The Nugget Newspaper // Vol. XLII No. 39 // 2019-09-25

The Nugget Vol. XLII No. 39

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News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon

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Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Search and rescue unit trains in Sisters

By Cody Rheault Correspondent

The Sisters Eagle Airport hosted live helicopter training for Camp Sherman Hasty Team volunteers last Saturday. Joined by Life Flight from the Redmond Airport and Jefferson County Emergency managers, SAR team volunteers learned about aircraft operations related to search and rescue scenarios.

The training included instruction on basic operating practice in and around a helicopter. Volunteers learned about the situations in which a helicopter would be needed and what that response would entail. Life Flight’s Redmond base manager and flight paramedic, Victor Walco, led the training session and answered questions. Following a classroom session, the team joined an active Life Flight crew who flew in from Redmond for the hands-on training portion.

The Camp Sherman Hasty Team was founded in 1995 by former Jefferson County deputy Mark Foster, and is managed under Sergeant David Pond, Jefferson County

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Following a vote at the July school board meeting, Jay Wilkins took over the position of school board chair for the Sisters School District after three years of serving on the board.

Wilkins, who moved to Sisters seven years ago from the Portland area with his wife, Vanessa, and daughters, Skylar and Sydney, was enticed here by his friend Bill Rexford who taught at Sisters High School at the time.

“Bill was obviously a big fan of the school system and really talked it up so we moved out here for what Sisters offered as a school

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Firefighter recruits graduate in Sisters

By Kathryn Godsiff Correspondent

out there, and that’s why our team is primarily based from the Camp Sherman area.”

Hasty Team members train monthly in all aspects of search and rescue, including operations with helicopter

The annual Firefighter Recruit Academy is a longstanding tradition with the Sisters-Camp Sherman and Black Butte Ranch rural protection fire districts. Each year a number of applicants across all the Central Oregon fire districts are screened and chosen to begin their learning of firefighting and emergency service at local stations.

Sisters-Camp Sherman and Black Butte Ranch fire districts graduated nine recruits with a badge-pinning ceremony at the Sisters Fire Hall last Friday.

During the summer weeks of training, the recruits live in the stations with the career staff. The academy began in June, and when it concluded

See SAR TRAINING on page 22

See FIREFIGHTERS on page 31

PHOTO BY CODY RHEAULT

Jefferson County’s Camp Sherman Hasty Team members took helicopter operations training at Sisters Eagle Airport last Saturday. The Camp Sherman Hasty Team serves the Metolius Basin and areas of the Pacific Crest Trail.

Sheriff’s Office emergency manager. Composed of volunteers, the team includes a variety of members throughout Sisters Country and the Camp Sherman area. Under the Jefferson County jurisdiction, the Hasty Team responds primarily to incidents within

Wilkins takes reins as school board chair

By Charlie Kanzig

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district and community.”

Immediately upon arrival, Wilkins got involved in the drive to pass the local option, which had failed for the first time in the previous campaign.

“Fortunately it passed with flying colors shortly after that,” said Wilkins.

Wilkins volunteered to help with the passage of the bond levy for school improvement and helped with the next local option campaign as well.

“So, I was pretty heavily involved in the funding side of things for the school district right from the get-go,” he said.

See WILKINS on page 23

the Metolius River Basin, east slopes of the Cascades, and areas of the Pacific Crest Trail.

“What’s special about that part of the Cascades is how remote it is,” said Pond. “We see a lot of visitors and receive a lot of calls

Sisters celebrates signature trail

By Sue Stafford Correspondent

The sun shone warmly on the 100-plus people gathered at Village Green Park last Saturday to celebrate the community asset known as the Peterson Ridge Trail (PRT).

The PRT is actually an entire trail system of over 100 miles of trails, with loops and connectors, serving hikers, cyclists, and equestrians.

The day’s activities, underwritten by Your Store on Cascade Avenue and hosted

by Sisters Trails Alliance (STA), included guided rides and hikes on the PRT in the morning, a free lunch catered

by Tacos el Comal, a special Pete’s Ridge pale ale brewed and donated by Three Creeks Brewing available for

PHOTO BY SUE STAFFORD

Peterson Ridge Trail advocate John Rahm described how the trail was created in its current configuration. purchase, games of Cornhole, and a children’s scavenger hunt around the park. A celebratory cake sported a

colorful reproduction of Clay Warburton’s art that was on See CELEBRATION on page 19

Letters/Weather ................ 2 Announcements................12 Kids in Print ................. 16-17 Obituaries ....................... 26 Classifieds.................. 27-29 Meetings ........................... 3 Entertainment ..................13 Sisters Salutes ................ 18 Crossword ....................... 26 Real Estate .................29-32

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Editorial…

Free speech and civility “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America is the bedrock on which our political, social and cultural discourse rests. In the coming weeks, readers of The Nugget will find in these pages commentary on the nature and meaning of these 45 crucial words, starting in this edition with some challenging thoughts from retired attorney Pete Shepherd of Sisters (page 21).

Should robocalls be considered “free speech” under First Amendment protection? The implications of how we look at that everyday question are… interesting.

Shepherd is one of four panelists who will

lead a lively — and entertaining —discussion of the First Amendment on Thursday, October 24, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Sisters Fire Hall.

Freedom of expression, freedom of conscience — how do these play out in law?

How do they play out in a culture where some attempt to silence or “cancel” expression they don’t like? How do we promote civility in our discourse without shackling free speech?

These questions are trickier than they might first appear. The forthcoming columns and the community discussion will wrestle with them — and the Sisters community is invited to participate. After all, it’s OUR right.

Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

Letters to the Editor…

The Nugget welcomes contributions from its readers, which must include the writer’s name, address and phone number. Letters to the Editor is an open forum for the community and contains unsolicited opinions not necessarily shared by the Editor.

The Nugget reserves the right to edit, omit, respond or ask for a response to letters submitted to the Editor. Letters should be no longer than 300 words. Unpublished items are not acknowledged or returned. The deadline for all letters is noon Monday.

To the Editor: There is something fundamentally wrong with our police protection in Sisters.

When we need volunteer vigilante neighbors to patrol our streets at night due to breakins and vandalism, and when it takes 20 minutes for the police to respond to a major breakin crisis where the intruder was only a step or two away from being shot, such has what happened on Monday, September 9, on W. Carson Ave. at 2 a.m. here in the Hayden subdivision (see full story in the September 18 edition of The Nugget), basic and adequate protection of our city is not happening via the contract with Deschutes County Sheriff’s Department.

A 20-minute response indicates there was NO police officer in Sisters city limits at the time the 911 call was placed. We have our own fire and EMT department, our own planning department, our own public works department.

Why do we not have our own police department that assures that residents can get emergency help in the middle of the night?

This is unacceptable!

The City just approved another 160 homes to be built by Hayden next to the high school, not to mention the added homes and multiple-unit apartments it is building across from McDonald’s and Ray’s market which will add several hundred more residents to our city. We cannot sustain all the added growth without also expanding our police protection. It’s time for the Sisters City Council to act on re-establishing a Sisters city police department, sooner rather than later.

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Politicizing climate change

By Eric Knirk Guest Columnist

The climate changes — and always has and always will.

This subject has been politicized, monetized and weaponized to the point where in the public domain it cannot be examined, debated scientifically and rationally. Most data that the media and politicians use to push this subject is found in global climate computer MODELS, that by the way, have been incorrect and adjusted many times.

For example, since 1998 the data has not shown a strong warming trend, and it’s right about the time this information was released the term was changed from “global warming” to “climate change.” The fact is, politicians and advocacy groups have popularized the terms “settled science” and “scientific consensus.”

Anyone that knows about science, or the scientific method, knows that these terms are antithetical to science. These terms are used to shut down debate and the presentation of contrary facts, opinions and theories.

In 1976 there was a major study that appeared in Time and Newsweek magazines that declared with all “scientific” proof that we were in a global cooling trend which would be disaster for man. At the same time there were claims of disaster if the earth’s population exceeded 5 billion.

Then in the 1990s global warming became the fear and the UN climate report and model was polarized, resulting in calls to rein in the U.S. lifestyle, economy and capitalism in general.

This is the heart of this movement’s agenda.

With climate change they can never be wrong: record warm weather, it’s climate change; record cold, it’s climate change; record drought, it’s climate change; record floods, it’s climate change... The empirical historic data demonstrates that, NO, in fact hurricanes are not worse, nor more frequent than ever. But every time there is a WEATHER event, it is now catastrophic man-made climate change involved.

Greenland used to have Nordic peoples farming it before it became covered in ice and snow; yes the climate changes. Several times, in cycles, the entire northern portion of America was a massive glacier that melted, created the Great Lakes and carved the Grand Canyon; yes the climate changes. There used to be huge interior seas covering portions of the continents; yes the climate changes.

What farting cow, power plant, or SUV caused those epic events? Ancient glacial ice-core studies, geologic evidence, and treering studies demonstrate significant global warming and cooling cycles existed long before man’s influence was a part of the ecosystem. These ancient climate changes involved temperatures much more significant than anything predicted in the UN climate computer model. One solar event can change the climate more than any of the temperature changes predicted/estimated in the UN model.

So logically this all begs the following questions: • Are the models accurate (honest)?

• There is not scientific consensus, so why are we not allowing the entire fact-set to be disseminated and examined? Why do we allow this subject to be so politicized and onesided? Why don’t we allow our students to receive the entire set of facts and debate?

• To what extent does man’s activity change the climate? To what extent can mankind realistically modify its activities to effect any changes?

• Is .05 to 2.0 degrees in warming over 100 years a net negative world-wide?

Because there are studies that show more CO 2 and warmer temps will cause more greening of the planet, which in turn may off-set the removal of rain forest in some regions, off-set warming and be more “food productive.”

Does this contemplation and information come as a surprise to our kids and most of the public?

Unfortunately, yes it does. I fear a world where science and debate are overtaken by propaganda and politics.

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

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Book festival to feature poet laureate will have multiple opportunities to hear from Stafford, depending on what tickets they purchase. If having dinner with Stafford and other authors on Saturday night at Paulina Spring Books sounds like fun, Friends of the Festival packages are available for purchase. He will also be presenting during the day on Saturday at Sisters Middle School, for which general admission tickets are available. More information is available, and tickets can

By Sue Stafford Correspondent

“Sisters is graced with one of Oregon’s great independent bookstores,” said author and Oregon Poet Laureate Kim Stafford. “Paulina Springs will bring the experience of books, usually a solitary pleasure, to the wider community. I can’t wait to be part of this festival.”

Stafford will be one of the featured authors at the first Sisters Festival of Books, October 18-20.

Attendees at the festival

See POET on page 30

Sisters Rodeo selects 2020 queen The 2020 Sisters Rodeo Queen, Mary Olney of Warm Springs, was chosen at Sisters Rodeo grounds from a group of highly qualified cowgirl competitors on September 22.

Mary is the niece of Warm Springs Chief Delvis Olney, Sr. She was raised in a rodeo family. Her father was a rough-stock rider and her three brothers are all bronc and bull riders. Even her grandmother, Catherine Watah, was a bareback rider.

“I was raised by some of the toughest cowgirls in the Northwest,” Olney explained, “They instilled in me a love

for animals, rodeo and the Western way of life.”

Three weeks ago, Sonia Heath, Mary’s mother, dreamed that Mary was chosen as Sisters Rodeo queen.

“I couldn’t have had a better daughter than the one I have,” Sonia said. “She herself is a dream for any mother of daughters.”

The new queen, a graduate of Madras High School, has served on student council and was a member of National Honor Society and FFA. She played soccer and softball, See RODEO QUEEN on page 29

PHOTO BY JAYDE SILBERNAGEL

Mama Celia’s Gourmet Foods has been a staple at Sisters Farmer’s Market this season, offering tasty samples.

Farmers market to close out season Music, bellydance, and beekeeping will enliven this Sunday’s closing-day celebration at Sisters Farmers Market. Organizers are inviting the community to “Come bee happy with us!” at Fir Street Park 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Appaloosa will play an hour-long set of their original “High Desert Americana” tunes at 11 a.m., followed by a bellydance performance by SheyZa Samson, a teacher at Life. Love. Yoga.

On the sweet side of things, honey will be available for sale — and Master Beekeeper Jimmy Wilkie of Broadus Bees will present a special hive demonstration for kids and adults alike.

Vendors can change from week to week, but recent highlights include crunchy

fresh carrots and fragrant herbs from Seed to Table, melt-in-your-mouth golden potatoes from Mahonia Gardens, and freshly baked bread from Boone Dog’s wood-fired ovens.

Chanterelles from Clover Canyon Farms, infused oils and vinegars from Mama Celia’s, fresh peaches and nectarines from Baird Family Orchards, and Coho Coffee’s tasty cookies and pastries tempt shoppers, too.

Locally handcrafted items include unique Sisters-themed T-shirts, stickers, and cork caps. Natural body-care products, art and photographic goods, local CBD, and environmentally friendly shoeshine have been available in the market’s September lineup, along with locally

ranched and pastured meats, eggs, and cheeses.

Open from the beginning of June to the end of September, the market is supported by Metabolic Maintenance, The Cottonwood Café, The Nugget Newspaper, She Soars Psychiatry, Plazm and Xpress Printing, along with donors, volunteers, and vendors. Grants from the City of Sisters and The Roundhouse Foundation support late-season cultural and community programming.

Sisters Farmers Market runs every Sunday through the end of September at Fir Street Park. (located one block north of Cascade Ave./ Highway 20 at the corner of East Main and North Fir Street). Learn more at www. sistersfarmersmarket.com.

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, Sisters Caregiver Support Group 7 p.m. Sisters Community Church. All 3rd Tues., 10:30 a.m., The Lodge in ages welcome. 541-771-2211.

Sisters. 541-771-3258.

Heartwarmers (fleece blanketmakers) Sisters Cribbage Club Wednesdays, 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Ray’s Food Place Hall. Materials provided. 541-408-8505. community room. 541-923-1632.

Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday, 1 to Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board 4 p.m. 541-549-1028 or 541-719-1230. of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m.

Location information: 541-549-1193.

Military Parents of Sisters Meetings are held quarterly; please call for details. Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 to 8:30 a.m., Brand 33 Restaurant at 541-388-9013.

Aspen Lakes. 541-410-2870.

Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters Sisters Parent Teacher Community Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m., 2nd Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. at Sisters Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-549-6469.

Saloon. 541-480-5994.

SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings Sisters Parkinson’s Support Group & Enrichment) Monday-Friday, 11 a.m. 2nd Tuesday, 2 p.m., The Lodge. to 4 p.m. at Sisters Park & Recreation 541-668-6599.

District. 541-549-2091.

Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday.

Location information: 541-279-1977.

