Sisters salutes...

• Michaela Miller, a Sisters Christian Academy seventh grade student, tied for second place in this year's annual Inventerprise 2010 contest. Inventerprise is a science-based competition sponsored by Bend Research Inc. About 100 middle school students from Central Oregon schools sent entries.

Dorothy Miller, a program manager from Bend Research, came to Sisters Christian Academy on Friday, December 3, to present Michaela with an "Outstanding Award" certificate and T-shirt acknowledging her achievement.

Michaela's idea was to provide blind people greater safety and mobility by use of an echolocation device strapped to the wrists that would tell the person how far he or she is from the objects.

Sisters High School senior Joseph Schlatter received honorable mention in the high school division.

• Sisters Athletic Club fielded the largest team for the second year in a row for Bend's Jingle Bell Run/Walk on Saturday, December 4. The club put together 49 participants. They were also the second-biggest fundraising team, raising $970 for the Arthritis Foundation.