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Klamath Life Meeeow!

Ross Ragland Theater brings ‘Cats’ to the stage

Fish on!

Scouting out locations for young anglers

Cool times Mix it up right with homemade ice cream

Special feature inside: WOMEN IN BUSINESS

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Basin’s Bounty On the cover: Ashira McKeehan-Clingman plays Demeter in the Ross Ragland Theater’s production of “Cats the Musical.”

Story on page 13.

Inside: Destinations ◗ Park life:

Cover photo by Kevin N. Hume

Enjoying the best of the Basin at the height of summer We are fortunate to live in the

Basin, as the content in this JulyAugust edition of Klamath Life will attest.

As we roll into the height of summer, there are so many things to enjoy here to help you put the topping on a frosty ice cream cone, if you will.

Speaking of ice cream, H&N reporter Lee Beach tells us about homemade frozen desserts that are a perfect way to cool off on a hot summer’s day. Try the Georgia Peach homemade ice cream for sure. There are several recipes to enjoy.

If sitting by a mountain lake, dangling a line in the water for a trout is your idea of a relaxing time, check out reporter Luke Ovgard’s handy guide to fishing with kids. He has some tips where to take them so you both can

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enjoy your day, and perhaps bring home a few for the grill.

Art never takes a holiday, and the Basin is full of Gerry O’Brien exhibits and H&N EDITOR displays. The Klamath Art Association and Gallery is marking its 70th anniversary this year.

Reporter Courtney Anderson has the low down on what you can see from these talented folks.

If history is your bent, come along with Lee Juillerat as he explores the back story of Civil War-era and Irish soldier John Madigan. Who was he and why is there a marker dedicated to him just west of Alturas?

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Or read about the trials and travails of a mounted ranger at Crater Lake National Park. We have a first-hand account.

Quilter Shirley Keefer has some patriotic quilts she’s sewn. See how she designs her quilts and why in a feature by reporter Lacey Jarrell.

And we have our annual Women in Business special section added to this edition. Our summer intern, Cheyenne Schoen did the legwork for this coverage of six up-and-coming businesswomen in our home town.

It’s a fascinating section, so we hope you enjoy it. If you have suggestions for coverage, or know of someone who would make a nice feature for this magazine, drop us a line by emailing gobrien@heraldandnews.com.

— Gerry O’Brien

Serving with the ‘reining’ park ambassadors. Page 4 ◗ Fish on!

Scouting out destinations for young anglers. Page 7 ◗ Wagons west: In search of the vanishing Lassen Trail Page 9 ◗ Roadside history: Modoc County monument marks burial site. Page 12

Culture

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Ragland gets ready for ‘Cats’ in the house. Page 13 ◗ 70 years young: Art Association celebrates anniversary. Page 16

Country living ◗ Avian inspiration:

Artist shares how his house went to the birds. Page 18 ◗ Piece by piece: Quilter sews quilts with a military theme. Page 21

Home & Garden ◗ Prime picking:

Get ready for harvest time in the garden. Page 23

Cuisine ◗ Mix it up!

Get ready for the cool tastes of ice cream. Page 26

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Serving with the ‘reining’ park ambassadors Former park ranger Phil Hixson recalls his time in the saddle at Crater Lake National Park

A refreshing pause: Former Crater Lake Park Ranger Phil Hixson helps Duke get a drink from a fountain at the park in this photo from one of his seasons at the park from 1974 to ’76.

Photo courtesy of Phil Hixson

Phil Hixson, a retired Corps of Army Engineers resource manager, shares his experiences as a park ranger on horse patrol during the summer seasons from 1974 to 1976 at Crater Lake National Park.

By PHIL HIXSON: For the Herald and News

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ne of the privileges I had as a national park ranger was that I had horse patrol at Crater Lake National Park once or twice a week during the summer season. Best job I ever had during those years of 1974, 1975 and 1976.

My boss, seasonal supervisory ranger Marion Jack, owned a couple of fairly well matched appaloosa geldings, Duke and Dale, that were used for horse patrols in the park. We focused most of our patrols around the Rim Village and Crater Lake Lodge areas where most people congregated. Duke was my favorite.

Being on a horse in a National Park Service ranger’s uniform really made you stand out. People flocked to you to have their kids’/girlfriend’s pictures taken with you — and the horse, of course.

An incident occurred one day, during the summer of 1976, involving a young lady working with the Young Adult Conservation Corps crew. The crew was developing a stretch of the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) on the north side of Crater Lake. I was told to get the horses and another ranger and head out to the work site in hopes of finding the person who may have tried to attack the young lady.

I loaded the horses, grabbed Ranger Pat Toops, and we headed north. I took Duke and Pat took Dale.

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rode past them, Matthew pointed his finger at me and yelled out, “DAD-DY!” (emphasis on the second syllable), loud enough that it attracted the attention of the other parade watchers along the street. I think they even applauded him.

Our objective was to try to find the possible perpetrator.

While Pat rode toward the lake, I headed 5 miles north along the newly constructed portion of the trail. It turns out I was the first person to ever ride that 5-mile stretch of the PCT on horseback, Aug. 3, 1976.

Later, after other rangers interviewed the young lady it was determined she had made up the story. She knew her boss failed to take a radio out to the trail that day, so they would have to knock off work for the rest of the day while they took the hour long drive back to park headquarters to report the incident. By then it would be too late to return to the site.

Car vs. Duke On another occasion, I saw a two-seater sports convertible heading toward the Crater Lake Lodge with a young lady sitting on the back of the car above the two seats. The road only went to the lodge, then it came back to where I was sitting on Duke in the middle of their lane. Duke probably weighed almost as much as the tiny car so I was able to persuade the driver to stop.

I advised the driver that the female passenger would have to sit inside the car, not on the trunk. He wasn’t too happy and informed me the only place for her to sit was on his male passenger’s lap. The passenger broke out into a broad grin and was obviously only too happy to accommodate the young lady.

View from the top One slow day in the park during the summer of 1976, I rode Duke all the way to the top of Garfield Peak which forms part of the rim around the lake. I decided to give Duke some exercise rather than have him stand around all day. Don’t know why it was such a slow day as I remember it to be a sunny, fairly warm day.

Wish I had had my camera with me!

I was a little nervous at one

Photo courtesy of Phil Hixson

Ready for duty: Summers on horse patrol at Crater Lake National Park led to a variety of adventures for former park ranger Phil Hixson.

point where the trail was no more than 8 feet wide and right on top of the ridge. It was over a thousand feet to the lake on the left side and at least 600 feet to the rim road on the right. I needn’t have worried as Duke went forward oblivious to the danger!

In the summer of 1917, the Lake Trail (Sparrow Trail), located between the lodge and Garfield, and the Garfield Peak Trail were extensively rebuilt during the summer season. Superintendent Sparrow rode his horse, Imp, to the top of and the bottom of both trails. (Imp — Imperitor — German for “emperor”).

Bicentennial moment Back to 40 years ago: Marion knew how much I enjoyed working with the horses, so as the July 4,

1976 bicentennial of our Independence Day approached, he asked if I would ride Duke while he rode Dale in the Klamath Falls parade on the fourth. I was extremely happy and honored to do so. Marion carried the Department of Interior flag while I carried Old Glory.

Now Klamath Falls has manhole covers in the middle of every intersection on Main Street. That posed a problem for Duke who had never encountered such a thing. At each intersection he would keep his eyes on the manhole cover and walk sideways around it until he felt he was safely past it. No amount of encouragement from me could distract him and keep him walking straight. Dale, on the other hand just kept walking straight.

Shirley and our 1 1/2 year-oldson, Matthew, were watching the parade go by. When Marion and I

Grand potential A few weeks later, Marion and I rode in the Chiloquin parade.

Since their grand marshal didn’t arrive, we were asked to lead the parade. A lady from Chiloquin was impressed with our snappy-looking horses and our National Park Service saddle blankets and park ranger uniforms. She approached us at the end of the parade and asked if we would like to be the flag bearers for the grand entry to the Chiloquin Rodeo which was scheduled several weeks after the parade. We said we would be honored to do so.

We asked her to make her request in writing to Park Superintendent Frank Betts at Crater Lake to make everything official.

In the meantime, we needed to practice our entry. The two of us would have our horses at full tilt as we approached the grandstands, then bring them to a sliding stop just short of crashing into the stands.

We thought it would be a good idea to practice this move since neither of us had ever tried this before.

One day when the superintendent was out of his office, we snuck in and borrowed his office flags. We made some holders out of pieces of fire hose and attached them to our saddles. We loaded up the horses and headed down to a softball field at the park’s gravel pit.

In order to be sure the horses would make a quick, sliding stop, we decided to start them running from center field, cross second base and the pitcher’s mound, then slam on the brakes right when we hit home plate. There was a chain link backstop about 15 feet behind home plate, so we were fairly certain the horses would accommodate our order to “WHOA”!

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Photo courtesy of Phil Hixson

The lighter side: Duke models a pair of “Groucho” glasses for the photographer while off duty in this photo from the mid-1970s.

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They did just like they were supposed to. I’m sure we looked great as we slid to a stop! However, Marion and I did not anticipate the need to hold the flag poles against our shoulders as we came to a skidding stop. Therefore, the two flag poles left our hands and went flying right into the backstop.

If someone had been standing there we would have impaled them!

Fortunately the eagles on top of the flag poles were not sufficiently damaged for anyone to notice. So, our next move was to discretely return the flags to the superintendent’s office without anyone knowing what had happened.

Unfortunately, either the lady from Chiloquin didn’t contact the superintendent, or he chose not to sanction our participation in the rodeo grand entry. At any rate, Marion and I had fun preparing for it and we learned how important holding onto the pole would have been as we skidded to a halt in front of the grandstand.

High-tailing it home I was on horse patrol one day when a thunderstorm moved in. I’m not particularly fond of being one of the highest things around when lightning is popping everywhere, so I thought it

was best to head Duke down to his corral. Just as we entered the meadow behind Rim Village, lightning struck a tree close behind us.

Duke decided on his own that we might ought to speed up the trip to the corral. Since I was equally ready to hightail it out of there, I gave him his head and went for a rapid trip across the meadow.

Just before you get to the road there is a bit of a ditch. I was ready for Duke to run down through the ditch then up onto the road. Duke had a better idea that was a little faster — he decided to jump the ditch!

I hung on for dear life since I wasn’t used to riding a jumping horse. Unfortunately by now the road surface was wet from the rain. When Duke hit the wet surface he skidded a bit before he could get all four legs back under him. Still in a hurry, he decided to jump the ditch on the other side of the road. Fortunately we had only another hundred yards or so before we got to the trail.

I let him continue his fast pace until we got to the trees. Not being the tallest thing around any more, I brought him down to a rapid walk the rest of the way to the corral. I’m not sure if Duke was more afraid of the lightning than I was of jumping the ditches, but we both survived to serve another day.

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Scouting out destinations for young anglers Fish Lake, a short drive from Klamath Falls, offers a prime spot for fishing with beauty, safety and accessibility

By LUKE OVGARD: H&N Sports Reporter

Fish tells: Juvenile chinook salmon — called “jacks” until they reach about 20 inches in length — can be distinguished from trout by their oversize (typically yellow) eyes, visible teeth and deeply forked tail.

H&N photo by Luke Ovgard

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aking kids fishing is always tricky.

Trying to find a place that is beautiful, safe and accessible that provides the promise of catching something shortens the list of possibilities pretty quickly.

Kids line the docks and boat ramps at Lake of the Woods, J.C. Boyle (Topsy) Reservoir and Howard Prairie Lake, but bait fishing for hatchery trout, yellow perch and bullhead is fairly low-octane fishing. Kids want to be entertained.

That’s why Fish Lake is arguably the best fishing destination for young anglers within an hour’s drive of Ashland, Medford and Klamath Falls.

Getting there Just inside the Jackson County line, Route 37 shoots south and connects Highway 140 with Dead Indian Memorial Road just a few miles from Howard Prairie.

Less than a mile down Route 37 from 140 sits the beautiful North Fork

Campground.

It is a worthwhile venue in its own right, but for Fish Lake, it’s just the starting point.

Parking at the trailhead here, young families can load up their gear and walk just a mile from the campground up the well-defined trail that cleverly wends its way through the trees along the North Fork Little Butte Creek to Fish Lake Dam. What to expect A relative few anglers fish from the dam and surrounding sandy shores and that makes fishing for young families all the more enticing.

See Anglers, page 8

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Anglers, from page 7 The shoreline is rocky, and both rainbow trout and chinook salmon lie hungrily in wait in the volcanic shadows of the Cascades. The occasional tiger trout patrols the shoreline looking for illegally introduced tui chubs to gobble up. The tiger trout’s striking beauty providing another bonus.

Rainbows can be caught using traditional bait-and-wait methods with PowerBait or worms inflated slightly with a puff of air from a syringe. Worms may catch salmon, tigers and chubs alike.

But rainbows aren’t the real draw. The real draw for youngsters are the insatiable, hard-fighting salmon that prowl the waters in massive schools.

Small spoons, spinners, Rapalas and even small swimbaits all prove effective for both trout and salmon, but the salmon are more aggressive and bite readily.

It’s not unrealistic to get a bite every other cast when the school

Impressive future: While Fish Lake chinooks can be retained as part of the trout limit, consider releasing these fish. With plentiful food, they should soon begin to reach impressive size.

