Metolius Pond open
for kids’ fishing page 6
Local artists shine at
Country Fair Art Show
Health
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&
Fitness
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page 7
The Nugget
Vol. XLI No. 33
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News and Opinion
from Sisters, Oregon
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Permit No. 15
Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Fire claims two homes
near Sisters
Diabetes
program
coming to
Sisters
By Katy Yoder
Correspondent
windy conditions threatening
multiple structures and spread
to the east.
The 74-acre fire was
Doctors Eden and Kevin
Miller of High Lakes Health-
care know diabetes is a big
problem… and it’s growing.
Eden developed Type 1 Dia-
betes during medical school
and knows firsthand the
challenges and health conse-
quences the disease can bring.
The couple spends countless
hours learning about the dis-
ease and sharing their exper-
tise with other healthcare
professionals and the public.
They’re excited to finally see
the first diabetes prevention
program coming to Sisters.
Diabetes is a disease in
which blood sugar levels are
See FIRE on page 28
See DIABETES on page 19
A Very Large
Air Tanker (VLAT)
made multiple runs to
help stop a dangerous
fire east of Sisters on
Saturday afternoon.
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
Two residences and six
outbuildings burned in a
fast-moving, wind-driven
fire on Saturday afternoon,
August 11.
Deschutes County Sheriff’s
Office Sgt. Nathan Garibay,
emergency services manager
for the region, reported that
at approximately 4:10 p.m.
Cloverdale Fire District was
dispatched to a brush fire
Sisters ponders future
of policing in city
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
The city of Sisters is
the only municipality in
Deschutes County that con-
tracts for police services
with the Deschutes County
Sheriff’s Office, a practice
that has spanned 20 years.
According to Public
Information Officer Sgt.
William Bailey of the DCSO,
“There is a minimum of one
deputy assigned to the Sisters
area patrol district 24 hours
a day. This deputy is respon-
sible for calls of service both
inside and outside the city of
Sisters.”
Bailey went on to explain
that if more than one deputy is
required for a call for service,
Inside...
additional deputies will be
sent from county police dis-
tricts in Bend and Redmond.
They also ask police at Black
Butte Ranch, the Oregon
State Patrol, and U.S. Forest
Service law enforcement for
assistance at times as well.
New this summer are the
bike patrols in downtown
Sisters which started with
the Fourth of July. They are
staffed by patrol and reserve
officers on overtime, provid-
ing hours in addition to the
minimum 120 hours a week
for which the City contracts.
“Our bike patrols are part
of the Community Action
Target Team and we antici-
pate using these bike patrols
See POLICING on page 8
in the area of Rabbitbrush
Way and Highway 20 in
Cloverdale. First responders
found the fire actively burn-
ing to the east and south. The
fire grew rapidly in dry and
Scientists look
at Whychus Creek
Student scientists
from the University
of Nottingham and
Portland State University
spent 10 days studying
elements of river ecology.
PHOTO BY CODY RHEAULT
By Cody Rheault
Correspondent
Ryan Houston, execu-
tive director of the Upper
D e s c h u t e s Wa t e r s h e d
Council, reached down and
grabbed a handful of moist
dirt from the bank of Whychus
Creek. He rubbed the rich soil
in his hands until it crumbled
between his fingers.
“This is good,” he said,
showing it to a small group
of people, “and it hasn’t even
rained recently.”
See RESTORATION on page 30
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