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Wednesday, June 7, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Buckaroo Breakfast marks 35th year Sisters had a warm
month of May
Every June, folks come
to Sisters for The Biggest
Little Show In The World, the
Sisters Rodeo. On Sunday,
festivities include the ever-
popular Kiwanis Buckaroo
Breakfast.
Since 1982, the Kiwanis
Club of Sisters has cooked
the pancake breakfast for
rodeo participants and the
community. Sisters Kiwanis
volunteers serve up hearty
stacks of pancakes, bacon,
sausage, made-to-order eggs,
orange juice, milk and coffee.
The Sisters Kiwanis Club
has come a long way from a
boiling pot of cowboy coffee
and a single griddle. Today,
seven grills and numerous
percolators serve over 1,000
hungry buckaroos who con-
sume 225 pounds of pancake
mix, 275 pounds of bacon,
200 pounds of sausage patties
and 180 dozen eggs.
According to breakfast
chairman Dave Cox, “The
Buckaroo Breakfast is all
about the camaraderie. The
Buckaroo Breakfast brings
together local residents,
Kiwanians, rodeo contestants
and community volunteers
PHOTO BY JEFF OMODT
Kiwanians Lydia Kulus and Roger Johnson serve up pancakes.
for much more than break-
fast; it’s the town spirit of
Sisters. The fact that the event
supports local youths makes
it even more special.”
The Kiwanis motto is
“serving the children of the
world.” The breakfast surely
exemplifies that motto!
Over 50 volunteers put
in more than 140 hours on
the day of the event to make
the fundraiser a success.
All proceeds go to Sisters
Kiwanis in support of Sisters
youths. Recipients include
high school scholarships,
Sisters Park & Recreation
District, Family Access
Network, Little League,
Healthy Beginnings, Ronald
McDonald House, the local
dental van and many others.
The breakfast runs from
7 to 11 a.m. on Sunday, June
11. Adults are $10; kids 4-12
are $5 and kids 3 and under
are free.
According to preliminary
data received by NOAA’s
National Weather Service
in Pendleton, temperatures
at Sisters averaged slightly
warmer than normal during
the month of May.
The average temperature
was 52.5 degrees, which was
1.7 degrees above normal.
High temperatures averaged
69.7 degrees, which was 3.3
degrees above normal. The
highest was 88 degrees on the
29th. Low temperatures aver-
aged 35.2 degrees, which was
0.1 degrees above normal.
The lowest was 22 degrees,
on May 1.
There were eight days
with the low temperature
below 32 degrees.
Precipitation totaled 0.12
inches during May, which
was 1.09 inches below nor-
mal. Measurable precipitation
— at least .01 inch — was
received on four days with
the heaviest, 0.04 inches,
reported on May 8.
Precipitation this year has
reached 6.64 inches, which
is 0.30 inches above normal.
Since October, the water year
precipitation at Sisters has
been 11.59 inches, which is
0.37 inches above normal.
The highest wind gust was
43 mph, which occurred on
May 11.
The outlook for June from
NOAA’s Climate Prediction
Center calls for above-nor-
mal temperatures and near- to
below-normal precipitation.
Normal highs for Sisters rise
from 70.0 degrees at the start
of June to 80.0 degrees at the
end of June. Normal lows
rise from 38.0 degrees to 42.0
degrees. The 30-year normal
precipitation is 0.86 inches.
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Shuttle Bus
From
Sisters Elementary School
(611 East Cascade Ave)
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1.5 hours before,
to 1.5 hours after the Rodeo.
See ya at the Rodeo!