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Wednesday, August 19, 2020
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Sunday afternoon’s intense thunderstorm left in its wake a glorious sunset over the Cascades captured by Sisters photographer Jay Mather.
Plan will shape future growth By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief
Sisters is growing and changing rapidly. Those who want to shape what growth and change look like over the next decades will have a significant opportunity as the City of Sisters updates its comprehensive plan. The City has contracted for up to $95,000 with Angelo Planning Group, Inc. out of Portland for technical assistance with the statemandated comprehensive plan update. Work begins in
earnest this fall. “It’s the guiding legal document for the City in terms of growth and development,” said City Planner Nicole Mardell. As required by the State of Oregon’s robust land-useplanning laws, the comprehensive plan covers transportation, water/wastewater infrastructure, an economic opportunity analysis; a natural resources inventory and a buildable lands inventory. Development can only occur within an Urban Growth Boundary.
The principles outlined in a comprehensive plan are enacted through the City’s Development Code. The last full revision of the comprehensive plan took place in 2005. “It’s been 15 years since we fully updated it,” said City Manager Cory Misley. And in those 15 years, the city has almost tripled in size.” While they are required to have certain content in the plan — including technical See PLAN on page 16
Moving new roundabout Board toward reality meeting focuses on school start By Sue Stafford Correspondent
The City of Sisters, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), and the Sisters School District (SSD) are working together to make the proposed Highway 20/Locust roundabout a reality. The eventual construction of the roundabout will require a right-ofway acquisition from the Sisters School District for land at the grade school that is the current site of two tennis courts. The City of Sisters is already working in conjunction with the Oregon Department of Transportation for
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construction of the roundabout — when funds become available — to alleviate long-standing traffic safety issues at the Highway 20/Locust intersection. The process has already begun with the review by the City and ODOT of the 30 percent Design Acceptance Plan (DAP) provided by the ODOT Roadway Team. That review will be completed in the next 30-45 days, at which time the project team will have DAP-approvable plans ready to be submitted to the State Transportation Engineer. Those 30 percent plans establish the project footprint which defines
School administrators are managing what seems to be daily updates as to how the 2020-21 school year will operate in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The August 12 Sisters School District board meeting, conducted via Zoom, took place a day after the Oregon Department of Education released its latest update of guidance
See ROUNDABOUT on page 22
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Santiam Lodge restoration continues By Craig F. Eisenbeis Correspondent
Eighty years ago, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) completed construction of a new recreational ski lodge at the summit of Santiam Pass. The unique architecture is characteristic of six ski lodges built by the CCC in the Pacific Northwest. For nearly a half century thereafter, the Santiam Pass Ski Lodge offered outdoor recreation opportunities, first as a public skiing area, hiking center, highway stopover and rest area and, later, as a church camp. It all ended in 1986, when the lodge was shut down. So, for the next 32 years, the lodge sat empty and deteriorating. Firefighters were able to save the historic structure
during the 2003 B & B Fire, which scorched over 90,000 acres in the area. Hope for a new chapter in the lodge’s history began two years ago when Dwight and Susan Sheets obtained a special-use permit from the Willamette National Forest to restore the lodge, and Friends of Santiam Pass Ski Lodge was born. “We both grew up in Salem and spent a lot of time on the Santiam Pass skiing, hiking and backpacking,” Sue Sheets said. “We visited the lodge when we were younger and always loved the place. As time went on we became frustrated that year after year the lodge was falling into an increasing state of disrepair.” And so, she explained, that sentiment led to their involvement in See RESTORATION on page 23
By Charlie Kanzig Correspondent
Santiam Pass Ski Lodge, constructed by the CCC in 1939-1940, is in the midst of an extensive restoration project. With the removal of post-construction, non-CCC additions, the lodge is now starting to resemble its original appearance. PHOTO BY CRAIG EISENBEIS
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Excessive tenure of elected officials must end By Terry Coultas Guest Columnist
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 10 a.m. Monday.
