Volleyball squad names six all-leaguers page 7 ASPIRE mentors help students navigate future page 8 My feathered foster son, Part II page 15 The Nugget Vol. XLII No. 47 Major project planned in Sisters P OSTAL CUSTOMER News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon www.NuggetNews.com Wednesday, November 20, 2019 “Freaky Friday”... Sisters continues growth spurt By Sue Stafford Correspondent A complete applica- tion for a Master Planned Development (MP#19-01) has been received by the City from Threewind Partners regard- ing property located behind and beside Bi-Mart, between McKinney Butte Road and West Hood Avenue. The development, on 7.48 acres, will include approxi- mately 50 multi-family units, 28,000 square feet of com- mercial area, and supporting site infrastructure. The appli- cation has been forwarded to PRE-SORTED STANDARD ECRWSS U.S. POSTAGE PAID Sisters, OR Permit No. 15 PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK The Sisters High School choir and band programs staged the musical “Freaky Friday” last weekend, to an enthusiastic response from good houses. (See story, page 11.) See PROJECT on page 30 The city of Sisters contin- ues to grow at a very rapid pace, according to statistics released last week by Portland State University. Sisters9 pop- ulation as of July 1 stood at 2,985 4 up from a revised 2018 number of 2,725, a 9.5 percent increase. Brendon Buckley of Johnson Economics told the Sisters Planning Commission last February, <You are grow- ing very fast and changing fast, and I know I don9t need to tell you that.” Buckley reported in that February meeting on the draft results of his firm9s Housing See GROWTH on page 20 Sisters man found after missing alert Honoring stalwarts of the trails Jim Fisher of Sisters was located safe at approxi- mately 6 a.m. on Saturday, November 16, in the Sisters area after authorities put out a bulletin that he had gone missing. Fisher, age 89, was believed to have left his resi- dence on North Songbird Street on foot, sometime after 10 p.m. on November 15. Local people and authori- ties raised concerns due to his age and the fact that Fisher is known to have hearing loss and memory issues. Fisher contacted a resi- dent in the 16000 block of Perit Huntington Road in Sisters Trails Alliance Board Chair Catherine Hayden told two of STA9s most valued board members to “Take A Hike” last week. In STA9s world, that phrase carries a very different mean- ing than it does in everyday slang: It9s an invocation to go forth and enjoy the fruits of many years of labor. Gary Guttormsen, Chuck H u m p h r e y s a n d G r e g Vandehey were feted during PHOTO BY JIM CORNELIUS STA9s Toast the Trails event STA board chair Catherine Hayden honored Gary Guttormsen and Chuck at Cork Cellars on Tuesday, Humphreys for stellar service as they step off the board of directors. November 12, as the orga- nization celebrated their Country. The trio is stepping Vandehey9s work as secretary extraordinary efforts to build, down from the STA Board of of the organization, noting maintain and enhance a net- Directors. work of trails across Sisters H a y d e n p r a i s e d See TRAILS on page 24 Inside... Sisters and sought shelter from the temperatures. The resident immediately con- tacted Deschutes County 911. Deschutes County Sheriff 9s Office depu- ties responded and verified that the subject was Fisher and he was transported by EMS to the hospital for evaluation. Fisher is well-known in Sisters. His career was with the Oregon Department of Forestry, and he served for several years in the 1990s as manager of the Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce. He also served as a freelance writer for The Nugget. By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief Letters/Weather ................ 2 Announcements ................12 Sisters Naturalist ..............15 Gift Card Directory ............21 Classifieds .................. 27-28 Meetings ........................... 3 Entertainment ..................13 Happy Thanksgiving ..... 16-17 Crossword ....................... 26 Real Estate .................29-32