DLT dedicates new
Whychus acreage page 7
Black Butte hike reveals
extent of pine pollen page 21
The Nugget
Vol. XXXVIII No. 22
Sisters man graduates
at West Point page 28
P OSTAL CUSTOMER
News and Opinion
from Sisters, Oregon
www.NuggetNews.com
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Hundreds celebrate grand opening
By Jodi Schneider McNamee
Correspondent
The grand opening celebra-
tion for Three Creeks Brewing
Co., located in the industrial
park of Sisters, kicked off at
5 p.m. on Friday evening with
a ribbon-cutting ceremony at
their new 9,000-square-foot,
30-barrel production facility.
While company partners
Victoria Graves and Rob
Durand held the ribbon taut,
owner Wade Underwood cut
the ribbon, and head brewer
Zach Beckwith cheered them
on.
Beckwith has been with
Three Creeks for almost three
years.
“I’ve been over here brew-
ing since late December and
I oversee all the operations
in the brewery and the pub
as well. We coordinate a lot
between both,” Beckwith said.
“We will be having a tasting
room right here in the lobby
where you walk in, hopefully
by July.”
The new industrial park
facility significantly expands
Three Creeks Brewing Co.’s
capacity.
News Editor
The two finalists for the
position of Sisters Schools
Superintendent spent a long
day in Sisters on Monday,
meeting with staff and com-
munity members and touring
the school district each hopes
to lead.
Curtiss Scholl of Salem-
Keizer School District and
Joe Wehrli of St. Paul School
District each met with com-
munity members in a Q&A
session at Sisters High School
Monday evening.
The questions were prob-
ing and revealed different
Inside...
Oregon
Solutions
drops out
of trail
discussion
By Jim Cornelius
News Editor
photo by Jodi Schneider mcnamee
Company partners Victoria Graves and Rob Durand held the ribbon taut while owner Wade Underwood cut the
ribbon Friday evening. Head brewer Zach Beckwith cheered them on.
“This facility has a 30-bar- all over Oregon, and we have creativity, and we’ll have
rel system compared to our expanded to Vancouver and more ability to brew differ-
brew pub, which is a 10-bar- Southwest Washington as ent beers at the pub,” added
rel. And each barrel is 31 well. We have 45 employees Underwood.
gallons, and we are making including the brew pub, and
The new Three Creeks
about 300 gallons per batch jobs at the production facility Brewing facility will be brew-
at our brew pub and here we are expected to triple over the ing their three biggest craft
make about 930,” Underwood next two years.
beers for distribution: Knotty
explained during a tour of the
“This facility allows us to Blonde, Hoodoo Voodoo and
production facility.
experiment more at the pub,
See BReWeRy on page 29
“Right now we distribute so you’ll be seeing a lot more
Community meets
school candidates
By Jim Cornelius
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strengths and styles in the two
candidates.
Wehrli, who has been the
superintendent for St. Paul
School District in St. Paul,
Oregon, since 2013, talked
about his experiences and
successes in negotiating con-
tracts with staff where there
had previously been a rift
between staff and the school
board. He also discussed his
experience passing a bond,
noting that is it critical to lis-
ten to the public.
Wehrli also emphasized
the importance of supporting
teachers, citing professional
See CaNDIDateS on page 28
The latest casualty in a
long and grinding conflict
over a proposed paved trail
from Sisters to Black Butte
Ranch fell last week.
Oregon Solutions (OS)
Network, which specializes
in conflict resolution, stepped
away last Thursday from a
process it had tried to initiate
this spring to restart a commu-
nity discussion on the concept
of a paved trail.
In a letter announcing the
decision, Michael Mills, a
project manager with Oregon
Solutions, stated that, “Given
the inability to bring the key
parties to the table the OS
Network has determined that
See tRaIlS on page 27
Team of pros makes Sisters Rodeo rock
Sisters Rodeo has gained
a reputation for being a fast-
paced, exciting and consis-
tently entertaining rodeo
because of the team of pro-
fessionals it has assembled.
Most of this crew has worked
Sisters Rodeo for a decade or
more.
The team includes the
f o u r- t i m e P r o f e s s i o n a l
Rodeo Cowboys Association
Announcer of the Year Wayne
Brooks, a smooth announcer
on horseback who shares the
stage with one of the best
historians and statisticians in
rodeo, Curt Robinson.
The complementary duo
keeps the crowd informed
and interested in all eight
events of the rodeo, and both
of them have enviable quick
photo by Gary miller
the bulls make the action hot — bullfighters keep the riders safe.
wits that shine in the unusual
and unexpected twists that
spice up any rodeo. Both
announcers are familiar fig-
ures and voices at National
Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas.
In the arena, the bullfight-
ers are experienced athletes
who have to leap in nanosec-
onds to protect a bull rider.
See RoDeo pRoS on page 22
Letters/Weather ................ 2 Announcements ............... 10 Sisters Salutes .................12 Obituaries ....................... 23 Classifieds .................. 24-27
Meetings ........................... 3 Movies & Entertainment ....11 Home & Garden ........... 13-20 Crossword ....................... 23 Real Estate ................. 27-32