Lake County
Progress 2017
Colors of Lake County
A Special Edition to the
Lake County Examiner
Progress Edition LAKE COUNTY EXAMINER, Lakeview, Oregon Wednesday, April 26, 2017 — Page 1
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Colors of Lake County Oregon’s Outback is vast. Come explore the wide variety of recreation, business opportunities and a few of the people that live here. This annual edition has a menagerie of human interest stories, business stories and good ol’ Lake County history that should delight every reader in some facet. Thank you for taking the time to engulf yourself in the many aspects of Lake County. So don’t wait a minute longer... turn the page and start enjoying!
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Coloring the County with Gems
Personal Education Experience
by Jimmy Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 4
Family Business Thrives through Generations
by Kurt Liedtke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 36
Cycling the Outback Roadways by Robert Meredith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 40
by Kurt Liedtke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 8
Foreign Doesn’t mean Different in Paisley, only slightly
historic theater
by Robert Meredith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 12
Christmas Valley Boosters, Provide Memories for Children
by Kurt Liedtke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 44
Day Days Develops, Celebrates
by Jimmy Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 16
Gifts N’ More and more by Jimmy Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 20
Veterans Serve Community by Robert Meredith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 24
Willows Expands to the West by Jimmy Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 26
Sheriff Taylor, a Life of Service in Blue
a County Hero by Jimmy Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 48
Barnhart has Always Written by Robert Meredith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 52
Family-Friendly Skiing Experience by Kurt Liedtke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 54
Passion Turned Professional: Homegrown Photographer by Kurt Liedtke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 72
Rico Nova’s Guitar Charm by Jimmy Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 76
Watercoloring the County by Jimmy Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 80
Fairgrounds Steps Up Its Game, Looks to Future by Jimmy Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 84
Les Schwab Supports Local Activities, Especially for Youth by Robert Meredith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 88
Rehabilitating Man and Nature
by Robert Meredith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 92 Lake County Winter Scenes . . . . . page 52 Mining Oregon’s gem: Plush Diamonds Senior Center Serves Senior Citizens by Kurt Kiedtke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 96 by Jimmy Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 60
by Jimmy Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 30
Volunteering is a Family Affair
Efforts underway to revive
by Kurt Liedtke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 68
A Long Time by Robert Meredith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 64
From Newspapers to Grants by Jimmy Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 100
by Robert Meredith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 34 A Life of Service to Wildlife Advertiser’s Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 104 A special Thank You to Shelly Leehmann for submitting this year’s cover photo.
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Coloring the County with Gems JIMMY HALL/ Lake County Examiner
Mario and Christy Bernal, owners of The Golden Gem and Mario’s Restaurant, are all smiles as they work to provide the community with full stomachs and a glistening watch, necklace or other piece of jewelry. By Jimmy Hall Lake County Examiner
The Golden Gem is stocked with pieces like this, giving its customers a bit of glitz to go along with their glamour.
Sitting on Lakeview’s historic E Street, despite its rustic gold sign, The Golden Gem stands out, especially from those who pass by its display windows. It’s always crowded with mannequin models showcasing the shimmering necklaces, rings and more offered at the well-known glitz and glamour store. Owners Christy and Mario Bernal work tirelessly to hone their crafts and skills to give the best for their customers. As a mainstay location in Lakeview for 70 years, The Golden Gem didn’t start out as a jewelry business. In fact, in the mid-1940’s Vic Lasater helmed the store after he came back from serving in the Army to work for his uncle in the optometry profession, which was located in the same building. Instead, Lasater went to Klamath Falls to attend watchmaker school in 1947 and subsequently bought the building to open Lasater Jeweler’s. He married Barbara Swanson from Klamath Falls and had two daughters, Janet and Karen, both of whom are Daly Fund recipients. Meanwhile, Bernal came in when her first husband came to town for the timber business, but took a hit after the industry had a dip in the mid-1908s. She stayed with
her children, working wherever she could until she worked for Lasaters. Christy Bernal became involved with the company in the early 1980’s, when she started working for the Lasaters for 10 years before they decided to retire and sell the store. Mario and Christy bought it in 1999, changing the name to The Golden Gem. Christy remembered that she had thought and prayed about what to name the store, which was a difficult feat because she wasn’t sure what she’d be stocking. She arrived at the name and stuck with it. The Golden Gem, has been in their hands for nearly 18 years and 52 years before then, making about 70 years total that it has been in the area to serve all the needs of their customers. To provide this top-notch service, Mario went to the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) in Carlsbad, Calif. to study bench work, which incorporates, repairing, sizing and all aspects of jewelry craftsmanship. Every six months the couple go to a traveling convention for the Independent Jewelers Organization, an institute that they have been members of for about 14 years. There, they take classes, seminars and one on one help with 800 other stores around the
JIMMY HALL/ Lake County Examiner
country. “They teach us how to do business and take care of our customers,” she said. Every June, they head down to Las Vegas, Nev. for one of the largest jewelry conventions. “It keeps us energized!,” she said. The two pull double duty, keeping Mario’s Restaurant on F Street afloat Tuesday through Saturday evenings. Mario works at Mario’s Dinnerhouse for a couple hours prep time and then comes to do work at The Golden Gem before returning to the restaurant. He has a long history of Lakeview, carrying a reputation during his time cooking at The Eagle’s Nest, LakeRidge Golf Course, Hunter’s Hot Springs and the Fremont Inn. When the couple acquired the Plush West, he chose to name it after himself as a sense of pride for his years of work and a way to lure in those familiar with his cooking. Christy contributes to Mario’s restaurant as his sous chef, bookkeeper, salad dressing and sauce maker, menu creator among many other behind the scenes workings. Back at the jewelry store, along with a vast selection of gold, diamonds, pearls and other GOLDEN GEM gem stones, the pair See page 6 offers a vigorous
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GOLDEN GEM From page 4 selection of services. These include engravings inside rings, new watchbands and installing new crystals within watches among many others. One of their points of pride is being one of the most inexpensive in the whole state as far as their watch battery replacement. Every time she tells her jewelry peers at industry conventions, they insist that they raise their price from their $6 price. “You have to know their customer,” she said. Though The Golden Gem’s main product is jewelry, they have many other knick-knacks that work as gifts. These include crystal collectibles, fiesta dishes, paintings, jewelry boxes, china and much more. As Christy goes out and about, she’s sure to advertise her business from how she presents herself. Calling them her “uniforms” she’s sure to be themed depending on what time of year or occasion may be coming up on the calendar. “The industry changes every few years. Things aren’t ‘thou shalt nots’ anymore,” Bernal said, further explaining that everything is more accepted just as long as each article of clothing and jewelry meshes well with each other. “it’s whatever you feel like wearing,” Bernal laughs. Trends in the past few years include rose gold, bracelets, bangles and wearing rings on more than one finger. “We are both people lovers, we want them to be happy,” Bernal said. “Mario is passionate about doing everything as best and perfectly as he can.” Though united in their couple businesses, the Bernals are sure to contribute to their separate churches, St. Patrick Catholic Church for him and the First Presbyterian Church for Christy. “We do whatever we can when we can,” she smiled. The Golden Gem is located at 8 N. E St. in Lakeview and can be contacted at 541-947-2285. Hours of operation are 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. on Saturdays.
JIMMY HALL/ Lake County Examiner
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Family Business Thrives through Generations
KURT LIEDTKE/ Lake County Examiner
Jeff and Patsy Hall purchased the Collins Ford Store in 1994. By Kurt Liedtke Special to the Lake County Examiner It was far from the first dealership in Lake County, but through perseverance, fires, setbacks and grit, a multi-generational family has for decades guided Hall Motor Company to its prominent role as Lake County’s lone new car dealership. Today Hall Motor Company, located on Hwy 140 in Lakeview, is a well-known entity across the Klamath Basin, commonly advertising well beyond Lake County’s borders as the primary provider of new Ford and GM vehicle lines. An expansion in 2015 raised the bar further, constructing a new dealership location for GM brand lines and adding a collision center and towing service. Guaranteeing a Hall Pass, assuring $499 below any other competitors advertised price, Hall Motor Company’s success has been established not only in its products but also customer service where a family-run business treats every customer as one of their own. Like the majority of Lake County’s residents, the family’s roots are traced back to Ireland. It was after World War II that Dan Collins, then a blacksmith apprentice at Coleman’s Garage in Millstreet, Ireland, came to the United States alongside his brother Johnny. Collins first worked at a Ford agency in New York, and within a few years news of his expertise as a mechanic had spread all the way to Oregon where Gordon Smith, owner of Lakeview’s local Ford dealership, offered Collins a job. With only a few dollars to his name, Collins traveled cross-country to Lakeview to join the Ford operation, which subsequently burned down soon afterward. Despite the setback, the Collins brothers persisted, and by 1953 established a re-
In 2015 Hall Motor Company opened its new Chevrolet, GMC and Buick dealership, conveniently adjacent to the Hall Motor Ford dealership along Hwy 140. pair shop in Lakeview. Two years later, having built a Dodge-Plymouth agency alongside their repair shop, another fire nearly ended the business. The family regrouped, and by 1958 had bought the Chevrolet dealership from Buz Thompson, which in 1960 suffered yet another fire. Continuing to expand, now with only Dan leading the business, the dealership was relocated and a new brand franchises acquired – Cadillac, Buick and Oldsmobile. After relocating for a time to Prineville, Dan and his wife Kit returned to Lakeview in 1967, taking over the Chevrolet, Pontiac and GMC dealership in a building on E street that today is home to Lakeview True Value Hardware. Efforts to add a Volkswagen line fell through, but Collins Motors carried onward. Eventually the Collins family regained the Ford brand, and relocated to its current location along Hwy 140. While car lines have changed, and other dealers disappear, the approach Collins established did not – that of treating every customer like family. Collins earned a reputation for going the extra mile, sometimes quite literally, personally delivering new vehicles to distant ranches. It was an approach that has allowed the Collins family’s success to carry on through the generations, now under the leadership of Dan and Kit’s daughter, Patsy, and her husband, Jeff Hall. Patsy’s childhood in Lakeview was spent involved in the dealership in nearly every capacity down to sorting new parts specs and accounts receivable statements on the kitchen table. In 1992 she and Jeff moved back to Lakeview, buying the Ford franchise from Dan and Kit outright in 1994. Renamed Hall Motor Company, the Collins reputation has carried on under their leadership; new name but same philosophy to treat every client like family. In 2008, they purchased the GM franchise from Oliver Spires. “I lived and breathed it all through
my childhood, which made me passionate about it,” said Patsy Hall. “There’s a piece of me that just likes to take care of people. This is my way of doing so, when I get people into a vehicle that they love.” Hall Motor Company’s care for individuals doesn’t stop at finding the right vehicle, as it consistently is one of the most philanthropic supporters of community activities and schools in Lake County. From schoolrelated fundraisers to being a primary sponsor of the annual Lake County Round-Up, if there is a cause to support more often than not Hall Motor Company is involved in some capacity. In addition to the Hall family’s direct support, Hall encourages all employees to help individually wherever possible. “I think that having a business in the community, FAMILY BUSINESS giving back to those See page 10 people who are our
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Dan Collins returned to where it all began in 1999, traveling to County Cork, Ireland to visit the old blacksmith shop where he first became an apprentice. Collins migrated to the United States and Lakeview that has been passed down through generations, today known as Hall Motor Company.
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FAMILY BUSINESS
From page 8
customer base, is a necessity,” said Hall. “Civic involvement in the community is critical, it’s another way of showing people how much we appreciate their support.” Under the Hall leadership the dealership has grown, most evident by the new GM dealership building after hosting both on the same lot for several years. The process was arduous, and there was much soul-searching to consider if it should perhaps be relocated to Klamath Falls, but in the end the Lakeview community was too important to leave the area void of the GM brand. “There was a requirement with GM to build a new facility,” explained Hall. “We could have done a retrofit to the old facility, but in the end it made more sense to just construct a new building. The fact that there is no GM dealer in Klamath Falls is a big reason why we decided to build a new facility to provide the GM line to the Klamath Basin. If we had moved the GM line to Klamath Falls we wouldn’t have had the GMC and Buick lines, we would have had just Chevrolet, so we felt it was better to stay and be the primary dealer for the Klamath Basin.” With the new facility came not only an expanded lot, but state-of-the-art services as well. A new paint and collision center was built into the facility, and a partnership was established with Oregon State Police for a
24/7 towing service to cover Lake County’s highways and backroads. While still a Lakeview institution, the Hall Motor products and customer service has become a popular draw beyond Lake County’s borders. A regional marketing campaign extending into surrounding counties has resulted in an established clientele base well into Klamath Falls, Alturas and beyond. “It’s been very well received, we’re getting quite a bit of business from even beyond Klamath,” said Hall. “We started with the Hall Pass, but the bigger deal is that we are relationship people, you’re going to deal with one person here when you want a new vehicle. If you can’t come here we’ll come to you. We can handle the whole process via email or phone and deliver to you.” As for the future of Hall Motors, the goal remains to serve all of Lake County and surrounding areas, while Hall hopes to become an even larger presence in the Klamath Basin while staying focused on continued involvement in the community. Hall refers to their operation as being ‘progressively small’, looking at ways to stay current and understanding customer’s needs, taking small steps in growth while abreast of where the industry and technology is moving. “It’s hard to believe how fast the time
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Dan Collins in 1955 served as Lake County’s lone Dodge, Chrysler and Plymouth dealer.
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Foreign Doesn’t mean Different in Paisley, only slightly ROBERT MEREDITH Lake County Examiner
By Robert Meredith Lake County Examiner
Exchange students Frankie Kocaj, 15, (l-r) Emir Prstov, 15, and Eduardo Szeckir, 16, all play basketball for Paisley High School and hail from significantly larger communities in their home countries.
