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The Nugget Vol. XLI No. 27

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Wednesday, July 4, 2018

Sisters showcases golf on world stage By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

Golfers from all around the Pacific Northwest turn out each year to play in the Oregon Open at Aspen Lakes. This year, that showcase event was followed by an influx of international golfers who played at both Aspen Lakes and Black Butte Ranch during the International Association of Golf Tour Operators convention, which was held this year at Sunriver Resort. Aspen Lakes hosted a prefamiliarization dinner and a post-familiarization tour dinner for the national and international guests last week. In between, two groups played a range of courses across Central Oregon and around the state. Some 100 buyers were part of the event, with approximately 400 total attendees. The guests represented tour operators from Asia,

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Art Blumencron and Cris Converse have been named by Mayor Chuck Ryan to fill the two four-year vacancies on the Planning Commission. Converse and Blumencron both live outside the city limits and are replacing Roger Detweiler and Tim Klem. With a field of eight applicants for two positions, Ryan enlisted the assistance of councilors Andrea Blum and Nancy Connolly in interviewing all of the well-qualified candidates. In the recent past, an interview process hasn’t been necessary because of so few applicants for openings on the various City commissions and boards. Blumencron, who moved to Sisters three years ago after 43 years living in Portland, is currently building two work/ live buildings in Sun Ranch

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SPRD cancels some summer events By Sue Stafford Correspondent

FivePine Lodge and Conference Center and Aspen

Two summer community events organized by Sisters Park & Recreation District have just recently been cancelled, according to Executive Director Todd Garrett. SPRD outgoing board chair Bob Keefer confirmed for The Nugget the popular luau will take place. The Glory Daze Car Show, which was begun by the Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce, came under the purview of SPRD when Liam

See GOLF on page 29

See EVENTS on page 19

Sisters Country showed off its best golfing conditions to an international audience last week. PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK

Europe, Canada and other regions of the U.S. — all of whom book clients for golf packages. They were here to

Two named to Sisters Planning Commission By Sue Stafford

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Business Park with businesses on the ground level and apartments upstairs. In one of the spaces Blumencron will open his Goby Walnut Products with wood from his urban salvage sawmill in Portland. Blumencron is a graduate of Reed College in physical psychology and is active in the Reed Entrepreneurial group. He told the councilors, “I have a great desire to see Sisters grow properly in a measured way.” He pointed to the traffic congestion and expensive real estate prices in Portland as things he would like to see Sisters avoid. Blumencron volunteered for the Planning Commission because of his love for Sisters. “I would like to have a part in determining the direction Sisters is going,” he said. He mentioned particularly See PLANNING on page 24

see first-hand what Central Oregon and Sisters Country have to offer. Sisters Athletic Club,

Tom Worcester’s long musical journey By Katy Yoder Correspondent

The 4th of July is an important day for Tom Worcester. It will mark a musical milestone he planned many years ago. At 89 years old, he’s lived a long, interesting life that included military service during the Korean War, a career as a journalist and a long-time love affair with music. Now, he’s taking the stage in what may well be his final public performance. Worcester inherited his first musical instrument in high school. It came to him when his brother Jack, who was a P51 pilot in World War II, left for the war. Jack did not survive his service. Tom played his brother’s horn in the high school band. “My all-time best friend was a horn player and we had a horn quartet,” he recalled “As we moved on to college, we continued playing together. We drove to Denver and took lessons from an old

PHOTO BY KATY YODER

Tom Worcester is playing his beloved French horn — possibly for the last time — on July 4. man, about 80, who was very good. He taught us things that others didn’t.” Worcester’s horn is a brass French horn called a King

Double, which can be very difficult to play. The benefits for Worcester were worth the See WORCESTER on page 25

Letters/Weather ................ 2 Bunkhouse Chronicle .........4 Announcements................12 Obituaries ....................... 14 Classifieds..................26-28 Meetings ........................... 3 Sisters Salutes .................. 5 Entertainment ..................13 Crossword ....................... 25 Real Estate .................28-32

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Washington’s bad day By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

HAPPY 4th of JULY! Letters to the Editor… The Nugget welcomes contributions from its readers, which must include the writerʼs 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: Nice article about the store in Camp Sherman ("One hundred years of a country store," The Nugget, June 27, page 1). Interesting to note that Katherine and Clarence Smith were left out of the article. They owned the store from late 1940s until Mary Lou and Larry Loar purchased the store from them. Both of their children, Tom and Sandy

Smith, grew up at the store. Tom went to first grade in the old log school-house. They both went to school in Camp Sherman until coming into Sisters to go to high school. Tom is still alive and lives in Sisters. Would be nice to see that someone who grew up and continues to live locally be included. At least contacted to review some of his 20-plus years of history. Jennie Smith

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The Fourth of July is America’s Independence Day, but it is also the anniversary of a signal event that set the stage for the American Revolution. On July 4, 1754, Lt. Colonel George Washington of the Virginia Militia surrendered Fort Necessity in the frontier land of southwestern Pennsylvania to an overwhelmingly superior force of French regulars and their Indian allies. It was the culmination of a series of chaotic events in which a young and green George Washington almost single-handedly touched off a world war. In the early 1750s, the British and the French were sparring over their respective claims to the western Pennsylvania area — the Forks of the Ohio that marked the route into the vast, rich interior of North America. Virginia’s Colonial Lt. Governor Robert Dinwiddie had already sent the youthful Washington to Fort LeBouf in the Ohio Country to tell the French that they were trespassing on Virginia territory and must leave. The French were polite and hospitable, but not inclined to acquiesce to the Virginians’ request. Dinwiddie sent out a construction party to build a fort at the Forks of the Ohio, but they were sent packing and the French began construction of Fort Duquesne (now Pittsburg). Washington was ordered back to the frontier with orders to act on the defensive but to restrain anyone who attempted to obstruct colonial settlement activities. Dinwiddie was acting on his own authority, without any authorization from London, and putting such orders in the hands of an ambitious, aggressive young militia colonel was a good way to start a war. That’s just what happened. Getting wind of an apparently belligerent scouting party composed of French Marines (their elite forest fighting force), Canadiens and Indians in the area, Washington determined to attack their camp, with the aid of some Indian auxiliaries led by the western Seneca sachem Tanacharison. Tanacharison’s presence was another handful of dry tinder to toss on the fire: he had been insulted by the French and was seething for revenge. Washington and about 40 of his troops struck the camp, killing several of the French soldiers. Most significantly, Tanacharison tomahawked t h e F r e n c h c o m m a n d e r, Joseph Coulon de Villiers de Jumonville, who had in his possession a summons ordering the British trespassers to leave the

territory. The French considered de Jumonville to be on a diplomatic mission. His killing was what you call an international incident. Washington knew the French would likely counterattack him, so he retreated to Great Meadows and built a log palisade, which was completed on June 3. A month later, a force of about 700 French regulars, militia and Indians came down on him and his 400 men, which included a hundred British regulars under a Captain James McKay, whose regular commission put him on an equal footing with the Virginia militia colonel. Fort Necessity, as it was called, was poorly situated, with the French holding ground high enough to fire into the fort and the surrounding earthworks. When rain drenched the meadow and dampened the soldiers’ powder, Washington had little choice but to surrender the hapless fort. The British departed the fort on July 4. The commander of the French force was the brother of the slain de Jumonville, and he was in a chippy frame of mind. One of the surrender documents contained an admission from Washington that he had “assassinated” the emissary de Jumonville. Washington later insisted that the translation he was given acknowledged responsibility for “the death of” or “the killing of” the French officer, not “assassination.” It was all a terrible mess. These skirmishes in the forest of western Pennsylvania would have world-shaking consequences. Within a year, the British and the French would be at war in earnest, in a conflict that spanned the globe. The British victory in the Seven Years War left the Empire ascendant, especially in India, but it had profound unintended consequences in North America. The colonists learned to assert themselves, and by July 4, 1776, that self-assertion included a Declaration of Independence. And it would be Washington who would make that declaration good. One imagines that Washington was well satisfied to have something to remember July 4 by other than the humiliating episode of his youth. The fallout from defeat in the French and Indian War would fundamentally damage the Bourbon monarchy in France, which would ultimately fall in the French Revolution of 1789. And so the hinge of fate swung at the impetus of a young militia officer, an angry Iroquois diplomat and a handful of frontier partisans in the deep backwoods of North America.

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Quilt tour shows Sisters at its best Besides lovely gardens and luxurious homes, this year’s Quilts in the Garden tour on Thursday, July 12, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., will surely be remembered for the breathtaking views serving as the common backdrop for all the locations. The goal of this year’s tour was to have the properties in as close proximity to one another as possible. Tour chairman Donna Lipscom exceeded expectations. Two of the properties are located at the top of McKinney Butte, off

Barclay Drive. At the bottom of the butte is the Sisters Community Garden where lunch will be available for purchase from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Right across Camp Polk Road in the light industrial area is the third home. The other two are just on the outskirts of town so there are no long driving distances. Three of the properties will be fully open, both garden and house. All of the properties will be adorned with exquisite quilts, which will See GARDEN QUILTS on page 30

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Sisters quilters collated community comments to produce a quilt that expresses Sisters’ community values.

Exploring help for the houseless opportunities for action. They then took a look at possible next steps and who might be involved in both the short and long run. There was consensus by the end of the meeting that the conversation needs to continue. I n c r e a s i n g l y, p e o p l e are becoming houseless in Central Oregon and in Sisters. This issue has many facets and affects many stakeholders, most of whom were at the table at the June 25 gathering. Representatives invited to participate in the discussion

By Sue Stafford Correspondent

The collective knowledge and experience represented at the three-hour meeting last week concerning “houselessness” challenges in the Sisters community was considerable. Close to 30 people from throughout Deschutes County, as well as Sisters, gathered at Sisters Fire Hall’s community room for a facilitated initial conversation to develop a better shared understanding of the issue, by capturing stakeholders’ concerns and needs, as well as ideas and

See HOUSELESS on page 22

Sisters ‘visioning quilt’ debuts By Sue Stafford Correspondent

The newly completed Sisters Country Values & Visioning Quilt — which showcases more than 180 community comments — will make its debut next week during the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show. The quilt is set to be displayed on the lawn behind Beacham’s Clock Co., near the show’s raffle quilt and information booth. “The quilt is meant to celebrate our community and heritage and to commemorate the ongoing 2018 visioning process,” said Citizens4Community coordinator for the project Amy

Burgstahler. This spring, residents from all over Sisters Country inked onto individual quilt squares what they value about Sisters and what their vision for the community is. “Now that all those squares have been assembled, it’s fascinating reading it and seeing how the comments create this tapestry of community ideas and values in one piece,” Burgstahler said. “It’s one of those things where the sum is even greater than its individual parts. It’s powerful.” The East of the Cascades Quilters, led by Diane Tolzman and Gilda Hunt, teamed on the project to

design and sew the quilt. “In addition to all the local relevance built into this quilt, it’s also incredibly artful in its presentation,” Burgstahler said. C4C member Jane Paxson and quilters CeCe Montgomery, Janet Roshak, June Jaeger, Sue Olsen, Janet Storton, Nancy Frazeur, Susan Cobb, Jerry Lindstrom and Joan Santoro also contributed. There’s a little something for everyone on the quilt. Comments range from thoughts on marijuana, to butterfly stations, to a community sawmill, pool and See VISIONING on page 29

SISTERS AREA MEETING CALENDAR BOARDS, GROUPS, CLUBS Al-Anon Mon., noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Wed., 6 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration. 541-549-8737 or 541-549-1527. Alateen Thursday, 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration. 541-549-1527. 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. Alzheimer’s & Dementia Caregiver Support Group 1st Tuesday, 11 a.m., Sisters City Hall. 800-272-3900. Black Butte Macintosh Users Group 3rd Thursday, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Sisters Library community room. 541-549-1471. Black Butte Ranch Bridge Club Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m., BBR community room. Partner required. 541-595-6236. Central Oregon Council on Aging Senior Lunch Tuesdays, noon, Sisters Community Church. 541-678-5483.

Central Oregon Fly Tyers Guild For Saturday meeting dates and location, email: steelefly@msn.com. Central OR Spinners and Weavers Guild One Saturday per month, Jan. thru Oct. For schedule: 541-639-3217. East of the Cascades Quilt Guild 4th Wednesday (September-June), Stitchin’ Post. All are welcome. 541-549-6061.

Sisters Area Woodworkers 1st Tuesday, 7 to 9 p.m. 541-639-6216.

Sisters Rotary Tuesdays, noon, Aspen Lakes Lodge. 541-760-5645.

Sisters Astronomy Club 3rd Tuesday, 7 p.m., SPRD. 541-549-8846.

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

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 Friends of the Sisters Library Board of Directors 2nd Tuesday, 9 to 11 a.m., Place community room. 541-771-3258. Sisters Library.www.sistersfol.com. Sisters Cribbage Club Tuesdays, 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Ray’s Food Place Go Fish Fishing Group 1st Monday, community room. 541-923-1632. 7 p.m. Sisters Community Church. All ages welcome. 541-771-2211. Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m. Heartwarmers (fleece blanketmakers) 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City Location information: 541-549-1193. Hall. Materials provided. 541-408-8505. Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 to Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday, 1 to 8:30 a.m., Brand 33 Restaurant at 4 p.m. 541-549-1028 or 541-719-1230. Aspen Lakes. 541-410-2870. Military Parents of Sisters Meetings Sisters Meditation Group Sundays, are held quarterly; please call for details. 6 p.m., 484 W. Washington Ave. #A. 541-388-9013. Text only (no voice) to 541-207-7266. Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters Sisters Parent Teacher Community Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m., 3rd Wednesday, 3 p.m., Sisters Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-408-5594. Elementary C-wing. 971-570-2405. SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings Sisters Parkinson’s Support Group & Enrichment) Mon.-Fri., 11 a.m. to 2nd Tuesday, 1 p.m., Sisters Community 4 p.m. at SPRD. 541-549-2091. Church. 907-687-8101 or 541-668-6599. Sisters Area Photography Club Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday. 2nd Thursday, 4 p.m., Sisters Library community room. 541-549-6157. Location information: 541-279-1977.

