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The Nugget Vol. XLII No. 24

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Wednesday,June 12, 2019

Records topple in 79th Sisters Rodeo By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

An 18-year-old Sisters Rodeo arena record bit the dust Saturday night as barrel racer Meka Farr of Honeyville, Utah, made a 17.29-second run, supplanting a record previously set in 2001 at 17.34 by Amy Dale Coelho from Echo, Oregon. The Rodeo also set some organizational records, selling out multiple performances. “We have never sold out a Sunday performance, but we did yesterday,” Rodeo board of directors member Bonnie Malone told The Nugget on Monday morning. “In fact, we sold it out mid-way through Saturday night.” Perhaps the most satisfying record of all was the more than $15,000 raised on Sunday for Sara’s Project (formerly Sara Fisher Project) for breast cancer awareness. Each year, the Sisters Rodeo raises funds for the St. Charles Foundation’s project, usually pulling in some $8,000 to $9,000. This year, Malone described an extraordinary act of giving. The Rodeo framed two

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Graduates from the Sisters High School class of 2019 were showered with scholarship money at the annual GRO Senior Celebration on Thursday, May 30. Sisters GRO (Graduate Resource Organization) has continued to expand local scholarship offerings each year, resulting in over $208,000 of locally generated awards, represented by 69 separate scholarships that included 140 individual awards. Sisters School employee Rick Kroytz is on the GRO board and operates the high school’s ASPIRE program,

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Josh Ritter to return to Sisters for SFF event By Ceili Cornelius Correspondent

Malone reported, an audience member approached a

Josh Ritter and the Royal City Band will be performing their one and only Central Oregon show on Wednesday, June 27, at Sisters High School, as part of the celebration of the organization’s campaign purchase of the Sisters Art Works building, where it has its headquarters. “The capital campaign is titled Connected by Creativity and is basically a two-phase process to purchase this building that can be developed as a center for creativity in the community,” said Sisters Folk Festival Creative Director Brad Tisdel. The event on June 27 is a ticketed show to help continue to raise funds for buying the building, as well as

See RODEO on page 30

See CONCERT on page 15

PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK

The Sisters Rodeo action was outstanding, as was the weather and the stock. editions of this year’s poster, which were signed by the cowboys competing in the Rodeo. One poster was

2019 grads showered with scholarships By Charlie Kanzig

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which is designed to help guide students on their posthigh-school plans. Kroytz loved the energy and joy the event produced. “It was an exciting night… you could feel the electricity in the air as the students eagerly waited to hear the results,” he said. All seniors from the class of 2019 were encouraged to apply for the local scholarships and many took advantage of the digital portal established to help make the process more efficient, according to Kroytz. “Our goal is always for every senior who has any financial need to apply,” See GRADS on page 18

auctioned for $4,800, with the runner-up agreeing to match that number to attain the second poster. Then,

Students raise walls for Habitat Collin Harris was just a toddler when he and his family moved into their Sisters Habitat for Humanity home nearly 15 years ago. Last week, the high school senior was raising walls alongside his construction classmates for another Sisters Habitat family’s home. Harris, who said he doesn’t remember moving into his house, has enjoyed the construction class at Sisters High School. He’s learned basic tool knowledge, worked with a fun team, and been able to use his skills in Sisters. “It’s cool we get to help the community out and build a home for a family. It feels good to help people,” he said during the crew’s lunch break. The students from Tony

PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK

Sisters construction program students raised the walls at the Palmer house last week. Classes build each year for Habitat for Humanity. Cosby’s construction class at Sisters High School spent the semester building the walls for future homeowner

Krista Palmer and her two boys. “One of my guys is See HABITAT on page 31

Letters/Weather ................ 2 Obituaries ......................... 7 Entertainment ..................13 At Your Service............ 19-23 Classifieds..................26-28 Meetings ........................... 3 Announcements................12 Sisters Naturalist............. 14 Crossword ....................... 25 Real Estate .................29-32

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Jonah Goldberg

The flag of the United States represents FREEDOM and has been an enduring symbol of our country’s ideals since its early days.

FLAG DAY is June 14 Queen Riann Cornett carries the Stars and Stripes at the 2019 Sisters Rodeo. PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK

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: This is in response to T.Lee Brown’s column in the June 5 issue (“In the Pines,” page 18). Her reminisce of Sisters Coffee Company a few years back hit a chord with this longtime patron of the business. However, when she “commenced eavesdropping” on a nearby conversation, my hackles went up and alarm bells started ringing. It’s bad enough that Facebook invades our privacy and Alexa butts into conversations, but for someone to actually admit that she is listening to a private conversation, and is now getting paid to admit that, is pretty low. She also laments that the gentlemen, oldtimers who’ve seen Sisters through thick and thin, didn’t respond to her smile as she walked

by. She thereby made the assumption that they were the “unwelcoming, closed-off core of Sisters.” Did it occur to her that they were engrossed in the conversation and were focused on one another and didn’t even notice her? It must have been a good chat, since she soon became engrossed in it as well. The rest of her rambling column, much of which I skipped over because I didn’t want to also eavesdrop on a private conversation, concluded with the thought that some of the old ways aren’t worth preserving. All because a crusty older bloke wouldn’t smile at her and she listened to a conversation that was none of her business. It’s kind of sad. Allan Godsiff

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The intellectual right is in the middle of a huge brouhaha, as some prominent right-wing commentators celebrate what they believe is the end of the “conservative consensus” around classical liberalism — free markets, limited government, the sovereignty of the individual and even in some cases free expression. Fox News’ Tucker Carlson recently lauded progressive Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s economic program, to the cheers of a host of conservatives who now consider themselves advocates for something called “economic nationalism.” This argument really isn’t new, and there’s no reason to think it’s going away anytime soon, particularly so long as Donald Trump is in office and conservative intellectuals feel the need to bend their ideas to his actions or exploit his popularity (on the right) for the ideas they’ve long held. Instead, it’s worth thinking about how to think about such things. Ideas are supremely important. As the late Irving Kristol said, “What rules the world is ideas, because ideas define the way reality is perceived.” I believe that. But reality — i.e., the physical realm we live in — is often what brings new ideas to the fore. We certainly understand this in the world of science. Newton, Einstein and Edison had ideas, and those ideas changed reality in ways that changed our ideas. Ever since the word “conservative” has had any meaning, conservatives have complained about moral licentiousness. Where they once complained about rising hemlines, they now complain about widespread pornography. But what’s often left out of the conversation is the role technology plays in changing how we think about such things. In the 1920s, conservatives complained about foreign ideas corrupting the youth, as if licentiousness was some virus that escaped a lab in Paris and was brought home by returning soldiers. Left out of the conversation, for the most part, was the fact that one the great drivers of the rise in

out-of-wedlock births (and shotgun weddings) in the 1920s was the widespread introduction of the automobile. Suddenly, teenagers had a much easier time escaping the prying eyes of parents and neighbors. I have no objection to the claim that ideas played an important role in changing attitudes about sex. The problem is when you think the idea is the sum of the problem. Intellectuals tend to think this way because it’s fun to argue with Voltaire or Simone de Beaviour. It’s more difficult to argue with a Buick. These intellectuals become like the drunk who only looks for his lost car keys under the street lamp because the light is better there. The birth control pill has surely done more to create a culture of recreational sex than all of the writings of Alfred Kinsey and feminist intellectuals combined. Good luck trying to get rid of the pill. Of course, this isn’t just a dynamic on the right. One of the vexing problems for supporters of unalloyed abortion rights is that technology — from in-utero MRI to miraculous innovations in neonatal care — is making the claim that late-stage fetuses are merely “uterine contents” or some other dehumanizing euphemism less plausible to millions of Americans. Many of the promoters of “economic nationalism” on the left and right, including Trump, cling to outdated ideas about how industry works. Manufacturing in the United States isn’t in decline; manufacturing jobs are, because technology replaces human labor with machine labor. Even if tariffs brought our factories home from Mexico and China (a dubious proposition), most of the jobs “brought back” will go to machines. Among the myriad dangers in all of this is that intellectuals think they can somehow plan and direct the consequences of technological innovation to achieve a society that fits their theories about how everyone should live. That’s not easy in an authoritarian society. It’s not possible in a free one. © 2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC

