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  • Look for total lunar eclipse in Sisters

    Jim Hammond|Updated Jan 15, 2019

    The glare of a full moon will be temporarily darkened when earth's shadow falls upon the face of our only natural satellite on Sunday evening, January 20. The celestial event is a total lunar eclipse - a super blood moon one at that - to be conveniently staged in the evening hours here in Sisters Country. Because the moon's orbit is tilted at about five degrees with respect to the orbit of the earth around the sun, we enter an "eclipse season" approximately every six months,... Full story

  • SPRD is turning 21

    Becky Aylor, Jim Hammond, Sharon Ling, Rand Runco, Jayne Simmons, Theresa S|Updated May 2, 2018

    The Sisters Park & Recreation tax district turns 21 next year. We are eight long-time Sisters Country residents who helped raise the Sisters Park & Recreation District since its infancy. As SPRD reaches adulthood, so to speak, we believe it is time for the taxpayers of Sisters Country to recognize that SPRD has grown into a mature, multi-purpose organization by supporting Measure 9-120, the local option tax measure on the May ballot. Many of us were involved in the creation of SPRD's predecessor, SOAR, which provided... Full story

  • Spectacular sky show is on the way

    Jim Hammond, Ron Thorkildson|Updated Jun 20, 2017

    Few sights in nature can equal the exquisite and awe-inspiring beauty of a total solar eclipse. To gaze upon the sun's pearly white corona, upon which orange colored prominences occasionally dart from the limb of the moon, all the while engulfed in darkness, is an experience never to be forgotten. And, as luck would have it, the laws of celestial motion will align in such a way that this phenomenon will grace the skies of many Americans from Oregon to South Carolina on August... Full story

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