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Wednesday, March 29, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Outlaws struggle
defensively, lose three
By Tom Mauldin
Correspondent
After dropping three
games and struggling defen-
sively, Sisters High School’s
varsity softball team will “get
back to some basics” during
spring break, said Outlaws
Coach Dave Smith.
The Outlaws lost their
home opener to Madras,
12-1, then ran into a buzz-
saw in Prineville at Crook
County High School as the
Cowgirls won 18-0 and
10-0. All totaled for the three
games, the Outlaws commit-
ted 47 errors.
“This was a hard week for
the Outlaws,” said Smith, the
second-year SHS coach. “We
came in undefeated and we
beat ourselves. I know the
potential of these girls. They
have been working hard, but
they have been making fun-
damental mistakes, so Coach
(Kerry) Mooers and I are tak-
ing them back down a notch
to the basics.”
The Outlaws opened the
week with their home opener,
but fell to Madras after com-
mitting 14 errors. They col-
lected six base hits led by
Amanda Smith and Bethanne
Yount.
Against Crook County,
Sisters managed just three
hits in the two games – one
in the five-inning first game
that ended 18-0, and two in
the 10-0 second game. Both
were run-rule limit games
lasting five innings.
In the opener of the non-
league twinbill, the Outlaws
totaled 19 fielding miscues.
The Cowgirls scored six in
the first, nine in the second,
and three in the third.
Smith found a few silver
linings against Crook County,
noting that Cassidy Ling-
Scott got time in the circle
and Yount was impressive in
catching both games.
The Outlaws, 3-3 on the
season, open Sky Em League
play on April 5 hosting
Elmira.
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
Bethanne Yount connects vs. Madras.
City snapshot
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
• Keep your eyes peeled
for a bit of guerrilla art in
downtown Sisters this week-
end. In conjunction with the
High Fiber Arts Symposium
to be held at FivePine Lodge
& Conference Center, local
students have prepared to
“yarn-bomb” locations in
town. Those locations remain
classified, but will become
highly visible once the action
is undertaken.
• Framing has begun on
the Dairy Queen being con-
structed on the corner of High-
way 20 and McKinney Butte.
To meet City requirements, it
will incorporate Western fea-
tures and significant use of
natural stone. There will be a
drive-through window as well
as 30 parking spaces.
• According to Public
Works Director Paul Ber-
tagna, the paving on Barclay
Avenue for the roundabout
will start this week and should
be done by mid-April, when
work will begin on McKinney
Butte.
An arrangement has been
agreed upon between the City
and the owner of the property
behind the new Dairy Queen.
There will be access across
that property between the
Bi-Mart parking lot and the
Ray’s parking lot. The new
access will replace that lost
by the closure of the other
cut-through when the Dairy
Queen construction began.
• The new restroom/
shower building for Creekside
Campground will be delivered
the week of April 3.
• Restrooms at Village
Green Park are once again
open and operational.
• Paul Bertagna reports that
on a busy summer weekend,
50,000 vehicles pass through
Sisters. On the weekend of the
total eclipse, August 19-20,
2017, an estimated 100,000
vehicles are expected, as
Madras is the epicenter for the
best viewing of the eclipse.
Rick Allen estimates that the
week before and week after
will also see increased tourist
traffic.
• The Public Works Depart-
ment, working with City Engi-
neer Eric Huffman, have iden-
tified 18 projects that form
the basis of the 2017 Water
Capital Facilities Plan Update
that provides a planning doc-
ument good through 2037,
when the population of Sis-
ters is projected to be 4,579.
The plan looks at the cur-
rent water production and
demands, operation and main-
tenance needs, current water
sources, and water distribu-
tion. It also looks beyond
2037 to new pipelines that
will be determined by future
development, a new transmis-
sion main to provide reliabil-
ity and redundancy, and a new
1.6-million-gallon reservoir to
meet fire-flow requirements.
There will be a public hearing
in April to provide an oppor-
tunity for the citizens to view
the proposed improvements
and make comments.
Sisters has the highest
water usage per capita of any
town in Central Oregon. Ber-
tagna attributes that to the fact
that Sisters’ water is compara-
tively cheap, residents like to
have green lawns, thousands
of tourists visit Sisters annu-
ally, and everyone gets the
first 7,500 gallons basically
free.
• Council voted to approve
requested street closures for
2017 events. My Own Two
Hands parade on Friday, May
12, will close Hood Avenue
from North Spruce Street to
North Pine Street for 30 min-
utes. The Glory Daze Car
Show, sponsored by Sisters
Park & Recreation District, on
Saturday, July 15, will close
East Main Avenue from North
Elm Street to the west side of
North Larch Street.
SPRD Executive Director
Liam Hughes reported that
the growing popularity of the
car show has created a capac-
ity issue. Last year they had
over 140 cars, up one-third
from the previous year. This
year they are expecting 200
cars, and they need increased
capacity. Hughes said they
are open to any suggestions
as to how to accommodate
the increased number of
exhibitors.
Central Oregon Shows
requested road closure for
four events. Art in the Park
and the Arts & Crafts Festi-
val request closures on Fri-
day and Sunday, June 9 and
11 and July 21 and 23, 4 to 7
p.m., for set-up and tear-down
on East Jefferson Avenue
between South Locust Street
and Highway 20. The Wild
West Show, Friday night,
August 18 through Sunday
night, August 20, will close
North Oak Street from High-
way 20 to West Main Avenue.
The Fall Street Festival, Fri-
day evening, September 1,
through Sunday, September 3,
will require the same closure
of North Oak Street as well
as West Main Avenue from
North Oak Street to North
Pine Street.
There are other closures
for the Rodeo Parade and
the Sisters Area Chamber of
Commerce’s Harvest Faire
and Christmas parade.
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