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A tale of two winters

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By Ron Thorkildson

An Olympic celebration for Sisters couple

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Sisters Country might as well have had two winters this season — one mild and dry, and one with plenty of snow and chilly temperatures. When a neutral El NiñoSouthern Oscillation (ENSO) signal was measured in the tropical Pacific Ocean last fall that looked like it might morph into a La Niña by winter, itʼs understandable why many seasonal forecasters foresaw roughly normal conditions with regard to temperature and precipitation for the Pacific Northwest this winter, with “ample” mountain snow. What they got right was that a La Niña did indeed See WEATHER on page 30

By Charlie Kanzig Correspondent

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Austin Lake pulls down the rebound in Outlaws Boys Basketball action versus Henley. The win earned the Outlaws a berth at the state championships. See story, page 8.

Snowpack levels show dramatic decline By Mark Floyd Correspondent

CORVALLIS — A new study of long-term snow monitoring sites in the western United States found declines in snowpack at more than 90 percent of those sites — and one-third of the declines were deemed significant. Since 1915, the average snowpack in western states has declined by between 15 and 30 percent, the researchers say, and the amount of water lost from that snowpack reduction is comparable in volume to Lake Mead, the Westʼs largest manmade reservoir. The loss of water storage can have an impact on municipal, industrial and

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agricultural usage, as well as fish and other animals. Results of the study are being published today in NPJ Climate and Atmospheric Science, a Nature publication. “It is a bigger decline than we had expected,” said Philip Mote, director of the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute at Oregon State University and lead author on the study. “In many lowerelevation sites, what used to fall as snow is now rain. Upper elevations have not been affected nearly as much, but most states donʼt have that much area at 7,000-plus feet. “The solution isnʼt in infrastructure. New reservoirs See SNOWPACK on page 25

When it came to planning the celebration of his 50th birthday in February, Tate Metcalf and his wife Aimee put no limits to ideas when they began to brainstorm possibilities. Sharing ideas, their focus turned from warm, sandy beaches on an exotic island to the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. “After a while we had so many ideas it got overwhelming,” said Aimee. “Finally we asked ʻWhat does Tate love?ʼ “The answer was sport, any and all kind of sport, See OLYMPICS on page 21

To save a life in Sisters By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

David Adler is still coming to terms with a journey right up to the threshold of death. On February 12, while he was working out at Sisters Athletic Club, Adler, 65, collapsed in sudden cardiac arrest. Thanks to quick, concerted action by the people around him, Adler not only survived — despite the fact that he was not breathing and had no pulse when he hit the floor — he is expected to make a full recovery. “It will take a long time before I fully process it,” Adler said. “In truth, I canʼt stop thinking about how extraordinary it is that I am actually alive — and well.” It was a very, very

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David and Marcy Adler met with Clyde Dildine and The Nugget to recount David’s near death due to sudden cardiac arrest. close-run thing. Adler ʼs wife, Marcy, recalled that David had wanted to go down into the crawl space under the house for a second time to check a

gas line that had been giving them trouble. She persuaded him not to do that, and he went to the club instead. See SAVE A LIFE on page 12

Letters/Weather ................ 2 Obituaries ......................... 9 Movies & Entertainment ....11 Bunkhouse Chronicle ....... 23 Classifieds..................26-28 Meetings ........................... 3 Announcements............... 10 Paw Prints ....................... 18 Crossword ....................... 25 Real Estate .................28-32

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Editorial…

Prepared citizens save lives Sisters is blessed with top-notch first responders who can roll out on a variety of emergencies quickly, with the right tools for the job and a high level of professional skill. But they’ll be the first to tell you that when an emergency strikes, they are at best minutes away. Last month, a Sisters resident saved the life of another Sisters man in cardiac arrest through the quick application of citizen or bystander CPR. He knew what had to be done and he knew how to do it — though he’d never done it before. And he acted. In recent years, there has been a tendency to outsource the maintenance of our safety to professionals — police, fire and paramedics, public works. In some jurisdictions, civilians are actively discouraged from acting in an emergency, other than calling 911, and personal preparation for disasters is regarded in some circles as a sign of paranoia. Fortunately, the pendulum is swinging back again. We could do worse than to all of us adopt the old Boy Scout Ethic: “Be Prepared.” “Normalcy bias” leads us to think that things will always bump along as they usually

do. But sometimes they don’t and it pays to be ready. The intricate web of utilities and services upon which we depend is far more fragile than we like to think it is. A natural disaster — even on the order of the winter of 2016-17 — can leave people vulnerable. When the power goes out and the trucks that supply the grocery store can’t get through, it pays to have emergency supplies and a plan. Be Prepared. When a friend or a loved one collapses in cardiac arrest, know what to do to save their life. Be Prepared. Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District is offering classes in CPR and First Aid. There’s a CPR class set for March 17 and a First Aid class on March 18. A few hours of our time learning from professionals could save a life, someone dear to us. Maybe we should all get some training, gear up for emergencies and make a plan. Sisters will be a better place for it, and we will be better, more resilient ourselves. Be Prepared. Jim Cornelius, Editor in Chief

Letters to the Editor… The Nugget welcomes contributions from its readers, which must include the writer’s name, address and phone number. Letters to the Editor is an open forum for the community and contains unsolicited opinions not necessarily shared by the Editor. The Nugget reserves the right to edit, omit, respond or ask for a response to letters submitted to the Editor. Letters should be no longer than 300 words. Unpublished items are not acknowledged or returned. The deadline for all letters is noon Monday.

To the Editor: Regarding Mr. Rullman’s column “Our predator problem,” published in the February 28, issue of The Nugget (page 7): While I agree with most of what Mr. Rullman says, I would argue the weapons are also part of the problem. These weapons are prevalent in our culture as an accepted form of entertainment to be used by or under the supervision of a responsible adult. That limitation works just about like the legal age limit for drinking and smoking as well as the total prohibition of recreational drugs. In other words some children will see the possession

of a semi-automatic pistol or rifle as a right of passage to adulthood and they will get their hands on them. Add to that the media training ground and a psychosis brought on by abuse or mental illness and we know the rest. Semi-automatic weapons are readily available, convenient and effective mass killing devices. Semi-automatic weapons are not the best choice in a home defense scenario. They are not necessary for hunting, nor are they very sporting. What they are is fun to shoot. They are a toy. So are we really going to insist that it is more important to keep playing with See LETTERS on page 15

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Robert C. Koehler There’s a bigger problem embedded in the social order than our lack of effective gun laws, and I hope the movement that emerges out of the Parkland massacre makes the leap beyond anger and single-issue politics. The nation’s weak gun laws — the easy availability of AR-15 assault rifles — are, in fact, a symptom of the general cheapening of human life in American society, which is reflected in the nation’s ever-expanding obsession with war and a military budget the size of Godzilla. War always has a way of coming home. Planning for war — celebrating war, glorifying war — has a long-term psychological impact on a large segment of society. To prepare for war begins with belief in an enemy and, eventually, the will to kill that enemy. But as David Grossman, a psychologist and former military man, pointed out some years ago in his book “On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society,” most people have a natural aversion to killing other human beings, which is a problem for those in charge of waging war. Grossman points out that researchers in World War II discovered, based on a large number of interviews with soldiers who had been in combat, that no more than 15 percent or 20 percent of them would actually point their guns at the enemy and fire. This led to changes in the training process meant to “disengage” recruits from their troublesome aversion to killing, such as replacing bull’s-eye targets with human figures during marksmanship training. The process of “disengagement” became a standard part of basic training, and its success was seen during the Vietnam War, when soldiers’ willingness to fire at the enemy soared to over 90 percent, according to Grossman. As I wrote in my 2006 column, “Blowback from a Bad War,” “The romanticization of war and militarism

within the general culture— the proliferation of ‘pointand-shoot’ video games, for instance, along with formula revenge-motivated movie and TV violence — expand the ‘disengagement training’ to non-vets, contributing, along with plentiful handgun availability, to a state of domestic insecurity far more serious than the threat of outside terror that Bush has turned into his political meal ticket.” In that column, I also happened to quote the words of a certain lieutenant general who was gaining a reputation for his homicidal candor. Addressing soldiers during a panel discussion, he said: “It’s fun to shoot some people... You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn’t wear a veil. You know, guys like that ain’t got no manhood left anyway. So it’s a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them.” The guy’s name was Mad Dog Mattis. He’s now, of course, America’s secretary of defense. Once again, I go back to the gargantuan military budget, and the preparations underway for eternal investment in the culture of death. On the domestic front, conservatives like Rush Limbaugh shill for gun manufacturers by calling for arming America’s schoolteachers rather than controlling the sale of firearms. Another well-known M attis u tter an ce— “B e polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet”—“even made it into a popular video game,” according to Politico. When I read that, I felt the connection between militarism and popular culture settle eerily into place. “Killing is sometimes necessary” morphs into “killing is fun.” And a disturbed 19-yearold who has just been expelled from his high school can purchase an assault rifle and ammo without a problem. I have a dark fear that it’s all connected. © 2018 Tribune Content Agency, LLC

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Sisters Fire District honors achievements for the potential of catastrophic floods, had heavy rain fallen on the massive snow load. Fortunately, that didn’t happen, and flooding was minimal. Winter was just the start of a wild season, the travails and triumphs of which were recounted during the Sisters Fire District’s annual awards banquet, held at FivePine Lodge & Conference Center on Friday, March 2. Like other agencies across the region, the Sisters Fire

By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

2017 was a challenging year for the Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District. A harsh winter burdened the District as heavily as everyone else in Sisters. It cost $6,400 just to keep the fire stations cleared of snow so that emergency response wouldn’t be delayed. And the snow and ice damaged Sisters Fire Hall to the tune of $200,000. District personnel put considerable work into planning and preparing

See FIRE AWARDS on page 28

Local resident rescues feral cats and also moving the mobile home away from the area,” Lanphear said. Lanphear has been around animals his whole life and noticed that most of cats were feral. “Most of the cats wouldn’t let you near them but I think they were all related. They knew each other and were content around each other,” he said. Feral cats are quite sociable within their colony, forming close friendships with others while rearing their

By Jodi Schneider McNamee Correspondent

Dayton Lanphear, a landscaper and longtime resident of Sisters, opened his heart and home to 20 young feral cats. The story unfolded last December when Lanphear noticed an abundance of young cats hanging around the property he was employed to clean up near Fryrear Road. “An elderly woman lived in a single-wide mobile home, and her son was moving her to another home

See FERAL CATS on page 22

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Aspiring artists worked with peers and professional mentors at the Americana Song Academy for Youth.

Song academy encourages creativity By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

Each year, the Sisters Folk Festival presents some of the most profound songwriting talent in America, on stages all around town, summer and winter. Part of the organization’s mission is to nurture the next generations of artists who will one day grace those stages. That was the undertaking last weekend at The Belfry during the Sisters Folk Festival’s Americana Song Academy for Youth. Students, 33 in total,

from the Sisters Americana Project mingled over three days with peers from other programs in Central Oregon and as far away as Pagosa Springs, Colorado, as they worked under the tutelage of established artists on subjects ranging from writing process to preparing to take the stage as a performer. “Every year has a slightly different flavor... a different feeling from the group,” said Sisters High School Americana Project teacher Rick Johnson. “This year, they’re just really positive and eager to learn.”

Johnson has been bringing students to the song academy for over a decade — before he became a teacher in Sisters. He brings his background in music theater to bear, teaching a session on the Alexander Technique, which performers use to relax and focus themselves before taking the stage. Johnson sees tremendous opportunities for the students in their activities at the camp. “They get a larger tool box to express themselves artistically and they gain the See SONG CAMP on page 31

SISTERS AREA MEETING CALENDAR BOARDS, GROUPS, CLUBS

Central Oregon Council on Aging Senior Lunch Tuesdays, noon, Sisters Community Church. 541-678-5483.

Al-Anon Mon., noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Wed., 6 p.m., Central Oregon Fly Tyers Guild Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration. 4th Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For 541-549-8737 or 541-549-1527. location information: 541-549-2072. Alateen Thursday, 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration. 541-549-1527.

Central OR Spinners and Weavers Guild 4th Saturday, 1 to 3 p.m. Sisters Library (Jan.-Oct.). 541-639-3217.

Alcoholics Anonymous Thurs. & Sun., 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration / Sat., 8 a.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration / Mon., 5 p.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Big Book study, Tues., noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Gentlemen’s meeting, Wed., 7 a.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Sober Sisters Women’s meeting, Thurs., noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Step & Tradition meeting, Fri., noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church. 541-548-0440.

Central Oregon Woodworkers Guild 2nd Tuesday. 541-639-6216. East of the Cascades Quilt Guild 4th Wednesday (September-June), Stitchin’ Post. All are welcome. 541-549-6061.

Sisters Area Photography Club 2nd Thursday, 4 p.m., Sisters Library community room. 541-549-6157.

Sisters Trails Alliance Board 1st Wednesday, 5 p.m. Sisters Art Works. Public welcome. 541-719-8822.

Sisters Area SketchUp Users Group 2nd Wednesday, 7 p.m., Earthwood Timber Frame Homes. 541-549-0924.

Sisters Veterans Thursdays, noon, Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-903-1123.