Sisters Veterans Thursdays, noon, Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-903-1123. Three Sisters Irrigation District Board of Directors 1st Tuesday, 4 p.m., TSID 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. Weight Watchers Thursdays, 8:30 a.m. weigh-in, Sisters Community Church. 541-602-2654.

SCHOOLS 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 office. 541-549-4133. Sisters School District Board of Directors One Wed. monthly, 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.

FIRE & POLICE Black Butte Ranch Police Dept. Board of Directors Meets monthly. 541-595-2191 for time & date. 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 Wed., 7 p.m., 67433 Cloverdale Rd. 541-548-4815. 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 Tuesdays, 7 p.m., Sisters Fire Hall, 301 S. Elm St. 541-549-0771. This listing is for regular Sisters Country meetings; email information to teresa@nuggetnews.com

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The Bunkhouse Chronicle Craig Rullman Columnist

Independence Day Independence is a funny thing. These days many of the folk who enjoy its fruits — liberty and freedom — are pilloried, marginalized or, as in the case of this column during the late IP43 unpleasantness, exposed to censorship campaigns orchestrated by people who simply will not be satisfied until the only opinion they ever hear is an echo of their own. Behind that sort of Orwellian bent is a deliberate unwillingness to appreciate what makes diversity tick. When put to the test, this column finds, what these folks really want is not the kind of diversity where different people get to believe different things and to live responsibly in their own way under the Constitution. What they seem to want, after all of the smoke and bubbles are blown away, isn’t diversity at all. It’s control. Fringe elements of the control crowd in Sisters tried to have this space expunged, which would be laugh-outloud funny if it wasn’t also a terrifying glimpse into how they really view the Bill of Rights. Their intolerance of the 2nd Amendment led quickly to an intolerance of the 1st, and so goeth the slippery slope into tyranny. That mindset showed up again recently when the same intolerant mindset ran DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen out of a restaurant, and forced Sarah Huckabee Sanders and her family from another. They call that sort of thing “resistance” and congratulate themselves for saving the world, but thinking people

should know better. They should know better because there is an important difference between chasing someone out of a restaurant, and merely refusing to shake their hand. That’s an adult nuance of tolerance, and diversity of opinion, which is completely lost on a growing segment of our culture who, like children, want to smash anyone and everything that defies them. It has even infected Major League Baseball, where pitching coach Chris Bosio was recently fired from the Detroit Tigers for “making insensitive remarks.” Baseball has always been a mirror of American culture, both the good and the bad, but Bosio’s sacking is a sad reflection if only because, when examined carefully, the entire game of baseball can be seen as an insensitive remark. Baseball still has dirt. And grass. And wood bats. Players still slide hard and occasionally bean opposing batters on purpose. But at least they are honest about it. They still dip Copenhagen and chew Red Man and spit sunflower seeds all over everything. There are — praise The Creator — no clocks. But they still play the game on the field, may the best team win, and they don’t try to get each other fired or lie about pitching inside. If independence, freedom, and diversity are cousins, and I’m certain they are at least shirttail relatives, we must be vigilant in their defense. We must be forever wary of the Nurse Ratcheds of America who keep failing to understand the difference between influence and control. Because that confusion causes them to seek control over virtually every one and every thing they fail to influence. Which leads, eventually, to the same kind of tyranny we celebrate our independence from today. And speaking of the bookburning crowd, you can now add social insurrectionist Laura Ingalls Wilder to your refrigerator list of Cultural Boycotts. Wilder, author of the famously dangerous

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“Little House on the Prairie” screeds has, at long last, been accused of racism in her depictions of Native and African Americans, and will soon disappear from bookshelves. The druids of diversity, like rust, never sleep. I’m being facetious, of course, because banning books or columns doesn’t make the world more diverse. Diverse people — and diverse thinking — do. But since the diversity courts are now in perpetual session we should probably consider spending this Independence Day by putting the Boston Tea Party on trial — if only because it represents a foundational act of insensitivity. One thinks the entire episode should be viewed in a modern, revisionist light, given that the surly malcontents who defied the most powerful nation on earth for a little liberty did it wearing (gasp) Native American disguises — which was both an indefensible act of cultural appropriation AND illegal. Seen through a modern lens it is difficult to know which behavior was the more serious offense. Think of the children, I always say. And one way you can do that this Independence Day is by celebrating actual diversity. Some folks are probably going to smoke weed and delight in sparklers and Black Cats for hours on end. Some are probably going to church for a quiet talk with God. Some might go camping with their kids, or go floating down the Deschutes with a six-pack and a cigar.

Some folks will just be stuck at work while everyone else is at the barbecue. But I’m going to celebrate Independence Day by running a few high-capacity magazines of 5.56 through my AR, all-the-while rejoicing in victory — however temporary

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• Sisters Kiwanis extends thanks to everyone who came to its Antique, Collectibles and Bling sale. The proceeds exceeded expectations: 100 percent of those proceeds go to local nonprofits including SPRD, high school sports, Little League, Family Access Network and many others. Special thanks go to the dozens of donors who provided all the items for the sale; particular mention goes to Marilyn Ball, who donated a massive load of furniture. Also, the Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire Station donated their community room for the sale venue. And Saxon Jewelers merits special mention for appraising the valuable jewelry pieces. • Lenetta Cobert, Sisters Support Group for Parkinson’s, offered a big “thankyou” to Garth and Kit Tosello at Suttle Tea for hosting the first meeting of the Sisters Parkinson’s Support Group on June 12, 2018: We were very well taken care of and appreciate the warm atmosphere you created for our meeting. Due to an unexpected turnout, we will be meeting at a larger facility in the future. Future meetings will be held at Sisters Community Church on Tuesdays from 1 to 2:30 p.m., directly following the Senior Luncheon. Thanks again to Suttle Tea!

Fire district evaluates performance Medical calls continue to make up the vast majority of incidents requiring a response from the Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District. The District recently completed an evaluation of 2017 emergency response data. The District audits emergency response performance to determine if organizational response goals are being met. In 2017, District personnel responded to 1,182 emergency calls for assistance. The vast majority of the requests for assistance were for a medical emergency (69 percent). Only three percent of the emergency calls received were for a fire. The remaining emergency calls were for other types of incidents including false alarms, public service requests and other types of incidents. When it rains, it pours. It is common for multiple 911 calls to be received in a short period of time. Sometimes 911 calls are received while personnel are still working at another emergency incident. When these calls occur, they are identified as a “back-to-back” call. The District responded to 279 back-to-back calls in 2017. In 2017 District personnel treated 61 “walk-in” patients at the Elm Street fire station. The fire district encourages people who are experiencing a severe medical emergency

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such as chest pain or difficulty breathing to call 911 instead of driving to the fire station. The audit finds that 911 calls occur more frequently during daylight hours and on or near weekends. 2017 data shows that more 911 calls are received on Friday and Sunday and over half of all 911 calls occur between the hours of 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Fire District goals for responses within the city of Sisters are to have the first arriving emergency vehicle on the scene within six minutes of being dispatched 80 percent of the time. Actual performance was: Interior fire response 10 percent compliance (total of five incidents), wildland fire response 100 percent compliance (three incidents), and emergency medical response 91 percent compliance. Fire District goals for responses to emergencies in rural areas (outside the city of Sisters but within eight miles of the Elm Street fire station) are to have the first arriving emergency vehicle on the scene within 12 minutes of being dispatched 80 percent of the time. Actual performance was: Interior fire response 80 percent compliance (five incidents), wildland fire response 60 percent compliance (five incidents), and emergency medical response 80 percent compliance. District officials note that

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rural and remote wildland fires can be difficult to locate due to the incidents being reported without an actual address for units to respond to. This can result in longer response times. Fire District goals for responses to emergencies in remote areas of the fire district (more than eight miles from the Elm Street fire station) are to have the first arriving emergency vehicle on the scene within 30 minutes of being dispatched 80

percent of the time. Actual performance was: Interior fire response (no fires in this zone), wildland fire response 100 percent compliance (one incident), and emergency medical response 81 percent compliance. The District met or exceeded performance objectives in eight out of nine categories. For more information contact the Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District at 541-549-0771.

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Psychiatrist launches local practice Transient merchant regulations arise again By Kathryn Godsiff Correspondent

By Sue Stafford Correspondent

Issues swirling around permits for transient merchants in the downtown area ate up a lot of time and aroused considerable ire and controversy in Sisters before apparently being put to bed late in 2015. They’re back. In a review during their June 27 workshop of the current transient merchant regulations, members of the Sisters City Council heard from City Attorney Jeremy Greene that the entire ordinance is poorly written and needs to be overhauled, with greater clarification and specificity. The transient merchant ordinance is being reviewed regarding the 100-foot setback required on Cascade Avenue and the fact there are no exemptions for nonprofit organizations such as the veterans who would like to sell raffle tickets on Cascade during the Quilt Show. Greene indicated that having no

exemptions is not the norm. City Manager Brant Kucera indicated the most recent revision to the transient merchant regulations was done with regard to the aesthetics of Cascade Avenue and to protect the interests of full-time, brick-and-mortar, taxpaying local merchants. Council President Nancy Connolly said she favors the 100-foot set-back because she sees Cascade Avenue, which is a state highway, as the front window of the city. Councilor Andrea Blum doesn’t see groups being located on streets other than Cascade as a deterrent to their sales and favors keeping the 100-foot set-back. Councilor Richard Esterman, who acknowledged his conflict of interest on the matter due to his being an event promoter, contends that the ordinance is a violation of the First Amendment. Staff will work with legal to develop a policy and bring it to Council in a workshop.

Sisters Country residents searching for an empathic ear as they struggle with mentalhealth issues have another choice with the recent arrival of Dr. George Mecouch, D.O., a board-certified psychaitrist. He has long wanted to be a small-town psychiatrist, having grown up in rural New Jersey. Dr. Mecouch did his psychiatry training at The Medical College of Wisconsin, graduating in 1982. He worked in the Midwest for several years then came to Oregon in the mid-1990s. He spent the past 28 years living in West Linn, Oregon and maintained a private practice in Vancouver, Washington. In addition, he was the medical director of a community mental-health center in Clark County, Washington. When the opportunity presented itself, Dr. Mecouch and his wife, Susan, made the move permanently to their home at Black Butte Ranch

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and he set up his practice in Sisters. Specializing in Jungian analysis and depth psychology, Dr. Mecouch places great emphasis on delving deep into the soul of a patient. He treats more than symptoms and seeks to help his patients figure out ways to connect the soul to the world around them, allowing the psyche to heal itself with time and hard work. Practical applications are the end goal, and he uses a variety of techniques to get there. “Psychotherapy tries to determine what the depth of the soul wants,” he said. Dream analysis, cognitive behavorial therapy, talk therapy and empathic listening, as well as medication when necessary are techniques Dr. Mecouch uses with patients. He also advocates getting outside and finds his personal best therapy is fly fishing.

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One of his favorite T-shirt slogans reads, “Therapy is for the rich, fly fishing is for the rest of us.” “Fly fishing is the best therapy, but if it doesn’t work, come see me,” he said. Dr. Mecouch can be reached at 503-705-9208 or through his website www.drgeorgemecouch.com.

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Historical Society gets ‘cooties’ Michael Pennington of Sisters has donated memorabilia belonging to the late Mel Basin of Sisters to the Three Sisters Historical Society to be part of their veterans collection. Lance Trowbridge of the local VFW made the presentation. Basin was a member of the Military Order of the Cootie (MOC), a nonprofit veterans service organization. Members are officers and leadership of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and membership is recognition of outstanding service to the VFW and its programs. One of the principle objectives of the MOC is for its members to have and provide fun for themselves and others. The official uniform of MOC reflects that fun-loving attitude: red pants with a white stripe running down each side; ruffled white shirt; lace-trimmed red vest emblazoned on the back with a gold-outlined, bug-like creature with flashing light bulb eyes; and red, overseas-style cap worn sideways so that the tassels dangle beside the

wearer’s ears. Cooties was what soldiers called the body lice that infested them during World War I. Melvin Basin was born in 1911 in Snohomish County, Washington, the fourth of seven children born to Nettie and Harry Basin from Pennsylvania. He was stationed at the Naval Air Station in Seattle in 1942 as an aviation carpenter’s mate 2nd class petty officer. He fought in three campaigns in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Basin bought property in Sisters in August 1951, although he may have been here earlier, as his wife Flora was at Suttle Lake in August 1942 while he was in Seattle, according to the Bend Bulletin. In the mid-1950s, Basin bowled in several bowling leagues, maintaining high scores. Among his memorabilia are a number of pins reflecting his bowling hobby. Basin’s hat indicates he was the Seam Squirrel (commander) of the local Pup Tent (MOC unit). The

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Stars over Sisters By Grace Maiden and Nancy Montecinos Besides the usual fireworks used on July 4 to celebrate our country’s independence, July 2018 skies will be lit up by a parade of all five naked-eye planets in the evening sky — highlighted by a close approach of Mars. Early in the month, attention should first be given to the planet Mercury hovering low in the western sky. On July 12 the smallest orb in the solar system will be at its greatest eastern elongation, placing it a full 26 degrees from the sun. Throughout the remainder of the month, Mercury gradually sinks back toward the sun, making it harder to see. Up and to the left of Mercury is Venus, the brightest planet in the sky. Only the sun and moon shine brighter. Its orbit brings earth’s twin (at least by size) closer than any other planet. Venus simply can’t be missed. It spends the month among the stars of Leo. Progressing eastward across the sky brings into view another bright planet, the largest in the solar system in fact. Jupiter has more mass

than all the other planets combined. Almost any backyard telescope will reveal the planet’s bands and its four Galilean moons. Mighty Jupiter spends the month in Libra. Next up is Saturn, which for most observers is the crown jewel of the solar system. When atmospheric turbulence is at a minimum, a view of its ring system through a telescope is beyond compare. Saturn resides in Sagittarius. But the main feature in our celestial tour of the planets takes place in the neighboring constellation of Capricornus. On July 27 Mars and the earth will be at opposition, meaning that Mars and the sun will be at opposite parts of the sky relative to the earth. This geometric configuration will also bring Mars closer to the earth than it has been in 15 years. The distance between the two planets will actually be closest (35.8 million miles) four days after opposition. During late July the reddish hue of Mars will be the brightest light in the sky, except for the moon and Venus. Unfortunately, the light of a full moon on July 27 will tend to inhibit the ability

to see Mars at its brightest. Better views will come early in August. The next chance to see a Mars opposition this good won’t come around again until the year 2035. So don’t miss this opportunity. The full moon on July 27 was known as the Buck moon by early Native Americans. This was due to the male deer beginning to grow its antlers around that time of year. On this same night a total lunar eclipse will occur in which the Moon will pass entirely through the Earth’s shadow, causing it to slowly get darker and change to a rusty red color. It will be seen in most of Europe, Africa, western and central Asia, the Indian Ocean and Western Australia, but not in our part of the world. Of course, there are many summertime constellations to locate. Some of these include Ursa Major (AKA Big Dipper), Hercules, Ophiuchus, Sagittarius, Scorpius, Lyra, Cygnus, Aquila, and more! Also, if you are able to spot the three bright stars Deneb (in Cygnus), Vega (in Lyra), and Altair (in Aquila), then you are looking at the Summer Triangle.

