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The Nugget Vol. XLII No. 16

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Sisters casts a wary eye toward fire season

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Plane incident carries lessons for pilots

Art, learning and family fun...

By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

Local foresters covered a lot of territory in a public open house on Thursday, April 11 — but one issue loomed over the Sister Fire Hall Community Room like a column of smoke: Fire season is on its way. “Everybody always wants to know what fire season is going to look like when you bump into them in town,” said James Osbourne, Sisters Ranger District fire management officer. Osbourne walked through

PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK

Kathy Deggendorfer and her grandson Frankie Borla did some engineering work at the Sisters Middle School Expo last week. Hands on activities brought families together for educational and artistic fun (see story, page 23).

Brian Lansburgh and a passenger, also a pilot, made a spectacular return home to the Sisters airport on Wednesday, April 10, landing his 1947 single-engine Piper PA-12, then flipping it on final rollout. After examination of the pilots by paramedics, the only major injury was pilot pride, even though the same can’t be said about the plane. Lansburgh was the CFI (Certificated Flight Instructor) conducting a bi-annual flight review (BFR), a proficiency test required of private pilots every two years. Following completion of the BFR at the

See FIRE SEASON on page 25

See PLANE on page 30

Logging project will have traffic impact

Runners Rumble in Sisters

A logging contractor will begin falling trees along Highway 20 northwest of Sisters on Monday, April 29. The work is likely to have significant impact on traffic into and through Sisters. Forest Service project manager Steve Orange told The Nugget that many of the affected trees are close to the highway. Between falling the trees and cleaning up debris and hauling logs away, impact on the travel lanes is inevitable and substantial. The project will affect both sides of 12.5 miles of highway westbound from Sisters. The Oregon Department of Transportation will provide traffic control during the project, which is expected to run from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. during the workweek and be completed by May 22. ODOT says that motorists should anticipate delays up to 20 minutes.

The Peterson Ridge Rumble 20- and 40-mile trail race set records on Sunday, April 14: The 17th annual event drew more runners, both two- and four-legged, in the 20-mile portion than ever before. Sean Meissner, creator and race director, was all smiles as the event wrapped up as he stood amidst hundreds of happy finishers, both human and canine, feasting on post-race food catered by Longboard Louie’s of Bend. “Everything went about as well as I could have hoped,” he said. “The weather was cool, but not a problem, the trail was clear of snow, and everyone seemed to have a good experience. Runners are allowed to register with their canine companions for the 20-miler according to Meissner, and

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Goss Co. LLC was awarded a contract for $225,300 to do the work. The 2,100 trees that are being removed were killed or damaged by the application of the herbicide Perspective. In addition to falling, there will be a limited amount of tree-topping to leave wildlife snags in the area. The problem with the trees near Sisters began developing from 2013 to 2015 when Perspective was used along the highway corridor to remove brush within the Oregon Department of Transportation right of way. The herbicide harmed ponderosa pines and other trees in the area where it was applied. An assessment by the U.S. Forest Service determined that thousands of trees in the corridor west of Sisters are dead or dying. The Forest Service began marking trees to be removed last Monday.

By Charlie Kanzig Correspondent

See RUMBLE on page 21

PHOTO BY CHARLIE KANZIG

Zander Albertson (left), once and always Outlaw, turned out for the 20-mile Peterson Ridge Rumble.

Letters/Weather ................ 2 Sisters Salutes .................. 9 Entertainment ..................13 Crossword ....................... 26 Obituaries ....................... 29 Meetings ........................... 3 Announcements................12 Bunkhouse Chronicle ....... 18 Classifieds.................. 27-29 Real Estate .................29-32

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SPRD turns corner on “Operation Shipshape” By Jeff Tryens SPRD Board President

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: The last time I checked, Sisters has no rail line, nor an airport that can handle large quantities of freight. That means that all goods that we receive here in Sisters like groceries, medicines, fuel, hardware, lumber, etc. arrives by truck. Mostly large, long-bed trucks. Each time I drive west out of town I notice there is usually a large truck parked along Highway 20 while I’m guessing the truck driver makes his/her way, walking along the busy road, back to town for a meal or other supplies. Lately I’ve noticed quite a few trucks parked between McDonalds and the newest hotel, on Rail Way, which impinges on the traffic flow on that little side street. My guess would be that once that hotel opens for business it won’t be an option of truckers to stop there. During the bad-weather events, when the pass is closed for avalanche removal or

due to an unfortunate accident, or if the trucks have mechanical problems there just isn’t anywhere for them to stop. Sisters is growing. New businesses will be needing more supplies, thus more truck traffic. It might be a thing for us to start planning now, to have a location just off the highway, away from residential areas where the trucks may park for awhile when the drivers need to rest, get food or repairs. There will be many things to consider. Will the area need to be regulated? How long is too long to stay? Where exactly is there room to park big trucks? I’m NOT suggesting an actual truck stop, but we might just need to start planning for the inevitable. Kara Mickaelson

See LETTERS on page 20

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Earlier this year, the mother of one of Sisters Park & Recreation’s afterschool kids said to me, “The other day, my daughter, out of the blue, announced that she did not want to die. Before I could formulate a reassuring answer, she added, ‘because I wouldn’t be able to go to SPRD anymore.’” Wow. Now that’s an endorsement! What this child did not know was her little bit of heaven on Earth was becoming more than a little frayed around the edges. She didn’t notice the sagging rain gutters or the pile of construction debris behind the building her classroom is in, or the exposed electrical wires that were part of the irrigation system. She was also unaware that employee turn-over was quite high or the Wi-Fi system was not secure. Over the years, the SPRD board had tried to do more and more to meet community needs with no significant influx of additional funds. That changed a year ago, when voters chose to give SPRD approximately one million additional tax dollars spread over five years to make needed infrastructure improvements and to make necessary changes to retain staff. The SPRD board also committed to make afterschool and youth programs more financially accessible; to expand programming for residents across the board; and to provide more support for community events. Board and staff have been hard at work implementing what we’re calling “Operation Shipshape” to complete the first phase of SPRD’s expansion — getting our house in order. Under the leadership of Interim Executive Director Courtney Snead, we have instituted over 30 physical and administrative improvements ranging from fixing those

sagging gutters to installing a new firewall to protect confidential customer information. A list of completed improvements can be found on SPRD’s w e b s i t e , w w w. s i s t e r s recreation.com. We have also taken significant steps to make programs more affordable including cutting the after-school fee in half. As Operation Shipshape is wrapping up, board members and staff are turning their attention to broadening both offerings and access to SPRD programming. Because of the levy, SPRD can now offer programs and services without having to be certain that they will pay for themselves. We can staff-up to offer daycare for kids during school holidays. We can do the necessary legwork to launch a new co-ed softball league. We can work with a group of motivated seniors to develop a plan to broaden opportunities to play pickleball in Sisters. We’re doing the first-ever ‘Senior Fitness Games’ in June. We are working with a coalition in town to offer more programming for residents who have trouble getting around. Each time, we’re able to use newly hired staff to make these things happen. Over 20 years ago, S P R D ’s predecess o r, S O A R ( S i s t e r s Organization for Activities and Recreation), was founded on the belief that having a safe place for kids to go after school was a critically important need in town. While we now do many more things for a much broader swath of Sisters-area residents, SPRD has remained a bedrock of support for several generations of parents in Sisters. With the resources provided by the local option, I firmly believe that the mother who told me the story about her daughter could be telling my successor, years from now, a similar story about her grandchild’s love of SPRD.

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

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Science talk takes on ‘fake news’ The Internet and social media make information easier to find than ever before. From pranks to parody to propaganda, we are exposed to misinformation every day. Companies such as Facebook and Google have pledged to fight back with artificial intelligence, developing algorithms to detect falsehoods automatically. But will it work? Dr. Daniel Lowd says the answer is complicated. He will speak at The Belfry on Tuesday, April 23 as part of the 2018-19 Frontiers in Science series, sponsored by the Sisters Science Club.

Science news is especially vulnerable to the spread of misinformation, complicated by public unfamiliarity with scientific processes, the inherent uncertainty of research findings and journalistic tendencies to overstate results. Artificial intelligence is at least part of the answer to detecting fake information, abusive language and spam, Dr. Lowd contends. But humans are going to have to do their part, he says. Just last week, Facebook announced a comprehensive PHOTO PROVIDED

See SCIENCE TALK on page 31

Easter Egg hunt set at Sisters parks Children from infant to 11 years of age are invited to participate in the annual Easter Egg Hunt co-sponsored by the Sisters-Camp Sherman and Cloverdale fire departments. The event will take place on Easter Sunday, April 21, at 1 p.m. at the adjoining Creekside Park and Three Sisters Overnight Park, regardless of weather. The Easter Bunny will be present. Parking is limited, so plan to arrive early. Children wishing to participate are asked to be at the parks at 12:40 p.m.

so they can be divided into the appropriate age groups. Children are divided into the following groups: Infant to 2 years old will be in the red area, 3-5 years old will be in the yellow area, 6-8 years old will be in the blue area and 9-11 years old will be in the white area. Participants must be prompt; the eggs disappear fast. For more information call the Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire Department at 541-549-0771.

Tickets for a June 27 show featuring Josh Ritter go on sale April 17.

Folk festival to host Josh Ritter Acclaimed musician and songwriter Josh Ritter will help Sisters Folk Festival purchase its current headquarters. Sisters Folk Festival will present Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band at the Sisters High School auditorium in a fundraising concert for “Connected by Creativity,” a capital campaign of Sisters Folk Festival. Tickets will go on sale to the general public April 17 at 10 a.m. and are $35 to $60 (plus fees) each. Ritter is celebrating the release of his 10th studio album, “Fever Breaks.” Produced by Grammy

Award-winning musician Jason Isbell, the 10-song record was recorded at Nashville’s historic RCA Studio A. Paste magazine considers Ritter “one of the 100 best songwriters living today,” and Rolling Stone says of “Fever Breaks”: “It’s classic Ritter on Muscle Shoals-bred steroids.” Sisters Folk Festival has been conducting a capital campaign for the past year to purchase the Sisters Art Works building and the adjacent land, which serve as the largest venue for the annual festival and a community space for events throughout the year. The purchase of the

building will allow Sisters Folk Festival to secure their largest venue space, provide a dedicated “home” to execute their mission of enriching lives through arts and music performance and education, and to create new ways to serve the community through programming with adults, after-school and underserved populations. “The ‘Connected by Creativity’ concert is a great way to educate the public about our mission and add to the excitement for the closing of phase one of the capital campaign,” said Creative See CONCERT on page 19

SISTERS AREA MEETING CALENDAR BOARDS, GROUPS, CLUBS Al-Anon Mon., noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Wed., 6 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration. 541-549-8737 or 541-549-1527. Alcoholics Anonymous Thurs. & Sun., 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration / Sat., 8 a.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration / Mon., 5 p.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Big Book study, Tues., noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Gentlemen’s meeting, Wed., 7 a.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Sober Sisters Women’s meeting, Thurs., noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Step & Tradition meeting, Fri., noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church. 541-548-0440. Alzheimer’s & Dementia Caregiver Support Group 1st Tuesday, noon, Sisters City Hall. 800-272-3900. Black Butte Ranch Bridge Club Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m., BBR community room. Partner required. 541-595-6236. Central Oregon Fly Tyers Guild For Saturday meeting dates and location, email: steelefly@msn.com. Central OR Spinners and Weavers Guild One Saturday per month, Jan. thru Oct. For schedule: 541-639-3217. Council on Aging of Central Oregon Senior Lunch Tuesdays, noon, Sisters Community Church. 541-480-1843.

East of the Cascades Quilt Guild 4th Wednesday (September-June), Stitchin’ Post. All are welcome. 541-549-6061.

Sisters Area Woodworkers 1st Tuesday, 7 to 9 p.m. 541-639-6216. Sisters Astronomy Club 3rd Tuesday, 7 p.m., SPRD. 541-549-8846.

Friends of the Sisters Library Board of Directors 2nd Tuesday, 9 to 11 a.m., Sisters Bridge Club Thursdays, Sisters Library.www.sistersfol.com. 12:30 p.m., The Pines Clubhouse. Novices welcomed. 541-549-9419. Go Fish Fishing Group 3rd Monday, 7 p.m. Sisters Community Church. All Sisters Caregiver Support Group ages welcome. 541-771-2211. 3rd Tues., 10:30 a.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church. 541-771-3258. Heartwarmers (fleece blanketmakers) 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City Hall. Materials provided. 541-408-8505. Sisters Cribbage Club Wednesdays, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Ray’s Food Place Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday, 1 to community room. 541-923-1632. 4 p.m. 541-549-1028 or 541-719-1230. Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board Military Parents of Sisters Meetings of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m. are held quarterly; please call for details. Location information: 541-549-1193. 541-388-9013. Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 to Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters 8:30 a.m., Brand 33 Restaurant at Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m., Aspen Lakes. 541-410-2870. Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-549-6469. Sisters Parent Teacher Community SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings 2nd Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. at Sisters & Enrichment) Monday-Friday, 11 a.m. Saloon. 541-480-5994. to 4 p.m. at Sisters Park & Recreation Sisters Parkinson’s Support Group District. 541-549-2091. 2nd Tuesday, 1 p.m., Sisters Community Sisters Family Aglow Lighthouse Church. 907-687-8101 or 541-668-6599. 4th Saturday, 10 a.m., Ponderosa Lodge Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday. Meeting Room. 503-930-6158. Location information: 541-279-1977. Sisters Area Photography Club 2nd Wednesday, 4 p.m., Sisters Library Sisters Rotary Tuesdays, noon, Aspen Lakes Lodge. 541-760-5645. community room. 541-549-6157.

Sisters Trails Alliance Board 1st Wednesday, 5 p.m. Sisters Art Works. Public welcome. 541-719-8822. Sisters Veterans Thursdays, noon, Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-903-1123. Three Sisters Irrigation District Board of Directors 1st Tuesday, 4 p.m., TSID Office. 541-549-8815. Three Sisters Lions Club 1st Thursday, noon, Ray’s Food Place community room. 541-419-1279. VFW Post 8138 and American Legion Post 86 1st Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Sisters City Hall. 541-903-1123. Weight Watchers Thursdays, 8:30 a.m. weigh-in, Sisters Community Church. 541-602-2654.

SCHOOLS Black Butte School Board of Directors 2nd Tuesday, 5 p.m., Black Butte School. 541-595-6203. Sisters Christian Academy Board of Directors 2nd Thursday, 8 a.m., RE/MAX office. 541-549-4133. Sisters School District Board of Directors One Wed. monthly, SSD Admin Bldg. See schedule online at www.ssd6.org. 541-549-8521 x5002. Sisters Middle School Parent Collaboration Team 1st Tuesday, 2 p.m., SMS. 541-610-9513.

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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Medical van will be returning to Sisters By Sue Stafford Correspondent

The Mosaic Medical Mobile Community Clinic is returning to Sisters. They are now seeing patients at Ponderosa Heights Apartments, every Tuesday evening, 6-8 p.m. “We are very excited to be bringing the van back out to Sisters,” said Mobile Outreach Coordinator Nancy Russell North. Previously, the van came to the Kiwanis Food Bank from 9 a.m. to noon on Thursdays, but lack of sufficient patients resulted in cancellation of the van. It is believed that evening hours for the van at the new affordable apartments will prove more convenient for patients. “We will be located at Ponderosa Heights in conjunction with our partnership with HousingWorks. We are very excited that this location is close to the woods where many of the homeless currently camp. We are also excited to be offering evening hours,” said North. M o s a i c ’s Mobile Community Clinic is a fullservice primary care clinic offering medical services to those in the community experiencing barriers to traditional healthcare. They can provide nearly all care that is provided in a brick-and-mortar building, including blood work. Services available include family care, pediatrics, women’s health, medication assistance (help qualifying patients get brand-name medication for a reduced cost), and coordination of specialty care to connect patients to all the services they need, including dental help, The team includes

community health-workers who help with connecting patients to community resources: transportation services to appointments/treatment; inpatient and outpatient detox and treatment facilities; chemical-dependency counseling; pain management; behavioral health; homeless shelters; transitional residential programs; and housing locations. The clinic offers reduced rates based on a sliding scale for those without insurance or who are under-insured. Program participation is income-dependent and an application is required to determine eligibility. “We see all patients regardless of insurance status or life circumstances. Nobody will ever be turned away because of inability to pay,” said North. They accept most private or commercial insurance and can bill most insurances. They are also able to assist with Oregon Health Plan signups or re-enrollment. “We do not schedule appointments on the Mobile Community Clinic, so patients can just walk in and are served on a first-come, first-served basis,” North said. Mosaic Medical welcomes all races, religions, countries of origin, languages, genders, abilities, and sexual orientations. Ponderosa Heights Apartments are located at 601 N. Brooks Camp Rd., on the corner of Brooks Camp and McKinney Butte roads. For more information, call 541-383-3005. Please call or check website (www.mosaicmedical. org) for updated scheduling information if Tuesday is a holiday.

