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Wednesday, August 9, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon 11 Crews to Dairy Queen is family business in Sisters Tom had looked at a previ- remove 107- By Jim Cornelius ous site in Sisters, but passed; the current site was a more year-old dam business Dairy Queen is the family attractive proposition. for Tom Landon and So far, the traffic has been his son Christian. strong at the new Sisters store on Deschutes Tom’s parents owned a — about what they expected News Editor REDMOND (AP) — Crews have begun to tear down the 107-year-old Cline Falls Dam on the Deschutes River. The Bulletin reports the dam was built in 1910 to provide water and energy to a proposed commu- nity in Central Oregon and later generated hydroelec- tric power to the Redmond Airport during World War II. The wood-and-concrete dam is owned by Central Oregon Irrigation District and is nonoperational. Workers have placed excavators and sandbags on the river to temporarily alter the flow while they work to remove the dam this week. Officials expect the work to be completed by the end of August. District Manager Craig Horrell says after the dam is removed, trout and other fish species will be able to swim downriver more freely. Dairy Queen in Coos Bay back in the 1960s, when the franchise involved little more than a walk-up stand. Deciding after college that he’d do best in self-employ- ment, Tom stepped into his own Dairy Queen franchise. So did his brothers. Tom owns two Dairy Queens in Bend. He says the franchise arrangement is a good one for the franchise owner. Tom’s son Christian says, “I grew up in Dairy Queen. We’ve all worked Dairy Queen at some point or another.” “I started all the kids put- ting away freight with me,” Tom recalled. Now that family heritage has come to Sisters, at a new site on Highway 20 at the west end of town, between Bi-Mart and Ray’s Food Place. “Everybody likes Sisters,” Tom says. “We’ve thought about it for years, but we thought it was too small.” for this time of year — but the test of a restaurant in a tourist town always comes in winter. “I don’t know what to expect this winter,” Tom said. Despite growing up in DQ franchises, Christian was, until recently, on a different path entirely. “I always wanted to fly,” he said, “so I spent the last 12 years flying for the Air Force.” It was that strong sense of family that brought him into the Sisters business. “That’s really why I’m here,” he said. “I left my aviation career to come help family.” DQ offers burgers and other food choices like chicken strips – and it’s famous for its ice cream. Christian acknowledges that Sisters has some resis- tance to “fast food,” but PHOTO BY JIM CORNELIUS The Landon family has deep roots with Dairy Queen. They recently opened a franchise in Sisters. he says that “for the most part, it’s been a pretty warm welcome.” The Landons note that they are native Oregonians and committed to supporting their local community. “We’ll try to be as friendly and local as we can be,” Christian said. Because that’s they way they run a family business. FINEFURNITURE HALL TABLE S TEXAS HOLD ’EM 7 PM $20 buy-in, no re-buys. First hand dealt at 7 PM . Late arrivals can buy-in until 7:30 PM Menu at SistersSaloon.net 541-549-RIBS 190 E. Cascade Ave. SEE YOU THERE! Adam Bronstein Cra sman By Commission A lab s Siste e r d! of lov or n e Ow “Peter cleaned our entire house today, and it has been the best carpet cleaning we have ever had.” — Bill & Kathy Harwood, Sisters 541-410-1309 541-549-6471 SpringCreekWoodworking.com 35 Years Experience | Peter Herman, Owner