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Colorado shooter had roots in Sisters page 14 Outlaws shine at state cross-country meet page 21 Sisters School District buys green-energy bus page 18 The Nugget Vol. XXXVIII No. 44 P OSTAL CUSTOMER News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon www.NuggetNews.com Back to the trailhead for paved path proposal Wednesday, November 4, 2015 New deputy on duty in Sisters schools Trick or treat... By Jim Cornelius News Editor By Jim Cornelius News Editor The concept of a paved path connecting local com- munities is going back to the trailhead. Sisters District Ranger Kristie Miller took the community conversation back several steps in a let- ter to Deschutes County Commissioner Alan Unger last week (see the full text with photo by Jerry baldocK kids, parents, and shopkeepers all got into the spirit for Sisters’ halloween parade (see story, page 7). Deputy Brent Crosswhite has been in law enforcement with the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office for 16 years, as a patrolman and as a detec- tive. Now for the first time, he’s serving as a school resource officer in Sisters schools. Deputy Crosswhite is find- ing the experience to be “an entirely different facet of law enforcement.” Law enforcement work See paVeD path on page 30 See Deputy on page 25 Mini poodle rescues furry companion By Jodi Schneider McNamee Correspondent Sisters resident and Rotarian Gayla Nelson spends a lot of her time outdoors on her 10-acre ranch, caring for her four horses. Her two dogs — Louie, a 22-pound mini poodle, and Zoe, a tiny Yorkshire terrier — enjoy tagging along. Last month, a routine morning of tending to a horse in need turned into a terrifying ordeal for Nelson and her two furry friends. “Suddenly I heard Louie start barking like crazy and then I heard Zoe, she was yelping loudly. Then Louie’s bark turned vicious and he sounded like a Rottweiler. This all happened within a couple of seconds,” Nelson said. “I ran toward them, they weren’t far away, and Zoe came limping toward me Inside... PRE-SORTED STANDARD ECRWSS U.S. POSTAGE PAID Sisters, OR Permit No. 15 yelping in pain with blood all over her.” A large coyote had wan- dered into the yard in broad daylight and nabbed Zoe, the smallest canine. But to the coyote’s surprise, Louie became extremely aggres- sive in protection of Zoe. The coyote was intimidated and dropped Zoe out of the clutches of its sharp teeth. Coyotes, an icon of the American West, are com- mon in Oregon, where they are widely distributed across the landscape. Coyotes are commonplace in rural areas around Sisters Country, but have been spotted in urban areas as well. According to Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW), Coyotes are skilled hunters and will See Coyote attaCk on page 24 Barclay Barn comes down By Jim Cornelius News Editor A demolition crew took down the old Barclay Barn along Locust Street/Camp Polk Road on Saturday. The site will be the new home of Cascade Street Distillery, which also has a tasting room on Cascade Avenue. Contractor Steve Keeton said that the barn was struc- turally unsound and could not be retrofitted for use. However, much of the barn materials will be reused. “We saved a bunch of stuff to make trim out of,” he said. There are also a couple of larger pieces that could be incorporated into the new approximately 3,800-square- foot distillery. “The barn has been vacated and not in use for several years,” the owners of Cascade Street Distillery said in a prepared statement. photo by Kit Stafford the Barclay Barn came down last week on a site that will be the home of Cascade Street Distillery. “All of us at Cascade Street Distillery are excited to bring the barn back to life. After meeting with engineers, con- tractors and architects, the safest way to regenerate the barn requires disassembly. “Great care and consid- erations will be given for reclaimed timber, and we will be using the timber for the distillery. The Chamber of Commerce has requested some of the reclaimed tim- bers for their own proj- ect. The remaining of the reclaimed timber we would like to see be repurposed to the Sisters art community, and the unusable timber will be recycled appropriately.” Keeton told The Nugget See BarClay BarN on page 22 Letters/Weather ................ 2 Sisters Salutes .................11 Movies & Entertainment ....13 Obituaries ....................... 23 Classifieds .................. 27-29 Meetings ........................... 3 Announcements ................12 Sisters Naturalist ..............17 Crossword ....................... 26 Real Estate .................29-32