County fair welcomes new director Deschutes County has hired Geoff Hinds as the new director of the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center. Hinds, who will assume his post in early June, replaces Dan Despotopulos, who is retiring after serving as the Deschutes Fair & Expo Center Director for more than 19 years. “We’re extremely excited to bring Geoff on board,” said Deschutes County Administrator Tom Anderson. “While our finalists offered a great diversity of skills, accomplishments, and attributes, Geoff’s qualifications as an innovative manager of fair and event facilities combined with his demonstrated success introducing fiscally sound events of regional and national scale impressed our hiring team.” Hinds has served as the chief executive officer of the San Bernardino County Fairgrounds and Adelanto Stadium in Victorville, California, for the past six years. In his current role, he oversees multiple event facilities, directs the San Bernardino County Fair and manages a minor league baseball stadium. He has also served as the chief executive officer of the Tulare County Fair and as the Fair

and festivals manager of the San Mateo County Event Center. Hinds earned a bachelor’s degree from Whittier College. As Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center director, Hinds will lead the day-today operations and marketing of the 320-acre Fair & Expo Center, which, in addition to the annual fair, hosts more than 400 events each year. The facility includes 200,000 square feet of event space, 120,000 square feet of covered livestock and equestrian arenas, 400 horse stalls and a 105-space RV park complex. His arrival marks the first Fair & Expo Center director transition the County has

undertaken in close to 20 years. “As the County makes this transition, the Board of County Commissioners and Deschutes County Fair Board would like to acknowledge the substantial work of retiring Fair & Expo Center Director Dan Despotopulos,” said Deschutes County Commission Chair Phil Henderson. “In nearly 20 years as our Fair & Expo director, Dan has built solid community partnerships and leaves behind an appealing event facility, a vibrant annual fair and a solid strategic plan to bring Deschutes County Fair & Expo into the future.”

Low-Cost Dog & Cat Vaccination & Microchip Clinic Saturday, April 20 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Questions? Call 541-699-9149. Hosted by Sisters Feed & Supply and Sunshine Vet Services 102 E. Main Ave. | 541-549-4151

“I am the Resurrection and the Life.” John 11:25 Holy Thursday, April 18: Mass of the Lord’s Supper, 7:00 p.m.

Good Friday, April 19: Stations of the Cross, 3:00 p.m. Celebration of the Lord’s Passion, 7:00 p.m. Holy Saturday, April 20: Easter Vigil, 6:00 p.m.

Easter Sunday, April 21: Mass 7:30 & 10:00 a.m.

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Outlaws take sting out of Hornets By Rongi Yost

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The Outlaws defeated the Henley Hornets 5-3 on the tennis courts in their first home match of the season on Friday, April 12. A day later they traveled to Madras for the annual White Buffalo Invitational where their No. 1 and No. 2 singles and doubles teams finished fifth out of eight. On Friday against Henley, Sisters won three of the four doubles matches. Kendra Sitz and Hallie Swartz defeated Kenzie Cooper and Sabrina Graetsch in No. 1 doubles. The duo were down in the first set, but bounded back with a 6-4 win. They won the second set 10-6 and recorded the win. Midway through the first set Kendra and Hallie started to gel and communicated well. They hit good alley shots and were aggressive at the net. Lauren Fitzke and Sophie Silva (No. 2) posted a win over Macy Hallman and Ellie Smith in back-to-back sets with scores of 6-3, 6-3. It was the first time Lauren and Sophie paired up, and the duo did an outstanding job of setting each other up, especially for middle shots, and they used alleys well. Mattie Mynatt and Ellie Rush (No. 3) also won in back-to-back sets in their very first match as a doubles pair. They made a great team, played well together, and melded their individual skills into a great combo. Mattie had great net play and Ellie did a nice job at the baseline and got balls that were difficult to reach. The Outlaws also got wins at No.2 and No. 3 singles. Ramsey Schar (No. 2) defeated Sophie Gomez in

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Lauren Fitzke strikes a forehand in a match against Philomath. two straight sets, 6-4, 6-0. “Ramsey has just developed into a wonderful player,” said Coach Alan VonStein. “She’s like a sponge and is learning nice techniques and placement on her shots. She worked her opponent side-to-side and used her lobs in the appropriate fashion, and overall did a fabulous job. Her serve is right on key and she is very aggressive.” Sofia Frack won her match at No. 3 singles with a 6-4, 6-6 (3-10), 14-12, victory over Nicole Cleland. VonStein told The Nugget that Sophia has made big strides in the improvement of her game. She was able to read her opponent well and took advantage of short shots, moved her feet, and hit the ball well. A day later, seven Lady Outlaws hit the road for the all-day event in Madras, where each girl played 49 games. Kendra Sitz went 6-1 on the day, and took second in the tourney at the No. 2 spot. Rheanna Salisbury went 3-4

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at No. 1 singles. In doubles play, Lauren Fitzke and Sophie Silva went 0-7 at the No. 1 spot, and Ellie Rush and Mattie Mynatt went 3-4 in No. 2 doubles. VonStein said, “Overall, it was a great day to perfect different singles and doubles strategies. The girls all did well, and it was a good team bonding event.” Sisters was to play Philomath at home on Monday, April 15, in a makeup match that was canceled earlier in the season, and play against Stayton at home on Tuesday. On Thursday, they will travel to Woodburn.

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Outlaws had busy week on tennis court By Rongi Yost Correspondent

The boys tennis team was able to get in three matches this past week: a win in their first match at home against Molalla on Tuesday, April 9, followed by an unfortunate first-league loss to Cascade a day later, and a win over Philomath on Friday to wrap up the week. Tuesday’s match against the Indians ended in a fourfour tie, with Sisters winning the tiebreaker by virtue of a 71-60 advantage in games won. The Outlaws easily won all four of their singles matches. Jed Kizziar (No. 1) defeated Eric Jones 6-3, 6-0, and improved to 5-2 in singles matches. Nate Weber got off to a quick start, and won his first match against Lucas Kendrup 6-0. Nate wrapped it up with a 6-4 win to take the match in two straight sets. Keaton Green continued to improve and impress as he stepped up to the No. 3 spot and cruised to a 6-0, 6-1, win over Tony Morphin. Green is now 4-2 in singles play. Brogan Petterson, normally a doubles player, won his first singles match of the year (No. 4) with a 6-0, 6-2, victory over Matt Stephens. The convincing singles wins helped put the Outlaws over the top in the team tiebreaker. A day later, the Outlaws’ string of wins came to a halt when they lost at home to Cascade. This match also ended in a tie, but this time the Outlaws lost the tiebreaker in games-won, 79-82. The big match of the day was in No. 1 singles between Nate Weber and Ben Suelze.

Suelze won in three tight sets, and Coach Carl Click told The Nugget it was the closest and best tennis he’s seen all season. Weber lost a couple deuce points in the no-ad scoring, with unforced errors that could have flipped the third and deciding set. “The two players pounded the ball from the baseline, and when they came to the net there were many quick exchanges,” said Click. “Parents and fans and coaches watching frequently broke out in applause after long, athletic points no matter who won.” Kizziar sailed to a 6-3, 6-1, No. 2 singles win over Jake Sturgen. Jed is 6-2 in singles play. Green added a 6-2, 6-4, No. 3 singles win over Justine Torres. The win moved Keaton to 5-2 in singles play. Aaron Johnson and Sam Mayes (No. 2 doubles) earned a 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, hard-fought victory over Bradyn Burdorf and Luke Stone. Click told The Nugget it was an especially satisfying win for the duo, as over the past two years they have come out on the losing end of several close matches. In another match, Colton Seymour and Aspen Geisen got a 6-4, 7-5, win over Surl Garcia and Spencer Hawkes, and are 4-1 as a team. On Friday at Black Butte Ranch, the Outlaws earned a win over Philomath in a make-up match that was canceled earlier in the season due to the rain. Teams split four matches, but Sisters won the tiebreaker with a 9-6 advantage in sets. Weber (No. 2 singles) and Green (No. 3 singles) both cruised to easy victories. Nate

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defeated James Erickson 6-1, 6-2, and Green beat Filp Furuleth 6-1, 6-2. Seymour, usually a doubles player, didn’t win his No. 4 singles match, but won the first set in a three-set loss, which proved to be the difference for the Outlaws. Final scores were 1-6, 6-3, 6-3. “Colton played his best tennis of the season with continuous hard forehand top-spin ground strokes,” said Click. “His opponent, Noah Aynes, just seemed to get everything back, and out- Nate Weber lasted Seymour.” zeroes in on a Bates and Collins-Burke had an impressive 6-1, 6-1, win over Ben Gary forehand shot. and Trevor Foster at No. 3 doubles. Sisters’ fourth win came as a forfeit in the No. 4 doubles match since PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK Philomath was only able to bring 10 players to the match. Kizziar lost 6-3, 6-2, to Colton Beckstead in No. 1 singles. Last year Jed beat Beckstead twice, which included a win in the district Featured championship match. Artists for April Eli Gurney and Brogan Zantana: Petterson played their best OPENING-NIGHT GALA! Dichroic Glass Artist SISTERS ART STROLL match of the season at No. 1 Gin Laughry: Print Artist APRIL 26 4-7:30PM doubles, but it wasn’t quite enough for the win. The pair 541-749-1800 • 357 W. HOOD AVE., SISTERS • HOODAVENUEART.COM lost 6-3, 6-3, to Luke Haslem and Nick Stucki. Haslem was half of the second-place doubles team at state a year ago. “The Outlaws went toe-totoe with what may be the best doubles team in the district this year” said Click. “They returned hard serves, served well, and put away many winners.” Sisters was scheduled to play at Stayton on Tuesday, April 16. They will play 351 W. Hood Ave., Sisters at Woodburn at home on Wed.-Sat., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. | Closed Sun.-Tues. Thursday.

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Boys track squad coming into form By Charlie Kanzig Correspondent

The track is finally clear of snow and the Outlaws boys track team got its first real taste of competition in meets last week. The Outlaws hosted Oregon West foes Sweet Home and Cascade, along with 2A Culver on Wednesday, April 10, under somewhat chilly conditions in the squad’s first true head-tohead competition of the season after only competing in the Crook County Relays to start the season before spring break. The team then traveled to La Pine for the annual La Pine Invitational which included mostly 2A and 3A teams along with some junior varsity runners. Early-season meets serve largely as a check on conditioning and neither coaches nor athletes expect outstanding marks, but Coach Jeff Larson noted some highlights from both meets at the week’s conclusion. At the home meet the sprint crew of Brody Anderson, Ben Johnson, Korbin Sharp and Hayden Sharp showed some spark, kicking off the running

events with a big win in the 400-meter relay with a decent early season time of 44.33. Only Mazama High at 44.32 has run a faster time among 4A schools. Three Outlaws sprinters swept the 100 a few minutes later with Brody Anderson (11.54) leading the way by nipping Ben Johnson (11.55) in a near dead heat. Korbin Sharp finished third at 11.86. Hayden Sharp dominated the field in the 400 with a fine early-season time of 52.89, fourth best among 4A runners this season. Anderson repeated with a win in the 200 (23.80), followed by Hayden Sharp (24.29). The distance runners did their part as well, with John Peckham leading the charge in the 1,500 with a personal best of 4:27, while his teammates Will Thorsett (4:36), Sam May (4:46) and Josh Liddell (4:49) swept the next three spots. Later in the meet, May and Peckham battled two Sweet Home runners in the 800 and finished third and fourth with times of 2:12.69 and 2:13.88 respectively. Skyler Larson ran a personal best in the 300 hurdles

(43.44) and finished as the runner-up. No Outlaws competed in the 3,000. Hudson Jones had a banner day in the throws grabbing a win in the shot put with a personal best of 39 feet 1 inch. He took second in the discus at 111 feet 7 inches, another personal best. “It’s been a long time since we’ve had a thrower giving us points like that,” said Larson. “He will be into the 40s for that shot put soon.” Garrett Kersavage raked in some points as well by winning the high jump (5 feet 6 inches), the pole vault (11 feet 6 inches) and the triple jump (39 feet 9 inches). The long jumpers recorded strong early-season marks as well, as Hayden Sharp (20 feet even) and Ben Johnson (19 feet 11.25 inches) placed second and third. Both were personal bests. Tristan Calkins of Sweet Home notched a state best in winning the event, soaring 22 feet 3 inches. At La Pine, Sisters faced off against 10 other schools, mostly from the 1A, 2A, and 3A ranks and came away with a couple of wins and a number of personal bests for the team. The squad was a

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The Outlaws relay team showed some spark in competition last week. bit short-handed due to conflicts with the ACT and the Mr. SHS Pageant, but still competed well according to Larson. “They’re coming along,” he said. “This week helped us learn a lot after going so long without a meet, not to mention regular practice due to the snow.” Highlights included Ben Johnson’s win in the 100 in personal best of 11.32 just 30 minutes after getting another blue ribbon with his teammates Hayden Sharp, Brody Anderson and Dalton Gonzales in the 4 x 100 meter relay with a time of 45.07. Anderson stormed to the win in the 400 with a best of

53.40 and Garrett Kersavage came away with Outlaws’ final win by clearing 12 feet in the pole vault. Personal bests abounded for the distance crew, starting with the 1,500 where John Peckham lowered his time to 4:24.62 to take second place. Will Thorsett lowered his PR in the 3,000 to 9:42.4 as he also nabbed the runner-up spot. The Outlaws tallied 128.5 points to finish second in the team standings behind Mountain View, which took the crown with 195 points. The team will stay local again this week with a short trip to Bend for the Summit Invitational on Saturday.

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Girls lacrosse team is playing tough Youth can work in the woods this summer By Rongi Yost Correspondent

The Lady Outlaws trounced Redmond United in a final score of 15-4 on Thursday, April 11, but two days later suffered a devastating 16-15 loss in sudden-death overtime at home against Wilson. Tu e s d a y ’s w i n o v e r Redmond was a great team win for Sisters. The Outlaws have been working hard on defensive transition and ball movement through the midfield, as well as midfield to defensive transitions, and the team saw massive improvement in those areas in their win over the Panthers. Freshman Emma Lutz was a pleasant surprise. Lutz has played defense on the team since the start of the season, but this game she was moved to attack to see how well she’d play up front. Lutz scored two of the Outlaws goals, one of which was an unsuspecting feed and at the top of the eight, where she was unmanned and ran right to the goal for the score. “I loved seeing Emma on attack,” said Coach Shelby Wilcox. “She’s always moving and cutting through the eight.” Several other players scored multiple goals. Kaylee Huber recorded three, and Ellie Cook and Reese Harwell each scored two. Maddie Symonds and Chloe Wessel were both impressive on the defensive end. Maddie and Chloe are both new to the position and were able to shut down the Panthers’ attack players by double teaming and pushing them out of the eight-meter box. Wilcox commented on the Outlaws defense. “We have been working really hard in practice on being meaningful with our defense and communicative

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Lady Outlaws run over Redmond on lacrosse field. with the other defenders and midfielders, and it paid off!” said Wilcox. Saturday’s game against Wilson was a very tough loss for the Outlaws. Sisters led the entire game, and were up 15-10 with five minutes to go in the game. At that point, Wilson began to close the gap, and ended up with the win in sudden-death overtime. Ellie Cook scored five beautiful goals for Sisters to lead in their scoring effort. One of the five was a perfect shot. Ellie received the ball behind the goal and wrapped the crease, and as the defense closed in, she was able to shoot into the high-left corner of the net for the goal. Ellie also tallied four ground balls. Pearl Gregg scored three goals. One of her goals came when she got an incredible pass from Cook into the eight-meter where she was all alone, and shot the ball

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into the top-right corner for the score. Another great goal from Gregg came off a Mary Root assist. The goalie was barely in the goal, and Pearl made good on a wide-open shot. Mary Root, Sydney Head, and Skylar Wilkins each tallied two goals in the contest. Root and Head also tallied three ground balls each, and Head led the team with eight draw controls. “Despite the disappointing loss, we are glad this was a non-league game, and we can use the loss and turn it into an opportunity to learn. We can take the energy from this game and turn it into fire in our next game.” Sisters was scheduled to play at Summit on Monday, April 15. The Outlaws will match up against Summit JV on Thursday, and then play at home on Sunday, April 21, against Thurston.

