Girls soccer names
new head coach page 6
Food carts serve hungry
folks in Sisters page 8
The Nugget
Vol. XXXIX No. 26
Sisters Habitat dedicates
two new homes page 11
P OSTAL CUSTOMER
News and Opinion
from Sisters, Oregon
www.NuggetNews.com
Assisted
living
moving out
of land-use
limbo?
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Inmate who
walked off
work crew
caught
Sisters in its summer clothes......
By sue stafford
Correspondent
Plans for assisted-living
facilities in Sisters may be
moving out of land-use legal
limbo.
In response to a remand
from the Land Use Board of
Appeals (LUBA), Sisters City
Council approved a resolution
Thursday night to deny the
appeal by Pinnacle Alliance
Group (PAG) regarding modi-
fication to an existing mas-
ter plan and a site plan for
PRE-SORTED STANDARD
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Sisters, OR
Permit No. 15
photo by Jim Cornelius
New-cut hay, blue skies and sunshine, and the three sisters in all their summertime magnificence.
See LANd use on page 30
An inmate who walked
away last Thursday from
a Deer Ridge Correctional
Institution (DRCI) work crew
near Sisters was apprehended
the next day and is in cus-
tody in Multnomah County,
according to Oregon State
Police.
DRCI staff discovered
inmate Richard Clark missing
at approximately 1:45 p.m.
Thursday, June 23. Clark is a
29-year-old who entered DOC
custody on March 31, 2016,
on two counts of attempted
robbery in the second degree
out of Washington County.
His earliest release date is
June 11, 2019.
Quilt Show week
kicks off with stroll
Nordell sets record in endurance race
Quilt Show festivities
get underway with the 13th
annual Sisters Outdoor Quilt
Show Fiber Arts Stroll from
noon to 4 p.m., Sunday, July
3 at sponsoring businesses in
downtown Sisters.
The fiber art stroll is a
free, self-guided walk featur-
ing more than 25 artist dem-
onstrations and special exhib-
its of textile-related arts and
quilting. Visitors will be able
to engage in hands-on activi-
ties with a number of the art-
ists. Fiber art stroll maps can
be found in participating busi-
nesses that host the artists,
Stitchin’ Post, and at Sisters
Area Chamber of Commerce.
The goal of the event is to
increase the awareness and
showcase fiber arts to the
public while honoring the
work of fiber artists from a
broad range of mediums. The
Feats of endurance and
fortitude are not unfamiliar
to Ashley Nordell, a Sisters
woman who competes in
ultra-endurance trail running.
Nordell’s most recent race,
the Bighorn 100, tested her
for over 21 hours, navigating
rugged Wyoming trails. High
altitude, a rough start, and
tough course conditions did
not stand in her way; Nordell
won the race, and came away
with a course record.
Nordell, a mother of two
toddlers, finds herself train-
ing with the philosophy of
quality mileage over volume.
While her competition might
train for 100-plus miles a
week, Nordell trains 60-80
miles, focused on quality. She
attributes the added benefit to
her first season collaborating
with a coach.
“A coach is a person you
Inside...
event will provide artists with
a quality environment to pres-
ent their work to the public.
The fiber arts stroll art-
ists share and demonstrate
their textile work including
weaving, felting, hand-knit-
ting, fabric dyeing, basketry,
quilting and more. Artists are
selected on the basis of origi-
nality of their work and adher-
ence to a “fiber arts” theme.
The event kicks off a week of
festivities for the 41st Annual
Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show.
The SOQS Fiber Arts
Stroll is just one of many
events surrounding the main
event, the Quilt Show itself,
which runs from 9 a.m. to
4 p.m. on July 9.
From July 1-29, enthusi-
asts can enjoy a self-guided
tour of more than 90 quilts on
See stroLL on page 21
By Andrew Loscutoff
Correspondent
photo provided
Ashley Nordell is an endurance racing champion.
must be accountable to. In
my case, my coach is also
a family man and full-time
teacher, he understands the
added stress and responsibil-
ity. We work well together
See NordeLL on page 21
Letters/Weather ................ 2 Stars Over Sisters .............. 7 Movies & Entertainment ....13 Obituaries ....................... 24 Classifieds .................. 25-27
Meetings ........................... 3 Announcements ................12 Bunkhouse Chronicles .....20 Crossword ....................... 24 Real Estate ................. 27-32