To the Editor: The tirade against Jim Cornelius (Letters to the Editor, The Nugget, August 5, page 2) represents the attitude of too many demonstrators we have seen, i.e. “my way or the highway.” It should make thoughtful people take notice. The urge to beat up Donald Trump overflows into condemnation of all who disagree with their myopic viewpoint. Civility is passé, it seems. The style now is sarcasm and spin. Nothing new about that, but it should be recognized as vitriol, not analysis. Donald Harner
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To the Editor: I am the mother of a Black child that was repeatedly bullied for months in the Sisters school district. After getting nowhere with the many phone calls, emails and face-toface meetings with the adults in the school district that were supposed to be protecting her from the other child, I chose to contact
the Oregon Department of Education. They took the situation very seriously and came to Sisters to interview everyone involved. When their report came out, it said that the Sisters school district was found to have discriminated against my child on the basis of race and gender and allowing her to be discriminated against on the basis of race and gender by the other child. We had the choice of taking them to court, where the judge would use the report and find them guilty, or go through a conciliation process where we would have a chance to make changes in the school districts policies and procedures so that no other child would have to endure what my child did. We chose to go through the conciliation process with the school superintendent as well as an employee from the Oregon Department of Education. We are not trying to make George Floyd a role model for our children based on anything he may or may not have done during See LETTERS on page 14
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I have been an advocate of term limits for as long as I can remember. The thought sickens me that members of Congress are allowed to serve so long — like the late Senator Strom Thurman (R) for 48 years, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, (D) 34 years, Senator Mitch McConnell, (R) 36 years, Lindsey Graham (R) 30 years, and we can’t forget Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D), 30 years. The list goes on and on. There is no need here or little point in taking time to delineate why we need term limits; that is obvious or should be obvious. Fortyeight years at any job is too long. The lack of term limits is the root cause of our problem with our political discourse, where the consequences have led us to our current divisiveness. The longer a politician stays in office the more he or she believes in the total party line, leaving no room for doubt. Those politicians firmly believe they are 100 percent right, thus leaving the other side as 10 percent wrong. Common sense tells me nothing, nothing can be 100 percent right, not even the difference between black and white; there is always a shade of grey in every argument. The resultant effect (unintentionally or maybe intentionally), separates the politician from the issues, thereby making issues a separate matter. The politicians are one entity and the issues are another, consequently making issues a secondary matter to the politician’s allimportant reelection. “The American People” that politicians so care about don’t really get a chance to vote on issues; we get to vote for a politician that claims he/she will get it done. The longer the politician’s tenure the more likely they are to be under the influence of the lobbyists who control Washington. The two leading parties’ platforms mandate it’s all or nothing. This leaves compromise and common sense totally out of the equation
when debating these issues. Again, the root cause of our demise is excessive tenure of politicians, fueled by partisanship. The adding of term limits requires a Constitutional amendment. The approach that most have taken, in an attempt to amend the Constitution has always required Congressional cooperation. That’s tantamount to asking a fox to willingly give up his seat guarding the chicken house. There are literally hundreds of groups and organizations that propose solutions to this older-than-dirt problem; most of these are out of control bureaucracies themselves. Each one of these depends on outside public donations to first, exist, and secondly to fund their cause. The executive boards of these varying organizations all have paid administrators. These elaborate groups are created with the sole purpose of filling the pockets of these administrators with lucrative salaries from money collected from you the naive public. Hence, these political leaches are no more or no less than lobbyists themselves. I have never been as pessimistic as I am today about the future of our country. Regardless of who wins in November or which party takes Congress, we are facing the worst political upheaval America has ever seen. You are a partisan if you truly believe that Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham are not equally as dangerous as Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer. You are a typical American voter when your choice is the lesser of two evils. These people should have served no more than 20 years maximum, combined they’ve been there 130 years. To get this done we need the unity of the people, not Congress, within both parties working on one issue together — that issue: excessive tenure of elected officials must end. We are “The People” within a republic who should resolve this issue. We need a solution to this nightmare. How can we get this done?
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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Sisters author tells tale of ‘No Ordinary Cat’ “Your destiny is part of you... your spirit, your dreams, your very breath and blood. But destiny is shaped by the roads you choose to follow. In life, choices are everything.” With these words, Rufus’s mother unknowingly entices her young red-haired kitten to set out on an adventure for which he is totally unprepared. Luckily, Rufus is “No Ordinary Cat” — and this is no ordinary book. Writing in the refreshing style of Farley Mowat’s classic dog story, “The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be,” local author Vicki Spandel has created an engaging tale for any one of the 95 million Americans who live with and love cats, effectively capturing their loving, intelligent and adventurist nature. “No Ordinary
Cat” is an unforgettable story for animal enthusiasts of all ages. Spandel has published over 40 books on writing and the teaching of writing, including “The 9 Rights of Every Writer.” No Ordinary Cat is her first work of fiction and beautifully reflects her wealth of writing knowledge. This extraordinary hardcover edition is visually compelling, with full color illustrations by artist Jeni Kelleher. Spandel became inspired to write her book about three years ago, when a feral cat showed up in her yard, which borders national forest land. “He was curious, though wary,” Spandel said. “With intelligent eyes and a raw fear of humans. I couldn’t See SPANDEL on page 22
