The Nugget Newspaper // Vol. XLII No. 36 // 2019-09-04 by Nugget Newspaper

The Nugget Vol. XLII No. 36

News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon

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Missing rider found dead on Cline Buttes Searchers found the body of Chad Hurtley after an extensive search in the Cline Buttes area west of Sisters on Monday. Hurtley was reported missing on Sunday, September 1, after his horse was found on Cline Falls Road. Hurtley had left his home near Cline Falls Road around 10:30 a.m. on horseback. He regularly rode from home into the Cline Buttes area for a few hours and then returned home. Deputies assisted by SAR volunteers searched into the

Festival is a ‘family reunion’ for many artists

Legacy of fire...

By Ceili Cornelius Correspondent

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A small lightning sparked blaze is burning in the Mt. Washington Wilderness — in the area of other burns (see story, page 8). Approximately 50 percent of the Sisters Ranger District has been hit by wildfire in the past two decades, leaving scars that actually protect from the spread of other fires.

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The recent news that the City of Sisters is conducting a site-plan review on a potential Dollar General Store near Bi-Mart has led some in the community who dislike the idea to call upon the planning commission to determine what kind of business is best for Sisters. Planning Commission Chair Jeff Seymour said, “Certainly, the commission is sensitive to what the public is saying. We live here, too, and we see it.” However, he and Planning Commission Vice Chair Cris Converse noted that the commission works within strict legal parameters. Seymour said that the planning commission acts as “a quasi-judicial commission that reviews land-use applications and applies the existing Development Code to those applications to determine

This year’s Sisters Folk Festival brings back many musicians who have played the festival multiple times and have become part of the Sisters music community. Among them are Martyn Joseph, Ellis, Johnsmith, Beth Wood, Keith Greeninger and Dayan Kai, and David Jacobs-Strain. Jacobs-Strain has performed in Sisters countless times since his first appearance at the Sisters Folk Festival See FAMILY on page 16

How the planning commission works By Jim Cornelius

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Gratitude, faith help Sisters couple By Carol Statton Correspondent

if those projects are viable based on that code.” The commission — by law — cannot discriminate and say that a certain business that meets code requirements can’t come to Sisters. “Law does not allow us to discriminate against a particular business,” Converse said. “We can only look at and really discuss the existing application that is in front of us,” he said. “We can’t change the code (on the fly) and we can’t change the application.” The matter at hand is a site-plan review on a 9,100-square-foot retail sales establishment to be located on the south side of McKinney Butte Road directly adjacent to Bi-Mart and The Pines residential community. The store to be built has been identified as Dollar General, a national corporation that has over 15,000 stores in small- to mid-size

On December 11, 2018, in little more than a split second, life changed dramatically for Larry and Terry Hardin. The Hardins were just beginning their newly planned “snowbird” status down south when Larry suffered a tragic fall from a camp chair. What should have been the beginning of a winter spent in the warmth and sun of Southern California instantly became something completely different. The next five months would be spent between three different hospitals spanning two states; hospitals that would become home and provide necessary care and encouragement. Fundamentals of faith, family, friends and focus would carry them through. They say lightening never strikes twice, but science and Larry know a different truth. Five years previously, Larry found himself undergoing

See PLANNING on page 24

See HARDIN on page 19

Letters/Weather ............... 2 Seed to Table .................... 8 Meetings .......................... 3 Announcements...............12

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A fall has left Larry Hardin paralyzed, but he continues to look for good — and find it.

Commentary: Transforming the terrible secret of suicide ......15

Entertainment .................13 Classifieds................. 25-27 Crossword ...................... 24 Real Estate .................27-32

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Truth or narratives? By Rian Schermerhorn Guest Columnist

Welcome, musicians and music-lovers to the 2019 Sisters Folk Festival! ISTOCKPHOTO.COM/TAMILISA MINER

Letters to the Editor…

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

To the Editor: A dollar store in Sisters? Seriously? And to add insult to injury, right next door and competing with Bi-Mart, which is in every way a more useful place to shop. The fact that Sisters would welcome such development is enough to turn me cynical regarding the entire visioning process that our community engaged in. What next — Walmart? Factory Outlet Mall? What a surefire way to undermine our identity as a hub of art, music, recreation and natural beauty. I ask the Planning Commission to please, for the love of Sisters, put a stop to this degrading development. Susanna DeFazio

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To the Editor: My husband is working for the U.S. Census and currently verifying addresses in the Sisters and Central Oregon area in preparation for the 2020 census mailing. He carries a briefcase clearly marked U.S. Census and has a lanyard

badge with his name and photo on it. If your address is on his list, he is required to come to your door and, if you are home, ask you two brief questions to verify your address. Heʼs not an axe-murderer and heʼs not going to steal your stuff. At one house in a local neighborhood he was actually told by the woman living there that “he could get shot” for walking up to someoneʼs door. What kind of a world do we live in where people think like that? How about offering him a cookie instead — and thanking him for his efforts. Ann Richardson

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To the Editor: Following the mass shootings in El Paso on August 3 in which 22 innocent people were murdered and 24 were wounded and the mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio in which 10 innocent people were killed and 17 injured like many others I put my flag at half-staff in memory of See LETTERS on page 22

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I read a letter to the editor last week from Laura West regarding racism in America, and more specifically white supremacy, that contained some good points. Racism absolutely still exists. As does white supremacy, which is just one of the many types of racism that we see in the United States today. I donʼt dispute this, but I do take issue with the false narratives she used to prove her point. Irresponsible actions like this add to the growing divisiveness that weʼre seeing continue to spread throughout the country. It also shows a blind faith in a media that has been proven to push these false narratives over and over in an attempt to sway a largely uneducated public opinion for purely political purposes. One example used by Ms. West about Trumpʼs controversial comments regarding Mexican immigrants is a perfect illustration. Stating that the President referred to all Mexican immigrants as rapists and drug dealers is completely false. He said that many who have come here illegally are rapists and drug dealers. This is true. The Texas Department of Public Safety shares crime statistics related to illegal aliens, and in fact, there have been over 10,000 arrests related to sexrelated crimes, over 1,000 homicides, around 50,000 drug-related crimes, and about the same amount of assaults over the last eight years. This is just one state where illegal border crossings are at all-time highs. But what is often left out by people like Ms. West is that Trump also said that most are honest, hardworking people just looking for a better life. This, of course, doesnʼt fit the desired narrative, so it is left out. Ms. West also mentioned the Twitter feud between President Trump and the “Squad” — Congresswomen

Ocasio-Cortez, Tlaib, Omar and Pressley. All four of these elected officials have been highly critical of the President (as well as members of their own caucus) with a constant barrage of claims of racism, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia, etc. Yet, the media turns a blind eye when anti-Semitic statements are made, as well as corroborated claims of multiple types of fraud and campaign finance crimes by these same four women. Their histories are ignored. When the President defends himself and calls attention to these issues, heʼs a racist simply because they are women of color? This is the literal definition of racism and sexism. I am tired of the rhetoric that strays far from reality, as there are many examples of this available to anyone willing to do the research with an objective mind. It is entirely possible that Ms. West is an unfortunate victim of a media that purposely pushes the false narrative of racism every chance they get — often creating it where none exists. It is ultimately up to each of us to seek truth (even when we might not like it) or be content to be fed a narrative like blind sheep. And make no mistake — the mainstream media absolutely has an agenda. We have many alternative news sources today, and while most seem biased one way or another, the truth can often be found somewhere in the middle. Our government is not perfect, and weʼre finding more and more about the deeprooted corruption that has existed within it for a long time, but it helps no one to simply spew rhetoric and false narratives for partisan purposes. My hope is that we in Sisters can rise above such nonsense, as it only leads to division and what weʼre seeing in Portland with the lawless Antifa mobs. We owe it to ourselves to focus on truth whether it aligns with our ideologies or not. Anything less is just adding to the problem.

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Healing Reins celebrates 20 years Healing Reins will celebrate its 20th anniversary of service to Sisters Country residents with special needs at its upcoming Diamonds & Dust fundraiser scheduled for Saturday, September 14, at 5 p.m. in the “big barn that changes lives.” Since its founding in 1999, Healing Reins has served thousands of children, teens, adults — and

whole families — who are facing severe challenges due to physical and cognitive disability; developmental delay; social, emotional and behavioral issues; and mental-health concerns. Healing Reins’ proven programs help individuals achieve their potential, build resilience, and experience joy in the process. See HEALING REINS on page 28

Outlaws Hall of Fame induction set The Outlaw Booster Club will be hosting the fifth annual Outlaw Hall Of Fame dinner and induction ceremony on Saturday, September 14, at Sisters High School. Doors open at 5 p.m. with a reception (beer/wine will be served). A catered dinner (including hors d’oeuvres, tri-tip, salmon, salads and dessert) starts at 6 p.m., and the ceremony starts at 6:15 p.m. This year’s inductees are: • Dave and Donna Moyer — Special Contributors. • 1959 State Championship Football Team. • Shane Crowder (Class of 2000).

• Gib Daniels (Class of 1961). • Daniel Kemp (Class of 1997). • David Gridley (Class of 1954). There have been 34 HOF inductees since the inaugural class in 2015, including eight teams and organizations. Tickets are $25 and are available at the Sisters High School office or by going to www.shshalloffame.org. Plaques for each of the 34 inductees are on display in the high school commons. As in years past, the inductees also will be introduced at halftime of the Sisters High School varsity football game on Friday, September 13.

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Volunteers have worked for years to make the Peterson Ridge Trail a premier destination for cyclists, hikers, equestrians and snowshoers in Central Oregon.

Sisters to celebrate key trail system A celebration of the remarkable trail system in Sisters’ backyard is happening on Saturday, September 21 at Village Green Park. The Peterson Ridge Trail system (PRT), built and maintained through volunteer effort, has been providing recreational opportunity for equestrians, hikers, dogwalkers, mountain-bikers and most recently snowshoers for more than 20 years. Sisters Trails Alliance (STA) is hosting this celebration, which marks a decade since a major expansion of the system put it on the map as a destination for a variety

of users. The celebration features hikes and mountainbike rides on the trail system, activities in the park for everyone, a little history of the PRT, a free lunch and the just-released “Pete’s Ridge Pale Ale,” crafted by Three Creeks Brewing Company. Sign-up is now available for several organized hikes and mountain-bike rides as part of the event. This is a great opportunity to explore some of our close-in trails with folks who know them best. Participants can join Maret Pajutee for a wild and scenic river exploration, starting

with the Whychus Creek Overlook trail and a side trip down to one of the most beautiful spots on the creek. Maret will talk about watershed history, fire ecology, trail etiquette, wild and scenic river values and the stewardship of those who help keep the river wild and beautiful. The overlook portion is an easy walk, and the optional hike down to the creek is moderate. Another hike is in the works, with details to be announced later. For mountain-bikers, STA’s trail gurus Gary See TRAIL SYSTEM on page 30

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

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

CITY & PARKS Sisters City Council 2nd & 4th Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Sisters City Hall. 541-549-6022. Sisters Park & Recreation District Board of Directors 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m., SPRD bldg. 541-549-2091. Sisters Planning Commission 3rd Thursday, 5:30 p.m., Sisters City Hall. 541-549-6022.

FIRE & POLICE Black Butte Ranch Police Dept. Board of Directors Meets monthly. 541-595-2191 for time & date. Black Butte Ranch RFPD Board of Directors 4th Thursday, 9 a.m., Black Butte Ranch Fire Station. 541-595-2288. Cloverdale RFPD Board of Directors 3rd Wed., 7 p.m., 67433 Cloverdale Rd. 541-548-4815. cloverdalefire.com. Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD Board of Directors 3rd Tuesday, 5 p.m., Sisters Fire Hall, 541-549-0771. Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD Drills Tuesdays, 7 p.m., Sisters Fire Hall, 301 S. Elm St. 541-549-0771. This listing is for regular Sisters Country meetings; email information to lisa@nuggetnews.com

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Ore. governor Spanish exchange student pursues fitness career wants special By Chloe Gold always wanted to be like. Gili Pareja’s coach had a degree in physical science — which Gili session on Cristina Gili Pareja is vis- Pareja said could be equated iting from Spain and is cur- to a fitness coach in America working at Sisters — and so Gili Pareja went to death-penalty rently Athletic Club (SAC), where school for a sports exercise Correspondent

By Andrew Selsky Associated Press

SALEM (AP) — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said Wednesday, August 28, she wants to call a special session of the Legislature because of questions raised whether a new law which narrows death penalty cases is retroactive. With the new law taking effect next month, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum also said she supports a special legislative session “to make sure our courts, prosecutors, defenders, victims and others have the clarity and guidance they need in connection with our most serious criminal cases.” “We must make sure we get this law right,” Rosenblum said. The bill narrows the state’s use of the death penalty by substantially limiting the crimes that qualify. After Brown signed the bill on Aug. 1, lawyers for Martin Allen Johnson, who authorities say raped and murdered a 15-year-old girl in 1998 before throwing her body off a bridge, raised the issue of whether the new law applies to him. A judge determined the crime no longer qualifies as aggravated murder under the new law. Other cases could be affected. The new state law that takes effect Sept. 29 narrows the definition of aggravated murder, the only crime eligible for a death sentence. The law states that aggravated murder is limited to killing two or more people as an act of organized terrorism; killing a child younger than 14 intentionally and with premeditation; killing another person while incarcerated for a previous murder; or killing a police, correctional, or probation officer. House Republican Leader Carl Wilson said repealing the bill might be the best course in a special session, allowing ample time before the 2020 regular session to analyze the issue. Brown, a Democrat, told reporters in a conference call that she expects Sen. Floyd Prozanski, a Democrat from the university town of Eugene who helped get the bill passed, to work with others to craft language to address the law’s retroactivity. Then she would call a special session, expected to last less than a day in September.

