Indian Ford Campground
Bridge to be removed page 9
Learning life skills
in the garden page 18
Luncheon raises funds to support
mentoring program page 21
The Nugget
Vol. XXXVIII No. 21
P OSTAL CUSTOMER
News and Opinion
from Sisters, Oregon
www.NuggetNews.com
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Cyclists stampede to Sisters Country
By Jim Cornelius
News Editor
The cycling gods smiled
upon Sunday’s running of the
Sisters Stampede mountain
bike race.
“Some of the most ideal
weather you could ask for,”
said Casey Meudt. “Rain all
week then sun on the day of
the race.”
Meudt, who owns and
operates Blazin Saddles,
wasn’t on a bike himself
this weekend. It’s his busi-
ness’ best weekend of the
year, so he was busy making
hay while the sun shined. On
Friday, Blazin Saddles cel-
ebrated five years in business
with a block party, which was
packed with locals and folks
arriving early for the race.
Meudt spent his Sunday
morning dispensing air and
advice to racers, wistfully
contemplating all the other
cyclists who were out for a
run on his home course.
Eric Roth of Portland
stopped by for a quick
question.
“I ride mostly north,” he
said. “I don’t ride this stuff
Council gets a look
at Creekside fixes
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
The Sisters City Council,
in their May 21 workshop,
took its first look at the
comprehensive Creekside
Campground improvement
package forwarded to them
by the City Parks Advisory
Board (CPAB), following
more than a year of meetings,
discussions, public comment
and deliberation.
The total package has
planning-level cost estimates
for the various improvements
and ingress/egress revisions
of approximately $456,100
(including $10,000 for a
Inside...
it looks like a lot of fun,” he
said.
Fun was the order of the
day, even for the most serious
cyclists. More than 500 riders
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photo by Jerry baldock
traffic study). A three-phase
plan was recommended due
to the scope and cost of the
entire package.
After more than an hour of
discussion, Council requested
that staff return the package
to the CPAB, with some rec-
ommended changes. Council
also directed staff and the
CPAB to proceed with the
traffic study, as the informa-
tion gleaned from the study
would inform how to pro-
ceed with some of the recom-
mended improvements to the
campground, specifically the
ingress/egress issue, which
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Roth was among many
who were running the Sisters
Stampede for the first time.
“My wife wanted to ride
the McKenzie Pass with
her club team and I just fig-
ured I’d ride the race ’cause
Schools
narrow
field to two
in supt.
search
Two candidates have
made the final cut for the
post as Sisters Schools
Superintendent.
The school board and a
community search commit-
tee read 42 applications for
the post and the board inter-
viewed 10 candidates in whit-
tling the field down to two
finalists.
They are Curtiss (Curt)
Scholl of Salem-Keizer
School District and Joseph
(Joe) Wehrli of St. Paul
School District.
Currently, Scholl is the
principal at Sprague High
School in the Salem-Keizer
School District, a position he
has held since 2009. Before
moving to the Salem-Keizer
Mike Chappel and Wyatt kicked off the Sisters Stampede. Riders were off like a shot.
down here. What tire pressure
should I use?”
Meudt set him up, noting
that the Peterson Ridge Trail
is usually “loose,” but that
recent rains had firmed it up
a bit.
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Sisters remembers the fallen
By Jim Cornelius
News Editor
In an event that has become
an important ritual in the Sis-
ters community, 250 people
came together at Village
Green Park on Monday to
commemorate those who have
fallen in conflict in the service
of their country.
Local veterans groups orga-
nize the Memorial Day obser-
vances, which always feature
music from the Sisters High
Desert Chorale, prayerful
moments with local pastors,
and remarks from military
veterans from Sisters Country.
This year, a Junior Marines
ROTC unit performed the cer-
emonial folding of the flag
as Col. John Miller (U.S. Air
photo by Jerry baldock
Russell B. Williams, army air Corps veteran, was the keynote speaker.
Force) described the symbolic
import of each of the 13 folds.
The keynote speaker was
Russell B. Williams, a 92-year-
old veteran of the U.S. Army
Air Corps, where he served
in the European Theater as a
bomber navigator in B-24s.
Williams described his
journey into service after being
drafted in 1943, going through
extensive training to do his
job in the skies over Germany.
He marveled at the team
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Meetings ........................... 3 Movies & Entertainment ....11 Sisters Saver ................... 23 Crossword ....................... 26 Real Estate .................29-32