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16 Wednesday,April13,2016The Nugget Newspaper,Sisters,Oregon Rumble: Somelocal runnersturnedoutfor thegruelingcourse Fill out your bingo card for the Outlaws Continued from page 1 OutlawsTogetherBingois scheduledforMonday,April 25. Doors open at 5 p.m.; dinner starts at 5:30 p.m., andbingostartsat6:30p.m. in the Sisters High School Commons. Theeventisafundraiser forOutlawsathleticandco- curricularprograms. Buy-in for 11 games is $15 — and this includes a gameofBingoBlackoutwith the grand prize of a 64 GB AppleIPadMini3.Allpro- ceedsbenefittheSistersHigh SchoolAthleticsDepartment. A community dinner sponsoredbySistersPark& RecreationDistrictandThree CreeksBrewingrunspriorto thebingofor$2perperson. Thenightwillalsoincludea silentauction. For more information on contact Sisters High SchoolAthleticDirectorTim Roth at 541-549-4050 or tim.roth@sisters.k12.or.us. Nordell creamed the wom- en’sfieldonherwayto18th placeoverallwithatimeof 2:33:32.Ann Ciaverella of McMinnvillefinishedsecond in2:44:14amongwomenand thirty-third overall among 332finishers. Local finishers in the race included Vince Grace (3:07:48), Ramon Alonso (3:12:57),JessicaSlaughter (3:18:05), Jessie Durham (3:21:20), Winter Lewis (3:45:10),andLuciePronold a n d S h a n n o n B e u t l e r (4:19.46). Rick Stilson of Bend won the 40-mile course in 4:26:05,whileKyleOrmsby of Portland finished second in4:39:14. Joelle Vaught of Boise, Idahofinishedfourthoverall and first among women in 4:57.05. Second place was a battle as four women fin- ishedwithinthreeminutesof oneanother,butitwasAlice Nielsen of Portland who claimedrunner-uphonorsin 16thplaceoverallin5:40:04. A total of 120 runners completed the 40-mile course. Two Sisters resi- dentscompletedthe40-mile race. Kelley Moen finished in6:08:10andDaveRoberts clocked6:44:22. Meissner thanked the Sisters community for its continuedsupportoftherace. “Since I don’t live here anymore, I rely on all sorts of friends and volunteers to pull this event off every year,”hesaid.“Igotcompli- mentsalldayyesterdayabout howwellracersweretreated at aid stations, at junctions and at the finish, which I know, along with the great trails and beautiful scen- ery, is what makes people wanttocomebackyearafter year.” Meissner said that the comments he got over and over included two major themes:“Peoplecommented on how friendly everyone was and how unbelievably nicethetrailsystemishere inSisters.” The15thannualracewill takeplaceinApril,2017,and Meissner, who works as a professional running coach inDurango,Colorado,hopes afewmorelocalswillenter therace. “If people start planning andtrainingnowthereisno reasontheycan’ttakepartin the20-miler!”hesaid. Oregon snowpack looks promising Coldandsnowyweather inthefirsthalfofMarchbol- stered Oregon’s mountain snowpackanddelayedmelt- inginmostareas,according to the April Water Supply OutlookReportreleasedlast weekbytheUSDANatural Resources Conservation Service. Thanks to March snow storms, many monitoring sites across the state have reachedorsurpassednormal peak snowpack levels for this time of year—a much- improvedoutlookcompared tolastyear,whenmorethan halfofthesesitesweresnow- freeonApril1. Today’sdatashowssnow- pack levels ranging from slightly below normal to slightlyabovenormalacross all basins in the state. In westernOregon,snowpackis thelowestintheWillamette Basin at 80 percent of nor- mal;whileineasternOregon, thelowestsnowpackisinthe MalheurBasin,at69percent ofnormal.Today’scumula- tivestatewideaveragesnow- packis92percentofnormal. S n o w p a c k i n t h e Deschutes/Crooked River Basin is 10 percent above normal. Despitethecoldweather in the first two weeks of March, the last two weeks have been warm and dry throughoutOregon—which hasledtotheonsetofspring snowmelt in most loca- tionsacrossthestate.NRCS hydrologistsarestillpredict- ing near-normal or above- normal streamflows this summer,buttheycautionthat thosepredictionshingeonair temperature. “Air temperatures are critical right now — if we have a sunny and warm spring, the snowpack will melt faster and irrigation demands will start sooner,” said Scott Oviatt, NRCS Oregon snow survey super- visor.“However,ifwehave cooler mountain tempera- turesandanotherwetmonth, wecouldpreservethesnow- packforafewmoreweeks, delayirrigationdemand,and boostreservoirlevelsinthe regionsofthestatethatare stillrecoveringfromthe2015 drought.” Prevent a Litter, Fix Your Critter! FURRY FRIEND S FOUNDATION 501 ( c )( 3 ) www.furryfriendsfoundation.org 541-549-9941 501(c)(3) nonprofi t organization Spay/Neuter Sponsorships - Easy as 1-2-3 1 Stop by The Nugget offi ce to fi ll out a short form 2 Call Bend Spay & Neuter for the appointment 3 Take your pet — Furry Friends pays. Done!