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Sisters will show off Quilts in the Garden patrons, from members of the garden. The Community Garden, located on East Barclay Drive next to Sisters Eagle Airport, provides a lovely setting for a lunch of fresh and healthy items under sunshades scattered through the garden. Quilts are displayed on the fence surrounding the garden with stunning mountain views as a backdrop. The garden has 44 raised beds, plus two elevated beds at wheelchair height. There is also a

By Sue Stafford Correspondent

Visitors to the gardens and homes on this year’s 22nd annual Quilts in the Garden tour on July 11 are in for a number of special treats. Each property is unique in its own way due to its history, current usage, or items on display. Sponsored by the Sisters Garden Club, this self-guided tour will visit five locations plus the Sisters Community Garden where lunch can be purchased, by the first 150

See QUILTS on page 13 PHOTO BY TL BROWN

Becca Rose explored migration and butterflies in a pair of linked poems at Paulina Springs Books’ open mic night.

Eclectic treasures for Creekside Park visitors Open mic night blossoms in Sisters People strolled through an eclectic variety of handmade treasures from metal art and wildlife photography to handcrafted silk scarves. One of the things that makes an artist’s craftsmanship stand out among others is that there is a story present in every moment captured, and sometimes it takes an artistic eye to spot the moments worth capturing. For caricature artists Lisa Dubitsky and husband Joseph Brady, sketching on-the spot likeness caricatures of people

By Jodi Schneider Correspondent

The showcase of fine arts and crafts that spread across the manicured lawns of Creekside Park drew in thousands of visitors on Saturday for the 17th annual Art in the Park, an added attraction for visitors to enjoy during rodeo weekend in Sisters. More than 90 artisans displayed hundreds of pieces of original artwork, including paintings, sculpture, ceramics, jewelry, fiber, fine glass, woodwork, mixed media and photography.

See ART on page 25

By T. Lee Brown Correspondent

Ever stand in front of strangers and share your original songs, stories, or poems? Given the right circumstances, it can be rewarding and downright fun. The atmosphere was friendly, appreciative, and nonjudgmental—in other words, perfect—at the Paulina Springs Books open mic last week. More formally known as “Music, Poetry & Storytelling Open Mic,” the monthly event invites the Sisters community to share their work in a low-pressure environment,

free of charge. For those who aren’t performing, it’s a great way to soak up local talent, browse books, and have a few snacks. The evening kicked off with Shelby, a.k.a. Midnight, who played acoustic guitar and sang. “It’s a song about how I love to go into my imagination,” she said, “but sometimes being in your imagination, running away, doesn’t solve everything.” A self-assured presence in torn jeans and Sharpieillustrated Chuck Taylors, the teenager sang, “I hope that / you’ll come to me / I’m

living / in the dream.” Katy Yoder, wearing silver and turquoise earrings shaped as little horses, read a story about her “once-ina-lifetime horse.” The emotional journey she shared is part of a work in progress, in a genre she calls speculative nonfiction. “Will Rogers had Trigger,” she began. “I had Topper.” Yoder wept openly during the story’s end, joined by many audience members. Local artist, storyteller, and musician Paul Alan Bennett managed to get a roomful of adults (and one See OPEN MIC on page 28

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. This listing is for regular Sisters Country meetings; email information to lisa@nuggetnews.com

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Nathaniel Brodie wins Waterston Desert Writing By Katy Yoder Correspondent

Nathaniel Brodie’s interest and research into the deserts of the Southwest has brought to light the existence of large felines more commonly found in tropical jungles. His winning submission to the Waterston Desert Writing Contest tells the story of the Sky Islands, a region often neglected in Western literature. He’s quick to point out that his book, entitled “Borderlands,” is still in the discovery process. But excerpts and ideas from the book were enough to win him the $2,500 cash award and a four-week residency at PLAYA at Summer Lake, Oregon. As he noted in his winning submission: “In the past two decades seven jaguars (Panthera onca) have been treed, photographed, or physically captured in Arizona and New Mexico. The presence of large felines more commonly associated with tropical jungles in the deserts of the Southwest opens one to wonder and curiosity.” His second book will weave together the historical and environmental repercussions of past actions by colonists, and show the overlap of Native American, early Spanish explorers 500 years ago, American westward expansion and manifest destiny. He points out that our history is very recent and is still playing out in contemporary American culture. In another excerpt Brodie explained more about the region he’ll cover and the reason it intrigues him enough to write a book about the historical and environmental repercussions of the “settling” of the United States. “Here, in southern Arizona, where the Mohave, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan deserts meet, jaguars eat black bears and bromeliads festoon maple trees. Here, Native American, European American, and Latin American cultures have

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overlapped for 480 years. “The essays within Borderlands will weave together the stories of the Apache Wars, the current migrant crises, rewilding schemes, The Rosemonte Copper Mine, and the threatened fragility of endangered species such as jaguar, ocelot, and Sonoran pronghorn. “The Sky Islands region has been relatively neglected in the annals of Western literature. So too has the southwestern jaguar; which, unlike the wolf, has little prominence in North Americans’ ideas and conception of wild creatures, wilderness and contemporary human-nature interactions. For these reasons I believe Borderlands can make a new and meaningful contribution to the body of desert literature, and to a greater cultural desert literacy. My plan is to visit this region in the fall of 2019 and the spring of 2020, and interview desert ecologists, wildlife biologists, border patrol agents, tribal members, historians, and desert jaguar aficionados.” Jaguars were once a resident species in the U.S., but white settlers wiped them out so quickly, they aren’t included in the history of animals that lived there. Brodie will reveal Dene or Apache history which has a different story to tell, one that goes much farther back. “I was born and raised in Southern California, a very arid place,” Brodie told The Nugget from his Portland home. “I’ve been attracted to desert places and traveled around the world to desert places. I lived in Arizona and worked in the Grand Canyon for a decade. I love their stark, severe beauty. Everything has thorns, spikes, but also luxurious blooms. Water is

miraculous in the desert. There aren’t many desert writing prizes out there. It was a natural fit for me.” Brodie’s family moved last year to Portland from Reno, Nevada. His wife got a tenure-track job at Portland State University in eco-hydrology. She grew up in Seattle and loves being back in the Pacific Northwest. “When we drive back over to Central Oregon’s high desert and the firs transition into sagebrush, we both love it. She likes the big looming trees and I like the open spaces,” he said. Receiving the award is a great honor for Brodie. “We writers sometimes aren’t recognized for the work we do that is not a published book. The vast majority of my writing career is toiling away. I’m lucky enough to have one book published.” He’s also excited about the High Desert Museum event on June 26, where he’ll receive his award and get to meet writers he respects and admires. “I’ll get to be with Kim Stafford, Bruce Berger and meet Patricia Limerick. I’ll be in august company and it’s an honor,” he said. Brodie looks forward to meeting Limerick. “Her book, ‘Legacy of Conquest,’ is important for me and I quote her in my first book,” he noted. Brodie appreciates her understanding of how the histories of oppression still affect us all and that the legacy of conquest is still being borne out today. Ideas for Borderlands have many threads that are still coming together for Brodie. The process is half the battle. “I’m doing the research now. I’m so excited about

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Nathaniel Brodie will accept the Waterston Desert Writing Prize at an event at the High Desert Museum on Wednesday, June 26. no longer enjoys freedom of movement back and forth across political boundaries.” For more information about the Waterston Desert Writing Prize Award ceremony visit www.highdes e r t m u s e u m . o rg / e v e n t s / waterston-prize/. To register for one of the writing workshops before the evening’s events visit: www.high desertmuseum.org/events/ waterston-workshops/. Visit Nathaniel Brodie’s website at: www.nathanielbrodie.com.

