News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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The Outlaws shutout Stayton last week. photo by Peggy Chesser For the first time in the history of Sisters High School the girls soccer team has won the Capital Conference Championship. The Lady Outlaws shut out Cascade 1-0 in an intense match up on Monday, October 20. Rose Slavkovsky scored for Sisters in the first minute of play, sticking her shot it in the right side of the net of the left foot. The assist came from Audrey Tehan. Sisters had 13 shots on goal and Cascade had six. The Lady Outlaws had some great opportunitie... Full story
Sisters residents hope to preserve the intimate feel of the current Sisters Library in a new, larger space. photo by Jim Cornelius Residents voiced their desire for a pretty library --one that matches the ambiance of Sisters -- at a meeting of the Deschutes Public Library District Board on Wednesday, October 15. Coos Bay architect Richard Turi presented plans to base the new Sisters Library on the structure of the La Pine Library, which he also designed. The architect and the board reassured the audience of about 30 people... Full story
Even as rehabilitation crews work to repair the destructive effects of fire, the Forest Service plans to intentionally light some fires to enhance the health of the forest in the Metolius Basin. The Sisters Ranger District will ingnite fires in two units along Forest Road 14 in Camp Sherman sometime this week, according to fire supervisor Kirk Metzger. "We need about a three- to five-day drying window," Metzger said. The fires will burn underbrush on two parcels in the Metolius Research Natural Area (RNA). The underburning... Full story
Taylor Robertson of Eugene will be Sisters' new Fire chief. The Sisters-Camp Sherman Rural Fire Protection District board of directors chose Robertson unanimously from among three final candidates, according to board chair Dave Elliott. The finalists were selected from among 47 applicants for the position, which opened up with the retirement of Don Rowe. The candidates participated in an interview with a selection committee, which includes a number of firefighting... Full story
Some of the existing cabins at Lake Creek Lodge. photo by Conrad Weiler Plans to expand Camp Sherman's Lake Creek Lodge cleared a major hurdle on Thursday, October 16, as Jefferson County Commissioners Mary Zemke, Bill Bellamy and Chairperson Walt Ponsford voted unanimous approval of the expansion plan and denial of an appeal brought by Friends of the Metolius (FOM). "We are very pleased with the decision," said Lake Creek Lodge owner Gordon Jones. He and his brother Jeff Jones hope to start Phase I of the $10-million... Full story
(L-R): Ruth McKenzie, Becky Johnson, Irene Peck, Naomi Smith, Edith Leithauser, Velma Johnson and Barbara Meyer, all over 80, gathered with the Sisters Gals last week. photo by Judy Vallembois About 40 current and former residents of Sisters gathered from all points of the compass to have lunch at The Fountain Restaurant in Redmond on October 17. Barbara Meyer and Edith Leithauser coordinated the event. Barbara served as Master of Ceremonies. This annual event began 13 years ago because many who were involved with the Forest... Full story
The fifth annual Sisters Scramble 5- and 10-kilometer run is scheduled for Saturday, October 25. The 5- and 10-K runs are on maintained single and double track trails in the forest near Buck Run bordering Sisters. The event is a fund-raiser for SOAR (Sisters Organ- ization for Activities & Recreation) Kids Outdoor Programs. Both runs begin at Sisters Village Green Park. Registration and check-in are at 9:30 a.m.; starting time is 10:30 a.m. Late registration is still available until October 23, for $19. Day-of-race... Full story
By Tom Chace It's time for those who have been on daylight saving time D.S.T for the past 6-1/2 months (since April 6) to "fall back" to standard time. If you want to be really accurate, then stay up until 2 a.m. (actually 1:59 a.m. if you want to be exactly accurate) this Sunday (October 26) and move all your clocks, watches, and digital readouts one hour back -- from 2 a.m. to 1 a.m. That means one hour more sleep that night. Farmers, cattle folk and dog walkers still work by the sundial and that doesn't get set back or... Full story
Endurance runner Sean Meissner. photo by Elise Gourguechon Finishing a marathon is quite an accomplishment. Local endurance runner Sean Meissner tripled that feat, running marathons on three successive days to win the Lake Tahoe Triple event for the third year in a row on October 9-11. Meissner ran 3:08, 3:08, and 3:12 respectively on the course that circumnavigates Lake Tahoe -- over 78 miles at elevations ranging up to 7,000 feet. On the third marathon day, Meissner and the other 65 runners involved in the Triple were... Full story
Lynn Johnston. photo by Tom Chace Many veterans of World War II and the Vietnam War believe that today's young people have no concept of what it was like for the millions of men and women who served their country in those difficult times. For the past three years, a Sisters man has been doing something tangible about that. He is Lynn Johnston, a local building contractor, himself a Vietnam veteran, who is awarding a substantial cash scholarship each year to a senior graduate of Sisters High School. The money for the scholarsh... Full story
Cameron Brown bowls with his friend Rick Silver. photo by Torri Barco Rick Silver gave a high-five to an animated young boy at Sun Mountain Fun Center. The boy jumped in the air after bowling a ball that sunk some pins. He ran at Rick exclaiming, "Look what I did!" He kept his bowling wrist even this time -- a technique his friend Rick taught him. Rick Silver, 53, is a retired owner of a barcode label business. He's lived for nine years in Tumalo on 20 acres of land in a beautiful home, with a pond, horse pastures with three... Full story
Mike Gould, radio pioneer. photo by Torri Barco Tune your dial to FM 106.7: Sisters is going to have its own radio station, probably as soon as next fall. Local residents will be able to tune in to hear the local basketball game hosted by a high school student, or an inside traffic report with secret tips to back roads on busy weekends. The nonprofit station is to be completely run by volunteers. It is intended for community education and should hold the biggest variety of grass-roots programs on the radio, said Mike Gould, w... Full story
The Nugget welcomes contributions from its readers, which must include the writer's name, address and phone number. Letters to the Editor is an open forum for the community and contains unsolicited opinions not necessarily shared by the Editor. The Nugget reserves the right to edit, omit, respond or ask for a response to letters submitted to the Editor. Letters should be no longer than 300 words. Unpublished items are not acknowledged or returned. The deadline for all letters is noon Monday. To the Editor: I read with... Full story
- City Council Meeting 7 p.m., 2nd and 4th Thursday each month, Sisters City Hall. 549-6022. - School Board Meeting 7 p.m., 2nd Monday each month, middle school lecture/drama room. 549-8521. - Black Butte School District Board of Directors meets 2nd Tuesday of each month, 7 p.m., Black Butte School. 595-6203. - Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month, 8 to 9 a.m. at Sisters Fire Hall, 549-0251. - Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD meets for drill every Monday, 7 p.m. Sisters Fire Hall, 301 S. Elm St.... Full story
- A man made a harassing phone call to a Sisters woman, who reported the incident. She further reported that the man called back to apologize. It seems he had transposed numbers the first time he dialed and thought he was talking to someone else. So sorry to be a bother... - A Sweet Home woman was abandoned along the highway after a verbal dispute with her husband. A woman picked her up and drove her to a motel in Sisters. - A deputy warned a couple of hunters caught trespassing. - A Black Butte Ranch officer stopped a man... Full story
Lightning blazed across the skies in the Sisters country in a series of storms August 4-7. During those four days, a bolt flashed out of the clouds and struck a tree on the north flank of Bear Butte just east of Mount Jefferson. The bolt forked out and hit another tree nearby, creating a small blaze in a branch stub. Fifteen miles to the south, on a ridge near Square Lake, another lightning bolt struck a tree, scoring through the bark. A fire crept out from that strike and... Full story
