News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Wendy Holzman, 54, a Sisters resident for the past six years, does not give up easily. She ran unsuccessfully for a city council seat two years ago, losing by only 14 votes. Now she's thrown her hat into the ring again. Born and raised in Palo Alto, California, Holzman spent her initial college years at the University of California, Santa Barbara. "This is where I first became involved in community politics," she said. The unincorporated community of Isla Vista, adjacent to th... Full story
Two local citizens challenged the process used to hire Mac Hay as Sisters' economic development manager during Thursday's Sisters City Council meeting. Ed Protas, a city resident, and Mike Morgan, who lives outside the city limits, argued that EDCO (Economic Development for Central Oregon) and the City of Sisters should reveal the names of the candidates for the position and the identities of the interviewing panel. EDCO has declined to provide that information to the city. In a letter to City Manager Eileen Stein, EDCO Execu... Full story
A pair of serious accidents sent people to the hospital and blocked Highway 20 last week. Oregon State Police (OSP) troopers are continuing the investigation into a four-vehicle minor-injury crash Thursday afternoon on Highway 20 about 10 miles north of Sisters. Two people were transported in the crash that completely blocked the highway for about 90 minutes. According to OSP Trooper Bob Olson, on October 14 at approximately 5:13 p.m., a 1997 Buick LeSabre driven by Sandra... Full story
In an interview with The Nugget last week, Sisters City Councilor Sharlene Weed stated that the City of Sisters is spending $57,000 this year on economic development. "We were spending $750 on economic development (for Economic Development for Central Oregon dues) two years ago," she said. "Now we're spending $57,000. That's a huge jump. We increased our dues to EDCO to $7,500 from $750 and we're getting the same support from EDCO that we got when we were spending $750. That... Full story
To the Editor: I was disappointed that Sharlene Weed's quoted statement intimating that the cost to the city for membership with EDCO, and other economic development, went up from $750 per year to $57,000 per year ran without trying to verify her figures before printing the article! Even I was shocked, as I'm sure everyone was, to read that and believing that it was not true, decided to try to verify those huge numbers. The city did decide to join the executive board of EDCO, instead of being just a general member, which... Full story
World War II is an event that helped to shape our identity as Americans. It is still prominent in our collective historic memory, and its effects far reaching. Even the small town of Sisters has its World War II experiences. When the United States entered World War II, lifelong Sisters resident Helen Benson was in her second year at Oregon State University. She decided to return home in order to help with the family business, which was the Sorensen service station on Cascade Avenue. Whenever she drove to Bend, the odds were v... Full story
Another piece of the puzzle has fallen into place for the trails network in Sisters. Sisters Middle School students have just finished building and signing a connector trail between Sisters Middle School, Sisters High School, and Tollgate and Crossroads subdivisions. This 0.55-mile trail (nicknamed "The Middle School Mile," though it is half that) is located at the west end of the middle school parking lot, directly south of the football field, and connects to the extensive... Full story
The buzz around town is all about jobs and economic development. What's missing is an honest discussion of what works and what doesn't. First, any realistic vision of our future must focus on economic vitality. This is much more than property development. Economic vitality in Sisters surely encompasses a sense of shared prosperity, thriving downtown storefronts, busy tradesmen and professionals, a steady stream of visitors and shoppers, newcomers moving in with their assets and professions. A community where people want to... Full story
Five thousand miles away, in the small German village of Ensdorf, foreign exchange applicant Yannic Kolz learned he would be spending much of this school year living with an American family in Sisters, Oregon. "I said, 'What is Oregon?'" remembers Kolz, 16. "I did the Google map and all I saw ... There was nothing." Now Kolz is settling into a lifestyle in Sisters that is in some ways not as foreign as he expected. In Herrenberg, Germany - about 100 miles from Ensdorf -... Full story