Somewhat more challenging are the many fine deep-sky objects scattered across the summer sky. Some of the brightest of these include open star clusters M11 in Scutum, and M6 and M7 in Scorpius, globular clusters M13 in Hercules and M22 in Sagittarius, and M8, a stellar birthing region, also in Sagittarius. Pick a clear, moonless night away from the lights of town. For best results, use a pair of binoculars. These are just a few of the many spectacular things in the sky you could witness for yourself during July. So get out there with a couple of blankets and see what you can find while watching the night sky.

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Desert writers receive honors in Central Oregon By Katy Yoder Correspondent

The High Desert Museum was the perfect place to host the June 27 Waterston Desert Writing Prize awards event. In its fourth year, the contest was named after actor Sam Waterston. His sister, Ellen Waterston, founded the contest in 2015 and hosted the evening’s program. Along with readings from winner Patrick Mondaca and finalist Kathryn Wilder, the event featured a panel discussion focusing on desert issues, moderated by Oregon Humanities Executive Director Adam Davis. Panelists included experts in desert literature, geology, documentary filmmaking, farming and archeology. At the conclusion of the thoughtprovoking conversation, Ellen Waterston introduced finalist Kathryn Wilder who traveled from her ranch in Dolores, Colorado. Wilder read from her submission, “These Seasons of Disappointment: Cows in the Desert.” Her piece was chosen as one of two finalists in the competition. Finalist Diana Woodcock was unable to attend the event. Woodcock’s submission, “The Gobi Desert and its Muslim Inhabitants,” told the story of the Gobi Desert and the Hui, and the Silk Road that passed through the area on the way to the Orient. Wilder read an excerpt from her winning piece, describing preparations for her cattle’s arrival to their winter range. Outsmarting a hulking, trespassing bull, sagging barbed-wire fences

and chores getting harder for her aging body gave listeners a taste of ranching life. Her family raises Criollo cattle on their desert range land. Wilder is a desert writer who writes about wild mustangs and raising beef cattle in a more environmentally conscious way. “We raise a breed of cattle that’s smaller than European breeds. The Criollo are desert-adapted; they browse and don’t need grass. They’re more like deer, elk or mustangs.” she explained. In her submission, Wilder asked the question, “Can we raise cattle without destroying the soil?” She admits there are similar issues for mustangs and cattle. “We sell grass-fed, finished beef. We do it with extreme awareness of the environment. The desert is way more sensitive than huge rangelands.” Wilder described her reaction to learning she was finalist. “I was thrilled, honored, flattered and surprised,” she said. “It’s important to me

as a writer of desert-based literature to have my writing noticed and honored. Besides how I live my life it’s how I can help the desert environments. If someone like Ellen Waterston notices my writing that’s great.” The winner of this year’s contest came from a very different desert experience. Military veteran Patrick Mondaca is from New Jersey. Prior to his deployment to Iraq, he was much more familiar with places like New England and Canada. His submission, “Adjustment Disorder,” is a memoir about his discovery of personal peace in the Sudanese desert. In 2003, Mondaca served in Baghdad as a sergeant with the Connecticut Army National Guard’s 143rd Military Police Company. When asked how the desert landscape brought him healing, he explained that his religious upbringing imbued the desert with a spiritual element that deeply impacted him. “Looking up into the vast space within the stars and

realizing that something out there created it all. Feeling like a small speck in the middle of it and just in awe,” were ways he described his experience in the Sudanese desert. Mondaca could relate to World War I British soldier and author T.E. Lawrence’s writing about the desert’s powerful impact. “I’ve read accounts from T.E. Lawrence about his explorations of the Arab culture. There was a healing, cleansing element to it,” said Mondaca. “I wrote an essay of the healing aspect of the desert life and what Lawrence had observed.” Modern-day soldiers have many things in common with their predecessors, but today there’s a deeper understanding and more conversations about the after-effects of warfare. “Something that they couldn’t know about was

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City snapshot By Sue Stafford Correspondent

• Sisters City Council will take up considering the Time, Place, and Manner (TPM) of marijuana sales within the city in July. Council wants decisions on TPMs finalized prior to the November ballot measure, which will decide whether or not marijuana dispensaries and stores will be allowed in Sisters. • Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office reported that police bike patrols in Sisters will be starting on July 7 and run throughout the summer on the weekends. •  F o l l o w i n g a s e c ond reading on June 27, Council passed Ordinance 484, regarding noise within the City, with a 3-1 vote. Councilor Richard Esterman opposed the ordinance and Councilor David Asson was not in attendance. • Council directed staff and Legal to create a policy proposal that spells out how the City can grant money for or provide a refund of money for system development charges on workforce housing or Habitat for Humanity house projects. Council doesn’t want to take money from the utility or

general funds for such purposes because then it won’t be there later when it is needed. • Council approved acceptance of the City’s Transportation System Plan (TSP) revision, with the amendment that a parking analysis be done before installation of a bicycle boulevard on Washington Avenue. Staff assured there would be a public process allowing for citizen input before the project begins. • After lengthy discussion, Council unanimously approved text amendments and Ordinance 486, which includes reg u l at i o n o f short-term rentals. Because Council is concerned about the concentration of STRs impacting neighborhoods, they omitted any of the changes regarding STRs so the percentage cap on numbers and the spacing of STRs can be further researched. In essence, that leaves the issue of STRs unregulated until such time as Council can agree on regulations. The City is not able to put a moratorium on STR applications, so it is conceivable the three percent of all dwelling units cap (currently 104) proposed by the Planning Commission

could be exceeded before any regulation is approved. •  P a s s a g e ( 4 - 0 ) o f Ordinances 487 and 488 referred two ballot measures for the public to vote on in November. Approval of one ballot measure would allow marijuana establishments within the city limits of Sisters. The other would allow the City to impose a three percent tax on the sale of marijuana items by a marijuana retailer. The voters will decide both issues. • The City-run showers in Village Green Park have generated $2,800 in revenue in fiscal year 2017-18. The City will explore the possibility of tokens to be given to the homeless, possibly by onsite monitors. The cost of the showers is $1 for two minutes. Public Works reports the showers get a lot of use and have suffered from vandalism. The showers at the Creekside Campground generate about $350 a week in the summer, with $2,500 already collected since the campground opened in early April.

The Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District — In partnership with the Office of State Fire Marshal — is encouraging Sisters Country residents and visitors to “Keep it Legal and Keep it Safe” this Fourth of July holiday. Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District personnel will be out patrolling neighborhoods within the Fire District during the Fourth of July for education and prevention purposes, and to answer any questions residents and visitors may have regarding the use of fireworks. Fireworks retail sales season runs through Friday, July 6. The use and sale of fireworks is prohibited within Sisters city limits (except for public displays if they are approved by the City Council and Fire Department). State Fire Marshal Jim Walker said, “I want to remind all Oregonians that consumer legal fireworks can only be purchased from Oregon permitted fireworks retailers and stands, and regulations limit where those

fireworks may be used. Fire risk in Oregon is approaching extreme conditions and there is no room for error in fireworks safety.” Deschutes National F o r e s t P u b l i c A ff a i r s Specialist Kassidy Kern said, “Fireworks are prohibited on public lands all the time. Enjoy recreating on the forest, but leave the fireworks at home for the holiday.” The OSFM encourages everyone to use the four Bs of safe fireworks use: • Be prepared before lighting fireworks: keep water available by using a garden hose or bucket. • Be safe when lighting fireworks: keep children and pets away from fireworks. • Be responsible after lighting fireworks: never relight a dud. Wait 15 to 20 minutes then soak it in a bucket of water before disposal. • Be aware: use only legal fireworks and use them only in legal places. For more information contact the Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire Department at 541-549-0771.

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A N N O U N C E M E N T S Pancake Breakfast

Enjoy all-you-can-eat pancakes, ham, eggs, juice and coffee on Sunday, July 8 from 8 to 11 a.m. at the Camp Sherman Community Hall. This is a fundraiser for the historic community hall. Cost is $8 for adults, $5 for kids ages 5 to 10, and free for under 5. Questions? Call 541-595-6458.

Quilt Week Breakfast

Monday-Friday, July 9-13 from 6:30 to 9 a.m., breakfast will be available at St. Edward the Martyr Catholic Church. A daily special will be $10 with Continental breakfast for $4. Prepared by women of the Altar Society, this is their largest fundraiser of the year. A raffle is also featured, $1 per ticket or six for $5, with the drawing on Sunday, July 22 (need not be present to win). For more info call Mary at 541-549-2053.

Service & Picnic in the Park

Sunday, July 22, Vast Church is hosting a family picnic and worship service to raise funds for Hope Africa International. Learn about what’s happening with Hope Africa and how you can help vulnerable children in Uganda. Church will begin at 9:30 a.m., then around 11 a.m. there will be burgers and hot dogs, games and slip-nslide for kids! Please bring your own chair or blanket. For more information call 541-719-8727.

Art in the Library

During the month of July at the Sisters Library, Reflection and Renewal by the MIX (Materials in Extreme group of Portland) is featured in the community room. And Candace Bruguier is exhibiting wonderful acrylic pours in the computer room. For info call 541-549-6157.

Senior Luncheons & More

Adults age 60 and older are invited to join the Sisters Senior Luncheon. Lunch is served every Tuesday at Sisters Community Church with a $4 suggested donation. Coffee and various fun activities begin at 11 a.m. with lunch served at noon. Bingo is played after lunch until 2:30 p.m. For additional information or questions, call 541-480-1843.

Parkinson’s Support Group

The second Tuesday of each month, Sisters Parkinson’s Support Group is now meeting at Sisters Community Church from 1 to 2:30 p.m. (following the Sisters Senior Luncheon). All are welcome to learn, share, and receive support. For additional information contact Lenetta at 907-687-8101 or Carol at 541-668-6599.

City to Award Grants

The City of Sisters seeks to award grants to nonprofit community groups and other entities that meet the criteria for the 2018-19 fiscal year, beginning 7/1/18. The City will award up to a total of $20,000 in grants for Sisters community projects. Submit a Community Grant application (on the City’s website or at City Hall) and letter of interest by Friday, July 27, to the attention of Kerry Prosser, City Recorder. Questions? Call Kerry Prosser at 541-323-5213 or email her at kprosser@ci.sisters.or.us

Stars Over Sisters Star Party

Learn about the night skies! Stargazers are invited to gather at the Sisters Park & Recreation District building on Saturday, July 21 at 9 p.m. for a free presentation and slide show. If weather then permits, plan on heading out to the SHS sports fields to observe the night sky through powerful telescopes. Info, call Ron at 541-549-8846.

Friends of Metolius Walk

Friends of the Metolius offers the first of summer walks on Saturday, July 7, 10 a.m. to noon from the Camp Sherman Bridge to Allingham Bridge and back. Learn about the unique riparian habitat of the Metolius ecosystem, explore early Camp Sherman history, and observe changes to the river to enhance fish habitat. Meet near the Camp Sherman Bridge fish viewing platform. Leader is Scott Blau. Call 541-595-6439 or 503-730-8034 for more info.

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Donate Items to Annual Sale

The Three Sisters Lions Club is seeking donations of clean, unbroken, salable items for their annual sale, July 19-22. You may drop off items on Saturday, July 7 and Sunday, July 15 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. next to XPress Printing, behind Les Schwab. (Please, NO unattended drops; and no large furniture, appliances, or electronics.) To ask about other drop-off opportunities, please call Deri at 541-419-1279 or Kathleen at 541-410-6831.

Lunch in the Garden

See quilts at the Sisters Community Garden while enjoying lunch on Thursday, July 12, 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Enjoy a delicious fresh medley of three salads with bread, beverage, and cookies for just $10. This is the nonprofit garden’s annual fundraiser. Turn off Camp Polk to the Sisters Airport; the garden is 1/4 mile beyond it on the left. For info contact Lisa 541-390-9025.

Redmond’s American Legion Post 44 presents a Cow Pasture Golf fundraising event on Saturday, July 7 at 7:30 a.m. at Whistle Stop Farm, 65325 Pleasant Ridge Rd. This is “no-rules” golf, hitting tennis balls with any instruments through 15 holes in the pasture. Go to alpost44.com for details on cost and registration, or call 541-548-2551 or 541-526-1371.

