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Local artist’s work to be featured at The Lodge in Sisters page 11 Restaurant says Hola! to Camp Sherman page 18 The Nugget Vol. XLI No. 22 Local man wins California barbecue competition page 23 P OSTAL CUSTOMER News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon www.NuggetNews.com Wednesday, May 30, 2018 Kicking off summer Stampede-style By Cody Rheault Correspondent In a fury of mountain bikes, spectators, the gallop of a horse, and the crack of a pistol, summer in Sisters kicked off early on Sunday morning. The unofficial start to the season began with the Sisters Stampede celebrat- ing it’s ninth running of the annual event. May 27 brought perfect conditions, with clear skies and temperatures in the 70s as 500 contestants ranging from novice to elite raced along the Peterson Ridge Trail network. After a week of question- able rainy conditions — and a potential for disastrous trail conditions — the weekend was ideal, with well-packed and not-too-dusty trails. The Sisters Stampede also served as the final race in the Oregon Off-Road Series — a series in which partici- pants compete in seven races throughout Oregon with Correspondent At their May 17 meeting, Sisters Planning Commission voted 6-1 to recommend approval, with conditions, of the Transportation Safety Plan (TSP) update to Sisters City Council. The recently completed TSP update was undertaken to improve circulation on the east side of town, including improvement to the intersec- tion of US20 and OR126. In the plan are recommendations for both near-term and long- range improvements. Members of the commit- tee included representatives of all interested stakeholders, including City staff, ODOT Inside... Some trees in Sisters will have to come down By Sue Stafford Correspondent “You won’t see as many youth and novices participate City Forester Dan Galecki, of Spindrift Forestry Consulting, has completed his inventory of all 2,900 trees located in City right-of-ways in Sisters. A few of those trees are dying and will have to come down. Each tree has been pho- tographed, assigned a GPS location, and had its physi- cal description and condition entered into an Excel file. The trees located in City parks will undergo the same scru- tiny this summer. The trees in the downtown commercial See STAMPEDE on page 14 See TREES on page 14 PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK Some 500 riders hit the trail in Sisters’ unofficial summer kickoff, the Sisters Stampede. their best four times counted toward a competitive rank- ing. Mike Ripley, owner of Mudslinger Events, noted that Transportation safety plan recommended By Sue Stafford PRE-SORTED STANDARD ECRWSS U.S. POSTAGE PAID Sisters, OR Permit No. 15 staff, bicyclists and pedestri- ans, Planning Commission, City Council, citizens, and other regional players. The condition had to do with the proposal to formally designate Washington Avenue as a bicycle and pedestrian boulevard, which would require changing street park- ing to parallel parking, install- ing sidewalks, and including a formal bike lane. Included in the update is a short-term solution to con- gestion at the intersection of US20 and Locust Street, making entry onto Highway 20 safer. By installing a mini- roundabout, which could be done with no additional See TSP on page 24 the ease of the course draws many visitors young and old, serving as an ideal end to the series. Sisters marks Memorial Day For well over a decade now, Sisters veterans have stood tall for the real mean- ing and purpose of Memorial Day. No one begrudges any- body a three-day weekend of barbecues and days at the lake — but the purpose of the last Monday in May is more solemn: It is a time to salute the sacrifice of thousands of American service members who have made the ultimate sacrifice in service of their country. Each Memorial Day, the veterans of American Legion Post 86 and VFW Post 8138 present the public with a stir- ring ceremony to mark the occasion, in Sisters’ Village Green Park. Pat Bowe, a combat vet- eran of the Vietnam War and a Purple Heart recipi- ent served as the master of PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK John Turner Col. U.S. Army (Ret.) and Brogan Petterson, Eagle Scout, BSA laid a wreath at the Sisters veterans memorial on Monday, May 28. ceremonies for observances held on Monday, May 28. Bowe introduced Sisters City Councilor Richard Esterman, who welcomed a crowd of several hundred, noting that See MEMORIAL DAY on page 24 Letters/Weather ................ 2 Announcements ................12 Obituaries ....................... 19 Sisters Salutes .................21 Classifieds .................. 27-29 Meetings ........................... 3 Entertainment ..................13 Sisters Naturalist .............20 Crossword ....................... 26 Real Estate .................30-32
