Celebrating centennial of
Camp Sherman Cabins page 11
Sisters woman honored
for volunteer work page 12
The Nugget
Vol. XXXIX No. 33
Cabot Lake: A mild adventure in
the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness page 15
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News and Opinion
from Sisters, Oregon
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Frye
reflects on
tenure as
mayor
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
Hiker
airlifted
from PCT
Hawaiian dancers...
By Jim cornelius
News Editor
Chris Frye will soon bring
down the gavel on his last
meeting as Sisters’ mayor.
He and his family are moving
outside the city limits, which
requires him to step down
from the Sisters City Council.
Frye was appointed to the
council in February of 2014,
when Catherine Childress
moved outside the city limits.
He was elected Mayor by his
fellow councilors in January
2015.
The departing mayor
pointed to increased support
for the Sisters Area Chamber
of Commerce as one of his
proudest accomplishments.
In part at his urging, the City
increased the Chamber’s share
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photo by Jerry baldock
Dance was a major feature of the SPrD hawaiian Luau last thursday. See story, page 9.
See frye on page 20
A hiker who was inca-
pacitated by a potentially
life-threatening condition
was airlifted last week from
Highway 242 near the Pacific
Crest Trail.
The Deschutes County
Sheriff ’s Office was dis-
patched on August 9 at 12:38
p.m. to a report of a hiker who
became unresponsive while
hiking north on the PCT from
the Dee Wright Observatory
located on Highway 242 west
of Sisters.
Hiker Amy Vandehey,
29, of Portland, reported
that Michelle Releford, 49,
of Garland, Texas, could
not continue on the trail any
longer and needed medical
assistance as soon as possible.
Based on GPS coordinates
received, Releford’s location
was about two miles up the
trail from Highway 242. Cell
phone reception in this area
See hIKer on page 22
SHS track, tennis courts Country fair served up lots of fun
under construction
By Jodi Schneider McNamee
Correspondent
By Steve Kadel
Correspondent
Sisters High School track
and tennis athletes won’t be
suiting up until next spring,
but their sports are already
getting a big boost this
summer.
A new running surface
for the track and new tennis
courts are under construction.
They’re the first projects to
begin using funding from the
$10.7 million bond measure
voters approved in May.
Superintendent Curt
Scholl said trees have been
cleared from a site for the
tennis courts. Final surfacing
Inside...
is scheduled to be done in the
next week.
The track construction
will allow the Outlaws track
and field teams to once again
host meets, which hasn’t
been possible due to frost
heaves and tree root upheav-
als that branded the track as
condemned. Workers with
heavy equipment continued
rounding the track into shape
August 9.
The track will be suffi-
ciently completed for Sisters
High School to play its home
football game September
2. Todd Grimes, of Beynon
See trAcK on page 25
Sisters served up sunny
skies and warm tempera-
tures as folks rolled in early
for the 21st annual Country
Fair and Art Show hosted by
The Episcopal Church of the
Transfiguration on Saturday.
It seems every year the
first thing folks think of
when arriving at the fair is
tasting a delicious piece of
Annie’s marionberry cobbler
at the Sweet Tooth Booth,
while volunteer Ann Reed,
who makes the mouth-water-
ing cobbler, dishes out the
delightful dessert.
The face-painting station
was very popular, and it’s
not just for kids. Volunteers
photo by Jodi Schneider McnaMee
Marjorie Guthrie stepped up to get a bumblebee painted on her face.
Delany Auten and Kiera
Gregg from Bend were busy
painting rainbows, bees and
other creative critters on folks
faces. Past art director for the
fair, Margery Guthrie, sat
very still while Auten painted
a whimsical bumble bee on
See couNtry fAIr on page 30
Letters/Weather ................ 2 Sisters Naturalist ............... 8 Movies & Entertainment ....11 Sisters Salutes ................ 19 Classifieds ..................26-28
Meetings ........................... 3 Announcements ............... 10 Obituaries ....................... 18 Crossword ....................... 25 Real Estate .................29-32