The Nugget Newspaper // Vol. XLII No. 23 // 2019-06-05

Allergy levels are high, but pine pollen is not to blame page 17

Sisters Dance Academy marks 10 years on the hardwood page 25

Cowboy Court Apartments to open this summer page 38

The Nugget Vol. XLII No. 23

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News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon

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Wednesday, June 5, 2019

Sisters gets ready to Rodeo Sisters Rodeo is geared up for some great competition this week, with a huge number of competitors in every rodeo event, including world champions and barnstorming rookies.

There will be 35 bareback riders, 55 saddlebronc riders, 52 bull riders, 49 tie down ropers, 53 teams of team ropers, 46 steer wrestlers and 90 barrel racers.

There are 24 Wild Horse Race teams to kick off rodeo action in a flurry of dives, dust and bucking rides. Five teams are from Arizona, one team each from California, Wyoming and Montana, two from Washington and 13 from Oregon.

Wild horse racing is growing in rodeos in the West, with several rodeos in the Rocky Mountain states wanting to add them to their events. Butch David of Warm Springs, the district president of the Wild Horse Race Association, is excited about

Lightning storm does damage in Sisters

Christmas event. Timber Moore won Rodeo Rapid City

A late-afternoon lightning storm that moved through Sisters Country on Tuesday, May 28, struck and damaged three structures and surrounding trees.

The first incident was reported at 2:54 p.m. when a homeowner on Peterson Burn Road reported a smoke odor in the main house on her property. A second structure on the property, an Airbnb that was occupied by renters at the time, also reported a direct strike to their structure, that reportedly knocked everything off the walls.

Initial arriving units found two structures with obvious damage to both due to

See RODEO on page 8

See LIGHTNING on page 30

PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK

Volunteers have gotten Sisters Rodeo Arena into shape for the Biggest Little Show in the World. the surge of the sport and the number of teams coming to Sisters.

Tie down roping adds

some royalty to the mix of 49 competitors. Cooper Martin won St. Paul Rodeo during the 2018 Cowboy

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Ranger shares plans for Outlaws jazz band tops in state USFS headquarters

By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

By Sue Stafford Correspondent

The U.S. Forest Service has a long history in the city of Sisters. And it looks like that history could be even longer due to some changes in Forest Service plans for its proposed new administrative site.

The total 67 acres owned by the Forest Service on either side of State Highway 20 at the northwest end of town has been the subject of years of speculation, dreaming, and concern about what would happen to the property when the Forest Service announced it was selling the property and moving its new Sisters Ranger District headquarters.

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The first plan was to build a new building across Barclay Drive on Forest Service property and sell off the rest. The second plan was to sell all 67 acres with its current zoning as a single parcel, and build new headquarters west of Rail Way off Highway 20. After deciding to break up the property into sections to enable separate sales, the 18 acres north of Barclay sold to a local party who plans to build light industrial buildings.

When the City and ODOT sent a letter to the USFS indicating an interest in the East Portal (the triangle of land bounded by Highways 20 and 242, and Hood Avenue), See USFS on page 39

The Sisters High School Jazz Band brought home first-place honors from the Jazz Band State Finals held at Mt. Hood Community College on May 18.

Band Director Tyler Cranor recognizes a significant accomplishment for the

young musicians.

“That is the first state title since 2003 and the first since we were a 4A school,” he said.

Bands at the festival are judged by a three-judge panel on musicality, quality of sound and stage presence. The band played three

pieces: a shuffle tune titled “Out of the Doghouse”; an original arrangement of Duke Ellington’s, “Concerto for Cootie,” and a contemporary Latin number, “Coconut Champagne.”

See JAZZ BAND on page 23

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The Sisters High School Jazz Band is a state champion.

Letters/Weather ................ 2 Sisters Salutes .................. 9 Entertainment ..................13 Obituaries ..................28-29 Classifieds..................32-34 Meetings ........................... 3 Announcements................12 Sisters Naturalist............. 19 Crossword ........................31 Real Estate .................35-40

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SISTERS RODEO PARTICIPANTS & PATRONS!

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 letter written by Elizabeth Burns last week is so disturbing that I just have to comment on it. It’s so wrong in so many ways.

I’m a lifelong educator, as well — which I’m embarrassed to say after reading her letter.

Her statement automatically pinning the blame on people because of their sex, color and age, is disgusting. “Like so much in this country old white men ....” So to follow her logic, young non-white women are automatically not ever at fault? What about older women then? What about non-white males?

Or all white women? All equally disgusting assumptions. That’s exactly what we are trying to avoid in America. Aren’t we? That kind of knee-jerk statement and those assumptions?

She decries “Cronyism and favoritism,” then turns right around and does exactly that herself. To paraphrase her: “Many of the

children have been part of the community for years. The coaches have been here for mere months.” OMG! That’s rank cronyism and favoritism RIGHT THERE! Can’t you see?

Automatically good people and bad people, based on how long they have lived in our town. That’s really how to rank people? Think about it. Virtually all of us were newcomers to Sisters at some point. That’s an awful, awful assumption. Dead wrong, too.

Then to top it off: “Children are to be believed.” Well, OK, but believed just as much as the adults/others involved. No more, and no less. Fair is fair, right? Only an in depth investigation or a court can actually determine who is telling the whole truth and who is not. Wait and see. Until then the accused are presumed innocent — unless that has changed in the last See LETTERS on page 35

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I’ve changed my mind (a little) about how we discuss generations. First, let me illustrate my longstanding gripe.

“I am probably the biggest fan of the millennials you’ll ever meet,” retired Navy Admiral William H. McRaven, who oversaw the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, said in a recent CBS interview. “[Critics] talk about millennials being soft and pampered and entitled?

Well, I’m quick to say that you’ve never seen them in a firefight in Afghanistan. ...

This is a fabulous generation, and anybody that worries about the future of the United States, I don’t think you need to worry.”

I can’t stand that kind of talk.

Imagine that I said, “I am probably the biggest critic of millennials you’ll ever meet.

Fans talk about millennials being brave and courageous.

Well, I’m quick to say that you’ve never seen them mooching beer money in a 7-Eleven parking lot.”

This might instantly strike you as unfair — and it is! That’s the point.

There are some 83 million millennials, defined as Americans born between 1981 and 1996. It’s difficult to generalize about a group of people this large.

I would leap at the opportunity to buy beer for the millennials who raided bin Laden’s compound. But some random guy who was playing video games when bin Laden was taken out?

He can buy his own beer.

In other words, characteristics can be generalized, but character is formed by individual deeds. There is no transitive property to glory or blame. A hero in one generation isn’t less heroic because of the misdeeds of someone else his age. Generational pride is the cheapest form of identity politics.

On the other hand, it’s true that you can make some useful generalizations about various generations.

Joseph Sternberg, an editorial writer for The Wall Street Journal, has a new book, “The Theft of a Decade: How the Baby Boomers Stole the Millennials’ Economic

Future.” He casts a thoughtful, nuanced and important light on the plight of millennials. Crucially, Sternberg does it from a centerright, pro-market perspective rather than from the more familiar center-left view that often gets mired in larger identity-politics formulations.

Millennials entered the workforce in large numbers around the time of the financial crisis of 20072008 and the deep recession that followed it. That, along with policies in areas such as housing and education pushed by allegedly selfinterested baby boomers, had dire consequences for a large swath of young people.

Sternberg’s argument that millennials — whether they fought in Afghanistan or not — have legitimate complaints about how the system is failing them strikes me as a valuable and worthwhile form of generational stereotyping. It’s rooted in empirical facts and figures.

But Sternberg’s attempt to blame the boomers for the millennials’ travails strikes me as the wrong kind of generational stereotyping. And I say that as a Gen Xer for whom bashing baby boomers is a birthright.

I have no doubt that some of the policy missteps Sternberg lays at the feet of the boomers can be attributed to certain generational attitudes. (They were the damn hippies, after all.) But many of those attitudes were inherited from the “Greatest Generation” or earlier.

More to the point, the policies the boomers implemented were hotly debated among boomers themselves, and virtually none of them expressly argued from a desire to self-deal for their own generation at the expense of others.

Just as there are millennial socialists and millennial anarcho-capitalists, there are boomers in those categories as well. If we’re going to assign blame — and why not? —it’s more helpful to put it on those who were wrong rather than indicting an entire generation of some 75 million people. © 2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC

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Americana Project to celebrate CD release Sisters Folk Festival is celebrating the 2019 Americana Project release along with the completion of 40 hand-made guitars and ukuleles through the Americana Luthier Program.

On Wednesday, June 12, students of the Sisters Americana Project, led

by Rick Johnson, will be releasing their 16th fulllength record, “There and Back,” with songs written and recorded by students of Sisters High School. The concert is at 6:30 p.m. at The Belfry in Sisters.

In the Americana Project, the educational outreach program of Sisters Folk Festival, Sisters High School students learn to play guitar, write and perform songs, and are introduced to the science and art of audio engineering. The students work with engineer and producer Brent Alan to learn recording techniques, including how to collaborate with friends and fellow musicians. The collaborative nature of music-making has been nurtured through See CD RELEASE on page 22

Cyclists prepare to Crest the Cascades Green Park in the heart of Sisters. The route offers a 30-mile ride to the summit and back to Sisters; a 53-mile ride up and over the summit to the McKenzie Pass West Gate and back; or a full 76 miles up and over all the way to Yale Campground and back to Village Green. Aid stations are positioned all the way, hosted by volunteers.

Riders will relax post-ride at Eurosports and enjoy food, beer and live music.

The event takes place two days before ODOT’s planned

By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

Over the past decade, the Crest the Cascades ride on the old McKenzie Pass has become one of Sisters’ signature events.

The ride events kick off on Friday, June 14 with a preride registration and party sponsored by Blazin Saddles Cycle-N-Style. Riders can come by Blazin Saddles to pick up their ride packet and enjoy hors d’oeuvres, beer and wine.

The Saturday, June 15 ride starts and ends at Village

See RIDE EVENT on page 30

PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK

Visitors reached for the sky during a free yoga session at Sisters Farmers Market last Sunday.

Sisters tries yoga in the park Fresh produce picked just minutes earlier at a farm one mile away. Handmade jewelry and blended teas. Hot lunch, crunchy granola, and original new backpacking food made by neighbors.

These offerings were all available at Sisters Farmers Market on opening day last Sunday, along with the toetappin’ tunes of the duo Appaloosa.

Something new popped up, too: a small group of people practicing yoga, enjoying a little downward dog off to the side of the market’s hustle and bustle.

Market Manager Rachel Kelleher had the idea of bringing fresh-air yoga to the lush lawn at Fir Street Park.

Kelleher is a registered nurse by trade and mom to two toddlers. Health is frequently on her mind.

Health starts somewhere: buying fresh veggies at a farmers market, randomly trying yoga.

— Rachel Kelleher She sees the farmers market as a route to wellness.

“Health starts somewhere: buying fresh veggies at a farmers market, randomly trying yoga,” she said. “For

some people it’s overwhelming to say, ‘I’m healthy and always eat organic and exercise every day.’

“But it’s easy to say, ‘I tried to be healthy today at the Sisters Farmers Market. I bought local and tried yoga.’

Change starts small.”

Naji’s Midtown Yoga of Bend will present vinyasa yoga on June 9, 23, and 30 at 11:30 a.m., with various instructors. The market itself is open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Yoga is not scheduled for Fathers Day, June 16, when the lawn will be used for a free kids’ performance workshop with Starshine Theater.

See YOGA on page 38

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, 2 p.m., The Lodge.

Sisters Family Aglow Lighthouse 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 CITY & PARKS Wednesday, 5 p.m. The Pines Clubhouse.

Public welcome. 541-719-8822.

Sisters City Council 2nd & 4th Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Sisters City Hall.

Sisters Veterans Thursdays, noon, 541-549-6022.

Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-903-1123.

Sisters Park & Recreation District Three Sisters Irrigation District Board of Directors 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, Board of Directors 1st Tuesday, 5:30 p.m., SPRD bldg. 541-549-2091.

4 p.m., TSID Office. 541-549-8815.

Sisters Planning Commission Three Sisters Lions Club 1st 3rd Thursday, 5:30 p.m., Sisters Thursday, noon, Ray’s Food Place City Hall. 541-549-6022. 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.

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.

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Volunteer welcomes contestants

Town will be full of Rodeo action

By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

Not all of the action is in the arena on Rodeo weekend.

At 9:30 a.m.

Saturday morning, the Sisters Rodeo Parade will roll down Cascade Avenue in a decades-old tradition that brings out rodeo queens, classic cars, PHOTO PROVIDED beautiful horses (and Las Vegas band Thrillbilly Deluxe. other critters), music and an appearance by Rodeo with a feeling of wanting to entertainer John Payne — the rip the sleeves off their shirt, One Arm Bandit. get a cooler full of beer and Sisters loves to kick up hit the road in that old pickup its heels over the weekend truck.” at local watering holes. It The band will also play on fires up on Thursday, June Friday and Saturday nights.

6, with traditional “locals Local bluegrass and night” festivities at Hardtails Americana favorites Moon Bar & Grill featuring the Mountain Ramblers will play ace Las Vegas, Nevada band after XTreme bulls at Sisters Thrillbilly Deluxe.

Saloon on Wednesday night, Thrillbilly Deluxe has June 5. Sisters Saloon brings been setting dance floors on back The Joe Slick Band on fire since 2011 with their the patio stage starting on hand-picked covers of main- Thursday, June 6. The Joe stream country radio artists Slick Band, based out of such as Keith Urban, Luke Washington, is one of the Bryan, Eric Church, Kenny Pacific Northwest’s premier Chesney and more, mixed country-rock bands. in with classic country and While The Joe Slick Band rock. rocks the patio, local favorThe band proclaims that, ite Dry Canyon Stampede “The image of the band, will play the indoor stage at together with this rocking Sisters Saloon, serving up country song list, leaves one classic cowboy favorites.

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Dry Canyon Stampede will play the indoor stage at Sisters Saloon.

COWGIRLS & INDIANS Last Roundup Retirement

Diane Prescott wears a variety of different hats for the Sisters Rodeo Association — and a cowboy hat is just one of them.

One of her major volunteer efforts is in creating about 450 welcome bags for Rodeo contestants. Prescott and a crew of willing hands gather swag from around the community — “anything useful for the cowboys” — and assemble it for presentation.

Prescott also paints, works on the landscaping, assists in selecting and distributing the Sisters Rodeo posters, works on kitchen cleanup, and ushers. Her primary task, though, is to work with board member Roger Dwight in the development and service of sponsors.

Prescott has been a Sisters Rodeo super-fan since 2004, when she visited the area at the invitation of her friend Chris Lentz.

“I knew her from San Diego,” Prescott recalled.

“We were in a riding club in San Diego. I came up here and stayed with her and she said, ‘Come on, Diane! We’re going to the Sisters Rodeo!”

Enthralled with the action and with the majestic sight of a Rodeo sunset over the Three Sisters, she was “bowled over.”

The die was cast.

“I wanted to be part of it,” she said.

Prescott grew up in Southern California — and

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Diane Prescott rides in the Sisters Rodeo Parade. she says she “always was a horsey gal.”

“I always wanted one,” she said. “I was a city girl and didn’t have one. My cousins did and I was always asking my mother if I could go live with my cousins.”

Prescott’s career was in marketing and sales in the computer industry. She did a lot of trade-show work, some of it in Las Vegas — where she discovered the National Finals Rodeo.

Transferred from Santa Barbara to San Diego, she delved deep into the equestrian world.

“I’ve always been a trail rider,” she said. “Living in San Diego, my horse was

boarded and all I ever wanted was to live where he could live in the backyard with me,” she said.

When the time in her life came when that was possible, she thought Colorado might be an option. She planned a trip to Yellowstone — but detoured to Sisters for that fateful visit with Lentz.

“Pretty soon we were window-shopping at real estate offices,” she said.

Trail riding remains a passion, and one of the major attractions of Sisters Country.

“You can ride anywhere you can see, basically,” she said. “That’s new when you See PRESCOTT on page 26

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HUGE DISCOUNTS! On Double D Ranchwear, Art, Jewelry, Boots & More Joining us on Thursday is RENOWNED WESTERN SINGER JONI HARMS who will sing us on down the trail…

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Sisters Elementary School (611 East Cascade Ave) to the Cell Towers 1.5 hours before, to 1.5 hours after the Rodeo.

See ya at the Rodeo!

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Artist’s one-woman show of wild horses at library

By Helen Schmidling Correspondent

Five and a half years ago, upon hearing that six horses out of the Ochoco herd near Big Summit Prairie had been shot, Carol Statton grabbed her camera and took a ride that would change her life.

She and her husband, Randy, headed out toward Walton Lake, not knowing where or what she’d find.

