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Wednesday, March 16, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Sisters Rodeo poster is out
The 2016 Sisters Rodeo
poster is now available at
several locations in Sisters
and Bend.
This year, the rodeo chose
to highlight JJ Harrison, the
extremely popular barrel-
man and clown, whose antics
have entertained rodeo fans
since 2007.
Dennis McGregor was
commissioned for this paint-
ing. McGregor creatively
added a bull charging toward
Harrison, depicting the pre-
dicament of a rodeo bar-
relman when a bull wants
more action after he has
finished bucking. That is
the serious side of the job,
to get the attention of a bull
so a cowboy is able to get
safely out of the arena after a
ride.
There is no mistak-
ing the face of JJ Harrison,
who has become an annual
treat for Sisters Elementary
School children, and at
the rodeo where his PRCA
career began. The depiction
is photo-realistic, with JJ’s
mouth wide open to add to
the thrill of the chase.
McGregor, a premier
poster artist, has painted a
dozen posters for Sisters
Rodeo. He is also a very
well-known artist whose use
of vivid color mixes impres-
sionism with reality.
The poster is available
at the Sisters Rodeo ticket
office, Open Range, and
Dixie’s in Sisters, and at The
Boot Barn and High Desert
Feed in Bend.
Sisters Rodeo will begin
June 8 with Xtreme Bulls
followed by four rodeo per-
formances June 10-12. For
tickets and information, call
the ticket hotline at 541-549-
0121 or 1-800-827-7522, or
Irrigation manager to
discuss Whychus Creek
By Craig F. eisenbeis
Correspondent
photo provided
Sister rodeo’s new poster features the legendary JJ Harrison.
visit the ticket office at 220
W. Cascade Ave. in Sisters.
For information visit www.
sistersrodeo.com.
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“I think the Three Sisters
Irrigation District work repre-
sents a fascinating story,” says
Bjarne Holm, coordinator of
the Sisters Trails Alliance’s
(STA) ongoing lecture series
in Sisters.
Next week, Marc
Thalacker, manager of the
Three Sisters Irrigation
District (TSID) will give an
overview of his organization’s
continuing modernization of
their irrigation system and
their role, with other partners,
in the restoration of Whychus
Creek.
Over the years, the health
of Whychus Creek has been
a major concern in Sisters
Country. In the not-too-dis-
tant past, water use from the
creek sometimes exceeded
the stream’s entire water flow,
causing the creek to run com-
pletely dry in some areas.
Recent years, however, have
seen a concerted effort to
restore a healthy stream-flow
throughout the drainage sys-
tem. The cooperation among a
multitude of private organiza-
tions and public agencies has
become a successful model for
stream and habitat restoration.
Thalacker has been the
Manager of TSID since 1997
and has overseen multiple
projects designed to enhance
the irrigation water delivery
system in the Sisters area.
Eighty percent of TSID’s open
irrigation canals have been
converted to closed piping,
greatly reducing water loss
within the system. As a result,
and in partnership with other
organizations and agencies,
TSID has played a significant
role in returning a healthy
water-flow and improving
the water quality and restora-
tion of Whychus Creek and its
riparian habitat.
As an additional innova-
tion, TSID now uses its irri-
gation water-flow to power
a 700kw hydroelectric plant;
and their next project involves
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