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doing a four-week residency at PLAYA,” he said. “Right now I’m in the information gathering stage, I tend to gather and only use 20 percent of what I gather. PLAYA time will be that winnowing down into what the story truly is. Right now I’m still falling down the rabbit holes.” WDWP founder Ellen Waterston is proud to celebrate the fifth anniversary and was impressed with the breadth and quality of the participants. “The caliber of this year’s proposals, from two continents, three countries and 14 states, made the task of selecting the winner and finalists especially challenging for the Board of Directors… but in the end Nathaniel Brodie’s compelling proposal Borderlands rose to the top. In a generous and eloquent style, Brodie’s proposal invites the reader to look at the literal and metaphorical, social and environmental consequences of what is taking place on the southern border of the United States from the perspective of the endangered jaguar who

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The traditional and contemporary in native art By Chris Morin Correspondent

The “modern” appearance of many Native American artists’ paintings can cause viewers to construe incorrect perceptions about its “Nativeness.” Paintings that are oil on canvas, for instance, give the impression of a European genre. Yet, paintings have a distinct artistic lineage for North American tribes. The First Peoples of North America painted on rock walls for millenniums, leaving behind tens of thousands of still-existing pictographs. At some point, early Native Americans also began painting on animal skin, sometimes using these as an annual “winter count” to mark the passing of years. After Westerners conquered these lands, killed off the buffalo, and sent the People onto reservations or the warriors to prisons, the materials necessary for the skin paintings disappeared. Reservation Indian agents of the Great Plains or the officials at prisons began giving these former painters and indigenous historians used pages from their ledger books, along with fountain pens, crayons, or watercolor paints.

The works produced during this period are known as “ledger art,” and it continued into the 1910s. In the 1920s a group of Southern Plains Indians in Oklahoma, The Kiowa Five, began an art movement with contemporary art supplies. They initially based their style of work on the ledger art genre, and it came to be known as The Plains Style. Further, the Studio School opened within the Santa Fe Indian School in 1932 and also developed its take on the ledger art approach; this branch is now referred to as the Santa Fe Style of Native American painting. The genre of Native American painting continued down other paths to include commonly using oils on canvas by the 1960s. Today, a number of modernist techniques are utilized, including pop art. Thus, while oil on canvas works per se are not a traditional American Indian art form, paintings most certainly are. The two-dimensional works of artists Terrance Guardipee, “Blackfeet”; Jason Parrish, “Navajo”; and Roger Perkins, “Mohawk”; span our concepts of what traditional

and contemporary Native American art looks like. Their works can also begin the challenging dilemma of articulating why a work should be considered with either of these two authoritative terms. Typically, “traditional” is thought of as works based upon time-honored, older perspectives along with current works that respect the heritage and legacy, which guided earlier artists. In that case, Parrish’s and many of Guardipee’s works must be seen as traditional. Jason paints in the Santa Fe School tradition. A certain “less is more” conceptual approach may describe Jason’s desert scenes of the Navajo in elegant poses or in motion on horseback. J a s o n ’s r e c e n t s e c ond showing at the juried International Watercolor Exhibition, held in the Grand Palais on the Champs Elysees of Paris, demonstrates growing international recognition for his works. His piece, “Antelope Hunt,” just received a national award that will be announced by the presenting organization on June 15. Terrance works in the ledger art genre. He not only paints upon antique ledger

pages, he was the artist most instrumental in reviving this narrative art form in the 1990s. His works can be found in numerous museums throughout the United States, including the Smithsonian. “Contemporary” is thought of as works that allow an artist to explore new possibilities, to offer what might be, thus possibly adding to a culture. In that case, Roger and many of Terrance’s works must be regarded as contemporary. Roger Perkins’ favored medium is pop art. His pieces make bold statements about the Native American world. In one work, the iconic black and white photo of Sitting Bull looking straight at you with pride, defiance, and a withering gaze has the great chief’s head encircled by a pink halo. Roger also depicts him

wearing dark sunglasses, perhaps disallowing a direct look into the eyes of the warriorholy man-chieftain. Roger gives the following reason for working in the pop art style: “For years, we’ve had these iconic monochrome photos staring out at us, reminding us of what we were and won’t ever be again. That can get depressing. We have a now! We have a future! It needs to be colorful, energetic, humorous, and positive. That’s what I’m showing in my works.” Terrance gathers antique paper items — a ledger page, bank note, map, photo — to create collages of past times. This ephemera provides a complex backdrop to the powerful Blackfeet imagery See NATIVE ART on page 29

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New trail touches Camp Polk history The Deschutes Land Trust has established a new historic interpretive trail at Camp Polk Meadow Preserve. Camp Polk Meadow Preserve is a nature preserve outside of Sisters, Oregon that also protects the remnants of Hindman Station, one of the historic way stations on the Santiam Wagon Road. The Land Trust’s new interpretive trail shares some of the unique human history of the meadow, the wagon road and the Hindman family. The new trail, along with the Land Trust’s Santiam Wagon Road trail at Whychus Canyon Preserve, provides the only interpretation of the Santiam Wagon Road east of the Cascades. Visitors can now walk in the footsteps of Wagon Road travelers along a half-mile trail that winds around the historic Hindman Springs portion of the meadow. Colorful new signs with detailed historical photos tell the story of the many people who visited the meadow over the years: Native Americans, soldiers, and settlers including the Hindman family. The Land Trust also offers free, guided Camp Polk Meadow history walks: deschuteslandtrust. org/events “The Land Trust recognizes the importance of historical interpretation for our rapidly growing community,” said Brad Chalfant, Deschutes Land Trust executive director. “When our Land Trust preserves contain important historical artifacts like a former way station on the Santiam Wagon Road, we do our best to protect and share these resources with the community. This project represents a great partnership between the Land Trust, our local history organizations, and the Oregon Community Foundation and other funders.” Camp Polk Meadow has been a historical crossroads for people for thousands of years. First the meadow supplied plentiful food and water for generations of Native American tribes. Then, it

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Mark was born to Jack and Marilyn Francis in La Jolla, California, where his proximity to the ocean drew him into studying marine biology. He was certified in SCUBA at 14 and began experimenting with underwater photography. Mark studied at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography and went on to collaborate with National Geographic, German Television, and Sea World. He studied sharks, humpback whales, penguins, and elephant seals. Neptunic employed him to photograph the testing of prototypes of their chainmail shark suits. Mark met Laurie, the love of his life, while in high school. They were married August 11, 1984. The birth of their first daughter, Ashlee, prompted the need for a less dangerous career path, so Mark followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather and became a dentist, graduating from Loma Linda University just in time for the birth of his second daughter, Kaylee. Immediately following graduation in 1992, he moved the family to Sisters to open his dental practice. Mark loved the people of Central Oregon. It was often that he sacrificed time, money, and vacations to ensure all his patients, and the special-needs patients of Central Oregon, were looked after and could afford care. He also invested much of his free time into local churches and charities, as well as caring for firefighters during wildland fires. Mark never sought out or felt worthy of positions

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of leadership, but he had the character qualities — loyalty, humility, focus, gentleness, a desire to learn and teach, a willingness to listen, and a gentle wisdom — that often saw him elected to president or director of organizations he joined. He even was certified by the FBI to train people in forensic dental analysis. Markʼs family says they always admired his ability to take the initiative and solve every need he saw, even if he had to learn a new skill to do it. After Mark retired, he spent his days fly-fishing, teaching at OHSU and homeschool co-ops, and making coffees for his family. His first grandchild, Kaenon, was born just before Mark was called home to his Lord and Savior. He is also survived by his three brothers, a sister, and a multitude of nieces and nephews. He is deeply missed. His family would like to thank everyone who shared their lives with Mark. Join the family in honoring Mark on Saturday, June 22, 1 p.m. at Sisters Community Church. Donations can be made to Sparrow Foundation, or your local Ronald McDonald House.

