News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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The renewal of the Sisters School District Local Option levy failed at the polls, by a very narrow margin. As final votes were tallied Wednesday morning by the Deschutes County Clerk, the margin shrank to 50.28 (No) to 49.72 (Yes). The measure received 2,299 votes in favor; 2,325 votes were cast in opposition. Two additional No votes to one Yes vote where the school district laps over into Jefferson County brought the final margin of defeat to a mere 27 votes. School board... Full story
With all the tender, loving care the Metolius River has been getting over the past few years, there's slim chance that it could all go sour and the spectacular fishery collapse. The Forest Service has been creating favorable habitat for salmon and trout, and at the same time building safeguards that protect the watershed from the top of the Cascades to the confluence with Lake Billy Chinook. Right alongside the USFS in their efforts to keep the Metolius alive is the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Upper Deschutes Rive... Full story
In a decade-long tradition, Sisters students celebrated the service of local military veterans in assemblies on Monday, November 10. The Veterans Day observances were held on Monday because the official date is a school holiday. At Sisters Middle School, an honor guard of Boy Scouts from Troop 188 trooped the colors to the stage where Margaux Mohler sang the National Anthem. Students welcomed veterans and expressed the importance of the day before introducing keynote speaker R... Full story
A slate of candidates won the three open seats on the Sisters City Council in the November 4 election. Lon Kellstrom won 551 votes to hold his seat. Pat Thompson received 449 and Jerry Bogart earned a seat with 440 votes. Thompson and Kellstrom earned four-year terms; Bogart will serve for two years. Incumbent Mayor Brad Boyd ended up with 429 votes; Wendy Holzman received 425 votes. There were 554 undervotes in the council election, where a voter turned in a ballot but did... Full story
To the Editor: On behalf of the Sisters Local Option Committee, we would like to offer a heartfelt thank you to the many people who contributed their time, expertise, and money to the Local Option campaign. Addressing envelopes, making phone calls, going door to door, sitting at tables outside Ray's, writing ads, designing brochures, putting up signs and preparing voter lists are not glamorous jobs, but they were critical parts of our campaign. Many people volunteered countless hours to do what they could to... Full story
The City of Sisters will be applying for a Recreational Trail Grant from the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department in January 2009. The grant will help fund the construction of a trail for pedestrians, bicyclists and other non-motorized users to be located along Whychus Creek. The trail would begin at Locust Street, meander along the creek through the Creekside Park/Sisters Overnight Park and end at Buckaroo Trail near FivePine Lodge. It would be approximately 1,650 feet in length and eight feet wide. The trail would... Full story
The Sisters Food Bank is seeing an approximately 20 percent increase in use this year over last, according to director Garth Tosello. "It seems that more larger families are coming in," Tosello told The Nugget. Stocks are somewhat diminished, Tosello noted. "Right now we're on the thin side," he said. "This is usually where we start gaining ground." That's because the winter holiday season brings a number of local food drives that supplement the food provided by the Oregon Food Bank through the aid agency NeighborImpact.... Full story
Outlaws standout Tyler Miller is excited about playing football at the collegiate level and has several offers on the table. Miller excels both athletically and academically at Sisters High School. Miller (6-feet-4-inches and 250 pounds) played left tackle for the Outlaws this past season and has played on the varsity squad since his freshman year. Career stats for Miller include 200 tackles, over 40 sacks, over 100 pancake blocks and three defensive touchdowns. In addition... Full story
The Lady Outlaws fell one match short of a repeat state championship last weekend. The volleyball squad defeated Yamhill Carlton and the Henley Hornets at the state tournament on Friday, November 7, and then lost to Central in the championship game on Saturday. Sisters defeated Yamhill Carlton on Friday afternoon in the 4A state quarterfinals in a three-game sweep. The Lady Outlaws came out fired up and ready to play. Sisters controlled the pace of the game and their serving... Full story
Jake Rothauge, a 1998 Sisters High School graduate, will step in as the boys varsity basketball coach for the 2008-2009 season while Coach Rand Runco is in Nepal. Rothauge comes to the program with several years' experience. Jake played three years of varsity under Coach Runco as a student at SHS and went on to play point guard for four years at Concordia in Portland. From there Rothauge got a teaching position at Portland Lutheran High School and coached both the boys and... Full story
The boys soccer team had six seniors named to all-league teams, including David Liming, Will Newport, Lee Elder, Sam Orwig, Max Quinn and Joey Farruggia. Liming, Newport, Elder and Orwig were all second team all-league selections. Liming played center midfield for the Outlaws, scored two goals and had five assists for the season. "David was one of the top players in our league," said Coach Rob Jensen. He's really strong, controlled the ball at the midfield and complemented our other midfielders. Whenever I had to man up someo... Full story
Malware? Spyware? Worms? Viruses? If you use a computer these days, these are terms you should know, because if you haven't already experienced one or all of them, you probably will. Even if you use a Mac. Tim Nafziger, owner of Sisters' newest computer business, 3 Peaks Computers, can help rid your system of these and other annoying - and potentially devastating - computer woes. He specializes in wired and wireless networking; security; and ridding computers of un-necessary... Full story
