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Wednesday, August 8, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Tryouts set for 2019
Rodeo Queen
Applications are now
available to become Sisters
Rodeo Queen.
The Sisters Rodeo Queen
tryouts will be held at the
Sisters Rodeo arena on
Sunday, September 23 at
1 p.m. There will be three
judges for the tryouts. The
public is invited to attend and
refreshments will be served.
The tryouts are open to
young women who are ages
18 through 25 as of June 1.
Entrants will be judged on
horsemanship, personality/
interviews and appearance.
The girl chosen as queen
will receive a silver buckle
and a wardrobe. She will also
be awarded the Sally Leavitt
Queen Scholarship of $1,500
for her continued education.
She will represent the Sisters
Rodeo Association at rodeos
throughout the state and
will help other courts dur-
ing our 79th Annual Sisters
Rodeo.
Contact John Leavitt at
541-419-3310 or 541-549-
3161 in the evenings, or
Yvette Moore at 541-420-
3333 or Yvette@gjmiller.
com for rodeo queen applica-
tions. All applications must
be returned to the Sisters
Rodeo Association, PO Box
1018 Sisters, OR 97759 by
Wednesday, September 19.
Authorities investigate death
of man uunched on Bend trail
BEND (AP) — Authorities
in Central Oregon are inves-
tigating whether the death of
a 69-year-old Bend man was
the result of being punched
by an unknown runner two
months earlier on a popular
trail.
Deschutes County District
Attorney John Hummel tells
The Bulletin in a story on
Friday that he could pursue
criminal charges against the
person who attacked Clemens
D. Schnek.
“There’s a strong likeli-
hood the death was the result
of the punch,” Hummel said.
“So right now, we need to dot
our I’s and cross our T’s and
make certain, but we think
that’s probably what caused
the death. Then, we’re going
to try to find out who the sus-
pect is.”
Schenk, a filmmaker,
was walking his dog in an
off-leash area west of Bend
with relatives from Germany
in May when his dog barked
at a man running past, said
Amoroq Weiss, Schenk’s
friend.
Weiss said the runner
got angry, and that Schenk
was polite in explaining he
was in an area where dogs
are allowed to run free. The
runner allegedly punched
Schenk, knocking him out.
Schenk didn’t report the
attack but sought medical
attention several weeks later
when he started having health
problems.
Weiss said Schenk suf-
fered a major concussion
and brain bleed due to being
punched. He died on July 30.
Schenk’s friend Mike
Panno said Schenk described
the man who punched him as
having dark hair and a beard.
PHOTO PROVIDED
Sisters Flight Science students flew in to a backcountry camuout at McKenzie Bridge last weekend.
Students fly to campout
Sisters Flight Science stu-
dents got the chance to fly in
to a backcountry overnight
campout with instructors
Sam Monte, Walt Lasecki and
Brian Lansburgh at McKenzie
Bridge airstrip.
They were joined by sev-
eral local pilots from Sisters,
including Jeff Taylor in his
Highlander, Tyler Head in
his Cessna 170, and Steve
Harris in his Bearhawk. They
were also visited by several
other backcountry pilots who
overheard the group on the
radio, and who swooped in
to McKenzie Bridge to show
their aircraft to the students.
McKenzie Bridge has a
grass airstrip a short distance
from Sisters, and is known as
a “one-way” airstrip, meaning
landings and take-offs can
only be done from one direc-
tion. There is no room for
error. The rough runway also
requires the airplanes to be
equipped with big tires and
stout landing gear.
Once the students had set
up camp, they went on a hike
to the McKenzie River.
“We wanted to give the
students an idea of what an
airplane can do in terms of
getting into out-of-the-way
places. And this is just the
first of several such activities
we’ve got planned,” said Walt
Lasecki.
Also in the planning
stages are a movie night at
the Outlaw Aviation hangar
where the kids will be treated
to some aviation films that
they otherwise wouldn’t be
able to see. One such film is
“Threshold: The Blue Angels’
Experience.”
“It’s an older picture, pro-
duced when the Blue Angels
were still flying the F4
Phantom. I think it will give
them an idea of the challenges
of formation aerobatics,” said
Brian Lansburgh.
“The idea is to show the
students a variety of flying
careers open to a pilot,” said
Sam Monte. “Sisters High
School Flight Science classes
and Outlaw Aviation already
provide a quality educa-
tion on flight. Now, with the
inclusion of special projects
and experiences, we’re trying
to make that education even
more diverse.”
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