Adrienne Steffan will head to Huron, South Dakota, later this month to compete in the National Junior High Finals Rodeo. It is the third year that the Sisters eighth-grader has qualified for nationals, and she will compete in multiple events: Goat-tying; Breakaway Roping; Team Roping; and Ribbon Roping. Sheʼs going as Oregonʼs reserve all-around champion and as champion in Breakaway Roping. “I definitely have added events,” Steffan told The Nugget. Youth rodeo is an intense round of competitions that tax the logistical capacities and endurance of the families involved, since it requires a lot of travel and hours and hours of practice. But itʼs all worth it, Steffan says. “Itʼs just something that keeps you coming back for more,” she told The Nugget. The finals, which run June 23-27, up the intensity level. “It is (intense) but it is so much fun,” Steffan said. “You get to know the kids so much better; they get to be like family.” Steffan is taking two of her three horses to finals. Nineteen-year-old quarter horse Fancy used to be her brotherʼs college rodeo horse. “I kind of stole her off him,” Steffan admitted. “Iʼve taken her all three years to nationals.”

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For the past two years, sheʼs also taken Summer, a 17-year-old palomino mare. “I do two or three events off of her,” Steffan said. This rodeo season posed some challenges for the young rider. The late and intense winter storms that hit at the end of February and beginning of March delayed her training. “I had maybe a week this year,” she said. “I was panicking. After the first rodeo, I felt

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Your Story MATTERS

Audry Van Houweling, PMHNP Columnist

Contemplations from a woman in between In my job it is an undeniable fact that legislation and policies directly impact the emotional well-being of my clients, and admittedly, myself. Amid our national division and contention, many of my clients have reported feeling powerless, disheartened, silenced, and unnerved. Wi t h s u i c i d e r a t e s , depression, and reported levels of stress on the rise, it is short-sighted to blame rising mental illness only on individual pathology rather than acknowledge the societal systems and policies reinforcing our national unrest. In my work, the majority of my clients are women and girls. My youngest client is five years old while my eldest are in their 80s. I have the privilege of hearing stories across generations, backgrounds, faiths, and political beliefs. While each client is unique, the themes of powerlessness, trauma, and selfdoubt resurface again and again. I would consider myself to be a “woman in between.”

Perhaps I can blame this on being a classic, peacemaking middle child, where a slight bit of resentment lies, but wherein also lies the need to methodically evaluate both sides, appreciate nuances, and an unrelenting curiosity to know somebody’s story. I resent labeling and believe labels can often be limiting. I think I might subscribe to the “common sense and decency” political party if I ever thought that could exist in politics. I prioritize my faith and spirituality, but have difficulty committing to any specific set of beliefs. I enjoy brief urban excursions where I pretend to be a version of hipster and fancy, but I feel most at home in the solitude of sagebrush and mountains. I worry daily about the wrong people having access to firearms but relish the chance to be hunting in the wilderness with my rifle on my back. My playlist is varied: from hiphop to alternative to country. I am a “woman in between” and when it comes to abortion, my opinions are scattered on both sides of the fence. I don’t like it. I think it is sad, but I also think that women and girls far too often find themselves in places of desperation, powerlessness, and self-preservation that unfortunately make the tasks of carrying a child and motherhood daunting, if not seemingly impossible. And so, for too many women and girls, deciding whether to follow through with pregnancy or not comes down to survival on a physical, psychological, and spiritual level. Women and girls have for far too long been well acquainted with the feeling of powerlessness. This past week alone I think I sat with

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five clients of all ages who for the first time disclosed being sexually assaulted. Additionally, women frequently describe feeling taken advantage of in other ways — at their workplace, in the home, and the many times that others have tried to capitalize on their gifts of hospitality and empathy. As a provider, you develop unique ways to empathize while also guarding yourself from the emotional intensity. Every so often, the heaviness hits and I find myself escaping to the woods, blasting my music on random backroad drives, or exhaling my frustration to be beat of my horse’s hooves. What unsettles me most is how our autonomy as women continues to be threatened. Women around the world continue to battle for the right to drive, the right to choose their partner, the right to express their sexuality, the right to consent, and the right to financial decision-making. We have been seen as property, as inferior, as hyperemotional, as objects. While in some parts of the world there have been great gains, in others time seems to be standing still. Unfortunately, in the United States, having a child can be one of the greatest threats to our autonomy. For too many women, having a child poses considerable risks. While these risks may be more or less present depending on the woman, they should not be dismissed or ignored while we try to safeguard the lives of the unborn but do little to

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nationwide. 10. Abortion rates in countries with the most restrictions are higher (37 per 1,000) versus countries with the least restrictions (34 per 1,000). Perhaps the questions we should be asking are: How can we come together to minimize these risks? How can we make motherhood less daunting? How can we honor the unborn, but also prioritize the health and wellness of future mothers? Are we holding men and boys as accountable to the fate of our unborn as we are women and girls? It seems that men can abort their responsibility as fathers without legal consequence — is this fair? How are we addressing sexual violence? What about poverty, parental leave, mentalhealth supports, and affordable childcare? Ultimately, the abortion debate has simply been another opportunity for division, sweeping generalizations, and ‘otherizing.’ The concept of addressing root causes that so significantly impact the health of mothers, children, and families might, despite the contention, hopefully bring unity.

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Sisters folks will share talent and food on Father’s Day An all-ages talent show, lunch, and ukulele tunes will be on the menu at Sisters Farmers Market this Sunday. Parents can take a break to browse locally made products and fresh produce while their kids enjoy a free theater class at 11:30 a.m. The market takes place at Fir Street Park, where the splash-pad fountains will be turned on all day, ready for playtime. Kids can bring swimming suits and towels. At noon, Paul Alan Bennett will bring his unique combination of storytelling, song craft, and ukulele to the beautiful Songbird Stage. Poets, dancers, actors, and musicians of all ages have signed up to perform in the special Father’s Day talent show at 1 p.m. Rumor has it there will be wild ways for kids in the audience to join in as well. “Everyone has something fun to offer,” noted Jennie Sharp of Starshine Theater, talent show presenter. Details for participating are below. Father’s Day lunch will be available from the Caravana food truck and the Simple N Fresh cart. Mexican-inspired cuisine is among the foods on offer. Kid Made Camp will hold activities for children and youth at its booth. Rock painting and button-making are among the activities they bring to the market. Most activities are free or donation-optional. Windy Acres Dairy Farm will be on hand to sell cheese and honey. Their raw milk is also available through a herdshare arrangement. Tender pastured lamb and grass-fed beef will be available from Cascade Mountain

Pastures, a.k.a. “The Lamb Lady.” Several booths, including hers, sell farmfresh eggs from nearby hens who get plenty of space to run around — unlike the packed conditions in some commercial “cage-free” farms. The Curandera Collective is slated to premiere their healing oils and other items at the market on June 16 as well. “Crafting herbal medicine for the mind, body, and spirit,” is how they describe their work online. “We set out to dive deep into the past, to retrieve what has long been lost, hidden, and even forgotten.” Plant starts for home gardens, granola, locally made vegan backpacking foods, and infused oils and vinegars are among the local products seen at Sisters Farmers Market on its new day and time this season. Handmade jewelry and locally blended teas have made appearances. Hats and T-shirts with original Sisters-oriented sayings and logos pop up, too. The big star of Sisters Farmers Market won’t make it to the Songbird Stage. That star is produce, and it can’t dance or juggle. Much of it is farmed just a mile from the market itself. Several farmers ran out of produce on the market’s opening day, but said they would bring larger amounts to sell at future markets. Mahonia Gardens, the Seed to Table educational farm, and Clover Canyon Farms bring everything from fresh kale to tiny edible flowers. It’s all grown in Sisters Country without the aid of harmful pesticides or chemical fertilizers.

