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
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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
