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The Nugget Vol. XLI No. 25 P OSTAL CUSTOMER News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon www.NuggetNews.com Wednesday, June 20, 2018 Hey, Lion... Leave young wildlife alone Put it back. That’s the advice you’re likely to hear if you bring a young wild animal home to “take care of it” — and you might get a warning or citation from Oregon State Police, too. Oregon’s deer and elk give birth from May through July, and many other wild- life species also bear their young at this time of year. It’s natural for mother animals to leave their young alone for extended periods of time while they go off to feed, so never assume a young animal is orphaned when you see it alone. The mother will return when it’s safe to do so — when people, pets or preda- tors aren’t around. Every year around this time, ODFW offices, licensed wildlife rehabilitators and even Oregon State Police are flooded with calls from Sisters working through growing pains By Sue Stafford Correspondent PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK Sisters Dance Academy wowed the audience at an extraordinary circus-themed dance recital last Saturday, featuring 160 dancers of varying ages. See story, page 9. The teen advanced contemporary class peformed a crowd-pleasing lion-tamer piece to “Hey Lion.” See WILDLIFE on page 18 Sisters has long been called the “gateway” to Central Oregon, implying that it is a place people pass through on their way to somewhere else. No longer is Sisters just a stop along the way. It is grow- ing into the place to stop, put down roots, and stay. The resi- dents of the city (2,573+) and surrounding Sisters Country (close to 10,000) are facing all the usual issues that crop up as a small rural town experiences growing pains. Will the influx of new resi- dents and more tourists spoil the very character of Sisters that draws people here? Can more traffic, more houses, and more people be successfully See GROWTH on page 22 Noise Hiker rescued by helicopter restrictions after fall on South Sister rock Sisters business A Portland hiker escaped serious injury after falling on South Sister last Thursday. A search and rescue crew and a helicopter rescued him off the mountain. The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office reported that they received a By Sue Stafford PRE-SORTED STANDARD ECRWSS U.S. POSTAGE PAID Sisters, OR Permit No. 15 report on June 14, shortly after 4 p.m., regarding a stranded hiker on South Sister. The hiker, Arthur Duncan, 56, of Portland, called 911 to report he had left the South Sister climbers’ trail and slid and fell. Duncan found himself on a cliff, unable to go down, back up or to the side without risking a dangerous fall. Deputies used location data from Duncan’s 911 call and determined he was about 400 feet down from See RESCUE on page 31 Correspondent Will the adoption of an amended and restated noise ordinance cause a local business to sell and move elsewhere? According to Steve Macey, owner of Hardtails Bar and Grill on Larch Street, that is exactly what is happening. He currently has listed the prop- erty and business for sale for $1,130,000. See NOISE on page 21 Inside... PHOTO PROVIDED Letters/Weather ................ 2 Obituaries ........................11 Entertainment ..................13 Sisters Naturalist ..............15 Classifieds ..................26-28 Meetings ........................... 3 Announcements ................12 Sisters Salutes ................ 14 Crossword ....................... 25 Real Estate .................29-32