Starshine Theater’s workshop class for kids will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The kids will invent their own mini-show, then perform it at the talent show for their dads and the whole town. The workshop is free; participants can optionally donate $5 to $10. Email jennie@starshine-theater.com to reserve a spot, or inquire at the Farmers Market Info Booth that morning. The talent show may accept a few last-minute entries. If you can juggle, tell a joke, dance a jig, or do something else interesting, Starshine Theater wants to hear from you. Take a quick video of yourself doing your act (one to five minutes long), then text it to Jennie at 541645-0688. All ages are welcome to participate. Sisters Farmers Market takes place Sundays, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Fir Street Park. Open from the beginning of June to the end of September, the market is supported by Metabolic Maintenance, Cottonwood Café, The

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Hawks Haven Reserve featured in garden tour By Sue Stafford Correspondent

This year’s Quilts in the Garden tour on Thursday, July 11, is special for a number of reasons, several of which are apparent at location No. 1: Hawks Haven Reserve, the home of Bruce and Marleen Rognlien. The house, nestled in a stand of large ponderosa pine trees, sits surrounded by lush green lawns, a trout-stocked lake, and a knockout view over the adjoining reserve to the Three Sisters Mountains. The five acres around the house were kept by the Rognliens when Marleen sold the Lazy Z Ranch which had been in her family since the 1950s. The ranch was sold several times more and

one owner, David Herman, broke it up into 12 varioussized parcels. At that time, the Rognliens purchased an additional 85 acres and established Hawks Haven Reserve, which includes numerous ponds, Marleen’s Brook, and Bruce Lake. Two of the ponds originally watered the Lazy Z livestock. The remaining Lazy Z Ranch, which is currently for sale, consists of the ranch house and 80 acres. Marleen’s father, Lloyd Brogan, was an attorney in Santa Ana, California, who received the ranch in lieu of payment for legal fees he was owed. He had never intended to own a ranch in Central Oregon but he did, and the family spent their summers at the ranch. Over the years Brogan added parcels

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of land to the original ranch until it reached its ultimate 1,400 acres. Brogan raised Black Angus cattle, and hay and alfalfa, which were sold to surrounding ranchers. Marleen said she still has the original Lazy Z branding iron. Each spring the lake and ponds are stocked with 600 eight- to 10-inch rainbow trout and 80 16-inch trout. Those fish provide sustenance for the Preserve’s resident otters, hawks, osprey, herons, foxes, eagles, raccoons, badgers, and coyotes. There are ducks and geese that raise their young on the lake. From the windows in the Rognlien’s home, one can watch fish jump and duck and geese parents herd their young around the grounds and into the lake. The lodge home, built in 1988, will be open to tour patrons, where they will see original wooden hawk carvings by local artist Skip Armstrong as well as classic Molesworth furniture from the Brogan’s Lazy Z Ranch. The couch, tables, and chairs all incorporate large wooden burls as a part of their framework. Between the ponderosas standing off the deck in the backyard, visitors will be able to view a series of 25 small art quilts displayed depicting the story told in Eastern Oregon author Pamela Royes’s memoir, “Temperance Creek.”

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Bruce Lake, located on the grounds of the Rognlien, which will be part of the Quilts in the Garden Tour on July 11. Quilters from Bend and Sisters selected her book as the subject for their annual quilting project at the Quilt Works in Bend. According to Donna Lipscomb, chairperson of the Quilts in the Garden Tour, “It will be a unique display and there is the possibility that the author may be able to attend. Her books will be available for sale at the tour location by Paulina Springs Books.” A special lighted flagpole that retracts to retrieve the flags greets visitors at the front of the house. Flying from the pole on any given day will be two flags denoting family heritage, including flags of Northern Ireland (Brogan)

and Norway (Rognlien). Above the front door of their home is a wooden sign, which reads “Yo tengo raices aqui” — “I have roots here.” The Rognliens have two grandchildren and are hopeful that Hawks Haven will remain in the family.

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A Western story

Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

The band they played the anthem then The clowns fell down in jest All the people saw again The winning of the West… — Ian Tyson, “Old Cheyenne” The 79th Sisters Rodeo is history, with the roar of the crowd, the pageantry of the Parade and Grand Entry, the drama of record-breaking rides fading into the warm collective memory of Sisters’ longest-running event. Rodeo is a modern sport and entertainment enterprise, but one with roots that wind right down into the foundations of the American psyche. As Ian Tyson suggests, it is, in a sense, a passion play that represents the “winning of the West” — and reflects the virtues and character traits required for that winning. Rodeo is a test of skill and the will to dominate (if only for a handful of seconds). The rodeo way of life demands commitment and phenomenal physical, mental and spiritual toughness — which

is usually found alongside tremendous exuberance and an ever-hopeful outlook on the future, where the next goround will, by golly, put us in the money. It’s hard to find a more quintessentially American ideal than that. I was served a double-barreled blast of Western history, myth and legend last week. Before going to the Sisters Rodeo, I was in Buffalo, Wyoming, for a newspaper conference. Buffalo, located in north-central Wyoming, is in the heart of high plains country on the edge of the Bighorn Mountains, contested between the Lakota (Sioux) and the Absaroka (Crow), then the Lakota and the U.S. military, then between small-holding ranchers and cattle barons. I spent Thursday afternoon on a lonely, windswept ridge 15 miles northwest of Buffalo, where, on December 21, 1866, a massive force of Lakota, Cheyenne and Arapaho warriors lured 81 men away from the protection of Fort Phil Kearney and rubbed them out to a man. Walking ground where a young Crazy Horse led his party of decoy warriors in a deadly, taunting dance

created frisson that felt like a lightning bolt shot down the spine. Other than interpretive signs and a stone cenotaph built where many of the soldiers fell, the site is undeveloped and looks just as it did 153 years ago. It is easy to see the way the short, vicious ambush and running fight developed. The past is very much present there. I stayed at the historic Occidental Hotel, built in 1879 and opened in 1880. Everyone from Calamity Jane to Butch Cassidy, from cattledetective-turned-killer Tom Horn to Theodore Roosevelt and Ernest Hemingway stayed there at one time or another. I sat at the bar in the Occidental Saloon listening to Waylon Jennings, where over a century ago the Harvard-educated Easterner Owen Wister soaked up cowboy culture. Wister created many of what we think of as the classic tropes and archetypes of the Western in his 1902 novel “The Virginian.” The mythic West has lived alongside the historical West right from the git-go, and both myth and history are constantly being revised as we define and re-define who we are and want to be as a people and as a culture. Some of that revision is healthy and beneficial, deepening and broadening our understanding of the frontier experience and our own identity. Some revision is corrosive. Since the mid-20th

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The lonely ridge where 81 men under the command of Captain William Judd Fetterman were rubbed out by a force of 1,000 Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapahoe warriors on December 21, 1866. century, there has been a trend toward a crude and crass revisionism that seeks to leach out every bit of heroism and romance from the story of the West and to downgrade the qualities of stoicism, self-reliance and grit and gumption that are exemplified in the character of the American Cowboy. There is another kind of revisionism that recognizes the real virtues and values contained in the bedrock mythology, but expands the story of the West to make it deeper and richer than simple Cowboys & Indians or Lawmen & Outlaws melodrama. The story of the West is the story of men and women, of people of great wealth and of hardscrabble poverty, of an ongoing and often violent struggle between capital and labor, and a conflicted and complicated relationship with landscape and environment.

A wild diversity of creed and ethnicity was present in the frontier West from the earliest days: indigenous peoples, AngloSaxons, Basques, Chinese, Irish, Scots and Scots-Irish, Japanese, Hispanics, African Americans, Pacific Islanders, Jews, Gentiles, Mormons, Catholics, Protestants and atheists… The story of the West is a multi-faceted human drama played out across a vast, forbidding, yet beautiful landscape, far more compelling than any game of thrones could ever be. And when we embrace it in all its contradictions, in all its heroism and heartbreak, we can all rise in the bleachers at Sisters Rodeo as the Stars and Stripes stream by, doff our hats in respect and honor for all who have gone before, and be proud to be a part of the pageant — proud to be an American.

