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Sisters Trail Committee Dedicates Tollgate Trail

On December 2, 2006 The Sisters Trails Committee dedicated the Tollgate Trail which connects the Tollgate neighborhood with the Sisters High School. The trails $50,000.00 budget was almost completely covered by donated materials and labor.  If you would like more information about the trail or the Trails Committee please call Jeff Sims at 549-7706.

Sisters Little League Fields

November 8, 2006 Sisters Little League volunteers poured dugouts and bleachers at the two new baseball fields next to the SOAR Community Center. Kirby Nagelhout Construction donated a day of their time and talents to pour and finish over 2,000 square feet of cement slabs. The next step in the project it put up the chain link fence and backstops. The group is looking volunteers to help finish the project so that the fields will be ready for plan in the spring of 2007. If you would like to donate to the project or volunteer please call David Banks at 815-1975.

Disc Golf Course Opens

  A new 18 hole Disc Golf Course is now open in Sisters. The course located next to the SOAR Community Center and is open all the time. There is no charge for playing the course. Kathy Kemper Green, community volunteer, planned and coordinated the project and raised money from local businesses and donors. Course maps are available at the SOAR Community Center. Contributors to the project include:

Eurosports
Dr. Bonnie Malone
Ponderosa Forge
City of Sisters
Robinson & Owen Construction
Sisters Rental
Mountain Star Design
Community Mortgage Services
Swiss Mountain Log Homes
Hoodoo
Hoyt's Hardware and Supply, Inc.
Sisters School District
Subway
Figaro's Pizza
Rebels High Desert Golf
GSS - Geo Spatial Consultants
SOAR
Solid Rock Granite
Rustic Mountain Wood and Metal Works
Frank Trostel
The Kemper Family
Tyler Davio
Ryan Lane
 

SOAR TEEN CENTER MAKEOVER

 In September of 2006 the SOAR Teen Center Makeover project was completed giving Sisters area teenagers a new, updated place to gather. The project, coordinated by Foundations That Make a Difference, was paid for with donations of money, materials and labor. Let's Make a Space designed and built the new center. The following organizations and individuals contributed to the makeover project:

-Foundations That Make a Difference - Arlene Gibson
-McDonalds House Charities of Central Oregon
-The Hayden Giving Fund
-Let's Make a Space
-Accucolor Painting
-American Licorice Company
-Chet's Electric, Inc.
-Community Mortgage Services
-Curtis Restaurant Services
-Denfeld Paints
-Fred Meyer
-Game Crazy
-Hardwood Industries of Bend
-Lance and Sandy's Maytag Home Appliance Center
-Lutton's Ace Hardware
-Parr Lumber
-Pepsi Cola Bottling
-Rising Star Futons
-Sherwin - Williams
-Sisters Glass and Mirror
-The Area Rug Connection
-The Home Depot

Sisters Skatepark Opens

 May, 2006: The new skate park at the SOAR Community Center opened this spring with the help of many individuals and businesses. The park consists of several ramps and street skating features. The park is open all the time and there is no fee to use it. This is the first phase of the park and in the future a poured concrete park is being planned. Contributors include:

-Deschutes County Board of Commissioners
-Dick and Jill Carpenter
-Sisters Kiwanis Club
-The Gallery Restaurant
-The Elson Family
-The Tehan Family
-Sherry Elliot
-Phil and Susan Arends
-Jeff and Jennifer Haken