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Teeds’ sciedce project eards scholarship page 6 Sisters Bakery chadges hadds page 10 College studedts build for Habitat page 26 The Nugget Vol. XXXX No. 12 P OSTAL CUSTOMER News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon www.NuggetNews.com Wednesday, March 22, 2017 Firefighters battle major blaze A major fire at a large home east of Sisters tested firefighters from across the region last weekend. On Sunday afternoon, March 19, at about 3:30 p.m., Cloverdale Rural Fire Protection District units were dispatched to a struc- ture fire at 17655 Varco Rd. Upon arrival, firefighters found “heavy fire condi- tions” in the center portion of the 17,000-plus-square-foot, three-story home. While responding from an earlier medical call, Cloverdale Fire Chief Thad Olsen began calling for addi- tional resources as a column of smoke rose skyward from the residence. Due to the remote location of the residence, resources included a strike team of water tenders from Deschutes and Jefferson counties. Fire units from Sisters-Camp Sherman, Black Butte Ranch, Bend, Redmond, Crooked River Ranch, Jefferson News Editor After voting unanimously on March 7 to add Sisters Eagle Airport to Oregon’s list of airports of state concern, the Oregon Department of Aviation decided to unwind that action last week after written testimony was left out of the record. “We got a whole bunch of emails and somehow we left about 31 of them out of the packet and the staff report that the board voted on (on March 7),” ODA direc- tor Mitch Swecker told The Nugget. “We’re adding them (the emails) to make it fair to everybody.” The board will revisit the issue again at its April 20 Idside... Kiwadis Food Badk supports those id deed By Erin Borla Correspondent Office, and Black Butte Ranch Police Departments Some 167 families utilized the Sisters Kiwanis Food Bank throughout the month of January. Oftentimes donations can slow during the months after the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday season. The need for food donations is still there. The community of Sisters always steps up to help and donate food as well as volun- teer hours. For the second year in a row Sisters Elementary See FIRE on page 15 See FOOD BANK on page 30 PHOTO BY GARY MILLER Firefighters had their hands full battling a structure fire in a 17,000-plus square-foot home. County #1, Sunriver, and Warm Springs Fire districts, along with personnel from Central Electric Cooperative, Aviatiod board to revisit airport listidg By Jim Cornelius PRE-SORTED STANDARD ECRWSS U.S. POSTAGE PAID Sisters, OR Permit No. 15 meeting in McMinnville. The omitted emails and the ODA staff report are available for review on the ODA website. The procedural glitch is the latest development in what has become a tangled knot of issues surround- ing the operations of Sisters Eagle Airport. The airport under the ownership of Julie and Benny Benson has made significant grant- funded improvements to its runway, added a fuel depot and has hosted increased aviation activity, including a highly regarded student avia- tion program affiliated with Sisters High School, and a controversial skydiving operation. See AIRPORT on page 35 Deschutes County Roads Department, Deschutes County Building Department, Deschutes County Sheriff’s Fair edcourages futuristic thidkidg By Jodi Schneider McNamee Correspondent The Sisters High School commons transformed into a giant science laboratory buzz- ing with activity last Saturday, as students from all three Sisters schools demonstrated their projects. From fishing for magnetic fish to trying to ride a backward bike, folks of all ages got a charge as they made their way around the maze of educational experiments. Sisters Science Club President Bob Collins was having a great time watch- ing students engage hundreds of spectators in learning the science behind each unique project. “We have loads of new projects this year includ- ing the new greenhouse that looks like an outer space PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK Young students were fascinated by the Lego robotics interactive display. station!” Collins said. “Each year we get a little busier, but we feel we have a little more room inside the commons this year so it has a good flow and everyone can work freely with their own projects and experiments.” Some exhibits were located down the school See SCIENCE FAIR on page 36 Letters/Weather ................ 2 Addoudcemedts ................12 Home & Garded ........... 16-26 Crossword ........................31 Real Estate ................ 34-40 Meetidgs ........................... 3 Movies & Edtertaidmedt ....13 Budkhouse Chrodicle ....... 24 Classifieds .................. 27-29 Obituaries ....................... 35