Klamath Life July 2017 (Updated)

REGIONAL MAGAZINE FOR KLAMATH, LAKE, MODOC AND SISKIYOU COUNTIES

Klamath Life

Summer Dreams

A Day in the Park Moore Park offers seasons of fun close to home

Eyes on Klamath Oregon Tech professor’s documentary gains attention

Final curtain

Ross Ragland’s Mark McCrary looks back at his career

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Summer Dreams Inside:

On the cover: Arianna Hunter, 10, starts to hang from the

jungle gym monkey bars at Moore Park on Thursday, July 13. Moore Park offers a wide variety of activities, in any season, close to home.

A Day in the Park: Klamath’s Moore Park offers something for everyone. Page 5

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Cover photo by H&N photographer Brittany Hosea-Small

Land of the Lakes: The Shaw Historical Library looks at region’s past, present. Page 9

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Preserving & Protecting: Land trust works on Upper Basin restoration projects. Page 12

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The Model Life: Professor films documentary as model for students. Page 15

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Screen Time: Breathing new life into Malin’s Broadway Theater. Page 18

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Final Curtain: Ross Ragland’s Mark McCrary comes full circle. Page 22

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Helping Each Other: Community spirit makes life better in Bonanza. Page 24

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How Sweet it is: Friends Church garden grows relationships. Page 27

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Field Work: Tulelake extension center works toward the future. Page 30

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hen it comes to family fun, sports, bicycling, fishing, birdwatching, hiking or just getting away from it all, Moore Park has everything.

“Moore Park is a great place to explore because it was designed to provide a little something for everyone,” said Jim Chadderdon, director of Discover Klamath Visitor & Convention Bureau, the local tourism organization. “One doesn’t have to travel far to reach this place with so much to see and do.”

On the short list, Moore Park has soccer fields, playgrounds, tennis courts, open

play areas, a disc golf course, picnic areas, a marina with boat launches and an extensive trail system.

“Very few cities have a forest in the middle of town,” said Dennis Taugher, president of the Klamath Trails Alliance, a volunteer group that helps maintain much of the Moore Park trail system. “Moore Park is just a few minutes from any part of town.”

See PARK, page 6

Far horizon: From atop Moore Mountain there are 360-degree views of the Klamath Basin, including landmarks like Hogback Mountain. Photos by Samantha Tipler

A Day in the Park

By SAMANTHA TIPLER For the Herald and News

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PARK, from page 5 Located along the shores of Upper Klamath Lake, Moore Park hosts 435 acres of opportunities for outdoor fun.

“My favorite thing at Moore Park is – Everything! Seriously, it’s hard to pin down just one or two things,” Chadderdon said. “First of all, I like the views of Klamath Lake from some of the upper trails. Second, I like the nature and wildlife – you almost always see deer and a wide variety of birds. Third, it’s a beautiful place with open spaces, well-maintained grass, trees, roads and trails. It reflects the values of Klamath and its people.”

Family fun Moore Park offers many places for families to get outside and have fun.

It includes two large playgrounds: one on the lakeside area of the park and one near the tennis courts. It also has extensive picnic areas and spaces perfect for parties or family events.

“Moore Park is great for everyone, but especially families,” Chadderdon said. “There are tennis courts and barbecue areas and picnic areas for people to gather and socialize.”

For those who want to explore, there are many easy trails in the park, including the paved road

closed to traffic, and the trails listed in the Klamath Basin Birding Trails guide (www.klamathbirdingtrails.com).

Speaking of birding, Moore Park is one of the great places in the Klamath Basin to spot the many feathered friends who flock to this area.

“Moore Park is a favorite among the many who visit Klamath for its amazing bird-watching. The trails will reward you with peaceful, serene walks where you are likely to see eagles, hawks, woodpeckers and other forest habitat birds,” Chadderdon said. “Closer to the lake you’ll likely see pelicans, grebes, various ducks and other shore birds such as herons, egrets, terns and more.”

H&N photo by Brittany Hosea-Small

First serve: Josh DeVaughn plays tennis on the courts at Moore Park on Thursday, July 13.

Extensive Trails Moore Park has so many trails, it annually hosts a 5K (3.1 miles) and half marathon (13.1 miles), the Moore Mountain Trail Run, in September. This year the race is extended to include a 30K (or 18.6 miles), all on the park’s exclusive dirt trails.

The Klamath Trails Alliance helps maintain the trail network through volunteers and maintenance days once a month (or sometimes more often) in spring, summer and fall.

See PARK, page 7

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Moore Park amenities Soccer fields Tennis courts  Open play areas  Picnic areas with barbecue pits  Two playgrounds  Gingerbread house  Disc golf course  Trails  Marina with boat launches and docks  Day camp area  Restrooms  Ski trails (cross country, winter)  

Did you know?

 Moore Park was originally a farm owned by Charles Sumner Moore and Rufus Scudder Moore.

Their father, William S. Moore, opened one of the first sawmills in Linkville (what is now Klamath Falls) and he and his sons were leading businessmen from the 1860s, when the elder Moore first arrived, into the 1900s.  The first land donation was 114 acres in 1926. In 1946 another 250 acres were donated by the Moore family. Today it spans 435 acres total.  Moore Park was once home to a zoo. It started around 1931 with a single coyote. It later held deer, elk, bear and cougar. The zoo continued until at least 1976, though its final closure date is not known by the Klamath County Museum. The remains of the zoo can still be found across the entrance road from the tennis courts.  The stone wall along Lakeshore Drive was built in 1934 in honor of Rufus Moore.  The gingerbread house (located between the tennis courts and former zoo) was built in 1961 by the Soroptimists.  Moore Park has had many uses over the years, including: skiing, ice skating, Easter egg hunts, wading pool, archery, fireworks and swim team camping.

— Information provided by

the Klamath County Museum

PARK, from page 6 “The KTA basically acts as the trail steward of Moore Park,” said Drew Honzel, secretary for the KTA. “Characteristics of a trail steward might be an avid trail user, (who) volunteers to maintain and improve the system, advocates and promotes the trails and works cooperatively with city parks.”

Moore Park trails have a variety of names, including Whiskey Town, Five Gallon, Big Sky, Archery, Tunnel of Love, Sidewinder and No Name.

“My favorite part is the Klamath Ridgeview Trail,” said

Taugher. “It is roughly 4 miles one way. You can start on the east in barren lava flow with snags from a previous forest fire. The trail then goes through an urban forest and into the open where you have superb views of the Upper Klamath Lake and a range of trees from ponderosa pines to scarce oak trees. Look down and you can see a rookery of egrets.”

For more information about the KTA, or for trail maps, visit the organization’s website: www.klamathtrails. org.

See PARK, page 8

View from the top: Moore Park has many views of Upper Klamath Lake, but from atop Moore Mountain views extend 360 degrees, including Mount Shasta to the south.

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PARK, from page 7 More activities Moore Park is home to one of Klamath Falls’ best – and most challenging – disc golf courses. Recently updated with signage and bark chips in some area, it’s a premier place to test your skill at this new sport.

There are many other activities in Moore Park as well.

“The tennis courts are nice, albeit slightly older. They are due for a refresh and I have heard when this is done the courts will be suitable for pickleball as well,” Chadderdon said. “For those into water sports, Moore Park’s dual launch areas are ideal for putting into Klamath Lake with a kayak, canoe, sailboat, or power boat.”

And the park has the amenities, including bathrooms and lots of parking.

Chadderdon noted Moore Park has a high rating on TripAdvisor.

“Over 40 reviews have been placed and 79 percent rate the park as ‘Excellent,’ while another 19 percent rate the park as ‘Very Good,’” he said. “It carries a five-star rating.”

More on Moore Park

Photos by Samantha Tipler

Time to explore: Moore Park offers fun activities in all seasons: winter, spring, summer and fall.

 City of Klamath Falls website: www. klamathfalls.city/iwant-to/find/city-hall/ support-services/parks/ moore-park  Meet Me In Klamath: www.meetmeinklamath.com/ things-to-do/outdoorrecreation/hiking  Klamath Trails Alliance: www.klamathtrails.org  Klamath Basin Birding Trails: www.klamathbirdingtrails.com/ sites/27moorepark

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Shaw H I S T O R I C A L

Exploring the Land of the Lakes

By LEE JUILLERAT Shaw board of governors member For the Herald and News

A way around: The side hill clearing at mile 2 during development of Rim Road at Crater Lake National Park is seen in this photo taken Aug. 20, 1913.

Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress

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hat’s your area of historical interest: the military, sheep industry, Tule Lake Segregation Center, Crater Lake National Park, lumber industry, Native Americans, Modoc War, the Civilian Conservation Corps, Lava Beds National Monument, railroads?

There’s a lot of history in an area coined “The Land of the Lakes.”

It’s a term used by past and present members of Shaw Historical Library board of governors, to describe a region that includes southcentral and southeastern Oregon, northwestern Nevada and northeastern California.

See SHAW, page 10

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SHAW, from page 9 Founded in 1983 by Laurence L. and Dorothy Shaw, the Shaw Library is located on the Oregon Institute of Technology campus in the Learning Resources Building, or library.

Steve Kandra, the Shaw’s longtime president, says one of the group’s goals is to become better known and attract new members through an increasing array of community outreach programs.

Earlier this year, for example, the Shaw sponsored tours of former Klamath Falls mills and held an informational program on the history of the region’s timber industry, for many years the Klamath Basin’s largest employer. In June, the Shaw held its second annual surplus material sale, making available duplicate books, photographs, artwork and other items. Earlier this month, Shaw board members participated in Sentry Eagle activities at Kingsley Field.