Sisters Family Aglow Lighthouse 4th Saturday, 10 a.m., Ponderosa Lodge Sisters Rotary Tuesdays, noon, Meeting Room. 503-930-6158.

Aspen Lakes Lodge. 541-760-5645.

Sisters Area Photography Club Sisters Speak Life Cancer Support 2nd Wednesday, 4 p.m., Sisters Library Group 2nd & 4th Wednesday, 10 a.m. community room. 541-549-6157.

Suttle Tea. 503-819-1723.

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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Festival hosts ‘open hub singing’ Sisters Folk Festival is hosting a new community program at its Sisters Art Works facility. Open Hub Singing will take place from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays each month at the Sisters Art Works building, located at 204 W. Adams Ave. The first gathering will be held on October 1.

The vision behind the program is to see singing together become an essential part of a more honest, less fearful, kinder culture.

Open Hub Singing is a nonaudition, “aural” tradition community singing group. It is headed up by Ian Carrick, who is excited to start a new ongoing offering in Sisters.

“We are grounded in the belief that singing is a human birthright, and that group singing is a fundamental ‘technology of belonging,’” Carrick said. “Open Hub Singing is open to all singers.

Our 50-plus members harmonize in uplifting oral tradition songs from an international cultural revival of group singing. We are a non-audition, embodied, joy-based choir.

We welcome all new and returning singers throughout the season.”

Every song is taught call and response, by ear. Most of the songs sung by the group come out of a modern cultural revival of singing for the sake of singing; layered songs with multiple interweaving parts, perhaps inspired by different lines of a poem; simple chants with opportunities for rich harmony; engaging rhythmic rounds. Laurence Cole and Annie Zylstra are two fantastic examples of folks writing these kinds of songs. In addition to these fresh new songs, the group will sing a few old classic community songs (folk, gospel, spirituals) as well as songs from other cultures.

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By Rongi Yost Correspondent

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Ian Carrick leads Open Hub Singing.

“We’ll sing to welcome friends home. We’ll sing loved ones goodbye. We’ll sing for people in the midst of big life transitions, old and young. We’ll sing to bless new projects and to let tired dreams die. We’ll know a common body of songs and have the skills as a community to sing them passionately and beautifully,” Carrick said.

“We receive huge biochemical rewards when we raise our voices together. Group singing truly is one of the most potent ‘technologies of belonging’ available to us today.”

All voices are wanted: shower singers, non-singers, and seasoned hummers alike.

Silent Echo Theater Presents the reading of the play

“Craig Fox Had aWife”

Find more info and listen to some of the songs at www. openhubsinging.com. There is a $10-$20 suggested donation, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. The group is LGBTQ+ friendly and free for those 18 and under — from activists in Missouri to corporate leadership teams in Seattle to choirs in Sydney— and participates in mens’ healing work and composes original aural tradition music.

Sisters Folk Festival, Inc. enriches lives through innovative music and arts education, programming, and events that serve an inclusive, multi-generational community.

FOURTH FRIDAY SEPT. 27, 4 TO 7 PM

Saturday, September 28

7:30 p.m. | Doors open at 6:30

Entirely & wholeheartedly humanitarian-based.

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The Lady Outlaws continued their domination over league foes this past week, with sweeps over both Woodburn and Philomath.

In their first home match on Tuesday, September 17, Sisters relied on their strong serves to frustrate Woodburn and post an easy 3-0 sweep with scores of 25-9, 25-6, and 25-9. The Lady Outlaws took a commanding lead early in every set.

Greta Davis led the team with 12 kills and three aces, Sophie Silva followed with nine kills and three aces, and Addy Myhre added five kills and two aces.

Two days later, the Outlaws traveled to Philomath and recorded another threeset sweep. The Warriors are

currently in third place in the league, with only one loss to Sweet Home the previous week.

Philomath boasts a team with strong serves and a strong offense, and Sisters found themselves battling back and forth with the Warriors in the first set. At the close of the set, the Warriors had two unforced errors which gave the Outlaws a 25-23 win. Sisters held onto that momentum in the second set, and strong serves and a united team effort earned them a 25-15 victory. The Outlaws closed out the third set with smart serves to post a 25-23 win and secure the sweep.

Davis recorded 12 kills and Sophie Silva added five kills and three aces.

The Outlaws will travel to Sweet Home on Thursday, September 26.

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Fourth Friday Fall Artwalk this week Tonye Phillips, Donna Rice, Jody Rusconi, Martha SandCorrespondent ers, Marion Shimoda, Mary It’s fall. Days are shorter Stiewig, and Jan McBrien and nights are cooler, but Tetzlaff go beyond traditional the art scene is as strong as quilting to create fiber art. ever in Sisters. This month’s In a land of contrasts, the Fourth Friday Artwalk, Sept. quilts portray vivid turquoise 27 from 4 to 7 p.m., features skies, striated grey stone, charsome heavy-hitting fabric treuse rabbit brush and yarrow. shows, vivid watercolors, and Fragile botanical taxonomy new ideas in clay and sculp- and extreme climate shifts creture. Sisters Arts Association ate stark and beautiful geoginvites everyone to visit the raphy. Jean Wells Keenan’s galleries and see the latest.

“Deserted Foothills” depicts At Stitchin’ Post Fabric pillars of basalt that stretch Arts Gallery, Leotie Richards’ across the desert, forming “Embrace Nature” show of high standing ridges of stone art quilts focuses on botanical above the sage-covered floor. images, fabricated with hand- Judy Beaver’s “High Desert dyed wool, Impressions” ingeniously depicts the hand-stitched. patterns on the Richards ground, rocks, employs a and shrubs; new technique the earth is and style of marked with wool applianimal tracks qué, that she and rivulets calls “Modwhere water e r n Wo o l “Papillon” by Leotie Richards at a n d w i n d Stitchin’ Post Fabric Arts Gallery.

Appliqué.” have left their More fabric art is featured at Sisters Art Works, as the Journeys Quilters’ 12th Annual Show opens.

This year’s theme, “High Desert Moods,” draws from the vastness of the desert, the smell of juniper and sage, and the colors of the seasons.

Journeys artists Judy Beaver, Helen Brisson, Sheila K. Finzer, Betty Gientke, June Jaeger, Jean Wells Keenan,

By Helen Schmidling

“Deserted Foothills” quilt by Jean Wells Keenan at Sisters Art Works. traces. It’s all of this … and more!

Hood Avenue Art and the Watercolor Society of Oregon present an exhibition featuring WSO members from Central Oregon. The featured artists are Sandra Neary, Helen Brown, Jennifer Starr, Hazel O’Rear Reeves, Linda Shelton, Elizabeth Haberman, Judy Hoiness, Rebecca Sentgeorge, Michelle Lane, Dorothy Roth, Winnie Givot, and Linda Burgel. The show runs through October 20.

Gary Cooley’s latest creations are shown at the

Collection Gallery. Throughout the years, his art has evolved from North American and African wildlife to a variety of human figures, some life-size, and monumental, all conveying dignity, power, and grace.

Sisters Gallery & Frame Shop has some new clay work by Mary Moore and Ann Grossnickle, along with new framing ideas, scratchboard demonstration and class signup by Jennifer Hartwig.

Artist Mike Mason of Portland creates landscapes using carefully dried, pressed, and placed botanicals. His floral impression brushstrokes are created using nature’s color and form. His stunning landscapes are at Ken Scott’s Imagination Gallery.

More clay work, this time

by Kelly Thiel, is on the wall at Good Day Café, near Bedouin. The Bend artist is known for her paintings as well as the faces (human and animal) in this display. Thiel runs The Wilds, a co-working studio.

“Shared Heart” by Kelly Thiel at Good Day Café.

Wildflower Studio has new oil paintings by John Runnels and Chris Nelson.

Jill Neal Gallery has new images of horses, horsewomen, and wild (tasteful) women. Artwork is available as originals or reproductions on canvas, mugs, tapas plates, and note cards.

Watercolors by Terri Dill Simpson and photographs by Linda Ziegenhagen are wrapping up their stay at the Sisters Library. Stop and see them before they go away.

This month, signed and numbered prints by Martin Grelle and Howard Terpning are being shown and are for sale at Graceful Touch Bodyworks, 170 W. Cascade Ave., #5. Stop in and visit with Tammy Patterson during the Artwalk.

Also open this month are Antler Arts, Dyrk Godby Gallery, and Grizzly Ridge Upcycle. The Open Door is hosting a wedding reception, so the Clearwater Gallery will be closed, as will Beacham’s Clock Company.

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Wednesday, September 25, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

And the winner is...

Girls cross-country finding its stride

By Charlie Kanzig Correspondent

The Outlaw girls cross country-team showed continued progress this week as most of the team ran at the Seaside Three Course Challenge, while senior Kate Bowen ran in a prestigious meet in California.

For the Three Course Challenge, two varsity runners are chosen by random drawing to run in each of the three races, Easy, Moderate, and Difficult.

At Seaside, Ella Thorsett led the Outlaws with a gutsy second-place finish in the Moderate Course in a time of 21:32, just four seconds behind Ava Betts of Corvallis.

Thorsett, a freshman, shot out with the lead pack right from the start and never faltered.

“Ella is a competitor,” said Head Coach Josh Nordell.

“There is no denying that.”

Pearl Gregg, in her first race of the season, finished seventy-sixth as the second scorer for the Outlaws in a time of 27:27. A total of 198 girls completed the Moderate Course.

In the Easy Course, Emma Singleton showed she is getting into racing form with a very strong ninth-place finish with a time of 19:23 for the 4,500-meter course. Fellow sophomore Sadie Sharp stepped confidently into a varsity role, placing thirty-third in 21:19 among 227 finishers.

Scorers for Sisters in the

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Emma Singleton moving toward her ninth-place finish in the Easy Course at Seaside.

Difficult Course included Iris Diez (32:02) and Skylar Wilkins (32:07).

Madeline Nason of Corvallis High School won the race in an impressive time of 22:02.

Bowen was away from her teammates as part of a college visit and had the opportunity to run at the Woodridge Cross Country Classic at Silverlakes Sports Park in Norco, California, east of Los Angeles.

The Woodbridge meet spans two days and includes nearly 60 separate races and thousands of runners. Bowen raced in the grand finale Sweepstakes race, which included many of the very best runners in California as well as neighboring states, on

Saturday evening under the lights.

The three-mile course is extremely fast, resulting in some eye-popping times.

Bowen finished in 101st place among 199 finishers with a time of 18:12.

The winner, Corie Smith of Buchanan High School, finished in an unbelievable 16:04.

“We clearly have two front-runners on our team, and the rest of the girls are working hard as well to fill out the rest of our scoring positions, so I am happy with the progress they are making,” said Nordell.

Next up for the Outlaws is the Nike Portland Meet at Blue Lake Park on Saturday, September 28.

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Cross-country boys win at Seaside Challenge

By Charlie Kanzig Correspondent

A win by Will Thorsett and very strong team running by the rest of the Outlaws resulted in victory for Sisters at the Seaside Three Course Challenge, held Saturday, September 21, at Camp Rilea.

The Three Course Challenge is unique in that teams split up their runners to cover each of the three races, which are categorized as Easy, Moderate, and Difficult. The sum of finish points from each of the three races constitutes each team’s score.

The Easy Course is said to be 4,500 meters, while the other two are both listed as 5,000 meters and include plenty of hills, soft sand, and a mud pit.

Sisters competed in Division 4 in the meet, which included upwards of 2,000 runners from dozens of teams from throughout the Northwest, and came away with an easy win with 125 total points.

Considering that each race included over 300 finishers, it is clear to see that all six of the Outlaws’ scorers placed quite high.

First among the Outlaws came Thorsett, who erased a 20-meter deficit in the final stretches of the race on the moderate course to clip Gavin Grass of Dallas High School, clocking a time of 18:03.

Ever humble, Thorsett acknowledged after the race it felt “really good” to capture a win.

Head Coach Josh Nordell communicated pride for the junior. “Will does the work, he runs smart, and he earned

that win,” he said.

Vicente Rebolledo also scored for the Outlaws, placing twentieth (19:45) among a field of 319 finishers.

“Vicente is really coming into his own as a junior,” said Nordell. “He has matured and grown stronger than ever.”

Starting things off for the Outlaws on the day in the Easy Course, Ethan Hosang and Josh Liddell ran together throughout the race and finished twelfth and 13th respectively, both timed in 15:51.

Though a non-scorer, Sam May came in 31 seconds later in 16:22, for nineteenth place, which accomplished a big goal for the team, according to Nordell.

“We asked those boys to do everything they could to stick together and push forward, and that’s what they did,’ he said. “Ethan is so steady, and Josh is running the best of his four-year career, not to mention Sam May sticking with those guys for the first time.”

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The Outlaws’ next contest is much more traditional,

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Fresh Food Farmacy program changes lives Seed to Table Executive Director

The limitations to having extremely high blood pressure were crippling for local Sisters resident Brian (name changed for anonymity).

Having to take six medications a day had become normal. Brian’s blood pressure was often recorded at dangerous levels, which had led him to five emergency room visits in 2018.

The doctor was so concerned that Brian had a home monitoring system directly connected to the doctor’s office, reporting readings on an hourly basis. Although doctors had recommended a diet richer in fresh fruits and vegetables, Brian and his wife simply did not know how to cook and use more fresh foods in their diet. In addition, the bills were already maxed out.

The six-year norm changed over the course of the past four months after their physician guided the couple to join Seed to Table’s new Fresh Food Farmacy program. Brian now enjoys his morning, only having to take one of his previous six medications to control his blood pressure. And no, it was not one super pill that Brian had to switch to. In fact it was going back to basics of switching meals from processed freezer meals to Seed to Table’s fresh fruits and vegetables, and Splitting Aces Ranch’s lean, pasture raised meats.

About three years ago, Dr. Kevin Miller of High Lakes Health Care and myself were having an inspired conversation about the power of fresh vegetables. As a physician Dr. Miller emphasizes people’s diets are a major foundation for maintaining and improving their health. Miller expressed how the growing

body of research supports the idea that when people eat well, they stay healthier and are more likely to control chronic diseases and perhaps even avoid them altogether.

A healthy diet isn’t as easy as popping a pill, it takes time, resources and dedication to switch habits. Thus, the idea sparked for Seed to Table to launch the Fresh Food Farmacy; where patients are “prescribed” by their doctor to join a Seed to Table Produce Share and receive 22 weeks of fresh veggies with guided recipes, cooking classes and support.

“When you prioritize food and teach people how to prepare healthy meals, lo and behold, it can end up being more impactful than medications themselves,” says Dr. Jaewon Ryu, interim president and CEO of Geisinger Health Systems. “That’s a big win.”

