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Wrestlers make historic showing at invitational page 9 Protecting public trees in Sisters page 11 The Nugget Vol. XLI No. 2 Sisters Country Birds page 30 P OSTAL CUSTOMER News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon www.NuggetNews.com Two arrested in gas drive-off Wednesday, January 10, 2018 SPRD director to depart DEMOLITION TIME... Two Portland men are facing a range of charges stemming from an incident on Wednesday afternoon in which they attempted to leave a Sisters gas station without paying. According to a Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office report, Victor White, 33, and Coltin R. Johnson, 26, had partially paid for fuel, then left the gas station. A fuel attendant attempting to stop the driver PHOTO BY JIM CORNELIUS A demolition crew took down the old Ski Inn, which was damaged by a falling tree in December 2013. See story page 19. See ARRESTS on page 28 Editor A federal judge has ruled in favor of the City of Sisters and several current and for- mer City officials in a lawsuit stemming from a business dispute that roiled the City in 2012-13. On January 2, United States District Judge Ann Aiken upheld another judge’s findings and recommenda- tions granting a motion for summary judgment and denied the plaintiff’s sanctions in a civil rights lawsuit filed by Ky Karnecki, former pro- prietor of the Wild Mountain food stand in Sisters. Judge Aiken noted that the plaintiff’s objections to Judge Thomas Coffin’s findings and recom- mendations were filed three weeks past the court’s dead- line of November 8, 2017. Coffin had earlier con- cluded that Karnecki’s federal claims should be dismissed and that “The court should Inside... Liam Hughes, executive director at Sisters Park & Recreation District (SPRD) for the past four years, will depart as of January 26 to take a position in Pendleton. The SPRD Board of Directors was to discuss next steps, including the hiring of an interim or a new director, at their monthly meeting on Tuesday, January 9. “It saddens me to leave Sisters and SPRD behind, especially at such a busy time, but it is a great professional See HUGHES on page 31 Judge rules in favor of City in lawsuit By Jim Cornelius PRE-SORTED STANDARD ECRWSS U.S. POSTAGE PAID Sisters, OR Permit No. 15 decline to exercise jurisdic- tion over plaintiff’s state-law claims and the action should be dismissed.” Karnecki had accused the City of Sisters and several officials of discriminatory treatment in enforcing City requirements for a temporary- use permit and in requiring him to remove his building. The federal court found that a Deschutes County Justice Court trial on two cita- tions issued to Karnecki in that regard had addressed the issues raised and that “This court has no jurisdiction to review or set aside that State Court finding.” Judge Coffin found that the “plaintiff had a full hearing at trial in State Court regarding his claims that the City and its officials discriminated against him in the enforcement of its Temporary Use Permit Code and the Court found that there was no discrimination. That finding is preclusive in this action.” Guest ranch proposed in Sisters The owners of one of Sisters’ ranches have filed an application with Deschutes County to create a guest ranch with 10 guest cottages on the Cole Ranch. The ranch, formerly known as the Patterson Ranch, is one of Sisters’ iconic prop- erties, with a much-photo- graphed view of the Three Sisters across the pastures from Highway 242. The pro- posed guest ranch would be sited on the southwest por- tion of the 345-acre property, back toward the mountains. Jennifer and Glenn Cole purchased the ranch last year. The couple has been com- ing to Sisters on and off for 20 years, were married at the Head of the Metolius, and for the past 10 years they’ve had a second home here. The Coles are currently running cattle on the west end of the ranch, and the Pole Creek Properties, LLC land- use application notes that they “are beginning the process of establishing a bison and sheep operation on the prop- erty,” which may “replace or reduce the cattle operation once one or both of these live- stock operations are up and operating.” The application envisions the use of the stables for horses that could be ridden by ranch guests. “The stable would also be used to operate a commer- cial horse operation that may include boarding, breeding, raising and/or training,” the application notes. PHOTO BY JIM CORNELIUS Jennifer and Glenn Cole are running cattle on the west end of their ranch along Highway 242. They have applied to Deschutes County to site a guest ranch with 10 cabins on the southwest portion of the 345-acre property. Letters/Weather ................ 2 Obituaries ........................11 Announcements ............... 14 Sisters Salutes ................ 18 Classifieds .................. 25-27 Meetings ........................... 3 Bunkhouse Chronicle ........12 Movies & Entertainment ....15 Crossword ....................... 24 Real Estate .................29-32