Family Fun Story Time for kids ages birth through 5 takes place from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Thursday, June 28, with songs, rhymes, and crafts, all designed to grow young readers! Caregivers are required to attend and are encouraged to participate. For more information call 541-312-1072.

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The Sisters Rotary Hoedown is set for Saturday, July 28 from 5 to 9 p.m. at 67480 Cloverdale Rd. Join Rotary and four other nonprofits (Circle of Friends, Seed to Table, SHS Flight Science and Band of Brothers) to dance, eat, drink, play and fundraise. There will be silent and live auctions and music by Dry Canyon Stampede. Tickets are $20 (kids under 12 free) from any of these nonprofits or online at sistersrotary.org. For more info call 541-350-3085.

Book Sale Approaches

What’s a snuggly quilt without a great book? The annual Friends of the Sisters Library Book Sale takes place at the library during Quilt Show Saturday, July 14 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. All books will be priced at $1 or less! For more info contact Kathy at 541-912-0750.

Fishing Group for All

“Go Fish” is a fishing group for bait fishers and fly fishers; and men, women, and children of all ages. The group meets at 7 p.m. the first Monday of each month at Sisters Community Church. All are welcome to come for interesting speakers, instruction, raffles and outings. Questions? Call 541-771-2211.

Quilt Raffle for FFF

This year’s fundraising quilt for Furry Friends Foundation, designed & created by Valerie Fercho-Tillery, is on display at 204 W. Adams Ave. #109, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and will be at Fir Street Park on Quilt Show Saturday, July 14. Purchase tickets at the office or online at furryfriendsfoundation.org for $1, 6 for $5, or 25 for $20. Info: 541-797-4023 or email info@ furryfriendsfoundation.org.

Family Fun Story Time

Upcoming free walks and hikes with the Deschutes Land Trust include a Butterfly Walk from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 11; and Tree Yoga from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 12. Registration is required at deschuteslandtrust.org/hikes. Once registered, directions are provided. See the full listing online. For additional information call 541-330-0017.

City Election Materials

Three City Council positions will be open on the Nov. 6 General Election ballot; the terms of Asson, Connolly, and Esterman expire 12/31/18 (and they’re eligible to re-apply). You must be registered to vote in Oregon and a resident of the city of Sisters for 12 months preceding the election. Pick up materials at City Hall starting May 30. Perfected petitions must be received by 5 p.m. on August 28 to be on the ballot. Questions? Kerry Prosser: kprosser@ci.sisters.or.us, 541323-5213, or stop by City Hall.

Veterans Meetings

The Sisters VFW Post 8138 and American Legion Post 86 will have their next meeting at Sisters City Hall at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, August 1. Meetings take place the first Wednesday of each month (but no meeting July 4). All veterans in the area are encouraged to join. For more information call Lance at 541-903-1123.

Mark Kroos at the Library

At noon on Tuesday, July 24, Mark Kroos will perform at the Sisters Library, playing his two-necked guitar. Kroos is one of the few artists who tour with this unique instrument. All are invited to this free presentation. For more information call the Sisters Library at 541-312-1072.

Women & Teens Bible Study

Women (adults and teens) are invited to a study, “Bad Girls of the Bible,” at 9:30 a.m. on Thursdays, July 12 through August 9 at Sisters Community Church. Questions? Call 503-459-2977. To arrange for childcare, call 541-408-5539.

Tai Chi/Balance Sessions

Now located in Ray’s Food Place, Sisters Drug is hosting FREE adult fitness and health sessions led by Shannon Rackowski. Classes are the first and last Thursday each month, from 11:15 to 11:45 a.m. in the Ray’s community meeting room. Sessions are based on the CDC STEADI Program, to reduce adult injuries from falls. Tai Chi has been shown to improve balance and strength, helping to accomplish this. All are welcome! 541-549-6221.

Free Meditation Group

All are welcome to a free meditation group meeting on Sundays at 6 p.m. at 484 W. Washington Ave. #A, Wear comfortable clothing; no experience necessary. For more information please email dawnsong03@gmail.com or text only (no voice calls) to Dawn at 541-207-7266.

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Have Art to Donate?

Save your art for donation! This will be the second year for a Friends of the Sisters Library fundraiser, the Annual Pre-Owned Art Sale. Consider saving your treasures for this event. Art donations will be accepted one day only: Saturday, July 28. The sale will take place on Sunday, July 29 at the Sisters Library. For additional information contact Linda Davis at 541-549-1222.

Social and Book Discussion

Indivisible Sisters invites the community to the Pine Meadow Village Clubhouse on Thursday, July 26 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Come socialize, enjoy refreshments, and discuss Naomi Klein’s latest book, “No Is Not Enough: Resisting the New Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need.” Questions? Call 541-595-0243.

Food Assistance at the Kiwanis Food Bank

You may be eligible for food assistance. Find eligibility rules at the Sisters Kiwanis Food Bank, located at 328 W. Main Ave., open Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. USDA is an equal opportunity provider prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, nationality, sex, age, religion or disability. Cat and dog food is also available at the food bank, supplied by Furry Friends.

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SISTERS AREA CHURCHES Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church (ELCA) 386 N. Fir Street • 541-549-5831 10 a.m. Sunday Worship shepherdofthehillslutheranchurch.com

The Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration 68825 Brooks Camp Road • 541-549-7087 8:30 a.m. Ecumenical Sunday Worship (Sunday school, childcare) 10:15 a.m. Episcopal Sunday Worship (Sunday school, childcare)

Sisters Community Church (Nondenominational) 1300 W. McKenzie Hwy. • 541-549-1201 10 a.m. Sunday Worship (with signing) sisterschurch.com | info@sisterschurch.com

Sisters Church of the Nazarene 67130 Harrington Loop Road • 541-389-8960 | sistersnaz.org 10:45 a.m. Sunday Worship | 2sistersnaz@gmail.com

St. Edward the Martyr Roman Catholic Church 123 Trinity Way • 541-549-9391 5:30 p.m. Saturday Vigil Mass 9 a.m. Sunday Mass 8 a.m. Monday-Friday Mass

Westside Sisters 442 Trinity Way • 541-549-4184 | westsidesisters.org 9 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Sunday Worship Vast Church (Nondenominational) 1700 W. McKinney Butte (Sisters High School) • 541-719-0587 9:37 a.m. Sunday Worship | vastchurch.com

Calvary Chapel (Nondenominational) 484 W. Washington St., Ste. C & D • 541-588-6288 10 a.m. Sunday Worship

Seventh-Day Adventist Church 386 N. Fir Street • 541-595-6770, 541-306-8303 11 a.m. Saturday Worship

New Hope Christian Center (Assembly of God) 222 Trinity Way • 503-910-9069 10:30 a.m. Sunday Worship

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 68885 Trinity Way • Branch President, 503-932-2401; R.S. Pres., 541-549-4499. 10 a.m. Sunday Sacrament Meeting

Chapel in the Pines Camp Sherman • 541-549-9971 10 a.m. Sunday Worship

Baha’i Faith Meetings Devotional Gatherings, Study Classes and Discussion Groups. Call for location and times • 541-549-6586

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STA seeks program manager Sisters Trails Alliance (STA) is hiring a part-time program manager to support its fundraising, membership and event-planning programs. This is the first paid position for the nonprofit organization and a unique opportunity for the right person to shape their own role and help STA grow. Since its inception, the activities of STA have been managed by a cadre of enthusiastic and capable volunteers and board members. But the organization has grown to a point where having a consistent presence and point of contact for STA members, donors, sponsors and volunteers is a necessity. Thanks in part to a grant from the Oregon Community Foundation, STA is now able to support a permanent, parttime role that will help the organization manage its various fundraising activities and deepen relationships. S TA m a i n t a i n s t h e Peterson Ridge Trail System and is an active advocate for trails and trail-related issues. Interested candidates can view the position description at www.sisterstrails.org. Cover letter, résumé and references should be sent to info@ sisterstrails.org or mailed to PO Box 1871, Sisters, OR, 97759 by July 23.

Sisters resident featured at energy conference The high-performance home of a Sisters resident will be featured in the GoCleanEnergy Conference, July 13, in Bend. “How-to” sessions will engage businesses, individuals, and government. 350Deschutes, a local nonprofit, will convene 23 speakers and three keynotes to suggest the latest options to reduce energy use, manage waste, and get incentives for energy improvements. Opening keynote Jeff Hammarlund will describe the innovators: companies and governments that are leading and benefitting from the energy revolution. Nossa Familia Coffee will tell how they grew their business as a Bcorp, an innovative platform that combines business strength with social responsibility. The community is encouraged to attend and learn how easy it is to participate in sustainable actions that benefit everyone. Homeowners, builders, renters, buyers, and realtors will learn how to benefit from the Home Energy Score, recently implemented in Portland, Vermont, California and New Jersey. Sisters resident Scot Davidson will present this session, and be available at the conference to answer questions about his new highperformance home. Energy Trust of Oregon

ally Mike Lillesand and Green Realtor Mike Tucker will describe why more buyers are preferring solar and highperformance homes, and how builders can build them to meet this growing market. Individuals, business, breweries, and food service businesses will learn how to avoid plastic. Ashley Hammond, SunRiver Brewing Company, will instruct in vending and how to train staff. “Wasted Food: Wasted Money,” offered by DEQ, offers value as participating businesses reduce food costs. Cannabis grower Justin Clapik of Deschutes Growery, Colebreit Engineering, and others will discuss the “Future of Sustainable Cannabis Growing.” Register online at www. GoCleanEnergy.ORG.

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Hardtails Bar & Grill Live Music with Uncle Woody 7 to 10 p.m. Free show! Classic rock, blues & more on the outdoor stage! For additional information call 541-549-6114 or go to hardtailsoregon.com. Food Cart Garden at Eurosports Live Music with Juju Eyeball 5 to 7 p.m. Free! Don’t miss the Beatles tribute band! For additional information call Eurosports at 541-549-2471. Fir Street Park Sisters Farmers Market 2 to 5:30 p.m. For more info go to sistersfarmersmarket.com.

SAT...JULY 7 Camp Sherman Store 100th Anniversary Bash! 5 to 8 p.m. for the all-youcan-eat BBQ ($16 adults, $12 kids) and Live Music with Big Pine & the Pitchtones 6 p.m. to close. For additional information call 541-595-6711. The Suttle Lodge Live Music with Jacob Miller 7 to 9 p.m. Free event, all ages welcome for the first of the “Big Lawn” music series! Learn more about Jacob Miller online at thesuttlelodge.com/happenings. Sisters Saloon Live Music with Melanie Rose Dyer, Daniel Cooper, and Chris Patrick 7 to 10 p.m. No cover! For info call 541-549-7427 or go to sisterssaloon.net. Hood Avenue Art Photographers’ Reception on the Lawn 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with Curtiss Abbott, Scott Cordner, and Austin Jackson. Meet the artists! For more info go to hoodavenueart.com. Cork Cellars Live Music with Cuppa Joe 7 to 9 p.m. No cover! For information call 541-549-2675 or go online to corkcellarswinebistro.com. Food Cart Garden at Eurosports Music & Swing Dance Lessons with James Hillbush 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Free! Come alone or bring a partner! For additional 24 information call 541-549-2471.

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SUN..JULY 8 Hood Avenue Art Photographers’ Reception on the Lawn 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. with Curtiss Abbott, Scott Cordner, and Austin Jackson. Meet the artists! For more info go to hoodavenueart.com. Tollgate Rec Center “Quilty” Art Show 9 a.m. Circle of Friends Art presents numerous artists and their creations, door prizes, drawings & more! Call 541-480-6361.

MON...JULY 9 Hardtails Bar & Grill Open Mic & Jam Night 7 p.m. Every Monday, no cover! For additional information call 541-549-6114 or go online to hardtailsoregon.com. Sisters Saloon Painting Party 6 to 8 p.m. $35, every Monday! For additional information call 541-904-5280 or go to sisterssaloon.net.

TUES...JULY 10 Sisters Saloon Trivia Night 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sign-up is at 6:15 p.m. Free, every Tuesday! For additional information call 541-549-7427 or go to sisterssaloon.net.

WED...JULY 11 Sisters Library Author Reading with Marie Bostwick 4 p.m. Presented by Paulina Springs Books. Bostwick will read from and sign her latest novel, “Just in Time.” For more information go online to paulinasprings.com. Village Green Park “Men Behind the Quilts” Auction & Calendar Premier Party 6 to 8:30 p.m. $45 per person for dinner & entertainment (adult drinks for purchase). Purchase tickets online at sistersoutdoorquiltshow.org. Sisters Saloon Poker Night 7 p.m. Every Wednesday! $20. For additional information call 541-549-7427 or go online to sisterssaloon.net.

