Wednesday, July 6, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Festival all-event
passes sold out
The Sisters Folk Festival
has once again sold out its
all-event passes more than
two months in advance of the
event.
Passes for Sunday per-
formances only are still
available.
The festival runs
September 9-11, featuring
legendary singer-songwriters
Richard Thomson, Ruthie
Foster and Shawn Mullins
and bands like Session
Americana, Chuck Prophet
and the Mission Express,
The Brothers Comatose,
Los Texmaniacs and many
others.
Scottish fiddle master
Alasdair Fraser will perform
with Natalie Haas, and the
festival welcomes bluegrass
and folk veterans Laurie
Lewis and Tom Rozum with
Nina Gerber.
About 4,000 people attend
the Sisters Folk Festival,
which has gained a national
reputation for excellence.
Performers and audiences
alike especially appreci-
ate its unique format where
“all the town’s a stage” with
venues scattered throughout
town, many of them in local
eateries.
For more information
visit www.sistersfolkfestival.
org.
Hayden Homes
withdraws application
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
Last week, Hayden Homes
notified Patrick Davenport,
community development
director, that they were with-
drawing their current applica-
tion to remove the eastern 18
acres from the original master
plan for the 43-acre Village at
Cold Springs subdivision off
McKinney Butte Road.
During the Sisters
Planning Commission’s
public hearing on June 16
regarding the requested
modification to separate the
parcels, Hayden’s attorney
and several Hayden employ-
ees reviewed their proposed
development of the separated
18 acres, which increased
the number of single fam-
ily homes and decreased the
number of apartments. The
division would also leave the
already-finished portion of
the subdivision with a density
ratio well below that required
in the original approved mas-
ter plan.
See hAydEN homES on page 28
photo by Jim yuskavitch
Illegal trails disturb deer at a time when they need to conserve energy to survive the winter.
USFS to decommission area trails
By Jim yuskavitch
Correspondent
Beginning in July, the U.S.
Forest Service will begin
decommissioning an exten-
sive, illegal trail system in the
Stevens Canyon area north-
east of Sisters. Located within
the Metolius Deer Winter
Range, the trail system was
begun about two decades ago
by some off-road motorcycle
enthusiasts who took it upon
themselves to build a trail
through public and private
lands.
Over the years, this clan-
destine trail system has
grown to about 20 miles as
more off-road-vehicle users
created additional trail seg-
ments. Since the Forest
Service implemented its rule
in 2009 limiting off-road
vehicles to designated roads
and trails, illegal OHV use of
the Stevens Canyon trails has
declined. However, mountain
bikers have since discovered
the system and are riding it
extensively.
All that activity in the
Stevens Canyon portion of the
Metolius Deer Winter Range
— which stretches from the
Metolius River east to the
Deschutes River and includes
National Forest, Bureau of
Land Management and pri-
vate lands — has Sisters
Ranger District wildlife biolo-
gist Monty Gregg concerned.
“People think that because
there is lots of forest then
there is room for a trail,” said
Gregg. “But it’s mule deer
winter range that is significant
and critical habitat, and the
trail goes through areas that
are also important to other
species of wildlife.”
A mule deer population of
about 5,700 animals uses the
winter range. They migrate
down from higher elevations
in November and December,
then back up again in April
and May, traveling through
Stevens Canyon during the
early part of the fall migration
and later parts of the spring
migration.
Sara Gregory, wildlife
habitat biologist for the
Oregon Department of Fish
and Wildlife, studied the
Metolius deer herd from 2005
to 2012, putting radio and
GPS collars on about 100
See IllEgAl tRAIlS on page 30
SISTERS AREA MEETING CALENDAR
Central Oregon Council on Aging
Senior Lunch Tuesdays, noon, Sisters
Community Church. 541-678-5483.
Sisters Area Photography Club
2nd Wednesday, 4 p.m., Sisters Library
community room. 541-549-6157.
Al-Anon Monday, noon, Shepherd
Sisters Area SketchUp Users Group
of the Hills Lutheran Church •
Central Oregon Fly Tyers Guild
2nd Wednesday, 7 p.m., Earthwood
Wednesday, 6 p.m., The Episcopal
4th Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For
Timber Frame Homes. 541-549-0924.
Church of the Transfi guration.
location information: 541-549-2072.
541-549-8737 or 541-549-1527.
Sisters Astronomy Club 3rd
Central Oregon Spinners and
Tuesday, 7 p.m., SPRD. 541-549-8846.
Weavers Guild 4th Saturday, 1 to
Alateen Thursday, 7 p.m., The
3
p.m.
Sisters
Library.
