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The Nugget
Vol. XXXX No. 1
P OSTAL CUSTOMER
News and Opinion
from Sisters, Oregon
www.NuggetNews.com
Detectives
make
arrest in
Sisters
stabbing
A 29-year-old Sisters man
was hospitalized with seri-
ous injuries and a 28-year-
old Sisters man was jailed for
attempted murder and assault
in an alleged stabbing inci-
dent in Sisters on Thursday,
December 29.
According to the
Deschutes County Sheriff’s
Office, Bend Police offi-
cers responded on Thursday
at about 3:51 p.m. to St.
Charles Medical Center
(SCMC) in Bend on the
report of a victim of a stab-
bing in the emergency room.
It was determined that the
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It shows no signs of stopping...
Sisters
schools
had a busy
2016
By Steve Kadel
Correspondent
PHOTO BY JIM CORNELIUS
Sisters’ winter weather is poised to continue, with more snow and frigid temperatures forecast through
the week. The question is not so much how to remove the snow from downtown parking areas, but where
to put it all.
See STABBING on page 21
It was a busy year for
Sisters School District in
2016, highlighted by voter
passage of a bond measure to
upgrade every school. That
work began in the fall and is
continuing.
The District also got good
news in the annual report
card issued by the Oregon
Department of Education
for 2015-16. Sisters out-per-
formed the state average in
every category and every sub-
ject area that was tested.
Here’s a look at those
issues and several others that
See SCHOOLS on page 31
Killer of Camp Sherman Sisters Cold Weather Shelter opens
jogger dies in prison
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
By Jim Cornelius
News Editor
A man who killed a jogger
in Camp Sherman nearly 40
years ago has died in prison
of apparent natural causes.
John Arthur Ackroyd was
convicted in 1993 of the kill-
ing of Kaye Jean Turner, who
disappeared on a run in Camp
Sherman in 1978. Turner, 35,
left her rental cabin in Camp
Sherman for an hour’s run on
the morning of December 24,
1978. She never returned. Her
remains were found the next
year, but it wasn’t until 1993
that the State of Oregon was
able to obtain murder convic-
tions against Ackroyd and
Roger Dale Beck in separate
trials in Jefferson County.
Turner worked as a social
Inside...
services manager in Eugene
and was staying at Lake
Creek Lodge with her hus-
band, Noel, and a group of
friends for the Christmas
holidays. An avid runner, she
set out for her morning run
of about eight miles and was
never seen alive again.
Ackroyd, who worked
with Beck at Santiam
Junction for the highway
department, acknowledged
that he had seen Turner out
running that day. In a maca-
bre twist, in August of 1979
he led searchers to an area
where he claimed to have
found human remains while
walking his dog. Searchers
brought into the area found
articles of clothing, hair,
See ACKROYD on page 18
With near-zero night-
time temperatures forecast
for this week, daytime mer-
cury reaching only into the
teens, and biting wind swirl-
ing the drifts of snow, the
opening of the Sisters Cold
Weather Shelter (SCWS)
couldn’t come soon enough.
The opening has been highly
anticipated since the concept
was born several months ago.
Last Sunday evening,
opening night for the shel-
ter, there were two male
guests who came to enjoy
the warmth and safety of
the shelter. It is expected
the numbers will increase as
word spreads.
The mission of the shel-
ter, which can accommo-
date 34 guests, is simple: “A
diverse group of individuals,
PHOTO BY SUE STAFFORD
Volunteers check in the first guest at Sisters’ new cold weather shelter,
which will serve homeless people when temperatures plummet.
organizations, and churches
have come together to offer
shelter in Sisters for any-
one in need on cold winter
nights.”
The need is evident: A
Sisters man died of hypo-
thermia sleeping in his car
last month as temperatures
plunged below zero.
“The Sisters community
has been very supportive….
people signing up to volun-
teer, bring meals, donate sup-
plies, do laundry. Because
so many people have given
See SHELTER on page 26
Letters/Weather ................ 2 Bunkhouse Chronicle ......... 6 Announcements ................12 Sisters Salutes ................ 25 Classifieds ..................28-30
Meetings ........................... 3 Obituaries ....................... 10 Movies & Entertainment ....13 Crossword ....................... 27 Real Estate .................30-32