weft of fiber on his table loom, and then pressed the beater against the weave, creating a pattern of fabric that will be a table runner. Nolan and his six-year-old brother John are the youngest members of the Central Oregon Spinners and Weavers Guild. They understand the mechanics and the process of weaving, and both have created finished items. The young brothers got involved in weaving after a visit to... Full story
Facing the other top-ranked 4A teams in the state brought out the best in the Outlaws cross-country team on Saturday, October 12. The boys squad placed a close second at the Paul Mariman Invitational hosted by Philomath High School. Marist Catholic topped the coaches’ polls last week, followed by Philomath and Sisters, which were tied for second. Siuslaw ranked fourth and Newport fifth. The rankings didn’t quite hold up as the Warriors clipped the Outlaws by 11 points (59... Full story
The girls soccer squad caged the Cascade Cougars in a 2-1 win at home and improved their league record to 2-5-2. Sisters scored their first goal at the 10-minute mark to take an early lead. The Lady Outlaws were building their attack on the right side when Maddie Symonds crossed the ball to the middle. The ball was miscleared by the Cougars and Olivia Hougham was there to follow it in with a one-touch lefty. Sisters held onto the 1-0 advantage as teams entered the half. In... Full story
Ruby McConnell is a featured author at the Sisters Festival of Books, taking place October 18-20 at venues around town. The festival proceeds benefit the Sisters Festival of Books scholarship fund. McConnell is a writer, geologist, and adventuress whose work focuses on nature, the environment, and the relationship between landscape and the human experience. Her experiences as a researcher, activist, and explorer in the wildlands of the western United States led her to write... Full story
Freshman Ella Thorsett got a closeup look at the only two 4A girl runners in Oregon who have run faster than her on Saturday, October 12 at the Paul Mariman Invitational, hosted by Philomath High School. Thorsett finished third in the race behind state leader Hannah Hernandez of Philomath and second-ranked Hannah Rannow of Siuslaw. Hernandez led from start to finish and ran a season’s best of 18:28 for the 5,000-meter course. Rannow got away from Thorsett in the final mile o... Full story
The Outlaws started off Homecoming Night with a bang, and held a lead over the visiting Cougars at the half and again at the close of the third quarter, but they just couldn’t contain the cats in the fourth, and the home team suffered a heartbreaking 25-21 loss. Cascade took the ball the length of the field and scored on the opening kickoff and took a quick 6-0 lead. In the second quarter, Sisters marched from their own 35-yard line and scored a TD less than a minute into t... Full story
“I firmly believe that access to fresh foods and vegetables should be a basic human right,” said Aude Gire, education coordinator for Seed to Table farm. “It’s disappointing the way that our culture and society views food — and here in Sisters, the grocery stores are expensive.” With Seed to Table, she hopes to increase access to fresh fruit and vegetables for people of all incomes. “I really believe that food is deeply rooted in community, or it once was,” said... Full story
The Oregon State Police Fish & Wildlife Division is asking for the public’s help for information regarding the unlawful take of a buck deer north of Sisters. A 4x4 buck deer was found shot with a rifle and left to waste near the intersection of Camp Polk Road and Wilt Road. Investigators believe the deer was shot sometime around September 5, during the buck deer archery season. Anyone with information regarding this case is urged to contact OSP Trooper Aaron Roth at 5... Full story
The Deschutes and Willamette National Forests are asking for input on a proposed special recreation permit fee as a part of the new limited-entry system for day and overnight use in three central Cascades wildernesses. The limited-entry system will go into effect beginning the summer of 2020. The special recreation permit fee, if approved, also would go into effect in the summer of 2020. “We are looking for the public’s input on the next steps for managing visitor use in these popular wilderness areas so we can reduce res... Full story
Lori Owen, a registered nurse, recently purchased the adult foster home at 182 E. Tall Fir in Sisters, formerly Absolute Serenity, owned by David Tolle. Owen is calling it “Our Home.” “My philosophy is as we provide excellent loving care, we must always be mindful that we are a guest in their home,” she said. Owen is passionate about her profession. “It’s so rewarding to make a difference in someone’s life. I believe adult foster care is best because you can meet all the residents’ needs in a smaller environment, an... Full story
The boys soccer team fell 2-0 at Cascade on Wednesday, October 9 — but they played some of their best soccer of the year. Cascade controlled the ball and dictated the tempo early, but the Outlaws defense settled in and momentum shifted their way about 20 minutes into the game. Coach Jeff Husmann said, “We’ve been doggedly working on playing small ball as a unit in the midfield the past couple of weeks, and we have certainly improved. This allowed us to move the ball into the finishing third of Cascade. We had off... Full story
The Lady Outlaws continued to dominate league foes this past week, with a sweep over both Cascade and Woodburn. Sisters defeated Cascade 25-14, 25-5, 25-10, at home on Monday, October 7, and two days later on the road, swept the Bulldogs 25-3, 25-21, 25-9. Sisters started off strong in Monday’s contest, and held the momentum the entire night. In the first set, Sydney Myhre served seven in a row to put the Outlaws on top 20-6. In the second set, Greta Davis was the serving q... Full story
Sisters is getting set to celebrate the reading life. The Sisters Festival of Books runs Friday-Sunday, October 18-20. There are few things more worthy of celebration than books and the strange and wonderful people who create them. Writing a book is a damnably difficult business, and far more books are started than are finished. Inspiration can give you a good start, but only discipline can carry you through to completion. And that’s to say nothing about all the work involved in getting a book out into the hands of r... Full story
I found a sweet old 1946 wooden-main-spar Cub for sale at the Oregon City airport back in 1966. I was working for OMSI as the staff naturalist at the time and really needed the Cub to continue the golden eagle surveys I had started about a year after I rolled into Bend on my Harley in ’51. My two older boys, Dean and Ross, were introduced to the sense of flying, and taking control in that Cub, which may have led to their becoming F-16 instructor pilots. It also made it possibl... Full story
Sisters’ entire volleyball program got together for their inaugural “Amazing Race” on Monday, September 30, and had a great time working together and competing as teams. The girls were split into groups of three or four, and then sent around town to different locations where they had to complete a challenge. When the challenge was complete, they were given a clue for the next location and challenge. Teams had to go to six different locations around town, and the store... Full story
Few would argue against “free speech” as being a basic tenet of our democracy. It’s the First Amendment of the Constitution, after all. I think, also, that most would agree that the idea of “free speech” exists beyond its legal and constitutional definition of state censorship. It’s central to the ethos of our country and influences the way we interact with and view our society. With this in mind, I’d like to consider the banned book. Whether you’re familiar with the idea of banned books or not, chances are that you’ve fli... Full story
At the age of 96, Don passed away peacefully in his sleep. Born in 1923, and raised in Portland, Oregon, Don was the only child of Ada Jeanette Reed and Harry McDonald Mayne. He is survived by his three children: Donald Reed Mayne, Jr. (Noelle) of Boulder, Colorado; Joel Sage Mayne (Gloria) of San Diego, California; and Bryn Mayne Redman of Charleston, South Carolina; and his five grandchildren: Gloria and Alessandra Mayne; Sage and Reed Redman; and Pierce Mayne. Don’s c... Full story
Louis Alwyn Frank Stockley passed away peacefully on September 29, aged 94 years. Much-loved partner of the late Riki Poko Stockley. Loved father of Paul and Julia. Treasured grandfather of Alex and Maddy. Thank you especially to friend Sue Barker, to the nurses and care workers at Regency at Redmond for their kindness, respect and support over the last six years. A funeral service was to be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, October 11, at The Regency at Redmond. In lieu of flowers,... Full story