Using food as medicine, the Fresh Food Farmacy (FFF) is designed to improve healthy eating habits and or help alleviate food insecurity for individuals. The FFF provides individuals with 22 weeks of farm fresh produce (either subsidized or at no cost), support and cooking/ nutrition resources.

Seed to Table launched the

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Dr. May Fan of Bend Memorial Clinic stated, “I really appreciate being able to ‘prescribe’ healthy foods instead of prescribing medication. Seed to Table’s Fresh Food Farmacy addresses the barrier of cost and connects our community to our local growers.”

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The Bunkhouse Chronicle Craig Rullman Columnist

Civil Disobedience If you are one of those rarified Americans who still believe that natural rights are bequeathed to us by our creator, rather than granted to us by government masters, you will perhaps appreciate the gift of Robert Francis O’Rourke.

During the last presidential debate, O’Rourke did us all a great favor by pulling back the curtain on progressive thought, exposing their willingness to seize by force the legally held and protected property of law-abiding American citizens.

Beto was the dodo who actually admitted what many of us have suspected for years: Modern progressives are camouflaging an agenda that is inherently confiscatory, punitive, and authoritarian. Moreover, it is clear that resistance to this agenda will be met with endless character assassination, smear campaigns, violence, and threats of violence, which the DNC, ANTIFA — and now Beto — have demonstrated repeatedly.

And isn’t it bizarre to see an audience of aging hippies, decades after Vietnam and the Civil Rights era, openly applauding Beto’s call for government-sanctioned violence against innocent people? How quickly that generation flipped.

Beto came out in favor of outright gun confiscation, but it would be foolish to doubt, even for a second, that every candidate on the debate stage supports it. The likely

nominee, Elizabeth Warren, was strategically intelligent enough to keep her mouth shut, but if her redistributive agenda for your 401k serves as any indication you can rest assured she’d be perfectly happy to kick down your door and seize your property, too.

Which is weird coming from a self-declared Native American, her apologies for that deception notwithstanding.

One would presume that Warren is aware of Wounded Knee, which is where the 7th Cavalry attempted to disarm the already impoverished Lakota and murdered 300 men, women, and children with a Hotchkiss gun. One would also hope that the senior senator from Massachusetts is at least tangentially aware of Lexington and Concord, where British soldiers attempted to disarm American colonists — mostly farmers — by brute force.

America’s flirtations with prohibition and outright confiscation have never ended well because something in the American character despises that kind of despotism. Or at least it did, once.

And even a cursory glance at history shows that there can be no public-safety reasoning behind these tyrannical ideations that isn’t rooted firmly in the pursuit of absolute power.

We shouldn’t be surprised.

The Democrat Party, after all, is the home of American slavery. Democrats fought tirelessly for slavery, which resulted in a catastrophic Civil War. After losing the war they created Jim Crow laws to enforce segregation.

Every democrat in Congress voted AGAINST the 15th Amendment, and every Southern democrat voted against the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Beto’s progressive utopia requires that every runaway be dragged back to the plantation — disarmed and muted, to suffer reeducation by government bullwhip.

Beto — and this both thrilled

and horrified his colleagues on the dais — revealed that progressives are feeling bold enough to enforce their dystopian fantasies by chaining innocent Americans to a post and whipping them into obedience.

While the Democrat Party is the birthplace of burning crosses, the contemporary shift to radical leftism is ominous. It’s ominous because millions of Americans have come to believe that sheep somehow make good citizens, and because the historical evidence points to the known result.

One need only look at Cuba, Venezuela, Mexico, Ecuador, the permanent economic stagnation of the EU, the entire continent of Africa, or the former Soviet Republics, which remain impoverished authoritarian backwaters.

The economic, physical, and spiritual bankruptcy of the slave cabin remains

the operating prescription for Americans who flee the plantation, and Beto has now admitted they would enforce that vision with stormtroopers. All to uniform applause and while making emotional appeals to a “public-safety crisis.”

Progressives are unable to see the problem, naturally, yet every public proposal meant to curtail gun violence will fall exclusively on lawabiding citizens. Not one of them deals with criminals in possession of guns, or who use a firearm in the commission of a crime. Not one. This is the single most revealing irony of progressive “guncontrol” ideology.

The progressive obsession with gun-control, which is a euphemism for people-control, is yet another legacy of Deep South racism, where the first measures curtailing firearm ownership were passed in Florida to prevent black Americans from defending

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themselves against the Ku Klux Klan. Disarmed by law, and in the name of public safety, many hundreds were murdered across the South in sanctioned raids on their persons and their property.

Only deliberate ignorance could believe such a thing will never happen again.

Oregon is likely, in the near future, to pass a raft of gun-control measures. Not one of them will prevent future gun crimes, and tens of thousands of conscientious and otherwise law-abiding citizens will then be forced into acts of subterranean civil disobedience. If outlaws you will make them, then outlaws they will surely become, but as students of history they are unlikely to ever surrender their natural right to be properly armed against violent criminals, or Beto’s frothing slave-hunters.

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Wednesday, September 25, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

Community focuses on public safety Five establishments sold to minor decoy

By Sue Stafford Correspondent

Sgt. William Bailey, Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office public information officer, and Ryan Seeley, local community monitor, were invited guests to the September 16 “Let’s Talk – Public Safety,” sponsored by Citizens4Community.

The evening was full of conversation from residents with a variety of viewpoints.

One concern on which the group seemed to agree had to do with the lack of activities for teenagers during the summer and off-school hours.

People are worried about underage drinking and problems caused by teens with too much time on their hands or out after curfew.

There was conversation around contracting for police services versus having Sisters’ own law enforcement department.

Sgt. Bailey provided background information and answered a number of questions, including some having to do with response times for

calls. He explained that the 20 minutes it took for an officer to respond to a call regarding a home invasion in Sisters on September 9 (see “Charges reduced in home intrusion incident,” The Nugget, September 18, page 1) was due to the fact the officer on duty had just ended his shift and a different officer had to come from another jurisdiction like Redmond.

Bailey said the countywide average response time is 9 to 13 minutes.

The contract between the City of Sisters and the DCSO requires 480 hours of service a month. Sgt. Bailey reported that most months officers are available 600-700 hours.

Bailey said the DCSO appreciates it when citizens call to report strange occurrences, possible dangerous activity, or crimes in progress. He repeated several times that reporting is good, but he said it is essential to

let the officers do the police work.

Ryan Seeley said that because of his love for the community, he gives back by providing community watch in the later evening and early morning hours in his car.

He has an amiable working relationship with the deputies responsible for patrolling Sisters and contacts them immediately when he comes across a crime in progress or a potential problem. Seeley reported he thinks “the deputies are a great team and do a great job.”

The non-emergency number for the DCSO is 541-693-6911.

The next C4C event will be a public forum on Thursday, October 24, at the fire hall, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., addressing freedom of speech with a panel of local citizens including a journalist, attorney, pastor, educator, and private business-owner.

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Pizza; Cascade Trailstop Market; Melvin’s by Newport Avenue Market; Three Creeks Brewing; Shuler’s Pizzeria; and Hardtails Bar and Grill.

OLCC spokesman Matthew Van Sickle explained that a first-time violation carries a fine of $1,650 or a 10-day suspension of the establishment’s liquor license.

The penalty can be reduced through an appeal through the administrative process. Van Sickle said that most businesses opt to pay the fine in lieu of suspension.

The spokesman said that OLCC does not think of the decoy operations as a “sting.”

“Our goal is not to trip these licensees up, but to encourage them to come back into compliance,” he said.

The goal, Van Sickle said, is “to ensure public safety.”

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Outlaws to host bingo night October 1 The Outlaws will host a family-friendly evening in Sisters Country with Outlaws Together Bingo, scheduled for Tuesday, October 1. Doors open at 5 p.m. for dinner and Bingo starts at 6:30 p.m. in the Sisters High School Commons (1700 W. McKinney Butte Rd).

Eleven games are $15 and Family 4 Packs for $50 — including Bingo Blackout with a grand prize of $500.

All proceeds benefit the Sisters School District athletics department. The community dinner for the night is mac & cheese for $4.

For more information on Outlaws Together events, contact Gary Thorson at 541549-4050 or gary.thorson@ ssd6.org .

Five Sisters-area liquor licensees sold alcohol to a minor decoy during an Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) operation conducted late last month, the agency reported last week.

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Young soccer squads lose two

By Rongi Yost Correspondent

The boys and girls soccer squads both have young teams this year, each week improving on their skills and becoming more competitive as the season progresses.

The boys fell 10-0 at Woodburn on Tuesday, September 17, and two days later dropped their game against Philomath in a final score of 4-3. The Lady Outlaws also lost both their games; a 4-1 loss at home to Woodburn on Tuesday, and a 4-0 loss to Philomath on the road.

On Tuesday, the boys lost to a very skilled and talented Woodburn squad. Despite the score, the young Outlaws were competitive and worked hard until the final buzzer.

Several players got on the field and experienced their first varsity minutes and did well, including rising sophomores Gavin Christian and Charlie Irlam. Junior Connor Martin worked his way into the starting line-up as a wing player and is settling into the role.

Tate Kaczmarek and Ethan Eckert often created offensive opportunities, but the team just couldn’t finish.

At home two days later, the Outlaws got off to a strong start against the visiting Warriors, and controlled

possession and won the 50/50 ball much of the time.

Martin scored his first goal of the season right in front of the net. Ricky Huffman, a tenacious striker, also scored in the first half. At the half the Outlaws were on top 2-0.

The second half was a back-and-forth battle between the two squads. Sisters knew Philomath would come out strong and they did. The very physical Warriors scored six minutes into the half after a broken play and then evened the score at the 56-minutemark on a penalty kick.

Momentum definitely shifted away from the Outlaws, however, Connor Linn scored in the 61st minute to give the Outlaws the go-ahead goal. Philomath scored once again on a penalty to tie it back up 3-3. Ten minutes before the final whistle, the Warriors scored off a long throw that skipped off a defender’s head, and held on for the win.

Husmann said, “It was a heart-wrenching loss as we seemed to have outplayed them on all fronts except the score line. The team played some of their best soccer so far, and it does show all of us that we can be competitive with these strong teams.”

Husmann added, “This is a team of brothers; Sean and Nathaniel Alvarez, Oscar and Simon Rhett, and Aidan

and Ethan Eckert all start for this team. I think this fosters a strong sense of family and cohesion within the team.

Oscar continues to be outstanding in goal and is hungry to improve.”

The Lady Outlaws had a similar week with a 4-1 loss at home to Woodburn on Tuesday, September 17, followed by a 4-0 loss to Philomath on the road.

In Tuesday’s match-up, Woodburn scored twice before Sisters got their lone goal from Hollie Lewis. The goal came in the 30th minute when Emma Lutz slotted the ball to Hollie, who beat her defender for the score.

Woodburn scored again to take a 3-1 lead at the half, and they scored their final goal in the second half.

Coach Brian Holden said, “The girls definitely created more opportunities than the previous game, but just couldn’t find the goal, and unfortunately we had an own goal on a cornerkick.”

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Ethan Eckhert moves the ball upfield for the Outlaws. stepped up,” added Holden.

“Freshmen Analise Backus and Sage Wyland did a great job for us at center back, and freshman Josie Patton took over in the goal and also did a nice job.”

Two days later, Sisters was shut out 4-0 on their home turf by Philomath.

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A N N O U N C E M E N T S Balance Class in Camp Sherman

This 8-week evidence-based community workshop will teach practical coping strategies to reduce the fear of falling. Cost is $10. Class begins Wednesday, September 25 and will be held at the Camp Sherman Community Hall, located at 13025 SW Camp Sherman Rd. Contact Shannon to register at 541-272-0529 or shanrack@gmail.com.

One-Act Play Submissions

Silent Echo Theater Company is seeking one-act play submissions from local playwrights for possible use during the 2020 Evening of One-Acts happening in late winter. Plays should be between 10 and 20 minutes long and need to be submitted to silentechotheatercompany@ gmail.com by Monday, October 7; play selections by November 1. Directors are also wanted for the event — please email your theater experience and contact information. For more information call 541-719-8862.

Free Medicare 101 Class

Futurity First will host a free Medicare 101 Workshop on Tuesday, October 8 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Sisters Library.

Instructors will explain Medicare Parts A and B, and explore options with Medicare Advantage Plans and Medicare Supplements.

Participants will also learn how prescription drug plans work, how to get help with the cost of prescription drugs and how Medicare works with the VA. Info: 541-973-2100, x9.

World’s Children Speaker

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

Parkinson’s Support Group

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.

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.

Sisters Speak Life Cancer Support Group

This cancer support group meets the second and fourth Wednesday of every month at Suttle Tea in their back room from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Caregivers as well as patients and family members are welcome to join in.

Please contact Suzi Steele at 503819-1723 for more information.

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Part of the proceeds benefit SHS swim team. Call 541-549-1298 for more information.

Highlights Saturday, September 28 Sisters Community Cleanup 8 a.m. to noon at SPRD

Saturday, September 28 Hop Fest Half Marathon 8 a.m. at Three Creeks Brewing Facility

19th Annual Green Tour

See real-world solutions that reduce energy use and increase solar production in residential and commercial buildings right here in Central Oregon. Test-drive an electric car and take an electric bike for a spin, join the bike tour, vote for your favorite site, and celebrate at the after-party.

Saturday, September 28 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at various locations. Get all the details, tour map, and guide at envirocenter. org/tour or call 541-385-6908 x11.

Saturday, September 28 Community Gear Swap 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Hike-N-Peaks Saturday, September 28 19th Annual Green Tour 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at various locations Saturday, September 28 Stars Over Sisters Party 7:30 p.m. at SPRD

Suicide Prevention Education

Tuesday, October 1 Suicide Prevention Education 11 a.m at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran

Community Gear Swap

Local schools and Hike-N-Peaks are hosting a Gear Swap on Saturday, September 28 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to raise funds for outdoor education programs. Donate or sell your lightly used outdoor and athletic gear or come to find great deals.

All items should be brought to Hike-N-Peaks on Friday, September 27 between 4 and 7 p.m. or Saturday, September 28 between 8 and 10 a.m. It should be in good, clean condition. Info: 541-904-0778.

Stars Over Sisters Party

Learn about the night skies!

Stargazers are invited to gather at the SPRD building on Saturday, September 28 at 7:30 p.m. for a free presentation and slide show.

If weather then permits, plan on heading out to the SHS sports fields to observe the night sky through powerful telescopes. For information call 541-549-8846.

St. Charles Health System will sponsor a Suicide Prevention Education at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, 386 N. Fir St., on Tuesday, October 1 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Claudia Bisso-Fetzer, Ph.D is the presenter. Light lunch provided. Free of charge. Contact: 541-549-5831.