you can find her checking in members at the front desk, and instructing health and wellness classes during her time in the United States. Gili Pareja lives in a town called Torrelles de Foix, a province outside of Barcelona, Spain. She commutes 20 minutes to her job in Vilafranca del Pevedes, where she works at gym Espai D´Sport. Through a connection at SAC with member Nancy Engelhard, Gili Pareja was able to come to Sisters for a few months this summer to gain more knowledge in her field of physical training and to further her Englishspeaking skills. Gili Pareja is staying in the Tumalo area with Engelhard. The Spaniard studied at Ramon Llull University near Barcelona, Catalonia for four years, and received a degree in sports exercise science. Gili Pareja’s love for sports exercise science was inspired by her roller-skating coach. For about 15 years, Gili Pareja was an artistic roller-skater, which incorporates dance and artistic skills with competitive roller-skating. Her coach was someone Gili Pareja had

degree. For Gili Pareja, the best part of her job is the healthand-wellness aspect. She loves to see her clientele reach their goals. Her shift at SAC is typically during a time where older clientele come in, and they’re more likely to be focused on their health, rather than strength gains. Her co-worker at SAC, Stephanie Taskinen, also a fluent Spanish speaker, thinks this love for seeing people reach their health goals stems from the fact that, “Cristina is such an empathetic person.” Gili Pareja is enjoying her time at SAC and said she “doesn’t really see it as a job, but a big learning experience,” she said. She often compares and contrasts aspects of SAC to her gym at home and is very excited to take what she’s learned home to Espai D´Sport. Gili Pareja says that Espai D´Sport has a younger clientele than SAC, so its workout classes are higherimpact classes focused on building strength. While at SAC, Gili Pareja is working on her English skills. She said she was “really

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Cristina Gili Pareja is working at Sisters Athletic Club this summer, pursuing her career path and working on her English language skills. nervous” when she first got here because she “isn’t super fluent in English, but everyone’s been really nice.” So nice in fact, that when people hear her accent, they begin speaking Spanish to her, rather than English, which she finds very sweet — but not great for her English skills. Gili Pareja will also begin teaching a few classes at SAC until her departure on

September 14, including a Pilates class, and a life-skills fitness class. There will be an open house gathering for the community to meet Cristina Gili Pareja on Wednesday, September 11, at 5 p.m. at Sisters Athletic Club. She will be doing a presentation partially in Spanish and in English about what she does and her experience here.

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Searchers aid injured PCT hiker Searchers located a Happy Valley man who was injured while bushwhacking in the area west of the Three Sisters on Wednesday, August 28. According to the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, dispatch received a 911 call at about 12:38 p.m. from a family member of Cory Mills, who was hiking solo on the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). The family member had reportedly received a distress message from Mills, who said in the message that he had gone off-trail to hike The Husband and had been injured when a rock fell on him. The message also read “911.” Further details, including whether or not Mills was disabled or mobile, were not available at that time Two Deschutes County Sheriff ’s Office deputies were dispatched to the call. Attempts to contact Mills via cell phone were not successful and the cell phone carrier was not able to provide coordinates for his location. Further attempts to ascertain Mills’ coordinates via other resources were not successful, the sheriff’s office reported. Due to the circumstances, including unknown injuries to Mills, AirLink and Life Flight were contacted for assistance, but they were not able to fly due to inclement weather. Deputies also contacted the Lane County Sheriff’s Office to advise them of the call and to help coordinate the rescue. Lane County

responded by sending in two ground search and rescue teams — one from the north and one from the west — while the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue sent a ground team of six volunteers in from Devil’s Lake Trailhead to the PCT. Two DCSO deputies remained in headquarters to continue to coordinate the rescue. The DCSO SAR volunteers located Mills on the PCT in Lane County about 4.5 miles from the Devil’s Lake Trailhead. Mills had been hiking his way out with non-life-threatening injuries and was unable to send out further messages due to poor cell phone service in that area. Mills was evaluated and treated on scene by DCSO SAR medics. He was then assisted back to the Devil’s Lake Trailhead, arriving at

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Jet-car speed racer Combs dies trying to break record By Gillian Flaccus Associated Press

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A search party located Cory Mills of Happy Valley near the Devil’s Lake Trailhead. He had been injured by a falling rock on The Husband, but was able to hike out. approximately 9:30 p.m. where he declined further medical assistance. Mills was transported to St. Charles Bend by a friend for further treatment. Mills was well-equipped for his hike and provided family members with his route.

PORTLAND (AP) — Jetcar speed racer Jessi Combs, known by fans as the “fastest woman on four wheels,” has died in a crash in Oregon’s Alvord Desert while trying to break a speed record, local authorities said August 28. Combs, 36, died August 27 while racing in a dry lakebed in a desert in remote Harney County, sheriff’s Lt. Brian Needham said in a statement. The cause is under investigation. Terry Madden, Combs’ teammate on the North American Eagle racing team, said in an Instagram post that he was heartbroken and added a video collage of photos and video clips of Combs with various team members. “She was the most

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Man caused Sisters athlete earns silver at world championships $60,000 in one,” Banning reflected. “I By Jim Cornelius had knee surgery two years ago and at that time thought damage at Jennifer Banning of I’d never lift competitively Sisters took a silver medal again — and here I am.” in the Worl d M as t ers Banning is passionate Crater Lake Championships weightlifting about lifting. in Montreal, Canada, “It’s not easy,” she told National Park tourney last month. The Nugget. I love it because In a back-and-forth bat- — mostly I love it because I Editor in Chief

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tle with Hawaiian Loretta Kikuchi, Banning briefly held the world records in two lifts in the 50- to 54-year-old 55 kg (121.25-pound class). The Olympic weightlifting tournament combines the best of each lifter’s totals in two events — the snatch and the clean and jerk. Banning’s 126 kg (277.782 ) total put her in a strong second-place finish behind Kikuchi’s 134 kg (295.42 pounds) total and ahead of the 100 kg (220.462 pounds) bronze medalist. Banning was able to accomplish a bodyweight snatch of 55 kg — a significant benchmark in Olympic lifting — and a 71 kg (156.53-lb.) clean and jerk. Banning, who coaches weightlifters in Sisters at Indomita Fitness, has competed for several years, having started Olympic lifting in 2013. She previously recorded a bronze-medal finish at the worlds in Denmark in 2014 in her fourth meet ever. She has achieved “best lifter” and first-place finishes at nationals and in the Pan Am tournament. The Montreal meet was special. “I’m pretty proud of this

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Unique frames turn 2-D photographs into 3-D art By Helen Schmidling Correspondent

Avid amateur photographer Linda Ziegenhagen has a flair for three-dimensional frames that complement her work and become part of it. Her creations are on display this month in the Community Room of Sisters Library, in a show she calls “Framing Central Oregon.” Ziegenhagen grew up in Ashland and moved to Central Oregon in 1967 to student teach during her senior year at Southern Oregon Community College. Over the next 32 years in Redmond, she married Garth Ziegenhagen, and they raised two children while she taught in the Redmond School District. “When I retired in 1999, I had time to pursue my interest in painting, which quickly changed to photography because of the new technology of digital cameras and editing programs,” she said. “I love the challenge of learning about cameras and photo composition.” Her first serious pursuit of perfecting her work came when she joined the Sisters Area Photography Club in 2004. “Up until then, I was shooting by instinct. I just trusted my eye,” she said. Her first unique photographs depicted the interactions between the early morning sunlight and the pre-prohibition bottles in husband Garth’s collection. She arranged objects on a table and captured the brilliant colors, transparencies, and imperfections in the antique glass. “The early morning sun

shining through the sliding glass doors did the rest … Amazing! Exciting!” she exclaimed. Her philosophy is KISS: “Keep It Simply Sensational.” She uses a point-and-shoot camera (Panorama Lumix DMC-FZ200) and carries “cleaning stuff, a lightweight tripod, knee pads, because ‘I’m always kneeling down to get those great angles,’ extra batteries and memory cards.” “When I join a group, I become an active and supportive member,” she said. In SAPC, she’s served as secretary on the board of directors, the art committee, and other jobs. She’s also a member of FORBL Art Committee and Bend SageBrushers, and is one of two volunteers for the St. Charles Redmond Hospital exhibits. Her advice to young photographers? “Join a group or club that shares your interest in photography.” She said, “Over the years, I have come across photographers who express themselves much better than I, and I have adopted their ‘why of it,’ which expresses why I am so passionate about photography. Photography allows me to share what is beautiful and meaningful to me with others.

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Linda Ziegenhagen tells a story by pairing her photo of the old Schreiber Barn with a unique three-dimensional frame she created. It offers me a language that speaks to my emotions, for which I have difficulty finding words. It allows me to tell my story and show others my framing of the world around me, and gives others a way to share theirs with me. “My heart always beats a little faster each time I am able to capture that creative fraction of a second. When I am taking a picture, my eye must see a composition or an expression that life itself offers, and I must know with intuition and skill when to click the camera, because once you miss it, it is gone forever.” In 2010, one of her

bottle photos was selected by the National American Association of University Women (AAUW) to be printed and sold as part of a stationary-set fundraising project. In 2013 and 2014, several Ziegenhagen photographs were included in juried shows at the Redmond Library and Episcopal Church Country Fair in Sisters. She had a solo show in the Redmond Library in 2015, and now, this month, in the Sisters Library. Every year, she participates in the Friends of Sisters Library Community Exhibit and the Sisters Area Photography Club exhibit.

No two frames are alike. Linda pairs each photograph with a frame that she creates from random pieces and parts of things harvested from the very spaces she’s photographed, or nearby. She scours antique shops and estate sales to find remnants of this and that to use in her one-of-akind frames. She enjoys making her “this-and-that” frames almost as much as she loves making the photos. An image of the old Schreiber Barn at Juniper Flat, with Mount Hood in the distance, shows the barn’s roof partially fallen away to expose aging beams. The trees in the foreground are barren of foliage. Printed on canvas, it’s mounted on a frame made from barn board and the tines of a rake, crusted with rust, are affixed to the base of the frame, beneath the image. Above and centered are two pieces of curved wire. The whole piece tells a story of what was once a thriving life, left to ruin, but still begging to be cherished. The entry wall features a pair of great blue heron pieces: the first is a single photograph of the heron, with its reflection in the water. The second is a series of See ZIEGENHAGEN on page 24

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Chef James Fink featured at harvest dinner By Audrey Tehan Correspondent

What do you get when you combine the talents from Seed to Table’s farmers and a mastermind chef? The Fall Harvest Dinner, a vibrant community event featuring a meal with discovery in every bite. As an organic vegetable farmer, food and enjoying food is at the center of my life. However, I still struggle to find the time to slow down, thoughtfully cook and then sit down to eat with family and friends. As conscientious as I try to be, I still find myself watching Netflix with meals and rushing through the house stuffing hard-boiled eggs into my pockets for breakfast trying to get to the farm on time. When I find this rush becoming the norm, I am usually not feeling my best, despite eating healthy food. Reflecting back on the times I feel the best in my life, it is when I take moments to catch my breath (slowly enjoying a meal) and when I feel deeply connected to friends and family. A beautifully cooked meal with

others keeps being one of the most powerful opportunities in my day to make me feel my best. Embracing these opportunities has become an important part of self-care. Seed to Table’s Fall Harvest Dinner offers an opportunity to get inspired around food and connect with community. Also there is the bonus that I do not have to do the dishes or open a cookbook. The event highlights a meal crafted specially from the Seed to Table farm by chef James Fink. James Fink is the founder of Wild Oregon Foods, a restaurant and catering service located in Bend. As a classically trained chef, Fink strives to be a savant of local foods. Fink’s meals pave the path for new flavors crafted from Central Oregon’s backyard. With Wild Oregon Foods, James is on a mission to expose people to better ingredients, and in turn, better food. James embraces the thought that eating together gives us a chance to de-stress and catch up with those whom we love. The vision of the Fall Harvest Dinner is set for Saturday, September 14,

from 4:30 to 8 p.m. The dinner gives us all a chance to experience new flavors, to connect over a beautifully crafted, local meal and celebrate the education programs infusing Central Oregon’s schools. Treat yourselves to the company of friends and family and get back to our basics; sitting down to dinner. Tickets for the Fall Harvest Dinner are available at Seed to Table’s website www.seedtotableoregon.org/ events.

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Fire staff hiked in to the fire area for an on-site assessment. A Type 3 Incident Commander and a 10-person Wildland Fire Module (WFM) have been assigned to the incident. The WFM will provide on-site information and real-time updates to fire managers. Fire managers are identifying key locations where they could engage additional firefighters using “Minimum Impact Suppression Techniques” if necessary. Smoke from the fire may be visible from Sisters, parts of Highway 20, and surrounding areas. A spate of lightning last week sparked a number of blazes, most very small. The Tumalo Creek Fire near Tam McArthur Rim was the largest at 10 acres, but fire crews with air support kept it from getting out of hand. A lightning strike fire south of FivePine was confined to a single tree.