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Sisters salutes... • Janice Druian wrote: A rock and my tire had an unfortunate encounter on my favorite gravel, rural road. As I waited for a towing service six different individuals stopped & offered assistance. The helpers were equally divided between men and women (including what appeared to be a biracial young woman with pink hair). Now I have been very depressed, caused by our late and seemingly never-ending winter snow and the daily deluge of how divided and hateful our country seems. But in this one instance I got to experience how thoughtful and kind people can be. I am sure we don’t all vote the same, but each of these people went a long way to reaffirming my hope that maybe we can come together as a nicer more caring people. • Edie Jones wrote: Today is the first day of my really being “alone” having all of my extended family now at their own homes, across the world. It’s 11 a.m. and I’m still in my bathrobe. The only sound I hear is the motor of the refrigerator and the kitchen fan. My physical and emotional demeanor is that of pure exhaustion, following my husbands’ Celebration of Life service and a horrendous cold that kept me from accepting the many generous hugs offered by those

in attendance. How grateful I am to the Episcopal Church and our many friends in Central Oregon who gathered to help us say “goodbye.” With nothing on my schedule and no one to share this day with, I sat down with last weeks’ Nugget. What a blessing! For the first time in weeks I took time to read it from cover to cover. No matter where I turned there was something for me. First, Jim Cornelius’s editorial, “Examining the sheep’s liver.” An intriguing title; a provocative, well written, well-thought-out article! Next, I noticed that my column “the place where we live” had been printed. Thank you, Jim. I needed to share my feelings of gratitude toward all who live in Sisters Country, and The Nugget gave me that avenue. Sue Stafford’s “Being Vulnerable” was so timely. Now that I’m alone, many fears creep into my thoughts. Her recommendation to embrace vulnerability was so good to hear, reminding me of all who are out there very willing and wanting to help. I loved that she said, “Being vulnerable allows me to let more good in and let more good out.” Thanks, Sue. And then, there was Tom Donahue’s “Goodnight Molly: A Tribute.” I read it

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Boys lacrosse posts two wins

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The boys lacrosse team edged out Ridgeview 8-7 at home on Tuesday, April 9, and three days later posted a 9-5 win at home over South Salem. On Tuesday, the Outlaws were up 3-2 at the close of the first quarter, and at the half were on top 5-4. Ridgeview came back and tied it up to close out the third, but Sisters scored twice in the final minutes to pull off the win. Gator Haken led the Outlaws with four goals. Trey Stadeli scored a hat trick and also dished out two assists. Stadeli scored his second goal with two minutes left in the game to tie it up 7-7. The goal came after Matt Harris stripped the ball from a Ridgeview offensive player as they were trying to run down the clock; Harris fed the ball to Stadeli, who got the score. Trey’s final and game-winning goal came with 23 seconds left on the clock. It was a long shot from top-center that glanced off a defender to sneak past the goalie. Harris scored one goal and led the team with 15 ground balls. Wyatt Maffey was second on the team with six ground balls. Tanner Pease and Riley Sellers were able to slow down Ridgeview’s very strong faceoff man and created a 50/50 ground-ball chance. Sisters only won six of the 16 face-offs, but the duo gave the Outlaws the opportunity to get the ball. Anthony Randolph had another outstanding performance in goal. Randolph faced 23 shots and saved 12 for the Outlaws’ victory. At the end of the game he picked up a ground ball and cleared it to the opposite end to run out the clock and seal the win. Friday’s home game against South Salem was close and back-and-forth through the third quarter. The Saxons got on the scoreboard first, but Sisters came back and scored twice to take a 2-1 lead at the close of the first quarter. At the half, the Outlaws were on top 5-3. Sisters outscored the Saxons 3-1 in the final half and recorded the win. Haken led the team with five goals and one assist. A couple of Gator’s goals came off of athletic one-on-one-ortwo dodges. Stadeli had three goals and two assists. Trey’s goals came off high-speed, long-range snipes. Harris had a strong defensive performance with nine ground balls, two of which

Three Lady Outlaws finally got outside and played on a golf course for the first time this season. Sisters competed in the Crooked River Roundup held at Crooked River Ranch on April 11. It’s been a slow start to the season for the Outlaws. The first four weeks of the season they had to practice inside due to the snowy weather conditions, and then they were off for two weeks because of spring break. Coach Bill Mitchell said, “A month and a half of our season was gone before we even started. We just played in our first tournament and districts are only three weeks away. This has just been a bizarre spring. This year, for the first time since I’ve lived here (2004), some of the courses we usually have tournaments at have canceled, and are being a little more protective of their membership.” It was a windy, cold day at Crooked River, and Mitchell said all of his girls were

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The Outlaws defend the goal against South Salem. turned into nice assists by carrying the ball on a fast break and feeding the scores. Freshman Gavin Christian started at attack for the Outlaws and scored his firstever varsity goal that came from the ride from Kinnon Rutherford and Evan Palmer, who got the assist in the fourth, and helped get the Outlaws the win. The team was glad to get Kinnon Rutherford and Connor Martin back on the field, as both have been out due to concussions. The older players sparked some life

back into the young squad. Assistant Coach Doug Hull said “We need to get better on our turnovers as we had 26 tonight, but our work on ground balls during practice led us to beat South Salem in this category with 44 over 37. The youth of our team shows up in the turnovers, but the heart of our team doesn’t have a place on the stat sheet.” Sisters was scheduled to play at home against Summit on Tuesday, April 16. On Friday, April 19, they travel for a game at McNary.

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and leaves. Clean them out. Despite a metal or asphalt shingle roof, the buildup of gutter debris provides necessary fuel for the glowing embers to ignite adjacent fascia boards or siding — most often made of wood. • Shrubs and weeds that provide a path of fuel for fire to reach your trees or home. Reduce shrubs and other “ladder fuels” around your home to reduce the threat of ground fires igniting nearby trees, or your home. • Flammable materials near a deck, patio or fence. Remove weeds, shrubs or any combustible materials from around, under or on top of your deck, patio or wood fence. This includes toys, planters, construction materials, patio furniture and cushions along with even small piles of pine needles or leaves. • Bark mulch, pine needles, ornamental junipers or flammable vegetation within 5 feet of your home. This can provide the perfect ember bed that provides necessary fuel for the glowing embers to ignite the adjacent siding – most often made of wood. • Woodpiles near your home or other combustible vegetation. Move woodpiles at least 30 feet away from your home or other combustibles. Visit the FireFree website at www.firefree.org for more information about how you can prepare your property for wildfire season.

Equestrians shine in final meet The Sisters High School Equestrian team recently participated in their third and final meet of the season. Ten athletes spent April 4-7 at Brasada Equestrian Center competing in a variety of individual and team events. At stake at this meet was the accumulation of points over the three meets and a possible ticket to the State Championships held May 16-19, 2019 at the Redmond Expo Center. This young team with seven new athletes was anchored by the three returning athletes: senior Jackson Robinson and sophomores Hailee Kennedy and Madi Larrabee. With many outstanding performances from Outlaws riders, Sisters High School was awarded first place in the large-team category (teams with 10 or more athletes) and received a trophy to bring back to the school. Saturday evening was the traditional senior recognition, and Jackson Robinson carried the flag for Sisters High. Jackson has competed in OHSET for all four years, culminating in being cocaptain this year with Hailee Kennedy. SHS athletes qualified for State in six individual events and three team events; in addition they had three individuals and two teams be “first alternate” meaning they may well go to the State meet, too. State Qualifiers: • Breakaway Roping

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The Outlaws equestrian team earned a first-place trophy in OHSET competition. — Bailey Knirk (silver medal). • Individual Flags — Madi Larrabee (silver medal). • Hunt Seat Equitation — Shea Robertson (bronze medal). • Figure 8 - Bailey Knirk and Madi Larrabee (5th overall tied- top 10 percent). • Pole Bending — Madi Larrabee (4th overall — top 10 percent). • Trail Equitation — Shea Robertson (bronze medal) . • Birangle - Bailey Knirk and Hailee Kennedy (gold medal). • In Hand Obstacle Race — Sidney Sillers, Chloe Winter, Bailey Knirk, Shea Robertson (silver medal).

• Team Penning — Bailey Knirk, Sidney Sillers, Savy Salisbury (bronze medal). 1st alternates: • Dressage — Chloe Winter (4th overall). • Poles — Bailey Knirk (6th overall). •  Reining — Shea Robertson (4th overall). • Working Pairs — Shea Robertson and Bailey Knirk (4th overall). • Team Canadian Flags — Rheana Salisbury, Josie Berg, Chloe Winter, Sidney Sillers (4th overall). SHS OHSET team thanked GB Stables and the Bartolotta family for their generous support of the team in allowing practices at their arena.

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The community is invited to On May 9 to 12, 2019 the Oregon a Sisters Habitat for Humanity High School Equestrian State groundbreaking celebration for Championship Meet will be Easter Services at Holy Week Schedule at the Likens and held at the St. Edward the Martyr Shepherd of the Hills Palmer families Deschutes St. Edward the Martyr Catholic All are invited to Shepherd of the on Thursday, County Fair & Church Easter schedule is as Hills Lutheran Church this Holy April 18 at Expo Center follows: Holy Thursday, April Week: Maundy Thursday Soup 5:30 p.m. Th e in the First 18, Mass of the Lord’s Supper is Supper, April 18 at 6 p.m. with festivities will Interstate Bank at 7 p.m.; Good Friday, April 19, Lord’s Supper at 7 p.m.; Good take place at Event Center, Stations of the Cross is at 3 p.m. Friday service, April 19 at noon; Thursday, April 18 Habitat’s Village Sagebrush and Celebration of the Lord’s Easter Sunrise service, April 21, 8 Habitat Groundbreaking Meadows and Juniper Passion is at 7 p.m.; Holy Saturday, a.m. and breakfast 8:30 to 9:30 5:30 p.m. on N. Desert Rose Loop neighborhood Arenas. Each April 20, Easter Vigil is at 6 p.m.; a.m.; Easter Worship service at 10 on N. Desert day’s events and Easter Mass on April 21 is at a.m. Info, call 541-549-5831. Rose Loop. The will begin at 8 Saturday, April 20 7:30 and 10 a.m. For information Easter Services at Church Likens home a.m. This event SPRD Earth Day Cleanup call 541-549-9391. of the Transfiguration will be built in is open to the 8 a.m. at SPRD Easter at Westside Holy Week services at The partnership public and free Westside Sisters will celebrate Church of the Transfiguration with Heart of of charge. There Saturday, April 20 Easter on April 21 with services are: Maundy Thursday, April 18 Oregon Corps will be vendors Family Aglow Lighthouse at 8:45 a.m. and 11:15 a.m., with at 7 p.m.; Good Friday, April 19 Youthbuild on site to check 10 a.m. at Ponderosa Lodge an Easter Egg Hunt between the at noon and 7 p.m.; and Sunday, team. out and a two services at 10:15 a.m. For April 21, an ecumenical service Refreshments Consignment additional information call the with communion at 8:30 a.m. will be served. Tack Sale with Tuesday, April 23 church at 541-549-4184. and Episcopal service with Call 541-549Deschutes Rodeo Fireside Stories holy eucharist at 10: 1 5 a.m. For 1193 for more County Horse 7 p.m. at FivePine Conference Center Easter Services at Sisters information call 541-549-7087. information. 4-H. We hope Community Church you will come On April 19, Good Friday, Sisters Easter Egg Hunt, Pancake SPRD Earth Day Cleanup out and support these athletes! Community Church will host Breakfast & Easter Service Supplies have arrived and we’re Meet information is available “The Song of the Cross” at 6:30 On Easter Sunday, April 12, Sisters ready to clean up Sisters Country! at www.ohset.com under State p.m. An Easter service, “Everyone Church of the Nazarene invites Please remember to preregister Meet or call Kathy at 541-419Needs Some Hope,” is at 10 a.m. the community to enjoy a free with Sisters Park and Recreation 8925. on April 21. For details: 541-549pancake breakfast from 9:30 to 10 by Friday, April 19th at 5 p.m. 1201 or visit sisterschurch.com. a.m., followed at 10:45 a.m. by a Then just show up on Saturday at Dementia Caregivers celebration service that includes Group 8 a.m. for supplies and locations. Annual Easter Egg Hunt special activities for kids. After A free support group for For more information, please call The Sisters-Camp Sherman and the service there will be an Easter caregivers of those suffering with 541-549-2091. Cloverdale Fire departments Egg Hunt for kids elementary Alzheimer’s or other forms of present the annual Easter Egg Hunt age and younger! For additional dementia takes place the first Sisters Rodeo Parade for ages infant to 11 on Sunday, information call 541-389-8960 or Tuesday of each month from Want to be in the Sisters Rodeo April 21 at 1 p.m. at Creekside go to sistersnaz.org. noon to 1:30 p.m. at Sisters Parade? Register at www. Park and Creekside Campground, City Hall. Sponsored by the sistersrodeo.com. Deadline regardless of weather. The Easter Highland Baptist Church Alzheimer’s Association, meetings for registration is May 15. Any Bunny will be on hand, and the Celebrate the hope of Easter provide emotional, educational, questions please call Jeri at 541-588eggs go fast! Parking is limited; with Highland Baptist Church in and social support. Call 800-2720689. Entries are limited . kids should arrive by 12:40 p.m. Redmond on Saturday, April 20 3900 or go g to alz.org/oregon. g g to be divided into age groups. For at 7 p.m. and on Easter Sunday, City of Sisters Seeks Urban additional information, please call April 21 at 9 and 10:30 a.m. For Forestry Board Member the Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD additional information call the The City of Sisters is accepting at 541-549-0771. church at 541-548-4161. Humane Society of Central Oregon applications for a volunteer to 541-382-3537 serve on the Urban Forestry Kindergarten Roundup St. Edward Church Tea and Board (UFB). The UFB has one Sisters Elementary School will Fashion Show open position for a one (1) year hold their annual Kindergarten St. Edward the Martyr Roman term. The applicant for this Roundup pre-registration on Catholic Church in Sisters will position should have the skills Friday, May 3 in two sessions: one hold their 19th annual Tea and and knowledge to effectively at 9 a.m. and another at 12:30 p.m. Fashion Show on Saturday, May represent the land development Children who will be age 5 on 11 at 11 a.m. in the parish hall, 123 community. The Urban Forestry or before September 1, 2019 are Trinity Way. This event will feature Board meets monthly, or as eligible for the 2019-20 school year. a high-tea-inspired luncheon, needed or directed by the City Call the SES office at 541-549-8981 raffle, and fashion show. The Council. Applications can be to schedule a pre-registration fashion show will feature clothing found on the City website at appointment, starting April 15. from Sisters merchants including www.ci.sisters.or.us or at Sisters Enrollment forms may also be Bedouin, Common Threads, City Hall. Applications will be picked up at the office; return by Wander + NW, Faveur and Gypsy accepted until 5 p.m. on April Friday, April 26 with your child’s Wind. Tickets are $20, must be 19, 2019. For more information birth certificate and immunization purchased by May 1. For info contact: Nicole Abbenhuis, at records. Info: 541-549-8981. and tickets call Sue Leithauser (541) 323-5220 or at nabbenhuis@ @ at 541-595-1414 or Shirley Gilles ci.sisters.or.us. I still need The Evening of Friendly at 541-548-5416 or at smgilles@ a home! Agers: an SPRD Activity n bendcable.com. Proceeds support Healthy Living Information Youth and others may participate parish ministries and nonprofits in for Seniors LINDA is a 7-year-old domestic in the preparation of The Friendly the Sisters Community. Seniors and caregivers are invited longhair cat looking for her forever Agers Program to be presented to drop by the SAGE room at home. She’s a curious girl with at Sisters High School (date TBA). Sisters Family Aglow SPRD on the second Monday of beautiful eyes. She came to us This is a collaborative effort Lighthouse every month from 1 to 3 p.m. as a stray so not much is known between SPRD, TRACEs Central All men, women and teens are to meet local service providers about her history, but she has Oregon (Trauma, Resilience, and welcome for an encouraging and gather free information shown herself to be confident and time of worship, message, and Adverse Childhood Experiences), about aging in place from foot interested in her surroundings. If ministry. Sisters Aglow Lighthouse care to end-of-life planning. Call Sisters High School and Claudia you’d like to welcome Linda into Fellowship is gathering at the Bisso-Fetzer, Ph.D. The purpose your home please come to HSCO Diane Goble at 541-588-0081 for today for an introduction! Ponderosa Lodge meeting room, is to promote connectedness information. through community engagement, Saturday, April 20 from 10 a.m. to noon. 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Learn about the night skies! Stargazers are invited to gather at the SPRD building on Saturday, April 27 at 8 p.m. for a free presentation and slide show. If weather then permits, plan on heading out to the SHS sports fields to observe the night sky through powerful telescopes. Info: 541-549-8846.