For four exchange students attending classes at Paisley High School more is the same than different. The students originate from different cultures where customs and social norms are different; they are meant to give a sense of order to the process of living. For Kate Thai, 17, of Vietnam, who arrived in Paisley in August of 2016, her country is as understandable as America as long as she and her American friends stop to ask to understand. “In my country, we are not as free as people are in the United States,” Thai said. “There are more rules.” She is from Ho Chi Minh City where traffic is congested with cars, motorcycles and bicycles. For Thai her adjustment to the lesser amount of traffic was an easy adjustment. Thai’s hometown has more than 1 million people living in it, where as Paisley is much smaller with only 239 population. “It is easier to relax,” Thai said. “There is less people and traffic.” Her educational experience is somewhat different in America than in her home country. “My high school has more than 2,000 students,” Thai said. “The classroom is much stricter.” Talking to the teacher is reserved for after class, not during it. In Vietnam, Thai said, more time is spent teaching. This is a sign of respect. “If a student disrespects a teacher the punishment involves a call to the parents, meeting with the principle,” Thai said. “Sometimes this involves a ruler.” Similarities in school are the subjects studied are the same. The only change is the teacher, as the class of students remains
intact. “In my country there is only one class,” Thai said. “Here the students move.” Thai has similar dreams of post high school as her American colleagues. She likes to solve math problems and possibly become a graphic designer. Thai has enjoyed meeting people in the Paisley community as well as making new friends at school. She is a member of the Paisley girls’ basketball team. Eduardo Szeckir, 16, is from Porto Alegre, Brazil. “My city has a population of 1.5 million, “Szeckir said. “My city is not a state.” Although his home country is known for its enthusiastic soccer supporters, Szeckir doesn’t like soccer. He prefers other sports, such as swimming as soccer is close to being a mandatory requirement to play. The smaller community of Paisley is not the same as his hometown where the traffic congestion can cause a 40-minute commute. In Brazil Szeckir had to commute for necessities at the mall or various places to acquire them. Inside the classroom class size is about 30 students. “Speaking with the teacher in the classroom is much the same as in Brazil,” Szeckir said. “Only my school had about 1,300 students.” Emir Pratov, 15, is from Bishkek, KyrEXCHANGE gyzstan with a population of 900,000. His hometown school has a population of about STUDENTS 2,500 students. He arrived in Paisley in See page 14
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Jessica Hedges, Host Jessica captures the traditions of a High Desert Cattle Operation through poetry and photography. Working cowboy, cowboy’s wife and mother to two buckaroos in training, her 3rd CD is due out this year.
Jim & Karen Ross, Cowboy Poets Jim and Karen Ross hail from Jamestown, Calif. Jim is a 3rd generation rancher raised in the Sierra Foothills of California. Jim has buckaroo’d in Plush and writes his own poetry. Karen is a silversmith and prefers the classics from the American West and Australian Outback. Live Music by Rico Nova & The Desired
Drinks and catered BBQ will be offered prior to the show
Benefit Auction with world-renowned Auctioneer Craig Mills Proceeds benefit the Cowboy Crisis Fund and the Memorial Scholarship Fund
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EXCHANGE STUDENTS From page 12 September 2016. “I enjoy many sports,” Pratov said. “Soccer, table tennis, tennis and swimming are my favorite sports.” Although his hometown is significantly larger than Paisley Pratov said the city’s safety is not much different than in Paisley, only the traffic and number of people changes. “We live close to stores and school,” Pratov said. “We don’t have to commute in a car or bus. “The classroom is much the same,” Pratov said. “The subjects are like in America as well.” Pratov said that if a student wants to speak with the teacher, engagement was not allowed inside the classroom, only after class. He said there are about 45 students per class and time is limited to speak during class. Frankie Kocaj, 15, is from Shkodra, Albania and he arrived in Paisley on Aug. 22. His hometown school has about 3,500 students in a city of approximately 250,000. “We get more attention in school here,” Kocaj said. “Teacher can be
tutors. Class sizes are from 30-35 students.” As for sports and other activities there is much to do in Kocaj’s hometown and there is much competition. “To be on a team is harder than in Paisley,” Kocaj said. “There are more students and more wanting to play. I like to play volleyball.” Paisley High School principal, Bill Wurtz, said that to make the transition to Paisley as comfortable as possible the community will greet the new students and hold special cultural meal nights the students help prepare, serve and explain to their American hosts. Wutz said the only restrictions placed upon the students is the number of times they are allowed to call their family, other than that they are free to experience Paisley and share in new cultural surroundings. But for the students their adjustment seems to happen quickly, especially when surrounded by peers of the same age.
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Christmas Valley Boosters, Provide Memories for Children
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By Jimmy Hall Lake County Examiner
Christmas Valley Boosters’ 2005 Fourth of July float with a “Wild, Wild West” theme promoted its overall goals of providing holidays worth remembering for children in North Lake.
For about 45 years a hard-working group of volunteers have done a considerable amount for children in the northern part of the county, creating memories for the kids who they serve. The largest push that the group undergoes is around the holiday season. A few events and efforts dot the calendar, one of which is the Tree of Joy. Children served are 0-18 years old whose families may not have the resources to give Christmas presents. The Boosters get a list of kids and the community gets one or more kids to shop for them based on the list that the child provides. If a kid is left unclaimed, the Boosters pitch in to fulfill the shopping list. When all is said and done, about 120 kids are taken care of on a yearly basis. Along the same holiday lines, the group of volunteers makes wreaths and table decorations through November and the first part of December. Usually around Halloween weekend, a bunch of Boosters go up to the woods, chopping trees and harvesting juniper boughs to use in their creations. They also hold a kids Christmas party, usually about two weeks before the holiday. Each annual event comes complete with juice, cookies and individual stockings full of candy and fruit. “For the most part we are here to help families provide a nice Christmas if they can’t afford it,” said Shara Shumway, current Boosters president. She said that as a ranching community, ranchers sometimes fall on hard financial times, so the Boosters are there to fill in when they can. Holidays continue throughout the year and the Boosters are sure to work on something for the community. The annual Easter egg hunt is next on the calendar, providing the seasonal search on
the Sunday holiday for kids 0-12 years old. For Valentine’s Day, the Boosters don’t look to raise money, but still put together flower arrangements, cards, stuffed animals and candy to sell for about the same amount that they paid for it. This effort is more for a community service project rather than gain, explained Shumway. Other efforts include selling sno-cones at the Fourth of July weekend events among other community get-togethers to make a couple extra bucks for the organization. Fireworks are a large pull for the North Lake community, so the Boosters are sure to donate to the North Lake Pyros, the organization that puts on the colorful light show, to keep them coming. They also put together yard sales at the Booster Building a few times throughout the year. These are largely thanks to the efforts of Joyce and Jerry Hanson, who were instrumental in building the Boosters building where these yard sales and monthly meetings are held. Jerry acquires tools, household items and other merchandise to sell, which is only helped by the contributions of the community. All proceeds go toward the efforts to help out kids. Before the building was operational, all the supplies that fuels these efforts were stored at members’ homes and drug out every time that they were needed. The Boosters also collect school supplies for North Lake School. In previous years, they gave two backpacks per grade that were filled with items that CV BOOSTERS was on their supply list. Now, they purchase See page 18 notebooks, jump drives, scientific
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Churches of Lake County Fort Rock Community Church Pastor Jeremy Warkentin
Sunday School 10 -10:45 am Morning Worship 11 am Pot Luck 3rd Sunday of each month after morning worship
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Bishop David Bybee Hwy. 395 N. • Lakeview
Sacrament Meeting 10 am Sunday School 11:15 am Priesthood Meeting 12:10 pm Relief Society 12:10 pm
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Christian Life Center Church of God Pastor Nate Sawin 17967 HWY 395 North
Sunday Morning Service 10:30 am Wednesday Night 6 pm
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Lakeview Church of the Nazarene
Pastor Stace Andrews 602 S. 6th St. • Lakeview
Father Thomas Philips, Pastor 12 N. G St. • Lakeview
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Sunday Worship 8:30 am & 11 am Sunday School 9:45 am Tuesday 6 pm Youth/Adult Bible Study Easter Sunday Brunch 9:30 am
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Vigil Mass Saturday 6 pm Sunday Mass 9 am Daily Mass: Tuesday 5 pm Wednesday - Friday Noon
St. John Mission, Paisley Mass: Each Thursday of the week - 5 pm and 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month - 11:30 am
First Presbyterian Church 619 S. 1st St.
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First Baptist Church Lakeview Seventh Day Adventist Church
St. Patrick Catholic Church
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Sunday School (all ages) 9:30 am Worship Service 11 am Monday Cubbies (3 & 4 yr. olds) 5:45 pm Monday AWANA (K-6th Grade) 5:45 pm Monday Junior High Youth Group 5:45 pm Monday High School Youth Group 5:45 pm www.firstbaptistchurchlakeview.com
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St. Thomas Mission, Plush
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Lakeview Assembly of God Pastor Joel Morris 1014 Center St. • Lakeview
Sunday School (all ages) 9:30 am Sunday Service 10:30 am (Kids Church Available) Sunday Night Service 6:30 pm Weekly Youth Group & Adult Bible Study Facebook: LakeviewAOG Website: LakeviewAOG.org
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CV BOOSTERS From page 16 calculators and anything and everything that a kid can use in school. As a more impoverished part of Oregon, many who have medical conditions that require frequent hospital visits are left without means of paying for them. That’s another void that the Boosters fill by giving money to the clinic to help with senior citizen copays for their prescriptions. A medical fund is also established for children if they have to go up to have a long stay at the Doernbechers Children’s Hospital in Bend. Though there is much to do around the year, Shumway is helped out by a core group of six or so members and her vice-president Sherry Shelton. The group may be small, but there are other able-bodied community members who come out to help with their efforts on a moment’s notice. Shumway said that it would be nice to get younger blood involved in the philanthropic organization to give more energy and help out in the mostly labor intensive activities. The motivating factor for the entire group is to help kids. “We can always get help outside, but we know with a consistency what we can and can’t do,” said Shumway about their yearly activities and having better control of what goes on month to month.
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Back in 2000, Mary Koops, l-r, Joyce Hanson, Edith Dobkins, Lisa Nelson and Betty Chapman were just a few Christmas Valley Booster members to create wreaths that went on to sale and support the organization’s efforts.
The Boosters meet every second Monday of each month at the Booster building.
For more information, contact Shumway at 541-480-6461.
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Gifts N’ More and more
As one of few eating destinations in Christmas Valley, Gifts N’ More has carved out as the place for a hearty meal, drink and even further conveniences at its location along Christmas Valley Hwy. Owners Darrell and Ilene Anderson gift shop turned semirestaurant was located near Sagewood Grocery, a little ways down the road from its current location. After three years, they found that it was a bit too stuffy for what the duo wanted to do, choosing to relocate in May 2016. The move gave them 4,000 square feet in space, a remarkable increase from the 700 they were working in, allowing diners to enjoy a meal, chat and not have to be too close to others. Since then, the business has boomed. Darrell estimated that it has seen about a 300 percent increase from what they had experienced before the move. The newer space has afforded further opportunities for the Anderson’s in terms of more
JIMMY HALL/ Lake County Examiner
Gifts N’ More Owners Ilene and Darrell Anderson pause for a picture between serving the onslaught of customers.
JIMMY HALL/ Lake County Examiner
New space vastly improved the revenue of Gifts N’ More By Jimmy Hall Lake County Examiner food services. One of the local favorites is their Angus burger. Diners also come in for their homemade soups, pies, cinnamon rolls and ice cream. In the mornings, opening up at 6:30 a.m. consistently, they see a large influx of those who seek a morning pick-me-up and talk with their neighbors before their daily doings. Breakfast favorites include biscuits and gravy, breakfast casserole and breakfast burritos. People are drawn into the restaurant for the food and comfort, Darrell calling it a “home setting.” Pies that Ilene makes, which comes out to about 10 total each week, includes peach, apple, triple berry, apple blueberry. Ilene’s process in her pie making includes making them in the morning so they are the most fresh for her customers. Gifts N’ More’s also have a variety of drinks, including practically anything that can quench a thirst except for soda. These include coffees, Italian
sodas and flavored ice teas. The restaurant serves breakfast and lunch, only avoiding dinner due to manpower and energy. Staying in the edible category, the Andersons have seen significant success with a line of candies under the Christmas Valley Candy Factory label. Their two prides are gourmet butter almond toffees and truffles. The Andersons have been three years into the candy business, purchasing it from Robin Morehouse, who had it for eight years prior. Selling throughout the year, the Andersons see the boxes of chocolate support the business, though they could certainly make it larger if they weren’t so limited in time. “We have people who come in on a monthly basis and buy it and those who are traveling through,” Darrell said. There is a considerable amount more of demand during the holidays for their candies. This need by their customers necessitates the duo to start in October each
year to stock boxes to fulfill orders. On major victory for the candy came when the Crux Fermentation Project out of Bend who orders a few times per year for a special event. “They serve food that incorporates their beer some way or another,” said Ilene. “Their Tough Love stout had our truffle with it.” The first time the event took place, there was 100 box order, each with four truffles. It sold out before the day was over. “There’s a lot more potential with the candy, but we haven’t had the time to market it,” said Darrell. He added that they have shipped candies throughout the United States and they even see an international order every once in a while. They also sell their candy at Back Yard Floral in Lakeview year around as well GIFTS N’ MORE as at See page 22 La Pine
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GIFTS N’ MORE From page 20
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Gifts and candy are the center of attention in the expanded space of Gifts N’ More.
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Floral a few times through the year. Though much of the Andersons and staff’s work is largely dedicated to the edible side, the gifts can’t be ignored either. A gift store sits in the middle of the expansive dining hall, which includes Christian books, stuffed animals, clothing, lotions and more. Also available is a good selection of Christian themed shirts, jewelry and DVDs for sale. That’s not it, however. A variety of yarn is up for sale along with a good fresh floral selection. Darrell credited a sum of their business to being sure that they are seen for travelers who go up and down the highway that is off the beaten path. An LED sign that they installed has also brought that attention. The couple came to Christmas Valley for Darrell to pastor the Christ the King Community Church, a position that called the couple to the area in 2006. Darrell said it is an international group from Bremerton, Wash. Before, he lived in Salem when he was teaching in a church. He said that the Christian-themed merchandise fills a niche with the Christian community, the closest Christian bookstore is in Bend. For more information, call 541-576-3600 or visit www.cvcandyfactory.com. Gifts N’ More is located at 57276 Park Rd. in Christmas Valley.
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Experience Lake County’s Wildlife Heritage Visit
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Summer Lake Wildlife Area Come and enjoy over 300 species of fish and wildlife (primarily birds) that can be found on nearly 19,000 acres of wetland and associated habitats.
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Year round access to most areas by vehicle, foot or other means. Full services nearby in the community of Summer Lake, and only 75 miles from Lakeview and 100 miles from Bend on Highway 31. “Cooperative funding and management of this Wildlife Area is made possible through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Federal Aid Wildlife Restoration Program.”
