Cloverdale Livestock Club shines
at Deschutes County Fair page 4
Creek restoration
project launched page 13
The Nugget
Vol. XXXIX No. 32
P OSTAL CUSTOMER
On Friday, July 29 fire-
fighters from Oregon
Department of Forestry,
U.S. Forest Service, Sisters-
Camp Sherman Fire District,
and Cloverdale Fire District
responded to a fire located
off Wilt Road north of Sisters
on land owned by Deschutes
County. Prior fuel treatments
in the area allowed for a suc-
cessful coordinated multi-
agency initial attack response
to easily stop the fire at one
acre. Due to the condition
of the fuels, resources easily
contained the fire and began
mop-up even as temperatures
Peter Eshrick of Camp
Sherman was making his
annual pilgrimage hike
into the saddle above
Canyon Creek Meadows on
Wednesday, July 20, with
his daughter Katrina and her
two kids, Camila and Samuel
(ages 12 and 10), when
Camila suddenly shouted,
“What’s that over there on the
mountainside?”
“What, over where?” Peter
replied.
Camila pointed to the
talus slopes on the side of
Three Fingered Jack, above
the ice lake and said, “Those
white dots over there. They’re
moving; they look like polar
bears, or maybe they’re
unicorns.”
“Well,” said Peter, recall-
ing the tale, “Camila’s sharp
Top cops
respond to
violence
By craig rullman
Correspondent
photo by Jim Cornelius
the Hood street ramblers played old-time music on the streets of sisters last week.
In recent weeks the nation
has seen a tragic string of
violent outbursts against law
enforcement.
Five police officers were
shot to death in Dallas, and
three more law enforcement
professionals in Baton Rouge,
and there were violent line-of-
duty deaths in San Diego and
elsewhere around the country.
The Nugget sat down with
Deschutes County Sheriff
Shane Nelson and Black
Butte Ranch Police Chief
Denney Kelley to discuss the
impact of such incidents on
local deployment strategies,
See LAW offIcErs on page 30
Of mountain goats
and unicorns
Correspondent
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Pickin’ on the porch...
See fUELs on page 25
By Jim Anderson
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Inside...
Hand Lake hike includes
a lesson in history page 20
young eyes may have been
able to spot them easily, but
it took a lot of pointing and
describing before I finally
saw what she was pointing at.
“By then Katrina and
Samuel had reached the top,
and of course both of them
spotted what we were talking
about straight away. Soon the
debate was raging: Bighorn
sheep? Mountain goat? Polar
bear? Unicorn? There was
a strong contingent going
for polar bear, with unicorn
having at least one vocal
proponent.”
When Peter passed this
story on to The Nugget, there
was only one who could
answer the questions that
developed from the sight-
ing: Oregon Department of
Forestry Wildlife Biologist
Corey Heath in the Bend
See goAts on page 24
Sisters man attends War College
By Jim Anderson
Correspondent
Last October, Ren and
Sue Broomhead of Tollgate
received what turned out to
be a once-in-lifetime invita-
tion. Their son, Col. John
Broomhead, stationed at
the Pentagon, asked them if
they would like to attend his
graduation from the United
States Army War College in
Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
As it turned out attend-
ing the graduation was just a
part of the Broomhead’s war
college experience. He was
asked if he would like to take
part in several other aspects
of the experience — partici-
pating in seminar groups and
contributing in classroom
discussions.
The guests who are asked
to attend come from aca-
demia, media, government,
business, religion, and other
fields. They represent a
cross-section of experience,
photo provided
ren and sue Broomhead with son, John and his wife, clara at John’s
recent graduation from the U.s. Army War college in carlisle, PA.
contemporary interests and her to contribute to seminar
views of American society. group discussions.
Also, as a nominee, they can
To begin with, there are
be a representative of their only 66 nominees invited to
organization and culture, attend as guests and partici-
someone deeply concerned pants at the graduation pro-
with the well-being of the gram. They could not have
nation, and a person whose any links to the military;
experience, knowledge and
interests will enable him or
See WAr coLLEgE on page 22
Letters/Weather ................ 2 Sisters Salutes .................. 5 Announcements ............... 10 At Your Service.............15-18 Classifieds .................. 27-29
Meetings ........................... 3 Obituaries ......................... 9 Movies & Entertainment ....11 Crossword ....................... 26 Real Estate .................29-32