Sisters Astronomy Club 3rd Tuesday, 7 p.m., SPRD. 541-549-8846. Sisters Bridge Club Thursdays, 12:30 p.m., The Pines Clubhouse. Novices welcomed. 541-549-9419. Sisters Caregiver Support Group 3rd Tuesday, 10:30 a.m., Ray’s Food Place community room. 541-771-3258.

Friends of the Sisters Library Board Sisters Cribbage Club Tuesdays, of Directors 2nd Tuesday, 9 to 11 a.m., 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Ray’s Food Place Sisters Library.www.sistersfol.com. community room. 541-923-1632. Heartwarmers (fleece blanketmakers) 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board Hall. Materials provided. 541-408-8505. of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m. Location information: 541-549-1193. Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday, 1 to 4 p.m. 541-549-1028 or 541-719-1230. Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 to 8:30 a.m., Brand 33 Restaurant at Alzheimer’s & Dementia Caregiver Military Parents of Sisters Meetings Aspen Lakes. 541-410-2870. Support Group 1st Tuesday, 11 a.m., are held quarterly; please call for details. Sisters City Hall. 800-272-3900. Sisters Parent Teacher Community 541-388-9013. 3rd Wednesday, 3 p.m., Sisters Black Butte Macintosh Users Group Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters Elementary C-wing. 971-570-2405. 3rd Thursday, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Sisters Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m., Library community room. 541-549-1471. Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-408-5594. Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday. Location information: 541-279-1977. 7. Black Butte Ranch Bridge Club SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings Sisters Rotary Tuesdays, noon, Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m., BBR community & Enrichment) Mon.-Fri., 11 a.m. to Aspen Lakes Lodge. 541-977-6545.. room. Partner required. 541-595-6236. 4 p.m. at SPRD. 541-549-2091.

Three Sisters Irrigation District Board of Directors 1st Tuesday, 4 p.m., Three Sisters Irrigation District Office. 541-549-8815. Three Sisters Lions Club 1st Thursday, noon, Ray’s Food Place community room. 541-419-1279. VFW Post 8138 and American Legion Post 86 1st Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Sisters City Hall. 541-903-1123.

Sisters School District Board of Directors One Wednesday per month, SSD Admin Bldg. See schedule online at www.ssd6.org. 541-549-8521 x5002.

CITY & PARKS Sisters City Council 2nd & 4th Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Sisters City Hall. 541-549-6022. Sisters Park & Recreation District Board of Directors 2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 6 p.m., SPRD building. 541-549-2091. Sisters Planning Commission 3rd Thursday, 5:30 p.m., Sisters City Hall. 541-549-6022.

Weight Watchers Thursdays, 9 a.m. (weigh-in is at 8:30 a.m.), Sisters Community Church., 541-602-2654.

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Black Butte Ranch RFPD Board of Directors 4th Thursday, 9 a.m., Black Butte Ranch Fire Station. 541-595-2288. Cloverdale RFPD Board of Directors 3rd Wednesday, 7 p.m., Station 602, 67433 Cloverdale Rd. 541-548-4815. See the agenda at cloverdalefire.com. Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD Board of Directors 3rd Tuesday, 5 p.m., Sisters Fire Hall, 541-549-0771. Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD Drills Mondays, 7 p.m., Sisters Fire Hall, 301 S. Elm St. 541-549-0771.

Black Butte School Board of Directors 2nd Tuesday, 5 p.m., Black Butte School. 541-595-6203. Sisters Christian Academy Board of Directors 2nd Thursday, 8 a.m., RE/MAX Out West Realty office at Outlaw Station. 541-549-4133. This listing is for scheduled meeti regularly teresa@nuggetnngs; email ews.com

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Wednesday, March 7, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

Descendent of pioneers to speak in Sisters By Sue Stafford Correspondent

Three Sisters Historical Society will present its second free Fireside Stories event on Tuesday, March 13, at FivePine Conference Center. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with the program starting at 7 p.m. Janet McKinnon Hodgers, of Bend, is the descendent of several of the earliest families in the Sisters area. She will be sharing family photographs and stories of those early days in her talk, “Camp Polk and Sisters: Life and Times of the Early Settlers.” Her ancestors traveled the Oregon Trail seeking land and a place to call home. According to Hodgers, “Most eventually settled in Oregon — Eugene in the west, and east of the Cascades in Redmond where I grew up with my parents and three brothers. They also settled in Burns, Prineville, Sisters, and Camp Polk.” Her ancestors’ names familiar to those acquainted with Sisters history are the Cobbs and Hindmans. “My father’s great-grandparents arrived in what is now Sisters in 1889 and established the Cobb Roadhouse, a way station for weary travelers. I am the great-greatgranddaughter of Martha Cobb-Hindman who eventually married Charlie Hindman and spent her last 40 years at Camp Polk until her death in 1940,” explained Hodgers. Camp Polk Meadow, part of the Deschutes Land Trust conservancy, has a long history. Native Americans camped in the meadow for centuries, where they found abundant food and water. The Wascos and Piautes made seasonal migrations through this area that served as the hub of all the surrounding waterways – the Deschutes River, Whychus Creek, Indian Ford

Creek, the Metolius River, and numerous other creeks and rivers. In the early 1800s, European trappers and explorers entered the area. In 1843, Captain John C. Fremont crossed the meadow on his way to California. Migration west on the Oregon Trail followed, as adventurers, cattlemen, and gold seekers established trails across the Cascades from the Willamette Valley to Central Oregon. In 1865, the meadow became known as Camp Polk when returning Civil War soldiers from Polk County in the valley were sent to establish a fort to protect travelers along the Santiam Wagon Road from “hostile Indians,” of which there were none at the time. They were commanded by Captain Charles La Follette and were only encamped in the meadow from September — May 1865-66. Hodgers will describe the Hindman’s role in Camp Polk Meadow, where today the only remains of their homestead are the framing timbers of their 75-by-50-foot barn and stable constructed from hand-hewn ponderosa beams, one of which came from a single tree. The logs were reportedly taken from the Camp Polk buildings. The Hindman Station, which provided for travelers with a store, lodging, and food and shelter for their animals, lost its position of prominence when the post office was moved to Sisters in 1887 and a new bridge across Whychus Creek was built in Sisters in 1891. Hodgers’ great-greatgrandfather, Alfred Cobb, and his family came to the Sisters area in 1889 and established a homestead east of presentday Sisters on what is now the Lazy Z Ranch. The home became a way station for travelers, managed by Mrs.

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The remains of the Hindman Barn at Camp Polk Meadow Preserve. Cobb, while “Cobb operated a blacksmith shop where he repaired the wagons and shod the horses of the travelers.” (Wilson and Scott, “That Was Yesterday”). Hodgers said that thanks to Martha Cobb-Hindman and her granddaughter, “I inherited all the wonderful family albums and boxes of photos documenting the journey from California to settle in Sisters and then in Camp Polk.” Her presentation will also include information highlighting the many hardships endured by the families who chose to come west in search of a better life. Prior to Hodger’s talk, local artist, songwriter, and musician Dennis McGregor will entertain with songs, stories, and readings from his first book, “Dream Again,” in which he wrote, “The

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pioneers came west with the American dream. When I was a kid in the fifties, that dream was still alive. Today, more than ever, people want to dream again.” Dream Again is the story of Annie, a young girl on the Oregon Trail, who has only one thing to remember her family by – a patchwork quilt made from their wornout clothes. When the quilt gets lost near the end of the Oregon Trail, an epic adventure begins. Copies of the book will be available for sale that evening. A special feature of the evening will be a silent auction of unique antiques. Three Sisters Historical Society is in partnership with the Des Chutes County Historical Museum in presenting approximately 10 items representing a range of prices, including one very

special Heywood wicker baby pram considered to be quite valuable. Other items include wooden snowshoes, native baskets, a 39-star flag from 1889, oval convex glass frames, and a few smaller items. Come prepared to take home a little piece of history. Proceeds will benefit both Three Sisters Historical Society and the Des Chutes County Historical Museum. Also available for sale will be copies of “That Was Yesterday” by Tillie Wilson and Alice Scott and “Oregon’s Sisters Country” by Ray Hatton. The historical society has also been gifted new copies of Martin Winch’s seminal book on Camp Polk Meadow, “Biography of a Place: Passages Through a Central Oregon Meadow.” Dessert and beverages will be served.

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Wednesday, March 7, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

Affordable housing project to break ground soon By Sue Stafford Correspondent

Provided a compromise can be reached between the City’s attorneys and Tom Kemper of HousingWorks and his partners, ground will be broken next week for the 48-unit affordable housing apartment complex to be built on two separate parcels of land along Brooks Camp Road, north of McKinney Butte Road. At last week’s Sisters City Council meeting, an agenda item called for discussion and approval of an agreement between Central Oregon Regional Housing Authority (CORHA) dba HousingWorks and the City of Sisters for a $300,000 grant for the development and construction of a multi-family affordable-housing development at Village Meadows Phase 2 and authorize the City manager to execute the agreement subject to legal review and approval. A legal glitch in the language of the agreement surfaced that could delay the beginning of the project, given the fact there are nine layers of financing and five different groups of attorneys involved in the project. However, Council approved the agreement with some contingencies, and the City attorneys are still fine-tuning the agreement to make sure it works for all parties involved. On September 8, 2016, City Council approved the allocation of $300,000 to the project in support of Council’s number-one goal for the year – securing affordable housing in the city. Other Central Oregon cities have made contributions to affordable housing in their communities with monetary contributions, providing land for a project, and services such as paving of project streets. Kemper has been working with City Council and City staff for over a year-and-ahalf to bring an affordable townhouse rental project, similar to Tamarack Village, to Sisters. The 33 units at Tamarack Village have an average waiting list of one year. The new project will consist of six buildings and be offered for rent at 60 percent of adjusted median income. There will be seven threebedroom units, nine twobedroom units, and 32 onebedroom units. The site plan has been approved and the building permit is nearing final approval for issuance by the County. Kemper estimates the entire project will cost $5.5 million. The Land Innovation

and Fast Track Housing (LIFT) Program money will provide about $38,000 per unit. Many different funding sources are essential in order to build the new project because it costs just as much to build affordable housing as it does to build market-rate

apartments, and the costs aren’t offset enough when the rents need to be affordable for people who make 60 percent of the adjust median income in Deschutes County. The $300,000 will cover most of the project’s system development charges:

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Wednesday, March 7, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

Seventh graders compete in La Pine Boys tennis anxious to hit outdoor courts By Rongi Yost Correspondent

The seventh-grade girls basketball team competed on Saturday and Sunday, February 23 and 24, in La Pine’s Big Tree Tournament. The tourney was established 20 years ago with the assistance of Bob Macauley, former principal of Sisters High School. It was a treacherous trip to La Pine on Saturday, due to stormy and snowy conditions, and several of the Outlaws’ starters arrived just minutes before their first game was scheduled to begin. Players didn’t have time to warm up properly, and that lack of time on the court showed up in the Outlaws’ performance in their first game against Surprise Valley. Sisters lost the contest by 19. “Our defense was solid, but we were beaten by Surprise Valley’s steals, combined with their quick fast breaks, which resulted in easy scores,” said Coach Joey Hougham. In their second game, the Outlaws defeated La Pine by nine points, and were able to shut down the Hawks very good point guard and post the win. Hougham said, “Because of our defense we were able to keep our opponents scoring numbers down compared to other teams, which resulted in Sisters being seeded against the No. 1 teams in the playoff structure for Sunday’s games.” On Sunday, Sisters started with a re-match against Surprise Valley, and did a much better job the second time around. The Outlaws lost the contest, but only by six points, compared to the 19-point loss the day before. The Lady Outlaws stepped up their defense and came back from a 16-point deficit earlier in the contest. In game two, Sisters was clobbered by Klamath Falls, which boasts a very dominant seventh-grade squad. Klamath Falls was

the eventual winner of the tourney. “The score didn’t show it, but our team has some very talented players,” said Hougham. “They move the ball around the floor better than any team I’ve seen in a long time. They were very unselfish, and looked for the open players. With additional skill development this group of young ladies has the potential to become a valuable asset to the high school program.” The seventh-grade roster consists of Lizzie McCrystal, Josie Patton, Laney Mansfield, Ashlynn Moffat, Catalina Chapman, Hadley Schar, Ellie Mayes, Ella Thorsett, Samantha Fuller and Addie Kroytz. Several players had standout performances at the tournament and Hougham had praise for all of them. “Josie plays a post position and was definitely an anchor for our team. She was ‘boss’ on the boards and was our leading scorer. Ellie was our stand-out point guard. She did a great job managing the ball, initiating offense, as well as sneaking in for rebounds. Hadley was our most versatile player. She could play any spot; post,

wing, or point guard. Ashlynn was our outside shooter and a strong rebounder. She was smart about finding open areas to shoot from. Laney was a spark-plug for the team. Any time I put her in, the entire team’s intensity rose. She was another player I used to shut off an opponent’s key players. Addie was my surprise player. Halfway through our school season, her defense kicked in, and she could shut down any player we put her on. She’s the one that shut down La Pine’s point guard. Hougham coached the Outlaws during the school league season, which was only 34 days including practices and games. He also took the team to the Sisters Shootout. “It’s hard to develop longlasting skills with such a short season,” said Hougham. “In order to better develop skills, we need to get the ball into the hands of the girls more, therefore, we played in additional tournaments to increase their playing time. Alan (girls basketball head coach) is working hard to build a longterm successful program, and there’s an emphasis to get the girls playing more basketball to help develop their skills.”