The Lady Outlaws had four players selected to all-league teams this year. Fe Pledger, Shea Kotal and Jessie Snow were first team all-league selections. Haylee Schaab earned second team all-league honors. Fe Pledger not only earned first team honors but was also voted Player of the Year. Pledger is an outside hitter for the Outlaws and plays all the way around. Fe is the team kill leader with 244 kills on the season. She also contributed 163 digs, 19 blocks and led the team with 57 aces. "Fe dominated in our league this year... Full story
A concert will be presented in a wonderful jazz club setting in the Sisters High School band room on Friday, November 14, at 7:30 p.m. The concert is taking place in conjunction with an ongoing Drum Instructor Residency Program, and this month will feature professional drummer/instructor Charlie Doggett from Portland. This Sisters concert will feature Charlie Doggett along with tenor saxophonist Andy Warr, and Sisters High School's own bassist Jared Henderson. The concert will cap Doggett's full day working with Sisters... Full story
The Sisters Starry Nights Benefit Concert Series celebrates its 12th season with the long-awaited return of two of the series' favorite past performers - five-time Grammy winner Michael McDonald and acclaimed singer-songwriter Hal Ketchum. In Starry Nights tradition, the artists are donating their time to raise funds for the Sisters Schools Foundation and will perform in the Sisters High School Auditorium. "With the failure of the local option for our schools, we feel an even... Full story
The Sisters arts community got a glimpse of a masterpiece on Saturday evening. During a showing at his shop in the woods near Sisters on Saturday, J. Chester "Skip" Armstrong unveiled the finished 16-foot-tall cathedral doors he carved from hurricane-felled mahogany in Belize. The doors will grace a church in Boise, Idaho. The front of the panels depict a battle between the Archangel Michael and a seven-headed dragon with Mary standing above, transcending the endless fray.... Full story
While the Sisters City Council campaign roiled with questions of how to promote clean, compatible economic development in Sisters, Black Crater Clothing continued to quietly churn out clothing in the Sisters Industrial Park - just as it's done for the past decade. Black Crater is just the kind of company everyone says they want in Sisters: it provides several local jobs and has no discernible impact on traffic or other infrastructure. Sue Yocum didn't set out to build a model... Full story
•Three Sisters Chiropractic has a new look. To celebrate, Sisters residents may stop by during the month of November for a free 18-minute detoxification therapy session. •Tea & Treasures is selling loose leaf tea and tea accessories in their old location, now inside of Cache Mountain Traders. Open Friday-Sunday. Call 549-TEAS. •Paula Perkins of Bezalel Interiors completed interior painting and decorating that has helped to freshen up Soji Noodle and Rice Restaurant. •MacKenzie Creek Trading Co. is... Full story
The Lady Outlaws soccer team suffered a 4-0 loss to LaSalle, the No. 1 team from the Capital Conference, on Tuesday, November 4. Sisters played very well for the first 26 minutes of the contest and then broke down on defense. The game was very physical and, according to Coach Nik Goertze, the Oultaws were getting knocked down, bullied and pushed from behind when they had possession of the ball. At the 26-minute mark LaSalle's Laura Schmitt headed for the goal pursued by two Outlaws defenders. Schmitt managed to kick the ball... Full story
Football fans looking for snacks at games and folks looking for a nice spot for a family picnic may have a fine new pavilion for their activities next spring. A group of Sisters activists who are working in the Ford Family Leadership program have designed the "Outlaw Outpost" to be cited at the south end of Reed Stadium. The leadership program requires a "proving project" that tests the lessons in leadership learned from the program - and drives them home. The creation... Full story
My husband Allan and I think of "home" as two places: where we are and where we're from. He's from New Zealand and I'm from Oregon. We recently traveled back to NZ with friends, to visit family and introduce our friends to a special place. Allan and I lived there for 18 years, raising our three boys on sheep and cattle farms. We came to Sisters nine-and-a-half years ago because I was extremely homesick and wanted to at least be on the same continent as my parents. I longed... Full story
The aircraft was an "ASK 21," and Danny Baldwin, 16, was alone in command of the flight from the runway to the 3,000-foot release altitude and back to the runway again. Despite the gusty winds and the numerous rain squalls in the vicinity, one or two of which had grounded the glider and tow pilots by 2 p.m., the weather directly over the Bend airport abated enough by 3 p.m. Sunday afternoon, November 2, to give Baldwin his chance. Since the glider was launched via aerial tow behind a Piper Pawnee crop duster, his ride from... Full story
The Sisters High School Boys JV soccer team concluded its season last week with four wins and nine losses. The Outlaws performed well largely through the skill and effort of sophomore Austin Williams. With the help of Daniel Wiegand's fierce tackling, William Saunder's pesky blocking, Brennan Layne's sense of positioning, and Grayson Gould's vocal intensity, Williams anchored a stubborn defensive line. He not only outran every fast-break that got through his mates, but he also employed his signature fake-kick-cut maneuver... Full story
Plans to pave the roads in the Panoramic subdivision east of Sisters took a drubbing at the polls on November 4. The measure failed by a margin of 65 percent (No) to 35 percent (Yes). Eighty-eight votes were cast against the proposal while 47 supported it. The project would have cost nearly $1.2 million, including financing costs, and residents were being asked to pay $6.25 per $1,000 in assessed valuation for the project. Proponents argued that paving would enhance accessibility for emergency vehicles and spare a beating on... Full story
David Bruce Brandon, DMD passed away peacefully with his family at his side October 24. He was born in Portland on November 20, 1916, to Robert and Olive Brandon. He attended Washington High School, University of Oregon and North Pacific College of Dentistry. He and June Carolyn Proehl were married on June 24, 1942. Shortly after their beautiful wedding, he enlisted in the 91st Air Corps as a Dentist in the Medical Division and served as a Major in World War II. He was deployed to the European theatre where he served in Engla... Full story