Chronicling history Kingsley Field’s Officer’s Club will be the site for the Shaw’s annual dinner meeting on Aug. 8. It is part of the library’s ongoing effort to commemorate, remember and honor the region’s longtime military history, which was featured in the Shaw’s 2016 Journal, “From Fremont to Kingsley: The Military in the Land of the Lakes.”

The Shaw is also co-sponsoring two upcoming book talks at and in cooperation with the Klamath County Museum.

On Oct. 12, Carol Arnold will give a program on “Spirit of the Rock: The Fierce Battle for Modoc Homelands,” by her late husband Jim Compton.

Compton, who was raised in Klamath Falls, died shortly after completing the manuscript.

Kandra said many of Compton’s research materials used in writing the book will be added to the library’s collection.

See SHAW, page 11

A piece of history: In June, the Shaw Historical Library opened its doors for a surplus material sale, offering duplicate books, photos and more for purchase by the public.

Logging history: During a Shaw Historical Library sponsored logging history tour earlier this year, Denny Holl talks about the last load of logs on Main Street. A loaded log truck tipped over at South Sixth and Main streets. Resulting in the city changing the route for log trucks in the city.

Submitted photos

Discover history, rediscover heritage The Shaw Historical Library was founded in 1983 by Laurence and Dorothy Shaw.

Their goal was to establish a library to provide students, researchers and the public with a place to learn about the people and history of the area known as the Land of the Lakes.

Since the initial donation in 1983, the Shaw collection has grown, primarily through donations, to include about 3,000 books along with maps, art, manuscripts, photographs and oral histories.

Shaw, who was born in 1908 in Mill City, Ore., died in 1998. His father, “James” Royal Shaw, incorporated the Shaw-Bertram Lumber Co, in 1920 with William Bertram in Klamath Falls. Shaw was educated at Stanford University Law School but he never practiced law, going instead into the family lumber business. He was resident manager of Shaw Lumber Company at Tionesta from 1935 to 1943 and became the sole owner of Modoc Lumber Company in 1946. He was president of Modoc Lumber from 1945 to 1971.

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SHAW, from page 10 Scheduled Nov. 16, also at and in cooperation with the Klamath County Museum, is a reading by Robert McNally of his new book, “The Modoc War: A Story of Genocide at the Dawn of America’s Gilded Age.” Earlier this summer, the Shaw published a book about the Tule Lake Segregation Center, “Forced Farming in America: Agriculture at the Tule Lake Relocation Center, 19421946,” by Malin resident Michael “Dave” Schmidli.

Publishing and promoting historical accounts of the Klamath Basin and broader “Land of the Lakes” region is one of the Shaw’s goals. Previous journals have delved into such diverse topics as the region’s water history, sheep ranching, the history of the Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge and other refuges, wilderness areas, timber industry, Tule Lake Segregation Center, Applegate Trail, Crater Lake, Lava Beds and more.

Hoping to expand Shaw efforts to better involve OIT students, the board recently met with new president Nagi Naganathan. “We will work with him to try to make the Shaw relevant to the student body.” Kandra said.

“We want to make students more aware of our facility and look at what the students need.”

Kandra said the outreach extends beyond OIT. “We’re always looking for families and individuals who have materials they’re willing to share with the public,” he said of obtaining and preserving historical materials, which can include books, artwork, manuscripts and maps.

“We’re a research library.”

He noted Schmidli’s

Library of Congress photo

book was originally published as a thesis as part of obtaining a master’s degree at Portland State University before it was edited and published by the Shaw.

While the Shaw has a board of governors, it also has committees. For example, Larry Powers, a retired OIT professor, is not a board member but participates on the Shaw’s journal committee and served as editor for “Forced Farming.”

“We’re always looking for people who have those kinds of interests,” Kandra said of people like Powers, who might serve on the board or committees, which can involve writing articles for the journal, conducting oral histories and planning programs.

Kandra, who with his family had farming operations in Merrill and Tulelake, joined the board in 1987, making him its longest serving member.

Other board members include Jeremy Morris, Ryan Bartholomew, Kathy Shaw Halvorsen, Ron Hathaway, Bill Johnson and Benji Henslee.

William Finley photo/Oregon Historical Society

Plan your Shaw visit

William Finley photo/Oregon Historical Society

Forced farming: Tule Lake Segregation Center detainees were used to grow crops during World War II. Time along the river: A house boat is seen at the mouth of the Lost River, while a man named Cole jerks a trout out of the water on his fishing line along the Klamath River in these photos from the early 1900s.

For information about the Shaw Historical Library, located on campus at Oregon Tech, visit the website at www.oit.edu/shaw/about.

Current hours of operation through Aug. 18 are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (closed for lunch from noon to 1 p.m.) Monday through Thursday. It is closed Friday through Sunday. Visitors are encouraged to make appointments and can do so by calling 541-885-1686 or emailing shawlib@oit.edu.

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Preserve, Protect, Improve Klamath Lake Land Trust promotes and works on local conservation projects

By LEE JUILLERAT: For the Herald and News

Ask most people what the Klamath Lake Land Trust is, and they’ll hesitate before venturing a guess or, more commonly, an “I don’t know.”

Crystal McMahon and members of the group’s board of directors hope to change that.

“It’s still a new Land Trust,” says McMahon, on her second stint as executive director of the organization founded in 2010 to help preserve, protect and improve lands with special qualities in the Upper Klamath Basin.

See CONSERVATION, page 13

Restoration: A boat is ready to launch for a project along the Sprague River in June.

Submitted photo

Paddle ready: Klamath Lake Land Trust Executive Director Crystal McMahon is always ready to go kayaking.

Photo by Lee Juillerat

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CONSERVATION, from page 12 Increased recognition has come through a series of hikes, kayak trips and other outings. Popular, too, is the Land Trust’s annual banquet, which wasn’t held in 2016 but will return Nov. 4 at the Reames Golf and Country Club.

With a staff of only three part-time employees and a limited budget, much of what the organization does is behind the scenes. One of the projects in the public eye is an ongoing effort to preserve oak woodlands, a rare commodity in the Klamath Basin.

“There’s always been much more work than we have staff for,” says McMahon.

“There are a number of projects in the works ... Some happen, some take years, some don’t happen.”

The organization’s vision is to advocate “for the conservation, protection and restoration of South Central Oregon’s forests, wetlands, deserts and watersheds. We use restoration, land acquisition, conservation easements, ecologically informed land management and public education to sustain and improve the environmental and cultural values provided by wildlands in Klamath and Lake counties.”

Originally funded from a $100,000 grant, the Land Trust bought three properties along the Sprague and Sycan rivers in 2011 and 2012, and added more properties along both rivers in 2016, upping the total of owned land to nearly 600 acres. The group also has a 15-acre conservation easement in the Shoalwater Bay region of Upper Klamath Lake. Conservation easements are voluntary legal agreements that limit uses allowed on designated lands in perpetuity.

The goal is to protect wildlife habitat, forests, riparian areas, wetlands and rivers.

McMahon, who was part of the original founding group, says the Klamath Lake Land Trust is one of about 20 in Oregon. It was created by individuals and land owners who had worked, often unsuccessfully, to protect lands from future development.

As explained in the group’s brochure, “We work with landowners, local communities, government and other interested parties to promote conservation and restoration of the natural environment. We place special emphasis on establishing a network of permanently conserved land that encompasses important rivers and streams, wildlife corridors and large expanses of intact habitat.”

See CONSERVATION, page 14

Learn more, come along To learn more about the Klamath Lake Land Trust, visit the group’s website at www.klamathlakelandtrust.org, call 541-884-1053, or visit their office at 212 S. Ninth St. Members of the group’s board of directors include President Mika Blain, Vice President Eve Costello, Secretary/Treasurer Anne Wenner, along with Bill Wright, Yasha Rohwer and Danielle Johnson Hereford.

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McMahon emphasizes the group’s goals are long range, ‘thinking beyond your own lifetime. What is important to the community today and to future generations.’

CONSERVATION, from page 13 Some of the selected projects were enacted to prevent development, such as along Shoalwater Bay and the proposed oak woodlands purchase. Others, including those along the Sprague and Sycan, are aimed at preserving, protecting and improving habitat for fish and wildlife. The Land Trust cooperatively works with other governmental and nongovernmental groups, including the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Klamath Watershed Partnership, Trout Unlimited and the National Resources Conservation Service.

While the group’s vision statement references South Central Oregon and its name

includes Lake County, McMahon says the focus has been to identify and protect lands with high conservation values in the Upper Klamath Basin. As the Land Trust grows, she envisions it will expand to include larger areas of the broader Klamath Basin, including Lake County.

She emphasizes the group’s goals are long range, “thinking beyond your own lifetime.

What is important to the community today and to future generations.” While the Klamath Basin hasn’t experienced the economic growth — and some would argue unchecked development — seen in Bend and the Rogue Valley, McMahon believes, “If and when it does happen, what are the places we want to set aside?”

As a non-governmental

agency, the Land Trust relies on income generated through agricultural leases, individual donors and fundraising events like the November dinner, which will feature silent and live auctions. Most of all, McMahon says the group depends on grants from foundations.

She credits another Land Trust grants manager, Debra Day, noting, “She’s getting really good at writing successful grants.”

She also praises outreach coordinator Lisa Bertash with helping to coordinate activities with other groups and organizations and credits Natosha Alexander, a private contractor, for assisting the Land Trust.

