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Wednesday, March 1, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
MEETING: Critics
want delay in state
listing decision
Continued from page 21
by concerned citizens was
a long time coming and it
wasn’t until after the ODA
hearing this month that the
impact of the Appendix M
listing was disclosed.
Airport neighbors have
two major concerns: qual-
ity of life and economics.
They contend that the airport
noise and increased com-
mercial activity is negatively
impacting the quality of life
that attracted them to Sisters
in the first place; namely, a
quiet rural lifestyle. They fear
reduced property values and
difficulty selling their prop-
erty, also due to the increased
noisy activity at the airport.
SOS asked that at the very
least the County and City
put pressure on the owners
of the airport, Benny and
Julie Benson, to sit down for
a face-to-face meeting with
concerned citizens impacted
by airport noise from com-
mercial operations, to build
a relationship involving com-
mon sense and good will on
both sides.
In the past, citizens report,
they were told to simply get
used to the activity and noise.
Sisters Country resident
Pat Kearney reported to
Council that the airport had
told SOS there are plans for
two skydiving planes, heli-
copter tours, and gliders
coming to the Sisters Airport.
Russell pointed to the
example of the Bend airport,
which collaborated with its
neighbors to establish a sepa-
rate body to deal with citizen
concerns regarding noise and
traffic from that airport.
County Commissioner
Tammy Baney assured those
present in the Council cham-
bers that the County will do
what they can to help medi-
ate between the airport and
the citizens. Baney thanked
the SOS members “for being
engaged and providing us
with information.”
City Council President
Nancy Connolly said she
appreciated the manner in
which they had “agreeably
disagreed” in presenting their
testimony.
The Nugget Newspaper Crossword
By Jacqueline E. Mathews, Tribune News Service
— Last Week’s Puzzle Solved —
Man missing in storm
found dead
The body of Lester Hyder,
the subject of an extensive
search in December after his
car was found abandoned,
was found last weekend.
On Sunday, February
26, at approximately 11:57
a.m, the Deschutes County
Sheriff’s Office received a
report of a hiker in the area
of Bessie Butte, who had
located the body of deceased
male. The body was located
approximately 100 yards east
from USFS Road 1810 and
approximately half a mile
south of China Hat Road.
Deputies, Detectives and the
Deschutes County Medical
Examiner’s Office responded
to the location of the body.
The remains were posi-
tively identified as Lester
Hyder.
According to the
Associated Press, the
69-year-old Prineville man
was last seen when he ran
out of gas in Crescent, about
48 miles south of Bend. An
Oregon State Police trooper
gave him a lift to a gas station
in La Pine, where his brother
Roy Hyder picked him up and
drove him back to his truck.
After filling up the truck
with gas, the brothers headed
in separate vehicles to
Prineville. Roy Hyder was in
the lead, but the two got sepa-
rated, the sheriff’s office said.
Roy Hyder pulled over in
La Pine and waited for his
brother, who didn’t show up.
Roy drove back to Crescent
and couldn’t find him. He
reported his brother missing
that evening.
No evidence of foul play
was discovered and it appears
Hyder succumbed due the
elements after he walked
away from his vehicle that
had become stuck in the
snow. Hyder traveled on foot
in a snowstorm that would
eventually result in 2-3 feet
of snow. Hyder had last
been seen alive in the area of
Tekampe Road in southeast
Bend and his pickup was later
located approximately 1.5
miles northeast of where his
body was eventually located.
The search for Hyder
logged over 1,200 hours.
The agencies involved in the
search consisted of DCSO
SAR volunteers and per-
sonnel from the U.S. Forest
Service, Oregon State Police,
Lane County Sheriff ’s
Office, Linn County Sheriff’s
Office, Clackamas County
Sheriff ’s Office, Crook
County Sheriff ’s Office,
Jefferson County Sheriff’s
Office (Camp Sherman Hasty
Team), and Pacific Northwest
SAR. Air assets from the
Oregon National Guard, the
Oregon State Police and
AirLink were also used in the
search.
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