Sisters Community Cleanup

SPRD is organizing a Fall Community Cleanup Day for Saturday, September 28 from 8 a.m. to noon. Organize your own cleanup around your school, neighborhood or business, or meet at SPRD at 8 a.m. for supplies & routes. Register online at sistersrecreation.com or call 541549-2091.

Art in the Library

Members of the Central Oregon Spinners & Weavers Guild will hold their annual fiber exhibit of handspun and handwoven art at the Sisters Library from October 1 to 29. Demonstrations will be included on Saturday, October 12.

For information call 541-312-1070.

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Tupak has been missing since Saturday, September 21. He is usually home by dinnertime. Tupak is 4 years old and was last seen at 412 N. Maple Ln. in Sisters, his home address. Please call or text 541-699-8989 or 541-699-6734.

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/

Sisters-Area Churches Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church 386 N. Fir Street • 541-549-5831 10 a.m. Sunday Worship shepherdofthehillslutheranchurch.com Westside Sisters 442 Trinity Way • 541-549-4184 9 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Sunday Worship 6 p.m. Worship, 3rd Tuesday each month westsidesisters.org Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration 68825 Brooks Camp Road • 541-549-7087 8:30 a.m. Ecumenical Sunday Worship 10:15 a.m. Episcopal Sunday Worship Sisters Community Church (Nondenom.)

1300 W. McKenzie Hwy. • 541-549-1201 10 a.m. Sunday Worship (with signing) sisterschurch.com Calvary Chapel (Nondenominational) 484 W. Washington St., Ste. C & D 541-588-6288 • 10 a.m. Sunday Worship

Chapel in the Pines – Camp Sherman 541-549-9971 • 10 a.m. Sunday Worship St. Edward the Martyr Roman Catholic Church 123 Trinity Way • 541-549-9391 5:30 p.m. Sat. Vigil Mass | 9 a.m. Sun. Mass 8 a.m. Monday-Friday Mass Vast Church (Nondenominational) 1700 W. McKinney Butte (SHS) • 541-719-0587 9:37 a.m. Sunday Worship | vastchurch.com Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 452 Trinity Way • Branch President, 541-420-5670; 10 a.m. Sunday Sacrament Meeting Seventh-Day Adventist Church 386 N. Fir St. • 541-595-6770, 541-306-8303 11 a.m. Saturday Worship Baha’i Faith Meetings Devotional Gatherings, Classes & Discussion Call for location and times • 541-549-6586

City of Sisters Housing Policy Advisory Positions

The City of Sisters is accepting applications for 2 positions on the Housing Policy Advisory Board (HPAB). The Board advises the Planning Commission and City Council regarding policies related to increasing appropriate levels of affordable housing within the city limits. A 3-year position requires a background in real estate and in-city residency; a 1-year position requires familiarity or beneficiary of affordable housing and in-city residency. Apply online at www. ci.sisters.or.us by 5 p.m. on Friday, October 4. For more information call Patrick at 541-323-5219 or email pdavenport@ci.sisters.or.us.

CPR/AED and First Aid Class

The next CPR/AED/First Aid class is scheduled for Saturday, October 12 at 8:30 a.m. The cost is $30, which covers both the CPR and First Aid modules, a workbook and completion card. Register by Tuesday, October 8. To register, go online to sistersfire.com and select the CPR tab, or stop by and register at the Sisters Fire Station during business hours (8 a.m. to 5 p.m.). Pick up the student workbook at the station after you register. If you have questions, call Beverly Halcon at 818-674-7686.

Furry Friends New Hours

The Furry Friends office is changing its hours beginning Tuesday, September 17. Visit Furry Friends now on Tuesdays from 2 to 5 p.m. The Thursday hours remain the same, open 11 am. to 2 p.m. Furry Friends is located in the Sisters Art Works building, at 204 W. Adams Ave., Ste. 109. For more information call 541-797-4023.

Panoramic Access Special Road District Board Term

Letters of interest are being solicited for a 3-year volunteer position on the PASRD board of commissioners. Applicants must reside within the road district and be a registered voter. Send letters to: panoramicroads@gmail.com or to PASRD, POB 1226, Sisters, OR 97759. Info: call 541-549-1150.

Crafters Wanted

Share your creativity! Qualityoriented crafters are being sought as consigners for the 44th Annual Snowflake Boutique (November 1 & 2). Jury will be Saturday, October 5 at 9:30 a.m. at Highland Baptist Church, Redmond. Info at www. snowflakeboutique.org or call Jan, 541-350-4888 or Randi, 541-7884452 or Tina, 541-447-1640.

Sisters Newcomers Club

A Newcomers’ Club specific to Sisters-area new residents is starting up! Call Karee at 541-719-0050.

Michael (Mickey) Pearson The Celebration lb off Life f ffor Mickey, k previously scheduled for an outdoor location, has been moved to Grace Bible Church of Bend at 63945 Old Bend Redmond Hwy on Saturday, September 28 at 2:00 p.m.

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Family Fun Story Time for kids ages birth through 5 takes place at the Sisters Library on Thursdays, September 26 and October 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31 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.

Oregon Ghost Stories

Join historian and paranormal investigator Rocky Smith for a presentation of history, folklore and the paranormal. Rocky will share some unbelievable ghost stories on Friday, October 11 at noon at Sisters Library. No registration is required for this adult program. Call 541-312-1032 for more information.

The Library Book Club

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by Alafair Burke with other thoughtful readers at the Sisters Library on Wednesday, October 23, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Info: 541-617-7078.

Pumpkin Party

Pumpkin-decorating, stories and games for ages birth to 11.

No registration required. Sisters Library on Saturday, October 26 at 10 a.m. Info: 541-617-7078.

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Outlaws earn championship honors

By Rongi Yost Correspondent

The annual Sisters I n v i t a t i o n a l Vo l l e y b a l l Tournament has become one of the top tournaments in the state at the 4A level, and this year grew to a 20-team tourney. Teams traveled from all over the state to attend the event, and included thirteen of the top 20 teams in the state.

The Lady Outlaws played at the top of their game, and at the end of the day earned top honors for the tourney.

Sisters didn’t drop one set the entire day, and defeated league foe Philomath in the championship match.

Sisters cruised through pool play with wins over North Valley, Estacada and Siuslaw. They finished as the 2nd seed team, losing out on the No. 1 seed to Philomath by just one point.

In the first round of bracket play, the Outlaws took on Hidden Valley, the team they defeated in the first round of the state playoffs last year. Sisters never trailed in the match and defeated the Mustangs 25-16, 25-13.

After their quarterfinal win, the Outlaws faced a tough Cottage Grove squad, who finished second at the state tourney last year. Sisters played strong at the net and had eight blocks, which shut down the Lions offense. The Outlaws’ tough serves kept the Lions from finding any sort of offensive rhythm and Sisters won the semi-final, 25-15, 25-16.

In the championship game, Sisters found themselves up against Philomath, a league foe they had just swept on the road two days earlier. The Outlaws hit the floor with confidence, poise, and team chemistry, and were ready to prove they were the better team. Sisters jumped to a quick lead and never trailed in the match. Greta Davis’

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11 kills and Sophie Silva’s 10 provided strong offense and net play in the 25-19, 25-13 win that shut down the Warriors.

Coach Rory Rush said, “The Outlaws have continued to get better with each match played. This weekend we had great team chemistry and played well as a team. We are learning to put all the pieces together and realize we are stronger when we do. There was amazing defense, amazing offense, and some tough serving this weekend.”

Davis led the Outlaws with

59 kills. Greta also had four blocks, and three aces. Sophie Silva recorded 39 kills, 13 blocks, and three aces, and sister Sam posted 24 kills, one block and nine aces. Addy Myhre tallied 14 kills, five blocks, and 10 aces, and setter Ellie Rush dished out 140 assists, and recorded six kills and nine aces.

Rush added, “We’re looking forward to playing Sweet Home at Sweet Home this Thursday (September 26) as the two undefeated teams match up for the first time this season.”

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Hood Avenue Art Craig Fox Had a Wife 7:30 p.m. Silent Echo Theater Company production by local playright Beverly Allen about the unseen wounds of war. Suggested donation $5 includes refreshments. Call 310-710-2874 for more info.

Cork Cellars Live Music with Mike Biggers & Jim Cornelius 6:30-8:30 p.m. No cover! For information call 541-549-2675 or go online to corkcellarswinebistro.com.

Sisters Saloon Live Music with Derek Michael Marc 7 to 10 p.m. For more info call 541-549-7427 or go to sisterssaloon.net.

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.

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

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Fika Sisters Coffeehouse Coffee & Connections at Jobb 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Connect with remote workers & other professionals. For more info call 541-588-0311.

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

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Galleries and shops feature live entertainment and refreshments, every fourth Friday of the month! For additional information go to sistersartsassociation.org.

Hood Avenue Art Artists’ Reception with The Watercolor Society of Oregon 4 to 7 p.m. With live entertainment and refreshments! For more info go to hoodavenueart.com.

Fika Sisters Coffeehouse Game Night until 8 p.m. Bring your own games & friends or find them there! Call 541-5880311 for more information.

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Hayden Sharp had longest play of night vs. Crook County.

Outlaws fall to Cowboys on the gridiron

By Rongi Yost Correspondent

The Outlaws were defeated 7-0 by Crook County on Friday, September 20 — but they didn’t make it easy for the Cowboys.

Crook County, in their previous two games, held both Cottage Grove and Ridgeview scoreless, with scores of 39-0, and 49-0, and they may have been expecting another easy victory.

The Outlaws defense did an extraordinary job and held the Cowboys to just seven points.

The Cowboys scored their TD with 3:38 left in the first half. They recovered a fumble on the Outlaws 35-yard line and drove down the field for the score.

Sisters’ defense played a great second half and held the Cowboys scoreless. In the final quarter, with just a few minutes left on the clock, the Outlaws had a 50-yard run by Hayden Sharp all the way down to the Cowboys’ 12-yard line, but just couldn’t punch it in, and Crook County recorded the win.

It was a rough night for the Outlaws offense, who would have several good plays in a row, but then would fumble the ball or suffer a penalty. They had three turnovers in the contest, and several penalties held them back offensively.

Ethan Martin did an outstanding job for the Outlaws.

Martin was in attack-mode the entire game and was a terror on defense. Ethan finished the night with two tackles behind the line of scrimmage, two sacks, and seven tackles (five solo).

Coach Neil Fendall said, “Our defense knew what they (Cowboys) were going to run, and we broke them down a couple of times. And, our defense blew it up pretty nice in the red zone with a couple of sacks. We’ve had

two weeks in a row with pretty good defense, and we just have to get better on offense.”

The Outlaws will host Sweet Home on Friday, September 27.

To the Editor: Thanks to Sue Stafford for bringing attention to the housing needs of seniors living in our community.

Everyone deserves the opportunity to age with dignity in their own home and community. Sisters Habitat for Humanity’s strategy is to offer repairs and modifications in homes of qualified individuals through our Home Repair Program. Projects such as improving bathroom accessibility, stabilizing staircases and building a ramp afford older adults the opportunity to age safely in their homes by reducing certain risks.

The model is similar to the homeownership program, as we offer affordable home repairs to individuals that need assistance with 0% interest loans. To qualify, you must live in an owner-occupied home, meet financial guidelines, and be willing to contribute a certain amount of sweat equity to the project.

The process is easy! Please go online to our website – www.sistershabitat.org. Click on the Home Repair icon to read the guidelines.

The pamphlet is also available at our office, 141 W. Main Ave. If you want to pursue the program or want more information please call the office to set up an appointment with Marie 541-549-1193.

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To the Editor: Hats off to Erik Pronold and his controlled, clear, calm, armed handling of the man who forcefully broke into his home in the middle of the night. And hats off to the editor for including very important details in the article about how, exactly, Erik handled the situation and kept it from escalating.

We can all learn from Erik’s clear communication with the man, Lucie, dispatch, and the deputies.

If we are going to be armed homeowners (and thank God for that right), we must know exactly how we will respond should we find ourselves in such an alarming situation. I am proud of Erik for de-escalating the situation without anyone being harmed, while at the same time ensuring his family’s safety above all.

I’m grateful a man like Erik is part of our community, and I pray the Pronold family is able to recover from the trauma of having someone breaking into their home. This story serves as a poignant reminder of why guns, in the hands of the right people, can be a really good thing.

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our forest road system, so we have to prioritize. However, our skilled forest heavyequipment crew and engineers completed the needed work this summer and the bevy of Prius-swallowing potholes was eradicated.

I was up at the Jack Lake trailhead during the past Sisters Folk Festival weekend returning from an early deer hunt and counted 33 vehicles with a wide diversity of passengers in the parking lot. There were man-buns and soccer moms; crusty PCT through-hikers; trail-runners; birders with binoculars; golden retrievers and mutts; deer hunters with long-range, sniper-style rifles; flatbeds; stocktrailers; and Subarus; and the most adorable three-generation family hiking down the trail to fill their plastic jack-o’lantern buckets with the last plump huckleberries of the season.

It’s days like these that remind me that public lands truly offer something for everyone, regardless of how people like to spend their precious free time. How might this trailhead look differently next year with the implementation of the recent Central Cascades Wilderness Strategies Project decision?

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It’s been another productive summer here, and even with shorter days and cooler temperatures on the horizon, we have a full plate of work planned for the fall. One of the tasks we accomplished this summer was muchneeded major road maintenance on the 1234 road to Jack Lake trailhead, which accesses Canyon Creek Meadows, Wasco Lake, the Pacific Crest Trail, and many other popular wilderness destinations. Our road maintenance funds are sparse given the large footprint of

groups) allowed per day at that access point, the parking lot could look very similar in early September.

What else has been happening on the Sisters Ranger District? We recently authorized a project to remove dead, dying, and diseased trees from 250 acres around Suttle Lake, Dark Lake, and Scout Lake and plan to implement this in winter and spring 2020. We, along with our wonderful volunteers from Friends of Metolius and beyond, are restoring the Black Butte cupola lookout, a logistical feat given the lack of road access and power. We are also currently replacing the trail bridge over Indian Ford Creek at Indian Ford Campground which will provide better stock, bike, and hiking access on the Sisters Tie Trail. And we worked with our partners at Sisters Trails Alliance to install a

permanent bathroom at the Whychus Overlook trailhead. Speaking of trails, e-bikes are still currently prohibited on all designated non-motorized trails and roads on National Forest System lands, regardless of recent changes with the Department of Interior.

