The Nugget Newspaper - News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon

A cabin under construction at Lake Creek Lodge. photo by Conrad Weiler Voting 3-0, Jefferson County Commissioners last week approved changes submitted by owners Gordon and Jeff Jones to their proposed Lake Creek Lodge. These changes come... — Updated 6/29/2004 Full story

Steve Burch tees off. photo by Conrad Weiler The "three Ps" of a Robert Graves-designed golf course are Playability, Practicality and Pulchritude (great physical beauty and appeal). All three were much in evidence last weekend as 170 pro... — Updated 6/29/2004 Full story

Paul Bennett discusses his tapestries during the Sisters Art Stroll. The artist worked for years with Pendelton Woolen Mills to develop the tapestries. Hundreds of people turned out for the stroll on Saturday. photo by Conrad Weiler Balmy we... — Updated 6/22/2004 Full story

New cabin under construction at Lake Creek Lodge. photo by Conrad Weiler June 25, 2004 -- Voting 3-0, Jefferson County Commissioners approved changes submitted by owners Gordon and Jeff Jones to their proposed Lake Creek Lodge at last week's... — Updated 6/22/2004 Full story

Grant Carleton displays his catch, assisted by Sherrie McCord. photo by Conrad Weiler About 600 children enjoyed a dream day of fishing last Saturday, June 12, at Wizard Falls Fish Hatchery in Camp Sherman. Each child, 10 years old and... — Updated 6/15/2004 Full story

Dwight Smith, right, confers with Todd Dunkelberg about library plans. photo by Conrad Weiler Todd Dunkelberg told the Friends of the Sisters Library (FOL) that the new Sisters Library should be completed by late next year (2005).... — Updated 6/15/2004 Full story

Mark Thompson takes a look back at NASA's technological history. photo by Conrad Weiler There's a lot of interest in digital photography these days, with sales of digital cameras surpassing film cameras. Mark Thompson of Sisters remembers bu... — Updated 6/15/2004 Full story

Fran McNa displays jewelry at her new gallery in Sisters. photo by Conrad Weiler The newly opened Wild Rivers Gallery in Town Square offers a variety of watercolors and mixed media artworks by several Northwest artists. Of particular... — Updated 6/8/2004 Full story

Celebrating their Wohelo award: (L.-R.) Rikki Glick, Jackie Grittman, Crystal Metcalf, Teresse MacKenzie, Amber Craigg, Josh Simone. photo by Conrad Weiler Celebrating many years of friendship and service through Camp Fire USA, six local... — Updated 5/25/2004 Full story

Since 1963, when local farmers got together, Cloverdale has had a rural fire protection district. "May is the annual drive to enlist new volunteers to join this elite local group," said training officer and Captain John Thomas. Cloverdale... — Updated 5/11/2004 Full story

Sisters' new softball field was a labor of love for many local community members. photo by Conrad Weiler The vision of a new softball field becomes reality this week for coaches and players of the Lady Outlaws' young team. "We'd like to... — Updated 5/11/2004 Full story

Kris Martinson points out areas requiring recreation passes. photo by Conrad Weiler Folks interested in local hiking, picnicking and boating using Forest Service recreational facilities this summer will be faced with an array of different... — Updated 4/27/2004 Full story

Camp Sherman residents have been wondering when roads closed after last summer's B&B Complex Fire would reopen. Now they have an answer. "We'll start opening some roads starting on Saturday, April 17," said Kris Martinson of the Sisters... — Updated 4/6/2004 Full story

Citizens review ODOT's plans for a bridge. photo by Conrad Weiler Local residents weighed in last week on a proposal to replace a bridge over Lake Creek near milepost 87 west of Sisters on Highway 20. A meeting hosted by the Oregon Departmen... — Updated 3/23/2004 Full story

Jean Nave, President of the Sisters country Historical Society, displays ancient artifacts uneartheed at Black Butte Ranch. photo by Conrad Weiler The Black Butte Ranch Historical Society has grown to become the Sisters country Historical... — Updated 3/23/2004 Full story

Lake Creek Lodge. photo by Conrad Weiler The future of Camp Sherman's Lake Creek Lodge is up in the air again as Oregon's Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) sent back for review Jefferson County's decision approving expansion of the lodge.... — Updated 3/9/2004 Full story

Clair Kunkel (left) discusses cougars with Lee Farm. photo by Conrad Weiler Heightened local interest in cougars brought Clair Kunkel as guest speaker to the Saturday, February 28, Cabin Fever Potluck at Camp Sherman's community hall.... — Updated 3/2/2004 Full story

Qwest's Ron Trullinger (r.) explains DSL service to Mitch Martin at the Camp Sherman General Store. photo by Conrad Weiler Qwest Digital Subscriber Internet service (DSL) now covers most of the Camp Sherman community. An earlier report (The... — Updated 2/17/2004 Full story

Central Oregon artist Cate O'Hagan held a meeting in Sisters last week describing future planning and funds distribution for the Deschutes County Cultural Coalition (called DC3 for short). In a meeting at the historic old Sisters Library... — Updated 2/17/2004 Full story

The ongoing debate over the future of Camp Sherman's Lake Creek Lodge continued last week at a Salem appeal hearing before the state Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA). For the past nine months, brothers Gordon and Jeff Jones, owners of Lake... — Updated 2/3/2004 Full story

Well-known Camp Sherman master quilter Andrea Balosky will be heading for language school in Darjeeling, India, in March. First she plans a visit with her mother in Oahu, Hawaii, where she was born and raised; then she is on to India to... — Updated 1/27/2004 Full story

Camp Sherman residents line up for dinner at a Cabin Fever Potluck. photo by Conrad Weiler January's snow created some genuine cabin fever --and produceda large turnout for Camp Sherman's first Cabin Fever potluck dinner of the New Year on... — Updated 1/27/2004 Full story

The elusive Camp Sherman area cougar was captured early Sunday morning, January 18, near Pine Lodge Road. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) and Forest Service personnel set a large animal trap near the swimming pool and cabana... — Updated 1/20/2004 Full story

Kathy Johnson, library volunteer, with the kestrel bird house she won at Sisters Library Christmas dinner. Jim Anderson is at right. photo by Conrad Weiler Peg Bermel, Sisters Library Manager, hosted the annual Christmas party for library... — Updated 12/9/2003 Full story

Cathy McLaurin (r.) explains her work to artists Janit Brockway (l.) and Kit Stafford. photo by Conrad Weiler A gathering of local artists met last week at the CATS (Community Action Team of Sisters) office in Sisters to hear Cathy McLaurin... — Updated 12/9/2003 Full story