Belly dancing and
Shakespeare page 4
‘Man-quilter’ back teaching
at Quilter’s Affair page 9
The Nugget
Vol. XXXIX No. 27
Hitting the trails in
Northwest Camp page 14
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News and Opinion
from Sisters, Oregon
www.NuggetNews.com
Wednesday, July 6, 2016
Sisters celebrates 4th of July at airport
By Erin Borla
Correspondent
The crowd was hopping
early at the Fifth Annual
Sisters Eagle Airport 4th of
July Fly-In and Car Show.
By 8 a.m. the runway was
lined with planes. Classic
and unique cars dating back
to 1914 and running clear up
to the newest Tesla models
stood proud in the Sisters sun.
Sisters Eagle Airport is
celebrating 80 years this year
— originally built and opened
by George Wakefield in 1936.
“We are glad to use this
community asset for this fun
community event,” said air-
port owner Benny Benson.
The morning kicked
off with an emotional flag
drop brought in by Skydive
Awesome! co-owner and
instructor Ryan Scothern.
One onlooker said watching
the flag coming in from the
sky — coupled with the play-
ing of the National Anthem
— brought tears to her eyes.
Scothern has jumped over
8,000 times and is no stranger
to carrying the flag. The drop
at this event was from 5,000
A B i g L a k e Yo u t h
Camp contractor was killed
last week in a fall on Mt.
Washington west of Sisters.
On July 1, combined
resources from the Linn
County Sheriff ’s Office,
Deschutes County Sheriff’s
Office, Corvallis Mountain
Rescue, and Oregon Army
National Guard searched
an area of Mt. Washington
for Brian Robak, 28, from
Hillsboro.
The Deschutes County
Sheriff’s Office had received
a call from the Big Lake
Youth Camp at about 3:32
a.m., reporting that Robak
was overdue from hiking
City
manager
search
delayed
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
stadium carrying the flag.
“I love the freedom (of the
jump),” says Scothern. “All
Sisters City Council has
decided to delay beginning
the search for a permanent
city manager until after the
election of a new council in
November.
On the advice of Interim
City Manager Rick Allen,
they considered several key
factors that make the delay
seem like a logical decision:
If the current Council were to
be conducting the interviews,
the potential candidates would
not be meeting the Council for
whom they would potentially
be working. Allen indicated
that might cause some hesita-
tion on the part of applicants.
Council also agreed that
the passage of more time
See 4th oF July on page 21
See cIty mANAgER on page 20
photo by Jerry baldock
Ryan Scothern’s drop with the American flag stirred emotions on the Fourth of July.
feet — much lower than the
normal 10,000 foot drop
“I have jumped into
rodeos, high school gradu-
ations, football games and
Hiker dies in fall
on Mt. Washington
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up nearby Mt. Washington.
Robak had left his vehicle at
the camp and began his hike
by himself at about noon. At
about 4:30 p.m., Robak took
photos from the summit of Mt.
Washington, sending them
to some of his family and
friends.
Robak was due back at the
camp at 8 p.m., but did not
arrive. Staff members from
the camp hiked up a portion of
the trail in an attempt to locate
Robak, but were unsuccess-
ful. Numerous attempts were
made to contact Robak via his
cell phone without success.
See hIkER on page 20
even people’s backyards — if
they are big enough,” he said.
“My favorite was when I
was dressed as a mascot — a
hawk — and jumped into the
Ski Inn hit with ‘jean bomb’
The Ski Inn in Sisters
hasn’t been the same since
a wind-blown tree fell on
it several years ago. Last
weekend, the building was
hit again — this time with a
“jean bomb.”
Right on time for Quilt
Show Week, the face of the
old Sisters building was
transformed with guerrilla
fabric art made of countless
pairs of jeans. Like most tag-
gers, the artists responsible
have tried to avoid the spot-
light. Sisters being a small
town, however, the rumor
mill swiftly came up with a
couple of prime suspects:
Kathy Deggendorfer and Kit
Stafford, with an engineering
assist from Karl Goodwin.
An additional person of
photo by Jim cornelius
the Ski Inn has a brand new facade, thanks to some creative Sisters
artists.
interest, Mike Blesius of with a weed trimmer and
Sisters Bunkhouse, report- knocked down weeds and
edly stopped by while walk-
ing his dog — then returned
See ‘JEAN BomB’ on page 13
Letters/Weather ................ 2 Announcements ................12 Sisters Naturalist ............. 19 Obituaries .................. 23-24 Classifieds .................. 25-27
Meetings ........................... 3 Movies & Entertainment ....13 Running Commentary ...... 22 Crossword ....................... 24 Real Estate ................. 27-32