News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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A pickleball round robin tournament is scheduled for Saturday, June 18, as a way of saying thank you to the Sisters Country Pickleball Club (SCPC) members for all their support with the club’s mission to spread the joy of pickleball in the Sisters community through clinics, tournaments, and providing places to play. Two tournaments are being offered for two different levels of players. Levels 2.4 – 3.4 will play from 9-11 a.m. and levels 3.5 – 4.5 will play 11 a... Full story
Tom Nechville is renowned among instrument makers for his innovative banjo design, creating a line of banjos that are aesthetically pleasing, play well, and — most of all — sound wonderful. They are found in the hands of some of the finest professional players in American music. While his main factory remains in Minnesota, he and his partner, Linda Leavitt, a talented bluegrass and folk musician, have located Banjos West at 411 E. Main Ave. in Sisters. They plan a... Full story
Work hard, play hard. Keep a smile on your face. Remember to be kind. These were words Hal frequently said to his family and he truly lived by them. Hal Henry Reitmeier went to his heavenly home on November 13, 2021, and will be very missed by anyone who knew him. He had a zest for life and a willingness to be a friend to all. Hal was born in Tacoma, Washington, on July 7, 1946, to the parents of Harold and Agnes Reitmeier. He lived in Puyallup, Washington on a daffodil farm... Full story
Since the Sisters High School (SHS) greenhouse opened in 2016, it’s been used for many science and occupational training activities. It serves as a classroom and lab for science students. A state-of-the-art design, it’s used to grow starts and hanging baskets sold to raise funds for greenhouse expenses and programming. The space also provides opportunities for Amy Johnson’s students in the Youth Transition Program. Johnson, a transitions specialist employed by the Siste... Full story
Mike Durre is a lifelong Central Oregon resident, and he feels rooted here. “I just love the area,” he said. That sense of rootedness informs his work with Bisnett Insurance as a producer/agent. For Durre, it’s about relationships with clients. “I’m going to work for them and help them meet their needs and help do what’s best for them,” he said. “I think the biggest thing is consistency.” Durre had been working for Colonial Life when he reconnected with professional coll... Full story
Josh Smith and his wife, Stephanie, took over ownership of The Paper Place on May 26. The Smiths are from Salem and plan to live in Sisters once the housing market opens up a bit. Their two children, a 7-year-old son and 10-year-old daughter, will be attending Sisters schools. Stephanie will work at the store part-time, and eventually they look forward to their children working in the store as well. “We’re excited to have the business pass from one family to the next,” said Jo... Full story
I never thought I’d be writing this, or at least that it would have been at the beginning of the pandemic, not two years later. I quit my job. A job that I loved. A job perfect for me. A job immediately tailored to my needs, and then again after my first baby and then my second, remote and flexible before that was a thing. A job that allowed me to raise those babies, now 11 and 13, in my office and at home. A job where my boss became one of my best friends and biggest s... Full story
Within hours of the mass murder of school children and teachers at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, public scrutiny of the law enforcement response turned accusatory, with a pile of unanswered questions landing squarely at the feet of Uvalde CISD Police Chief Pete Arredondo. Rightly so. Post Columbine, the universal tactic adopted by law enforcement agencies in the United States has been to immediately locate, close with, and terminate an active killer. That does not appear... Full story
The boys golf squad had only one player out for the sport this season, sophomore Devin Coverdale, who stuck with the sport through cancelled matches, and courses covered with snow that made the game unplayable. Coverdale played at Tokatee in early March under favorable weather conditions, and then took a week off for spring break. Glaze Meadow at Black Butte Ranch was covered in snow the first three weeks of April, which prevented any practice, and the tournament at Aubrey Glen was also cancelled due to snow on the course.... Full story
Jon Fogarty is on a mission to get more kids on bikes in Sisters. The coach is building a Sisters-area mountain bike racing team — Deschutes Composite — under the auspices of the National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA). “I’ve been involved since the league started in Oregon,” he told The Nugget. “It’s cross-country mountain bike racing, similar to the Stampede.” The team is open to youth in sixth through 12th grade. Boys and girls are both encouraged... Full story
Roughly 300 archery enthusiasts showed up for the 13th annual three-day rendezvous event known as Stick & Sage. Held under a special use permit issued by the Deschutes National Forest, the group gathered just west of Camp Sherman, deep in the woods. Lenny Ferris leads TACO —Traditional Archers of Central Oregon. “We have 140 registered archers this year, the first after a COVID hiatus. That’s down from our usual 150-200, probably due to the cost of gas,” he said. With... Full story
A busy crowd, live music, and sunshine characterized opening day at Sisters Farmers Market last Sunday. So did wild bursts of wind, smatterings of hard rain, and a runaway booth tent. Jessie Curry moved to Sisters about a year ago but has spent time here seasonally for a decade. “My mom is visiting from out of town, and we decided to check out the farmers market after having lunch at the Saloon,” she said. “A big gust of wind came in, and a bunch of people lifted their hands... Full story
