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From the Zuni Pueblo: Mystery, artwork, and love page 4 Make Halloween safe for your pets page 10 Otter found along Metolius has a name page 25 The Nugget Vol. XL No. 43 P OSTAL CUSTOMER News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon www.NuggetNews.com Wednesday, October 25, 2017 Red sky at morning... City taking a look at vacation rentals PRE-SORTED STANDARD ECRWSS U.S. POSTAGE PAID Sisters, OR Permit No. 15 Saving homes from fires By Sue Stafford By Andrew Selsky Correspondent Associated Press The City of Sisters, like many cities across Oregon, is taking a hard look at regula- tion of vacation rentals. The discussion on vaca- tion rentals by the Planning Commission continued at their October 19 workshop, after they received a map pre- pared by City staff on which all 41 vacation rental proper- ties were marked. SISTERS (AP) — Lightning started a forest fire one August afternoon near this Oregon tourist town, and it was spreading fast. Residents in outlying areas evacuated as flames marched toward their homes. Just a few months earlier, the U.S. Forest Service and a group of locals represent- ing environmental, logging PHOTO BY JEFF OMODT Sisters was treated to a spectacular sunrise last week as a front moved into the area, brining soaking rain over the weekend. Sisters is in for a nice week of Indian summer this week. See RENTALS on page 29 See FIRE PROJECT on page 24 City mulls truck route, intersection options By Sue Stafford Correspondent A public open house will be held sometime in the next month to present possible solutions to traffic issues at the Locust/Highway 20 inter- section by Sisters Elementary School, the intersection of Highway20/Highway126, and a possible improved truck route along West Barclay Drive. The public will be invited to comment on the options. The Technical Advisory Committee that has been reviewing possible refine- ments to the Sisters TSP, is made up of Sisters resi- dents and City staff, rep- resentatives of the bicy- cle/pedestrian interests, Oregon Department of Transportation, and Kittleson & Associates Transportation and Engineering/Planning firm. Inside... At last week’s meet- ing, the technical commit- tee reviewed and discussed a conceptual layout for a Barclay Drive alignment between North Pine Street and Camp Polk Road that would increase drivability for trucks in and through the industrial park. The four curves on Barclay, three of which have smaller turning radii than ideal for 35-mile- per-hour traffic, would be realigned to the ideal 510-feet with minimum right-of-way acquisition required. There would be two 13-foot-wide travel lanes and the addition of a 14-foot turn lane in the center. Disagreement surfaced regarding a proposed separate 10-foot bike/pedestrian path running parallel to Barclay. Pat Thompson, owner of Sisters Rental and former See TRAFFIC on page 30 Habitat breaks ground on new home A few years ago during a winter blizzard, Sisters resi- dent Becky Conner was driv- ing to work when she spotted a man stranded on the side of the road next to his broken- down car. That man was Tony Cosby, Sisters High School construction teacher. “You never know where that little act of kindness leads,” Conner said last week. At the time, she didn’t know Cosby, but they stopped for treats at Angeline’s Bakery; she dropped him off at the high school and she headed on to work at Suttle Lake. Little did Conner know that this fall Cosby and his construction students would be building the walls of her future Sisters Habitat for Humanity home. “I’m excited about this continued opportunity. It’s the highlight of my high school year to come out and stand the walls with the stu- dents,” Cosby told Conner PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK Becky Conner breaks ground on her future home in Sisters. and her friends and family during Habitat’s ground- breaking celebration on October 17. Cosby’s students have built walls for Habitat homes for five years. The building of the two- bedroom, one-bath home will be dedicated to the memory of long-time volunteer Bob Harris. One of Harris’ last projects with Sisters Habitat was preparation for the foot- ings of the house. Harris died in September. He started See HABITAT on page 23 Letters/Weather ................ 2 Paw Prints ....................... 10 Movies & Entertainment ....13 Sisters Salutes ................ 18 Classifieds ..................26-28 Meetings ........................... 3 Announcements ................12 Sisters Naturalist ............. 18 Crossword ....................... 25 Real Estate .................29-32
