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The Nugget
Vol. XXXX No. 5
P OSTAL CUSTOMER
News and Opinion
from Sisters, Oregon
www.NuggetNews.com
Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Winter’spnotpthroughpwithpSisterspCountry
By Ron Thorkildson
Correspondent
Somewhat more moderate
temperatures over the past
two weeks have aided Central
Oregon residents in digging
out from one of the heaviest
snowfalls in recent memory.
But there’s still a lot of
snow piled up that may take
weeks to clear, and weather
forecasters call for more cold
and precipitation through
February.
Longtime inhabitants of
Sisters say they can’t remem-
ber such a protracted spell
of cold, snowy weather in at
least 24 years, going back to
the winter of 1992-93.
Don Rowe has been a resi-
dent of Sisters since 1957.
“This winter is only the
third time I’ve had to shovel
snow from my roof in 38
years,” said Rowe.
He remembers the 1992-
93 winter, but thinks we
probably got a little more
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Sistersproadpprojects
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
The Sisters roundabout
is just one of several road
projects on the books in
coming months. ODOT per-
sonnel were on hand at an
open house held last week
with exhibits explaining
four highway projects sched-
uled for the Sisters area,
from February 2017 through
October 2018.
The largest project, set
to begin this month, is the
construction of a round-
about at the intersection of
Highway 20 and Barclay
Drive/McKinney Butte Road.
Knife River Corporation will
be doing the work, which is
expected to be complete by
Memorial Day 2017.
Inside...
was three or four feet. I also
remember seeing a thermom-
eter that showed the tempera-
ture was 36 degrees below
zero,” he said.
This season, early winter
See WINTER on page 25
See KIDNAPPING on page 30
PHOTO BY CHARLIE KANZIG
During the period of con-
struction, there will be a
variety of detours for motor-
ists around the construction
area so that access to and
from Sisters to the west will
never be completely shut
down. Installation of the art-
work and landscaping for the
roundabout will occur after
the construction is complete.
Other exhibits provided
maps and explanations for
three additional upcoming
projects.
Once the roundabout is
done, and the 2017 Sisters
Rodeo is in the history books,
a 15-mile paving project
will begin on Highway 20
between Sisters and Tumalo.
Highway 20 is a critical part
See ROAD WORK on page 31
who lives about half-way
between Sisters and Bend on
Highway 20, recalls a very
early start to a winter in the
late 1950s.
“It started snowing on
Halloween and by mid-
December the snow depth
Twop
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kidnappingp
case
Two people were arrested
on Friday in a kidnapping
case that started with an
incident at Sisters Mainline
Station and ultimately
spanned Deschutes and
Jefferson counties.
According to Deschutes
County Sheriff’s Office
Lt. Chad Davis, depu-
ties were dispatched to the
Sisters Mainline Station for
a report of a kidnapping at
3:40 p.m. on January 27.
Kiteara Westover, 23, and
Damian Patteeuw, 23, both
of Crooked River Ranch,
reported they were victims
of a kidnapping and had just
been released by the suspects.
Two Sisters adventurers found a way to get in some skiing as Sisters Country is still thoroughly covered with snow.
snow this time around.
“From the late 1950s
through the 1970s it seems
like two-foot snowfalls
occurred more often than they
do now, and began earlier in
the season,” Rowe added.
Naturalist Jim Anderson,
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Sisterspsayspgoodbyeptopappioneer
By Bonnie Malone / Jim Cornelius
Correspondent / News Editor
Dorro Sokol, Sisters
rancher, aviator, planning
commissioner, Rotarian and
rodeo stalwart, died last week
at her home on Pine Meadow
Ranch, at the age of 90.
“She died with four gen-
erations in the room,” her
daughter Cris Converse told
The Nugget.
Sokol, who moved to
Sisters in 1971, was an influ-
ential community-member
who watched a town of about
400 residents grow into the
thriving, diversified small
city it has become.
“People ask me if I’m not
disappointed in the growth of
this once-quiet little town,”
Sokol told The Nugget in
2014, when she was named
Grand Marshal of the Sisters
Rodeo Parade, “but the
PHOTO PROVIDED
Longtime Sisters resident — and legend — Dorro Sokol died last week.
caliber of people who have
moved in is quite extraordi-
nary. I have enjoyed them
coming here.”
As owner of Pine
Meadow Ranch, Sokol tried
See DORRO SOKOL on page 24
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