McMahon also gives credit to the Land Trust’s board of directors, a group she says

Water ways: Kayakers paddle along the Williamson River Delta during a Klamath Lake Land Trust outing in early June.

has become “increasingly involved,” meets monthly and has been proactively involved in promoting the group and its activities, including hikes and other programs. The sixmember board is headed by President Mika Blain and Vice President Eve Costello. “They’re really involved.”

Outings are intended to generate more Land Trust members and, in some cases, showcase Land Trust lands.

They’re also intended to provide people with glimpses of areas “off the beaten path,” noting an upcoming hike to Cherry Creek Falls will require a mile of off-trail hiking.

“There’s so much beauty in our area,” McMahon says. “We want to show people the beauty of areas they haven’t seen.”

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By KURT LIEDTKE: H&N Staff Reporter

T Cobblestone Stories

OIT professor becomes a hit in Europe with anthropology documentary

o find a proper example of urban planning, an Oregon Tech anthropology professor had to travel all the way to the Netherlands. Now the film he made while there has set Europe’s eyes back on Klamath Falls.

Mark Neupert had no intentions of being a professional filmmaker, but when he took a year’s sabbatical to move to Leiden, a unique opportunity arose. Also a commissioner on the Klamath Falls Planning Commission, Neupert was having difficulty demonstrating urban planning to his students to showcase how communities can be viably walk-able if planned properly, and found the answer in Europe.

Neupert was no stranger to Leiden, having visited eight times. He first visited for a conference at the University of Leiden, and was blown away at how accessible the community was without the need of a car. In 2009, he moved his family to Leiden for a year, studying anthropology filmmaking at the university and capturing footage everywhere he went in the Dutch community. He was fascinated that the vast majority of citizens manage to handle daily commutes and errands entirely by bicycle.

See DOCUMENTARY, page 16 Easy access: Mark Neupert, an anthropology professor at Oregon Tech, spent a year living in the Netherlands documenting life in Leiden.

Photo courtesy of the University of Leiden

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DOCUMENTARY, from page 15 Neupert was fascinated by how people shopped, worked, handled family responsibilities and enjoyed community celebrations with little need of motorized vehicles. He decided to make a film about it to use in his classroom, a visual demonstration of the urban planning methods he painstakingly tried to instill in his students. His goals were three-fold; showcase daily life, demonstrate public use of community space, and profile effective urban planning.

For several years, he edited a year’s worth of footage captured with his camera during whatever free time he could muster, eventually completing a 45-minute documentary film titled, “Cobblestone Stories: A Year of Modern Living in Leiden, the Netherlands.”

While Neupert had done some filming previously for a video project in the Philippines, it was a steep learning curve to grasp all the elements needed to professionally film and edit a cohesive film project.

He intended to utilize it solely for classroom lectures, helping students better visualize anthropological urban planning in a large community — a concept that in the American car-dependent culture was difficult for students to grasp. However, news of the film soon found a larger audience.

“I would teach my students about urban planning theory, thinking about how postWorld War II America really changed,” explained Neupert.

“Cities that were previously compact quickly became urban sprawl and automobile dependent. Now there is a movement for new urbanism, walkability and bike-friendly communities, which are capable through street design.

But students just couldn’t understand what I was talking about, never needing a car

Photos by Mark Neupert

Alley access: Pedestrian protected space makes this Leiden alleyway a great space, even for the youngest of city dwellers.

Parking space: Bicycles line the street at the Allmarkt, the main market area in the center of Leiden.

All seasons: Cycling in the Netherlands is a year-round thing. The convenience of cycling often outweighs the discomfort of riding in rain or even snow.

was such a foreign concept to them. Students would ask why anyone would want to live that way.”

The film in its original form was presented as a living portrait of a European community, with little to no voiceover, but Neupert’s students had difficulty grasping the concepts. Re-edits and audio recordings expanded the project, one he admits he is still tweaking here and there with small changes to music and audio.

Neupert decided to submit the project to the Ethnografilm Paris film festival, and it was accepted. He thought it might also be of interest to the Leiden cultural archive and museum as well, so he reached out to gauge interest. At first, a small screening was planned in Leiden, but when an article in de Volkskrant, one of the leading Dutch publications out of The Hague, appeared, interest rapidly grew. Neupert soon found himself the centerpiece of a Dutch media frenzy, evoking pride in Leiden’s residents, spurring an ongoing rivalry of the community with Amsterdam, and piquing interest in why an American professor would highlight this one particular community.

Television and radio appearances followed, both

by Neupert and famous Leiden residents hailing the film on some of the most popular programs in the Netherlands. The planned small screening quickly became the hottest ticket in town after news coverage about Neupert’s film went viral across Holland social media, and the event was moved to a larger theater to accommodate the demand.

There was even one very special V.I.P. for the event, the mother of an Oregon Tech student who is originally from Leiden, in attendance.

See DOCUMENTARY, page 17

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DOCUMENTARY, from page 16 Neupert traveled to Europe for both the Paris film festival and Leiden event, where he and the film were exuberantly received by the Leiden community. A surprise came in May, when Dutch citizens traveling through Southern Oregon to see Crater Lake stopped by Neupert’s office at Oregon Tech to drop off newspaper clippings from The Netherlands detailing the success of his film.

For now, the film is used often

by Neupert as well as some communications department faculty, but he hopes that it will be utilized for further educational opportunities amidst the interest in bike-friendly urban planning and environmentally conscious commuting. The University of Amsterdam plans to screen the film this fall, and Neupert is in talks with other U.S. universities to utilize the film as well.

For what began as a pet project to document modern living in a European urban plan-

Photo courtesy of Sleutelstad

Oregon Tech anthropology professor Mark Neupert officially hands over his film about Leiden to Areila Netiv, director of Heritage Leiden. Neupert spent a year living in the Dutch community creating a documentary he uses to teach urban planning at OIT. ning mindset for Klamath Falls students, Neupert’s project has gone global. Whether or not he makes further films is still up in the air, for now he is happy that the lessons learned may be

applied to future urban planning across the globe, or here at home. As a planning commission member, Neupert is enthused about the Blue Zones Project and other efforts being made

on a local level in Klamath Falls to make the area more bikefriendly.

Neupert’s hope was that the footage would be preserved

by Leiden’s museum as a documentation of current life in the community for future historians to observe, but unknowingly he tapped into a far greater emotion of community pride. In the same way that Eugene residents still revel in “National Lampoon’s Animal House,” or the success of “Wild” raising attention to the Pacific Crest Trail, Neupert’s film has become a celebrated source of pride lauded by Leiden’s residents.

“This is not about me or the film, it’s about people who really love their city,” said Neupert. “It’s about them coming together to celebrate their city, which they do multiple times throughout the year.”

To view a trailer of the film, and for more information, visit www.cobblestonestories.org. kliedtke@heraldandnews.com

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Screen

Time Malin’s historic Broadway Theater serves community again after decades of dormancy

By KURT LIEDTKE: H&N Staff Reporter

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t was built during what is considered today as the golden age of Hollywood, a movie theater and performance hall in the heart of Malin to serve as the community’s social center.

Following decades of closure and extensive damage, a Christian organization has revived Malin’s Broadway Theater to its former glory, once again serving its original purpose more than eight decades after its construction.

The Broadway first opened Dec. 12, 1930, in Malin with a showing of the film “Along Came Youth.” It was a $35,000 theater and adjacent community hall with the capacity to seat 350 for films, concerts and events. Built by Vaclav Kalina, one of the original Czech founders of the community, the theater was the epicenter of social activities, until television’s popularity in the 1950s shuttered the operation. It limped into the 1960s with occasional events, but soon was boarded up and used for storage, suffering extensive damage from weather and the ravages of time.

See BROADWAY, page 19

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A T h e at e r ’ s r e v i v a l : T h e n & N o w Intermission: The Broadway Theater’s interior, top left, by the early 1990s had suffered extensive damage due to roof leaks and little to no maintenance after the facility had been shuttered in the late 1950s.

Photo courtesy of the Malin Historical Society

Restoration: The Broadway’s stage today,bottom left, is nearly fully restored from its once dilapidated state following years of dormancy.

H&N photo by Kurt Liedtke

Then: The Broadway Theater, top right, as seen in the early 1950s.

Photo courtesy of the Malin Historical Society

Now: The Broadway Theater’s exterior today, bottom right, still maintains much of the same look it did when it first opened on Dec. 12, 1930.

H&N photo by Kurt Liedtke

BROADWAY, from page 18 While many historic community theaters have been bulldozed or repurposed, the Broadway Theater somehow survived its long hibernation: its basement flooded with 6- to 7-feet of water for years and roof leaks destroyed much of the interior.

The site was purchased around 2000 by Basin Youth For Christ in the hopes of turning the facilities into a primary office location and youth center.

Patrick Hagerty, executive director for the regional Youth For Christ chapter, had never seen the Broadway functional despite growing up in Malin.

He had fond memories of the Broadway Hall next door, often used as a skating rink, but the theater was never more than an old building with the front boarded up. When Youth For Christ acquired the site, Hagerty saw potential for the venerable theater, but only after countless hours of labor.

Though the Great Depression hit the area hard and box office revenue fell sharply, the Kalina family continued its operation. Stars of music and film performed there, such as Benny Goodman and Doris Day, and even Roy Rogers’ famous horse Trigger once made an appearance. There were circus acts, church services, high school graduations, 3-D movies, boxing matches and traveling vaudeville performers that graced its stage.

H&N photo by Kurt Liedtke

Patrick Hagerty, executive director for the regional Youth For Christ chapter, talks about the film era projectors and editing equipment in the Broadway’s projection room.

At the time of its construction, the theater was modern in every way, a projection room pushed far away from the main balcony as a fire precaution in the nitrate film era, but featuring state of the

art projectors and editing equipment. A wooden stage provided space for school events and live performances between films, along with a modern sound system by 1930s standards.

