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The Nugget Vol. XLII No. 10

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Wednesday, March 6, 2019

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Linemen battle storm-created outages Snowstorm meant all hands on deck for City By Sue Stafford Correspondent

“We don’t go home until everyone has power,” is the mantra of the Central Electric Cooperative (CEC) line crews. While the average CEC member (customer) may have experienced a few hours or even a few days of being without power during the recent snow event, at least they were inside, dry, and

safe. The CEC crews responsible for restoring the power were working around the clock from Sunday, February 2 4 t h r o u g h T h u r s d a y, February 28, when they finally were able to reach the last Camp Sherman outages and remain true to their motto. For areas in which the crews were unable to utilize their trucks with high buckets to reach outages, they had to

walk in and climb the power poles to make repairs in the cold and snow and darkness. Some of the Camp Sherman work had to be accessed by snow cat to get their equipment in due to snow-blocked roads. According to Courtney Cobb, CEC communications coordinator, the rolling total of accounts experiencing some type of outage reached See LINEMEN on page 23

By Sue Stafford Correspondent

With a crew of only six employees, Sisters Public Works Director Paul Bertagna and his team put in over 500 person-hours between Sunday, February 24 and Thursday night, February 28, working around the clock clearing Sisters’ streets of the

heavy snowfall that reached over 30 inches. “We actually enjoy moving the snow,” Bertagna admitted. “It’s all hands on deck and we just do it.” What isn’t fun is when residents leave cars parked along the streets, making it difficult to do adequate See SNOWSTORM on page 22

Construction crew stops theft in Sisters

Firefighters honored for service

A Sisters construction crew returning from an overnight snow removal project interrupted a vehicle theft early Saturday morning, March 2. The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office reports that on March 2, at approximately 5:48 a.m., deputies were dispatched to a vehicle theft in progress. The 911 caller, an employee of RobinsonOwen Heavy Construction Company, reported that he interrupted the theft of a company construction trailer as he and his crew returned from an overnight project. Deschutes County Sheriff ’s Office deputies

Last Sunday, Sisters resident Leith Easterling called paramedics to check on her elderly mother, who was experiencing shoulder and back pain and feared she might be having a heart attack. The driveway at her home was in bad shape due to snow, and the paramedics’ rig got stuck. When help responded to get them access, an offduty employee came out with a snowblower and cleared driveway access and a path to the door. “They go above and beyond to help,” Easterling said. “We’ve had to call them many times over the years,

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and a Black Butte Ranch police officer arrived to find Robert Stanley Hornby II of Portland, Oregon detained by the construction crew. Hornby was attempting to drive away with a flatbed car hauler trailer when stopped by the crew who blocked him in with a construction grader. The truck driven by Hornby while attempting to steal a trailer was also reported stolen by Fox Roofing in Vancouver, Washington. During the investigation, it was discovered that Robinson-Owen Construction See THIEF on page 17

By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

PHOTO COURTESY SISTERS FIRE

The Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District recognized members for their service at an awards banquet at FivePine Lodge on Friday night. and their service has always been amazing. They always assure us that we did the right thing (by calling). They make my mom feel better — and safe. They make me feel better. They just go above and

beyond.” That ethic of extraordinary service to community was celebrated Friday night in the Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire See AWARDS on page 18

Letters/Weather ................ 2 Announcements............... 10 Kids in Print ................. 12-13 Crossword ....................... 18 Bunkhouse Chronicle ........21 Meetings ........................... 3 Entertainment ..................11 Obituaries ....................... 14 Classifieds.................. 19-20 Real Estate ..................21-24

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Spring Forward

Jonah Goldberg

Daylight saving will begin at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 10

“Does that mean we have more time to dig out our homes and cars?”

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

To the Editor: My wife and I have been part of running Three Sisters Backcountry for the past decade. We operate four ski huts stretched from Sisters over toward Mt. Bachelor. During this past storm we were trying to keep our guests safe by maintaining access and keeping roofs shoveled. This wasn’t an easy task, just getting around was extremely difficult. We want to express a sincere thank-you to all those who helped. Skiers and friends shoveled tons of snow, snowmobilers helped break trail, loggers plowed the road when it was almost shut down, and the Forest Service staff helped folks late into the evening handshoveling out their cars. Our rad community of Sisters extends up into the mountains as well. We are truly grateful. We hope you all are enjoying this magical

winter as much as we are! Jonas & Anna Tarlen Three Sisters Backcountry

To the Editor: Being gay is not a “lifestyle,” “alternative” or not. Period. Kids cannot be influenced to be gay through “exploitation of a lifestyle (sic).” Regarding the book “George” (again): did the author of the opinion piece read the book or just “additional pages”? “Gender issues”? Most of those issues emanate from people who don’t accept that gay people are just that. People. People NOT in need of redemption because of their sexuality. The Bible says a lot about a lot and I continue to be amazed at Christians who pick and See LETTERS on page 14

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A couple of years ago, opponents of Donald Trump’s presidential bid warned that a Trump presidency would be a crazy spectacle. Jeb Bush famously said that Trump was a chaos candidate who would be a chaos president. Some even conjured various wild scenarios that might unfold under a President Trump. They said it might look something like this: As tensions flared in some hotspot — the Middle East or maybe along the IndiaPakistan border — or as the president conducted perilous negotiations with, say, North Korea, he would be distracted or bedeviled with some sort of domestic scandal. Well, I don’t know if anybody predicted the specific details of Wednesday’s cavalcade of crazy, but if they did, they should collect their door prize. Michael Cohen, Trump’s former “fixer” and vice president of the Trump Organization, owed his career to the fact that he would happily be his boss’s pet snake. By his own admission, Cohen proudly did the president’s “dirty deeds” (his words), likening himself to the Tom Hagen character in “The Godfather.” He threatened anyone who crossed Trump, paid off inconvenient women, and boasted with a loser’s false courage how he would take a bullet for his boss. He celebrated, with an alacrity rarely matched by Stalin’s henchmen, his employer’s near-superhuman genius and empathy. Then, on Wednesday, he stopped by Congress before he heads to prison, he shed his old skin, the way snakes can, and tried on a new role of martyr and moralist. It’s possible his professed redemption is sincere. It certainly seemed like it at times. But one needn’t be a cynic to doubt it. Regardless, Cohen’s testimony seemed designed to simultaneously enrage the President in every way possible and to ingratiate himself with his left-wing critics. Cohen impugned the president’s character, his intelligence, honesty and wealth. He called Trump a draftdodging racist and grifter. If I had to guess, his testimony was framed in the best way possible to compensate for the fact that Cohen could not

corroborate the most extreme versions of the Russiacollusion theory, which is a political Holy Grail for Democrats and much of the media. Meanwhile, Trump was in Hanoi, Vietnam to negotiate with the murderous dictator of North Korea, Kim Jong Un. The summit, like the first one, was ill-considered. It rested on the assumption that Trump, the world’s greatest dealmaker, could charm Kim and the North Korean regime out of its nuclear program. The worry from foreign-policy experts across much of the ideological spectrum was that Trump would blunder into a deal just for the sake of being able to declare victory. Rumored concessions leaked out in the media as if through an open faucet. And then, it didn’t happen. The summit was a failure on its own terms, and ironically, that made it a kind of victory for Trump. The political tumult in Washington gave Trump every personal incentive to come up with any deal he could in order to change the subject and have something to boast about. I have long argued that the North Koreans can’t be talked out of their nuclear program because their nuclear program is central to the rationale for the regime’s entire existence. It would be like talking Hitler and the Nazi regime out of their desire for conquest and their obsessions with the Jews; it’s simply the nature of the regime. You cannot reason a leopard to abandon its spots. It’s doubtful Trump fully recognizes this yet, but that’s irrelevant. He recognized enough: Any deal he could have gotten with Kim would have been worse than doing what he did — walk away from the table. Whether he came to this conclusion on his own or was cajoled into it by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and National Security Adviser John Bolton is irrelevant, too. One can rightly bemoan or lament the fact that the Trump presidency made the Cohen spectacle possible. But that doesn’t change the fact that the president defied political temptation and did the right thing. © 2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC

Opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the writer and are not necessarily shared by the Editor or The Nugget Newspaper.

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Hayden Homes Master Plan on docket public hearing scheduled for Thursday, March 7, 5:30 p.m. at Sisters City Hall. Hayden Homes is requesting approval of a Master Plan Development (Type III), Comprehensive Plan Map and Zoning Map Amendment (Type III/IV), Tentative Subdivision (Type III), and Development Agreement.

By Sue Stafford Correspondent

Sisters planning commissioners will hear a proposal for nearly 200 new houses in town this week. The 29.57 acres designated as McKenzie Meadows Village (MMV) since its annexation into the city in 2006, is the subject of a Planning Commission

See HAYDEN on page 6 PHOTO PROVIDED

Ímar will liven up the Sisters High School stage on March 18, wrapping up the SFF Winter Concert Series.

Transit open house set in Sisters As part of Cascades East Transit’s (CET) 2040 Transit Master Plan, a community open house will be held in Sisters on Tuesday, March 12, from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire Hall, 301 S. Elm St. This second round of open houses will collect input from residents to help prioritize near-term transit expansion projects. Information about CET’s 2040 Transit Master Plan can be found at www. CETTransitPlan.com Andrea Breault, CET’s senior transit planner, said “CET received great feedback from the January open houses and we are excited to begin collecting additional community input regarding proposed near-term transit projects on

the horizon.” Michelle Rhoads, CET/ COIC transportation manager, indicated “we are looking forward to engaging the community once again during this second round of open houses, which will allow CET to chart a new course for the future of public transportation and mobility management in Central Oregon.” Central Oregon residents are encouraged to drop in during open hours. Light snacks and activities for children will be provided. To request information and open house materials in an alternative format or in a different language, contact Rachel Zakem at 541-504-3310 or rzakem@ coic.org five days prior to the meeting date.

Celtic supergroup headed to Sisters By Ceili Cornelius Correspondent

Five-piece Celtic super group Ímar is set to warm up snowy Sisters on the Sisters Folk Festival Winter Concert Series stage as the third and final installment of the concert series on Monday, March 18. The band consists of five current and former members of the Celtic bands Manaran, RURA, Talisk, Barrule, Cara, Mabon, Mec Lir and The Lowground, all of which have collectively won titles including multiple BBC Radio Folk 2 awards. Talisk performed at the Sisters Folk Festival last September. Each member of the band plays a specific instrument for both of their bands while adding whatever the five-piece may need.