After several hours, they “came upon what I thought was a mare and a foal,” she said. “I spent so much time just watching them; at one point, I started walking backwards toward my car, still watching. Then I felt my foot step on a branch, and as the branch snapped, in that split second, I raised my camera and snapped the picture that changed my life.” She had caught a single image of a wild horse, looking straight at her.

The “mare” in that photograph turned out to be a stallion that Carol named Marley, because of his Rastafarian mane. He was the stallion who lost his family in that tragic incident.

“I posted (Marley) to Facebook and I was immediately thrown into the wild horse world,” Carol said.

“Kate Beardsley of Mustangs to the Rescue and Gail Hunt of Central Oregon Wild Horse Coalition were actively trying to find out who would harm the ones that were killed.”

Everyone asked where she discovered the herd, but due to her circuitous route, she didn’t know. But, by describing the cattle guards, people were able to pinpoint the herd’s location.

Statton often returns to the Ochoco herd to watch and to document.

“Not only did I become a photographer in the sense of doing the work, but I’m still doing that work with the purpose of bringing hearts to the (wild) horses. I just love capturing what I see and feel,” she said.

She also traveled to Utah to photograph one of the most famous wild herds that exists, around 500 horses living in the Great Basin of the Onaqui Desert.

Carol’s photographs of the Ochoco and Onaqui wild horses are displayed in the Community Room and throughout the Sisters Library during June and July.

The centerpiece is that grand photograph of Marley, at the moment that catapulted Carol into a life with new purpose.

She was drawn into the world of wild-horse photography, and was asked to be on the board of the Central Oregon Wild Horse Coalition.

“My strengths are building relationships and communicating. There are a lot of people who are way more knowledgeable about the issues, but through my photography, I can show people the depth of these creatures and their spirit, their place in nature.”

She said the Bureau of Land Management has plans to round up a majority of the Onaqui horses, to be put up for adoption. Those that don’t find homes will likely spend the rest of their lives in corrals.

Carol’s purpose, she says, is to “speak to the horses’ inherited right.” Many people devalue wild horses because of their origins. “It’s my belief that generation after generation, something born on the land should have the right to claim that land, that environment,” she said.

“They need to be managed well, but they belong there.”

Meanwhile, back at home, the wild horses changed Carol’s life in dramatic ways.

“I never thought I would have four horses, but that’s what I have,” she said.

Shortly after she discovered Marley, she chanced upon a Craigslist ad for an “Ochoco Mare.” One seemingly insurmountable obstacle after another fell away; Carol eventually acquired that mare, and named her Willow.

What followed was a domino effect, as Statton acquired another Ochoco mare, Prairie Rose, who passed a year ago.

Next came a young foal with a severe leg injury. They named her Faith, and she had a blessed week of being loved and cared for by humans before she was released from life.

“When we had to let Faith go, I felt compelled to help another injured horse,” Statton said.

A year later, she rescued Grace, who came with damaged legs, and who has since survived tremendous medical

PHOTO BY HELEN SCHMIDLING

Carol Statton documents wild horses with a camera. issues that included surgery to remove massive tumors from her sinuses.

“The tumors could grow back, but she’s passed the one-year mark,” Carol said.

Grace’s survival is, in itself, a kind of miracle of veterinary medicine, faith, and the strength of Carol’s support network.

Next came Vida, a domestic horse who had been released and was surviving

on her own in the wild until landing on a rancher’s property near Klamath Falls.

“She was about three years old and very fragile,” Carol explained. “I asked my daughter if she was ready to have her own horse, and she said yes, so Vida came home with us.”

Finally, Statton and her family recently See WILD HORSES on page 31

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Campfire safety critical in Oregon It’s camping season in Oregon’s natural places.

Despite recent rains, dry conditions are already present in many areas and Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) reminds visitors to enjoy their campfires responsibly.

“Regularly reviewing campfire safety practices, even if you’re a seasoned camper, is a good habit to get into,” said Chris Havel, OPRD associate director. “It’s especially important if you’re camping with children or folks that are learning about responsible outdoor recreation.”

Follow these tips for a safe and enjoyable campfire: • Know before you go: research conditions for the area surrounding your campground. Fire restrictions may be in place at the park, county

or state level.

• Maintain campfire flames at knee height, or roughly two feet high. This helps prevent ash or embers from becoming airborne, especially during the dry summer months. If you see wind stirring up embers from your fire, play it safe and extinguish it.

• Only build campfires in the existing fire ring in your campsite. Fire ring locations are carefully picked, and park rangers clear vegetation around rings to create a safe buffer zone.

• Always keep plenty of water nearby to extinguish your campfire. To put out your fire, drown the flames with water and stir the embers to make sure everything is wet.

The stirring step is important: ash and wood debris often maintain heat and embers

unless they are drowned out.

• Beach campfires should be started on open sand, away from driftwood or vegetation.

Use water to extinguish your beach fire, not sand. Covering the fire with sand will insulate the coals, keeping them hot enough to burn unsuspecting beachgoers hours or even days later.

• For propane fire rings, follow the same safety precautions you would with a log-based campfire. Propane fire rings should be placed in, on or directly next to installed park fire rings.

• Make sure everyone in your campsite, even children, is familiar with campfire safety. Always keep an eye on your campfire; many accidental fires are started because campers left their fire unattended for “just a minute.”

Region sees increasing tree mortality BEND (AP) — An Oregon State University forester says dry winters and long periods of drought, combined with fire suppression, are affecting the health of Central Oregon trees.

Nicole Strong, a forestry and natural resources extension agent for OSU, described an increased amount of tree mortality — including junipers — in Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson counties.

The Bulletin reports that Strong says junipers on the High Desert have become more fragile in recent decades, thanks to fire suppression policy. Periodic fires thin forests and improve the health of existing trees. When fires do not occur, forest density increases, resulting in more competition for water and space to grow.

“This is the main reason we see a lack of resilience and mortality during

periods of drought, as well as when there are insect or disease outbreaks,” she said.

“If nothing is done, such as prescribed burns, this will be compounded in the future according to climate change models.”

The tree deaths have also been noticed by the Bureau of Land Management, which manages thousands of acres of juniper woodlands in Central Oregon. Deschutes Field Manager Jeff Kitchens described dying junipers in the High Desert between the Bend Airport and Powell Butte, as well as Crooked River Ranch.

“I am getting calls from landowners regarding trees on adjacent public lands and we wish we could provide an answer. People are noticing the dying trees and we are directing them to reach out to local extension offices,” Kitchens said.

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Juniper trees typically grow between an elevation of 2,600 and 9,800 feet and can live up to 1,600 years. Their berrylike cones, 5-10 millimeters in diameter, are an important source of food for birds native to Central Oregon, including Clark’s nutcracker and the American robin. Native Americans used the berries for medicinal purposes.

The BLM has no imminent plans to remove dead trees.

“If at any time areas affected were to directly be safety hazards to human life and or property we would work with our partners and neighbors to prioritize treatments. Some mortality, which may be a natural process of thinning and forest/woodland succession, will most likely benefit the ecosystem and require little, if any, active management from us,” Kitchens said.

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The Bunkhouse Chronicle Craig Rullman Columnist

Wheel of Fortune Way back a thousand years ago, when I came off the desert to try once again — reluctantly — to reconcile myself to the vagaries of human civilization, I committed a cardinal sin: I sold my saddle.

In the world of buckaroos this is a subject so taboo — like sitting in a baseball dugout and suddenly starting a conversation about The Yips — it is better off left alone.

But this is, after all, rodeo week, and some stories still have happy endings.

I sold my saddle for the simple reason that I was flat broke. I also needed to eat, and put gas in my truck to get from here to there, and that saddle — and some bits, a decent collection of romals and hand-twisted mecates, a

special pair of spurs with silver-dollar rowels, and even a quirt I built over a long winter in a one-room shack — represented my only treasure on earth.

So I sold them off for a grubsteak and a kickstart, and mostly refused to talk about it whenever the subject came up in the subsequent years.

I first acquired that saddle at a branding on the Bare Ranch in Surprise Valley, California. With so many buckaroos in one place the branding turned into an openair bazaar, as they usually do, with Garcia bits, spurs, 12-plait romals, and saddles changing hands faster than buffalo robes at Bent’s Fort.

I traded out three saddles in three days until I finally got the one I wanted, an HH out of Elko, Nevada. It was a work of art: 16.5 inches on a Wade Tree with a Cheyenne roll, a stout post horn and lace-in stirrups. It also had some silver pretties on it and came with the original elkhide bucking rolls. It fit like a glove and looked, to a working cowboy, better than the Hope Diamond.

We branded 5,000 calves that spring and summer, every last one of them dragged to a sagebrush fire in one of five different desert camps, and to say that I built some memories into the leather would be

an understatement. I bucked out sloppy rough-string colts in Duck Flat, chased wild horses and burros through High Rock Canyon, herded angry bison through the Madeline Plains, fought wild bulls up Slumgullion Creek, and once rode through the Black Rock Range from Soldier Meadows to Battle Creek in a solid blizzard to gather stray cattle. I was so cold I couldn’t feel my fingers or toes, and the ice in my beard was so heavy my face drooped. Next morning, we drove those cows back through the canyon under a flawless blue sky in wind that cut like razorblades.

But the Wheel of Fortune — Rota Fortunae — has its ups and downs. The concept of fortune being tied to the wheel was first introduced to us by the ancient Greeks, and shows up from time to time in Western literature, most notably during the middle ages when talented scribes started drawing it on vellum by candlelight. Belonging to the goddess Fortuna, she spins away at the wheel on a whim, and those of us tied to its spokes will sometimes end up on top, and sometimes hang upside down with our pockets turned inside out.

When my first crack at living upright in town inevitably failed, I went back to

the desert. By then I had another saddle, another collection of good using gear started, but I never quite got over the shame of selling off the old HH. Over the years I made several attempts to get it back, but the good man I sold it to had built his own memories into the tree, riding his own big circles on the desert.

And the truth is, selling that saddle, and rolling my bed for town when I did was probably a good idea, even if I didn’t think so at the time. It likely kept me from straying too far from the end of the road for too long and ending up like Claude Dallas. I never met Claude, but I know people who rode with him, and I know some of the places he stayed when he was on the run. And I’m a firm believer that the temptations of the true desert can overwhelm our capacity for reason if we aren’t very, very careful.

But I promised you a happy ending. Two weeks ago I got that old saddle back from my old friend. And my silver-dollar spurs.

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they could make me cry. I drove three hundred miles to get it, and it cost me a rifle in trade, plus a promise that I would bequeath the saddle back to his son when I die, but that is a small price to pay to end up, all these years later, back on top of the wheel.

And I realize now that if I had never sold it, I never could have nurtured the dream of getting it back, felt the long pull of summer sunshine in the desert when other careers took me into places of darkness, or felt the sublime frisson of swinging into it again like I did last week, on a new colt, in new country, with new dreams, but the same wary eye on the hand that spins the wheel.

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RODEO: Action starts with XTreme Bulls on Wednesday Continued from page 1

in February. Redmond locals Roger Nonella and Austin Hogue will attempt to leap into the win column.

Saddlebronc riding has 55 entries, including several members of the nowlegendary Wright brothers of Milford, Utah. Jesse Wright is currently sitting in the No. 3 position in the early standings of PRCA winners. His brother Rusty is 9th and other brother Spencer in 11th position. Jesse Kruse, a popular Sisters competitor, is in 12th place this season.

They will compete with former World Champion Rhen Richard and Jordan Spears, who won Clovis Rodeo in April.

The field is loaded with up-and-coming competitors, ready to make a name for themselves at Sisters with the great bucking stock from Corey and Lange Rodeo Stock Contractors.

Blake and Trevor Knowles, nephews of Deschutes County Commissioner Patti Adair, will lead the steer wrestling competition at #23 and #29 respectively. They are among forty-six steer wrestlers who will compete at the rodeo.

Blake Knowles was the 2015 winner in this event at Sisters.

Sean Santucci of Prineville is another local cowboy to watch in this event.

There are 35 entries in Bareback riding, Tilden Hooper won the 2019 RAM National Finals Rodeo in March. He will compete against some of the best, such as Clayton Biglow, who won the Dixie National Rodeo in February and R.C. Landingham, winner of the Montgomery rodeo in March.

Sisters has a history of great bareback riders, established by former Redmond resident Bobby Mote, a

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Bronc riding action at Sisters Rodeo is always a thrill. multiple World Champion rider. Mote, who lives in Texas, has trained many riders, such as Austin Foss of Terrebonne, who is representing Central Oregon proudly at No. 7 currently.

Team roping has 53 entries, including Riley and Brady Minor, who won Ellensburg Rodeo in September. Trey Yates won in the huge Tucson Rodeo in February, and will compete at Sisters with a new partner.

Many local cowboys are in this event, including Russell Cardoza of Terrebonne, Dave Inman of Bend, Shane Erickson of Terrebonne, and McKennan Buckner of Powell Butte.

Local team ropers also include the Cully and Dayton Stafford team from Prineville, the Sam Willis and JR Brown team of Terrebonne and Redmond and Travis Bales of Redmond. Don’t forget the local artist Brandon Beers, who produced the running horses on Highway 20 just south of Sisters.

Rodeo fans are at their loudest as they encourage women’s barrel racers in a dash to the finish line in this

popular event. The current world leader, Nellie Miller, is among the entries, with a full cadre of racers hot on her heels.

Thirteen local women are competing in barrel racing, in an entry of ninety racers.

Local racers who have made a name for themselves include Lexie Goss, Jessica Crouch and the historical favorite, former World Champion Brenda Mays.

Bull riding brings 61 competitors to the weekend rodeo events, but that doesn’t include the all-bull-riding competition on Wednesday night at Xtreme Bulls.

There are some top bull riders entered at Sisters, including Rhen Richard, who recently surpassed the million-dollar mark in career earnings. Then there is Chase Dougherty, a Portland native, who won the RAM Top Gun Award at the 2018 National Finals Rodeo, winning more money than any other competitor at the NFR. Jordan Spears won at Clovis Rodeo in April and Stetson Wright is leading the rookie standings and is currently at third in world standings. The competition will be

challenging and the bulls will be at the top of their game in fine weather for a rodeo weekend.

The action starts Wednesday night at 6:30 p.m. with Xtreme Bulls, then traditional rodeo runs Friday through Sunday with four performances. Tickets may be purchased online at www. sistersrodeo.com. The ticket office is closed Wednesday.

Then, available tickets may be purchased at the rodeo grounds ticket office two hours before each performance.

(Correction re: “Film will highlight Sisters Rodeo,� The Nugget May 29, page 15): Sisters Rodeo received support from COVA and Sisters Chamber of Commerce for RFD television production during the rodeo.

EUGENE (AP) — The University of Oregon will increase in-state tuition by up to 9.68% next year.

T h e R e g i s t e r- G u a rd reported Thursday that the university Board of Trustees approved the plan Thursday following a two-hour public meeting during which students, faculty, staff, and community members largely opposed the measure.

The board voted 11-1 in favor of the new tuition schedule, which was recommended by university President Michael Schill.

Officials say the increase will be between 4.45 percent and 9.68 percent depending on the amount of funding the state earmarks for public universities this legislative session, rising to the highest percentage if lawmakers give less than $90 million to the Public University Support Fund.

There was no additional funding earmarked for the fund in Democratic Gov. Kate Brown’s initial proposed 2019-2021 budget.

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Novelist found her muse in Sisters

By Carol Statton Correspondent

Life can be redirected in a split second. For Catherine Cowles, a horseback riding injury sent her on a road trip to find a quiet, peaceful place to recover. When the journey of exploration led to Sisters, she knew she had found the perfect spot. What she didn’t know at the time was that it would also birth her life as a published romance novelist.

Being a lifelong voracious reader, it almost seemed natural that this new chapter in a new place would lead to a new career that included books. It wasn’t long before Catherine funneled her love of the written word into a brand-new quest. Shortly after arriving, Catherine began creating a strategy and equipping herself to attain the ultimate goal. It was time to enter the world that she loved; it was time to become an author.

Catherine knows that her readers often experience their own tragedy, grief, heartache and challenges. When escaping into romance novels, they all want to feel hope and a guaranteed “happily ever after.”

It was this awareness that directed Catherine to choose the romance genre for her writing focus. Quite different from a “love story,” a romance novel can still take you through the rough parts of life, but there will always be a happy ending.

A happy ending and some spicy elements along the way.

As she settled into her new life in Sisters, Catherine found inspiration. Her first book, “Further to Fall,” was already underway when she started to formulate the “Sutter Lake” series. And for those who know Sisters, the parallels are quite noticeable.

Although, Catherine didn’t craft her series literally about Sisters, her readers will feel all that has inspired her.

