Sisters students traveled
to Greece page 4
Equestrians bring home the
gold at state meet page 14
The Nugget
Vol. XXXIX No. 20
School bond results
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P OSTAL CUSTOMER
News and Opinion
from Sisters, Oregon
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Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Sisters celebrates the arts at MOTH
By Jodi Schneider McNamee
Correspondent
An astonishingly generous
community stepped up
to raise a grand total of
approximately $140,000
to support arts and music
programs in Sisters during
the 15th annual My Own Two
Hands (MOTH) fundraiser
last weekend.
The art auction and party
held annually at Ponderosa
Forge & Ironworks was
the scene of hot and heavy
bidding on magnificent
art — from functional art
like furniture and other
woodwork, to paintings, to
musical instruments to a
tipi.
The fundraiser supports
the arts and music education
and outreach programs of
Sisters Folk Festival.
Among
some
wild
bidding wars there were
some breathtaking moments
of generosity from the
contributing artists. Susie
Zeitner contributed one of
her signature glass light
fixtures — along with a
working session with the
News Editor
Rough estimates indi-
cated that there are some-
thing like 200 trees along the
Highway 20 corridor west
of Sisters that are dead or
dying. The Forest Service and
the Oregon Department of
Transportation have acknowl-
edged that the use of the pes-
ticide Perspective© — along
with environmental factors
like drought — caused the
die-off.
“Nobody can say for sure
how many trees are affected
or will be,” said Sisters
District Ranger Kristie Miller.
Inside...
Analyzing
the
Gorayeb
report
By Jim Cornelius
News Editor
photo by Jay Mather
Susie Zeitner’s donation —a hand-crafted glass light fixture got double-action in the MOTH auction.
winning bidder. When two
bidders dueled all the way
up to $4,000, Zeitner offered
to double her contribution.
USFS to identify dead
trees for removal
By Jim Cornelius
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Sisters, OR
Permit No. 15
Miller told The Nugget
that the Forest Service is
working with ODOT to figure
out what the next steps will
be in addressing the prob-
lem. ODOT is responsible for
handling trees that become a
safety issue on the highway,
and a spokesman told The
Nugget last week that hazard
trees will be cut down as part
of regular highway mainte-
nance operations.
Miller said that her agency
will conduct an environmen-
tal analysis to identify trees
that need to be cut down and
remove them.
See TREES on page 21
So both bidders won,
and the Festival gained
$8,000.
Paige Bruguier, a former
student who benefitted from
the Festival’s programs
See ARTS on page 22
In the face of an order
from District Attorney John
Hummel, the Sisters City
Council agreed on Monday
to release the investigator’s
report into the conduct of now
former city manager Andrew
Gorayeb.
Goryayeb had been placed
on administrative leave on
February 25, after complaints
were made by some City
employees regarding conduct
that was described only
as not financial, physical,
or sexual in nature. An
independent investigation of
the complaints took several
weeks to complete, followed
by lengthy deliberations by
the council, which culminated
See REPORT on page 20
Leave young wildlife in the wild
May and June are the
months when newborn ani-
mals are getting their start in
the wild. Help them out by
giving them space and leav-
ing them alone.
ODFW and Oregon State
Police remind Oregonians
that taking young animals out
of the wild isn’t just against
the law — it’s also bad for the
animal. These animals miss
the chance to learn important
survival skills from their par-
ents like where to feed, what
to eat, how to behave as part
of a group and how to escape
from predators.
Every year about this time,
ODFW offices across Oregon
get calls from people con-
cerned about “orphaned” deer
fawns, elk calves, seal pups
photo by annaMarie norMan
Leave ’em alone!
and other animals they find
alone. But the mother ani-
mal is usually just off feeding
not far away. She will return
soon, so don’t interfere.
“People often pick up
animals they find alone out of
good intentions, without real-
izing they may be sentencing
the animal to an early death by
removing it from its natural
See WILD on page 15
Letters/Weather ................ 2 Announcements ................12 Obituary ...........................17 Crossword ....................... 23 Classifieds .................. 25-27
Meetings ........................... 3 Movies & Entertainment ....13 Sisters Salutes ................20 Bunkhouse Chronicle ....... 24 Real Estate .................28-32