THURS...JULY 12 Homes & Gardens of Sisters Quilts in the Garden Tour 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Five gardens, homes, and artist studio on tour. $20. Tickets are at The Gallimaufry, the Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce, or go to sistersgardenclub.com. Sisters Library Author Reading with Rene Denfeld 4 p.m. Presented by Paulina Springs Books. Denfeld will read from and sign her latest book, “The Child Finder.” For more information go online to paulinasprings.com. Sisters Saloon Karaoke Night 9 p.m. to midnight. Every Thursday, no cover! For additional information call 541-549-7427 or go to sisterssaloon.net. Calendar listings are free to advertisers. Submit by 5 p.m. Fridays to teresa@nuggetnews.com

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Obituaries Grace Borden McGraw

Carol Ann Mouser

January 4, 1924 — May 29, 2018

Grace Borden McGraw, born January 4, 1924, passed away early Sunday morning May 29, 2018, in her own bed, in her own house, in her sleep, which was exactly what she always said she wanted. We are thankful for that. We feel so very thankful for the chance to share these many years with Grace. She certainly was an example of all things reflecting her generation. She experienced the Depression early in life and the loss of her mother before she started school. She was raised by her father but primarily by her devoted older sisters Mazie and Gertie. She married quite young, at eighteen, just before her husband Chuck was off to World War II in 1942. The three sisters and their husbands stayed very close throughout their lives. Grace and Chuck both had successful careers, Grace as a manager for Rogers and Chuck as an operator/manager for Bonneville Power in Portland, where they lived for more than 40 years. They loved travel and made many trips across the U.S. to Florida, Chuck’s home state, but their favorite

trip was to Europe which Grace gladly recalled and shared. They moved to Sisters in 2000 so that their family could assist in Chuck’s care after he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease. Gracie lovingly cared for Chuck in their home until his passing in 2009. She then turned to living her next few years, enjoying family including her cousin May Tucker’s children and their progeny at their August reunions. She traveled the U.S. on RV trips with niece Sue Morgan and enjoyed meals and games with her family and her friends in the Pines. She was thankful for the many caregivers who became loved friends over the past years. Grace taught us all a bit about what it really means to be “a tough woman” while remaining “a gentle woman” in the oldfashioned definition. Grace will be missed but never forgotten. She is survived by nieces Sue Morgan and Judy Chaput; and nephews Bill Francis and Jim Morgan and their families and the Tucker Bunch. A private family memorial will be held in the future

in Chehalis, Washington. She will be cremated, her ashes to join her husband Chuck’s. The ashes will then be brought to the ocean and sprinkled together which is in accordance with their wishes. Grace asked that her piano be gifted to the Chehalis Pioneer Museum in their family section and that she and Chuck’s names be engraved on a headstone at the Pioneer Cemetery in Chehalis, Washington, with the rest of her family. We are asking that no flowers be sent. If you would like to remember her with a donation to the Alzheimer’s Association we are sure this would have pleased her.

Former Sisters resident Carol Ann Mouser went to be with her Lord on Tuesday, June 26 at the age of 73. Carol was born in Bend and moved to Sisters in 1965 shortly after marrying her husband, Don Mouser. Carol worked as a postal clerk for Sisters Post Office for 20 years before cancer forced her to retire. Carol was also a volunteer EMT for the Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire Department for over 20 years. Carol was a fun-loving and caring person and enjoyed the people of Sisters. When she wasn’t working or volunteering, she and Don would take drives in her 1941 Cadillac which they took to several local shows as they were part of the local car club. Carol was proceeded in death by her parents, Paul and Pauline Beall; her son,

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Quilt Show Events

Men Behind the Quilts Auction & Calendar Premier Party, Wednesday, July 11, 6 to 8:30 p.m. Wish Upon A Card Reception, Thursday, July 12, 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce Visitors Center. Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show, Saturday, July 14, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. SOQS Sunday! July 15, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at g & Conference Center. FivePine Lodge

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The Quilt Show runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 14, all through downtown Sisters. “Creative Trails” is the theme of this year’s show and the 2018 poster created by Sisters artist Paul Alan Bennett. It is also the theme of the 2018 raffle quilt created by Valori Wells. More than 100 quilts go on display during the first two weeks of July in businesses that sponsor the show. Tour the businesses and note that many of the quilts are for sale. Many quilters arrive early to participate in Quilter’s Affair workshops, classes and events, produced by Stitchin’ Post. Quilter’s Affair runs Monday-Friday of quilt week. Sign up early! The show’s Men Behind the Quilts Auction

and Calendar Premier Party will be held Wednesday, July 11. Join show volunteers as they reveal this 2019, 12-month calendar featuring gorgeous quilts — which will be auctioned off — and the equally handsome, community-minded men of Sisters Country. The calendars always sell out — make sure you get several for yourself and gifts for friends and family! On Sunday, July 15, visit the FivePine campus at the east end of town for a stunning outdoor display and lecture by Valori Wells during this, her 20th year as a fabric designer and her 40th fabric collection. The show’s special events sell out early, so get your tickets now. Many visitors enhance their experience

of the Quilt Show by helping to put it on. A complete listing of volunteer jobs and online signup is available at sistersoutdoorquiltshow. org/volunteer-info. Prior quilting knowledge or experience is not a requirement.

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EVENTS: Luau is expected to proceed — without its leader Continued from page 1

Hughes was the executive director. It was scheduled this year for Saturday, July 21 on Main Avenue. It is now cancelled. The Home Brew Fest, scheduled for Saturday, August 18 in Creekside Park, was established in 2017, organized by SPRD and its volunteers in partnership with Sisters Kiwanis and Sisters Meat and Smokehouse. It is also cancelled. According to the SPRD website, “Due to lack of volunteers, participants, and other concerns, we are canceling the Sisters Glory Daze Car Show for 2018. We apologize for this inconvenience, please stay tuned for a 2019 date. All current participants will be refunded.” Former SPRD adult program coordinator Shannon Rackowski, who was still a member of the staff in January when Hughes left for Pendleton, had made all the arrangements and scheduled the special events for the year. When Rackowski tendered her resignation in April, she and the board of directors agreed that she would

contract with SPRD to lead her senior exercise classes so the program could continue. She also contracted to do the food for the GNW Running Camp in June and to coordinate the Crest the Cascades, the car show, the Homebrew Fest in August, the luau, the Happy Girls Run, the shuttles using SPRD vans for the Quilt Show, and the senior excursions for the SAGE program. Upon Garrett’s arrival in Sisters in April, Rackowski said she sat down with him and reviewed all the plans that had been made and were in place for the rest of 2018, to help familiarize him with the events and the year’s calendar. According to Rackowski, local car enthusiast Mick Hunter was lined up to serve as chairman of the car show again this year. T h e r e a r e d i ff e r i n g accounts as to why Hunter chose not to participate this year — or whether Garrett had met with him. Hunter is on vacation and couldn’t be reached for comment on Monday. Garrett indicated Hunter “had retired and would be visiting family in another state, and he might have been training others to take his place.” When contacted by The Nugget to confirm the cancellations and determine the reasons for them, Garrett

responded. “I learned in May that no volunteers or staff had been assigned to the event (car show). In June, despite my efforts, I couldn’t pull it together. Rather than have a subpar event, it’s better to not do it. Likely, it would have been just me and six registrants.” The new executive director also cited input from participants, judges, and the public indicating the car show needed more entertainment and better awards. “We’ll take a break and assemble a new show,” he said Garrett indicated he had been approached by a new car club in Bend that might like to be involved. He also said he had reached out to try to increase sponsorship and the number of participants — looking at including adventure vans and vehicles — but he couldn’t pull it together in a month. Incoming board chair Jeff Tryens reported, “The key volunteers were not as engaged … there were not many registrants.” The board had instructed Garrett that since the event had been advertised, they wanted him to see if he could pull it together. “By the end of June, it was on him to make the call,” Tryens said. Tryens pointed out events

like the car show are really a side event for SPRD, not part of its principle mission. “ We d o it for people w h o d o n ’t have kids in our programs or don’t parPHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK t i ci p at e i n SPRD’s cross-country running camp was a big success. our adult classes,” Tryens said. believes that former executive Garrett expressed “dismay director Hughes was a homeat the fact the event had been brewer and expert on the subadvertised and there was no ject. He and several volunsupport. I was trying to do teers ran last year’s event. what I could. I sincerely apol“I don’t drink and I know ogize for that.” nothing about home-brewAccording to Garrett, the ing. The volunteers want to Homebrew Fest had switched wait for next year,” Garrett dates several times for 2018 reported. and then it turned out it was He went on to say that scheduled for the same week- Sisters Kiwanis, one of the end as the Bend Brew Fest, which runs August 16-18. He See EVENTS on page 25

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The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are

more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world. He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them. He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only. He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and

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He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation: For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States: For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury: For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies: For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments: For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever. He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us. He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.

He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation. He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands. He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions. In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people. Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and

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cken man outside my This space is dedicated to the cancer-stri old and his family was office today (6/27/18). He was 54 years her’s 80th birthday, they hhere in Black Butte celebrating his mot were kids. had been coming to Black Butte since they in BB. They had Their father built one of the earlier cabins swoods as children and fond memories coming to our neck of the e back and make some for this special event they wanted to com more special memories. had strolled down The cancer-stricken man and his brother at our beautiful Three to the end of the block and were staring was not good and the Sisters Mountains. I noticed his health his waist to steady him. I man standing next to him was holding some water, and then went outside and offered them chairs, then s more than water, so I I thought, what the heck, this guy deserve ned and said, “Sure.” offered him a beer, too. He slightly grin his health. The canAfter I got them settled, I acknowledged some life advice that cer-stricken man immediately offered me reading this: I now feel inspired to pass on to anyone y, get all of “Listen to your body, take care of your bod get, considering the routine checkups you’re supposed to water. I didn’t do seeing a naturopath, and drink lots of how important these things, but I have recently learned they are. All I cared about was work.” — The man from Sherwood (wearing a T-shirt that said 13.1) THANK YOU for the ADVICE and s reminding me how beautiful and preciou our world and life is. Bless you and I hope we see you again in Sisters. — Kathy Kemper-Zanck

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HOUSELESS: Tight rental market has an impact on residents Continued from page 3

included public lands and recreation, local government, public safety, faith communities, housing support groups, houseless community members, employers, school district, homeowners living at the interface of public lands, community groups, and healthcare. The two groups with no spokesperson were the houseless in the community and those residents who don’t want them here. After brief context-setting by a number of the stakeholders as to how they are impacted, participants broke into six small groups to brainstorm different challenges as well as ideas that might help. Following the small groups, participants reassembled to report out, consolidate information gathered, and map possible next steps. The U.S. Forest Service was represented by Sisters District Ranger Ian Reid and USFS law enforcement officer Fred Perl. Sisters is surrounded on three sides by National Forests which provide thousands of acres in which people with no secure housing often camp. There are restrictions on camping, including a 14-day limit in any one location. Reid shared his concerns about resource destruction, safety for both the campers and the general public, and limited resources available to deal with those issues. Perl

boiled down his mission as “safe forest, healthy forest,” his job being to monitor the forest and provide for safety. He reported there are usually 10-12 camps in the forest, most with one person, although he does encounter entire families with children. Perl said with no budget for cleanup, his workload has increased due to the increase in garbage over the past 15 years. He did indicate that many different groups are responsible for the garbage – locals who choose to dump no-longer-wanted items, recreators, kids, and the houseless. As property accumulates in a houseless camp, when it is time to move, the people can only take what they can carry so items are left behind. Perl stressed that “everyone has to be in this together,” to effectuate change. Family Access Network ( FA N ) a d v o c a t e D a w n Cooper pointed out summer is a time of migration into Central Oregon by houseless individuals and families

because of “great weather, it’s safe, there’s fresh food and water, and they will be gone by early October,” when the weather turns colder. Cooper shared not everyone lacking permanent housing wants to be in a shelter, which is not their own space and which comes with someone else’s rules and regulations. The term “houseless” is coming into more common use, said Cooper, because there are many negative connotations connected with “homeless,” which to many people denotes mental illness issues, criminal behavior, unemployment, substance abuse, and public nuisance. “Houseless” is a term describing an economic condition which can be the result of sudden financial changes due to medical expenses, loss of employment, loss of permanent housing when a rental unit is sold, or lack of affordable housing, which is a big issue in Central Oregon. Colleen Thomas, who conducts outreach to the homeless

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Counting up the ‘houseless’ By Sue Stafford Correspondent

What do we call our n e i g h b o r s w h o d o n ’t have permanent housing? Homeless? Unhoused? Houseless? Unsheltered? Underhoused? Couch surfers? Campers? Transients? Each designation denotes a subtle difference in their circumstances but the bottom line is, these are human beings who lack what the majority of Sisters residents have — a secure place to call home. At last week’s meeting to develop a better-shared understanding of houselessness/homelessness in Sisters, some sobering statistics framed the conversation. (See story, page 3.) In the January 2018 Point in Time count done in Sisters at the Kiwanis Food Bank and the Cold Weather Shelter, 69 people reported being without permanent stable housing. Half of those were unsheltered (living outside or in their car), 13 percent were in the Cold Weather Shelter at night, and 40 percent were precariously housed, meaning they were couch surfing, or doubling or tripling up in a residence with their name not on the lease. The median age in the tricounty area was 32. Some of those reporting were military veterans, others were people escaping domestic violence, some had mental health issues, and some were chronically homeless, which means they have been without housing for two years or more and are experiencing mental illness. The people in the Sisters survey almost unanimously cited economic issues as a reason for their homelessness. Respondents could mark as many reasons as were applicable and those included health, family issues, escaping violence/ abuse, and legal issues. Most of the respondents had earned income by being employed. Those on SSI received $785 a month, making it clear why paying rent in Sisters would be beyond their means. According to Dawn Cooper of the Family Access Network, there’s an increasing number of 15- to 18-year-old children who are on their own, couch

surfing from house to house. In the Sisters School District this past school year, there were 45 students who were unsheltered. Among the 1,100 people the Sisters FAN office helped to access services, lack of affordable housing was the number-one issue. The Kiwanis Food Bank, which provides groceries every Thursday, serves 675 households in the Sisters School District. There are reports that more people are beginning to sleep in town because they don’t feel safe in the woods. If they leave their belongings in a camp in the woods to come to town, they often return to find their meager belongings have been stolen.

