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Lonny Franzstack Jarkesy, age 94, died peacefully in Boise, Idaho on Wednesday, December 22, 2021. Lonny was born in Schweinfurt, Germany on March 17, 1927. She grew up in Germany and survived the perils of World War II. Lonny arrived on the shores of America on Thanksgiving Day, 1946. She first resided in New York City, and later moved to Miami where she met and married her loving husband, Joseph, who preceded her in death in 2016. Joe and Lonny were married for 55 years and... Full story
Gordon Ray Burgess passed away on December 6, from cancer complications at the age of 59. He was born on July 11, 1962 in Redding, California. Gordon is survived by the Georges family, his sisters Michelle Robinson and Renee Hubbard, and his brother Scott Burgess of Redding. Although Gordon resided in Yuma, Arizona, for the past few years, a large portion of his life was spent in Sisters. Gordon, AKA “Big Guy,” enjoyed fishing, gardening, prospecting for gold, riding ATV... Full story
Charles “Chuck” O. Kuzminski passed away peacefully on Thursday, November 11, in Tigard, Oregon. He was 85. His wife, Anne, and daughters, Beth and Jan, were at his side. Chuck was born in Cle Elum, Washington, and spent his early years in Yakima. He attended Multnomah School of the Bible and Portland State University, earning a bachelor’s in history and going on to earn his master’s in education from Reed College. He started his career as a history teacher in Portlan... Full story
Larry Hardin is now with Jesus. He passed away peacefully on Friday, December 17 at home, in the arms of his wife, Terry, and surrounded by family after a long battle with infection and osteomyelitis. He faced the challenges of the last three years (after a fall that resulted in quadriplegia) with courage, grace, dignity, hope, humor, and faith. He was an inspiration to all who knew him and had a smile and encouraging words for everyone he met. He was born Lawrence Michael... Full story
Sisters Farmers Market (SFM) is looking for a new manager as Caroline Hager steps aside. Hager announced the move last week in a newsletter. “I am filled with a flurry of mixed emotions as I share that I am phasing out of the Sisters Farmers Market manager position to pursue future goals,” she wrote. “I am beyond grateful that my winding trail has led me to the Sisters community, Seed to Table, and the incredible opportunity to grow with Sisters Farmers Market for the past two years.”Hager will aid bringing her success... Full story
The Lady Outlaws basketball squad fell to Burns 51-33 on December 20. The Highlanders are a 3A school with a good basketball program and entered the game with the Outlaws with a 5-2 record. Both teams got off to a slow start and at the close of the first period the Outlaws trailed by two, 6-8. At the half, the Highlanders had extended their lead to 21-15. Payden Petterson hit a long ball at the end of the second quarter to keep the game close. Burns continued to play hot in... Full story
Traditionally, the New Year has been about anticipation, new light and life, reset, beginnings — but not this year. Most people speak with trepidation about the future. Hope feels stunted. Unrest hovers, a feeling of flux, so we wait with bated breath to see what the New Year will bring — not in anticipation, but with unease. The uncertainty is real, old systems and ways of doing things failing. We’ve lost trust in optimism because it hasn’t relieved anything. We’re told, on all sides, everything is rigged. All o... Full story
The High Desert Museum is accepting submissions for the 2022 Waterston Desert Writing Prize. The ninth annual Prize honors literary nonfiction that illustrates artistic excellence, sensitivity to place, and desert literacy, with the desert as both subject and setting. Early, mid-career, and established writers are invited to apply. The prize award grew to $3,000 this year. The winner also will be featured in a reception and awards ceremony at the Museum in Bend in September 2022. Inspired by author and poet Ellen... Full story
Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue personnel came to the aid of an injured 24-year-old man on Tumalo Mountain on New Year’s Day. According to Deputy Shane Zook, assistant search and rescue coordinator, Deschutes County Dispatch received a 911 call at about 8:30 a.m. regarding an injured skier on the east side of Tumalo Mountain. A deputy made phone contact with the reporting person, who informed the deputy that the injured male would need assistance to get out to the parking lot at Dutchman Flat Sno... Full story
In another of those “who knew?” stories, an under-the-radar Sisters business has a large footprint beyond our borders. In this case, Noble 911 Services, headquartered on South Elm Street. Competing against multimillion-dollar entities like Century Link (now Lumen Technologies) and Motorola, Noble is the classic case of the little engine that could. If you had to call 911 from Sisters Country, you would land on a Noble-developed-and-sold system sitting in Bend. It would be the... Full story
In 1978 I spent eight months in the Soviet Union as a Russian-speaking guide on an exhibit, “Agriculture USA,” sponsored by the U.S. Information Agency. The first U.S. exhibit was the site of the famous Nixon-Khrushchev Kitchen Debate in Moscow in 1959. The exhibits continued for decades thereafter as part of a program intended to counter the Soviet disinformation that poisoned the minds of their citizens, by giving them an opportunity to interact with young Americans who all had different answers to the questions they pos... Full story
Sisters looks beautiful To the Editor: Driving through Sisters yesterday evening, we were struck at how very beautiful our town is all aglow with holiday lights. I have never seen Sisters looking more lovely. Many thanks to the merchants and the City for lighting up these long winter nights. I hope this glorious display can remain in place through February at least. Suzanne Pepin The Jesus vaccine To the Editor: I’ve always been taught that history is the best teacher of what not to do or how to navigate forward so as to p... Full story