Our pilot project to staff our visitor information services at our front desk on Saturdays this summer was an overwhelming success with over 700 visitors served just on eight Saturdays, and we hope to continue this service in 2020. We have been working hard at consolidating the equipment and supplies on our compound as we are in the process of selling the northern portion of our ranger station administrative site and have a willing buyer.

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Stories from Camp Sherman The final installment in a series of articles by the middle school students of Black Butte School

Camp Sherman History

By Rope Chew & Lily Henderson

Duney the deer would walk into the Fosters’ home and sit by the fire.

Duney the Deer

By Emily Bourdage

The Black Butte School students interviewed Sylvia and Leon Foster.

They were really nice and answered our questions with a lot of details.

We documented what they said in class and took careful notes.

They had a lot of life stories to share with us, and have been in this area for many decades. They have grown to love the community and talked about all the friendly neighbors around. Hearing about their many memories was really exciting.

Sylvia Foster talked about interacting with a lot of animals. One of the animals she remembers very well is a pretty young doe named Duney that would often visit their home and loved people. She belonged to the community.

“Duney was shot when she was a fawn, and was put back together, so she thought people were her best

friend,” Sylvia Foster explained. The deer was so friendly that she would walk into their home and sit by the fire.

Sylvia talked about setting a blanket down in the kitchen and letting the deer sit and watch the children around the house. Duney really loved the Fosters’ kids.

When Duney was an adult deer, she would come back every spring with a new set of twins. She would teach her babies that humans were safe and to not be afraid of them.

They followed in her tracks.

Sylvia brought in a picture of Duney for the class to see. It was a very old and faded picture of the young deer lying down on the floor.

We all loved it.

Duney was a very smart and trusting wild deer who left Sylvia and Leon with a really good story to tell.

In 1912 ranchers from Sherman County came here to build summer homes on the majestic Metolius River.

In the late 1960s, when the Fosters moved here, Metolius Meadows was not a peaceful neighborhood; it was a field of mint. Also there were only the church, school, store, post office, the resorts and trailer park, and a few cabins along the place.

When Leon and Sylvia moved here this town was about half the size it is now. In 2010 Camp Sherman had about 233 people, so in 1968 there were about 116 people.

The Fosters bought Cold Springs Resort and lived there, after their home, the Hoodoo Lodge, burned down. They built a footbridge in 1968, to get across the river.

Black Butte School has been around for about 100 years.

There have been three Black Butte schools. The current school building was made in 1950 and was a two-room schoolhouse. Currently the school has three rooms, a solarium, a wood structure, and merry-go-round. [Editor’s note: A new playground is in the works.]

Student reporters interviewed Leon and Sylvia Foster about their long life in Central Oregon. These photos accompanied a 1978 Ruralite article.

Planes, Horses, & Automobiles

The Snowstorm of 1970

By Joseph Yoder In 1970 there was a huge snowstorm and everybody was snowed in. It snowed 58 inches in one night. The roads were not plowed.

Leon Foster said, “The whole community was in desperate straits.”

Leon managed to drive to Hoodoo. He drove a John Deere crawler from Hoodoo to Camp Sherman in a snowstorm to plow the roads.

There was so much snow that when Leon drove back to Champ Sherman, Sylvia could only see the smokestack of the crawler. Leon said, “There was so much snow that I used up most of my diesel.”

After this he was the town hero because he plowed all of the residents’ roads!

The Fosters’ Hobbies

By Scott Henderson During our interview with Sylvia Foster, she told us about her horse. She and her family lived next to Black Butte School. They lived next to the modernday fishing pond; the school was just a short walk through a meadow.

Her kids had to cross a creek to get to school. They walked on a board across the creek.

The family horse was an appaloosa. He would follow the kids to school across the creek, but the board was only 12 inches and the horse had really big hooves. One day his foot missed the middle of the board he was standing on.

“He went in upside down into the creek,” said Leon.

Then he came up sputtering.

On very nice days, the students of Black Butte School would work outside. One time a plane landed in the river because they thought that it was the pavement. But everyone was okay that was in the plane and on the ground.

Another day, “There was a problem with a car in the river,” said Sylvia. Then the school went down to the river to watch and do their Spanish lesson. “They had their tablets and pencils, and they were still doing their work, but they were watching what was happening,” she said.

“It was unpredictable,” Sylvia said of Black Butte School in days gone by. “You never knew what to expect.”

By Makiha Matayo Vance (Ki) When we interviewed Leon he told us how he likes to fly-fish, and how he didn’t do it a lot because he was always busy doing chores at the resort.

His wife Sylvia said, “I asked for a fly rod for my birthday and I got one.” Sylvia also had a straw hat that fell off when she was fishing. While she was still fishing she was trying to get her hat out of the water, but when she picked it up it was full of water. She put it on and all the water went down her shirt.

Sylvia said, “I never really had time to do hobbies,” but now she knits and crochets and “things like that, typical oldlady things to do.”

Merry, Messy Christmas

By Jojo Souza The Black Butte School winter performance has been going on for decades, and it is a tradition. Leon and Sylvia told us about one of their memories of the winter performance.

During one of them, the Santa, Fred Beamer, had a couple drinks too many and got drunk. He knocked over the Christmas tree. It had all the ornaments and all the lights on it.

“It was a big mess” said Leon and Sylvia’s son, Mark Foster.

“If there was a party everybody was invited,” Sylvia said.

FALL WORDFIND! Our Reporters: Emily, Jojo, Scott, Lily, Ki, Joseph and Rope

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KIDS IN PRINT

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Stories from Camp Sherman The final installment in a series of articles by the middle school students of Black Butte School

Camp Sherman History

By Rope Chew & Lily Henderson

Duney the deer would walk into the Fosters’ home and sit by the fire.

Duney the Deer

By Emily Bourdage

The Black Butte School students interviewed Sylvia and Leon Foster.

They were really nice and answered our questions with a lot of details.

We documented what they said in class and took careful notes.

They had a lot of life stories to share with us, and have been in this area for many decades. They have grown to love the community and talked about all the friendly neighbors around. Hearing about their many memories was really exciting.

Sylvia Foster talked about interacting with a lot of animals. One of the animals she remembers very well is a pretty young doe named Duney that would often visit their home and loved people. She belonged to the community.

“Duney was shot when she was a fawn, and was put back together, so she thought people were her best

friend,” Sylvia Foster explained. The deer was so friendly that she would walk into their home and sit by the fire.

Sylvia talked about setting a blanket down in the kitchen and letting the deer sit and watch the children around the house. Duney really loved the Fosters’ kids.

When Duney was an adult deer, she would come back every spring with a new set of twins. She would teach her babies that humans were safe and to not be afraid of them.

They followed in her tracks.

Sylvia brought in a picture of Duney for the class to see. It was a very old and faded picture of the young deer lying down on the floor.

We all loved it.

Duney was a very smart and trusting wild deer who left Sylvia and Leon with a really good story to tell.

In 1912 ranchers from Sherman County came here to build summer homes on the majestic Metolius River.

In the late 1960s, when the Fosters moved here, Metolius Meadows was not a peaceful neighborhood; it was a field of mint. Also there were only the church, school, store, post office, the resorts and trailer park, and a few cabins along the place.

When Leon and Sylvia moved here this town was about half the size it is now. In 2010 Camp Sherman had about 233 people, so in 1968 there were about 116 people.

The Fosters bought Cold Springs Resort and lived there, after their home, the Hoodoo Lodge, burned down. They built a footbridge in 1968, to get across the river.

Black Butte School has been around for about 100 years.

There have been three Black Butte schools. The current school building was made in 1950 and was a two-room schoolhouse. Currently the school has three rooms, a solarium, a wood structure, and merry-go-round. [Editor’s note: A new playground is in the works.]

Student reporters interviewed Leon and Sylvia Foster about their long life in Central Oregon. These photos accompanied a 1978 Ruralite article.

Planes, Horses, & Automobiles

The Snowstorm of 1970

By Joseph Yoder In 1970 there was a huge snowstorm and everybody was snowed in. It snowed 58 inches in one night. The roads were not plowed.

Leon Foster said, “The whole community was in desperate straits.”

Leon managed to drive to Hoodoo. He drove a John Deere crawler from Hoodoo to Camp Sherman in a snowstorm to plow the roads.

There was so much snow that when Leon drove back to Champ Sherman, Sylvia could only see the smokestack of the crawler. Leon said, “There was so much snow that I used up most of my diesel.”

After this he was the town hero because he plowed all of the residents’ roads!

The Fosters’ Hobbies

By Scott Henderson During our interview with Sylvia Foster, she told us about her horse. She and her family lived next to Black Butte School. They lived next to the modernday fishing pond; the school was just a short walk through a meadow.

Her kids had to cross a creek to get to school. They walked on a board across the creek.

The family horse was an appaloosa. He would follow the kids to school across the creek, but the board was only 12 inches and the horse had really big hooves. One day his foot missed the middle of the board he was standing on.

“He went in upside down into the creek,” said Leon.

Then he came up sputtering.

On very nice days, the students of Black Butte School would work outside. One time a plane landed in the river because they thought that it was the pavement. But everyone was okay that was in the plane and on the ground.

Another day, “There was a problem with a car in the river,” said Sylvia. Then the school went down to the river to watch and do their Spanish lesson. “They had their tablets and pencils, and they were still doing their work, but they were watching what was happening,” she said.

“It was unpredictable,” Sylvia said of Black Butte School in days gone by. “You never knew what to expect.”

By Makiha Matayo Vance (Ki) When we interviewed Leon he told us how he likes to fly-fish, and how he didn’t do it a lot because he was always busy doing chores at the resort.

His wife Sylvia said, “I asked for a fly rod for my birthday and I got one.” Sylvia also had a straw hat that fell off when she was fishing. While she was still fishing she was trying to get her hat out of the water, but when she picked it up it was full of water. She put it on and all the water went down her shirt.

Sylvia said, “I never really had time to do hobbies,” but now she knits and crochets and “things like that, typical oldlady things to do.”

Merry, Messy Christmas

By Jojo Souza The Black Butte School winter performance has been going on for decades, and it is a tradition. Leon and Sylvia told us about one of their memories of the winter performance.

During one of them, the Santa, Fred Beamer, had a couple drinks too many and got drunk. He knocked over the Christmas tree. It had all the ornaments and all the lights on it.

“It was a big mess” said Leon and Sylvia’s son, Mark Foster.

“If there was a party everybody was invited,” Sylvia said.

FALL WORDFIND! Our Reporters: Emily, Jojo, Scott, Lily, Ki, Joseph and Rope

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Sisters salutes…

Tea & Poetry brightens a cloudy day

By T. Lee Brown Correspondent

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• Matt and Sue Wessell wrote: We would like to thank Thomas Landon and all the employees of Dairy Queen in Sisters! Our son, Craig, works at Dairy Queen and relies on his bicycle to get back and forth from work.

A few weeks ago, Craig’s bike was stolen. As this was his primary means of transportation, he was in a bit of a bind for a while.

Thomas organized an effort to have folks at DQ contribute money in order to cover the costs of a new bike for Craig. The employees of DQ came through in a big way.

The generosity of all the people who helped Craig to buy a new bike is something that we greatly appreciate and we say “THANK YOU” to Thomas Landon and the people at Dairy Queen!

• Carla Merrell wrote: This note is to the town and townsfolk of Sisters.

After 25 years of Sisters citizenship, I am moving to another small town to be closer to family and start my new job. The opportunities that are before me are a culmination of my time and what I’ve learned here in Sisters Country.

Jim Cornelius, you have always inspired me with your words and authenticity and more recently as you taught me courage through accepting truth. I am stronger because of you.

Jean Wells, you amaze me with what you have done.

I believe Sisters is what it is today due largely to you.

Your business skill and bravery with art stimulate me to try. Daly Haasch of Ace Hardware and Wes and Tegan Johnston of The Pony Express, you know how to take on change in business with determination, style and dignity. These qualities will always keep your businesses strong and you do it with the best customer service ever.

Rosie Horton of Common Threads, you’ve given me utter delight with your window displays for decades.

Your style adds beauty to my life. Tyler Hoyt, you are a good and humble man with a mountain-sized heart who carried me with kindness when I needed it most.

Theresa Robertson of The Hair Caché and Tracy Curtis of Barefoot in Sisters, your principles of goodness and hope have enriched my life. You took the time to see me when I was losing myself and that has made all the difference. To each and every one of you, thank you for what you’ve taught me over the years. I take it with me to my new home town where I will plant it, water it and watch it blossom and bear fruit.

To the general citizenry of Sisters: You have a gem in this town. It is beautiful and full of talented, wonderful people. Yes, others will want to continue to come here and call it home, too.

Folks blended their own herbal teas, read haiku onstage, and taste-tested chai at Sisters Farmers Market last Sunday, the secondtill-last market of the 2019 season. Krayna Castelbaum led a “poetry playshop,” and winners of the Food & Farms Haiku Contest were announced. The judge was the State of Oregon’s official poet laureate, Kim Stafford.

Deschutes Public Library set up a poetry activity booth where kids wrote poems on paper leaves. Sisters Ukulele Group sang and played throughout the day, including a rousing set on the main stage, their setlist roaming from island songs to “Country Roads.”

Mountain Rose Herbs of Eugene donated plentiful materials including echinacea, rooibos, and rosebuds so that marketgoers could mix up their own teas. Market volunteer Susan Prince helped folks find herbs, fill in labels, and make a customized herbal blend to take home and enjoy over the long winter.

During their tea-blending experience, participants could listen to haiku being read aloud or learn about the medicinal qualities and

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Amy Lee Stahl and her son, Owen, created their own herbal tea blends at the farmers market. history of the herbs on offer.

The activity was inspired by local resident Katie Diez, who could not be present this weekend.

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the poster for the event.

Displays were set up by active partners of STA including Central Oregon Trails Association (COTA), Oregon Equestrian Trails (OET), and Sisters Park and Recreation District. Three amazing gift baskets, each filled with donations from numerous local businesses and worth well over $1,000, were raffled off to lucky winners who paid $10 for three chances on a hiker, cyclist, or equestrian basket.

During the event, early trail proponent John Rahm of Sisters told the assembled crowd, “What we have is a mature destination trail system… People come to Sisters because of our trails. One person moved here because of the trails.”

Rahm gave those assembled a detailed history of the origins and development of the trail, crediting Eurosports owner Brad Boyd with getting the first “lollipop” section of the trail constructed in two years, beginning in 1989.

Volunteers, partnerships, donations and grants have literally built the PRT. Thankyous were plentiful and heartfelt on Saturday. Thousands of volunteer hours have contributed to the construction and maintenance of the trail system. Currently, each section of trail has an STA volunteer who surveys their section regularly and sees to the maintenance.

STA President Catherine Hayden shared, “I am

thankful for our collaboration with the Forest Service.