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The boys tennis team has been hard at work, practicing in the middle school gym with temporary nets and light, and indoor tennis balls. Their tennis courts are under several inches of snow. The squad has had to share the gym with the girls tennis team and the lacrosse squads. The players are anxious for the snow to melt so they can get out on the court and get their season underway. Seven players return to the Outlaws varsity team, including juniors Jed Kizziar, Tucker Higgins, and Isaiah Chapen, and sophomores George Bates, Eli Gurney, Aaron Johnson and Sam Mayes. Joining the squad this year are junior Jackson Rheuben, sophomores Drew CollinsBurke, and Brogan Petterson, and freshmen Nate Weber and KJ Sweet. Kizziar is the Outlaws’ strongest player, and last year made a state appearance in doubles play. This year Jed would like to play singles, but Coach Carl Click told The Nugget there’s always an option to team him up with a

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Sisters skier headed to nationals Eighteen-year-old Minam Cravens of Sisters will compete in the 2018 U.S. Alpine National Championships and the 2018 U.S. Alpine Junior National Championships. The events will be held in Sun Valley, Idaho, March 20-30. The selection process is based on U.S. Ski and Snowboard National points and qualifier race results. Cravens is a Mount Bachelor Sports Education Foundation athlete. He is also a team member of the Western Region Elite Ski Team (WEST). The team is made up of seven men and nine women from the nine Western states (Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, Nevada, California and Alaska). The 2017/2018 WEST training projects have been held in Chile, Germany, Italy, and multiple locations across the United States. Last season Cravens was awarded the Schwabe Award for outstanding athlete in the Pacific Northwest Ski Association Division (PNSA). In March of 2015, Minam won the slalom, second in giant slalom, 10th in super giant slalom and won

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Minam Cravens will ski at the end of the month in the U.S. Alpine National Championships and 2018 U.S. Alpine Junior National Championships. the overall at the Western Region Junior Olympics. He is a lifelong resident of Sisters and a graduate of Cascades Academy. He was a center defender for the Sisters High School State Championship soccer team in 2016. At the age of 15 months he started skiing with his parents at Mt. Bachelor. His father, Rob Cravens, is an alpine coach for Mount Bachelor Sports Education Foundation (MBSEF) and a former Bend Fire Department captain/paramedic. His

mother, Teresa Cravens, is a former Nordic coach for MBSEF, and a current race administrator for MBSEF and the PNSA division. She is also the owner of a small business in Bend. Minam is coached by MBSEF Program Director Nils Erickson, MBSEF Head FIS (Federation Of International Skiing) Coach Kent Towlerton, Western Region Head Coach (former US Team/World Cup athlete) Will Brandenburg and his father.

Exploring the science of megafires It may not feel like it outside, but fire season is on its way. This March, local partners are coming together to offer presentations of Era of Megafire for Central Oregonians. The Deschutes Land Trust, Sunriver Owners Association, and SistersCamp Sherman Fire District are sponsoring events in Bend, Sunriver, and Sisters. The Sisters event, with Dr. Paul Hessburg, hosted at The Belfry, is sponsored in part by the Sisters Science Club. Last year was a record fire year with 9.1 million acres burning in the U.S. More than 680,000 acres burned in Oregon alone, in at least 33 different fires, one of which was a megafire that burned over 190,000 acres. Dr. Hessburg will present to the audience an engaging multimedia presentation about wildfire, its natural role in our local forests, and how that role has changed. Dr. Hessburg will present the multiple options available to our community to

reshape the wildfire problem and how we can all better learn to live with fire. Attend the event in Sisters on Thursday, March 22, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at The Belfry. Tickets will be available at the door, donations will be accepted but not required (pre-registration is not required). Paul Hessburg, Ph.D., is a research ecologist with the Pacific Northwest Research Station, U.S. Forest Service. He has been studying historical and modern-era forests of the Inland West for the last 32 years, publishing extensively in leading national and international journals. His work documents large changes in forest conditions and how these changes, along with climate change, have set the stage for large and severe wildfires. This presentation is an outgrowth of his research and his concerns for the future. The Belfry is located at 302 E. Main Ave.

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Spies, sex and sparrows By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

“In the old days, if an agent did something that embarrassing, he’d have the good sense to defect! Christ I miss the Cold War! “ — M (Judy Dench), “Casino Royale” Ah, the good old days, when operatives steeped in tradecraft stalked their Main Enemy counterparts in labyrinthine high-stakes spy games in exotic locales and “denied areas.” Seductions in hotel bars, the cutting edge of technology deployed to surveille and subvert, meddling in elections… Wait. It’s baaaaaaack. When Jason Matthews hit the shelves with his spy thriller “Red Sparrow” in 2013, the novel seemed like a throwback to an early era. Now it seems as current as, well, Vladimir Putin threatening the U.S. with “invincible” nukes. You almost expect to see him pull off a shoe and bang it on a table. Matthews, a former CIA operative (a “denied area specialist” in fact) was ahead of the curve in 2013, or so it seemed. Russia, of course, has been back in the Great Game for some time, a fact that Mitt Romney tried to raise in the 2012 presidential campaign, to much ridicule. After 2016, “Russiagate,” and arms race escalations, Vladimir Putin’s ill intentions and direct actions can no longer be ignored, except, perhaps by the President of the United States. Matthews had simply been paying attention. In “Red Sparrow,” he crafted a compelling heroine and a taut tale, perfectly suited to adaptation to the big screen. In fact, Matthews sold the rights for many, many rubles before the book was even published. “Red Sparrow “ is now screening at Sisters Movie House. The premise is lurid:

Dominika Egorova is on a trajectory to become a prima ballerina when her career is derailed. She is forced by her uncle into secret service to the State and packed off to Sparrow School, the Russian (formerly Soviet KGB) academy of sexpionage. Seduction — the “honey trap” — was a key tool in the KGB kit, developing kompromat (compromising material) that could be used to subvert targets of espionage. Human nature being what it is, it remains effective. Such a premise could make for simple pulp exploitation. In Matthews’ hands, it is elevated by Egorova’s capability, intensity, intellectual prowess and, shall we say, unique psychological insight. And Matthews’ background creates powerful verisimilitude in scenes of surveillance and counter surveillance on the street. Through Egorova, we get a glimpse behind the curtain at Putin’s Russia — the manner in which a mafia state operates, in all of its sycophancy, paranoia, greed and insecurity. There are three books in

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SAVE A LIFE: CPR was the critical factor in the save Continued from page 1

Clyde Dildine was at Sisters Athletic Club working out when Adler was there. He noticed that his friend was working hard, bench-pressing a pretty good stack of plates. Recounting the event at Angeline’s Bakery last week, Dildine said, “I just walked over to glance at the TV… I turned around and you were down. My first thought was epilepsy — an epileptic seizure.” Dildine and another SAC patron named Rob checked Adler for a pulse. Neither could find one. “That’s when I immediately started CPR,” Dildine said. It was that action that saved Adler’s life. Dildine had learned CPR as a commercial raft guide, along with wilderness first aid. “I knew what to do — but I’d never done it before,” he said. “I just went to work. It was instinctive. I knew that had to happen.” Citizen or bystander CPR does have to happen. Sisters Fire Paramedic Jeremy Ast, who responded to the call at SAC, told The Nugget that survivability in sudden cardiac arrest goes down 10 percent per minute that a patient goes unattended. That means that if it takes just five minutes for paramedics to respond to a call and get into action, a person’s chance of survival diminish by half. CPR keeps blood circulating through the lungs and brain and “keeps heart tissue viable,” according to Paramedic David Keller, who also responded to the call. Without CPR, it is “less likely that defibrillation would work,” Keller said. “It saved his life, for sure.” Dildine kept up CPR

while SAC staff contacted 911. Some of the paramedics responded from Sisters High School, where they were teaching students in the health program. The minutes felt very, very long, as Clyde kept up the compressions, keying the rhythm to the Bee Gees’ “Stayin’ Alive.” Knowing the man he was trying to save gave a special urgency to his efforts, as he kept talking to Adler, bidding him to come back. Defibrillation from the SAC automatic external defibrillator did not bring back a pulse; the contact wasn’t sufficient. Emergency responders hit the scene and went to work, and Adler’s wife, arrived shortly thereafter. “The parking lot was just ablaze,” she recalled, the memory making her flinch. When she got upstairs to the weight room, “David was white,” she said. His heart had just started, jolted by the defibrillator Ast carries in his command vehicle. That was a critical development, but things still did not look good. Marcy unclenched her husband’s hand and peeled off his workout glove. “His hand was white and cold,” she said. “I was holding his hand and talking to him.” The Sisters Fire crew had mobilized air transport, but Ast made the call to transport via ground ambulance rather than driving to the airport and waiting for the chopper to come in. “There’s times when it’s quicker just to go by ground,” Ast said. Though Adler was breathing and had a pulse again, he was far from safe. Even if he survived, it was far from certain that he would be “OK.” Doctors were concerned about the possibility of brain injury. The medical team induced hypothermia

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David and Marcy Adler stopped by Sisters Fire Hall to thank the first responders who brought David back from the brink of death. The responding crew included Jeremy Ast, Christi Davis, David Ward, David Keller and Sadie Ford. for about 20 hours to preserve brain function. “It was pretty tenuous,” Marcy recalled. “At first it was pretty scary.” One of the first indications that David was “there” when he was brought out of sedation was that he recognized Marcy. When the doctors asked him who she was, he said. “My soulmate.” Within days, it became apparent that not only had Adler survived stepping right on the threshold of eternity — he had survived in healthy condition. His heart and his arteries appear undamaged, and his short-term memory, which was foggy, has come back — though he remembers nothing of the day or two leading up to the event and nothing of the event itself. His prognosis is excellent. Right now, he’s working on getting his energy back. His good condition — almost certainly enhanced by his high level of physical fitness — leaves questions. “They couldn’t really tell what happened,” Marcy said. There had been no warning signs, and a recent physical had raised no red flags. In fact, David is noted for being exceptionally fit and training hard. Adler feels like he’s been given a second life. “It is nothing short of

miraculous that I am alive,” he said. “Given the amount of time that passed, I believe Clyde and the EMTs brought me back from the very edge of life and death. The statistics for a successful recovery following out-of-hospital CPR (are) extremely low, and I can only attribute my survival to the extraordinary effort and fortitude of Clyde and the EMTs.” For his part, Dildine is gratified that David has done so well — but uncomfortable being given so much credit. “While I appreciate and am truly humbled by all the accolades I have personally received for my role

in David’s survival, I feel I alone did not, and should not receive the credit for saving David’s life,” he told The Nugget. “All of us who were involved in those first frantic minutes are still secondguessing ourselves on what we did, or what we could have done better or differently. But it was a TEAM EFFORT from everyone involved. Each of us working as hard as we knew how within the limits of our experience and training, hoping for a successful outcome. There are no heroes in this story, only a bunch of wonderful people trying to save the life of another.”

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Fire district works to increase survival chances in cardiac arrest Sisters resident David Adler can attest to how suddenly a life can be in great peril from cardiac arrest. Quick and effective action by civilians and first responders saved him when he was felled by cardiac arrest while working out (see story, page 1). The Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District is increasing the chances residents may survive a cardiac arrest by making wholesale improvements to the local coordinated response system. Improvements include enhanced community education, implementation of the pulse point system, public access to automated external defibrillators (AED), and enhanced advanced life support training and equipment for firefighter/EMTs. Cardiac arrest is the abrupt loss of heart function in a person who may or may not have diagnosed heart disease. Death occurs within minutes after the heart stops, but cardiac arrest may be reversed, if CPR is performed, and an AED is used to shock the heart within a few minutes. The District recognizes the important role the community plays in saving lives. Bystander CPR is one of the most important aspects in saving lives after a cardiac

arrest occurs, and having a community that is trained and willing to perform CPR is critical. The District provides CPR and first aid classes to area residents and businesses. In the past two years the District has trained 186 residents in the newest techniques of CPR and first aid. Captain Jeremy Ast told The Nugget that CPR is vital, especially in rural areas. Survivability in sudden cardiac arrest diminishes by 10 percent per minute when a patient is unattended. The further you are from first responders, the more critical it is that you are trained to react and perform life-saving CPR. Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District Fire Chief Roger Johnson said, “CPR has changed so much in the past decade due to research and clinical studies. If you haven’t taken a CPR class in a while we strongly encourage you to do so.” A class is scheduled for March 17. Contact the District for information at 541-549-0771 or visit www. sistersfire.com. The Deschutes County 911 Service District can provide CPR instructions over the telephone prior to the arrival of advanced life ON THE CORNER OF S PINE ST & W HOOD AVE

support care and hands-only CPR is also an option. The PulsePoint phone application is a way for area residents to help save a life when every second counts. The application notifies people when someone has suffered a cardiac arrest near their location. The application informs users of the location of the victim and also notifies people where the nearest AED is located. The notification is sent at the same time emergency responders are notified so the public is often the first person on the scene of the emergency. The application was developed to encourage bystander CPR and to save lives during cardiac arrest. Another benefit of the application is that local residents can choose to be alerted to other types of emergencies including fires and motor vehicle accidents. Knowing when there is an accident on the pass can provide an opportunity for people to take an alternate route or avoid the area altogether. For more information about

PulsePoint visit http://www. pulsepoint.org/. Another important element in the coordinated response system is rapid public access to AEDs. AEDs are a computerized heart monitor that can recognize lethal cardiac arrhythmias and deliver an electrical shock to the heart. The lethal arrhythmia will often be converted back to normal if the AED is used quickly after the cardiac arrest occurs. The District has been working with local businesses in the past year to increase the number of AEDs within the community. Local businesses have purchased and installed 10 AEDs within the Sisters community as part of a grant program the District implemented in 2017. There are now over 20 AEDs installed in businesses and public buildings throughout Sisters Country. The last local element of the coordinated system is rapid response of basic and advanced life-support personnel. The District has nine highly trained career paramedic staff on call 24 hours

a day, 7 days a week. The District also relies heavily on its volunteer staff, which includes an additional 6 paramedics, 15 emergency medical technicians, and 13 emergency medical responders. Paramedic staff is trained in high-performance CPR, interosseous access for IV medications and Lucas continuous CPR machine use. If necessary, cardiac arrest victims also have access to two air ambulances. Life Flight and AirLink flight crews are equipped with specialized equipment and medications that ground ambulance crews don’t have access to. In remote areas of the district, Life Flight and AirLink can often times provide quicker access to area hospitals for critical patients. Over the past two years, fire district personnel have responded to 30 cardiac arrest calls in Sisters Country. By working together with our community on this coordinated system, we are making great strides in improving the chances of survival of sudden cardiac arrest.

