Hope Aesthetics promotes
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Outlaws run down
medals at state page 11
The Nugget
Vol. XXXIX No. 21
P OSTAL CUSTOMER
Three vintage airplanes
will fly over Sisters Rodeo at
the Saturday-afternoon perfor-
mance on June 11. Erickson
Collection in Madras is send-
ing the airplanes, which will
zoom overhead at the conclu-
sion of the National Anthem.
At the 75th anniversary
rodeo, two vintage planes
swooped over as Peggy Tehan
finished the last strains of the
anthem in near perfection,
streaking across the arena
as she struck the last note on
“brave.”
“We briefly lost radio
communication,” explained
John Baldwin, member of
the rodeo association and a
pilot himself. “The planes
were over Three Creek Lake
when I re-established con-
tact, recovering airspace in
the nick of time. It was pretty
exciting.”
The fighter planes are a
P-51 Mustang, painted in
See FLYOVER on page 25
News Editor
Voters in Sisters Country
said “yes” to the Sisters
School District’s $10.7 mil-
lion bond request in the May
17 election. By dint of several
other districts in Oregon fail-
ing to pass bonds, it appears
that the district is in line to
receive an additional $4 mil-
lion in state matching funds.
Funds will be allocated
for installation of security
systems; safety and ADA
improvements; facility and
site improvements includ-
ing HVAC renovations and
parking lot repairs; athletic
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
City sacks
longtime
attorney
Civil War in Camp Sherman...
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
photo by Lynn WoodWard
The Northwest Civil War Council hosted their annual reenactment encampment at House on Metolius last
weekend. The event was open to the public, who learned about life in the Union and Confederate armies circa
1863. Some 1,500 school students attended the event on Thursday, and the general public attended events
on Saturday and Sunday. The encampment featured men and women dressed in period clothing, musicians
playing music of the period, and battle reenactments. (See related story page 5.)
School district passes
$10.7 million bond
By Jim Cornelius
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facilities improvements; and
refinancing of full faith and
credit obligations used for
earlier capital improvements.
The bond passed by a
comfortable 5-percentage-
point margin — 52.49 percent
to 47.51 percent. However,
that represents a swing of
only 191 votes. Jay Wilkins,
a local citizen who was a key
leader in the bond campaign
in Sisters, is very cognizant
that a sizeable portion of the
population voted “no.”
“That increases the obli-
gation on the board and the
district to spend that money
See BONd on page 35
With Rick Allen at the
helm as the newly appointed
interim City Manager, the
Sisters City Council has
decided to also seek new legal
counsel, terminating its long-
term relationship with Steve
Bryant.
“Steve worked to serve
the City of Sisters for a long
time. However, as we’re
making changes, we’re look-
ing at things from top to bot-
tom and have decided to go
with new legal counsel,” said
Mayor Chris Frye after last
Thursday’s Council workshop.
Allen was to contact Bryant
last Thursday, but Bryant was
out of town and unavailable.
“The Council didn’t take
a formal vote but they did
discuss making a change.
Bryant’s contract allows for
See ATTORNEY on page 16
USFS dedicates Whychus Overlook
By Craig F. Eisenbeis
Correspondent
The new Whychus Creek
Overlook and loop trail opened
to the public last week. The
dedication ceremony was “by
invitation only” and not staged
for the general public because
of limited parking space. Still,
more than 100 people were on
hand for this long-anticipated
addition to the outdoor recre-
ation menu of the Sisters area.
Among those in attendance
were representatives of local
government, business and pri-
vate organizations that worked
together to preserve and make
accessible a special aspect of
Sisters Country.
The overlook and adja-
cent trail are part of The Tale
photo by aMy raCKI
Officials conduct a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony at the dedication of
the Whychus Creek Overlook last week.
of Two Rivers Treasured
Landscapes Conservation
Campaign, encompassing
both Whychus Creek and the
Metolius River. The over-
look is just the latest of a
continuing series of projects
and improvements to enhance
the region’s watershed res-
toration, recreation, and
See USFS on page 26
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