All the members of the band grew up playing the same kind of music and being taught in school in various aspects of traditional Celtic music. They all had the same background in traditional Celtic music on different instruments. “Each member at one point or another moved to Glasgow, and because we all grew up around the same music, we found an affinity for playing with each other,” said Mohsen Amini, concertina player and one of the leaders of the group. The group started playing in pubs together for fun and realized how well they worked together. “Pubs kept bringing us in as the five-piece and it just worked really well and we thought, why not try it out

as a more official thing,” said Amini. Other members of the group agreed, and so once they sat down to play together officially, they released a video and they blew up. “We were a bit stunned, to be honest; all looking round at everyone else, thinking, ‘is it just me or was that really good?’” said bodhrán player Adam Brown. All the bands, including Ímar, share the same manager so that things don’t overlap with the five members’ other bands and things stay consistent. “We play in all of our other bands at the same time as Ímar and have the same manager so we don’t double book. It is a lot going on, but See ÍMAR on page 17

SISTERS AREA MEETING CALENDAR BOARDS, GROUPS, CLUBS

Council on Aging of Central Oregon Senior Lunch Tuesdays, noon, Sisters Community Church. 541-480-1843.

Al-Anon Mon., noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Wed., 6 p.m., East of the Cascades Quilt Guild 4th Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration. Wednesday (September-June), Stitchin’ 541-549-8737 or 541-549-1527. Post. All are welcome. 541-549-6061. Alcoholics Anonymous Thurs. & Friends of the Sisters Library Board Sun., 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the of Directors 2nd Tuesday, 9 to 11 a.m., Transfiguration / Sat., 8 a.m., Episcopal Sisters Library.www.sistersfol.com. Church of the Transfiguration / Mon., 5 p.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Go Fish Fishing Group 3rd Monday, Church / Big Book study, Tues., noon, 7 p.m. Sisters Community Church. All Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / ages welcome. 541-771-2211. Gentlemen’s meeting, Wed., 7 a.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Heartwarmers (fleece blanketmakers) Sober Sisters Women’s meeting, Thurs., 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City Hall. Materials provided. 541-408-8505. noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Step & Tradition meeting, Fri., Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday, 1 to noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran 4 p.m. 541-549-1028 or 541-719-1230. Church. 541-548-0440. Military Parents of Sisters Meetings Alzheimer’s & Dementia Caregiver are held quarterly; please call for details. Support Group 1st Tuesday, noon, 541-388-9013. Sisters City Hall. 800-272-3900. Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters Black Butte Ranch Bridge Club Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m., Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m., BBR community Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-549-6469. room. Partner required. 541-595-6236. SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings Central Oregon Fly Tyers Guild & Enrichment) Monday-Friday, 11 a.m. For Saturday meeting dates and to 4 p.m. at Sisters Park & Recreation location, email: steelefly@msn.com. District. 541-549-2091. Central OR Spinners and Weavers Guild One Saturday per month, Jan. thru Oct. For schedule: 541-639-3217.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sisters Bridge Club Thursdays, 12:30 p.m., The Pines Clubhouse. Novices welcomed. 541-549-9419.

Three Sisters Irrigation District Board of Directors 1st Tuesday, 4 p.m., TSID Office. 541-549-8815.

Sisters Caregiver Support Group 3rd Tues., 10:30 a.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church. 541-771-3258. Sisters Cribbage Club Wednesdays, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Ray’s Food Place community room. 541-923-1632. Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m. Location information: 541-549-1193. Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 to 8:30 a.m., Brand 33 Restaurant at Aspen Lakes. 541-410-2870. Sisters Parent Teacher Community 2nd Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. at Sisters Saloon. 541-480-5994.

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 Parkinson’s Support Group 2nd Tuesday, 1 p.m., Sisters Community Church. 907-687-8101 or 541-668-6599. Sisters School District Board of Directors One Wed. monthly, SSD Sisters Family Aglow Lighthouse Admin Bldg. See schedule online at 4th Saturday, 10 a.m., Ponderosa Lodge Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday. www.ssd6.org. 541-549-8521 x5002. Location information: 541-279-1977. Meeting Room. 503-930-6158.

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 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m., SPRD bldg. 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 lisa@nuggetnews.com

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Tales from a

Sisters Naturalist by Jim Anderson

Is enough snow really enough? There are some people in Sisters Country who are pretty unhappy about this magnificent snow that lies upon our sagebrush and sand at the moment; they think “enough is enough.” There are also some Sisters in-town mule deer that feel the same way, and probably a host of wild birds that don’t have gracious neighbors putting out food for them that feel the same way, too. Sure 31 inches of snow creates a lot of problems for people and wildlife. But… Let me tell you, Good People, before this sudden onslaught of snow falling on us, our countryside was in for a very dangerous summer. Our snowfall average was way down on the measuring stick and now, thanks to the generous windfall of nature, we are at about 113 percent of normal for snow, which means we are on the positive side for water this summer. Sure it’s tough to be snowed in. If it wasn’t for the kindness and generosity of newlyweds Chris Stahn and his beautiful wife Ping, my

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wife and I would not be using our grand old wood stove; they shoveled out the route from my back door to the woodshed. There was no way this 90-year-old naturalist was going to slug through the 31-inches of snow on my back deck pushing a wheel barrow loaded with wood on the route between my back door and the woodshed. My old ticker wouldn’t have cooperated. Then there was another grand pal, Pete Rathbun, who borrowed Sage Dorsey’s tractor and dug out one end of our driveway so I could get to town and back. The thing that overshadows all the grief and groaning about this magnificent snowfall is the ultimate water that will come out if it. IF the wind doesn’t come up and blow all the moisture out of Sisters Country. Right now, almost all those deer that were here last summer — and weren’t tempted by the gifts put out by the well-meaning residents of Sisters who broke the law to feed them goodies — are healthy and happy out in the wilds of “Deer Winter Range.” They have ample food to eat beneath and around the sagebrush and bitterbrush surrounding those old-growth western junipers that shelter them at night from the intense cold after the sun goes down. If there’s a desert creek running through the sage and juniper then willows and other riparian plants will also sustain them. The good intensions of people who think they should feed alfalfa hay to deer and elk in winter is lost effort. Study after study has

Jim Anderson on his way to the house with a load of wood. PHOTO BY SUE ANDERSON

filmed in Whychus Canyon is up and running. As of last Saturday, in spite of a huge glob of snow between mom and the camera, she appears to be sitting tight on eggs (www.goldeneaglecam.org). And, speaking of eagles, right at this moment my wife, Sue, and I are in a quandary. Our annual golden eagle study is starting, now. Snow or no snow, golden eagles make decisions on where they go and what they do by the position of the sun in relation to the horizon, length of day and prey availability. That means that setting up housekeeping and laying eggs happens this

time of year. That also means, despite the amount of snow on the ground, if their nests can be prepared for raising babies, most of the eagles are about to start laying eggs right now. What all this snow means is that when it begins to melt, the primitive roads under it will turn to mud and — in most cases — prevent Sue and me from spying on eagles. If that happens, we’ll just have to be content to see the grand production of native wildflowers this spring, the butterflies that follow in summer and the plethora of insects that will (hopefully) be produced.

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shown such good-neighbor acts are an exercise in futility. By the same token, if you see deer standing on their hind legs licking up corn in your bird feeder chase them off; it can kill them. Quail get on very well with corn and other grains in winter, but such a diet for deer, elk, and rabbits is not good. When I see people putting out bird food as an anti-skid on sidewalks — perhaps thinking they’re doing wildlife a favor — I shudder with regret when I see deer lapping it up. Right now — in spite of all the snow — our place is all the sound of music. The red-winged black birds obey the position of the sun in its relationship to the horizon which in turn tells the males when they should be choosing females for this spring brood of chicks. Well, while they were about that, they spotted our feeder with the lesser goldfinches, house finches and house sparrows pigging out, and down they came. The males have been rewarding us with their beautiful springtime songs. And speaking of birds in the snow, thanks to East Cascades Audubon Society and Sisters’ Jim Hammond, the golden eagle being

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Skiers race in OSSA season finals at Mt. Bachelor Correspondent

The Sisters High School ski squad competed in the season finals, on Cliffhanger run at Mt. Bachelor on Friday and Saturday, March 1-2. Conditions were difficult for Friday’s slalom race, due to the large amount of new snow that fell earlier in the week.There was only time for one race due to the deep ruts and a problem with the timing system. The boys varsity team finished fourth in the final slalom with a team time of 3:04.22, behind Mt. View with a time of 2:59.74. George Chladek led the Outlaws with ninth place and a time of 00:58.55. “George has been working on his slalom game for three years now and he’s a pretty good slalom technician now,” said Coach Gabe Chladek. Colton Seymour finished 14th (1:01.25), Evan Palmer 20th (1:04.42), Mitchell Griffin 28th (1:07.07), Simon Rhett 33rd (1:10.72), and Kincaid Smeltzer (2:13.33). “The boys skied hard, but had some hiccup due to very rough course conditions,” said Chladek. “Kincaid pushed very hard at the top of the course, but crashed twice, and in one run there’s no way to come back.” The girls varsity squad took sixth with a team time of 3:37.90, just behind Corvallis who had a time of 3:37.17. Hollie Lewis skied a fantastic run for the Outlaws and finished with a time of 1:08.98, which was good enough to put her on the

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podium at the final awards assembly. “It’s a big accomplishment for a freshman, since it’s usually juniors and seniors that make it to the podium,” said Chladek. “Hollie’s technique is clean and she’s not afraid to ski the course as fast as she can.” The rest of the Lady Outlaws skied solid runs as well, and held the team’s m i d - p a c k s p o t . Ti m e s were: Skylar Wilkins 28th (1:14.91), Sydney Wilkins 30th (1:15.12), and Piper Adelt 35th (1:20.30). The boys JV squad took third on Friday with a team time of 4:00.92, behind Bend who had a time of 3:48.83. The finish order was: Christopher Lundgren 43rd (1:14.51), Caden Mercer 56th (1:21.41), Conner Petke 57th (1:25.00), and Jacob Lee 62nd (1:40.22). Ian Cash gave it a great try, but crashed twice and was unable to finish. “This young group of boys stepped up and gave it a good try on very rough course conditions,” said Chladek. The final giant slalom ran on Saturday under sunny skies and much better course conditions, which allowed for a great two-run race. Sisters’ boys came out and raced one of their most competitive races of the season, and finished fourth with a team time of 7:17.56, behind Marist who had a

time of 7:15.55. Smeltzer was fourth with a time of 2:23.36, and Chladek commented that Kincaid had an outstanding day for his final high school race as a senior. The remaining Outlaws’ times were: Colton Seymour 10th (2:26.65), Evan Palmer 13th (2:28.25), George Chladek 14th (2:28.57), Griffin 24th (2:36.15), Rhett 38th (2:42.54), Lundgren 41st (2:44.38), Petke 55th (3:01.84), Mercer 59th (3:07.17), and Lee 61st (3:11.65). “Overall for the season, the boys varsity squad finished fourth, a move up from fifth place last season,” said Chladek. “The girls finished fifth, an amazing performance for a team of three freshmen and one sophomore. This young team is headed for greatness as they go forward. The boys JV finished strong and gained a lot of experience this season. Some of them will make great varsity racers in the future. It was really impressive to see so many Sisters racers on the podium (Lewis, Chladek, Seymour, Palmer, and Smeltzer) at the end of the season. It’s been a rewarding experience this season. I think the coolest thing about this team is the cohesiveness of the group. They all became friends and did an amazing job of supporting each other.”

