Wednesday, April 5, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Two decades of digging in Sisters
USFS seeks input on
reissuing permit
By Steve Kadel
Correspondent
Mike Scherrer has had a
lot of jobs throughout his life.
He’s been a ski lift mechanic,
a fabrication welder, a car-
penter, a kayak instructor and
guide, and a bridge builder.
But there was always one tal-
ent he could rely on.
“I have this knack for run-
ning equipment,” Scherrer
said.
That’s been the basis of
his business, Cascade Bobcat
Service, which marked its
20th year of operation on
March 21. He received his
contractor’s license on that
day in 1997 when the busi-
ness was on Cloverdale Road.
It has now moved to Forked
Horn Drive, where Scherrer
has his shop and home.
He and his wife, La Cresa,
have been married for 30
years, and she takes care of the
company books and helps line
up clients. Her experience as
the former events coordinator
for the Sisters Area Chamber
of Commerce gave La Cresa
lots of contacts.
“We built the business to be
a home business,” Mike said.
“It’s a partnership between my
wife and I.”
Cascade Bobcat does all
kinds of excavating, from
trenching and tree removal to
grading for driveways or RV
pads. He also creates ponds
and berms.
“I can pretty much cover
any kind of dirt work,” said
Scherrer, who goes by the
nickname “Bobcat Mike” and
wears a silver ring in one ear.
Comments from clients on
the company’s Facebook page
include tributes to the graceful
way Scherrer does his work.
He said the goal is going
beyond the adequate.
“It’s my artistic outlet for
sure,” he said. “I have to be
artistic with what I do. That’s
what I like about it.”
He opened the business
PHOTO BY STEVE KADEL
Mike Scherrer is celebrating the 20th anniversary of his rural Sisters
business, Cascade Bobcat Service.
with a minimum of equip- “Bobcat Brewskys” and “Can
ment: a 1960 Ford F350 truck Ya Dig It.”
he called “Old Orange” and
He’s as meticulous about
a Bobcat skid steer. He has making beer as he is on an
expanded over the years and excavating job. Scherrer has a
now has nine implements, notebook that contains all the
although Scherrer doesn’t details of each batch of brew.
want to grow too big.
After 20 years in business,
“I can only work so much,” Scherrer gets most of his work
he said. “I’m only one guy.”
by word of mouth from former
The couple came to the customers. He’s long been
Sisters area in 1995, and knew involved in the community,
they wanted to open a business having donated his time for
but weren’t sure what kind. dirt work when the elementary
The choice was obviously a school was built and giving a
wise one, with Scherrer saying big price break to Habitat for
he keeps as busy with jobs as Humanity for their houses.
he wants to be.
Overall, Scherrer couldn’t
He uses his shop to mod- be happier with his business
ify some of his implements, or his family’s location just
tailoring them to the type of east of Sisters.
jobs he does. He also uses
“This is what I’ve always
the space for his beer-making wanted to do and where we’ve
hobby. He even has his own always wanted to be,” he said.
bottle labels, which read, “We feel blessed.”
Sisters Ranger District
is looking for public input
regarding a project proposal
to renew an existing special-
use permit for Lake Creek
Lodge and to issue a new
special-use permit for road
access across National Forest
System lands. Both applicants
need special-use road access
permits for standard ingress
and egress to their private
property.
There are two permits to
be considered: The first per-
mit is an existing special use
permit for road access across
NFS lands, which is currently
expired. The permit holder,
who is in compliance with our
current regulations, has con-
firmed their need to renew.
Permits are generally
authorized for a term between
one and 20 years, depend-
ing on the use. At the time of
expiration, a special-use per-
mit with a new term must be
reissued if the permit holder
wishes to continue the use.
The decision to reissue an
existing permit varies on a
case-by-case basis, and per-
mits are usually issued if there
is still a need and the holder
is in compliance with Forest
Service regulations.
The second permit from
Lake Creek LLC is request-
ing a special-use permit for
road access across NFS lands.
Sarah Conroy,
Chiropractor
PREVENT HEAL FEEL BETTER
Although not previously per-
mitted by the Forest Service,
the new permit would include
a section of existing road;
no new construction or other
modifications are proposed.
The project would autho-
rize the reissuance of one spe-
cial-use permit and the issu-
ance of a new special-use per-
mit. No changes in operations
or new ground disturbance
would occur. Both permits
would be either issued, or
reissued for a standard period
of 10 years.
Submit comments to S.
Mike Bishop, Admin Support
& Special Use Assistant,
PO Box 249, Sisters, OR
97759; phone 541-549-7737;
FAX 541-549-7746; email
comments-pacificnorthwest-
deschutes-sisters@fs.fed.us.
Those submitting hand-deliv-
ered comments may do so
between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Monday through Friday.
Those submitting elec-
tronic copies must do so only
to the email address listed
above, must put the project
name in the subject line, and
must either submit comments
as part of the email message
or as an attachment only in
one of the following three
formats: Microsoft Word,
rich text format (rtf) or Adobe
Portable Document Format
(pdf).
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