It’s the new year and that time again when large numbers of people make proclamations, public or private, about improving wellness, changing behaviors, or fulfilling dreams. New Year’s resolutions date to the ancient Babylonians who are said to have been the first people to make such resolutions, some 4,000 years ago. Ancient Rome got in the act too. Emperor Julius Caesar, circa 46 B.C., changed the calendar, establishing January 1 as the beginning of the new year. Jan... Full story
Deschutes County currently leads the state in COVID-19 cases. The New York Times daily tracker reports our county had 159 average cases per day in the seven days ending December 31, an average of 80 per 100,000 population. Multnomah County (Portland) has half that at 41 per 100,000. As with all things COVID-19, context is important and often missing as case counts still dominate headlines. The Deschutes County COVID-19 Dashboard, as of December 30, shows a less dramatic... Full story
When snow comes in the night to blanket Sisters, and most of us are snug in our beds, the six-person Public Works crew is on the job, removing snow from the city streets. While many of us were relaxing after holiday celebrations, these trusty stalwarts were out in the cold and snow, starting at about 9 p.m. in the downtown core to plow the streets. They start in the downtown commercial area so that Tewalt & Sons Excavators can come in at about 1 a.m. and haul away the mounds... Full story
As the holiday season winds down and visiting in-laws return to their respective homes, the pace of life slows to something more manageable for many of us. Happily, this should result in more opportunities to take in the splendor of a star-studded winter night sky in January. Lepus the Hare is this month’s featured constellation. Certainly not the brightest group of stars in the sky, Lepus nevertheless is easy to locate because it lies directly beneath one of the most r... Full story
Julia Rahm got her start in Sisters. Her love of theater and singing took root from programs she sought out in Sisters and Bend. She is now a vocal artist, voice teacher, composer, and poet. She received her bachelor’s degree in theater, music, and the French language at Sarah Lawrence College in New York and her master’s in voice performance from Roosevelt University in Chicago. She also studied for one year at the École Normale de Musique in Paris. A Sisters High Sch... Full story
Feelings of powerlessness are insidious. While sometimes an opportunity for productive action, most often they plunge us into a state of primitive adrenaline: fight, flight, or freeze. These feelings may echo times of powerlessness from times past. They have a knack for triggering the shadows of our inner child, our greatest fears, and fortifying our defenses primed from traumas gone by. When faced with trauma, it is not simply the event itself per se that is damaging, but the surrounding feelings of powerlessness themselves... Full story
The Outlaws walked off the basketball court at Burns on December 20 with a 50-31 victory over the Highlanders. Max Palanuk got the Outlaws going in the first quarter with eight points. Sisters was patient and effective on offense, and scored 10 of their 16 first-quarter points in the paint. The Outlaws closed out the quarter with a seven-point advantage, 16-9. The Highlanders made a run in the second period and closed the Outlaws’ lead to three, 19-16, with five minutes l... Full story
All Sisters School District Schools are closed Tuesday, January 4, due to inclement weather. Wellspring school is also closed.... Full story
Nicole S. Woodson, executive director of Circle of Friends, wrote: I would like to thank the many individuals and businesses who recently gave their time, energy, and donations to support Circle of Friends youth by their participation in our 1st Annual Ugly Sweater Fun Run. Our goal was to raise $3000, and we blew that out of the water, raising more than double that amount! Even more important was the “friend-raising” and community bonding we all witnessed. In a long year of ups and downs with COVID-19 and other cha... Full story
In 2013, when Audrey Tehan began the Seed to Table program in the Sisters schools, she had no idea her efforts would grow into feeding hungry families and educating youth across Central Oregon. Now as the executive director, she’s asking the community she loves and serves to help the nonprofit organization prepare for next year’s harvest, programming, and outreach. As she looks toward 2022, Tehan’s mind is filled with planning. There are new lessons to uncover, seeds to purch... Full story
Struggling with tech use—phones, tablets, devices, gaming, computers? You are not alone. Holiday tech Especially during COVID times, many people are lonely during the holidays. The Nugget asked Catherine Price, author of the books “The Power of Fun” and “How to Break Up with Your Phone,” what does appropriate use of technology look like for those folks? Should they just Zoom their hearts out? “Oh, I think we’ve already Zoomed our hearts out!” she responded. “M... Full story
The holidays involve a lot of logistics even in the most normal of times. Preparing for hopefully-fun moments around a glimmering Christmas tree or a well-laid table can be quite demanding. Schedules may be packed with choir rehearsals, shopping, church services, and volunteering. These days, there are added stresses. Pandemic conditions, vaccine statuses, and political leanings may perturb gatherings. Some folks are unaccustomed to gathering indoors anymore, or feel socially... Full story
Discover Your Forest, the nonprofit partner of the Forest Service in Central Oregon, is offering winter interpretive programs in collaboration with the Deschutes National Forest and Mt. Bachelor Ski Area. The programs focus on the ecology, geology, and wildlife of the Cascades, and are led by volunteer rangers ready to interpret the winter landscape. Snowshoe with a Ranger programs began December 18, and run through March 27, 2022. Interested participants can meet at the... Full story