For additional information, contact: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Summer Lake Wildlife Area 53447 Hwy. 31, Summer Lake, OR 97640 Phone: (541) 943-3152; Fax: (541) 943-3204 email: martin.j.stlouis@state.or.us
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Veterans of the American armed services have not only served their country but have continued to serve their local communities countrywide to ensure the effort of their comrades were not in vain. The Layne Clifton VFW Post in Lakeview local veterans of foreign wars continue to be proud active members of their community. One of the most and often taken for granted issues by the general public and elected officials is caring for the health of veterans. Each VFW Post support lobbying elected officials in Washington, D.C. This is done to protect or improve the health care coverage each veteran has earned by serving the country. Additionally, the local post lends their facility on Tuesday of each week as a medical clinic on behalf of the Veterans Administration. As each veteran gains in age this service takes on more importance for local military veterans as transportation to a distant facility could prove difficult. “We help veterans and their families,” Vietnam veteran Earl Chaboude said. “We have what is called a rainy day or relief fund.” This activity can take on many faces, such as a veteran needing assistance, transportation for a doctor’s visit. It can also mean financial support for a veteran who is struggling financially or who is experiencing transportation issues when passing through Lakeview. The aforementioned activity is more an invisible than visible activity performed and supported by American veterans. There are numerous seen by communities throughout the country, including Lakeview. Parades in America are tradition to
Veterans Serve Community Lake County Examiner File Photo
Veterans of Foreign Wars gather outside the Lake County Courthouse to present the colors and remember fellow veterans.
By Robert Meredith Lake County Examiner celebrate national unity during special days or holidays deemed important to the American identity or history. The members of the Layne Clifton VFW Post, as other veterans across the country do, take the lead by carrying the Stars and Stripes, as military representatives who have worked to protect the freedom of all citizens. “You will see us during Irish’s Day, Labor Day and more,” Chaboude said. “We even march in the Mosquito Festival in Paisley.” One of the most solemn of activities for VFW members is serving as an Honor Guard at funerals for fallen comrades. When a family requests an Honor Guard, during their time of grieving, local veterans will help pay homage to an honorably discharged veteran. These requests must be supported by the veteran’s discharge documents. In yet another solemn act of respect for a military peer is the placement of the American flag at grave sites. Local veterans place a flag during funerals and on other special dates during the year. While volunteers place flags as well in other locations, local veterans normally conduct this activity at the Sunset and IOOF cemeteries. “On the Sunday before Labor Day we place flags at grave sites,” Chaboude said. “I joined in 2007, so I’ve done this for nearly 10 years.” Chaboude added that this deed is performed also on Veteran’s Day, Independence Day and Pearl Harbor Day as well, if weather permits this to occur. One of the VFW fundraisers is a flag display placement near local businesses that contribute $25 during nationally recognized holidays. Local members perform
this work along with other ceremonial flag efforts. “Twice yearly we set up at banks,” Chaboude said. “We sell buddy poppies for an unspecified donation. The money goes back to help with Post repairs.” This effort also goes into the Relief or Rainy Day fund to help financially struggling veterans and their families. This assistance program is a key instrument used to assist fellow veterans in the community. Two of Chaboude’s favorite programs are the Patriot Pen and Voice of Democracy essay contests for students in the sixth through eighth grades and nine through 12th grades respectively. Essay prompts are selected from the national VFW organization. For students to participate an application with the applicable information must be submitted at the VFW Post or by simply calling the chairperson, Chaboude. “The Patriot Pen happens once each school year,” Chaboude said. “It runs from the beginning of the school year through Nov. 1. The winner receives $5,000.” All submissions are first judged locally then at a District, State and National Posts. “The Voice for Democracy is a 400 word essay,” Chaboude said. “It is read onto a CD to be judged for content and presentation.” The prize for this winning entry is a $30,000 college scholarship. Chaboude is representative of his fellow veterans. There is a deep and abiding care for community and country and especially for the youth. He and his colleagues continually strive set an example of what citizenship entails. The VFW Post is located at 1130 N. 4th St. and can be reached at 541-947-5495
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Willows Expands to the
West
By Jimmy Hall Lake County Examiner
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The Willows owner, Laura Parks, displays an antique desk, one of many items displayed and sold at the new Willows West store.
Unique and antique is what could be used to describe The Willows, North Lake County’s premium variety stores located on both ends of Christmas Valley. The business serving the north end with a wealth of items, from yard to floral to antiques, is a mainstay for the community, even serving those who make it a destination for their shopping needs. The store recently expanded to hold and serve more for their customers, opening The Willows West. It’s appropriately named since it is located just a little over a mile down Christmas Valley Hwy to the west. The store previously added onto its original location twice but still needed much more room, opting to open up another location to carry even more of robust selection. Owner Laura Parks said the new location opened Valentine’s Day 2017 and has afforded the business more opportunities that just weren’t there before. The west store is inside an old auto parts store, complete with two garage doors that are strategically and aesthetically covered. “If this doesn’t work, we can always learn how to change oil,” she laughed. Renovations to the newer space
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The Willows West affords more room for yarn and classes to learn how to knit.
included painting, installing new paper, texturing, new molding and sheetrock and putting in a bathroom. “We needed a place to showcase the furniture so they could actually see it,” Parks said. The decision also came from the yearning to expand the yarn selection and planters room. When customers visit the new location, they are greeted with a barrage of antique furniture, some pieces spanning back to the Civil War such as a chest from a Dr. Coolidge, a surgeon during the American conflict. There are also practical pieces like coat cupboards, seating, desks and a lot more. She said the appeal with furniture comes from the coupling of practicality and beauty. “Your house tells you what it wants to be,” she said. Parks and crew try to keep things authentic, though they do stain what needs to be stained to preserve the look. Though they have seen a great amount of support from the local customers, Parks prides her operation in its ability to ship furniture to all corners of the country and world and even as regional as Lakeview. “We are a bit of a destination,” Parks said. “I don’t remember a time I didn’t look at furniture,” Parks said. “My goal here has always been to show people how to mix antiques with modern. We give it character if it’s just not all brand new.” Yarn has been significantly grown in selection at The Willows as well. Parks even has gone as far as conducting classes on how to knit on days throughout the week. She said that the class is focused to learn how to knit but also connects people. The other facet to the store to the west is its floral department. Parks has had a great amount of experience in the practices, having owned a greenhouse for 13 years at Poplars Ranch, which, at first, saw a lot of teasing from the community, but pushed through putting up a greenhouse even on a windy day. The business lasted 16 years to great acclaim. “You can’t sell from an empty cart,” Parks said about the wealth of items that the store carries. She recalled that from the nursery, they found struggle in growing plants though people came from all over to purchase her cold, hearty plants. “I believe that if you do what you’re passionate and knowledgeable about, it THE WILLOWS works,” she said. “People can make a differSee page 28 ence where they live.”
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THE WILLOWS From page 26
The original location for The Willows is mainly dedicated to gifts, spa, kitchen and décor merchandise. A couple employees along with Parks, Rhonda Carrico and Allison Rudolf, her daughter, man the duo of stores. “The community is supportive of small business up here,” Parks said, adding that she has significant trust is small businesses. “The only thing that small business has is knowledge of what they’re selling, passion and shopping locally,” she said, “and letting your customers know that you’re here for them.” Parks and her husband Alan are Lake County locals, who moved to the region from years away to make a difference. Alan’s grandparents, Henry and Alice Parks, moved in to Christmas Valley as journalists and ranchers, falling in love with the valley. Laura grew up in Paisley, graduating from its high school. The two met at Oregon Institute of Technology, married and lived in Lake Oswego until deciding to move back to Christmas Valley to work on the Poplars Ranch in 1981. She didn’t have too high of opinions when she moved to Christmas Valley, but thought that they could make a difference in the community. “I had no idea that it would be successful,” she said, bringing JIMMY HALL/ Lake County Examiner in first what she thought were unique and new as well as antique items. Still in its original space, The Willows’ Allison Rudolf displays a vast The Willows is located at 87531 Christmas Valley Hwy in Christmas Valley and can be reached at 541- selection of homemaking items from its even wider inventory of kitchen, bath and clothing articles. 576-2199.
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Sheriff Taylor, a Life of Service in Blue By Jimmy Hall Lake County Examiner “It was a childhood dream,” said Lake County Sheriff Mike Taylor about why he first followed to become a law enforcement officer. He remembered his father’s friend, Chuck Robins, who was a deputy for the Pierce County Sheriff’s office in Washington. As a kid, Taylor would be playing baseball and Robins would join in with him and his friends, as any role model would. “He was someone to aspire to,” said Taylor. “As kids you have the good guy and bad guy. Chuck was the persona of the good guy. When you
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JIMMY HALL/ Lake County Examiner
Sheriff Mike Taylor is proud to rejoin the force for the benefit of Lake County. see him in his uniform, it struck a chord with me,” said Taylor. “I want to be the good guy and help people.” Becoming a public servant wasn’t his only choice for a career though. His father played professional baseball but ended his career by a car accident, and later coached the sport. Taylor narrowed down his occupational aspirations to either a baseball player or law enforcement officer. Though he excelled in the sport in high school, he wasn’t recruited to a professional team, leaving him to choose public service. His career began when Taylor was hired at the Fife Police Department when he was 21 years old in 1977 and then Tacoma Police Department after that and lasted for 31 years. “That’s where I always wanted to work,” said Taylor. He tested for a number of agencies around the Puget Sound area, but landed in Tacoma, Wash. which he said was good because it had closer backup as well as more opportunity to work up the ranks as opposed to a county. There were around 400 sworn officers with several ranked personnel. “The opportunities were endless,” he said. His career took him from patrol to traffic to SWAT, criminal investigations, narcotics and many more. “I wanted to pursue the administrative opportunities as opposed to investigations,” said Taylor, clarifying that he would supervise these investigations. He spent 10 years as a patrol officer, six years in patrol in SWAT as a sniper, then to traffic division, then to the criminal investigations and eventually to captain when he retired.
His years in Washington gave him a strong work ethic as well as a moral quality, which he makes sure to transfer to the Lake County Sheriff’s Department. Taylor also said his standards are higher than what they were before he took office. “With those expectations and demands, I think we’ve been able to serve the community in a more professional, respectful and courteous manner,” he said. One important point to him is appearance, particularly in dress and even down to facial hair specifications. “There is an expectation to the public to what they want from their law enforcement,” he added. Each deputy is audited each month to ensure that their work is up to snuff. “Currently, we are all up to standard,” he said, adding that he can see the work ethic change since he took office. Taylor is working on his third year as Lake County Sheriff, which only started when he a friend planted a seed in his head about running for the position. Before then, he had no aspirations to get back into the profession, recalling the 30 years of being on call. He moved back into the area with his wife Sandy to live on the Greiners Ranch in Adel, which belonged to her grandparents, who used to own the Adel store. He finally decided to go after the job after receiving support from Sandy, leading to a successful campaign. Taylor was elected in November 2014 and SHERIFF TAYLOR took office in JanuSee page 32 ary 2015.
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He said that his deputies have taken a sense of pride in what they do after his sense of work ethic and morale came into the department. One change was the decals on the side of the patrol cars that will have “In God We Trust,” the nation’s motto, on the back. This decision came from everyone’s input in the department, further explaining that he takes input from all under his command though he will make a decision when required in more serious situations. Since taking office, he appointed an Undersheriff, a sergeant and a couple corporals. “Any subordinates need direction,” he explained. This is why he has strived to make a more tiered authoritative structure within his office. Though Taylor won’t take any credit for the renovation to the Sheriff’s department in the past year, turning that over to the county Property and Facilities department, he said that the new working space in the county courthouse’s northside is a plus. “It gives us a sense of pride and a sense of professionalism,” he said. The department has what is mandated by the state, which is an interrogation room along with the cleaner atmosphere and workstation. “I’m here at the community’s disposal. I’m here to work for them. The sense, attitude and reflection of work with our deputies mirrors that mindset I have to serve the community.” Their work stretches across the community, helping to begin a community policing effort, though he doesn’t see it taking off just yet. “The reason why we are having those meetings is to see what issues they are facing,” he said. “It’s a partnership.” Sheriff Taylor can be reached at 541-947-6027.
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Volunteering is a
Family Affair By Robert Meredith Lake County Examiner
For Aimee Kintzley volunteering has always been an easy and important right thing to do for the Lakeview community. “My mother and father both received the Junior First Citizen Award,” Kintzley said. “In addition, I won that same award.” Her parents are Brad and Tanya Winters. “I was given the 2016 Junior First Citizen award for my total effort in the community,” Kintzley said. “It was for the accumulation of my activities on the school budget committee, the track chair committee and Youth Mentor involvement.” Kintzley believes in helping the community’s children as much as possible. “I served on the Youth Mentor Board for five years,” Kintzley said. “I also served as its president for two years.” Kintzley has busied herself coaching her daughters’ athletic endeavors. She coached Kaydyn, 12, her oldest daughter in basketball and her youngest, Kya, 7, in tee ball. Kaydyn attends A.D. Elementary School while
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Craig and Aimee Kintzley of Lakeview. The Kintzley family avidly hunts and volunteers in the community. Kya is a student at Fremont Elementary School. “I take my kids with me when I volunteer,” Kintzley said. “I believe it is important for them to understand what it means to volunteer. They must see why and how volunteering is important.” She added that her children help with the arrangement and delivery of food baskets to the less fortunate in the community and that as a family they have sung Christmas carols about the neighborhoods to bring holiday cheer to their fellow community members. Her husband, Craig, is an Army veteran of Desert Storm, an all voluntary service to country. Craig is also a Sheriff’s Officer in Lake County, where he has served for nearly 15 years. In total he has severed as a law enforcement officer for 25 years. “My husband is passionate about helping veterans,” Kintzley said. “He helps in whatever I am doing.” Kintzley firmly believes in supporting this country’s military veterans.
