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The Nugget Vol. XLI No. 34 P OSTAL CUSTOMER News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon www.NuggetNews.com Firefighters need a ‘fighting chance’ PRE-SORTED STANDARD ECRWSS U.S. POSTAGE PAID Sisters, OR Permit No. 15 Wednesday, August 22, 2018 Santiam at night... SPRD selects interim director By Jim Cornelius By Sue Stafford Editor in Chief Correspondent Three houses in the Cloverdale Fire District have gone up in flames this sum- mer, along with several out- buildings. Two separate fires, the most recent on August 11, have threatened to devastate entire neighborhoods on the sagebrush flats east of Sisters – and might well have if not for well-coordinated firefight- ing efforts. Those fires have driven home a message that Cloverdale Fire Chief Thad Olsen and other emergency officials say is critical: Following several recent course corrections at Sisters Park & Recreation District (SPRD), operations appear to be on a track toward some new policies and procedures, under the guidance of the recently appointed interim executive director, Courtney Snead. Snead was selected to tem- porarily take the helm after the board interviewed four can- didates for the position. She is known in Central Oregon partly for her work as a Bend Park & Recreation District See FIRES on page 20 Sisters Country’s nightscape offers spectacular visions for those with the eyes to see — and the equipment and skill to capture it. Local photographer Cat Connor captured this shot along Highway 20 a couple weeks ago. Wild West Show shoots it up in Sisters By Jodi Schneider Correspondent The Old West came to Sis- ters last weekend in the sixth annual Wild West Show on Cascade Avenue (between Oak and Pine streets). With 140 feet of West- ern town façade, folks did a double take Saturday and Sunday around high noon as they watched the Deschutes Desperados re-enactors come to life back in a time when the “Old West” was alive. People of all ages sat for a spell to watch the wild age of gun- slingers, saloons, lawmen and cowboys, like a scene out of an old classic Western. The Deschutes Despera- dos re-enactment player Mick Howard, aka Mojave Mick, was back again as the town’s sheriff ready to incarcerate the worst of them. Howard has been in re-enactment for eight years and with the Cowboy Inside... Action Shooting Club for over 20 years. “This year we have some original players back,” How- ard said. “We all began as re- enactment players when Rich- ard Esterman invited us to try it out for his show. Since we already had the costumes and the guns, from our Cow- boy Action Shooting clubs, it made sense. Plus, it’s a lot of fun and I get to write some of the scripts for the skits.” Cowboy Action Shooting is the fastest growing shoot- ing sport in the world, and is embraced by men, women and youngsters from all parts of the globe where folks have the freedom to engage in the safe use of firearms. James Hawkins, a.k.a. Tetherow Tex LaRue, has been with the re-enactment players from the beginning and loves the humor that’s See WILD WEST on page 30 See SPRD on page 31 Hiker rescued after medical incident A search and rescue team retrieved a hiker from the for- est near Little Three Creek Lake on Saturday, after the 63-year-old Bend man expe- rienced a serious medical problem. According to Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, dis- patch received a 911 call on August 18 about 2:40 p.m. from a hiker in the Three Creek Wilderness area advis- ing that a member of their group, Dennis Crowell, was experiencing a potentially serious medical issue. The group of five had been hiking on an unmaintained trail in the Snow Creek drain- age system about one mile northwest of Little Three Creek Lake. Three Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue volunteers responded as a hasty medical team to Park Meadow Trailhead where they deployed on the trail at about 4:34 p.m. Five more DCSO SAR volunteers and one Deschutes County PHOTO PROVIDED Rescuers brought a 63myearmold man out of the Three Creek Wilderness area after he suffered a potentially serious medical problem on the trail. Sheriff ’s Office deputy deployed on the trail shortly afterwards with a wheeled litter. Two members of the hiking party met the hasty team on the trail at about 5:10 p.m. and led the hasty team to Crowell’s location. Following a medical assessment, it was determined Dennis’ condition was stable enough to be transported back to the Park Meadow Trailhead on a wheeled litter. The SAR volunteers, DCSO Deputy and remainder of the hiking party then trans- ported Dennis approximately four miles back to the trail- head via wheeled litter where they were met by the Sisters- Camp Sherman fire depart- ment. Crowell was trans- ported to St. Charles Medical Center by ambulance for fur- ther treatment. Letters/Weather ................ 2 Page by Paige ................... 10 Entertainment ..................13 Crossword ....................... 26 Real Estate .................29-32 Meetings ........................... 3 Announcements ................12 Hike ................................. 19 Classifieds .................. 27-29 Sisters Salutes ................30