Rodeo Fireside Stories Evening

Three Sisters Historical Society presents “Eight Seconds in Sisters: Early History of Sisters Rodeo” at FivePine Conference Center, Tuesday evening, April 23, 7 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Admission free for TSHS supporters, $10 general public. For information 541-549-2107.

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 541-480-1843.

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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Family Fun Story Time

Family Fun Story Time for kids of all ages takes place at the Sisters Library on Thursdays, April 18 and 25 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.

eBook Downloads

Learn how to download eBooks and audio books from the library’s collection on Tuesday, April 23 at 10 a.m. at Fika Sisters Coffeehouse. No registration required. Call 541-617-7078 for more information.

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Create simple Kirigami paper flowers, color their petals amd watch them bloom when placed in water. No registration required. Ages 6 to 11, or younger with adult assistance. Wednesday, April 24 at 3:30 p.m. at the Sisters Library. Call 541617-7078 for more information.

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Read and discuss “Crazy Rich Asians” by Kevin Kwan with other thoughtful readers at the Sisters Library on Wednesday, April 24, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Call 541-617-7078 for more information.

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Kids of all ages can join the fun Saturday, May 11 at 10 a.m. at Sisters Library. Call 541-617-7078 for more information

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Girls track team coming together By Charlie Kanzig Correspondent

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The loss of some top performers to graduation last year has given the 2019 girls track team some big shoes to fill, and Coach Jeff Larson is pleased with the team’s spirit and performance now that the competitive season is getting into full swing. The team competed in two meets last week with a home meet April 10 and the La Pine Invitational April 13. “It’s hard to compare to last year since we lost two state-level sprinters and one state placer in the distances, but we’re coming together,” said Larson. “Our younger team members are really starting to help us out.” Jumpers and distance runners provided much of the scoring for the Outlaws in Wednesday’s meet at home against Cascade, Sweet Home and Culver. Kate Bowen, Natalie Sitz, and Emma Singleton went 1-2-3 in the 1,500-meters, with Bowen clocking 5:20.7 for the win. Bowen claimed first in the 800 as well (2:41.32) while Singleton (2:45.86) and Ella Cole (2:48.97) took the next two spots. Freshman Hollie Lewis

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Lexie Miller clears the bar in the high jump. got her first varsity win in the 300 hurdles with a time of 53.01. She also placed second in the high jump (4 feet 10 inches) behind teammate Ryliereece Morgan who won the event by clearing five feet even. Morgan also established a season best in the long jump on her way to winning with a mark of 16 feet 3.25 inches. Shelby Larson won the pole vault with a clearance of nine feet while Maddi Busick placed second at eight feet. “We have a lot of youth to work with this season along with some veterans, so I am excited about how we will look even in the next couple of weeks,” said Larson. A longer, more detailed

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Downtown Sisters 4th Friday Art Stroll 4 to 7 p.m. Galleries and shops feature live entertainment and refreshments, every fourth Friday of the month! For additional information go to sistersartsassociation.org. Hood Avenue Art Gin Laughrey and Zantana Jewelry Featured Artists 4 to 7 p.m. With live entertainment and refreshments! For more info go to hoodavenueart.com. Raven Makes Gallery Alaska Artists Fine Art Show 4 to 7 p.m. Meet 3 Alaska Native artists! For more info go to ravenmakesgallery.com or call 541-719-1182. 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 DJK9 Rawkstar Karaoke Night! 9 p.m. Every Friday, no cover! For additional information call 541-549-6114 or go to hardtailsoregon.com. Cork Cellars Live Music with Jazz Folks 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. No cover! For information call 541-549-2675 or go online to corkcellarswinebistro.com. Hardtails Bar & Grill DJK9 Rawkstar Karaoke Night! 9 p.m. Every Saturday, no cover! For additional information call 541-549-6114 or go to hardtailsoregon.com. The Suttle Lodge & Boathouse Artist in Residence with Chef Risa Lichtman 4 to 6 p.m. Free and all are welcome. For additional info call 541-638-7001 or go to thesuttlelodge.com. Events Calendar listings are free to advertisers. Submit items by 5 p.m. Fridays to lisa@nuggetnews.com

Wednesday, April 17, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

Quilt Show director guiding event into the future By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

Dawn Boyd says that she doesn’t consider herself a “serious” quilter. But she’s very serious indeed about shepherding the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show (SOQS) into the future. The new SOQS executive director is a trained, professional organizational leader and event manager. “That’s what I went to school for, that’s my passion, that’s my skill set,” she told The Nugget. Boyd found her calling as an organizational leader and an event manager in a natural progression, out of activities with her daughters in school in Grants Pass. “I’d volunteer for something and find out the next year I’d ended up in a leadership role,” she recalled. One of those volunteer roles was running the Grants Pass Marching Band Competition. She had been working as a middle school paraprofessional, but event management exerted a powerful pull. “I kind of got bit by the bug that I wanted to do (that) professionally,” she said. She graduated from George Fox University with a degree in management and organizational leadership — and the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show came calling. It seemed like

an ideal opportunity for Boyd. “I had been to the show a couple of years with my mom,” she recalled. When Boyd accepted the position at the end of last year, the SOQS board of directors reported that a statewide search was conducted, and several promising candidates were interviewed. Jan McGowan of Nonprofit Consulting who helped the board with the search and selection process noted “how fortunate we were to find Dawn with such an extraordinary skill set that so closely matched to the unique requirements of this organization.” The Quilt Show is an unusual event in that it is held in downtown Sisters and there is no charge for admission. The show evolved out of local enthusiasm for the craft of quilting and has grown over four decades to be an internationally recognized event. “There’s such a beautiful history to it,” Boyd said. Boyd sees her role as stewardship of the legacy of SOQS — and positioning the organization and event for the future. “I’m just taking what I inherited and just want to refine it, fine tune it (and pass it on) in even better condition than it is right now,” she said. “One of the aspects of that is to bring it into the next generation.” To that end, Boyd hopes to

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with a sixth on its way, she spends a lot of her off time Facetiming with family. Her husband Jeff is still in Grants Pass. He visits regularly while anticipating retiring from his municipal job soon and moving to Sisters. Boyd has found the Quilt Show family and the Sisters community at large most welcoming. “It’s amazing,” she said. “The volunteers and the board and the people in the community (have been) so immensely supportive… It’s

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The One Arm Bandit will return to Sisters Rodeo Get ready to welcome the return of The One Arm Bandit to Sisters Rodeo. The 15-time PRCA Specialty Act of the Year, John Payne is coming back to entertain crowds as the most popular rodeo act in the history of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. Whip in hand, black cur hounds at his bidding, he’s gone exotic this year, herding a zebra stallion and three paint horses from horse- or muleback around the arena, then onto the bed of a truck. He and his mount follow, coaxing them all to the roof of a stock trailer for the grand finale. He will also ride in the Sisters Rodeo Parade, sometimes mounted on his horse on the roof of a moving stock trailer. The display of horsemanship and communication is unsurpassed in this act, which has taken Payne and his longhorn steers and buffalo all over the U.S. and Canada. The act has been seen at some of the top horse shows and rodeos in the nation, always stunning an appreciative crowd. A few years ago, he even shipped his animals to Dubai to entertain royalty. Payne was born on an Oklahoma ranch, where he spent his life on a horse with dogs alongside. When hired to herd some intractable bulls, John and his cur dogs earned

the respect of a ranch owner as the bulls were penned in short order. The ranch owner shared the story, and the result was the beginning of Payne’s career in the rodeo arena. Many years ago Payne was doing repair on a highline power pole; believing the power was disconnected, he grabbed a line to stabilize himself. As the voltage burned through his arm and hand, he shortly fell to what seemed sure death. He was revived, took a few months off and went back to ranching, shy one arm and hand. Thus, became “The One Arm Bandit.” Payne is a most compassionate cowboy who loves to interact with children, especially those with disabilities, encouraging them with his story. During his last visit to Sisters Payne visited Sisters Elementary School along with the rodeo queen and clown, an annual school assembly tradition. The One Arm Bandit rode a mule into the commons to the delight of Sisters students, teachers, and staff. Sisters Rodeo will begin June 5 with Xtreme Bulls followed by four rodeo performances June 7-9. For tickets, call 541-549-0121 or 1-800827-7522, or visit the ticket office at 220 W. Cascade Ave. in Sisters. For information visit www.sistersrodeo.com.

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City Council acts on affordable housing By Sue Stafford Correspondent

An ordinance to create and preserve affordable housing in Sisters passed unanimously at the Sisters City Council April 10 meeting. The affordable housing program has been under consideration for the past six months. In a separate resolution, the Council granted to Sisters Habitat for Humanity to cover parks and transportation system development charges (SDC) that were originally waived on nine properties in the Desert Rose Loop project. The ordinance allows the City to dispense funds to cover fees originally waived. This is basically a housekeeping item with which the SDC funds will not be reduced by waivers granting non-payment. From here on Habitat will need to apply for affordable housing grants for items such as this. If the properties don’t remain affordable for 25 years, the grant would have to be repaid to the City by Habitat. Resolution 2019-05 adopted the 2019/20 Council goals which provide clear direction

to staff, commissions, boards, Council and the community for actions taken and projects undertaken in support of the goals. Council voted to award a public improvement contract to Robinson & Owen in the amount of $521,607.87 for work identified as Schedule A in the Lazy Z Ranch wastewater reuse expansion. All bids came in higher than expected, so for now only the trunk line to the site will be completed. Value engineering for the rest of the project will be completed to get the overall cost closer to original estimates. Tri-County Paving was awarded a contract in the amount of $76,345.80 for the 2019 street overlay project, which is lower than a previous project. Engineers had estimated the cost at $90,000. A professional services agreement was approved to contract with Olson LLC for backflow testing. All water accounts will see about a one dollar increase in the annual charge and $1.50 for commercial accounts. The public can use their own tester if they will provide proof of the test results to the City.

City snapshot By Sue Stafford Correspondent

• The Planning Commission and the Housing Policy Advisory Board will hold a joint meeting on Thursday, April 18, to review the Housing Needs Analysis with the consultant who prepared it. • At the April 24 City Council meeting there will be a public hearing on the McKenzie Meadow Village land-use packages. Public testimony will be taken. Written comments may be submitted for the record prior to the meeting. • City staff is working with NXT Consulting to create a 16-page brochure explaining the Sisters Horizons Vision to be used as a tool for promoting Sisters by the Chamber of Commerce, EDCO, Sisters School District, and any number of businesses. It should be completed and coming off the press by late May or early June. The Vision Implementation Team will be appointed at the start of the 2019/20 fiscal year. • Sisters Habitat for Humanity will be celebrating the grand opening of their new thrift store on Cascade

Avenue in the former Sisters Drug and Gift building on Saturday, April 27 at 9 a.m. The current thrift store building will be sold, with the proceeds going toward paying off the new building. A small army of volunteers has been working every day for six weeks to prepare the new store. •   C o m m u n i t y Development Director Patrick Davenport reported that since the new shortterm rental (STR) regulations took effect, the City has denied 16 STR applications due to the 250-foot buffer required between rental units. Davenport said there are currently about 90 STRs in town. June 30 is the cutoff date to obtain an STR operator’s license for those who had an STR prior to the new

regulations. • The Deschutes County Commissioners will come to Sisters on April 25 at 5:30 p.m. to present their plans for non-prime resource lands. Those lands include exclusive farm use (EFU) and forestlands that are not being used for their intended purposes. The commissioners are considering reserving those lands for future development. There will be discussion about how the County’s plan affects the Sisters Horizons Vision Plan. The meeting will be in Council chambers at City Hall. • There is one opening on the Urban Forestry Board for a one-year term for someone representing the Development community. Contact Paul Bertagna for information 541-323-5212.

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The Bunkhouse Chronicle Craig Rullman Columnist

Euskal Herria Juanito Mendiolea was a Basque immigrant who over many years donated considerable time and energy helping my family with our sheep. He was an enduring presence at our place, during winter lambing seasons when we carried bummer lambs into the house to warm up by the woodstove, at spring shearings when the wool piled up in lanolin-rich mountains, or when the coyotes killed our lambs and we set out to deliver a measure of frontier justice. Memories of Juanito and his quiet, determined demeanor came flooding back this week as I perused the summer schedule of Basque festivals across the northern Great Basin, from Susanville to Winnemucca, from Elko to Boise. The Basques are an important, and often overlooked, piece of Western Americana, and they have made an outsized contribution relative to their population. From

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John Ascuaga, who built The Nugget hotel-casino in Reno, to U.S. senator and former governor of Nevada, Paul Laxalt, from Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte to Frenchy Bordagary — who dreamed of a career as a violinist but settled for professional baseball — Basque immigrants and their descendants have quietly made a lasting mark in the story of the modern West. The Basques began immigrating into the United States in considerable numbers after the gold strikes in California. Those early waves of Basque people came largely from the Spanish colonies of South America, settling in the central valley of California and along the foothills of the western Sierras. Today, in many places in the high Sierra, it is possible to wander through aspen groves where the carvings from Basque shepherds create a kind of living-history exhibit. Those carvings, sometimes X-rated, remain a fascinating window into the life of the lonely mountain shepherds. Over time, and particularly during the dictatorship of Franco, waves of European Basques came into California, eventually spreading widely into the Great Basin. Franco was no friend of the independentminded Basques, banning their language and imprisoning their leadership. During the manpower shortages of World War II, thousands of Spanish

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Basques were recruited into the United States by the Western Range Association, who put them to work as cowboys and shepherds tending enormous herds of cattle and flocks of sheep across the high deserts of California, Nevada, Oregon, and Idaho. Those immigrants, and their descendants, played an important role in shaping the character of small Great Basin towns like Winnemucca, Lamoille, Fallon, or my own hometown of Susanville, California. The legacy of Euskal Herria, the Basque Country, remains vivid in each of these places and the Basque festivals are a great and inspiring way to enjoy an intensely proud, warm, and accomplished culture that stretches many thousands of years into the past. One fascinating aspect of Basque culture remains the language: Euskara. Unlike English, which is a Germanic language, or French, Spanish, and Italian, which belong to the family of Latin descendants, Euskara is an isolate, meaning it has no known relative in the world. Many scholars believe that Euskara is the last remaining link to the mists of old Europe, before mass migrations swept the Indo-European languages across the continent. Theories abound to explain how the Basque were able to retain their language after so many wars of conquest and waves of immigration, but there is general consensus that the rugged,

resource-poor nature of the Pyrenees Mountains, and the fiercely independent culture of the Basque people combined to preserve an irreplaceable legacy. Even President John Adams, touring Europe in 1786, found much to be praised in Basque forms of government. He wrote: “... this extraordinary people have preserved their ancient language, genius, laws, government, and manners, without innovation, longer than any other nation of Europe. Of Celtic extraction, they once inhabited some of the finest parts of the ancient Boetica; but their love of liberty, and unconquerable aversion to a foreign servitude, made them retire, when invaded and overpowered in their ancient feats, into these mountainous countries, called by the ancients Cantabria...” My affinity for the Basques was born of an endearing friendship, and apprenticeship, with Juanito Mendiolea. Juanito did not speak English, but he had a manner of communicating that transcended language, erasing the barriers of culture and tongue. He was a natural teacher, and so my parents would send me off to work with him on the Susan River Ranch, where he ran his own sheep as part of his wages, and tended the owner’s

cattle. And so it was, one blistering summer afternoon when we had been stacking hay off an elevator into the pole barn, that Juanito whistled loudly and waved me over. It was break time. We sat sweating in the dust and the chaff of the haystack, and Juanito brought out his bota bag. He held the bag up and squeezed, his head tilted slightly, until a stream of wine hit the corner of his eye, where it ran slowly, like a red tear, tracing a path along his nose and down into his mouth. And then he tossed the bag over to me, gestured for me to try, and laughed and laughed as I blasted my face with errant streams of wine. Juanito is gone now, but that warm laughter echoes down the decades, and I can still hear it whenever I drive by his old place and see the chair where he would sit in the evenings, drinking his wine on the porch, dreaming of Euskal Herria.

