Wednesday, April 13, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Boom, bubble or bust
for Central Oregon?
Lady Outlaws win Sky-Em opener
Bend – Is Central Oregon
in another boom?
At the Bend Chamber Real
Estate Forecast Breakfast,
panelists will compare then
and now and discover if the
recent growth in housing
prices is based on sound eco-
nomic ground, or speculative
growth.
On April 20 at the Tower
Theatre, state economist and
moderator Damon Runberg
and panelists Dan Hobin,
CEO and co-founder of G5;
Jay Lyons, principal broker
at Compass Commercial Real
Estate Services; Todd Taylor,
CEO of Taylor Northwest;
Steve Klingman, presi-
dent of Hayden Homes; Jon
Skidmore, assistant city man-
ager for the City of Bend; and
Wendy Adkisson, managing
principal broker of Keller
Williams Realty will educate
the audience on what all of
this may mean for our com-
munity and businesses.
“The Holy Grail for econ-
omists is to find a leading
indicator that can be used
to explain current economic
conditions; the trigger that
foreshadows expansion or
recession,” said Runberg.
“The rapid recovery has given
many that sense of déjà vu,
a sense that these economic
conditions are similar to those
years of rapid growth during
the housing boom.”
Panelists will first travel
back in time to 2005-2007
After getting its first win
of the season over Cottage
Grove, the Sisters High School
varsity softball team discov-
ered why Elmira and Sweet
Home are ranked among the
state’s top 4A teams.
The Outlaws started the
week with a 19-9 win over
Cottage Grove, but then fell
in five-inning contests to
unbeaten Elmira, 16-0, and
Sweet Home, 18-0.
Dating back to the 2015
season, the win over Cot-
tage Grove was the locals’
third-straight Sky-Em League
win. But the ensuing losses
dropped the Outlaws to 1-2 in
league and 1-5 overall.
In beating Cottage Grove,
junior lefty Amanda Smith
struck out 17 in the six-inning
contest. She recorded all of
the Outlaw outs by strikeout
with the exception of one.
Smith also hit a three-run
home run and singled twice. In
addition to her roundtripper,
the Outlaws had a surplus of
offense as senior Leah McIn-
tosh tripled and singled three
times and Zoe Nason doubled
and added three singles. Also
getting base hits for SHS were
Sarah Hartford, Haley Mag-
alic, Sophia Affatati, Marie
Coffee and Kylie Steiner.
The 10-run victory was the
Outlaws first run-rule victory
(leading by 10 runs or more
after five innings) in three sea-
sons, dating back to 2013.
All total, Sisters collected
when Central Oregon’s econ-
omy was “booming” to learn
from the past. Next, they will
jump back to the present to
discuss how the election and
the erratic stock market will
impact growth trends, prop-
erty prices, construction and
Bend’s urban growth bound-
ary remand.
It’s about getting
stakeholders in the room
who can give us knowledge
we wouldn’t otherwise
have access to and sharing
that information with the
community at large.
— Robin Rogers
“At the Real Estate
Forecast Breakfast, my goal is
to really look at what impacts
us: employers, employees,
residents, homebuyers and
homeowners,” said Bend
Chamber Vice President of
Programs and Events Robin
Rogers. “It’s about getting
stakeholders in the room
who can give us knowledge
we wouldn’t otherwise have
access to and sharing that
information with the com-
munity at large. The audi-
ence will get their questions
answered and their concerns
addressed.”
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two-dozen base hits.
They committed 16
errors, giving them
35 in the three Sky-
Em League games.
The Outlaws,
however, were on
the other side of
run-rule decisions
against Sweet Home
and Elmira, the Ore-
gon Schools Athletic
Association’s No.
2-ranked team with
a 13-0 record.
Smith had 14
strikeouts in five
innings against
Sweet Home (7-5
on the season), but
walked seven and
the Outlaws com-
mitted a dozen
errors.
“Sweet Home is
a good ball team,”
said
Outlaws
photo by Jerry baldock
Coach Dave Smith.
“ T h e y c a m e t o Shauna Ferrel makes the play in centerfield.
play and they did.”
S a v a n a Ry a n
doubled to lead the Outlaws coming along,” said Smith,
against Elmira.
who praised the play of
Miranda Jensen pitched a Steiner, who has caught,
two-hitter with eight strike- played shortstop and second
outs, had three hits and scored base this season.
four times to lead Elmira’s
He also praised the play of
(3-0 Sky-Em) win. Josie outfielder Shauna Ferrel.
Dickson added two hits and
The Outlaws were sched-
three runs batted in.
uled to complete the first
Due to injuries, Smith has round of Sky-Em League play
been forced to put players in by hosting Junction City on
positions they don’t normally Monday and travel to Suther-
play, but found many silver lin on April 13. They open
linings in the lineup changes. the second round of Sky-Em
“I am impressed with action on April 15 at Cottage
the way these girls are Grove.