“I worked on a fund raising committee for paralyzed veteran,” Kintzley said. “We worked to purchase an off road wheel chair, a track chair. We raised $14,000 to help a Desert Storm veteran. It took about eight months to accomplish, but it was well worth the effort. It gave us a tremendous amount of pride to help a veteran in need.” Kintzley said she was not allowed to disclose the recipient’s name, only that the veteran was from Meford. Kintzley is the branch manager at US Bank in Lakeview an employer who fits her volunteer mindset. US Bank sponsors Kintzley’s activities which include working with the Lake County Reader Board committee, Youth Mentor Program and the Lake County Roundup. “My employer wants its employees to give back to their communities,” Kintzley said. “We are given two paid days per year to volunteer. I am fortunate to have an employer who believes as I do.” US Bank provides the opportunity to volunteer to its em-
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By Kurt Liedtke Special to the Lake County Examiner It is the kind of class size that leaves many teachers jealous, and that’s just fine for LuAnn Anderson, the lone instructor at Plush School who may have only two or three students in a classroom at a time in a community where the total population is only 63. In the nine years that Anderson has taught at Plush’s school the largest classroom size has been nine total students spanning preschool through third grade, with students attending fourth through eighth at Adel School. For a region in the Warner Valley where the total population hovers around 200, there are unique challenges and advantages in Anderson’s classroom in a school that has become the centerpiece of an already close-knit community. The school itself has existed for decades, Anderson
LuAnn Anderson leads a class session at Plush School. Anderson is the lone teacher at the small town school, though educating the local youth is often a community-wide effort through events, classroom presentations and field trips. landing what she deemed ‘her dream job’ after completing her Masters Degree at Southern Oregon University through a program offered by the Klamath Tribes, of which she is a member. Anderson has lived in Plush for 30 years, spending much of her time as a nanny for the Fitzgerald family, so transitioning to teaching for a small collective of kids was a natural fit. While technically the school is administered by a principal, defaulted to the superintendent of the Lake County Education Service District, the school is largely autonomous within community control overseen by Anderson, a clerk, and a five-member school board comprised of community members. If special education services are needed those are offered through the ESD, but for the most part it is a school content
to be on its own tucked away in the sparsely populated Warner Valley. That relative autonomy allows Anderson and the community to take on a different role with children’s education, providing a collaborative educational experience with many community members offering help and opportunities to move beyond the classroom. “All the time we try to get outside the classroom and experience new things,” said Anderson, who’s only regular assistance at the school comes from Sue Mclain, a hybrid bus driver, janitor and teacher’s aide. “We always end the year with an experience at the sunstone mining area for preschoolers, we come to Lakeview to go bowling and get pictures, we do a lot of things with the Historical Society…every year we have a big week-long field trip, we
try to make it so that kids from Warner Valley that might not have an opportunity otherwise to leave the valley get a chance to see the ocean and experience more.” Though isolated, there is tremendous community support for the few kids attending Plush School each year. An annual Christmas program may only have a couple students participating, but will routinely draw well over 100 attendees. Same with an annual Easter Egg hunt at the school and end of year barbecue, where consistently nearly the entire community of Plush and surrounding area turns out to support the kids. “There’s lots of community involvem e n t PERSONAL in the EDUCATION school, See page 38 they
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PERSONAL EDUCATION From page 36 care and visit with the kids,” said Anderson. “Working in a small program allows kids to have a whole different relationship with adults, it’s a real give and take. They learn to be very independent and are not intimidated by adults, they become used to dealing with adults, and if you ask them how they’re doing they’re absolutely going to tell you.” The extremely small class sizes allow for close bonds to be formed and more direct one-on-one instruction, and according to Anderson having different grade levels in the same room actually helps lower level students simply from overhearing instruction to higher-grade students. She said that despite different ages interacting bullying is not an issue, and it also allows kids to progress at their own pace. “I hardly ever have a student leave that isn’t a year ahead of where they should be, because they don’t have to wait for everybody in the class to get done,” added Anderson. Recent excursions have included not only local visits, but trips to the Oregon coast, Wildlife Safari, Bend to visit sled dogs after studying the Iditarod, Pendleton to visit areas where Lewis & Clark once explored, and tree-houses in Cave Junction. It’s not only a chance to see the world beyond Warner Valley, but learn real-world skills like monetary purchases that are otherwise rare in a place where most of the time families charge to monthly accounts. “It’s important to give the whole touch-feel experience,” said Anderson. “Out here there’s not a lot of learning to count money. I remember the first trip we took we went to a restaurant and a kid said to just charge their meal to their dad, they didn’t understand that the restaurant would have no idea who their dad is. It’s good to get them to pay for their own food to get little experiences like that.” While numerous field trips and a steady rotation of guest
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speakers in the classroom is a great benefit, the school does have one major difficulty that affects the entire community – lack of bandwidth. While efforts have been underway for several years by county leaders and organizations to develop higher internet bandwidth speeds to rural Oregon communities, Plush School still relies on a dedicated T1 network that was installed in the 1990s. With so much mandatory lesson planning on a state level conducted online today, slow internet speeds can compound issues. Previously another major issue was that of the inevitable sick days that may force Anderson to occasionally miss school. In a oneteacher school, having the teacher out is an obvious dilemma, with substitutes already extremely difficult to come by across most Lake County school districts. Thankfully Anderson says that a local resident as well as a teacher in Adel are now able to fulfill that need, and networking with teachers in Paisley and Lakeview has also helped immensely with required professional development programs. Unusual to Plush students is the ability years later to have an open choice in which high school to attend. While most choose Lakeview High School after completing eighth grade at Adel School due to its relative close proximity, some have selected Paisley, Crane, and even as far away as Scapoose for their final four years of grade school. The Plush School District pays each student a stipend for tuition and mileage to Lakeview and back to compensate for the inevitably long commutes, though Anderson says that by living in the Warner Valley everyone adjusts to the reality of long rides to get anywhere. “I think it’s really important that the school is the heart of the community,” added Anderson. “I’m really blessed to have a school that is run by the community and school.”
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Scenic Bikeway routes feature magnificent scenery, state history and quaint communities. They run near state parks on paved paths and roadways, through mountain terrain, desert and rangeland. The program is the first in the nation with designated routes, maps, global positioning and road signage. By Robert Meredith Lake County Examiner Chris Bishop is and outdoor recreation planner and for him a passion for cycling exists deep within to promote the sport in the community, if not Southern Oregon. “Our primary concern is safety,” Bishop said. “Cyclists do have the same rights and responsibilities as drivers of cars.” Some of the similar rules of the road include signaling when turning, looking in both directions when approaching an intersection and obeying all traffic signals and signs. Cycling is an enjoyable and noninvasive exercise as long as safety is present during all moments on the roadway. Bishop is part of the group calling itself the Outback Peddle Posse. The OPP meets once monthly at the Lake County Chamber of Commerce at 126 N. E St. The mission of the OPP is to have bike-riding trails for road cyclists in Lake County. However this endeavor takes more than meeting in a local setting. It requires the assistance and perseverance of many cycling enthusiasts who are willing to engage with the State Parks and Recreation Department and the Oregon Depart of Transportation. If this sounds like a daunting task it isn’t if cycling is the goal. Pursuing the necessary government agency support is needed, as its main concern is the safety of the public and of course property. Marie Tucker, who is also an avid cyclist, said the OPP is planning to set up a connection between Plush, Adel and Lakeview with kiosks helping to keep cyclists on path toward their destinaCYCLING OUTBACK tion. See page 42 Bishop added that the connection is
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about 90 miles and that portions are scheduled to be in place for beginning, intermediate and advanced bike riders. “One purpose of the scenic bikeway program,” Bishop said, “is to rank roads as mild, moderate or extreme. Some of the roads are subject to an elevation game.” One of the best things about cycling in Oregon is the diversity of routes available for cyclists to enjoy. Cycling is a sport conducive to the out-of-doors mindset of Oregonians. It always affords enthusiasts an opportunity to engage the striking scenery that can provide a physical challenge. The latest designated scenic bikeway is called the Tour de Outback scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 5. The route is nestled in the Warner Mountains. Cyclists can expect to encounter forests, high desert and rangeland while peddling on the roadway. In addition to the scenery, cyclist will have opportunities to view the local wildlife living in the region in addition to the calm seclusion while cycling in Oregon’s outback. For those with questions on food, lodging and Lakeview is a prime stop to find these necessities. Lakeview will serve as the start and finish of the cycling event. Moreover, campgrounds are located throughout the course that has a 1,300 foot descent into Plush. The landscape available on this route includes the lakes of Hart and Crump, big horn sheep as well as sand hill cranes and steep cliffs where eagles and falcons are known to reside and fly. As with all considerable endeavors monetary donations and volunteers will be accepted to see the Tour de Outback come to fruition. The OPP sees this event as being a major contributor to the promotion of the Southern Oregon region as a whole, one that brings an appreciation for the community. Government agencies aside the OPP is also seeking cyclist friendly businesses willing to recognize and advertise their support
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Efforts underway to revive historic theater
KURT LIEDTKE/ Lake County Examiner
By Kurt Liedtke Special to the Lake County Examiner
Ginger Casto and Will Wright of Lakeview Community Partnership are working to restore the Alger Theater, built in 1940, back to its former glory. Plans are in the works to make the historic theater a centerpiece of social activity from dance recitals to concerts, film festivals and lectures.
In Hollywood’s golden era, grand movie theaters sprung up in towns across the country to showcase the latest Charlie Chaplin, Abbott & Costello or Lewis & Martin laughfest. While the era of fluorescents, marquees and drive-ins have almost completely disappeared in favor of iMax and modern stadium theaters, a group in Lakeview are working to revive a forgotten time when the local theater was the centerpiece of small town social life. Like most smaller communities, Lakeview once had multiple theaters and a drivein offering the latest cartoons, newsreels, serials and double features of westerns and classic Hollywood glam. Today, none remain in operation in the area. The Marius Theater decades ago was converted into office space, and the drive-in is now a vacant lot. Yet the Alger Theater, constructed in 1940, still stands, unused except for the occasional special concert or film premiere. Its décor is reminiscent of the art-decco era with a 1940s Hollywood’s bygone sentimental era. A walk inside is a trip through time back to classic Hollywood instantly sparking nostalgic memories for those who lived it and others who have only heard the stories or seen it recreated in popular films like The Majestic. The theater closed several years ago from its regular weekly film showings, a victim of the digital era of film distribution. Unable to afford a new digital projector once distributors stopped providing physical film reels, the owners were forced to halt business. In the time since it has reopened for a couple concerts by Blues Brothers and Doors tribute acts, as well as two special film screenings coordinated with the help of Travel Oregon and Oregon Film, but otherwise has sat dormant.
Yet the final curtain may not have lowered on the Alger just yet. A group of citizens, encouraged by the Oregon Mainstreet Project, formed a group called Lakeview Community Partnership (LCP), aimed at revitalizing Lakeview’s downtown area. Committees were formed and projects established, including community town cleanups, printing of historic photos to be placed in business windows, and an annual community celebration downtown called Daly Days in honor of Lakeview’s most famous resident – Dr. Bernard Daly. Yet amidst the various smaller efforts the coveted prize for LCP to return Lakeview to its prominent past has always been the Alger Theater, many in the community dreaming of a return to its heyday when the Alger was the place to go. A plan has been set in motion through a partnership with the current owners of the theater and LCP that may in a few years bring the theater back to its former glory. “It’s priceless, it really is, they’ve barely changed anything inside,” said Ginger Casto of South Central Oregon Economic Development District and one of the driving forces behind LCP. “We want to replace things like the carpeting, but keep it true to its original design. It’s about restoration, not replacement.” Casto, along with Will Wright, RARE member and project coordinator for LCP, have been working extensively to bring the historic theater back to life. Community surveys have been collected to gauge interest in the project, which according to Wright has been overwhelmingly positive, as he works to establish a business plan for moving forward with fundraising efforts. “When I first got here and talked to peo-
ple about what LCP was doing I’d get somewhat positive responses, until I mentioned the Alger Theater,” said Wright. “Once I mentioned the Alger people would light up. Of all the stuff LCP is doing, this by far has the most community support. Anecdotally, it suggests we’ll be able to do something with it.” For an isolated rural town with no active theater, the outcry to restore the Alger Theater is not only to be included in the newest film releases, but also for a need to provide a social center and positive activities for kids in a place where opportunities are otherwise lacking. Many who grew up going to the Alger as kids are now parents, wishing that their kids could have the same experience. More than just a movie theater, the Alger has a large stage and balcony perfect for providing other activities as well. Casto and Wright see its stage and structure being able to facilitate lectures, community theater, dance recitals, swap meets, concerts, summer camps and more. Film festivals have been a popular request, both of relatively new films like the Harry Potter series alongside classic showcases of John Wayne or Hop Along Cassidy. Casto brought in George Kramer, a historic theater preservationist, to inspect the theater in its current state. For an almost 80-year-old theater it remains in remarkably good shape, especially its foundation, according to Kramer, making its future sustainable without a massive overhaul. Engineeringwise, the building is sound, though a seismic retrofit will HISTORIC THEATRE be needed at some See page 46 point. Figuring out
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HISTORIC THEATRE From page 44 how to make it all work financially for sustainable use though is Wright’s current task. “Originally when the Alger closed digital projectors cost around $70,000, but the prices have come down dramatically,” said Wright. “Now they can come as cheap as $15,000, and we’re seeing a large amount of preliminary support in the community for the theater to be reopened.” Those undertaking the LCP-Alger project are crunching data with plans to begin fundraising later this summer. If
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Alger Theater’s marquee still portrays a distinct 1940s feel.
all goes as hoped, Wright estimated the theater could be open again for regular business within 2-3 years. Casto compares the project to another recently completed project to restore the Lakeview Swimming Pool. Built in 1952, it was showing its age, but the community rallied and held multiple fundraisers to have it rebuilt, accomplishing that task in 2015. Dollars also streamed in from many former residents, Casto included, who heard about the project and felt the need to give due to sentimental ties to the pool. Casto believes that once the fundraising process begins for the Alger, support from those with nostalgic memories of watching classic films there will flood in as well. “What we’re trying to do right now is collect all the information we can to figure out costs – realistic bids for digital projectors and sound systems and lighting,” said Casto. “Groups have already contacted us wanting to be a part of it.” Casto indicated that Kramer, who has restored other theaters across Oregon, is working on a statewide program with the legislature to appropriate dollars for historic theaters like the Alger to be preserved in small rural communities. Kramer warned her though that restoring a theater is easy, finding a sustainable business plan to main-
tain it is the hard part. “We’re getting closer, but we don’t have a timeline,” added Casto. “I’m less concerned about the fundraising part of it. It’s not in a state of disrepair to where it can’t be used. We’ll have the occasional show now, but for the façade and marquee and lights to be fully restored back to their original glory it will take time. The priorities in projects like this are usually the things we can’t see like electrical and plumbing.” Researching how best to restore the Alger to its former self hasn’t been contained exclusively within Lake County. Members of LCP have been reaching out to other similarsized communities that worked to preserve their historic theaters to gauge feasibility of the project. They also contacted the Ross Ragland Theater in Klamath Falls for not only advice but for preliminary talks to possibly partner someday on projects. “We want to keep listening, it’s the only way it’s going to be sustainable,” said Casto. “We’ve started to hear from people that come here and say that things downtown are looking better, people are beginning to notice that things are going on. We don’t know how long this will take, we don’t have any timelines and we don’t want to make any promises…but we are getting really close to making some major decisions.”
