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The Nugget Vol. XLI No. 32 P OSTAL CUSTOMER News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon www.NuggetNews.com Wednesday, August 8, 2018 Blues festival rocks in Sisters Vandals hit forest operation By Jodi Schneider Correspondent A new festival blew into Sisters this summer with a combination of high-quality jazz, blues, R&B and soul- ful rock. Sisters Rhythm and Brews Festival unfolded on Friday and Saturday with an open-air stage in Village Green Park and at Sisters Art Works. The event, organized by Sisters residents Jennifer and Joe Rambo, brought together hundreds of folks celebrating music, local food and crafted libations in the park, over- flowing with all the elements that make summertime great in Sisters. The Rambos were excited about adding this new musi- cal event that helps stimulate the local economy. “Our vision is to bring high-quality musicians to Central Oregon while sup- porting the local community,” Jennifer Rambo said. The Rambos provide elec- trical and equipment support to many Central Oregon fes- tivals, including the Sisters Folk Festival. This is their first time producing and Editor in Chief Sisters Middle School will be a different place when it opens for classes this September. The middle school has been the focus of the school district’s bond-related con- struction through the sum- mer. From repairs to the park- ing lot and a new paint job to remodeling of the commons and a fire system upgrade, the school, originally opened in 1992, is getting significant improvements. The most obvious changes for the public are at the entry of the school. An entirely new, secure entryway with controlled doors and cameras Inside... See BLUES on page 21 See VANDALISM on page 28 PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK SMS construction project rolling along By Jim Cornelius that the area had multiple fes- tivals coming to town.” Vandals stole tools and shot holes in equipment last weekend at the site of a local forest project. Dave Elpi of Sisters Forest Products told The Nugget that sometime during the weekend vandals stole tools and shot up his log skidder in the forest northeast of Sisters. For the past four years, Elpi has been working on the Bend Municipal Watershed project, helping to create a fire break in the popular rec- reation area running between Three Creek Lake and Todd Lake. The project is supposed to help keep firefighters safe in the event of a wildfire in the area. Elpi noted that “there are hundreds of people through here on weekends” during the summer. The vandalism was a blow to the long-time forester. “Obviously, I’m sick to my stomach,” he said. Mr. Siuu tore it uu at the Sisters Rhythm and Brews Festival last weekend. promoting their own event. “We’ve both been pas- sionate about music, and we wanted to bring something is being constructed at the center of the front façade of the building. The old entries will be locked after school starts, so any visitor to the school will have to come through a single, controlled entry point. The construction team removed the school’s giant diesel storage tanks, mov- ing to a more efficient liquid propane heating system. The gym floor was sanded out and refinished and the facil- ity repainted. Project Manager Brett Hudson led a small tour of the project on Monday afternoon. He and school board member and bond See PROJECTS page 29 a little different to Sisters,” Rambo explained. “And after spending time in the Southwest, we liked the idea PRE-SORTED STANDARD ECRWSS U.S. POSTAGE PAID Sisters, OR Permit No. 15 Firefighters, deputies clean Portal The East Portal site at the intersection of Highways 20 and 242, just west of down- town Sisters has been a mess. The Forest Service prop- erty, which offers parking and public bathrooms for the trav- eling public has been “littered with human waste, soiled clothing, discarded luggage, broken camping equipment, alcohol containers and drug paraphernalia,” accord- ing to Deschutes County Sheriff’s Sgt. Kent Vander Kamp. “Most recently, a city cleaning crew interrupted a transient attempting to light a warming fire inside the bathroom. Overall, the East Portal Interpretive Site became uninviting and citi- zens reported feeling unsafe approaching the site or using the facilities. Additionally, it was not representative of our PHOTO PROVIDED Firefighters and sheriff’s deuuties cleaned uu the East Portal Interuretive Site in Sisters, after it had was trashed by slobs and vandals. Sisters community.” Early this summer, DCSO deputies assigned to the City of Sisters have been investi- gating an increase of criminal mischief, trespassing, and other criminal activity at the site. In June, deputies and USFS law enforcement offi- cers began enhanced patrol of the area during the late-night hours and contacted teens, transients, and hitchhiking campers. See EAST PORTAL on page 30 Letters ............................... 2 Meetings ........................... 3 Entertainment ..................13 Obituaries ....................... 24 Classifieds ..................26-28 Weather ............................. 2 Announcements ................12 At Your Service............. 14-17 Crossword ....................... 25 Real Estate .................28-32
