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Wrangler is a ‘good traveler’ page 14 Artists in paper featured in exhibit page 19 Nature: The planet’s best classroom page 23 The Nugget Vol. XLI No. 19 P OSTAL CUSTOMER News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon www.NuggetNews.com New SPRD director loves Sisters Wednesday, May 9, 2018 Lacrosse action in Sisters... By Sue Stafford Correspondent Todd Garrett, the new executive director for Sisters Park & Recreation District (SPRD), is passionate about the desert and the mountains, “where two beautiful land- scapes collide.” “I am truly smitten with Sisters,” said the recent trans- plant from Montana. Garrett actually has an early connection to Oregon, having attended Fields school in Harney County, where his aunt was the teacher and he shared the classroom with sev- eral relatives. From Fields, he moved Correspondent PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK Sisters Park & Recreation District hosted the Sister Annual Lacrosse Invitational (SALI) last weekend. The event brings dozens of teams and hundreds of people to Sisters each spring. See Outlaws take second at SALI tourney on page 6. One of the single most important volunteer positions in which a community mem- ber can serve is as a member of the Sisters Planning Com- mission. In June, two com- mission seats will be open, and one of those may be filled by a resident of Sisters Coun- try, residing outside the city limits but within the school district boundary. “This is an important time for the Planning Commission in the city,” said City Man- ager Brant Kucera. “There are critical land-use applica- tions and subsequent deci- sions anticipated for Planning Commission review soon. Inside... The paved parking area adjacent to the gas pumps at the Sisters Airport got pretty crowded last Thursday morn- ing. Close to a hundred peo- ple, large cylinders of lighter- then-air gas, and a remotely controlled sailplane and a drone commanded the space in preparation for an historic launch. Among the ground-bound vehicles that pulled in and parked was a big yellow bus from Sisters High School that See CHEMISTRY on page 20 Sisters needs planning commissioners Correspondent Sisters chemistry classes head for space By Jim Anderson See GARRETT on page 18 By Sue Stafford PRE-SORTED STANDARD ECRWSS U.S. POSTAGE PAID Sisters, OR Permit No. 15 Additionally, the Planning Commission will be work- ing with staff to update the City’s Comprehensive Plan and Development Code in the near future.” The commissioners recently reviewed the regula- tion of short-term rentals in Sisters as well as revisions to the noise ordinances for the City. The proposed 199- unit Hayden Homes develop- ment on the former McKenzie Meadow property will work its way to the Planning Com- mission, as well as any other new developments proposed for the city. No financial remuneration is received for time given to See PLANNING on page 29 Sisters pilot uninjured in crash Pilot Benny Benson and two other occupants walked away from the crash on Friday evening. PHOTO PROVIDED Benny Benson’s twin-engine Beechcraft 58P was significantly damaged, but he and two others walked away from a crash on Friday evening at Sisters Eagle Airport. Sisters Eagle Airport owner and pilot Benny Benson, along with two other occupants, walked away from the crash of his twin-engine Beechcraft 58P on Friday evening. Sgt. Shawn Heierman with the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office reported that authorities were called out at about 5:50 p.m. “When we arrived on scene we were told that the pilot, on his final approach, hit a downdraft,” Sgt. Heierman said. “He lost lift and crashed short of the run- way, tore off the landing gear, causing substantial damage to the plane.” Benson, the co-owner of the Sisters Airport and Energyneering Solutions, Inc. (ESI), has been a pilot for 15 years, and uses his plane extensively for busi- ness travel to attend meetings See PLANE CRASH on page 24 Letters/Weather ................ 2 City Snapshot .................... 8 Announcements ................12 Mother’s Day Gift Guide 16-17 Classifieds .................. 25-27 Meetings ........................... 3 Bunkhouse Chronicle ....... 10 Entertainment ..................13 Crossword ....................... 24 Real Estate .................28-32
