Wednesday, June 26, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Sisters’
celebration
of the
nation
There is no slice of
Americana thicker and richer
than Sisters9 celebration of the
birth of the nation.
All across Sisters country,
people will be on the run, or
headed for a barbecue 4 all
to celebrate the 243rd birth-
day of the United States of
America.
Sisters Airport will be
hosting its annual Fourth
of July fly-in and car show
which is a fundraiser for flight
scholarships to deserving
Sisters High School students.
The community festivities
begin at 7 a.m. with a pancake
breakfast, 5K run, skydiving
presentation of the flag, gyro-
copter demonstration, air-
plane and helicopter rides, the
Great Rubber Chicken Fling
from the Outlaw Aviation
plane, and drag races on the
runway.
Admission is free, and
all community members are
invited to attend to support
the SHS flight students.
Black Butte Ranch pulls
out the stops for the Fourth of
July, starting with an 8 a.m.
fun run/walk 4 3.5 miles
for adults; 1.2 miles for kids.
Registration starts at 7:30
a.m. at the Lakeside Activity
Center. At 10:30 a.m., par-
ticipants in the annual BBR
bike parade will gather at
the sports field to decorate
their bikes for the 11:30 a.m.
parade around the Ranch.
The route begins at the sports
field and ends at the Lakeside
Activity Center. Kids under
16 must wear a helmet.
A picnic at noon on the
lawn at the Lodge will be fol-
lowed by traditional games at
the Lakeside Activity Center.
The evening will close
on the Lakeside lawn at 6
p.m. with free live music by
Julie Southwell & Friends.
The historic Camp
Sherman Store will host its
traditional Fourth of July
Barbecue starting at 5 p.m.
and featuring music starting
at 6 p.m. by The Pitchtones.
Many head to Redmond or
Bend to take in fireworks dis-
plays that start around 10 p.m.
AIRPORT: Funds were
properly used for
improvement projects
Continued from page 1
years at no interest to resolve
enforcement of one provision
of the grant that disallowed
the airport from contracting
Energyneering Solutions, Inc.
4 also owned by the Bensons
4 for project work because
both entities have the same
owner.
The court acknowledged
ODOT9s right to enforce that
provision, but noted that,
<This conclusion is a bitter
one, for SAP (Sisters Airport
Property, LLC) appeared
upfront and transparent with
their intent to retain ESI.
ODOT could have prevented
this entire conflict by address-
ing this either before approv-
ing the grant or before work
commenced. Nevertheless,
ODOT has the legal authority
to invoke these contract provi-
sions at this time 4 coming,
as counsel for Plaintiff (the
Bensons) states, 8after the
concrete has been poured and
dried.9=
Benson told The Nugget
that, <As a licensed engineer-
ing and general contracting
firm already located at the
project site, we were able to
build the project for 36 per-
cent of the cost of other air-
port projects, when measured
in (dollars per square yard) of
pavement. By doing the pro-
fessional work 8in house,9 we
were able to get three times
the amount of pavement from
grant funds.=
Benson also told The
Nugget that they spent over
$100,000 in legal fees in the
dispute.
The joint statement recog-
nizes that <both parties agreed
to come to agreement and
avoid a costly trial and poten-
tial appeal.=
Julie Benson told The
Nugget, <We want to get back
to supporting and building
the aviation community in
Sisters.=
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Grinding it out...
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
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