News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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On a 4-0 vote Thursday the Sisters City Council passed a preemptive 15-percent tax on the sale of legal recreational marijuana in the city - even though the sale of recreational marijuana in the city, state, and the nation is currently illegal. This unusual tactic was adopted ahead of the November 4 election in case Measure 91 passes. Measure 91 would legalize the sale of recreational marijuana in the state. Sale and possession would remain a federal crime. The council - absent McKibben Womack - was acting on advice from... Full story
A fix is coming to bring Sisters' new streetlights into compliance with the City's "dark skies" ordinance. Under that ordinance, lights are supposed to be shielded to cast their light downward to avoid light pollution that interferes with enjoyment of Sisters Country's signature star-filled sky. The streetlights were installed by the Oregon Department of Transportation as part of the Cascade Avenue renovation project this year. "We had a bit of a delay because the ODOT team ... were pursuing solutions that were not... Full story
One hundred and forty-five new trees are growing at the City of Sisters Public Works yard at the south end of Sisters. It's the first phase of a tree nursery that is expected to provide Sisters' public spaces with trees at about a quarter of the retail cost. Public works personnel led by Conrad Kiefer planted the bare-root whips in pots, which in turn are placed in pots in holes in the ground in what is known as a "pot-in-pot" nursery. There are red point maples; autumn blaze... Full story
The Deschutes Land Trust - well known for the stewardship projects they conduct in Sisters Country- presented two Central Oregonians with Volunteer of the Year awards at its annual open house on October 22. Eva Eagle and Ginny Elliott were honored for their dedication to conserving land in Central Oregon. Eva Eagle has been a DLT volunteer since 2005. For nearly 10 years she has collected and analyzed bird sightings submitted by volunteer birders on land trust protected... Full story
What a shame to kill a cougar after its natural game. People shouldn't try to raise goats/small livestock up against forest/rural land. ODFW just loves killing cougars and bears, while California and Washington tranquilize and move the animals. Bob Meyers ••• To the Editor: Oregon does not have 5,000, 6,000 or 7,000 cougar. Truth is, we just don't know how many cougar we have. What Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) are not telling you is that they also believe we many have only 1,284 cougar, and... Full story
It is important for Sisters voters to understand there are two distinctly different marijuana-related measures on the ballot this year. Local Measure 9-101 is specific to the city of Sisters and asks simply whether to permit legally licensed medical marijuana dispensaries to be located within the city limits. State Measure 91 asks a totally different question - shall the recreational use of marijuana be allowed in the state of Oregon, in addition to the already-allowed medical uses. As members of the city-appointed committee... Full story
Halloween can be a fun and festive time for children and families - but for pets it can be a downright nightmare. For all the fun it offers for kids, Halloween can be unsettling and even dangerous for pets. Here are some common-sense precautions to keep in mind for your furry friend's safety this weekend. Not only will your door be constantly opening and closing on Halloween, but ghosts and goblins intending to look scary that come to your door may actually be frightening to... Full story
Sloshy mud and steady rainfall do not typically translate into personal records on cross-country courses, but Aria Blumm is anything but typical. The senior runner took the lead from the gun and never looked back on her way to a personal-best 5,000-meters time of 19:29, well over a minute ahead of last year's winner, Breanna Wright of Cottage Grove. Expectations were high for Blumm after she placed third at last year's 3,000-meter race at the OSAA 4A Track and Field... Full story
Janet Storton got a closer-than-comfortable glimpse of what it's like to be a target of terrorists during her latest trip to Uganda. Storton travels to the East African nation regularly in support of Sisters of the Heart, the vocational training program she has nurtured in the mountains there for years. Usually, her trips are centered on the mountain village of Kapchorwa. In this most recent visit, she was asked to speak to members of parliament about the program in... Full story
Students at Sisters Elementary School opened wide on Friday while volunteer dental technicians took a good, hard look at their teeth. It was all part of a Kemple Memorial Children's Dental Clinic screening supported by the Oregon Community Foundation's Children's Dental Health Initiative. Childhood dental disease is the most common chronic disease affecting children in the U.S., and Oregon has one of the country's highest rates of dental disease. Screening can help identify... Full story
