Kerani Mitchell gives back
to her hometown page 26
Drummer teaches
rhythms at SES page 29
The Nugget
Vol. XXXIX No. 40
Sisters man rides
border-to-border page 32
P OSTAL CUSTOMER
News and Opinion
from Sisters, Oregon
www.NuggetNews.com
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
Winning streak...
‘Anything
goes’ in
winter
forecast
Breckel
crowned
Rodeo
Queen
By ron thorkildson
Correspondent
With the arrival of autumn,
climate experts are weighing
in on what kind of a winter
we might expect here in the
Pacific Northwest. After serv-
ing as a caldron where one of
the strongest El Niños in 65
years was brewed last sea-
son, conditions in the tropical
Pacific Ocean have returned
to more normal levels. What
atmospheric scientists need to
figure out now is where to go
from here.
photo by jerry baldock
Keagan Greaney with a defensive header in a win that pushed the Outlaws’ league record to 5-0. (See story, page 4.)
Blum seeks election
to her council seat
Correspondent
Andrea Blum is the
only incumbent Sisters
City Councilor running this
November for election to one
of the three available seats on
the Council.
Blum was appointed a year
ago to fill the vacancy on the
Council created when Wendy
Holzman resigned. Her year
has been one of trial by fire,
including the contentious
resignation of city manager
Andrew Gorayeb, the firing of
longtime city attorney Steve
Bryant, and resignations of
the finance director and the
senior planner, and the work
of finding their replacements.
Blum has experienced
first-hand the difficulty cre-
ated with continual turnover
of Council members and staff.
“It has been difficult for
Inside...
Emylia Breckel was
crowned as the 2017 Sisters
Rodeo Queen on Sunday,
September 25, at Sisters
Rodeo grounds. She gave a
vibrant speech praising Sisters
Country and the rodeo before
riding her horse, Dutch, in an
impressive display of horse-
manship and training.
Six young women com-
peted for the title. The judges
felt that this may have been
the most skilled group of con-
testants they have scored in
many years.
“Rodeo queens are more
See QueeN on page 36
See fOreCaSt on page 38
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the City to move forward
with the community’s and the
Council’s goals because of the
continued turnover,” Blum
remarked, saying she will
bring “continuity and histori-
cal memory” to the Council.
“Now that I have served
a year on the City Council,
I believe I am more able to
understand the various alter-
natives that are available and
will be better able to advocate
for the community’s concerns
and priorities,” Blum told The
Nugget.
She believes that the first
year as a member of the City
Council is mainly a learning
experience.
“I’m finally feeling like
I can be proactive on the
important issues that I hear
about from the commu-
nity, instead of just reacting
See BluM on page 31
Brew fest gets Sisters hoppin’
By Jodi Schneider McNamee
Correspondent
The Pacific Northwest
brewing scene is in full
bloom, and when the aroma
of fresh hops saturated the
air around Village Green on
Saturday, hundreds of folks
flocked to the seventh annual
Sisters Fresh Hop Festival.
The festival was hosted by
Three Creeks Brewing and
the proceeds benefited the
American Cancer Society.
The Festival featured
unique fresh-hop brews from
25 breweries around the state
of Oregon. Each participat-
ing brewery had at least one
fresh-hop beer.
Hops are the female flow-
ering cones of the hop plant.
Depending on the style of
beer, hops supply flavor, fra-
grance and bitterness, which
temper malt sweetness. And
once a year, in September,
regional hops are plucked
fresh and added to brew
photo by jodi schneider mcnamee
Zack, a rep from Crosby farms, showing hops with another rep.
recipes by brewers.
Three Creeks Brewing has
a great passion for fresh-hop
beers and was excited to be
the new hosts for the Festival.
“I think it was a great
opportunity for us to reach
out to other breweries that
haven’t been to the festival
before in order to get a really
See freSh hOpS on page 37
Letters/Weather ................ 2 Bunkhouse Chronicles ....... 8 Movies & Entertainment ....11 Focus on Health ...........17-25 Classifieds ..................33-35
Meetings ........................... 3 Announcements ............... 10 Sisters Naturalist ............. 16 Crossword ....................... 32 Real Estate .................35-40