News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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To the Editor: What a wonderful program I witnessed at Sisters Athletic Club last Friday afternoon. Sisters High School Life Skills students are allowed access to our Sisters Athletic Club pool for swimming lesson and water skills enrichment experience that I'm sure changes lives. As I viewed the activity in the pool, I was amazed at all the excitement and wondered what was going on. The joy these students were sharing was worth every minute I wasn't allowed in the pool. It seems that Tate Metcalf, Sisters Athletic Club CEO,... Full story
Sisters City Council is looking at how much it actually costs the City of Sisters when events use City parks. At last week's workshop, Council revisited the fee schedule for public events held in Sisters parks. This is a discussion that has been ongoing as part of the review of licensing for public events and transient merchants. Council had directed staff to analyze the actual costs to the City, compared to the existing fees being charged applicants who wish to hold a public... Full story
This winter's much-anticipated El Niño phenomenon has not been behaving exactly as anticipated. As fall approached, atmospheric scientists were watching developments in the tropical Pacific Ocean. A large batch of unusually warm water had materialized that stretched from the International Date Line eastward to Peru. It was a signal that the first El Niño in six years was on its way. And if it merged with the warm blobs of water already in place in the eastern... Full story
The bike donation drive initiated by Blazin Saddles last month has succeeded beyond the expectations of organizer Casey Meudt. "We have had an amazing response from our community with bikes, parts and a couple very generous cash donations," Meudt reported. "Through the Sisters schools, Sisters Fire Department, Habitat and a few personal recommendations we compiled a list of 30-plus people in Sisters that we could help by giving them a bike over the holidays. We are very excite... Full story
The boys basketball team had a great time at the Seaside Invitational, held Thursday through Saturday, December 17-19. The Outlaws walked away with a third-place finish. Seaside finished first, and Astoria was runner-up. Sisters came out strong and defeated Castle Rock (CR) 45-38 to put them on the winners' side of the bracket. It was a very good win for the Outlaws, who handed CR their first loss of the season. The Outlaws held CR to three points in the first quarter of play,... Full story
Absolute Serenity has been caring for elders in their sunset years since David and Leah Tolle opened their first home in Sisters in 2009. Pennington Place, at 182 E. Tall Fir Ct. in Sisters, will open mid-January or early February. It is named after Absolute Serenity resident Richard Pennington. Absolute Serenity cared for Gina Pennington, who passed under their attentive care. "Now we take care of her husband, Richard," David explained. Pennington Place will be Absolute Seren... Full story
Sisters High School (SHS) students delivered and sorted 1,645 pounds of food for the Kiwanis Food Bank last week. Aspen Lakes contributed very significantly to that total. Ethan Morgan, Sam Mitchell, and Jordan Pollard picked up 1,350 pounds of canned food from Aspen Lakes Golf Course. Every fall, Aspen Lakes has a canned-food-drive golf special in which golfers donate cans of food and in turn receive a reduced greens fee. This year the food was added to the high school... Full story
Sisters Middle School's Outlaws Lego® Robotics team won a berth in state competition with an extraordinarily strong performance in regional First Lego® League competition last week at Mountain View High School. Bodie Dachtler, Ella Thorsett, Skylar Wilkins, Holly Lewis and Mathew Riehle will go to state competition in Hillsboro on January 9. According to their coach, Meghan Flaherty, one of the remarkable things about this accomplishment is that the students... Full story
Santa's making a list. And he's checking it twice. He's gonna find out who's naughty or nice. Sisters Dance Academy's Winter Dance Recital brought "Naughty or Nice" to a new level at Sisters High School auditorium on Saturday. "Our show this year is themed Naughty or Nice, and the dancers are either going to be on Santa's naughty list or nice list, and your job as an audience - especially the kids - is to help me figure out which of our dancers is going to be on the nice list... Full story
Sisters wrestlers attended the annual Culver Invitational held on Friday and Saturday, December 11-12, and came away with an eighth-place finish. Culver took first place with a team score of 245.5 in the two-day, 18-team tourney, Harrisburg was runner-up at 191.5, and Lowell finished third with 160. The Outlaws were only able to take 16 of their 27 wrestlers due to sickness and injuries, but Coach John Downs told The Nugget he still hoped the Outlaws would place in the top 10... Full story
