| Jefferson Avenue to reopen | Jefferson Avenue is expected to reopen this evening after being closed due to disrupted pavement. Caused by infiltration of storm water followed by pavement heave caused by freeze/thaw conditions.
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| Current News | | Wintery mix leaves Sisters soggy | | Tuesday, January 24, 2012 | | Winter finally arrived in Central Oregon at the beginning of last week, with the first real snowfall since the middle of November. | | Judge to mediate city govt. crisis | | Tuesday, January 24, 2012 | | The City of Sisters has engaged Senior Judge Paul Lipscomb to work with the Sisters City Council and City Manager Eileen Stein to resolve issues that gave rise to the city council's recent consideration of a motion to terminate the city manager's employment. | | Sisters Trails Alliance hosts annual meeting | | Tuesday, January 24, 2012 | | Sisters Trails Alliance has been hard at work behind the scenes over the last couple of years since the completion of the Peterson Ridge Trail expansion, and is poised to make another leap forward. | | Horsewomen of Sisters donate funds | | Tuesday, January 24, 2012 | | Darlene Johnston, Patty Swarens and Carol Statton dreamed up a project just over a year ago over margaritas at Bronco Billy's Ranch Grill and Saloon: A calendar featuring horsewomen of the area dressed in 19th-century clothing, with proceeds from sales going toward community animal rescue efforts. | |
| Business | | City set to allow extension | | Tuesday, January 24, 2012 | | The Sisters City Council reviewed the wording of a code change that would allow a 90-day extension to 180-day temporary operating permits. | | Rescue Response Gear expands | | Tuesday, January 24, 2012 | | Most days of the week, giant boxes loaded with life-saving equipment - ropes, harnesses, headlamps and carabiners - depart from Sisters, en route to rescue organizations worldwide. | | Dance academy opening new studio | | Tuesday, January 03, 2012 | | Sisters is dancing into 2012, with the addition of a new 2,000-square-foot studio in Outlaw Station, right next to Top Pin Archery. | |
| Arts & Entertainment | | Musicians produce the 'Wow!' factor | | Tuesday, January 24, 2012 | | Enthusiastic applause and shouts of "Wow!" could be heard from family, friends and fellow students during the Central Oregon honor band concert Friday night at Bend High School. Eleven students from Sisters middle and high schools participated in the annual event. | | Friends celebrate life of poet in Sisters Country | | Tuesday, January 24, 2012 | | The profound power of the written word was on full display Friday night during a birthday celebration for Oregon's Poet Laureate and grand gentleman of letters, the late William Stafford. | | Artist displays paintings at Black Butte Ranch | | Tuesday, January 24, 2012 | | The acrylic paintings of Central Oregon artist Susan Luckey-Higdon were featured at Black Butte Ranch last Thursday evening, and will be on display through February. | | Sisters gets a taste of gumbo and zydeco | | Tuesday, January 24, 2012 | | Fortified with chicken gumbo and iced tea provided by The Depot Café, prospective students of all ages crowded the Sisters High School Commons area Monday night for a free zydeco dance workshop from soulful singer and bayou accordionist Jeffery Broussard. | |
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| Education | | Schools | | SHS students are sweet on bitterbrush | | Tuesday, January 17, 2012 | | If there is such a thing as developing a caring association between bitterbrush, Purshia tridentata - primary mule deer winter food - and Homo sapiens, Sisters High School science teacher Rima Givot will help make it happen. | | Brain Teasers 2 exhibit
arrives in Sisters | | Tuesday, January 17, 2012 | | The Brain Teasers 2 exhibit from the Oregon Museum of Science and Technology (OMSI) arrived at Sisters High School on Tuesday where it will be on display until May. | | History comes alive at Sisters school | | Tuesday, January 17, 2012 | | History came magically alive on Wednesday when the Sisters Christian Academy Middle School presented its annual Living History Museum at Sisters Community Church. | | Cajun fiddler gets toes tapping in Sisters | | Tuesday, January 17, 2012 | The lecture/drama room at Sisters Middle School was transformed into an old-fashioned, toe-tapping hoedown on Thursday morning when Cajun fiddle master Kelly Thibodeaux visited Kit Stafford's Americana Project music class.
Students got a crash course in fiddle playing and were soon belting out some raw sounds. | |
| Sports | | O'Brien takes first at tournament | | Tuesday, January 24, 2012 | | Josh O'Brien had a stellar performance at the La Pine Frostbite Invitational Tournament at La Pine on Saturday, January 21, and walked away with a first-place finish. | | Defense rounds up big wins | | Tuesday, January 24, 2012 | | Excellent defense helped the Outlaws boys basketball team tally two wins this past week. Sisters racked up a 63-26 road win over Junction City (JC) on Thursday, January 19, and a day later they pounced on the Lions with a 69-47 win at home. | | Hernandez signs to play softball at BMCC | | Tuesday, January 24, 2012 | | Cassie Hernandez, the leading run producer in Sisters High School (SHS) softball history, has signed with Blue Mountain Community College (BMCC) in Pendleton. | | Lady Outlaws drop two
on the hardwood | | Tuesday, January 24, 2012 | | The Lady Outlaws' basketball team had a rough week, suffering a 36-29 loss to the Tigers at Junction City (JC) on Thursday, January 19, and a day later falling at home to Cottage Grove (CG) 59-53. | |
| Health | | Dental care is key to overall health | | Tuesday, March 08, 2011 | | Developing a simple plan for oral hygiene is a vital component of an overall wellness program that will reduce medical costs and other complications resulting from poor food digestion, oral pain and gum disease. Regular checkups, exams and a proper regimen of flossing and brushing helps to accomplish those goals. | | Dealing with headaches | | Tuesday, March 08, 2011 | | Headaches can be an annoyance - or a life-sapping chronic problem. The causes can be mysterious; migraines are still not well understood and a headache may be caused by anything from muscle tension to a brain tumor. | | Running Commentary - running for fitness | | Tuesday, March 08, 2011 | | Sisters is a very active community of cyclists, hikers, skiers and runners. A love of the outdoors leads many to these pursuits which have the added benefit of contributing to good health. | | Want to stay healthy, be smarter, lose weight? Sleep | | Tuesday, March 08, 2011 | | Sleep. Sleep which knits the unraveled sleeve of care. Blessed slumber. | |
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