News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Happy New Year from all of us at the Sisters Ranger District! We saw some amazing conservation work get accomplished last year, and we look forward to continuing that spirit of service in 2023. One new project we are excited to begin is the Cougar Rock restoration project north of Sisters, near Stephens Canyon and Garrison Butte. This is an important strategic location to keep wildfire out of Sisters and private inholdings close to city limits. The project aims to reduce... Full story
The highlighted constellation for January is Camelopardalis, the celestial giraffe. Although the constellation is relatively large, its resident stars are exceedingly faint. Choose a clear, moonless night away from the glare of nearby lights. First locate Polaris (the North Star) at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper. Next find the bright star Capella in Auriga, which is nearly overhead at about 9 p.m. local time. Starting from Capella, draw an imaginary line to... Full story
Maddie Siler was a horse-crazy kid with dreams to rescue and train a mustang. When her family lived in the Sacramento suburbs, she saw an article about mustangs being captured and held in Bureau of Land Management (BLM) corrals, and she begged her parents to put a round pen in their tiny backyard. The answer was no for many years, but eventually, after her family relocated to Oregon and Siler was a freshman in high school, she finally got her first horse. It wasn’t a m... Full story
The Outlaws wrestling team hit the road twice during the holiday break, with tournaments in Pendleton and Burns. The Red Lion Invitational in Pendleton on December 21 included 19 squads from throughout Central and Eastern Oregon. The Outlaws ended up placing 11th, with 61 points. Scorers at the tournament included Tyson Kemp, who came through with a fifth-place finish in the 132-pound weight class. Hayden Kunz went 3-1 to place third in the 145-pound division and Ben Cooper... Full story
The Lady Outlaws basketball squad hosted their annual Holiday Tournament Wednesday through Friday, December 28-30. Teams traveled from around the state including 3A Banks, and 4A Crook County, Gladstone, Henley, Junction City, Klamath Union, La?Grande, Madras, and Mazama. Sisters suffered a 57-40 loss against Junction City in their first game of the tournament. In the first quarter Haleigh Froehlich got Sisters on the board two minutes into the period when she drove the key... Full story
Sisters continues to reach out in support of the Tapias family, struck by a tragedy just before Christmas. Maria Aviles Tapias was killed in a single-vehicle accident on Highway 20 east of Sisters on Friday, December 23. Tapias, well-known to many in the community as part of the Rancho Viejo Mexican Restaurant family, leaves behind five children, the youngest 3 years old, the others 9, 12, 15, and 19. A GoFundMe page created by Cenobia Gonzalez of Sisters had raised $56,243... Full story
The Sisters Planning Commission will decide whether to approve a revised version of a controversial subdivision plan at their first meeting of 2023. The revised plan reflects changes requested by citizens at previous hearings. At the close of their December 8 public hearing on the Sunset Meadows Master Plan, the Planning Commission left the written record open to allow for submittal of additional information. The Planning Commission is scheduled to deliberate and make a decisi... Full story
Thanks to generous donations of gifts and money over the past six weeks, the Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire and Ambulance Association was able to provide Christmas gifts to 150 children. Gifts were available to children age newborn to seniors in high school of low-income families who live within the Sisters or Black Butte School Districts. Gifts were distributed to families on Saturday, December 17, along with gift certificates for food from Sisters Kiwanis Club. Pet food and gifts... Full story
When I was a kid growing up, my dad would often say to me, “Where are you going?” or “Where have you been?” These questions would bring a pause for reflection. They brought about thoughts of purpose, identity, values. Often they would stimulate some changes in behavior. Sometimes even become New Year’s resolutions. As we enter a new year at SCC (Sisters Community Church), I think they are pretty good questions to ask of ourselves as a congregation. What is the role we want t... Full story
Pleased to meetcha To the Editor: Been attached to Sisters for goin’ on 15 years, Central Oregon for 20, state of Oregon for 55, born in Yreka, California, so four years there (please don’t hold it against me). I’ve always looked forward to the last Nugget of the year. I’ve always look forward to seeing all the folks I’ve known and met. The happy faces of those that have been and no longer are. Most of all, the ones that I’ve crossed paths with either way. Based on my continual perusal of The Nugget on a religiously... Full story
The boys basketball squad hosted their annual Holiday Tournament Wednesday through Friday, December 28-30, and competed against tough 4A squads from around the state. The girls squad also served up holiday competition (see story, page 4). In their first match-up on Wednesday, the Outlaws lost 38-47 to the Klamath Union (KU) Pelicans. Sisters struggled to score in the first quarter and Kale Gardner scored their only points in the period off of a transition layup. Klamath Union... Full story
With such a large territory to cover, the Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District may appear to employ a larger force than it actually does. There are a total of 15 paid staff, 13 full-time and two part-time. Nine are shift responders, plus the chief and deputy chief, each of whom are, of course, fully engaged in action as needed. Your first question may be the same as mine: How can only nine frontline workers cover an area from Camp Sherman to Sisters to Squaw Creek? And do it... Full story
Detectives arrested a Sisters man on Wednesday, December 28, in connection with a series of thefts of construction equipment. After receiving several community tips and a report from a Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO) Deputy, Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team (CODE) detectives identified Paul Weston, 46, of Sisters, as a suspect in a series of construction and heavy equipment thefts around the Portland and Vancouver, Washington areas. Weston was previously arrested for trafficking methamphetamine and fentanyl in No... Full story
The Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District is adequately equipped to fight fires with their current equipment, and the fire station could hold a ladder truck if the District had one, according to Fire Chief Roger Johnson. Comments made at the December 14 City Council meeting by Mayor Michael Preedin, which were reported in the December 21 Nugget, were inaccurate. During Council discussion regarding the proposed increase in building heights allowed in Sisters to implement... Full story
The proposed sale of Aspen Lakes Golf Course east of Sisters has been postponed. The Wyant family of Salem formed a South Dakota corporation named Rhue Resorts, Inc. with the intent to purchase Aspen Lakes Golf Course and adjoining property in excess of 1,000 acres, to develop as a destination resort that includes wine tasting, a cigar lounge, a campground on a 12-acre lake with paddleboats and canoes, a petting zoo, miniature golf, outdoor concert venue, food trucks, and... Full story
Detectives arrested a Sisters man on Wednesday, December 28, in connection with a series of thefts of construction equipment. After receiving several community tips and a report from a Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Deputy, Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team (CODE) detectives identified Paul Weston, 46, of Sisters, as a suspect in a series of construction and heavy equipment thefts around the Portland , and Vancouver, Washington, areas. Weston was previously arrested for trafficking methamphetamine and fentanyl in N... Full story
7 will mark 30 years that my wife Marilyn and I have lived in Sisters. Newly-married in 1993, we were California refugees, getting out of a state that had gone rotten with riot and congestion. We grew up on the fringes of the great concrete jungle, so we were oriented toward mountains and ponderosa pines, and we found what we were looking for in Sisters. We chose the place because Marilyn had a job offer from Phil Arends, who operated a thriving travel agency called Desert... Full story
Interest in serving as volunteer City board and commission members was high this year, with 11 people being selected for one-, two-, three-, or four-year terms. Eleven people applied for the three Planning Commission positions. Named to the Planning Commission for another four-year term are Cris Converse and Art Blumenkron. They are joined by Jeremy Dickman. Dave Moyer and Rachel Rupple will serve for three years on the Public Works Advisory Board, and Dane Zehrung for one... Full story
Rick Curlett wrote: This past Wednesday morning I was preparing to drive from Sisters to an appointment in Sunriver. As I got into my car and started to back out of my driveway I noticed one of the warning lights on my dashboard came on indicating that I had low tire pressure! I got out of the car and looked at all four tires and couldn’t see anything wrong, however the thought of having a flat tire going up Lava Butte in the freezing-cold weather was not something I wanted to take a chance with. I thought of Les Schwab since... Full story
The Lady Outlaws had a rough week, with several players out due to illness. The depleted roster was a big factor in their 39-30 loss to the Lions at Cottage Grove on Tuesday, December 13, and three days later their 20-45 loss at Yamhill-Carlton (YC). On Tuesday the Outlaws traveled with just eight of their 13 players, with four out sick and one that had to stay in Sisters for a choir event. With key players out, and a short bench, the teamput forth their best effort, but it just wasn’t enough to pull off a win. Players had t... Full story
Jeff Tryens grew up on the East Coast, and worked in Washington D.C. and Massachusetts as everything from a policy consultant to a deputy director of program activities for national public policy organization in the 1970s. He made the move to Oregon in the 1990s. Tyrens currently serves on the board of directors for Sisters Park & Recreation District (SPRD). Tryens lived in Oregon off and on for 30 years before returning to school on the East Coast at 49 years old. He went to... Full story
Winter has arrived and that means dealing with slippery conditions around your home or business. For many property owners the quickest and cheapest solution is to grab a bag of “ice melt.” Ice melt on sidewalks and driveways might help melt some of that ice and snow this winter, but you’re apt to regret it down the road. It works quite well, especially when temperatures don’t dip too far below freezing. But unfortunately, using ice melt causes a tremendous amount of harm to... Full story
According to the National Safety Council (NSF), 25,000 slip, trip, and fall accidents occur daily in the United States. Nearly all injuries from slips and falls on snow and ice fall under the classification of “traumatic injuries.” These injuries range from minor bruises, cuts, and abrasions to serious bone fractures, spinal cord damage, and concussions, according to the NSF. Health care professionals warn that slipping and falling accounts for a large number of win... Full story
As a kid, I spent a lot of time watching people get their vehicles out of ditches. I learned the sticky value of mud, the slick potential of black ice, and the inevitable off-road sliding that would come with snow. Sometimes I was helping. More often I was huddling in my dad’s red truck while he got the job done. There were no cell phones; if you were stuck in a ditch out on Gimpl Hill Road, you were good and stuck. If you wanted help, you’d need to trudge up someone’s snowy... Full story
The boys basketball squad lost 73-58 on the road at Cottage Grove on Tuesday, December 13, and three days later lost to Yamhill-Carlton (YC) by three in a heartbreaker, 50-47. In Tuesday’s action the Outlaws faced their toughest competition of the season so far. Sisters held an 11-8 advantage with just a little over one minute left in the quarter, but then took some quick shots that didn’t fall, committed some turnovers, and couldn’t get a stop on the defensive end, which allowed the Lions to score and take the lead. At th... Full story