Black Butte School's annual winter performance was a perfect example of holiday magic. The children of the small Camp Sherman school showcased their talents in the Camp Sherman Community Hall on the snowy evening of Thursday, December 17. The 16-student school offered up musical acts, skits, and a play to a standing-room-only audience of teachers, parents, family, community members and alumni. The students sent out hand-written invitations to members of the Camp Sherman... Full story
Sisters' lively music scene will get even livelier to ring in the New year on New Year's Eve, December 31. Hardtails Bar & Grill at 175 N. Larch St. will feature live music with Tommy Hogan from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Raised in Texas, now hailing out of the Pacific Northwest, Tommy Hogan has been electrifying and captivating audiences since hitting the stage in 2011. The multi-talented American electric blues artist's impressive and original act has floored audiences across the... Full story
I often wish all the sentiment, generosity, and good will of the holiday season could be spread out over all 365 days of the year. Instead, those qualities more often encompass about one month, from Thanksgiving through Christmas. Imagine the difference it would make in so many lives if our spirit of care and giving were extended to our neighbors and the world all year long. The sense of frustration I feel about the current state of affairs here in the U.S., as well as... Full story
My wife passed away in May of 2014, at which time our family was living in Portland. About eight months after she died I lost my job. It felt like defeat after defeat. I immediately thought about moving home where my parents live, but everything in me desired to stay in Portland to continue our established way of life. You see, I was born in Bend and raised in Sisters. I graduated from Sisters High School in 2003 and left fairly soon after that, as many young people do. So, for me the thought of returning fell into the last... Full story
At this point of my 87 years living on this beautiful old Earth I'm so used to the phone ringing at 11 p.m., nothing surprises me anymore. I can remember when it rang at quarter to midnight when my son Caleb was beginning to show his prowess and intense sense of adventure during his early driving years. I picked it up and asked, "Is there any blood?" "No blood, dad," Caleb responded, "but the front-end of the Volvo doesn't look too good." So, last week when it rang at about... Full story
On December 29, 1890, the last, tragic act of the American Indian Wars played out on the frozen prairie of South Dakota, along a creek whose name lives on in infamy: Wounded Knee. There, 125 years ago next week, some 200 Lakota Sioux men, women and children were gunned down in the snow in a scuffle that turned into a confused firefight, which became a massacre that stained the honor of the United States Army and ripped the heart out of the Lakota nation. ••• By... Full story
Heather Buring, hair designer and owner of the new Aspire Beauty Salon in Sisters, has always been committed to bringing top-quality services to her clients. Before settling in Sisters almost five years ago, Buring lived in Redmond. She graduated from Phagans School of Hair Design in Bend in 2005, and for 10 years she has been specializing in creating trendy hairstyles that let each client look and feel their best. "Ever since middle school, my dream was to become a hair... Full story
• Tom Barrier wrote: The Oregon Band of Brothers Sisters Chapter was pleasantly surprised Thursday, December 17, to receive a generous gift from Cub Scout Pack 139. They had collected $105 from their popcorn sales. We were presented with a check from their junior member and later were treated with homemade cinnamon rolls and juice. the rolls were made by two of the mothers that were present. Six members of Pack 139 were also present. Five members of the local Band... Full story
So many folks are fixated on training dogs that they forget about their feline friend - or figure that their cat just is too independent to train. Most people believe that cats can't be trained because they don't seem responsive to the many methods used to train dogs. But cats do respond to training! In fact one of the first scientific studies highlighting the importance of reinforcement in animal behavior was done with cats. The first step to training Kitty is to understand h... Full story
Fear has never been a good advisor, neither in our personal lives nor in our society. -Angela Merkel Peter Salem was a Muslim who fought at Bunker Hill at the beginning of the Revolutionary War. He was killed in action. Muslim/Americans have fought in each and every major war of this nation including the Civil War, both world wars, Vietnam, Korea, Iraq and Afghanistan. 3,500 have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan alone. Many Muslim gravesites are at Arlington. They proudly served and many have made the supreme sacrifice. So,... Full story
Ronald Wouda turns his home at 2835 S.W. 31st St. in Redmond into a holiday extravaganza each year. The retired pharmacy technician does it simply to brighten the season and bring a smile to peoples' faces. Each year the display gets more and more elaborate - and it's possible thanks in large part to Sisters Habitat for Humanity's Thrift Store and ReStore, where Wouda finds many of his treasures. "Due to the fact we live on a retirement income we have to be very frugal with... Full story