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Soccer returns four varsity players By Rongi Yost Correspondent

The Outlaws boys soccer squad will return only four varsity players to their squad this year, but will add 17 young, enthusiastic players to the roster. Coaches are excited about the energy and enthusiasm these new players will bring to the field. Two juniors, Connor Martin and Simon Rhett, as well as sophomores Gavin Ch ris tian and R ic ha rd Huffman are the four players who return with varsity experience. Martin is a versatile player and one of the strongest players on the field and leads by example. Rhett is a solid defender, an intelligent player, and is expected to be a great mentor for the younger players. Christian is also a versatile player with a strong work ethic, and shows promise as a striker/forward. Huffman (midfield) is speedy and athletic and always brings a positive attitude to the field. The new players that will round out the 2019 roster include freshmen Aidan

Ekert (midfield), Bela Chladek (midfield), Brody Duey (forward), Dominic Martinez (midfield/defense), Gus Patton (midfield), Hayden Kunz (midfield), Justin Blake (defense), Senas Ortega (defense/goalie), Tate Kaczmarek (forward), sophomores AJ Scholl (goalie), Brady Williams (midfield/ forward), Charles Irlam (midfield), Noah Pittman (defense), and Sean Alvarez (defense), juniors Connor Linn and Nathaniel Alvarez (defense), and senior Ethan Eckert (midfield). Coach Jeff Husmann told The Nugget that Ethan Ekert, Nathaniel and Sean Alvarez, and Connor Linn are standouts among the new players. Eckert is the lone senior on the team, and although Ethan is new to Sisters, he certainty is no stranger to the game. Husmann stated that he brings a calm demeanor, a high soccer IQ, and a natural leadership ability that will serve the team well. Brothers Nathaniel and Sean Alvarez will be relied upon for their skill, experience, and know-how on the pitch. Linn will positively

contribute as he brings fitness and an incredible work ethic to the team. Husmann also noted that several of the freshmen will be key contributors to the Outlaws squad. Duey is both coachable and versatile, and is a very hard worker; Kaczmarek is a technically skilled player and always works to improve, and Aidan Eckert is a skilled player and soccer-savvy. As Husmann looks ahead to the upcoming season he said, “We hope to develop a strong and positive reputation in what certainly is a tough division. With only four returning varsity players the team will be relying on the younger members to improve with each practice and game as they step into their respective roles. “Our goals begin with all players subscribing to the mantra of ‘No White Flags.’ Though we certainly aim to win games, success this year will be more about developing and maintaining an attitude and work ethic that asks players to push themselves the entire match,” said Husmann.

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Legendary bluegrass musician returns to Sisters Folk Festival By Ceili Cornelius Correspondent

Legendary bluegrass singer-songwriter, Peter Rowan is one of this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s headliners at the 2019 Sisters Folk Festival. Rowan has a career spanning over five decades, after falling in love with music at a young age. He has worked with a number of well-known artists and musicians over the years. His most influential early music memory comes from his uncle when he was just six years old. When his family would visit his World War II veteran uncle, they would pass the time in Hawaii playing music. He learned to play the ukulele with his uncle as his first musical instrument at six years old. Later, his best friend that lived down the street from him in Massachusetts where he grew up started playing and singing duets with him around their neighborhood. Around the time they were young boys, the image of Elvis was beginning to come on the mainstream media, young Rowan seeing flashes of performances and magazine covers as he walked the streets of his hometown near Boston. One day, Rowan and his friend saw an image of Elvis with a Martin D18 guitar over his shoulder, and Rowan thought that he wanted to have the same guitar. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After that is when I started pursuing guitar more and played in a rock â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; roll band called Cupids, with a six-string electric, while I was still in high school,â&#x20AC;? he said. During his youth he saw Joan Baez perform at Harvard Square and found the folk scene of the time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was hanging out with these folk and country bands when I was only 17 years old, and knew that it is what I wanted to do,â&#x20AC;? he said. After his stint in acadamia with three years of college,

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leading up to the work with Garcia so I had a lot of stuff recorded and ready for use on my own. So, working with Garcia and the rest of the bands was just another way to learn better musicianship and have more experiences out in the world,â&#x20AC;? he said. Now his musical journey has led him back to Sisters next weekend. Tickets and day passes are still available at www. sistersfolkfestival.org.

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Festival artist plays a Thompson Guitar By Ceili Cornelius Correspondent

Peter Rowan, one of the headliners at this year’s Sisters Folk Festival, has a special connection to a local Sisters business: Preston Thompson Guitars. Late in the 1970s Rowan began a solo career writing and performing songs in the old bluegrass style. “I no longer had to play terrible bluegrass gigs when I went out solo because of what I had been involved with and was able to record my own music,” he said. Internationally, Rowan often performs as a solo singer-songwriter, while stateside, along with solo appearances, he plays in three bands: The Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band, Big Twang Theory and its Texas cousin Twang an’ Groove, and rock band The Free Mexican Air Force. Peter Rowan’s connection to Preston Thompson Guitars is a special, longstanding one. Rowan has been writing and performing on the same guitar that the late Preston Thompson built for him in the 1980s. He met Thompson through the guitarist of bluegrass band Hot Rize, Charles Sawtelle. “He introduced me to this guitar, and believed in the ability of Thompson to build high-quality guitars,” said Rowan. The instrument is a vintage guitar that he has played and taken with him on his travels. “The whole joy has been

its adaptability to bring bluegrass culture around the world. I brought this guitar to India and taught and wrote songs on it. It is my writing guitar and performing guitar, making it a special vintage guitar,” said Rowan. The Preston Thompson Guitars workshop sits nextdoor to The Belfry and there, craftsmen create vintage guitars for musicians and artists. Thompson died earlier this year, after a year-long illness. During Thompson’s illness, luckily for the business, he had trained and created skilled craftsmen to carry on the work of creating these vintage guitars. Thompson started building guitars in the 1970s, leading to a lifetime friendship and a passion for capturing a vintage tone based on the sound of old Martin guitars. Thompson studied 1930s Martin guitars hoping to learn the craft of creating the sound of those golden-era, big-bodied guitars. Some of the wood that he sourced was actually wood from those same guitars that inspired his building: Brazilian rosewood cut in 1936 and lost in a shipwreck in 1937.

Preston had access, and thoroughly studied Sawtelle’s collection of rare and famous pre-war vintage instruments, and built Charles a guitar that became one of his most treasured and the one he introduced Peter Rowan to. For three years in a row during the 1980s, his instruments were selected as a prize by the winners of the National Flatpicking Championships at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas. As recalled by Rowan: “It was at Winfield, Kansas, the big festival. Hot Rize were performing and their guitarist, Charles Sawtwelle, had lent his Martin OOO45 to Preston to make a copy. That copy is the OOO42 Thompson guitar that I play. I bought the guitar from Preston at Winfield where I was playing with fiddler Mark O’Conner.” In the guitar shop in Sisters sits a picture of Rowan with this guitar, honoring his friend and guitar builder, Preston Thompson. Rowan has played at the Sisters Folk Festival and at The Belfry. “I love it there and look forward to being back,” he said.

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AARP’s Driver Safety Course, a classroom refresher for motorists 50 and older, will be offered on Tuesday, September 10 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Sisters Community Church. There will be a one-hour lunch break. Call 541-390-6075 to register. Cost is $15 for AARP members and $20 for non-members.

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The Council on Aging is partnering with St. Charles Health System and the City of Sisters to offer a free class to help older adults navigate their Medicare options on Friday, September 6, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the City of Sisters offices in the Chamber Room. “Medicare 101” is led by a Senior Health Insurance Benefits Assistance (SHIBA) counselor, and provides information to Medicareeligible beneficiaries about their Medicare choices. Registration is required as space is limited. Call the Council on Aging of Central Oregon at 541-678-5483 or email info@councilonaging.org.

Sisters Garden Club

The next meeting of the Sisters Garden Club is at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, September 14 at Sisters City Hall. Karen McCarthy of Madras Garden Depot will present “Ornamental Grasses.” All are welcome! For more information call 541-549-6390 or go to sistersgardenclub.com.

Seeking Poets & Poetry Fans Share your voice & the poetry you love with your community. Participate in Tea & Poetry, presented by New Oregon Arts & Letters and Sisters Farmers Market. Email tiffany@plazm.com for information or call 503-9970301; email is preferred.

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Wednesday, September 4 VFW/American Legion Meeting 6 p.m. at Takoda’s Thursday, September 5 River Rat Social Group 5 p.m. at Three Creeks Brewing Thursday, September 5 Child Sexual-Abuse Prevention 5 to 8 p.m. at Sisters Library Friday, September 6 Free Medicare 101 Class 3 to 5 p.m. at Sisters City Hall Saturday, September 7 Snowflake Boutique Jury 9:30 a.m. at Highland Baptist, Redmond Tuesday, September 10 AARP Driver’s Safety 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Sisters Comm. Church

Child Sexual-Abuse Prevention Training

Darkness to Light®, a child sexualabuse prevention training, will be held on Thursday, September 5 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Sisters Library. This training program provides participants with 5 steps to better protect children from sexual abuse. It gives adults the tools for recognizing the signs of sexual abuse, responding to suspicions, and gives simple ways to minimize opportunities for abuse in organizations and our community. Please contact Rachel Visser at 541-306-6062 to register.

A free support group for those who provide care in any capacity meets at The Lodge in Sisters at 10:30 a.m. the third Tuesday of each month. Info: 541-771-3258.

Habitat Homeownership

Sisters Habitat for Humanity is accepting applications for its homeownership program. If you have lived and/or worked in Sisters for at least a year, have a need for housing, have verifiable income and are willing to contribute up to 500 hours of sweat equity, this program may be for you. Please review Habitat’s qualification guide online at www.sistershabitat.org/housingprograms or pick one up at the Habitat office, 141 W. Main Ave. Questions, call 541-549-1193.

VFW/American Legion Meeting

VFW/American Legion are hosting their monthly meeting with free pizza at Takoda’s Wednesday, September 4 at 6 p.m. Call 541-718-1392 for more information.

CPR/AED and First Aid Class

The next CPR/AED/First Aid class is scheduled for Thursday, September 12, at 8:30 a.m. The cost is $30 which covers both modules, a workbook and completion card. Register by Tuesday, September 10. To register, go on-line to sistersfire. com and select the CPR tab, or stop by and register at the Sisters Fire station during business hours (8 to 5). Pick up the student workbook at the station after you register. If you have questions, call Chris Carr at 415-860-3697.

Come Sing With Us!

The Sisters High Desert Chorale will begin rehearsals for Winter/ Christmas concerts on Monday, September 23. The Chorale meets each Monday night at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Hall of Transfiguration Episcopal Church. No audition is required and all ages are welcome. Winter concerts are scheduled for the first part of December 2019. For more information call Connie Gunterman at 541-588-0362.

Peterson Ridge Trail Celebration

Sisters Trails Alliance invites the community to celebrate the amazing trail system in our own backyard. The event is Saturday, September 21 at Village Green Park and features organized hikes and mountain-bike rides on the PRT, activities in the park for all trail-lovers, a little PRT history, and a free lunch. Registration required for lunch & organized rides. Info at sisterstrails.org or call 541-719-8822.

Democratic Presidential Debate Watch Party

Presented by Indivisible Sisters on Thursday, September 12 at the Sisters Public Library conference room. 4:30 to 5 p.m. social time; debate is from 5 to 8 p.m. Munchies provided! Debate is on ABC news for home viewing. More info: 541-400-8312.

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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Calling all River Rats: Join others at Three Creeks Brewing on Thursday, September 5 at 5 p.m. to talk rafting, rivers, paddling, and all other river running adventures. Casual conversation, no “club” stuff, no volunteers needed. Contact Kathy Campbell, 541-912-0750.

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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. 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.

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LOST CAT: HENRY, Very friendly, 1-year-old, long-haired orange tabby. Last seen in Sage Meadow area (West Meadow Parkway) on August 27. No collar. Please call 541-815-2525.

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

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

Share your creativity! Qualityoriented crafters are being sought as consigners for the 44th Annual Snowflake Boutique (November 1 & 2). Jury will be Saturday, September 7 at 9:30 a.m. at Highland Baptist Church, Redmond. Info at www. snowflakeboutique.org or call Randi, 541-788-4452 or Jan, 541350-4888 or Tina, 541-447-1640.

Parkinson’s Support Group

The second Tuesday of each month, Sisters Parkinson’s Support Group meets at The Lodge in Sisters from 2 to 3:30 p.m. All are welcome to learn, share, and receive support. For more info contact Carol at 541668-6599.

Sisters Library coming events

Family Fun Story Time

Family Fun Story Time for kids ages birth through 5 takes place at the Sisters Library on Thursdays, September 12, 19 and 26 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.

The Nonfiction Book Club

Read and discuss “City of Light, City of Poison: Murder, Magic, and the First Police Chief of Paris” by Holly Tucker with other thoughtful readers at Fika Sisters Coffeehouse on Thursday, September 12, from 1 to 2 p.m. Info: 541-617-7078.

Retro Games

Join other kids ages 12 to 17 to play a selection of fun games, listen to retro music and enjoy a few flashback surprises on Friday, September 13 at 4 p.m. at the Sisters Library. No registration is required. Call 541617-7078 for more information.