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Daly Days Develops, Celebrates a County Hero Lake County Examiner File Photo
Ben Adair was the recipient of the best mustache award, being rewarded a Tall Town patch by Teresa Systma. By Jimmy Hall Lake County Examiner In umpteenth years past, the third Saturday of June is dubbed as Daly Days. At least in Lakeview it is a day reserved as a celebration to recognize one of the county’s most influential early figures. Beginning with the 2016 event, it has become an increasingly fuller affair. Lake District Hospital’s campus has been the main place to go for all the fun from morning until afternoon. Its staff is in full force among many other health-related vendors, kids activities and more providing a wide breadth of knowledge to its visitors. This past year and into further years, Daly Days looks to become even larger thanks to community members’ efforts to stretch the events throughout the day, making Lakeview’s downtown bustling with activity. The body of volunteers making up the Lakeview Community Partnership (LCP) is expanding what has happened last year to incorporate a variety of contests. These will include a tri-tip competition, extenuating the county’s love for the choice meat. There will also be a mustache competition, paying homage to Dr. Daly’s reputation of his bushy facial hair. Each of these competitions come with a $100 prize and bragging rights along with it, carrying with the winner all year until they are dethroned. There will also be a joke contest to recognize the funniest set up and punch line that is both clean and sidesplitting. For the kids, there will be children’s games with a bouncy house at the Town Municipal Swimming Pool. Another addition is Scuber Mountain, a comedy musical trope that entertains its audience with antics. There will be a trivia scavenger hunt, Daly Museum display, cemetery tours, which will make a stop at the impressive gravesite of
the county figure. A tour of historic homes is also in the works, expanding it from its inaugural year. To help support all the happenings, there was be a live radio auction through KORV The Goose 93.5 FM, acting as a fundraiser for Daly Days. The remaining money will be put toward the Alger Theater restoration effort. For the upcoming celebration slated for Saturday, June 24, LCP has chosen the motto of “Our past educates our future.” Ann Logan, LCP promotion committee chair, explained that much about it is the message that Daly put forward throughout his life. Daly Fund is longest running scholarship in the United States, Logan explained that there has been some that have come and gone, but Dr. Daly’s has continued for the most time. She hopes that they will coincide the event with the announcement of the year’s recipients during a special presentation downtown. The first Daly Days was in 2004 the fourth weekend of June, a date picked by the Dr. Daly Project board because it was the weekend that the Daly Foundation board met and when the Daly Foundation recipients were announced. The board that was formed in 2002 had three purposes in mind, which were to perpetuate the memory of Dr. Daly in Lake County, especially in the public schools, to establish a fund that will support the creation and erection of a statue of Dr. Daly in a public location worthy of him, and to encourage and support the arts in Lake County in all conceivable ways. The second objective was a far-reaching goal for the small group. The group is now focused on showing
honor to Dr. Daly in meaningful and permanent ways such as a scholarship plaza. Then Lake County Chamber of Commerce Dir. Deanna Walls solicited members for the board, gaining a great number of volunteers. The first Daly Days was a four-day event and included a quilting team maraDALY DAYS thon, cemetery tours, See page 50
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mystery theater, memorial races, which included a 5k run/ walk, half marathon, Lakeview to Silver Lake runner/biker relay and Pony Express ride. It also was made up of a mini powwow with Native Americans, Saturday Market, health and safety fair, art show, and barbeque hosted by the Lakeview High School Ski Team. That same year, the Daly Project printed posters that included all the names of Daly Fund recipients from 1922 to 2003 against a background sketch of Dr. Daly driving his buggy. Copies are still available to purchase. The annual event was continued and added many other activities for the community to enjoy. These included organizing races from horse to rider to walkers, the Pony Express carrying letters and the post office officially designated as the Dr. Bernard Daly post office after a campaign by Gordon Smith, former senator. There were also
many cowboy gatherings, art displays at historic buildings and continual tours of cemeteries. Though the run of events eventually fizzled out and picked back up by LCP’s promotion committee, the Lake District Hospital created its own healthcentered event in 2008. Abby Finetti, hospital nurse and Daly Fund recipient, organized the health fair at the Lake County Fairgrounds, which eventually moved to the hospital campus. This showcases their facilities, offerings and long-term goals to encourage wellness through a variety of services and activity. In Dr. Daly’s will, he wrote, “It is my earnest desire to help, aid and assist worthy and ambitious young men and women of my beloved county of Lake, to acquire a good education, so that they may be better fitted and qualified to appreciate and help to preserve the laws and constitution of this free country, defend its flag, and by their
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Head Start is a comprehensive program that serves the child and the family to reach their full potential. Our mission is to promote school and life readiness by providing individualized early learning services to eligible children and families. Family development, education and wellness services are provided to the most at risk children and families.
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Author Patty Barnhart relaxing between writing her next creation. By Robert Meredith Lake County Examiner From early on, Patty Barnhart has viewed writing as something she had to do. “I’ve always written,” Barnhart said. “I wrote a play when I was in the fourth grade. I was nine or ten.” Following her early play write success Barnhart discovered another to aspect to writing that was personally satisfying. “In middle school I read my stories to friends in installments,” Barnhart said. “This made me feel good. It gave me courage to write.” Reaching out to readers, creating thought and relationships is Barnhart’s goal. “I want to connect with people,” Barnhart said. “I want to touch people with words.” While in college Barnhart majored in English but the trajectory into teaching did not appeal to her and she began to attend psychology classes. Writing for her was a hobby at Southern Oregon College, now Southern Oregon University where she also studied journalism and worked with troubled kids. “I prefer the ability to write for self-accomplishment or satisfaction,” Barnhart said. “I always needed a platform to be able to do what I wanted to do.” One aspect of that platform is the self-publishing Web site, www.createSpace.com, where the flexibility she seeks has afforded her the ability to see her
nine books come to fruition. “I don’t want my writing to sound like writing,” Barnhart said. “I want to make the reader be a partner.” Barnhart prefers to write short stories for their minimalistic approach because they are like walking into a stage set, although she has written one novel. She strives to achieve a below the surface understanding of the characters by her readers. She does not like to write romance genre stories, as the characters feel too contrived, unless it had an odd twist. She wrote a semi-autobiographical book called “Like a River Flowing” that rejuvenated familial memories, in just 42 days. Where Barnhart revisited a special time when the State of Oregon had been perceived differently. This book explores, purposely, the conflicts of light and dark, the good and the wicked that remain out of sight beneath the surface. “I am a stalker when my characters communicate,” Barnhart said. “I often write from the end, at what is to be.” One publication, “A Bridge to Somewhere and Other Stories,” a short story collection reflects Barnhart’s desire to connect in as many ways as possible with readers. This book is a multiple genre of fantasy and hard fiction stories. As with most writers there
are periods of time when characters appear stagnant. For Barnhart she’ll check in with them and eventually an idea will make it to paper. “I keep a notepad next to my bed,” Barnhart said. “As I am dozing off and an idea strikes I have to complete the thought, or it will be lost.” Barnhart enjoys writing satire, hard fiction and about the supernatural. She wants to achieve what readers don’t expect, a twist in the scenario with good characters. When writing science fiction Barnhart tries a slice of life portrayal that ask meaning. She is a fan of Alfred Hitchcock, Arthur C. Clark, Frank Herbert and Isaac Asimov. “Twisted: A Collection of Short Stories,” is filled with Barnhart’s enjoyment of the futuristic worldview to grab the readers attention to shifts between multiple genres, a vehicle the author presents to her readers, to create deeper meanings with slice of life portrayals. She tries to write words and sentences down and will review them at later date. Barnhart has written ideas on paper bags and napkins. For those who want to write, but are confused on how to begin, Barnhart suggests to just start writing for 10 minutes everyday. “You’ve got to do it when
you think of it,” Barnhart said. “All the words will payoff.” She added that bailing in with the brain, as it will get something to fit; however above all be individualistic because this is a writer’s gift to the world. Barnhart has written for most of her life, authoring works of short story collections, diverse cookbooks, poetry and a novel. Between the covers of “Songs of the Sagebrush,” published in 2005, are recipes, rhymes and reminiscences from the Willow Springs Guest Ranch where Barnhart and her husband have served guests from around the world. Barnhart has continued to show her desire to be flexible in her writing, although she has favorite preferences, “Food For Thought: Short Stories and the Recipes They Inspire,” is a collection of confident stories and treats that demonstrate her wittiness and creativity. An ability to express herself in numerous genres was displayed by Barnhart in the collection of award winning poems devoted to the natural habitat of Oregon in “Under the Jack Rabbit Moon: Poems from Oregon’s Outback.” All of Patty’s books are available for purchase on Amazon and several available in Lake County at Howard’s Drugs and Paisley Mercantile.
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Family-Friendly Skiing Experience KURT LIEDTKE/ Lake County Examiner
By Kurt Liedtke Lake County Examiner
Warner Canyon Ski Area had its second great snow season in a row, remaining open until mid-March in 2017 offering months of family entertainment just a few minutes outside of Lakeview.
It’s difficult to find a more convenient proximity to a community for winter sports, nor a more family-friendly setting for fun in the snow, than Warner Canyon Ski Area in Lake County. Located a very short drive east of Lakeview, the hill’s decades of operation has provided for many residents a chance to learn how to ski or snowboard before advancing to more challenging mountains. With a summit of just under 6,500 feet and a 800-foot descent to the base, Warner Canyon is one of the smallest ski resorts in Oregon, yet its charm is alluring; consistently drawing skiers from beyond Lake County’s borders. A single chair lift, installed in 2000, rarely has long lines and
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Warner Canyon Ski Area’s lodge, which had its interior recently remodeled, provides food, parking passes, lift tickets, accessories, or simply a warm place to get out of the snow. During the offseason it is available to rent for special events.
makes for a quick ride to the top, where over 20 established runs race to the bottom from beginner bunny slopes to intermediate and black diamond runs. The resort is the property of Lake County, acquired through an acreage exchange with the U.S. Forest Service, but is overseen by an all-volunteer club – Fremont Highlanders Ski Club. While operations typically don’t begin until December and continue as long as the snow pack permits before the inevitable spring thaw, managing Warner Canyon’s finances and upgrades is a year-round venture. Members write grants, plan maintenance, coordinate schedules and handle what can at times be tenuous finances during seasons when the snow is lean. “We give a ton of credit to our county commissioners,” said Barry Shullanberger, Fremont Highlanders president. “We weren’t open two out of three seasons, and we had to pay our liability insurance whether open or not. Some of it gets reimbursed if we don’t open, but it got down to where we only had a little money left in our account, and the commissioners agreed to make the first insurance payment. Thankfully we got a lot of snow last year and were able to pay them back, but they’ve been very supportive of us.” Warner Canyon typically opens in time for winter break from school in December, snow permitting, then in January remains open on weekends into March. Starting in January ski lessons for beginners and intermediates are offered on Saturdays for six weeks at only $20 plus the cost of lift tickets. Every year Lakeview High School hosts
competitive ski races, and near the end of each season the resort hosts Snowfest – incorporating a tri-tip dinner and auction, ski races for families and all skill levels, and a torchlight evening parade down the hill. From its early days Warner Canyon has been a popular draw locally, while being a relative hidden commodity statewide. Initially the hill offered a rope tow, then a T-bar was built to take skiers up until the chair lift’s eventual construction. Throughout its various inceptions, Warner Canyon has always provided a friendly atmosphere with a casual approach. It’s a nice alternative for those who begrudge long crowded waiting lines and even longer chair lift times to reach the high summits of Mt. Bachelor or Mt. Ashland. At Warner Canyon lines are short, lifts are fast, and runs are never crowded. It helps too that Warner Canyon offers the cheapest lift ticket rates in the state, while Snopark passes are also conveniently sold on site. For rentals, the M&B Ski Shop, operated out of Affordable Fitness in downtown Lakeview, offers a close-by site to acquire skis, snowboards and related gear for a day of fun on the slopes. “This is just a good family hill,” said Shullanberger. “It’s a place to bring the kids to learn how to ski, and also more advanced skiers can still be challenged.” There have been numerous efforts to improve the SKI HILL Warner Canyon exSee page 56 perience while not
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SKI HILL From page 54
losing its innate charm. Over the past several seasons work crews have conducted tree thinning operations, with more planned for the summer, to enhance runs and improve the experience for skiers who desire cutting through trees. The lodge was recently remodeled, where a contracted kitchen offers food at reasonable rates, including a $4 cheeseburger that Shullanberger personally recommends highly. During the offseason additional plans are in the works for adding a new porch for the lodge, and a 40-acre land donation by Dennis Barry will allow for construction of campsites. A new well was recently drilled at the end of the parking lot, which will be connected to the lodge in 2017. Shullanberger hopes that with RV spaces and campsites available, the lodge will become an attractive alternative for special events. One such event already well-established during the summer is a multi-day outdoor archery shoot conducted on the site. Hosted by the Lakeview Bowman’s Club, archers ride the chair lift and work their way down the hill shooting 3D targets, many camping on-site for the multi-day experience. Rumors have circulated for years that it could also be attractive as a summertime mountain biking site, but proactive work to prepare trails to accommodate riders has not commenced.
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Barry Shullanberger gets a helping hand onto the lift from Warner Canyon Mgr. Jim Copeland on the 2016-17 season’s last day of operations. Also on the docket are plans to repaint the chair lift towers, a task not conducted since they were first installed. “We think that if we build it they will come,” chuckled Shullanberger. “Hopefully we will see more people reserving the lodge and camping, it would be great for receptions and reunions.” Lift ticket rates are typically slashed near the end of the season, but standard
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costs are incredibly affordable comparative to rising ticket costs around the state. For adults a day of skiing is just $32, with discounted costs for seniors, students and children. While one of the lower summits in the state, Warner Canyon can operate with as little as two feet of snow at the base. “We’ve put two good years in a row together,” reflected Shullanberger on the final day of operations for the 2016-17 season back in March. “Last year got us back on track, and this year the snow was fantastic. We’re trying to promote skiing, get kids involved and bring the parents, and everybody has fun.” The secret may soon be out about Lake County’s lone ski area, as the 2016-17 season drew the attention of Oregon Public Broadcasting. A film crew visited from Portland to film operations and interview skiers and staff about Warner Canyon’s enduring success as a great alternative to Oregon’s large mountains for a feature on Oregon Field Guide. Whether that results in more out-oftowners making the trek to hit Lake County’s slopes is yet to be seen, but for locals and those in the know, Warner Canyon remains one of Southern Oregon’s true winter gems. For more information visit www.warnercanyon.org.
