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Anderson will hold audience rapt with raptors page 11 Outlaws crush Sutherlin on gridiron page 12 The Nugget Vol. XXXIX No. 39 P OSTAL CUSTOMER News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon www.NuggetNews.com Sisters resident Lorna Clarke reported witnessing several violent encounters between off-leash dogs and deer in the rough area behind the Sisters Elementary School ball field over the past month. “Hearing screams from humans and that of the deer first alerted us to two dogs that had instantly become a hunting pack when they came upon resting deer back there,” she reported. “The dog own- ers chased the dogs with giant sticks, while the dogs tore up the deer’s legs, mouth and tongue all left hanging off runners took to the trail on Saturday in Sisters Kiwanis’ Hoodoo Challenge (see story, page 17). It takes hours and hours, sometimes, to prepare a feast that is consumed in a matter of minutes. Some 150 people turned out to Fir Street Park on Saturday evening to feast on “buried beef” in a fundrais- ing event that supports Sisters Park & Recreation District (SPRD) programs and schol- arships. As they ate, they enjoyed a perfect, bluebird fall day and country music from Dry Canyon Stampede. The feast was days in the making. SPRD Executive Director Liam Hughes secured a cord of white oak wood from the Valley, as a City of Sisters public works crew brought out a backhoe and dug a pit in the vacant lot directly across the street from Fir Street Park. The use of the lot was donated by co-spon- sor Bank of the Cascades. The volunteers at Sisters Habitat for Humanity give their time because they believe in the Habitat mission and have a heart to help fami- lies in Sisters. Five of these volunteers were honored recently at Sisters Habitat for Humanity’s 25th Anniversary celebra- tion. These five have served for so many years that they were awarded the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award, an award presented to those who have given more than 4,000 hours to one organization. See AWArdS on page 31 SPRD buries the beef News Editor Habitat presents lifetime awards photo by Jerry bAldock See dOgS on page 29 By Jim Cornelius PRE-SORTED STANDARD ECRWSS U.S. POSTAGE PAID Sisters, OR Permit No. 15 Wednesday, September 28, 2016 Race to the Top... Deer vs. dog incidents repeated Inside... Writer creates legacy for friend page 15 At 8:30 p.m. on Friday night, Craig Rullman led a small party of fire-tenders in touching off a blaze in the pit. Fed by about three-quarters of the white oak cord, the blaze burned for five hours before the fire-tenders got it settled into a thick bed of coals. Passers-by were drawn to the blaze like moths, intrigued to see such goings on in the middle of Sisters. Strange and wondrous tales were told, dating back as far as the ancient strains of “Beowulf.” At about 1:30 a.m., Rullman tossed bundles of foil-and-wet-burlap-wrapped meat into the coals, where Hughes and the fire-tenders buried them. After securing the pit with snow fencing to foil accidental intrusion, the crew departed to let the beef cook in its primal oven. Some See BurIed Beef on page 29 Seed To Table invites town to dinner By Sue Anderson Correspondent Last Saturday night more than 100 locavores gath- ered in the Tehan pasture northeast of town to enjoy the first-ever Fall Harvest Community Dinner put on by the Seed to Table workers and volunteers. A sumptuous three-course meal featuring the nearby garden’s bounty was served family style and gave new meaning to eating organic and local. Anna Witham of Root Cellar catering pre- pared dishes that included bright salad greens and herbs, shredded kale sauteed with garlic, sliced tasty tomatoes, warm potato salad, smoked beef roast, homemade bread, and carrot cake with frosting topped with flower petals, all (except for the cow) recently harvested from less than 50 yards away. No paper or plastic plates photo by Sue AnderSon Over 100 community members enjoyed an outdoor dinner in the Tehan pasture Saturday afternoon with food grown by the Seed to Table farm. and cutlery were used, produce. Wine glasses in and the 100-seat table was hand, folks skirted piles of nicely decorated with flow- manure and waist-high kale ers, herbs, canning jars and to learn the intricacies of candles. Affordably priced organic gardening in our tickets to the event sold out challenging Central Oregon quickly. climate. Participants were treated “I found one, and they’re to a tour of the garden and really good!” exclaimed a greenhouses and invited to See fArm dINNer on page 30 sample the still-growing Letters/Weather ................ 2 Announcements ............... 10 Paw Prints ........................13 Sisters Saver ................... 23 Classifieds ..................26-28 Meetings ........................... 3 Movies & Entertainment ....11 Obituaries ....................... 16 Crossword ....................... 25 Real Estate .................28-32