H&N photo by Luke Ovgard

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moves in, but the acrobatic nature of the salmon ensure many fish will throw the hook before you land one.

Make sure to use colors that mimic the coloration of the chubs (chiefly gray, silver or gold) for best success.

A hatchery rainbow fights miserably, sometimes even dying during the fight, but hatchery salmon jump, run and pull better than a hatchery ‘bow twice their size.

Regulations Like most Cascade Lakes following the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s 2016 regulation simplification process, anglers can keep five fish over 8 inches per

day with no more than one over 20 inches in length. Rainbows and salmon may be retained within this five-fish limit, but tigers are catchand-release only.

There is no limit on the size or number of tui chub retained, but anglers are encouraged to kill the invasive species to the Klamath Basin rather than releasing it back into the water.

Other things to do In addition to fishing, the population of rough-skinned newts in both Little Butte Creek and Fish Lake is quite high, and kids can have a great time trying to catch the adorable amphibians by hand. The creatures are gentle in nature and don’t mind

being held.

That said, they do excrete a slime that can cause an upset stomach if swallowed, so make sure the kids rinse off in the lake before tearing into that PB&J. The lake is cool but not cold in the summer, so swimming is a great option. The spillway has been dry for years now, but there’s a sandy spit just below the mouth of the spillway that makes a great swimming area.

Hiking trails also rim the lake for the more adventurous kids. Just don’t tire them out too much or the short hike back to the car could seem much longer.

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ne couldn’t have asked for a prettier day for an outing to find a pioneer wagon trail: Puffy clouds and streaks of white in a blue, blue sky, ground newly damp from a rainstorm the previous night and the sweet, tangy smell of sage in the air.

Organized by the Modoc County Historical Society, the recent tour consisted of its own modern wagon train pulled by a John Deere tractor: two carts with hay bales for seats and about three dozen eager history buffs perched on top. The wagon master driving this train was second generation Alturas rancher Willy Hagge, with his son, Bryce, riding shotgun.

They all were on a hunt for traces of the Lassen Trail, etched into the landscape by the metal rims of covered wagons 167 years ago — a swarm of 15,000 people seeking a

“shortcut” into California.

Willy Hagge has spent years looking for the exact path the wagons took locally overland. Overgrowth and erosion have gradually erased the road, but thanks to the drought of the last few years, thinning grasses have exposed the route to the rancher’s eagle eye. And aboard a rocking hay wagon, what better way to touch history.

The three-hour tour began on Hagge’s 3,000-acre ranch.

See Lassen, page 10

In search of the vanishing Lassen Trail Wagon road shortcut promoted

by Peter Lassen was known as the ‘Death Route of 1849’

By H.A. SILLIMAN: For the Herald and News

H.A. Silliman lives at the Rattle B Ranch in Modoc County.

He is a former newspaper reporter and editor and chamber of commerce executive.

In their footsteps: Participants on a Modoc County Historical Society tour, in search of traces of the Lassen Trail, are doing what the pioneers did: walking the trail.

Photo by H.A. Silliman

Destinations ❘ Lassen, from page 9 The Hagge place sits at the end of a gravel road in the center of the Warm Springs Valley that connects county seat Alturas and wide-spot-in-the-road Canby, a shuttered logging town. After a short ride on a relatively smooth gravel road, the group had moved on to a neighbor’s spread and then into the weeds. As the wagon train of history seekers snaked through grasses, sage and junipers and climbed to higher ground, the going became progressively rockier, the ride rougher and some folks did what the pioneers did, too, hopped off and walked.

“And we are on pneumatic tires,” said Bryce Hagge. “Imagine being on metal rims and wood.”

Near Alturas, the Lassen Trail follows the meandering Pit River as it flows westward. At one point, the river enters a treacherous rocky canyon, so the pioneer wagons had to turn south and climb to high flat lava beds — and it’s this portion

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of the trail that rancher Hagge has been on the search for over the years.

“It took me many years to find the trail through this county,” Willy Hagge explained. “We had the drought the last couple of years” and when the weeds thinned out, the faint traces reappeared.

Stopping at a groove in the ground covered with weeds, spiky with yellow flowers, Hagge said, “This is the first little depression of the trail. This year was the first spring I was able to get the last quarter mile. Then I found more traces to the east.”

At another stop, historical society president Janice Savage handed out a map of the trail and a collection of excerpts from the pioneers’ diaries that cover passage from Fandango Pass near the Oregon border to Canby. The history and route of the Lassen Trail are well documented. Most recently published is “A Guide to the Lassen Trail and Burnett Cutoff,” by Trails

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Mobile classroom: Hay wagons make appropriate conveyance in searching for the old Lassen Trail.

West, of Reno, Nev. This guide co-relates to 63 iron markers, erected by organization volunteers, that dot the landscape where the trail is near or crosses public roads.

Numbered with waypoints, one can follow the route promoted by Peter Lassen as a “shortcut” to the gold fields.

The trail, which first crossed Nevada’s Blackrock Desert, ended conveniently at Lassen’s ranch in Tehama County. It was a scam to funnel travelers to his land. Historical sources note that many travelers regretted taking the trail. It was called The Death Route of 1849, and the U.S. Army rode to the rescue with food and supplies.

The diarists recorded their reactions to the deception: “Today many of the company are uneasy on account of the intelligence we have received from the government folks who inform us that we are yet 380 miles from Sutter’s Fort. To Lassen’s location will be 219 miles over considerable bad roads and one desert of forty miles.”

But the journals also spoke of the abundant fish and wildlife that helped keep the wagoneers alive, the landscape — “Encamped for the night on a fine clear brook of pure water” — and the scenery: “Far in the west of us, solitary, rises

to an immense height a gigantic mountain … covered with snow; a magnificent sight.”

That was Mount Shasta that dominated the pioneers’ horizon. And for modern Modoc residents — including those not born in the county — it’s the high desert vistas and clear air that are still so alluring.

“It’s a subtle, severe, strong beauty,” offered county resident Nick Menkee.

As the tour moved onto the last portion of the trail to be viewed for the day, it came to a draw rising from the Pit River, where the road makes a sweeping bend from south to west, up a hill.

“They forged the river in front of us and came out of the canyon,” said Hagge. “This is the best place the trail is visible.”

Tour members inspecting the trail scuffed their shoes over the ground. It is littered with obsidian — a lot of it fractured, exposing shiny interiors: Work of cattle hooves or wagon wheels? Someone finds a small, diamond-shaped arrowhead — touchstone to another history.

Climbing back onto the tractor after one stop, rancher Hagge — who has lived under the broad skies his entire life — was impressed with the morning too, “What a fine day!”

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It sits alongside the road, set back and

hardly noticeable to people traveling the Centerville Road just west of Alturas.

Embedded in the large lava boulder is a bronze plaque with the words, “In Memory, John Madigan, Ireland, 1 Lt. Co. D, US Cavalry, Indian Wars, Sep 27, 1867.”

So, who was John Madigan?

Madigan was an Irishman and professional soldier who moved to the U.S. to fight in the Civil War. According to a story in the Modoc County Historical Society Journal volume 1, he enlisted as a private in the 88th New York Infantry in 1861, left as a first lieutenant in 1865 and rejoined the regular Army as a second lieutenant in 1866.

Madigan was among the U.S. Army troops killed during the Battle of Infernal Caverns, a three-day

fight between soldiers led by Gen. George Crook against a band of Shoshone and Paiute Indians over a three-day period in September 1867. Depending on the reference, Crook had anywhere from 65 to 110 soldiers and about 15 Warm Springs Indian scouts and were opposed by about 75 Paiutes, 30 Pit Rivers and “a few Modocs,” all led by Chief Si-e-ta.

Crook had been assigned to subdue Indians who, mostly equipped bows and arrows with some firearms and ammunition, had reportedly been threatening settlers in northeastern California, southern Idaho and western Nevada.

See Monument, page 12

History found along the way Modoc County monument marks burial of U.S. Cavalry officer killed in Battle of Infernal Caverns

By LEE JUILLERAT: For the Herald and News

A life remembered: A bronze plaque embedded on a lava boulder marks the passing of a U.S. Cavalry soldier, 1st Lt. John Madigan, who lost his life in Northern California’s 1867 Battle of Infernal Caverns.

H&N photo by Lee Juillerat

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Monument, from page 11

Crooks Canyon and the caverns proved a daunting place for the battle.

It’s believed up to 20 Indians, including women and children, died, along with eight Army soldiers, including Lt. Madigan, the only officer.

Crook found the Indians at the Infernal Caverns, a geological mishmash of natural caves and ravines about 600 feet above the South Fork of the Pit River, about 7 miles west of the Modoc County town of Likely.

According to a report by the Far Western Anthropological Research Group, it’s believed the Pit River Indians, also known as the Achumawi, had located their villages in and near the caverns to defend themselves.

Unlike the Paiutes, Modocs and Klamaths, who had horses and regularly conducted raids to obtain slaves, the Achumawi were horseless so they “had but one choice, to position their villages in most inaccessible and protected locations” in what has since become known as Crooks Canyon.

Crooks Canyon and the caverns proved a daunting place for the battle.

It’s believed up to 20 Indians, including women and children, died, along with eight Army soldiers, including Lt. Madigan, the only officer.

Joe Wasson, the first newspaper correspondent to ride with troops

during the Indian wars, reported the six enlisted men were buried about a half-mile from the caverns in separate side-by-side in unmarked locations — “the earth trampled in, the surplus dirt removed, and the whole burned over after in the manner of a log heap” — because of fears the graves might be dug up by Indians. Six white marble regulation tombstones set in a row on a concrete base were later erected near their probable burial sites.

“The unfortunate officer — Madigan — it was resolved to take along one day’s march from the battlefield.”

He was buried at an undisclosed location near the north and south forks of the Pit River, near the present-day Alturas Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Like the soldiers, Madigan’s grave was purposely left unmarked.

Based on Wasson’s account, Madigan was shot through the left temple on Sept. 27 — “We had gone about twenty feet when a volley of all sorts of slugs and arrows had knocked eight of Madigan’s men out of line — killing the Lieutenant himself ....”

According to another report by Lt. Col. William Parnell, Madigan’s imme-

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diate superior, Madigan displayed a sense of foreboding. At midnight before the battle, Parnell said he was asked “to go round to where Lieutenant Madigan was and cheer him up. He said he had just left him very despondent. I went around and gave him a drink of whisky, as his whole frame was shaking and shivering. I did and said all I could to cheer him up, but he evidently had a premonition of death and nothing I could say or do had any effect whatever. The poor fellow was killed in the attack the next morning.”

Wasson wrote that Madigan, who was posthumously honored and brevetted to captain, was “buried with extra ceremony.” He praised Madigan, writing, “His friendship was of the genuine sort, and, possessing a droll originality and humor, his presence at the camp-fire had become almost indispensible with Crook’s officers ...

Alas! Poor Madigan! where are your oddities now? Hushed amid the yells of fiends, and no sound but the bugle call of judgment can awaken you to glory again.”

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ou can’t produce a Broadway hit as big as “Cats” without upping the ante for yourself.

One of the longest-running and most recognizable musicals in theater history, “Cats” has seen thousands of performances during the last 35 years from big-budget shows to small-scale adaptations.

The score has also been translated into more than 20 languages to serve a large, international audience.

Despite its daunting reputation, local director Athena Clingman said she couldn’t see herself tackling any other musical for the Ross Ragland Theater’s 2016 summer community production.

After seeing a traveling production of the show when she was young, Clingman said “Cats” helped inspire her drive to pursue dance and theater. She said

directing the musical is high on her bucket list and was the only option she thought of when the theater began discussing the summer’s performance.

“It’s a trip into a fantasy,” said Clingman of the show. “It’s a feelgood story with wonderful characters.”

“Cats” was written in 1981 by Andrew Lloyd Webber and based on a collection of children’s poems

by T.S. Elliot called “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats.” The poems explore the relationships and behavior of a whimsical group of felines, including how they get their names and how their behaviors stack up to those of humans.

See Cats, page 14

Getting ready for ‘Cats’ in the house at the Ragland One more off the bucket list: Director takes on musical that inspired her pursuit of dance and theater

By STEPHEN FLOYD: H&N Staff Reporter Daubing into character: Sia Lewis, who plays Munkustrap, begins applying her makeup during the first makeup session for the Ross Ragland Theater’s production of “Cats the Musical.”

H&N photo by Kevin N. Hume

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Cats, from page 13 Clingman said many elements of the musical are taken directly from the poems, to the point where some actors may as well be reading from the book.

“They literally read his poems and set them to music,” she said.

Clingman said one of the more endearing elements of the musical, as well as the poems, is how the cats seem to get along, despite the potential for interpersonal conflict. She said some cats may have some less-desirable personality traits, such as Rum Tum Tugger who tends to be picky and difficult, and Bustopher Jones who can be self-indulgent and has grown rotund as a result. Despite this, Clingman said the tribe of cats is accepting and welcoming of all its members.

“It’s just meant to be fun,” she said.

When “Cats” premiered in London, the set was designed to resemble a junk yard with oversized props to show the scale of the actors as actual cats. Clingman said she wanted to stay in keeping with this theme while giving the local production an individuality that fit within their budget.