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Senior Center Serves Senior Citizens By Jimmy Hall Lake County Examiner
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VFW Post 4070 Chaplain George Middleton presented Andrea Wishart, Lake County Senior Center director with a bald eagle sculpture last June as a thanks for the services provided that benefit vets and seniors. Throughout Lake County Senior Center’s long history in the area, the ever-changing staff has offered robust programs and services that benefit the county’s senior population and beyond. The Center itself, complete with a kitchen, dining area, conference room, downstairs recreation and a few offices, is the former home of the Lakeview Hospital, erected 1920. One of the services is the newly named Outback Thrift Store, formerly known as the Opportunity Shop or Op-Shop, for short. In the last months it has gotten a serious rehaul, getting tidied up and arranged in a way that is much more welcoming to any of the shoppers. As a premiere place for any discounted and used items, the thrift store has worked with local partners to help those who may not have been able to afford clothes, come in and select from a wide array of donated clothing and secondhand items. “If you haven’t stopped in recently, you should,” said Senior Center Dir. Andrea Wishart. Staff is working on offering different hours to be more accessible to the community. Fashion shows are also a recurring event from season to season. This is a way to show what can be pieced together with what can be found in the thrift shop, a clever way to advertise its diverse selection. Most likely the most exhausting and recurring event that the Senior Center staff is tasked with includes tri-weekly meals in its dining hall, which bustles on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. With the help of Barb Moss as the kitchen cook and several helpers, the menu is ever rotating. A great selection of hearty meats, starches and greens decorate the menu. A salad bar always complements the occasions for those who wish for a lighter selection. Along with meals at the center, themes are held throughout the year once per month. Mainly they go along with the month, for example October may feature frightening costumes for Halloween while December may feature Christmas decorations. They also cel-
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Tri-weekly lunches are provided at the Senior Center, ensuring that each gets a warm meal and social exposure.
ebrate birthdays for all Senior Center patrons and staff members who have celebrated their birth in that month. “We are always trying to do something interesting for the lunch crowd,” said Wishart. To go along with the meals, a home meal delivery program is going strong. “I would venture to guess that they are the best in recent history,” recalled Wishart. Designed for seniors who don’t have the ability to come out for the social hour over lunch. Drivers take out a hot meal before lunchtime along with a frozen meal that they can pop into the microwave for the next day. The Senior Center is also administers of the energy assistance program. Those who are elderly or lower income are free to see if they qualify for support in funding their energy needs. Though it takes a good amount of paperwork, it’s worth it for staff to keep houses warm all year long as long as there is funding available. The monies that flows into the program comes from Oregon Energy Assistance (OEA), a project through Pacific Power, and Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). OEA helps with the power bill for Pacific Power customers while LIHEAP SENIOR CENTER assists with heating oil including propane, See page 62 kerosene and liquid gas. The Senior Center’s
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SENIOR CENTER From page 60
Deb Pomeroy, who helps facilitate the program, said that both stream sources have cut their amount given this year. Other partners include Midstate Electric, Surprise Valley Electric, Ed Staub & Sons and Heat Oregon. The Senior Center also helps contribute to a community volunteered program with the Lake County Parole and Probation department and Warner Creek Correctional Facility to distribute wood to seniors who can’t afford or collect it for themselves. Aimed to assist low-income senior citizens, the Senior Center works through the energy assistance program and if those who qualify for it need wood for their energy it is granted up to two cords for the cold season. They have also been a facilitator for a snow removal program with the aforementioned agencies. The organization also hosts the Senior Navigator position, which is currently helmed by Nonie Moss. This position works with a great number of senior citizens to connect them to the services that they need for their health and daily living. To round out the extensive list of programs and what has been strengthened in the past year is the Lake County Public Transit System. The effort is in conjunction with the county to provide a transportation program for seniors, veterans and disabled persons to get them to where they need to go. Those who fit into these categories can call the Center to set up a ride to get to the doctor’s office, store for shopping or any other appointments that they need. As an active community partner, and through the Senior Center programs, staff is able to engage in countywide programs to enhance the lives of many Lake County residents. The Senior Center operates on several grants as well as generous donations from the community. The Senior Center is located at 11 S. G St. and can be contacted at 541-947-4966.
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A Long Time
By Robert Meredith Lake County Examiner
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Lee Tracy is a life-long member of the Lakeview community. Tracy enjoys his pastime to creating wooden fire trucks to aircraft to tractors and windmills.
Lee “Butch” Tracy has resided his entire 69 years in the community of Lakeview and has always wanted to think things through. “I like thinking,” Tracy said. “I like to think each step ahead of the next.” Thinking things through is how Tracy got started constructing wooden models, piece by piece, of a multitude of vehicles, characters and buildings. “I was given a plastic model of a La France fire truck,” Tracy said. “I thought that I would remake it with wood.” When asked how much time was involved in making a fire truck or windmill, Tracy was evasive. “It takes a long time,” Tracy repeatedly said while he shrugged his shoulders. “It takes a long time.” Taking a long time is understandable as detailing can include tire tread carefully carved to emulate the real deal. The same can be said for axels, windows and headlamps. This attention to detail Tracy credits with his love of mathematics. “All wheel spokes have to be installed at a precise angle,” Tracy said. “If not, the wheel will not match evenly.” Tracy said he likes to use a prototype, a model, to follow for projects. A model of a B17 aircraft contained Tracy’s thinking it through motto. In order to make the model match a real plane he studied the angles and reasons for the con-
struction of the plane’s design and applied those observations to the aircraft. “Originally, during the winter, when I had nothing to do,” Tracy said. “I got interested in airplanes.” Tracy does not have a particular fancy or genre of items to carve his way to completion. In fact, the inside his dusty woodshop contained stock of all sizes, shapes and types. Some of the stock has received attention, as evidenced by carvings or holes drilled, and some is in pristine condition. Tracy does not to mind. He is in no hurry. “A long time,” he repeated. Against one wall is a shelf with fire trucks, a bald eagle, the Seven Dwarfs and Santa Claus with a sleigh and reindeer. Most of these projects were completed some time ago. The exact date unknown. “All my life I’ve worked with tools,” Tracy said. “I’ve always liked hands-on work.” His shop contained a chop saw, handsaws, a welder, leaf blowers, an extension saw for tree trimming, band saw and drill press, each a hands-on tool and each Tracy applied special care and maintenance. Tracy has no preference of wood type to use for a project. He has collected wood wherever it could be found or given to him. “Sometimes the wood is in pieces, just thrown away, scrap pieces,” Tracy said. “The door factory in town is a good place for scrap wood.” Tracy said it took a long time again,
with a sly grin, as if he wasn’t about to part with any secrets of his hobby. Tracy, Jr. said his uncle Gene Glazier lived in an old building that was at one time the Lakeview Jail in 1877. However, before calling the old jailhouse his home, he was raised by Harry and Ella Glazier along with his sister Peggy. Tracy, Jr. said the book called “Lake County Oregon, History and Genealogy,” volume three contains pictures and an historical essay on page 98 depicting his family history. He said the book can be found at Howard’s Drugs. Lee Tracy, Sr., worked as a logger and was an owner of a G & L Richfield Station in Lakeview, where he did all the mechanical work and his wife Peggy kept the accounting books in order. Tracy, Sr. owned the station of seven years. The elder Tracy met Peggy Glazier at the Alger Theater and in order to be able to speak with his future wife, he visited the theater every day after work. “My father also worked for the forest service,” Lee Tracy, Jr. said. “He retired after 30 years of service.” Tracy, Jr. began mowing lawns and snowplowing when he was about 16 years old in 1968. “I had a rotor tiller with a two foot snowplow connected LOCAL THINKER to it,” Tracy, Jr. said. See page 66 “I had a
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regular route that included the bank, Howard’s and the courthouse. I used to start work at four o’clock in the morning.” Tracy, Jr. added that after his father retired from the forest service, he repaired his mowers and snow blowers. “While my father repaired the machinery, my mother kept the books and my daily schedule,” Tracy, Jr. said. “She kept me on schedule with a CB radio, so I had to carry a radio with me.” Tracy, Jr. said he has mowed the lawn at the Catholic Church for 40 years for Father Hopp. “I used to mow five lawns per day,” Tracy, Jr. said. “I had three 33 inch Troy built mowers. They are now worn out.” In addition to still mowing the Catholic Church lawn, Tracy, Jr. said, he mows Karen Dunnington’s lawn after she had heard of his work. Recently, he said he was asked and agreed to mow Doris Thornton’s lawn. “I also worked for the forest service,” Tracy, Jr. said. “I was an initial attack fireman at Dog Lake.” He said he was once sent to Wenatchee, Wash. to fight a forest fire. “We slept in paper sleeping bags, no tents, while it was raining,” Tracy, Jr. said. “We were taken place to place in an Army troop transport truck. But we did not fight any fires.” He said his father arrived with a tent, as he worked as a supervisor. Tracy, Jr. keeps busy mowing lawns and making wooden models of various shapes and sizes. Although it takes a long time, he is not worried, just staying busy.
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A Life of Service to Wildlife By Kurt Liedtke Special to the Lake County Examiner For 35 years Craig Foster has been hiking through muck, driving dirt roads, bagging bucks and hopping from helicopters; but he’s finally ready to call it a career. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Biologist for Lake County who has served various roles within the county since the 1970s is ready to retire this summer, but not ready to give up his love of the outdoors. Foster, an Idaho native who spent much of his youth in Arizona, first came to Oregon in 1978 as a summer seasonal worker on the Hart Mountain Wildlife Refuge. He returned in 1982 working at Summer Lake, came back again in 1988 staying for seven years, then took his current position in Lakeview in 2000. During that time there’s not a foot of Lake County’s 8,000-square miles that “Foz,” as he is affectionately known, hasn’t traversed by foot, vehicle or aircraft. Whether conducting wildlife counts, dissecting a dead cougar, capturing animals or answering every question imaginable about hunting and wildlife, Foster has been the go-to source for information in Southern Oregon. In May Foster plans to officially retire, but he and his wife Mary plan to stay in Lakeview. He says there are plenty of projects around the house he intends to finally finish, and more importantly, lots of fishing holes and hunting sites that he spotted while on the job but never was able to take full advantage of due to work obligations. Even though he may be stepping away from his official role, he won’t be far away to answer any question people may have about Lake County’s best hunting and fishing spots, while continuing to volunteer as a teacher of hunter safety certification classes and as president of the Lakeview Bowmen’s Club. Renowned for his infectious, jovial laugh and sense of humor, Foster has been a
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Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Biologist Craig Foster is retiring this year after 35 years of service in Southern Oregon. He has been the Lake County ODFW Biologist since 2000. welcomed expert in the region whether he’s helping a rancher round-up a predator or sharing information about ODFW careers to school kids. A typical day for him starts at 5 a.m., out early to conduct wildlife counts, matched with time in the office addressing questions and analyzing samples. It’s a mish-mash of odd duties entailing the life of a rural district biologist assuring that wildlife populations are properly maintained, which is perfect for Foster, who admits to lacking the attention span to focus on anything for more than half an hour. “Life on a district means doing everything, we have one wildlife guy and one fish guy to cover the whole thing,” said Foster. “We’re all population biologists, anything that can be counted, weighed and measured involving critters – that’s my job. There’s also habitat maintenance and protection as well, and of course customer service.” If a hunter has a question about a tag, for the past 17 years they’ve known to call Foster. If a committee needs expertise on wildlife issues, Foster has been there. If there was a kid that wanted to learn how to safely shoot a bow or rifle, Foz was first in line to help. It’s difficult to imagine Lake County’s ODFW office without Foster manning the helm, only the fourth ODFW biologist stationed in Lake County since 1948, but soon a new person will take on the role.
“Nobody is irreplaceable, even people in this community that are seemingly on every committee,” reflected Foster. “They leave a void when they leave, but it gets filled eventually. I’ve been telling people that I’m to the point where I don’t need to be ODFW 24/7, but if you need me to still be involved in habitat work just pick up the phone and call me.” Foster said that due to the longevity of the career, it took him about five years on the job before people stopped referring to him as ‘the guy that replaced Larry Conn’ – his predecessor in the role, who had coincidentally also held the job for 17 years. The life of an ODFW biologist provides some strange variety in daily tasks, but it also presents the chance to stay grounded in a position for a very long time if so desired. Foster first got into the career for the thrills. He loved playing the role of a ‘mugger’ in particular, the job of jumping out of a helicopter to wrestle a bighorn sheep that have been hit with a net-gun during wildlife round-ups. Over the past decade as he mastered the job his perspective changed, the biggest thrill for him now being opportunities to mentor new biologists and work 35 Years with kids. By far one of of service the most personable See page 70
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Craig Foster, ODFW Biologist for Lake County, has served Southern Oregon for decades managing wildlife populations. His extensive career will come to a close in 2017, though he has no intention to stop spending as much time as possible in the outdoors.