By 1958, television had become the primary form of family entertainment, and routine film screenings at the theater ceased. Occasional events and films continued into the 1960s, but the theater’s demise was inevitable. Used as a storage space, following a sale of the property around 1990, no maintenance was done, and the old building quickly fell into disrepair.

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BROADWAY, from page 19 It took nearly a decade of hard labor to clear the facility for use again. Hagerty and volunteer groups made trips often to the theater, spending a week at a time moving debris while trying to salvage as much of the original building as possible. They tore out all the old seating, pumped massive amounts of water out of the basement and removed a giant boiler piece-by-piece, repainted and replaced structural and aesthetic items as needed, all with the goal of maintaining the feel of a historic theater.

Artifacts were found along the way. Old movie posters and changing room boards autographed by traveling performers were donated to the Malin Historical Society, while the bathrooms and concession stand were remodeled to modern standards. New seating was brought in, lighting and a digital projection system installed, though much of the 1920s era equipment still remains in the projection room just as it was left in the 1950s. By 2014, after clearing permits, the theater re-opened, Youth For Christ hosted a screening of the film “Back to the Future.”

Feature films As remodeling projects continue, the theater has returned as a social mainstay of Malin life. At least once a month Hagerty hosts a family film feature, admission by donation, while others operate a reasonably priced concession stand featuring popcorn, candy and drinks. At least once a week Youth For Christ hosts events for its teen members inside, and the theater has held an occasional concert, wedding, memorial service and school event. Nearby schools in Tulelake and Lost River often reward students for grades and perfect attendance with films at the theater, and Hagerty is happy to open up the facility for whatever request may come for its use.

“In its heyday, this was the social epicenter; the Broadway Hall next door was the place to go,” said Hagerty. “Primarily, the idea was that there is still a big need for its original purpose here. It was used to serve the community, and with Youth For Christ we have a big emphasis on working with the community. We felt that if we could get the funds and labor necessary to get it restored, the potential of it was huge.”

The community stepped up to revive the grand old theater through fundraising and donations of labor and materials. A $150,000 grant from the Ford Family Foundation alongside sale of some of the vintage equipment helped fund the project. Additional grants from Pacific Power and local contractors donating their expertise went a long

The Broadway first opened on Dec. 12, 1930 with a showing of ‘Along Came Youth.’

way in returning the theater to a serviceable state, along with a lot of elbow grease from Christian youth groups.

The building naturally evokes Hollywood nostalgia and Hagerty takes pride in introducing the historic theater to new generations, while also reminiscing with those revisiting the site of their youth where they once reveled in cartoons and movies. While it may rekindle memories, much of the facility is new with a vintage aesthetic. There are some original items — including several 1930s mirrors adorning the grand entryway, and classic 1920s-style ceiling lights in the basement — awaiting repurposing.

“It’s so cool to be able to use the building again where a whole new generation has access to it; it’s no longer old folks reminiscing,” said Hagerty. “Now there will be cool things to do going forward. It blows my mind that it’s being used again — my whole life it was boarded up. It’s great to see kids in here again, not just people my dad’s age saying they remember when they saw their last movie here. Now everybody is in here again.”

While functional, The Broadway is in no way finished. There are still rooms to be refurbished, a stage curtain to be purchased and installed, and more modern sound equipment to be added. When concerts are held, sound equipment has to be rented in Klamath Falls. Also on the wish list is a better lighting system to enhance live events.

Nostalgic look The exterior has returned to its 1950s heyday. The original ticket stand and “Coming Soon” windows still exist, the original 1930s Broadway sign still hangs from the projection room window, and Hagerty hopes to enhance the concessions area that once served as a soda fountain, into a coffee shop. A vacant lot adjacent to the theater where a business once stood was recently donated and Hagerty hopes to convert it into a small park, possibly with an amphitheater for summer events. The long south wall, recently repainted, will soon host a mural of a 1950s-era photograph mimicking Malin’s main drag as seen seven decades prior.

“It’s been really fun when we show something in here and there’s people from Dorris, Bonanza, Klamath Falls and more all in here together,” reflected Hagerty.

“This old building draws folks in from other communities; we’re all in one spot enjoying the same entertainment. I think that’s very healthy for the community.” kliedtke@heraldandnews.com

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Mark McCrary — Ross Ragland Theater

Outgoing Ragland Theater director comes full circle Photos and story by GERRY O’BRIEN: H&N Editor

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herever outgoing Ross Ragland Theater director Mark McCrary ends up, he’s well suited to take on just about any demand the art world can toss at him.

McCrary, 55, is leaving as director of the theater after more than six years at its helm, only the sixth director in the last 30 years of the theater.

The high notes for McCrary were the community theater productions he’s helped stage. Of particular, was the production of “Lés Misérables” which played to nearly all sold-out seating.

See McCrary, page 23

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Ironically, 30 years prior to seeing the Ragland theater director ad, McCrary had seen the notice of the opening of the theater after its remodel and told his wife, ‘Someday I want to run a theater like that.’

McCRARY, from page 22 “We were the only theater in Oregon to do the full production, from opening note to closing note,” he said. “About 120 people auditioned for 80 spots, and that’s a huge turnout for this community.”

He also staged, “The Producers,” “Shrek” and “Cats,” all big productions in their own right. His swan song will be “Mary Poppins,” set to hit the boards on Aug. 4.

But he also revels in bringing the arts to the schools, a program he started when he first arrived here. And his summer theater camp is another big plus for the children of the community to be exposed to the arts.

Business side Though he never planned it this way, McCrary has learned the business side of the arts as well as the creative side, through drive, attention to detail and a few bumps in the road.

A native of Lebanon, Ore., McCrary grew up in Eastern Oregon’s town of Seneca, a timber and lumber mill town of about 300. He’s a graduate of Grant Union High School and knew early on, the arts were for him.

“I just wanted to dance. I participated a lot in the arts. By the time I graduated high school I was the only student who had gone through the four high school musicals, which became the cool thing to do by sophomore year. I was

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Curtain call: In 2013, the Ross Ragland Theater presented “Lés Misérables” to a nearly sold out house. “Lés Misérables” was one of the theater’s productions outgoing director Mark McCrary is most proud of.

the first male in the state of Oregon to be on a high school dance team,” he said.

McCrary attended the University of Oregon, but needed to craft his own degree, as the university didn’t offer studies combining business and dance.

“College didn’t have a name for this kind of major,” he said. “I had plenty of credits, but did not have enough for a degree.” He left school, married, moved to California, worked for Weinstock’s department store as a sales person.

“I didn’t think I wanted to be a professional dancer, per say, but I loved the arts.”

He returned to UO to graduate in the summer of 1985 and later worked

for a finance company, but only for four months.

It was while working with the Sacramento Ballet that he struck on the idea of helping run a local arts council.

“I always I wanted my kids to be born in Oregon, since I’m a secondgeneration Oregonian, so we moved back to Salem.”

Learning the ropes He returned to Salem to run the Mid Valley Arts council; teaching grant writing, starting an arts newspaper and learning the ropes of financing projects. At age 25, he was head of the council and stayed for the next five years.

The big change came when he decided to move to Jackson County in Mississippi to run an

arts council there.

“Being a white male from Oregon had its challenges, (in a racially segregated state). There was a white newspaper and a black newspaper.”

One newspaper proclaimed, “White boy from Oregon takes over arts alliance.” It was an eyeopener he said.

“While I was there, I opened up participation and availability to the arts to more African Americans than they had in the past. I believe that everybody should have equal access to quality arts.”

He created a Jubilee Jam arts festival celebrating the history of the county there, which drew 60,000 and had 400 volunteers with music and entertainment on five stages. It was one of the

state’s largest outdoor arts festivals. He was also able to grow a small arts council into a regional force, he said.

After 18 years in Mississippi, it was time to move on and that’s where the Ross Ragland theater director ad caught his attention.

Ironically, 30 years prior, McCrary had seen the notice of the opening of the Ross Ragland after its remodel and told his wife, “Someday I want to run a theater like that.”

So, he’s come full circle. While in Klamath Falls, he brought the performing arts back to the schools, revived the community theater and grew the audiences for numerous events.

Coming next In the coming year, the theater is looking to host live digitally broadcast events, such as operas and concerts that will be lived-streamed into the theater for half the price.

It will augment the live performances already scheduled.

A new director is expected to be named in late August.

While McCrary is taking some time off to see the Southwest and the Northeast of the country, he’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring there’s a strong foundation for the next director.

His next stop? Not sure. But he’s got the resume to land where he wants to. gobrien@heraldandnews.com

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Welcome to the

Town of Bonanza

Helping each other: Community makes life better

By LEE JUILLERAT: For the Herald and News

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es, Bonanza is nearly ready for its annual BBQ Rib Cook-Off Extravaganza! Saturday, but the town of 451 people is always cooking up events aimed at making life just a bit tastier.

“There seems to be something going on every month. They’re not always big events,” said Mayor Betty Tyree of the year-round list of activities. What makes them possible, she

insists, is, “We’ve got volunteers — that’s all we have. If we had to hire people, it wouldn’t work.”

See BONANZA, page 25

Coming together: Mike Shepherd, president of the Bonanza Lions Club, pours marinade over tri-tip cuts for the 2016 tri-tip dinner at the Bonanza BBQ Rib Cook-Off Extravaganza! at Big Springs Park.

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BONANZA, from page 24

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Matt Shepersky of Darkside Smokehouse slices off a sample for Shylee Fernlund and Taylor Kaber at the 2016 Bonanza BBQ Rib Cook Off Extravaganza at Big Springs Park.