Dangerous Crooked Scoundrels

LOST CAT: MY NAME IS BOOTS, Boots is missing from Black Butte Ranch, last seen on the 15th fairway at Big Meadow Golf Course. He is white and dark gray and he has a black collar with a red heart tag. If found, please call Heidi at 206-276-9851

Lost pets? Call HSCO, 541-382-3537; BrightSide Animal Center, 541-923-0882; Des. Co. Animal Control, 541-388-6596; Sisters Vet Clinic, 541-549-6961; Black Butte Vet Clinic, 541-549-1837; Broken Top Vet Clinic, 541-389-0391. And go to www.facebook.com/PetsLostInBendOregon/

Crafters Wanted

Meet BREWER, a very affectionate 9-year-old pitt mix who is looking for his forever home! Brewer is a staff favorite at the shelter because of his consistently optimistic personality! This happy man is always eager to greet new friends with a wagging tail and an upbeat attitude. If you are looking for a very friendly dog who is eager to please, then Brewer is the dog for you! Come meet Brewer today!

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Insulting the president, from Washington to Trump. On Saturday, September 14 at 3 p.m. at the Sisters Library author and professor Edwin Battistella will trace the ways in which presidents have been insulted over the centuries since the founding of the republic, selecting from more than 500 examples collected in his upcoming book, “Dangerous Crooked Scoundrels.” Battistella shows that less has changed than you might think.

Android Basics

Learn the basics of using your Android smartphone or tablet on Tuesday, September 17 at 10 a.m. at Sisters Library. Bring your fully charged device. Registration is required by calling 541312-1066 or email grahamf@ deschuteslibrary.org.

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Read and discuss “The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore,” by Kim Fu, with other readers at the Sisters Library on Wednesday, September 18, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Info: 541-617-7078.

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Farmers market to host haiku contest Whatʼs small, mysterious, and bursting with flavor? A truffle, perhaps. A perfectly ripe raspberry. Or a tiny poem about delicious local foods. The State of Oregonʼs official Poet Laureate, Kim Stafford, has signed on as the judge for the Food & Farm Haiku contest at Sisters Farmers Marketʼs first Tea & Poetry event, which takes place September 22. Deadline for entrants is September 18. “Small, dusky, and mysterious, a haiku passes before you like a bat, sweeping away the mosquitos of annoyance, and startling you awake to the magic of the moment,” said Stafford. A poet, educator, and delightful storyteller, who has roots in the Sisters area. When he was young, his family — including his father, poet William Stafford — built their own cabin near town. You donʼt have to be a poet to dream up a short poem and enter the contest. All ages are welcome to jump on in and try. Prizes have been donated by Metolius

Tea, Jacksonʼs Corner restaurant, Mahonia Gardens farm, Paulina Springs Books, Suttle Tea, Seed to Table education farm, Mountain Rose Herbs, and Bedouin clothing store and café. Winning haiku will also be published in The Nugget Newspaper, media sponsor of Sisters Farmers Market. “We invite you to celebrate the seasons and really sink into your senses,” said Tea & Poetry organizer T. Lee Brown. “Write about food, farms, or tea. Think about how foods smell, look, and taste; what they feel like rolling around in your mouth; what memories they invoke.” Entrants may use the popular American style of writing haiku: a three-line poem featuring a five-, seven-, fivesyllable structure. Alternately, they may choose to write in the Japanese tradition, focusing on how their words and imagery evoke the seasons rather than counting syllables. With help from Aude Girin, Seed to Tableʼs

education coordinator, Brown led the audience at a recent Sisters Farmers Market talent show in a group tasting and writing exercise. An example: Crisp green cucumber Rests beside a bursting peach— Harvest time is near. Food & Farm Haiku contest entries may be dropped off at Paulina Springs Books or Sisters Farmers Market. The deadline for in-person entries is September 18; there is no fee. Entrants may submit electronically via Submittable.com for a small fee. Details can be found online at http://tinyurl.com/ foodhaiku. Sisters Farmers Market is open through the end of September, on Sundays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Fir Street Park, one block north of Cascade Avenue/Highway 20. Co-presented by New Oregon Arts & Letters, the Tea & Poetry event is funded in part by grants from The Roundhouse Foundation and the City of Sisters.

Warm Springs water woes aren’t over By Michael Kohn The Bulletin

BEND (AP) — Danny Martinez stood on a concrete slab just off a remote road on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation and described an unusual sight he witnessed earlier this summer: water gushing out from under the concrete, greening up an otherwise yellow hillside. The source of the water was a failing pressure release valve under Martinezʼs feet. Water was escaping at a rate of at least 100 gallons a minute. Cattails had grown near the slab, creating an environment that appeared wellsuited to frogs. Without consistent pressure, the water system was failing further down the pipeline, too. “It was blowing out pipes

and hot water heaters all over the community, including my office,” Martinez, emergency manager for the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, told The Bulletin. “Blew ʻem out because there was 165 psi coming through pipes that can only handle 85 psi. Itʼs a selfregulating pipe system that was not regulating the water pressure.” Broken pipes and failing valves at Warm Springs have resulted in several boilwater notices over the past 12 months in the impoverished community of around 3,000 people. The longest boil-water

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Venues throughout Sisters Sisters Folk Festival It’s the 23rd annual celebration of American music! For more information call 541-549-4979 or go to sistersfolkfestival.org. Hardtails Bar & Grill KJ Annie Rawkstar Karaoke Night! 9 p.m. Every Friday, no cover! For additional information call 541-549-6114 or go to hardtailsoregon.com. Venues throughout Sisters Sisters Folk Festival It’s the 23rd annual celebration of American music! For more information call 541-549-4979 or go to sistersfolkfestival.org. Cork Cellars Live Music with Megan Rose Ellsworth 5:30-7:00 p.m. No cover! For information call 541-549-2675 or go online to corkcellarswinebistro.com. Hardtails Bar & Grill KJ Annie 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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Searchers found the body of Chad Hurtley on Monday.

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night. A Life Flight helicopter searched the area before dark, but did not locate Hurtley. Friends and family also searched the area. On Monday, at about 5:20 a.m., DCSO Search and Rescue Volunteers began responding to the Cline Buttes area covering several search assignments, including drone, K-9 teams, man-tracking experts, ATVs, horse teams, ground search and further road searches. A total of 47 DCSO SAR volunteers responded, as well as six DCSO deputies. There were also several friends and family members of Hurtley who also assisted with the continued search. At about 9:40 a.m., one of the DCSO SAR volunteer ground search teams located Hurtley’s body on the west side of Cline Buttes, approximately 3/4 of the way up to the top of the butte. DCSO reports that his death was self inflicted. Hurtley was well-known in Sisters from his rides horseback into town, often carrying the American flag.

OSU to Successful balloon launch in Sisters get funds to research quake impact on electrical grid WASHINGTON (AP) — Oregon State University will receive more than $400,000 in federal funds to research how large earthquakes, like ones that could strike in the Cascadia Subduction Zone, would affect the western electrical grid. U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, both Oregon Democrats, announced that the award from the National Science Foundation will provide $433,792 to a project titled, “Earthquake Resilience of the Western Power Grid”. Wyden said it’s vital to understand the risks of a big earthquake to the electrical grid that keeps everything running, so local communities can prepare to respond. Merkley said the grant will allow Oregon State University to conduct critical research so the West Coast can prepare for the challenges that will follow a major earthquake.

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University of Washington researchers worked through the summer to launch an instrument payload via balloon. Last Monday, they successfully launched up and over the Cascades and out into the Pacific Ocean. The University of Washington’s Earth and Space Sciences team led by Research Associate Professor Michael McCarthy returned to Sisters Eagle Airport last week to continue their balloon-based research. They conducted a successful balloon launch on Monday morning. The goal of these balloon flights is to measure electrical properties of the atmosphere — specifically, the electric current flowing between the extreme upper atmosphere and the ground. “This current system has long been thought to be primarily driven by global thunderstorm activity,” Todd Anderson of UW Earth and Space Sciences reported. “Measuring this current is best done far from pollutants and weather effects near the Earth’s surface, so we use a high-altitude balloon to carry instruments well into

the ozone layer. By measuring this electric current at high altitude, and simultaneously monitoring thunderstorm activity with a global lightning detection network, we can test this idea with higher accuracy than previous work.” Launch services were orchestrated by Steven Peterzen of ISTAR along with Steven’s wife Francie Peterzen managing the helium flow and their son Kyle Peterzen inflating the balloon. Steve and Francie Peterzen are Sisters residents. Steven has worked across the world with high-altitude balloon projects.

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Transforming the terrible secret of suicide By Greg Walker (ret) USA Special Forces

In 1962, my grandfather on my father’s side took his own life. This after killing his estranged wife. His murder-suicide shook our immediate and extended families to the core. I was just 8 years old and loved both deeply. The aftershocks and ripples of that singular act were catastrophic for many, many years. My father, his oldest son, changed entirely as he grew older. His anger, fear, remorse, and self-hatred that came from the event consumed him. He isolated —never explored counseling at any time although he could have afforded the best — and passed away earlier this year without resolution. Six years ago, given the incredible training and real-world experience I had working with the U.S. Special Operations Command’s Care Coalition as a Warrior Care provider and in lieu of nearly 10 years on the street as a police officer with experience investigating suicides and attempted suicides. — I investigated my grandfather’s most terrible act. I discovered no one else in the family had — to include my dad and his two brothers. And I discovered what we all thought was an accurate account was not. We’d all lived our lives believing bad information, trauma generated recollections, and the masking of the event even having

occurred (The Terrible Secret). I learned the facts from reading the reports and asking questions, lots of questions, of those of our families still alive and willing to talk. I then shared the true story with everyone to include my father in a three-page letter. The healing process had already begun — for those who wanted to heal. I was blessed to spend 10 years working with our most seriously wounded, injured, ill, and suicidal. I was well educated along the way, and well trained. I was privileged to participate with equally skilled (many much more so) advocates and clinicians, police officers and hospital staffs, and family members of great courage, to successfully intervene in active suicidal situations. We continue to lose between 20-22 Active Duty / National Guard / Reservists and veterans a day to suicide. That’s a body count of 8,030 of our own a year. Or 80,300 trans-generational war fighters over the past 10 years of ongoing armed conflict. Let that number settle in for a moment. 80,300 fathers, sons, mothers, daughters, husbands, wives, grandchildren, friends, family. There are no memorial walls for those who take their own lives. The stigma of suicide ensures silence, shame, and secrecy. However, this cultural branding is changing. We know more about what takes our

loved ones to the precipice of death by their own hands. And we are learning more to care for those left behind and to break the chain that suicide in a family or in a military unit can create unless challenged. To kill the Most Terrible Secret you must expose it to the light of Love, Truth, and Self-Care. You must band together with like-minded warriors and fight the good fight. And if the suicide is successful you then turn to those left behind, as I was, and self-educate, self-care, and seek professional counseling as I have. Breaking the chain is possible — and important — as is re-learning to love the ones lost. Because suicide is not painless. Here are some of the exceptional

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many years ago when he was just 17 years old. Since, he has played The Belfry’s Halloween extravaganza nearly every year, as well as a performance at Harmony House each year. JacobsStrain, who lives in Eugene, appreciates the response he receives from those he knows within the community. “I remember meeting Dave Carter at the festival when I was just a teenager and this whole world of musical language opened up for me,” he said. He had always known about Sisters, coming here on vacation, but he didn’t realize the musical community that was here. “I think tourists that come through don’t necessarily know that the community is here and how deeply they listen and appreciate it,” he said. “It feels like the musical spirit has been cultivated well here.” His most recent performance at the Sisters Folk Festival was in 2012 when he played with his band, The Crunk Mountain Boys. One of his standout memories is the after-party jam session he had with the band and a few other musicians including Hobbs Magaret in the backyard at Angeline’s. “Some of my favorite times are the after-party jam sessions with other artists,” he said. Jacobs-Strain has been doing music as his full-time career for the majority of recent years. He plays alongside legendary blues-harmonica player Bob Beach. He recently has started playing and recording songs with musician Christopher Worth. This year, Jacobs-Strain will be returning to the Americana Song Academy at Caldera as an instructor. He

has done it once before and loves the experience of getting to have one-on-one mentoring sessions with artists and those who attend the camp. “Sometimes people really open up about deep and dark stuff in a space like that. People reveal something that is close to their heart in that space,” said Jacobs-Strain. Jacobs-Strain’s experience at song camp has allowed him to broaden his musicianship horizons. He would often have impromptu jam sessions and be featured on other people’s songs without the comfort his guitar gives him, just his voice and spirit. “I get pushed out of my comfort zone, and I personally learn just as much from being there as those attending,” he said. Jacobs-Strain says having a teaching experience at camps such as Caldera makes him want to be a better musician. When he teaches he is forced to take a close look at his own craft and slow down in order to teach it step by step; he often finds it refreshing to re-learn the techniques himself. “Because I have to slow down and really think about what I am doing in order to teach a form of something, it forces me to be a better musician overall and pay attention to the details,” he said. Jacobs-Strain will be teaching a slide-guitar class which involves the mechanics and technique for playing Delta blues slide guitar. “I will not only be teaching the fundamentals of the sound, but also the emotional side of slide guitar and the history behind it,” he said. Jacobs-Strain finds that having late-night jams at camp and connecting with students creates more creativity and allows for a connection that is deep with other musicians and whatever instruments you hold in your hand. “It is really fun to have a campfire jam session and do a song that everybody knows

and can sing along to and connect with the music, as we are all having this camp experience together,” he said. Jacobs-Strain will be performing his sets at the Sisters Folk Festival with Bob Beach and one set alongside Keith Greeninger and Dayan Kai (see related story, page 21). He will be performing some of his new songs that he has recently recorded with Christopher Worth.

