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Wednesday, April 22, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Sisters business at a glance U.S. to host track championships By christopher Bodeen Associated Press photo by Jim cornelius New construction is underway in sisters. • The new construction behind Hop N Bean will be new residences, by Legacy Builders. • Rio Restaurant is plan- ning to “pack the house” for Geoff Pepperling, a life-long Sisters resident, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in November 2014. Geoff’s cancer is Stage 4. His dying wish is to go to Yellowstone and Salt Lake City as well as his mother’s homestead in Colorado, with his daughter and family by his side. On Tuesday May 5, Rio will be donating 15 per- cent of their gross income for the day to help Geoff and his family accomplish his last wish. For more informa- tion call 541-549-6118. • Ever wanted to paint your own ceramic tile? Studio Redfield is offering the chance to do just that during the Fourth Friday Art Stroll in Sisters, 4 to 7 19 p.m. on April 24. Come by for snack, wine, music, and channel your inner artist. Studio Redfield is located at 183 E. Hood Ave., Ste. 200. • Blazin Saddles, now marking their fifth anniver- sary, is hosting Ladies Nite Out with Blazin Saddles, Black Butte Ranch, The Paper Place and The Porch on Thursday, April 23, at 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Come check out the new women-specific items at Blazin Saddles. Black Butte Ranch will be bringing the ranch to town with active lifestyle apparel, and their massage therapists will be available to enhance your overall wellness with chair massage. The Paper Place will have a variety of their cycling-related products on display, or for purchase. Spirits and tasty samples will be provided by The Porch. YourwCarewTodayw andwEverywDay! Openweverywday,w afterwhoursw&wweekends 541-548-2899 3818 SW 21st Pl., Ste. 100, Redmond BEIJING (AP) — After nearly four decades of bypass- ing the United States, track and field’s marquee event is finally headed to the country that has been the dominant force in the sport. The small Oregon city of Eugene, a northwestern town steeped in American track history and the home of the University of Oregon, was awarded the 2021 world athletics championships on Thursday in a surprise move that came without a bidding process. The IAAF, the governing body of the sport, said the decision was driven by the desire to break into the key American market. “We have to give it to Eugene, to a city where ath- letics is like a religion,” IAAF president Lamine Diack said. Eugene has become a hotbed for track and field in recent decades, just as interest in the sport has waned. The city hosts an annual Diamond League meet, one of a series of top-tier IAAF track events, and staged the world junior championships last year. The 2016 world indoor champion- ships will be held in nearby Portland. And it was a former University of Oregon runner and his track coach that started Nike in the early 1970s. Nike Inc.’s headquarters, outside Portland in Beaverton, are just up the road, providing a powerful incentive to bring the championships to Eugene. The 2021 worlds will be at Hayward Field, the his- toric stadium used by the University of Oregon track team and the venue that made runner Steve Prefontaine an iconic figure in American track. The stadium will be rebuilt to accommodate 32,000 spectators for the 2021 meet. “It’s always been a prob- lem for us to engage both commercially and sportingly in the U.S.,” IAAF vice presi- dent Sebastian Coe told The Associated Press. “The United States is the world’s largest sports market. We need to be there.” Coe is running to succeed Diack as IAAF president in August. The world athletics cham- pionships have been held every two years since 1991, the third edition of the compe- tition. The first world champi- onships were held in 1983 in Helsinki, Finland, followed by Rome in 1987. The 2015 competition will be held in Beijing, followed by London in 2017 and Doha, Qatar, in 2019. Although the United States has never hosted the champi- onships, the country’s athletes have dominated the medals table. Looking for good news? Send them the local news from Sisters! A gift subscription to The Nugget is a thoughtful gift for loved ones far away. Subscriptions start at just $25 and are looked forward to every week! www.yourcaremedical.comw Locallywownedw&woperatedwbywproudw OutlawwparentswDr.wEricw&wDebwWattenburg urg WALK-INw•wURGENTwCARE•wOCCUPATIONALwMEDICINE To order a gift subscription call 541-549-9941.