A writer often draws from life experiences, personal reflections and what they themselves are drawn to. Cowles has always been someone who appreciates the opportunity books provide as a portal to other worlds, lives and experiences. As she works on each book, her personal connections broaden as she has been welcomed and affirmed by the romancewriting community.

Friendships have blossomed, support systems have developed, and Catherine has truly found a new world inside the one she lives every day.

Life has become deeper, richer and even more creative than ever before.

Writing a novel is not e a s y, a n d Catherine commits a l m o s t every waking hour to the process. Selfimposed and intense

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Finding inspiraPHOTO BY CAROL STATTON • The Board of Directors tion from the town she A horseback riding injury led Catherine of Circle of Friends would calls home, as well Cowles to Sisters — and a career as a like to extend a HUGE as the beautiful surnovelist. thank-you for the generrounding landscape, ous donation of Wade Catherine has all that Underwood and the Three she needs to finish all four romance novelist.

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Pollard winds up Gonzaga running career

By Charlie Kanzig Correspondent

Five years ago this month, Brandon Pollard, then a senior at Sisters High School, stood atop the podium at Hayward Field, crowned the state champion in the 800 meters. Two hours earlier, he had engaged in an epic battle in the 1,500 meters, where he finished a very close second in 3:58.83, that left him so spent he was not certain at all about even making it to the starting line for the 800.

He regrouped and won the title, going away in 1:57.69 Such is the courage, tenacity, and talent of Sisters High School’s most-decorated track and field graduate.

On Saturday, May 25, Pollard’s collegiate career at NCAA Division 1 Gonzaga came to a close in the quarterfinals of the mens 1,500 of the Western Regional Meet held in Sacramento, where he ran 3:45 against a stacked field and did not advance to the NCAA Championship Finals which start June 5 in Austin,Texas.

After running 3:45.22 to advance from the preliminary round on Thursday, May 23, Pollard was unable to crack the top 12, finishing 19th in a time of 3:48.03. All 12 qualifiers ran under 3:43, evidence of a very deep field of runners.

Pollard’s lifetime best, 3:44.32 came earlier this month in a race at Willamette University that was a lastditch effort to qualify for the Western Regional.

Once at Gonzaga Pollard continued to improve as a runner under Coach Pat Tyson, a former University of Oregon teammate of legend Steve Prefontaine and one of the most successful coaches in Washington prep history after a long career at Mead High School. Before long, Pollard showed he was able to compete with the best of the best. But his career was also side-tracked more than once due to injuries.

Looking back at his time

in Spokane, Pollard feels a mix of disappointment and tremendous satisfaction.

“It has been tough to look past the disappointment after my last collegiate race, as I really wanted that Nationals ticket, but I can’t let that feeling linger because I look at where I am at and can confidently say that I was able to do things at Gonzaga that I never thought I would have been able to before,” he said. “There were times in my career when I was on the sidelines for months on end due to injuries or other setbacks, and to have gotten to this point where I am back running with the best-of-thebest in the country after what seemed like the end of the road at times.”

Being part of the Gonzaga program holds tremendous importance to Pollard. “I am just extremely proud and grateful to have been a Zag. I have been able to travel to places and seize opportunities I didn’t think I would get to just through doing what I love. I have been able to achieve a lifelong dream in representing our country and bringing Gonzaga’s name to new heights. I am immensely grateful to just have been a part of such a special program, team, and school.

There is no other name I would rather wear on my chest.”

Pollard says that an experience this season stands out in particular. It was at the Penn Relays, where Pollard ran the anchor leg of the 4 x Mile. His team ranked 12th going into the race, but before it was over the foursome had moved all the way up to fifth place.

“Not only was it an amazing racing experience and so unforgettable to have anchored for my team, but it really put things into perspective for me,” he said. “It reminded me that running for Gonzaga means something greater than myself. It is humbling to lay it all out there for my teammates and program I care so much about

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and to know they would do the same for me on the biggest stage.”

The drive to succeed led to Pollard’s greatest hardships as well. “I am disappointed in myself for not being more patient when I was injured.

The majority of my sophomore and junior years were plagued by injuries, and I have a tendency to feel unsettled with where I’m at and would push the brink a bit too much and remain injured.”

He continued, “At those times it was very difficult to see myself bouncing back and reaching my goals in the future. But here I am walking away from the NCAA quarterfinals in the 1,500, a place I really thought I may have lost reach of during some points in my career.”

Pollard, who entered college at age 17, plans to continue racing.

“I’ll definitely continue running and competing,” he said. “Tyson recently told me that it’s really just the beginning of my running career if I wanted to continue to pursue it. He believes in me to continue to get better and compete at the highest level, and I do as well. I am only 22 and still have a few years at least until I should hit my prime.”

Pollard’s future also holds a specific goal: To run under 4:00 for the mile. His best 1,500 time converts to running at 4:02.5 pace for the mile, so this goal is definitely within the realm of possibility.

Ever-grateful for his many supporters, Pollard has a long list of people who he says helped make his collegiate career possible, particularly his parents, Don and Shannon.

“From the bottom of my heart I truly feel like the luckiest son to have them in my life,” he said.

Pollard extended thanks to many others as well, including his siblings Ryan, Jordan, and Maddie and his grandfather Harry. Also, in addition to his high school coaches Josh Nordell, Rima Givot,

Dennis Dempsey and the late Wayne Powell, Pollard is deeply indebted to Kris Kristovich who volunteered and conducted offseason workouts for years.

“Kris has invested years into my life and is really the reason I was ever good enough to make it to Gonzaga in the first place,” he said. “Nik Goertzen has been a tremendous help as well.”

After Pollard’s final race for Gonzaga, Pat Ty s o n said, PHOTO BY CHARLIE KANZIG “Brandon will go down as one of the Outlaws standout Brandon Pollard has finest runners in concluded his running career at Gonzaga.

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Close encounters of the coyote kind

By Bill Turner Correspondent

Last Friday I met up with my riding buddy and true Vaquero horseman Jeff Gates at another friend’s ranch off of Dusty Loop Road in Tumalo. I had recently purchased an old Hamley saddle that my legendary cowboy/ logger friend Steve Bennett used at his family ranch in French Glen, Oregon.

Jeff brought his two horses, Concho and Slick.

We switched a couple straps around, adjusted the stirrups, added an additional pad, and my new-old saddle fit Slick perfectly. I had ridden this tall and lanky grey horse a couple of other times, and I felt like we had a good bond.

So no worries, and off we went for a casual short ride to check out the feel of the saddle and have a good trail conversation with my riding pal Jeff. This was a welltraveled trail that was easy to ride side by side to enjoy the rocky sage and juniper terrain.

Jeff brought his two border collies with him, as always. Jesse is an older gal and has been by Jeff’s side for many years. Sonny is a little over a year and a half old and very well trained for her younger years and is trail-savvy already. Both are black tri, and a joy to be with. The third dog was named Blue. He lived at the ranch and decided to join us for the ride. Blue is a beautiful full-grown blue merle Aussie shepherd, and looked like he could handle himself in most any situation.

A couple of miles into the ride Jeff mentioned that we may see a coyote or two out here because they are getting their pups out and about this time of year. No big deal!

About 10 seconds later

I see a flash of movement to my left. It was the young border collie, Sonny, running for her life with an athletic full-grown coyote about 15 feet behind her, and both running like thoroughbreds.

Having grown up on the back of a horse and knowing that things can change in an instant, Slick and I immediately were at a run to get between Sonny and the coyote — with good speed and as loud a yell as I could muster. The coyote veered off as Jeff was calling Sonny in. Then I saw two more coyotes. Just then Blue went after them as they were trying to lead him away from us and into the hills. With Slick’s speed and sure footing we headed straight for the coyotes and Blue responded to Jeff’s call just in time for us to get in between them before they could get their teeth into Blue. Then Sonny went after them and Blue followed again.

Jeff had managed to scare off two of the coyotes, but the one I had been dealing with kept coming in, then running up the hill to bait the dogs. He would not give up!!

In the next instant, Slick and I had to run up into the rocks and avoid being swiped out of the saddle by a juniper branch.

Thank God the dogs turned and responded to Jeff’s call. As they turned back I was about 15 feet away from and looking eye to eye at the largest and most tenacious coyote I have ever encountered. He just stood his ground and was barking and yelping at me for about five or 10 seconds then started circling away from me again. In that moment in time, I was looking at a magnificent animal in his silver grey, tan and reddish coat, just doing his thing as

a hunter and trickster very, very well. All that aside, this was a dangerous situation for us all.

As I got back to Jeff he had wrangled the dogs and we were able to tie a rope to all three to keep them together. So I tied the dogs to my belt loop and held onto the two horses as Jeff had his .45 revolver in hand to go send a clear message to the last, persistent coyote.

About 50 yards away he saw him in the distance and fired a single shot near him and then he ducked into the woods.

I thought about those other two coyotes, and realized if they came up behind us, this situation could really get ugly. Not a minute later though, Jeff was back. We then decided to head back to the ranch and hopefully avoid another attack.

So, Jeff mounted up on Concho and ponied Slick by his side, while I walked with the three dogs on a rope to keep them from taking chase if the coyotes tried to entice them again. Once we got about a mile back toward the ranch I got back on Slick and we let Jesse and Sonny off the rope, and kept Blue on, until he saw the ranch and knew he was home safe.

I can tell you that with Jeff’s preparedness by having that 12 feet of rope in his saddlebag and a holster

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Jeff Gates and one of his dogs, who experienced a serious threat from coyotes near Sisters. with gun attached to his saddle saved our bacon. I don’t know how we would have maintained control of the dogs without the rope, and it seems that only a gunshot was going to be able to dissuade the persistent coyotes from continuing their attack.

With loose dogs, I think the coyotes would not have given up until they took one down.

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A N N O U N C E M E N T S Kids’ Performance Class

Starshine and Sisters Farmers Market are teaming up to host a 1-hour performance workshop for kids ages 4-18 on Sunday, June 16 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Kids will create a mini-perfromance to be presented at the Sisters Sunday Showcase Talent Show at 1 p.m.

To register call 541-645-0688 or go to starshine-theater.com.

Healthy Living for Your Brain and Body

Join the Alzheimer’s Association to learn about research in the areas of diet and nutrition, exercise, cognitive activity and social engagement, and use hands-on tools to help incorporate these recommendations into a plan for healthy aging. Thursday, June 13 from 12:30 to 2 p.m. at Sisters Library. Call 800-272-3900 for more info or to register.

Career Funds Available

Applications are available for the Sisters Kiwanis Career Opportunity Fund to help adult residents of Sisters establish an occupational path. Pick up forms at the Kiwanis House, corner of Oak and Main, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Thursdays, and during regular hours from the Sisters Habitat for Humanity office. For additional information, please call 541-4102870.

Tai Chi/Balance Sessions

Free Tai Chi/Balance Classes based on the CDC “Steadi” Program to reduce injuries and falls in our community are being sponsored by Sisters Drug. Taught

by Shannon Rackowski every Thursday from 11-11:30 a.m. (except holidays) at the SPRD Fitness Room next to Sisters High School. Open to all ages. For info: 541-549-6221.

Sponsor an Impoverished Child from Uganda

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

Senior Luncheons & More

Adults age 60 and older are invited to join the Council on Aging Senior Luncheon, served every Tuesday at Sisters Community Church. Coffee and various fun activities begin at 11 a.m. with lunch served at noon.

Bingo is played after lunch until 2:30 p.m. For information call 541480-1843.

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Highlights Thursday, June 6 River Rat Social Group 5 p.m. at Three Creeks Brewing Monday, June 10 CPR/AED Class 9 a.m. at Sisters Fire Station Tuesday, June 11 First Aid Class 9 a.m. at Sisters Fire Station

River Rat Social Group

Calling all River Rats: Join us at Three Creeks Brewing on Thursday, June 6 at 5 p.m. to talk rafting, rivers, paddling, and all other river-running adventures.

Casual conversation, no “club” stuff, no volunteers needed.

Contact Kathy Campbell, 541-9120750.

OSU Alumni Join the Rodeo Parade

Show your OSU spirit by marching with fellow Beavers in the Sisters Rodeo parade on Saturday, June 8. The parade starts at 9:30 a.m. in downtown Sisters and participants will meet at 8:30 at a location TBD. For more information, contact Steve at 503-449-0438 or rudy6@ hotmail.com.

Lions Club Yard Sale

In late July the Three Sisters Lions Club will be hosting a yard sale to raise funds for senior scholarships, sight & hearing testing and more local projects. Donations are being accepted to make this event a success from May 18 through July 14. Drop-off location is on Hwy 242 next to Les Schwab on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Call Deri at 541-419-1279 for more information.

Healthy Living Information for Seniors Seniors and caregivers are invited to drop by the SAGE room at SPRD on the second Monday of every month from 1 to 3 p.m. to meet local service providers and gather free information about aging in place from foot care to end-of-life planning. Call Diane Goble at 541-588-0081 for information.

CPR/AED and First Aid Class

The next CPR/AED class is scheduled for Monday, June 10 at 9 a.m. The First Aid module is on Tuesday, June 11 at 9 a.m. The cost is $30 which covers both modules, a workbook and completion card.

Register by Wednesday, June 5. To register, go on-line to sistersfire. com and select the CPR tab, or stop by and register at the Sisters Fire station during business hours (8 to 5). Pick up the student workbook at the station after you register. If you have questions, call Gail Butler at 541-595-5712.

City Of Sisters Community Grants Program Accepting Applications

The City of Sisters is seeking to award grants to non-profit community groups and other entities that meet the grant criteria for the 2019-20 fiscal year.

The City will award up to a total of $20,000 in grants for Sisters community projects. Interested organizations should submit a Community Grant application, which is available on our website: www.ci.sisters.or.us or at City Hall, and letter of interest by Friday, July 19, 2019, attention Kerry Prosser, City Recorder. For information contact Kerry Prosser at 541-3235213 or kprosser@ci.sisters.or.us.

Organ Donor Awareness

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

Dementia Caregivers Group

A free support group for caregivers of those suffering with Alzheimer’s or other forms off dementia takes place the first Tuesday of each month from noon to 1:30 p.m. at Sisters City Hall. Sponsored by the Alzheimer’s Association, meetings t ngs ti provide emotional, educational, nal, and social support. Call 800-272772 3900 or go to alz.org/oregon for for more information.

Go Fish Group

Go Fish will meet on Monday, June 17 at Sisters Community Church at 7 p.m. The speaker will be Brett Hodgson, the Deschutes District Fish Biologist based out of Bend. He has been in that capacity for eleven years and is responsible for managing the fish populations in the upper Deschutes River basin. He will update us on the management of the fisheries in the Deschutes, Crooked, and Whychus Creeks.

For information call 541-771-2211.

Free Pet Food

Budget tight this month, but you still need pet food for your dog or cat? Stop by the Furry Friends pet food bank. We have all sorts of pet supplies, too. Open Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Located in the Sisters Art Works building, Ste. 109, 204 W. Adams Ave. For more information call 541-797-4023.

Thich Nhat Hahn Sangha Meditation Group

Weekly on Wednesdays at 4 p.m. at 737 E. Black Butte Ave. For more information please email Kathyn at Katindahood2@gmail.com.

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The second Tuesday of each month, Sisters Parkinson’s Support pport Group meets at The Lodge from om 2 to 3:30 p.m. All are welcomee to learn, share, and receive support. o t. or For more information contactt Carol at 541-668-6599.

The Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration 68825 Brooks Camp Road • 541-549-7087 8:30 a.m. Ecumenical Sunday Worship (Sunday school, childcare) 10:15 a.m. Episcopal Sunday Worship (Sunday school, childcare) Sisters Church of the Nazarene 67130 Harrington Loop Road • 541-389-8960 | sistersnaz.org 10:45 a.m. Sunday Worship | 2sistersnaz@gmail.com Westside Sisters 442 Trinity Way • 541-549-4184 | westsidesisters.org 9 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Sunday Worship Vast Church (Nondenominational) 1700 W. McKinney Butte (Sisters High School) • 541-719-0587 9:37 a.m. Sunday Worship | vastchurch.com Seventh-Day Adventist Church 386 N. Fir Street • 541-595-6770, 541-306-8303 11 a.m. Saturday Worship The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 452 Trinity Way • Branch President, 541-420-5670; 10 a.m. Sunday Sacrament Meeting Baha’i Faith Meetings Devotional Gatherings, Study Classes and Discussion Groups. Call for location and times • 541-549-6586

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. Info: 541-771-3258

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Sisters Library june events

Gaining a Cosmic Perspective

Explore the wonders of the universe with Dr. Scott Fisher from the University of Oregon Dept. of Physics. This adult program will be held at the Sisters Library on Friday, June 14 at noon. No registration required. Info: 541-312-1032.

Reading Blast-Off

Rocket into summer with a story & crafts on Saturday, June 15 at 10:30 a.m. Kids ages 0-11 can sign up for summer reading to receive a free book! No registration required. Call 541617-7078 for info.