David Spain and his children Brock and Marie will be living in a new Sisters Habitat for Humanity home come spring. The family, along with a couple of dozen Habitat volunteers, braved a chilly morning on Monday to bless the ground at 920 E. Cascade Ave. and sink the blade of a golden shovel into the rocky dirt in the symbolic gesture of groundbreaking. Family partner Eloise Barry noted that, while groundbreaking "is an important milestone along the way," it is not the beginnin... Full story
"We are the Outlaws, we can't be beat... If you want to win, you'll have to cheat... Climb up the pine trees, slide down the cactus... We play your team, just for practice!' When Sisters High School's varsity football teams pulls into Klamath Falls on Friday night for a postseason playoff game, the Outlaws won't be alone. Led by seniors Haylie Hudson, Brenna Weems, and Molly Boyle, the Outlaws will have an impressive contingent of super fans following them. They didn't start... Full story
It's possible a whole bunch of Sisters Elementary School (SES) fourth-graders may have lost out on learning about the native plants they live among if it wasn't for Sisters High School (SHS) biology teacher Rima Givot's freshmen and sophomores taking the time to teach them. Earlier this month, 75 fourth-grade students piled out of two buses at the SHS athletic field were they were met by several students from Givot's biology class, primed and ready to take the younger... Full story
The boys soccer team finished with two shutouts last week to wrap up league play with a 10-0 record. Sisters defeated Cottage Grove (CG) 5-0 at home on Tuesday, October 21, and on the road two days later beat the Sutherlin Bulldogs 5-0. Sisters honored their 14 seniors at home in Tuesday's match-up against CG. The seniors played with great energy and kept it going the entire game in front of an excited home crowd. Josiah Jones followed a Jonathan Luz shot to score his first... Full story
The Sisters High School (SHS) Outlaws Robotics Club is off and running. The Outlaws have a new team (last year's team is off to college) and a new challenge to stretch the team's creativity, teamwork and engineering skills. The club meets a couple of times a week in Rob Corrigan's classroom. Most of the team is together on Thursday evenings working on the new challenge. The team consists of Garrett Young (9th grade); Craig Wessel (12th grade); Corbin Johnson (6th grade);... Full story
Sisters suffered a heart-breaking 20-13 loss to Sweet Home (SH) for Homecoming on Friday, October 24. The league championship was on the line for both teams, and the game came down to the final five minutes of play. Sisters kicked off to start the contest and held off Sweet Home on fourth-and-two. The Huskies faked a punt, and tried to run around the left side and were stopped by an aggressive Outlaws defense. Coach Gary Thorson commented on the Outlaws' first possession. "We... Full story
Leeann Smith Stahn of Sisters, beloved wife, mother, sister and daughter passed away October 21 at home with her family. Leeann is the wife of Charles William Stahn of Sisters and daughter of Emmitt Harold Smith and Sara Clio Rundell. She was born in Austin, Travis County, Texas on September 7, 1960. Leeann lived in Texas until the age of 15 when she moved to Laie, Hawaii, and got the nickname "Tex" while attending Kahuku High School. In Hawaii she made many good friends and... Full story
Madison Boettner has been named The Center Foundation's (TCF) High Desert Hero for the month of November. Boettner is a senior at Sisters High School where she holds a 4.25 weighted GPA. Madison has been her class president her freshman, sophomore, and junior years. She is the yearbook editor, a three-sport varsity athlete, president of the math club, and participates in congress for future physicians and scientists. Boettner participates in many volunteer activities, including Sisters Folk Festival, Top Soccer Program,... Full story
Alpenhimmel Creative Arts Emporium welcomed Sisters' creative crowd to an open house last week to introduce this exciting new multi-craft center. There were a variety of tasty refreshments on hand, frequent prize drawings for craft supplies, and demonstrations of free and easy Make-N-Take projects, including paper flower arrangements, paper-wrapped pencils, and a handy mini-notebook with a picture of the Sisters horses racing into town as the cover. Owners Charity Alva and her... Full story
The girls soccer team posted wins in their final two league games of the season to finish with a perfect 10-0 record and the league title. Sisters defeated the Lions at Cottage Grove in a final score of 5-1 on Tuesday, October 21, and two days later posted a 6-0 win at Sutherlin. Sisters played an outstanding game on the turf at Cottage Grove on Tuesday. The Lions are comfortable playing on turf, but it's always a challenge for other teams who are used to grass. "On turf you have to play the game a little differently, as any... Full story
The Lady Outlaws wrapped up a perfect league season with a sweep over the Tigers at Junction City on Tuesday, October 21. Sisters won with scores of 25-8, 25-18, and 25-20. Miki McFadden has coached the Outlaws for the past three years, and each year they have easily claimed top league honors. Sisters earned an easy first-set win over the Tigers. Junction City had trouble with their pass and had a hard time playing defense. The Outlaws made serving errors, hit the ball out of bounds, and hit the ball in the net at the start... Full story