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Orientation set for fire district volunteers Sisters Country residents interested in wildland or structural firefighting volunteer opportunities, are invited to an orientation of the Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District’s upcoming recruit academy. Orientation will be held at the Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District Community Hall on Saturday, March 10 from 1 to 3 p.m. or Wednesday, March 14 from 6 to 8 p.m. Prospective volunteers only need to attend one of the sessions. The academy is slated to begin on April 16. Volunteer coordinator for the District, Captain Jeff

Liming will give a short presentation on what is expected of a District volunteer, review training guidelines/ expectations for the recruit academy, provide a tour of the main fire station, and answer any questions regarding the academy and volunteer program. To be eligible to volunteer with the Fire District, an applicant must be at least 18 years old. There is no need to apply for the volunteer program prior to attending the orientation. Simply show up and learn about the volunteer opportunities. Applications will be on hand for those interested.

March to be cool, wet According to preliminary data received by NOAA’s National Weather Service in Pendleton temperatures at Sisters averaged colder than normal during the month of February. The outlook for March from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center calls for below-normal temperatures and above-normal precipitation. The average temperature in February was 30.9 degrees, which was 2.9 degrees below normal. High temperatures in February averaged 42.9 degrees, which was 1.4 degrees below normal. The highest was 66 degrees on February 8. Low temperatures averaged 18.8 degrees, which was 4.5 degrees below normal. The lowest was -11 degrees, on February 23. There were 24 days with the low temperature below 32 degrees. There were five days when the high temperature stayed below 32 degrees. Precipitation totaled 0.50 inches during February,

which was 0.81 inches below normal. Measurable precipitation — at least .01 inch — was received on four days with the heaviest, 0.25 inches, reported on February 20. Precipitation this year has reached 0.88 inches, which is 2.32 inches below normal. Since October, the water year precipitation at Sisters has been 2.66 inches, which is 5.42 inches below normal. Snowfall totaled 10.3 inches with at least one inch of snow reported on three days. The heaviest snowfall was 4.0 inches reported on February 26. The greatest depth of snow on the ground was 10 inches on February 26. The highest wind gust was 58 mph, which occurred on February 17. Normal highs for Sisters rise from 48.0 degrees at the start of March to 55.0 degrees at the end of March. Normal lows rise from 25.0 degrees to 29.0 degrees. The 30-year normal precipitation is 0.98 inches.

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Music is workout fuel Many factors come into consideration when performance matters in workouts, training, or races. Daily nutrition, mental state and stress levels; time of day, environment, and many more all contribute. It is not surprising to find that music can boost performance as well. Music and performance can have two distinct effects: synchronizing the workout — beats per minute which mimic the desired pace of tempo you wish to train to — or asynconsitic — music that isn’t related to exercise on a beat or tempo but is enjoyable and motivating. Using upbeat music and tempo while training with everyday athletes in a 5k run showed a boost in performance by 15 percent according to, Dr. Coastas Karageoghis who wrote the book, “Inside Sports Psychology.” This was because the amateur athlete tends to use external feedback for pacing. Has anyone reading 541-549-9388

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ever taken in a burst because of the rush of the other runners, only to lament that they went out too fast? This is the same concept. In cycling, synchronizing music to the cadence of the desired pedal revolutions has improved efficiency (the ability to utilize oxygen effectively) by six to seven percent, says Karageorghis. This is because the rhythm of the music seems to put the body at ease and the tempo is matched. This is why, in a spin class, music can help take away the thwarting voice telling your legs they’re going too fast. Weightlifting is another activity that can be boosted with music. This has less to do with synchronicity but more so with the tones, language, and demeanor of the music. Sports psychologists say that “songs with strong lyrical affirmations — themes like staying strong, never giving up etc. can give an athlete a significant physical and mental boost when the going gets tough.” A study with tennis players affirmed this, as their performance in reaction time improved when they listened to emotionally charged songs. Another group listened to uptempo music without the “charge” with no noticeable effects.

The effects seem to be most acute for everyday athletes. In most of the studies, elite athletes did not perform better with music. The conclusion is that they were already so finely aware of their body’s limits that they couldn’t be fooled by music. Can music also improve recovery? This is the next question to be verified, but it is known that a person’s heart rate can return to rest faster when calming music is deployed. The assumption is that if a body can move into the “rest and digest” stage faster after training, recovery will improve. This is a key tactic for an athlete who may perform several times throughout a day of competition. Being emotionally charged for hours on end will not allow the athlete to perform their best; they will be drained. Calming, relaxing music can bring them back to baseline until they need to ramp up again for the next bout. Is there an opportunity for music to be used to enhance your workout? Use music, but don’t rely on it. In a workout setting use music to amp up, in a cardio setting use music for tempo. The power of music can fuel a workout to a new level!

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these toys than it is to take them out of the hands of an unbalanced person? I agree that legislation won’t work. But we can affect the sea change in our culture necessary to address this problem. We have made great progress against drunk driving and smoking. We realized that the pleasure derived from these actions was not worth the cost. We are facing a daunting issue. We won’t solve it by screaming, preaching with moral indignation or digging our heels in and refusing to face the facts. It is going to require civil conversations between responsible people with differing points of view who realize that we must come together to solve a terrible problem. Let us begin. Al James

To the Editor: I was just reading an article in another newspaper about the City of Sisters nearing an agreement about a low-cost housing project in the Sisters area. As I recall the project happens to be in the approach path to the Sisters Airport. The City has a letter on file from the State of Oregon’s Board of Aeronautics stating that they think this is a BAD idea. So why is the City of Sisters proceeding with this project? Remember all the complaints regarding the skydiving operations at the airport? Does the City think that the low-cost housing residents will not complain about the airport noise? Why create another problem? In my opinion this proposed project does a disservice to the low cost housing residents and also disrespects the airport users. Seems like another unfriendly attitude toward the public. I am also puzzled as to why one state agency would proceed with a project over the objections of another state agency. Do they not realize they are wasting taxpayer resources. This proposal seems to reinforce the City’s history of making bad decisions. Dave Marlow

To the Editor: Kudos to Craig Rullman, once again. His column is the first thing I read in The Nugget, every week. He hit the nail squarely on the head with his column this week (The Nugget, February 8, page 7), citing the role of violent video games in shaping the characters of the children who are exposed to them day in and day out. I went a long time not wanting to believe video games could be such a factor in creating the sociopathic culture that seems to be spreading in our society, but I finally convinced myself that indeed they could. Mr.

Rullman summarized my thoughts on the subject better than I could have, at least not without many hours’ labor, and he did it eloquently. We are indeed creating predators among us that previous generations didn’t have to cope with, and until we recognize the problem that glorifying anti-social behavior produces we will continue to create these predators while the hand-wringers will continue to wonder where they came from. Thanks, Mr. Rullman, for such a pertinent column. Keep up the good work! Jerry Wright

To the Editor: A January 8, 2017 article in The Bulletin referred to the roundabout in Sisters as “being viewed as a grand entrance to Central Oregon.” The art in the roundabout in Sisters should reflect Central Oregon’s natural environment, not man-made objects like “high tech bikes, skis and outdoor clothing” as alluded to in Joellyn Loehr’s February 28 letter to the editor. The only roundabout choice that reflects Central Oregon’s natural beauty and wildlife is “Land of Contrasts.” Ms. Loehr referred to “Gateway” as “the expected choice, which is a strong reason to look deeply at who we are and whether the expected solution still works.” (I’m not aware of an entry titled “Gateway,” so I assume she is referring to the entry titled “Land of Contrasts.”) A roundabout at the entrance to Central Oregon should not compel us to “look deeply at who we are”; rather it should mirror Central Oregon’s natural beauty. To borrow Ms. Loehr’s word “contemporary”: If residents and visitors seek “contemporary” they would probably be more fulfilled visiting or living in Portland or Eugene. “Mountain Helix,” created by an individual from California, and “Butte,” created by an individual from Seattle, Washington with the collaboration of Jeff Wester of Sisters’ Ponderosa Forge and Ironworks, are works more suited to industrial parks or college campuses. “Land of Contrasts,” a work of art created exclusively by a local artist should be the roundabout choice. We have had too many people moving to our area from large urban sprawls, implementing changes to our region that reflect the populous areas they left. Glenda Leutwyler

To the Editor: Rullmam always has a column I look forward to read. “Our predator problem” is sooo right on. Mr. Cornelius, you’re producing a great product; your “Warriors of the Wildlands” is my Christmas gift to friends next year. Jim Anderson is a treasure. Leigh Copley

Two die in tree wells on Mt. Bachelor BEND (AP) — A snowboarder and skier died on Mt. Bachelor in separate incidents on the same day; each fell into holes at the base of trees and were covered by snow, Central Oregon authorities said. The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office identified the victims on Friday as snowboarder Alfonso Braun, 24, of Bend, and skier Nicole Panet-Raymond, 19, of Eugene. “Our entire mountain community is shocked and saddened,” John McLeod, Mt. Bachelor’s president and general manager, said in a statement. “We are heartbroken, and our deepest condolences go out to the affected families and friends.” Authorities told KTVZ-TV in Bend that skiers and snowboarders found Braun buried in snow at about noon and dug him out. Life-saving efforts failed, and he was pronounced dead about an hour later. Officials say a few hours after that they received a report of a missing skier, and that evening found

Panet-Raymond dead in a tree well. Sheriff ’s Lt. Bryan Husband said authorities used cellphone location technology to find her. Braun was found in terrain reserved for experts, and Panet-Raymond in intermediate terrain. Detectives said the accidents are being investigated and Panet-Raymond’s prior movements are also being analyzed. Late-season snowstorms in recent days have drawn thousands to Mt. Bachelor, a popular ski destination with 11 lifts and access to all levels of terrain. The company warned on its website for “current conditions” of the dangers of falling into the concave areas called tree wells often found at the base of trees. “With all this new lowdensity snow comes a reminder about tree well and snow immersion hazards,” the company wrote. “A good time to get caught up on good safety practices and always ski or ride with a buddy in eyesight if you’re headed off-trail.”

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The people behind The Nugget... Erin Bordonaro wasnʼt looking to get into the newspaper business when she answered an ad looking for a bookkeeper at The Nugget Newspaper. She was just looking for a job. “A job opened up in my field and I was hired the next day,” she recalled. “I lucked out, because itʼs a great place

I like opening the paper every week — and seeing the public open the paper every week. I enjoy being part of that. — Erin Bordonaro to work.” That was 13 years ago — and now Erin feels like sheʼs part of the news business, and she likes it. “Itʼs fun to see what goes on in town and the community,” she said. “I like being involved in the community from this end.” Perhaps her main pleasure in coming to work each day

is working with the people sheʼs been in the trenches with for over a decade — and some new faces, too. “Thatʼs the most fun — working with my co-workers,” she said. “And seeing the new and different product come out every week. I like opening the paper every week — and seeing the public open the paper every week. I enjoy being part of that.” The feeling is mutual among her co-workers. “Erin is such a trouper,” said Editor in Chief Jim Cornelius. “Sheʼs got a work ethic like nobody Iʼve ever known and a tremendous amount of integrity. She is also utterly unafraid to call BS when she sees it, which is wonderful and refreshing. And sheʼs got a great sense of humor, which is an absolute requirement for somebody who has to share an office with me.” Like many folks in Sisters, Bordonaro is a California refugee. While she works hard, she is committed to a slower pace of life. “I came from California, and was living such a fastpaced life,” she recalled.