The history of the Sisters Rodeo – The Biggest Little Show in the World – provides a window into the history of Sisters. From an informal bucking contest on wild horses held in 1910 on Fir and Adams Streets at the old baseball diamond, to the multiday event beginning with an evening of bull riding, three full rodeo performances, a Saturday morning parade, and a Sunday morning Buckaroo Breakfast, the Sisters Rodeo has been enthusiastically supported by the town and... Full story
Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO) deputies arrested 22-year-old Alexander Mark Smith of Redmond on Friday afternoon for murder and multiple other charges in connection with the death of 55-year-old Sisters-area resident Tina Lynn Klein-Lewis. Lewis’ body was found on Tuesday, May 31, on her property at 67450 Cloverdale Road, which is near the intersection with Highway 20 east of Sisters. According to the District Attorney, she was found by her boyfriend in the bucket of a tractor. The DA reported that on June 3, Des... Full story
Details are emerging regarding the circumstances surrounding the murder of a Sisters area woman last week.... Full story
High Desert Chamber Music is expanding their second season of Pop-Up Concerts this summer with new locations and new performers. They’ll kick off the season featuring the members of their chamber music training program, the Spotlight Chamber Players. You can expect appearances by former alumni of the program, as well as a return of violinist Isabelle Senger and pianist Janet Smith. These short, 20-minute performances will be held in a variety of locations, including Downtown Bend, the Old Mill District, and a new a... Full story
Deschutes County Sheriff’s has identified the woman found dead on a property at 60000 block of Cloverdale Road as Tina Lynn Klein-Lewis. In a statement Sgt. Jayson Jayne said, "The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office is still actively investigating this case. Our detective division continues to work with the Deschutes County District Attorney’s Office, Medical Examiner, and the Oregon State Police crime lab to investigate the circumstances surrounding this death. There is a large amount of evidence that still needs to be proce... Full story
The Central Oregon Fire Chiefs Association (COFCA) is closing open debris burning for residential and private lands across the tri-county region in Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson Counties. Burning debris piles on many private lands will not be allowed after sunset on May 31,, as the area is still in extreme drought and heading into the summer wildland fire season.... Full story
Sisters schools responded to support students the day following the school massacre in Texas last week. Staff met at Sisters Middle School and Sisters High School prior to the arrival of students, to check in with one another and to form an action plan for the day. “No teachers are unaffected by news of school shootings,” said Tim Roth. “We needed to support one another and then take care of the kids during the day.” As the day began, teachers spoke to their first period classes about the incident in three ways, according to... Full story
I really, really want to believe a mass shooting can’t happen in our sweet small town… but I know it can. Incomprehensibly, we are averaging more than one mass shooting per day. There are so many mass shootings in America that most don’t even make the headlines anymore. Our 20-year debate over gun control has been fruitless and divisive. Other countries, which have just as many guns per capita as we do, do not have the mass shootings. This is a uniquely American illness. Do I think teenagers should have access to AR-... Full story
America, the melting pot of the world! A phrase I’ve grown up with that said all are welcome here. That this is a place where dreams come true. If you work hard enough and stick with it, anything is possible, for all people. Listening to the news, I am struck by how wrong that concept can be. Yes, for a white, middle-class woman, it has been true, as it was for my parents, my brothers and sister, and my children. From all observations, it will be true for their children too. Instead, I am beginning to see that this melting p... Full story
A 56-year-old mountain biker from Switzerland ran into a mountain lion while out cycling in the mountains and woods near Broken Top south of Sisters, and got lost while trying to evade the forest feline. A Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO) Search and Rescue team retrieved him. Deputy Donny Patterson, DCSO assistant search and rescue coordinator, reported that at 5:06 p.m. on Wednesday, May 25, Deschutes County 911 Dispatch Center received a 911 call from a lost mountain... Full story
When people hear the name Perry South they often think of a remote and scenic campground on the shores of Lake Billy Chinook with boating, eagles, and a few rattlesnakes. Some even ask, “Where is Perry North?” But the name honors a special ranger who began his work on the banks of the Metolius River in the old Allingham Ranch house in 1906, in the earliest days of the Forest Service. He went on to serve in Sisters for over 20 years, longer than any other ranger to this day... Full story
Being a runner can be a fairly solitary experience, in part because it can be tough to find the right running partner. About five years ago I met a potential candidate. He had just moved here from Hawaii and, as a beach bum, had limited experience running in the forest where I always go. But his enthusiasm gave me no choice other than to give him a shot. Perhaps it helped that, like me, he was a little “chunky,” which made us comfortable with one another. His speed sur... Full story