Family Fun Story Time

Family Fun Story Time for kids of all ages takes place at the Sisters Library on Thursdays, June 20 and 27 from 10:30 to 111 a.m., a.m., m with songs, rhymes and crafts, craff all designed to grow young rreaders. Caregivers must attend. Info: 541-617-7078.

Space Camp

Protect our planet from aliens with some som amusing play and scientifific exploration for kids 6-11. ages 6-1 1 Space Camp is Wednesday, June 26 at 10:30 at Wednes s Sisters LLibrary. No registration required. required d Call 541-617-7078 for info.

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SISTERS AREA CHURCHES Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church (ELCA) 386 N. Fir Street • 541-549-5831 10 a.m. Sunday Worship shepherdofthehillslutheranchurch.com Sisters Community Church (Nondenominational) 1300 W. McKenzie Hwy. • 541-549-1201 10 a.m. Sunday Worship (with signing) sisterschurch.com | info@sisterschurch.com St. Edward the Martyr Roman Catholic Church 123 Trinity Way • 541-549-9391 5:30 p.m. Saturday Vigil Mass 9 a.m. Sunday Mass 8 a.m. Monday-Friday Mass Calvary Chapel (Nondenominational) 484 W. Washington St., Ste. C & D • 541-588-6288 10 a.m. Sunday Worship New Hope Christian Center (Assembly of God) 222 Trinity Way • 541-550-0750 5 p.m. Praise and Prayer Service Chapel in the Pines Camp Sherman • 541-549-9971 10 a.m. Sunday Worship

DLT Walk & Hike Series

Deschutes Land Trust volunteer naturalists lead free walks and hikes in small groups. Upcoming walks include: Fox Walk + Owl Eyes nature walk for kids in Indian Ford Meadow Preserve on Saturday, June 8 from 9 to 11:30 a.m.; and Kids’ Bird Walk in the Camp Polk Meadow Preserve on Sunday, June 9 from 9 to 11 a.m.

Online registration is required at deschuteslandtrust.org/hikes. Info: 541-330-0017.

The Library Li Book Club

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by Katee Quinn with other thoughtful thought t readers at the Sisters Library on Wednesday, June Lib 26, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. No registration required. Call 541617-7078 for more info.

Interstellar Mixed Media Workshop

Blast off with this space-themed mixed media workshop with paper-cut artist Carly Garzon Vargas. Saturday, June 29 at 10:30 a.m. at the Sisters Library for ages 12-17. Call 541-617-7078 for more info.

Universe of Crafts

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All ages are welcome to join this journey around the world and into space through stories and crafts at 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 29 at Sisters Library. No registration required. Call 541617-7078 for more info.

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Harp concert will benefit local cause Local musician Rebecca Hilary Smith invites the Sisters community to join her for a concert on Sunday, June 9, at 7 p.m. at the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration.

This year’s concert is entitled “Dancing Strings,” and features Smith and her longtime friend Laura Zaerr of Corvallis on harp. They will be joined by ArpeggiEight Harp Ensemble and Celli Belli Cello Ensemble from Cascade School of Music, and Sisters favorites Renaissance Sister Lola Knox on recorder, and vocalist Julie Cash.

The suggested donation for the event is $15 and all proceeds will benefit Sisters Opportunities for Unified Living (SOUL). SOUL is a

new non-profit dedicated to developing and maintaining affordable, long-term independent living for adults experiencing developmental disabilities in Sisters.

This includes advocating for affordable housing, as well as working to support employment and community involvement.

Zaerr began her harp studies at a young age with Sally Maxwell of Eugene, received her B.A. in Music Performance from the U of O, and her masters from Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York.

After cutting her teeth (and a few albums) in the classical genre she branched out, and hasn’t stopped branching

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Sisters Rodeo Grounds Xtreme Bulls 6:30 p.m. $22.

Tickets at 541-549-0121 or 800-827-7522. For details go online to sistersrodeo.com.

Sisters Saloon Live Music with Moon Mountain Ramblers 8 to 11 p.m. Free concert after Xtreme bulls!. For information call 541-549-7427 or go to sisterssaloon.net.

Hardtails Bar & Grill After Rodeo Party Live Music with Thrillbilly Deluxe 8:30 p.m. For additional information call 541-549-6114 or go to hardtailsoregon.com.

6 THUR Sisters Saloon Rodeo Party Locals’ Night with Joe Slick Band and Dry Canyon Stampede 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. $10 cover, free for locals. For additional information call 541549-7427 or go to sisterssaloon.net.

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

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since. In the harp world she is known for her categorybusting musical abilities; she is equally at home in the classical, Celtic, historical and jazz fields, and has recorded numerous CDs that demonstrate just that. She lives in her hometown, where she continues to be active as a composer, teacher, and performer.

Smith went to grade school in Sisters, high school in Redmond, and started college at Central Oregon Community College before hopping the Cascades and completing her music degree at the University of Oregon, where she and Laura first met while studying with Mrs. Maxwell.

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Sisters Rodeo Grounds Sisters Rodeo 7 p.m. Tickets at 541-549-0121 or 800-827-7522. For details go online to sistersrodeo.com.

Sisters Saloon Rodeo After Party with Joe Slick Band and Dry Canyon Stampede 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. $10 cover. For additional information call 541-549-7427 or go to sisterssaloon.net.

Hardtails Bar & Grill After Rodeo Party Live Music with Thrillbilly Deluxe 9:30 p.m. For additional information call 541-549-6114 or go to hardtailsoregon.com.

The Suttle Lodge & Boathouse Live Music with MAITA 6 to 8 p.m. Big Lawn Music series with food & beverages for purchase. Free and open to all ages. For additional info call 541-638-7001 or go to thesuttlelodge.com.

Paulina Springs Books Author Presentation with John Dodge 6:30 p.m. The author will present his non-fiction account,“A Deadly Wind: The 1962 Columbus Day Storm.” For more info call 541-549-0866 or go to paulinasprings.com.

Sisters Rodeo Grounds Sisters Rodeo 1 and 7 p.m.

Parade on Cascade Ave. in downtown Sisters at 9:30 a.m.

Tickets at 541-549-0121 or 800-827-7522. For details go online to sistersrodeo.com.

Hardtails Bar & Grill After Rodeo Party Live Music with Thrillbilly Deluxe 9:30 p.m. For additional information call 541-549-6114 or go to hardtailsoregon.com.

Sisters Saloon Rodeo After Party with Joe Slick Band and Dry Canyon Stampede 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. $10 cover. For additional information call 541-549-7427 or go to sisterssaloon.net.

Creekside Park Sisters Art in the Park 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 17th annual fair with arts and crafts, antiques, food and entertainment! For information go to centraloregonshows.com.

Sisters Rodeo Grounds Sisters Rodeo 1 p.m.

Kiwanis Buckaroo Breakfast from 7 to 11 a.m. Cowboy Church Service at 9 a.m. Tickets at 541-549-0121 or 800827-7522. For details go online to sistersrodeo.com.

Fir Street Park Sisters Farmers Market 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Fresh local produce. Live music with Brian Jansen. Now on Sundays! Call 503-997-0301 or go to sistersfarmersmarket.com.

Creekside Park Sisters Art in the Park 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 17th annual fair with arts and crafts, antiques, food and entertainment! For information go to centraloregonshows.com.

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The Belfry Americana Project CD Release Show 6:30 p.m. For tickets call 541-815-9122 or go to BelfryEvents.com.

Paulina Springs Books Community Game Night 6 p.m. Second Wednesday of every month. For information call 541-549-0866.

Sisters Saloon Poker Night 7 p.m. Every Wednesday! $20.

For information call 541-549-7427 or go to sisterssaloon.net.

Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center Venardos Circus 7 p.m. A unique Broadway-style animal-free circus. Show JUN schedule, info and tickets at www.venardoscircus.com.

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

Sisters Saloon Karaoke Night 9 p.m. to midnight. Every Thursday, no cover! For additional information call 541-549-7427 or go to sisterssaloon.net.

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Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center Venardos Circus 7 p.m. A unique Broadway-style animal-free circus. Show schedule, info and tickets at www.venardoscircus.com.

The Suttle Lodge & Boathouse Live Music with Megan Diana 6 to 8 p.m. Big Lawn Music series with food & beverages for purchase. Free and open to all ages. For additional info call 541-638-7001 or go to thesuttlelodge.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.

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Sisters Folk Festival

Antler Arts

Eurosports

Melvin’s by Newport Ave. Market

Sisters Habitat for Humanity

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Faith Hope & Charity Vineyards

Metolius River Association

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Beacham’s Clock Co.

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Sisters Movie House

Best Western Ponderosa Lodge

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Big Lake Youth Camp

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Odem Theater Pub

Sisters Olive and Nut Company

BJ’s Old Fashioned Ice Cream

GrandStay Hotel

The Paper Place

Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show

Black Butte Ranch

Gypsy Wind Clothing

Paulina Springs Books

Sisters Rhythm and Brews Festival

Black Butte Realty Group

Hardtails Bar & Grill

Payne Fly Shop

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High Lakes Health Care

R & R Relaxation Room

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Redmond Antique Mall

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Cold Springs Resort

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Shuler’s Pizzeria

Three Creeks Brewing

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Jill Neal’s Wild Women

Sisters Bakery

Web Steel Buildings

Cork Cellars

Lake Creek Lodge

Sisters Cascade of Gifts

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Les Schwab/Taylor Tire Center

Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce

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Outlaw Open nets funds for athletics

By Charlie Kanzig Correspondent

Golfers at the Outlaw Open, June 1, enjoyed great weather, delicious food, and fun times, according to organizer and Head Football Coach Neil Fendall.

Nearly 90 golfers took part in the event, which included 18 holes of golf, a catered dinner, as well as raffles and other contests within the day, netting approximately $15,000 for the football program. Team members were on hand to help check in clubs, load carts, sell raffle tickets and bus tables.

The volleyball team staged a fundraiser at hole 12 that

helped them earn about $800 toward their program.

The winning team included Carl Berg, Blake Weber, Greg Everson, and Henry Marshall, while the day’s worst score came from the team of Olin Sitz, Angela Sitz, Charlie Patterson and Jamie Vohs. Tim Barrier and Alyse Nicodemus won the award for ball closest to the pin and Ross Kennedy had the longest drive of the day.

A new award, for the most spirited team, went to Doug Hull, Chris Mayes, Andrew Mayes and Chris Lee. Following the golf, participants and other guests enjoyed dinner catered by

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Chris Lee, Chris Mayes, Doug Hull and Sam Mayes won the Spirit Award at the Outlaw Open.

Cody’s Country Catering, which included tri-tip steak, chicken, potatoes, salad, barbecue beans and garlic bread.

Sisters Smokehouse donated meats and cheeses.

Special guest participants included former Outlaws coach Bob Macauley along with a number of alumni from the 1998 and 1999 state championship teams. Former coach Clyde Powell won the raffle prize, a Yeti cooler and other items valued at $500. He and Macauley were among a dozen current and former football coaches in attendance.

Fendall had a laundry list of people to thank for their support, including all the sponsors, Jerry Baldock, Bethany Gunnarson’s art program, parent volunteers, and Your Care Medical among others.

He saved his biggest dose of gratitude for the Cyrus family, owners of Aspen Lakes.

He said, “I would like to personally thank the Cyrus family (Keith, Connie, Matt and Pam) for their long-standing generosity and willingness to help support the Outlaws for as long as they have. I got to see first-hand why this family has been inducted into the Sisters High School Hall of Fame. They are truly one of

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Outlaw Open founder Bob Macauley was in town for the event last weekend. the most generous groups of people I’ve come across in my coaching career.”

“It’s gratifying to have so many people come together to support our programs, and it feels good to know everyone had a good time together on

an incredibly beautiful spring day,” said Fendall. “The event was a success in every sense.”

In addition to Fendall, the organizing committee included Lynne Fendall, Kristy Rawls, Ken Ruettgers, Rob Malone and Pam Mitchell.

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Seed to Table Farm joins Farmers Market

By Audrey Tehan Columnist

The nonprofit education farm Seed to Table is thrilled to join the Sisters Farmers Market on Sundays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Fir Street Park. The farm’s booth offers the community crisp salad mix, sweet carrots, deep red beets, rainbow radishes, and beautiful plant starts.

Despite the cold long spring, the bounty is plentiful. This will be Seed to Table’s first year at the Sisters Farmers Market. The farm is excited to further our reach and help provide communities with fresh produce and student activities.

Spring on the farm brings out a lot of emotion. First, there is pure excitement as the fields and greenhouses come alive with patchworks of greens, purples, reds, oranges and every hue in between. The field will slowly reveal the characteristics of the hundreds of varieties we have swooned over all winter. Will the Happy Rich broccoli really produce by the first week in June? Do

the Monte Gusto pole beans really grow to 12 feet high?

Are the Ya Ya carrots truly the sweetest around?

Second, spring brings waves of anxiety reminding us that Mother Nature is running the show, not us. Our carefully crafted crop plan was delayed, then restructured, when a foot of snow blanketed the farm until April. While we were grateful for the water, we waited, and waited some more, to plant, squeezing the workload into shorter timeframes.

Crowded greenhouses brought pests we had never seen before. Then came the rain, leaving us feeling like we had suddenly been transported to the west side of the Cascades. The wet weather caused seedlings to rot and allowed cabbage root maggots to thrive.

Spring in Central Oregon is just hard on farmers.

Lastly, spring brings an outpouring of determination. When one member of the Seed to Table team gets a little down, others of us See SEED TO TABLE on page 23

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Seed to Table Farm’s produce can be had at Sisters Farmers Market.

Gate on Road 16 open, access challenging On Friday, May 31, the Deschutes National Forest opened the gate on Forest Road 16 next to Upper Three Creek Sno-Park for the season.

Access remains challenging, as the road is wide enough for two-lane traffic until Park Meadows Trailhead, then narrows to one lane with limited turnouts for approximately one mile to the junction of Forest Road 370. Beyond that, vehicle travel is not advised due to large snowdrifts the remaining mile to Three Creek Lake.

“As the warm weather continues to melt snow, access to this area will improve,” said Kassidy Kern, public affairs specialist with the Forest Service. “We appreciate the public’s caution when traveling on Forest Road 16 and remind visitors that if an area is blocked by snow, do not try to get through it with your vehicles as this can create resource damage.”

Be prepared to park at Forest Road 370 junction and walk the approximately one mile to Three Creek Lake.

Upstaging the band...

PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK

A young visitor to Sisters Farmers Market upstaged the band for a moment last Sunday at Fir Street Park. The popular countryfolk duo Appaloosa kicked off opening day of the market season with several rousing music sets, peppered with intriguing stories.

The Farmers Market’s new day and time debuted to considerable success, with a good crowd and excellent weather. Sisters Farmers Market has changed to Sundays, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Allergy levels are high, but pine pollen is not to blame

By T. Lee Brown Correspondent

A fine mist of dust, electric-yellow, descends upon Sisters Country this time of year. It lands on decks, cars, and roads. It shudders onto the forest floor and sifts into people’s hair.

It’s ponderosa pine pollen, the trees’ way of saying, “Hey, baby, let’s make saplings together.” The pollen bursts from the prominent male pollen cones to be seen on branch tips this time of year.

It’s dispersed at random by the wind. Each grain contains air sacs to help it remain airborne. If it makes its way to a female cone, it can fertilize an egg.

A look at pollen.com’s National Allergy Map this week showed most of the United States at low to medium allergy levels, illustrated in pleasant shades of green, yellow, and light orange.

One menacing red blob stood out: a high allergy alert oozing from the central Oregon Coast through the Willamette Valley — and all the way to Central Oregon.

In the 97759 ZIP code,

the forecast called for more days of red-zone high allergen counts coming up. Some pollens may be local. Others blow in on the wind.

The main culprits?

Grasses, oak, and walnut.

Pine wasn’t even mentioned.

In fact, here’s a shocker: “Allergenicity: No allergy has been reported for Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa) species.” That’s the news from PollenLibrary. com, a storehouse of information provided by IMS Health, the company that develops the allergy forecasts on pollen.com and manufacturers a tool for measuring pollen count.

So why do so many people think they’re allergic to pondo pollen? It can cause some simple irritation, just like any powder a person might inhale. Mainly, though, it grabs our attention because it’s plentiful and colorful.

Its spores, or grains, are much larger than most other local pollens. We see it in drifts, and we assume it’s setting off our sneezing and itching.

Many allergy experts believe that the spore’s large size actually prevents it from causing allergic reactions.

Allergy and asthma specialist Dr. Adam Williams of Bend Memorial Clinic explained, “Smaller spores are more likely to be inhaled deeper, and are more likely to come in contact with the immune system.”