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A life on the peaks By Eileen M. Chambers Correspondent

Editorʼs note: This is the first of a three-part, behindthe-scenes series about mountaineer Warren Thompson, Sisters resident who has gone on two expeditions to Everest, one to Denali and many more to world-class mountains. “George Mallory was a British climber who in 1922 and 1924 tried to be the first human to climb Everest,” Warren Thompson said. Thompson, a Sisters resident who has made two expeditions to Everest, another to Denali and many more to other world-class mountains, revealed what it is like to climb — and, perhaps more deeply, the “why.” “Mallory was asked, ʻWhy Everest?ʼ His answer, now famous, was ʻBecause itʼs there.ʼ For years, people have tried to understand what Mallory meant,” Thompson said. “Mountaineering is inherently dangerous. Lack of oxygen. Hypothermia. Threat of avalanche. Ice crevasses. Still, there are those of us, like Mallory, who accept extreme danger without being deterred by it.” Warren grew up hiking the

Northwest outside Seattle. “I had no desire to climb mountains until a friend talked me into climbing Mount Eleanor. After your usual teenage craziness getting there, after three hours of climbing, I pestered my friend, ʻWhere the hell are we?ʼ” “ʻWeʼre getting there,ʼ he answered. I wasnʼt so sure. At 2 p.m. and in avalanche territory, I had enough. Then Bruce said, ʻItʼs another 30 feet.ʼ Convinced he was wrong, I nevertheless kept climbing. Suddenly, the clouds evaporated revealing a beautiful cobalt blue sky. Ice crystals floated around us like diamonds. Olympic Range. Puget Sound. Seattleʼs skyscrapers. It was the most breathtaking thing I had ever seen.” Warren was hooked. “In mountain climbing, you have your adrenaline junkies. The bigger the thrill, the better. Then there are climbers like me who get spiritual refreshment from places that are nothing short of paradise.” Amid marriage, working at Boeing, earning his MBA and law degrees, Warren became active in Seattleʼs

Mountaineers Club and Seattle Mountain Rescue, becoming an instructor in climbing, mountain first aid and mountain rescue. After becoming an EMT, he went on “a bunch of wild rescues.” In 1976, as part of Americaʼs bicentennial celebration, Warren and his friends climbed Denali, North Americaʼs highest peak, taking a route that had not been attempted before. “What most people donʼt know about climbing is the work you do before putting one foot on a mountain,” Thompson said. “Besides being physically strong, you have to learn the mountain ahead of time. Routes. Weather. Supplies. Where others failed or died trying. Everything. So, before the expedition, I studied Denali intensively. At the time, the success rate for reaching the summit was 25 percent. Although Denali is not the most difficult technically, as Brad Washburn, a climbing legend, has said, ʻIf the mountain wants to throw the book at you, it can.ʼ You canʼt afford to make mistakes on mountains like this. Lives and gear are at stake. And, back in 1976, I associated good

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Denali, 1976. leadership with having that kind of expert knowledge.” After a month of climbing, Warrenʼs team neared Denaliʼs summit. “We started at 10 p.m. and after eleven hours of climbing, we reached Carterʼs Horn. What we didnʼt realize, coming up from below, was

that Carterʼs Horn was three peaks, not one. Finally, after ascending all three peaks, I saw the summit and hollered down to the guys, ʻI see it.ʼ “ʻHow far away is it,ʼ they shouted back.ʼ “ʻI think 45 minutes.ʼ I See MOUNTAINEER on page 18

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answered. Now judging distant at altitude is difficult because your depth perception and brain don’t work well. Others, joining me, believed the summit was even further. Two of the guys, completely exhausted, turned around. The rest of us went for it and, within minutes, realized that the summit was only 15 minutes away. Adrenaline pumping, we raced to the top, a place so magnificent that it is hard to put into words. “Using the CB radio to make our pre-planned, official call to President Ford, I reached the White House switchboard only to be put on hold as they cleared the call. Well, after 45 minutes of waiting in the cold, the guys said, ‘Tell him ‘Hi’ for us,’ and they headed back down. Finally, after more waiting, I heard, ‘Is this the mountain climber?’ “Yes, Mr. President.” “I am about to get on Marine One. My aide will take your statement.” Wa r r e n laughed, remembering. “At that moment, I doubted whether Ford even knew where Denali was. His aide gets on. ‘I am so and so. I am going to take your statement.’ As I begin my ‘One Small Step for Man” speech, I kid you not, I heard paper being crunched next to the earpiece. ‘We are getting static on the line,’ the aide said. ‘I am having a hard time hearing you. Write your statement down and mail it to the following address…’ It didn’t seem so funny at the time but it does now. “On our way down Denali, someone said, ‘So what’s next?’ ‘Everest,’ I shouted like Joe Montana on his way to Disneyland.”

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Taking in a stray or semi-feral cat That stray cat showing up in your neighborhood or on your doorstep may be a feral cat. There’s no way you’re going to lure that cat inside or touch her, and the best you think you can do is feed her, and — hopefully — implement Trap, Neuter, Return (TNR). Some free-roaming cats are semi-feral or stray cats. Some of these cats may seem feral at first, but given time, you might get close to them and even tempt them inside. With time, they might make a wonderful house cat, companion, or pet for you or for someone else. A semi-feral cat lives predominantly in a feral state but has had some contact and experience with humans: Essentially an original domesticated cat that has reverted to the wild and is no longer with its original pet parent. Feral cats are totally feral, no human contact, or only negative human contact. If a cat approaches you at all — even if she runs when you try to pet her — she’s likely a semi-feral or stray. Feral cats rarely approach humans. So, it seems that a semiferal cat might be adopting

you by showing up every day on your doorstep. And you feel compelled to take her in. How do you go about convincing the kitty you have her best interests at heart? Earning the trust of a semi-feral cat can be a difficult but rewarding process. You must first learn to engage with her in a way that is non-threatening. Food is the most effective way to get a semi-feral cat to interact with you. The cat is most likely hungry and will respond positively to being fed. This will give you a chance to get closer to the cat and get her used to your presence. If you succeed in getting the kitty inside, don’t let her have any contact with your other pets (if any) until you’ve had her vaccinated and checked by a veterinarian for any contagious diseases, such as feline leukemia. Setting up a sanctuary or a quiet room is extremely important. Even if there are no other pets in your home, you should still use a sanctuary space until she has had time to adjust to being indoors. Many semi-ferals are quite nervous about being indoors for the first time. Noises that you take for granted, for example, the toilet flushing, or the sound of doors opening and closing, can be cause for alarm until the cat has had time to learn that these noises are a natural part of the household and will not harm her. In her “safe” room have all your cat’s resources ready and waiting for her. It should have scratching posts, a few toys, food, water, and a litter box. This space should also have some small hiding places, like a cat house, or a blanket draped over a chair. The room should be a quiet room and only you should spend time in this space

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Elaine Gilbert’s cat Linus is ear-tipped. She trapped him as a kitten from a feral colony. every day to help the cat acclimate to your presence. Cats are surprisingly routine-driven. And in order to really start earning her trust, you want to show her that you are a reliable source of sustenance. Their internal clocks are amazingly accurate, so feeding times are going to be the first and most important tool used for socializing her. Once she is comfortable enough to eat (it shouldn’t take too long), begin sitting in the room while she eats. Your cat will come to you when she feels safe. You

can also try putting a bit of meat-flavored baby food on your finger and she may lick it off, this initiates contact and allows the kitty to have a positive association with you. The most important thing when adopting a semi-feral cat is patience. It takes time, and cats are known to be guarded. You need to let her have space and learn that she is safe in her new home. This may take longer than you would like, but your patience will be rewarded with love and affection and will prove an effort worthwhile!

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Regional survey underway to help shape vision plan A group of agencies and nonprofits, led by the City of Sisters, is embarking on a visioning and planning initiative to help determine what kind of community residents want Sisters Country to be in 5, 10 and 20 years. The Sisters Country Horizons initiative will officially launch with a regional survey of residents in midMarch. Following several months of community outreach, visioning and planning work, a Vision Action Plan is expected to be released in late 2018 or early 2019.

A logo has been designed for the effort, and a website (www.sistershorizons.org) will go live in mid-March, along with a Facebook page. The last, similar visioning project for Sisters was completed in 2007. The city and the surrounding unincorporated community has grown significantly since then. “We want to look at where we currently are as a community, what we value, and where we would like to go,” said Patrick Davenport, City of Sisters Community Development Director. “This is a great opportunity for

City snapshot By Sue Stafford Correspondent

•   A t t h e T h u r s d a y, March 15, Sisters Planning Commission meeting there will be a public hearing on SP#18-01 for Sisters RV Park. The park, located on the triangle of land at the junction of Highways 20 and 126 at the east end of town, is requesting permission to expand the existing manufactured dwelling park to include an additional 12 spaces for non-transient siting of recreational vehicles. The spaces are intended for long-term residential use only. The public may give testimony at the hearing or send correspondence prior to the meeting to Community Development Director Patrick Davenport at pdavenport@ci.sisters.or.us. • On March 14, the Roundabout Art Committee will present to Sisters City Council their recommendation for the art installation in the Highway 20/Barclay Avenue roundabout. They have reviewed over 700 opinion forms from local citizens. • The City Council and City staff are currently investigating whether or not to extend the Urban Renewal Agency in its current form, beyond 2023, when it is set to expire. There is a current fund balance of $360,000 for which Council is considering possible projects. One possibility is the Adams Avenue streetscape project, which would be consistent with the current URA goals and would use a portion of the funds. Adams is relatively underdeveloped, with no sidewalks, curbs, crosswalks, or lighting, although it is part of the downtown commercial area. Councilors and staff believe that such improvements might make Adams Avenue

more attractive to developers and businesses. • Nathan Garrison of the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office reported to City Council that methamphetamine is currently the number-one cause of drug overdoses in Deschutes County, with heroin a close second. He also voiced concern about the appearance locally of fentanyl, heroin’s synthetic cousin, used to treat severe pain, which also has a high risk for addiction and dependence. Fentanyl can cause respiratory distress and death when taken in high doses or when combined with other substances, especially alcohol. Fentanyl is up to 100 times more potent than morphine and many times more potent than heroin. A threemilligram dose of Fentanyl is enough to kill an averagesized adult male. • Public Works Director Paul Bertagna announced the City has received a $50,000 grant from the Oregon Department of Transportation for installation of an eightfoot-wide sidewalk on the west side of Locust Street, from City Hall all the way to the Lodge at Sisters senior living facility. There is no requirement for matching funds by the City. • The City Parks Advisory Board will be electing a new chair and vice chair at their Wednesday, March 7 meeting, 4 p.m. at City Hall. There will be continued discussion regarding replacement of the Village Green play structure in preparation for applying for the 2018 Oregon Parks and Recreation local government grant. • The Urban Forestry Board will meet Monday, March 12, 2018, at 3 p.m. at City Hall for their regular monthly meeting.

residents and community leaders to shape our future together — and for the benefit of all.” Nick Lelack, Deschutes County Community D e v e l o p m e n t D i r e c t o r, agreed. “This is an extraordinary opportunity for city and county residents to collaborate on a collective vision for the future of this region,” he said. Lelack added this is the first area-specific plan for unincorporated Sisters Country. NXT Consulting Group of Portland and Bend will oversee the project’s scope of work. As project sponsor, the

City of Sisters will provide funding and staff support, as will Deschutes County and the Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council (COIC). Portland State Un i v er s i t y ’s “ O r e g o n ’s Kitchen Table,” a program at PSU’s College of Urban and Public Affairs, will help with community outreach work. This will include a series of community meetings facilitated by trained volunteers as well as DIY “kitchen table” sessions led by residents themselves in April and May, and four major community forums, each on a different

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focus area, in May and June. Citizens4Community of Sisters also will help with outreach during its Values & Visioning events on March 9-10 and March 16-17. Visitors to the Values & Visioning booths can fill out a short Sisters Country Horizons questionnaire and engage in other activities. The booths will be staffed from 2:30 to 6 p.m., March 9, at Ray’s Food Place; from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., March 10, at Ray’s Food Place; from 2 to 5:30 p.m., March 16, at the Sisters Library; and from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., March 17, at Suttle Tea.

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Sisters Habitat for Humanity seeks City assistance By Sue Stafford Correspondent

Sharlene Weed, executive director of Habitat for Humanity in Sisters, made requests for some type of City assistance with five projects Habitat has planned. At last week’s Council meeting, she requested that the City extend the deadline for the System Development Charge waivers for transportation and parks on houses planned for Village Meadows on Brooks Camp Road and

Sisters readies for Battle of the Books The 2018 Region 7 Oregon Battle of the Books Tournament is set for Saturday, March 10, at Sisters Middle School. Registration of teams and training for volunteers start at 8 a.m. and battles begin at 9 a.m. Teams from four Eastern Oregon counties in divisions 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12 will compete. The top two teams in each division will move on to compete at the state OBOB finals on April 7 at Chemeketa Community College in Salem. At the regional Battle of the Books tournament, 50 teams will participate in a round robin, quiz-style competition hosted by Sisters Middle School. Student-teams in each division read up to 16 books and answer questions on the content of those books written by volunteer teams of teachers, librarians, and others. Participation in this competition fosters a love of reading in students and can generate excitement about academic achievement. The program continues to grow each year to the point now where thousands of students participate at the school level in this literary enterprise. In many schools the final school team is selected in a competition held in front of the entire student body, so the reach of the program extends beyond just participating team members. The positive image of reading created by the Battle of the Books has incalculable effects on attitudes toward reading of a large number of area students. For more information visit Oregon Battle of the Books http://oboblsta.pbworks.com.