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HAYDEN: Original Master Plan dates back to 2010 Continued from page 3

Approval would enable development of a minimum of 195 residential units — 116 single-family detached, 18 single-family attached/ townhomes, and 61-65 multifamily units — as well as 3.35 acres of open space and recreational amenities and supporting infrastructure. The request also includes a Zoning Map Amendment to relocate 1.8 acres of an Open Space zoning district within the project site. In the original MMV Master Plan, that 1.8 acres was set aside as a park. Hayden wants to move it to a different location in an effort to save more trees in a more densely treed area. One final request is consideration of a Development Agreement (DA 19-01) to address specific terms related to the provision of affordable housing units (AHU). In 2009, the Planning Commission and the City Council attached two stipulations to the property. One directed that one in every 10 housing units would have to be affordable housing. Affordable housing is defined as housing in which low-income residents spend no more than 30 percent of their gross household income on housing-related expenses. A low-income person or household earns 80 percent or less of the median family income for the area. In a September 4, 2018 Nugget article, it was reported that Hayden planned to build the 20 AHUs as First Story homes (Hayden’s 501(c)(3) nonprofit). Those homes would be offered at

market rate with a 20-year deed restriction. First Story would offer a 30-year nointerest loan to each of the buyers. According to the proposed Development Agreement coming before the Planning Commission, the City of Sisters, McKenzie Meadows Village, LLC (the owners), Hayden Homes, LLC (the buyer), and First Story (the developer), agree that First Story will develop the AHUs on the property in accordance with the amended and restated Annexation Agreement obtained in May 2017 by McKenzie Meadows Village. The amended Annexation Agreement removed the prescriptive nature of how the AHUs would be provided. The original provisions dealt with affordable housing for seniors, called for affordable units to be evenly distributed throughout the property, and related to housing styles, sizes, and design types. Those restrictions are not part of the 2017 Annexation Agreement. Hayden’s AHU exhibit in the new Master Plan for MMV indicates nine AHUs will be part of Phase 1. It appears they will be similar to the 400- to 600-square-foot units along McKinney Butte Road in the Village at Cold Springs. The other 11 AHUs will be part of Phase 3, located on a parcel of land on the western edge of the property next to the high school parking lot. Those are marked as rentals. According to the proposed Development Agreement, Hayden Homes will contribute $50,000 to the City of Sisters Affordable Housing Fund, with $25,000 to be paid within 60 days after expiration of the Termination Right. The remaining $25,000 will be paid within 365 days

of the first payment. If a Construction Excise Tax is later adopted by the City, MMV would be exempt from that. The other stipulation in the original Annexation Agreement required that the proposed senior living facility had to be constructed and open for occupancy before any other construction could begin in the development, which eventually lead to a number of LUBA appeals, long delays, and expiration of permits, resulting in listing

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In the

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Writing my own verse My girl, my girl, don’t lie to me/ Tell me where did you sleep last night/ In the pines, in the pines/ Where the sun don’t ever shine/ I did shiver the whole night through When The Nugget asked me to start a new column, my husband suggested I call it “In the Pines.” I laughed and agreed. I’d been involved with a couple events using the phrase, like Writing in the Pines. I’ve long loved the song. It’s dark and sticky like molasses, like pitch. Maybe you know the classic Leadbelly version, or Nirvana’s famous MTV Unplugged set. Maybe you know the other big branch of this shadowy American tree, the “longest train I ever saw” songs popularized by Bill Monroe and Dolly Parton, filled with lonely “hoooo-hoooo”ing: I asked my captain for the time of day/ He said he throwed his watch away My favorite versions are in the Leadbelly tradition. It isn’t clear what, exactly, is going on in the pines. Wandering lost? Prostitution? Tell me where did you get that pretty little dress/ And those shoes that you wear so fine?/ I got my dress from a railroad man/ And my shoes from a driver deep in the mine Some versions, her husband’s been decapitated by a train. Other versions, it’s her father.

His head was found in a driving wheel/ But his body never was found The Ellison clan’s version of the song, circa some hundred years ago, tells of a young Georgia girl raped by a soldier. It’s his head on the railroad tracks this time. And the girl? She flees to the comforting anonymity of the pines. My girl, my girl, where will you go?/ I’m goin’ where the cold wind blows I came to Sisters Country sick all over. The ponderosas provided a place of shadow and solitude. Where darkness and mystery lie? There lies the potential for transformation. There I began to heal, physically and spiritually. I picture the Georgia girl undergoing a mythopoetic underworld journey in her pines. Race issues cling to the song’s lineage, which includes versions titled “Black Girl.” To those issues I bring only my privileged, white-lady consternation about cultural appropriation. Gender issues? They’re here, too. The person being interrogated in this song is always female. I grew up during the 1970s and ‘80s, wearing my pink glitter T-shirt that read “Girls Lib.” Theoretically, the existence of that shirt means I am a fully liberated woman in an equal society. “Anything you can do, I can do better,” as the “Free to Be You and Me” song exulted. Out here in a little place I like to call Reality, that childhood fantasy doesn’t play out. Gender equality is still a new idea, hastily slapped over millennia of keepin’ women in our place. Sometimes I like being in my place. I love cooking meals from scratch and hanging out the laundry, caring for my menfolk, spending time with kids. Other times, though, I get uppity. I grew up reading the same books and watching the See IN THE PINES on page 17

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be showing movies every half hour so be sure to check out their schedule. Then make sure to learn about the evolution of horses at an exhibit from COCC along with a captivating display of fossils. Mike Reile, from the Sisters Ranger District, will have a fish exhibit that includes live fish. The SciArt Contest challenges students to use their imaginations and “find the art in science.” Stop and see a display of elementary, middle and high school entries and marvel at the creativity and inspiration of these potential scientists of tomorrow. Once again, the Design, Construct and Compete (DCC) Contest will take over the high school gym and this year the elementary students will be racing balloon cars, and middle and high school students will participate in a complicated and challenging tennis ball launch. Cash prizes will be given to the winners, so don’t miss out on this challenge. To find out more about the Sisters Science Fair visit the Sisters Science Club website at sistersscienceclub.org.

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It has been awhile since the last Ranger’s Corner. Too long I reckon. The 35-day partial government shutdown threw a wrench in our public outreach efforts as well as many other projects. But we hit the ground running and picked up right where we left off in late December. As winter reminds us it’s not done yet, with recent record-breaking snowfalls, we are ramping up for another busy field season. Heavy snow brings both blessings and curses. While it protected the soil on our four active timber sales this winter, deep powder complicates public access to many popular areas including recreation access points. Please be fully prepared to spend multiple nights anytime you venture out on public lands in the winter. Also, remember to contact the ranger station if you are requesting authorization for snow plowing on the national forest as it must be conducted in a way to prevent damage to infrastructure. One touching story that was overshadowed by the furlough timing was the voyage of the Capitol Christmas tree — the People’s Tree — that made the long journey from our neighboring Willamette National Forest eastward, retracing the Oregon Trail, to its final destination on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol. Only the second tree to have been selected from Oregon, it passed through Sisters in early December, en route to whistle stops in Bend and other Oregon cities before first climbing over the Blue Mountains then the Rockies. Making the event even more special was its handpicked security detail including Sisters Ranger Station’s own Law Enforcement Officer Fred Perl. Officer Perl informed me the assignment was one of the highlights of his long career getting to connect with people from all walks of life across our great nation. Recently, we have hired our new permanent fire employees to be stationed in Sisters as well as a fresh batch of quality seasonal employees who will report for duty in spring and early summer. I am always impressed by the skills and credentials of the applicants interested in our positions. We do have one seasonal

position left in developed recreation and some openings for 16- to 18-year-olds on our Youth Conservation Corps crews stationed in Sisters and throughout Central Oregon. Please inquire with our front desk for details if interested. Speaking of recreation, we are planning several upgrades to our recreation facilities this year including the Peterson Ridge and Whychus Overlook trailheads and the Indian Ford trail bridge. And if you get a chance check out the work we completed last fall at Canyon Creek Campground on the Metolius River including an accessible, barrier-free toilet and campsite. Or take a brisk walk on the Sisters Ranger District’s first official snowshoe trail; the Peak View trail accessible from upper Three Creek Snow Park. We couldn’t implement many of our recreation upgrades without our committed partners including Sisters Trails Alliance. In order to hear from the public we serve, the Sisters Ranger District will be hosting an open house on the evening

of April 11 at the SistersCamp Sherman Fire Hall in Sisters. More details will follow but please save the date as an opportunity to meet with Forest Service employees and ask questions or give feedback about current and future projects. We will be close to implementing the Highway 20 public safety project then and will have staff on hand to discuss details of this project and many others. Finally, I had the honor, along with other USFS employees, to attend the celebration of life for Jefferson County Senior Deputy Dave Blann last week. Deputy Blann was an amazing public servant and true friend and partner of the Deschutes National Forest and Sisters Ranger District. Our deepest condolences to his family, friends, and co-workers, including his search and rescue team. The legacy of David-7 will live on in Camp Sherman, the Metolius basin and, to quote Blann, “from deep in the puckerbrush” of the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness.

