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To the Editor:

I have an idea that I'd like to present to the good people of Sisters, including the powers that be.

I have lived and worked retail in the heart of town for the last 18 years and have seen the changes that have taken place and I'm sad to say that not all of them have added to the beauty of our little town.

Rather, just the opposite. I am referring to the dried up, litter-strewn, weed-choked ditch that runs through the heart of our little town.

I cannot tell you how many times I have answered the tourists' question: "What happened? It was so pretty, so quaint, so refreshing, we would toss money in and make a wish. Where and why did it go?"

Well, now to the idea I had. I work and deliver for Sisters Floral and had a delivery to Aspen Lakes Pro Shop. It was my first time there. As I drove up, I stopped the van and stared. There it was -- a circulating creek.

Why not? Maybe? Why couldn't we do that in our little creek, say from the Garden of Eden to behind the Depot Deli.

A local landscaper working with the city, shop owners, donations, fund-raisers, working together to pay for installing and paying the electric bill. Could it work? Could we have our creek back?

Does progress mean we have to lose our ambiance?

Yours hopefully,

Sylvia Cara

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To the Editor:

It has been a long time since I have heard or read any mention of the accomplishments of the Sisters Garden Club (Editor's note: see page 3).

Long time residents of the Sisters area are familiar with the active participation of club volunteer members to make Sisters a more attractive place: two garden plots on the east approach filled with colorful flowers which are constantly blooming, maintenance of the trees, shrubs, and flowers around the Sisters Library, and the plantings on the Village Green.

At Quilt Show time, the Garden Club sponsors tours of residential gardens in the area which attracts hundreds of visitors.

Maggie Hughes was an early member of both the Garden Club and the Friends of the Sisters Library. She has spent a great deal of personal time in caring for the gardens and pricing and organizing donated books for the library book sales. She was also elected to serve a term on the Sisters City Council.

She and her husband, Tom, will soon move back to Iowa, their former home. Maggie's contributions to the Garden Club and the library Friends group will be sorely missed and we offer our profound thanks and best wishes.

Bob Brockway

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