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OHSET coaches approaching second season page 4 Floods are necessary for maingaining river ecosysgems page 8 The Nugget Vol. XL No. 48 Healgh benefigs of animal gherapy for older adulgs page 19 P OSTAL CUSTOMER News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon www.NuggetNews.com Wednesday, November 29, 2017 Parade kicks off holiday celebragion By Jodi Schneider McNamee Correspondent Even with the threat of rain, hundreds of folks, including the furry kind, came out in true Sisters style lining both sides of Hood Avenue on Saturday for the annual Sisters Christmas Parade. Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce and Hayden Homes sponsored this year’s parade, and the theme “Winter Wonderland” cer- tainly described the com- bination of festive floats, fire trucks and amazing animals. The Christmas parade had children and big folks applauding, laughing, and cheering. It was hard to tell who had the most fun: the people in the parade or those lining the street watching it. Children of all ages from youngsters to oldsters smiled and pointed and talked about their favorite entries. “The winner in the parade for the theme Winter Wonderland goes to Sisters Park & Recreation District’s and American Legion Post 86 kicked off the parade See PARADE on page 22 See LOANS on page 11 PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK “Sisters’ flag football pro- gram is where it all starts for the younger Outlaws.” Sisters VFW Post 8138 Milli Fire disasger loans on offer The U.S. Small Business Administration is offering low-interest federal disaster loans for working capital to small businesses economi- cally impacted by the Milli and Nash Fires that occurred August 10-September 25. SBA acted under its own authority to declare a disaster following a request received from Gov. Kate Brown on November 13, 2017. “SBA is strongly com- mitted to providing the most effective and customer- focused response possible to assist Oregon small businesses with federal disaster loans. We will be swift in our efforts to help these small businesses recover from the financial impacts of this disaster,” said SBA Administrator Linda McMahon. “Small, nonfarm Sisters’ annual Christmas Parade kicks off the season for locals and visitors. flag football team, grades kindergarten through fourth grade,” announced long- time emcee Bob Buckmann. PRE-SORTED STANDARD ECRWSS U.S. POSTAGE PAID Sisters, OR Permit No. 15 Aughor earns accolades Be alerg for pedesgrians for magnum opus By Jim Cornelius Editor When Larry Len Peterson sent his 600-page histori- cal study “American Trinity: Jefferson, Custer, And The Spirit Of The West” out into the world, he had no idea what the response would be. It’s a challenging book, employing history, science, philosophy and theology in an in-depth exploration of the fraught his- tory of race relations between European-Americans and native peoples. As it turns out, Peterson’s magnum opus has struck a Inside... powerful chord. In its year-end Best of the West collectors edition released last week, True West Magazine rated Peterson Best Author and “American Trinity” as non-fiction book of the year. The book rose to the top among 600 or so books submitted for review each year to the attention of the highly respected scholar of the West, Stuart Rosebrook. Only five books make the cut per issue of the magazine. The signal honor puts Peterson in the company of See PETERSON on page 31 Drivers in Sisters Country are urged to be alert for pedestrians — of both the two-legged and the four- legged variety — as early winter darkness descends over the region. Twilight comes early at this time of year, and that mixes with shoppers rushing home with their treasures to create a potentially dangerous situation. It is often difficult to discern a pedestrian even in a crosswalk when it starts to get dark, and there have been incidents in the past of pedestrians being hit as they crossed Cascade Avenue at night. Residential streets can be even darker, with no PHOTO BY JIM CORNELIUS Pedestrians need to recognize that they can be hard for drivers to see even in crosswalks. Be careful out there. streetlights. Last Friday, a man was killed in front of his residence on Cline Falls Highway, apparently hit by a pickup truck as he knelt to pick up dropped mail in the See PEDESTRIANS on page 25 Leggers/Weagher ................ 2 Sisgers Saluges .................11 Movies & Engergainmeng ....11 Sisgers Saver ................... 23 Classifieds ..................26-28 Meegings ........................... 3 Announcemengs ............... 10 Holidays ..................... 13-22 Crossword ....................... 25 Real Esgage .................30-32