Juniper and grasses are common causes of Central Oregon hay fever this time of year. Airborne molds cause allergies, too.

Housing developers, gardeners, and landscapers contribute to the seasonal allergy load by planting non-native trees and shrubs. These plantings can make a patch of rugged high desert look oddly similar to a suburb in Ohio or a neighborhood in Portland.

Those who wish to re-create the Midwest or Willamette Valley here should take warning: these plantings can slurp large amounts of water, which is becoming a more scarce resource in the region.

Various species also release allergenic pollens that drift in the air for miles and miles.

Many folks move to desert climates for health reasons—respiratory and allergy included. The introduction of certain street trees and ornamentals can make a place uninhabitable for them.

PHOTO BY TL BROWN

Ponderosa pine pollen swirls around the asphalt following a thunderstorm.

Arizona provides a sad example. The state attracts people looking for healthy air and a warm place to retire.

Olive trees, however, were imported in the 1930s. These became hugely popular before people realized that their pollen stirs up serious allergies in a large percentage of the population.

In cities like Phoenix and Tucson, nurseries and landscape companies were no longer allowed to sell or plant olives as of the 1960s. They worked around the rules by planting species and cultivars that supposedly produced less pollen; allergywise.com

describes how this ruse did not work out. Olive trees are still “one of Arizona’s most notorious contributors to our seasonal allergy misery.”

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Oregon votes to ban restaurants from offering plastic straws

By Sarah Zimmerman

In the

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By T. Lee Brown

Associated Press

SALEM (AP) — Oregon will ban restaurants from automatically offering single-use plastic straws under a measure passed by lawmakers, making it the second state to enact restrictions on plastic straws.

The House voted 48-12 late Wednesday night to prohibit restaurants from providing single-use plastic straws unless a customer asks. Drivethrus could still offer straws, as could healthcare facilities.

California previously passed limits on plastic straws.

Gov. Kate Brown told reporters Thursday the move is about raising public consciousness of plastic’s effects on the environment and is meant to encourage more environmentally friendly lifestyle changes.

“Raising awareness to show the extent that we’re so reliant on plastic is really important,” she said.

On the floor, lawmakers discussed a widely shared 2015 video showing a sea turtle in distress as scientists remove a plastic straw stuck up its nose, which led to public outcry and moved cities and companies like Starbucks and Whole Foods to eliminate their use of plastic straws.

But the video, which has more than 35 million views on YouTube, didn’t completely move House Republicans, who said that restricting straws makes little difference to the environment and will only cause bureaucratic headaches.

The old ways One day a few years back, I staked out my favorite table in the bustling coffeehouse.

It was an antique school desk, wobbly and funky, resting near the great stone hearth.

I was new to Sisters. I’d visited many times, but now I actually lived here. We camped in a little trailer in Deschutes National Forest.

Then we bounced around furnished homes, from Black Butte Ranch to Pine Meadow Village.

Sisters Coffee, with its brews and breakfasts and friendly strangers, felt more like home than our rentals.

I liked the people, the taxidermy, the cowboy pictures on the wall—and, tucked inside a bathroom, one photo of cowgirls.

I set down my antler mug of decaf that day and commenced eavesdropping. At the big slab table behind me sat five or six white men. On their heads, on the table, sat five or six hats: trucker, cowboy, baseball.

I’d smiled as I walked past, but none met my eye nor smiled back. Perhaps this was the old-school crowd I’d heard about: the unwelcoming, closed-off core of Sisters.

The topic of discussion was deer in the road. There

was enough camo at the table to suggest the roads were not the only source of venison nearby.

I wished I were a hunter, wished I knew whether I had the guts to pull the trigger on a beautiful buck. I grew up raising cattle but did not kill the animals. A mobile slaughter van came around for that.

The conversation had a slow, expansive quality.

Everyone quieted when the eldest gentleman spoke. He held forth wonderfully on the subject of a moose in the road, a moose (somewhere, some years ago; this was a story, after all) that would not move no matter what the automobiles and their humans did.

The men moved on to discussing weaponry. One guy described a safety mechanism on his revolver, and was corrected by another explaining the difference between a revolver and a pistol.

There was irritation in both voices. “I know, I know.

This was a semiautomatic.”

The safety he described reminded me of the Glock 27 I took out for a spin once.

You just kind of squeeze the trigger halfway and that’s “safety off,” you’re ready to shoot.

A law officer friend told me you should never draw a handgun unless you’re prepared to shoot, and you should never shoot unless you’re prepared to kill. At the range, I almost didn’t shoot the little Glock at all. To do so would be to acknowledge that I am capable of killing.

Bang, bang. I was surprised how many shots found their mark.

At the coffeehouse, Nick Drake came on over the stereo. An upset gal in thick makeup talked to a man whose face glowed blue

from his laptop screen, open to Facebook. Coffee-klatsch moms grouped at the counter in their puffy jackets.

The men began what sounded like a well-worn discussion: “We don’t call 911” in an emergency, and “I figure havin’ an unloaded gun around the house is like havin’ a car with no gas.”

But when these fellows imagined guns in the city, in the hands of “urban” people, their attitudes changed.

Their Portland didn’t sound like mine, though I lived in Northeast Portland for years.

Theirs sounded terrifying, with gang bangers on every corner.

Portland State University was brought up. “Too many ________,” said one man.

“It’s a liberal school,” another agreed.

I imagined what it would feel like to be a ________, stopping for coffee on my way through Sisters, Oregon, to overhear that conversation in a room full of white people.

This was before the Great Emboldening of 2016.

Nevertheless, I felt like a trespasser on the men’s territory. As I might do in a foreign country, I sat with my anger and discomfort, silent.

Most of the men spoke

in a “country” dialect familiar across America. Funny, though; I heard one of them use that rural accent to describe growing up not on the farm, not out on the range, but in a city.

My own accent is a meandering Western one, suggesting nowhere in particular.

Yet, it occurred to me, perhaps I had just as much right to Central Oregon as the men at the adjoining table.

Perhaps all the ____________ did, too.

None of us was the first one here. Indigenous peoples had that honor.

Sisters Coffee feels different these days. Slick prints of coffee beans adorn the walls where the cowboys and cowgirls once hung. The antique desk is gone from the hearthside, replaced by a proper table. I can’t help but miss them.

In Sisters, as in the city I escaped from, the oldschoolers and their traditions may get swamped by newcomers… swamped until there is nothing left to save of the old, nothing that hasn’t already been placed under glass or reproduced on a T-shirt.

It’s an awful thought.

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Tales from a

Sisters Naturalist

by Jim Anderson

Baby eagle rescued The only golden eagle cam operating in the U.S., located just north of Sisters, has been transmitting some pretty exciting footage over the last few weeks. Viewers have been witnessing what appears to be a very cruel event in the life and times of golden eagles: the starvation of one of the young.

Last Thursday, May 30, the younger and weaker of the two eaglets fell out of its cliff nest to the banks of Whychus Creek below.

The “good news” for those who have been worried about the fate of the young eagle is that it is in the care of Sisters raptor rehabber Gary Landers.

Over the many years I have been watching, banding and trying to learn more about our golden eagles (GOEAs), that business of young being forced out of/or falling out of nests has been a mystery. It wasn’t until I had the opportunity of seeing it take place one-on-one that I realized it is a common practice.

The number of eggs produced by the female is normally controlled by food consumed in winter. When/ if the female finds plentiful food, i.e road-killed deer and elk, or animals that fall victim to a harsh winter, she will develop as many as three oocytes, the primitive start of an egg, which when fertilized with the male semen will then become a zygote.

When food is scarce — as it is this year with the eagle’s normal prey, jackrabbits — the parents favor the bigger more aggressive chick.

During early spring when

hats • hats • hats!

eggs hatch, baby eagles become about the size of footballs early in their life and stand out in the nest like big, white chickens. I could easily spot them from the air when doing my annual surveys from a Piper Cub. The first time I spotted a baby dead below the nest I wondered what was going on, thinking it was the result of someone getting too close to the nest and causing the death of the chick.

One year while observing a nest on Powell Butte that a young man in the area was also watching, we combined our notes and, knowing that jackrabbits were a very low in number, assumed it was normal behavior to starve one nestling — or push it out of the nest — during shortage of prey.

There were hundreds of remarks left on the ECAS Eagle website by concerned viewers who wanted someone to step in and remove the starving youngster, but those who are caring for GOEAs knew what was taking place was normal behavior, and Man had nothing to do with it; therefore Man had no business stepping in.

Now, however, things are different. Man, out of compassion, has rescued the fallen nestling, and the rehabber will keep it just long enough to get it back in good fighting shape and then return it to the nest.

Hopefully, it will make it to the fledging stage then be capable of catching its own prey while watching the adults catch theirs.

And the adults do teach their young how to capture prey. I once spent half a day watching an adult female in the process of teaching her youngster how to catch a

wild turkey. I happened upon the scene when I heard the turkey gobbling loudly each time the eaglet made a pass at it. The big bird would run for cover, shouting for help, but it was all in vain when mom finally slammed into it, probably saying to her nestling, “See! This is how it is done!”

It wasn’t easy for Jim Hammond, the webcam master, and Greg Moring to retrieve the fallen eaglet, which, as Jim described, went like this: “I looked for Whychus (the name viewers and camera crew gave the baby eagle) down the canyon wall from the nest but didn’t see him. I was heading down to see if there was a better view lower on the south side of the canyon when Greg, who had just come home from work, said he saw the eaglet.

“I trudged back up the hill and, sure enough, at a place where I had seen some white but didn’t think it was Whychus, there was even more black and white and it moved. Greg and I hiked down to the creek but the current was too fast and deep for us to wade across.

We went back up to where we had cell coverage, called Jim Anderson at his home and Brad Chalfant at the Deschutes Land Trust (DLT) for directions on how to get to the bird.

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Gary Landers cradles “Whychus,” a golden eaglet that fell from its nest.

“Jim gave me a phone number for raptor rehabber Gary Landers, and Greg and I headed over to the DLT property, following Brad’s directions. After hiking to the location on the other side of the creek we spotted Whychus, picked him up, wrapped him in a towel, placed him in a sack, and headed back to Leslie Lawrence’ place (where the camera is located).

“When we reached the

main road, Gary pulled up shortly and took Whychus for rehab. He’s not optimistic about Whychus’ survival, but there didn’t appear to be any broken bones. It is likely that the best result will be that Whychus will be kept in rehab and given the opportunity to put on weight and strength, and then reintroduced back into the nest in a week or so.”

Keep watching the ECAS camera for future events.

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CD RELEASE: Guitar makers will showcase later in month Continued from page 3

projects in class, and in the Americana Song Academy for Youth, where many of the students perform with peer musicians and students from other schools.

One song in particular, “From You and Me,” was written by California songwriter Keith Greeninger and students in the program at the 2018 Song Academy for Youth. The song demonstrates co-writing as a possibility with guest artists who tour and perform nationally. Greeninger engaged studio musicians to record other musical parts including drums, piano, and guitar, with the students in Sisters finishing the vocal tracks this spring with Alan.

This year ’s recording showcases the talent of these young writers and artists. It is both a celebration of their work, and a final send-off for senior students. It also features the artwork of graduating senior Mia Burton, who created the original painting on the album cover. The recording opportunity is designed to teach students how to record,

to provide them with experience in a professional studio, and to create a way to share their work publicly.

Suggested donation for the CD Release Concert is $15 for adults, $10 for students (at the door only – no advance sales), with this year’s CD included in the donation. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the concert begins at 7 p.m. The Belfry is located at 301 E. Main Ave. On Monday, June 17, the Americana Luthier Program is celebrating the completion of 25 handmade guitars and 15 ukuleles. The Luthier Program is a collaboration between Sisters Folk Festival and the Sisters School District. The program, which was started in 2006 by then-Breedlove luthier Jayson Bowerman and Sisters High School teacher Tony Cosby, instructs students in the ageold craft of building acoustic musical instruments.

The guitar-building program is still led by Tony Cosby, the engineering and woodworking instructor at Sisters High School, with current support from Ed Fritz, Kerry Bott, and many other dedicated volunteers. The guitars are hand-built from start to finish, with students working on the CNC machine to create their own headstock and rosette designs, which

make them individually more distinct.

The ukulele program is taught by Bill MacDonald of Kona Breeze Ukuleles, with support from David Perkins, Marcy Edwards and dedicated volunteers.

“Students learn many life lessons, and the project acts as a challenge in learning patience and resiliency while also learning career-related woodworking skills. The Americana Luthier Project and the recording/engineering program demonstrates why arts programming, coupled with integrated core curriculum, makes Sisters schools special,” said Brad Tisdel, creative director for Sisters Folk Festival.

The Americana Luthier Showcase will be held at 5:30 p.m. in the Sisters High School lecture/drama room and is free to the public.

The Americana Luthier Project and the creation of an annual Americana Project CD are made possible through donations and grants, and the community and artist supported fundraising event My Own Two Hands.

For information on the Americana CD Release

Concert, Luthier showcase, Festival tickets, or becoming an SFF volunteer, visit www.

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JAZZ BAND: Sisters music programs are growing and thriving Continued from page 1

“The whole set was good,” bassman Oscar Rhett told The Nugget.

The band wasn’t too keyed up about the competition.

“I felt confident,” said tenor sax player Josh Marion.

“I felt like we were going to play good.”

Alto sax player Simon Rhett concurred.

“We just wanted to go and play our best,” he said.

And they did.

“I was far more confident at the state competition than at the regional competition,” Cranor said. “I felt after we played that it was our best performance of the year.”

And that is what really matters most in a subjectively judged competition. The placings take care of themselves.

The first-place effort was not Sisters’ only strong showing in band festivals last month. The wind ensemble turned in a very respectable performance at the Wind Ensemble Festival at Oregon State University on May 8, and took seventh place.

The festival success reflects Cranor’s success in building a program over his five-year tenure in Sisters.

“Really, it’s just consistency,” he told The Nugget.

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“Little by little each year, more kids buy into it.”

He also cited the importance of community support as a key factor, noting that Sisters Folk Festival, the school administration and his colleague Rick Johnson, who runs the vocal music program all support the music program in all three schools as a whole — a remarkable feature of a small school district.

“It just creates that culture of success,” he said. “You just don’t find that that often in those small areas.”

The Wind Ensemble has 24 musicians; the Jazz Band 15.

And they’re young. Cranor said that 70 percent of the musicians in the program are freshmen and sophomores.

His goal is to build the Wind Ensemble to 30 to 40 players.

The success the bands earned last month will likely accelerate the building of the program.

“I knew we’d get to this point,” Cranor said. “I have confidence in what I’m doing as a teacher and I have confidence in the passion these kids have. I thought we were a year or two away — just because of the youth of the band.”

The passion and commitment of the musicians is on clear display. They will continue practicing and playing in various combinations while school is out, and several of the musicians told The Nugget that they plan to attend band camps this summer.

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Pop show!...

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The Sisters Middle School and Sisters High School vocal music programs led by Rick Johnson presented their annual Spring Pop Show last Thursday. Students from fifth-grade through high school served up enthusiastic and musically adept renditions of classic numbers ranging from “Be True To Your School” to Beatles songs.

SEED TO TABLE: Program overcame late spring and is moving forward Continued from page 16

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Congratulations

Makenna Liddell Sisters High School 2018-2019

Student of the Year!

“Connection” is the watchword in Makenna Liddellʼs endeavors.

From her work with student government (sheʼs vice president) to Leadership Crew, to interning at Sisters Elementary School in special education, Makenna is all about helping students connect with each other and helping students feel invited and included in the life of the schools.

“Itʼs really important to me to make student connections,” she said. “I just want to help that process along.”

For her, engagement is not about how much she can do and how successful she can be, but how she can help “make other people be successful.”

She helps that process by connecting with younger students through Sisters Dance Academy, where she is both a student and a teacher.

“Thatʼs a huge part of my life,” she says.

Makenna is applying to Brigham Young University in Utah, where she plans to major in special education, with a minor in dance.

makes people around her, including the staff, want to do better and work harder. Makenna can brighten up one’s day with her smile, but she’s also willing to work. She spent many hours over the summer with her ASG team to get ready for this school year. Congratulations, Makenna, you deserve this recognition.”

— Joe Hosang “When I think of Makenna, so many incredible qualities come to mind, but most of all I think of her good and kind heart. Every single time I have seen or been around this young lady, I have witnessed her pure heart, her selfless attitude, and her contagious smile. She genuinely makes those around her better. She approaches each day with a goal to be a light to others, and she is! No matter what path Makenna takes or what career she pursues after high school, I am confident that she will continue to make the world a better place.

She is so loved and will be greatly missed here at SHS!” — Samra Spear “Makenna is one of the most hard-working and kind people I know. The dedication she approaches her learning, dancing, and relationships with is truly inspirational. Our school is a better place because of the many impacts Makenna has on our culture.”