If you go to the Extravaganza!

The Extravaganza, set for Saturday, July 29, will begin with the parade through downtown at 10 a.m. The Children’s Art Festival and Quilt Show will run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Show & Shine and carnival from 11 to 5 p.m., and the Homemade Hobby Festival from 11 to 7 p.m. The Tri-Tip Dinner & Talent Show, a new activity, will run through the evening, all at the park.

Volunteers from around Bonanza and the neighboring communities are coming together for the Extravaganza, the town’s biggest event. Tyree and event coordinator Tina Young, who also is Bonanza’s town recorder, expect the event will draw 4,000 to 5,000 people.

But the Extravaganza is more than barbecued ribs. The town and its Bonanza Big Springs Community Park will be a swirl of activity with the concurrent Homemade Hobby Festival, Show & Shine Car Show, Bonanza Lions Club Parade & Carnival, Children’s Art Festival, Quilt Show and Evening Tri-Tip Dinner and Talent Show.

Throughout the day, activities will include entertainment (with a guest appearance by an Elvis Presley personator), robotics display, Civil War Society re-enactments, town wide yard sales and, during the Children’s

Art Festival, free art projects, bouncy house and face painting.

“Since we teamed up with the fire department and the park board, it’s just gotten bigger and bigger,” Tyree says. She credits Young and Cheri Stewart, the town’s treasurer, with spearheading it and other community events. “They’ve been able to put things together. I just can’t slow them down.”

“Why?” Young says of creating and expanding community events. “Because it’s fun. It’s fun to see the community come together.”

“Our Lions Club has been active since 1997,” said Bonanza Lions Club President Mike Shepherd of that group’s long involvement with community activities. “You get a routine of things you normally do and it just happens. We’re continually thinking of something new.”

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‘We don’t have a swimming pool or large community center.

What we do have is an abundance of fine people.’

— Betty Tyree, Town of Bonanza mayor

BONANZA, from page 25

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Big reveal: Shayanna Widener, 6, looks at her newly applied face paint during the Oregon State Chili Cook-Off in Bonanza in early July.

Bowl challenge: Seven contestants take part in the new chili eating competition during this year’s Oregon State Chili CookOff in Bonanza.

Home Court: Bonanza guard Morgan Pitcock drives toward the basket in the game against the Lost River Raiders at Bonanza High School on Jan. 24.

Along with the Extravaganza, the club sponsors an annual crab feed the second week of February. Shepherd, himself a 1976 Bonanza High graduate, says the club’s primary goal is to fund sight and hearing programs, but they’ve also used income generated from events to help in other ways, including $9,000 for college scholarships for Bonanza High School graduates.

“Bonanza’s always been an active community,” he said. “Things just happen.”

Last year, the Town of Bonanza added a Hometown Holiday Christmas Festival, an event Tyree and Young predict will be even bigger this year. Throughout the year, smaller activities are part of the community calendar.

Earlier this month, another group, the Bonanza Volunteer Fire Department, hosted its 12th annual Chili Cook-Off, an event that also draws large numbers of participants and taste-testers. Bob Tyree, the fire department’s chief, says the chili cook-off split from the Extravaganza, noting, “It started small and got bigger, and bigger.”

This year’s event lured nearly 30 chefs, including those close to home like his daughter and granddaughter and even one contestant from Canada. Funds from the event sometimes are used to upgrade the fire department, but last year $3,000 went to help finance a girl’s cancer treatment, while the remaining $1,000 helped fund the town’s annual Easter Egg Hunt and other activities.

To stay fresh, Tyree says the cookoff tries to add something new annually. This year’s addition was the Great Balls of Fire chili-eating competition.

Echoing Bob Tyree’s thoughts is Betty Tyree.

“We’re trying to add something

new every year,” Tyree, who except for a year’s absence has been the town’s mayor since 1979 — “Way too long,” she laughs. She also believes it’s important to offer activities for adults, teens and young children. As an example, she says a new event for this year’s Extravaganza, a robotics show, is aimed at pre-teens and teens, while the talent show will replace a park concert.

Young expects other age groups will be enticed by the car show, with upward of 80 classic vehicles, a rib cook-off with 20 competing chefs and public tastings, and more than 75 hobby vendors.

The Extravaganza figures to make good use of the park, which has recently made its bathrooms accessible to people with disabilities. Young, also a member of the park board, says the park plans to add a splash pad next year. Three park concerts are planned this summer at to-be-announced dates.

Along with grants, including Klamath County tourism grants, money for improvements and events comes from fundraisers and donors.

Earlier this year, Avista, the main Extravaganza sponsor, donated a pickup truck to the town that Young says will be used for maintenance workers and possibly fitted with a snowplow.

Like Young, Tyree takes pride in boasting about Bonanza, noting it has 21 active businesses, the spacious park, a kindergarten through 12th grade school — “We work real hard on keeping our school” — a county library branch with a community center and a volunteer fire department.

“It’s not just the town of Bonanza, it’s the Bonanza community. You know everybody and you help everybody. We don’t have a swimming pool or large community center,” said Tyree. “What we do have is an abundance of fine people.”

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How sweet it is Gardening with helping the community in mind

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H

ere — you have to taste how sweet this is,” encouraged coordinator, Dr. William Tamplen, as he offered the first snap pea of the season from the community garden growing next to the Friends Church to a visitor.

Helping others, especially children, learn what tasty and healthy vegetables and fruits can be grown here and how sharing them creates community has become a goal for the church and a “second career” for the retired diagnostic radiologist.

The cold-tolerant peas were planted April 1 on a bank bordering the street and by early July they were heavy with blossoms and infant peas. That hardiness has been important during a particularly cold spring.

Tamplen covered more cold sensitive tender plants, and so far he has saved all but one of the numerous varieties. Some have been donated by individuals, others are from Oregon State University Extension Service’s Klamath County Master Gardeners subsequent to their spring plant sale and from Dragonfly Transitions youth, who deliver to the church’s food pantry and who have their own large garden.

Dr. Bill Tamplen stands in front of the Friends Church community garden and food pantry at 1918 Oregon Ave. H&N photo by Brittany Hosea-Small

“Here we have fava beans — they are three times larger than any other beans I’ve seen,” said Tamplen as he continued the tour. Green onion starts are well along. Peppers and six types of squash — crookneck, acorn and Japanese red included — “no zucchini,” he emphasized; they take up too much room” — each sit in a small depression surrounded by dikes to retain water.

See COMMUNITY, page 28

By LEE BEACH: H&N Staff Reporter

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COMMUNITY, from page 27 An unusual Egyptian walking onion patch planted years ago by a former tenant on the property is thriving, and its 3-foot stems bend to the ground so the pods atop can get a grip on the soil and start a new plant.

A mostly southern exposure and no nearby trees gives the garden sunshine most of the day; hence many sunflowers which he hopes to use as natural “stakes” for green beans to climb. Tomatoes, herbs, rhubarb, thornless raspberries and everbearing strawberries round out the plants which Tamplen planned and keeps organized for the first year as the sole coordinator.

In preparation for this expanded role, he enrolled in the Master Gardener program last year. He credits Dewey Moore, Master Gardener and coordinator of the Mills Community Garden as his mentor in the class.

“I learned a lot,” he said.

“My father was a vegetable gardener, so I had the roots. I fell in love with the community garden concept.”

Around the perimeter, Oriental and California poppies and bachelor buttons provide color and attract bees, the pollinators so critical to growing crops.

“They are essential to human life,” he said. “We want people to be careful about pesticides.

They can lead to some nasty consequences.”

The benefits Tamplen had volunteered 10 years with Ken Magee, the former coordinator, at this community garden which was started and maintained by the Friends Church as a way of building community and addressing food insecurity.

See COMMUNITY, page 29

Migrating patch: Egyptian walking onions, top, are one of many varieties of fruits and vegetables grown in the Friends Church community garden.

Stocking the pantry: Dr. Bill Tamplen, right, stores 20 dozen fresh eggs donated to the food pantry by Stephen Suty, left, owner of Ezell Suty Fuel.

Row by row: The Friends Church garden and food pantry are behind the church at 1918 Oregon Ave. H&N photos by Brittany Hosea-Small

Summer Dreams | Klamath Life | 29 Season’s progress: Dr. Bill Tamplen checks on the peas that are planted in his community garden. All of the fruits and vegetables that are grown in the garden are used in the Friends Church food pantry.

H&N photo by Brittany Hosea-Small

Where community gardens grow

‘In the fall, I encourage people to come and pick what’s ripe.

It’s all connected. We learn about each other.

Your neighbors are actually not aliens.’

— Dr. Bill Tamplen, Friends Church community garden and pantry coordinator

each summer. It’s fun to see kids realize something new,” he said.

This year’s camp, which was held last week, focused around encouraging good eating habits.

“Our cooking classes (also taught by KBREC) are well attended. They just finished a sixweek class held every Wednesday afternoon – helping cook healthy meals on a budget.”

Work, life, community Tamplen concurs that the garden is a lot of work, but a good kind of work.

“Life takes a lot of work,” he said. “Working in the garden is a stress reliever, and it connects people with what is important in life. We try to show what God is up to and what connects us all.”

He believes communities and how gardens make community should be the focus and we should look at how plants affect our lives. And it doesn’t have to be on a large scale: “After all, a community can be two people,” he said.

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COMMUNITY, from page 27 It now operates an authorized food pantry from the building on the garden grounds on the last two Tuesdays of the month, and the opportunity to pick produce from the garden is offered free to clients.

