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The Nugget
Vol. XLI No. 13
P OSTAL CUSTOMER
News and Opinion
from Sisters, Oregon
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Wednesday, March 27, 2018
lebrate collaborative effort
Irrigators celebrate
efforts
By Cody Rheault
Correspondent
More than a dozen local
agencies along with Oregon
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore.,
gathered for a Celebration of
Collaboration last Tuesday,
March 19. Recognizing joint
efforts between irrigation dis-
tricts, land trusts, and energy
corporations more than a
hundred people gathered to
express their appreciation in
the midst of one of the largest
modernization projects.
Held at the Three Sisters
Irrigation District head-
quarters just east of Sisters,
the event unveiled the
new Watson Micro Hydro
Demonstration Project
Facility along with four new
hydro turbines and a display
of the new massive 84-inch
piping used in local canals.
For years local irriga-
tion districts have worked to
replace centuries-old open-air
canals with new, pressurized
underground piping. Years
Planning commission
approves Hayden plan
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
With a vote of six ayes
and Commissioner Jack
Nagel the sole nay vote, the
Sisters Planning Commission
approved Hayden Homes9
Master Plan Development for
McKenzie Meadows Village,
the Comprehensive Plan Map
and Zoning Map Amendment,
a Tentative Subdivision, and
Development Agreement,
accepting all of the City staff
recommendations, with one
small change of wording.
The commission9s recom-
mendation for approval has
been sent to the City Council.
At their March 27 meeting at
6:30 p.m., the Council can
review the decision or let it
contamination.
With 59 of the 64 miles of
See IRRIGATION on page 25
See DOG ATTACK on page 16
Senator Jeff Merkley joined local irrigation districts and agencies in celebrating collaborative efforts to
modernize and improve irrigation efficiency.
stand. Two of the five coun-
cilors, Nancy Connolly and
Michael Preedin, will be out
of town and unable to weigh
in. The decision will rest
with Mayor Chuck Ryan and
councilors Andrea Blum and
Richard Esterman.
At the Planning
Commission meeting on
March 21, the City Hall
chambers were full of mostly
residents of Village at Cold
Springs who had a strong
interest in the outcome of the
commission9s deliberations.
They have fought to stop the
connection of Hill Street and
Williamson Avenue between
the Village at Cold Springs
and the proposed neighboring
See HAYDEN on page 18
through evaporation and seep-
age into the porous Central
Oregon earth, and exposed
an uncontrollable vessel for
Dog
attacked
and
killed in
Crossroads
The Deschutes County
Sheriff9s Office is seeking
the public9s help in locating
a dog that attacked and killed
another dog in Crossroads on
March 19.
The attack occurred at
approximately 4:30 p.m. in
the area of Bluegrass Loop
and Crater Way in Crossroads.
According to DCSO, an
investigation determined a
family living near the inter-
section had been preparing to
leave their residence and were
going to tether their 12-year-
old female Chihuahua/Beagle
named Lexi outside. Lexi
PHOTO BY CODY RHEAULT
prior, the open canals pre-
sented an inefficient means
of transporting water. The
majority of water was lost
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Sisters, OR
Permit No. 15
Hotel and taproom planned for Ski Inn
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
At about 2:20 p.m. on
a blustery day in early
December 2013, a power-
ful gust of wind uprooted a
massive ponderosa pine on
Cascade Avenue, sending
the trunk crashing through
the front of the Ski Inn res-
taurant. No one was hurt,
but the venerable
old Sisters institution was
destroyed.
Now, it9s being resur-
rected in a new form.
If permits are issued by
mid-summer, construction on
the new Ski Inn hotel and tap
room will begin soon after.
According to the projected
timeline, the Ski Inn could be
operational by fall 2020.
Pacwest Builders have
designed and will build the
new hotel and taproom on
the site of the original Ski
Inn, where the building was
removed in the wake of the
2013 tree incident.
Jim Yozamp and his fam-
ily, Sisters resident
residents for the
past decade, will own the
See SKI INN on page 24
An artist’s rendering of
the once-and-future Ski Inn.
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Inside...
Letters/Weather ................ 2 Your Story Matters ............. 8 Entertainment ..................13 Dear Property Guy .............17 Classifieds .................. 22-24
Meetings ........................... 3 Announcements ................12 Sisters Naturalist ............. 14 Crossword ........................21 Real Estate .................24-28