McKinney Butte Road. She also asked that the instrument guaranteeing affordability be simplified. Two other requests for fee waivers totaling approximately $20,000 have to do with a modification to a Master Plan and a Zone Change and Comprehensive Plan amendment. There is also a request to ease requirements for upgrades of sidewalks and planter strips. Weed asked for the City to support Habitat’s application for funding through Oregon

Housing’s LIFT program to help build eight affordable housing units in the Clear Pine subdivision. In preparation for building a new 20,000-square-foot Thrift Store/ReStore at the corner of Adams Avenue and Cedar Street, Weed asked the City to resolve the question as to whether or not Cedar Street will eventually be pushed through. Their plans are at a standstill until that issue is resolved. Weed also hoped the City might help with infrastructure expenses, and

waive some fees on the new building. Weed pointed out to Council that Habitat for Humanity has partnered with 63 families since it was founded in 1991. The homes are sold at zero percent interest usually over 30 years. The monthly payments are generally around $650. The last houses that closed in December 2017 sold for $130,000 with an appraised value of $260,000. Those homes sold to families who earn 60 percent or

less of median income, which amounts to about $38,000 for a family of four. Habitat homeowners work all over town, from BiMart and St. Charles to FivePine and the Sisters School District. Habitat provides seven full-time jobs with benefits, and seven part-time jobs. The Thrift Store and ReStore annually provide about $300,000 each to provide over half the income needed to do the work of Habitat. Last year 242 Habitat volunteers provided 19,000 hours of service.

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OLYMPICS: Couple plans for more Olympic celebrations Continued from page 1

so then we thought about Wimbledon or the U.S. Open and along the way we got onto the Olympics,” she said. “That was it.” Tate operates Sisters Athletic Club and Aimee works as an administrator at Central Oregon Community College. Tate is no stranger to the Olympics. He traveled to London in 2012 and Rio de Janeiro in 2016 for the Summer Games in order to witness his former athlete at Mountain View High School, Ashton Eaton, earn gold medals in the decathlon. The couple arrived after the opening ceremony, spending two days in Seoul at the outset of the trip. With opening ceremony tickets going for $2,400, Tate said that he wasn’t that interested in the pageantry and the pomp and circumstance anyway. He was there to see elite athletes seeking Olympic glory. “I went to the Olympics to see athletes suffer,” he said. “Our first ticket at Olympics was for the men’s snowboard half-pipe, which happened to feature two guys from Bend, one competing for the U.S. and the other for Australia,” said Tate. “We are sitting there and hear the announcer say ‘And from Bend, Oregon, competing at Mount Bachelor is Ben Ferguson,’ which was just super exciting.” Ferguson had a great performance, but fell just short of a medal in fourth place. Shaun White of the U.S. won the event. “It was such a great way for us to start out we almost felt like it couldn’t really get any better,” said Tate. Sitting in the bleachers surrounded by fans from all sorts of different countries gave the couple the true Olympic experience. “Everyone is dressed up,” said Tate. “The Dutch were decked out in all their orange gear and the Canadians, you could really see, they are all about the Olympics.” Another highlight came mid-week in the Super G, although they missed seeing Lindsay Vonn by just six minutes, assuming that she would not have been one of the first ones to go on her one and only run. But they did get to witness firsthand the most stunning upset of the Games in the same event when Ester Ledecka of the Czech Republic won the event by .01 seconds despite being ranked 26th heading into the final.

“We’re not sure how that looked on television, but it seemed like it took her minutes to be convinced she had actually won the event,” said Tate. “She just stood there for the longest time.” The Metcalfs are both recreational Nordic skiers, and say they can appreciate the pain the athletes endure, which is partly why the first tickets they bought were for cross-country races, which actually took place on their last day at the Olympics. It is safe to say that they saved the best for last as Kikkan Randall and Jessie Diggins won America’s first-ever Olympic gold medal in crosscountry skiing, taking first place in the women’s team sprint freestyle relay. The couple got lucky as spectators, despite having general admission tickets, because nearly the entire crowd left after South Korea’s team did not advance to the finals. This allowed the Metcalfs room to move all over the course to see the event up close. “To see them so up close allowed us to really feel their effort,” said Aimee. “I don’t know if I have ever seen someone as determined as Diggins. She looked like she was either going to win or die trying.” Tate added, “We don’t know these athletes, although some of them trained in Central Oregon, but the emotion that what they did can pull out of you as a spectator was amazing. We both cried.” The trip was jam-packed for the couple. “We saw 13 events in eight days,” said Aimee. “We made a decision to be at the

Olympics for the core of the competition, which worked out very well. We made a goal of at least seeing each of the 15 different event venues, even if we could not see competitions at each of them, and we were able to do that.” An added bonus for the Metcalfs was meeting up with Steven Hunt, also of Sisters, at some of the events. “It was cool to share the experience with someone from home,” said Aimee. The couple saw a variety of events including hockey, speed skating, luge, bob sleigh, and curling. Tate described the 15 venues as being spread — think as if some events were at Mount Bachelor, others in Bend, and some at Hoodoo. Since everything was located far from any major cities and the schedule was so tight getting from place to place, the Metcalfs did not get a deep dose of South Korea as a country, but did come away with some impressions of the culture and the country. With all the tensions in the American news about the threat of North Korea for the past year, the Metcalfs had friends express concern about their trip in regard to safety. When the Parkland, Florida school shooting took place during the trip, the couple reflected and realized that, as far as day-to-day living goes, they felt safer in South Korea, which does have strict gun laws and a relatively low violent crime rate. “Having that in the news while we were in a foreign country experiencing the Olympic spirit was quite ironic,” said Aimee. “It did make us wonder what people

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from North Korea. “It was intense to be there with such military presence all along the route,” said Tate. “It turned out that our guide for the day was from Dayville, Oregon, who was super-excited that we were from Oregon.” The Olympics are certainly in the couple’s blood now, and with Aimee’s 50th birthday coming in 2020, the Metcalfs are already making plans for the summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. “That’s the plan,” said Aimee. “Tokyo 2020… we’ll be there!”

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FERAL CATS: Spay and neutering is available for cats Continued from page 3

young. “The days went by and I would show up and work for a few hours. I brought treats for the cats that I would leave in the back of my truck with my tailgate down. And some of the cats would climb in and eat the treats as I was working,” Lanphear said. Lanphear came to the realization that the elderly lady wasn’t the only one going to lose her home; these cats were also losing theirs. “I just couldn’t look the other way,” Lanphear said. “So, I brought them home. Those cats’ lives were threatened since their food source was being taken away.” Lanphear gave them all a ride to his home in his truck full of treats, but he didn’t want them all inside, so he gave them another option. “I went back to the thrift shop and bought a big old tent trailer,” he said. “I took it home and parked it where I thought would be a good place for them. I covered it with heavy tarp and put a layer of insulation on it. And since they took part in building it by being curious and hanging around, they had no trouble adapting to it.” Lanphear had the patience needed for the feral cats to understand he wasn’t a threat. “Two of the kitties were friendly and looked like twins, so I named them Rex and Misty and allowed them into my home,” Lanphear said. “After being around them for a while I believe they knew I was trying to help them,” Lanphear said. “But I began wondering how I was going to get the cats spayed or neutered. I realized I needed help. “The next time I went to the local thrift store in Sisters one of the volunteers mentioned to contact Elaine Gilbert, a volunteer for the Community Cat Program.” The Community Cat Program has been providing

free spay/neuter and vaccinations for outdoor and stray cats throughout Central Oregon for over 10 years When Gilbert arrived, she began the process of TrapNeuter-Return (TNR). “We trapped over a twoday period and managed to trap all of the cats,” Gilbert told The Nugget. “But on the day of their surgeries, after their examination by the vet at Bend Spay Neuter Project (BSNP), it was determined that both Rex and his sister, Misty, had upper respiratory infections. Upper respiratory infections are very common in community feral cats, particularly in a large colony such as this group of cats.” They were both spayed, neutered and vaccinated and sent home with Gilbert for a 10-day course of antibiotics. Misty thrived and improved quickly, but sadly, Rex took a turn for the worst, and had to be euthanized several days later as he struggled to breathe.

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way, and keep the mouse and other rodent population in control. Feral community cats thrive outdoors as long as they are fixed, vaccinated, Dayton is a wonderful have access to food and fresh, unfrozen water at all man with a huge heart. If times, and shelter from the elements.” Dayton had not rescued Community cats face many challenges. They must these 20 cats, they most endure weather extremes as cold and snow, heat likely would not have such and rain. Community cats survived much longer. face starvation, infection and attacks by other animals. — Elaine Gilbert Unfortunately, almost half of the kittens born outdoors die from disease, exposure, “Dayton is a wonder- or parasites before their first ful man with a huge heart,” year. But, community cats Gilbert said. “If Dayton had who live in a managed colony not rescued these 20 cats, – a colony with a dedicated they most likely would not caretaker, like Lanphear, who have survived much longer. provides regular feedings and They are now fixed, vac- proper shelter – can live a cinated, and all sport a very quite content life. “Before she left, Elaine fashionable left ‘ear tip.’ This ear tip shows that this gave me a few resources, so is a fixed community feral I could have help providing cat. Dayton loves these cats food for my 20 cats.” Lanphear called Furry and takes great care of them. The cats, in turn, provide Friends Foundation and companionship in their own received the help he needed.

Furry Friends helps families keep their pets in their homes by operating a petfood bank and providing spay/neuter sponsorships and assistance with emergency medical needs to families in financial hardship. Seven months have passed since the cats were spayed and neutered and Lanphear knows what he’s doing is right.

Helping animals in need is its own reward. — Dayton Lanphear “Helping animals in need is its own reward,” said Lanphear. BSNP provides assistance with trapping the feral community cats in Sisters Country as part of the Community Cat TNR program. Please contact BSNP at 541-617-1010 for information and assistance.

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The Bunkhouse Chronicle Craig Rullman Columnist

The Barbary Coast On February 24 Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, no stranger to the lava beds of Oakland politics, released a message warning illegal immigrants of deportation action by ICE in the City of Oakland, California, and elsewhere around the Bay Area. Schaaf ’s magnanimous behavior — a move sure to shore up her base — sparked the now customarily tepid warning from Thomas Homan, acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, of a possible obstruction of justice investigation. Which is an enormously entertaining concept — holding elected officials to their oath of office, I mean — except that we all know it will never happen. In Schaaf ’s email she wrote: “My priority is for the well-being and safety of

all residents — particularly our most vulnerable — and I know that Oakland is safer when we share information, encourage community awareness, and care for our neighbors.” Well, OK. No rational person could muster up a beef against the latter claims, but the former is patently absurd. A mayor who cares for the well-being and safety of law-abiding residents, a clause notably absent from her wildly self-aggrandizing stunt, doesn’t act like a streetcorner look-out and tip-off dangerous criminals. And many of those eventually arrested were dangerous criminals. “I did what I believe was right for my community as well as to protect public safety. People should be able to live without fear or panic and know their rights and responsibilities as well as their recourses,” Schaaf said later, glossing over the fact that her email reportedly sparked widespread panic throughout the Bay Area. Living in fear or panic is never a good thing, and knowing your rights is never a bad thing, but the “public safety” trope is stretched remarkably thin these days, especially in the Bay Area, which has been engaged in a love affair with criminals of any stripe since the 1840s, when it first became known as the Barbary Coast.

But a curious mind wonders how tipping off sexual predators and other convicted violent criminals improves public safety. In particular, how does it accomplish the goal of public safety in a city that ranks among the most dangerous anywhere in the United States? That question really does deserve a rational answer as, according to ICE, 180 of the 232 illegal immigrants arrested “were either convicted criminals, had been issued a final order of removal and failed to depart the United States, or had been previously removed” according to immigration officials. Nearly one-half of the arrestees, 115 of them, “had prior felony convictions for serious or violent offenses, such as child sex crimes, weapons charges and assault, or had past convictions for significant or multiple misdemeanors.” And there is still another question left unanswered. Does Mayor Schaaf’s humanitarian largesse also provide this service for homegrown American criminals? And if not, why not? One would think, all things being equal, her deeply held concern for public safety and community harmonics would apply equally across the board. Yet I can find no evidence that she has emailed or tweeted warnings to any of the 17 validated Asian street

gangs, 21 validated Black street gangs, or 7 validated Norteño street gangs whose members do so much to make Oakland a jewel in the crown of public safety. Which I think is unfair. Lest this column be accused of partiality, I should also mention that Oakland has at least one validated Surreño street gang — those scholars and future enterprisers who comprise the sadly notorious South Side Locos — but one can be reasonably certain the undermanned Loks take a sustained drubbing from their Norteño rivals and don’t amount to much until they join their southern homeboys in prison. At any rate, the question persists. Don’t Americanborn criminals deserve the same Mayoral love as foreignborn criminals? Certainly Mayor Schaaf is made aware — given that Oakland’s cops still work under a federal consent decree — of any serious police effort to round up any of the city’s thousands of felons. Shouldn’t Mayor Schaaf give the next Oakland homicide suspect — which could happen while you’re reading this — or any of the brain surgeons on Alameda County’s Most Wanted list some advance notice of a pending warrant service? Don’t we care about breaking up their families, too? Why should

American-born felons be left behind, with their fannies out in the breeze, to live in fear or panic? One wonders if there is any deportation proceeding that would meet Mayor Schaaf ’s approval. Does one conviction for a violent felony get a deportation pass? What about three? Howzabout armed robbery? Does a strong-armed robbery count? Is burglary OK? What about rape, or child molestation; does the mayor see any problems with a deportation for that conviction? What about four felony re-entries after four previous deportations and a laundry list of misdemeanor convictions? No good? No serious person thinks breaking up families or deporting contributors to our society is an intelligent or moral solution. The immigration genie, like so many other genies that plague our punchdrunk republic, is already out of the bottle. But supporters of sanctuary policies would boost their credibility by orders of magnitude if they could wrap their heads around the idea that amongst those illegal immigrants they defend, and paint in only the brightest colors, there are also some very dangerous and heinous people who don’t deserve our sympathy. And we have plenty of those already.