541-639-3217.
Sisters Bridge Club Thursdays,
Episcopal Church of the
12:30 p.m., The Pines Clubhouse.
Transfi guration. 541-549-1527.
Central Oregon Woodworkers
Novices welcomed. 541-549-9419.
Guild 1st Tuesday. 541-639-6216.
Alcoholics Anonymous Thursday &
Sisters Cribbage Club Tuesdays,
East of the Cascades Quilt Guild 4th
Sunday, 7 p.m., The Episcopal Church
11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Ray’s Food Place
Wednesday, September-June, Stitchin’ community room. 541-923-1632.
of the Transfi guration • Saturday,
Post. All are welcome. 541-549-6061.
8 a.m., The Episcopal Church of the
Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board
Transfi guration • Monday, 5 p.m.,
Friends of the Sisters Library Board
of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m.
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church
of Directors 2nd Tuesday, 9 to 11 a.m., Location information: 541-549-1193.
• Tuesday, noon, Big Book study,
Sisters Library. 541-977-8285.
Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 to
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church •
8:30 a.m., Brand 33 Restaurant at
Thursday, noon, Sober Sisters Women Heartwarmers (fl eece blanketmakers)
Meeting, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City Aspen Lakes. 541-410-2870.
Hall. Materials provided. 541-408-8505.
Church. 541-548-0440.
Sisters Parent Teacher Community
Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday, 1 to 3rd Wednesday, 3:15 p.m., Sisters
Authors Support Group 2nd Friday,
4 p.m. 541-549-1028 or 541-548-3304. Elementary C-wing. 971-570-2405.
10 a.m., Sisters Area Chamber of
Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday.
Military Parents of Sisters 2nd
Commerce. 541-588-0081.
Thursday, 5:30 p.m., 17549 Knight Rd., Location information: 541-279-1977.
Bend (Plainview area). 541-388-9013.
Black Butte Macintosh Users Group
Sisters Rotary Tuesdays, noon,
3rd Thursday, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Sisters
Aspen Lakes Lodge. 541-977-6545.
Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters
Library community room. 541-549-1471. Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.,
Sisters Trails Alliance Board
Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-408-5594.
2nd Wed., 5:30 to 7 p.m. Sisters Art
Black Butte Ranch Bridge Club
Works. Public welcome. 541-719-8822.
Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m., Black Butte
SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings
Ranch community room. All welcome;
& Enrichment) Wednesdays, 1 to
Sisters Veterans Thursdays, noon,
partner required. 541-595-6236.
4 p.m. at SPRD. 541-549-2091.
Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-903-1123.
BOARDS, GROUPS, CLUBS
Three Sisters Irrigation District
Board of Directors 1st Tuesday,
4 p.m., TSID Offi ce. 541-549-8815.
Three Sisters Lions Club 1st
Thursday, noon, Ray’s Food Place
community room. 541-419-1279.
VFW 8138 & American Legion
1st Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.,
Sisters City Hall. 541-903-1123 or
541-549-1132.
Cloverdale RFPD Board of Directors
3rd Wednesday, 7 p.m., Main Station,
George Cyrus Rd. 541-548-4815. See
the agenda at www.cloverdalefi re.com.
Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD
Board of Directors 3rd Tuesday,
5 p.m., Sisters Fire Hall, 541-549-0771.
Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD Drills
Mondays, 7 p.m., Sisters Fire Hall,
301 S. Elm St. 541-549-0771.
CITY & PARKS
SCHOOLS
Sisters City Council 2nd &
4th Thursday, 7 p.m., Sisters City Hall.
541-549-6022.
Sisters Park & Recreation District
Board of Directors 1st Tuesday,
6 p.m., SPRD building. 541-549-2091.
Sisters Planning Commission
3rd Thursday, 5:30 p.m., Sisters
City Hall. 541-549-6022.
Black Butte School Board of
Directors 2nd Tuesday, 5 p.m.,
Black Butte School. 541-595-6203.
Sisters Christian Academy Board
of Directors 2nd Thursday, 8 a.m.,
RE/MAX Out West Realty offi ce at
Outlaw Station. 541-549-4133.
Sisters School District Board of
Directors One Wednesday per month,
SSD Admin Bldg. See schedule at www.
sisters.k12.or.us. 541-549-8521 x4011 .
FIRE & POLICE
Black Butte Ranch Police Dept.
Board of Directors Meets monthly.
541-595-2191 for time & date.
Black Butte Ranch RFPD Board of
Directors 4th Thursday, 9 a.m., Black
Butte Ranch Fire Station. 541-595-2288.
This listing is for reg
scheduled meetings; ularly
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