News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Black Butte Ranch's homeowners have approved a $3.5 million renovation project for the community's Glaze Meadow Golf Course. Scott Huntsman, president and chief executive officer of Black Butte Ranch, said property owners "overwhelmingly approved plans for the renovation project" which will begin in September of this year and culminate with the opening of the new course in May of 2012. John Fought, president of John Fought Design and one of the country's foremost golf course... Full story
Clay Davis, a firefighter and student EMT with the Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire Department, is being recognized as a "Wilderness Rescue and Safety Hero" by the American Red Cross. The Oregon Mountain River Chapter will host its sixth annual Heroes' Breakfast on Wednesday, June 9, at 7:30 a.m. at the National Guard Armory, 875 S.W. Simpson Ave. in Bend. This special event recognizes heroes in the community - ordinary people who took extraordinary actions to help fellow citizens.... Full story
The Sisters High School equestrian team rode home triumphant from the recent OHSET state meet, held May 13-17 at Central Point. The drill team is state champion, and freshman Bobbi Jo Rosauer brought home a silver medal in dressage. Ten of the 14 team members qualified for the state competition, which drill coach Ann Gates counted as "phenomenal." Head coach Beth Jacobsen said, "We've had a really good year. I'm so proud of all our team." The drill team certainly had a Cinderella story, according to Jacobsen and Gates. At... Full story
A spectacular thunderstorm rolled through the Sisters Country on Sunday evening, signaling the beginning of fire season. Fire fighters are ready. Last Friday, 28 smoke jumpers stationed in Redmond completed a week of training with a practice jump into Zimmerman Flat, about five miles west of Sisters. It was a tandem jump, meaning two planes circled the drop zone disgorging firefighters who parachuted into the landing zone, followed by a cargo drop from a low-flying craft. Smok... Full story
"Grease" is the word this week, as Sisters High School's vibrant theater arts department will be transporting audiences to the fictional Rydell High, circa 1959, in a four-day run of the popular musical. Months in the making, "Grease" follows last fall's wildly successful production of "Fiddler on the Roof," and it will give dozens of student performers the chance to shine once again under the direction of Michelle According to Summers, this cast is deep in talent. Younger... Full story
On stage at Disneyland's Carnation Theater earlier this month, the 10 members of Sisters High School's Vocal Jazz Ensemble gave their strongest performance to date - but not before weathering some trying setbacks. It was the second year in a row that the SHS Jazz Choir, under the direction of Michelle Summers, has received this highly coveted invitation. The Disney program also afforded the students the opportunity to train and record in a professional studio. Beth Eckstine, H... Full story
• Several Sisters businesses are contributing to a unique effort to stem the tide of leaked oil that is clogging the Gulf of Mexico. Lynn Berg of The Barber Shop has been collecting hair from local businesses in Sisters to send to the gulf. The hair is made into mats to be rolled or hand-stuffed into nylons which are then covered with orange plastic netting and lashed together to form booms to prevent movement of the oil onshore. The Sisters collection will continue for another week as part of an international effort.... Full story
Celebrating Oregon Public Broadcasting's ongoing support of the Sisters Country energetic arts community, Sisters Movie House and Thyme Restaurant will host a fundraiser on Thursday, May 20, with something for everyone's creative appetite. There are two components to the event, the first being an OPB film retrospective, a 25-minute tribute to the many Central Oregon artists featured over the years on its popular "Oregon Art Beat" program. Directly following each screening, 2006 Sisters Folk Festival songwriting contest... Full story
The Sisters City Council adopted the 2010 Development Code update by emergency Ordinance 397, May 13. The purpose of the 2010 Development Code update was to create consistent terminology, reduce ambiguities, modify site development dimensional standards, alter the list of permitted, conditional, and prohibited uses, modify permit/decision making procedures and move sub-districts to new separate zoning districts. The adopted 2010 Development Code is designed to be user-friendly and flexible. The 2010 Development Code update... Full story
Key base hits by Dara Kosanke, Marisa Calavan and Amber Milliman and a sacrifice fly by Brooklyn Walker enabled the Sisters High School varsity softball team to defeat La Pine 3-2, on the final day of the Sky-Em League regular season. While it wasn't as impressive as the 14-0 routing the Lady Outlaws handed the Hawks three weeks ago, it was every bit as important, as it gave Sisters its first league softball championship. The win over the Hawks - coupled with Marist's... Full story
Sisters Middle School Principal Kathy Miner will be Director of the International School in Paris for the 2010-2011 school year. Mark Stewart has been named interim principal at the middle school. Miner is getting excited about her new endeavor. "I'm struck by how we compare," she said. "I expected that the schools would be much different in Europe, maybe even more advanced and more sophisticated" noted Miner, "but the educational philosophy, the class work, even the subjects... Full story
Marine Tresnie, Sisters' senior foreign exchange student from Belgium, won her match in the quarterfinals at the Special District 3 championships on Thursday and Friday, May 13-14, at Black Butte Ranch. The quarterfinal win earned her a berth at the state tournament at the University of Oregon, May 20-22. Tresnie won all three of her matches on Thursday. She beat Madeline Balderson of Marist 6-0, 6-2 in her first match of the day and went on to defeat Shalee Montez (No. 6 seed) of Junction City 6-3, 7-6 (7-2). Montez was able... Full story
