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Through the eyes of a newcomer
For many years, I considered Sisters simply a place with slow traffic to get past on the way to one trailhead or another. I drove through town several times while living in Portland and later from the opposite direction as a Klamath Falls... — Updated 4/4/2023
Two decades of digging in Sisters
Mike Scherrer has had a lot of jobs throughout his life. He's been a ski lift mechanic, a fabrication welder, a carpenter, a kayak instructor and guide, and a bridge builder. But there was... — Updated 4/4/2017
Sisters student to study in Europe
A senior at Sisters High School will travel to England this fall to begin his college education. Devin Robillard, who has compiled a 3.5 grade-point average at SHS, is enrolling at York St.... — Updated 3/28/2017
Sisters Bunkhouse marks first year
When Kathleen and Michael Blesius moved to Sisters and bought the two-story, yellow building at 114 N. Oak St., they weren't sure what they would use it for. Would it be a whiskey bar? Maybe... — Updated 3/28/2017
Teens' science project earns scholarship
A private school student and an online student have teamed up to finish second in regional competition in the Central Oregon Community College Regional Science Expo in Bend. Spencer... — Updated 3/21/2017
Rainwater Café opens in Sisters
Rainwater Café, which opened recently in Town Square shopping center, has a full menu for breakfast, lunch and dinner. But many customers won't get past the display case filled with... — Updated 3/21/2017
Sisters school program named best in Oregon
A program for young people in Sisters was named Oregon's Exceptional Program for 2017 at the February 16-17 Oregon Transition Conference in Portland. "The Sisters Transition Program is designed to prepare our students with special needs in... — Updated 2/28/2017
Sisters educator retiring after 33-year teaching career
It's a familiar story. Someone visits Sisters Country for recreation, the visits become more frequent, and before long they've found a way to move here. That was the scenario for Janis Quiros... — Updated 2/28/2017
School snow-day makeup announced
Sisters School District officials have devised a way to make up for snow closure days without affecting the two-week spring break vacation or extending the school year in June. The Sisters School Board voted unanimously last Wednesday to... — Updated 2/7/2017
School enrollment climbs upward
The latest enrollment figures show Sisters School District continuing to add students - although not yet reaching the projected level for this time of the school year. "We tend to shrink as the school year goes on, but this year we have... — Updated 2/7/2017
Student musicians garner honors
Five members of the jazz band from Sisters Middle School and Sisters High School received awards January 28 during the Oregon Jazz Festival at the University of Oregon School of Music and Dance in Eugene. Recipients of Outstanding... — Updated 2/7/2017
Schools seek to mitigate snow closures
Sisters School District officials are trying to make up class time lost to snow closures this winter without reducing spring break period or extending the school year in June. Superintendent Curt Scholl has met with representatives of the... — Updated 1/24/2017
Winter hits homes and businesses hard
Schools aren't alone in suffering harsh conditions this winter. Homes and businesses throughout Sisters Country have experienced broken water pipes as temperatures plunged, according to... — Updated 1/17/2017
Sisters merchants feel winter's chill
While businesses that sell winter clothing or other cold-season necessities have done well in recent weeks, the prolonged cold snap and heavy snowfall has played havoc with other Sisters... — Updated 1/17/2017
Winter hits homes and businesses hard
Schools aren't alone in suffering harsh conditions this winter. Homes and businesses throughout Sisters Country have experienced broken water pipes as temperatures plunged, according to Roxanne Grier, office manager for Sweeney Plumbing.... — Updated 1/13/2017
Schools wrestle with snow-closure decision
Few people pay more attention to winter weather forecasts than Sisters School District administrators, who must balance the need for student safety with the state of Oregon's requirement for... — Updated 1/11/2017
Sisters schools had a busy 2016
It was a busy year for Sisters School District in 2016, highlighted by voter passage of a bond measure to upgrade every school. That work began in the fall and is continuing. The District also got good news in the annual report card issued... — Updated 1/3/2017
Enrollment shows small increase
Sisters School District is coming closer to enrollment projections for the school year, although the number of students still lags behind what was anticipated. "We're climbing," Superintendent Curtiss Scholl said Wednesday, December 7... — Updated 12/13/2016
Student pilots get a taste of flight
Taylor Fendall climbed out of a four-seat airplane and walked off the Sisters Eagle Airport tarmac with a big grin on his face. "That was crazy!" the Sisters High School (SHS) freshman... — Updated 12/6/2016
SHS Key Club kicks off canned-food drive
Shelves at the Sisters Food Bank will soon be laden with items for the needy, thanks to the canned-food drive initiated Monday, December 5 by the Sisters High School (SHS) Key Club. The... — Updated 12/6/2016
School district studies enrollment decline
Sisters School District officials are beginning to investigate why enrollment has declined in recent years and what steps can be taken to stop the trend. Enrollment was 1,211 as of 2011-12 but has slipped to 1,066 by this year, according to... — Updated 11/22/2016
Career classes flourishing at SHS
It's a good time for proponents of vocational education at Sisters High School (SHS). Earlier this fall, The Roundhouse Foundation announced it will give $250,000 over five years to fund prog... — Updated 11/15/2016
Sisters man wins national award
A Sisters man is the national winner in a transportation design-and-build contest sponsored by Eastwood Co. Erik Himbert and a friend were guests of Eastwood last week during a three-day... — Updated 11/8/2016
Architecture firm chosen for bond work
The Sisters School Board approved BBT Architects Inc. to lead the design of construction work authorized by passage of last spring's school bond. Board vice chair Amanda Clark and directors Don Hedrick and Greg Zadow voted in favor during... — Updated 11/8/2016
Fought, Black Butte Resort win golf awards
Jeff Fought developed an affection for golf early in life during outings with relatives, including his grandmother. "It brought our family together," he said. "Those were special times, and... — Updated 11/1/2016