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H&N photos by Kevin N. Hume

The Jellicles: Cast members of the Ross Ragland Theater production of “Cats the Musical” perform the song “Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats” at the theater’s 2016-17 season launch party on Wednesday July 13.

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Cats, from page 14 “I knew I couldn’t recreate the original,” she said.

Her solution was to craft a stage resembling an old, dilapidated theater, using the natural architecture of the venue to help draw the audience into the fantasy world. Crews began setting up the stage July 11 and elements of decoration are expected to be displayed throughout the theater.

But Clingman and her crew didn’t stop at the stage when bringing their own, unique perspective to the show. Instead of simply casting performers in their assigned roles, Clingman had them really dive deep into their relationships as cats and family groups, going so far as to create a family tree.

Jeanette Reid, costume designer, said it should be clear to the audience who is related to whom, as makeup will be stylized after specific breeds of cat.

She said the actors have embraced the visual design of their characters and, even though some will be part of a tabby, calico or Siamese family, they have worked hard to make their appearance their own.

“That, to me, is the most important thing,”

Show cats: Cast members of the Ross Ragland Theater production of “Cats the Musical” perform the song “Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats” at the theater’s 2016-17 season launch party on Wednesday July 13.

Transformation: Costume designer Jeanette Reid goes over makeup with actress Sia Lewis who plays Munkustrap during the first makeup session for the Ross Ragland Theater's production of "Cats the Musical."

H&N photos by Kevin N. Hume

said Reid, “that they each have their individual presence on stage.”

“They’ve all been great helping,” she added, “talking about who their characters were going to be.”

The actors first started working with their make-up July 12, with Reid sticking closely to the original Cats costumes. One actress remarked, after dabbing on some foundation in a mirror, “I feel like a cat already.”

Clingman said she hopes the audience can be as inspired and entertained by the show as she has been, and said, if they simply walk away with

a greater appreciation of Elliot, she will be happy, much less an interest in musical theater.

She promised the show will be “nothing like you’ve ever seen before” and said it has been made possible by the significant contributions of her cast and crew.

“I have the best cast in the world, I have to admit,” she said.

“Cats” opens Aug. 5 at the Ross Ragland and will run Saturday nights and Sunday afternoons through Aug. 14. Tickets are available at rrtheater.org and range from $15 to $29. For more information, call the theater at 541-884-5483.

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70 years young Klamath Art Association and Gallery members creatively celebrate 70th anniversary

By COURTNEY ANDERSON: H&N Staff Reporter

Marking a milestone: Muralist Chris Young, right, and artist Debbie Beckman paint a mural for the Klamath Art Association on the side of the Klamath Art Gallery in late June.

H&N photos by Kevin N. Hume

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ith a thick paintbrush, Chris Young dabs beige latex paint onto the east-facing wall of the Klamath Art Association and Gallery, one step of many to create the mural that celebrates the group’s 70th anniversary.

The KAA, one of Oregon’s oldest art associations, celebrates their decadesold organization with events and art representations.

For starters, the mural was painted to raise community awareness about the organization, and to highlight the many art forms showcased throughout the association’s existence.

The painting on the association’s wall, facing Riverside Drive, depicts translucent hands painting and drawing the gallery itself, with photography, sculpting, quilting, and jewelry making represented inside.

“Spirit of Art” Martha Waardenburg came up with

the original art piece of the mural, or the “giant window looking into our gallery and all it has to offer.”

The piece is called the “Spirit of Art,” as Waardenburg said she wanted to portray all the different types of art.

“It’s a milestone, we’d like to do something to celebrate, make the community aware of why we’re here and what we do because a lot of people don’t even really know we’re here,” Waardenburg said. “So I’m hoping that this will get attention, when people drive by or see us from the freeway, that they’ll know where we are. It’s a great little gallery.”

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Art, from page 16 The nonprofit and volunteerbased KAA has over 150 members, and hosts a different show every month with a variety of featured artists.

Waardenburg added KAA has membership shows three or four times a year so everybody gets a chance to show their art work.

“It’s an important outlet for people in the community to have a way to express themselves and a place to display it,” Waardenburg said.

“I would like to express my gratitude to Chris Young, who has so graciously donated his time and expertise to transferring my artwork to the building,” she added in an artist’s statement.

70 years young The KAA mural isn’t Young’s first in town. Over the last couple of decades Young has painted six murals in Klamath Falls and a few outside of town.

“It’s what I do in the summer and it’s just a lot of fun for me,” said Young, who also teaches at Roosevelt Elementary School. “It’s fun to switch hats right away and get to paint another mural.”

From the downtown Kingsley Field mural to the Jungle Gym Pediatric Therapy Center’s giraffe and elephant painting, Young said he’s enjoyed them all.

“I’ve been living here for 31 years, teaching at Roosevelt the whole time,” Young said. “It’s my town and I love living here and anything I can do to make it a

prettier place to live, I’ll do it.”

A colorful history Ken Simpson, KAA president, said the mural is a public reminder that the association has been a part of Klamath County for a long time, and that they want people to come in and share their art.

Community members have been sharing their art with the association ever since 1946 when the documents were filed to create the nonprofit.

According to the 70th Anniversary History of the KAA and Gallery press release, the first official function was an open-air exhibit in Moore Park the summer of 1946. The association continued to offer summer workshops, with nationally known artists, that were the first off-campus programs that qualified for Oregon Technical Institute, now Oregon Institute of Technology, credits.

During the association’s early existence, members struggled to secure a home base for classes and workshops, and for the first 12 years the KAA did not have a permanent location.

The association hopped from location to location, including a longer stint from 1950 to ‘58 where the group gathered in the former World War II Naval housing facility that was where Ponderosa Middle School now stands.

A proposal was made for the KAA to move into the Moore house on the corner of Main and Riverside, and was unanimously approved by the city council for a 20-year lease.

After that, a second 20-year lease

Structural canvas: Muralist Chris Young, right, and artist Debbie Beckman, left, paint a mural for the Klamath Art Association.

Paint at the ready: Old syrup bottles filled with paint sit on a pickup truck tailgate as muralist Chris Young paints.

H&N photos by Kevin N. Hume

was signed and a 99-year lease that remains in effect according to the press release.

The gallery, that’s currently in use, was built next to the Moore house and opened in 1960. Meanwhile, the Moore house was remodeled for an office, studio, and classroom spaces with a pottery kiln in progress.

However, the house returned to the Moore family in 1989 and the KAA no longer has access to it. The Moore house was destroyed by fire in 2013 Simpson said the gallery sits on the city park — Maple Park — and the building was constructed with grants and donations so KAA owns it.

After securing the gallery space,

from 1967 to ‘72 the Oregon Arts Commission granted $3,500 to the association to reduce or eliminate class costs for the public. According to the press release, this tradition continues as the gallery has free admission and strives for low-cost art activities for the Klamath Falls community.

In addition to the mural, KAA is celebrating its 70th birthday by contributing to Klamath Falls’ Arts On The Flyway Festival scheduled for Sept. 23 to 25. A variety of festival events will be offered along Main Street in downtown Klamath Falls on Saturday, Sept. 24, including events at the KAA Gallery — just look for the mural on Riverside Drive.

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At home in the Pacific fly zone Artist Stefan Savides shares how his house went to the birds (in a good way)

By HOLLY DILLEMUTH: H&N Staff Reporter

Framing out: Local artist Stefan Savides’ Klamath Falls home after the extensive remodel, which started in 2005 and took approximately one year.

The remodel included creating a pond that attracts approximately one dozen species of birds.

Submitted photo

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here’s a song that comes to mind when artist Stefan Savides thinks about what it took to rebuild his contemporary-style home in Klamath Falls.

“There was a Johnny Cash song called ‘’One piece at a time,” Savides said. “Every day he would bring home some parts for a car and over a period of five or six years, he brought home enough parts to build this Cadillac.

“This house is almost the exact same thing,” Savides added.

Savides brought the 8 1/2-acre plot he calls home several years ago with a fixer-upper house on site.

He would sit in the living room after work each night and look over the house, trying to think up ways to adjust it.

Over the course of four or five years, he decided that a massive remodel — essentially making the house a clean

slate — was the best bet.

“I had once built a home from scratch and so I was ready to do that again,” Savides said.

“I wanted it so that I would have water on it. I wanted somewhat of a view. It didn’t have to be earth-shaking. I wanted it to be in an area where birds flew.”

The plan was to rebuild it into what is now an artists’ oasis for he and his wife, Irena; equipped with his-and-her artist studios and a backyard duck pond, which attracts all manner of winged life.

But first, it had to be torn apart, one piece at a time. That part started in 2005.

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Home, from page 18 Savides had the sub-floor ripped in two, and a new concrete foundation placed at the house.

“I took this house apart, piece by piece, and I saved every piece that was any good,” Savides said, such as plywood, siding and wiring.

“When you tear it down, you’ve got to do something with it,” Savides said. “To throw it all away just is against my (beliefs). I come from a long line of immigrants who came to this country.”

Savides’ father and mother were both of Greek heritage and taught him to be thrifty.

“They didn’t throw things away,” he said. “They fixed things and they used what they had. They didn’t come from a throw-away society.”

Savides is known for his creations of sculptures large and small, works that have traveled as far as Japan.

But he emphasizes the same creative energy undertaken to craft his sculptures was used to envision his home.

H&N photo by Holly Dillemuth

World view: Stefan Savides relaxes at his home in Klamath Falls in early July.

“I cannot take total responsibility for all that was created here,” Savides said, who hired a local architect for the design of the remodeled home.

He envisioned bringing elements of nature inside, and requested that the architect incorporate the outside world within the home’s four walls.

“I grew up in a house that was very open,” he said.

“The more of this house that went away, the better it was.”

A focus on nature, free of distraction, was also a focal point.

“I grew up without a TV,” Savides said.

There is noticeably no television in Savides’ living room, at least in the traditional sense.

“Well, we do have a TV,” he added anecdotally, pointing to the wall of windows that looks out on the pond.

“That’s a big screen TV and it’s stuck on the nature channel,” he said, referencing the window.

A natural nature channel The pond is especially full of bird life each February, which has served as an ideal backdrop for Winter Wings festival events at the house in the past.

“It’s a bird place,” Savides said, from his office, which also faces the duck pond.

And that’s not even a description of the interior, which he describes as “a cross between an art gallery and a high-class museum.”

The once 7-foot-high ceilings are now vaulted and twice that height in some, and the layout is open after several walls were knocked down.

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Country Living ❘ Home, from page 19 “I lived in this house the entire time I remodeled it,” Savides said.

“I moved from one room to the next.”

Nature art from all over the world fills the spaces in his home, reflecting the natural life that surrounds the house outdoors.

Savides told the architect of the home’s design, “I want the outside to be in the inside.”

There is also historical significance within the home, from the ceiling to the floor boards.

A house with history Savides kneels down to flip back a part of the rug in one of the bedrooms, revealing a hardwood floor reclaimed from the Japanese internment camps in Newell.

He wondered aloud about what their life must have been like, “freezing their (expletive) off, ripped out of their homes and trying to put some semblance of peace back in their (lives),” he said. “That all happened on this floor, which is pretty trippy.”

Savides said when the internment camp disbanded, the wood from the camp became available to the public.

“They offered all the barracks to people in the community,”

Preserving history: Stefan Savides reveals reclaimed wood in his home used previously as flooring in World War II Japanese internment camp buildings in Newell.

Pit stop: Stefan Savides looks over his backyard duck pond which attracts migrating birds to his home.

H&N photos by Holly Dillemuth

A natural choice: Stefan Savides, a renowned sculptor who lives in Klamath Falls, had his home rebuilt from scratch to become an avian oasis.

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Savides said.

“They had no insulation in them, they were just bare walls; rough-cut 2x4s is what they were made from. A lot of people made chicken coops and barns and sheds and so forth.”

The original builder of the house he started with on site built the home with miscellaneous materials, including from the internment camp.

Savides reused some of the same materials from the barracks for building when the home was rebuilt.

A bird on the brain idea Besides history, Savides finds himself surrounded by birds daily.

He walks to the left of the pond in the backyard toward his chicken coop, where a hen is resting near a group of baby chicks.

A rooster and other hens waddle around the coop nearby.

Savides walks inside another coop — this one containing several white and gray pigeons — which he raises.

He returns with a white bird in hand, pauses, and then releases the pigeon into the air.

Savides trains the white and gray pigeons to return home, and plans to eventually rent them for weddings.

His avian affinity started young and was encouraged by his mother.

“I just was fascinated with them and had a mother who encouraged me to do everything that was wonderful,” Savides said.

“I don’t have a favorite bird but there’s a lot of different birds that I like,” he added, sea birds among his favorites.

Regardless of the species, it’s clear that birds here are as at home in this fly zone as he is. hdillemuth@heraldandnews.com

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hree words are stitched across a quilt made for retired U.S. Marine, AJ Davila.

“Valor, bravery and honor.”

Shirley Keefer chose those words to be hand-sewn into a quilt she made for Davila, her son-in-law, after he honorably retired from a four-year term in the service.

“One of the things that grabbed me was that the quilt had words that are commonly used to characterize being in the service,” Davila said. “I was honored to receive it.”