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“I love Makenna! What a great kid. I love witnessing her in-depth thought process that she has had since she was a freshman, but I’m most excited about seeing how she has become a great leader and great example for the school and for her classmates. She is a talented designer and artist, as well as dancer, student, leader, and teacher.”

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“I loved having Makenna in my Spanish 2 class last year! She always walked in with the brightest smile, and was enthusiastic about learning Spanish and participating in class. I definitely miss having her around this year!”

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“Positive, energetic, passionate, caring and thoughtful are the first words that come to my mind when asked about Makenna. Her positive energy

“Makenna is so deserving of being chosen as our Outlaw Student of the Month. She has added so much to the SHS community. Her kindness and

enthusiasm are catching—just the way she walks down the halls with that big smile on her face brightens the day for so many people! Makenna tirelessly works to make SHS a place where everyone feels welcome and important. Makenna truly embodies the spirit of what it means to be an Outlaw.”

— Gail Greaney “Makenna is a kind, beautiful, motivated person! She has helped in my classroom for 2 semesters and she is amazing. She is very independent, super-creative, and she does quality work. She was a tremendous support for me, as well as a joy to have around. Makenna is always positive, and that positive energy impacts everyone she comes in contact with!”

— Leah Soloff “Makenna graces the world with her sweet smile and kind nature. Makenna strives to make the world a better place, and she genuinely cares about others, often going out of her way to make people feel welcome. I have loved getting to know Makenna in biology and chemistry. She puts her full effort into each task she tackles, and holds herself to high standards.

I am grateful Makenna is a part of our community!”

— Rima Givot “McKenna is one of the most hard-working, kind, and positive people I know. She is a leader in the best sense of the word — she serves well without recognition, and she brings the best out of those around her. She is an insightful and diligent student. She is keen at seeing needs and then giving her best to meet them. She brings a joyful and thoughtful presence to wherever she is. She is a beautiful soul from the inside out. I am really grateful she is a part of life here at Sisters High School.”

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Sisters Dance Academy marks 10 years on the hardwood This year marks Sisters Dance Academy’s 10th anniversary and Lonnie Liddell, owner and artistic director, couldn’t be more excited and humbled by how the studio has grown over the years.

Liddell began teaching dance over 12 years ago after moving her family to Sisters.

When Liddell and her family first moved to Sisters in 2006 there was a small studio in town called “Dancerfly” run

by Sundi McClain. Liddell’s oldest daughter, Makenna, was 5 years old at the time and Lonnie really wanted to get her involved in dance classes.

Upon finding Dancerfly, Liddell said, “I was so excited to find a dance studio in our little town. Makenna started taking classes right away and I starting taking adult classes, too. Sundi was such a vibrant, positive person, someone I was so happy to have met and to start dancing with! She could tell that I had dance training and immediately approached me about teaching classes. This is where my dance journey in Sisters began.”

Lonnie had studied dance her whole life, focusing mainly on ballet and lateron studying tap, jazz, and hip hop. After heading off to Brigham Young University in 1997, she continued her dance education as well as starting a degree in recreational therapy, hoping to incorporate using her love for dance in working with children who have special needs. Lonnie and her

husband, Peter, started a family while in their early 20s and Lonnie decided being a full-time mom while her children were young was very important to her. Their family moved from Spokane, Washington, to Pleasant Grove, Utah, and then with a desire to put roots down in the Northwest, relocated to Sisters.

Only about nine months after starting classes and teaching at Dancerfly, owner Sundi McClain moved and closed her studio. Lonnie, with three young children in tow, didn’t feel like it was the right time for her to run a studio, so began teaching classes out of her home for her children’s friends. She would move the furniture aside, and with hardwood floors in the living room it worked for a short time as a makeshift ballet studio. Eventually the interest grew and with her family a little older, she decided it might be time to expand to renting a space. At the time, Cascade Fitness had a perfect studio space with wood floors, ballet barres and mirrors. The Sisters Dance Academy was born — and officially opened it’s doors in January of 2009.

The studio started with just 25 students but continued to grow and offer more classes and more styles, eventually outgrowing that space. In 2012, on the cusp of having her fourth baby, Lonnie took the big leap of faith to sign a lease on a larger space in the Ray’s Shopping Center, that

PHOTO BY KIMBERLY MANLEY / EMILY GREEN

Sisters dancers will showcase on June 22 at Sisters High School.

afforded the ability to have two studio spaces within the unit. After settling in and the student base continuing to grow, the dance academy took a new step in 2014 with organizing its Performance Ensemble. This is an auditionbased dance team, with the emphasis on performing in the community and competing once a year. It started off with just a handful of dancers, and now the Performance Ensemble comprises two teams — a Junior Team comprised of seventh- and eighthgraders and a Senior Team, comprised of high school students — a total of 25 very talented dancers. The Junior and Senior Performance Ensemble, under the direction of Kayla Williams and Lonnie Liddell, recently competed at the Turn it Up dance competition on the University of Oregon campus, and came home with high scoring trophies.

The Sisters Dance Academy was also presented the Showmanship Award — an award that honors one studio for being positive and supportive of other dancers, helpful and easy to work with and really gave it their all during the competition. This award is truly an honor to receive as there were over 20 other studios and teams competing.

The Sisters Dance Academy, now with approximately 220 students, offers classes for 18-month-olds through adults, in styles including ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, contemporary, Irish and high fitness. The academy strives to provide a friendly, positive environment and is continuously striving to adapt to the needs of this growing, amazing town of Sisters.

The Sisters Dance Academy will be celebrating it’s 10th anniversary at their upcoming year-end performance at the Sisters High School on June 22, with a matinee performance at 1 p.m. and an evening performance at 6:30 p.m. The show is entitled, “Let’s Celebrate – A Decade of Dance in Sisters!” This

PHOTO BY KIMBERLY MANLEY / EMILY GREEN

Lonnie Liddell started teaching from her home —and now has a thriving dance studio in Sisters. performance will be high- Dance Academy hopes the lighting some of the favorite whole town will join in the numbers from the past 10 fun, entertainment and celyears, so will truly be a walk ebrate together! Tickets are down memory lane. It will $12 for teens and adults, also be showcasing some new $7 for children age 12 and and exciting numbers that are younger. Tickets are reserved sure to bring joy to your heart seating and can be purchased and make you want to dance online at www.danceinsisters. in your seat! The Sisters com or at the door.

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Stars over Sisters

By Paola Mendoza & Ella Hayden Correspondent

With the arrival of summer just around the corner, it is not unreasonable to expect warmer temperatures and clearer skies to make viewing a parade of upcoming celestial events a pleasant one. True, we get a late start for evening observing because of Daylight Saving Time, but that’s not likely to change until enough people decide to do away with the unnecessary ritual.

The Summer Solstice does indeed arrive later this month — on June 21 at 8:54 a.m. PDT to be exact.

On that day the sun will be directly overhead at local noon on the Tropic of Cancer (latitude of 23.5 degrees north). Another way to look at it is the axis of rotation of the earth will point toward the sun at that time. Either way, the result will produce the longest period of daylight of the year.

June’s lunar cycle definitely favors dark-sky viewing early in the month. By June 9 a waxing first quarter phase will brighten the night sky considerably. On June 17 the moon will be at its brightest as the full Strawberry Moon arrives on the scene. Dark evening skies return at the end of the month after the last quarter phase on June 25.

The featured constellation for this month lies between a herdsman (Bootes) and

a strong man (Hercules).

Though Corona Borealis takes up a small area on the celestial sphere, the shape made by its brightest stars actually resembles the object it represents, a crown, more specifically the Northern Crown. The semicircle of seven stars is easy to recognize and is nearly overhead in June.

There are several mythological stories associated with the celestial crown.

One of the more interesting tales is a Greek legend that involves Theseus, son of the King of Athens, who was confined in the famous labyrinth of Crete as prey to the ferocious Minotaur, a half-man-half-bull monster that lived there. To appease the Minotaur, each year the Athenians offered up a number of their young men and maidens — and the King’s son was next in line. But instead, Theseus vowed to kill the beast. Ariadne, his loved one, gave him a sword and a spool of thread.

Unwinding the thread as he penetrated the winding paths of the labyrinth, he encountered the monster and slew it, then retraced his steps with the aid of the thread to make his escape.

Although Theseus married Ariadne, he later deserted her. As an act of pity the gods gave her a beautiful crown, which, on her death, was placed in the sky. Ariadne’s Crown still adorns the night skies of

summer.

On May 12, 1866, a brilliant star suddenly appeared very close to Epsilon Coronae Borealis, one of the stars in the crown. Known as the “Blaze Star,” it was visible to the unaided eye for only eight days before fading to 10th magnitude. It flared again in 1946. Today the star is known as a recurring nova.

Exoplanets (those beyond our solar system) have been confirmed in five star systems within the constellation. Perhaps the largest is a hot super-giant with a mass 6.7 times greater than Jupiter orbiting the star Epsilon Coronae Borealis.

Discovered in 2012, it has an orbital period of 418 days and lies at a distance of 221 light-years.

As the month begins, Mercury and Mars are the only two planets in the evening sky. On June 17 they will lie side by side in the evening twilight about 45 minutes after sunset, separated by only half a degree.

Jupiter officially becomes an evening planet after its opposition on June 10. The morning planets early in June are Saturn, rising about 11 p.m. local Daylight Saving Time, and dazzling Venus coming up approximately an hour before sunrise.

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come from San Diego.”

Prescott also loves to travel and explore her adopted state. Horsepower isn’t the only way she gets around — she’s an avid hiker, too. You’ll also find her on hand for live music around Sisters, and she volunteers

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She loves the Sisters Rodeo Association and all it does — even outside the second weekend in June. She notes that the Rodeo provides scholarships for local students and myriad opportunities for fundraising for local service organizations and nonprofits.

“I think it’s surprising to people how much Rodeo does for the community, because a lot of it is under the radar,” she said.

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Beth Eckert’s photo collages as nostalgic as a crazy quilt

By Helen Schmidling Correspondent

Beth Eckert’s photo collages, hanging in the Sisters Library Computer Room this month, are happy combinations remade of photographs she took years ago. They portray her favorite things, and trace her life’s journey from New York and Vermont to Oregon.

Going back to the 1970s, Beth made her living by restoring hundreds of antique quilts all over the country.

There was, and still is, great value in the work only a skilled hand can do. But the hand sewing took its carpaltunnel toll, requiring surgery, and the result that Beth had to give up the restoration that brought her both joy and income for 25 years.

“Ultimately, I had to stop,” she said.

Surrendering to the reality was difficult, until one day in 2013, when looking through collections of old photographs; Beth had an “Aha!” moment: “I discovered I couldn’t use the photographs for anything in particular, so I thought ‘I’m going to cut them out and make collages.’”

And a new chapter began.

Beth sorted through boxes of photo nostalgia and rejects, putting them into categories such as buildings, flowers, trees, clouds, seasons, sunsets, and such. She began cutting them apart and gluing them back together in ways

that seem both random and purposeful. She’s also working from a collection of her 30,000 digital images, which she prints on demand for her piecing.

The final images are freeflowing with irregular shapes and cutouts like stars and sunbeams that replicate the appliqued embellishments found in crazy quilts. Look deep and you can find a lot of old buildings, doorways, churches, pathways, flowers, fences, and animals including many horses. There are suns made from pictures of pumpkins, and stars cut out from backgrounds. Sometimes images are repeated, like steppingstones. Often the pictorial outcome has a specific theme.

The embellishments are purposeful.

“I love to applique,” Beth said. “I made a schoolhouse quilt that was appliqued, not pieced. I adapted the pattern so I could applique it.”

She also used to make appliqued pillows that she sold at craft fairs.

Describing her images, she says, “They create themselves, as quilts can do. This is interesting and different. I find that there’s a lot of depth in the collages. I can look at them again and again, and see different things. Slowly, I’ve been selling them and giving them as gifts.”

Born in Rochester, New York, Beth grew up Queens, and lived in South Hampton, Long Island, in the days when

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“rural” was still synonymous with the area. After Beth’s son was seriously injured, she moved to Middlebury, Vermont, where she raised her four children. They grew up and moved away, as children do. Eventually, a daughter moved to Bend, and convinced Beth to sell her 200-year-old Vermont farm house and move west, making the journey with her rescue dog, Roxy.

In addition to making repurposed art, Beth has a passion for rescuing older dogs, and giving them new purpose.

The dogs have rescued her and become her service dogs.

After Roxy, there was Bodhi, and now her companion is Angelo, whose full name is Angelo Cavallo Blue Bear the Gentlemanly Doggie Fellow.

Cavallo, because he has a spirit of a horse, and Blue, because that was his original name. Angelo was indeed a Gentlemanly Doggie Fellow as he sat in the library and provided Beth with the spirit to reveal her work to the world.

The art will be on display through the month of June at Sisters Library. Hours are Tuesdays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Beth’s library images are for sale, with a portion of the proceeds going to the Friends of Sisters Library. Beth will also do custom photo collages with provided images. Contact her by email at eje.3127@yahoo. com.

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Teen airlifted after incident at lake in Black Butte Ranch An 18-year-old man was airlifted to the hospital in the wake of an incident at Black Butte Ranch on Sunday, June 2.

Black Butte Ranch Fire Department, Black Butte Police Department, and Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Deputies responded at about 2:19 p.m. to a report of a drowning at Phalarope Lake located on Black Butte Ranch. When medics and officers arrived, it was found that three witnesses to the event had gone into the lake and brought the victim to shore.

Medics immediately began CPR, and when stabilized the victim was flown to St. Charles Medical Center by air ambulance where he remained in medical care as of Monday afternoon.

According to BBR police, the victim was on a 10.5-foot paddle board at the time of the incident and it is unknown if he was in possession of a personal floatation device at the time of the incident.

The name of the victim is currently being withheld until proper notification of his family is completed.

Phalarope Lake is a popular location for swimming, kayaking, and paddle boarding for residents and visitors to Black Butte Ranch.

The investigation into this incident is continuing.

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Americans’ life expectancy is falling again Statisticians who extrapolate data across our entire country regarding health and wellbeing discovered that the trend of a decreased average lifespan for Americans is in its third year. What is the driver behind these statistics?

First, look at the total mortality of our countrymen. The stats include everything — not just how old someone gets before their body dies of natural causes. It includes accidents, poisoning, and other causes. More and more people are suffering from preventable deaths, which is causing the statistics to skew.

Look at prescription drug overdoses. In the past decade they’ve become a huge problem. From 1999 to 2017 there was an increase in prescription drug overdosing from 8 per 100k to 29. This obviously should not be happening because the prescription drugs were supposed to be medicinal for people who were dealing with pain.

Reform in prescription drug policy and administration will hopefully turn this around.

Next is a sad situation that has touched many of us

closely, and this is suicide.

In 2001 there were 30,000 deaths from suicide and in 2016 there were 45,000.

This increase is a shadow of darkness which is creeping into the lives of many.

Feeling helpless and hopeless with no way out is more and more common and it’s time to bring light back.

Remember, people wear the cloak of being cheerful and sprite, but everyone hides something underneath. Help people feel appreciated and that they matter.

The last point is health inequality. The difference in some areas of our country adds up to 20 years of life expectancy. It doesn’t matter how plush a society is on one end if the bottom is in a very dire situation. Something should be done to raise the standard of care in rural and impoverished areas. Someone in Mississippi should expect to be treated in the same way as someone in New York.

Stats paint a picture, but what is driving the numbers is more important.

Diet, exercise, and wellness determine much when it comes to lifespan, but there are other ways in which our society has been affected.

Hopefully our healthcare continues to improve, while working to help the people affected by the issues described — all just part of the giant puzzle of which everyone is a piece.

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Obituaries Michael Wayne Henderson-Hunter August 31, 1946 — May 21, 2019

“Mick” (Michael Wayne Henderson-Hunter) of Sisters passed away May 21, 2019.

Mick deeply loved his family and friends, which will forever be his legacy.

Mick was dedicated to enriching his community through heartfelt care and concern for each person he served. His capacity for compassion was innate and endless; he dedicated his life to bringing joy to others through his infectious laugh, warm smile and loving embrace — best hugs ever!

If there ever was an individual who could bring out the best in people, it was Mick.

Mick loved teaching; he was a living example of integrity. He adored horses and relished life on the farm.

He was passionate about classic cars and enjoyed any opportunity to bring people together to share in his enthusiasm for hot rods.

Mick is survived by the love of his life, Susie; buddy and father-in-law Dick; grateful children Tracy, Michael and Matthew; beautiful granddaughters Brittany, Katlyn, Madison and Emma; distinguished grandsons Andrew, Lucus, Dyllan, Skyler and Thomas; remarkable great-grandchildren Tristan, Waylon,

and Paisley; 11 cherished brothers and sisters, Sandy, Deloris, Dennis, Barb, Judy, Ken, Don, Barry, Barb, Tom and Mary; treasured daughter-in-law Shelly; and respected grandson-in-law Casey.