Stakeholders list housing challenges By Sue Stafford Correspondent

From the six small groups that gathered last week at Sisters Fire Hall to discuss the problems of “houselessness,” a comprehensive list of challenges and opportunities emerged. There was general consensus on several factors: the need for education for the community and ongoing dialog and conversations with the broader community. Houselessness/ homelessness impacts the entire Sisters Country economically, socially, and physically. Affordable housing of all types, living-wage jobs, and easier access to needed services were on everyone’s list. As part of ongoing education about this “hidden issue,” a way needs to be found to connect with the community members who are angry, afraid of what they don’t understand, or “just want these

people to go away,” the groups concurred. There was general agreement that the issue of poverty and houselessness should be addressed as part of the Sisters Country Horizons visioning process. What does the community want to do to address this issue and how does it get incorporated into the vision? Other challenges identified by stakeholders included: countering assumptions, misinformation, and fear of the unknown regarding houselessness; doing more with less; and training for volunteers. Additionally, they identified lack of adequate mental-health services, trash and sanitation issues, and how to build trust and relationships between the homeless community and Sisters residents. Some talk centered around the need for access to a multiuse facility providing showers and kitchen facilities. A shower truck or tokens to be

used in showers located at Village Green Park were also discussed. The group generated long lists of short- and long-term possible actions and solutions including: public education and an awareness campaign highlighting the benefits of providing services; dumpsters near camps; publication/distribution of a resource booklet for services; volunteers to connect with the houseless and also to help with cleanup efforts; rental assistance programs; dental van; year-round shelter; tiny houses/RV park/ additional camping spaces; public lockers; central location to access services; and collaborative efforts by community partners. After sifting through a plethora of possibilities, six “next steps” were identified. It was concluded that without community education and See CHALLENGES on page 24

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PLANNING: Role is especially vital in times of change Continued from page 1

traffic flow for pedestrians, bikes, and autos (including a manageable downtown in the summer), measured growth, affordable housing (more than just apartments), and a walkable downtown. He also mentioned more healthcare options in town and more light-industrial property to foster job creation. He describes himself as “an idea, a vision guy.” Blumencron has given considerable time to a variety of boards including the Oregon Institute of Literary Arts, Cascade Meadows Homeowners Association, and The Roundhouse Foundation advisory board.

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He is assisting Kathy and Frank Deggendorfer in establishing a wood shop at Pine Meadow Ranch, donating equipment to it. Cris Converse came to Sisters in 1971 when her mother, Dorro Sokol, purchased Pine Meadow Ranch. She has been deeply involved in the community for the last 10 years as a member of the Sisters Folk Festival board, coaching the high school girls’ volleyball team, and serving on a diverse selection of committees. “I have no skin in the game,” Converse said, indicating she has no vested interests in town. “I find the town interesting. We have evolved from a strictly Western town to one with more diversity. I’m OK with mixing,” she said. “Now that I am retired, I have time to give to the Planning Commission. I think I have indicated that I want Sisters to stay a special place.” In 2017, she donated $250,000 worth of municipal water rights from Pine Meadow Ranch to the City, augmenting the City’s water supply for years to come. The Chamber of Commerce named Converse the 2017 Citizen of the Year at their annual banquet in February. She accepted the award in honor of her mother. Converse has a background in business and

finance, government, writing legal documents, contracting, running the ranch, and is a shareholder in The Porch Restaurant. She brings to the Planning Commission her experience developing Pine Meadow Village with her family, which made her very familiar with zoning and codes in Sisters. “In fact,” she said, laughing, “I like reading codes.” When asked why she wanted to be on the Planning Commission, Converse said she is doing it for her mom, to whom the community meant so much. Dorro served on the Planning Commission for many years and was devoted to Sisters. “This is an important time right now, a critical time for the whole city,” she concluded.

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The Council indicated the other candidates were all well qualified and the councilors encouraged them all to find other ways to be involved in the city. “Now we have your names and know who you are. You’ll be hearing from us,” Connolly told the applicants.

ongoing community conversations, it will be difficult for the other ideas to be successful. It will take the whole community to take ownership. The participants agreed there needs to be a formalized network of relevant stakeholders to actualize the ideas generated at the meeting. There will be another meeting in July. Sgt. Nathan Garibay, emergency manager for the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, captured the spirit of the group’s intention: “We need to criminalize criminal behavior but don’t criminalize the homeless.”

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trouble. “It has two rows of slides and gives me much more advantage in the higher registers,” said Worcester. His French horn is fingered with the left hand, which is unusual. The slides on the horn take a bit less air than other models, but Worcester finds it’s getting harder to play the way he wants to. “When you’re 89 years old it takes a lot of air!” he said. After high school Worcester attended the University of Colorado NROTC program. While there he played in the marching band. Then he was commissioned for two tours in North Korea on a destroyer and a heavy cruiser. “I didn’t see the horn for a long time. I was off to Korea and then back to my first job. I played in a community band for a while,” he said. There were long stretches after the war when Worcester was too busy with work and family to play much music. Worcester left his job as a journalist at Colorado Community College when his family moved to Oregon in 1959. “We had a daughter who was very ill. We wanted to get her to a different situation with lower altitude. Unfortunately, it didn’t help and she died a month after we got there,” said Worcester. “I was working on the Reed College staff and when it came time to make a change my wife Lois and I decided we wanted to get back to higher altitude, so we came here.” In Oregon, Worcester

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event partners, said they were willing to help. Garrett is optimistic that with the cancellation of those two events, the money budgeted for them and the staff time freed up can be put toward improving other events or programs. There have been some questions as to whether the community Hawaiian luau would take place in August, since Rackowski is the person who instituted the event and ran it. She had contracted with SPRD to produce it this year. According to Rackowski, Garrett had been telling other staff that he had Hawaiian friends who could do the luau.

finally opened the old black case holding his beloved French horn and decided to join the Cascade Horizon Band, which formed in 2003. “Lois and I had taken a trip to Alaska on the Alcan Highway. I joined the band when I got back. That’s when I started playing it again,” he said. Picking up the complicated instrument after all those years proved to be a challenge. “It was like starting all over,” he recalled. But he persevered and has been happily playing with the Cascade Horizon Band ever since. But Worcester always knew that eventually, he’d pass along the instrument to a younger family member. To finish up his musical endeavors he’ll play in the “Sound Fourth” on July 4th at Bend High School. “We play with a choir,” he said. “That may be the last time I play the horn.” Worcester’s finding playing the horn is getting harder. “I’m getting to the point where it’s difficult to get the amount of air through the horn to make it playable for me. I’m tired of having to do the practicing. I have asthma, not heavy but I have to use my inhaler. If the horn could talk, it would tell me quit while you’re ahead!” Worcester has two greatgrandchildren and four grandchildren. “I have a great-grandson who’s 10 and I talked to him about learning to play,” he said. “His grandfather and I are hoping that he will take over the horn. He’s way too young now but I’m going to give it to him with the hope that he’ll keep it in the family. He’s interested in drumming and he’s musical. If he’s interested it would be wonderful!”

After a number of unsatisfactory interactions between Garrett and Rackowski, the former employee notified the board and Garrett she will not be producing the luau for SPRD this year. Garrett and Rackowski both confirmed she would not be doing the luau. When asked if the luau was going to take place anyway, Garrett replied, “I sure hope so.” The Nugget has learned that Garrett contacted Kim Keaton at the City and told her the luau was cancelled. Garrett shared that the transition period since his arrival has been “an overwhelming situation.” “Just in general, recent events have resulted in significant changes — the departure of Liam and Shannon,” he said. He then said, “An adjustment period manifests in positive growth.”

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205 Garage & Estate Sales 206 Lost & Found 207 The Holidays 301 Vehicles 302 Recreational Vehicles 401 Horses 402 Livestock 403 Pets 500 Services 501 Computer Services 502 Carpet Upholstery Cleaning 503 Appliance Repair & Refinish 504 Handyman 505 Auto Repair 600 Tree Service & Forestry 601 Construction 602 Plumbing & Electric 603 Excavations & Trucking 604 Heating & Cooling 605 Painting 606 Landscaping & Yard Maint. 701 Domestic Services 702 Sewing 703 Child Care 704 Events & Event Services 801 Classes & Training 802 Help Wanted 803 Work Wanted 901 Wanted 902 Personals 999 Public Notice

101 Real Estate Sisters Hometown Realty Norma Tewalt, Principal Broker For Old-fashioned Hometown Service! Call 541-419-9629 HEATED CAR STORAGE Gated, w/clubroom & car wash. Purchase or Lease Option. 541-419-2502 Cascade Sotheby's International Realty – Sheila Jones, Broker – Your Local Realtor! Call 503-949-0551

CLASSIFIED RATES COST: $2 per line for first insertion, $1.50 per line for each additional insertion to 9th week, $1 per line 10th week and beyond (identical ad/consecutive weeks). Also included in The Nugget online classifieds at no additional charge. There is a minimum $5 charge for any classified. First line = approx. 20-25 characters, each additional line = approx. 102 Commercial Rentals 25-30 characters. Letters, spaces, numbers and punctuation = 1 Prime Downtown Space character. Any ad copy changes Both Retail and Office will be charged at the first-time space available. insertion rate of $2 per line. Call Lori at 541-549-7132 Standard abbreviations allowed Cold Springs Commercial with the approval of The Nugget Industrial New Block Bldg. classified department. NOTE: Redmond Airport Industrial Park Legal notices placed in the Public 2,500 to 6,500 sq. ft. Notice section are charged at the Call Ralph, 541-390-5187 display advertising rate. DEADLINE: MONDAY, noon Ground-floor suite (1,168 sf), available to view at 392 E. Main preceding WED. publication. Ave. Call 541-549-1086. PLACEMENT & PAYMENT: At Division & Revere in Bend Office, 442 E. Main Ave. Phone, Office Space, Full Service 541-549-9941 or place online at 500-1,000 sf. – $1.65 per sf. NuggetNews.com. Payment is Call Ralph, 541-390-5187 due upon placement. VISA & MasterCard accepted. Billing 20' STORAGE AVAILABLE available for continuously run $115/mo. Mt. High RV Storage. classified ads, after prepayment Call 541-480-8868 of first four (4) weeks and upon MINI STORAGE approval of account application. Sisters Storage & Rental 506 North Pine Street CATEGORIES: 541-549-9631 101 Real Estate Sizes 5x5 to 15x30. 7-day access. 102 Commercial Rentals Computerized security gate. 103 Residential Rentals On-site management. 104 Vacation Rentals U-Haul trucks, trailers, moving 106 Real Estate Wanted boxes & supplies. 107 Rentals Wanted CASCADE STORAGE 200 Business Opportunities (541) 549-1086 • (877) 540-1086 201 For Sale 581 N. Larch – 7-Day Access 202 Firewood 5x5 to 12x30 Units Available 203 Recreation Equipment 5x5 - 8x15 Climate Control Units 204 Arts & Antiques On-site Management

Office Space in Industrial Park 1,000± sf, upstairs w/private bath & kitchenette. $800/mo. includes water & elec. Add'l onsite storage available for tools, equipment, inventory & misc. SNO CAP MINI STORAGE 541-480-9152

103 Residential Rentals Rental in Sisters, close to town: 3-BDRM, 2-BA, garage, propane fireplace, small low-maintenance yard. 1-year lease. $1,800/mo. plus dep. No Pets. Call or text 971-404-7903 or 971-404-5534 PONDEROSA PROPERTIES –Monthly Rentals Available– Call Debbie at 541-549-2002 Full details, 24 hrs./day, go to: PonderosaProperties.com Printed list at 221 S. Ash, Sisters Ponderosa Properties LLC

104 Vacation Rentals CASCADE HOME & VACATION RENTALS Monthly and Vacation Rentals throughout Sisters Country. (541) 549-0792 Property management for second homes. CascadeVacationRentals.net In the Heart of Sisters 3 Vac. Rentals – Quiet 1-2 Bdrm Sleep 2-6, start at $135 per nt. vrbo.com/442970 or /180950 or /337593 • 503-694-5923 ~ Sisters Vacation Rentals ~ Custom Homes to Simple Cabins, Some Dog-friendly / Internet $100 and up • 541-977-9898 www.SistersVacation.com

201 For Sale Quilting Frame: Jasmine, maple, fits all sizes; also good for needlework & rug hooking. $250 OBO. Call 503-307-4392. FREE! HP Laser Jet Printer model 9050MFP. Works great! (we upgraded to smaller unit). You haul. 541-549-0968.

QUILTING FRAME: Queen size, legs detach, like new! $500. Call 541-549-4460. Exercise Machines: Bikes (one electric, one with row action), $20 each. Call 541-549-4460. “Support Sisters” SHOP LOCAL!

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202 Firewood SISTERS FOREST PRODUCTS DAVE ELPI – FIREWOOD • SINCE 1976 • >> Order Now for Fall 2018!! LP Pine – Doug Fir – Juniper Camp Wood – Kindling LOG TRUCK LOADS YEAR-ROUND WOOD SALES – 18155 Hwy. 126 East – SistersForestProducts.com Order Online! 541-410-4509

204 Arts & Antiques Delirious for Dinosaurs? – EGGS AND EMBRYOS – ChafortheFinest.com 541-549-1140 1940s Ranch Furniture: Oak w/removable cushions: 1 couch, 2 chairs. $600. 541-549-4460. – TURQUOISE – Native American Cuffs, Squash Blossoms, Concho Belts Authentic Inventory • Gift Certificates • Cowgirls and Indians Resale 160 S. Oak St. | 541-549-6950 Wed.-Sat., 11-5 or by Appt. THE JEWEL – 27 YEARS! Jewelry Repair • Custom Design gems | 541-549-9388 | gold www.thejewelonline.com WIN THE QUILT! This year's beautiful dog- and National Park-themed quilt by Valeri Fercho-Tillery is at the Furry Friends Foundation office! See it from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tuesdays & Thursdays only, at 204 W. Adams Ave. #109 and purchase tickets, just $1 each, 6 for $5, 25 for $20. Drawing is Monday, Sept. 3 Questions? Call 541-797-4023 ANTIQUES, FARMHOUSE + VINTAGE Find Monthly Pop-up Sales on our Facebook page at Culver Marketplace Just 15 minutes from Redmond!

