Wednesday, September 8, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Hop Fest run still on
By Charlie Kanzig
Correspondent
Despite the sad news
that the Sisters Fresh Hop
Festival, hosted in part by
Three Creeks Brewing and
Circle of Friends, is not hap-
pening this year, the associ-
ated Sisters Hop Fest Half-
Marathon and 5k will still
be taking place, according to
race director Sean Meissner.
Registration is still open
for the race, which is set for
Saturday, September 25. The
event benefits the Sisters
High School swim team.
The Sisters Hop Fest Half-
Marathon starts and finishes
at the Three Creeks Brewing
production facility on Barclay
Drive in the industrial park at
8 a.m. The course is a single
13.1-mile loop, taking advan-
tage of rural paved and dirt
county and forest service
roads north of town, accord-
ing to Meissner.
The 5k course begins at
8:15 on Sun Ranch Drive, just
a quarter mile from the half-
marathon start. The course,
which Meissner says is actu-
ally a tad over 5 kilometers, is
mostly flat on a mix of paved
and dirt roads.
Meissner, a former Sisters
resident now living in Fruita,
Colorado, said he was inspired
to do a race tied to a brewfest
after taking part in a similar
event in Durango, Colorado.
<I figured if Durango
could create a super-fun event
that includes a good, long run
and a brewfest, then Sisters
could, too!=
Meissner takes pride in
putting together races that
don9t cost an arm and a leg.
<I9m sort of turned off by
the many overpriced, over-
hyped events that take place
these days,= he said. <We are
offering a lot of bang for the
buck.=
On the event website
Meissner has reminded peo-
ple to wear masks when not
running and to maintain other
protocols for safety, includ-
ing social distancing pre- and
post-race.
All finishers receive a
<super stylish= Sisters Fresh
Hop Festival trucker hat or
a <cool= pair of Sisters Hop
Fest socks, along with a cus-
tom pint glass, according to
Meissner.
Registration is open on
www.ultrasignup.com.
The Fresh Hop Festival,
which benefits Ronald
McDonald House Charities,
hopes to return next year at
full strength. In the past, the
event drew more than 20
brewers of fresh-hopped beer,
and included music, food, and
lots of fun.
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By Douglas Beall
Correspondent
Gliding up- and down-
wn-
stream on the Metolius
lius
or Deschutes rivers, the
on
American Osprey (Pandion
haliaetus) searches for avail-
cent
able fish, which is 99 percent
y is
of its diet. When its prey
ives
spotted, the Osprey dives
in the water and uses the
barbed pads on the bottom of
its talons to grip the slippery
fish, and carries it headfirst
to make it as aerodynamic
as possible. An outer toe is
reversible to enable it to grasp
the fish with two toes forward
and two back, which provides
a more stable grip in flight.
During breeding season,
males will perform an aerial
<sky dance.= Clutching a fish
or nest material, they hover
as much as 600 feet above
the nest for up to 10 min-
utes, with screaming calls,
while slowly descending to
the nest. One to four creamy
to pinkish-cinnamon eggs
are laid in a large stick nest
and hatch in 36 to 42 days.
Chicks remain in the nest for
50 to 55 days while being fed
fish by both parents. Ospreys
will nest up to 12 miles from
their watery hunting areas. I
have observed a number of
PHOTO BY DOUGLAS BEALL
An American Osprey with its catch.
nests on the shoulders of Mt.
Jefferson.
Osprey populations in
North America declined dra-
matically from 1950-1972
due to pesticides such as
DDT, which caused eggshell
thinning. DDT was banned
in 1972 and ospreys have
thrived ever since. However,
they remain on several states9
endangered or threatened
lists.
Ospreys are also known as
<fish eagles,= <seahawks,= or
<river hawks.=
For more American
Osprey photos visit http://
abirdsingsbecauseithasasong.
com/recent-journeys.
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