Born on August 31, 1946 in Dallas, Oregon, Mick was raised in Fairview and eventually settled in Sisters. He honorably served his country in Vietnam and spent most of his career as a leader and manager in the steel industry in Washington and Oregon.

Mick was preceded in death by his step-father, Robert Hunter; mother, Loraine Hunter; father, Keith Henderson; sister, Glenda Hunter; and infant brothers, Timothy and Stanley Henderson.

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Obituaries William Thomas (Tommy) Terril

Teddy Duane Creason

Friends and family of Tom Terril were deeply saddened at his sudden death on Sunday, May 19.

He was born in Bend on November 24, 1924, to parents Clarence Thomas Terril and Laura (Rand) Terril.

As a boy, Tommy delivered The Saturday Evening Post with his red wagon.

He attended Reid and Allen schools in Bend. The family moved to Salem, where he attended Parrish Junior High School. He graduated from Salem High School in 1943.

He served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps from 1943 to 1946. Tom attended Vanport College upon return from the service.

While working at Meier and Frank, Tom met his future wife, Marion Wright.

They were married March 24, 1950. Recalled to the Army, Tom served with the 194th Combat Engineers in Korea in 1950 and 1951.

Tom worked in the wholesale toy business for 26 years, much to the joy of his lucky niece and nephew.

To enjoy retirement, Tom and Marion moved to Camp Sherman in 1978. They made dear friends, wintering in Hawaii for many years. Later, they wintered in Bend. After years of wishing, they bought a cabin on the Metolius River. The best of both worlds.

For 15 years Tom was a member of the Sisters-Camp Sherman Volunteer Fire

Ted Creason, age 70, passed away at his home on Wednesday, May 29.

He was born in Fort Hill, Oregon, the son of William Creason and Lyda Hagebush.

He served in the National Guard from 1957 to 1962.

While in high school, Ted was in the cast of the Walt Disney movie “Comanche,” which was filmed in Central Oregon. His small but memorable role was as a rider in the cavalry.

After high school graduation in Woodburn, he moved to Salem. Soon after graduation, he married “Wink,” Wilta May Hefly and they had three children together: Dara, Nick, and Kevin.

After Salem, Ted moved his family back to Woodburn doing various jobs before moving to Oakridge where he logged for one year.

When logging shut down for the winter, he moved his family back to Salem where he worked for a laundry service and had the commercial route for a few years up until 1968.

In 1968, his dream came true — to live in Central Oregon. He moved his family onto the old “Harrington Ranch” out of Sisters. He started out working for local ranchers until he began his long career with ODOT. However, after seven-plus

November 24, 1924 — May 19, 2019

September 3, 1939 — May 29, 2019

Department, and was named Fireman of the Year in 1985. He and Marion were active in the Camp Sherman Community Association, often running Saturday-night Bingo. Tom was an active member of Black Butte Ranch Men’s Golf Group, enjoying the game until his death at the age of 94.

He was preceded in death by his mother (in 1939); father (in 1973); and wife, Marion in 2008.

Tom will be dearly missed by his sister, Sally G r e e r ( Te r r i l ) ; n i e c e , C a r o l y n H o s h a w, h e r husband Mike, children Stephen, (wife Whitney and daughter Logan), and Katie; nephew, Leonard Greer, hiswife Anne, and son Brian; nephew, Daniel Stegenga; as well as his many dear friends in Central Oregon In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the Oregon Humane Society.

Obituaries Policy: The Nugget Newspaper does not charge a fee to publish obituaries. Obituaries may be up to 400 words and include one photo. Obituaries outside these guidelines are handled by The Nugget Newspaper advertising department. Obituary submissions must be received by noon on Monday. Obituaries may be submitted to The Nugget by email or hand delivery to our office located at 442 E. Main Ave., Sisters.

years with ODOT, Ted moved his family to Hermiston for one year only to return to Central Oregon.

He worked in construction until he was offered a job back with ODOT as a painter on the “striping crew.”

His career with ODOT resumed and he retired in 2003 with just under 30 years, serving many aspects of the “highway department.”

Ted loved his family: He had two brothers and four sisters. He admired and adored ALL of his brother-in-laws and said they were all big brothers to him. He felt spoiled.

He loved his children and grandchildren.

Ted’s passions were horses, horse tack, gold mining, fishing and hunting. He had fond memories of gathering the bucking string of horses each spring for his brother-in-law Mert Hunking. His dream was to have a ranch. He enjoyed his 40-acre ranch for a brief time, eventually letting it go and trading it for a small house in the town of Sisters.

Ted married Darcy Shultz in 1998. They both shared their passions for outdoor adventures, fishing, camping and horses. Their goal was to build their shared dream: to retire on a small ranch and enjoy the country, animals, and horses, which they did in 2005 and where Ted lived out his retirement.

Ted was diagnosed with cancer in 1999. His long battle with prostate cancer spanned 20 years. He had many quality years during this time and lived life to its fullest. He would often say, “Every day I am alive is a good day.”

“I was born in Oregon and I will die in Oregon,” another phrase Ted would often say. He was particularly fond of Central Oregon. He was laid to rest at the Camp Polk Cemetery.

Ted is survived by his wife, Darcy Creason; his sister, Martha Hunking; his three children, Dara Dressel, Nick Creason, and Kevin Creason; his grandchildren, JD Nodine, Taylor Connole, Colton Creason, and Charlei Garcia; and his great-granddaughter, Delaney Connole.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the American Cancer Society in his honor.

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LIGHTNING: When thunder roars, get indoors

RIDE EVENT: Cyclists enjoy spectacular route over mountains

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lightning discharge, but no active fire. The main home had damage to gutters, roofing and wiring damage, while the Airbnb structure had darkening/charring to the corner of the home with wiring damage as well. Three large pine trees on the property also sustained damage from a lightning strike removing bark and large areas of live woody material.

The second incident, just a short time later, was reported when a homeowner on East Coyote Springs Road called 911 after lightning struck their home. No smoke or flames were visible to arriving units, and damage to this structure was limited to the

opening of Highway 242 on June 17.

In its earliest incarnation, the event was known as Ride For Two Rivers. The National Forest Foundation had provided match-based grant funding for work on Whychus Creek and the Metolius River, and as a celebration and fundraiser in support of those efforts, cycling advocate Jerry Norquist organized the event. The Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce managed the event for a number of years, before handing the reins over to Sisters Park & Recreation District (SPRD), which runs it with support from Sisters Trails Alliance (STA).

The ride is also conducted in memory of Bjarne Holm, who passed away after serving the Sisters community as a dedicated ride volunteer for many years. The route offers some of the most majestic scenery in Central Oregon.

“I think the McKenzie Highway is one of the

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A lightning strike hit an Airbnb structure, knocking everything off the walls and sparking a small blaze. front entry roof and structural beams.

Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District responded with seven firefighters and three emergency vehicles to the first incident and one unit and four firefighters to the second incident. Due to there being no active fire at either incident, the responding units performed investigation on each property looking for hot spots with a thermal imaging

camera and advised homeowners/residents to be aware of any suspicious odors or electrical problems.

The Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District reminds Sisters residents that there is no safe place outside when thunderstorms are in the area. If you hear thunder, you are likely within striking distance of the storm.

Just remember: when thunder roars, go indoors.

premier cycling rides.,.. in the country,” said Chuck Humphreys, an STA volunteer and frequent participant in the Crest the Cascades ride. “You start in the high desert, and you end up in this dense fir forest on the other side.”

He noted that the return up the west side offers some climbs that “make you feel like you’re in a professional European race.”

Humphreys noted that the Milli Fire has changed the landscape on the east end of the ride. Much of the forest is burned — but the trade-off for blackened landscape is much broader vistas.

“It’s just magical when you get to the top and go to the other side,” he said.

Proceeds of the event provide funding for recreational activities and programs for Sisters youth, seniors, and all ages in between. Anyone interested in volunteering on ride day can contact crestthecascades@gmail. com. There are set-up, aidstation and rider-support positions available.

For detailed ride information, course map and registration, visit www. crestthecascades.org.

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welcomed Lullaby, a part of the last year’s Oregon Rescue Challenge.

“We followed her with her trainer, and knew she’d be a good horse with my grandkids,” Carol said.

In addition to her fulltime job as office manager at Green Ridge Physical Therapy and Wellness, Carol’s wild horse photographs have opened new doors into personal and business ventures. In Carol’s own words … “These images are a pure reflection of my heart for our wild horses. They have given me some of the most incredible moments in my life and they rebirthed my own personal horse life when I thought it was gone forever.

“My life changed dramatically when I entered their world, and it changed even

more dramatically when I shared that first image of Marley. God placed a camera in my hands for a purpose... and I hope I am successful in that purpose. If you come down to Sisters Library and spend some time looking at these beautiful creatures, I hope that you will feel something stir in your heart. I hope that you will come to care for and value our wild horses. If you feel that internal stirring, then I will know that I am living up to that divine commission I was entrusted with.”

With the exception of Marley, most of Carol’s horse images in the library show are for sale. A portion of the proceeds goes to the Friends of Sisters Library, whose art committee coordinates the monthly library exhibits. You can follow Carol on Facebook, or at her blog, adivinelyrepuposedlife.com.

All of the money goes toward care of her broken mustang, Grace. Her photographs are also shown at Hop & Brew in Sisters.

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By Jacqueline E. Mathews, Tribune News Service

— Last Week’s Puzzle Solved —

‘Ready, Set, Go’ part of wildfire preparedness Parts of Oregon are already heading into wildfire season. Last year saw very dangerous situations develop quickly in the area east of Sisters, where homes were threatened or destroyed and people had to evacuate at a moment’s notice.

O r e g o n ’s O ff i c e o f Emergency Management offers a reminder about evacuation levels. The statewide “Ready, Set, Go” system is used to notify communities that they are facing a threat and are used for floods, fires and other hazards.

“An important part of wildfire preparedness is familiarity with statewide evacuation levels,” said OEM Director Andrew Phelps.

“Wildfires can come without warning and move quickly, so residents need to prepare now in case they have to leave their home.”

• Level 1 Evacuation means “BE READY” for potential evacuation.

Residents should be aware of the danger that exists in their area, monitor emergency services websites and local media outlets for information.

This is the time for preparation and precautionary movement of persons with special needs, mobile property and (under certain circumstances) pets and livestock. If conditions worsen, emergency services personnel may contact you via an emergency

notification system.

• Level 2 Evacuation means “BE SET” to evacuate.

You should be ready to leave at a moment’s notice as this level indicates there is significant danger to your area, and residents should either voluntarily relocate to a shelter or with family/friends outside of the affected area. Residents may have time to gather necessary items, but doing so is at their own risk.

• Level 3 Evacuation means “GO” Evacuate NOW, leave immediately! Danger to your area is current or imminent, and you should evacuate immediately. If you choose to ignore this advisement, you must understand that emergency services may not be available to assist you further. DO NOT delay leaving to gather any belongings or make efforts to protect your home.

OEM partners with the Department of Forestry, the Office of the State Fire Marshal, Keep Oregon Green and other state agencies each year to promote wildfire awareness and preparedness, and urges all Oregon communities to always follow directions of emergency officials during evacuations.

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C L A CS LS A I SF SI IE FD IS E D S

FireFree hits record numbers

cre wildlife reserve 90+ in acre wildlife Yard reserve worker in neededYard – all worker needed reasonable – all cost. reasonable Applicable cost. Criteria,Applicable Standards,Criteria, Standards, Sisters area. looking for provided.HEARING: One rea. We are looking for We are equipment provided. equipment One PUBLIC PUBLIC HEARING: and Procedures: and Procedures: an approx. 24day/week hour/week day/week in Sisters. $15/hr. prox. 24 hour/week in Sisters. $15/hr.

June 20, 2019 5:30 PM June 20, 2019 Sisters 5:30Development PM Sisters Code (SDC) Development Code (SDC) position, incl. weekends.

Primary incl. weekends.

Primary Call John at 541-410-2870.

Call John atFILE 541-410-2870. #: TA 19-01 FILE #: TA 19-01 Chapter 4.1 – Types of Chapter 4.1 – Types of include, not limited to: Applications and Review clude, but notduties limited to: but APPLICANT: of Sisters City Applications of Sisters and Review Metolius Meadows Property Metolius Meadows Property City APPLICANT: and flood weed-eatingmowing, and floodweed-eating STAFF CONTACT: STAFF CONTACT: Procedures; Chapter 4.7 Procedures; – Land Chapter 4.7 – Land Owners Association in Owners Camp Association in Camp is available n. Position is irrigation. available Position BreAnne McConkie, BreAnne McConkie, Use District Map and Use Text District Map and Text is seeking a P/T Sherman is seeking a Sherman P/T immediately.

Call Craig at Amendments; Oregon Statewide diately. Call Craig at bmcconkie@ci.sisters.or.us, bmcconkie@ci.sisters.or.us, Amendments; Oregon Statewide operational assistant from operational May 1 assistant from May 1 Recovering from severe 541-410-0142.

541-410-0142.

(541) 323-5208 (541) 323-5208 Land Use Goals; and Land City of Use Goals; and City of through October 30. Work would through October 30. Work would weather earlier this year and PROJECT PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Sisters Urban Area Sisters Urban Area u Need Maintenance – All You–Needinclude Maintenance – pool include pool DESCRIPTION: care, community care,community preparing for fire season, resiThe following Development The following Development Comprehensive Plan.Comprehensive Plan.

Landscaping Mustgrounds be ablemaintenance ping help. Must be able help.some some grounds maintenance dents are taking action to cretext amendments Code (TAtext amendments (TA to lift know 40-60 lbs. regularly, know of nature -60 lbs. regularly, INVITATION TO BID INVITATION TO BID including of nature trails including upkeep trailsupkeepCode ate defensible spaces on their proposed: 19-01) Chpt. 1.3 are proposed: Chpt. 1.3 Sherman use rake, dependable, how to use rake, The Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire properties. Through FireFree, The Sisters-Camp Fire and dependable, pastures, as well and as assisting pastures, as19-01) well asare assisting Downtown Chpt.

2.4 Downtown punctual, drugdaily use, operations,with dailyDefinitions; al, no illegal drug use, no illegalwith District is soliciting bids for the a Project Wildfire program District is soliciting bids for the operations,Chpt. 2.4Definitions; Commercial & Chpt.

Commercial 2.15.1500 & Chpt.

2.15.1500 drivers license is a plus and upkeep ers license is a plus following: Station 703 Bay Door in Deschutes County, people following: Station 703 Bay Door maintenance and upkeep of a maintenance of a Special Provisions related Special to Provisions related to Austin • 541-419-5122 tin • 541-419-5122 Remodel.

Solicitation Remodel. documents Solicitation documents reduced hazardous fuels for community water system. community water system.

Service Service Care Stationsmay and be Child Care by request obtained may beatobtained by request at can Stations reply to and Child reply to parties free this spring, saving a $4 Habitat ReStore Sisters P-THabitatInterested ReStore parties P-T canInterested Centers; Chpt.

2.9 URA Centers; (min lot Chpt.

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Address admin@mmpoa.org.

Address per cubic yard cost. n Receiving Donation & CashierReceiving & Cashier size); Chpt.

2.2 Residential size); Chpt. & 2.2 Residential & June Oregon beginning June 5, 2019 Oregon beginning 5, 2019 your inquiries to Ed Young, your inquiries to Ed Young, Since FireFree’s inception m. to 5 p.m., Sat. Sun 9noon a.m.toto 5 p.m., Sun noon to Chpt. 2.3 MFR (residential Chpt. 2.3 MFR (residential between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 Operations Manager.

Operations Manager. in 1999, over 498,000 cubic $12 hr. Must be able to 4 p.m. $12 hr. Must be able to amenities); Chpt. 4.2 amenities); Site Plan Chpt.

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Bids must Bids must Central Oregon during the rteous customer-service team, courteousenergetic, customer-service dependableenergetic, persons ordependable persons or phasing); Chpt. 4.3 Land phasing); Chpt.

4.3 Land be received in a sealed be envelope received in a sealed envelope spring free yard-debris recylls. Email resume: skills. Email resume: couples couples to clean Black Butte to clean Black Butte Divisions (phasing); Chpt.

Divisions (phasing); Chpt.Roger Johnson to: Fire Chief Roger Johnson at to: Fire Chief at cling days.

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Experience is preferred but will is preferred but will 2.15.2200 Public Art 2.15.2200 (remove PC Public Art1(remove PC28, than than p.m., June 2019 1 to p.m., be June 28, 2019 to be the past 20 years. train; excellent pay and working excellent pay and working sistant to clean/organize Home assistanttrain; to clean/organize approval); Chpt. 2.14approval); North Chpt.