1st CUTTING HAY IS HERE! Call Cole Ranch for quality mixed-grass, barn-stored, tested, 2-tie & 3x3 bales. 541-213-8959 Horse Boarding in Sisters ~ New barn, arena, round pen, and access to National Forest. $550/mo. Call 541-323-1841. – HORSEBACK RIDING – Long Hollow Ranch now offers trail rides with scenic views. Call 541-604-1203 for more information or to book a ride! Shoer & Natural Bal. Trimmer 30 yrs. exp. John, 541-480-2500 ALFALFA TRITICALE ORCHARD GRASS HAY New crop. No rain. Barn stored. 3-tie bales. $165-$225/ton. Hwy. 126 & Cline Falls. 541-280-1895 Certified Weed-Free HAY. Orchard Grass or Alfalfa Hay, Sisters. $250 per ton. Call 541-548-4163

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Nutrition & Care at Home Now taking new clients! nutritionandcareathome.com Call Aleshia • 541-977-9798 MOVING TRUCK FOR HIRE –COMPLETE MOVING, LLC– Sisters' Only Local Moving Co.! Two exp. men with 25+ years comm. moving. Refs! ODOT Lic. 205 Garage & Estate Sales Class 1-B • Call 541-678-3332 SCC PROFESSIONAL Happy Trails Estate Sales! AUTO DETAILING Selling or Downsizing? Premium services by appt. Locally owned & operated by... Sisters Car Connection Daiya 541-480-2806 102 W. Barclay Drive Sharie 541-771-1150 541-647-8794 • Ask for Robb 301 Vehicles FIFI'S HAULING SERVICE Dump Trailers available! 1999 Mercedes C280 Sport: Call 541-419-2204 Well maintained, 4-door, leather. SMALL Engine REPAIR In Sisters. $1,700. 541-549-4460. Lawn Mowers, We Buy, Sell, Consign Quality Chainsaws & Trimmers Cars, Trucks, SUVs & RVs ~ Sisters Rental Call Robb at 541-647-8794 or 506 North Pine Street Jeff at 541-815-7397 541-549-9631 Sisters Car Connection da#3919 Authorized service center for SistersCarConnection.com Stihl, Briggs & Stratton, (2) TOYOTA Venzas, Honda, Tecumseh 2011 & 2012, low miles. BOOKKEEPING SERVICE Call Ralph, 541-390-5187 ~ Olivia Spencer ~ Expert Local Bookkeeping! 401 Horses Phone: (541) 241-4907 EAGLE BEAR RANCH www.spencerbookkeeping.com has opened for vacation and WEDDINGS • CATERING full-time horse boarding. Book ~ Willow Camp Catering ~ now for summer or winter & Call Wendy, 541-923-8675 receive discounted rates! (Offer ends 7/30/18) • 541-504-1234 • DERI’s HAIR SALON • eaglebearranch.com Call 541-419-1279

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501 Computers & Communications SISTERS SATELLITE TV • PHONE • INTERNET Your authorized local dealer for DirecTV, Exede HS Internet and more! CCB # 191099 541-318-7000 • 541-306-0729 Your Online Source! NuggetNews.com

502 Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning BULLSEYE CARPET & UPHOLSTERY CLEANING Cutting Edge Technology Licensed & Insured Member of Sisters Chamber – Sisters owned & operated – Call or text: 458-292-6842 Northwest Carpet Cleaning Great rates, serving all of Sisters! Lic., Bonded, Ins. 541-390-0569 peterson.carpets@gmail.com CORE CARPET CLEANING – Carpet & Upholstery – Insured, Bonded • 541-588-6232 New Customer Discount! whatslivinginyourcarpets.com GORDON’S LAST TOUCH Cleaning Specialists for CARPETS, WINDOWS & UPHOLSTERY Member Better Business Bureau • Bonded & Insured • Serving Central Oregon Since 1980 Call 541-549-3008

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LAREDO CONSTRUCTION MONTE'S ELECTRIC 541-549-1575 • service • residential For ALL Your Residential • commercial • industrial Construction Needs Serving all of Central Oregon CCB #194489 541-719-1316 www.laredoconstruction.com lic. bond. insured, CCB #196384 NOW HIRING! BWPierce General Contracting Residential Construction Projects 603 Excavation & Trucking Becke William Pierce TEWALT & SONS INC. CCB#190689 • 541-647-0384 Excavation Contractors beckewpcontracting@gmail.com Sisters’ Oldest Excavation Co. JOHN NITCHER Our experience will make your CONSTRUCTION $ go further – Take advantage General Contractor of our FREE on-site visit! Home repair, remodeling and Hard Rock Removal • Rock additions. CCB #101744 Hammering • Hauling 541-549-2206 Trucking • Top Soil • Fill Dirt JOHN PIERCE Ground-to-finish Site Prep General Contracting LLC Building Demolition • Ponds & Residential Building Projects Liners • Creative & Decorative Serving Sisters Since 1976 Rock Placement • Clearing, Strictly Quality Leveling & Grading Driveways CCB #16891 • CCB #159020 Utilities: Sewer Mains, Laterals 541-549-9764 Water, Power, TV & Phone CASCADE GARAGE DOORS Septic System EXPERTS: Sales • Service • Installation Complete Design & Permit Res. / Comm. / Custom Wood Approval, Feasibility, Test Holes. CCB #44054 • 541-548-2215 Sand, Pressurized & Standard CENIGA'S MASONRY, INC. Systems. Repairs, Tank Brick • Block • Stone • Pavers Replacement. CCB #76888 CCB #181448 – 541-350-6068 Cellular: 419-2672 or 419-5172 www.CenigasMasonry.com • 541-549-1472 • TewaltAndSonsExcavation.com What can I create for you? Repairs, Home safety, CASCADE BOBCAT Maintenance, Remodels SERVICE What dreams can Compact • Capable we collaborate on! Creative • Convenient – Scott Stoery – Driveways, push-outs, backfills, Builder of Special Spaces, LLC arena de-rocking, landscape prep, 541-280-6692 • CCB #209842 trenching, post holes and more! Lic. & Bonded – CCB #121344 JERRY WILLIS DRYWALL Mike Scherrer • 541-420-4072 & VENETIAN PLASTER All Residential, Commercial Jobs ROBINSON & OWEN 541-480-7179 • CCB #69557 Heavy Construction, Inc. All your excavation needs FREE EXCAVATION *General excavation on additions & garages. *Site Preparation Terms & conditions apply. *Sub-Divisions McCARTHY & SONS *Road Building CONSTRUCTION *Sewer and Water Systems New Construction, Remodels *Underground Utilities 541-420-0487 • CCB #130561 *Grading *Snow Removal SISTERS OREGON GUIDE *Sand-Gravel-Rock Pick up your copy Licensed • Bonded • Insured around town today! CCB #124327 (541) 549-1848 602 Plumbing & Electric BANR Enterprises, LLC SWEENEY Earthwork, Utilities, Grading, PLUMBING, INC. Hardscape, Rock Walls “Quality and Reliability” Residential & Commercial Repairs • Remodeling CCB #165122 • 541-549-6977 • New Construction www.BANR.net • Water Heaters 541-549-4349 604 Heating & Cooling Residential and Commercial ACTION AIR Licensed • Bonded • Insured Heating & Cooling, LLC CCB #87587 Retrofit • New Const • Remodel CURTS ELECTRIC LLC Consulting, Service & Installs – SISTERS, OREGON – actionairheatingandcooling.com Quality Electrical Installations CCB #195556 Agricultural • Commercial 541-549-6464 Industrial • Well & Irrigation Pumps, Motor Control, 605 Painting Barns & Shops, Plan Reviews Riverfront Painting LLC CCB #178543 Interior/Exterior • Deck Staining 541-480-1404 SHORT LEAD TIMES R&R Plumbing, LLC Travis Starr, 541-647-0146 > Repair & Service License #216081 > Hot Water Heaters ~ FRONTIER PAINTING ~ > Remodels & New Const. Quality Painting, Ext. & Int. Servicing Central Oregon Refurbishing Decks Lic. Bond. Ins. • CCB #184660 CCB #131560 • 541-771-5620 541-771-7000 www.frontier-painting.com

Ext. & Deck Stain for Spring! Residential / Comm. Painting Carl Perry Construction LLC CCB #201709 • 541-419-3991 THE HOME CONNECTION Serving Sisters for 21 years! 541-549-2934 • CCB #123232 – Earl W. Nowell Painting – Local! Int., Ext., Stain, Decks... Lic. & Bonded • CCB #201728 For free estimate: 541-633-8297 Black Butte Painting LLC Free estimates! • CCB #209860 Call Nick at 541-848-8214

606 Landscaping & Yard Maintenance All Landscaping Services Mowing, Thatching, Hauling... Call Abel Ortega, 541-815-6740. AJ's PROPERTY CLEANUP Lawncare • Thatching • Edging Aerating • Hauling Debris • Mulching // Licensed 541-279-0139 • 541-306-0761 Metolius Lawn Maintenance Aerating, thatching, mowing, pruning, hauling & more – Call Eric Bilderback LCB #15899 • 541-508-9672 FIFI'S HAULING SERVICE Yard, Construction, and Debris Cleanup & Hauling! Serving Central OR since 1979 • 541-419-2204 • – All You Need Maintenance – Pine needle removal, hauling, mowing, moss removal, edging, raking, weeding, pruning, roofs, gutters, pressure washing... Lic/Bonded/Ins. CCB# 218169 Austin • 541-419-5122 J&E Landscaping Maintenance LLC ~ Providing All Services! 11+ years exp. Edgar Cortez, 541-610-8982 or 541-420-8163 jandelspcing15@gmail.com

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701 Domestic Services BLAKE & SON – Commercial, Home & Rentals Cleaning WINDOW CLEANING! Lic. & Bonded • 541-549-0897 – CUSTOM HOUSE CARE – TLC for your Home or Vacation Rental Cleaning in Sisters, Black Butte Ranch & surrounding areas. Let us sparkle your home for a fresh start! Call to schedule an immaculate home cleaning. Lic-Bonded-Ins. Refs Avail. Call Emilee Stoery, 541-588-0345 or email customhousecare@earthlink.net

802 Help Wanted Sales Associate, Full-Time: We are seeking a friendly, creative, enthusiastic person who likes to work with the public to join the Stitchin' Post & Twigs team! The job is varied & changes day to day. Ability to work in a team environment, use a computerized sales system, and math skills for calculating yardage are helpful. Full-time benefits available. Apply in person, 311 W. Cascade

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Front Office Administrator for The Nugget Newspaper. Responsibilities include handling classifieds, subscriptions, circulation, events; managing crew of inserters; answering phones, greeting customers, and general office support and duties as assigned. Qualified candidate will be highly organized, have excellent customer service and communication skills, ability to multitask in busy office environment, an upbeat attitude, and be a team player. Mac proficiency desired. Experience with FileMaker Pro, InDesign, Photoshop, Word, Excel, QuickBooks, website updating helpful. Ability to proofread is a plus. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. M, T, Th, F. Email résumé and cover: teresa@nuggetnews.com or deliver to 442 E. Main Ave. Ray's Food Place in Sisters, OR is hiring a F-T Cake Decorator immediately. Must have cake decorating experience. If you are interested in this position, email letter of interest and a detailed résumé to jobs@ckmarket.com or fax to 541-469-6717. Please reference Job #2018-65. Sisters Folk Festival is seeking an Education Program Manager to join our team. Great benefits and work environment. Info at sistersfolkfestival.org/ join-the-sff-team. Applications due by July 16. Sisters Trails Alliance announces a part-time position to manage fundraising and event planning programs. Applications due by July 23. Info at sisterstrails.org. Sisters Landscape Co. is now hiring for maintenance: Install plant material and irrigation, use power equipment, drive company vehicles. Must have valid ODL. Must be able to lift 40 lbs. Willing to train. Starting at $16 per hour DOE. Call 541-549-3001 or email sisterslandscape@gmail.com Part-time Kennel Help: Mature individual to work afternoons, weekends, and some holidays in a small animal boarding facility. All that apply need to be trustworthy, dependable, and have a good work ethic. Minimum wage to start. Please apply in person with résumé at Sisters Veterinary Clinic. ADVANTAGE DENTAL has an immediate need for a Dental Assistant at our Sisters Clinic! Come be a part of our amazing team! Check us out online at http://hr.advantage dental.com/Careers

TAKING APPLICATIONS for energetic, dependable persons or couples to clean Black Butte Ranch homes and condos, through September. Experience is preferred but will train; excellent pay and working conditions. Year-round, part-time is possible for the right person(s). Must be able to work weekends and provide your own transportation. Call Jody or Brenda at 541-549-5555 x2.

WELCOME NOW HIRING two (2) 999 Public Notice Holiday Visitors full- or part-time Stylists for Construction Contractor our Salon Renaissance Sisters to Sisters. ENJOY! Licensing location. Tim, 541-388-3091. Black Butte Ranch Oregon law requires that those NOW HIRING! ADVANTAGE DENTAL has who work for compensation – FOOD & BEVERAGE – immediate career opportunities in (except bona fide employees) Restaurant Supervisors Sisters and throughout Oregon! in any construction activity AM & PM Cooks • Servers We need your unique talent and involving improvements Hosts • Dishwashers personalities on our team. From to real property to be licensed Bartenders • Snack Shop Administrative Experts to Back with the Oregon Construction Beverage Cart Attendant Office Professionals – Check us Contractors Board. (There are – GOLF – out now! http://hr.advantage several exemptions.) An active Outside Services dental.com/Careers license means the contractor Counter • Greenskeepers THE NUGGET VIEW OUR is bonded and insured. – MAINTENANCE – NEWSPAPER Current Classifieds For information go to Groundskeepers VOHS Custom Landscaping is every Tuesday afternoon! www.oregon.gov/CCB – RECREATION – now hiring! Competitive wages, Go to NuggetNews.com Lifeguard • Activity Leader great company. 541-515-8462 – GUEST SERVICES – Home Health Professional: Housekeepers • Reservationist Good salary, 12-hour shifts. For Rental Technician interview call 541-420-0501. Customer Service Seasonal Fire Catering Workers – RETAIL / SPA – Celebrate the freedom of home ownership! Availability: NOW thru Sept. '18. Sales Associate • Nail Technician Great pay! Can you haul a Licensed Massage Therapist trailer, have experience cooking, Excellent seasonal benefits! cleaning, OR are a quick learner? Great working environment! Perfect for a semi-retired couple. For immediate consideration, Debbie Brown In Sisters: call 503-949-7406 apply at BlackButteRanch.com 541-419-8156

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VISIONING: Quilt reflects community values in Sisters

GOLF: Tour providers familiarized themselves with region

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bowling alley, and much more. Some major themes also emerge, Burgstahler said. “For instance, community members clearly care about finding ways to preserve our connections with each other and with the nature that surrounds us.” Other key supporters for the quilt project have included Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show, Stitchin’ Post, Kathy Deggendorfer Designs, Ray’s Food Place, Suttle Tea, Sisters Library, the City and The Nugget. After its SOQS debut, the quilt will make several guest appearances at upcoming community events — including an interactive rhythm and song event to be presented by C4C on July 19 in Village Green Park. The quilt also is set to be exhibited at the Deschutes County Fair in early August, and later at the Sisters Library. Web pages devoted to the quilt — and showcasing all the sentiments on it — are set to launch July 14 on the Citizens4Community website. To read more about the project, see www.citizens 4community.com.