I value the strong relationship with them.”

Thanks were also extended for significant financial support from former Sisters resident Mike Ilg, The Roundhouse Foundation and Kathy Deggendorfer, and cycling advocate Jerry Norquist and Cycle Oregon.

Amy Radke, Recreation Team leader with the Sisters Ranger District, echoed Hayden’s sentiment from the Forest Service perspective, thankful for the partnership.

She has been able to build on the relationships formed through the partnership with STA. “What we have is an incredible trail system with important cultural sites,” Radke said.

She talked about how the PRT increases the USFS capacity for recreational opportunities. She cited the stability of the STA with its membership, finances, and ability to get grants all adding value to the Deschutes National Forest.

Former Sisters District Ranger Bill Anthony, an avid cyclist, and Rahm, were instrumental in the formation of the partnership between the USFS and STA. Among those in the park on Saturday were longtime STA members and a number of relative newcomers to Sisters who either had already joined the STA or came to check it out and planned to join. One couple visiting from Eugene stopped by with their young son.

Mountain-biker David Purviance, who brought his World’s Children nonprofit to Sisters, said, “I appreciate

what they (STA) have done.”

He and his wife, Jean, plan to join STA. Mary and Michael Fry, who are building a home in Aspen Lakes, have been coming to Sisters to vacation for 20 years and moved here permanently a year-and-a-half ago. They enjoy the trails on their mountain bikes and came Saturday to “learn about the outfit.”

The trailhead for the PRT, currently located on the south side of Sisters off Elm Street and Tyee Drive, will have a new location in spring 2020, a little further south on Elm (Three Creek Road), to remove it from the Buck Run neighborhood. The new trailhead will offer more parking and restroom facilities, but is still close to town.

Other future plans include improved equestrian trails and two new trails to provide more connections on the Whychus Creek and BrooksScanlon trails. A new regional organization is forming, the Deschutes Trails Coalition.

Karen Matheson Thrower has been using the trails since the late 1990s, when she came to visit her parents who lived in Sisters. Her dad built the play structure in Village Green Park. She moved from Portland three years ago and joined the STA. She is on the trails regularly with her dogs or bike. She thinks “the trail system is an incredible resource.”

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T h e S i s t e r s Tr a i l s Alliance was recently awarded the Big Chainring Award for nonprofits by the Deschutes County Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee (BPAC).

Since 1996, the annual Big Chainring Award has recognized individuals, businesses, and public agencies that make important contributions toward improving bicycling and walking conditions, encouraging children or adults to walk and ride their bikes, and making Deschutes County communities healthier and happier.

According to the BPAC recognition, “The Sisters Trails Alliance has long been an outstanding example of dedicated volunteers creating an incredible community resource. Gary Guttormsen and Patrick Eckford, the STA trail coordinators, are two of the individuals behind this success. Gary has devoted an incredible amount of time, energy, talent and

imagination to the preservation and promotion of our public forests and lands.

Patrick has been instrumental in securing a grant for a new trailhead facility at Peterson Ridge and is working with the Forest Service to gain approval for new trails.”

BPAC is comprised of 13 volunteer citizen members with regional representatives from across Deschutes County. Their mission is to promote and encourage safe bicycling and walking as a significant means of transportation in Deschutes County.

The committee serves to advise Deschutes County, the cities of Bend, La Pine, Redmond, and Sisters, plus the Oregon Department of Transportation concerning bicycling and walking interests and priorities, as well as stimulating public awareness.

The City of Sisters received the Big Chainring Award several years ago for their accomplishments in cycling and walking priorities and safety as a public agency.

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Wednesday, September 25, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

Wednesday, September 25, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

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Commentary...

Madison, robocalls and the First Amendment

By Pete Shepherd Columnist

By Sue Stafford Correspondent

• This Saturday, September 28, from 8 a.m. to noon, join in the Fall Cleanup around town and in the surrounding forests, sponsored by Sisters Park & Recreation District.

Participate as an individual, group, business, or school.

Supplies and assignments will be provided at SPRD at 8 a.m.

To register online visit www.sistersrecreation.com; register by phone at 541-5492091; or in person at 1750 W. McKinney Butte Rd. • The job opening for a Senior Planner in the City’s Community Development Department has been posted and will close October 7.

Contact Kerry Prosser, city recorder, for more information, 541-323-5213.

• The Planning Commission is continuing to review the text of the Development Code to find outdated codes or language that should be removed or updated. At their meeting last Thursday, they looked at rear setback standards for accessory dwelling units (ADUs), mix of housing types required in Master Plans in the multifamily residential zone, as well as requirements for stand-alone residential use in the commercial district.

• Planning commissioners also reviewed proposed changes required to the code language in chapter 2.10 of the Development Code dealing with the Special Flood Hazard Overlay. The proposed amendments will go to City Council and return to the Planning Commission for a formal public hearing. The amendments must be adopted in order for Sisters residents living in the overlay area to qualify for federal flood insurance. Commissioners discussed new rules issued by the Federal Communications Commission affecting landuse processes and requirements for telecommunication equipment.

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Robocalls — I detest them. You probably do, too.

If James Madison had had a cell phone when he was writing the First Amendment, he’d have pulled his powdered hair out in frustration over the frequent interruptions.

These breaches of our peace and quiet were still two centuries in the future when Madison’s quill pen scratched out his first draft.

Robocallers have now joined publishers, readers, debaters, protesters, dissenters and many others in claiming the guarantee of free speech that Madison helped graft to our federal Constitution.

Legislators in Montana and Wyoming recently ran smack into Madison’s handiwork when they tried to stop the flood tide of robocalls. They banned robocalls for commercial and political purposes. Legislators in both states allowed robocalls to continue for other purposes, such as charitable fundraising.

That didn’t sit well with Victory Processing, a

political consulting firm that used robocalls in both states.

The company dusted off Madison’s First Amendment and put it to work to brush back Montana and Wyoming.

Victory Processing argued that both laws were invalid because they violated the company’s free-speech rights.

The First Amendment prevents governments from “abridging the freedom of speech.” The company wanted to speak through robocalls. It had a strong argument. The states, back on their heels from the start because of the plain language of the First Amendment, claimed their laws were focused like lasers on avoiding the problems unwanted robocalls cause in the form of overflowing answering machines and busy phones.

It wasn’t enough. Federal judges observed that charitable robocalls allowed by Wyoming and Montana filled answering machines and tied up phones in the same way as the commercial and political calls that the states had banned. What’s more, the judges concluded that legislators had cherry-picked

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banned calls on the basis of their content. Speakers on some subjects could use robocalls. Speakers on other subjects couldn’t.

Interpretations of the First Amendment have become more and more complex in the years since Madison put his pen to paper. One principle is crystal clear: it is very difficult to justify laws that muzzle peaceful speech about one subject and yet allow people to freely sing out in the same way on a different subject.

If Madison were alive today, he might suggest that we look to California for laws that do not violate the First Amendment. California skinned the First Amendment cat by requiring a real person to begin calls. The guts of the message can be delivered by a robot, but not until after a real live person has made the connection and establishes

that you want to hear the recorded information.

Some historians think Madison was too much cowboy and not enough horse — that is, great on theory, and not so hot when it came to putting theory into practice by actually moving down the trail. So it is in California.

Robocalls still happen. But that is a problem of practical enforcement, not of constitutional law and the First Amendment.

Citizens for Community and The Nugget have joined forces to sponsor a forum on the First Amendment. It will be held on Thursday, October 24, at the Sisters Fire Hall.

The event begins at 5:30 p.m.

Madison is unlikely to attend, but his spirit will certainly be the loudest voice in the room.

Wa t c h T h e N u g g e t for more about the First Amendment event. Just don’t wait for a robocall invitation!

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Pumpkin is a healthy fruit

By Jodi Schneider Correspondent

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Camp Sherman Hasty Team members trained at the airport.

SAR TRAINING: Camp Sherman outfit trains hard for work Continued from page 1

rescues should the situation call for it. The coordinated training with Life Flight provided crucial insight to the basics of operating near a “hot LZ” — helicopter blades are spinning — and what loading patients and SAR members would involve.

The Life Flight crew and SAR team had the opportunity to load simulated patients into the aircraft utilizing a variety of methods, and learned first-hand from the flight crew how to

effectively communicate with them. Depending on the scenario and terrain, some SAR team members may have to deliver patients in precarious conditions, and they have to be familiar with landing zone operations for it to run smoothly and timely.

“The value of this training is to speed up our efficiency in transferring patients from remote areas and getting them out for immediate treatment,” said Pond.

Pond also says the partnership with Life Flight is a valuable one and a valuable resource in their operation.

“Sometimes its a matter of life and death,” he said. “This is really important and crucial training.”

Now that it’s September, pumpkins and pumpkin-flavored things are everywhere.

It’s pumpkin-spice season, and that means all things pumpkin and pumpkin-spiceflavored items have arrived on store shelves and in coffee shops.

They appear in pumpkin patches, get served up in pies, and get carved into jacko’-lanterns for Halloween.

Pumpkins can do it all. And pumpkin-mania shows no signs of slowing, with loads of new products having joined in with pumpkin flavor. There are pumpkin ice creams, baking mixes, pasta, pumpkin muffins and pumpkin beer. There is even a pumpkin-flavored dog food.

Pumpkins are believed to have originated in North America. Seeds from related plants have been found in Mexico dating back to 7,000 to 5,500 B.C. First-nations people used pumpkin as a staple in their diets centuries before the Pilgrims landed. They also ate pumpkin seeds and used them as medicine.

One of the first American

folk songs, “Forefathers Song,” from 1630, has these lyrics: “We have pumpkins at morning and pumpkins at noon/If it was not for pumpkins we should be undone.”

It’s true: Without pumpkins, many of the early settlers might not have survived.

Big pumpkins are usually used for carving and small ones are used for pies. Then there are the true pumpkin giants. Every year farmers compete to see who can grow the biggest pumpkin – taking their monster squash to fairs in flatbed trucks. The world record for pumpkins is just over 2,200 pounds, about the same weight as a full-grown polar bear!

Some people think of pumpkins as little more than a Halloween decoration or a Thanksgiving pie-filling.

However, it may be time to rethink this plump, nutritious orange plant.

Pumpkins are a natural noguilt food and packed with nutrients, especially betacarotene and fiber. Half a cup of pumpkin provides 200 percent of the current recommendation for vitamin A, along with lutein and zeaxanthin, which are pigments that promote eye health. Pumpkins

are rich in potassium, which helps your muscles contract and nerves fire. Even pumpkin seeds are nutritious.

Preparing fresh pumpkin at home will deliver the most benefits for your health, but canned pumpkin is also a great choice.

There is a range of ways to eat more pumpkin. You can make pumpkin soup or hummus, turn pumpkin puree into a pasta sauce, a chili or even make lasagna! Some people sweeten pumpkin with honey and toss it in their yogurt, others roast pumpkin seeds in salt and pepper, chili powder or cinnamon. Pancakes and scones are always a delicious addition to the pumpkin recipe list when trying to incorporate pumpkin into every meal of the day.

Whether growing in a field, displayed in a store or getting diced up for a pie, there are many ways to enjoy pumpkins.

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In 2016 he ran uncontested for a seat on the board.

Wilkins believes — though it is “hard to prove quantitatively” — that “we have the best district employees (dedicated, caring, competent, passionate) as well as the best community engagement, and the best students and families” in Oregon.

He quickly added, “That is not to say we don’t also have many areas where we could improve.”

Wilkins sees the board’s focus in the upcoming months including rolling out and implementing the new mission and vision that members of the board, community, and schools have been working on over the past two years.

“The successful implementation of the body of work that comprises the mission and vision is our primary focus because it represents the community’s input, the school employees input and even the students’ input,” he said. “It is a wonderful document that reflects the things that have gotten us to where we are and the areas where we need to go.”

Additionally, more attention is being paid to ensuring the district is addressing the social/emotional needs of the student population and finally, work continues to improve communication at all levels in the school community.

Funding schools is where the rubber meets the road, and Wilkins understands paying for schools has been a constant challenge in Oregon.

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Getting ahead of the Student Success Act process with an engaged budget committee will improve this process for even better results.”

O r e g o n ’s l a w m a k e r s approved the Student Success Act in May, which added $200 million to the state school fund for the 2019-20 academic year. The SSA will be more fully implemented the following year to the tune of an additional $1 billion in the school fund.

Wilkins also noted that the board’s role is to support school Superintendent Curt Scholl, as well as to hold him accountable to implement the collective goals the board has set with him.

Wilkins explained the school board’s function is three-fold. “We approve the budget (along with the budget committee), work on policy, and manage the superintendent,” he said.

Being a board member in a small community can be a challenge because the schools are such an integral part of the community, according to Wilkins.

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“You are dealing with two things that are very important to people: their kids and their money.

“This is where having clear lines of communication in both directions is key,” he said. “When people have ideas or concerns we must help them access the right people and know the proper lines of communication for those issues to be heard. In my opinion we should always be working to improve communication. We can never over-communicate.”

Getting ahead of the Student Success Act process with an engaged budget committee will improve this process for even better results.

— Jay Wilkins Wilkins clearly understands the importance also of the community partners the Sisters School District enjoys.

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F T O H S E E M T O E N L TH H T ★ OUTLAWS ★ A S P O N S O R E D B Y PA C W E S T B U I L D E R S

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Taylor will achieve amazing things because he puts the right feelings and needs of others above his own.

“Taylor has matured and shown his dedication to the sport of football. As the starting quarterback for the Outlaws he is constantly motivating his fellow teammates. The off-season work he put in really shows in his game play.”

Coach Ken Ruettgers s a i d : “ Ta y l o r Fendall is a tough, competitive leader as well as a studied student of the game. He reminds me of an offensive Mike Singletary.”

Coach Brian Holden said: “Hallie Swartz embodies everything a coach wants in a team leader. Not only is she a dynamic, creative and intelligent holding midfielder but she’s a hardworking, competitive athlete that plays with heart, determination and grit.

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Inspiring leadership from young Outlaws The Outlaws honor quarterback Taylor Fendall and soccer midfielder Hallie Swartz as Athletes of the Month.

Coach Eric Beckwith said of Fendall: “Taylor is a 45-year-old football genius trapped in a young man’s body. In all seriousness, Taylor’s biggest attribute is he is ‘Equal to all emergencies.’ What I mean by that he leads from a place of humility, he is positively intended, and people follow him because he will do anything for his teammates before

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As a captain, she leads with grace and compassion and has helped her team grow into a family of supportive, caring and positive young women that can win or lose with dignity and pride knowing that they’ve left everything on the pitch.

Hallie is amazing and is a pleasure to coach.”