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Outlaws softball numbers up By Tom Mauldin Correspondent

Two weeks ago, Sisters High School head softball coach Dave Smith was grooming his field in preparation for the start of practice for the 2018 season. He was in a short-sleeved shirt and smiling from ear to ear. Last week, he was looking at the field from the school’s parking lot, some 200 yards away. He was bundled up just trying to stay warm as the snow fell hour after hour. He wasn’t smiling. Though forced indoors by Mother Nature, Smith was smiling this week as he and his assistants were running 15 players through their drills in preparation for their midMarch season opener. To some, 15 players at a softball practice might not seem like a reason to smile. But when Smith took over the program two years ago, his first practice featured three players, followed by two weeks of daily recruiting just to get enough numbers to field a team. “These numbers are great,” said Smith. “I look at when I started with this program and we barely had enough, but each year gets better and better. “In a perfect world, a coach would like a solid 12 or 13 with deep pitching, but I wouldn’t change a thing on how this program is coming along,” added Smith. “It’s not about me or my assistants, its about these girls and we are very proud of them.” The Outlaws roster the

first week of practice includes six returning players – Sarah Hartford, Sophia Affitati, Grace Maiden, Nancy Montecinos, Denis Tapia and Beth Ann Yount. “I have had the pleasure of working with these girls over the last two years and to see how much they have improved makes me proud,” said Smith. “We’re happy to have six returning players.” In addition to the returnees, all juniors, the Outlaws have three transfers and six newcomers to the team, including five freshmen – Anessa Stotts, Tatum Sitz, Hanna Maiden, Maddie Powell and Sydney Wright. The transfers include Jourdan Andrews, and juniors Isabelle Spitler and Keeley Malloy. Andrews, the team’s lone senior, and Spitler come from Bend High while Malloy transferred from Las Vegas, Nevada. The Outlaws went from two wins in 2016 to seven wins in 2017, and Smith’s goal is for the progression to continue. If early practice progress is an indication, that trend should continue. Smith said, “I am extremely happy with how things are going ... with the numbers and how everyone is working as a team and how well the coaching staff is communicating with each other and the players. I think each year we are inching forward with these girls to be more competitive and I am happy to see it happening.” Assisting Smith this season are Desmond Boots and Shad Sitz. Boots was an assistant

baseball coach at Portland’s Benson High School and has three years experience with Sisters Little League. Sitz, who has coached basketball at the high school level, also coached with the Sisters Little League the last few years. “They bring a lot to the program,” said Smith. “I like where the program is heading.” Except for the weather. “Once again Mother Nature has dictated how we do practices and I am not going to tangle with her,” said Smith. “She won last year with Snowmageddon. I hope she has mercy on us this year.” The Outlaw softballers are sharing gym space with all the other Outlaw spring teams from track and field to lacrosse to tennis to baseball to golf. And the boys’ basketball team is in the playoffs. “We just have to manage with the space we have and sharing with the other sports,” said Smith. “It does get frustrating, but as coaches we have to lead by example and show the girls how you take on different sets of problems.” The veteran Outlaw coach noted that the first week of practice was sticking to basic fundamentals of hitting, throwing, fielding and general game terminology. See SOFTBALL on page 29

Alpine skiers race in season finals By Rongi Yost Correspondent

The Outlaws Alpine Ski Team raced in the Oregon School Ski Association season finals on Friday and Saturday, March 2 and 3. Friday’s slalom conditions were snowy and beautiful. Cold temperatures that hovered around 16 degrees made for soft, but fast snow for racing. The Sisters team had a strong racing day, and most of the team scored their best scores of the season. The Outlaws moved ahead of Marist High to take the fourthplace spot in the slalom race. George Chladek was Sisters’ top scorer on Friday. George took fifth place with 76 points. Evan Palmer didn’t finish his first run, but placed 11th on his second run, and scored 24 points. Kincaid Smeltzer was 18th on his first run with 13 points, but did not finish his second run. John Banks finished 31st, Conner Petke was 40th, Christopher Lundgren 45th, and Corbin Johnson 49th. Conditions were a bit warmer for Saturday’s giant slalom race, but the course held up well. Sisters finish order was: Chladek 21st, Palmer 16th on his first run

(didn’t finish his second), Smeltzer 29th, Lundgren 55th, Petke 56th, Banks 59th, and Johnson 66th. The boys placed fifth as a team in the GS. On the JV side, big breakthroughs were made by Petke, Lundgren, and Johnson, who all moved up significantly in the finish order. Sisters girls had their best slalom race of the year. Skylar Wilkins finished 27th in the combined. Holland Hartman also had a top-30 finish. She was 27th on her first run, but did not finish her second run. In the giant slalom, Hartman took 30th, and Wilkins was 36th. For the season overall, the boys took fifth place out of 14 teams. The girls raced as individuals, as there were not enough girls to fill out a team. At the awards assembly, the Sisters team was awarded “The Team Spirit Award” by the other coaches. The team was awarded a silver ski boot to be displayed until next year, when it will be passed to next year’s spirited team. Chladek said, “As a coach, I’m already looking forward to coaching this great team of skiers next season, and skiing some powder snow with them for the rest of this season.”

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SNOWPACK: The West is seeing significant declines Continued from page 1

could not be built fast enough to offset the loss of snow storage – and we don’t have a lot of capacity left for that kind of storage. It comes down to managing what we have in the best possible ways.” The researchers attribute the snowpack decline to warmer temperatures, not a lack of precipitation. But the consequences are still significant, they point out. Earlier spring-like weather means more of the precipitation will not be stored as long in the mountains, which can result in lower river and reservoir levels during late summer and early fall. The study considered data from 1,766 sites in the western U.S., mostly from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service and the California Department of Water Resources. The researchers focused on measurements taken on April 1, which historically has been the high point for snowpack in most areas, though they also looked at measurements for Jan. 1, Feb. 1, March 1, and May 1 – which led to the range of decline of 15 to 30 percent. They also used a physically based computer model of the hydrologic cycle, which takes daily weather observations and computes the snow accumulation, melting, and runoff to estimate the total snowpack in the western U.S. “We found declining trends in all months, states and climates,” Mote said, “but the impacts are the largest in the spring, in Pacific states, and in locations with mild winter climates.” The Pacific states – California, Oregon and Washington – receive more precipitation because of the Pacific Ocean influence, and more of the snow falls at temperatures near freezing. Because the Cascade mountains, which transect the region, are not as steep as the Rocky mountains, they have more area that is affected by changes in temperature. “When you raise the snow zone level 300 feet, it covers a much broader swath than it would in the inland states,” Mote said. Mote was one of 12 lead authors on a chapter of the fifth Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report looking at the cryosphere, which is comprised of snow, river and lake ice, sea ice, glaciers, ice sheets and frozen ground. Also an author on the fourth IPCC report, he had led a 2005 study on western snowpack levels that had

also documented declines that were less dramatic than those in this new study. This latest study found: • California had the highest number of positive snowpack trends since 1955, but lingering drought during the past decade erased most of those gains and snowpack declines still dominated; • Most of the other western states had only one or two sites that reported increases in snowpack; • Regions with the most significant decrease in snowpack were eastern Oregon and northern Nevada, though snowpack decreases in excess of 70 percent also occurred in California, Montana, Washington, Idaho and Arizona. “The amount of water in the snowpack of the western United States is roughly equivalent to all of the stored water in the largest reservoirs of those states,” Mote said. “We’ve pretty much spent a century building up those water supplies at the same time the natural supply of snowpack is dwindling.

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The amount of water in the snowpack of the western United States is roughly equivalent to all of the stored water in the largest reservoirs of those states. — Philip Mote “On smaller reservoirs, the water supply can be replenished after one bad year. But a reservoir like Lake Mead takes four years of normal flows to fill; it still hasn’t recovered from the drought of the early 2000s.” Mote said snowpack levels in most of the western U.S. for 2017-18 thus far are lower than average — a function of continued warming temperatures and the presence of a La Niña event, which typically results in warmer and drier conditions in most southwestern states. The study was funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessment (RISA) program, and the U.S. Environmental Protection A g e n c y ’s O f f i c e o f Atmospheric Programs. Mote is on the faculty of OSU’s College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences. Other researchers on the study include Sihan Li, University of Oxford; and Dennis Lettenmaier, Mu Xiao, and Ruth Engel of the University of California, Los Angeles.

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District put in significant planning and mobilization for an anticipated influx of thousands of people to view a total eclipse — an event that was expected to stretch emergency response to the breaking point. The fact that the strain didn’t materialize didn’t change the fact that District personnel had to work to get ready. Instead of an “eclipsolypse,” the District got what Deputy Chief Tim Craig called “a massive uptick in structure fires” that required response — including coming to the aid of Cloverdale Fire District in battling a fire in a 22,000-square-foot home east of Sisters — believed to be the largest structure fire of the year in Oregon. Then Mother Nature handed the District a whole other plate full of problems, in the form of wildfire. Chief Craig noted that the District participated in multiagency drills before the wildfire season got underway — critical to coordinated and effective response.

“We learn each others’ names long before the smoke hits the woods,” he said. When the smoke did hit the woods, Sisters Fire was required to mobilize for weeks of structure protection duty during the Milli Fire, where some 600 residents were evacuated from Crossroads and the Edgington Roads neighborhoods. The District’s fire season lasted well beyond our own. Having received the benefit of multiple departments — including some from outof-state sending engines and crews to Sisters during the Milli Fire, Sisters reciprocated by deploying engines and crews to other fires, from the Columbia Gorge to California, where massive, catastrophic wildfires tormented the state. Sisters fire crews served their neighbors admirably in a fire season that extended into December. “We sent 15 strike teams down there,” said keynote speaker State Fire Marshal Jim Walker. “Your firefighters went to California and they represented you and the state very well.” In his remarks, Walker noted that Sisters has “an incredible volunteer

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State Fire Marshal Jim Walker received the Partnership Award for the agency’s help in providing task force assistance during the Milli Fire. program.” Sisters has more than 40 volunteers in harness, and an active Fire Corps that offers classes, installs smoke alarms and conducts community blood pressure clinics. “The rest of the state is really struggling to attract volunteers,” Walker said. Fire Chief Roger Johnson presented a slate of awards to firefighters, volunteers and EMTs (see story, page 29). He started with the Partnership Award, presented to Walker and the State Fire Marshal’s Office in honor of the support they provided during the Milli Fire. When the District requested assistance in the

face of a fast-moving blaze that was forcing evacuations, “it was amazing how fast they had people rolling into Sisters.” Chief Johnson presented Walker with a special plaque made of locally sourced wood, with the upper rim depicting the skyline of the Three Sisters. The centerpiece was a chromed head of a Pulaski (a firefighting mattock/ax) that was used on the Milli Fire. Both Chief Johnson and Fire Marshal Walker noted how critical interagency relationships and partnerships are to providing effective and efficient public safety.