I think tourists that come through don’t necessarily know that the community is here and how deeply they listen and appreciate it. It feels like the musical spirit has been cultivated well here. — David Jacobs-Strain Jacobs-Strain is excited to be returning to the folk festival as a featured artist and “return to the choir of the festival. It has been the year of circling back to places I’ve played, it’s my 25th year playing at Oregon Country Fair and a few other places on the East Coast I’ve come back to,” he said. David Jacobs-Strain will be performing throughout the festival weekend. Tickets and information on the festival can be found at www. sistersfolkfestival.org.

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SHS graduate Lauren Wattenburg dances to New York City By Ceili Cornelius Correspondent

Lauren Wattenburg has always known that she wanted to pursue ballet. She has been dancing for as long as she can remember. Wattenburg is a graduate of Sisters High School in the class of 2017. She is now starting her third year at the University of Utah, located in the Rocky Mountains outside of Salt Lake City. She is pursuing a bachelor of fine arts in ballet.

“All my life I was taught to pursue my passion, and ballet is my passion so I am currently pursuing a degree in it,” Wattenburg told The Nugget. Her schedule day to day is filled with all things dance. She is not only taking dance and ballet classes, but also classes about music and kinesiology. “Having all these things going on and such a crazy schedule and taking classes on these other things is definitely an adjustment with all of what I want to be doing,”

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she said. Her favorite part is discovering how much is related to the world of ballet, not just the dance itself. “That is one of my favorite parts about this experience, is having exposure to all these fields within the discipline. It is really helping me to become a well-rounded dancer,” she said. Recently, Wattenburg has been doing a lot of extracurricular activities relating to dance. She has been working with photographers in Salt Lake City, modeling a line of dancewear for a company that is run by a young woman who graduated from the same program Wattenburg is now in. “It was cool to have that come full circle and be a part of that and get that exposure,” she said. She has also been traveling a bit around the country and dipping her toes in the professional ballet world. During her sophomore year, she got to work with artist director of company BalletNext, Michele Wiles. Wiles put on a program at the university featuring a number of pieces. Director Wiles then extended an invitation to eight girls, including Lauren, from the ballet program at University of Utah, to travel with her to New York to perform pieces she choreographed. “I had such an incredible experience doing that, and it was really surreal,” said Wattenburg. She traveled there with

the company three times this year. In February, she performed at New York Live Arts in New York City; in June, at the Kaatsbaan International Dance Center in Tivoli, New York; and then again for the final time in July at the New Victory Theater on Broadway in New York City. “This opportunity wouldn’t have happened if it wasn’t for the partnership and connection with U of U. I am very lucky to have had that kind of exposure with that in college,” she said. Wattenburg was involved in a lot of activities during her time at Sisters High School. She participated in Associated Student Government, built a guitar, and was a part of the Mr. SHS fundraiser for Family Access Network. Wattenburg credits the support of the Sisters community in helping her get where she is now. “I would not be where I am if it wasn’t for the community. I was fortunate that I had them behind me while I was pursuing my passion,” she said.

Wattenburg says being involved in so much and having a good relationship with her teachers has allowed her to feel comfortable in the college setting and that she was given the space to pursue what she wanted to. “I was taught that it is OK to pursue your passion, no matter if it is the most conventional,” she said. “The teachers and community have such an openmindedness to acknowledge that the future of the youth can take any direction.” Wattenburg was one to pursue many opportunities during her high school years, which she is still doing with her time at University of Utah. She felt as if she entered into college with the ability to be brave and pursue any opportunity that came her way, and to follow her dream of dancing. “I really just want to thank the community and my family for their unconditional support of my endeavors. This community really enriched my life and I feel very lucky,” she said.

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Help needed to achieve vision for Sisters Country By Bill Hall Board President Sisters Community Foundation

Sisters Community Foundation is looking for community members to join with it to help provide Sisters Country with the exciting new benefits voted for by the Sisters community in the Community Visioning Project. As many of you know, the recently completed C o m m u n i t y Vi s i o n i n g Project included extensive community input and voting, and resulted in a Vision Action Plan. This community-based action plan was developed to engage the City and its partners to achieve that vision over time, focusing on the next five years. The Action Plan contains a number of strategies, each with corresponding actions to be undertaken. For each strategy, the Vision Action Plan identifies recommended lead and supporting partners to implement the actions. In a number of cases, the recommended partner was a community foundation. The Sisters Community Foundation (SCF) is

prepared to assume those responsibilities as part of its tasks. Initially begun in 2016, SCF has been at work laying the extensive groundwork needed for an organization that can professionally, responsibly, and effectively serve Sisters Country in the role of a locally based community foundation. Its mission, “Serving Sisters and the greater Sisters area by providing support to programs, projects and assets that enhance the quality of life for the people in Sisters” and goals “Establishing a mechanism for the community to fund charitable purposes in the Sisters community not served by existing local charitable organizations” and “Providing assistance to local charitable organizations and community projects and programs” show in broad terms the future scope of its work. The actions laid out in the community’s Vision Action Plan that are recommended to be assigned to the Foundation in either a lead or supporting role include (a) establishing an online platform as a community

human resource database to serve community organizations looking for specialized assistance; (b) establishing an online platform to enable community members to suggest innovative curriculum ideas to the school district and volunteer their skills; (c) creation of a “pitch night” to present and potentially crowdfund new school program ideas; (d) re-purposing a portion of the existing elementary school facility (upon its availability) to serve as a multi-purpose community center; (e) assisting in the effort to establish subsequent ownership and operation of that community center; (f) implementing community-wide leadership training for Sisters Country; (g) identifying and addressing existing leadership barriers that deter people from pursuing leadership opportunities; and (g) developing a mentorship program to pair existing community leaders with emerging leaders. Each of the proposed actions dovetail with the goals and mission of the Sisters Community

Foundation, and SCF is looking forward to doing its part to help achieve these important community goals. To accomplish this, SCF is looking to increase the size of its Board of Directors, strengthening it for the tasks that lie ahead. The Board of Directors, at this early stage of the foundation’s growth, is a working board. Besides fulfilling the traditional board responsibilities, board members will additionally assume some of the tasks traditionally performed by staff. Ideal candidates will be Sisters Country residents who believe in and can prioritize the mission and goals of SCF, with skillsets and/or

expertise in typical foundation needs (examples: fundraising and project management). They will need to be able to attend monthly board meetings, get up to speed with the existing SCF policies and procedures, and be responsible for the conduct of the projects/services and other activities to which they are assigned. If you would like to join the Sisters Community Foundation, please contact us at sisterscommunity foundation1@gmail.com. Let us know a bit about your background and your reasons and motivation to provide an important new benefit to the community we love.

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HARDIN: Second serious injury suffered by Sisters man Continued from page 1

surgery for a broken neck after a fall. It was a long rehabilitation, but the outcome was nothing short of miraculous and Larry was once again enjoying his passions. A high point included racing a hot rod at Sisters Airport and winning. Throughout the rehabilitation period, Larry inspired so many; his faith, optimism and determination were key components to his recovery. Once again however, Larry was about to go through a similar — but more extreme — injury and recovery. Just two weeks into their plans, Larry and Terry were enjoying the desert. After hiking in Joshua Tree, they returned to their motorhome to sit back and relax. As Larry began to rise, his chair became unbalanced and he was sent backwards with his head and neck striking the metal stairs leading into their RV. Realizing he was unable to move, Terry (a nurse) reached for her cellphone to call 9-1-1. Cell service was limited, but as one of the first of many provisional blessings, the call went out and help was on its way. Larry was unable to feel anything from his shoulders down. Paramedics quickly responded, and after freeing Larry from the chair, assessing his condition and transporting him down the road to meet a Life Flight helicopter, Larry was on a 20-minute flight to Desert Regional Hospital in Palm Springs. For Terry the drive took 90 minutes, and by the time she arrived another complexity was unfolding. The hospital had received a

gunshot victim and was placed on “lock-down.” Desperate to be by her husband’s side and hear an update on his condition, Terry had to remain in a waiting room until the lockdown was over. Unable to move or hit a call-button, Larry was placed in ICU. Despite the paralysis, potential surgery, memory loss and uncertainty of what lay ahead, Larry made jokes with staff and kept the mood light. His condition soon necessitated a feeding tube and then a tracheotomy, which made talking very difficult. To take away movement was bad enough, but then to limit Larry’s engaging personality made the days more frustrating. Three weeks after arriving, it was time to move Larry to Vibra Hospital in San Diego to be weaned off of the ventilator. This next step was a requirement for being considered as a patient at Craig Hospital in Denver, a worldrenowned hospital specializing in neuro-rehabilitation and research of patients with spinal cord injuries. Craig was where Larry needed to be, and once again, the provisional blessings abounded. For five weeks, Larry worked hard with the specialists. A clinical liaison from Craig had been scheduled to fly to California for a meeting, but cancelled the trip due to his continued reliance on the ventilator. Anxious for this next step in the rehabilitation process, Larry and his doctor at Vibra made it happen. Just two days later Larry was fully weaned and two days after that they were meeting with the liaison from Craig. Plans were secured and they were to be transported the very next day. On February 14, Valentine’s Day, Larry and his bride were flying on a Learjet to Denver.

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After being admitted to Craig, Larry and Terry met with the exceptional team assigned to them. Plans were extensive and began quickly. With multiple activities and goals, each day contained over seven hours of rehabilitation. Terry was provided onsite accommodations for one month and initially thought she would then be commuting 45 minutes from a friend’s home. Then one day a case manager delivered surprising news; an anonymous donor had taken care of any further charges. Terry could remain close to Larry throughout his time there. This was just one of many financial provisions made along the way. Each need seemed to be met in a miraculous way. For three months Larry and Terry lived at Craig, and throughout that time they focused on possibilities and blessings. Gratitude helped them overcome the overwhelming feelings that would creep in; gratitude and faith that God was in control and had purpose in all of it. During that time, Terry made one trip back to Sisters to make plans for necessary changes in their home. With only four days home to get things going, she was bolstered by friends, relatives, and church family. So many aspects needed to be updated; flooring, furniture, doorways, the shower. Larry had to be able to navigate the house with ease from his breath-directed wheelchair. Despite a lengthy commute, Larry’s son Tyler, who had already done so much in relocating the motorhome twice and driving through thunderstorms and winter weather on mountain passes to bring their Jeep to Denver, jumped right in to help. A compassionate work team

from within the Sisters community also came together to ensure that every need was met (including pledges from neighbors willing to help with physical needs once they were home). Transportation, a vital component to daily life, was also taken care of with the arrival of a “perfect” van (provided by an anonymous donor from another state) designed to allow Larry to independently enter and sit up front when they are driving. When it came time to say goodbye to the staff at Craig, Larry’s team voiced deep admiration for his attitude and offered assurance that he and Terry were going to be fine. These exceptional practitioners had become like family and made the entire experience remarkable; they also taught Larry what a gift it is to be able to receive the help needed. Each individual had offered a compassionate heart, diverse background and unique perspective. Larry believes that “if you look for good, you will find it,” and his life truly reflects that focus. He also knows how blessed he is, because not every fellow patient had the same outside support system or ability to focus on the positive. Finally being able to come home after five months away felt so good to Larry and Terry. Living each day in their newly remodeled house, with picturesque views of the forest and buoyed by loving friends and family is a blessing beyond compare. Perhaps only in a small town as special as Sisters could the welcome home be so personal and secure. Gratitude and faith remain a primary focus, and with increasing sensation in his shoulders, Larry’s hopes are high for another miraculous recovery.