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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.

Dementia Caregivers Group

A free support group for caregivers of those suffering with Alzheimer’s or other forms of 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 provide emotional, educational, and social support. Call 800-2723900 or go to alz.org/oregon.

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.

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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Thursday, June 13 Healthy Living for Brain & Body 12:30 to 2 p.m. at Sisters Library Saturday, June 15 Crest the Cascades Bike Ride 8 a.m. at Village Green Park Sunday, June 16 Kids’ Performance Class 11:30 a.m. at Fir Street Park Monday, June 17 Go Fish Group 7 p.m. at Sisters Community Church

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.

World’s Children Speaker

Bjarne Holm Commemorative Bike Ride on McKenzie Pass Scenic Bikeway (Hwy. 242) takes place on Saturday, June 15 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Proceeds benefit Sisters Park & Recreation. Information and pre-registration at crestthecascades.org; day-ofride registration at Village Green Park. Info: 541-549-2091.

Sisters nonprofit World’s Children is offering a speaker for your club, church group or classroom. Topics include street children in developing countries; child trafficking; and child marriage. Each talk is given with a PowerPoint presentation that explains why these issues exist in developing countries and what can be done about them. For more information call 541-904-0789 or email info@ worldschildren.org.

Parkinson’s Support Group

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The second Tuesday of each month, Sisters Parkinson’s Support Group meets at The Lodge from 2 to 3:30 p.m. All are welcome to learn, share, and receive support. For more info contact Carol at 541-668-6599.

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.

Schools, churches, nonprofit recreational and community groups: this is your page to announce your free gatherings and events! Regularly occurring Sisters meetings are listed on the Sisters Area Meeting Calendar on page 3; special events or featured meetings can be listed on this page. All submissions are subject to editing and run as space allows. Email lisa@ nuggetnews.com or drop off at 442 E. Main Ave. Your text must include a “for more info” phone number. Deadline is noon, Mondays.

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 11 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 waterways. For information call 541-771-2211.

Free Spay & Neuter

It’s as easy as 1-2-3. Stop by the Furry Friends Foundation (FFF) office to fill out a simple form, call to make your appointment at Bend Spay & Neuter, transport your pet. FFF also sponsors vaccinations and chipping. Located in the Sisters Art Works building, 204 W. Adams Ave., Suite 109. For information call 541-797-4023.

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.

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.

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ANNIVERSARY

SISTERS S AREA CHURCHES CH 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

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

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

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 541-410-2870.

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 11 a.m., with songs, rhymes and crafts, all designed to grow young readers. Caregivers must attend. Info: 541-617-7078. Protect our planet from aliens with some amusing play and scientific exploration for kids ages 6-11. Space Camp is Wednesday, June 26 at 10:30 at Sisters Library. No registration required. Call 541-617-7078 for info.

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

City Of Sisters Community Grants Program Accepting Applications

The Library Book Club

Introducing SABLE! This 7-yearold chihuahua is in need of a forever home. Sable is sweet, loyal and loves her people once she gets to know them. Sable can get stressed by a lot of commotion and would do best in a quieter home, with no young kids, where she can show her true colors. If you have it in your heart to adopt Sable, then come meet her at the HSCO today! SPONSORED BY

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Read and discuss “The Huntress” by Kate Quinn with other thoughtful readers at the Sisters Library on Wednesday, June 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

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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QUILTS: Garden tour is more extensive than ever this season Continued from page 3

shared greenhouse and six shared plots for fruit, herbs, and flowers. Tour chairperson Donna Lipscomb is coordinating the tour for her second year. She likens organizing the tour to “planning an extensive campaign.” After getting people to agree to open their homes/ gardens to over 500 people, a schematic is produced for each location to enable planning the placements for check-in tables, water stations, parking, special displays, and posting of garden club members who act as hosts at each site. Each location has its own unique qualities that provide the backdrop for specially themed quilts, garden art, and this year a particular book by

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an Oregon author. The actual tour takes place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the Thursday of Quilt Show Week, but preparation begins months in advance. It takes an army of volunteers to stage the tour, with captains for each area – quilts, parking, vans, special exhibits, tickets, marketing – everything it takes to stage the tour. The week of the tour includes the delivery of tables and tubs full of supplies to each tour location on Tuesday or Wednesday. The quilts are hung early on Thursday morning and taken down immediately following the tour. Supplies are collected, money is turned in, quilts are returned to their owners, and another tour is in the history books. Last year over 500 tickets were sold, and this year may beat that record. Tickets are

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Some of Sisters’ most beautiful properties will be adorned with quilts for an annual tour. now available for $20 per person (children under 12 free) from the Sisters Chamber of Commerce at 291 E. Main Ave. or The Gallimaufry at

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 JUN 7 p.m. A unique Broadway-style animal-free circus. Show 13 schedule, info and tickets at www.venardoscircus.com. 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. The Suttle Lodge & Boathouse Wine Tasting 5 to 7 p.m. Free and open to everyone 21+. For additional info call 541-638-7001 or go to thesuttlelodge.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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Simply follow the map inside the ticket and look for colorful silk flags at the entrance to each of the gardens. (See related story on page 10.)

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Saturday, June 22 6 to 8 p.m.

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. Paulina Springs Books Author Presentation with Joe Wilkins 6:30 p.m. The author will present his novel,“Fall Back Down When I Die.” For more info call 541-549-0866 or go to paulinasprings.com. Food Cart Garden at Eurosports Live Music NTT with Chris Brown 3 to 5 p.m. Dogs, children & adults all welcome! For additional information call Eurosports at 541-549-2471. Cork Cellars Live Music with Cuppa Jo 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. No cover! For information call 541-549-2675 or go online to corkcellarswinebistro.com. Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center Venardos Circus 1, 4 and 7 p.m. A unique Broadway-style animal-free circus. Show schedule, info and tickets at www.venardoscircus.com. Hardtails Bar & Grill DJK9 Rawkstar Karaoke Night! 9 p.m. Every Saturday, no cover! For additional information call 541-549-6114 or go to hardtailsoregon.com.

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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. Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center Venardos Circus 1 and 4 p.m. A unique Broadway-style animal-free circus. Show schedule, info and tickets at www.venardoscircus.com.

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

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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. 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 schedule, info and tickets at www.venardoscircus.com. 20 THUR The Suttle Lodge & Boathouse Wine Tasting 5 to 7 p.m. Free and open to everyone 21+. For additional info call 541-638-7001 or go to thesuttlelodge.com. Cork Cellars Tasty Thursday Hosted Wine Tasting 5 to 7 p.m. For additional information call 541-549-2675 or go online to corkcellarswinebistro.com. Sisters Saloon Karaoke Night 9 p.m. to midnight. Every Thursday, no cover! For additional information call 541-549-7427 or go to sisterssaloon.net. JUN

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The Suttle Lodge & Boathouse Live Music with Jacob Miller + Joshua Thomas 6 to 8 p.m. Big Lawn Music series with food & beverages for purchase. Free & open to all ages. For additional info call 541-638-7001 or go to thesuttlelodge.com. 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 Pop-Up Apothecary 4 to 7 p.m. Fettle Botanic Supply & Counsel. Free and open to everyone. For additional info call 541-638-7001 or go to thesuttlelodge.com. Raven Makes Gallery Native American Art Show Opening Reception 5 to 8 p.m. Three award-winning artists! For more info go to ravenmakesgallery.com or call 541-719-1182.