The Sisters Mexico Mission Team will stay in Mexico June 20-26 to help needy families. To prepare for and fund the trip, the team is seeking quality used items for a yard sale. The yard sale will take place Saturday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 1652 West Hill Ave. in Cold Springs Village, near Sisters Middle School. Call 541-549-4476 to donate items or become a team sponsor. The team hopes to raise $3,500 for construction of a house they will build for a needy family. Sisters... Full story
Sisters Country has its share of famous residents. There are sports people, artists, writers and entrepreneurs who choose Sisters to practice, or retire from, their professions. The latest celebrity - complete with his own Facebook fan page - is Porter. Now, Porter isn't your usual famous personage, but he does have an entourage to prepare his food, make his bed and ensure he turns up on time to appointments looking spiffy. And while Porter is not yet at the top of his game,... Full story
The Outlaws closed out league with a dominating 16-4 win at La Pine on Thursday, May 13. Sisters found themselves down 4-0 after the first inning. The Hawks held the Outlaws scoreless until the third inning, when Max Stovall hit a grand slam home run and tied the game 4-4. Stovall crushed the ball and sent it sailing 385 feet over the top of the fence. The Outlaws added one in the fifth when Jacob Rocco scored on a walk. Sisters held a 5-4 advantage until the top of the seventh inning. Jordan Hodges started the seventh with... Full story
To say that Dawn Cooperhas a busy life is a tremendous understatement. A full-time wife and mother of two teenagers, Cooper also is a part-time advocate at Sisters Family Access Network (FAN), assistant coach of the Sisters High School Varsity softball team, and is taking two courses a semester at COCC in pursuit of her goal to become a registered nurse. With the help of a Sisters Kiwanis Career Opportunity Fund grant, Cooper has completed Certified Nursing Assistant training... Full story
Until recently, Whychus Creek didn't get a lot of respect in Sisters. The over-allocated irrigation rights on the stream left it dry in summertime and folks in the Sisters Country had other prestigious streams like the Metolius River to brag on and love. In recent years, as water rights were returned to the creek and conservation efforts took hold, the creek has come back - and it's getting a lot more attention and tender-loving-care. Efforts to restore steelhead runs to... Full story
Beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather Gerald Garrison left us on May 11 at 11:30 a.m. A Sisters resident of 52 years, he will be greatly missed by his family and all who knew him. Gerald came to Sisters in 1958 as a young man, taking a job with the U.S. Forest Service from which he retired in 1985 as a "TSO." Gerald is survived by his wife of 29 years, Winnie, his many children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Services were held on May 15, at... Full story
Reverend Richard G. "Dick" Metz of Sisters died on May 13. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, May 22, at Zion Lutheran Church, 1113 S.W. Black Butte, Redmond. A reception will follow. Autumn Funerals of Redmond is assisting the family.... Full story
"You are the people of the landscape, you are the people of the water, the streams - you are the people who are hard-wired to having a relationship with nature..." Those were the opening comments given by Richard Louv, author of "Last Child in the Woods," at "Students Speak: A Watershed Summit," held at McMenamins Old St. Francis School last Thursday in Bend. Students from Rima Givot and Samra Spear's biology classes presented several papers on their work in the ecosystems of... Full story
The Sisters Outlaws will be chomping at the bit to compete this week at the Sky-Em district meet, with a pair of goals in mind: First, to compete well as a team and challenge for the district title, and second to qualify as many athletes to the state meet as possible. The final tune-up for district took place Friday, May 14 at the Wally Ciochetti Invitational in Cottage Grove. The twilight meet attracted a number of the Sky-Em schools and served as a great comparison to the... Full story
Last fall, before an attentive audience at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in Portland, four weather and climate specialists talked about the kind of weather we might expect here in the Pacific Northwest for the upcoming winter season. They were Kyle Dittmer of the Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission, Pete Parsons of the Oregon Department of Agriculture, George Taylor of Applied Climate Services, and Tyree Wilde of the National Weather Service. A central theme... Full story
To the Editor: It was a great pleasure to participate in the final interview process for the Sisters School District Superintendent. During the process I was pleased to meet the talented students, faculty, staff and administrators of Sisters schools. I particularly enjoyed the community forum where I had the opportunity to talk with several parents who are working to ensure that every child has the opportunity for academic success. Your district has weathered many storms, but what is evident is that the focus remains on stude... Full story
Lots of folks came through Sisters last weekend, but only one of them was on foot, heading all the way across the state. Ted Carlin, a Crooked River Ranch resident, hoofed it into town on Saturday on his trek from Newport to Ontario. "The original purpose was to reconnect with the state," he told The Nugget on Sunday morning as he prepared to set out on the next 15-mile leg of his journey. "I'm an Oregonian by birth, but I've been overseas for 25 years teaching military kids... Full story
Budding thespians of all talents may want to mark Saturday, May 22, on their calendar when Sisters High School sets the stage for an open "extras" casting call starting at 9 a.m. for an independent feature film to be shot here in Sisters and Black Butte Ranch this summer. Everyone is welcome, regardless of age or experience. The film will be directed by M. Blash and is titled, "The Wait." It's a drama revolving around a "puzzling call from a psychic which catapults a family into a heightened state of waiting for their recentl... Full story