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Columnist publishes book of essays Freelance writer and Nugget reporter and columnist Craig Rullman has published a collection of essays titled “The Bunkhouse Chronicles: Field Notes From The Figure 8 Ranch.” Some of the essays contained in the volume have appeared in The Nugget; others were collected or created specifically for the book. All of them center around questions about the relationship of people to the landscape, specifically of the American West. “I think we’re living in an in-between time,” Rullman mused. “We’re watching the old myths that have sustained us for a very long time either die off or fade, and I think we’re in the process of building the new myths that we’re going to live by for a long time to come. It’s a really intense and unsettling time.” Rullman likes the title “The Bunkhouse Chronicles” because it evokes the sense of men sitting around telling yarns and hashing out some of the fundamental matters of the human condition. “Having lived in a few bunkhouses, it’s kind of a place for conversation, for storytelling, for asking questions,” he said. Rullman continually circles back to the belief that “the answers are sometimes outlived by the questions.” The questions of how a republic crafted in the 18th century can sustain itself in the 21st. Questions around how a fragile ecosystem like that of the American West can sustain millions of people who live and work on it — with more coming in all the time. “It’s the most fundamental relationship we have — with the ground we live on,” he said. “It’s probably more important than ever that we take care of it.” We live our day-to-day

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Craig Rullman has published a book of essays on the land and our relationship with it. without thinking much about questions like, Where does our water come from? and What will we do when there’s not enough to go around? When those questions arise, it’s because the situation has gotten acute. “The tap turns on and we don’t think about it too much,” Rullman says. “You don’t think about your left thumb until you bang it on a door jam — then it’s all you think about.” Rullman is already at work on his next project. “It’s a collection of essays about the ‘closed frontier’ after Frederick Jackson Turner and the 1893 speech he made (‘The Significance of the Frontier in American History’),” Rullman said. The essays explore, in part, what happens to communities

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Director Brad Tisdel. Ritter, who sold out his last performance in Sisters during SFF’s 2018 Winter Concert Series, was excited to be returning to Sisters and will be meeting with donors to the Capital Campaign for a pre-concert VIP experience. Brian Koppelman, filmmaker, record producer and essayist says: “Ritter’s music has a way of unifying us, bonding us, and bringing us together in a search for love, peace, understanding and an escape from the earthly cruelty all around us.” “This unifying force that Josh Ritter’s music embodies is exactly what Sisters Folk Festival is embracing as it enters a new phase in its growth,” said SFF Development Director Steven Remington, who adds that “as an accomplished author, visual artist, composer, songwriter and musician, Josh Ritter is the perfect person to exemplify and help us celebrate our

vision. We are on a path to better serve our community through the acquisition of the building and the growth of the organization. We are very excited to be sharing this vision, honoring our capital campaign donors, and encouraging everyone to get involved during this very special evening.” Opening the evening will be Sisters Americana Project alumna Slater Smith with multi-instrumentalist Tim Karplus. As leader of the Portland-based folk-rock band The Weather Machine, Smith will be releasing his third record in 2019, a concept album celebrating the Oregon Coast in commemoration of the 1967 Oregon Beach Bill. Ticket sales and donations the night of the celebration will support the campaign, which has raised over $1.1 million of the $1.4 million phase-one goal of purchasing the building. For general admission and reserved seat tickets to the connected by creativity concert with Josh Ritter and The Royal City Band, visit www.sistersfolkfestival.org. For ticket information call 541-549-4979 ext. 3.

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LETTERS

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To the Editor: I want to thank Tom Donahue for writing the commentary “Goodnight Molly” (The Nugget, April 3, page 8). I recently had a near miss with my big boy Odin and hearing Mr. Donahue express the emotions we all have for our faithful, trusted and well-loved companions was inspiring as well as a reminder to let them know in little ways how important they are to each one of us. Bernice Rossana

To the Editor: As a resident of Sisters, I’m surrounded with its sense of community. The annual celebrations, festivals, and volunteerism have contributed to nurturing a heartfelt fellowship based on respect for each other and the community. Because of this, I’m saddened and troubled to see the Confederate flag flown in the community. Displaying this flag has long been and continues to be controversial throughout the United States due to its inseparable association with segregation, slavery, and white supremacy. This extraordinarily divisive symbol has no place anywhere in our country, much less in our community. Kathy Liverman

To the Editor: 2,100 trees to be cut down is grossly overkill in my mind! That figures out to be 210 trees per mile based on the 10-mile timber-killed area and the Camp Sherman Junction. I count maybe 200 trees that should be taken down — the rest should be allowed to die on their own time; some may even manage to survive!

I pray the Oregon Department of Agriculture will ban (the herbicide) Perspective from use in the state of Oregon. It should be banned on the entire western forests. Cutting 2,100 trees along the iconic SistersSuttle Lake highway will gut the “Welcome to Central Oregon” feeling as you come down off the Santiam Pass and enter the long straightaway into Sisters. It will now be an ugly swath through the remaining bushes and only be a massive 12-mile firebreak 100-150 yards wide! Let’s call it the Dead Tree Valley Canyon, “Welcome to Central Oregon.” Is that really what Sisters and the Forest Service want to happen? I would like to think that an Oregon State (University) forestry graduate would be more sensitive to his planning and projects in his district. I have been in the Sisters-Camp Sherman area a long time — since 1951 — and have seen many changes — mostly all bad! I fished here when you could keep the fish. I hunted here; I worked here; I even fought fire here — and we put them out “pronto.” I have lived here in Camp Sherman permanently since 1995 and I feel very strongly about destruction of habitat, forest, and quality of life in Central Oregon. We moved here and spent most of our life here because of trees, rivers, and solitude here in Camp Sherman. Please don’t destroy it in the summer of 2019. The best solution would be to cut only the hazard trees and let the rest of them stand — as a reminder of a public mistake by ODOT and the U.S. Forest Service so that hopefully it will never happen again! C. Childrey

To the Editor: Ah, statistics! It is amazingly easy to throw out a random assortment of numbers from “studies” without noting dates, conditions or sources of populations from which these results emanated. This is seemingly the methodology of JK Wells in his April 10 letter, equating our homeless population with the rise in crime and subsequent need for more law enforcement. A quantum leap to be sure! Undoubtedly Sisters is growing and enticing more tourists with our attractive development. Clearly we will eventually need more law enforcement. However, to compare our five to seven verified homeless crimes with cities like Seattle, Vancouver, BC, and a national average, with no basis for comparison except the word, “homeless” coupled with wild speculation, is not justified. How about focusing on this small town’s efforts to see the humanity in every homeless person via providing food and shelter, but above all tolerance rather than judgment in each situation? Providing basic human needs tends to support the best in a person, rather than promoting the potential worst. I am grateful for all the volunteer efforts to do just that in our small burg! Wendie Vermillion

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near 100 did so this year — although the unofficial count of dogs starting the race was probably closer to 70. Jared Bassett (no pun intended) came through as the winner by just over a minute in the 20-miler in a time of 2 hours 7 minutes and 21 seconds. Rachel Drake of Portland won the women’s division in 2:20:30 and finished sixth overall. I an D obs on, former Stanford and Olympic runner who grew up in Klamath Falls and now resides in Bend, finished fourth overall, but finished first in the “runner with dog” category. He and his buddy Chap finished in 2:14:37. Devon Calvin, a former runner for the Sisters Outlaws, was the top finisher with local ties, placing fifth in 2:20:22. Other local finishers in the 20 mile race included Ben Fullhart (2:44:49), Riley Willitts (2:49:52), Jennifer Horrocks (3:22:18), Phoenix Ries (3:29:12), Chantel Welch (3:29:42), Annie Winter (3:29:58), Mary Jane Schulte (3:40:37), Gene Trahern (3:57:30) and Kelly Davis Martin (4:57:03). A total of 347 runners completed the 20-mile course, which traverses the Peterson Ridge Trail after starting at the junction of Edgington Road and the McKenzie Highway. The race finishes on the track at Reed Stadium. The 40-mile race covers

horses. The mom-and-pop stores disappear and the big box stores take over.” Rullman wonders if the character honed on the frontier can actually adapt to such changes. “Adaptability has been one of the hallmarks of the West,” he said. “That’s one of the questions I’m asking: As we homogenize everything, how can you do that?” Rullman cites local support in bringing “The Bunkhouse Chronicles” to life. Sisters photographer and graphic designer Lynn Woodward shot and designed the cover. And Rullman appreciates his experience working with Nugget editor Jim Cornelius. “It’s nice to be able to bounce ideas around and be back in the bunkhouse a little

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2008 Olympian Ian Dobson and his dog placed third overall and first for runners with dogs in the 20-miler. the same course in the first half and continues southwest on trails and dirt roads beyond Crossroads. Mario Mendoza, an elite runner living in Bend, won the 40-mile race in a time of 4:08:40, which translates to approximately a 6-minuteand-13-second pace per mile. He nipped Tyler Green of Portland by just 29 seconds. Ashley Nordell of Sisters dominated the female field, winning by nearly a half an hour in time of 4:58:58. Zander Albertson ran steady throughout his first 40-mile race and finished in 6:53:05 for 44th place overall. “It was all right out there,” he said afterwards. “It was actually fun.” A total of 95 runners finished the 40-mile race. Director Meissner, a longtime supporter for Sisters High School and Sisters Middle School cross-country and track programs, donates

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bit talking about ideas,” he said. “Writing a column has been a really good way to hone my craft. You have a word count and you have to cut away a lot of fat.” Rullman acknowledges that not every column can be a home run, but, he jokes, “it’s like baseball — if you hit three out of 10, you’re going to the hall of fame.” Rullman is also well aware that not every reader appreciates his outlook. He still thinks they ought to pick up a copy of the book, “because it might surprise them. Assumptions are a funny thing — in both writers and readers.” “The Bunkhouse Chronicles: Field Notes From The Figure 8 Ranch” is available online through the usual sources, directly through https://smokecreekpress. com and locally in Sisters at Paulina Springs Books. Rullman plans an author event at Paulina Springs on June 22.

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Sharing joy with the world, one “Bot” at a time By Helen Schmidling Correspondent

“Imagine if you could go through your entire day followed by a giant invisible robot that protects you, defends you, and gives you outrageous compliments.” – Gary Hirsch When Gary Hirsch was a little boy, he suffered from horrible, monster-infested nightmares – dreams so vivid they sent him knocking on his parents’ bedroom door for comfort. The monsters, he said, threatened to take him away. His father, a gentle man, took young Gary to the kitchen, made him some cinnamon toast, handed Gary some paper and pencils and asked him to draw his monsters. Then, together, they named the monsters. Gary’s dad then explained that he could just as easily get rid of the monsters, simply by turning the pencil over and erasing them. “Eventually, I just felt better,” he said. The nightmares abated, Gary grew up, and he continued drawing his unique characters. These days, Gary Hirsch disseminates joy to a world beset with negativity and bullying, one tiny character, or “Bot” at a time. What’s a Bot? Stay tuned. Sponsored by Sisters Folk Festival and Sisters School District, Hirsch visited our schools last week to work with art teachers and kids in elementary, middle and high school. In a matter of a few minutes, he took classes from quiet, slightly bored, and morose to calm, communicative, and creative. A Bot is a tiny figure, painted like a robot, on the reverse side of a domino. Hirsch calls them Joybots. The tile is smooth, tactile, feels good. Joybots deliver a message that you are not alone, you have strength, and you are loved. In the past 10 years, Hirsch has created more than 50,000 Bots and at least that many have been made and shared by others. Last week, hundreds of kids and adults in Sisters

made bunches of Bots under Hirsch’s gentle and often humorous guidance. The tiny Bots are meant to be shared or to be kept at hand as a reminder of love, inspiration, and curiosity. Hirsch began the Bot parade Thursday morning with third- and fourth-graders at Sisters Elementary School. That afternoon, at Sisters Middle School, Hirsch visited the seventh- and eighthgrade art class members. He asked why they were in art class. “Because they like art … because there was no theater … because the last school they were in didn’t offer art … and because they like the teacher” were just some of their answers. They made more Bots, as did the fifth- and sixth-graders who followed. Each kid made at least two Bots: “one to share and one to keep for moments when you need your own,” Hirsch said. Some Botmakers were not sure who they’d share the Bot with, but others said “my best friend … my Mom … my neighbor who fell out of a tree.” Friday, at Sisters High School, Hirsch led his single largest group ever at one time making Bots. Four hundred high school students got busy with dominos and felt pens and made Joybots in the auditorium. Imagine that! On Saturday, Hirsch presented his TEDx talk to the public in the Sisters Middle School commons, and a huge Bot-painting session followed. The Bot creators were encouraged to label the side of each Bot with their name and #botjoy, and share it with someone intentionally, or leave it around for others to discover. If and when a Bot is found, take your photograph with it, and use #botjoy to post to your favorite social media

platform. Then share it with someone or hide it for another to discover. The event was accomplished with the help and enthusiasm of art teachers Judy Fuentes, Karen Williams, and Bethany Gunnarson, and many volunteers and staff from Sisters Folk Festival. The artist’s residency is the culmination of a five-year Studio to Schools grant, administered by SFF. It’s also tied into the upcoming annual My Own Two Hands event, which has as its theme, “We All Belong,” said Brad Tisdel, artistic director of the festival. Furthermore, Bots tie into the school district’s promotion of social/emotional health and wellbeing in the school and in the Sisters community. Hirsch and several student and faculty helpers painted a huge mural at the Middle School, featuring giant Bots and a thought-provoking question, “Who helps you belong?” Art has been a prompt that’s helped Hirsch to fulfill his life mission to help others – both kids and adults. “I wake up every day thinking about how art can help, and

the Bots have been my vehicle for doing this in delightful and surprising ways,” he says. Hirsch has taken his affirmative message around the world and around the country. His TEDx talk is posted on his website (www.botjoy.com). So popular has the concept become that he even has a link on the site called “Steal this Idea.” That’s how he enables others to share. “I like to have a conversation with my audience,” Hirsch said. On Saturday, he asked the audience “How do you help people in your life?” One kid answered, “I let my cat in and out when she needs to,” and an adult said,

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Expo Night a hit at middle school By Helen Schmidling Correspondent

Last Thursday was Expo Night at Sisters Middle School. The commons and surrounding classrooms were awash in color, music, invention, and creation. The audience was students, parents, volunteers, and interested friends. The collaboration was off the charts. Involving many disciplines, the event attracted more than 100 visitors, at least doubling last year’s attendance. A bright sign welcomed all. “Don’t just walk through … stop and wonder about what you’re seeing. Ask some questions. What do you like? What surprises you? What do you want to know more about?” Judy Fuentes, art teacher at the middle school, encouraged all disciplines – not just art – to be part of the Expo. In a world where STEM and STEAM (standing for science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) are the keys to a well-rounded education program, it was important for technology instructor Wes Estvold to set up an entire room with iPads mounted on stands where kids and parents worked together to make stopaction animation sequences. Seeing their work on screen rewarded both individual and small-group efforts. At this age, some students can be quite shy around adults and visitors. So it was also important for students

to interact with those who came to explore. Seventh- and eighth-graders welcomed visitors to “Fortune’s Hallow,” an interactive art installation with three-dimensional trees, a waterfall, lighting effects, music, a fortune wall guarded by a “Protectress” and a threedimensional paper dragon. The point was to venture into the “unknown,” where you may be rewarded with joy and good fortune. Sisters High School Americana Program students provided music during the first part of the event, before the Middle School Strings Program took the stage. Under the direction of Taylor Rheault, violin and cello students performed, most for the very first time in front of a large audience. Rheault, whose “day job” is managing the Sisters Coffee Company, took the reins as strings instructor two years ago, working most afternoons with nearly 20 students in this program. This little concert was added to the Expo when the original performance date was snowed out. One of the most popular stations was called “U Create – Abstract Art.” Kids created an inviting sign: “Anyone can make art, right? Maybe you’re an artist, or maybe you have never painted. Or maybe you did, long ago … blah, blah. Did you know (art) is good for you? Being creative grows your brain, relaxes your body, and is good for your soul! So here is a game for you to play!