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Tales from a

Sisters Naturalist by Jim Anderson

Working with eagles at 91 My wife, Sue, and I are finishing up surveying this season’s golden eagle breeding territories. “Finishing up” means we’re visiting eagle breeding sites we have been given the responsibility to keep track of by the Oregon Eagle Foundation. Early in the season we visit the nest sites to determine if the eagles are going to raise a family that year. Then we return weeks later to see if they hatched babies, and how many. Then finally about the middle of June we come back and see if those babies made it to seven weeks of age and will fledge. Wind farms are killing eagles, and we need to know what that will mean to the golden eagle population in the long run. (The wind generators also kill about 50,000 bats a year, but to date, not much has been done to mitigate that loss.) I started to really become involved in the life and times of golden eagles in 1962 when I was granted a permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to band birds — which has now become the responsibility of the Department of Interior’s United States Geological Survey (USGS). Banding birds is commonly done by placing a numbered metal band on the bird’s leg. The band has instructions printed on it for anyone finding the bird to contact the USGS. The finder will be informed of who the bander is and when and where the banding was done. When I hear from the banding lab that one of my banded birds has been recovered, I write to the finder immediately to

learn what the circumstances were/are of the bird’s discovery or capture. That’s how I learned that osprey I banded at Crane Prairie Reservoir years ago spend their winters all over Mexico and Central America, and even at their southernmost destination: Volcan, Costa Rica. Banding time for golden eagles is from when the youngsters are four weeks old to when they’re about six weeks. They don’t know they’re eagles at that point, and really don’t give the bander any big trouble when the band is placed on one leg. The parents never give us any grief, they just climb high in the sky and watch the process. Bald eagles, on the other hand, will try to knock your head off! This year I placed eaglebanding on the “not to do” list. Our climber called to tell us he’d not be available because he fell and broke his arm. I do not/can not climb anymore because Sue hid all my climbing equipment and I’m just too old. My older sons, Dean and Ross, come every spring with their kids to play pinochle and band birds with Sue and

Man!” and I popped a couple of nitro pills to relieve pain. I was really wanting badly to sit down, but there was no big rock, and once I get down it’s tough to get all of me up and going again. At that very moment Ross, my Number Two jetpilot son, stepped in front me, put his hands behind his back and said, “Grab on Pop, we’re going to the top!” With Tom on my heels (just in case…), Ross towed me almost to the top of the slope, where my oldest son, Dean, and his sons Joseph and Sam were waiting for me

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to band the first eagle they brought down from the nest. During the banding I asked our OEF volunteer, Nancy Boever, who monitors that breeding territory, to hold the eaglet while Ross and I installed the rivet-on leg band, “Oh,” Nancy said, with her nose inches from the bird, “The eagle is so beautiful!” That was the first time Nancy had ever been that close to a golden eagle. My granddaughter MaryCatherine took photos with my Canon. You just can’t beat family and friends!

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me. During one of our many, wonderful pinochle games this season I mentioned to both Dean and Ross I did not plan to band birds this year. Oh boy did I get a thrashing! “What do you mean, ‘No Banding!’ both boys got on me. “What about us? What about the kids?! We’ve grown up banding birds with you from the day we were born!” Then Ross waved his hands at Dean’s towering sons, Sam and Tom. “And look at them,” he said, “They’re over six feet tall and can climb into and out of anything — be it tree or cliff!” With that, Sue got out the banding maps. “Let’s go do the quarry nest first,” she suggested, and everyone agreed. Now, I’ve been banding eagle babies in that nest from way back in the mid-1960s. It’s about 300 feet above the parking spot and the only way to get there is to walk up a very, very steep rocky slope. My getting to the nest tree was nearly impossible. However, being an optimist, I started to make the climb. After going up about 50 feet I was huffing and puffing, and my heart was shouting at me, “Enough is enough, Old

Here in Sisters, you have a fun opportunity to share your creative projects each month in The Nugget’s “Kids in Print” feature, and you can read other kids’ stories there, too. Submit to Kids in Print! Bring your original illustrations, paintings, stories, and poems on down to The Nugget Newspaper!

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(442 E. Main Ave., 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri.) Include child’s name, grade level, and school or homeschool. You can use a full name, or just first name with last initial. Submissions are also accepted by email, kidsinprint@nuggetnews.com, or at the front office of Sisters Elementary School. Please put them in a clearly marked envelope or clip on a cover sheet reading: “The Nugget — Kids in Print.”

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CONCERT: Event celebrates project to purchase building Continued from page 1

celebrating the first phase in the purchase. The capital campaign began two years ago when SFF got an offer to purchase the building they have been in for 11 years. The idea behind purchasing the building was to create a space for integrated arts education for the entire community. “We want to give adults and the underserved population in the community the opportunity to be creative and have a place that is specified for that,” said SFF Development Director Steven Remington. The staff and those working on the campaign hope to have purchased the building by July of this year and continue to have their current tenants rent and be a part of the creative space/mecca it will be.

We really want people to celebrate with us and kick off us taking ownership of the building. — Brad Tisdel

“We really want people to celebrate with us and kick off us taking ownership of the building,” said Tisdel. The campaign has three main pillars: “to promote lifelong learning, build a vibrant community and stimulate the local regional economy,” according to Sisters Folk Festival’s website. Connected by Creativity is a way to promote arts and music being made available to the entire community. Singer-songwriter and storyteller Josh Ritter is the performer for the celebration event. “We booked him because it was a routed date on his tour and felt like it was an opportunity to have an artist that is doing really interesting work right now,” said Tisdel. Ritter is touring behind his most recent album: “Fever Breaks.” The album contains a collection of songs about the world today. “The album took a while to create, but when I look back I know the reason I made it: It was the world and the stuff we are looking at right now, the songs were looking at me square in the face,” said Ritter. His writing process has changed over time, and with these songs he believes that the songs wrote themselves. The album has a collection of songs about the political climate, but he didn’t want the

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album to be an overwhelming collection of darkness. “It was also a way to redeem the current situation through love and hope,” said Ritter. Some of the songs he had been working on for many years and some came right away. “The amount of work a song gets can never justify if a song will stand on its own two feet, but a lot of these songs did,” he said. Legendary musician and fellow singer-songwriter Jason Isbell was one of the main producers on Ritter’s album. “I had the opportunity to support Jason years ago and I loved his music and his writing and wanted to work with him further,” said Ritter. Isbell and Ritter worked on the album together from its infancy to its release. “It really felt like a natural fit to have someone like Jason on the album; he really knows what he is doing and is a master musician,” said Ritter. This will be Ritter’s second time in Sisters, and he is looking forward to returning to be a part of the celebration of the first phase of purchasing the Sisters Art Works building.

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The Weather Machine, featuring Sisters Americana Project alum Slater Smith, will open for Josh Ritter at Sisters High School. “It is such a beautiful place and I am looking forward to having my family there and have a whole day in that community,” said Ritter. Slater Smith, graduate of Sisters High School, Americana Project alum and member of the Portlandbased band, The Weather Machine, will be opening for Ritter at the celebration. Smith explained on Facebook what it means to him to be opening for Josh Ritter, who

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Congratulations, Sisters High School 2019 Scholarship Recipients! Sisters GRO wishes to thank all of the donors and organizations that made these possible! info@SistersGRO.org Sisters High School Visual Arts Scholarship Bridget Huni............................................ $750 Sisters Kiwanis Glenn Keeran Scholarship Bridget Huni.........................................$2,000 Brooke Robillard .................................$2,000 Nancy Montecinos .............................$1,000 Sisters Kiwanis Scholarship Sophia Bianchi ....................................$1,200 Meaghan Greaney ..............................$1,200 Amy Hills...............................................$1,200 Abigail Busick ......................................$1,000 Emma Ransom ....................................$1,000 Roy Gannon..........................................$1,000 Keely Malloy ........................................$1,000 Abigail Manley .....................................$1,000 Alexa Asson ........................................... $700 Makenna Liddell .................................... $700 Luka Perle ...............................................$500 Steven Kincaid Smeltzer ......................$500 Sisters Meat and Smokehouse Scholarship Jackson Boxwell.................................$1,000 Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show Scholarship Bridget Huni.........................................$1,000