Lakes were key sponsors of the event. Kristine McConnell, manager of Industry & International Relations for Central Oregon Visitors Association, coordinated the event. “We’re so fortunate to have such great regional partners,” she said. The weather partnered up, too, providing mild temperatures, pleasant sun and little wind. “We had perfect weather last week,” McConnell said. It all made an impression. Anita Rosenburg was here with her husband, who is a golf operator with Seaside Golf Vacations in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. “We will definitely send people here,” she said. A Washington native, Rosenburg felt at home on the Oregon courses. And she had a clear local favorite: Aspen Lakes. “I love Bandon Dunes and Pacific Dunes, but I have to say this one was my favorite,” she said. “Oh my god, it was gorgeous! I didn’t play very well, but I didn’t care. I took more pictures than I took shots.”

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The setting is a definite selling point for the region, as Ted Taylor, manager of content and social media for Travel Oregon noted. One attractive aspect of Central Oregon is that it offers many other recreational opportunities in addition to golf. Bandon Dunes is the “hub” of golf in Oregon, Taylor said, but Central Oregon showed last week that it is a destination in its own right. “This opened (the tour operators’) eyes that… you have all this amazing golf and you can do all these other things,” Taylor said. “You can bring your family if you want to. I think the affordability is a big deal, too.” Canada is Oregon’s most significant international partner when it comes to golf tourism. Yet, as Wayne Morden of Athlone Golf in British Columbia noted, “A lot of Canadians don’t know Oregon, don’t appreciate Oregon. When Canadians

think Oregon, they think Portland — and there’s more.” Events such as last week’s convention and golf tour are designed to open eyes to what all that “more” entails. McConnell said that COVA doesn’t have the data to accurately gauge the number of international golf visitors the region hosts each year, or what kind of increase such an event might generate. However, she noted that spending data showed a nearly 16 percent increase over the previous year in international spending in Central Oregon in 201617. While Central Oregon doesn’t have the highest absolute volume of international spending in the state, it did have the highest level of growth in that spending. McConnell said that it took about five years to bring the event to Central Oregon — and the region made the most of it. McConnell noted that the international visitors

were surprised and impressed by the level of casual sophistication offered by Central Oregon. And, given that the region showed off its nicest weather and best playing conditions, Sisters will surely see many visitors from all around the world, come to play Black Butte Ranch and Aspen Lakes and to partake of all that Sisters Country has to offer.

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GARDEN QUILTS: Spectacular homes featured on tour Continued from page 3

only be seen on the Garden Club-sponsored tour. They are not part of the Saturday, July 14, Outdoor Quilt Show. A large stone and stucco Mediterranean-style home, perched on the brow of the butte, has a bird’s-eye view of downtown Sisters and surrounds, with the added bonus of peekaboo views of Mt. Bachelor and Mt. Hood, and an unobstructed view of every other mountain between those two. The couple owning this beauty are from Alaska, and the wife has come to Sisters for 12 years to attend A Quilter’s Affair and the Quilt Show. Every year she went home and told her husband, “We’re gonna buy a house in Sisters.” In 2015 they did. The interior of the house is faintly reminiscent of a medieval castle as you enter the front door into a two-story entryway, looking like a turret or tower with a massive woodbeam ceiling and small high windows. Either side of the entrance is flanked by a massive antique piece from France that was part of the furnishings purchased with the house. The entire main floor has expansive mountain views. The light from all the windows cascades onto handsome wide-plank wood floors, along with floor sections incorporating stone from Israel. The entryway and hall walls are crafted from massive Midwest stone which also comprises most of the outside walls. Downstairs is the workroom where quilts are crafted. All the quilts on display at this stop have been made by the owner, her sister in Boise, and her late sister-in-law, who had a number of quilt tops completed at the time of her death and they have since been finished by the homeowner. There are 39 quilts to choose from for displaying. Her husband says it’s the “sisters in Sisters” event. The view steals the show from the neatly tended garden and lawn areas. The patios on the backside of the house, including a hot tub, encourage visitors to pause and revel in the splendor of Faith, Hope, and Charity, as well as all their neighboring sentinels. Shuttles will provide rides into this property. On the north side of the butte is an authentic Southwestern adobe home called Camp Dorothy (think red shoes), situated on 10 acres with views from the upper decks of the Three Sisters. The interior of the house has classic Saltillo tile

floors, beautifully crafted cabinetry throughout, and large windows that look out to a relaxing patio and beyond to a koi pond, stream, and lower pond often visited by a variety of wildlife. The landscaping is characteristic Central Oregon xeriscaping, with an exquisite juniper snag covered in lichen beside the front door and reflected in the large stairwell windows. Colorful pots of bright annuals adorn the front porch and back patio. The linear structure housing both a home and a glass studio sits in the Sun Ranch Business Park and looks squarely at the Three Sisters. Walls of floor-to-ceiling windows bring the view into the greatroom and kitchen. The artistic flair of the homeowner is evident throughout the house, presenting a visual feast. Her designs are everywhere – the cantilevered patio door crafted of steel, glass, and wood, the shower walls, the fence surrounding the backyard, and all the light fixtures. Artwork of her friends is on display

throughout the house and yard. The yard is just newly planted, and still a work in progress. It was designed using rock and soil from the site and includes an infinity pond and a propane fire feature. Again, the artistic touch of the homeowner can be seen all around the outside, too. The fashion-illustratorturned-glass-artist worked with a number of local craftspeople and artisans in completing her home. She admits some of her inspiration came from ideas on Pinterest. In downsizing from a 3,000-square-foot, three-bedroom home, to a 1,400 squarefoot, one-bedroom, one-anda-half bath house, with a full 1,000-square-foot studio, she ended up with exactly what she wanted. The other two gardens on the tour are full of lush colorful vegetation and perennials also set against stunning mountain vistas. Attendees at this year’s Quilts in the Garden tour will have the opportunity to see the best perennials for growing in Central Oregon and how rocks

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A Mediterranean-style home on McKinney Butte has a panoramic view of the Cascades and Sisters Country. cleared from a property can be incorporated both as ornament and utility. The garden tour, in its 21st year, is the Sisters Garden Club’s single annual fundraiser. Club President Larry Nelson said, “Proceeds from the tour allow us to fulfill our club’s goals and objectives. Those include funding and supporting civic garden projects as well as assisting

organizations focused on sustainability of trees, plants, birds, and pollinators.” Tickets for the garden tour are available for $20 at the Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce at 291 E. Main Ave. or The Gallimaufry at 111 W. Cascade Ave. Children 12 and under are free. Please, no dogs allowed on the tour. The lunch at the community garden is $10.

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13768 SW MEADOW VIEW DR, CAMP SHERMAN 0.32 ACRES | $129,500

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Level building lot with views of Black Butte, backs to common area! Power/water to site. Neighborhood amenities: pool, tennis, horse boarding, creek access. MLS#201802694

High quality construction in ClearPine with clerestory windows, dramatic 4' overhangs, and soaring ceilings make for an exceptional Mountain Modern home. MLS#201800365

Sustainable living at ClearPine Cottages. Vaulted ceilings, designer finishes, Earth Advantage certification and more! Community garden, common space. MLS#201806513

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17955 PLAINVIEW RD, BEND 4 BD | 3.5 BA | 4,339 SF | $1,150,000

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Serenity abounds on 44.99 acres with mountain views, 6 acres of irrigation, pond, meadow, privacy and two residences. Adjacent to public land, location, views. MLS#201805654

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18290 PLAINVIEW RD, BEND 4 BD | 3.5 BA | 3,810 SF | $1,995,000

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Walking distance to downtown shops and restaurants in a community of mountain views with creeks, pond, parks, pool and clubhouse. Buy now to build later! MLS#201709283

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Charming home on 1+ acre backs to National Forest in desirable Crossroads neighborhood! Living room has vaulted ceiling, pellet stove, loft. Heated garage. MLS#201805043

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CREEK FRONT HOME Timber Pine neighborhood. This 4-bedroom home shines with pride of ownership and a tasteful remodel. Your greatroom with a cozy propane fireplace and hardwood floors is enhanced with floor to ceiling windows and a French door to invite the natural beauty of the creekside in. Italian marble, granite and new high end stainless steel appliances grace the cook’s kitchen. Formal dining room and breakfast nook too. The master bathroom is an oasis of marble, granite and pure bliss. Master bedroom on main level. Craft room as a bonus! $629,000 MLS #201803494

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541-549-2002 1-800-650-6766 16950 GREEN DRAKE COURT Best-priced homesite in award-winning Aspen lakes. Fronts 18th Fairway on dead-end cul-desac. Privacy and quiet. Beautiful (fairly level topo) pine-treed spot to build your new home even if you’re not a golfer! Where else can you find an acre, beautiful homes/neighbors, superior climate to other courses, gated community w/trails to walk your dog and affordable homeowner dues. Don’t miss clubhouse & walk to restaurant. Sisters is the jewel of Central Oregon. Come visit and see for yourself! Septic feasibility evaluation standard. This parcel offers a fun building project for lucky buyer.$224,900. MLS #201806441

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

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 $220,000 to $247,500. Call listing office for MLS#.

16900 GREEN DRAKE COURT Quality & elegance! Custom-built Aspen Lakes beauty at a price that boldly challenges comparison. Outstanding floor plan with upgrades galore. All single-level living (except bonus room). Impressive vaulted greatroom with fireplace, dream kitchen, home office, “keeping” room with fireplace. Each bedroom has private bath; separated master with fireplace. Ironwood deck fronts 18th fairway, separate mud entry for kids/guests & 3-car garage. Every amenity your heart desires in best-rated golf community. Look at all the others, then come here to your new home in Sisters! $799,900. MLS#201707786

547 W. JEFFERSON AVENUE Enjoy your Sisters Get-Away in this Pine Meadow Village updated/quality condominium, close to downtown, trails, pool and tennis. Luxury details include hardwood and tile floors, Energy Star appliances, quality wood cabinets, stone countertops and much more. The 2-bedroom, 2-bath, 1,560 sq.ft. floor plan has 2 living rooms and an office/den that could be your 3rd bedroom. Outdoor paver patio and upstairs deck with mountain views. Double garage with storage and nicely landscaped grounds maintained by the HOA. $389,000. MLS#201803407 69860 CAMP POLK ROAD Immaculate countryside 3,100 sq. ft. home. 3 bedrooms, 4.5 baths surrounded by beautiful gardens plus a full view of 152-acre Camp Polk Meadow Preserve. Spacious kitchen with granite countertops and island bar. 2 wood-burning fireplaces, family room/greatroom. 375 sq. ft. guest house and bath above the garage. Gardens designed by a master gardener. Landscaped with native plants.$599,000. MLS#201805009

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LAKE CREEK LODGE, #18 Turnkey in every sense of the word! Full interest 3 bed/3 bath cabin at Historic Lake Creek Lodge in Camp Sherman. Set on a small rise overlooking the creek basin, this vacation ready cabin offers quality throughout. Knotty pine paneling, plank fir floors, stone/gas fireplace, butcher block countertops, stainless appliances, farm kitchen sink, tile bathroom & showers, cedar decks, stone exterior accents & locked owner storage. Enjoy the common area tennis, pool, creek & open spaces. The adjacent Lodge serves great meals! $849,500 MLS#201805357

13375 SW FOREST SERVICE RD. 1419 One-quarter shared interest in this beautiful 3-bedroom, 3-bath cabin at historic Lake Creek Lodge in Camp Sherman. Features modern amenities with the feel of yesteryear. Built in 2010, and furnished with a combination of antiques and quality reproduction pieces, the cabin features fir plank floors, knotty pine paneling, stone/gas fireplace, butcher block countertops, gas cooktop, farm kitchen sink, tile bathroom floors & showers, washer/dryer, cedar decks, stone exterior accents & locked owner storage. $215,000. MLS#201800559

FOREVER HOME IN CAMP SHERMAN This custom-built home has all the bells and whistles that are on your “wish list.” The tiled entry transitions to hardwood floors in the dining room and kitchen. A propane fireplace sets a cheery tone in the vaulted greatroom. Hand crafted knotty alder cabinets in the cook’s kitchen and baths. 2,400 sq. ft. of mostly single-level living with a bonus room over the garage. Spacious laundry area with room for sewing or crafts. Beautiful Three-Fingered Jack views from your dining area, master and bonus room. Nicely landscaped on 1/3 acre. $539,000. MLS#201804109

26230 SW METOLIUS MEADOWS Wonderful NW-style cedar cabin in Metolius Meadows of Camp Sherman. Very special view overlooking Lake Creek basin common area. Great southern exposure for year-round enjoyment. Exciting interior style with quality wood accents. Hardwood floors, living room with gas fireplace and kitchen with views to creek basin and sunroom. Master bedroom loft. Covered entry and porch. Adjacent to extensive commons with creek and a short stroll to National Forest trails.$399,000. MLS #201805915