The words “valor, bravery and honor” are delicately stitched at the top of the quilt, on a red, white and blue representation of an American flag. The quilt also features a silhouette of a U.S. Marine soldier, and in big black letters, the patriotic slogan, “Home of the free because of the brave.”

Keefer said Davila’s quilt was the first military-themed quilt she made. She has since made one other, for Melissa Rowland, who recently retired from Kingsley Field.

Keefer said she first began sewing as a young girl. “(My sister and I) sewed all of our clothes for school, mostly,” Keefer said.

Keefer said as time passed her interests changed, and it wasn’t until Keefer was nearing the end her own 27-year career in the service that she picked up fabric again.

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Piece by piece: Honoring service Quilter Shirley Keefer sews military-themed quilts to honor those who serve

By LACEY JARRELL: H&N Staff Reporter

Stitch by stitch: Shirley Keefer sews small squares into large blocks using a sewing machine set up in her home.

Once a quilt’s top is finished, Keefer purchases a matching fabric for the back and takes the pieces for finish work at Heart to Heart Longarm Quilters in Merrill.

H&N photo by Lacey Jarrell

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Quilts, from page 21 Keefer explained that she joined the Air National Guard at the Portland Air Base in 1980 and retired from Kingsley Field, as an aircraft maintenance training superintendent, in January 2006. About five years before retiring, she joined a quilt club at the base. Members made five or six quilting squares and then got together to exchange them, she said.

“At the end you would have a quilt that was kind of a community quilt that was made by folks out there,” Keefer said.

“As time went on, I started dabbling in it a little more,” she added.

Now, Keefer regularly studies patterns, cuts shapes and sews them together in her Klamath Falls home.

“It’s relaxing. I could spend a whole day — and I have — in here just cutting and sewing,” Keefer said.

“I forget about breakfast; I forget about lunch and pretty soon my husband is coming through the door,” she joked.

Keefer said prior to Christmas last year, she was looking for ideas for quilts to make as gifts and found the military pattern at Tater Patch Quilts in Merrill.

Keefer made Davila’s quilt and several individualized quilts for her grandchildren.

Keefer said after the holiday, her youngest daughter, Christin, who is stationed at Kingsley Field, said, “Mom, my supervisor is retiring and I’d really like to make one of these for her.”

To personalize the quilt, Keefer and Christin decided to incorporate the supervisor’s airman battle uniform into the pattern and sewed sleeves and pants identifying Melissa Rowland as the servicemember into the pattern.

Rowland’s quilt features a minuteman silhouette, the dates she served, and the Air Force motto “fly, fight, win.”

Keefer explained that after she fits the main pattern and sews it together for the top of the quilt, she purchases fabric for the backing and takes the

H&N photos by Lacey Jarrell

In uniform: Shirely Keefer sewed this quilt, top left, for retired Kinglsley officer Melissa Rowland. Pieces of Roland’s uniform were incorporated into the camouflage portion on the bottom.

Fighter wing patch: Keefer plans to use this red, yellow and blue fabric, top right, to make a quilt block that imitates this fighter wing

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patch. The block will be incorporated into a personalized quilt for her husband, Dale, who is chief of personnel at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls.

From many, one: Keefer explains how small squares sewn together make one large quilt block. The white triangles shown here will become a star.

pieces to Heart to Heart Longarm Quilts, also in Merrill. There, batting is layered between the pieces and the words, such as “valor” and “bravery,” are sewn in using a longarm quilting machine.

Keefer finishes the quilt’s edges after the longarm machine stitching is complete.

“You get a feeling of accomplishment when you get each block done, and then you put on another block and another. As it forms, you go ‘oh, wow,’ ” Keefer said. “Seeing it come

together is gratifying.”

In all, Keefer has completed about two dozen quilts. She plans to make another military-themed quilt when her husband, Dale, retires from Kingsley Field.

Dale is the chief of personnel, and Keefer plans to make a patch for the 173rd Fighter Wing for his quilt.

“We’re also going to make the Air Force emblem and put that on his with a blue background,” Keefer said.

“Each quilt is just a little bit different and personalized for the individual.”

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fter planting, watering, weeding and cheering on your vegetable plants, picking the fruits of your labors at the optimum time is key to getting their maximum quality, flavor and nutritional value as well as encouraging plants to continue setting and producing fruit.

This means keeping a close eye on the maturing fruits; if you will be away, invite a friend or neighbor to keep them picked – both of you will benefit.

Time of day can matter, too – some sources suggest harvesting salad greens and cole crops, early morning; cukes, summer squash, peppers, tomatoes, later morning; and Master Gardener Cordy Starr said she starts the water boiling, then picks her sweet corn, because the sugar breaks down quickly. She believes in harvesting most vegetables near “mealtime, because that is when their flavor is best.”

Below are some qualities to look for

when harvesting Nature’s bounty.

When to pick Asparagus – do not harvest the first two years to allow plants to become established. A few spears can be harvested the third season for the first three weeks only. Starting with the fourth season, you can harvest for six to eight weeks. Spears should be no thicker than your index finger and 5- to 7-inches long.

Beans – use bush varieties for quick production and pole types for a longer season. With both types, consistent harvest of mature pods is necessary to prolong harvest — every day or two.

See Harvest, page 24

Picking prime: Harvest time in the garden How to best enjoy the fruits of your labors and prepare for the next crop from your garden

By LEE BEACH: H&N Staff Reporter

A thistle’s fruit: Master Gardener Cordy Starr checks the progress of a young artichoke plant in her Klamath Falls garden.

H&N photo by Lee Beach

Home & Garden ❘ Harvest, from page 23 Pinch or cut off pods; pulling them may pull the plant from the ground.

Master Gardener Jennifer Du Nesme suggests “plant Blue Lake bush beans, keep them watered and harvest when 5- to 6-inches long, before they get knobby (shape of beans inside the pod is very pronounced), and they’ll keep coming.”

Beets – Plant in spring and again in August. Provide consistent and even watering to prevent tough, fibrous beets. Harvestable size is 1- to 3-inches. To measure, push soil away from shoulders. Twist leaves off rather than cutting to prevent juices from bleeding.

Broccoli – Stalks ready for picking should be firm, but tender. Buds at the top of the stalk should be compact and not showing the color that would indicate the plant is flowering.

Cut the large central head just before it separates into several heads. After that, cut the side shoots that develop into small heads.

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Brussels sprouts – Very cold tolerant and can be harvested in late fall to early winter. Sprouts mature from the bottom of the plant up. Remove sprouts when they reach 1-inch across in size at the bottom of the plant and continue harvesting up the stalk as they reach the desired size.

Cabbage – Cold tolerant. Cut when heads are firm and base of the head is 4- to 10-inches across. Harvest before the weather gets too warm.

Carrots – Cold tolerant. Thin to 1- to 2-inches apart and pull when the roots are large enough to use.

Can be stored in the ground until soil freezes.

Chard – Frost tolerant. Begin harvesting when leaves are 7- to 9-inches long. Cut outer leaves near the base of the plant with a sharp knife. The inner leaves will continue to grow and can be cut a few days later.

Sweet corn – pick when the silk at the end of the ear turns brown and damp and the ears are full and firm.

Kernels should be full, plump and juicy. To harvest, give the cob a sharp twist downward from the stalk.

Cucumbers – Keep fruit picked

to prolong harvest. Pick before they turn yellow, 6 to 10 inches for slicing, 1 ½ to 3 inches for pickling. Small to medium fruits have the best flavor.

Herbs – These benefit from “pinching off the flowers,” according to Keely Moxley, former Master Gardener coordinator, “just like cutting runners off strawberry plants,” to keep them producing.

Kale – Frost tolerant. Pick younger leaves when 4- to 6-inches long for eating fresh. Larger leaves can be cooked.

Lettuce – Frost tolerant. Plant short rows at 14-day intervals to prevent waste and prolong the season.

Harvest head lettuce by cutting off the whole head at the root crown.

Outer leaves of leaf lettuce can be harvested early. All leaves are edible at any stage. Left too long, lettuce will bolt (go to seed).

Peas – Green pea pods should be picked when the pods are firm but still succulent. Master Gardener Cordy Starr they should be “filled out but still shiny. If they turn dull, the peas will be dry.”

Edible-pod peas — “Plant

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Oregon Sugar Pod II as soon as you wish (March, when the ground isn’t frozen),” said Master Gardener Jennifer Du Nesme. “Keep them watered and harvest when 3 to 4 inches and still flat – sometimes every three days,” she recommended, to ensure continued production.

Peppers – Do not tolerate frost; need nighttime temps of at least 50 degrees for pollination. Use Wallo-Water or floating row covers to protect. The green varieties should be firm and have a shiny color. Red varieties should have a uniform red color before harvesting. However, peppers are edible at all stages.

Potatoes – Begin harvest anytime tubers reach edible size. Late varieties should be lifted about the time of the first frost. Remove large tubers first, allowing smaller ones to continue growing.

Radishes – Harvest as soon as the root is large enough for the variety (usually 20 to 30 days or about 1 inch) and do not allow them to over mature or they will become woody.

See Harvest, page 25

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Harvest, from page 24 Spinach — A cool-season crop. Harvest leaves when they are 6 to 8 inches long. Beet greens and chard are good substitutes because they are less heat sensitive.

Squash – summer: Ready when medium sized with a rind that is easily dented with a fingernail.

Start harvesting at 45 days and continue into fall. Keep picked.

Zucchini will go to seed if not harvested, and the plant is triggered into a different growing stage and won’t develop any more squash.

Squash – winter: Ready when the firm rind can’t easily be dented with a fingernail. Cut stem 3 inches above the fruit and leave attached. Leave harvested fruit to cure in the sun for one week before storing in a cool, dry location.

Tomatoes — Size is not a good indication of maturity. Look for proper color – tomatoes ripen from the center to the outside.

Tomatoes can be picked at any degree of ripeness, but they taste best if ripened on the vine. Determinate (bush type) ripen all the fruit at one time. Indeterminate will continue to flower and fruit until the first frost.

A couple pointers Starr has learned is to not pinch off flowers of tomato plants; instead pollinate with a Q-tip (she learned this from watching a wasp in a greenhouse), and feeding the plants fish emulsion and liquid or powder kelp (avoid highly salty varieties) which can be purchased locally.

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After you have found varieties well adapted to this short-season climate, you may want to take a step toward self-sufficiency by saving seeds from your plants for next year’s garden. An Oregon State University publication “Collecting and Storing Seeds from Your Garden” gives hints on how to get started down this path.

It suggests: don’t save seeds from vegetables or flowers labeled “hybrid.” They are mixtures and may produce inferior results. Seeds which are difficult to save include vine crops such as cucumbers, melons, squash and pumpkins.

Those which are easy to save include tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, beans, peas and lettuces.

Collecting

H&N photo by Lee Beach

Vine fresh: Master Gardener Cordy Starr checked among the vines to harvest firm, shiny foot-long cucumbers in the organic garden she and her husband, Michael grow.

Resources for gardeners “Vegetable Gardening in Oregon,” an Oregon State Extension publication (EC871; cost: $3) is an excellent source for information from site preparation to spacing to harvesting. It is also available in PDF form at http://bit.ly/2a0HZfv. “Growing Vegetables in Central Oregon,” (EM 9128 available at http://bit.ly/29zS05V) was published last fall for Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson Counties, but it is recommended for our area as well by Keely Moxley, former coordinator of Master Gardener program.

Planting fall crops

Planting fall crops in this area can be tricky according to extension information. Master Gardener Cordy Starr winters over some of her summer produce instead since the temperatures of winter weather are so unpredictable.

“I keep carrots in the ground, brushing away snow if needed. Use it as a root cellar. By planting beets close together, you thin them when they are tiny and sweet.”

One mild winter, she recalled, she was able to keep her chard growing as well.

If you are adventurous, the extension literature offers the following formula to determine when to

plant: number of days from seeding or transplanting outdoors to harvest; plus number of days from seed to transplant (if you grow your own transplants,) plus fall factor (about two weeks to account for the fact that plants grow more slowly in the cool, short days of autumn) equals number of days to count back from first frost date. According to “The Old Farmer’s Almanac” this year’s first frost date is estimated to be Sept. 18.

Make sure to rework soil, fertilize and don’t plant crops where a related vegetable was growing.

The fall crop planting formula (Days from seed to harvest + 14 days) counted back from first estimated frost date (Sept. 18) = fall crop planting date

Tomatoes: Squeeze seed from a fully ripe tomato onto a paper towel or screen and let dry at room temperature until thoroughly dry.

Peppers: Select a mature pepper, preferably one turning red, and allow it to turn completely red before extracting seeds. Place seeds on a towel or screen until thoroughly dry.

Eggplants: Separate seeds from a mature eggplant and dry thoroughly at room temperature.

Beans and peas: Leave pods on the plant until they are “rattle” dry. Watch pods carefully so they don’t split and scatter their seeds. Pick dried pods and place in a well-ventilated area at room temperature. When pods are completely dry, remove the seeds. To control possible weevil infestation, place seeds in a freezer for 24 to 30 hours.

Lettuce: Leave a plant or two in the garden to produce a seed stalk. After the plant blooms and forms a miniature “dandelion head,” gather the seeds. Separate the seeds from the chaff by rubbing them with your fingers.

