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Habitat for Humanity purchases former Sisters Drug building page 9 STA helps establish snowshoe trail page 29 Serving key to Outlaws playoff win page 8 The Nugget Vol. XLI No. 44 Council chooses Misley for city manager P OSTAL CUSTOMER News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon www.NuggetNews.com Wednesday, October 31, 2018 Making the cut... Quilt Show exec announces retirement By Sue Stafford Correspondent Cory Misley, the current city manager for La Pine, will take the reins at Sisters City Hall as the new city manager effective November 26. “I am grateful and eager to get to work serving the com- munity of Sisters. I know how passionate and beautiful a place Sisters is to live and I am looking forward to being part of it,” Misley told The Nugget. Misley is highly thought of by a number of public PRE-SORTED STANDARD ECRWSS U.S. POSTAGE PAID Sisters, OR Permit No. 15 PHOTO PROVIDED Zack Gulick of Sisters put his hand-forged khukri knife through its paces on “Forged in Fire: Knife or Death.” See story, page 3. See MISLEY on page 24 After six years at the helm of the world’s largest outdoor quilt show, Jeanette Pilak is retiring. Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show announced today that Pilak will officially retire from her six-year post as executive director effective December 31. Pilak has been in the role of executive direc- tor since 2013, directing five successful Quilt Shows which annually attract more than 10,000 visitors to Sisters from all 50 states and two-dozen foreign countries. In her resignation state- ment, Pilak noted that she is See PILAK on page 23 Cops investigate local pot operation Outlaws surprise as champions On October 11, neighbors witnessed a law enforcement action at a home on Forked Horn Drive in Sisters, the site of a reported unlicensed mari- juana grow operation. Witnesses said that law enforcement personnel broke down a gate to enter the property and stayed there for hours. Law enforcement sources confirmed that the action was part of a Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team (CODE) investigation. That investiga- tion is ongoing, and a sher- iff’s office spokesman said that more information will be forthcoming when the investi- gation is concluded. The Bulletin in Bend reported last weekend that, “Police confiscated 800 Last Wednesday after- noon, Head Coach Josh Nordell laid out a plan with the varsity cross-country team helping them know exactly what they would need to do to be one of the two teams to qualify for the state meet by being in the top two at the next day’s Oregon West District Meet. With Philomath appear- ing to be a heavy favorite, Nordell’s plan was focused on beating the Stayton Eagles for the second spot. Even that would require most of the team to run personal bests. In one of the biggest upsets in recent memory, the Outlaws pulled off the unthinkable, winning the meet ahead of the Warriors and the Eagles. Inside... pounds of marijuana and 50 pounds of marijuana concen- trate stashed in a Penske truck headed south of La Pine on U.S. Highway 97 earlier this month,” an action that is con- nected to the search of the Forked Horn property. AP reported that three men were indicted by a grand jury. Andrew I. Pollack, 28, and Dusty Michael Jones, 40, are charged with unlaw- ful possession, delivery and manufacturing of marijuana. Twenty-eight-year-old Shaun Gutta is charged with unlaw- ful possession, delivery and manufacture of marijuana, unlawful possession of more than an ounce of cannabinoid extracts, and frequenting a place where controlled sub- stances are used. By Charlie Kanzig Correspondent PHOTO BY CHARLIE KANZIG The Outlaws’ cross-country team won the district title earning a trip to state. Kate Bowen held off Stayton’s top runner to place second overall as the first Outlaw across the line in 19:36. Two of her teammates, running lifetime bests, also placed in the top 10. Senior Ella Cole placed sixth in 20:07, while Emma Singleton ran a full two-minute per- sonal best to place eighth. Amy Hills battled all See CHAMPS on page 25 Letters/Weather ................ 2 Obituaries .........................4 Announcements ................12 Food & Home ................14-21 Classifieds ..................26-28 Meetings ........................... 3 Sisters Salutes .................. 6 Entertainment ..................13 Crossword ....................... 25 Real Estate .................28-32