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Sisters Olympian hosts ‘Olympic Day’ page 7 Cyclists Crest the Cascades in wet, chilly ride page 15 The Nugget Vol. XXXIX No. 25 P OSTAL CUSTOMER On Thursday, June 16, five members of the Camp Sher- man Hasty Team responded to Carl Lake in the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness area to locate a lost Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) hiker. Alison Sterley of Anchor- age, Alaska was located north and east of Carl Lake. Sterley told team members that her cell phone, which she was using for navigation, had died and the snow on the PCT had forced her down. Sterley used her DeLorme satellite device to contact search and rescue. City of Sisters plan- ners and developer Hayden Homes are trying to deter- mine the future of a portion of Hayden’s housing develop- ment at the west end of town. The public hearing regard- ing Hayden Homes’ request for a modification to their 2005 Master Plan of Village at Cold Springs was contin- ued until Wednesday, June 29 at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall. At their meeting last T h u r s d a y, t h e S i s t e r s Planning Commission con- sidered Hayden’s request to withdraw the developed west- ern portion of Village at Cold Springs from the remaining undeveloped 18.37 acres of the development. Hayden would like to have Increase in airport activity irks some neighbors By Jim cornelius News Editor photo by Jerry baldock Brett hudson drives at hole No. 1 at the 2016 outlaw open at aspen lakes. (See story, page 16.) Competing values are tan- gled in a dogfight over Sisters Eagle Airport. A revitalized airport is seeing increased flights and thriving business activity that spurs the local economy. But some local residents are feeling that all that activity is coming at the expense of their tranquility. In recent weeks, there has been an uptick in complaints from neighbors about the noise from planes — takeoffs See aIr traffIc on page 22 Wrestling with multi- family housing Correspondent Wednesday, June 22, 2016 Golf for a cause... See reScue on page 24 By Sue Stafford PRE-SORTED STANDARD ECRWSS U.S. POSTAGE PAID Sisters, OR Permit No. 15 News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon www.NuggetNews.com Camp Sherman Hasty Team rescues PCT hiker Inside... An indispensable backpack book page 31 the modification approved to make the completed housing area a stand-alone develop- ment. The developed por- tion consists of 119 single- family parcels, 4.2 acres of open space, and 5.73 acres of right-of-way. Trying to build the plan proposed in 2005 for the 18-plus acres left would probably be impossible with the current codes in place. If the modification is approved, Hayden could submit a new master plan for the 18 plan acres, which would eliminate the confusion now surround- ing the property. In 1999, the area encom- passing Village at Cold Springs was annexed into the city and zoned high- density residential. In 2004, See houSINg on page 20 Spring recital entertains hundreds By Jodi Schneider McNamee Correspondent Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” And over 120 talented danc- ers, ages 2-19, proved just that through their extraordi- nary performances at Sisters Dance Academy’s annual spring recital on Saturday evening. The academy’s chore- ographers, Sharri Bertanga, Tiffany Cormalis, Kayla Williams and Lonnie Liddell, organized and orchestrated 36 dance performances to a sold-out house at the Sisters High School auditorium. It seems that dance is no longer limited to the floor, and heck with the laws of gravity. Sisters Dance Academy dancers leaped, cartwheeled and flipped their way through performances to photo by Jerry baldock excerpts from “the Wizard of oz” were featured in the annual Sisters Dance academy spring recital. the theme of “Dreams.” what your dreams are and “Believe in your dreams, go after them,” said Lonnie they were given to you for Liddell, director of Sisters a reason. After watching Dance Academy. our show tonight I hope you know a little bit more about See recItal on page 30 Letters/Weather ................ 2 Announcements ................12 Sisters Salutes .................15 Obituaries ....................... 25 Sisters Naturalist ............. 29 Meetings ........................... 3 Movies & Entertainment ....13 Crossword ....................... 23 Classifieds ..................26-28 Real Estate .................29-32