Storing Store seeds in a labeled container or envelope in a cool, dry place where they are protected from insects. Short-lived seeds (one to two years): corn, onion, parsley parsnip, pepper. Intermediate (three to four years): asparagus, bean, broccoli, carrot, celery, leek, pea, spinach. Long-lived (four to five years): beet, chard, cabbage family, turnip, radish, cucumber, eggplant, lettuce, muskmelon, pumpkin-squash, tomato, watermelon.

An ideal way to prepare seed for long-term storage is to place seed packets in a jar. Place a small cloth bag filled with 1/2 cup recently opened dry powdered milk in the bottom of the jar. Seal the jar tightly and place it in a refrigerator or freezer.

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Frozen & sweet summer delights Use your ice cream maker and blender for the sweet sensations of homemade ice creams and sorbets

By LEE BEACH: H&N Staff Reporter

Serve (enjoy) immediately: This banana raspberry soft serve can be prepared in a blender or food processor, pulsing the frozen slices of banana (easiest if they are separate; not in clumps) before blending in remaining ingredients and serving immediately.

H&N photo by Lee Beach

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hether creamy or icy, homemade frozen desserts can be a light and refreshing way to end summertime meals, or, if you are adventurous, savory flavors can make taste buds pop.

If you are considering making these frosty delights, be sure to plan ahead.

Choose the recipe and have all the ingredients you need on hand. Does it require partial advance preparation and chilling the night before? Check the directions on your ice cream maker to determine if and what type of salt and ice is required (some don’t require either).

Can family members help in the process of cranking if the machine isn’t electric? How long does the freezing take if you aren’t going to consume it “soft serve?” Do you have popsicle molds and sticks if these will be treats for the kids?

The sweet side With summer fruits at their delicious best, ice creams flavored with fruit offer unsurpassed enjoyment.

Georgia Peach Homemade Ice Cream 1 ¼ pounds fresh ripe peaches ¼ cup sugar 1 ½ cups half-and-half 7 ounces sweetened condensed milk 1 (5-ounce) can evaporated milk 1 tsp. lemon juice ½ tsp. vanilla extract

1. Toss peaches and sugar together in a large bowl and let stand until juicy, about 30 minutes.

2. Puree peach mixture in a blender until very smooth. Stir together peach puree and remaining ingredients in a bowl. Pour mixture into ice cream maker canister and freeze according to manufacturer’s directions.

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Frozen, from page 26 If too soft, pack into an air-tight 2-quart container and freeze an additional two hours.

Source: allrecipes magazine, June/ July/August issue.

Raspberry-banana soft serve 4 medium-ripe bananas ½ cup plain fat-free yogurt 1 to 2 Tbsp. maple syrup ½ cup frozen unsweetened raspberries

1. Thinly slice peeled bananas; transfer to a large resealable plastic freezer bag. Arrange slices in a single layer. Freeze overnight.

2. Pulse frozen bananas in a food processor until finely chopped. Add yogurt, maple syrup and raspberries.

Process just until smooth, scraping sides as needed. Serve immediately.

Makes five 1/2-cup servings.

For chocolate-peanut butter, substitute 2 Tablespoons each creamy peanut butter and baking cocoa for the raspberries.

Source: Taste of Home Summer 2016 issue

Mango coconut pops 2 cups diced, ripe mango (from 1 2/3 pounds fruit) 4 to 5 Tbsps. honey 1/2 cup full-fat canned coconut milk 1 Tbsp. lemon juice (optional) ½ cup sweetened shredded coconut plus 1/4 cup (optional) for coating

1. In a food processor, whirl mango, 4 Tbsps. honey and the coconut milk until smooth. Taste and add more honey or the lemon juice if needed to balance flavor. Transfer to a glass measuring cup and stir in 1/2 cup shredded coconut. Pour into eight 1/4-cup popsicle molds (fluted canelé molds can be used), insert sticks and freeze until solid, at least six hours.

2. To unmold from popsicle molds, let sit at room temperature 5 minutes or run under warm water 10 to 15 seconds. To coat, scatter 1/4 cup coconut on a piece of waxed paper. Roll and firmly press popsicle in coconut (outsides of popsicles must be slightly softened for coco-

nut to stick. Serve immediately or refreeze on waxed paper if serving later.

Source: Sunset magazine, July 2016 issue

Sweet Corn Ice Cream with Salted Carmel Sauce

For the ice cream: 2 cups corn kernels 1 cup half-and-half 2 cups milk 2/3 cup sugar dash of salt 3 large egg yolks For the salted caramel sauce: 6 Tbsp. butter 3/4 cup sugar 1 cup heavy cream ½ tsp. vanilla extract 1¼ tsp. coarse salt

1. Combine the corn and the half-and-half in a food processor and process until smooth. Pour through a sieve over a large bowl, reserving liquid and discarding the solids. Add the 2 cups of milk, the sugar, the salt and the egg yolks. Whisk all the ingredients together and pour into a large saucepan.

2. Cook the mixture over medium heat until thick, but do not boil, stirring constantly, about 20 minutes.

Remove from heat. Let cool for about 20 minutes, then cover and transfer to the fridge to completely cool down, preferably overnight.

3. Meanwhile, make the caramel: Melt the butter in a large saucepan.

Stir in the sugar and cook, stirring frequently, until the sugar is deep, golden brown and starts to smoke.

4. Remove from the heat and whisk in half of the cream. (Be careful, because the mixture will splatter.)

Stir in the rest of the cream, the vanilla and the salt. If there are any lumps in the caramel, return to the heat over low and whisk until they are dissolved. Let cool to room temperature. (If making the caramel the night before churning the ice cream, store the caramel in the refrigerator, but bring back to room temperature before adding to the ice cream.)

5. Once the custard is completely chilled, place in an ice cream maker

and freeze according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Once done, stir in about 1 cup of the caramel sauce and place the ice cream in the freezer to finish freezing. Serve with the remaining salted caramel sauce.

Makes: 1 quart.

Source: http://www.tasyeandtellblog. com/sweet-corn-ice-cream-with-saltedcarmel-sauce.

Sorbet Those persons who are sensitive to dairy can enjoy sorbet, which is basically fruit or fruit juice and sugar, distinguishing it from sherbet.

About 2 pounds of fruit (five cups chopped) will yield around a quart of sorbet. The easiest way to add sugar is to make a simple sugar syrup. Simmer equal parts sugar and water until the sugar is dissolved and let it cool.

You can go lighter on sugar because of the natural sugar in the fruit. However, freezing dulls sweet flavors, so you do want the mixture to be a little sweeter than you want the finished sorbet to be.

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Kitchen website suggests: “Sugar plays a larger role in the sorbet than just sweetening the fruit juice. It’s also crucial for the sorbet’s texture. Too little sugar and the sorbet becomes icy, too much and it can be slushy — hit the sugar level just right and the sorbet will taste creamy and melt evenly across your tongue.

Sorbet balance “There’s a very simple way to tell if your sugar levels are right: Float a large egg in the sorbet base. Wash and dry a large egg, and then gently lower it into the pureed and strained sorbet base. If you see a nickel-sized round of egg showing above the surface, you’re golden. If the circle is smaller or if the egg sinks below the surface, you need to add more sugar. If the circle is larger, you need to add a little water or fruit juice.”

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Basic sorbet recipe 2 lbs. fresh fruit (4 to 5 cups after prepping and slicing) 1 cup sugar 1 cup water 1 to 4 Tbsp. lemon juice

1. At least 24 hours before making the sorbet, place the ice cream maker canister in the freezer to freeze.

2. Wash and dry the fruit. Cut away any rinds, peels, pits, seeds, stems or other non-edible parts of the fruit. Slice the fruit into bite-sized pieces.

3. Combine the sugar and water in a small saucepan and bring to a simmer over medium-high heat, stirring gently once or twice. Simmer until the sugar is completely dissolved in the water, about 5 minutes.

Remove from heat and allow to cool.

4. Combine the fruit and 1/2 cup of the cooled simple syrup in a blender, the bowl of a food processor, or in a mixing bowl (if using an immersion blender). Reserve the

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remaining syrup. Blend the fruit and the syrup until the fruit is completely liquefied and no more chunks of fruit remain. (Store leftover simple sugar in the fridge.)

5. If your fruit contains small seeds (like strawberries or raspberries) or is very fibrous (like mangos or pineapples), strain it through a fine-mesh strainer to remove the solids. Gently stir with a spoon as you strain, but don’t force the solids through the strainer. Test the sugar levels with the egg-float test.

6. Stir in 1 Tablespoon of lemon juice. Taste the sorbet base and add more lemon juice if it tastes too sweet and bland. Cover and chill the sorbet base and refrigerate until very cold, at least one hour or overnight.

7. Pour the chilled base into the ice cream machine and churn. Continue churning until the sorbet is the consistency of a thick smoothie. This typically takes between 10 and 15 minutes in most machines. Transfer the sorbet to pint containers or other freezable containers and cover. Freeze for at least 4 hours, until the sorbet

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Savory and not just for dessert This savory avocado sorbet is made with ripe avocados, cucumber, cilantro, and limes. It can be served as a garnish or topping for cold soups (like gazpacho). It also works great as garnish for oysters on the half shell or to serve with a cold shrimp or seafood platter.

You can make the avocado cucumber sorbet using an ice cream maker if you have one. If you don’t you can also freeze the blended avocado mix directly and then use a fork or a mixer to soften it up a few times.

The jalapeños are optional; it really depends on your heat level preference.

Avocado sorbet 2 avocados 2 cucumbers, peeled or not 1/2 bunch of cilantro 1 to 2 jalapeños, seeded and deveined, optional

Juice of 2 limes Salt to taste

Combine all the ingredients in a blender or food processor, blend until smooth, then taste and adjust salt/seasonings to taste. If using an ice cream maker, add the avocado sorbet mix and prepare according the machine’s instructions. Transfer the sorbet to a container and freeze for an hour or two before serving.

To prepare it without an ice cream machine, pour the blended mix into a freezer friendly container and freeze for about an hour or two.

The avocado mix should be almost frozen, but not completely. Use an electric mixer, blender or food processor — make sure it can handle frozen mixes before using — to mix it until smooth. Return the avocado mix to the freezer and repeat again in a few hours. For an avocado cucumber granita, use a fork to mix it up, beginning from the edges; repeat the process every couple of hours for a few times.

Source: http://laylita.com/recipes/2015/09/23/avacado-sorbet

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541.880.2212 www.klamathcc.edu

Pablo Cruise

Friday September 23, 2016 @ 7:30 p.m.

Tickets: $27/$36/$42

Joe Nichols

Thursday September 15, 2016 @ 7:30 P.m. | Tickets: $37/$48/$60

With seven albums and five number-one, hit singles, Joe Nichols is no stranger to the Country music scene, however his recent renaissance has him poised at the edge of an amazing comeback tour. Don’t miss this dynamic performer, famous for songs like “Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off”, “Sunny and 75” and “Yeah.”

Co-sponsors: Balin Ranches, Pinniger/Shaw, Turn Thom Point S Sponsors:

When this now illustrious pop/rock band quartet broke onto the music scene in 1975 they were often asked what Pablo Cruise meant, the well-rehearsed answer went something like this, “Pablo, represents an honest, real, down to earth individual; and Cruise, depicts his fun loving, easy going attitude towards life.” In essence, that’s what Pablo Cruise’s music is all about. Honest, real, down to earth vocals, accompanied by fun yet elegant, infectious grooves.

Co-sponsor: Zwartverwer & Samuels Sponsors:

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Klamath Film Festival

Gala: Friday September 30, 2016 @ 7 p.M. Screening: Saturday October 1, 2016 10 a.M. $45 for both or $15 for just Saturday

The Klamath Independent Film Festival has been held at the RRT for the past three years, but this year we’re very proud to add the event to our official lineup as part of our season.

Honoring our roots as a 1940’s Art Deco movie theater, we can’t think of a better addition to our world-class lineup. This year the festival will expand to include not only local short programs but also features and light hearted competition.

Come just to watch the movies or join us also for an opening night gala filled with fun and filmmaking magic!

Sponsors:

Ballet Magnificat

FRIDAY October 7, 2016 @ 7:30 p.m. | Tickets: $19/$23/$29

Co-founder, Kathy Thibodeaux, stepped into the international dance spotlight in 1982 by winning a silver medal at the International Ballet Competition. In the competition, against the advice of many, Kathy chose to express her faith in a dance to Sandi Patty’s "We Shall Behold Him” and won. Following this successful merging of her passion for dance and her intense faith, Ballet Magnificat was born – a touring Christian ballet troupe that provides professionally trained artists while also spreading inspiration throughout the world.

Co-sponsors: Lynne & Doug Butterworth, Running Y Ranch Resort Sponsor:

Antsy McClain and THE Trailer Park Troubadours Friday October 14, 2016 @ 7:30 p.m.

Tickets: $19/$23/$29

Antsy McClain & the Trailer Park Troubadours are based in Nashville, TN, but they're as far from country's mainstream as you can get. The Troubadours are a revolving cadre of top-notch pickers who can play cowboy jazz, country ballads and soulful R&B dance tunes without breaking a sweat. One part Americana, two parts humor and one part tenderness, this show is sure to turn Basin listeners into devoted fans (or “flamingoheads” as the band’s devout followers prefer to be called).