“In the fall, I encourage people to come and pick what’s ripe,” he said. “It’s all connected.

We learn about each other.

Your neighbors are actually not aliens.”

Excess produce goes to the Gospel Mission and to a twice-aweek free neighborhood dinner put on by the United Methodist Church with the help of other volunteer churches and organizations.

Education is part of the process and purpose of the community garden too, in his opinion.

“I’m trying to capture children’s interest (in growing and trying new things.) We host a children’s garden camp taught

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Intermountain Research and Extension Center

Moving at the pace of agriculture

By SAMANTHA TIPLER: For the Herald and News

In the field: Thunderstorms in July brought rain and hail that damaged some of the wheat, tearing flag leaves and curling the plants’ heads, at the Intermountain Research and Extension Center.

Photo by Samantha Tipler

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he Intermountain Research and Extension Center is keeping pace with the future of farming in the Klamath Basin.

“We’re always trying to help agriculture adapt to new technologies, address concerns both in productivity of agriculture and also in environmental conservation,” said IREC Director and Farm Advisor Rob Wilson. “We try and look at a lot of critical issues that are addressing agriculture and natural resources in northeast California.”

History Just 4 miles south of the OregonCalifornia border in Tulelake, IREC is part of the University of California’s research and extension center system. It was established in 1947 from a cooperative agreement between the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the university and the Tulelake Growers’ Association. When it started, IREC was

just 11 acres but has since grown to 140 acres.

In the beginning, IREC researchers studied sweet corn, squash, tomatoes, lettuce, onions, potatoes, celery, cereal grains, alfalfa, sugar beets and safflower. As time goes on, IREC changes its focus to meet the needs of local agriculture. Today research includes potatoes, onions, wheat, alfalfa, mint and new, experimental crops.

“We see quite a few growers look at alternatives, always looking at trying to diversify,” Wilson said. “What’s the fit for quinoa, or lentils? Some of the new crops we can grow in the Basin.”

See CENTER, page 31

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IREC

BY THE NUMBERS

1947

Year IREC was established

Number of IREC starting acres

11

of current 140 Number acres at IREC Located 4 miles south of the Oregon-California border, in Tulelake

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Director and Farm Advisor Rob Wilson walks thorough field trials recently at the Intermountain Research and Extension Center in Tulelake.

CENTER, from page 30 Going organic Another evolving field is organic agriculture.

“Although it’s been something that’s been practiced for centuries, doing that on a large scale and to meet the demands of the market has been difficult,” Wilson said of the local industry. “One of the big changes has been organic agriculture. We’ve had thousands of acres, not only potatoes, but alfalfa and small grains. That’s a big change in agriculture here.”

When it comes to organic potatoes, IREC is testing the different types of cover crops – such as soybeans – and organic amendments — such as manure, for example — to see what can make the best growing environment for the spuds.

Researchers test the best way to create nitrogen the potatoes can use to grow.

Nitrogen needs to break down

organically before the potatoes can use it.

“We’ve been trying to estimate what the breakdown time is and try to get the growers good guidelines – the amount to put on and when to put it on,” Wilson said. “You have to anticipate that time so the micro-organisms break that down in plant-available forms.”

IREC tests the variables to see what works best locally.

Farmers can use the information in their fields, custom tailoring what is needed to grow potatoes organically.

Klamath climate Working in the Klamath Basin climate can pose its own challenges. Though IREC and the agriculture community were thankful for the wet winter in 2016-17, it kept the soil wet until late spring, delaying planting. Then it dried out with warm temperatures so quickly, workers had to scramble to get things planted at the station.

“I don’t know if we even had a spring,” Wilson said with smile. “It went from winter to summer.”

Summer thunderstorms in July brought another hazard.

Rain and hail came down so hard at the center it damaged some of the wheat, tearing flag leaves and curling the plants’ heads.

Upcoming IREC is looking forward to a new building on its campus.

Recently approved, it will include a multipurpose conference area and laboratory facilities. Bidding on the project will happen in late summer or fall, with construction expected in late 2017 or early 2018.

“It’ll be nice to have as a local asset for the Tulelake community. It will allow us to have a lot of local events,” Wilson said.

“The new laboratory capabilities will allow us to expand our research capacity here.”

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Tashia Owen

Owner of natural products business Tashi Handmade Naturals

Tanya Rubenstein OB-GYN doctor with the Heartfelt clinic

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Director of the Small Business Development Center at Klamath Community College

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Advocating for the well-being, future of foster children

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he need is great, and the volunteers are limited, but what they are able to do can turn a child’s life around.

their cause to educate the public on what they do for foster children.

The Court-Appointed Special Advocates, or CASA, program has been in the hands of Executive Director Karri Mirande and her crew for the last three years. And they have been promoting

“My husband and I moved here 22 years ago. He’s a general surgeon and I worked in his office, taught nursing at Oregon Tech and worked at the cancer treatment center,” she said in a

Mirande, 54, comes to the post after a long stint in the medical field. A registered nurse with a master’s degree in nursing, she felt a calling to help those who have little control over their situation.

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When the director’s job opened up, Mirande was intrigued with the program.

“I felt there was a need for a CASA in our community. There were a lot of kids who didn’t have champions in their corner. I realized from my kids how they benefited from having a village of people around them to mentor and guide them, supporting them, cheering them on, giving them suggestions.”

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34 “I was Involved in Klamath Union and hospice and the SMART reader program. But I always wondered about CASA. The more I learned, the more I believed it is a great thing to be part of,” she said.

CASA kids don’t have the support network. Generally, their parents have been charged with a social crime, such as child neglect or abuse, and the children have been removed to a foster home.

That’s where CASA volunteers step in to be an advocate for the child at home, in school and throughout the court hearing.

At the beginning CASA started in Klamath Falls in 1991 under the guidance of Integral Youth Service, but in 1999 it became its own nonprofit and the name changed to CASA of Klamath County.

CASA, which started in Seattle, has about 1,000 programs across the nation.

Oregon has a program in all but one of its 36 counties.

In Klamath County, there are 250 to 310 kids in foster care at any one time. CASA has about 60 volunteers who handle about 80 cases. There is a waiting list of children ranging from 50 to 100 at any given time.

“We can’t take on any more unless we can train more volunteers,” said Mirande.

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Backpacks filled with necessities are ready for children who may have to leave their homes in the middle of the night after being assigned to a foster home. Sky Lakes Medical Center supports the program.

To be a volunteer takes a two-year commitment.

Caregivers receive 30 hours of training and 12 hours of continuous education through the year. The site offers three training opportunities a year.

“They are really vested and welled trained when they come into our organization,” Mirande said.

Being involved Volunteers have to meet with the children at least once a month, but most visit more often than that, participating in school activities or after school programs. They cannot travel with their charges, but can be at events where the

children are. The children are referred to the program, usually through the court system or the schools.

“The average time a child is in our care is 21 months,” Mirande said, “but we’ve had kids eight years or longer.

What we try to do in those situations is keep the same CASA on with the children for consistency, because they are moved around a lot, from foster home to foster home.” A foster child moves an average of three to five times, forcing them to meet other foster kids, switching school districts and adjusting to a new family.

So, there’s not a lot of stability in their lives, save for the

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CASA volunteer. The volunteer is usually allowed access to the court documents on the family, so that they can make recommendations to the judge on where to best place a child.

Klamath cross-section “Our volunteers are a cross-section of Klamath Falls people; OIT students, Kingsley personnel, lawyers, retired teachers and young men and women who serve as great role models for the teenage foster kids. Volunteers really feel that their time is well spent because they can see the positive effect on the kids.”

CASA is located upstairs at 731 Main St., Suite 202.

“It’s a good location because it’s easily accessible to the courthouse, the Department of Human Services and we get more walk-in traffic.

Since moving here, we’ve had a lot more staff stability and have been doing a lot of community outreach,” said Mirande.

Funding comes from United Way, grants and foundations, a small state allotment, fundraisers, private donations and business contributions.

Its annual Casablanca Gala is a large fundraising event.

For Mirande, it comes down to the children.

“My kids benefitted from getting a lot of input and support, stability, encouragement from family and friends. These kids are lucky if they have one person doing that.”

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Dr. Tanya Rubenstein — Heartfelt Obstetrics & Gynecology

Finding the road home; from Russia to Klamath Falls

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new OB-GYN doctor at the Heartfelt clinic took a roundabout route in coming to the medical profession, but feels right at home in Klamath Falls today.

Dr. Tanya Rubenstein, 32, is originally from Ekaterinburg city, Russia, (also known as Catherinesburg), the fourth largest industrial city in Russia.

Her family moved to the U.S. in 1997 when she was 12, lived in Arizona for three years, then moved to Pennsylvania. Rubenstein attended high school in Erie, Pa.; the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia; medical school at Ann Arbor, Mich.; and finally Chicago for her residency.

“So I’ve moved around a lot,” she says with a laugh.

A love of science Her parents are computer scientists; her father specializing in robotics and hardware and her mother in software and databases.

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Immediate results “But I decided what I really wanted to do is medicine; something that is more applicable and immediate. Research just takes years to work out,” she said. “I needed something that had a little bit more instant gratification rather than working and waiting for years for your research to (prove out).

“You treat a patient and they get better. Everybody’s happy,” she said.

Her specialty is obstetrics and gynecology, including surgery.

“There is a lot of problem solving and lots of solutions in this practice,” she said.

Delivering babies is one of the greatest joys in a parent’s life, and she notes it’s always a pleasure to be there when things go right, but more importantly to resolve an issue if something goes wrong.

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Rather than computer science, Rubenstein preferred the biological sciences.

