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Wrestlers bringing home the iron page 3 Sixteen-year-old solos in flight program page 11 Riding for a cause page 28 The Nugget Vol. XXXX No. 23 P OSTAL CUSTOMER News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon www.NuggetNews.com Wednesday, June 7, 2017 It’s Rodeo time in Sisters A small army of volun- teers has the arena painted, the signs up, the grounds spruced up and Sisters is all set to put on The Biggest Little Show in the World. As it does each year, the 77th annual Sisters Rodeo will bring the best competi- tors in the sport to Sisters to challenge some of the best rodeo stock in the business. Sisters Rodeo has the big- gest purse in the nation the second weekend in June, which brings top competi- tors and new challengers to compete for event purses of $10,000 in the Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association rodeo. Around 200 cowboys and cowgirls are entered over the five total days of rodeo. Xtreme Bulls begins on June 7, with 41 cow- boys competing in what has become the most popu- lar event in rodeo. Sisters will see the return of Shane Proctor, former PRCA World Champion and two-time PBR World Champion bull rider, and Steve Woolsey, a Sisters Rodeo bull-riding champion. PRE-SORTED STANDARD ECRWSS U.S. POSTAGE PAID Sisters, OR Permit No. 15 Sisters veteran honored in New York City By Craig Rullman Correspondent championship,” David said. “This is the biggest number of entries we have ever had.” Bareback riding, the clas- sic rodeo event, has the 2015 World Champion, Steven Brett Miller of Sisters has been honored by the Wounded Warrior Project as the recipi- ent of the George C. Lang Award for Courage. The prestigious award, presented at an event in New York City, was founded in memory of George Lang, a Medal of Honor recipient who passed away in 2005. It is bestowed upon an individual who best exemplifies the spirit and virtue of Lang, who was a humble yet unyielding advo- cate for all veterans, particu- larly those with disabilities. Although Lang shunned the spotlight, preferring to See RODEO on page 22 See VETERAN on page 31 PHOTO BY GARY MILLER Gary Baker and John Morris hang the sign for Sisters Rodeo. The event is an all-volunteer production. Rodeo action begins with the rough and tumble of the Wild Horse Race at each performance. Although not a PRCA event, the Wild Horse Race is enthusiastically wel- comed by Sisters Rodeo fans. Butch David, the Columbia River regional director of professional wild horse rac- ers, is excited to have a slate of 21 teams entered. “We will have a full slate of finalists, with three teams from each contest heading into Sunday for the 13-year-olds arrested for arson in Sisters Homebrew gets Sisters hoppin’ Three Sisters youths were arrested after a citizen’s tip allegedly connected them with an arson fire that dam- aged the snack shack at the baseball field between Sisters Middle School and Sisters Christian Academy. On Tuesday May 30, at about 3 p.m., the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office and the Sisters Fire Department responded to a report of a building on fire at the base- ball field. Units found the rear of the snack shack on fire. The fire was extin- guished within 10 minutes of the first fire unit arriving on scene. Americans have been brewing beer in their homes since colonial times. Both George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were home brewers. On Saturday, Sisters Park & Recreation District (SPRD) carried on the tradition with the first Sisters Homebrew Festival in partnership with Sisters Kiwanis at Creekside Park. The huge event tent housed more than 25 taps of the best homebrew in the region. The amateur brewmasters pro- vided kegs of their best cre- ations for patrons to sample. The festival was an exciting Inside... An initial investiga- tion offered few clues as to the cause of the fire and the investigation remained open. According to the sher- iff’s office, on June 3 a con- cerned citizen told the sher- iff’s office that three juve- niles who attended school in Sisters were involved in the fire. Patrol deputies and a school resource deputy with the Sisters School District picked up the investigation and interviewed several juve- niles throughout the day. After interviewing the juveniles, three 13-year-olds See ARSON on page 27 By Jodi Schneider McNamee Correspondent PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK Matt Kirchoff serves home brew. opportunity to highlight the immense creativity and talent of regional homebrewers. “I think this is a great community event for Sisters,” said Liam Hughes, SPRD See HOMEBREW on page 30 Letters/Weather ................ 2 Obituaries ......................... 9 Announcements ................12 Sisters Naturalist ..............15 Classifieds ..................24-26 Meetings ........................... 3 Of a certain age ............... 10 Movies & Entertainment ....13 Crossword ....................... 23 Real Estate .................26-32