Lady Outlaws sweep volleyball play page 6
Of a certain age... See pages 14-21
Sisters woman meets long-lost brother page 19
The Nugget Vol. XLI No. 37
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News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Wednesday, September 12, 2018
Sisters Folk Festival returns in high style By Jodi Schneider Correspondent
All the town’s a stage in Sisters for one weekend every September, and for over two decades the Sisters Folk Festival (SFF) has celebrated the annual three-day event with Americana/folk music traditions and all the sensational variations — including bluegrass, blues, country, jazz, Celtic, and various styles of Latin American music. The tradition continued last Friday evening under clear skies as fans welcomed an eclectic mix of festival newcomers and a few returning artists that performed in 11 venues throughout the town to entertain and delight a diversified audience. The festival was returning to action after being forced to cancel last year due to smoke impact from the Milli Fire. “I think there was great anticipation of seeing many of the folks that were scheduled
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Sisters barrel racer takes title By Kathryn Godsiff Correspondent
“There was a lot of musical and cultural diversity, and
Sisters equestrienne Bailey Knirk, 14, sweats the small stuff when she’s training her two horses. Spending quiet hours schooling and working on the basics paid off recently when Knirk came home from her first State 4-H Horse Fair, held during the State Fair in Salem, with the overall win in barrel racing in her age category. At the fair, the top qualifiers in each event from all Oregon counties gather to compete. Knirk qualified in
See FOLK FESTIVAL on page 24
See KNIRK on page 28
The Lil Smokies turned in a smokin’ set at Sisters Art Works last weekend. PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
to play last year like Justin Townes Earle, Robbie Fulks, Amy Helm, Gangstagrass and more, and also to see artists
Boom truck takes down power lines in Sisters A 29-year-old Redmond truck driver had a tough day on the job last Friday in Sisters. On September 7 at 5:30 p.m., a roof truss delivery boom truck owned and operated by Oregon Truss Company out of Dayton struck multiple power lines while travelling south on Pine Street. The driver of the boom truck had completed a delivery on North Pine Street near Barclay Drive and had failed to lower the boom crane onto the carrying cradle before leaving the job site. The boom caught a small wire near the intersection of Main Avenue and Pine Street, ripping it in half and flinging it onto the edges
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of the road. No wires were found arcing on the roadway. The truck continued south on Pine Street and crossed the intersection of Highway 20 and Cascade Avenue, where it caught a full set of wires and communication cables that runs across Pine Street mid-block at the alley. The tension on the cables sheared off a power pole on each side of Pine Street and pulled the wires to the ground across Pine Street. The boom truck stopped in the southbound lane of travel on Pine Street with wires lying across the boom. The driver was able to exit the truck without See POWER LINES on page 25
that have been added to the lineup,” said Sisters Folk Festival Creative Director Brad Tisdel.
Getting back to field and stream By Jim Yuskavitch Correspondent
After a number of years of declining interest in hunting and fishing by Oregonians, a multi-year effort by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to increase participation in those traditional outdoor activities seems to be paying off. The effort includes more opportunities — especially for young people — and here in the Sisters area as well. Like most largely rural Western states, Oregon residents have long been hunters and anglers, participating in those outdoor sports as recreational activities and for alternative and healthy sources of food. But in the early 2000s, fishing and hunting license sales began to decline. That reflected fewer younger See FIELD AND STREAM on page 22 PHOTO BY JIM YUSKAVITCH
Letters/Weather ................ 2 Sisters Salutes .................11 Entertainment ..................13 Crossword ....................... 25 Real Estate .................29-32 Meetings ........................... 3 Announcements................12 Bunkhouse Chronicle ....... 23 Classifieds..................26-28 Sisters Naturalist..............31