Ace Hardware — Sisters Scholarship Macie Rybka ........................................$1,000 An Anonymous Scholarship Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation Tyrell Beatty.........................................$2,000 Abigail Busick ......................................$2,000 Briana Gert ...........................................$2,000 Dalton Gonzales..................................$2,000 Maya McCurdy ....................................$2,000 Emma Ransom ....................................$2,000 Tate Ricker ...........................................$2,000 Micaela Van Amburgh .......................$2,000 Bill and Jan Reed Memorial Scholarship Bennett Lewis .....................................$5,000 Bill Edwards Alumni Association — SHS Spirit Scholarship Alexa Stewart .........................................$500 Tyrell Beatty............................................$500 Bi-Mart Scholarship Denise Tapia............................................$500 Black Butte Ranch Art Guild Scholarship Tyrell Beatty.........................................$2,000 Ayumi Stewart.....................................$2,000 Delia Hoyt .............................................$2,000 Black Butte Ranch Hospitality Scholarship Keaton Green.......................................$1,000 Bennett Lewis .....................................$1,000

COCC Foundation — Merit Scholarship Nancy Montecinos ............................. $1,500 Jackson Bowe ..................................... $1,500 Ella Cole ................................................ $1,500 Sofia Frack ........................................... $1,500 Samson Henneous ............................. $1,500 Dally Hurtley ........................................ $1,500 Maya McCurdy .................................... $1,500 Sydney Rawlins................................... $1,500 Jackson Rheuben ............................... $1,500 Alexa Stewart ...................................... $1,500 Dentists of Sisters Scholarship Keely Malloy ........................................$3,000 Diane Jacobsen Memorial Scholarship Abigail Busick ......................................$1,000 Dominic Fouts Scholar-Athlete Award Korbin Sharp .......................................$2,500 Kendra Sitz...........................................$2,500 Elizabeth Danforth P.E.O. Chapter FS Scholarship Mia Burton ...........................................$2,000 Endeavor-Chase Scholarship Delia Hoyt ...........................................$15,000 Enterprising Spirit Scholarship Alexa Asson ........................................$1,000 Mia Burton ..............................................$500

Hardtails Business Entrepreneurship Scholarship Korbin Sharp .......................................$1,000 High Country Disposal Scholarship Abigail Busick ......................................$1,000

Peter and Pamela Hoover Character Scholarship Simon Lucas ........................................$1,000

Jeremy Moyer Memorial Wrestler Scholarship Dalton Ford ..........................................$1,000

Ponderosa Heating and Cooling Scholarship Sofia Frack ...........................................$4,000

Jim Gentry Memorial Scholarship Keely Malloy ........................................... $750 Wyatt Hernandez................................... $750 Bennett Lewis ........................................ $750 KLM Scholarship Denise Tapia.........................................$1,000 Laird Superfood Health, Mind and Body Wellness Scholarship Keely Malloy ........................................$1,000 Lauren A. Shultz-Berray Memorial Abigail Busick ......................................$1,000 Metabolic Maintenance Health and Wellness Scholarship Tasman Rheuben ................................ $1,500 Michael B. Ilg Character Scholarship Jackson Bowe .....................................$2,500 Monarch Scholarship *** No Qualified Apps Received ***..........$0

Frank Dale Memorial Scholarship Denise Tapia............................................$600

Nugget Newspaper Scholarship Makenna Liddell .................................$2,000

Friends of the Sisters Library Scholarship Nancy Montecinos .............................$2,000

Outlaw Booster Club Spirit Scholarship Mia Burton ..............................................$500 Jedidiah Kizziar .....................................$500

Col. John O. Miller Aviation Scholarship Luka Perle ............................................$2,000

George Shackelford Memorial Football Scholarship Wyatt Hernandez................................$1,000

Outlaw Health Professionals Scholarship Alexa Asson ........................................ $1,500 Brooke Robillard ................................. $1,500

Concussion Awareness — Taking it Head-On Scholarship Wyatt Hernandez................................$2,000

Green Ridge Physical Therapy Health and Wellness Scholarship Keely Malloy ........................................$1,000

Outlaw STEM Scholarship Steven Kincaid Smeltzer ...................$2,250 Meredith Mandal ................................$2,250

Bob Chandler Memorial Scholarship Alexa Asson ........................................ $1,250 Keely Malloy ........................................ $1,250 Simon Lucas ........................................ $1,250 Brooke Robillard ................................. $1,250

P.E.O. GH Scholarship Keely Malloy ........................................$2,000

Ron and Patti Leblanc Opportunity Scholarship Bennett Lewis .....................................$2,000 Rotary Club of Sisters Academic Scholarship Amy Hills...............................................$2,000 Brooke Robillard .................................$2,000 Rotary Club of Sisters Vocational Scholarship Tyrell Beatty.........................................$2,000 Ruth Golden Ingham Scholarship Grace Maiden ......................................$1,000 SEA Faculty Scholarship Meaghan Greaney .................................$200 Colby Parsons ........................................$200 Shibui/MacKintosh Scholarship Brooke Robillard .................................$2,500 Abigail Busick ......................................$2,500 Steven Kincaid Smeltzer ...................$2,500 Tyrell Beatty.........................................$2,500 Shirley J. von Kalinowski Scholarship Keaton Green.......................................$2,500 SHS Leadership by Example Scholarship Jack Berg ................................................$500 Loriel Cook ..............................................$500 Brad Eagan..............................................$500 Sydney Head ...........................................$500

SisTech Manufacturing — General Scholarship Wyatt Hernandez................................$2,500 Keely Malloy ........................................$2,500 Sisters Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Makenna Liddell .................................$2,500 Sisters Community Church Scholarship Korbin Sharp .......................................$1,000 Sisters Confucius Classroom Scholarship Asher Bachtold....................................$3,000 Meredith Mandal ................................$2,000 Abigail Manley .....................................$2,000 Sydney Rawlins...................................$2,000 Sisters Environmental/Sustainability Careers Scholarship Sophia Bianchi ....................................$2,000 Keaton Green.......................................$2,000 Sisters Folk Festival/Americana Project — Performing Arts Scholarship Tyrell Beatty.........................................$1,000 Ayumi Stewart........................................ $750 Sisters Folk Festival/Americana Project — Visual Arts Scholarship Delia Hoyt ................................................ $750 Sydney Rawlins...................................... $750 Marion Cook ........................................... $750 Sisters GRO Endowment for Dreams Sophia Bianchi ....................................$2,000 Sisters GRO Pegasus Scholarship John Banks .............................................$500 Leah Chapman .......................................$500 Trever Schutte........................................$500 Max Tintle ...............................................$500 Beth Yount...............................................$500 Sisters High School Character Scholarship Sophia Bianchi ....................................$1,000

Sisters Rhythm & Brews Festival Building Education Fund Simon Lucas ...........................................$500 Sisters Rodeo Association Scholarship Abigail Busick ......................................$2,500 Amy Hills...............................................$2,500 Tyrell Beatty.........................................$2,500 Sisters Schools Foundation Scholarship Roy Gannon..........................................$1,000 Tucker Higgins ....................................$1,000 Stewart & Verle Weitzman Scholarship Asher Bachtold..................................$12,500 Meaghan Greaney ............................$12,500 Taylor Family Scholarship Luka Perle ............................................$2,500 Alexa Stewart ......................................$2,500 Three Sisters Lions Scholarship Keely Malloy ........................................$1,000 Luka Perle ............................................$1,000 Nancy Montecinos .............................$1,000 Jackson Rheuben ...............................$1,000 Alexa Stewart ......................................$1,000 Todd Sampson Memorial Aviation Scholarship Luka Perle ............................................$1,000 TR McCrystal Culinary Arts Scholarship *** No Qualified Apps Received ***..........$0 Veterans Appreciation Scholarship *** No Qualified Apps Received ***..........$0 Wayne and Irene Hensley Memorial Scholarship Ayumi Stewart.....................................$1,000 Willitts Scholarship Tucker Higgins ....................................$2,000

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