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Bids are scheduled to This spring, Sisters, conditions. conditions. part timeYear-round, part time homes w/ Custom House Year-round, Care. w/ Custom House Care.

Sisters Business ParkSisters (updateBusiness Park (update be opened at 1:15 p.m. on June be opened at 1:15 p.m. on June La Pine and Sunriver set for the right is possible person(s).for the right person(s).

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District ponders Tollgate station Officials with the SistersCamp Sherman Fire District will meet with residents of the Tollgate Homeowners Association Thursday, June 6 to solicit input regarding the future of the Tollgate Fire Station.

The District has maintained an unstaffed, volunteer station within the subdivision since 1988. Changes in District staffing and the construction of a new station in downtown Sisters has resulted in a diminished use of the facility in recent years.

In addition to the diminished

use of the facility, the District received a new Insurance Services Office Public Protection Classification (PPC) rating in 2017. Most insurance companies use the PPC rating to establish homeowners’ insurance premiums. The new rating dramatically improved for Tollgate homeowners as well as all other residents of the District.

As a result of the new insurance rating, the Tollgate Fire Station was no longer recognized as an active fire station.

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To the Editor: Regarding the Wildfire Defense Systems insurance article in the May 8 Nugget: I find such insurance offensive because I remember reading stories of such insured homes amidst those not insured being attended to all the while the other homes were ignored.Â

District Fire Chief Roger Johnson said, “We were approached by residents of the community asking if the District would consider transitioning ownership of the facility to the homeowners association.�

The Board of Directors for the fire district has scheduled the community meeting to solicit input from residents prior to making a final decision on use of the facility.

The meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Tollgate Homeowners Association Club House.

Well, of course you say, they paid for Fire Protection Insurance. We all pay for public fire service with our tax dollars and all such fire defense, mitigation and protection programs coordinate with one another from Federal to State to Local. Not always the case with forprofit fire protection.

These privately funded fire services can cause blockages (their vehicles in the way of those that serve all of us or inadvertently, blocking neighbors evacuating in an emergency) as had happened in the past per such articles out of Southern California. This is yet another step toward privatization, this time it is our socially provided fire services under attack.

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POLLEN: Allergens my friend, are blowin’ in the wind Continued from page 17

Unlike the olive, the great Pinus Ponderosa just makes an interesting yellowy mess.

Supplement sellers and alternative health providers tout the benefits of pine pollen. Used by indigenous tribes and in traditional Chinese medicine, pollen from various species of pines are said to boost energy, encourage weight loss, and increase testosterone levels.

According to Lost Empire Herbs, pine pollen was mixed with honey and taken internally “to promote beauty in the face� during the Tang Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty arose pine pollen cakes made in the shape of “ancient dragon cakes.� Sweet tasting,

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Council gives green light to new Hayden Home development

By Sue Stafford Correspondent

At a special meeting of the Sisters City Council last week, councilors gave the green light to Hayden Homes to develop their 195-plus-unit housing development, McKenzie Meadow Village, located off McKinney Butte Road next to the high school.

Four of the five councilors voted unanimously to approve Ordinance No. 496, with a number of conditions.

Mayor Chuck Ryan was not in attendance. He had previously recused himself from any hearings or discussions regarding MMV because of his previous negotiations held with Hayden personnel during the period when Sisters was without a city manager.

The ordinance approved the MMV Master Plan, Subdivision, Zone Change, Plan Amendment, and Development Agreement. The plans call for 116 single-family detached homes, 18 singlefamily attached/townhomes, and 61-65 multi-family units plus 3.32 acres of open space, and recreational amenities and supporting infrastructure.

The Development Agreement requires a minimum of one affordable housing unit for every 10 market-rate residential units, a requirement that was part of the original annexation agreement into the city.

The application was reviewed and approved by City planning staff using the adopted applicable City and State procedures. Review fees, paid by the applicant, were in excess of $34,000. The Council decision was made based on the City’s adopted standards and criteria and consistency with the Statewide Planning Goals and City’s Comprehensive Plan.

The development of the MMV property is probably

one of the most contested since its annexation into the city urban growth boundary.

After three Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) filings

by Mark Adolf and Pinnacle Alliance, the original owners of the property — the Reed, Willitts, and Kallberg families — decided to put the property on the market and chose Hayden Homes to be the new owners.

The original MMV plans called for the development to contain a senior-living facility, a community “lodge” or center, individual senior cottages, low-income senior apartments by Bend developer Rob Roy, and some single-family homes, all centered around a community park and garden.

Adolf was originally contracted to build the senior-living facility, but was unable to secure the necessary funding.

After three years, when the contract was not extended again, another party was brought in to build and run the senior facility, but repeated LUBA appeals stalled the process. After years of delays, the decision was made to sell the property to Hayden Homes. At that point, the original Master Plan was no longer in force.

MMV is directly adjacent to another Hayden development, Village at Cold Springs.

The homeowners in VCS appealed to both Hayden and the City to allow the installation of emergency gates on Hill and Williamson Avenues, which would connect VCS and MMV. Their request was based on two fundamental facts: The narrow streets in VCS are privately maintained (repaired, plowed, etc.) by the homeowners association, which contends increased traffic from the connection will increase costs for the residents in VCS. The streets in MMV will be installed at the current code width of 36 feet. The

VCS residents have significant safety concerns regarding traffic cutting through their development on narrow streets at higher than posted speeds where children play and ride their bikes, and residents park their cars.

Hayden Homes and the Sisters-Camp Sherman Rural Fire Protection District agreed to the installation of gates that could be opened in case of emergencies and to facilitate work by the City Public Works Department.

Despite reams of emails, letters, data, photographs and repeated testimony by homeowners in VCS and their legal counsel at both Planning Commission and City Council public hearings, the final vote at last Wednesday’s special Council meeting — for now — puts an end to the discussion by approving Ordinance 496 which includes connecting Hill and Williamson avenues.

The decision to disallow the gates was made based on current City code requirements for traffic connectivity and the original easements which were required and designed to accommodate future street connections.

There is another avenue for the VCS homeowners

association. They can file an appeal with LUBA to have the City decision re-evaluated.

HOA President Doug Wills told The Nugget that following last week’s meeting, he was approached by representatives of Hayden Homes to see if a

meeting could be set to discuss what could be done together to help with the traffic flow.

“They really don’t want us to go to LUBA. We will see what they have to say… we will see where it goes,” Wills said.

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Travel back in time to ancient Egypt

By Susan Waymire Columnist

Egypt — land of pharaohs, gods, magic and mysticism. While touring this wondrous land of antiquity, the countless facts, figures, and stories our Egyptologist imparted were overwhelming. He must know not only the names, dates and people of the different pharaonic dynasties, but also be well versed in the building of the old-world monuments, their meanings and also how to read the ancient paintings on the tomb walls.

In other words, it’s an overwhelming week of facts mixed with storytelling. We were fortunate to have one of the best Egyptologists throughout our journey for the week to make for an enlightening adventure.

Egypt houses nearly three-quarters of the world’s archeological finds. Many countries now have their own archeology sites within this country creating a unified world effort toward the maintenance of these historic finds. With over 600 pyramids, the Great Pyramid of Cheops is the one that we know in modern day. This pyramid is the only remaining of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World still standing.

As was explained to us, the condition of each pyramid still standing is a result of the economic conditions within the country during that time. Wealthier times meant sturdier-built, longer-standing buildings. The Egyptians were master engineers and architects. Imagine constructing these tombs at 2500 BC with no power tools, cranes, or forklift — it was all reliant on manpower, and lots of it!

Each block was hand-chiseled to perfection. Then the workers had to be advised by the architect and engineers as to where to perfectly place each stone. From there, with heavier 20-ton blocks on the bottom and the lighterweighted blocks toward the

top, these construction masterpieces were created. Other wonders of the world were lost to earthquakes, floods, and time. Egyptians, being master builders, crafted their tombs to last forever. It truly is awesome to stand in a place in time that appears much like it did in those early days.

I was one of the fortunate ones who was able to climb through the looters’ hole on the side of the Great Pyramid and make the ascent to the top internally. It truly is not suggested for tall people, claustrophobics, or those with bad backs. The climb to the top is within a three-foot-high tunnel that climbs up a ramp to the uppermost chamber… while lit, is still relatively dark and on a 108-degree day, very hot! One has to lean over the entire way for roughly 150 yards. It is not so bad ascending but the descending is much more difficult. From the inside you can peer down to see where the pharaoh was entombed and once at the top, you can find an empty room.

Yes, after all of that, it’s empty. We were advised of this but it still is a disappointment to have no drawings, stories or artifacts. After a quick pic, down we went — been there, done that!

Egypt is preparing for 2020 and a major tourism boom after years of economic downturn. Several new highend ships are being built and coming out in January 2020 to fuel the numbers of people that are being anticipated for this economic uptick. Nile River cruising will be hot!

The new Grand Egyptian Museum is on track at the moment to open in April, 2020. With so many artifacts buried in the current Egyptian Museum basement, it was time to make room for King Tutankhamun and his treasures to have a new home.

Many of those artifacts are being restored by Egyptian experts to their original condition — his mask,

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Perhaps the best “moment in time” I had while in Egypt was a visit to Ramses VI’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings. I was the first one down to the bottom of this tomb, laden in beautiful images telling the stories of ancient Egyptian theology, the story of the heavens and the earth.

Standing there alone for 10 minutes, I was able to take a step back and truly appreciate those scenes from yesterday…no other tourists taking costly selfies (you pay for photos inside these tombs) or pushing me out of the way. It was one of those travel moments where I had to put the camera down to truly appreciate where I was and what I was viewing. In essence, I was viewing the story of the origin of the earth, heavens, as well as the creation of light, sun and life itself — both spiritual and breathtaking from an Ancient Egyptian perspective. I’ve had many moments on my adventures, but this is one that will stand in my memories forever.

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YOGA: One of several actvities offered at Farmers Market Continued from page 3

A c c o r d i n g t o Yo g a Journal, uneven, natural surfaces such as sand and grass can intensify yoga postures and their physical benefits.

Various yogis have differing opinions on lawn yoga.

Some say bring a mat; others say that a thick towel works better.

Some prefer two mats when practicing outdoors.

Others prefer to use outdoor yoga as an “earthing” experience, where bare feet and body connect directly with soil, plants, and other natural surfaces.

Whatever approach visitors choose, they should check out their spot on the lawn to make sure it is free of debris and poky bits. Fir Street Park is generally kept up very nicely by the City of Sisters, but it makes sense to check out the surface first.

All should bring basic supplies: sunscreen, water, and a towel for wiping down their mats. A cooler bag can be helpful for storing market purchases. Cash donations are also welcome, as instructors provide these sessions without pay.

Yoga isn’t the only new item on the Sisters Farmers Market menu this year. The market will feature new programming throughout the season, which runs from the first Sunday in June to the last Sunday in September.

Music, yoga, and kids’ activities will make regular appearances, along with talent shows, wellness demos, and a Tea & Poetry Day. These new programs are part of a larger effort to revitalize Sisters Farmers Market, funded in part by a grant from The Roundhouse Foundation.

Starting in July, Sisters studio Life.Love.Yoga. will bring new forms and instructors to the market. Details will be posted as they become available at www. sistersfarmersmarket.com.

Cowboy Court Apartments to open this summer

By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

Paul Pinion saw a need in Sisters for comfortable apartments at a reasonable rental rate – and he didn’t see anybody filling the need. So he stepped up.

The Cowboy Court Apartments Pinion is developing on Adams Avenue are slated for at least partial opening in August of this year — and about half of the units are already spoken for.

Pinion is not a developer by trade — he is the principal of Pinion Property Management, a Corvallisbased company that manages investment properties.

“My wife (Jill) and I… ended up getting a house here about 10 years ago,” Pinion told The Nugget.

Talking to business owners and local folks, he realized that workforce housing — particularly rentals — are hard to come by, and that many people commute to Sisters jobs from Bend or Redmond or points even further distant.

“I kind of threw up my hands and said, ‘Does anybody who works in Sisters live in Sisters?’” he recalled.

Pinion started looking into the possibility of building apartments. He quickly connected with highly regarded Sisters architect Chris Mayes.

“Very fortunate (to) hook up with Chris Mayes here,” he said. “Love him to death.”

The City of Sisters “seemed very enthusiastic about getting some units in

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Cowboy Court Apartments will be occupied this summer.

Sisters,” Pinion said. “They felt like there was a need for it, for sure.”

Finding a contractor who could bring the work in at a cost that would keep the apartments affordable was a bit of a challenge.

“It’s got to make financial sense with what you’re doing,” he said. “Their numbers changed to where it went from doable to not-doable.”

Kevin Spencer and Empire Construction ended up getting the gig — which has seen its challenges, mostly thanks to the late “snowmaggeddon.”

“That set ’em back a bit,” Pinion said, noting that crews had to clear and haul three feet of snow off the Adams Avenue site so they could work.

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USFS: Agency revisited plan to relocate and changed their mind Continued from page 1

USFS staff decided to push the pause button and revisit their plans regarding the location of their new headquarters before any more sales agreements came their way.

Their newest proposal involves partitioning the 42 acres in the middle parcel into one piece of seven to 12 acres called the lower campus, and the remaining piece of approximately 30 acres, where the current headquarters building is located.

Plans call for new headquarters to be built on the smaller parcel after selling the East Portal and the 30 acres. By doing that, the staff could continue to work out of the current office while the new headquarters are under construction.

Sisters District Ranger Ian Reid pointed out a number of advantages to the new plan.

The Forest Service will be able to maintain a presence in the heart of Sisters, where it has been for decades. They will be able to stay in place while building the new headquarters, providing a savings in moving costs to temporary headquarters.

Reid stressed the savings to taxpayers: “By staying on the current property, there will be a savings of about $1 million in site development costs and less permitting required.

City utilities already serve the property.”

Another positive aspect is that the USFS will retain the highway frontage along Highway 20, relieving a concern voiced by many local citizens about the nature of the entrance into Sisters.

Design costs could be minimal, as the plan is to utilize the design used in constructing the headquarters in Crescent, which Reid indicated is a beautiful facility.

The Forest Service owns those plans, so they can be reused with minor modifications.

Reid said signage near the roundabout could direct traffic to follow Barclay Drive out of the roundabout to the new headquarters, reducing turning traffic at North Pine Street.

Several things need to happen before the local Forest Service can move forward with their newest proposal.

Plans need to be approved by the regional office in Portland and then forwarded to Washington, D.C. The zoning changes from public

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facility and open space need to be approved by the City of Sisters to allow for more uses.

The other two parcels of land must sell. If the proceeds from the sales don’t fully cover the costs of the new headquarters, staff will have to figure out how to get necessary appropriations from the Federal government.

That’s a lot of moving pieces, but it looks like Smokey Bear will continue residing in downtown Sisters along Highway 20.

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MLS#201506535

LAKE CREEK LODGE, #27 One-quarter shared interest in this beautiful 3bedroom, 3-bath cabin at historic Lake Creek Lodge in Camp Sherman. Features modern amenities with the feel of yesteryear. Built in 2011 and furnished with a combination of antiques and quality reproduction pieces.

The cabin features fir plank floors, knotty pine paneling, stone/gas fireplace, butcher-block countertops, gas cooktop, farm kitchen sink, tile bathroom floors and showers, washer/dryer, cedar decks, stone exterior accents and locked owner storage. $215,000. MLS#201903016

HIGH DESERT LIVING AT ITS FINEST This 1/2-acre homesite is a chance to build in one of Central Oregon’s finest communities. With a focus on wellness and “walking softly on the earth,” Brasada Ranch offers a tip-top athletic club, Jacobsen/ Hardy golf course and extensive equestrian center. Just 15 minutes to Bend. $85,000.

MLS#201408571

The Locals’ Choice!

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

NEAR THE DESCHUTES RIVER Climb the slight ridge and the mountain views open big and wide from Mt. Hood to Broken Top. Every peak is visible as well as the valley below.

Bordering BLM directly on the eastside. Paved access, underground utilities, existing well and septic available. Enjoy the quiet setting and night sky in this beautiful secluded corner of Deschutes County. $395,000. MLS#201506281

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

GLAZE MEADOW #45 Wonderful cabin at Black Butte Ranch. Recently updated throughout the kitchen, living and bathrooms. It features a natural wood-paneled interior with tall vaulted open-beam ceilings and natural lava-rock fireplace. Two bedrooms down plus loft with bathroom. Enjoy the great location at the end of a long, peaceful cul-de-sac close to the Glaze Meadow Sports and Recreation Center. Adjacent to bike/pedestrian pathway with easy access to beautiful National Forest lands.$399,000. MLS#201904587