The Nugget
Vol. XLII No. 37
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News and Opinion
from Sisters, Oregon
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Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Sisters Folk Festival all about community Armed
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burglary
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Sisters
teach together, hang out
together, and jam together,
so when we get to town for
the actual festival we have a
bond and an energy that we
get to share with our audi-
ences, and the sense of com-
munity continues to grow,=
said one artist.
Though performers came
from a wide array of places
4 Hawaii to New York to
Prince Edward Island to
Cuba (via British Columbia)
Sheriff9s deputies appre-
hended Ryan Paul Huber, 43,
of Sisters, after he allegedly
broke into a home at the west
end of town in the early hours
of Monday morning.
The Deschutes County
Sheriff9s office reports that
at approximately 1:54 a.m.
on Monday, September 9,
deputies were dispatched
to a burglary in progress at
1659 W. Carson Ave. in the
Hayden Homes subdivision
off McKinney Butte Road in
Sisters. Dispatch advised dep-
uties that an unknown male
subject had entered the house
by breaking down the back the
door.
The homeowner, armed
with a rifle, confronted the
See FOLK FESTIVAL on page 20
See SUSPECT on page 26
Sunday morning’s free community gathering brings artists and audience together in a way that vividly reflects the spirit of the event.
PHOTO BY ROB KERR
By Charlie Kanzig
Correspondent
The term <community=
may not do justice to what
the town of Sisters 4 and
with it the Sisters Folk
Festival 4 is known for, but
the word got uttered repeat-
edly during Folk Festival
week by attendees, artists
and volunteers.
Several thousand people
absorbed the music and fel-
lowship of the three-day fes-
tival September 6-8.
At Sunday morning9s free
community concert at the
Village Green, singer/song-
writer/poet Beth Wood began
the gathering with a heart
of gratefulness for what she
has experienced in her many
years of involvement with
the festival. This came on the
heels of the announcement
that she plans to make Sisters
her home in the months
ahead.
<Reflecting back on my
first experiences here some
15 years ago, I remember
‘No Name’ Lake
restrictions imposed
By Craig F. Eisenbeis
Correspondent
The recent kerfuffle
involving newly imposed
camping restrictions at so-
called <No Name Lake= on
the eastern slopes of Broken
Top is yet another example
of impact resulting from irre-
sponsible user abuse in local
wilderness areas. The new
restrictions impose a quarter-
mile setback for wilderness
campers using the area. Such
campsite setbacks are not
uncommon at other wilder-
ness lakes.
Jean Nelson-Dean, pub-
lic affairs officer for the
Deschutes National Forest
said, <People can still enjoy
the location, but we9re
Inside...
asking them to camp in a
more appropriate location
where waste can be disposed
of, so they can follow the
8leave no trace9 principle.=
The <traces= being left
behind are what have caused
the problem, specifically
human waste improperly
disposed of. The lake has
become an unexpected and
popular mecca for backcoun-
try travelers, with scores of
overnight visitors setting up
camp right on the shores of
the fragile lake.
According to Nelson-
Dean, the human waste being
deposited in the area has left
the place <smelling like a
sewer.= The margins of the
See NO NAME on page 20
immediately feeling so wel-
comed,= Wood said.
By all accounts, the most
intimate circle of community
took place at the four-day
Americana Song Academy
held at Camp Caldera
Tuesday through Friday.
That supportive, accepting,
genuine sense of connect-
edness was transported into
town Thursday night and
Friday morning as the camp
concluded and the festival
began.
<At the camp we get to
Sisters locals shine in triathlon
By Charlie Kanzig
Correspondent
Four friends from Sisters
traveled to Sweet Home on
Saturday, September 7, for
the Best in the West Triathlon
Festival, held at Foster Lake
4 and two of them came
away as champions.
Josh Nordell and Winter
Lewis, who frequently swim
and bike together, each
won his age division in the
Olympic-distance triathlon
that featured a 1,500-meter
swim, a 40-kilometer (24.8
mile) bike ride and a 10-kilo-
meter (6.2-mile) run.
Nordell described him-
self as <delighted= with his
performance after clocking
2 hours, 17 minutes, 28 sec-
onds in winning the 40-44
age group division.
<I just felt so darn good,=
Tate Metcalf, Ross
Kennedy, Josh Nordell
and Winter Lewis smile
before embarking on the
swim at the Best in the
West Triathlon held at
Foster Lake on Saturday.
PHOTO BY CHARLIE KANZIG
he said. <It was a great day
and I9m just so happy.=
Nordell placed third over-
all among 176 finishers.
Lewis felt pleased with
his performance as well, fin-
ishing in 2 hours, 24 min-
utes, 33 seconds to win the
See TRIATHLON on page 24
Letters/Weather ................ 2 Sisters Naturalist ............... 8 Entertainment ..................13 Fit for Sisters ................... 23 Classifieds ..................28-29
Meetings ........................... 3 Announcements ................12 Obituaries ........................15 Crossword ....................... 27 Real Estate .................30-32