She is also a three-sport athlete (soccer, basketball and track) and was all-conference in soccer as a junior for the Outlaws.

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The Summer Kick-off on May 16 saw a large number of sign-ups for summer programs with revenue collected for programs totaling $6,250.50, before official signups even began. Next year, this event will be combined with the Volunteer Fair and held in April before parents start making their summer plans.

Crest the Cascades on June 15 had 123 participants, up from 88 in 2018 and over double the net income at $5,844.

The Glory Daze Car Show in July had 70 entries (66 in 2017) and 425 attendees (180 in 2017) with a net income of $1,603. The Hawaiian Luau, a popular event with the community, is not a big incomeproducer, but could be with more volunteer help.

The goals for next year’s events include increased marketing and brand awareness, better capture of actual numbers, and additional elements to keep the events fresh and exciting.

The Senior Health Fair is scheduled for Thursday, October 10, 3-7 p.m., at the Sisters Fire Hall.

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HolyCow Ranch aids India orphanage

By Mike Zoormajian Correspondent

Jared Vogt didn’t come to Sisters with the intent of being a cattle rancher. Nor did he come to Sisters with the intent of starting a charity that is building an orphanage in India. But God had other plans.

Jared and his family arrived here five years ago from Salem to be part of Vast Church’s pastoral team.

Many of you know Jared as the youth pastor for Sisters and a familiar sight around town helping local kids. But a mission trip to southern India 14 years ago left Jared with a sense of unfinished business.

“I was struck with the kindness, generosity, and genuine love the people had.” said Vogt. “Our host family was living on $50 a month and caring for a significant number of orphans and elderly. The need was real, and difficult to understand for the average American.

Elderly people were committing suicide because they couldn’t get help or didn’t want to be a burden. Orphaned children had nowhere to live. We didn’t have much money to give at the time, but I saw that even small amounts were having a major impact on people’s lives.”

Vogt’s relationship with India and the people there grew. He stayed in touch. He raised money. He visited. He hosted Indian pastors at his house. But still, there was a longing to do more.

The “more” came in the form of two cows that walked into Jared’s life last year.

“I had always been interested in healthy eating, as well as humane and sustainable farm practices.” Vogt explained. “So when I had a

I had always been interested in healthy eating, as well as humane and sustainable farm practices.

— Jared Vogt chance to adopt a couple of cows last year, and a friend offered pastureland, I couldn’t See HOLYCOW on page 31

On October 2, RFD television will feature Sisters Rodeo, a production they filmed during the 2019 rodeo, including interviews, events and visits to Sisters. The program will air at 6:30 and 10:30 p.m.

RFD recently contracted with the PRCA (Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association) to cover National Finals Rodeo beginning in 2020.

The station focuses on rural news, events and challenges throughout the nation. It has had a surge of growth in popularity since its inception in 1999.

Sponsorship for this project includes Sisters Rodeo, Sisters Chamber of Commerce and Central Oregon Visitors Association.

Sisters Rodeo will begin June 10 with Xtreme Bulls, followed by four rodeo performances June 12-14. Ticket sales will begin in December.

For tickets and information go to www.sistersrodeo.com or call the ticket hotline at 541549-0121 or 1-800-827-7522.

The ticket office is at 220 W. Cascade Ave. in Sisters.

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Forest Service attacks weeds along Metolius The Deschutes National Forest will apply herbicides to invasive plants within an area adjacent to the Metolius River and the Metolius River Trail during the first week in October.

From October 1-4, the Sisters Ranger District will use two herbicides (Roundup Custom and Polaris) to treat invasive non-native ribbongrass, reed canarygrass and yellow flag iris on approximately two acres near the Metolius River. The two herbicides being used were approved through an environmental analysis in 2005 and a supplemental environmental analysis in 2012, according to the Forest Service.

Treatments will take place in select locations from just upstream of the confluence with South Fork Lake Creek downstream to Candle Creek Campground.

The method of treatment will be spot applications with a backpack or hand-sprayer.

It involves application of herbicide to foliage of target invasive plants to minimize effects to native plants.

The applied herbicides will dry within an hour of being applied and do not pose a risk to human or animal health under the concentrations being applied, the Forest Service reports. The Metolius River Trail will remain open during treatment, but the public should remain on the trail during active treatment operations and keep dogs leashed.

Blue dye is added to the herbicides to make treatment areas clearly visible.

Ribbongrass, reed canarygrass and yellow flag iris are invasive plants overtaking native sedges, wildflowers, and shrubs within the river’s riparian habitats.

These non-native species out-compete most native species, and the Forest Service says they present a major challenge in protecting the ecosystem of the Metolius River. Restoring and protecting the Metolius Wild and Scenic River and its values including fish, wildlife, water quality, ecology, scenery, and cultural values is a priority of the Deschutes National Forest.

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Obituary

By Jacqueline E. Mathews, Tribune News Service

Mac E. Heitzhausen

February 16, 1937 — August 29, 2019

weekends umping baseball, including Little League, Babe Ruth, American Legion, high school, community and jr. colleges, NAIA and NCAA. One of his highest achievements was U.S.A. vs. Korea, Olympic exhibition game at Civic Stadium in 1994.

Collectively, he umpired approximately 1,700 games throughout his career!

He loved the game of golf and made many friends through this endeavor while living at both Aspen Lakes Golf Course and Eagle Crest. Mac golfed yearround, weather permitting, sometimes playing over 250 rounds.

He is survived by his brother Fred; his wife of 58 years, Raydene; his son Chuck; daughter Cheryl; and grandchildren Nick, Sara, and Angela.

A Celebration of Life is scheduled for 2 p.m., Sat., September 28, at Community Presbyterian Church, 529 NW 19th St., Redmond.

In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully suggests contributions may be made to Partners in Care, 2075 NE Wyatt Ct. Bend, OR 97701 or Beta Pi Chapter of Sigma Chi, 312 NW 25th, Corvallis, OR.

Queen Riann’s final service

By Bonnie Malone Correspondent

In a heartfelt speech to the people gathered for the coronation of the new rodeo queen, Queen Riann Cornett described her service as the ambassador for Sisters Rodeo in 2019.

She spoke about the unexpected support she received from rodeo members after her horse misbehaved at one performance at Sisters, rearing as she presented the American flag and being intractible.

“When I left the arena, so many rodeo members and volunteers told me I did a wonderful job of handling my horse and how impressed the crowd was,” she said. “That meant so much to me.”

She then told the current contestants, “If you are chosen, you are going to have the best year of your life.”

Riann met a greater challenge when her knee was dislocated as she was rounding up cattle at Crooked River Roundup, the next PRCA rodeo after Sisters.

“I went through a gate, and my knee hit the frame. I was not able to ride for the next eight weeks. I rode in parades in vehicles and attended queens’ luncheons, so I was still able to support Sisters and other queens at other rodeos.

I finally rode again at Canby Rodeo.”

Rodeo queens are athletes, many of them lettering in sports at their high schools or colleges. They have learned to persevere in their lives and carry that with them when they become rodeo royalty.

Their horsemanship skills are welcomed at rodeos, where they help herd cattle and move livestock as part of the arena crew.

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Mac Heitzhausen passed away at his home at Eagle Crest on August 29.

Mac was born in Billings, Montana to Fred and Grace Heitzhausen.

Mac was a man of faith, family, friends, fraternity, baseball and golf. Mac grew up in Portland and spent nine summers on his family farm near Omaha, Nebraska. He attended Irvington Grade School where he was elected president of the student body, Grant High School, and Oregon State University, graduating in 1959 with a degree in business. He joined Sigma Chi Fraternity while at Oregon State and was an active lifelong member supporting the undergraduates of both the Beta Pi Chapter at OSU as well as undergraduates throughout the country. He received the Distinguished Order of Constantine award in 1983, the highest honor given to alumni for service to the fraternity.

After graduation from OSU, he went to work for U.S. Bank. During his career, he held various positions at branches throughout the Portland metro area, as well as in Coos Bay and Brookings, ending his career as vice president of the Corporate Banking Division.

He began his avocation as a baseball umpire in the 1970s, and this lasted for 40 years, both in the greater Portland area and Central Oregon. Mac spent many weekdays and multiple

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Retired couple wants to rent Three Rivers Humane Society 205 Garage & Estate Sales Where love finds a home! See the furnished home for June, July, 3-Bedroom, 2.5-Bath House. August, doggies at 1694 SE McTaggart 2020.

Dates are Yard Sale in Sisters. Corner of 1,802 sq. ft. 2-car garage, large negotiable. Would do light house S. Elm St. & E. St. Helens Ave., in Madras • A No-kill Shelter rooms. $379,500. 541-480-8890. and yard work. Please call 1 block south of fire hall.

Go to ThreeRiversHS.org Thurs.Sat. 9/26-9/28.

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104 Vacation Rentals 500 Services knives, binoculars, lots of misc.

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Stihl, Briggs & Stratton, 541-549-3575 NuggetNews.com Honda, Tecumseh Workshop space, newer unit in Black Butte 202 Firewood Sisters Light Industrial Park.

WINDOW CLEANING 1,383 sq. ft., $1,200/mo.

FIREWOOD, dry or green Commercial & Residential.

Available Nov.1 Lodgepole, juniper, pine.

18 years experience, references Call 541-385-6006 Cut & split. Delivery included. available. Safe, reliable, friendly. eaglecreekfire@yahoo.com MINI STORAGE Free estimates. 541-241-0426 2006 Sundowner SunLite Sisters Storage & Rental SISTERS FOREST PRODUCTS 2-Horse Straight-Load Trailer.

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DRIVE-IN WOOD SALES Call Wendy, 541-923-8675 541-297-3306 On-site management.

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403 Pets 541-549-6624 PONDEROSA PROPERTIES 501 Computers & A CARING ENVIRONMENT –Monthly Rentals Available– Communications for your treasured Best Friends 204 Arts & Antiques Call Debbie at 541-549-2002 in your home while you're away!

Technology Problems?

Full details, 24 hrs./day, go to: Sisters-Tumalo-Petsitting.com I can fix them for you.

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Wednesday, September 25, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

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9 9 4 1 Hardscape, Rock Walls Forestry Carl Perry Construction LLC Residential & Commercial 4 Brothers Tree Service 602 Plumbing & Electric Residential & Commercial CCB #165122 • 541-549-6977 Sisters' Premier Tree Experts!

Restoration • Repair CURTS ELECTRIC LLC www.BANR.net – TREE REMOVAL & – DECKS & FENCES – – SISTERS, OREGON – CLEANUP – CCB #201709 • 541-419-3991 604 Heating & Cooling Quality Electrical Installations Native / Non-Native Tree JOHN NITCHER Agricultural • Commercial ACTION AIR Assessments, Pruning, High-Risk CONSTRUCTION Industrial • Well & Irrigation Heating & Cooling, LLC Removals, 24 Hr. Emergency General Contractor Pumps, Motor Control, Retrofit • New Const • Remodel Storm Damage Cleanup, Home repair, remodeling and Barns & Shops, Plan Reviews Consulting, Service & Installs Craning & Stump Grinding, CCB #178543 additions. CCB #101744 actionairheatingandcooling.com Debris Removal.

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Servicing Central Oregon Quality Painting, Ext. & Int. Serving Black Butte Ranch, Construction & Renovation Lic. Bond. Ins. • CCB #184660 Refurbishing Decks Camp Sherman & Sisters Area Custom Residential Projects 541-771-7000 CCB #131560 • 541-771-5620 since 2003 All Phases • CCB #148365 MONTE'S ELECTRIC www.frontier-painting.com ** Free Estimates ** 541-420-8448 • service • residential Owner James Hatley & Sons Riverfront Painting LLC CENIGA'S MASONRY, INC. • commercial • industrial 541-815-2342 Interior/Exterior • Deck Staining Brick • Block • Stone • Pavers Serving all of Central Oregon 4brostrees.com SHORT LEAD TIMES CCB #181448 – 541-350-6068 541-719-1316 Licensed, Bonded and Insured Travis Starr, 541-647-0146 www.CenigasMasonry.com lic. bond. insured, CCB #200030 CCB-215057 License #216081

502 Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning

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

Fencing, irrigation installation & trouble-shooting, defensible space strategies, general cleanups, turf care maintenance and agronomic recommendations, fertility & water conservation management, light excavation.

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Call Abel Ortega, 541-815-6740.

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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 BLAKE & SON – Commercial, Home & Rentals Cleaning WINDOW CLEANING! Lic. & Bonded • 541-549-0897 "CLEANING QUEEN" Serving the Sisters area!

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704 Events & Event Services Grand Canyon Float Trip Looking for a few more participants. Winter trip Jan. 22 to Feb. 18. You will need your own raft 15'+. Call for info.

Leave message as needed.

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802 Help Wanted Shoe store employee at Sundance Shoes. No exp. necessary. Must be friendly. $14/hr., 3 days/wk.

Sat. thru Mon. Starts now. Call Terry at 541-549-4240.

Host/Hostess. Evening and weekend shifts available. Pick up application in person at Rancho Viejo.

Property and building maintenance, P-T. Sno Cap Drive In, Sisters; apply in person.

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C L A S S I F I C E DL SA RODEO S SQUEEN:IWarmF I E D S THE LODGE Part-time IN SISTERS clerk and freight. is now People Hiringperson for: and able to lift 50 a regular Caregiver lbs.

(PT) onRequires a basis. Work mature andevery responsible otherattitude Sat. Apply in person and the ability at Sisters to Feed, establish 102 E. Main Ave. confidence Housekeeping in the residents/ Laundry: Best regarding theirWestern care needs.Ponderosa Lodge is Wages DOE. NOC/looking Evening.for dependable, Med Tech motivated, (FT) Requires and hospitable team maturity andmembers. Flexible a responsible schedules, attitude for the residents to havesome weekends ability to work confidence inand yourholidays ability required. to Wage: administer medications and $14+/hour, DOE. Bi-weekly treatments.

Wages DOE. attendance bonus. Travel NOC/Evening. discounts. Job Summary: Cleans Culinary Assistant and prepares(PT) guest rooms and Responsible for quality of areas dining by meeting public service during meals for thestandards of established Community. cleanliness.

Wages DOE. 541-549-1234 Morning/Evening.

Home health aide needed for Cook – Important to provide the private care. 541-420-0501. highest-quality food preparation, Experienced Window Installers plate presentation and prompt and Helpers service to all residents/employeesWanted Local company looking to hire Wages DOE. Morning/Evening.

Housekeeper immediately.

(FT, PT) Must have extensive knowledge of all types Responsible for housekeeping of window installation.

Ability to apartment and community, pass background check a must. laundry functions, and Transportation and valid drivers maintaining compliance with all license required.