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and outgoing residents in all of Lake County, he relishes the opportunity to help others whether it’s quick business or kicking back swapping stories with whomever wants to chat. Despite his busy schedule, he is well known for always taking time to chat with anyone who wants to share a laugh or two or has a question. After decades of chasing deer, bears, cougars, birds and wild horses, Foster has plenty of stories and scars to share. He’s had one complete side of ribs broken by a kicking mule deer, almost fallen off a cliff trying to hoist a bighorn sheep back to safety caught in a net, and had more close encounters with large predators than he can begin to count. His job of keeping accurate wildlife population counts racks up the miles quick, his current four-year-old truck already has tallied 125,000 miles while he averages over 200 hours annually in helicopters and airplanes to conduct airborne animal surveys. The task seems insurmountable for one person alone to cover so many different tasks in such a large area, but as is Foz’s character, he has always taken the task in stride. “There’s things you know you have to do, and make sure to get those done; there’s things you want to do, and there’s things that fall through the cracks,” explained Foster. “We don’t have the staff to cover such a
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By Kurt Liedtke Special to the Lake County Examiner It began with a picture of clouds taken on her mother’s camera when she was three years old, sparking a passion for photography that has become a successful private business in Lake County and beyond. Quincy Warner was born and raised in Lakeview, a shutterbug for as long as she can recall always snapping shots at every turn. A roadtrip to Klamath Falls provided the opportunity for that first photograph, and in the years since Warner has become a fixture for portraits, weddings, special events and more. “Ever since that first photo when I was three years old I’ve been taking my mom’s camera and taking pictures as long as I can remember,” said Warner. “I just thought everyone was that way. They never bought me my own camera, I just kept taking hers.” After studying accounting in college in Bend, Warner decided to start her own business in Lake County. After initially pursuing a loan for cattle, she took the step of taking her photography from passion to professional career, launching Quincy Warner Photography a year ago. In the time since Warner can be found on a weekly basis covering rodeos, brandings, bull sales, engagements, weddings and coordinating outdoor
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portraits around Oregon in and beyond Lake County’s borders. Through word of mouth, reputation, and in large part thanks to social media, Warner has built a strong following for her professional photographic work. It is common for Warner to book as many as 10 different portrait sessions a week, preferring to coordinate private sessions outdoors during sunrise or sunset to take full advantage of Oregon’s vast landscapes and beautiful skies during magic hour. Recently Warner was hired for a new project, which while exciting admittedly may limit her ability to openly book as many photography shoots as possible. With the construction of a wildhorse training facility in Adel by the Bureau of Land Management, Warner has been tasked with documenting the progress of each horse brought to the facility from BLM holding facilities following wildhorse round-ups. She plans to do this with not only photographs and data collection, but also delving into a relatively new but exciting realm for her to hone her skills – video production. To get the perfect setting Warner is unafraid to get in the dirt or climb great heights to get the perfect capture the per-
fect angle. While she does occasionally do touch-up work, her preference is to capture the right lighting at the time of the photograph, giving a natural feel to her photographic work. “I shoot in a different place almost every time, I like variety,” said Warner. “I’m surprised, but I guess people like my pictures. I’m really thankful for everyone, especially those in the county who have supported me. I like all of Lake County, I like to go anywhere.” Warner cites meeting new people and the joy in capturing an image that people like as her biggest reward. She thinks it’s a shame that far too often people tell her they hate pictures of themselves, and relishes in the chance to create one that they love. She doesn’t find it too difficult even for the most camera-shy of individuals, as long as they are a little patient. “My biggest passions are the things I take pictures of – the people and horses,” added Warner. “I also have a passion for fitness photography and ranching. I rarely go anywhere withHOMEGROWN out my camera anySee page 74 more, I never know
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HOMEGROWN From page 72 when I’m going to spot something. Often I have to pull over whenever I go somewhere to take photos, so I always allow myself more time for commutes knowing that I’m probably going to stop.” Warner’s work has been used not only for personal portraits, but her images can often be found in advertising. She also helps with web design for those who lean more computeilliterate, and has had her images used in signature cards for the Lake County Round-Up. While growing up in Lake County has provided close relationships for steady clientele, many of her photo sessions come from social media and she often travels outside of Lake County for bookings.A typical portrait session is $200 for a one-hour shoot, while special events such as weddings are considered an all-day or weekend shoot charging anywhere from $500-1,000. “I’m passionate about life, and being able to capture life through my photographs,” said Warner. Warner operates a Facebook page and has her own website at www.quincywarner.com. Interested customers can also contact Warner by texting 541-219-2716.
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One of their crowning achievments was opening for the Bellamy Brothers in Arizona this past year. Martin and Riddle plan to reprise the show this coming August in Winnemucca, Nev.
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By Jimmy Hall Lake County Examiner Sitting at a round table at Lakeview’s Eagle’s Nest marked a special moment for the pair who make up Rico Nova & the Desired, Travis Riddle and Catlin Martin. For the mainstay-eating joint, it’s been 30 years since the last time a band opened the night on its small but accommodating stage. Though calm and smiling, later that night they would be the center of attention, playing for a room full of dancers and those who enjoy live music. “Coming here to play music is cool,” said Riddle. “It’s nice to see friends in the crowd.” The pair make it a habit to return to their homeroots each year for Lake County Fair and Round-Up for the kick-off event at the Eagle’s Lodge, located just down the street from Eagles Nest. Though Martin stays close to home, Riddle makes it his full-time job finding opportunities for the pair to play wherever and whenever they’re able. Their story started with the purchase of a guitar. While living in Lakeview, Riddle offered an old Fender Stratacoustic to friend and future music partner Martin. It was Riddle’s 16th birthday, making it just 14 years ago, but transformed into a lasting music-partnership since then. The two who make up Rico Nova & the Desired went to high school together but didn’t collaborate until much later. Martin was part of Common thread in high school along with friends, while Riddle played with Minor Yours at a few Indian Village performances, a band that was helmed by Walt
Walton, who they still jam with whenever in town. Riddle and Martin didn’t truly connect as musicians until they met up in Eugene March 2014 on a whim. They hit it off and got their first show at Oregon State University fraternity house after writing their first song “Cowboys and Hippies.” “We clicked right off the bat,” said Martin. “It’s like an unspoken language,” added Riddle. After the initial spark, Riddle went to Arizona for six month only to return a Fourth of July weekend to play many shows in a row. Even today, they don’t see each other until maybe a few hours before the show. The following weekend, the two went to Plush’s annual Sunstone Festival and then to the Order of the Antelope gathering. While Riddle makes booking shows his full responsibility, Martin lives a cowboy lifestyle, breaking horses for the Bureau of Land Management in Plush. Their travel takes them anywhere to cowboy poetry gatherings, rodeos, house parties, bars and anything in between. Their crowning jewel in their music careers is when they opened for the Bellamy Brothers this past year in Flagstaff, Ariz. They grew up nearly idolizing the country duo, so being able to share a stage was a dream come true. Though a ways out from Lake County, they were happy to see familial and friend support. Martin’s grandfather, Jim Hiatt rode his motorcycle down from Adel while their former music
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Rico Nova & the Desired broke in the stage at the Eagle’s Nest yet again after years of not seeing an opening band in the beginning of April. years like Lawton and the Terry McLain family. “You pick it up as you go,” said Martin. They credited music teacher Randy Dary for
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Strong finds joy in her work, putting on canvas the work that makes rural life tick.
By Jimmy Hall Lake County Examiner Any who have walked through the halls of Lake District Hospital will notice artwork contributed by members of the community. One of them, who provided a good handful of works to brighten up the hospital’s walls, is Larraine Strong, accomplished watercolorist and long-time Lake County local. Though one can tell that they are works of a master, Strong didn’t start out painting ranch, wildlife and historic buildings over night, but instead took years of practice to perfect. “I didn’t have a lot of training,” she said, citing only her high school years and some college where she practiced with oil. “Somewhere inside of me said I needed to control watercolor.” Though she enjoys all kinds of art, her focus is primarily on realism. While the art market was booming in 1983, Strong started painting while residing in Willows, Calif., capturing Victorian houses, barns and historic buildings onto canvas. She moved
back to the Portland area in 1987, though the market was beginning to dip, so she wanted to “play” with watercolor. Strong went to see an Andrew Wyeth exhibit at the Portland Art Museum. There and then, she discovered what she did is what he also does, which was dry brush technique. Wyeth is known of his “Christina’s World” painting. Though she started out painting buildings, she rarely uses them in her work nowadays, only as background for wildlife and ranchers and their horse. Her paintings are immensely detailed with nearly every hair on each horse showing, a technique that dry brush and tiny brush strokes could only do. Nowadays, Strong dedicates about three hours per day to her craft, making it a daily routine. “I love sitting at my drafting table and listening to music, working with my watercolors. It takes my mind away from everything,” she said. “It’s very relaxing.” While in her own oasis, her music includes Tony
Bennett, Diana Krall to old time rock ‘n roll that she plays from her jukebox on the other side of her art room. Her drafting table is one that her father gave to her. It came from the 1930’s from his mechanical engineering company and was one of two given to her and her brother. Though it may look it with her many outside scenes, Strong only paints inside and away from the elements. She has a stash of pictures that she took over the years to encapsulate the moment. They aren’t one to one depictions, however. Strong has to fill in the blanks if there are shadows that need to be filled in with light or changing a dark road to a dirt one to give it more of timeless look. “I use them more for reference,” she said. Strong also paints for commission, her main clients are those who want to immortalize their animals onto canvas. “You won’t believe some of the wonderful things that people say to me when they receive these,”
she said, recounting one instance where a boy opened up the picture and exclaimed the pet’s name with joy. Her watercolor work gets the most attention with its brilliance in use and blending of hues, yet it takes just as much time doing the drawing with pencil as much as the coloring does. A big canvas would take her three weeks to a little over a month to complete from start to finish. Strong is meticulous as she takes many measurements to get everything proportioned just right to reflect the realism. She recommends people to peruse the selection of art placed at Lake District Hospital. Nine paintings at the hospital are currently hanging, though she first started with hanging three but added more to add some color to the walls. She sold four pieces from putting up the art up at the hoswatercoloring pital. “I See page 82 was surprised,
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WATERCOLORING From page 80
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Strong is dedicated to her watercolor craft, spending many hours per day to capture the essence of Lake County.
I just wanted to get them out there for people to see,” she said, pointing toward her boxes filled of her work that she’s done over the years that sit in the corner of her room. “I just keep painting anyway.” Her connection to the county was her husband, John, who worked at Sheldon Wildlife Refuge as its manager. Before then, they visited a friend, Mark Nunn, who worked in the county and made Strong fond of the county so when
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Fairgrounds Steps Up Its Game, Looks to Future
By Jimmy Hall Lake County Examiner
JIMMY HALL/ Lake County Examiner
A few models of Lake County’s Tall Man greets those who come in from all over to utilize the Lake County Fairgrounds. For the Lake County Fairgrounds staff, upkeep isn’t enough. As a crowning jewel and pride of the county and as such should be something that should take effort to make it that way for whoever makes use of it. Fairgrounds Mgr. Ronne Lindsay, maintenance technician James Merrill and Easter Seals trainee Joanne Geil, takes pride in what they do day in and day out to make the fairgrounds the best it can be. The initial contact many members of the public have with the fairgrounds is the office, which has gone under many improvements functionally and aesthetically within its small square footage. What was a dire need was a change and update of its electrical box, giving ample power to the entire office. Other projects included a repainting with the help of Cindi Nolan using a coating from the courthouse paint project that might never would’ve seen the light of day, as well as changing out furniture that was surplus from the courthouse remodel project. This saved a good amount of money for the Fairgrounds and County since the only expense
was labor. The former sink and shelving were replaced as well to better use the space in the petite office. “It doesn’t have to be professional,” said Fairgrounds Mgr. Ronne Lindsay, “but it should be clean and presentable.” Another spark of color will be framed caricatures, which were done Fair 2016, of each of the Fair Board members put up on an office wall. About the office, Lindsay called the overall look not appealing for those who use it, which also includes the public. “It will be an office, something that is presentable. It was hard to have people in here,” she said. The office isn’t just for the small staff, but those who come in to talk about RV space rentals, upcoming events and more. That perspective stems from the office to the rest of the fairgrounds with projects that have been complete the last year and ones going forward. A project coming down the line is a total relighting process that will save energy and money in the county budget. Thanks to Oregon Energy Trust, each light will be change out including the
exhibition buildings, outside pathways and inside the barns. The grandstand lighting looks to replace its 20-watt bulbs for 400watt ones, making it brighter and more cost efficient. The cost to the fairgrounds will be just $6,500 while it will receive about $32,000 in materials for the entire project. Another project is patching and paving in the parking lot where vendors take refuge each Fair and Round-Up as well as the U-drive. In the fall there will be a chip seal project to preserve it 5-6 years longer. A further project was demolishing the horse barn because of its structural posts were rotten and created a safety hazard. Now, it is used for storage. Also installed was a new waterline for the RV park for when they do enhancement for the facility. The current bathrooms located in the front lawn will soon be torn down and replaced with one on the north end. One eye-capturing aspect at the entrance will be a couple of rock walls that will greet each visitor. With the goal of being completed before Fair 2017, the entrance will include six-
foot columns with a wall that will taper down into the ditch on both sides. Plans are laid to get the east entrance done first and then they will eye the next entrance afterward. Lindsay also is looking at the prospect of using work crews to spruce up the grandstands before Fair. This would include sanding, tightening up nails and some painting to make it look good before the fun begins. For the future, open requests have been made for new vented heating for both of the exhibit buildings, making it quieter and a more evenly distributed heat. Lindsay also requested a shop door installation for the north end of building 2. She explained that it will help with security, cost efficiency and more. Management also anticipates to replace display cases and cupboards that are used during events because they were heavy, splintery and difficult for t h o s e w h o needed COUNTY PRIDE to move See page 86 them.