(no emojis).” The goal was to make a mural on a huge canvas, spread across several tables. Artists were given brushes, colorful paint, and cues, based on a roll of dice. By the end of the evening, the canvas was covered in abstract shapes and positive words. Fifth-graders explored landforms, with two tables full of three-dimensional models demonstrating their comprehension of volcanoes, waterfalls, geysers, mountains, lakes, deserts, rivers, canyons, and the sea. Creative choices of materials included machine parts and candy, in addition to the standard cardboard and paper maché. Sixth-graders created landscapes, using one resource to develop another, such as looking at a photograph of a tree to draw the tree and interpret color and texture. Renderings were developed step by step, first with pencil gradations, then moving on to color in any medium, concentrating on blending and creating new colors. After studying hieroglyphics and pictographs, they also made their own, and glyph banners decorated the columns in the commons. “Juxtaposition,” a wall of words, invited participants to mix metaphors and create images by combining words in ways that would enable others to see an image on the wall. “Juxtaposing words is a poetic art form,” the sign advised. A few feet away, students made a wall of art history that

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Students explored their creativity at last Thursday’s “Expo Night” at SMS. depicted Vincent Van Gogh’s bedroom. Van Gogh famously painted his own modest bedroom, and the students created a life-sized model complete with painted chair and Vincent’s jacket hanging on the back. Participants were invited to take their photo while sitting in the chair. “In just over a decade, he created about 2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of them in the last two years of his life,” the sign said. A refreshment station kept everyone going with donated cupcakes, cookies, brownies, lemonade, coffee and tea. No wall, table, or window surface was left blank. Wherever you looked, there were art pieces, including small paintings on canvas, big banners, and tons of positive

reinforcement. Full STEAM ahead, these projects show how students learn to collaborate, discuss and critique. “Students who appear to be casual are working hard – thinking visually, analytically, critically, and creatively,” Fuentes said. Much of the artwork remains on display in the Sisters Middle School commons as a positive reminder to students, faculty and parents. Some of it will make its way to the Sisters Library next month for the annual Student Art Exhibit. Several pieces won awards in the annual statewide Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. And, as artist-in-residence Gary Hirsch prompted parents during the week, “Save your kids’ artwork. It matters.”

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True Duerden Sisters High School February 2019 Student of the Month True Duerden believes in doing her best. Whether it’s on stage or in an art studio, or in the classroom, she always puts in the work necessary to excel. “I’ve always wanted to try my best at everything I do,” she says. You have to put in the work; things don’t come easily.” True is president of the Jazz Choir, a Mr. SHS escort, a dancer and an artist — and an academic powerhouse. In her senior year, she’s taking advanced placement classes in calculus, English, and art. It’s not all just about the work. “I also really enjoy them all,” she says. She plays piano and is learning guitar, but her primary passion in music is singing. “When I go into music in college I’ll focus on vocal,” she said. True plans to attend Lewis & Clark College in Portland, to study music, computer science and mathematics.

True says she feels a great connection with her graduating class, and great appreciation for the “interesting and special experiences that are unique to Sisters. It’s been a wonderful time.” True thanked “everybody who has helped me get this far.” “I’m so thrilled to hear that True Duerden is the student of the month. She is an incredibly talented vocalist. This was recently seen as she sang harmonies with Lyle Lovett and John Haitt on the January Sisters Starry Nights Concert. True also played the major lead of The Fairy Godmother in last year’s high school musical Cinderella. She has been involved in the high school Jazz Choir and Concert Choir for four years. Along with being talented, True is an ultimate organized student leader. Her peers elected her to be the Choir President this year and she is the head of the Sisters Quilt Show Bed and Breakfast. To top it all off, True just received a very healthy scholarship to study music in college this Fall. Congratulations True!” — Rick Johnson “True has been an awesome student and part of our school community for all of her four years at SHS. I’m always impressed with her

creativity, attitude, and though process. This is well-deserved! Congratulations True! – Bethany Gunnarson “True is an awesome student and a wonderful student. She is talented, funny, and kind. I have absolutely loved being one of her teachers. I smile every time I see her.” — Daniel O’Neill “True is a genuinely thoughtful and multi-talented young woman, well deserving of recognition.” — Charlie Kanzig “True is a ‘true’ gem and I’ve loved getting to know her the past couple of years in my advanced Spanish classes. She is an extremely talented person in a myriad of ways and I can’t wait to see what she continues to do in life beyond high school! She has a sweet and generous spirit that she shares with everyone that crosses her path. She is definitely deserving of this small honor in recognition of her valuable contributions to our school community!” — Rebekah Dunkle “True’s creative expression through dance, music, and art has contributed beauty and provoked thought for our school. Her dedicated work ethic and devotion to learning has inspired her classmates and raised the level of learning. Her kindness has reached many in

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Forest Service plans a busy year

FIRE SEASON: Drought conditions will persist in region Continued from page 1

the Northwest Interagency Coordinating Center (NWCC) seasonal fire potential model with the two-dozen or so local citizens who turned out for the open house. The good news is that the heavy late snowfall that hammered Sisters at the end of February has left the snowpack in the mountains at 110 percent of normal. Unfortunately, however, that’s not enough to break ongoing drought. “With that moisture, they’re still predicting drought for us,” Osbourne said. Models are predicting a “warmer than typical MayJune-July,” which could make for an active fire season. The next fire potential outlook will be released in May and can be accessed at https:// gacc.nifc.gov/nwcc/predict/ outlook.aspx. Fire was on the minds of the participants in a Q&A session. The first question asked for a comparison between Sisters’ situation and that of Paradise, California, which was destroyed by wildfire last summer. Osbourne and Sisters Ranger District timber sale coordinator Steve Orange offered some assurances. “We’ve done a lot of work around here in the last 20 years,” Osborne noted. That work includes prescribed burning and thinning projects to make forests healthier and less susceptible to catastrophic wildfire, and to make homes in the urbanwildland interface more defensible. “We’ve done a lot of logging right in people’s backyards,” Orange noted, citing projects near Black Butte Ranch and Crossroads as examples.

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Forest Service fish biologist Mike Riehle confers with a Sisters citizen at a Forest Service open house on Thursday, April 11. The SAFR (Sisters Area Fuels Reduction) project was designed to decrease hazardous fuels accumulations within the wildland-urban interface adjacent to the city of Sisters and surrounding communities to reduce the risk of high-intensity wildfire. Orange noted that the recent Melvin Butte project reduced fuels south of Sisters, where the threat of fire could be significant. “You’ll see major changes going up the 16 Road to the snowpark,” he said. In comparison to Paradise, “we’re well ahead of where they were,” Osbourne said. “That said, we’re not out of the woods, obviously.” In an ongoing effort to, as Osbourne puts it, “fight fire out in the woods and not on people’s doorstep,” the Sisters Ranger District will engage in prescribed burns of about 650 acres total this spring. While fire is the greatest concern for an area that has seen 50 percent of the Sisters Ranger District territory burn since 2002, there are other issues of pressing concern. One citizen asked about illegal dumping and “off-site” camping in the forest. SRD Law Enforcement Officer Fred Perl acknowledged that dumping is a significant issue. “It goes on relentlessly,” he said.

Perl relies on citizen tips when they see violations, and he noted, “I try to prosecute every case that comes across… my desk.” However, Sisters District Ranger Ian Reid acknowledged that keeping up with dumping could be a full-time gig. “If we devoted all of our resources to trash, we wouldn’t get a lot of other things done,” he said. Dispersed camping in the forest, often by homeless people, is also an issue. There is a 14-day limit on how long a person can stay in a spot, and when they move they’re supposed to move five miles. It’s up to Perl to enforce that. Perl acknowledged that dealing with homelessness in Sisters “is a community issue for all of us,” and noted that he works consistently with other community agencies and citizens to address the issues associated with it. “It’s a very difficult issue to deal with, but we are dealing with it,” he said.

The Sisters Ranger District will be a beehive of activity in 2019. “We spent a lot of last year recovering from the Milli Fire,” Ranger Ian Reid told some two-dozen Sisters folks at an open house on Thursday evening at the Sisters Fire District Community Room. That included reopening trails, including the iconic trail to the summit of Black Crater, which was severely impacted by that 2017 blaze. The District also did significant work to restore natural hydrology in Glaze Meadow; to mitigate ribbon grass along the Metolius River; and engaged in an active prescribed burning program. 2019 is shaping up to offer a wide scope of projects. In addition to overseeing the removal of 2,100 trees along the Highway 20 corridor (see related story, page 1), the Sisters Ranger District will conduct a major project to fell dangerous and/or diseased trees and replant and transplant in the Suttle Lake area. The project is designed to address safety concerns and also to promote the health of the

forest. They will also launch a major habitat restoration and vegetation management project on Green Ridge. “We’re still developing what that project will look like,” Reid said. One of the last fish passage barriers on Whychus Creek will be removed and new trail connectors will be added to the popular Peterson Ridge trail, and the trailhead will be moved. Reid said the District will staff its office on Saturdays for two months at the height of summer. A permanent toilet will be installed at the Whychus Overlook Trailhead and a new bridge will be emplaced over Indian Ford Creek. And, if all goes to plan, the District will come out with a new District map — waterproof and in color — the first update in 19 years. A final decision on fees for The Cascade Wilderness Strategies Project — intended to protect the wilderness from overuse by controlling public access. Reid clarified that there will be a single fee associated with a new permitting system. “There would not be an additional stewardship fee on top of the fee,” he said.

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Oregon Poet Laureate Kim Stafford enthralled a Sisters audience last week.

Hitchhiking with Oregon’s Poet Laureate By T. Lee Brown Correspondent

When Oregon’s ninth Poet Laureate came to FivePine Conference Center, the evening felt like a classic variety show — performed by one man. Kim Stafford kicked things off by singing a cappella, his voice stretching warmly across the room. To sing without accompaniment is a vulnerable and personal act, well-suited to a campfire or, in this case, hearthside performance. The song instantly banished the hesitant feeling that sometimes haunts poetry readings. The crowd of about 75 people seemed eager to follow Stafford from song to poetry to uproarious tales of life in Sisters Country. In the early 1970s, Stafford’s family built a cabin at the edge of Indian Ford Meadow. Much of his friendly, funny patter centered around local characters and adventures. He described frequently hitchhiking over from Eugene. One time, he tried to walk from Indian Ford Meadow back into Sisters. It was so cold outside he couldn’t make it into town. So he hightailed it back to the half-built cabin, which had recently acquired electricity. There he warmed his hands and feet — on the cabin’s lightbulb. Stafford shared some poetry written in recent years, including a sweet and lighthearted ode to his sister Kit, who was in attendance. For the evening’s final moment of lyricism, Kim Stafford brought out an acoustic guitar, the plain truth and emotion of his song moving some in attendance to tears. During a Q & A session, Stafford took questions from audience members. Here he spoke of how as a young man he strove to write “great” poems, the sort published by certain poetry journals.

In maturity, he’s more interested in writing “important” poems —honest, immediate works written for and about the people he meets on his journeys around Oregon as poet laureate. He cited prisoners at Umatilla County Correctional Facility as an example. When asked whether the young students he works with are able to understand nature in poetry, he indicated that many of them are disconnected. He gave an example: when he visited a school in Salem, students read about pussy willows. The kids didn’t know what they were. Pretending to pet a tiny, soft bud in his cupped hand, Stafford asked the audience, “Can you imagine growing up without ever having one?” He made sure a bunch of pussy willows were delivered to the school after his visit. Stafford is an associate professor at Lewis and Clark College in Portland and founder of its Northwest Writing Institute. He has authored numerous books of prose and poetry. He also helped found Fishtrap, a well-known writers’ residency program and gathering in the Wallowas. Fishtrap brings literary and creative culture to Eastern Oregon and allows writers from elsewhere to experience the region’s distinctive landscape and culture. Kim Stafford is also the literary executor for the estate of his father, the former United State’s Poet Laureate William Stafford. Kim has edited collections of his father’s work. During the reading, he shared several poems and stories about his dad. Sue Stafford (no relation) hosted the event on behalf of the local historical society. Titled “Confluence,” the event was presented by Three Sisters Historical Society, Sisters Art Association and the Friends of William Stafford.

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“Support Sisters” SHOP LOCAL! 205/55R-XL 94T Himalaya Studded Tires mounted on steel winter wheels. Tires new in November 2018. $740 value, asking $500 OBO. Beekeeping supplies: everything for two hives + books, jacket, tools, $250. 541-549-1674. Habitat THRIFT STORE 141 W. Main • 541-549-1740 Habitat RESTORE 254 W. Adams • 541-549-1621 403 Pets Hours at both stores are Mon.-Sat., 9 to 5; Sun. 12 to 4 Goldendoodles (F2) for sale. Donations accepted Mon.-Sat. $2,000. 3 Males. 901-619-7327. from 10 to 4 only. Joyful Pup Pet Happiness Service! Offering experienced 202 Firewood and loving pet care, Joyful Pup Firewood $99/cord Hikes, Happy Dog Walks, Forest partially seasoned cut/split u-haul Adventures and Trail Dog from downtown Sisters. Training. Contact Jen at 541-420-3254 541-848-9192 or SISTERS FOREST PRODUCTS joyfulpupinsisters@gmail.com DAVE ELPI – FIREWOOD A CARING ENVIRONMENT • SINCE 1976 • for your treasured Best Friends Prime Downtown Retail Space Doug Fir – Lodgepole – Juniper in your home while you're away! DRIVE-IN WOOD SALES Call Lori at 541-549-7132 Sisters-Tumalo-Petsitting.com – 18155 Hwy. 126 East – Cold Springs Commercial 541-306-7551 SistersForestProducts.com CASCADE STORAGE Furry Friends Foundation Order Online! 541-410-4509 (541) 549-1086 • (877) 540-1086 helps pets in our community! 581 N. Larch – 7-Day Access Open Tues. & Thurs., 11 to 2 204 Arts & Antiques 5x5 to 12x30 Units Available 204 W. Adams Ave. #109 THE JEWEL – 27 YEARS! 5x5 - 8x15 Climate Control Units 541-797-4023 Jewelry Repair • Custom Design On-site Management Bend Spay & Neuter Project gems | 541-549-9388 | gold Providing Low-Cost Options for 103 Residential Rentals www.thejewelonline.com Spay, Neuter and more! PONDEROSA PROPERTIES Go to BendSnip.org Complete Set-up for Glass –Monthly Rentals Available– or call 541-617-1010 $44,000 start tomorrow! Call Debbie at 541-549-2002 Three Rivers Humane Society • • • • • • • • • • • • Full details, 24 hrs./day, go to: Where love finds a home! See the (3) LIGHTED SHOWCASES PonderosaProperties.com doggies at 1694 SE McTaggart Durable & Mirrored! Printed list at 221 S. Ash, Sisters in Madras • A No-kill Shelter $600 ea. or $1,650 for all. Ponderosa Properties LLC Go to ThreeRiversHS.org Call Cha, 541-549-1140 THE NUGGET or call 541-475-6889 SISTERS OREGON –THE NUGGET– Dino Eggs for Easter! 104 Vacation Rentals ChafortheFinest.com 500 Services ~ Sisters Vacation Rentals ~ GEORGE’S SEPTIC 205 Garage & Estate Sales Private Central OR vac. rentals, TANK SERVICE MOVING SALE Property Management Services “A Well Maintained Saturday, April 20, 8 a.m., 541-977-9898 Septic System Protects 18580 McSwain Dr. Sisters. www.SistersVacation.com the Environment” Dining table w/8 chairs, curio, In the Heart of Sisters 541-549-2871 3 Vac. Rentals – Quiet 1-2 Bdrm pine bistro set, misc. deco items BOOKKEEPING SERVICE Massive moving sale. Fri. & Sat. Sleep 2-6, start at $135 per nt. ~ Olivia Spencer ~ 995 E Creek View Dr. 8 a.m. to ? vrbo.com/442970 or /180950 Expert Local Bookkeeping! or /337593 • 503-694-5923 Garage Sale. Kids stuff up to age Phone: (541) 241-4907 QUILT WEEK AVAILABLE 7, bikes, furniture, and some www.spencerbookkeeping.com household. Sat. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Visit vrbo.com/442970 BOOKKEEPING BY KIM 1171 W. Hill Ave. (behind Rays). or call 503-730-0150, Owner 541-771-4820