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Jensen takes reins as boys basketball head coach By Rongi Yost Correspondent

After 13 years as the Sisters High School (SHS) varsity boys soccer coach, Rob Jensen has made a transition and taken over as the boys varsity basketball coach. Jensen took the Outlaws through a summer league schedule, where the Outlaws played between 20 and 30 games, including two weekend tournaments. “We are really trying to figure out who we are, the role of each player, and how we can be successful,” said Jensen. Coaching is an obvious passion for Jensen, as he has been at it since he graduated from college. His first job was with his former high school coach, Bob Wismer, at Banks High School as the boys basketball JV coach. From there, Jensen moved to Madras and was a freshman coach for two years. In 2006, the Jensens moved to Sisters and Rob has been coaching here ever since. He coached seventhgrade boys basketball, both the school and the travel teams, for four years, before he became Rand Runco’s

assistant varsity basketball coach. He coached with Runco as an assistant varsity coach and the JV coach from 2011-2017. In addition, Rob has been the boys varsity soccer coach for the past 13 years. He’s also coached youth lacrosse and youth basketball, and currently coaches a U11 premier soccer team for the Bend Timbers. With years of experience under his belt, Jensen is very comfortable stepping in as the boys coach. “Having coached all levels of basketball, and having been a varsity coach for 13 years, I feel I am ready for this step,” said Jensen. “I’m much more ready now than when I took over the soccer program. We have a great group of coaches who will be

helping out, and a lot of experience at those positions, so I’m excited about the future.” He plans to continue the Outlaws tradition of creating athletes that compete hard, aspire to excellence, and carry themselves with strong character. He also wants to continue to grow the youth programs, create consistency at all levels, and have a system where all levels are supported. Jensen told The Nugget that basketball has always been his first love, and he’s excited to be back coaching the sport and mentoring the players. He has seen his players in the middle school classroom, at outdoor school, and has coached them through high school. “The relationships formed are pretty awesome,” said

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Greeninger to return to folk festival to perform and teach By Ceili Cornelius Correspondent

Soulful singer-songwriter Keith Greeninger is returning to play the Sisters Folk Festival for the fifth time. Greeninger has played Sisters Folk Festival with his band, with Dayan Kai, as well as solo shows. During all of those years, he has also taught at the Americana Song Academy at Caldera. Greeninger spoke highly of his experiences teaching at Caldera ahead of the festival. “I love being a part of people’s self-discovery and connecting and expressing themselves here, it is a really safe space to express yourself,” he said. He works with a large demographic of students, including older people. “It is great to see the new connection they find and having a balance of old and new,” he said. This year, Greeninger will be teaching a course entitled “Writing From The Soul.” “The course focuses on knowing the difference between story songs and songs that tap more into emotions and the soul. We try and sit in a space during the teaching that allows for you to focus on the sound and style of the song, even more so than the songwriting,” he said. His second course, entitled “Writing Songs For The People And For Community Change,” focuses on how to write songs about what is happening in the world and how to create a change for a whole community through music. “It is really a course in how to write songs that just speak the truth, in a way that everyone can see it, objectively,” said Greeninger. Greeninger’s focus here is to invite the audience to see these things for themselves

and let them choose their own opinion. He will be teaching these two courses throughout the week up at Caldera alongside David Jacobs-Strain and other instructors who are also all playing the Sisters Folk Festival the weekend after the song camp. Greeninger has become a surrogate local in Sisters. He has played numerous shows outside of the Sisters Folk Festival over the years. He has done house concerts around Sisters and Bend as well as performances at The Belfry. Greeninger loves the community of Sisters, and it shows when he performs here. “I love the sense of community that is at the core of the Folk Festival and every artist is invited in as one of its own. I feel very welcome and respected here. The people give you their undivided attention,” he said. Greeninger also loves getting to work with the youth. He has returned nearly every year to teach at the Americana Song Academy for Youth, which occurs in March. “It is wonderful to work with the youth and see how much the community keeps an open mind about the youth and the arts and the connection there giving the youth a safe space to grow and explore,” he said. Greeninger has been a part of a number of young students’ lives for many years, getting to see them grow and flourish into adulthood. “I get to see the young people I met while they were in school going out into the world with this brilliant confidence,” he said. Greeninger will be performing at the Folk Festival alongside Dayan Kai, multiinstrumentalist and vocalist. The first time Greeninger played the Sisters Folk Festival was with Kai by his

side, and they have been working together for many years. “Dayan and I were invited back to the festival and were both adopted into the family,” said Greeninger. Greeninger and Kai will be performing multiple sets over the weekend, as well as a combined set with David JacobsStrain and Bob Beach at the Village Green Stage, at 3 p.m. on Saturday, September 7. “We are really good friends with Bob and David and we always leave a lot of space during our sets to just see what happens and don’t plan much,” said Greeninger. Greeninger is in the process of finishing up his latest record, which is expected to be released in October. The record features the band he has worked with in the past, as well as Dayan Kai and some solo work. He is putting the final touches on it at his studio near his home in Santa Cruz, California. Greeninger is looking forward to his return to this second home. “I just want to thank the folks in Sisters for being so supportive of the arts and hope everyone enjoys the festival and performances as a celebration of that,” he said.

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to those who share my frustration about this important issue. Daniel Ramberg

To the Editor: I will be joining the September 20 Global Climate Strike, probably in Salem. According to the website globalclimate strike.net, “On September 20, 3 days before a UN emergency climate summit being held in New York, young people in the Fridays For Future network are mobilizing for their largest global climate strike ever. They have invited everyone to join them on Friday, September 20 and again the following Friday, September 27 when they will join Earth Strike for a general strike.” I want to show my concern about climate change. I have come to the conclusion that the best way to act against climate change is to convince our leaders that it is a top priority, and actions speak louder than words. I encourage others to set that day aside from all the other priorities in our lives, and attend a Climate Strike. Kathy Reynolds

To the Editor: Les Zaitz, editor of the Malheur Enterprise, has shown once again why he is the North Star of highest quality Oregon journalism. According to the AP story in the August 28 Nugget, Zaitz’s reporters in the tiny town of Vale were investigating why a new carwash did not receive the property tax break that Malheur County had allegedly promised. The inquiry led to Greg Smith, the county’s economic development director. A reporter repeatedly tried to get Smith to comment. But this public official, who doubles as a state legislator, accused the newspaper of subjecting him and his staff to “endless phone calls, hostile emails at all hours of the day, and unwelcome office visits.” I’m guessing he also prevailed upon the county’s lawyer to ask the sheriff to investigate whether the newspaper’s calls and emails constituted a crime. It must have taken Sheriff Brian Wolfe the better part of 10 seconds to conclude: no. Zaitz told the AP: “The public is entitled to that information – not only entitled… it deserves it.” That Greg Smith, a state and county public official, construed the paper’s efforts to provide this information as criminal activity is, to borrow his own words, hostile and unwelcome. And revealing. Dan Bernstein

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CORVALLIS – Stone tools and other artifacts unearthed from an archeological dig at the Cooper’s Ferry site in western Idaho suggest that people lived in the area 16,000 years ago, more than a thousand years earlier than scientists previously thought. The artifacts would be considered among the earliest evidence of people in North America. The findings, published today in Science, add weight to the hypothesis that initial human migration to the Americas followed a Pacific coastal route rather than through the opening of an inland ice-free corridor, said Loren Davis, a professor of anthropology at Oregon State University and the study’s lead author. “The Cooper’s Ferry site

is located along the Salmon River, which is a tributary of the larger Columbia River basin. Early peoples moving south along the Pacific coast would have encountered the Columbia River as the first place below the glaciers where they could easily walk and paddle into North America,” Davis said. “Essentially, the Columbia River corridor was the first off-ramp of a Pacific coast migration route. “The timing and position of the Cooper’s Ferry site is consistent with and most easily explained as the result of an early Pacific coastal migration.” Cooper’s Ferry, located at the confluence of Rock Creek and the lower Salmon River, is known by the Nez Perce Tribe as an ancient village site named Nipéhe. Today the See FIRST PEOPLE on page 28

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Sisters Johnstons mark 10 years at The Pony Express Rodeo Queen tryouts set for late September By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

Sisters Rodeo Queen tryouts will be held on Sunday, September 22, at 1 p.m. at the Sisters Rodeo arena. Tryouts are open to women between 18 and 25 years old as of June 1. Entrants are judged on horsemanship, interviews, and speaking ability. The queen will receive a silver buckle, wardrobe, and $1,500 from the Sally Leavitt Scholarship for continuing education. The queen will represent Sisters Rodeo at rodeos in the Columbia River Circuit and other rodeos throughout the state. The contest is open to the public. For information visit www. sistersrodeo.com. The online application is available under the Sisters Rodeo link. The Sisters Rodeo will be held June 10, 12-14, 2020. Ticket sales will begin in December.

During the first week of September in 2009, Wesley and Teagan Johnston took over ownership of The Pony Express. The young couple knew as they were entering the shipping and office supplies business that they were going to have to adapt to change — and that’s been their focus for the past decade. The Johnstons take pride in their “ability to adapt and change to provide customers with the latest and greatest services and products available” in a rapidly changing marketplace. They’ve added an additional shipping scale and computer to serve customers more efficiently and upgraded copy machines to offer scanning and wireless printing options. They add services as appropriate to meet customer needs — such as offering passport photos with no appointment necessary and secure shredding services. The shop continues to offer a range of shipping options: FedEx, UPS, and U.S. Postal Service. They’ve added to their

wares, with cell phone accessories, a wide selection of greeting cards by local artists, and a host of small gifts including keychains, magnets, journals, notepads, stickers, etc. “What has not changed,” Teagan said, “is our high quality of customer service, our attention to detail.” She expressed her appreciation for a committed staff, including Karlene Crenshaw, who has been with them since the beginning. And Lonnie Ilmberger, who has been there for the past two years — and there is no ignoring the value of Brewer, the shop dog. Teagan foresees continued change in the business, with the office-supply end probably shrinking and the service end expanding. “We want to be a thriving business that meets the needs of our community by providing excellent products and services with great customer service,” she said. Johnston is a strong advocate of “shopping local” and supporting the Sisters economy. Shopping local keeps small business alive, provides jobs and opportunities to people living in Sisters, and local

PHOTO BY JIM CORNELIUS

Lonnie Ilmberger, Karlene Crenshaw, and Teagan Johnston of The Pony Express. They’re marking 10 years of the Johnstons’ ownership. businesses are often more adept at problem-solving for their customers than larger, more impersonal stores or online outfits. “Sisters is a great community with lots to offer if you take the time to look around

and enjoy it,” he said. The Pony Express will host an open house on Friday, September 6, as a way of saying “thank you” to the community that has supported them for the past 10 years. They invite the public to stop by.

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By Jacqueline E. Mathews, Tribune News Service

PHOTO BY HELEN SCHMIDLING

In Linda Ziegenhagen’s work, the frame is an integral part of the artwork. Her work is on display at the Sisters Library this month.

ZIEGENHAGEN: Work on display in library to September 27 Continued from page 7

photographs taken of the same heron and others in a rookery along the Oregon Coast at Garibaldi. The collage of six photographs shows herons wading, fishing, an adult heron feeding two chicks, and two adults, feather-dancing and preening. As a whole, the presentation indicates the life and

PLANNING: Law prohibits discrimination Continued from page 1

communities in 44 states. In Central Oregon they have stores in La Pine and Culver, with a number on the west side of the Cascades in towns like Cave Junction, Winston, and Roseburg. Dollar General is a discount retailer, but not a “dollar store,” per se. The subject property is located in the Highway Commercial zone, which allows for retail establishments, restaurants, some franchises like McDonald’s and Dairy Queen (which are not allowed in the Downtown Commercial zone), motels, and a host of other allowed uses. Dollar General qualifies as an allowed use. Given the scope of the project and the level of community interest, it is likely that the application will eventually come before the Planning Commission. If it does, the commission will judge the plan on whether it meets code. They can approve an application outright, reject it, or approve it with conditions. Converse noted that the Planning Commission doesn’t actually make final decisions. They make a recommendation

romance of the heron rookery. Ziegenhagen’s work will be in the Sisters Library until September 27. Most of the pieces are for sale, with a portion of the proceeds being donated to the Friends of Sisters Library. Library hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and 10 to 5 on Saturdays; closed Sunday and Monday. For more information about “Framing Central Oregon,” or for additional images, contact Linda Ziegenhagen at zigs@ bendcable.com.

to the Sisters City Council, which has the final say. Seymour noted that the vast majority of the Planning Commission’s time is spent in updating the Development Code in an effort to keep abreast of changes in business and growth across the region. Code work is where the future of the community is shaped. “That’s a really good place for people to give input, actually,” Converse said. Code amendments are where such contentious issues as food carts, transient merchant activity, and vacation rentals have been thrashed out. Seymour said that the commission is always trying to balance economic development with quality of life, and he says that significant improvements have been made. “The code is 20 times better than it was 10 years ago,” he said. He credits the planning staff for their work in trying to keep Sisters abreast of rapid change. “For the size of the town that we have, the staff we have in that office is great,” he said. Seymour and Converse recognize that there are strong feelings about the impact development may have on the character of Sisters and they want the public to understand the nature of their job in what can be a real hot seat. “Land use is always a contentious issue,” Seymour said.

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C L A S S I F I E D S ALL advertising in this newspaper is 101 Real Estate subject to the Fair Housing Act Charming A-Frame Cedar which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or Cabin on Big Lake Road. discrimination based on race, color, Willamette National Forest religion, sex, handicap, familial Service Land Lease, quarter mile status or national origin, or an intention to make any such from Hoodoo Ski Area. 600 sq. preference, limitation or discrim- ft. main floor, 270 sq. ft. sleeping ination.” Familial status includes loft. Full kitchen, wood-burning children under the age of 18 living stove, electric lights. Fully with parents or legal custodians, furnished. Cabin updates pregnant women and people securing completed in summer of 2018 custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly with new double-pane windows, accept any advertising for real estate skylight, new outdoor stairs and which is in violation of the law. Our metal fire skirt. Price: $160,000. readers are hereby informed that all 503-358-4421 or dwellings advertised in this vabreen@gmail.com newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of Open house Saturdays, 11 a.m. to discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1-800-669-9777. The toll-free 3 p.m. 483 N. Village Meadows. telephone number for the hearing HEATED CAR STORAGE impaired is 1-800-927-9275. Gated, w/clubroom & car wash. CLASSIFIED RATES Purchase or Lease Option. COST: $2 per line for first insertion, 541-419-2502 $1.50 per line for each additional insertion to 9th week, $1 per line HAVE A 10th week and beyond (identical PROPERTY TO SELL? ad/consecutive weeks). Also included Advertise it in The Nugget in The Nugget online classifieds at no additional charge. There is a 102 Commercial Rentals minimum $5 charge for any classified. First line = approx. 20-25 MINI STORAGE characters, each additional line = Sisters Storage & Rental approx. 25-30 characters. Letters, 506 North Pine Street spaces, numbers and punctuation = 1 character. Any ad copy changes will 541-549-9631 be charged at the first-time insertion Sizes 5x5 to 15x30. 7-day access. rate of $2 per line. Standard Computerized security gate. abbreviations allowed with the On-site management. approval of The Nugget classified department. NOTE: Legal notices U-Haul trucks, trailers, moving placed in the Public Notice section boxes & supplies. are charged at the display advertising Ground floor suite, plumbed for rate. DEADLINE: MONDAY, noon salon. 290 sq. ft. 581 N Larch. St. preceding WED. publication. Available now, $400/month. PLACEMENT & PAYMENT: Call 541-549-1086. Office, 442 E. Main Ave. Phone, Prime Downtown Retail Space 541-549-9941 or place online at NuggetNews.com. Payment is due Call Lori at 541-549-7132 upon placement. VISA & Cold Springs Commercial MasterCard accepted. Billing CASCADE STORAGE available for continuously run classified ads, after prepayment of (541) 549-1086 • (877) 540-1086 first four (4) weeks and upon 581 N. Larch – 7-Day Access approval of account application. CATEGORIES: 101 Real Estate 102 Commercial Rentals 103 Residential Rentals 104 Vacation Rentals 106 Real Estate Wanted 107 Rentals Wanted 200 Business Opportunities 201 For Sale 202 Firewood 203 Recreation Equipment 204 Arts & Antiques 205 Garage & Estate Sales 206 Lost & Found 207 The Holidays 301 Vehicles 302 Recreational Vehicles 401 Horses 402 Livestock 403 Pets 500 Services 501 Computer Services 502 Carpet Upholstery Cleaning 503 Appliance Repair & Refinish 504 Handyman 505 Auto Repair 600 Tree Service & Forestry 601 Construction 602 Plumbing & Electric 603 Excavations & Trucking 604 Heating & Cooling 605 Painting 606 Landscaping & Yard Maint. 701 Domestic Services 702 Sewing 703 Child Care 704 Events & Event Services 801 Classes & Training 802 Help Wanted 803 Work Wanted 901 Wanted 902 Personals 999 Public Notice