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county pride Seven of the 14 will be replaced with the other half being done soon after. Lindsay added that everything that needs to be moved around has wheels, making it easier for staff to relocate just about everything. They recently partnered with the LHS welding class to build chair and table caddies, hoping that there will be enough to hold all stock to save time with cleaning and moving. Along with Merrill, who puts in work through rain and snow, immense help has been seen from the community. Local Barb Stephens helped decorate the new ADA restrooms and refurbished facilities located under the grandstands as well as planted trees that line the entrance up to the fairgrounds. Community Corrections work force has helped with staining and lacerating on cupboards, laid new contact paper for the kitchen, raking and receding on new piping, cleaned chairs and tables and many other chores needed around
From page 84 the grounds. Every year, a few 4-H groups can be found on the grounds putting in work to make even the smallest but significant difference. To accommodate the elderly and disabled, Lindsay was approved to purchase temporary walkways to give them a nice pathway around the fairgrounds. She described them as temporary pedestrian walkways, which lock in place but can be moved to weave in and out of areas that need to be accessed. They can be used for other events other than Fair as well. One of the more impressive improvements coming in the near future is replacing the current marquee sign that can be seen as drivers travel down Hwy 140. The new sign, scheduled to be installed in the beginning of May, will be state of the art and will take the place of a broken and out dated model. Looking into the future, Lindsay has high aspirations for the Fairgrounds. She said while
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she was at the Oregon Fair Association’s day at the capital, she saw all four of the representatives with a specific intention of asking for support for a plan to replace old with new structures, which causes even more problems like flooding. She pointed toward a mock-up drawing from many years ago that was of a central Fairgrounds building that would sit where the current exhibition buildings would be. The first step would be to acquire a planning grant, which isn’t easy to acquire. “I would like to at least in the next year
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Vince Stanton, (l-r), and Kerry Rucker of Les Schwab Tire Center at the Lake County Fair with the 4-H grand champion. By Robert Meredith Lake County Examiner Les Schwab Tire Center has shown its generosity to the Lakeview community with it’s continued support of activities, especially for those involving youth. “The priority is to keep the kids busy,” Mgr. Kerry Rucker said. “We believe that by doing this a better community is produced.” Rucker has been in management with Les Schwab Tire Center for nearly 11 years. He moved to the Lakeview community from Canby three and a half years ago. Rucker and his wife, Nicki, have three children, Tyler, 18, Hailee, 16, and Brooke, 5. Hailee attends Lakeview High School while Brooke attends preschool. Nicki works for State of Oregon at the Department of Health Services as a manager in Child Welfare. “When I first came here I wanted to embrace a challenge,” Rucker said. “We wanted to support Lakeview youth because Lakeview supports you.” Rucker enjoys the community-oriented focus on helping fellow community members and has managed to have Les Schwab employees involved as well. “I got people involved in parades and floats,” Rucker said. “Doing this type of ac-
tivity, with employee involvement, perceptions of community involvement changed.” The Les Schwab crew has grown to see community involvement as an important way to help give back to the community that has supported them professionally. One of the most important avenues of involvement for Les Schwab, according to Rucker, is helping support kids going through school. He said that for him personally and his co-workers they want to see the kids feel appreciated and to enjoy attending school. Rucker said Les Schwab has formed excellent relationships with Lakeview High School’s principal, Jesse Hamilton and Athletic Dir. Rusty Zysett. He said Les Schwab sees these relationships, school and business, as one that works well together. “We strive to have the kids feel proud of the community,” Rucker said. “We want to support the kids as they are going through school.” Rucker said he and his family had an adjustment period upon their arrival in the community. “I had to adjust to people waving to me,” Rucker said. “Now I understand the
reason for this happening and I do the same thing.” He added that he feels Lakeview is a great place to raise children, as the focus upon the young men and women is to construct and maintain a positive, supportive environment for them to feel achievement, scholastically and athletically, is possible. “Almost everything we do is geared to get the kids involved,” Rucker said. For Rucker and the Les Schwab crew it is not completely about participating in athletics because the kids can stay busy with community service and school activities. Les Schwab sponsored a team to participate in the Dodge Ball Tournament organized by the LHS National Society members. The NHS has also benefited from Les Schwab support for their community Paint Run with financial assistance. “Events like that helps produce a better community,” Rucker said. The NHS students organize numerous community events as part to their membership throughout the school year. They are involved with all YOUTH SUPPORTER the decision making, See page 90
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YOUTH SUPPORTER From page 88 with the guidance of members of the LHS staff. The “Dollars for Points” program is one method Les Schwab supports the community’s younger set. “For every varsity home game, seniors win a dollar for every point scored for the athletic department,” Rucker said. “We do this because it supports all the athletes through the general athletic fund.” Les Schwab, Rucker said, not only has helped athletic programs but the community elder residents as well. “We found out the senior center was in need of food for its lunches,” Rucker said. “The need was for just one day; however we decided to supply a week’s worth of foodstuffs for the senior center.” In addition, the Lake County Youth Mentor Program has recognized the need to assist children who essentially need an adult to help them find answers to questions they have to just spend quality time as a friend with a youngster.
“We are a major supporter of the youth mentor program,” Rucker said. “This program is just something we believe is worthy of support. It is about providing a positive environment for the kids.” Les Schwab, Rucker said, in involved in a multitude of community worthy causes, such as the Lucky Buck Contest, the Paisley Rodeo Club, the Junior Rodeo, the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association, the Lakeview Swim Team, the Mile High Bass Club and the Little League. Other groups Rucker mentioned that have received continued support from his employer are the Oregon Hunting Association, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and more. He said these groups also support keeping the community’s kids busy in positive ways and this falls into the scope of the focus his employer seeks to have relationships established. Les Schwab Tire Center is located at 422 N. F St., and can be contacted at 541-947-3388 or found at www.lesschwab.com.
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Rehabilitating, Man and Nature By Robert Meredith Lake County Examiner SUBMITTED PHOTO
Thomas Payton, an inmate at the Warner Creek Correctional Facility, holds a tray of sage-brush plants he has grown from seedlings to eventually be planted in the Oregon outback. Payton’s effort is designed to rehabilitate both man and nature.
Rehabilitating man and nature, when defined and closely scrutinized, is actually one and the same, as they have often touched each other from within and without. The natural effort that emanates from both can heal wounds and begin a process of regeneration of heart, mind, body and soul. For the natural environment in the local community, Klamath Falls and Alturas, Calif., that means cultivating and planting sagebrush and bitter brush seedlings. However that takes manpower to accomplish and the labor for this effort was found at the Warner Creek Correctional Facility. For Toby Jones his work is personally satisfying as the goal and possibilities turn into a realm of the personal. “Preventing the extinction of any living thing is our job as stewards of this world,” Jones said. “Every creature on this planet was put here for a purpose, the sage grouse has as much importance as any.” Grand changes of perspective often occur when participating in projects involving nature and especially being removed from the helter skelter of life’s actions to garner a new point of view. This perceptual change can occur in unexpect-
ed moments or circumstances, whether incarcerated or not. Thomas Payton is a man given an opportunity to step back, open his eyes and take a deep breathe during his incarceration and become proactive in his and nature’s regeneration. “You never realize or appreciate the fact that everything on this planet does have purpose,” Payton said. “The loss, extinction of something as simple as a bumble bee can offset civilization’s balance, if you don’t do something about it.” Sagebrush improvement projects are funded by the Bureau of Land Management in Washington, D.C. and are designed to rehabilitate man and nature. The Greater Sage Grouse is not on the Endangered Species List and caring for its habitat is a step to prevent that from occurring. Science educational opportunities are brought into the prisons to provide meaningful activities to help the natural environment. It is an opportunity to allow those not participating to appreciate the effort by many individuals, not just those incarcerated. Creatures benefitting from this work are the Greater Sage Grouse, elk and deer to name a few. Rehabilitating nature is
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an activity that also influences the actions of local groups, like the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. Still others gaining in appreciation of nature projects are hikers, photographers and others who simply want to bask in natural splendor. “I am the lead gardener at the WCCF,” Jones said. “I am tasked with preparing the plants for the garden.” Jones added that his duties include watering, weeding and feeding the plants and that watching the plants respond is satisfying. Thomas started in the program by mixing soil and sowing seed. Both men had started a personal process that would rehabilitate perceptions of life. Due to the weather patterns in the region simply entering into the outback and planting seedlings in the ground is not a viable pursuit, as the seed-
lings must be nurtured before exposure to the environment. Before a human being can run that person must learn to stand and walk. It is the same for seedlings and their beginning starts with being plugs planted into containers to jump-start the process. It is this tedious process that is key to bringing a natural habitat that benefits creatures and man alike. But the consequences are huge. “I prepare the plants for the garden, weeding, watering and feeding,” Jones said. “I like watching them respond to the care I am giving them.” Thomas has experienced a surprise while helping plugs grow into suitable vegetaREHABILITATION tion for See page 94 planting.
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The greater sage grouse is one of the many beneficiaries of the sage brush program.
“I am an urbanite and never looked at the environment, outside of recycling,” Thomas said. “This gave me an opportunity to do something for the environment.” Thomas added seeing something come from nothing that will last for generations of Sage Grouse, after I am gone, my plants will still be here. His perspective has changed to see how something as simple as working with seedlings can influence an entity much greater than self. “This is a sure fire way for men know,” Thomas said, “that I’ve done something positive under unfortunate circumstances.” Jones sees that participating in an effort that can provide some balance in the world is important to him. But in the process, Jones has learned balance especially about himself and man’s relationship with the environment. “As far as enjoying it,” Jones said. “I enjoy bringing anything to life.”
“I’m a grandpa,” Jones said. “I want this world in place for her. This program means something.” Thomas is enrolled in a master gardener program at the WCCF, sponsored by Oregon State University. Upon completion he will have gained the credentials to advise and trouble shoot similar endeavors as these. “I’ll probably lean toward floral gardening,” Thomas said. “Specializing in annuals — roses.” Jones said that programs like this are exactly what the men need and that it provided them with job skills, self-worth and accomplishment. “It taught empathy about the world around us and its needs,” Jones said. “It also taught care and concern about an animal you might not ever see.” For these men this project gave them an opportunity to work as a group with any societal label attached. Bringing life and not negativity into the world is a big change for them, but a welcome one.
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Digging pits are a common site at the Plush Sunstone Mining Area, where multiple private claims surround a public collection area where visitors can search for Oregon’s official gemstone. It may not have the historic allure and Americana nostalgia of the great gold rush, but tucked away in a quiet corner of Lake County is a place where novice and expert collectors alike work side-by-side in pursuit of one of the most unique and rare gemstones – the Oregon Sunstone. Declared the official gemstone of Oregon by state legislative decree in 1987, sunstones stateside are only found in specific parts of Pennsylvania, North Carolina and the small nook known as the Plush Sunstone Mining Area in Oregon. They have also been discovered in Norway and Siberia, and a commercial mining operation also exists in neighboring Harney County. Sunstones are a rare volcanic creation, a feldspar crystal formed in lava infused with red copper, then covered by water. An eruption of the Steens Mountains estimated to have occurred around 14 million years ago created Oregon’s lone deposit of these identifiable gem stones, the area being below a vast lake for thousands of years until eventually drying up and revealing loose stones. The result is a gemstone that can appear orange, red, green or transparent, though they are most commonly found with a yellow or orange-ish hue, hence the sunstone moniker. Gaining the nickname “Plush Dia-
monds,” sunstones were collected and used by Native Americans, and eventually gained favor by white settlers as well. The area where sunstones can be found covers approximately seven square miles in the Rabbit Basin of Warner Valley sandwiched between Lake Abert and the Hart Mountain National Wildlife Refuge, about 25 miles north of Plush. As interest in sunstones grew, in 1970 a collective of avid collectors discovered a method of retrieving larger more-intact sunstone deposits, and multiple mining claims were established. Today around 370 claims exist. In a somewhat unusual move, the Bureau of Land Management assured that the mining area wouldn’t be completely privatized, removing roughly half of the sunstone mining area from private claims to establish a public collecting area. Roughly 20 acres of private mining claims are scattered within the public collection area. In addition to the public collection area, several of the private mining claims allow collecting on-site for a base fee. Mechanized digging equipment is prohibited, but shovels and picks are encouraged for a day of sifting through rocks seeking out sunstones. While there are no fees for collecting sunstones within the public collecting area, they may not be collected for trade or com-
mercial purposes. For those seeking to profit off their discoveries, several of the private claims permit collections on their portion, for a base use fee. The site has become a popular stop for regional rock-hounds, school field trips, and curious travelers trying their luck at finding a real gem among the debris. Amenities are at a bare minimum on-site, though camping is available, so visitors are strongly encouraged to dress appropriately and bring plenty of water. The land may seem inhospitable, but wildlife are common, from roaming antelope to jumping jackrabbits For local rock-hounding clubs in Lake and Klamath county, the Plush Sunstone Mining Area is -- pardon the pun -- the gem of locales to visit. The Tallman Rock Chippers, Lake County’s regional collective of rock and mineral collectors, make routine field trips to the site, and coordinate trips for the uninitiated during their annual Jewelry and Gem Show, typically held in May at the Lake County Fairgrounds. Klamath County’s equivalent, the Klamath Rock and Arrowhead Club, also coordinate trips to the site, albeit a much longer trip – a testament to the inherent value found on site PLUSH DIAMONDS See page 98 in the search and
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Lakeview local Kristi Albertson found her way home to help gain extra money for health-related programs for the Lake County community. After more than a decade, Lakeview local Kristi Albertson recently returned to the area to put her writing skills to task while helping support ancillary health-related program for Lake Health District. In a brand new position at the district, Albertson’s job is to get additional monies to help fund services that can make a healthier Outback. Daughter of Tom and Julie Albertson, she was born and raised in Lakeview and graduated from Lakeview High School. She attended Western Baptist College, now named Corban University, and then transferred to the University of Montana to study journalism after she changed her mind from a path in English education. This career path took her to Kallispell, Mont. for the Daily Inter Lake as a business and breaking news reporter. She then spent three years as a schools reporter, then transferred to the copyediting and page layout then ended as the arts and entertainment editor, finishing with eight years under her belt. After her Big Sky Country stint, she went to The Argus Observer, a daily newspaper, in Ontario and Payette, Idaho’s Independent-Enterprise, a weekly, as editor of both publications. This lasted for two and a half years.
Albertson said her intrigue of writing has existed as long as she can remember. “I’m not great at math and I’m good with words,” she said with a laugh. Remembering that she’s always been writing stories and poems, she cited a few teachers who encouraged her, including Deb Watts and Kathie Duggan among many others. Though her original plan was to teach high school English, Albertson instead went into journalism, a more practical path for a writer than creative writing. “It’s exactly the same,” joked Albertson when comparing journalism and grant writing. Though she jests, Albertson said it involves data collection and interviewing, very similar to newspaper writing but without daily deadlines. Albertson pointed out that though the hospital has a detailed budget that is approved by the board each year, there are extra health-related efforts that are needed that don’t fit into the hospital budget. Some of these programs help support the Community Health Improvement Partnership (CHIP), giving the coordinator free time to put together the projects without worrying about the money. “It’s a way to get the extras to boost the health of the community,” she said. One such effort is continuing the
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summer lunch program. A free summer meal program hasn’t existed in Lakeview for the last few years, but Lake Health District is applying to revive the program this summer. Her job is broad in the way that she can partner with different entities in the community. These include working with Probation and Parole and Lake County on a federal proposal to expand the Drug Treatment Court, which will impact not just the lives of those in the program but also the public entities that are involved with it. She is hard at work supporting the Lake District Wellness Center’s Prevention program along with telemedicine efforts that include broadband Internet growth. There are several other pieces of funding that Albertson is attempting to get to help the overall health of the community. “Health is so broad that if it is going to help people have better well-being I might be able to get money for it,” said Albertson. “It’s about figuring out our need and the right fit.” As a novice in the profession, Albertson is in the process of learning skills that NEW CAREER she needs to put as See page 102 much power as
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