501 Computers & Communications SISTERS SATELLITE TV • PHONE • INTERNET Your authorized local dealer for DirecTV, ViaSat HS Internet and more! CCB # 191099 541-318-7000 • 541-306-0729 Technology Problems? I can fix them for you. Solving for business, home & A/V needs. All tech supported. Jason Williams Sisters local • 25 yrs. experience 541-719-8329

502 Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning GORDON’S LAST TOUCH Cleaning Specialists for CARPETS, WINDOWS & UPHOLSTERY Member Better Business Bureau • Bonded & Insured • Serving Central Oregon Since 1980 Call 541-549-3008

Sisters Carpet Cleaning CELEBRATING 39 years in business with spring specials! – Call 541-549-2216 – M & J CARPET CLEANING Carpet, area rug, upholstery & tile cleaning. Senior & Veterans Discounts • 541-549-9090 Circuit Rider Carpet Cleaning “A Labor of Love” with 35 years exp.! 541-549-6471 BULLSEYE CARPET & UPHOLSTERY CLEANING Cutting Edge Technology Over 30 years experience, specialize in rugs & pet stains. Licensed & Insured – Sisters owned & operated – bullseyecarpetcleaning.net • 541-238-7700 •

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601 Construction

LAREDO CONSTRUCTION EARTHWOOD 541-549-1575 TIMBER FRAME HOMES Maintenance / Repairs Large inventory of dry, stable, Insurance Work CCB #194489 gorgeous, recycled old-growth Carl Perry Construction LLC Douglas fir and pine for mantles, stair systems, furniture and Home Restoration • Repair structural beams. Timber frame – DECKS & FENCES – design and construction services CCB #201709 • 541-419-3991 since 1990 – CCB#174977 FRANCOIS' WORKSHOP 549-0924 • earthwoodhomes.com Int./Ext. Carpentry & Repairs Swiss Mountain Log Homes – Custom Woodworking – Hand-crafted Log Homes & Painting, Decks, Fences & Design Services • Roof Systems Outbuildings • CCB #154477 & Porches • Railings/Staircases • 541-815-0624 or 541-549-0605 Log Accents & Fireplace Mantels Home Customizations, LLC • Remodels & Log Restoration • Res. & Commercial Remodeling, Sawmill & Boom Truck Services Bldg. Maintenance & Painting – CCB #162818 – Chris Patrick, Owner Phil Rerat, 541-420-3572 homecustomizations@gmail.com www.SwissMtLogHomes.com CCB #191760 • 541-588-0083 DYER John M. Keady Construction Construction & Renovation Home Maintenance & Repairs, Custom Residential Projects Decks & Fences, All Phases • CCB #148365 Small Remodels & Upgrades. 541-420-8448 CCB #204632 • 541-480-2731 BWPierce General Contracting JONES UPGRADES LLC Residential Construction Projects Home Repairs & Remodeling Becke William Pierce Drywall, Decks, Pole Barns, CCB#190689 • 541-647-0384 Fences, Sheds, Snow Removal! beckewpcontracting@gmail.com Mike Jones, 503-428-1281 McCARTHY & SONS Local resident • CCB #201650 CONSTRUCTION SistersOregonGuide.com New Construction, Remodels, Fine Finish Carpentry 600 Tree Service & 541-420-0487 • CCB #130561 Forestry LAREDO CONSTRUCTION Sisters Tree Care, LLC 541-549-1575 Preservation, Pruning, For ALL Your Residential Removals & Storm Damage Construction Needs Serving All of Central Oregon CCB #194489 Brad Bartholomew www.laredoconstruction.com ISA Cert. Arborist UT-4454A Carl Perry Construction LLC 503-914-8436 • CCB #218444 Residential & Commercial 4 Brothers Tree Service Restoration • Repair Sisters' Premier Tree Experts! – DECKS & FENCES – – TREE REMOVAL & CCB #201709 • 541-419-3991 CLEANUP – JOHN NITCHER Native / Non-Native Tree CONSTRUCTION Assessments, Pruning, High-Risk General Contractor Removals, 24 Hr. Emergency Home repair, remodeling and Storm Damage Cleanup, additions. CCB #101744 Craning & Stump Grinding, 541-549-2206 Debris Removal. SISTERS OREGON GUIDE – FOREST MANAGEMENT – Pick up your copy Fire Fuels Reduction - Brush around town today! Mowing, Mastication, Tree Thinning, Large & Small Scale SIMON CONSTRUCTION Projects! SERVICES Serving Black Butte Ranch, Design / Build / Fine Carpentry Camp Sherman & Sisters Area Residential / Commercial since 2003 CCB #184335 • 541-948-2620 ** Free Estimates ** bsimon@bendbroadband.com Owner James Hatley & Sons EcoStruct LLC 541-815-2342 Conscious Construction & 4brostrees.com Design. Decks, Barns, Fences, Licensed, Bonded and Insured Pergola & Patios CCB-215057 541-668-0530 • CCB 218826 TIMBER STAND CASCADE GARAGE DOORS IMPROVEMENT LLC Factory Trained Technicians All-phase Tree Care Specialist Since 1983 • CCB #44054 Technical Removals, Pruning, 541-548-2215 • 541-382-4553 Stump Grinding, Planting & SPURGE COCHRAN Consultations, Brush Mowing, BUILDER, INC. Lot Clearing, Wildfire Fuel General Contractor Reduction • Nate Goodwin Building Distinctive, ISA-Cert. Arborist PN-7987A Handcrafted Custom Homes, CCB #190496 • 541-771-4825 Additions, Remodels Since ’74 online at www.tsi.services A “Hands-On” Builder BRUSH BUSTERS Keeping Your Project on Time Central Oregon Fire Safe & On Budget • CCB #96016 541-410-4509 • CCB 177189 To speak to Spurge personally, Elpeez@aol.com call 541-815-0523

JOHN PIERCE TEWALT & SONS INC. General Contracting LLC Excavation Contractors Residential Building Projects Sisters’ Oldest Excavation Co. Serving Sisters Since 1976 Our experience will make your Strictly Quality $ go further – Take advantage CCB #16891 • CCB #159020 of our FREE on-site visit! 541-549-9764 Hard Rock Removal • Rock Hammering • Hauling JERRY WILLIS DRYWALL Trucking • Top Soil • Fill Dirt & VENETIAN PLASTER Ground-to-finish Site Prep All Residential, Commercial Jobs Building Demolition • Ponds & 541-480-7179 • CCB #69557 Liners • Creative & Decorative SPRING IS HERE Rock Placement • Clearing, ~ GOT PROJECTS? ~ Leveling & Grading Driveways BIG or small, CALL BRAD Utilities: Sewer Mains, Laterals 541-527-0306 Water, Power, TV & Phone General Contractor for over 30 Septic System EXPERTS: years, now serving Black Butte, Complete Design & Permit Camp Sherman, Sisters and Approval, Feasibility, Test Holes. beyond. Repairs, renovation, Sand, Pressurized & Standard remodel, additions, alterations, Systems. Repairs, Tank improvements, replacementReplacement. CCB #76888 consultation, estimates, insurance Cellular: 419-2672 or 419-5172 work - anything for your home, • 541-549-1472 • all trades possible. From window TewaltAndSonsExcavation.com or door repair/replacement to major room addition. 604 Heating & Cooling 541-527-0306 • CCB# 224650 ACTION AIR CENIGA'S MASONRY, INC. Heating & Cooling, LLC Brick • Block • Stone • Pavers Retrofit • New Const • Remodel CCB #181448 – 541-350-6068 Consulting, Service & Installs www.CenigasMasonry.com actionairheatingandcooling.com CCB #195556 602 Plumbing & Electric 541-549-6464 CURTS ELECTRIC LLC – SISTERS, OREGON – 605 Painting Quality Electrical Installations – Earl W. Nowell Painting – Agricultural • Commercial Local! Int., Ext., Stain, Decks... Industrial • Well & Irrigation Lic. & Bonded • CCB #201728 Pumps, Motor Control, For free estimate: 541-633-8297 Barns & Shops, Plan Reviews ~ FRONTIER PAINTING ~ CCB #178543 Quality Painting, Ext. & Int. 541-480-1404 Refurbishing Decks MONTE'S ELECTRIC CCB #131560 • 541-771-5620 • service • residential www.frontier-painting.com • commercial • industrial Riverfront Painting LLC Serving all of Central Oregon Interior/Exterior • Deck Staining 541-719-1316 SHORT LEAD TIMES lic. bond. insured, CCB #200030 Travis Starr, 541-647-0146 SWEENEY License #216081 PLUMBING, INC. Residential / Comm. Painting “Quality and Reliability” Interior & Exterior Repairs • Remodeling Carl Perry Construction LLC • New Construction CCB #201709 • 541-419-3991 • Water Heaters YOUR SOURCE 541-549-4349 for up-to-date Sisters news! Residential and Commercial www.NuggetNews.com Licensed • Bonded • Insured CCB #87587 THE NUGGET SISTERS OREGON online at NuggetNews.com

603 Excavation & Trucking ROBINSON & OWEN Heavy Construction, Inc. All your excavation needs *General excavation *Site Preparation *Sub-Divisions *Road Building *Sewer and Water Systems *Underground Utilities *Grading *Snow Removal *Sand-Gravel-Rock Licensed • Bonded • Insured CCB #124327 (541) 549-1848 BANR Enterprises, LLC Earthwork, Utilities, Grading, Hardscape, Rock Walls Residential & Commercial CCB #165122 • 541-549-6977 www.BANR.net

606 Landscaping & Yard Maintenance

Lawn care, yard cleanup, odd jobs. Senior/Vets discount. References. Call "Sonny" 541-549-0933.

Fencing, irrigation installation & trouble-shooting, defensible space strategies, general cleanups, turf care maintenance and agronomic recommendations, fertility & water conservation management, light excavation. CCB 188594 • LCB 9264 541-515-8462 All Landscaping Services Mowing, Thatching, Hauling... Call Abel Ortega, 541-815-6740. Affordable Handyman & Yard Care with distinction & integrity. NEEDLE cleanup! 541-240-1120

J&E Landscaping Maintenance LLC Clean-ups, raking, hauling debris, gutters. Edgar Cortez, 541-610-8982 or 541-420-8163 jandelspcing15@gmail.com Metolius Lawn Maintenance Aerating, thatching, mowing, pruning, hauling & more – Call Eric Bilderback LCB #15899 • 541-508-9672 AFFORDABLE LAWN CARE New comm. mower for household lawns to larger spaces. Edging, weed-eating, fertilizing at reasonable rates. 2 differentsized dump-trucks to haul topsoil, rock, bark, brush, debris, dump loads. 541-678-3332 – All You Need Maintenance – Pine needle removal, hauling, mowing, moss removal, edging, raking, weeding, pruning, roofs, gutters, pressure washing... Lic/Bonded/Ins. CCB# 218169 Austin • 541-419-5122

701 Domestic Services PANORAMIC WINDOW CLEANING Serving all of Central OR. Bonded & insured. Senior & military discounts. 541-510-7918 BLAKE & SON – Commercial, Home & Rentals Cleaning WINDOW CLEANING! Lic. & Bonded • 541-549-0897 THE NUGGET NEWSPAPER 541.549.9941

802 Help Wanted Angeline's Bakery is looking for fabulous people! Front counter/Barista positions available. Bring resumes by any time. Part-time clerk and freight. People person and able to lift 50 lbs. on a regular basis. Work every other Sat. Apply in person at Sisters Feed, 102 E. Main Ave. AQUA CLEAR SPA SERVICE Hot tub cleaning technician needed. Training provided with opportunity for advancement. Competitive pay. Clean driving record required. Serious applicants only. Call or email for interview: 541-410-1023; aquaclearoregon@gmail.com Receptionist position available at the new Relaxation Room at the Renaissance in Sisters. More details call Tim 541-420-5627. Metolius Meadows Property Owners Association in Camp Sherman is seeking a P/T operational assistant from May 1 through October 30. Work would include community pool care, some grounds maintenance including upkeep of nature trails and pastures, as well as assisting with daily operations, maintenance and upkeep of a community water system. Interested parties can reply to admin@mmpoa.org. Address your inquiries to Ed Young, Operations Manager. VOHS Custom Landscaping is now hiring! Competitive wages, great company. 541-515-8462

Wednesday, April 17, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

C L A S S I F I CE DL SA SObituary S I F I E D S ARE YOU A WRITER?

999 Public Notice Is Camp Sherman your home?

NOTICE OFNugget BUDGET The would like to talk to COMMITTEE you! MEETING We are interested in more A public meeting of the Budget of the Camp news coverage Committee of the Sistersarea. School Sherman Email samples to District #6, Deschutes County, Editor@NuggetNews.com State of Oregon,Now to discuss the Hiring-Full Time budget for the fiscal year July 1, Sales Associate 2019 to June 2020 will be for a friendly & We30,are looking heldenthusiastic at the District knitter and/or quilter Administration Office, E. at the Stitchin' to join our525 team Cascade Ave., Sisters, Oregon. Post. Helpful Skills: Ability to The meetingwork will take on onplace a computerized sales the 24th day of April, 2019 at skills for system, math 5:00 p.m.calculating and an additional yardage. Please pick meeting willupbean held on the 8th at the Stitchin' application day of May, 2019 5:00 p.m. Post,at 311 W. Cascade Ave. The purpose of the meeting(s) is Sisters to receive the budget message, g The Garden Angel is now filling review the proposed budget for landscape maintenance crew FY 19-20 and to receive member positions. LCB 9583. comment from the public on the Inquire at 541-549-2882 or budget. A copy of the budget thegardenangel@gmail.com document may be inspected or Hawks obtained at the meetingHaven on AprilReserve, a 90+ acre wildlife reserve in Sisters, is 24th or at the Sisters School looking for a working manager District Office, 525 E. Cascade to maintain property. Position Ave., Sisters, Oregon between includes: A) general water the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 management (flood irrigation, p.m. on or after April 25th. landscaped streams, drip & NOTICE OF BUDGET pop-up sprinkler systems) COMMITTEE MEETING B) tree/shrub planting/ A public meeting of the Budget maintenance C) weed control Committee of the Black Butte (weed eating, spraying, pulling) Ranch Rural Fire Protection D) operating and maintaining District, Deschutes County, State tractor/backhoe, ATVs, riding of Oregon, to discuss the budget mowers, and equipment: i.e. for the fiscal year July 1, 2019 to chainsaw, weed eater, etc. This June 30, 2020, will be held at the will be a 40-hr/wk position with Black Butte Ranch Fire Station, an assistant 20 hrs./wk. Seasonal 13511 Hawks Beard, Black Butte from Mar. 15 to Oct. 30. There Ranch. The meeting will take could be an occasional place on April 30, 2019 at 9 a.m. after-hours call. No livestock on The purpose of the meeting is to property. Contact Gary Frazee receive the budget message and at 541-480-1013 or to receive comment from the garydfrazee@earthlink.net for public on the budget. e more information and to schedule This is a public meeting where an interview. Complete job deliberation of the Budget description will be supplied at Committee will take place. Any interview. person may appear at the meeting and discuss the 901 proposed Wanted programs with the Budget Committee. RV parking space in Sisters area, prefer covered. 25 ft. long, 11 ft. A copy of the budget document high, 8 ft. may be inspected or obtained onwide. Call 925-360-4160 or 925-212-9868. or after April 23, 2019 at the T Fire H EStation, NUGGET Black Butte Ranch E WButte SPAPER 13511 Hawks Beard,NBlack A S Sof I9F I E D S!! Ranch, between C theLhours They're at NuggetNews.com ~ a.m. and 4 p.m. every Tuesday S I S TUploaded ERS afternoon at no extra charge! OREGON Call 541-549-9941 GUIDE Published byDeadline The Nuggetfor classified is Monday by noon www.sistersoregonguide.com