Taiko Project

Sunday October 23, 2016 @ 6 p.m. | Tickets: $19/$26/$32

In 2000 a group of emerging, young taiko drummers sought to create a truly American style of taiko, blending the forms in which they were raised with a fresh approach to the Japanese drum. They were the first American group to win the prestigious Tokyo International Taiko Contest and have performed on the Academy Awards, the Grammy Awards, NBC's "The Voice," The X-Factor and more! They have also performed and recorded with some of the world's most well-known musical artists, including Stevie Wonder, Usher, Alicia Keys, A.R. Rahman, John Legend and Kanye West.

Co-sponsor: J. W. Kerns Sponsors: STACY & DENNIS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS

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Rocky Horror Picture Show

Saturday October 29, 2016 @ 7 p.M.

tICKETS: $5 Suggested Donation/ $5 Goodie Bags

Ross Ragland Classical Series: Chamber Orchestra Thursday October 27, 2016 @ 7:30 p.m. | Tickets: $24

Kremlin

Chamber Orchestra Kremlin has earned national and international recognition as one of Russia's leading ensembles. Founded in 1991, the orchestra, comprising some of Russia's finest young string players, has carved a niche for itself under the creative baton of its founder and music director Misha Rachlevsky. Chamber Orchestra Kremlin's warmth and high energy create addictive performances that stay with listeners long after the last note has been played.

Co-sponsor: Jefferson Public Radio Sponsor:

GoblinFest 2016

Saturday October 29, 2016 @ 8 p.m.

Tickets: $25

Join the Ross Ragland Theater for a costume ball like no other. Spooks, fairies, princesses, witches, phantoms, pop stars and more will dance the night away to the amusements of the Goblin King and Queen. A fundraiser fit to raise not only money but also… the dead!

King Michael: Michael Jackson Tribute

It’s everyone’s favorite Transylvanians! Do the Time Warp, participate in the costume contest, throw some toast (trust us, that’s a real thing) and experience the number one cult classic movie in style! Due to the popularity of this FREE event, we must now print actual tickets. Get yours in advance!

Ross Ragland Classical Series: Jennifer Kim

THURSDAY November 3, 2016 @ 7:30 p.m.

Sunday November 13, 2016 @ 2 p.m.

King Michael highlights early moments of Michael’s career with his brothers through his stratospheric rise to become the greatest solo entertainer of all time. This multi-media spectacular includes favorites like “Billie Jean,” “Beat It,” “Thriller,” “Man in the Mirror” and more! But it’s not just about the music, wait until you see the phenomenal dancing and showmanship for which Michael Jackson was so famous.

Co-sponsor: Turn Thom Point S Sponsors:

By age 12, Jennifer Kim was competing at a national level against experienced adult classical guitarists. At 17 she had developed an international reputation for her stunning virtuosity and sensitive musicality. Since then Jennifer has gone on to sweep the nation with award after award. In December 2012, Jennifer performed at the Sarasota Opera House for the National Public Radio program "From the Top" and was awarded the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award.

Co-sponsors: Jefferson Public Radio, ZCS Engineering

Tickets: $23/$29/$36

Tickets: $24

Esquire Jazz Orchestra Sunday December 4, 2016 @ 2 p.m.

Tickets: $19/$23/$29

The Coats

Saturday November 19, 2016 @ 7:30 p.m. | Tickets: $19/$26/$32

What do you get when you mix four glorious voices and an audience? You get The Coats, the Pacific Northwest's premiere a cappella band (and a Klamath Basin favorite). They have performed for the President of the United States and at local fairs…

Their intensely arranged yet hilarious, interactive performances blend music and comedy so seamlessly that no matter the event, stage or function audiences leave wondering, "how did all of that come out of only four guys?!"

STACY & DENNIS Co-sponsors: Heaton/Staunton, Staunton Farms Sponsor: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS

The Klamath Basin's big band, the Esquire Jazz Orchestra, returns to The Ragland, bringing to life the magic of jazz favorites from yesteryear. The 2016 show’s theme has yet to be determined, but Ken White and the full, 17-member orchestra are Basin favorites, having previously presented shows revolving around Irving Berlin, Cole Porter and the Gershwin Brothers, with plenty of Christmas jazz music thrown into the mix.

Sponsors: STACY & DENNIS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS

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A Klamath Chorale Christmas:

All is Merry and Bright Sunday December 11, 2016 @ 2 p.M. Tickets: $15

Eighty of the Basin’s best voices, led by the multi-talented Robin Schwartz, return to present melodies, harmonies and lyrical renditions of classical holiday carols, festive Jazz and memorable tunes of Christmas past. The song list for the performance will likely include a wide range of special arrangements and feature special soloists, including flute, guitar and dance.

Co-sponsors: Basin Fertilizer, Heaton/Staunton, Pinniger/Thom Sponsor:

Rockin' at the Ragland Saturday December 31, 2016 @ 9 p.M. Tickets: $25

Don’t miss our second annual New Year’s Eve Party and ring in the New Year in the kind of style and glitz that only a theater can provide. Walk a red carpet, wear a crown, drink champagne, listen to a live band, play games and have the time of your life. Additionally, the Ross Ragland Theater is the ONLY place in town that provides an actual ball drop… and what a sight it is…at midnight!

The Nutcracker

Tuesday December 20, 2016 @ 2 p.M. and 7:30 p.m. | Tickets: $19/$23/$29

The acclaimed Eugene Ballet's holiday extravaganza once again fills the stage with smiling faces of all ages as hundreds of young dancers join the Company to tell this beloved story with its grand adventures taken by Clara and her nutcracker prince.

The Nutcracker makes the holiday spirit come alive, transporting you through Clara's dreams and the wondrous characters she encounters along the way. Sponsors:

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It’s Superman Basin Teen Theater

Friday January 20 – Sunday January 29, 2017 Tickets: $15/$19/$23

Our 2016 Winter Community Production is the SUPER fun 1966 musical based on the all-American, comic book character, Superman, created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster and published by DC Comics. Join the caped crusader as he keeps the world safe from evil scientists, wins the heart of Lois Lane and holds perfect pitch.

Special Sponsor: WENDT FAMILY FOUNDATION

The Right to Dream

Thursday February 2, 2017 @ 6 p.M. Tickets: $15

Celebrate black history month with this thought provoking portrayal of a child living on the brink of the American Civil Rights movement in a small Mississippi town. This oneperson show uses extensive technical aides plus emotionally stirring photos from the actual era as it tells the story of Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr. and more from the eyes of an everyman (or woman) who longed to join the cause and make life better for blacks in America.

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Red Tie Romp

Saturday February 18, 2017 Tickets: Very limited seating. Tickets and tables will be available 11.3.2016

The Red Tie Romp has become the most elegant and exclusive fundraising event in the Basin. Join us for a night of food, fun and Broadway-style glamour right on the stage as we raise our bidder numbers and a few glasses of champagne for a good cause. All proceeds from the Red Tie Romp directly fund our education programming, which serves over 12,000 children in the Basin each year.

James Tormé

Saturday March 11, 2017 @ 7:30 p.m. | Tickets: $23/$29/$36

Son of Grammy-Award Winning legend, Mel Tormé, James Tormé has taken his family legacy even further and has become a buzz-inducing jazz sensation in his own right in the process. Often appearing with the likes of the BBC Concert Orchestra, Ronnie Scott's Orchestra and Les Paul Trio, this smoldering artist is, "the best male jazz singer to come along in 20 years" according to Verve Records president, Chuck Mitchell. It’s easy to see why the multi-award winning singer is quickly becoming one of the most talked about artists on the planet!

Co-sponsors: Stilwell/Stone, Great Basin Insurance, Powley Plumbing Sponsor:

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Ross Ragland Classical Series:

Jacob Shaw

Sunday March 19, 2017 @ 2 p.m Tickets: $24

Charlotte's Web

Friday March 17, 2017 @ 6 p.m. | Tickets: $15

After winning season 10 of American Idol, Scotty went on to break records, top charts, write and release multiple platinum selling songs… and enroll in college! Voted one of the sexiest man in Country music, Scotty’s deep voice and irresistible sound create the perfect blend of contemporary and traditional country. Co-sponsors: Assistance League, McDonald's, Merits, Staunton Farms Sponsors:

Award winning British cellist Jacob Shaw has given acclaimed concerts across Europe, USA and Asia, establishing himself as one of the most prominent young soloists based in Scandinavia. Highly dedicated to helping and promoting young talents in his own field, Jacob also supports the next generation of musicians. “On the stage Jacob Shaw is a larger-than-life personality. Illuminating performances… personal, thoughtful, reflective… unexpectedly moving” (Strings Magazine, 2016).

Co-sponsor: Jefferson Public Radio

Young Irelanders

Thursday April 6, 2017 @ 7:30 p.m.

Tickets: $23/$29/$36

The Young Irelanders comprises eight sensational performers who have traditional Irish music, song & dance running through their veins. Members have performed for many heads of state, presidents, the Queen of England and Empress Michiko of Japan.

The artists have also toured as lead performers with Riverdance and Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance, been soloists on PBS specials, shared the stage with Bono and been chosen by Sting to perform for his exclusive private parties. Co-sponsors: Lynne & Doug Butterworth, Southtowne Commerce Center Sponsors: STACY & DENNIS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS

Klamath Chorale: Somewhere in Time Sunday May 7, 2017 @ 2 p.m.

Tickets: $15

Sounds of Spring lift into the Ragland rafters when the Klamath Chorale takes the stage for a second performance during the season. The Basin’s oldest, largest, volunteer community choir is sure to raise your spirits and leave you invigorated for a season of renewal in the Basin.

Co-Sponsor: Basin Fertilizer Sponsor:

Ross Ragland Classical Series:

Young Musicians of Excellence Sunday April 9, 2017 @ 2 p.m. | Tickets: $15

Enjoy burgeoning young artists performing on the Ragland stage. Featuring a smorgasbord of vocal and instrumental talent, these high school musicians are considered the best of the best in their chosen field by professional judges and competitions. Co-sponsor: Charlie & Eileen Moresi

Dancing With Your Stars

Taste of Klamath

Tickets: $19/$23/$29

Early Bird Tickets: $30

Friday May 12, 2017 @ 7:30 p.m.

This interactive stage show is just like the TV series, complete with glamorous costumes, difficult dances and catty judges.

Only in our version, six local celebrity competitors will dance for YOUR votes and the chance to give $500 to their favorite charity! When the locals are done, the Utah Ballroom Dance Company puts on an amazing dance spectacular in the second half of the show that’s beyond anything you’ve ever seen!

Co-Sponsor: Mia & Pia’s Pizzeria

Saturday May 20, 2017

Designed to showcase and celebrate the best culinary treats the Basin has to offer. Delight your taste buds and whet your whistle while also raising funds for the Arts!

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Summer Camp Performance: Mulan Saturday July 8, 2017 @ 2 p.m. & 5:30 p.m.

Tickets: $10/$12/$15

Based on Disney’s Oscar-nominated film, Disney's Mulan JR. is a heartwarming celebration of culture, honor and the fighting spirit. With hit songs and a story packed with action, humor and heart, Disney's Mulan JR. brings ancient China to life with a modern sensibility.

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Mary Poppins

Friday August 4 – Sunday August 13, 2017 | Tickets: $17/$23/$29

Fusing the best elements from the original PL Travers books and the 1964 Disney Film Mary Poppins is a show that can only be described as "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.” 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!

Special Sponsor: WENDT FAMILY FOUNDATION

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SHOWS

Pack Rat Christmas

Thursday & Friday December 15 & 16, 2016 @ 7p.M. | $15

Last year’s tribute to the timeless music of the Rat Pack era greats like Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Judy Garland took us straight back to the smoky lounges of the 1950s. Join our very own Mark McCrary, Amanda Squibb, Dan Neubauer and Nathalie Reid again as the group (now called the Pack Rats) celebrate the holidays in vintage glam style.

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Composer Showcase

Sunday, September 25 @ 2 P.M. | $15

Klamath County is filled with talented people. Be they plucky, soulful, country or classical (or more!) local singersongwriters take the stage to share their musical gifts and original compositions in a laid-back, pub atmosphere.

Dinner Theater Musical “Married Alive”

FRIday April 21- Sunday April 23,2017 | $35

Erin and Paul have just gotten married and couldn't be more excited meanwhile Ron and Diane have been married for years and... aren’t. Poignant and hilarious by turns, Married Alive! uses a series of musical vignettes to affectionately and hilariously explore the progression of marriage from honeymooning to honey-not-tonight-ing.

Code Blue

Thursday November 10, 2016 @ 7p.m. | $15

Local favorites, Code Blue claim to be influenced by “blues, rock, folk, our women, beer and old scotch.” Formed back in 2011, the band plays a kickin’ selection of Blues music. Join Karl Knudsen, Marty Ledgerwood, Bill Maddalena, Andrew Smith, Stanton Smith and Edwin Tuhy for a night like no other.

Margaritas and Mixers

Thursday May 4, 2017 @ 7 P.M. | $15

Our mixers series just keeps getting better and better!

This year we add a Latin flair to a night of real-life social networking! Sit and visit with your friends or put on your dancing shoes for a little early Cinco de Mayo celebration.

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Enjoying shows is easier and more affordable than ever. We are pleased to again offer the Create Your Own Season plan.

