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Wednesday,April13,2016The Nugget Newspaper,Sisters,Oregon
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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
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the grand prize of a 64 GB
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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.”
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