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Outlaws riders saddle up for season Man arrested after he hit The Sisters High School equestrian team took part in the first of three district meets last month. The meet was held at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds; athletes trailered in their mounts on Thursday afternoon and got ready for three full days of competition. The team is made up of 10 athletes, three returning from last year and seven new team members. There is a high level of talent and commitment that is necessary to compete in equestrian events at the high school level: Not only do athletes have to condition themselves, but they are responsible for the care and peak performance of their horses. Coaches Annie Winter and Julie Knirk were extremely happy with how the team performed, with many successes in a variety of events. They also commended the team spirit that each athlete showed and the supportive atmosphere that helped buoy each other up when things did not quite go as planned. The incoming winter storm meant that some of the gaming events had to be postponed until the next meet (March 15-17 at Brasada Equestrian Center).

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A Eugene man was arrested for driving under the influence on Sunday after his truck hit the Dutch Bros. Coffee stand on Hood Avenue in Sisters. According to the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, a Dutch Bros. employe called in a DUII complaint at Dutch Bros. Sunday evening, reporting that a black pickup was stuck in the snow and ice in the drive-thru. The employee also said the same pickup and driver had been recklessly driving around the parking lot at a high rate of speed prior to becoming stuck. The employee advised dispatch the male driver, later identified as Richard Perry Alexander, 31, appeared to

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A N N O U N C E M E N T S TH THIS HIS WEEK WEEK’S S

Highlights

Wednesday, March 6 Age-Friendly Sisters Country 6 p.m. at SPRD Friday, March 7 Red Cross Blood Drive 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at SHS

Friday, March 8 Cat Video Fest Begins Showing Sisters Movie House Friday, March 8 Quilt Project Documentation 2 to 5 p.m. at The Stitchin’ Post Saturday, March 9 Quilt Project Documentation 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at The Stitchin’ Post Saturday, March 9 Sisters Garden Club 9:30 a.m. at Sisters City Hall Saturday, March 9 CPR/AED and First Aid 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Sisters Fire Station Monday, March 11 Sisters High Desert Chorale 6:30 p.m. at the Episcopal Church Tuesday, March 12 One Woman’s Journey noon to 1 p.m. at Sisters Library Tuesday, March 12 Clean Energy Jobs Forum 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Sisters Library

CPR/AED and First Aid Class

The next CPR/AED and First Aid class with Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD is scheduled for Saturday, March 9 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The cost is $30, which covers Adult CPR/AED, Child and Infant CPR (optional) and First Aid modules, a student workbook and completion card. Register by Tuesday, March 5. To register, go online to sistersfire.com and select the CPR tab, or stop by and register at the Sisters Fire station during business hours (8 to 5). Pick up the student workbook at the station after you register. If you have questions, call Beverly Halcon at 818-674-7686.

Come Sing With Us!

The Sisters High Desert Chorale will begin rehearsals for spring concerts on March 11. The Chorale meets each Monday night at 6:30 in the Community Hall of Transfiguration Episcopal Church on Brooks Camp Rd. All singers of all ages are welcome to join this community group. No audition is required. Spring concerts are scheduled for the end of May 2019. Info: 541-588-0362.

Age-Friendly Sisters Country Activity

An invitation is extended to youth and others to participate in a planning program at SPRD on Wednesday, March 6 at 6 p.m. This is in preparation for a program to be presented on June 1, 2019 at Sisters High School. Conceived by Claudia Bisso Fetzer, Ph.D., the purpose is to promote the benefits of connecting youth with older others in activities they select and do together. They can then choose to share with the community in the program in June the product or benefits of their activity. For more information call 541-719-1276.

Oregon Quilt Project Documentation Days

The Oregon Quilt Project will be in Sisters documenting quilts residing in Oregon that are old, new or made elsewhere. Quilts that have not been quilted, “summer quilts” (with a backing but no quilt padding), tied quilts, and quilted garments can also be documented. Each person can bring two quilts for documentation. The documentation days are Friday, March 8 from 2 to 5 p.m. and Saturday, March 9 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at The Stitchin’ Post (311 W. Cascade Ave.). Contact Zeta Seiple at 541-549-6157 for information and appointments. Documentation appointments are limited and will be scheduled on a first come first served basis.

Support for Caregivers

A free support group for those who provide care in any capacity meets at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, 386 N. Fir St. at 10:30 a.m. the third Tuesday of each month. Call 541-771-3258 for additional information.

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Hope Africa International, based in Sisters, has many children awaiting sponsorship! For more information go to hopeafricakids. org or call Katie at 541-719-8727.

Sisters Garden Club

The next meeting of the Sisters Garden Club is at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 9 at Sisters City Hall. Patricia Kolling, physical therapist, will present “Garden Smarts – Beating the Aches & Pains of Gardening” All are welcome! For more information call 541-549-6390 or go to sistersgardenclub.com.

Clean Energy Jobs Bill Educational Forum

Tuesday, March 12, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Sisters Library conference room. This forum will cover key features of HB 2020 now before the State Legislature to limit emissions from the largest Oregon polluters and create clean energy jobs in Oregon, especially in communities that need jobs the most. Additionally, there will be a brief overview of the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act - HR 736 of US house. Includes Q&A time. Call 541-4008312 for more information.

ART-i-facts, an Interactive Art Experience (rescheduled)

Tuesday, March 19 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. is a night of art in the Sisters High School Commons. Sisters Country is invited to attend the 22nd annual celebration of the arts at SHS! Bring the whole family to participate at our handson art stations. Student-designed silkscreen T-shirts, collaborative art stations, a take-away prize for visiting all the stations, and more! Enjoy our pop-up gallery of student art, luthier designs, and live entertainment from SHS music programs as well as refreshments. Admission is $5, $20 for family. Info: 541-549-4045.

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Applications are available for the Sisters Kiwanis Career Opportunity Fund to help adult ult residents of Sisters establish an occupational path. Pick up forms ms at the Kiwanis House, corner of Oak and Main, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.. Thursdays, and during regular hours from the Sisters Habitat for Humanity office. For additional information, please call 541-410-2870.

Inside: One Woman’s Journey Through the Inside Passage

On Tuesday, March 12 from noon to 1 p.m. author Susan Marie Conrad will speak at the Sisters Library about her journey with one woman, one kayak and 1,200 miles on the Inside Passage. No registration required. Call 541-3121032 for information.

Red Cross Blood Drive

A blood drive is taking place at Sisters High School, as others around the state have been canceled. The drive is being held on Thursday, March 7 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and is open to students, parents and community members alike. The state is experiencing a blood shortage because of the heavy snow, so we are trying to do our part. If you are interesting in donating, contact Tyler Cranor at 541-543-5383 to set up a time.

Senior Luncheons & More

Adults age 60 and older are invited to join the Council on Aging Senior Luncheon, served every Tuesday at Sisters Community Church. 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 information call 541480-1843.

PET OF THE WEEK Humane Society of Central Oregon 541-382-3537

A new nonprofit is in the planning ning stages to educate the community nity on the importance of organ donation. Fundraisers and events will be discussed. If interested in taking part, please call Fifi Bailey at 541-419-2204.

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 Church of the Nazarene 67130 Harrington Loop Road • 541-389-8960 | sistersnaz.org 10:45 a.m. Sunday Worship | 2sistersnaz@gmail.com 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 Seventh-Day Adventist Church 386 N. Fir Street • 541-595-6770, 541-306-8303 11 a.m. Saturday Worship The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 68885 Trinity Way • Branch President, 541-420-5670; 10 a.m. Sunday Sacrament Meeting Baha’i Faith Meetings Devotional Gatherings, Study Classes and Discussion Groups. Call for location and times • 541-549-6586

Furry Friends Movie Fundraiser

It’s the cat’s meow on Friday, March 8 at 7:30 p.m. when “Cat Video Fest 2019” begins showing at Sisters Movie House. A fundraiser for Furry Friends Foundation (FFF), 10% of ticket sales will be donated to their free spay/neuter program for cats. Each year, Cat Video Fest curates a compilation reel of the best cat videos culled from countless hours of unique submissions. Dog-lovers welcome, too! Visit www.sistersmoviehouse.com for showtimes. For more information call FFF at 541-797-4023.

Mom-to-Mom Meeting

Moms are invited to get connected with other moms for support and fun! First Tuesday of each month, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Hangar at Sisters Community Church. Also meeting the third Tuesday of each month 10 a.m. to noon in the Fireside Room at Sisters Community Church. Childcare available in morning session — RSVP if needed. Info: 970-744-0959.

Sisters Library coming events

Family Fun Story Time

Family Fun Story Time for kids of all ages takes place at the Sisters Library on Thursdays, March 7, 14, 21 and 28 from 10:30 to 11 a.m., with songs, rhymes and crafts, all designed to grow young readers. Caregivers must attend. Info: 541-617-7078.

Animal Adventures

Live animals, stories, crafts with High Desert Museum for kids ages 3 to 5. It’s 30-45 minutes of ag adventure! Limited to 30 children a and a their caregivers. Sisters Library on Tuesday, March 19 at L 111:30 a.m. Info: 541-617-7078.

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W Workshops for budding writers aages 9 to 14 at Suttle Tea on Tuesdays, March 12 and 19 T at a 4 p.m. Write about a new topic each week. Registration to required. Call 541-617-7078 for re information. in

Organ Donor Awarenesss

SISTERS AREA CHURCHES Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church (ELCA) 386 N. Fir Street • 541-549-5831 10 a.m. Sunday Worship shepherdofthehillslutheranchurch.com Sisters Community Church (Nondenominational) 1300 W. McKenzie Hwy. • 541-549-1201 10 a.m. Sunday Worship (with signing) sisterschurch.com | info@sisterschurch.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 Calvary Chapel (Nondenominational) 484 W. Washington St., Ste. C & D • 541-588-6288 10 a.m. Sunday Worship New Hope Christian Center (Assembly of God) 222 Trinity Way • 541-550-0750 5 p.m. Praise and Prayer Service Chapel in the Pines Camp Sherman • 541-549-9971 10 a.m. Sunday Worship

Sisters Community Garden

The Sisters Community Garden has raised-bed garden plots available for the 2019 gardening season. Application materials and information are available on the Garden’s website, SistersCommunityGarden.org. For additional information, call 541549-8664.