“I’ve always been fascinated with the inner workings of the human body, from biology to anatomy to psychology,” she said.

Her forte was chemistry and biology, and she dabbled in research for about three years.

really lived much on the West Coast and really like Oregon.

I really like what the staff at Heartfelt had to say about the practice here and it turned out to be a really good fit.”

Heartfelt Obstetrics and Gynecology at 2640 Biehn St., Suite No. 1, is expanding, as well, adding another OB-GYN doctor in July and more examining rooms. The clinic does some minor procedures in house, and has access to Sky Lakes Medical Center for major surgeries. It will soon be offering cosmetic surgery as well.

“We accept all kinds of insurance, including Cascade Health Alliance and Medicaid,” said Rubenstein. “We do everything we can to work out a payment plan so that we can make sure a patient gets access to care.

We try to take care of the whole community, regardless of their income.”

Making connections Rubenstein’s youth is a benefit for the clinic as she is better able to connect with young teens and comes equipped with the latest in medical literature and research.

“I don’t have as many commitments on my time, and am happy to spend my time working with patients and put in the long hours to make sure they get the care they need,” she said. “And, I feel well-supported by my partners and the staff.

To contact the clinic, call 541205-6890 or visit heartfeltobgyn.org.

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Tashia Owen — Tashi Handmade Naturals TASHIA OWEN  Business: Tashi Handmade Naturals, 2650 Washburn Way, Suite 102. Established in 2011.  Education: Attended Henley schools and moved in 1991 to Alaska, where she graduated from high school.

Earned an associate of arts degree in Denver as a certified pharmacy tech and a bachelor of science degree in chemistry and biology from Oregon Health & Sciences University in 2005.  Work background: Medical technician in hospitals and pharmacies where she compounded IVs, powdered medications, suspensions.

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 Family: Married to Wes; four (two younger and two young adult) children.

Tashi: Meeting people’s needs through natural products

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ashia Owen has built a business based on helping people, earning trust and creating natural products that meet their needs.

Fiercely independent, she takes pride in having built Tashi Handmade Naturals while always paying cash. She worked out of her home for the first year and a half, then had a shop on South Sixth Street and finally moved to her present location on Washburn Way in 2014.

She attributes that independence and her interest in the medical field as a

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descendent of Cuban refugees who fled the Castro regime, giving up their medical practices there and rebuilding their lives from scratch in the United States.

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OWEN, from page 38 Starting with $75, a log (bulk from which bars can be cut) of soap was her first product. Now she sells about 10,000 bars a year, one of a line of 165 different natural products for which she has developed the recipes and she and her son produce.

No dyes, preservatives, artificial ingredients or perfumes are used.

Letting people know To get the word out, “I have always had a website,” she said, “and I use Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter and other sites.”

She also relies on word of mouth to promote her products for persons with needs not met because of sensitivities, allergies or just an aversion to using too many chemicals — which Owen believes have harmful side effects.

“I’m dealing with all natural substances. It’s stress free. I’m not competitive — that’s not what I’m in the business for. It’s for helping people – creating products people can trust. You can use your artistic talent to boot.

You can put a piece of yourself in everything that goes out the door.”

She welcomes vendors and has a variety of their handmade items decorating the walls. She carries one vendor’s four flavors of local honey, which has been produced here for 30 years, because, she explained, “You are less likely to have a reaction to it because your body recognizes it (the local plants from which bees harvested the nectar).

Last year, her business was awarded an AT&T $10,000 small business grant plus it has earned numerous other awards like Best of the Basin.

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Sgt. Penny Snoozy — Air National Guard

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iming has played a role in just about everything that has happened in Staff Sgt. Penny Snoozy’s young life.

At 24, she is a professional public relations photographer for the Air National Guard at Kingsley Field. But she comes from a military family, and even married a Marine, her high school sweetheart,

Nathan Snoozy.

“I’ve been in the guard since I graduated Henley High School,” she said. Her parents, Virginia and Gregory Hamilton, both had careers in the armed forces.

“I’m artistic by nature and didn’t think that the discipline of the service would appeal to me,” she said.

But her mother encouraged her to explore the option.

“My mom was deployed in Afghanistan my senior year of high school. She made it back just in time for my graduation,”

Snoozy said. “It was perfect timing.”

Ironically, her mother, who is from Klamath Falls, met her father, who is from Lakeview, while they were both on a base in Germany. Neither had known of the other prior to that. Again, timing.

“I met my husband in high school at 16 and we were married at 21. He is a Marine stationed at Camp Lejeune, N.C., and is soon leaving the military.” An older brother and younger brother, both are enlisted, too.

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Deployed: A helicopter hovers over Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti, Africa, in this collection of photos from Staff Sgt. Penny Snoozy’s deployment to the country in 2016.

Training: Ugandan troops participate in training exercises in this photo from Staff Sgt. Penny Snoozy’s deployment to Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti, Africa in 2016.

with the recent Sentry Eagle open house.

“Our community is so good to us here, we love to open up our doors to them and give back to them.”

She enjoys the work so much, she’s re-enlisting next month and will be promoted to tech sergeant. She’s earned an associate’s degree in mass

communication through the local partnership of Klamath Community College with the Air Force.

“I encourage any young person to join the guard. There’s flexibility and opportunity,” she said. “At first, I didn’t think I wanted to do it, but it is something I now want to do the rest of my life.”

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In 2016, Snoozy had her first, six-month deployment to Eastern Africa. It was to Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti, a small country just north of Somalia and east of Ethiopia.

At the time — once again — her husband was deployed just off the coast as part of a Marine Expeditionary Unit.

“He was nearby, but I couldn’t visit.”

Camp Lemonnier is a strategic multi-service base near some of the hotbed countries in the region.

“Djibouti is a very poor country in a poor area of the world. There’s not much out there and it’s very hot,” she said. The language of the country is French, as it was once a French colony. The base is cosmopolitan, however, with Germans, Italians, Japanese and various countries’ ambassadors visiting. “It’s pretty fascinating,” she said.

But no matter where one goes in Africa, everyone seems to have cell phones or internet connections.

As a photojournalist, the job of the military is to counter the social media claims of such terrorist groups as Al Shabaab.

A two-day trip to Mogadishu — another terrorist hotbed — was nerve wracking, but important.

“Our main goal in Africa to give the public view of what is going on, in a positive light.

Our counter is to show we do good things in those countries.”

As such, Snoozy documents the efforts of the armed forces and puts out the stories and photos on social media.

During the same deployment, she traveled to a base in Uganda for a similar purpose — deterring Al Shabaab — and training up local forces to operate independently of U.S. aid.

Stateside, Snoozy is working in PR for the command center at Kingsley Field and was busy

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Kat Rutledge — Small Business Development Center director

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KAT RUTLEDGE  Education: 12 years at the Henley schools; B.S. degree in business and economics from Eastern Oregon University  Career: Human resources professional at Forest Products FCU and Klamath First Bancorp; self-employed, owner of The Human Resource; business administrator at Triad Christian School; Hope facilitator at Klamath Community College 2012; director Small Business Development Center, Klamath Community College, 2013  Family: Married to Darin with two young adult children  Community involvement: Volunteer and board member Junior Achievement of Klamath County; SMART volunteer; community theater; cofounder Klamath Basin Chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management.

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When the job position of Director of the Small Business Development Center was posted at Klamath Community College, Kathryn “Kat” Rutledge says “It fit my skills perfectly.”

It does seem the path she has followed since she became interested in business while participating in Junior Achievement. It fostered her love for economics, for working with small business people and — just people in general.

“A lot of truly being a success is how you manage your assets — human as well as finances,” she believes.

When Oregon Institute of Technology offered a class to

become a court certified mediator, she said, “I took it for the skills it taught. That 40-hour course was the single most valuable training ever.”

She has learned being a good listener, paraphrasing what someone has said, being aware of body language, perception checking and asking open-ended, not yes or no, questions are necessary skills in human resources, where she describes, “You are the guardian of the (company’s) rules.”

Doors open Working in human resource management in the banking industry gave her the background and confidence to start

a small business of her own after dislocations caused by bank buyouts made her “the last person handing out checks at Sterling Bank,” she said.

Rather than accept a position that would have required her to move, the Klamath native struck out on her own.

The Human Resource, LLC, allowed her to use her human resources and conflict management skills to help about 14 small business clients.

She left her business to become business administrator at Triad Christian School, and when teaching classes to help dislocated workers retrain was offered at KCC, she applied

her skills there as Hope facilitator until accepting her current position.

Now, she applies her experience to business classes at KCC, advises Klamath and Lake County persons currently running or contemplating starting a small business at the SBDC downtown, and conducts classes at the center, where all advice is free, and classes cost.

The personal interaction with these hopeful future business owners are what make her excited to come to work.

“It’s incredibly meaningful to sit kneecap to kneecap and help people,” she said.

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Niki Sampson — Klamath-Lake Counties Food Bank

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or the last 27 years, Niki Sampson has lived and worked in Klamath Falls. Having moved here from Southern California, she enjoyed the feel of a small town over the big city she was leaving.

She felt her three children would benefit from a smaller community.

Now the executive director of the Klamath-Lake Counties Food Bank, Sampson has been with the organization for more than 21 years and humorously considers herself the “chief cook and bottle washer” there. With eight employees and close to 1,000 volunteers there’s a lot to juggle.

From the time Sampson started with the food bank, the organization has gone from serving 12 programs and bringing in approximately 400,000 pounds of food, to working with roughly 100 programs and receiving nearly 1.7 million pounds of food annually.

Much of this increase has been due to efforts to educate the community about the food bank.