999 Public Notice NOTICE OF BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING A public meeting of the Budget Committee of the Sisters School District #6, Deschutes County, State of Oregon, to discuss the budget for the fiscal year July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020 will be held at the District Administration Office, 525 E. Cascade Ave., Sisters, Oregon. The meeting will take place on the 24th day of April, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. and an additional meeting will be held on the 8th day of May, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. The purpose of the meeting(s) is to receive the budget message, review the proposed budget for FY 19-20 and to receive comment from the public on the budget. A copy of the budget document may be inspected or obtained at the meeting on April 24th or at the Sisters School District Office, 525 E. Cascade Ave., Sisters, Oregon between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on or after April 25th. NOTICE OF BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING A public meeting of the Budget Committee of the Black Butte Ranch Rural Fire Protection District, Deschutes County, State of Oregon, to discuss the budget for the fiscal year July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020, will be held at the Black Butte Ranch Fire Station, 13511 Hawks Beard, Black Butte Ranch. The meeting will take place on April 30, 2019 at 9 a.m. The purpose of the meeting is to receive the budget message and to receive comment from the public on the budget. This is a public meeting where deliberation of the Budget Committee will take place. Any person may appear at the meeting and discuss the proposed programs with the Budget Committee. A copy of the budget document may be inspected or obtained on or after April 23, 2019 at the Black Butte Ranch Fire Station, 13511 Hawks Beard, Black Butte Ranch, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. SISTERS OREGON GUIDE Published by The Nugget www.sistersoregonguide.com

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Preston was born on May 2, 1956 in Dallas, Texas. He passed away April 11, in Bend. He is survived by his wife, Julie Portnoy Thompson, his daughter, Piper Thompson, and two sisters. Preston started building guitars in the 1970s with the well-known luthier Charles Fox, who started the first school for guitar makers in North America. His guitars made their way into the hands of Charles Sawtelle, of Hot Rize fame, during the mid1980s, leading to a lifetime friendship and a passion for capturing that vintage tone. Preston had access and thoroughly studied Sawtelle’s collection of rare and famous pre-war vintage instruments, and built Charles a guitar that became one of his most treasured instruments. For three years in a row during the 1980s, his instruments were selected as a prize by the winners of the National Flatpicking Championships at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas. Thompson guitars will again be part of the selection of prize guitars in 2019, coming full circle back to one of Preston’s proudest moments as a builder. Since 2013 and the creation of PK Thompson Guitars with partner Dan Stewart, Preston has shared and trusted his team with those detailed measurements

to build a company that produces that vintage sound he so cherished for many musicians to enjoy. We are one small family here in Sisters, Oregon, and along with his wife, Julie, and daughter, Piper, we appreciate all of the support we have received while Preston has been ill over the past year. He was loved dearly and will be greatly missed. We look forward to carrying on his legacy and dedication to the craft of guitar building. A memorial celebration will be held on Saturday,

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Wednesday, April 17, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

PLANE: Pilot seeks teachable moment in incident Continued from page 1

Madras airport, Lansburgh and his passenger pilot returned to Sisters to find the winds had picked up considerably since their departure. Located on the east slope of the Cascade mountains, the Sisters Airport can experience strong and often unpredictable winds that can make it a technically challenging place to land. In an effort to teach a lesson in difficult flight conditions, as it turned out the “teachable moment” was in considering options, such as diversion to another airport to wait out the weather. Lansburgh hopes to turn the incident in to a lesson for all pilots flying at airports like Sisters. About five miles from the airport, Lansburgh learned from the radio-activated Super AWOS (Automated Weather Observation System) that wind conditions at Sisters had become turbulent, and cautioned of crosswind and wind shear. Once he had the airport in sight, he found the three wind indicators conflicting. The wind socks at the ends of the runway indicated erratic wind in opposite directions, while the flag in the middle was hanging flat indicating no wind. From that information, he decided the best choice was landing in the direction of Runway 20, and entered a standard left pattern for landing. On final approach, Lansburgh acknowledged the NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) filed by the Sisters Airport regarding the flooding and closure of 200 yards at the

north end of the runway. He prepared to land long, overflying the flooded area of the runway. Once below tree line, they continued to experience turbulent and windy conditions. Lansburgh, attempting to get cover from the wind by getting closer to the trees on the right, made a safety decision to sidestep the plane to land into the more forgiving dirt to the side of the paved runway. The landing was uneventful, as Lansburgh performed a normal roll-out after touchdown. He was surprised when the plane suddenly flipped forward, the propeller caught the ground, and he found himself hanging upside down from the seat belt in the plane. The extent of the many factors involved, including managing gusting winds which were shifting directions, avoiding the flooded area, in a light tailwheel airplane, is still unclear to Lansburgh. “It just happened in an instant,” he recalls. The jury is still out regarding other possible effects which may have contributed to the cause of this incident. Tailwheel airplanes, like Lansburgh’s PA-12, can be tricky to land in conditions like these. Also known as “taildraggers,” the configuration offers advantages in backcountry and short-field environments. In order to fly a tailwheel airplane, a pilot must receive special training and an endorsement. Lansburgh specializes in giving this type of training, and has become well-known nationally as “Tailwheel Town.” Lansburgh has been a pilot for over 30 years with over 6,000 hours of flight time without incident. With a colorful career in aviation,

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Lansburgh’s diverse experience includes being a Coast Guard helicopter crewman, air-show pilot, aerial filmmaker, certified airframe and powerplant mechanic, owning a glider operation, and managing the Sunriver airport. Lansburgh was instrumental in the beginning of the Flight Science program at Sisters High School, both as a teacher at Sisters High School, and as flight instructor for students learning to fly. He was the founding CFI in what has become Outlaw Aviation today. Lansburgh is a wellrespected pilot and instructor within the aviation community because of his outspoken advocacy for training that pushes students’ comfort zones in a way that gives them the tools they need to handle any situation that may arise while they are flying. Thousands of pilots have studied the videos on Lansburgh’s website, www. tailwheelersjournal.com. “To have this happen to a pilot as accomplished as Brian is a clear reminder in pilot decision-making and potential consequences,” said Walt Lasecki, also a CFI with Outlaw Aviation, who witnessed the incident. “What I would like other pilots to know is that when the conditions put you in a scenario that is possibly beyond your capabilities, or your plane’s capabilities, it’s better to fly a go-around than try to land,” Lansburgh said. “Pilots often have incidents at their home airports because of ‘get home-itus,’ and an

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Brian Lansburgh is a skilled and experienced pilot — who ran into trouble with the wind last week unwillingness to be inconvenienced by repeated attempts at landing, or simply going to another airport. I could’ve just flown back to Madras or Redmond and waited until

the wind calmed down before returning to Sisters. That would’ve been far less inconvenient for me than spending the next year fixing my plane, which is what I’ll be doing.”

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new policy to stop the spread of fake news. But the company admits that it could never hire or partner with enough human beings to monitor all of the news published on its platform. Staying even one step ahead of determined “fakers” is a major challenge for artificial intelligence software as well. “Neural networks can find patterns in text and graphs,” Dr. Lowd explains, “but artificial intelligence itself can be fooled.” For example, some algorithms consider how many people follow a Twitter account, but such followers can be bought. “Likes” for false Facebook posts can be paid for and mass-produced, lending crowd credibility to inaccurate claims. Reputable news organizations are then prompted to report “tweets” and “likes” as indicators of public opinion. Machine learning is dependent on large amounts of data, and that data is produced by humans. In a recent widely published article,

Dr. Lowd recounted the story of “Tay,” a bot intended to engage Twitter users in meaningful conversation on behalf of Microsoft. “Instead, trolls flooded the bot with hateful and abusive messages,” Dr. Lowd wrote. “As the bot analyzed that text, it began to reply in kind — and was quickly shut down.” Compounding the problem of fake information is the rapid development of easily learned software that can falsify images and videos, changes that are rarely detectable by non-experts. An associate professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science

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Dr. Daniel Lowd will speak at The Belfry in the Frontiers of Science series on Tuesday, April 23.

at University of Oregon, Dr. Lowd earned his Ph.D. at the University of Washington. A prolific researcher with interests in machine learning, data mining, and artificial intelligence, he collaborates with international colleagues and students. D r. L o w d ’s l e c t u r e , “Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence: Science Takes on Fake News,” starts at 7 p.m. at The Belfry, with an introduction by Jim Cornelius, editor in chief of The Nugget. Social hour begins at 6 p.m. with light fare, beer, and wine available. Admission is $5; teachers and students are admitted free. The Belfry is located at 302 E. Main Ave., Sisters. In addition to the evening lecture, Dr. Lowd will meet with Sisters Middle School students enrolled in computer programming classes taught by Wes Estvold. The Frontiers in Science lecture series will conclude on Tuesday, May 7 with Dr. Robert Collins speaking on “The Brain Makes the Mind,” which argues that even “free will is fake news.” For more information on these topics and on the Sisters Science Club: www.sistersscienceclub.org; scienceinsisters@gmail.com.

It’s official...

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The Lodge at Sisters Assisted Living Community celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday.

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17678 WILT ROAD Secluded 40-acre buildable parcel adjacent to government land. Beautiful old ponderosa pines, juniper & natural groundcover throughout. All of the property has usable terrain with slight slope from the higher west side to the lower southeast corner. Great solar and southern exposure. Perfect property for RV/camping or build your own offthe-grid cabin or dream home. Conditional use approval in place allows for construction of a residence. Located within the Metolius Winter Deer Range. Deer, elk and other wildlife abound. Great area for horse trail-riding. Located 10 miles NE of Sisters via a series of paved, gravel and dirt public roads that lead right to the property. Bordered by public lands on 3 sides. Adjacent public forest lands extend west to the Cascades. $225,000. MLS#201609530

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A HOME FOR ALL SEASONS! This custom-built, architecturally exciting home greets you with a wrap-around porch, shake siding and wood windows. The greatroom has radiant heat in the porcelain slate floors, an exposed-beam ceiling, fireplace and French doors. Porcelain slate countertops, beautiful wood cabinets and large pantry grace the kitchen. An attached guest quarters can be locked off or used as additional family living. Three bedrooms, 3 baths, office & bonus room. Metal roof. On 1/3 acre with upper-level mountain views. Pool and tennis for homeowners. Forest land and Metolius River close by. Black Butte views. $539,000. MLS#201902576

OVERLOOKS THE DESCHUTES RIVER This premier building site is perched like an eagle’s nest on the west rim of the Deschutes River Canyon. Beautiful river views and views of Smith Rock, the Ochocos and the southern horizon. Paved access, existing well, utilities and septic available. Property directly fronts the Deschutes River, and BLM lands are nearby offering hiking and/or fishing opportunities. $295,000. MLS#201506294

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YOU BELONG HERE 2.5-acre parcels with community water, power and phone available. All lots offer you treed privacy and easy paved-road access. Be one of the first buyers in to claim a mountain view. Just minutes to Sisters. Priced $220,000 to $247,500. Call listing office for MLS#.

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

PREMIUM LAKEFRONT… …homesite in Aspen Lakes Golf Estates. 1.27 acres with nice pine trees and water views. Protective CC&R's in this gated community of fine homes. 2 years of golf membership included with the purchase. Utilities to the lot line. Just minutes to the town of Sisters. $349,000. MLS#201506535

TIMBER CREEK HOMESITES Affordable homesites in the city of Sisters. Build on these well-priced lots in this value-protected neighborhood with low HOA fees. (Two lots available.) Wonderfully convenient to beautiful Whychus Creek, grade school, library and all the attractions of the frontier town of Sisters. At this price, could also hold for future development! Or, build your home in the spring. Your construction drawing/plans could be approved this winter and your subcontractors lined up ready to break ground! $99,900 each lot. MLS #201810828 & #201810829

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343 W. ADAMS AVE. Development opportunity for new construction. 120’ x 114’. Good location in NW portion of Sisters. Located in area with mix of professional, service, and medical. $289,000. MLS#201802939

BEAUTIFUL TREED LOT IN METOLIUS MEADOWS! This .42± acre lot with mature ponderosa pines borders open space/common area overlooking Lake Creek Basin to the north and Black Butte to the south. Paved road and underground utilities. Ownership includes common area privileges, tennis courts, pool and more. Close to National Forest and Metolius River. This is a great lot to build your vacation getaway cabin.$249,500. MLS#201900507

17920 WILT ROAD Cascade mountain views from this private 38± acre homesite, ready for your new home. A permitted gated driveway, buried power lines to homesite, installed permitted septic tank and lines and a water system await you at the top of the drive. Borders miles of public lands. A rare property in the Sisters School District with a permanent CUP in place. $350,000. MLS #201808510

547 W. JEFFERSON AVENUE Enjoy your Sisters Get-Away in this Pine Meadow Village updated/quality condominium, close to downtown, trails, pool and tennis. Luxury details include hardwood and tile floors, Energy Star appliances, quality wood cabinets, stone countertops and much more. The 2-bedroom, 2-bath, 1,560 sq.ft. floor plan has 2 living rooms and an office/den that could be your 3rd bedroom. Outdoor paver patio and upstairs deck with mountain views. Double garage with storage and nicely landscaped grounds maintained by the HOA. $389,000. MLS#201803407

Shane Lundgren 541-588-9226 Broker

Debbie Dyer 541-480-1650 GRI, Broker

BE A PART OF IT... Sisters’ Only Custom Mixed-Use Community INNOVATIVE NEW CONCEPT • Light Industrial/Commercial • Live/Work Loft Apartments • Opportunity for Economic Diversity • Small Condo-type Spaces • Perfect for Start-ups and Entrepreneurs Lot 17 MLS#201803204 ............$200,000 Lot 5 MLS#201803205 ............$235,000 Lot 4 MLS#201803206 ........... $245,000 Lot 7 MLS#201803202 ........... $250,000 Lot 9 MLS#201803207PE........... NDING$300,000

WIDGI CREEK TOWNHOME Live the Central Oregon outdoor lifestyle in a luxury Elkai Woods townhome. Spacious 3 bedroom, 3 bath, open greatroom floor plan features beautiful rock fireplace, hardwood floors, lots of natural light, 4 outdoor living spaces, hot tub & view of Widgi Creek’s 15th fairway. End unit with large double garage, surrounded on 3 sides by landscaping. HOA provides water, sewer, garbage, building & landscape maintenance. Spend your free time golfing, mtn. biking, fishing, hiking, boating, skiing & much more… right out your back door or just a short drive to the Deschutes National Forest. End your day with a quick drive to Bend’s Old Mill & Downtown for the finest in dining, shopping & entertainment! $559,500. MLS#201901914

26324 SW METOLIUS MEADOWS DRIVE Borders National Forest! Quality, energy efficient & well maintained home. Reverse living floor. Main level w/beamed vaulted great room & kitchen, large master suite, office/den, 2 baths & laundry room. Lower level has 2 bedrooms and a bath. Granite counters, stainless appliances & gas fireplace. Lots of windows. Low maintenance landscaping w/irrigation; private paver patio, deck w/hot tub. Triple garage w/extensive builtins. Furnished or unfurnished. Move in ready. All season fun — ski, hike & bike out your back gate, fish in the Metolius River & enjoy the community pool & tennis courts. It’s time to live where you play.$539,000. MLS#201801824

Greg Davidge 808-281-2676 Broker

Jackie Herring 541-480-3157 Broker