Meet MATT, a fun-loving Pit mix who is looking for his forever home. Matt came to the shelter as a transfer from Alturas, California. This handsome man is a very friendly pup who loves to romp and play. Matt is a bit of a ladies man and seems to prefer the company of female canines to other males. If you have another dog or two in the home a meetand-greet will be required before adoption.

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Wear your finest crowns, sparkles and superhero capes for stories, entertainment and refreshments for ages 2-11 years. Saturday, March 9 at 1 p.m. at Sisters Library. No registration required. Call 541-617-7078.

The Library Book Club

Read and discuss “Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man’s First Journey to the Moon” by Robert Kurson with other thoughtful readers at the Sisters Library on Wednesday, March 27, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Info: 541-617-7078.

Gmail Management

ALI MAYEA, Principal Broker/Owner 541-480-9658 • 541-588-6007

Learn to get the most out of Gmail on Friday, March 29 at 10 a.m. at Sisters Library Registration is required, along with familiarity with computers and internet. Call 541-312-1066.

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Wednesday, March 6, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

Cat Video Fest benefits local animals It’s the cat’s meow this Friday, March 8, when “Cat Video Fest 2019” begins showing at Sisters Movie House. The event is a fundraiser for Furry Friends Foundation; 10 percent of tickets sales will be donated to their free spay/ neuter program for cats. Each year, Cat Video Fest curates a compilation reel of the latest, best cat videos culled from countless hours of unique submissions and sourced animations, music videos, and classic Internet powerhouses. Screening events take place all over the world in a host of venues and raise money for cats in need, often through partnerships with local cat charities, animal welfare organizations, and shelters to identify how best to serve cats in the area. Here in Sisters, distributor Oscilloscope is partnering with Sisters Movie

House on the proceeds from admissions of Cat Video Fest to benefit our local Furry Friends Foundation. So come check out some hilarious cat videos and do some good at the same time. Furry Friends Foundation offers free spay/neuter/vaccination services to Sisters-area families with cats (and dogs), plus maintains two pet supply and food banks. It serves over 100 families monthly and relies on local fundraisers, donations and grants for funding. Sisters Movie House urges

Writing prize submissions due soon Waterston Desert Writing Prize submissions for the 2019 prize are due by midnight April 1. If you are planning to submit, it’s time to warm up your keyboard and put print to paper. Find all the guidelines and a link for submissions at www.waterstondesertwritingprize.org. The prize winner will receive a $2,500 cash award, a reading and reception at the High Desert Museum in Bend, and a four-week residency at PLAYA at Summer Lake. The winner and finalists will be announced in early May. The award event, including “A Desert Conversation,” will take place Wednesday, June 26, at the High Desert Museum. The prize honors creative nonfiction that illustrates artistic excellence, sensitivity

to place, and desert literacy, with the desert as both subject and setting. Inspired by author and poet Ellen Waterston’s love of the high desert of Central Oregon, a region that has been her muse for over 30 years, the prize recognizes the vital role deserts play worldwide in the ecosystem and the human narrative. The prize is funded from an endowment managed by the Oregon Community Foundation, with the impetus for the creation of the endowment provided by actor Sam Waterston, after whom the prize is named. For more information about the Waterston Desert Writing Prize, visit www. waterstondesertwritingprize. org, email info@waterstondesertwritingprize.org or call 541-480-3933 or 541-419-0414.

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Wed., March 13 • 6:45 to 9 p.m. Sisters Movie House, use, 720 Desperado o Ct..

Complimentary tickets are available in advance at Sisters Movie House or may be purchased online for $1. Rated “R” for war violence and some language Presented by Sisters Community Church in partnership with Sisters Movie House

“no pussyfooting around” and encourages animal lovers and film fans to “get on down to Sisters Movie House for this family-friendly showing and support Furry Friends Foundation at the same time.” Dog lovers also welcome. Showtimes: Friday, March 8, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday, March 9 & 10, 3:30 & 7:30 p.m.; Monday & Tuesday, March 11 & 12, 7:30 p.m.; no show Wednesday, March 13; and Thursday, March 14, 7:30 p.m. For more information visit the coming attractions page at www.sistersmoviehouse.com and to find out more about Furry Friends Foundation call 541-797-4023 or visit www. furryfriendsfoundation.org.

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The Suttle Lodge & Boathouse Live Music with Ryan Sollee & Autopilot is for Lovers 7 p.m., doors open at 5 p.m. Tickets $5 and open to everyone. For additional 7 THUR information call 541-638-7001 or go to thesuttlelodge.com. The Belfry Live Music Bluegrass Showcase 7 p.m. Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley and Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen. For information call 541-815-9122 or go to BelfryEvents.com. Cork Cellars Tasty Thursday Hosted Wine Tasting 5 to 7 p.m. For additional information call 541-549-2675 or go online to corkcellarswinebistro.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. MAR

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Paulina Springs Books Community Game Night 6 p.m. Second Wednesday of every month. For information call 541-549-0866. Sisters Saloon Poker Night 7 p.m. Every Wednesday! $20. For information call 541-549-7427 or go to sisterssaloon.net.

Cork Cellars Tasty Thursday Hosted Wine Tasting 5 to 7 p.m. For additional information call 541-549-2675 or 14 go online to corkcellarswinebistro.com. THUR 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. MAR

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Hardtails Bar & Grill Karaoke Night with Rockin Robin 9 p.m. Every Friday, no cover! For additional information call 541-549-6114 or go to hardtailsoregon.com. Cork Cellars Live Music with Cuppa Jo 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. No cover! For information call 541-549-2675 or go online to corkcellarswinebistro.com. The Belfry Live Music with Tommy Castro and the Painkillers 8 p.m. Tickets $20. “Phenomenal and funky... soulful vocals and inspired blues-rock guitar.” Call 541-8159122 or go to BelfryEvents.com. Paulina Springs Books Author Presentation with Megan Griswold 6:30 p.m. “The Book of Help” is the story of one woman’s life-long quest for love, connection and peace of mind. For more info call 541-549-0866 or go to paulinasprings.com. Hardtails Bar & Grill Karaoke Night with Rockin Robin 9 p.m. Every Saturday, no cover! For additional information call 541-549-6114 or go to hardtailsoregon.com. Hardtails Bar & Grill Open Mic & Jam Night 7 p.m. Every Monday, no cover! For information call 541-549-6114 or go to hardtailsoregon.com.

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 19 TUES call 541-549-7427 or go to sisterssaloon.net. MAR

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Wednesday, March 6, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

Mushing through the snow By Jodi Schneider Correspondent

When a last blast of winter walloped Sisters with over 30 inches of snow in some areas last week, it made for treacherous driving conditions, and had some folks homebound. Snow may be beautiful to look at, but it can certainly make a mess out of traveling back and forth to work. Many people had been hitting the snow-packed roads with cross country skis, but if you wanted to get somewhere faster, for some — mushing was the way to go. Mushing is a sport or transport technique powered by dogs. The practice of using

dogs to pull sleds dates to 2000 BC, and it was the right strategy to get around for Dr. Kelly Barton, veterinarian associate at Sisters Veterinary Clinic. Barton is a dog musher both recreationally and competitively. During Bartonʼs trek to work last week she had to break trail with snowshoes for over a mile to reach the highway. “The snow was too deep for a single sled dog to drag a sled with a person on it,” Barton said. “It was also too deep to drive my small SUV out, which is what precipitated this whole event.” Barton noted, “Once my dog Wing and I got to the

highway, I took the snowshoes off and put them in my sled. Then we worked together to drive two and a half miles to Sisters Ve t e r i n a r y Clinic for work that day. Wing was a trouper and got me to work on time. PHOTO PROVIDED He is trained to Dr. Kelly Barton is a musher — which came in handy for last week’s commute. stay to the right Barton joined Sisters Veterinary Medicine at Ross side of the road/trail, so we were generally on the shoulder Veterinary Clinic in November University in the West Indies, of the road but did have to go of 2018. She earned her and completed her clinical year to the other side when the plow Bachelor of Science at Oregon at Iowa State University. Barton began mushing came through just on the edge State University (OSU) in Zoology, her Doctor of as a hobby in 2006 with her of town.”

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now-retired 17-year-old Lab mix Sasha. After moving to Oregon in 2008 as an undergraduate student at OSU, she apprenticed under Karen Yeargain to learn about sled dogs. Yeargain, experienced musher, instructor, Mush Without Slush founder and founder of Tumnatki Siberians, has been raising and training sled dogs for over 28 years. “I first met Kelly at a sled dog race outside of Yosemite in 2009,” Yeargain said. “She came over to my truck, full of Siberian huskies, and asked if she could help me for the weekend. She learned about hot-waxing sled runners, and on the second day, her role shifted, and she was the one teaching new mushers the tricks of waxing!” “Six months later she called

out of the blue and asked if she could stop by my kennel in Prineville on the weekends to help out.” Over the course of the next few years, Barton learned how to manage a kennel, assess sled dog form and function, set training schedules, maintain good nutrition, and how to properly drive a sled team. Barton noted, “Karen permitted me to compete with her dogs that we trained together from 2009-2015.” Barton has participated in mushing races as short as a two-dog couple-mile scooter race to eight-dog 25-mile races and even a threeday, 75-mile race one year. “When not racing with them, we spent a lot of time training and conditioning the dogs and would take a dog team camping from time to

Cold Weather, Warm Soup

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“What I love about winter in Sisters” Snow Day Art

“Deer in the Snow” Sammy Williams, Age 10 Kids in Print Mission: Kids are the readers, writers, and leaders of tomorrow. We’re passionate about getting them involved with print media — as both creators and readers. Expressing themselves in their local newspaper empowers children and teens, and connects them with their community. Through educational events with our sponsor, Kid Made Camp, the youth of Sisters learn hands-on artistic, literary, and critical thinking skills.

Aksel Miller made this painting during last week’s time off school. He used acrylic paint and black felt-tip pen on canvas. Aksel is a second-grader at Sisters Elementary. He likes to go on cross-country skis through town. Best of all during snow days is jumping into deep snow up to his neck! There are no bad parts to snow days, according to Aksel. He thought it was exciting when the power went out, and his family had to use candles and flashlights to see anything.