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Sisters firefighters/EMTs honored By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

Fire Chief Roger Johnson handed out a bevy of awards at last week’s Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District awards banquet, held at FivePine Lodge & Conference Center on Friday evening, March 2. The awards offer a window into the degree of dedication that exists within the local District — from student firefighters to volunteers to career firefighters and EMTs. They also reveal a tight-knit crew that truly meets the definition of a word that was used often through the evening: “family.” One of the most extraordinary moments of the evening came with the Life-Saving Award. In this case, the life saved was one of their own: Captain Thornton Brown, who was injured in a climbing accident in California last year (see “Fire captain on other end of rescue,” The Nugget, April 26, 2017 — link available with online version of this story). Fire medic Matt Millar and Captain Jeff Liming applied their professional knowledge and cool under pressure to ensure a positive outcome when Brown lost control of his rappel on a descent into a canyon, smashing his heels when he came to an abrupt and painful stop. Brown recounted the adventure at the banquet, showing a video of his rescue by helicopter out of the bottom of the canyon. After a

long rehab, Brown returned to full duty. “I’d like to thank publicly Jeff and Matt for all they did,” Brown told the assemblage. “I couldn’t have better brothers within the fire service — or anywhere.” Dave Moyer was recognized for an extraordinary 45 years of service as a volunteer. Moyer, who lives across the street from the fire hall, was often the first man on an engine back in the pioneering days of the Sisters fire serve, and he’s stuck with it through to the creation of the professionally staffed, wellequipped service it is today. Jeff Liming was named Volunteer of the Year, and he invoked the sensibility that was so often expressed in the room: “Thank you for letting me be part of your family.” Rachelle Bieler received both the Rookie of the Year Award and Resident Volunteer of the Year honors, reflecting her passion for the fire service, her dedication to training and education and her extraordinary level of participation in the District’s multitude of community service projects and events. Christi Davis was honored for firefighter fitness, and Larry Stuker was honored as Fire Corps Volunteer of the Year for his efforts in distributing automatic external defibrillators through the District. Though his tone in presenting the award was humorous, what Chief Johnson noted is a fact: “Sisters is one of the safest places to have a

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“We see improvement every day,” said Smith. The first of the Outlaws scheduled 23 games is a nonleague game versus La Pine on March 15. Other pre-league opponents include Crook County (4A state runner-up in 2017), Klamath Union, Jefferson and Gladstone. The Outlaws will also host a tournament during spring break. Sky-Em League action opens April 3 against Elmira. This will be the Outlaws’ final year as a member of the Sky-Em along with Elmira, Sutherlin, Sweet Home, Cottage Grove and Junction City. Due to OSAA realignment starting in fall 2018, in spring 2019 they will compete in the Oregon West League: Newport, Philomath, Sisters, Stayton, Sweet Home and Woodburn.

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heart attack today in America — thanks to Larry!” The Fire Corps as a whole received the Chief’s Award for Excellence for their outreach work in the community, which includes smoke-alarm installation, blood pressure clinics and more. Noting that 75 to 80 percent of the District’s calls are for medical assistance, Chief Johnson presented the EMT of the Year Award to Rita Hodge for her exceptional dedication to providing life-saving service under pressure. Travis Bootes deployed twice to California as part of Oregon strike teams sent to aid in the battle against catastrophic wildfires in that state. His dedication earned him honors as Volunteer Firefighter of the Year. Cody

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recognize that they are part of a team — indeed, a family. Keynote speaker State Fire Marshal Jim Walker noted that one of the distinguishing qualities of the personnel of the Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District is their humility. “They do incredible things,” he said. “And they do it on a daily basis.”

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develop that currently has gained moderate strength. The rest of it, maybe not so much. Snow started flying in the mountains by late September, adorning them with a fresh, white blanket that continued to thicken throughout October and early November, thanks to a spell of cool, wet weather. Here in Sisters, October’s precipitation was 132 percent of normal, and up to 160 percent of normal in some surrounding areas. But later in November the weather pattern began to change in a way that’s normally seen during an El Niño. Early in December a high amplitude ridge aloft settled in over the west coast of the U.S. and pretty much made itself at home for an extended period of time. This feature not only had a profound influence on our weather here in the west but also impacted in the midwest and eastern portions of the country. The clockwise circulation of this large bubble of warm air in the mid and upper levels of the atmosphere shunted Pacific storms far to the north around the Pacific Northwest and at the same time drew frigid arctic air from the Canadian Yukon and Northwest Territories southward into the Eastern U.S., sometimes producing subfreezing temperatures and snow all the way down to the

Gulf Coast. Though it may sound counter-intuitive, the average temperature for December in Sisters was actually about three degrees F below normal, despite all that warm air over us. The key here is that warm air aloft tends to stabilize the atmosphere, preventing mixing with the air below. In fact, because of the longer nights of winter, the ground tends to get colder as it radiates heat into space, strengthening the inversion. Freezing fog occurred often, sometimes lasting all day. An inch or two of snow fell the day after Christmas. December was extremely dry, receiving only about 5 percent of normal precipitation. For short periods of time in January, the ridge would weaken a bit then gain strength again, but never budged from its position. Temperatures moderated slightly and only a little bit more snow and rain fell, though still insignificant. But as February rolled around, forecasting models were hinting at a fundamental pattern change. (Was Punxsutawney Phil trying to tell us something?) Would the correct solution be to dissolve the ridge, move it to another location or keep it right where it’s been for the past two months? As it turned out, the ridge maintained its amplitude and strength, but retrograded westward into the eastern Pacific Ocean. Now we would become susceptible to cold air moving down from the north. On February 17, strong southwesterly winds blew

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A late snowfall has markedly enhanced the snowpack this season in the Central Oregon Cascades. across Central Oregon ahead of the first winter storm of the season, resulting in many downed trees and several power outages. Modified arctic air moved southward behind the front producing the first real snowfall of the season. Five inches of snow was measured in the Crossroads development west of Sisters on February 18, another five inches three days later. Several more inches of the white stuff was added on the morning of February 26. At this writing, much of that snow is still on the ground. The lowest official temperature during the cold spell was 11 degrees below zero, occurring on the morning of February 23. Not surprisingly, the average temperature during February was almost 4 degrees below normal. What doesn’t seem to make sense, however, is that the total precipitation for the month was just half an inch, almost an inch below normal. The precipitation value

is suspiciously low in light of the fact the Colgate Remote Automatic Weather Station located just four miles west of Sisters received more than 1.5 inches. So it’s probably not too big a stretch to assume the precipitation for February was at least normal. According to the National Water and Climate Center, the snow water equivalent of the snowpack in the Central Oregon Cascades was 51 percent of normal on February 1. By March 1 it was between 60 to 66 percent of normal. Now that the data for the winter are in, how did the forecasters really do?

Temperatures in December were about three degrees below normal and four degrees above normal in January. That’s a push. February came in 3.3 degrees below normal, making the overall winter temperature somewhat cooler than normal. February’s precipitation was about normal, but December and January were exceeding dry. This is a clear miss. The Climate Prediction Center has forecasted that March should see a 60 percent chance of below-normal temperatures and a 50 percent chance of above-normal precipitation in our area.

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State rolls out OregonSaves retirement program By Kristian Foden-Vencil Oregon Public Broadcasting

PORTLAND (AP) — Over the years, Oregon has been both lauded and lambasted for new ideas, whether it be doctor-assisted suicide, public beaches or its bottle bill. Now, it’s breaking ground again. Oregon is the first state in the nation to help people save for retirement. “If you plan ahead, you’re just going to be set up for the future,” said Ulises Orozco, a 19-year-old sous chef at Thunder Island Brewery in Cascade Locks, Oregon. He makes about $20,000 a year. A couple of months ago, brewery owner Dave Lipps called a meeting to explain the company was going to put 5 percent of everyone’s wages into the OregonSaves pension program. They could optout if they wanted. But most didn’t. Orozco said he’s now putting aside about $75 a month. “I haven’t really done that math, to be honest with you,” he said. “I mean what Dave was telling me was in order to retire you would at least need $1 million in the bank to be saved. I was like, maybe I should actually do the math and actually know how much I’ll get.” Orozco has been learning about compound interest, something Albert Einstein allegedly quipped was the most powerful force in the universe. Compound interest means

that if you save $100 and earn 2 percent interest, it’ll be worth $102 in a year. The next year, it won’t just earn another $2 interest. It’ll earn $2.04 cents, because the interest is now earning interest. The average Oregonian retiree has about $12,000 salted away. It’s a nice lump sum if you’re looking to buy a car or fix a house. But spread over 20 or 30 years of retirement, it’s not a lot. So, the state is rolling out the OregonSaves program for the one million Oregonians who don’t have a retirement savings plan at work. Those are mainly people with working class and part-time jobs. The default setting under OregonSaves is that an employee’s first $1,000 is placed in a savings account, so it won’t shrink if the stock market takes a plunge. After that, the money is invested in stocks with employees choosing how aggressive they want to be. People can carry it from one job to another. Oregon State Treasurer Tobias Read thinks that in 20 or 30 years, the program will be a boon for the whole state. “When people have access to savings as they retire, there is less of a stretch to our already stretched social safety net. So everybody has a stake in the success of this program,” he said. So far, around 70 percent of people who’ve been given the chance to join have signed up.

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25553 SW SUTTLE SHERMAN Beautiful 2-bedroom, 1-bath, 972± sq. ft. Metolius riverfront cabin with wood-burning riverrock fireplace, knotty pine paneling and open greatroom. Enjoy south-facing upriver views. Hike, bike, x-country ski, fish and more right out the front door. Year-round vacation rental potential. Rental history available. View more info at http://www.metoliusriverresort. com. $349,000 MLS#201605778

12234 SW TRACT I Rustic forest cabin along the banks of the wild and scenic Metolius River located just downstream of the village of Camp Sherman. Open greatroom with wood vaulted ceilings, knotty pine paneling, river-rock hearth and woodstove. 1 bedroom down with an upstairs sleeping loft. Beautiful setting and river views. Hike, fish, bike, crosscountry ski out your door. Year-round recreational opportunities. U.S. Forest Service special-use permit cabin. $325,000. MLS#201609632

184 E. WASHINGTON AVENUE Investment opportunity in the heart of Sisters. 80x114 lot size with potential to split and/or build higher density in MFR zone. Centrally located across from Village Green Park and a half block behind Hood Avenue. One-bedroom, one-bath cottage currently rented for $800/ month. Value is in the land, but get some cash flow too!$350,000. MLS #201709953

PREMIUM LAKEFRONT… …homesite in Aspen Lakes Golf Estates. 1.27 acres with nice pine trees and water views. Protective CC&R's in this gated community of fine homes. 2 years of golf membership included with the purchase. Utilities to the lot line. Just minutes to the town of Sisters. PRICE REDUCED! $325,000. MLS 201506535 BEAUTIFUL REMOTE ACREAGE Secluded, rolling ponderosa forest tree farm north of Sisters. This 157± acre parcel borders U.S. National Forest land. Property is off the grid with easy access most of the year. Enjoy open skies and abundant wildlife. Metolius Winter Deer Range. $399,000. MLS#201507130

EAST MEADOW #7 Amazing location! Close to the Black Butte Ranch main entrance, this cabin-style house is 1,595 square feet and sits on the meadow with an incredible view of the meadow and mountains. The compact kitchen has been recently renovated with granite countertops, wood cabinetry and new appliances. The living room area is carpeted and good-sized with a fireplace and views that look out at the meadow through many windows. $787,500. MLS #201707499

17640 MOUNTAIN VIEW Elegant home in Squaw Creek Canyon Estates with high-quality features throughout. Located on 2.5 acres, the home is 2990 sq.ft. with 3 bedrooms + den and 3.5 baths. Gourmet kitchen with high-end appliances, Italian granite countertops, cherry-wood cabinets, walk-in pantry, hickory-wood floors and central vac. 1014 sq.ft. 3-car garage with workbench and storage cabinets. Fenced backyard and landscaped with watering system. Large deck with built-in Dacor BBQ. Schedule a showing with us today. $940,000. MLS#201711893

NEAR THE DESCHUTES RIVER Climb the slight ridge and the mountain views open big and wide from Mt. Hood to Broken Top. Every peak is visible as well as the valley below. Bordering BLM directly on the eastside. Paved access, underground utilities, existing well and septic available. Enjoy the quiet setting and night sky in this beautiful secluded corner of Deschutes County. $395,000. MLS#201506281

LAKE FRONTAGE Aspen Lakes Golf Estates. Build your dream on this 1.38 acre homesite with water views. A bird watchers delight! In a gated community where owners enjoy a summer pool, tennis courts and a club house. Two years of golf membership to transfer to the new owners. Just minutes to Sisters, the Redmond Airport or the City of Bend. $325,000. MLS#201800726

Carol Davis 541-410-1556 ABR, GRI, Broker

Catherine Black 541-588-9219

CRS, Broker, Realtor Emeritus 40 years

Shane Lundgren 541-588-9226 Broker

BE A PART OF IT... Sisters’ Only Custom Mixed-Use Community INNOVATIVE NEW CONCEPT • Light Industrial/Commercial • Live/Work Loft Apartments • Opportunity for Economic Diversity • Small Condo-type Spaces • Perfect for Start-ups and Entrepreneurs Lot 17 MLS#201605623 ............ $164,900 Lot 5 MLS#201605629 ............ $194,900 Lot 4 MLS#201605631 ........... $199,900 Lot 7 MLS#201605632 ........... $204,900 Lot 9 MLS#201610470 ........... $294,500

Debbie Dyer 541-480-1650 GRI, Broker

Carrie Koepke 541-419-1575 Broker

YOU BELONG HERE 2.5-acre parcels with community water, power and phone available. All lots offer you treed privacy and easy paved-road access. Be one of the first buyers in to claim a mountain view. Just minutes to Sisters. Priced $200,000 to $225,000. Call listing office for MLS#.

GET OUT OF TOWN! 2.3 acres off of Cloverdale Road, just minutes to Sisters, yet convenient to Redmond and Bend as well. Nicely treed with a mountain view to the west. MUA zoning and level land make this property an easy builder. Horses allowed.$159,000. MLS#201702515

Greg Davidge 808-281-2676 Broker

Jackie Herring 541-480-3157 Broker