Artist’s show reiounts
National Park adventure page 7
Sisters students turn
themselves into deteitives page 15
Author publishes
short stories page 20
The Nugget
Vol. XXXIX No. 42
Fire season
is offiiially
over
The soaking rains of the
past several days were prob-
ably a sufficient clue, but
just to make it all official, the
Central Oregon fire chiefs
announced that the end of
wildland fire season was
declared Saturday, October
15.
Open burning within the
Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire
District is now allowed with
the following requirements:
• Download (www.sisters
fire.com) or pick up a copy
of the Sisters-Camp Sherman
Fire District Outdoor Burning
Regulations at any one of the
stations located in Sisters,
Squaw Creek Canyon Estates,
or Camp Sherman and have
on site where burning is to be
performed.
P OSTAL CUSTOMER
News and Opinion
from Sisters, Oregon
www.NuggetNews.com
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
A moment of glory...
Esterman
running
for iouniil
seat
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
B.J. Groat, who has Down Syndrome, lined up for a special play after the coin toss at the Outlaws’ homecoming
game. He ran for a 40-yard touchdown and was congratulated by his teammates in the end zone. Groat
has been helping with the team for two years and this was his first chance to suit up and get on the field.
See FIRE SEASON on page 30
Correspondent
Sisters’ Three Creeks
Brewing Co. recently cap-
tured a gold medal at a pres-
tigious international brewing
competition in Colorado,
winning with their FivePine
Chocolate Porter.
The Great American Beer
Festival, now in its 30th
year, is held in Denver and
sponsored by the Brewers
Association, a parent trade
group for craft breweries.
The competition and festi-
val are billed as “the largest
commercial beer competition
in the world, and a symbol of
brewing excellence.”
Zack Beckwith, who has
been brewing professionally
for 10 years and is now head
Inside...
Longtime Sisters-area res-
ident and event coordinator
Richard Esterman is running
for one of three seats on the
Sisters City Council.
“I’ve lived in the commu-
nity for a long time,” he said.
“I’ve watched it through good
times and bad times. I think
I have positive input. I know
I can be fair, consistent, and
without favoritism.”
He sees several areas that
he thinks the Council needs
to work on: “Getting the
trust of the community again;
working together as a team
See ESTERMAN on page 19
Three Creeks Brewing
Co. wins gold
By Craig Rullman
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brewer at the brewery, told
The Nugget that the competi-
tion at the GABF is “fierce,”
and that the Three Creeks
team was both “surprised
and happy” with their gold-
medal result. In the event,
21 medals were awarded to
breweries from Oregon, and
only five of them gold, land-
ing Three Creeks in rarified
air.
This year, the competition
saw a total of 7,227 entries
divided into 96 categories,
with a total of 161 different
styles of beer up for judging.
The 264 judges, composed of
industry professionals certi-
fied in beer judging, hailed
from 12 countries around the
world.
See GOLD AWARD on page 10
Hudson oversees sihool projeits
By Steve Kadel
Correspondent
The man who is oversee-
ing Sisters School District’s
bond measure projects has
deep roots in Sisters and
Central Oregon.
Project Manager Brett
Hudson and his wife, Cara,
moved to Sisters in 1997, and
their two children went from
kindergarten through gradu-
ation in the District. The
couple still lives in Sisters
and remains active in school
activities, including helping
operate concession stands at
Outlaws athletic contests.
They also were found-
ing members of the Outlaw
Booster Club, and he is presi-
dent of the organization.
“We have a lot of ties to
Sisters,” Hudson said. “Our
hearts are in this town. I have
a lot of ownership with these
PHOTO BY STEVE KADEL
Brett Hudson is the project manager coordinating renovation work
throughout Sisters School District under the bond voters approved.
projects.”
He was born in Portland,
but grew up in Bend and
Redmond, graduating from
Redmond High School.
Cara, too, grew up in Central
Oregon.
Now Hudson is bring-
ing his background in
development to the job of
making sure capital projects
funded by the bond proceed
in an efficient, cost-effective
way. His role is to serve as
the school district’s liaison
to the architects as well as
See HUDSON on page 24
Letters/Weather ................ 2 Sisters Salutes ..................4 Announiements ................12 Crossword ....................... 26 Real Estate .................30-32
Meetings ........................... 3 Bunkhouse Chroniiles ....... 6 Movies & Entertainment ....13 Classifieds .................. 27-29 Hike ..................................31