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PHOTO BY RANDI SLOTNAES

S CALL FOR SUBMISSION artwork, Submit original poems, etc. created photos, short essays, th grade to by students through 12 ws.com or in kidsinprint@nuggetne Ave., 9 a.m.-5 person at 442 E. Main s. and Fri.. p.m., Mon., Tues., Thur Due to space limitations, publication of submissions is not guaranteed. We seek to showcase a wide range of ages, styles, and abilities that represent the diverse talents of the youth of our greater Sisters community. Privacy Statement: The Nugget Newspaper LLC does not ask children to disclose more personal information than is necessary for them to participate in Kids in Print. The Nugget limits its collection of information from children to non-personally identifiable information (e.g. first name, last initial, age, school).

When not racing with them, we spent a lot of time training and conditioning the dogs and would take a dog team camping from time to time. — Karen Yeargain sledding, that relationship is incredibly close, as the dogs are frequently your mode of transportation through remote wilderness. They rely on you

to take care of them and you rely on them to get you here and there safely. I see that deep bond with many of the clients and patients that frequent the clinic as well and am happy to help both sides of the relationship as much as I can.” In veterinary medicine, Barton is particularly fond of client education to help pet owners make the best-informed decisions for their petsʼ needs. “I became a vet primarily for these reasons and am very excited to get to know the people of Sisters and their pets!” Yeargain added, “Over the years, Kelly became my most consistent and adept mushing student. Her skills as a musher and sled-dog racer have gained her a reputation in the sport that is one of being a good dog person and a mentor to others in her own right.”

Students Weigh in on “Ski and Ride” at Hoodoo By Clover Keyes Black Butte School has a tradition. All of the students get to ski or snowboard at the amazing Hoodoo. “I like to snowboard,” said Scott, a 7thgrader at BBS. “I prefer to ski,” said Maddie, a 4thgrader also at BBS. Our instructors are always super cool; the last two years I have had Brandon. He is the best ski instructor. He would let us ride to the top of Hoodoo. Emily, another 7th-grader, said, “The top of Hoodoo is so magical.” We get to ski/ snowboard every Friday for eight weeks plus a family ski day on an extra Friday. Clover Keyes is a 4th-grader at Black Butte School in Camp Sherman.

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By Lily Henderson

Orion Schmill helped cook a soup for guests of Sisters Cold Weather Shelter in an afterschool cooking class at SPRD. Students learned knife skills, food safety, and hands-on cooking from Angelena Bosco of Kid Made Camp. They ate some of their own soup. Then Angelena brought soup to the shelter, which helps people without homes when it gets cold out.

I love math, it’s awesome. We have so much fun with problems and projects. Every week we have a Problem of the Week. Each week it is a different problem. This week we had options. The options were you could fish, bake, or sing. I chose baking. Our math teacher’s name is Ms. Steele. She is really nice. Ms. Steele has one daughter who is in fifth grade like me. This is Ms. Steele’s third year teaching at

BBS. She is a “math nerd.” She is very passionate about math and will do math problems for fun. This year we are doing a quilt project that all of the school is helping with. The owner from the Stitchin’ Post is coming to help us make the quilt. She is very nice, and she is going to bring us fabric. We all have a lot of fun in math at school. Lily Henderson is a fifth-grader at Black Butte School in Camp Sherman.

SPRING BREAK CLASS AT SPRD “Make Your Own Newspaper”

Write, illustrate, and design a mini newspaper in one short day! We’ll go outdoors for inspiration from nature, and learn to conduct a feature interview. Professional writers, editors, and graphic designers will lead this Kid Made Camp class. The writing, art, and comics we make at camp will also be submitted to The Nugget.

Thursday April 4, 10 a.m.–3 p.m. | Grades K-8 | $50

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Nayeli Frye made this drawing after playing in the snow and dancing. She got help on the colorful lettering from her friend Gusty Berger-Brown. They are in the same class at Sisters Elementary School.

as my profession for similar reasons,” said Barton. “I love the human-animal bond and watching how that develops over time through lifeʼs ups and downs. In the case of dog

Fish, Bake, and Quilt: Math Class

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time,” Yeargain said. Between 2015 and 2018, Barton attended veterinary school at Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine. Upon graduation, she resumed training with Yeargain and her current dog team, recently competing at the Diamond Lake sled dog race. “Last weekend, I offered Kelly my main race dogs to compete in the Diamond Lake Sled Dog Race at Diamond Lake, Oregon. Conditions were tough but Kelly ran the team well and took first place in the 6-dog 15-mile class,” Yeargain said. Barton has two Siberian huskies out of Yeargainʼs kennel, Larka, a four-month-old puppy and her 8-year-old lead dog, Wingman (aka Wing). “I chose dog mushing as my sport and veterinary medicine

EVENTS & ACTIVITIES FOR YOUTH & FAMILIES More announcements/events on pages 10 and 11 Family Fun Story Time Kids of all ages join in songs, rhymes, and crafts designed to grow readers. 10:30-11 a.m. Thursdays at Sisters Library. Caregivers attend. 541-6177078 or deschuteslibrary.org.

Royal Tea Party Wear your crowns, sparkles and superhero capes for stories, entertainment and refreshments. Ages 2-11. Sat., March 9 at 1 p.m. at Sisters Library. 541-6177078 or deschuteslibrary.org.

Tw e e n W r i t i n g C a m p Workshops for kids ages 9-14 at Suttle Tea on Tuesdays, March 12 and 19 at 4 p.m. Sponsored by Sisters Library. Registration required, 541-6177078 or deschuteslibrary.org.

Sisters Science Fair Balloon car races, student projects, planetarium by OMSI, greenhouse gardening and more. Presented by Sisters Science Club Saturday, March 16, 12 to 4 p.m. at Sisters High School.

Animal Adventures Live animals, stories, crafts with High Desert Museum at Sisters Library Tuesday, March 19 at 11:30 a.m. For ages 3 to 5 with their caregivers. 541-617-7078 or deschuteslibrary.org.

Rodeo Day at Hoodoo Ski the Wild West with a chili cookoff and free rides on a mechanical bull in the lodge. Wear your Western gear and join the fun March 30 at Hoodoo. 541-8223799 or skihoodoo.com.

Wednesday, March 6, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

Mushing through the snow By Jodi Schneider Correspondent

KIDS IN PRINT

Cold Weather, Warm Soup

— Sponsored by Kid Made Camp —

“What I love about winter in Sisters” Snow Day Art

Jess Draper, Kids in Print Designer jess@nuggetnews.com

PHOTO BY RANDI SLOTNAES

PHOTO BY D. SHARP

By Lily Henderson

SPRING BREAK CLASS AT SPRD “Make Your Own Newspaper”

Thursday April 4, 10 a.m.–3 p.m. | Grades K-8 | $50

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as my profession for similar reasons,” said Barton. “I love the human-animal bond and watching how that develops over time through lifeʼs ups and downs. In the case of dog

Fish, Bake, and Quilt: Math Class

Photo by TL Brown

T. Lee Brown, Kids in Print Page Editor kidsinprint@nuggetnews.com

Royal Tea Party Wear your crowns, sparkles and superhero capes for stories, entertainment and refreshments. Ages 2-11. Sat., March 9 at 1 p.m. at Sisters Library. 541-6177078 or deschuteslibrary.org.

Animal Adventures Live animals, stories, crafts with High Desert Museum at Sisters Library Tuesday, March 19 at 11:30 a.m. For ages 3 to 5 with their caregivers. 541-617-7078 or deschuteslibrary.org.

Rodeo Day at Hoodoo Ski the Wild West with a chili cookoff and free rides on a mechanical bull in the lodge. Wear your Western gear and join the fun March 30 at Hoodoo. 541-8223799 or skihoodoo.com.

Wednesday, March 6, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

Obituary

LETTERS

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Ted Jones

June 12, 1932 — February 15, 2019

On February 15 Ted Jones of Sisters passed away at his home surrounded by family. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Edie; his four children; seven grandchildren; and a cousin. Born June 12, 1932 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Leonard Lewis Jones and Eleanor Mary Jones, Ted was an Eagle Scout, a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, a National Ski Patrolman, and a Republican. He received a bachelor of science degree in business from the University of Colorado and an MBA from Vanderbilt University. He served in the Navy during the Korean War and worked for Johnson Controls for over 30 years. Ted and Edie raised their family in Montana, Minnesota, and Kentucky before coming to Oregon in 1991 to own and operate Camp Tamarack. The Presbyterian Church and the Rotary Club were central to Ted. He contributed to church communities throughout his life, including the Church of the Transfiguration in Sisters. As a 50-year member of Rotary, he served in many capacities. One highlight was leading a group to New Zealand, for which he was appointed Ambassador of Good Will and a Kentucky Colonel. He later served as president of the Sisters club and was named a Paul Harris Fellow for his contributions. While living in Oregon, Ted also held leadership positions in the Western Association of Independent Camps and served on the Deschutes County Commission on Children and Families, earning the distinction of Volunteer of

the Year. Te d c l i m b e d t h e Matterhorn and enjoyed camping, skiing, football, nature, birds, attending the symphony, driving his car, and walking his dog, Walker. Ted will be missed by his wife, Edie Jones; his children, Steffanie Lynch and husband Dave (Walpole, Massachusetts), Shelly Jones-Wilkins and husband Andy (Staunton, Virginia), Leonard WernerJones and wife Gisela (Munich, Germany), and Franklin Jones (Portland); his grandchildren, Corey and Sean Lynch, Carson, Logan and Tully JonesWilkins, Anna and Lea Werner-Jones; and his cousin, Mary Ann Craig (Durango, Colorado). The family requests memorial gifts go to the following two organizations: Sisters Rotary Foundation — “The Ted Jones Scholarship Fund.” Donations accepted at: PO Box 1286, Sisters, OR 97759. Inquiries can be made at: haldarcey@ aol.com or 808-864-5683. Donations can also be sent to the Scholarship Fund at Camp Tamarack: Camp Tamarack, 19696 Sunshine Way, Bend, OR 97702 or www.camptamarack.com. Services will be held on April 6 at 2 p.m., at the Church of the Transfiguration in Sisters.