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205 Garage & Estate Sales Ranch-Garage Sale. Saddles, tools, furniture, household, cast iron, rugs & more. 70985 Holmes Rd. Fri-Sat, 9/6-9/7. 9 am - 4 pm. GARAGE SALE Sat & Sun, 9/7-9/8, 10 am to 3pm 319 E. St. Helens Ave. Household goods, clothing, books, CDs, DVDs, furniture, twin bed frames, garden, tools, sporting goods, & kayak. Bob & Claudia Grooney's Moving Sale! 69909 W. Meadow Parkway, Sisters. Sept. 5-7, 9-4 each day. A gardener's paradise! Flower pots, lots of yard art, patio furniture, plants, bird houses, etc. Furniture, home decor, kitchen wares, dining room tables, antiques, quilts, books, desks, holiday decor and more. You need to see it to believe it! View pics @ estatesales.net – Hosted by Happy Trails! – Cardiostart Thrift. Saving lives one heart at a time. Accepting donations daily, 11-5. Closed Sunday. Next to Bi-Mart. Happy Trails Estate Sales! Selling or Downsizing? Locally owned & operated by... Daiya 541-480-2806 Sharie 541-771-1150

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606 Landscaping & Yard Maintenance J&E Landscaping Maintenance LLC Clean-ups, raking, hauling debris, gutters. Edgar Cortez, 541-610-8982 or 541-420-8163 jandelspcing15@gmail.com Affordable Handyman & Yard Care. 541-240-1120 All Landscaping Services Mowing, Thatching, Hauling... Call Abel Ortega, 541-815-6740.

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701 Domestic Services – CUSTOM HOUSE CARE – TLC for your Home or Vacation Rental in Sisters, Black Butte Ranch & surrounding areas. Let us sparkle your home for a fresh start! Call to schedule an immaculate home cleaning. Lic-Bonded-Ins. Refs Avail. Call Emilee Stoery, 541-588-0345 or email customhousecare@earthlink.net "CLEANING QUEEN" Serving the Sisters area! Call Maria at 541-213-0775 PANORAMIC WINDOW CLEANING Serving all of Central OR. Bonded & insured. Senior & military discounts. 541-510-7918 BLAKE & SON – Commercial, Home & Rentals Cleaning WINDOW CLEANING! Lic. & Bonded • 541-549-0897

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CLASSIFIEDS Experienced Window Installers and Helpers Wanted Local company looking to hire immediately. Must have extensive knowledge of all types of window installation. Ability to pass background check a must. Transportation and valid drivers license required. Installers starting $20-28/hr. Helpers $15-18/hr., DOE. Call 541-399-1030 THE LODGE IN SISTERS is now Hiring for: Caregiver (PT) Requires a mature and responsible attitude and the ability to establish confidence in the residents regarding their care needs. Wages DOE. NOC/ Evening. Med Tech (FT) Requires maturity and a responsible attitude for the residents to have confidence in your ability to administer medications and treatments. Wages DOE. NOC/Evening. Assistant (PT) Culinary Responsible for quality of dining service during meals for the Community. Wages DOE. Morning/Evening. Cook – Important to provide the highest-quality food preparation, plate presentation and prompt service to all residents/employees Wages DOE. Morning/Evening. SEEKING AFFORDABLE ADVERTISING? Do You Have A BUSINESS TO PROMOTE? PRODUCTS TO SELL? SERVICE TO PROVIDE? Place your ad in The Nugget! DEADLINE for classifieds is MONDAYS by NOON Call 541-549-9941 or submit online at NuggetNews.com

901 Wanted Furry Friends Foundation is raising money to benefit pets in the Sisters area. Drop off your redeemable bottles and cans in the containers on the side porch at The Nugget Newspaper office at 442 E. Main Ave.

999 Public Notice Council to consider proposed changes to the FY 2019/20 Adopted Budget A proposed supplemental budget for the City of Sisters, Deschutes County, State of Oregon, for the fiscal year July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020 will be considered at City Hall, 520 E. Cascade Avenue, Sisters, Oregon as part of the City Council’s regular business on September 11, 2019 at 6:30. The proposed change to the budget is less than 10% of the affected fund. A copy of the supplemental budget document may be inspected or obtained on or after September 4 at City Hall, 520 E. Cascade Avenue, Sisters, Oregon 97759 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. For questions contact Joseph O’Neill at joneill@ci.sisters.or.gov 541-323-5222.

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C L A S S I F I E Flowing D Sin the heart of summer...

WATER WOES: Scope of problem beyond Tribes’ capacity Continued from page 13

and facing millions of dollars’ worth of repairs to make the water system last to the next generation. Water came sporadically through taps during the summer, allowing for periodic toilet-flushing or filling up pots with water that could be purified by boiling. But few took their chances drinking the water or bathing in it. Residents instead visited a water distribution center set up outside a disused school, where authorities had put portable showers and sinks normally used by crews fighting wildfires. More than 380,000 gallons of water arrived at the site from multiple sources, including St. Charles Health System and a tribe in Alaska, said Martinez, a Warm Springs resident. Water bottles and five-gallon jugs were stacked in classrooms and hallways. “The most challenging thing was lifting the water,” said Dorothea Thurby, a volunteer emergency manager who helped distribute water. “I went home each day pretty sore.” T h u r b y, w h o n o r mally works as a teacher at the Warm Springs Early Childhood Education Center, was unable to do her job after the boil-water notice forced the childcare center to shut down. The Warm Springs resident endured periods when

no water flowed through the tap. “It was hard knowing that our water wasn’t good to drink. I boiled water to do the dishes and used bottled water for drinking and cooking,” she said. The volunteers also handed out soap, shaving kits, towels and other supplies for the showers. Toys were issued to help children apprehensive about bathing in the small showers. “The community understood the issue, but it was hard to watch folks as they grew tired and frustrated over time,” Martinez said. “Some of our volunteers suffered, too. They couldn’t shower. They couldn’t drink the water. You really had to meet the community needs while dealing with it yourself.” Dustin Seyler, a financial counselor and smallbusiness program manager for the Warm Springs Community Action Team, called the 10-week ordeal “life-altering.” “It was a little stressful but you had to adapt,” said Seyler, a father of three children ages 3, 6, and 9. “That’s life, but it’s something I don’t want to go through again and I’m glad that it’s done.” Seyler said he was concerned about bacteria. He sprayed alcohol rub on his hands when dealing with the water at home. “In a community like ours, which is poverty-stricken and you have so many other challenges, it just adds another layer of complexity,” Seyler said.

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FIRST PEOPLE: Artifacts similar to those found in Asia Continued from page 22

site is managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Davis first began studying Cooper’s Ferry as an archaeologist for the BLM in the 1990s. After joining the Oregon State faculty, he partnered with the BLM to establish a summer archaeological field school there, bringing undergraduate and graduate students from Oregon State and elsewhere for eight weeks each summer from 2009 to 2018 to help with the research. The site includes two dig areas; the published findings are about artifacts found in area A. In the lower part of that area, researchers uncovered several hundred artifacts, including stone tools; charcoal; fire-cracked rock; and bone fragments likely from medium- to large-bodied animals, Davis said. They also found evidence of a fire hearth, a food processing station and other pits created as part of domestic activities at the site. Over the last two summers, the team of students and researchers reached the lower layers of the site, which, as expected, contained some of the oldest artifacts uncovered, Davis said. He worked with a team of researchers at Oxford University, who were able to successfully radiocarbon date a number of the animal bone fragments. The results showed many artifacts from the lowest layers are associated with dates in the range of 15,000 to 16,000 years old. “Prior to getting these radiocarbon ages, the oldest things we’d found dated mostly in the 13,000-year range, and the earliest evidence of people in the Americas had been dated to just before 14,000 years old in a handful of other sites,” Davis said. “When I first saw that the lower archaeological layer contained radiocarbon ages older than 14,000 years, I was stunned but skeptical and needed to see those numbers repeated over and over just to be sure they’re right. So we ran more radiocarbon dates, and the lower layer consistently dated between 14,000-16,000 years old.”

The dates from the oldest artifacts challenge the longheld “Clovis First” theory of early migration to the Americas, which suggested that people crossed from Siberia into North America and traveled down through an opening in the ice sheet near the present-day Dakotas. The ice-free corridor is hypothesized to have opened as early as 14,800 years ago, well after the date of the oldest artifacts found at Cooper’s Ferry, Davis said. “Now we have good evidence that people were in Idaho before that corridor opened,” he said. “This evidence leads us to conclude that early peoples moved south of continental ice sheets along the Pacific coast.” Davis’s team also found tooth fragments from an extinct form of horse known to have lived in North America at the end of the last glacial period. These tooth fragments, along with the radiocarbon dating, show that Cooper’s Ferry is the oldest radiocarbon-dated site in North America that includes artifacts associated with the bones of extinct animals, Davis said. The oldest artifacts uncovered at Cooper’s Ferry also are very similar in form to older artifacts found in northeastern Asia, and particularly, Japan, Davis said. He is now collaborating with Japanese researchers to do further comparisons of artifacts from Japan, Russia and Cooper’s Ferry. He is also awaiting carbon-dating information from artifacts from a second dig location at the Cooper’s Ferry site. “We have 10 years’ worth of excavated artifacts and samples to analyze,” Davis said. “We anticipate we’ll make other exciting discoveries as we continue to study the artifacts and samples from our excavations.” Co-authors of the paper include David Sisson, an archaeologist with the BLM; David Madsen of the University of Texas at Austin; Lorena Becerra Valdivia and Thomas Higham of the Oxford University radiocarbon accelerator unit; and other researchers in the U.S., Japan and Canada. The research was funded in part by the Keystone Archaeological Research Fund and the Bernice Peltier Huber Charitable Trust.

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Watercolor painter joins Central Oregon arts scene By Helen Schmidling Correspondent

Colors that gently move and melt into one another are the usual signature of a watercolor painter. Watercolor artist Terri Dill-Simpson makes images that sometimes whisper softly, or otherwise march boldly from the paper. Terri Dill-Simpson’s work is on display this month in the Computer Room of Sisters Library. Having recently moved to a home between Sisters and Redmond from the Portland area, she is marching boldly onto the local art scene. Earlier this summer, she participated in the highly successful Artist Studio Tour, sponsored by the Sisters Arts Association, and is building a following throughout Central Oregon as a member of both SAA and the Dry Canyon Arts Association of Redmond. Dill-Simpson is also a member of the Watercolor Society of Oregon, Oregon Society of Artists, Buffalo Grass Society of Artists, and Color Fusion. Most recently, she’s also shown her work at the Lakewood Theater in Lake Oswego and Eagle Crest’s show called Art On The River. Terri was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, and graduated from Lewis and Clark College with a degree in art education. She set that aside for a 20-year career in

law enforcement and safety, and for many years worked at the Oregon Zoo. Although her official job at the Zoo was not art-related, she proudly began and maintained the Primate Gallery there for 10 years. That gallery featured work by artists who painted and photographed all species of animals and birds. When in Portland, she taught at the Northeast Community Center for eight years, and work by her students was regularly featured in the gallery there. Over the years, DillSimpson has organized and participated in fine art and craft shows in Portland and Salem. Now officially retired, she devotes lots of time to her love of painting. She maintains a private studio in her home, where she both paints and gives art lessons. “My paintings show my passion for color and the incredible beauty of nature,” she says. The Deschutes River and all of its year-round beauty is just a few steps from her studio. One of the paintings she’s showing is called “Horse Talk.” The background in fine script is all terms relating to horses, like horsehair, horse show, horse shoes, horse carriage. Her collection includes a similar work for a cat, and a fish — “but I won’t do another like that,” she admits, because of the difficulty of hand-rendering each of the terms in watercolor.

