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How do you connect with God? Do you even want to? At Sisters Community Church, (SCC) the first part of the mission statement I shared with you last week is to Connect with God. We believe our commitment to this first step helps us to fulfill the other two steps—Care for People and Cultivate Community. As a pastor at SCC, and a member of the greater Sisters community, I have enjoyed helping others connect with God. While hearing individual stories, which are many and... Full story
The High Desert Museum is now accepting submissions for the 2023 Waterston Desert Writing Prize. The Prize honors outstanding literary nonfiction that illustrates artistic excellence, sensitivity to place, and desert literacy with the desert as both subject and setting. Emerging, mid-career, and established nonfiction writers are invited to apply. The Museum will award one writer with a $3,000 cash award as part of the Waterston Desert Writing Prize. The Prize also includes a reading and reception at the Museum in Bend on... Full story
Sisters Ranger District firefighters plan to ignite 51 acres of debris piles approximately one mile west of Highway 20 in the Glaze Meadow area — if conditions are favorable. Firefighters were to ignite the piles Monday and continue through Wednesday. Smoke may be visible from Highway 20 and Black Butte Ranch. No road or trail closures are anticipated. Piles may smolder, burn, and produce smoke for several days after ignition. Once ignited, firefighters monitor piles until they are declared out. Please do not report... Full story
The Oregon Classic drew dozens of schools from throughout the state, including Sisters, for a full weekend of wrestling action. Friday’s action included dual meet matchups among teams split up in pools by classification size. In the 3A classification, eight teams (two from each of the four pools) advanced from pool competition to wrestle in the championship team bracket. Sisters finished fourth in Pool C against Burns, Scio, and Glide. Carter Van Meter competed at 122 pounds and finished the competition 4-1, winning with t... Full story
The Sisters High School Nordic ski team returned to action on Saturday, January 14 for the Diamond Lake 5k Skate race, and the young team came away with strong results. Ella Eby cracked the top half of the field on the way to 11th place in a time of 20:20 in the girls race, which was won by Kinsey Olarrea of Mountain View in a fast time of 16:35. Olarrea’s efforts helped the Cougars win the team title over La Pine, Caldera, and Ashland. With Eby as the only racer for S... Full story
Three families will break ground on their future Sisters Habitat for Humanity homes in the Village Meadows neighborhood on Monday, January 23, at 3:30 p.m. Habitat invites the community to join in the groundbreaking celebration. Elia and Holly Mapusaga; Molly McShane and her children; and Julie Glanz and her children have completed many hours of sweat equity to achieve this milestone. They are all excited to get started building a home of their own. Construction will begin in February with completion anticipated late-summer... Full story
David Fox spends a considerable amount of time in the forests near Sisters, working with the people who dwell there. Fox is employed by Deschutes County and serves on the Homeless Outreach Team. The 32-year-old health professional was raised in Bend before moving to Kansas where, upon graduating from college, he was a Peace Corps volunteer in Ukraine for two years. Following that he worked six years for the Social Security Administration as a case specialist. He sees his stren... Full story
Seven Sisters musicians worked with their accomplished peers from across the region in a district meet earlier this month. For 20 years Central Oregon Music Education Association (COMEA) has hosted an annual district meet at Bend High School. The experience consists of nine hours of ensemble practice, spanning over two days, to culminate in a final performance on the last day. The production featured guest conductor Diane Soelberg and combined students from nine different... Full story
A friend of mine here in Sisters once held high military rank that came with serious responsibilities. His job required that he handle sensitive, classified material. I asked him the other day what would have happened if he kept a tranche of classified documents, say, in an office at his golf resort, or in a garage next to his Corvette. “You mean after my court-martial?” was his response. At a minimum, he would have been fired — career over, pension at risk. He mig... Full story
Good job, Oregon majority To the Editor: My compliments to the great state of Oregon, that, once again is at the forefront of advocating for common sense on a highly controversial issue. Yes, gun control boils down to “common sense,” not ludicrous views held by NRA-supporting, right-wing, “Don’t Tread on Me” extremists. I’ve read all of the recent columns, opinions regarding M114, mostly written by “gun rights at all costs” advocates. People that know me could probably see this coming, but I’ve held my tongue long enoug... Full story
The Outlaws boys took second overall, and Bela Chladek notched first place in a ski race at Mount Hood Meadows last weekend. The Outlaw ski team traveled to Mount Hood Meadows on Saturday, January 7, to kick off the ski racing season at the annual Kelsey’s Race. The Kelsey’s Race is the largest high school ski race in the nation, with more than 500 racers registered for the event this year. Sisters boys team took second place in the event with a combined team time of 1:12.14,... Full story
The Outlaws wrestling team traveled west Saturday, January 7 for the 19-team “King of the Hill” tournament hosted by the Billies of Pleasant Hill. The event gave the Sisters squad a look at some of the competition from the Willamette Valley after competing mostly against Central and Eastern Oregon teams. Schools large and small took part in the tournament. Senior Ben Cooper got his first championship of the season after being the runner-up in all the previous tournaments of the season, raising his record to 21-4. After win... Full story