Season Tickets on sale - July 13, 2016 Individual Tickets on sale - August 16, 2016

How Does “Create Your Own Season” Work?

Purchase 4-9 shows and receive: ★★A 10% discount on your total ticket order ★★Priority ticketing over the general public ★★Special invitations to Ragland events

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looked back since,” Buckalew said of her career.

Buckalew graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Eastern Washington University.

As a financial counselor, Buckalew helps clients improve their credit scores and helps them budget their money, so that “they are controlling their money instead of their money controlling them,” she said.

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Buckalew did not always know she wanted to go into the financial industry. It all started as a suggestion from her father, she said, who was stationed at Kingsley Field in the Air National Guard.

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“It’s pretty neat to see us get somebody turned around in 12 to 18 months, where we’ve improved their credit score and they’re getting loans at a cheaper interest rate and they are making sound financial decisions,” Buckalew said. “It’s fun.”

One piece of advice she gives those who are beginning in a leadership position is the importance of having a professional mentor. She credits her knowledge of leadership to her manager at First Interstate, where she worked before joining PCFCU. Buckalew is a mentor to a number of people in the community, including student interns at the credit union and women at the United Evangelical Free Church.

Students at Mazama High School have also benefited from Buckalew’s mentoring. During the school year, she helps put on a financial reality fair with 50 students who are taught the importance of budgeting.

She has also taught Dave Ramsey money management classes in the community, which teach people how to budget and help themselves through financial affairs.

“I love Klamath Falls,” Buckalew said. “I’m glad to be a part of it and to be able to give back to it.

That’s important for me.”

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When she took up her position as the first executive director at the Klamath Falls Friends of the Children organization two years ago, the program’s maximum capacity was 23 students.

Groves has worked to expand the program, which is now able to match 40 at-risk students with trained mentors.

Groves said the job was a perfect fit for her.

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Groves, from page 39 “I really could not have created a better fit for myself,” she said. “I think it’s really exciting to have a job that I feel completely, 100 percent, invested in and committed to. It was made for me.”

Before becoming executive director, Groves was a board member for Friends of the Children for nine months and a stayat-home mother. To put herself through college at Portland State University, she worked at a Les Schwab tire center for eight years.

Groves’ two years as director have taught her many valuable

life lessons.

One lesson, she said, is to be yourself. And a second is to not be afraid of failure.

“I don’t know what I’m doing all the time, but that’s okay,” Groves said. “Every obstacle is a lesson and the next time I face that obstacle I’m going to have more tools to get through it.”

Groves enjoys seeing the students grow during the 12 years they are enrolled in the program.

The Friends of the Children helps students with everything from education and social skills to health care and mental health.

Many students come in at the age of 5 or 6 and are with the program until they graduate from high school.

“I get to see the potential that these 5- and 6-year-olds hold, and I get to see how excited they are to come and be a part of this family,” Groves said.

One of her favorite parts about being the organization’s director is knowing how much the program is going to offer the children during their formative years.

“Knowing how much we are going to offer this child in 12 years – it’s going to blow their

mind,” she said. “They are about to embark on some of the greatest experiences and relationships and adventures that they could possibly have, and we get to make that happen for them.”

If she wasn’t in the director position at the Friends of the Children, Groves said she would certainly be serving the community in some aspect.

“After you have kids, you realize that this is your chance to make it better for them,” she said.

“It’s cliché, but you really want better for your kids and the kids in your kids’ classrooms, and this is my opportunity to do that.”

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Kelley Minty Morris ❘

Finding common ground with the community

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Klamath County Commissioner Kelley Minty Morris fell in love with the Klamath Basin when she was 21 years old, and she has been in love with it ever since.

Minty Morris, who serves as the county board chair, credits the 300 days of sunshine and the community for getting her hooked on Klamath Falls when she was a young journalist working for KOTITV. Now on her third career, Minty Morris serves the local community as a liaison to 10 county departments and 10 to 20 outside groups and entities, including the Klamath County District Attorney, Discover Klamath, health and human services and to the economic and community development subcommittees.

Minty Morris also serves as a trustee for Oregon Tech and is on the board of directors at Steen Sports Park. She has dedicated her work to improving the economic

opportunities in the Klamath community and making county government more effective.

“I have the greatest job I can even imagine,” Minty Morris said.

“What I like most is that we have the ability on the local level to start moving our county in a better direction. I think our board genuinely has a spirit of cooperation and the desire to problemsolve, and that’s been fun.”

Minty Morris said hearing the concerns of their constituents, while challenging, is a rewarding part of the job.

“I think what I have learned from being a county commissioner is that while it’s true you’re not going to make everyone happy, you certainly can work toward finding common ground and finding ways to act that benefit the most amount of people,” Minty Morris said.

She said the secret to maintaining her sanity through the stressful

job as a commissioner is a careful work-play balance.

After she has put in a hard day’s work at the office, Minty Morris heads to the gym for yoga or cross-fit.

“I do make time for things outside of work so I can be a more adjusted, pleasant person when I’m here,” Minty Morris said. “There’s no denying that there are a lot of

stressors involved, and it’s a challenge. I think that without some sort of way to release that, you could let yourself get overwhelmed. I have been very aware of that.”

Minty Morris grew up in Eugene, Ore. and graduated from Pacific Lutheran University with a bachelor’s degree in communication and business.

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Service members at the Kingsley Field Oregon Air National Guard base call her Auntie Tam. Tami Narramore’s official title is the Airman and Families Readiness Program Manager for Kingsley Field, but her day-to-day duties include everything from welcoming new pilots to providing emotional support for military families during deployment.

“I tell them I’m the den mother,” Narramore said of the service members she helps. “I’m going to come and check on you. It’s nice

to have a non-military person say, ‘Hey, how you doing?’ In my opinion, it sort of takes off a little bit of that expectation. It’s just sort of like talking to your mom or your aunt.”

Now in her 13th year helping military families cope with the stresses of service, Narramore has worked for six commanders and has adapted her work for each.

She considers herself a social service entity at the base, helping people find solutions and resources for their challenges.

Minty Morris, from page 41

return to Oregon.

That’s when the opportunity to be the community outreach manager at the nonprofit Citizens for Safe Schools nabbed Minty Morris’ attention. She served in

After spending seven years in Klamath Falls at KOTI, she was a journalist in upstate New York before realizing she wanted to

“I think it’s really important to have resources for our military members,” Narramore said. “It makes us a stronger united front.

We call ourselves the Kingsley family. We really are a close-knit group.”

Narramore began as a music major at Western Oregon University. She then transferred to Oregon State and to Oregon Tech to study education before moving to North Carolina with her husband, leaving her degree with just two terms left to finish.

But that did not hold her back.

that capacity for five years before running for office, which she was sworn into on Jan. 5, 2015.

“I have learned how important it is to, once you have a vision, just go for it and not let the naysay-

Prior to her position at Kingsley Field, Narramore was as a case worker for child welfare, a manager for the Start Making A Reader Today reading program, and a victim advocate for the district attorney’s office.

She said there have always been people more qualified for the jobs she has landed, but her advantage is that the passion she has for people comes straight from the heart.

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Julia Rajnus helps clients make the biggest purchase of their lives.

She has been a real estate broker for Century 21 Showcase in Klamath Falls for a year and a half.

She loves to help clients move into their dream homes.

“Every time you close and the people are happy and love the house they’re in, that’s the best,” Rajnus said.

Rajnus graduated from Petaluma High School in 2003 and attended Santa Rosa Junior College for two years. She then showed horses for two years before moving to Klamath Falls in 2008.

A Petaluma, Calif. native, Rajnus has lived in Klamath Falls for nine years. Before becoming a real estate broker, she worked in office management and sales

for seven years. She said the real estate business was a natural next step for her career, as both of her parents were involved in real estate.

“You really see people’s emotions in this business,” Rajnus said. “So you really have to take their feelings, wants and needs to heart. Otherwise, I think they feel like you’re not taking them seriously. In this business, just

being personable and treating people how you would want to be treated is big.”

Rajnus helps clients in Klamath Falls, Chiloquin, Lakeview and the surrounding areas buy and sell their homes. She said a challenging aspect of the job is that she covers a widespread area.

Narramore, from page 42

ments for Narramore have been put aside for the time being, as she has cut down on stressors after being diagnosed with nonHodgkin lymphoma.

Despite her diagnosis, Narramore sees through a distinctly positive lens, which is reflected in

the way she works.

her work with the families at Kingsley.

“We all have pain in our lives,” she said. “We can either struggle through the pain on our journey to success, or we can endure the pain that we’re haunted by from not taking that risk.”

“With all of these jobs, people have just given me a chance and I’ve done it,” Narramore said. “Life circumstances have landed me here.”

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Pamela Davenport and Nicole Boyd The Davenport family has owned and operated Davenport’s Chapel since 1978. Recently, they bought Klamath Memorial Park Cemetery to complete their full range of services.

Pamela puts family first. Her husband Mark is a youth leader at Faith Tabernacle and also works for the family business.

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“I feel great,” Narramore said.

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Throne has worked at Klamath Hospice for 11 years, beginning in

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‘You need to live now like you’re not going to be here tomorrow.

Love your kids, your friends, and don’t put things off. Plan ahead.’

— Rachel Throne, Klamath Hospice executive director

Throne, from page 45 “It is very rewarding in the sense that dying is one of the biggest experiences of our lives,” Throne said, “not only from a patient standpoint, but also for the family. I realized shortly after I started working here how much we help people and provide peace to people at one of the most delicate times of their lives.”

While hospice care helps those who are nearing the end of their life, Throne and her team have a positive outlook on the experience of death. Instead of focusing on death, she said, hospice focuses on “letting people live life to the fullest during their latter days.”

This includes providing care, but also helping people achieve their dreams, such as visiting family in different states or seeing the Oregon Coast a final time.

Rajnus, from page 44 “The most challenging part is trying to fit everything into a day when you’re out in the surrounding areas,” she said.

“For me to go to Bly and show a house, it takes four hours. That’s half a day for one

The Klamath Hospice office is decorated with humorous signs and comic strips. Throne said the jokes are a way for the staff to lighten up after dealing with death on a daily basis.

While Throne oversees the hospice operation, which includes a team of physicians, nurses, social workers, counselors and volunteers, she is not opposed to working in other capacities as well, and said all of the members of her team “chip in” with other duties when necessary.

“We are a small organization, so everybody does the jobs of 10 people,” Throne said. “I’ve cleaned toilets, I’ve changed light bulbs, I’ve gone through clothing bags at the thrift store, I’ve delivered supplies to patients. I am on call 24/7. People don’t choose the time when they are going to be sick or die. It is rewarding

enough that you are okay with that.”

Advice Throne has for those who are entering into new leadership positions is to listen and be in-tune with staff.

“I don’t always have all the answers, and I don’t always make the decision that they want me to make, but I would like to say that I listen well and take what I can from that,” Throne said. “A leader always should know that they can’t do it without their staff.”

The biggest life lesson Throne has learned from her time at the hospice is to live in the moment, and to have open conversations about death with family members.

“You need to live now like you’re not going to be here tomorrow,” she said.

“Love your kids, your friends, and don’t put things off. Plan ahead.”

house.”

Rajnus said she has always been a hard worker, and giving her work 100 percent has always been standard for her. Rajnus advises others going into a business position to be flexible with

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The accolades have been pouring in for Coach Pat Summitt of the University of Tennessee’s Lay Vols basketball team — all-time college basketball leader with 1,098 career wins (the most in NCAA Division I history), an .841 winning percentage (with a win percentage of .913 at home games), seven-time national coach of the year, eight national titles, co-author of several books, inducted into numerous hall of fames, winner of a presidential medal of honor, and an incredibly inspirational leader.

A huge loss not only for Tennessee but also for so many more people, whether in sports or not.

I was fortunate to be on the faculty at the University of Tennessee during the time when Pat won six of her eight national titles (and the three repeat titles in 1996, 1997, 1998). It was an unbelievable time to be following women’s sports and to be a Lady Vols fan. Starting out my academic career at Tennessee and teaching leadership, there was no better person to admire and use as an example in my management classes.

People talk about everything you can learn about basketball from Coach Summitt. And, clearly she had the expertise to be one of the most knowledgeable teachers of all times.

But what I know about her and what many of us witnessed was the incredible legacy she leaves to all those touched by her. She embodied all of the critical characteristics of a transformational leader, some of which are briefly described below: Individual consideration

We often talk about the importance of treating employees with respect as if each one of them matters as individuals. Yet, so many managers do not really show the level of care to their employees that they should. Pat lived this. She was well known for her “tough love” approach and said: “Players don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” She didn’t just treat her players as players, but as individuals each having unique value.

Clearly, they felt that.

Intellectual stimulation It’s important for leaders to look for new ways to be innovative and to create an environment that encourages employees to take calculated risks and try out things.

Inspirational and charismatic There are so many examples that can be shared about the level of charisma and the inspirational messages that Pat displayed. She is well known for her “steely stare,” yet at the same time she was incredibly positive, seeing the glass as half-full. We have all been impressed by her talks with her team at half-time. They were definitely in your face to hold her players accountable for their performance, yet at the same time she gave them the belief that they could actually go out and play better and win. She empowered them to believe in themselves. And it worked. As Pat said, “Attitude is a choice. Think positive thoughts daily. Believe in yourself.”