choose which parts they live by and have faith in. Slave girls and polygamy anyone? There are several statistics quoted in the story. Maybe the stats show an increase since our kids are feeling more empowered to speak their truths and society is more open and supportive of each individual’s right to be themselves and name themselves. I bet the percentage is much higher as many gay folks don’t feel safe coming out, even now. Being gay has been a “taboo for millennia”? No. There are frescoes, ancient wall carvings, and much historical documentation of societies and cultures who have openly accepted gay members. Many Native American tribes call their gay/trans tribe members “twin-spirited” and they are revered. You’re weary? I am so weary of bigotry being wrapped in “love”; it’s still prejudice. Karly Drake-Lusby

To the Editor: The snowstorm of 2019 will be one to be remembered by all. Sisters experienced school closures, businesses unable to open, and of course hard work in order to make any sort of movement possible. A dear friend of mine made me realize

something in the midst of this disabling storm. Many men of Sisters were either hired or voluntarily plowed our roads, shoveled our roofs, dug us out of our homes, and cleared pathways. Our conversation made me think, and it snowballed (no pun intended) from there. I talked and listened to many of the ladies in town. I realized many of us were “storm widows.” While the gentlemen (and I THANK YOU), were out until all hours of the night shoveling, plowing, digging, and pushing snow around town; that left the ladies to step up, too. While there are only so many hours in the day, and only so many places we can be at one time; many women jumped in to help our partners GET THINGS DONE! I listened to amazing stories of the gals stepping up while the guys were getting things done. During this bleak week, it made me happy to hear how we all worked as a team to fill in where needed — women were shoveling until Epsom salt baths were needed every night. Fought with snow blowers until bruised from head to toe. Shoveled roofs to avoid ice dam damage. Helped dig out husbands’ trucks. Made sure a hot midnight meal was ready after long hours outside. Whatever anyone did to help a neighbor or do the unordinary — I am honored and appreciate all the “gal power” I heard about this week! Cathleen Douthit Serving Sisters Since 1976

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ÍMAR: Celtic supergroup closes festival winter series Continued from page 3

fun as well,” said Amini. Ímar’s sound is hard to pinpoint. They have traditionally composed Celtic tunes put together with octave pedals, no vocals and the various traditional instruments (concertina, bodhrán, fiddle, whistle, flute) arranged to be a super-charged, high-energy composition of music. “We compose the music ourselves and have a lot of themes of Celtic music just with a high level of energy in the tunes,” said Amini. Amini said the dynamic in the group works well, and it doesn’t take much effort to make the sound come together. “No one in the group dominates with ideas, it’s all democratic, if one person doesn’t like it, we change it,”

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same movies as my guy friends. Most of those authors and filmmakers were white men. So were the President, the CEOs, the experts on TV telling us about important world matters. I didn’t see that as a problem. I didn’t yet realize that I’d be held to different standards than my guy friends, offered lower wages, subjected to special dangers and humiliations. Like my mentors, bosses, bandmates, and editors (again, mostly male), I figured I could party and go out for beers with whomever I liked. It took a few years to learn that a beer — or even a cup of coffee — is the same thing as a gold-plated invitation to a girl’s bedroom, in some folks’ eyes. I also learned that if a woman has guy friends and collaborators, people will assume she’s rollin’ in the hay with ‘em. All of ‘em. Even if this hypothetical woman has dozens and dozens of male compatriots! Now if that were true, how could she possibly have time to sing in a band, write poetry, and work in journalism? In such a world, a poor girl with a new dress can expect scrutiny. Any woman in the wrong dress — in any dress at all — should be prepared to answer questions, including, “Weren’t you asking for it?” I’m a rotten guitarist but I sure love to sing. I pulled out my little 12-string the other day and hollered through a few different versions of “In the Pines.” This time, I found myself making up a new verse. In my version, the girl made her own dress. And what she’s up to in the pines is nobody’s business but her own.

said Amini. Amini has been to Sisters before with his second band, Talisk, for the 2018 Sisters Folk Festival and looks forward to returning. “Everyone is super nice there and we couldn’t believe the beauty we were seeing. I had never seen so many trees before,” said Amini. The rest of the band has not yet seen Sisters and is looking forward to playing here as well. The set promises to be lively. “It is for sure dance music, you will start sitting and be standing at the end and singing along with some of our tunes,” Amini said. Ímar will be performing Monday, March 18, in the Sisters High School auditorium as the third and final installment of the 2019 Winter Concert Series. Individual tickets are available through Sisters Folk Festival. For more information call the office at 541-549-4979.

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also had a blue 2016 Ford F350 with brushed aluminum rack (Oregon Lic. 306JLC) stolen from the same equipment yard overnight. That truck is still outstanding. A rifle, stolen from the missing Ford truck, was in Hornby’s possession when he was arrested. DCSO reports he was also in possession of collection of “automotive jiggler or try-out keys.” These are tools often used by professional locksmiths. The “jiggler” key slips into the keyway of many locks and most car locks and is moved around until the lock opens. A second vehicle was also stolen overnight in the city of Sisters. In that case, a red 2002 Chevrolet Blazer (Oregon Lic 200GPY) was stolen from the 400 block of

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AWARDS: Awards honored going above and beyond

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District’s annual awards banquet at FivePine Lodge and Conference Center. “Your great generosity has a large and lasting impact on our community,” keynote speaker and fire district board member Chuck Newport told the assembled fire crews and their families. Fellow board member Jack McGowan noted that such impacts reverberate across the state. “You act in Sisters and think as an Oregonian,” he said. Fire Chief Roger Johnson and Deputy Chief Tim Craig recounted a year of heavy activity, from fire incidents to significant training operations — which included a Women’s Fire Academy, ongoing work with an introductory fire service program at Sisters High School, and a major multiagency active-threat drill. The active-threat drill held at Sisters High School, had particular value and provided the district and its partners with new capabilities. “It’s incredible the amount of information that was gained with this,” Craig said. Firefighters and others were recognized for saving two lives from sudden cardiac arrest. Firefighter and paramedic Matt Millar was presented with a letter of commendation

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for his extraordinary efforts in helping a patient with significant and challenging needs with whom the district has had repeated interactions find appropriate care in the medical system. Several district officers noted that his efforts — some on his own time — exceeded even the district’s high standards for extraordinary effort in service to the community. Craig made a special point of saluting the Fire Corps volunteers who serve as an auxiliary for the district. “These folks put in an extraordinary amount of time to support the operations of the district,” he said. See complete list of fire district awards below.

Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District Awards Lifesaving Awards: 1st Incident: Captain Jeremy Ast, Fire Medic Dave Keller, Fire Medic David Ward, Resident Volunteer Christi Davis, Volunteer Sadie Ford. 2nd Incident: Fire Medic Dave Keller and wife Roma Keller (RN at SCMC-Bend). Retired from Service Awards: Josh and Angie Ward. Length of Service Awards: 5 Years: Pat Burke and Ron Ketchum. 10 Years: Roy Dean and Doug Myers. 15 Years: Julie Spor, Dave Wellington, Les Schell and Bruce Shaull. Rookie of the Year: Nick Otasu. Outstanding Fire Fitness: Nick Otasu. Resident Volunteer of the Year: Andrew Pace. EMT of the Year: Rachelle Beiler. Volunteer Firefighter of the Year: Christi Davis. Career Firefighter of the Year: Matt Millar. Special Awards: Letter of Commendation: Matt Millar Fire Corps Volunteer of the Year: Margie Lombardo. Partnership Awards: Central Oregon Public Safety Chaplaincy. Volunteer of the Year: Travis Bootes. Chief’s Award for Excellence: Dave Wellington. Service Recognition Award: Heather Johnson.

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802 Help Wanted Bird Gard LLC, the world leader in electronic bird control, is seeking an experienced Production Supervisor. Employment will be full-time and will be based in the company's facility in the Sisters Industrial Park. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication and team-building skills along with strong process improvement capabilities. To apply please email info@birdgard.com to request a job application form and formal job description. The Sisters Park and Recreation District is seeking an Executive Director who demonstrates a passion for recreation services and has 3-5 years of management experience. To learn more or to apply, visit our website at https://www.sistersrecreation. com/employment/ Stitchin' Post Cut Goods Facilitator. Full-time position. We are looking for someone with a creative approach in working with fabric. Computer knowledge for spreadsheets and POS system. Math skills to calculate yardage for quilt projects. Experience & interest in quilting. Work in a team environment. Come by and pick up an application. 311 West Cascade Ave., Sisters

Black Butte School is seeking a facilities/maintenance specialist. Part-time. Pay DOE. For more info: 541-595-6203 or srussell@blackbutte.k12.or.us Black Butte School is seeking a Bus Driver. $18.85+ DOE. Willing to train. Split shift 6:15-8:15 a.m. and 2:15-4:15 p.m. + add'l hours for field trips and paperwork. For more info: 541-595-6203 or srussell@blackbutte.k12.or.us NEED A CHANGE? Use The Nugget's HELP WANTED column to find a new job! NEED ASSISTANCE? Use the Help Wanted column to find the help you need! The Nugget Newspaper Call 541-549-9941 to place your ad by noon, Mondays or submit your text online at NuggetNews.com

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999 Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Sisters-Camp Sherman Rural Fire Protection District will hold a joint public hearing of its Board of Directors and its Local Contract Review Board regarding adoption of Public Contracting Rules on the 19th day of March 2019, at 5 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District Administration Office at 301 South Elm Street, Sisters, Oregon. The proposed Resolution will replace and update the District’s current Public Contracting Rules and exemptions. The public hearing will be held for the purpose of taking comments on the District’s draft findings supporting the exemption of certain classes of special procurements and public improvement contracts from competitive bidding requirements. A copy of the draft findings can be obtained on the District’s website at www.sistersfire.com or at the main fire station at 301 South Elm Street in Sisters. Three Sisters Irrigation District has set for auction a 1999 Ford Ranger, not in working order, AS IS. The auction will be held by sealed bid to be mailed to PO Box 2230, Sisters, OR 97759 or hand delivered to 68000 Hwy 20, Bend, OR 97703, on or before March 18, 2019 at 9:45 am. The auction will be held on Monday, March 18, 2019 at 10:00 am at 68000 Hwy 20, Bend, OR 97703. All bids will be opened at that time and the property will be awarded to the highest bidder. The truck must be picked up with 72 hours of award notification.

