The Nugget
Vol. XLII No. 22
P OSTAL CUSTOMER
News and Opinion
from Sisters, Oregon
www.NuggetNews.com
Two
arrested
after
dispute,
gunfire
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Manhunt in
Sisters nabs
Sweet Home
murder
suspect
And they9re off!
A dispute that had alleg-
edly built over several days
culminated in shots fired
and the arrest of two men on
Thursday.
The Deschutes County
Sheriff9s Office reports that
on May 23, at approximately
9:17 p.m., Deschutes depu-
ties were dispatched to a dis-
pute near the intersection of
USFS Road 1505 and USFS
Road 1513, in the woods
about five miles southwest
of Sisters. The caller reported
that he was assaulted with a
firearm by his employer after
a physical altercation at a
campground.
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
The elite men’s division took off onto a perfect course in the Sisters Stampede Mountain Bike Race on
Sunday, May 26. See related story, page 17.
A major manhunt in Sisters
on Sunday evening, May 26,
ended with the arrest of a
man suspected of the murder
of a Sweet Home man and
the wounding of another last
Friday.
C h i e f J e ff Ly n n o f
the Sweet Home Police
Department confirmed that
the suspect taken into cus-
tody in Sisters is Page Lee
Butterfield, age 25. He said
that Butterfield <has local ties
to our area,= but as of Monday
the department had not con-
firmed his current residence.
Sweet Home police
reported that on Friday, May
See ARRESTS on page 30
See MANHUNT on page 31
Police seek information
on Sisters assault
Memorial honors sacrifice
For the past month, the
Deschutes County Sheriff9s
Office has been trying to
find out what happened to a
24-year-old Sisters man on
the night of April 18 in the
100 block of North Tamarack
Street.
That night, there was a
gathering at a residence on
the block. The next morning,
deputies were dispatched
to contact the Sisters man,
who was found at his resi-
dence in the adjacent home.
According to Sgt. William
Bailey, the young man had
significant, non-life-threaten-
ing <injuries consistent with
being assaulted.=
Investigating deputies
learned about the social
gathering and found that
sometime after 11 p.m. par-
ticipants of the gathering
started to disperse from the
residence where the gather-
ing occurred. According to
the sheriff9s office, evidence
Memorial Day honors the
sacrifice of those who have
fallen in American wars.
Each year, Sisters veterans
groups gather on the desig-
nated holiday to remember
and honor that sacrifice.
Due to inclement weather,
last Monday9s ceremo-
nies were moved from their
traditional Village Green
venue to the sanctuary of
Sisters Community Church.
There, keynote speaker Jim
Cunningham spoke to them
of sacrifice.
Cunningham, who served
in the U.S. Air Force during
the Vietnam War and as the
commander of the Oregon
Air National Guard, framed
his remarks around the third
verse of the famous World
War One poem <In Flanders
Fields=:
Take up our quarrel with
the foe:
To you from failing hands
we throw
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indicated that the young man
was assaulted in the drive-
way where the gathering
occurred.
<Deputies have been
actively investigating this
assault case and interviewing
all known witnesses since
it was reported to us,= Sgt.
Bailey reported.
Bailey told The Nugget
that investigators have
exhausted their current leads
and need public assistance in
getting to the bottom of the
incident.
<We9re looking at all
possibilities,= he said.
<We want to get the whole
story.=
Investigators are ask-
ing any additional witnesses
or anyone with informa-
tion about this incident to
come forward and speak
to a deputy by calling non-
emergency dispatch at
541-693-6911, reference case
19-123753.
By Jim Cornelius
Editor in Chief
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
Master of Ceremonies Lance Trowbridge salutes the flag at Sisters
Memorial Day observances at Sisters Community Church.
The torch; be yours to
hold it high.
If ye break faith with us
who die
We shall not sleep, though
poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
<I see the fallen soldiers
calling upon me to do my
duty,= Cunningham said.
What is the nature of that
duty?
<It is every citizen9s civic
responsibility to sacrifice,=
Cunningham said.
That sacrifice may not
be the ultimate sacrifice of a
service member, but it entails
the willingness to give up
time, effort and to suffer a
degree of hardship to par-
ticipate in the civic life of the
community and the nation,
Cunningham believes.
<It9s not important how we
take responsibility,= he said.
<It9s only important that we
do. You don9t have to serve in
See MEMORIAL DAY on page 22
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