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A long, narrow painting called “Salmon on the Run” shows the journey they make on their way to spawn. Although most of this painting is watercolor, the salmon are overpainted with acrylic and seem to sparkle and jump off the paper. Three small salmon, rendered in ink, give this piece a traditional signature. A triptych of works in greens and blues on handmade paper bear the titles, “You Have To Kiss A Lot of Frogs,” “Crabby Blue,” and “Magical Pond,” and depict — of course — a frog, a crab, and water. In addition, you’ll see an elephant, two bird paintings, several floral images, and Multnomah Falls. The largest piece in this show is a cloudscape, a huge billowing cumulus bundle of white that is so typical of the blue skies above the hills of Yamhill County in the summer. Dill-Simpson also creates pet portraits on request, using photographs to assure the likeness of your family friend. And on special occasions, she will also produce hand-painted furniture via commission. Her work will be on display at Sisters Library t h r o u g h o u t S e p t e m b e r. Library hours are Tuesday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday, 10 to 5. The library is closed on Sunday and Monday. Most of the work is for sale, and a portion of the

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Terri Dill-Simpson’s work is on display this month in the Computer Room of Sisters Library. proceeds is donated to the Friends of Sisters Library. To see more of Terri

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TRAIL SYSTEM: PRT is a destination for all kinds of riders

September looking warm for Sisters

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The “fast and flowy” PRT appeals to all levels of mountain bikers. a duffel of items for equestrians; a backpack of hiking supplies; and a package for cyclists. Each raffle package is worth over $1,000. Raffle tickets are available at Sisters Feed & Supply (equestrian package), Hike-N-Peaks (hiking package), Blazin Saddles or Eurosports (cycling package) or Your Store (all three packages) as well as through the online registration link. Proceeds from the raffle support the trail-building, maintenance, and advocacy work of STA. Your Store is underwriting the event. Clay Warburton created the trail image promoting this event.

STA is a non-profit organization whose mission is to connect people and communities to each other and their natural surroundings. The organization maintains the Peterson Ridge Trail system, produces a free trails map, hosts an annual speaker series, and supports local & regional trail advocacy and trail-related activities and events throughout the year. STA relies on memberships, donations and grants to support its work. For more information about STA, the PRT Celebration event, or to volunteer or donate, visit www. sisterstrails.org.

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precipitation — at least .01 inch — was received on four days with the heaviest, 0.31 inches reported on August 22. Precipitation this year has reached 9.53 inches, which is 1.36 inches above normal. Since October, the water year precipitation at Sisters has been 13.30 inches, which is 0.25 inches above normal. The outlook for September from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center calls for above-normal temperatures and near-normal precipitation. Normal highs for Sisters fall from 80 degrees at the start of September to 70.0 degrees at the end of September. Normal lows fall from 40 degrees to 33 degrees. The 30-year normal precipitation is 0.48 inches.

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Guttormsen and Patrick Eckford will lead a rolling site tour of two upcoming additions to the PRT system, give you a little history about projects in progress and share their expertise in trail planning, design, layout and discuss the approval process they go through with the U.S. Forest Service to add to the trail system. These two know the PRT better than anyone. This is an easy-to-moderate mountain-bike ride on the close-in portions of the PRT system. Another trail duo, John Rahm and Chuck Humphreys, will open participants’ eyes to sweet sections of trail that many folks never see. Most people ride the trail system in a big loop around the outside or in a simple Figure 8. These options only include a connector or two. With Rahm and Humphreys, cyclists will ride in a continuous figure 8, emphasizing the connectors, interesting shortcuts and special overlooks. This is an intermediate-level mountainbike ride with several short moderate technical sections. Each of the hikes and rides require pre-registration and participation is limited. Participants under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. The meet time for all activities is 9 a.m. at Village Green Park. Hikers and riders will be back at the park by 11:30 a.m. in time for lunch. A complimentary gluten-free and vegan-friendly lunch will be provided along with informative displays and activities for trail lovers, families, and kids. Advance registration for lunch is required by September 10. Registration for activities is open until filled. The link to register for lunch and activities can be found at www.sisterstrails.org. The day will also feature a drawing for three raffle packages provided by local businesses, and donations from members. There will be

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68015 EDGINGTON RD. | 60 AC. | $975,000 A private getaway just 2.5 miles from Sisters with mountain views. Borders National Forest land and trail system. Ride your horses from property. 5.6 acres of irrigation. 2-bedroom, 1,024 sq. ft. main house, studio, shop, storage building, historic pole barn. MLS#201811515 www.SouthernEagleRanch.com

17700 MOUNTAIN VIEW DR. | 2.5 AC. | $745,000 Extensively renovated single-level home with 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, den/office, greatroom, family room, laundry, room, 3 propane fireplaces. Covered outdoor living area and deck. Fenced and landscaped yard has sprinklers, garden bed, and potting shed. MLS#201900789 www.17700MountainView.com

14960 REMUDA RD. | 1.94 AC. | $175,000 This flat, buildable lot is a mere 2.2 miles from Sisters. Originally a part of the Edgington Ranch homestead, this unique parcel is one of few that are buildable with some acreage this close to town for this value. Located near National Forest land and the Peterson Ridge Trail system. MLS#201901052 www.14960Remuda.com

18211 GOLDCOACH RD. | 5 AC. | $595,000 Custom home bordered by BLM. 2,553 sq. ft., 3 bedrooms and 3 baths with a finished attic. Two garage/shops. Peaceful and quiet cul-de-sac location. Local hiking and biking trails lead to Whychus Canyon Preserve and a historic wagon road. MLS#201906611 www.18211Goldcoach.com

170 N. TAMARACK ST. | 0.19 AC | $95,000 Build your home on this nice, flat lot in Sisters. Close to Sisters Elementary School, just one-half mile to downtown Sisters. Great opportunity to build your home or an investment property. MLS#201801751 www.170Tamarack.com

13759 PARTRIDGE FOOT, RR 76, BBR | .65 AC | $199,000 Less than 20 bare-land lots remain in Black Butte Ranch Resort! Access Deschutes National Forest from this property’s common area. Monthly HOA fee includes: 2 championship golf courses, 18 miles of bike paths, 19 tennis courts, 5 swimming pools, 3 restaurants, horse stables, shops, general store, sports complex, rec barn, Frisbee golf and more. MLS#201801832 www.RockRidge76.com

16872 ROYAL COACHMAN | 1.6 AC. | $999,950. This 4,122 sq. ft. 4-bd, 4.5-bath Northwest Lodge-style home boasts Cascade mountain, golf course & pond views. This home is perfect for entertaining family and friends on one of the largest lots in Aspen Lakes. This is the only retreat you will ever need! MLS#201907905 www.RoyalCoachmanSisters.com

16747 OLD MILTARY DR. | 31 AC. | $1,495,000 3,567 sq. ft. home with 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, multiple patios, balcony, hot tub, ornamental ironwork and wood accents. 4,000 sq. ft. barn with 5 stalls, paddock, tack room, 12x16 workshop, hay & equipment storage. Two ponds and beautiful views including Mt. Jefferson! MLS#201905205. www.OldMilitarySisters.com

66900 FRYREAR RD. | 38.76 AC. | $1,325,000 This property includes 2 residences: a 2,271 sq. ft. main house built in 2015 and a 1,542 sq. ft. guest house built in 1915. Large shop with an office; horse stalls, tack room and covered hay area, greenhouse & storage building. MLS#201904316 www.WildRyeSisters.com

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221 S. Ash St. | PO Box 1779, Sisters

— Large Acreages — 17678 WILT ROAD Secluded 40-acre buildable parcel adjacent to government land. Beautiful old ponderosa pines, juniper & natural groundcover throughout. All of the property has usable terrain with slight slope from the higher west side to the lower southeast corner. Great solar and southern exposure. Perfect property for RV/ camping or build your own off-the-grid cabin or dream home. Conditional use approval in place allows for construction of a residence. Located within the Metolius Winter Deer Range. Located 10 miles NE of Sisters via a series of paved, gravel and dirt public roads that lead right to the property. Bordered by public lands on 3 sides. Adjacent public forest lands extend west to the Cascades. $225,000. MLS#201609530 7515 SE GENTIAN WAY, PRINEVILLE Views of the water from every nook and cranny on this 76-acre hillside property. The graveled driveway leads you up to a cozy campsite with a trailer, outdoor shower, deck and fire pit. There is a cased well (no pump or power at this time). Power is in the road. Standard septic approval in 2004. Terrain varies with some beautiful sandy, level areas to a small canyon with animal trails. Gated driveway. Zoning allows for 5-acre homesites. One-quarter mile to the boat dock for year-round recreation. Borders public lands to the east. Owners will carry a contract. Broker owned. MLS#201907560. $229,000. IT’S A NATURAL! This 39.5-acre parcel is ready for your dream to come true. Beautifully treed with mature pines, character junipers, bunchgrass and wildflowers. Public lands to the west and north keep you neighbor-free for miles in those two directions. Power nearby. Easy access at the top of a small public road cul-de-sac. $299,000. MLS#201905467

40 ACRES – 17672 WILT ROAD Private, yet close in, less than 10± miles from downtown Sisters. Forty acres with elevated building site and modest mountain views. Mix of pine and juniper. This property would be a great candidate for off-grid power, but power access is available. Call Listing Agent regarding power. Needs septic feasibility. Conditional-use permit to build a home was recently renewed for two years. Borders government land, State of Oregon, BLM and Deschutes County on three sides Owner will consider short terms. $299,500. MLS#201908158

16676 JORDAN ROAD Mountain views! Part of the original Lazy Z Ranch. Fenced on two sides with Kentucky black fencing. Power close by. Septic feasibility in place, may need new evaluation. Close to town, yet off the beaten path, overlooking a 200-acre site of the R&B Ranch, which currently is not buildable. Needs well. Owner will consider short terms. $395,000. MLS#201802331

18557 MCSWAIN DRIVE Nearby access to public land, BLM and trails. McKenzie Canyon open terrain views. Filtered views of the Three Sisters. Quiet, dark skies, friendly neighborhood. Spacious and open. Completely fenced 5 acres, great for horses. Approximately 1,000 sq. ft. shop with wood burning stove, carport with office. Indoor pool. Covered porch, large deck. Wood burning stove on tile hearth. Handcrafted log home, large logs. Well insulated. Great wildlife viewing. Open floor plan. $575,000. MLS#201906779

343 W. ADAMS AVE. Development opportunity for new construction. 120’ x 114’. Good location in NW portion of Sisters. Located in area with mix of professional, service, and medical. $289,000. MLS#201903440

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

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

735 SW SILVER LAKE BLVD. This townhome is ideally located in The Bluffs at River Bend. Close to the Old Mill shops, theater, restaurants, river trails and downtown Bend. Cascade mountain views. Home is in immaculate condition and master bedroom is on the main level with large master bath and extensive tile. Greatroom with gas fireplace and open to kitchen. Two upstairs bedrooms plus office/den and private deck. MLS#201908540. $649,000.

Kevin R. Dyer 541-480-7552 CRS, GRI, Principal Broker

Rad Dyer 541-480-8853

ABR, CCIM, CRB, CRS, GRI, Principal Broker

Carol Davis 541-410-1556 ABR, GRI, Broker

Catherine Black 541-588-9219

CRS, Broker, Realtor Emeritus 40 years

Shane Lundgren 541-588-9226 Broker

Debbie Dyer 541-480-1650 GRI, Broker

LAKE CREEK LODGE, #18 Turnkey in every sense of the word! Full interest 3 bed/3 bath cabin at Historic Lake Creek Lodge in Camp Sherman. Set on a small rise overlooking the creek basin, this vacation ready cabin offers quality throughout. Knotty pine paneling, plank fir floors, stone/gas fireplace, butcher block countertops, stainless appliances, farm kitchen sink, tile bathroom & showers, cedar decks, stone exterior accents & locked owner storage. Enjoy the common area tennis, pool, creek & open spaces. The adjacent Lodge serves great meals! $849,500 MLS#201805357 Options: 1/4 share $219,000 or 1/2 share, $429,000

505 S. OAK STREET Wonderful 3-level townhome in Sisters. Approved as a short-term rental. Nice setting located close to downtown. Unique features throughout and a spacious floorplan provide ambiance and charm. Wonderful main-level greatroom for gathering with family and friends. Or just relax near the gas fireplace while looking out the windows to this quiet, mature neighborhood. Plenty of sleeping space for guests on the 2nd floor, which includes the master suite, 2 guest bedrooms and a bonus room currently used as an additional bedroom. Stairs lead to a large 3rd-floor finished attic for more sleeping/living space. Spend time outdoors on a lush and private rear patio. Attached single garage is used as owner’s bonus space. Convenient to paved pathways, biking trails, tennis, downtown shops and restaurants. $399,000 MLS#201906592

26324 SW METOLIUS MEADOWS DRIVE Borders National Forest! Quality, energy efficient & well maintained home. Reverse living floor. Main level w/beamed vaulted great room & kitchen, large master suite, office/den, 2 baths & laundry room. Lower level has 2 bedrooms and a bath. Granite counters, stainless appliances & gas fireplace. Lots of windows. Low maintenance landscaping w/irrigation; private paver patio, deck w/hot tub. Triple garage w/extensive builtins. Furnished or unfurnished. Move in ready. All season fun — ski, hike & bike out your back gate, fish in the Metolius River & enjoy the community pool & tennis courts. It’s time to live where you play.$499,000. MLS#201801824

Greg Davidge 808-281-2676 Broker

Jackie Herring 541-480-3157 Broker