News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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The City of Sisters recently launched a survey to all business license holders based within the City. The goal is to gather firsthand feedback on the City’s public services, infrastructure, and tourism, and begin the process of working towards a collaborative, long-term tourism strategic plan. This is not the first time surveys have been used to shape policy, project, and program decisions. Most recently, the public safety survey conducted in August 2019 helped to guide the renegotiated law enforcement contract that is c... Full story
There are many absolutists out there. This mentality strives for certainty. For the absolutist everything is black and white. If walking 10,000 steps a day is better than 5,000, it’s 10,000 or bust. If an apple has more fiber than a banana, then banana be damned. We can have a certain amount of admiration for the absolutist. They are decisive, strong willed, and optimal. They hold steadfast in a belief system. But they may fear the unknown, and their hardy stance may falter when the next paper is written or they read a new b... Full story
This past summer East of the Cascades Quilt (EOCQ) guild member Susan Cobb and other guild members yearned to have a special exhibit on the 100th year anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment on August 18, 2020. Ed and Kathi Beacham, owners of Beacham Clock Co. in Sisters, were happy to be of assistance and 14 quilts were displayed August 14-21, 2020. The quilts were also showcased at Deschutes County Historical Society in Bend August 25-September 23, 2020, and Si... Full story
Sisters Library will see upgrades and expansion in the coming years in the wake of voter approval of Measure 9-139 on the November ballot. The measure won 52 percent of the vote to pass. The expansion of Sisters Library is among multiple projects envisioned for the $195 million bond funding, which will also include construction of a new main library. The Sisters projects will provide more open and flexible spaces for community uses from after-school tutoring to craft... Full story
Each year, Blazin Saddles asks the community to donate bikes in decent-or-better condition to gift to community members during the Christmas season. This year, the staff is extending that program to assist people in the McKenzie Bridge-Blue River area hard hit by fire. The staff has connections there and hope to give a small boost to the devastated community by providing bikes. Bikes in “decent or better” condition can be dropped off at the store at 413 W. Hood Ave., Sis... Full story
The sun still warmed my back as I wiggled the last of the sweet onions from the soil. As I pulled up the last of last fall’s vision, a calm came over me. I realized that our team no longer needed to worry if the cabbages will size up, how social distancing at the Farmers Market would go, how we would host the next field trip of students, if there would be enough tomatoes to go around, how we could get food to those vulnerable to COVID-19, etc… This week the size of t... Full story
This was their day. Christmas Eve. A day to put the homeless in a spot of light, in their darkened world. All hopes are dashed by their broken lives, cars, and dreams. The hustle and bustle of the congregation had separated themselves. Some were cooking potatoes, stuffing, and veggies in the kitchen. The smell of turkeys cooking in crock pots all over the church created an tantalizing aroma of foods, just waiting to be devoured. In another room were potato mashers, turkey carvers, and pie cutters. Yet even in another room... Full story
To the Editor: Recently read an article on the divide between those involved politically and those watching from the sidelines, which assumed those not involved politically must not care and will not vote. Quite the contrary. Minor example can be seen in a Home Owners Association of over 100 owners one finds there are usually around six who will get involved or run to be on a board and another five will help out in various ways. But if asked, everyone has opinions because they care. Think about how hard it is to get folks to... Full story
Education — like every aspect of life in Sisters Country — has been disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. With teachers striving to provide for their students, the Sisters Schools Foundation (SSF ) is making an exceptional fall distribution of funds to fill educator requests. At the same time, the Foundation is conducting their fall campaign to raise funds to to enrich, supplement and enhance education opportunities for all students in the Sisters School... Full story
Dozens of books entered the arena and only one will emerge as 2021’s “A Novel Idea” selection. The Deschutes Public Library Foundation will unveil the 2021 A Novel Idea book during a virtual event on Saturday, December 5. The community is invited to join in at 6 p.m. for the build-up to the big book reveal — complete with a plot twist. Join early to test your A Novel Idea trivia knowledge, and find recipes and music inspired by this year’s book to help set the ambiance. Finally, the book will be revealed followe... Full story
Sisters-area residents are invited to the next Citizens4Community, Let’s Talk! to learn more about the City of Sisters’ new contract with the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office. The event is set to begin at 6 p.m. Monday, November 16, and will be held via Zoom video conference. It is expected to run approximately 90 minutes. There are about 40 seats available, so those interested are encouraged to RSVP as soon as possible. Under the new contract there is now a dedicated sheriff’s unit based in Sisters. At the November 16 even... Full story
On this Veterans Day I might be expected to focus on the many sacrifices military members have delivered while performing services to our nation. We expect, sometimes as a matter of fact, sacrifice to be part and parcel of their mission. We expect them to step forward in our stead to be delivered up into harm’s way. We send our best, our brightest, our youngest, and our poorest forward to defend this nation. Evidence of their commitment, their sacrifice, has been left in the fields of Gettysburg, in trenches of France, on t... Full story
Although the results of the race for Sisters City Council won’t be certified until the end of November, the three highest vote-getters appear to be duly elected, with the following vote counts: Andrea Blum 1,087; Jennifer Letz 1,077; and Gary Ross 981. Susan Cobb and Elizabeth Fisher, although not elected, both garnered significant numbers with votes at 701 and 647, respectively. The two highest vote counts will serve four-year terms, and the third serves two years. Andrea B... Full story
“The only constant in life is change.” — Heraculitus That ancient adage is as true today as when it was first uttered. Here in Sisters, after three Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO) deputies were introduced to the public in the October 7 issue of The Nugget, there are already several temporary alterations in staffing and two new faces at the Sisters substation. According to Lt. Chad Davis, the officer in charge of the Sisters unit, Dep. Allie DeMars went on light... Full story
Firefighter and emergency responders see a lot of trauma — devastating fires, accidents, illness, injury and death. It takes a toll. Over the past 25 years, there has been a shift in focus on firefighter and emergency responders’ mental health as a more strongly emphasized part of training curriculum. “There has really been an adjustment in the thought process and culture surrounding the mental health of first responders and paying more attention to their well-being aft... Full story
For the past seven months, complaints of roaring engines, squealing tires, and speeding on Highway 242, Edgington Road, McKinney Butte Road and in the Sisters High School parking lot, mainly by young drivers, have poured in to the Deschutes County Sheriff’s dispatch center. Along Highway 242, directly in front of Sisters Middle School, dark black tire marks tracking across both lanes bear clear-cut evidence of “burned rubber” on the road’s surface. Two non-injury acciden... Full story
One of the adult personnel at Sisters Middle School has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a message from Superintendent Curt Scholl. “Through contact-tracing protocol, we have found that there were no connections to any students,” he reported. School announced that, “With some staff already in quarantine, staff that were already scheduled to be out, and the increasing cases in Deschutes County, we will be suspending limited in-person instruction at Sisters Middle School at this time. We still have a target of Novem... Full story
