Track teams race into the
heart of the season page 9
Is alcohol increasing
your health risks? page 16
6,000 Easter eggs,
gone in seconds page 23
The Nugget
Vol. XXXX No. 16
P OSTAL CUSTOMER
News and Opinion
from Sisters, Oregon
www.NtggetNews.com
Aggressive
dog injures
Sisters
woman
Jodi Schneider McNamee
of Sisters was walking her
two small dogs in the area of
East Tyee Drive and South
Locust Street in Sisters last
Wednesday when a loose
dog — she believes it was a
pit bull mix — hit her from
behind and knocked her
down, causing a serious leg
injury that required surgery to
correct.
The dog “slammed into
me out of nowhere, real
hard,” Schneider told The
Nugget. “I hit the pavement
with my knees and pain jolted
through me and I couldn’t
move my leg. Luckily there
was a neighbor out nearby
PRE-SORTED STANDARD
ECRWSS
U.S. POSTAGE PAID
Sisters, OR
Permit No. 15
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
Roundabout construction rolling along...
PHOTO COURTESY ODOT
ODOT reports that dtring the week of April 17, the rotndabott constrtction contractor will open the
Barclay Road clostre to a right in/right ott. Dte to the contractor working in the center median section
of the highway, McKinney Bttte will be a right in/right ott as well.
In the median area of the highway there will be excavation, grading, and concrete paving for the new
roadway. There is also the potential for some nighttime work later in the week. No delays are anticipated
dtring daytime hotrs; there may be tp to 20-mintte delays at night.
See DOG ATTACK on page 30
Quick
action
stops
house fire
Quick action by homeown-
ers and a rapid response from
the Sisters-Camp Sherman
RFPD on April 12 kept a wall
fire from extending to the
entire home on Bitterbrush
Lane near Sisters.
Homeowners Chris and
John Zandofsky noticed
smoke and flames in the wall
near a pellet stove and called
911. The homeowners used a
garden hose to slow the prog-
ress of the fire while the fire
department responded. When
firefighters arrived they found
flames and sparks in the wall
and used a chainsaw to gain
access to the concealed fire.
Fire Chief Roger Johnson
See HOUSE FIRE on page 26
FS closing section of
forest to camping
New SHS greenhouse is dedicated
Faced with a large num-
ber of illegal campers, high
levels of trash and significant
sanitation issues, the Forest
Service will close a sec-
tion of forest near Sisters to
camping for two years.
Beginning late this month,
the Sisters Ranger District
will close an area adjacent
to Whychus Creek and in
close proximity to the city of
Sisters. The closure applies
only to overnight camping.
All day-use in the area will
remain open. The temporary
closure will begin on April
30 and end on April 29, 2019.
According to the Forest
Service, impetus for the clo-
sure order is ongoing user
conflicts that are leading
to public health and safety
issues. Long-term illegal
The Sisters High School
greenhouse rose like a phoe-
nix — not out of ashes but
out of a pile of snow. The
original greenhouse, located
at Sisters Middle School,
collapsed under the sod-
den weight of a two-foot
February snowstorm in 2014.
Since then, volunteers
have put in thousands of
hours and climbed over a
variety of administrative,
regulatory and engineer-
ing hurdles to raise a new
greenhouse on the grounds
of Sisters High School. And
the greenhouse that was
dedicated in a public ribbon-
cutting ceremony on Friday,
April 14, is by every measure
an incomparable improve-
ment over the demolished
structure it replaced.
Inside...
camping in the area has led
to chronic law enforce-
ment, trash, and sanitation
problems.
There is a 14-day camp-
ing limit on the forest, but
many otherwise homeless
people are living in that area
semi-permanently.
“This is primarily peo-
ple who have been residing
for long periods of time,”
said Deschutes National
Forest Spokesperson Jean
Nelson-Dean.
The large number of long-
term campers is difficult to
keep track of, and conse-
quently the rules are hard for
Sisters Ranger District law
enforcement officer Fred Perl
to enforce.
See CLOSURE on page 25
By Jim Cornelits
News Editor
PHOTO BY JEFF OMODT
Atdrey Tehan ctts the ribbon on Sisters High School’s new greenhotse as
voltnteer Dave Hiller and Stperintendent Ctrtis Scholl look on.
“We have potential to
dream pretty big with this
facility,” SHS sustainable
agriculture instructor Audrey
Tehan told the assemblage
at the ceremony. “This is
going to be kind of our living
laboratory … figuring out
different and more innova-
tive ways to grow food.”
The greenhouse fea-
tures radiant floor heating,
drip irrigation, aeroponics,
and hydroponics test areas.
See GREENHOUSE on page 30
Editorial/Weather .............. 2 Obituaries ......................... 5 Movies & Entertainment ....11 Focus on Health ...........13-18 Classifieds .................. 27-29
Meetings ........................... 3 Announcements ............... 10 Sisters Salutes .................12 Crossword ....................... 26 Real Estate .................29-32