The Nugget Vol. XLVII No. 50
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News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
www.NuggetNews.com
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Ugly Sweater Run attracts over 200
Major employer expands to Sisters
By Charlie Kanzig Correspondent
An annual tradition, the Ugly Sweater Run, sponsored by RunSistersRun, attracted more than 200 runners and walkers who “donned them now their gay apparel” and took on a five-kilometer course on the north side of Sisters Saturday, December 7. The run started and finished at Fir Street Park with the afterparty spilling over to The Barn. Holiday outfits ranged from outlandish sweaters to full-on Christmas trees. Participants of all ages navigated the course, including William Strachan of Terrebonne who won the race while pushing a double stroller. He finished in 19:10. Evelyn Young was the first female across the line in 20:26, good enough for fifth place overall among a total of 216 finishers. Local finishers in the top10 males included Augustus Nibur (ninth) and Carter Anderson (10th), while a slew of local females placed in the top 10 including Josie Ryan
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By Bill Bartlett Correspondent
PHOTO BY CHARLIE KANZIG
The Hood family won in the Ugly Sweater Family Category in the Ugly Sweater Run on Saturday, December 7. (fourth), Brooke Duey (fifth), Jacqueline Endres (sixth), Naomi Bennette (eighth) Rima Givot (ninth), and Riley Davis (10th). Nibur and Davis are both middle school students, while Anderson, Ryan, Duey, and Bennette are high school aged. Race director Kelly Bither
counted the event as another successful kick-off to the Christmas season. Winners of the Ugly Sweater/costume contest included: • Ugly Sweater overall winner: Shannon McWeeney. • Ugly Sweater Couple: Dan and Angie Neal.
• Ugly Sweater Family 1: Hood Family. • Ugly Sweater Family 2: Pink Elf — Ward Family. Proceeds from the event will support Living Well with Dementia in Sisters and the Sisters High School alpine ski team which served as volunteers for the race.
BASX Solutions, a leading national manufacturer of modular structures and cleanroom solutions, has leased 27,190 square feet of light industrial space in Three Peaks Industrial Park. The 15.59-acre park sits on the northern section of former Forest Service property, located on the north side of West Barclay Drive and bordered by North Pine Street on the east and the Ponderosa Best Western property on the west side. To the north is Forest Service land, and across Barclay to the south is the site of The Woodlands. The park has 14 lots, on which three have been developed and a fourth is See EMPLOYER on page 31
Sisters shelter set to open with additional services By Sue Stafford Correspondent
Among the ponderosas at 222 N. Trinity W., there is a beehive of activity in the building owned by the Oregon Network Ministries and rented by Sisters Cold Weather Shelter. According to shelter coordinator Sharlene Weed, they have “successfully transitioned to operating the Wellhouse Market food pantry on Thursdays at 3 p.m.”
They have opened their “front room community space for anyone to use on Monday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.” The furniture for the community room was donated by Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore. Work is also underway to set up necessary supplies being brought out of storage to equip a shelter space. “We plan to be ready in January and will try to open if there is an extreme weather event before that,” Weed told The Nugget.
The building just became available this fall so time has been short to get prepared to open the shelter. Normally, they would have been planning all summer, but they have only been able to start mobilizing recently, in addition to taking over the food pantry. “Like any new endeavor, the shelter has experienced growing pains. We are evolving to meet the needs of people living in difficult conditions in the Sisters
community,” said Weed, “by providing essential and lifesaving support to our most vulnerable neighbors.” The Emergency Shelter Declaration, which was only approved by City Council on November 20, has an attachment outlining weather conditions and temperatures that would trigger opening a shelter. Despite the conditions over the last several weeks, the shelter was unable to open because they are still getting set up, recruiting
volunteers, doing background checks, and hiring paid overnight monitors. A shelter is much more than just a warm space. Because of everything involved in opening and running a shelter, they can’t open one night, be closed the next two, and re-open on the fourth night, based on weather conditions. “SCWS will monitor the weather and mobilize when there are at least three See SHELTER on page 22
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