City snapshot

News clips of happenings from around town:

• The new guys in town, Laird SuperFood, are settling into their new home located in the former Metabolic Maintenance manufacturing facility on North Pine Street.

They engage in growing, picking, roasting, and packaging coffee. The company offers creamer, sweetener, dairy-free cocoa, and hand blenders. They sell products online and will be hiring locally.

• Tennis courts located on the grounds of the elementary school have been spruced up in a joint venture between the City and the Sisters School District. The painting of the lines has to wait for spring and warmer temperatures.

• New restrooms with showers are just being installed at Village Green Park.

• The Sisters Planning Commission hearing Thursday, November 19, 5:30 p.m. at City Hall, will be looking at a modification of setbacks along the Clear Pine northern property line from 50-100 feet to 20 feet. Also addressing a one-year extension for McKenzie Meadows Village because of delay caused by appeal to LUBA. This will be their last extension. Preliminary plat for Kuivato subdivision (Sun Ranch residential property owned by Shane Lundgren), 35 single-family residential lots, will be reviewed.

• Despite losing their radio frequency, Sisters community radio station KZSO has local citizens going to bat for them in an attempt to secure a new frequency, based on the notion that the station is an important community asset.

• Five new recycle bins have been placed around town. Please use them.

• Rotary Club of Sisters has received a community services grant of $770 from the Sisters City Council to help purchase a new book for every first-grader in Sisters, continuing an annual spring tradition.

• The Speak Your Peace concept is coming to Sisters with the name of Citizens for Civility. There is an active group of residents working to bring the Speak Your Peace founder to town in January for a public forum.