Wednesday, March 6, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

The Bunkhouse Chronicle Craig Rullman Columnist

Winter Count Challenges travel in packs, and this winter is no exception. No sooner had our second generational snowstorm in four years ransacked an otherwise placid winter, than one of the dogs ripped open his shoulder in an accident and needed medical attention. Twenty or so sutures later, a leak opened up in the master bedroom in the same place we had a leak in the winter of ’17, which required some late night alpinist adventures on the north face of a precipitous peak, and will require a second replacement of the bedroom ceiling in as many years. One survival trick, when stalked by challenges in the March of our discontent, is simply to take a deep breath, which I accomplish to some degree by studying the Winter Counts. Winter Counts were kept by many of the plains tribes — Mandan, Pawnee, Lakota, Dakota — usually on hides

(but sometimes muslin or paper) painted with pictographs. This was a mnemonic practice: the pictographs recorded one or more significant events of the year that spurred the memory and gave people things to remember and talk about during those long, dark winters on the plains. Lone Dog’s winter count — he was a Yanktonai — covers roughly the years 1800 to 1870, and gives us a brief peek into a life we would not otherwise enjoy and, if nothing else, fires the imagination long enough to draw me happily away from our series of annoying firstworld complaints: 1825 – A great flood on the Missouri River. Many people were drowned. 1832 – A white man killed another white man. 1833 – The stars fell out of the sky. The people were much afraid. 1837 – Big smallpox. But even with the fascinating winter counts looking back at me from the pages of a book, I can admit to some cabin fever this time of year. That’s likely because there are much bigger storms stacked up in the atmosphere — and try as I might I can’t see them altering course any time soon. 1841 – Feather in the Ear stole thirty spotted ponies from the Crows. I’ve skipped the Cohen Te s t i m o n y t u r b u l e n c e because I’ve lost interest in almost anything that happens east of the Ohio River. I’ve essentially “gone to the

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mattresses” where politics are concerned because there isn’t anyone who works out there, in that howling integrity wilderness, that I would trust as far as I can throw my barn. Maybe you trust them — and I praise those who keep the faith — but from our lodge, Washington looks like a tired Broadway anachronism and once respectable and reliable news organizations look no better than the aggressive and often salacious paparazzi hired by People Magazine. 1852 – The Nez Perce came to Lone Horn’s lodge at midnight and were not killed. They were lost and cold. Still, in America we have it better than most, even if the valorization of all things victimhood too often confuses real issues and obfuscates the truth. Sadly, when that game is played well it can be lucrative — and so was apparently too much for television actor Jussie Smollett, who succumbed to temptation and ruined himself while trying to cash in on hate-memes. 1851 – A buffalo cow was killed and she had an old woman in her belly. Smollett earned some decent jail-time and should probably seek help from a mental-health professional, but I still haven’t heard enough praise for the oftmaligned Chicago PD, who taught the world a lesson in restraint while brilliantly navigating the reactionary media minefield.

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1861 – The buffalo were so plenty the tracks came up close to the tipis. It’s likely that there isn’t a cop alive — since cops deal with liars for a living — who didn’t wince when the Smollett story broke because the narrative was hinky from the outset. For those assigned to the investigation it was probably infuriating. But Smollett, like many folks, apparently assumed that cops are stupid and that somehow his rigorous listing of every conceivable bigotry bogeyman made for a convincing tale of woe. It never did, but there is a strain of modern activists who rarely, if ever, examine their own biases before putting them out on display. 1865 – Many horses died because there was no grass. There was another storm in Vietnam last week involving the President and a dictator, but I’m not sure what actually happened. That’s partially because every time I catch an image of John Bolton I instantly hear Jello

Biafra singing “Holiday in Cambodia,” leaving me too startled to figure out what was actually accomplished in Hanoi. Not that the effort was wasted — why not try to get the homicidal fat kid to give up his nukes? — but it’s also true that deep snow would serve as a more convincing image of tranquility if people would learn how to drive in it. 1867 – Many flags given by the peace commission. Turning the page, I found a pictograph that might serve for our own winter count. It is an image meant to represent heavy snowfall to its contemporaries, but which to the modern eye looks like three balloons, trailing their strings, rising into the sky on a breeze. This is a valuable image against our occasionally real, and occasionally manufactured, despairs. Plus, on the national level, balloons are an appropriate symbol for the nonstop clown show put on by our alleged representatives in government.

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SNOWSTORM: City crews worked around the clock Continued from page 1

plowing. Bertagna reminds the public they can help the crew with their plowing duties by moving cars off the street when snow first begins to fall. If they can’t park in their own driveways or garages, move the cars to a public parking lot. Garbage cans shouldn’t be put out until the morning of pick-up and then brought back in as soon as possible when there is snow. Cans are another impediment for the plows doing their job. The City has developed a snow-removal priority map that shows the order in which streets are plowed, with top priority being the downtown core, Camp Polk Road to the city limits, Barclay Drive, McKinney Butte Road, and the FivePine campus. Highway 20 (including Cascade Avenue), Highway 242, and Highway 126 are the responsibility of ODOT. Most neighborhood streets are second priority with a few neighborhood cul de sacs around town being third priority. Due to the growing number of driveways in town and a limited number of staff and equipment, individual driveways cannot be cleared of the

berm created by the plows. Removal of driveway berms and clearing sidewalks is the responsibility of the adjacent resident and/or business owner, sidewalks within six hours of daylight following the snowfall or ice event. The crew asks for the public’s understanding. The City asks citizens to refrain from using ice melt or similar products that contain salt because they can damage sidewalks. Bird seed or sand can be a good alternative for keeping the sidewalks safe. When clearing a driveway, to reduce the chances of snow being pushed back across the driveway, collect the snow on the side of the driveway in which the traffic moves. In other words, looking at the street from the driveway, if the traffic moves from left to right, put the snow to the right side of the driveway entrance. Bertagna cautioned parents to not allow their children to play in berms and large snow banks next to streets to avoid being injured by snow removal equipment. “Please keep the kids in your yard,” Bertagna requested. Bertagna noted that in Oregon, crews aren’t allowed to use salt on the roads because of environmental concerns and possible damage of vehicles by the salt. Despite a tapering off of

the snowfall, the crew’s work is far from done. Working with ODOT, from 8 p.m. to first light, last Thursday night they began clearing the piles of snow from the south side of Cascade, getting half of the snow moved. Using an ODOT loader and City trucks, snow was hauled from downtown to the red dirt triangle near the truck scales at the junction of highways 20 and 126. They were scheduled to repeat Thursday night’s activities until all the snow was removed from the sides of Cascade. Also last Friday night private contractors were coming in to haul snow from the rest of downtown areas out to the old ODOT yard behind the U.S. Forest Service property at the west end of town. Most importantly, they were clearing piles of snow off the storm drains so as snow melts it will be able to run off and not collect in large puddles. Bertagna said the goal is to get all storm drains in town exposed. Bertagna said this weather event has gone very smoothly with all equipment running well. Whenever there is a big snowfall that comes quickly, a lot of work is required immediately.

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LINEMEN: Outages affected several thousand people

HAYDEN: Nearly 200 homes planned in development

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6,983 out of a total of 34,900 meters. Most of the outages were due to trees or limbs falling over power lines, snow drifting into transformers or into circuits, causing them to open, and the buildup of snow and ice on power lines. Cobb likened the diameter of a power line to that of a pinky finger that, with the ice and snow buildup, becomes the size of a forearm. All that extra weight causes lines to snap. CEC’s repair crews utilized all 20 of their linemen round the clock. They were aided by a contract crew hired to help out. “Our line crews were awesome,” Cobb reported. In order to respond to all the calls coming in to report outages, CEC enlisted the services of CRC, a contract firm, to handle the calls during the evening hours and to dispatch crews. Cobb said that CEC would like to thank the community for all their goodwill toward the repair crews and for their patience during this weather event.

concerns about the proposed Hayden development. Residents of the original three phases of Village at Cold Springs (another Hayden development), which abut the MMV property, are opposed to two of their streets, Williamson and Hill, connecting to streets in MMV. They cite safety concerns with increased traffic and cost of maintaining their private streets as the two biggest issues. The City permitted Hayden to put in streets narrower than what is required by code, provided the homeowners assumed responsibility for maintenance and repair of those streets. The Village at Cold Springs homeowners’ association claims because they are private streets, the public shouldn’t be able to travel through their development as a short-cut or a way to avoid traffic on McKinney Butte Road. They don’t want the streets connected. Looking at the same traffic studies, transportation engineers encourage connecting the streets to create a grid system of connectivity that

MCKENZIE MEADOWS VILLAGE TIMELINE 2006 Citizens vote to approve annexation of MMV into the City 2009 Stipulations attached regarding senior living facility, affordable housing 2010 MMV Master Plan approved 2011 Pinnacle Alliance Group site plan for senior living facility approved by City 2014 Contract cancelled with PAG due to lack of funding for project 2015 City Council approves requested MMV modifications 2015 PAG files three separate appeals to State Land Use Board of Appeals to block MMV, two denied 2016 City Council denies PAG’s appeal regarding MMV Master Plan modification 2016 New builder of senior living facility withdraws following extensive legal battle 2017 Annexation Agreement amendment for MMV approved, removing earlier stipulations 2018 MMV enters into negotiations with Hayden Homes to purchase MMV property 2019 Hayden Homes submits new Master Plan for 199 housing units in MMV reduces heavy traffic loads on one or two streets by providing a number of alternative routes. City Manager Cory Misley, with only three months on the job, admits there are no easy answers to these concerns. “Our job at the City is to administer the City code as it is written at the time. When reading and interpreting the code, some areas are black and white and some are gray. The gray areas require interpretation. The interpretation involves conversations with our land-use attorney and among the staff. As a team, we provide alternatives to the Planning Commission and the City Council, who eventually are responsible for making the final decisions,” Misley said. “We can’t discriminate against or favor applicants who submit their plans to the City. There is no litmus test

we can administer to determine who deserves to receive permits and who doesn’t. If everything meets the requirements of the City codes, then they get approval,” Misley added. “The staff’s job is to review the codes and be certain they are up to date and relevant and that loopholes are closed. Recommended changes are brought to the Planning Commission and City Council for approval,” he added. The codes are

dynamic, changing over time. Misley concluded by saying, “At the City, we don’t want to cut corners or avoid making tough decisions now by putting them off to a later date. We are a small city with a limited staff, at a time of unparalleled growth. It can be challenging to keep up with that growth, and the staff is working hard to do that.” The packet of materials for the hearing is available at www.ci.sisters.or.us.

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