Wednesday, September 9, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
NEW TRAIL: Volunteers
made new trail link
happen over years
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Eckford were instrumental
<boots on the ground= in get-
ting the trail approved and
built. They worked closely
with Forest Service person-
nel to gain approval for the
new trail and through that
process ended up creating
a bifurcated trail with north
and south legs to avoid a
wildlife habitat zone.
The Forest Service
engaged a Youth Conser-
vation Corps crew to build
about half of the trail while
STA worked on approval to
resume volunteer work dur-
ing COVID. Once safety
protocols were in place, STA
volunteers enthusiastically
took to the work, finish-
ing the trail and fine-tuning
and signing the entire new
section.
The new trail exemplifies
STA9s mission, <to connect
people and communities to
each other and their natural
surroundings.=
STA is a nonprofit orga-
nization whose volun-
teers maintain close to 200
miles of trails, including
the Peterson Ridge Trail
System. A free map of the
local trails, produced by STA
and supported by our local
businesses, is available at
the Sisters Area Chamber
of Commerce, Sisters City
Hall, and many businesses in
Sisters. The new PRT trail-
head and the PRT-Whychus
Footbridge Tie Trail are
included in the 2020-2021
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PHOTO BY HELEN SCHMIDLING
PHOTO PROVIDED
Kelly Rae Roberts watches as Karen Eland and Katie Daisy complete a
mural on a building in Sisters’ Hood Avenue Arts District.
Residents have a new trail link.
map. Trail users and trail lov-
ers can support the work of
STA by volunteering, becom-
ing a member, or donating at
www.sisterstrails.org.
PUBLIC ART: Mural
and sculpture add
to arts district
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friend and fellow muralist
Karen Eland put the finish-
ing touches on a new mural
on the east side of the struc-
ture at the corner of West
Hood Avenue and South Pine
Street.
By the next morning, visi-
tors were already standing in
front of the great gray owl at
GRAPHIC COURTESY STA
the center of the mural, and
photographing themselves or
their friends as an angel with
outstretched owl wings.
<That9s my intention,=
said Kelly Rae Roberts,
the woman who opened
SoulShine just a few weeks
ago, and who commissioned
Katie and Karen to create the
16-by-eight-foot mural on the
side of the building outside
her emporium.
The mural features wild-
flowers, trees, and a throng
See PUBLIC ART on page 31
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