The Nugget
Vol. XLIII No. 41
P OSTAL CUSTOMER
News and Opinion
from Sisters, Oregon
www.NuggetNews.com
‘Creative
optimist’
joins City
of Sisters
staff
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Citizens
can weigh
in on
Sisters’
future
Jumping into competition...
Over the course of the next
year, the City of Sisters will
seek input from community
members on what they want
Sisters to be like in 2040.
The City is launch-
ing an update of the Sisters
Comprehensive Plan, a docu-
ment that will guide how
Sisters grows over the next 20
years. Based on community
input and studies on housing
needs and economic opportu-
nities, the update will result
in a set of goals, policies, and
implementation measures that
will guide decisions about
future growth and develop-
ment in Sisters.
Citizens will be asked
to weigh in on what they
value and want to retain, and
what they want to change
to improve the community.
Multiple opportunities for
input will be available to
Sisters residents, as well as
to community members who
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
With the closure of City
Hall to the public due to
COVID-19, the residents
of Sisters have yet to meet
a new addition to the staff
in the person of Emelia
<Emme= Shoup.
Shoup is part of an
AmeriCorps program
administered through the
University of Oregon,
Resource Assistance for
Rural Environments (RARE).
The City has a contract with
the U of O for 1,700 hours
of Shoup9s services over 11
months, for which she will
receive a monthly stipend
and nine credits toward her
master9s degree. She plans to
use this opportunity to hone
in on a particular area of
interest before starting work
on her Masters of Urban and
Regional Planning.
PRE-SORTED STANDARD
ECRWSS
U.S. POSTAGE PAID
Sisters, OR
Permit No. 15
Hayden Sharp turned in
a 20-foot-8.5-inch long
jump in Outlaws track
competition — a personal
best. See story, page 3.
PHOTO BY CHARLIE KANZIG
See SHOUP on page 22
See COMP PLAN on page 17
Sisters youths
killed in forest crash
Deputies step up to serve Sisters
Three young women died
in a single-vehicle wreck on
Forest Road 15 near Sisters
on Thursday night.
Two 17-year-old Sisters
High School students died,
along with 18-year-old
Amelie Malerva-Locke of
Sebastopol, California.
According to the
Deschutes County Sheriff9s
Office, deputies were dis-
patched at about 9:17 p.m.
on October 1, to a single
vehicle crash on Forest Road
15 about one mile south of
Highway 242. Responding
deputies arrived and found
the crashed vehicle, a 2008
Mercedes SUV, off the road-
way. Sisters-Camp Sherman
Fire Department personnel
responded and pronounced
The three new Deschutes
County Sheriff 9s Office
deputies who were recently
assigned to duty in Sisters
appear to be a happy, friendly
team who 4 according to all
three 4 love what they do.
Deputy Bryan Morris
has a ready smile and quick
wit. He is an Oregon native
who spent four years in the
Marine Corps, serving in
Iraq in 2003. He is a family
man who earned his bach-
elor9s degree from Portland
State University and a mas-
ters from University of
Connecticut.
He originally had an
interest in teaching, but in
2013 joined the DCSO as a
field law enforcement tech-
nician (animal control).
Inside...
all three occupants of the
vehicle dead at the scene.
DCSO reports that initial
investigation determined the
vehicle was northbound on
Road 15 when, for unknown
reasons, it left the road-
way and struck a large tree,
ejecting two of the three
occupants. An Oregon State
Police crash reconstructionist
assisted with the crash inves-
tigation. The roadway was
blocked for approximately
five hours.
<Our thoughts are with the
families and the Sisters com-
munity during this extremely
difficult time,= said Lt.
William Bailey of DCSO9s
Sisters office. Lt. Bailey
See CRASH on page 22
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
PHOTO PROVIDED
Deputies Allie DeMars, Mike Hudson, and Bryan Morris are working full
time in Sisters under the City’s new contract with the Deschutes County
Sheriff’s Office.
He completed the Central
Oregon Reserve Academy
in 2013, the Police Academy
in 2016, and became a patrol
officer. Last year he served
as the LaPine High School
Resource Officer and came
to Sisters in June.
<I have always enjoyed
Sisters and, when this posi-
tion became available, it just
made a lot of sense. It is a
See DEPUTIES on page 23
Letters/Weather ............... 2 Obituaries ........................ 6 Entertainment ................. 11 Sisters Salutes ................ 17 Classifieds .................. 19-21
Meetings .......................... 3 Announcements ...............10 Hike .................................15 Crossword .......................18 Real Estate .................21-24