Commitment and dedication Pat was known to never give up, no matter what the odds. Her passion and dedication for her craft was unparalleled. As she said in one of her books: “Quit? Quit? We keep score in

life because it matters. It counts.

Too many people opt out and never discover their own abilities, because they fear failure. They don’t understand commitment.

When you learn to keep fighting in the face of potential failure, it gives you a larger skill set to do what you want to do in life”.

Goal-setting Successful leaders and teams set goals for their performance.

Clearly Pat had specific goals for each and every practice and game.

She also pushed her players to set specific goals for themselves. As she noted: “Continue to seek new goals.”

Succession planning Most leaders talk about how important it is to train the next generation of leaders. Pat Summitt lived it. Fact — 48 of her former players went on to become coaches. They learned from the best how to be a successful coach.

She saw potential in them and encouraged and supported them.

As she said, “I’m someone who will push you beyond all reasonable

limits. Someone who will ask you not to just fulfill your potential but to exceed it. Someone who will expect more from you than you may believe you are capable of.” How many managers today leave their jobs with no one ready to take over or they don’t really prepare their own direct reports for the next step in their careers.

Pat fully prepared others to take on more challenging roles in their own futures.

There is so much more about leadership that can be said about Coach Pat Summitt’s style. She had a tremendous impact on women, on sports, on leaders, and frankly on all of us. Like many others, I have been forever changed by her passion, her enthusiasm, her work ethic, and her total commitment. Unlike some managers who wait until the end of their lives to think about what legacy they will leave, Pat Summitt lived her legacy of leadership each and every day. And for that, all of us are forever grateful!

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Analysis: Young women still less likely to negotiate job offer

By DANIELLE PAQUETTE Washington Post News Service

Nearly a decade ago, Carnegie Mellon University researchers surveyed a group of graduating college students and found just 7 percent of women said they’d tried to negotiate their initial job offers, compared to a whopping 57 percent of men.

This negotiation gap appears to stubbornly persist among today’s young workers — though it’s less dramatic. The latest evidence comes from Earnest, a lending company in San Francisco, which recently asked 1,005 Americans nationwide, age 18 to 44, about their approach to conversations about pay.

Forty-two percent of men in the report’s youngest age group, 18 to 24, reported asking for more money, compared to just 26 percent of

their female peers.

The chasm appears to close with age, at least in these data: Forty-three percent of women, ages 25 to 34, said they negotiated a job offer, compared to only 35 percent of their male counterparts.

Success Negotiations, of course, don’t always yield favorable results. In Earnest’s 18-24 group, the men were more likely to have a “successful” negotiation compared to women, by a margin of 24 percent to 16 percent. In the 25 to 34 group, women were more likely to successfully bargain. Older men and women had about the same odds.

No matter the experience level, firms apparently shut down workers left and right.

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haps in their first or second job, who shy away most from the negotiation process — a perplexing revelation, considering women are outpacing men in college enrollment and degree attainment.

So, what’s going on?

The Earnest survey didn’t elaborate on the meaning of “negotiate.” So, the women in the older age brackets may have found more success in asking for benefits like flexible schedules, rather than simply higher salaries.

More generally, women who opt out of negotiating aren’t succumbing to some confidence problem, notes Hannah Riley Bowles, a Harvard lecturer who studies gender in negotiation.

They might be more accurately reading the social climate. They might see it’s just not a good idea.

Intuition “The answer has more to do with how women are treated when they negotiate than it has to do with their general confidence or skills at negotiation,” Bowles wrote recently in the Harvard Business Review. “Their reticence is based on an accurate read of the social environment.

Women get a nervous feeling about negotiating for higher pay because they are intuiting - correctly — that self-advocating for higher pay would present a socially difficult situation for them - more so than for men.”

In three 2006 experiments,

subjects of both sexes were asked to think like hiring managers and evaluate mock job negotiations. They penalized women more than men for making extra demands. That happened whether they watched women negotiate on video or read about their efforts on paper. People found men who negotiated to be generally more persuasive, even if they followed the same script as female hopefuls. (Bowles and her colleagues theorize this may have something to do with an unspoken social norm that women are expected to be team players and men are supposed to be bold leaders.)

An April study from the Harvard Business School and Stanford University, meanwhile, found that always opting to negotiate a job offer, regardless of the circumstances, might actually backfire.

Researchers set up an experiment in which people playing “workers” and “firms” entered wage-setting discussions. They forced some women to negotiate every offer and gave others the choice to either accept the initial package or push for more. When women were forced to negotiate, their overall wages actually dropped. The rate by which final wages fell below the initial offer increased from 9 to 33 percent.

“In light of such complexities,” the authors wrote, “women may be good judges of whether or not they should lean in.”

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Quintessentials A close-up look at personalities who help make the Basin a great place to live

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Meet Kendall Bell: Klamath Falls Downtown Association

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tough retail environment eight years ago in Klamath Falls made Kendall Bell step up to try and make things better.

Bell is the owner of M’Bellish, a downtown kitchen and home decor store she took over 12 years ago that was started by her husband, John’s grandmother more than 70 years ago. Bell said she made changes to improve the store’s viability at the time. But it became clear that her business wasn’t thriving because of ongoing economic woes.

“I thought ‘I’ve got to do something more,’ ” Bell said. “I knew I needed to turn my efforts to the

bigger picture, which is making downtown a better place. I just can’t live here without at least trying.”

Bell and other business owners formed the Klamath Falls Downtown Association to make downtown a place where people want to be. And then, a little more than two years ago, Bell was elected as the nonprofit association’s president.

The association has worked to create downtown events such as Third Thursday and the recent Celebrate the Blues while also working on initiatives to promote downtown Klamath Falls as a great place to visit, work and live.

“We offer assistance in storefront design, if needed,” Bell said.

“We’re currently exploring the potential for a downtown historic district.”

The June 30 opening of Sugarman’s Corner pocket park at the corner of North Sixth and Main streets in the heart of downtown was something Bell and the Downtown Association were a part of, collaborating with the city of Klamath Falls and other organizations to transform the vacant lot into a communal space.

“I’m proud of our community for being able to pull this together with lots of different groups involved,” she said. “I think it will make people stay longer in downtown, for sure. I think it’s creating a sense of community, a sense of place.”

A recent performance by young actors with the Ross Ragland Theater’s Summer Youth Day Camp at Sugarman’s Corner gave people the first glimpse of the park’s potential

as a performance space, something Bell said is actively being worked on.

“One of the plans is to program the park so there’s always activity,” she said. “We eventually want to have an entity that will basically be a coordinator to keep the calendar full of activities for the park.”

Bell said projects like these are important in improving life in cities across the U.S. “Downtowns across the nation are becoming more and more important to the quality of life in a community, so strong downtowns go a long way in creating a nice sense of community,” she said. “I think there’s still plenty of work to do (here), but little by little these projects are part of the puzzle … just our whole mentality of loving this place.”

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❘ Flora & Fauna of the Klamath Basin ❘ ◗

Giant Blazing Star❘

The Giant Blazing Star, Mentzelia laevicaulis, is a biennial or perennial that is from 1 to 4 feet tall and has a deep taproot.

This very showy flower can often be seen along roadsides from June through October. It grows in shrublands and to open forested areas, often in sandy or rocky soil.

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Willet ❘

At first look, the Willet is a rather drab and nondescript medium-sized shorebird found in wetland habitats and nearby uplands.

However, further observation reveals subtle patterning in its relatively uniform grayish plumage and birds in flight expose a distinct, bold white wing bar that contrasts with a black border.

Sexes are similar in appearance at all times of the year.

Willet are present on breeding grounds in Oregon for a short period of time during spring and summer, but displaying birds are conspicuous and emit a loud and persistent “pill-will-willet” call.

These vigilant and vocal individuals often hover overhead and alight on fence posts or the tips of bushes near nesting territories.

They are a common spring and summer resident east of the Cascades in Klamath, Lake, Harney, Malheur, and Grant counties.

Source: • Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

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On the calendar around the region JULY 30 “Natural History” Britt musical performance, 11 a.m., 2 and 5 p.m. In celebration of the National Parks Service Centennial, Britt is planning special concerts at Crater Lake National Park.

Britt’s music director, Teddy Abrams will lead 40 Britt Orchestra musicians, a 50-member regional choir, the Steiger Butte Drum and brass, and percussion students from SOU in performances of “Natural History,” composed by Michael Gordon for the occasion. Free concert, though park admission is required. Free shuttle buses will provide transportation into the park for the concerts.

There will be 200 reservations available for each performance.

12th annual Bonanza Big July Event.

Features a parade, classic car show, hobby festival, rib cook-off, children’s art festival, live entertainment and yard sales. For more information, call 541-281-7034, 541-545-6566 or email bonanza97623@gmail.com.

JULY 30 & 31 The Paisley Mosquito Festival will include a fun run, basketball, horseshoes, rodeo, quilt show, art show, performance by the Old-time Fiddlers, kids’ activities, parade a dance, breakfast and vendors.

AUG. 1 Klamath Lake Land Trust and Audubon Society birding hike on the Skillet Handle at the Running Y Ranch Resort, 7:30 a.m.

AUG. 5 TO 7 & 12 TO 14 Ross Ragland Theater summer Community Production of “Cats.” This larger-than-life musical ran for 18 years on Broadway and brings to life the poems in T.S. Eliot’s “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats.”

Tickets range from $19 to $29.

Shows run from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Aug. 5, 6, 12 and 13, and from 2 to 4 p.m. Aug. 7 and 14.

AUG. 13 Brats, Brews & Blues Festival, 2 to 7 p.m., at the Klamath Yacht Club, 2700 Front St. The annual BB&B festival includes a bratwurst dinner, sampling of locally brewed beers, music by Code Blue and a silent auction. Tickets $25 at the door. The festival is a fundraiser for Klamath Hospice’s Camp Evergreen.

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AUG. 25 -28 National Park Service Birthday. Free admission to all national parks, including Crater Lake and Lava Beds National Monument. Come see the breath-taking beauty of these natural monuments.

Tours are available, as well as amenities at Crater Lake’s Steel Visitor Center.

For information, visit Crater Lake’s website at www.nps.gov/crla or call 541-594-3000, or visit Lava Beds website at www.nps.gov/labe/index.htm or call 530-667-8113.

AUG. 26 TO 30 30th annual Restoration Celebration in Chiloquin. Commemorating the anniversary of the restoration of the Klamath Tribes.

Includes fun run/walk, powwow, parade, youth rodeo, vendors and more.

For information, go to www.klamathtribes.org.

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Natasha Tyler, 4, of Klamath Falls, takes a ride on a pony at the 2016 Tulelake-Butte Valley Fair in Tulelake. Fair season kicks off in Klamath County with the Klamath County Fair Aug. 18. The Tulelake-Butte Valley Fair begins Sept. 8. music, barbecue and a street dance in downtown Fort Klamath.

AUG 13 AND 14 Redneck Games of Oregon. Held in Bonanza, this event features a mud run/obstacle course, 4 x 4 competition, food, music and more than 40 Redneck games to compete in for prizes. Tickets are $5 each of $20 for a truckload. For information, go to www.roguepromotions541.com.

AUG. 16 Concert on the Green at Running Y Ranch Resort, featuring The Exchange.

The Exchange is a pop-rock band from Kingston, Wash. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for kids age 16 and under and kids 5 and under admitted free of charge.

Tickets available at runningy.com.

AUG. 18 TO 21 The Klamath County Fair. Come

see the best the Basin has to offer at the Klamath County Fairgrounds (3531 S. Sixth St., Klamath Falls). Featuring live music, kids’ games, food, vendors, livestock competitions and more. For information, go to www. kcfairgrounds.org or call 541-8833796.

AUG. 20 The Linkville Playhouse presents its 13th annual Klammie Awards, celebrating local accomplishments in theater. Tickets available at Periwinkle Home, 831 Main St. The Linkville is at 201 Main St. AUG. 19 TO 21 Modoc County Fair. Come for live music, kids’ games, food, vendors, livestock competitions and more. Held at Modoc District Fairgrounds (1 Center St., Cedarville, Calif.) For information call 530-279-2315.

SEPT. 1 TO 5 Lake County Fair and Rodeo. Live music, kids’ games, food, vendors, livestock competitions and more. Held at Lake County Fairgrounds, 1900 N. Fourth St., Lakeview.

SEPT. 8 TO 11 Tulelake-Butte Valley Fair. Come for live music, kids’ games, food, vendors, livestock competitions and more. Held at Butte Valley Fairgrounds (800 S. Main St., Tulelake, Calif.). For information go to www.tbvfair.com or call 530-6675312.

SEPT. 13 Concert on the Green at the Running Y Ranch Resort featuring Jackson Michelson. Michelson is a Willamette Valley born Country singer/songwriter.

Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for kids age 16 and under and kids 5 and under admitted free of charge. Tickets available at www.runningy.com.

SEPT. 24 Klamath Lake Land Trust hike to view delta restoration on the Williamson River Delta Preserve. For more information and to pre-register, visit klamathlakelandtrust.org.

SEPT. 23-25 Benefit for the Basin Car Show at the Klamath County Fairgrounds. More information at benefitforthebasin.com.

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