OK, I realize it’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day this month, and I’m not making light of his “I Have a Dream” speech. In fact, I’m a great admirer. But I had a dream—the kind of dream you have while sleeping. In this admittedly strange dream, I was reluctantly observing a political convention when suddenly the man with the microphone called me up to make a speech. Totally shocked and unprepared — I had no speech! But they forced me to the podium, and to my surprise I made a full-blown dramatic speech with hand gestur... Full story
The Lady Outlaws hoopsters fell 36-29 at Elmira on Tuesday, January 3, in their first game of league play, but at home three days later they crushed Siuslaw 41-9. In Tuesday’s road match-up against the Falcons, the Outlaws only scored four points in the first half; a single free-throw from Ashlynn Moffat in the first quarter and a long ball from Ellie Mayes in the second period. The Falcons played a 2-3 zone and Sisters struggled to find open shots. At the half the Outlaws t... Full story
Some of Oregon’s most exciting artists and scholars will be exploring the intersection of art, food, and agriculture in the 2023 Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts and Agriculture (PMRCAA) arts residency program. Through a juried application process, 24 artists, culture bearers, scientists, scholars, and researchers from around the United States have been selected for either one-month or two-week stays at PMRCAA in Sisters, from March through November. The PMRCAA offers d... Full story
Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO) deputies have arrested a driver who hit a pedestrian near Sno-Cap on Sunday, December 8. The sheriff’s office reports that DCSO was dispatched at approximately 1 p.m. to a report of a hit-and-run crash involving a pedestrian. Initial information received was that a maroon Chevrolet Tahoe or similar vehicle struck a pedestrian standing at a parked vehicle in the 300 block of North Pine Street. The suspect vehicle continued north on North Pine Street, and eventually turned east on Main A... Full story
This year my favorite novels included a forensic photographer, a poet, and one extremely smart octopus. Who did you meet in your favorite books? Favorite authors with fabulous new books included “Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century,” by Kim Fu,“Now Is Not the Time to Panic,” by Kevin Wilson, “Four Aunties and a Wedding,” by Jesse Q. Sutanto, “Signal Fires,” by Dani Shapiro, “Kaleidoscope,” by Cecily Wong, “Carrie Soto is Back,” by Taylor Jenkins Reid, “The Candy House,” by Jennifer Egan, and “Our Missing Hearts,” by Ce... Full story
Sisters falconer Hank Minor will present an engaging and informative look at the art and practice of falconry on Sunday, January 22 from 3 to 4 p.m. at Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District Community Hall, 301 S. Elm St. in Sisters. In The Art of Falconry: Ancient Sport in a Modern World, Minor will offer a brief history of the sport and the types of raptors, quarry, equipment, and facilities employed — and then bring out the star of the show: his female Harris hawk and... Full story
Family and friends lost Janard “Jan” Everett Allsman of Sisters on December 28, 2022. Jan was born June 14, 1945, in Oakland, California, to parents Everett M. Allsman and Elsie A. Allsman. In his youth, Jan sang in the National Cathedral Boys Choir in Washington D.C. and graduated from Falls Church High School in the Virginia Suburbs. On his first day at Bluefield College, he met the love of his life, his future wife, Barboura (Barb). Jan achieved his pilot’s license with mul... Full story
Alfred Theodore “Ted” Goodwin was born on June 29, 1923 in Bellingham, Washington to Alonzo Theodore Goodwin and Miriam Williams Goodwin. Ted passed away peacefully on December 27, 2022 at the age of 99. Ted was the oldest of eight children. His father, an itinerant Baptist preacher, regularly moved the entire family to small logging communities throughout Washington, Oregon, and California. Ted went to high school in Prineville, Oregon and worked on ranches every summer. At... Full story
Kenneth Ray Lindsay, 78, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 3, at his home. Ken was born August 22, 1944, in Rigby, Idaho, to James Alfred Lindsay and Ethel Fowers Lindsay. He grew up and attended schools in Rigby and Ririe and graduated from Ririe High School. He also attended Idaho State University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering. On August 28, 1970, he married Peggy Egan in the Idaho Falls Temple. Ken and Peggy made their home in Portland, Oregon, w... Full story
Loved husband, father, and grandfather, Rodney “Rocky” Doane Davis, passed away on December 28, 2022. He was 74 years old. The family is shocked and saddened by his sudden death. Rocky was born to Roy Davis and Leona (Demaris) Davis on August 12, 1948, and raised in the town of Sisters, Oregon. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1968 to 1974 and met his wife Nida while stationed in the Philippines. Rocky is survived and missed by Nida, his wife of 48 years, daughters Christine (h... Full story
The Aspen Lakes Estates Owners’ Association held their fourth annual “Spirit of Christmas Giving 2022” in conjunction with the Sisters-Camp Sherman Rural Fire Protection District’s sponsorship, providing Christmas gifts and assistance to families in need in Sisters Country this holiday season. Committee members were warmly welcomed when they repeated a tradition of walking Aspen Lakes streets to personally extend a festive holiday-wrapped participation invitation to each ne... Full story
Seed to Table (S2T) is grateful to everyone who participated in the success of 2022. Fundraising efforts exceeded expectations, with nearly 240 individual donors contributing to the organization’s biggest community fundraising campaign to date. In total, community donations brought in $141,200, launching S2T into a strong 2023. Last year was full of a vast ecosystem of support for Seed to Table. In addition to donor support, more than 100 community members dug deep alongside the S2T team to harvest produce and feed our c... Full story
Many a folk in Sisters Country check their phone, tablet, or computer in the morning for the temperature. Your phone’s telling you it’s 20 outside and you step out the door and know instantly that it’s nowhere near 20, more like 10 or 15. Then you get in your car or truck, let it warm up, and the outside temperature gauge is reading 6 or 8. You trust the car’s reading, as you should – they are highly accurate, experts say. Besides, it more closely aligns with what your b... Full story