According to Sampson, 20 years ago public knowledge of what the organization did and who they served was unclear and somewhat misguided.

“Once people were more educated on who we were and what we did, donations began increasing both food-wise and monetarily,” Sampson said.

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As an example, the food bank now works with cancer and hospice patients, offering packages of not only food, but hygiene and paper products as well. It was important to her to include non-food products so patients “can concentrate on their quality of life rather than whether they have enough Ensure, or toilet paper or hygiene products,” said Sampson.

For Sampson, the biggest reward from her work is the response from the people she helps.

“You help and then you see those people give back,” Sampson said. Often, people helped by the food bank return after they’ve gotten back on their feet. They donate or volunteer, as a way to say thank you for the help they received when they needed it the most.

The key for Sampson is staying positive and showing appreciation for all the help she’s received.

“I can never thank this community enough,” Sampson said. “I couldn’t do this if it weren’t for everyone.”

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— Flora & Fauna of the Klamath Basin — AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN

CAMAS

No bird is more synonymous with Klamath Falls than the American White Pelican.

A quick internet search of camas comes with a warning: Do not confuse common camas with death camas.

“Death camas can be confused with edible camas bulbs and is toxic,” warns a U.S. Department of Agriculture plant guide. “Be sure of your identification of camas bulbs before eating them!”

Death camas also is a threat to livestock, according to an Oregon State University pamphlet.

“Death camas is poisonous to all classes of range stock, especially sheep,” the OSU pamphlet reads. “All parts of the plant are toxic, particularly the seeds.”

The biggest difference is the color of their flowers.

Common camas is blue while death camas is white.

Pelican Pete, the mascot for Klamath Union High School, is an American White Pelican. Statues of the picturesque water bird alight all over town, including one end of downtown. And an American White Pelican graces the logo for the City of Klamath Falls.

“The American White Pelican has the longest wingspan of any bird in Oregon,” the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife website on the pelican states. It’s also known for its “enormous orange bill.”

Lower Klamath and Upper Klamath National Wildlife refuges are two of only a handful of places in Oregon where American White Pelican breeds. Ever seen a short horn near the tip of a pelican’s bill? That grows during the breeding season, according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s All About Birds webpage about the American White Pelican.

White pelicans don’t plunge-dive for their food like brown pelicans, All About Birds states. They do catch fish and other water creatures, often upending “like a very large dabbling duck,” according to the website.

American White Pelican facts  Soaring flocks of pelicans have been mistaken for UFOs, according to the ODFW  American White Pelicans have a wingspan of about 9 feet  Bills can range in length from 11

inches to 13 inches, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service  American White Pelicans are some of the heaviest flying birds in the world, weighing anywhere between nine and 19 pounds

Camas facts

Common Camas

Death Camas

“Contrary to cartoon portrayals and common misconceptions, pelicans never carry food in their bill pouches,” All About Birds states. “They use them to scoop up food but swallow their catch before flying off.”

Though they are mostly white, you can spot black flight feathers when they spread their wings.

H&N photos by Holly Owens

 Common camas flowers are blue, death camas flowers are white or cream colored  Common camas is 12 to 20 inches tall, death camas is up to 20 inches tall  Native peoples harvested the bulbs of common camas for food and trade  Symptoms of death camas poisoning include frothing at the mouth, nausea, vomiting, weakness and death, according to the OSU pamphlet

By SAMANTHA TIPLER: For the Herald and News

Death camas flowers are white and dense, bell shaped with six white and cream colored tepals, according to “Common Plants of the Upper Klamath Basin.” It flowers in May and July. Common camas flowers are star shaped and deep blue, but also have six narrow tepals.

Both are found in meadows. The Great Meadow near Lake of the Woods is a great place to spot common camas, according to the plant book.

“In good flowering years it can color an entire meadow blue,” the book states about the common camas.

Native people in western North America used common camas as an important root food, the USDA plant guide states.

People traded the bulbs far and wide and it was as important a staple as salmon to some tribes.

On the calendar around the region AUGUST Friday through Sunday Aug. 4-6 and 11-13  Community theater production of “Mary Poppins,” 7:30 p.m.

Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m.

Sunday. Fusing the best elements from the original PL Travers books and the 1964 Disney film “Mary Poppins” for a “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” show.

This beloved story of a nanny who brings whimsy and order to the Banks family comes to life on the stage as a production that is practically perfect in every way. Tickets are $17, $23 and $29 before transaction fees.

Saturday, Aug. 12

Perseid meteor shower party, 9 p.m., Fort Klamath Museum, 51400 Highway 62.  Brats, Brews and Blues, 2 to 7 p.m., Klamath Yacht Club, 2700 Front St. The fundraiser for Camp Evergreen, a youth bereavement camp through Klamath Hospice, will include live music, beer tasting, a silent auction and a full German bratwurst dinner. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the gate.

Tickets available at the Herald and News, Holliday Jewelry and at klamathsunriserotary.org.  Recreation Exploration Day, 4 to 8 p.m. at Steen Sports Park. Learn about all the activities available in the Klamath Basin. Food vendors and special presentations as well as booths.

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Saturday and Sunday Aug. 12 and 13  Heart of the Basin Quilt Show, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Sacred Heart Gym and Parish Hall, 815 High St. $5 daily admission. Featured will be traditional quilts and art quilts, vendors, demonstrations and raffles for a quilt.  Fort Klamath Living History Days with the Cascade Civil War Society, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Satur-

day and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at the Fort Klamath Museum, 51400 Highway 62. Discover life on the frontier from the Civil War through to the end of the century, with reenactors. Admission charged at the gate.

Thursday, Aug. 17

Third Thursday in downtown Klamath Falls, 6 to 9 p.m..

Main Street will be closed to traffic and will be filled with vendors, art, music and all-around fun.

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Thursday through Sunday Aug. 17-20

Klamath County Fair on the Klamath County Fairgrounds.

Included will be exhibits, competitions, music, food, rides, rodeos and more community fair fun. Open noon to midnight Thursday, Aug. 17; 10 a.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday, Aug. 18-19; and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 20. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for active military, veterans and senior citizens, $3 for children ages 7 to 12 and free for children 6 years old and younger. Free admission to the fair on Sunday, Aug. 22.

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Saturday, Aug. 19

14th Annual Klammie Awards, celebrating the 2016-17 Linkville Playhouse theatrical season with champagne, music and glamour. More information will be available closer to the event at linkvilleplayers.org.

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on Wednesday, Aug. 23 by a hike on the Rye Spur Trail. For information about specific times, call 541-450-7560.

Williamson River Trail. For information about specific times, call 541-450-7560.

Thursday and Friday Aug. 24-25

September

 Great Outdoor Alliance campfire talk on the “History of the Pacific Crest Trail,” at Miller Lake’s Digit Point campground.

The talk will be followed by a hike on Friday along the Pacific Crest Trail toward Mount Thielsen. For information about specific times, call 541-450-7560.

Thursday through Sunday Sept. 7-10

Friday, Aug. 25

National Park Service birthday, free admission to all national parks including Crater Lake National Park and Lava Beds National Monument.

Friday and Saturday Aug. 25-26  Second annual Chris Brown Memorial Freedom Ride, Steen Sports Park and Veterans of Foreign Wars, 515 Klamath Ave. Updated information to be available at klamathfc.org.

Saturday, Aug. 26

Klamath Lake Land Trust Cherry Creek Falls Hike, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Meet at the KLLT office, 212 S. Ninth St. Register at klamathlakelandtrust.org.  Veterans Memorial Park Living History Day with the Cascade Civil War Society, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

Friday through Sunday Aug. 25 to 27

Monday, Aug. 21  Eclipse viewing party, 9 a.m., Klamath County Museum, 1451 Main St. The sun will be 93 percent obscured as seen from Klamath Falls. Eclipse begins at 9 a.m., maximum obscuration at 10:19 a.m.

Tuesday and Wednesday Aug. 22-23

 Great Outdoor Alliance campfire talk on “Volcanoes of the Klamath Basin,” at Lake of the Woods. The talk is followed

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 Klamath Tribes Restoration Celebration in Chiloquin. The celebration will include a fun run/ walk, parade, powwow, rodeo, softball, vendors and more.

Tuesday and Wednesday Aug. 29 and 30  Great Outdoor Alliance campfire talk on “Fire Ecology of Ponderosa Pine Forests,” at the Williamson River Campground.

The campfire talk is followed on Wednesday by a hike on the

 Tulelake-Butte Valley Fair, featuring competitions, live entertainment, rides, fair food and more. Updated schedule to be available at tbvfair.com.

Saturday, Sept. 9

Klamath Lake Land Trust Sycan River hike, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Meet at the KLLT office, 212 S. Ninth St. Register at klamathlakelandtrust.org.

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Saturday, Sept. 9 and 16

Vehicle free “Ride the Rim” days at Crater Lake National Park, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. both Saturdays.

Shuttle service offered between North Junction and Park Headquarters. Park entrance fees apply.

Vehicles will be allowed back on East Rim Drive at 6 p.m. Parking allowed at North Junctions and park headquarters/Steel Visitor’s Center. There will be five rest areas on the 25-mile section on East Rim Drive.

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Saturday, Sept. 23

Arts on the Flyway Downtown Festival, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. along Main Street, in Veterans Memorial Park, the Favell Museum and the Klamath Art Association Gallery. Included will be artisan vendors, demonstrations, storytelling and art activities.

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Farmers Market every Saturday Klamath Falls Farmers Market, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Ninth Street between Main Street and Klamath Avenue.

An open air market with local growers, producers and artisans.

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