News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Keep it traditional Top the Editor: Nearly 40 years ago I built a house in the Sisters area. I was attracted here by the rustic, traditional nature of the environment and escape to the country. The proposed gas station violates every facet of country living that I can imagine. This distorted image is not the Sisters area that I knew and loved. The facsimiles of the proposal for changing remind me of a downtown exit to Los Angeles or Miami. One person’s business success and desire to expand will detrimentally affect the d... Full story
Sisters Rodeo To the Editor: Sisters Rodeo again demonstrated why it is a favorite PRCA rodeo for both contestants and fans. With a mostly new board of directors and the leadership of President Patty Cordoni, this production ran smoothly and appeared seamless to the fans in the stands. Cordoni even brought the Buffalo Soldiers of Seattle to the parade and the Grand Entry after seeing them at another Rodeo. This was a tribute to American history, which was so appreciated by fans. The whole week of rodeo was so inspiring,... Full story
Sisters Community Garden To the Editor: I remember her words like yesterday: “Fertilize, fertilize, fertilize. And stop planting so tightly.” Her name was Donna Parker and, for a number of years, this elderly matriarch of the Sisters Community Garden was a constantly cheerful expert to us clueless gardeners. Ask her a question about her life’s journey or anything regarding plants, gardening, and, yes, organic fertilizer (aka poop), and you would gain such insight and, yes, wonder at producing a harvest in Central Orego... Full story
Prescribed burns To the Editor: George Wuerthner’s critique of controlled burns was on the mark (“Rethink burning in Sisters’ forests,” The Nugget, May 31, page 2). It has been claimed that they help reduce the threat of a forest fire in a given area and lower the intensity of a fire if one starts there. This seems plausible, but I wonder if the Forest Service has any evidence that a controlled burn has ever contributed to either scenario? As we know, controlled burns throw up a huge cloud of pollution, turning clean air into... Full story
Thank you, voters To the Editor: To the voters of Sisters Country — thank you. Thank You. Thank You. We, the board of Sisters Park & Recreation District, can’t thank you enough for your vote of confidence in last Tuesday’s election. Nearly 80 percent of you voted to renew the SPRD local option levy — Measure 9-160. This was the highest level of support for any local option levy up for renewal in all of Deschutes County in this election, and a dramatic increase from the less than 60 percent of voters supporting the original le... Full story
Some love for softball To the Editor: Did you know that Sisters High School has a girls softball team? You won’t read about them in The Nugget for some reason unknown to me. Every week you can read about girls track, lacrosse, and tennis (which is awesome, I love reading about those girls’ progress in their respective sports), but the hard working Lady Outlaw softball girls get no coverage, week after week. Not a single article since they started league play months ago. By the time this letter is posted, their season wil... Full story
I am seen To the Editor: Regarding “Helping people grieve the loss of an infant,” The Nugget, May 3, page 3: I do not know the Cowans personally. However, I applaud Alissa and James Cowan for their efforts helping parents of children who die. When my son died at three months in January, 1986, his death was considered a SIDS death. A year or two later, it was determined that he had died from a reaction in his lungs from the pertussis part of the DPT shot he received that day. Not a day goes by that I do not think about wha... Full story
Support local option for schools To the Editor: Please support the Sisters School District, the staff, and most important, the students. Vote yes for measure 9-161, the local option levy. Don Hedrick To the Editor: On behalf of the Seed to Table staff and board members, our organization heartily supports the local option for the Sisters School District. Having an integral role in the schools, we know firsthand how important the sixteen teaching positions are for students. Our education system woven in with programs like IEE,... Full story
STA speaking up on Green Ridge To the Editor: The relationship between wildfires in the West and responsible forest management is a highly debated topic, and one that’s been written about extensively. For Sisters Trails Alliance, the debate illuminates a need for greater transparency from the Forest Service and for public understanding of all sides of this complex topic, especially because it impacts our wildlife, ecosystems, and recreational experiences in Sisters Country. Timber harvest projects disguised as “ecosystem res... Full story
Wolves in Sisters Country To the Editor: I would like to add some commentary to the Are more wolves roaming Sisters? article in the April 5 edition of The Nugget. I can say 100 percent without a doubt that there is a large pack of wolves roaming between Sisters and Redmond and they are following the migration path of the elk that roam the same area. I am an avid dirt bike rider and ride the trails out at Cline Butte Recreation Area that stretches from Fryrear Road to Eagle Crest as well as across the 126 at Buckhorn, which st... Full story
Support SPRD local option levy To the Editor: I have called Sisters my home since 1978, and worked as a school nurse in the Sisters School District for many years. My family and I have had the opportunity to learn and be active through Sisters Park & Recreation District (SPRD) programs, from preschool for my granddaughter, summer soccer camps for my grandson, and music lessons and healthy activity for myself. Supporting SPRD supports all of us as a community, providing opportunities to meet and engage new friends, stay fit,... Full story
Poop fairies To the Editor: Thank you for running the article on poop fairies in last week’s Nugget. This is a growing problem. I live on Brooks Camp Road across from The Pines, and I cannot tell you how much dog poop I pick up because people think that our neighborhood is their dogs’ vacant lot to poop in. Our children run and play in this area, and too many times parents have had a terrible clean-up after a kid has tracked in someone’s dog poop. People need to be responsible on trail, but they also need to be respo... Full story
Keeping it civil To the Editor: We know Sisters is going to change and grow, but we have a say in how it happens. This is not just about policy, buildings, and trees. While these are important factors, it’s as much about us, as humans, and how we choose to interact with each other. Three years ago, I moved to Sisters from Bend. It didn’t take long for me to fall in love with the Sisters Country community, and the ways it comes together to lift each other up. As I got involved, I’d heard that several years back there was a... Full story
To the Editor: Last week, while horseback riding the Peterson Ridge Trails, a friend and I encountered three adult male mountain bikers. They approached rapidly on their mountain bike trail to where we were riding on the Forest Service road. We asked them to slow down; they ignored us, spooking my 71-year-old friend's horse. The horse spooked, reared and created a large mass of dust. The bikers sped across the USFS road, totally ignoring what danger was presented to us horseback riders. It is well marked that this mountain... Full story
Keeping it civil To the Editor: We know Sisters is going to change and grow, but we have a say in how it happens. This is not just about policy, buildings, and trees. While these are important factors, it’s as much about us, as humans, and how we choose to interact with each other. Three years ago, I moved to Sisters from Bend. It didn’t take long for me to fall in love with the Sisters Country community, and the ways it comes together to lift each other up. As I got involved, I’d heard that several years back there was a... Full story
