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Outlaws capture baseball league title page 7 Davis wins bike in veterans raffle page 15 Sisters Habitat hosts sixth annual Women Build page 19 The Nugget Vol. XXXX No. 20 P OSTAL CUSTOMER News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon www.NuggetNews.com Wednesday, May 17, 2017 Stroll, parade kicked off arts weekend By Ceili Cornelius Correspondent This past Friday Sisters turned out for the annual My Own Two Hands parade and art stroll. The event, started 17 years ago and then called “Painted Strings,” has devel- oped into a two-day event/ fundraiser for the Americana Project and arts programs in the schools and other out- reach programs of Sisters Folk Festival The parade and art stroll kick off the weekend through town. Art- and music-lov- ers strolled through town to the various art galleries and viewed some of the art pieces that were donated by various artists for Saturday’s fundraising auction. Along the way, they got to listen to some great local music. “One of the things I love about the community is the connection with everyone here. It’s great knowing the PRE-SORTED STANDARD ECRWSS U.S. POSTAGE PAID Sisters, OR Permit No. 15 City manager candidates bring deep experience By Sue Stafford Correspondent “This event means so much to us because most of Sisters’ The citizens of Sisters will get a chance to get acquainted with the candidates for the city manager position at a meet-and-greet on Monday, May 22, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at FivePine Lodge & Conference Center. Citizens will have the opportunity to provide feedback to the selection committee. Light refreshments will be served. The four candidates come from near and far, with a wide variety of experience. See AUCTION on page 29 See CANDIDATES on page 24 PHOTO BY ROB KERR, COURTESY SISTERS FOLK FESTIVAL Artists donated to the My Own Two Hands art auction, which raises funds for the programs of Sisters Folk Festival. artist gallery owners and coming in and saying hello to the people you know dur- ing this event,” said attendee Greg Weiland. Sisters Gallery & Frame Shop co-owner Helen Schmidling told The Nugget, Seeking enhancements Sisters hosts thousands for lacrosse to Whychus Creek By Jim Cornelius News Editor By Sue Stafford Correspondent Representatives of the Upper Deschutes Watershed Council (UDWC) met with the City Parks Advisory Board (PAB) at their May 3 meeting to discuss a project to consolidate and improve the approach to Whychus Creek where it runs through Sisters between the Creekside Campground and Creekside Park. That stretch of the creek is bounded by the Locust Street bridge on one end and the Highway 20 bridge on the other. In between there is erosion of the creek bank and multiple unofficial points of access to the creek. In the middle is the pedestrian Inside... bridge that carries foot traffic across the creek between the campground and the park. Included in the grant for the new campground restroom building was $10,000 ($5,000 from Oregon Parks and Recreation (OPRD) matched by $5,000 from the City) for repair and improvement of the creek bank in the camp- ground. After careful study, it was apparent that sim- ply planting some new trees would not solve the issues with the creek. There are City sewer lines attached to the bridges. The one on the Locust Street bridge is on the upstream side, leaving it vulnerable to dam- age from ice flows and large See CREEK on page 30 They came from as far away as British Columbia, in helmets and pads and wield- ing netted sticks, to play a game created by the native peoples of North America. Sixty-nine teams from Idaho, Washington, California, Oregon and that squad from BC — ranging from young- sters in the third grade to high school athletes — partici- pated last weekend in SALI, the Sisters Annual Lacrosse Invitational. Families tagged along, filling Sisters with diners and shoppers in between games. “We’ve got to be pulling about 5,000 people to town, I’d guess,” said Liam Hughes, executive director of Sisters Park & Recreation District (SPRD), the sponsor and PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK Players from third grade through high school from across the Pacific Northwest converged on Sisters for the annual SALI Tournament. organizer of the tournament. The tourney serves up approximately 150 games on eight fields during the weekend, with champion- ship games played at Reed Stadium, which is currently undergoing renovation Hughes noted that more than 50 volunteers worked many hours to pull together the complex event See LACROSSE on page 20 Letters/Weather ................ 2 Obituaries .........................4 Sisters Salutes ................ 10 Movies & Entertainment ....13 Classifieds ..................26-28 Meetings ........................... 3 Bunkhouse Chronicle ......... 6 Announcements ................12 Crossword ....................... 25 Real Estate .................29-32
