Sway Wild headed to
The Belfry April 6 page 13
Well-known chef takes helm
at local restaurant page 17
Cold Weather Shelter organizers
address concerns page 28
The Nugget
Vol. XLII No. 14
P OSTAL CUSTOMER
News and Opinion
from Sisters, Oregon
www.NuggetNews.com
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
Cloverdale FD honors volunteers
The volunteer members
of the Cloverdale Rural Fire
Protection District are a
dedicated group of individu-
als who are true volunteers.
They receive no monetary
reimbursement for their time
and service to the constitu-
ents of the District. The
District does cover all the
cost of their training, per-
sonal protective equipment
and all related costs of their
accreditation as firefighters
and EMS first responders.
On Sunday, March 17, the
Cloverdale RFPD held its
annual awards banquet for
recognition of the District9s
volunteer members 4 and
noted that numbers of those
volunteers are dwindling.
As Fire Chief Thad Olsen
conveyed in his State of the
District speech, the pool of
volunteers in the District has
been slowly eroding. While
many members have been
with the district for over 10
years, recruitment of new
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Permit No. 15
Foster
on patrol
in Camp
Sherman
By Jim Cornelius
Editor in Chief
Cloverdale Volunteer Fire
Fighters Association presi-
dent. Stutzman has been
As Camp Sherman slowly
adjusts to life without their
resident deputy Dave Blann,
a familiar face is on the road,
making sure that the commu-
nity continues to have law-
enforcement coverage.
Jefferson County Deputy
Mark Foster has been work-
ing as a reserve for years,
covering Blann9s days off
and sometimes respond-
ing to nighttime calls. When
Blann died suddenly on
February 15 at the age of 63,
Foster stepped up to cover
his shifts.
See VOLUNTEERS on page 29
See FOSTER on page 30
PHOTO BY MICHAEL VALOPPI
Marcus Peck, Turner Stutzman, Joel Stutzman and Kyle Wattenburg were each honored for their service to the
Cloverdale Rural Fire Protection District.
volunteers has been a chal-
lenge. Cloverdale RFPD is
looking to bolster its ranks.
New volunteers will serve
alongside some stalwart
members of the District.
Joel Stutzman was
awarded Rookie of the
Year. In his first year,
Joel stepped up as the
Festival will bring blues Bend man killed in rollover wreck
to Sisters again
By Jim Cornelius
Editor in Chief
Sisters Rhythm and Brews
Festival will return to Sisters
for its second year on July
26-27.
Sisters residents Jennifer
and Joe Rambo are back for
another round after last year9s
successful event.
<We had hopeful expec-
tations for the first year, but
we knew it was going to be
a process to build,= Joe told
The Nugget. <We got a kind
of master class on what not to
do, what to do and where to
spend the money.=
The result is a streamlined
festival in a single open-air
venue at the Sisters Village
Green. The date has moved
Inside...
forward a bit and there are a
few other changes (see side-
bar story, page 15).
What hasn9t changed is a
commitment to bringing out-
standing blues music to town,
stimulating the local econ-
omy, and supporting a couple
of cherished local non-profits.
The music roster casts
a wide net, reflecting the
Rambos9 taste for music that
ventures out beyond 12-bar
Chicago Blues.
<Blues is a really wide
spectrum,= Joe notes.
That spectrum takes the
lineup into edgy, rootsy terri-
tory that will likely appeal to
an eclectic audience.
<We wanted diversity and
See BLUES on page 15
A 25-year-old Bend man
was killed in a single-vehicle
rollover wreck on Highway
20 east of Sisters on Thursday
evening, March 28.
Oregon State Police
reported that emergency
personnel responded to the
report of a single vehicle roll-
over crash on Highway 20
near Fryrear Road between
Sisters and Bend at about
8 p.m.
Cloverdale Engine 622
personnel found a single vehi-
cle crashed into a power pole,
cutting it in two, dangling live
wires and three transformers
across the vehicle.
Preliminary investigation
revealed that a black 2001
Nissan Pathfinder, operated
by 25-year-old Bend resident
Tyler Wright, was travel-
ing eastbound on Highway
20 near Fryrear Road. For
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It is not clear why a Bend driver crossed over the oncoming traffic lane and
crashed into a power pole.
unknown reasons, Wright
crossed over the oncoming
lane and impacted a power
pole, the vehicle coming to a
rest on its top.
Wright sustained fatal
injuries and was pronounced
dead at the scene.
Highway 20 was closed
for approximately five hours
and power and utilities were
knocked out to over 500 local
households.
Captain Michael Valoppi
of the Cloverdale Fire District
reminds motorists that, <extra
caution and vigilance while
driving on the highway is
needed when the weather
continues to change through-
out the day. This can create
hazardous conditions on road
surfaces, especially in curves
at highway speed.=
Letters/Weather ................ 2 Bunkhouse Chronicle ....... 10 Entertainment ..................13 Paw Prints ....................... 16 Classifieds ..................26-28
Meetings ........................... 3 Announcements ................12 Obituaries ....................... 14 Crossword ....................... 25 Real Estate .................28-32