Installers regulatory standards. Wages starting $20-28/hr. Helpers DOE. $15-18/hr., DOE. Call 901 Wanted 541-399-1030 H E needs NUGGET Responsible older Twoman N E W S room or RV to rent. No pets. CallP A P E R 541-280-5962. C L A S S I F I E D S!!

They're on the Web at Furry Friends Foundation www.nuggetnews.com is raising money to benefit pets in Uploaded every Tuesday the Sisters area. Drop off your afternoon at no extra charge! redeemable bottles and cans in Call 541-549-9941 the containers on the side porch Deadline for classified is at The Nugget Newspaper office Monday by noon at 442 E. Main Ave. The Roundhouse Foundation is NEED TO ADD hiring a Ranch Caretaker and a TO YOUR STAFF? Ranch Hand. Please send your Advertise your open positions cover letter and resume to: with an ad in The Nugget! inquiries@roundhousefoundation .org

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.

Culinary Assistant (PT) 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.

Housekeeper (FT, PT) Responsible for housekeeping apartment and community, laundry functions, and maintaining compliance with all regulatory standards. Wages DOE.

901 Wanted Responsible older woman needs room or RV to rent. No pets. Call 541-280-5962.

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. NEED TO ADD TO YOUR STAFF? Advertise your open positions with an ad in The Nugget!

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Springs woman is rodeo ambassador Continued from page 3

and participated in cheer.

The petite 18-year-old rides Dixie, her five-year-old bay mare, who performed nearly flawlessly in the riding drill.

In her speech, Olney said, “Now, I’m not sure if there’s something in the lemonade, or it’s just the surrounding atmosphere, but there is a closeness that you can feel right when you step through the front gate. When you attend Sisters Rodeo, you feel you’re part of a family.”

Her youngest brother, Josh, said that his sister is “always able to smile. Even when she doesn’t feel like it, she smiles. She is so friendly and wants to make other people happy.”

Grandmother Catherine repeated such perception of her granddaughter.

“Mary is so friendly, happy, and fun-loving,” she said. “Other people feel good just being around her.”

Friends in attendance supported these statements.

Ronnie, a family friend, said, “She is dedicated, strongwilled and has a wonderful personality.” Delia, an older friend, said, “She’s an awesome cowgirl, sweet, and anything she wants to do she does well.”

Olney plans to attend

PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK

Mary Olney will represent Sisters Rodeo across the region.

Tulsa Welding School to become a certified welder, but her long-term goal is to be a pediatrician.

“I want to save some money for school so I’m not starting my chosen career in huge debt,” she explained.

Mary is looking forward to being the ambassador for Sisters Rodeo, recognizing the importance of being a good representative of any sport or title.

“I am really excited to represent Sisters Rodeo,” the

new queen expressed breathlessly after her coronation.

“This is a life-long dream come true.”

Sisters Rodeo will begin June 10 with Xtreme Bulls followed by four rodeo performances June 12-14. Ticket sales will begin in December.

For tickets and information go to www.sistersrodeo. com or call the ticket hotline at 541-549-0121 or 1-800827-7522. The ticket office is at 220 W. Cascade Ave. in Sisters.

Bottle & Can Drive!

Furry Friends Foundation can use your redeemable bottles and cans!

/LSW \Z YHPZL M\UKZ I` WPJRPUN ZVTL VM V\Y IS\L IHNZ [V ÄSS HUK return to Ray’s Food Place. It’s easy to do, you just scan the tag on the bag, open the door in the bottle drop and leave the bag. The empty blue bags can be picked up at 204 W. Adams, Ste. 109.

You can still drop off bottles & cans (closed plastic bags please) in the blue bins at 442 E. Main Ave.

FURRY FRIENDS

a nonprofit charity that provides fully guided and outfitted trips for disabled Veterans at no charge

more than 2,000 disabled veterans have been served All guides and board members are disabled veterans. There are no paid employees. Warfighter Outfitters is 100% volunteer-based and only spends donor dollars on basic operating costs of fuel and food. All operating costs are funded by donor dollars.

Would you consider making a donation to Warfighter Outfitters today?

warfighteroutfitters.org

Warfighter Outfitters • 541-719-0071 • 501(c)(3) Nonprofit

501(c)(3) 541-797-4023

FOUNDATION

Open Tues. & Thurs., 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

204 W. Adams, Ste. 109, Sisters Art Works Bldg.

Next to the Sisters Habitat Restore parking lot.

www.FurryFriendsFoundation.org Sisters Pet Food Bank • Spay/Neuter Sponsorships • Emergency Medical Assistance

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POETRY: Farmer’s Market featured special events

POET: Festival will bring authors to Sisters in October

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she said, “I try to help people relax.

“If you’re pulling up a vegetable from the ground, there’s the roots, there’s all the dirt hanging off the roots,” she explained in an appropriate metaphor for the occasion. The writing that emerges in her gatherings is “your first impulse. Maybe it is finished, but it’s not a product.” Poignant, authentic writing often results.

The playshop took place on the Songbird Stage, framed by a festive, white Poetry Umbrella (courtesy of Kit Stafford). Participants sat in a circle and worked together to create group poems in the Surrealist style.

In these writing and art games, known as “exquisite corpses,” each creator only sees a fragment of what others are writing or making, until the very end. Laughter erupted as Castelbaum read the resulting poems aloud; some were surprisingly coherent and interesting, with emotional and narrative arcs.

Each participant also wrote a nine-line “snowball” poem with Castelbaum’s prompting, then shared these aloud. The optional theme was clouds, inspired by the coiling, rolling sky of gray that moved eastward all day, sometimes bringing showers.

Co-presented by New Oregon Arts & Letters, the Food & Farms Haiku Contest drew entries from around Oregon and out of state, with plenty of locals represented as well. Several entrants, including three winners in the Youth category, read their poems onstage. The winning haiku will be published in The Nugget Newspaper beginning in next week’s issue.

Local businesses donated g e n e r o u s l y t o Te a & Poetry. Prizes included gift cards to Bedouin clothing store, Suttle Tea teahouse, Jackson’s Corner restaurant, and Paulina Springs Books.

Market vendors were generous, too, donating homemade pickles, Metolius Artisan Tea chai, Sisters Farmers Market totes, and gift certificates to local farms Seed to Table and Mahonia Gardens.

Sisters Farmers Market takes place every Sunday through the end of September, between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. at Fir Street Park.

Special programs like Tea & Poetry are funded in part by grants from the City of Sisters and The Roundhouse Foundation.

be purchased, at www.sisters fob.com/aboutthefestival.

Stafford is the founding director of the Northwest Writing Institute at Lewis & Clark College, where he has taught writing since 1979.

He has also taught writing in dozens of schools and community centers, and in Scotland, Italy, and Bhutan.

He is the author of a dozen books of poetry and prose, including “The Muses Among Us: Eloquent Listening and Other Pleasures of the Writer’s Craft” and “A Thousand Friends of Rain: New & Selected Poems.” His more recent works include “100 Tricks Every Boy Can Do: How My Brother Disappeared,” and “Wind on the Waves: Stories from the Oregon Coast.”

Stafford was named Oregon’s ninth poet laureate by Governor Kate Brown in May 2018, a position his father, William Stafford, also held. He travels the state in his two-year term to share the power of poetry to help communities become more curious about their own stories, more emotionally open, and better prepared to exercise freedom in speech to heal divisions.

He credits his high school English teachers, Mrs. Pittman and Miss Scholastica Murty, as well as his family, and “rivers and forests and students and wise strangers of all kinds,” with getting him started writing and now he “can’t stop.”

Stafford’s own description of who he is goes like this: “Kim, named by his mother after the Kipling novel she was reading in the hospital where he was born, was later called Kimney Pie as he toddled, and later Buffalo Kim by his father, because

of his curly hair, and much later ‘Dr. Stafford’ due to a misguided detour through the hallowed hells of academe, and is now known simply as ‘that guy who teaches writing at the Grad School,’ or ‘that guy who’s always writing in the back corner at Starbucks at 5 a.m.,’ or ‘that guy, you know that guy who gets confused for his father because they both taught at Lewis & Clark like — forever?’

“But secretly, actually, if you want to understand, he’s the kid of about 10 disguised as a professor, the kid who would rather climb a tree than read a book, who’s so bonded to his brother you could hit two birds with one stone, who is down somewhere in that ravine building a tiny fire of hemlock twigs and watching the flame climb through the architecture of his thought….”

Stafford poetically describes a book as being “friendly to the hand in a way the Internet, for all its

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Kim Stafford, Oregon’s poet laureate, will be featured at the Sisters Festival of Books. conveniences, can’t touch.

A book has a little door you open to a realm of wonders, then you close it, but the story keeps talking to your mind. You can hand this pleasure to a friend. You can leave a book by your bed as a personal reward for a hard day. You can forget a particular book for years and then be reunited for an affectionate reunion.”

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pass up the opportunity.”

Two cows for family and friends has now turned into over 20 animals and Sisters’ n e wes t local business: HolyCow. The slogan: “Good Beef. Doing Good.” refers to the quality of the meat, and the nature of the mission.

HolyCow acquires young cows and calves in the early spring and raises them through the year for fall processing. HolyCow’s cows are free-ranged right here in Sisters. They are grass-fed, humanely treated, and never given hormones or antibiotics. HolyCow is a real nonprofit charity, with no paid employees, and all volunteer run. So all of the revenue goes directly to help orphans and elderly in India.

One of the miracles of HolyCow is the generosity of the community in supporting the cause. The pastureland that the cows are using is being leased at a reduced rate.

And several local ranchers have sold Vogt cows at belowmarket prices.

HolyCow’s short-term goal is to raise $100,000 to construct a new orphanage that will house about 100 kids.

Longer-term goals include: increasing giving by having more animals donated, securing donated vet care, and to eventually find a permanent home for HolyCow. You can order your own Holy Cow (or portion thereof) right now. HolyCow is a cowsharing program that caters to those with even a normal-size freezer with portions down to 1/8 of a cow available.

For more information, visit HolyCowSisters.com.

Support local agriculture — celebrate National Farm Day October 12.

E d i t o r ’s n o t e : M i k e Zoormajian is an unpaid board member of HolyCow. He likes his cow friends and playing cowboy when he can. Any remuneration for this article donated back to HolyCow.

in September with a written test and task performance evaluation, the students had concluded nearly 240 hours of instruction. They spent time in a classroom, completed self-study and had hands-on training in the essentials of firefighting.

The living arrangement continues past the pinning ceremony as the recruits begin attending classes this fall at Central Oregon Community College’s Fire and EMS program. The resident volunteers will continue to serve the greater Sisters area as firefighters, EMTs a nd emergen cy -v eh i cl e drivers.

In opening remarks at the ceremony, Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD Chief Roger Johnson reflected on the changes that occurred during his 30-some years in the fire service. He noted to the recruits that things will continue to change as their careers evolve, and they must be adaptable.

Most importantly he reminded them, “We are here to serve the community.”

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Firefighter academy recruits were “pinned” in a ceremony last week. informed the audience of the structure of the academy. June was full, with the recruits learning about medical calls and wildland fires and OSHA mandatory compliance requirements. They also learned how to drive fire department vehicles.

The tourist season of July and August saw them sticking close to their assigned departments to see what goes on in the district during the busy season. When the tourists left, it was back to learning about vehicle extraction and the details of structural firefighting.

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The next step is formal classes at COCC. Deputy Chief Phillips encouraged the recruits to use and practice the values of their fire districts, those of integrity, professionalism, competence, and compassion.

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celebrating you at the end of your journey,” he said.

Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD Deputy Chief Tim Craig spoke of the varied backgrounds of the recruits.

Some are legacy recruits, inspired by the service of family and friends. Some have backgrounds in wildland firefighting and the Forest Service. And some are pulled from somewhere deep inside themselves to do this important job.

Each recruit had invited a special person to pin the badge onto their uniform.

Mothers, fathers, step-parents and mentors enjoyed the moment and privilege of conveying the honor to their loved one.

Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD welcomes Tyson Gradwahl, Israel Pintor, Emily Spognardi, Samuel Triplett and Rachel Ulm to their station.

Black Butte Ranch RFPD welcomes Austin Cornett, Joshua Gintu, Jordan Humphries and Benjamin White.

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17678 WILT ROAD Secluded 40-acre buildable parcel adjacent to government land. Beautiful old ponderosa pines, juniper & natural groundcover throughout. All of the property has usable terrain with slight slope from the higher west side to the lower southeast corner. Great solar and southern exposure. Perfect property for RV/camping or build your own offthe-grid cabin or dream home. Conditional use approval in place allows for construction of a residence. Located within the Metolius Winter Deer Range. Deer, elk and other wildlife abound.

Great area for horse trail-riding. Located 10 miles NE of Sisters via a series of paved, gravel and dirt public roads that lead right to the property.

Bordered by public lands on 3 sides. Adjacent public forest lands extend west to the Cascades. $225,000. MLS#201609530

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 GRAND PEAKS AT SISTERS with easy access to beautiful National Forest Grand Peaks is synonymous with well-being. lands.$399,000. MLS#201904587 From day one, the choices are many for Discerning seekers of luxury & adventure! This exclusive 38-homesite community offers cutting edge design using natural, sustainable materials on the exterior, sleek and stylish interiors, and a wealth of recreation including two cushion professional Pickleball courts, butterfly gardens along the Grand Peaks trail, private parks and community pavilion.

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687 W. JEFFERSON AVENUE Townhome in Pine Meadow Village with carefree living. Quality construction wraps around you in this 3-bedroom, 2.5-bath home. A propane fireplace adds ambiance to the living room.

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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.

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CLASSIC HIGH MEADOW HOME Mountain views from this single-level, 4-bedroom, 3-bath home on 1 acre in Sisters premier neighborhood. Hardwood floors, a wall of windows and a wood-burning fireplace grace the greatroom.

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Fresh paint and new carpeting throughout. Home office, family room and large pantry included in the 2,840 sq. ft. Oversized double garage with abundant storage. The 4th bedroom and 3rd bath can be “locked off” for that man-cave or sheshed.$674,900. MLS#201902939

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.

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14540 MOUNTAIN VIEW LOOP Large ponderosa pines and corridors of sunshine provide a naturally appealing setting for constructing your new residence in Sisters.

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ROCK RIDGE #37 (1/2 SHARE) Vacation location at Black Butte Ranch! One-half ownership for all of the fun at half the expense! 3 bedrooms plus a bunk room in this 1,528 sq. ft.

Rock Ridge home. So many upgrades, including granite countertops in the kitchen, new decks, efficient propane stove and more. Easy access to several pools, tennis courts, bike paths and the Glaze Meadow Sports Center. $239,500.

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