Community feasts together
on Thanksgiving page 4
Christmas Tree Hunts are a
local family tradition page 17
The Zen of construction
in Sisters page 25
The Nugget
Vol.KXXXIXKNo.K48
P OSTAL CUSTOMER
News and Opinion
from Sisters, Oregon
www.NuggetNews.com
Wednesday,KNovemberK30,K2016
Holiday season kicks off with parade
ByKJodiKSchneiderKMcNamee
Correspondent
Dark skies with the threat
of rain couldn’t hold back
the hundreds of spectators
that lined both sides of Hood
Avenue on Saturday for the
39th Sisters Christmas Parade
sponsored by the Sisters Area
Chamber of Commerce.
This year’s theme, “A
Country Christmas,” was the
perfect fit for Sisters to show
off its small-town charm.
Spectators Sharon and
Gary Campbell from Tumalo
have been living in Central
Oregon for nearly 40 years
and remember being in the
Sisters Rodeo and Christmas
Parade on a horse at least
once.
“We’ve been coming to
the Sisters Christmas Parade
for many years; it’s become a
tradition. Our kids grew up in
the area,” Gary said.
With a combination of
floats, fire trucks and animals,
the Christmas Parade had
little folks and big folks alike
followed by the Hoodoo mas-
cot Harold the Hodag.
See KPARADEK on page 31
See KBIRDK on page 30
SantaKcameKtoKtownKforKtheKChristmasKParadeKlastKSaturday,KmarkingKtheKstartKofKtheKseason.
Frosty the Snowman cre-
ated some excitement among
the kids as he made his way
down the street waving, later
Missing
woman
found dead
A 24-year-old woman who
had been reported missing
last week from a home in the
Plainview area east of Sisters
was found dead Friday morn-
ing, November 25.
Investigators assured the
public that the death did not
involve foul play.
According to Deschutes
County Sheriff’s Office
Detective Chad Davis, Nickel
C-Ann Bird was reported
missing from a residence on
Paladin Drive at 6:02 p.m.
on Tuesday, November 22.
Deputies, a K-9 unit and an
Oregon State Police aircraft
participated in a search of
the surrounding area while
detectives followed tips from
the public and interviewed
family members and tried
to develop information on
Bird’s possible whereabouts.
PHOTO BY JODI SCHNEIDER MCNAMEE
applauding, laughing, and
cheering as each entry made
its way past, with emcee Bob
Buckmann narrating.
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Liden retiring from Sisters chorale
Local woman wins
1..-mile race in Ozarks
ByKJimKAnderson
Correspondent
ByKCharlieKKanzig
Correspondent
Ashley Nordell of Sisters
won the overall individual
title at the Ozark Trail 100
Mile Endurance Run in
Missouri on November 4.
The race for first came
down to the final miles,
making her first mixed 100-
mile race victory a real
barn-burner.
Nordell and runner-up
Tommy Doias of Missouri
were together at the final aid
station with 6.5 miles to go,
but Nordell prevailed, pulling
away from Doias to win in
19 hours 58 minutes and 58
seconds. Doias came through
in 20 hours 7 minutes and 17
Inside...
seconds.
Nordell, 36, had com-
pleted 11 100-milers prior to
her trip to Missouri, and did
not have her sights on win-
ning, but had checked the
course record and made some
tentative splits prior to the
race.
“It’s hard to know what
the day will bring until you
are in the moment,” she said.
“I try to have an open mind
before every race and not take
a performance for granted.”
The course, which is actu-
ally 101 miles, runs almost
entirely on the Ozark Trail
and included at least 20 creek
crossings, some knee-deep,
See KNORDELLK on page 24
Irene Liden is stepping
aside from her long-time posi-
tion as director of the Sisters
High Desert Chorale.
Liden’s not moving on;
she just wants to retire to see
and enjoy more of Central
Oregon. She came to Sisters
from San Antonio 11 years
ago, fell in love with all there
is to do here, and now finds
herself without enough time
to get to doing it.
This will mark yet one
more time Liden has retired in
her professional career: once
from 40 years at San Antonio
College, teaching music the-
ory, music ensembles, classes
and private voice; and as a
professional opera singer.
As Irene puts it, “I retired
to ski, hike and take in all
there is to see and do here, but
the call of music was hard to
resist, especially when I met
all the musical talent already
organized in Sisters 11 years
back”
Liden earned her Bachelor
of Music degree in opera and
voice performance from The
Eastman School of Music
in Rochester, New York,
considered one of the finest
music schools in the world.
She then earned her Master
of Music from the University
of Southern California in Los
Angeles, and went on as a
post-graduate in voice per-
formance at the University of
Texas in Austin, and then to
the University of Arizona in
Flagstaff.
It was from that point she
entered the world of opera in
PHOTO BY JIM ANDERSON
IreneKLiden,KretiringKdirectorKofKtheK
SistersKHighKDesertKChorale.
Santa Fe, New Mexico, per-
forming with the Shreveport
See KLIDENK on page 12
Letters/Weather ................ 2 Announcements ............... 1. Holidays ......................13-21 Obituaries ....................... 22 Classifieds ..................28-3.
Meetings ........................... 3 Movies & Entertainment ....11 Bunkhouse Chronicle ........21 Crossword ....................... 27 Real Estate .................3.-32