The girls soccer team logged an emphatic 6-0 shutout over league foe Cottage Grove on Tuesday, October 12, and made a definitive statement that they are the No. 1 team in the league. Two days later Sisters shut out the Hawks 8-0 at La Pine. The powerful on-the-road performances pushed the Outlaws to an 8-0 record in league and 11-0 overall. Earlier in the season the Outlaws had narrowly beaten Cottage Grove 2-1 and in the rematch on Tuesday, the Lady Outlaws wanted to make it... Full story
The Outlaws football team suffered their third straight loss in league play on Friday, October 15, at Cottage Grove. The team played better than the 54-12 tally on the scoreboard suggests. According to Coach Bob Macauley, it was the Outlaws' best game so far. "The score looks bad, but we didn't play bad," stated Macauley. "I liked the way we played, especially our defense. Our defensive backs played man-to-man and covered them well, but their kids made some big plays. They threw six touchdowns over the top of us." With five... Full story
Students from the Oregon State University-Cascades Campus hospitality management class will survey Sisters businesses in an effort to determine how to enhance the Sisters visitors experience. Throughout the months of October and November, four students in Professor Chen's course will conduct a survey of Sisters Country businesses in a partnership with the Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce. Surveys will be conducted between several randomly selected business owners and their employees in order to identify visitor and service... Full story
Augustin Blanchard and Marc Polier have found the perfect way to see the United States: The two Frenchmen are trekking on horseback from eastern Kentucky to Florence, Oregon. They paused on their cross-country adventure in Sisters on Monday. The riders left Kentucky in June, cut across Indiana and Illinois, then followed roughly the course of the Missouri River across the Great Plains. They crossed South Dakota to visit the Black Hills then headed into Wyoming and on to Idaho... Full story
The Lady Outlaws volleyball team beat Sweet Home on Tuesday, October 12, in three straight games with scores of 25-14, 25-20, and 25-21. Two days later Sisters defeated the Falcons at Elmira and pushed their league record to 7-0. Sisters' matchup against Sweet Home was an important one for the Lady Outlaws. Earlier in the season, Sweet Home pushed Sisters to a five-game match and the Lady Outlaws were well aware that the Huskies could be a tough competitor. Sisters came out st... Full story
Quick response by the homeowner and by local firefighters prevented a woodshed fire from being much worse. According to Sisters Fire Marshal Dave Wheeler, a still-hot barbecue smoker pushed against the wall of a woodshed sparked a fire at a home on Creekside Court in Sisters Monday afternoon. The homeowner hosed it down, which held the fire at bay just enough to allow firefighters to respond and attack the blaze. The concrete siding on the side of the house prevented the fire... Full story
Sisters Middle School is tearing it up on cross country courses in Central Oregon. "We just have a great group of athletes out this year," said Co-Head Coach Dave Glick. The athletes' dedication came through last Tuesday at La Pine State Park as the seventh and eighth grade boys and girls teams both came away with victories. In the words of Dyut Fetrow, a seventh grader, "It was just awesome, I felt like I was going so fast." The sixth grade boys and girls combined race started the day. Sensation Nathan Wren began mid-pack, a... Full story
• Deputies investigated an attempted suicide. • A divorced couple in a custody dispute were visited by a deputy after the man complained that his wife kept calling needlessly. The woman said the man was not being truthful. The deputy advised them to get legal help and work out their issues in court. • A resident reported property damage from a hit-and-run crash on Cloverdale Road. • A girl reported receiving a text indicating that another girl was coming up from Redmond to beat her... Full story
For one chilling Saturday evening, Poppies Gourmet Garden Market hosted a Lamplight Ghost Story Dinner to set the tone for the Halloween season, featuring the inspired storytelling of Susan Strauss, from Bend. Guests seated themselves in the outdoor garden patio, surrounded by crackling firepits and a galaxy of tin lanterns, glowing mason jars and luminarias. Hay bales and benches covered with horse blankets and sleeping bags formed an intimate gathering spot as the candles... Full story
• Jim Anderson: Every once in a while, in this often cruel old hard-nosed world, you run across someone who cares in a way that most people don't - like having concern about the welfare of wasps. Terry Anderson, head golf professional at Black Butte Ranch, called me the other day to say he had some "bees" outside the window of his office that needed to be saved. Being a beekeeper myself, that was a surprise. The timing was off for a swarm, and so was the location - but Terry's attitude was right on the money. "I don't... Full story