Creekside Park to see improvements By Sue Stafford Correspondent
Accessibility improvements to the Creekside Park Bridge will be completed by the end of 2020. The bridge improvements include ADA-accessible ramps (Americans with Disabilities Act) on either side leading up to the bridge, with decorative railings
and the addition of viewing bump-outs along each side of the bridge. Following a design review by the Parks Advisory Board, the board recommended to Council that the Option B design be approved, allowing the City to save some funds that would have been used on the higher-priced Option See BRIDGE on page 16
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Black Butte Ranch holds thousands of years of history
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John Zancanella, archaeologist with the Prineville District of the Bureau of Land Management cataloged the site of a cache of obsidian tools at Paulina Springs on Black Butte Ranch. By Katy Yoder Correspondent
The Black Butte Ranch land is rich with human history. Writing the 50th anniversary book, “There is a Place,” was a lesson in pursuing a more complete understanding of the people who called the region home. While researching the book, I found human history for the Black Butte Ranch (BBR) area usually focused on stories about the Santiam Wagon road that passed over BBR land, the “discovery” of the area by the first white explorers and the many attempts by land speculators and investors to use the area at the base of Black Butte known as “Black Swamp,” to raise livestock. At the tail end of the removal of indigenous
people from their lands, Camp Polk was established to protect settlers from Native people who were fighting for their freedom and birthright. By the time soldiers arrived they were no longer needed. Warm Springs Reservation had been established and Northern Paiute people who hunted, gathered, and lived in the area had been forced to live with many of their long-time enemies on the reservation. Hearing stories passed down over many generations from Northern Paiute Elder Wilson Wewa helped me understand a more complete history including that of his ancestor, Chief Paulina. Researching for the history portion of the book, it became clear, especially in older reference books,
that the Native American presence was underplayed. Wewa, a Warm Springs elder, generously recounted some of the history lessons he acquired throughout his life from elders who knew the stories of his people’s love and innovative stewardship of their homelands. Part of my interest and perseverance to hear stories of the Indigenous people who lived in the area before they were forced to live on reservations was inspired by the discovery, twenty years earlier, of a cache of bi-faced tools near Paulina Springs pool. The general manager back then, Loy Helmly remembered getting word from a construction crew working on a renovation project who See HISTORY on page 20
As the COVID-19 crisis continues to affect gatherings, please contact individual organizations for current meeting status
SISTERS AREA MEETING CALENDAR East of the Cascades Quilt Guild 4th Wednesday (September-June), Stitchin’ Post. All are welcome. 541-549-6061. Al-Anon Mon., noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church. / Thurs., 10 a.m., Friends of the Sisters Library Board Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church. of Directors 2nd Tuesday, 9 to 11 a.m., 541-610-7383. Sisters Library.www.sistersfol.com. Alcoholics Anonymous Thurs. & Go Fish Fishing Group 3rd Monday, Sun., 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the 7 p.m. Sisters Community Church. All Transfiguration / Sat., 8 a.m., Episcopal ages welcome. 541-771-2211. Church of the Transfiguration / Mon., Heartwarmers (fleece blanketmakers) 5 p.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran 2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City Church / Big Book study, Tues., noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Hall. Materials provided. 541-408-8505. Gentlemen’s meeting, Wed., 7 a.m., Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday, 1 to Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / 4 p.m. 541-549-1028 or 541-719-1230. Sober Sisters Women’s meeting, Thurs., Citizens4Community, Let’s Talk noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Step & Tradition meeting, Fri., 3rd Monday, 5:30 to 8 p.m. RSVP at citizens4community.com noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church. 541-548-0440. Military Parents of Sisters Meetings are held quarterly; please call for details. Alzheimer’s & Dementia Caregiver 541-388-9013. Support Group 1st Tuesday, noon, SPRD bldg. 800-272-3900. Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m., Black Butte Ranch Bridge Club Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m., BBR community Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-549-6469. room. Partner required. 541-595-6236. SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings & Enrichment) Monday-Friday, 11 a.m. Central Oregon Fly Tyers Guild to 4 p.m. at Sisters Park & Recreation For Saturday meeting dates and District. 541-549-2091. location, email: steelefly@msn.com. Sisters Aglow Lighthouse Central OR Spinners and Weavers 4th Saturday, 10 a.m., Ponderosa Lodge Guild One Saturday per month, Jan. Meeting Room. 503-930-6158. thru Oct. For schedule: 541-639-3217. Sisters Area Photography Club Council on Aging of Central Oregon Senior Lunch Tuesdays, noon, Sisters 2nd Wednesday, 4 p.m., Sisters Library Community Church. 541-480-1843. community room. 541-549-6157.
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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. Sisters Bridge Club Thursdays, 12:30 p.m., The Pines Clubhouse. Novices welcomed. 541-549-9419. Sisters Caregiver Support Group 3rd Tues., 10:30 a.m., The Lodge in Sisters. 541-771-3258. Sisters Cribbage Club Wednesdays, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Ray’s Food Place community room. 541-923-1632. Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m. Location information: 541-549-1193. Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 to 8:30 a.m., Brand 33 Restaurant at Aspen Lakes. 541-410-2870.
Sisters Trails Alliance Board 1st Monday, 5 p.m. Sisters Library. Public welcome. 808-281-2681. 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 2nd Tuesday, 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.
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Sisters Parent Teacher Community 2nd Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. at Sisters Saloon. 541-480-5994.
Black Butte School Board of Directors 2nd Tuesday, 3:30 p.m., Black Butte School. 541-595-6203.
Sisters Parkinson’s Support Group 2nd Tuesday, 2 p.m., The Lodge. 541-668-6599.
Sisters Christian Academy Board of Directors Monthly on a Friday. Call 541-549-4133 for date & time.
Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday. Location information: 541-279-1977. Sisters Rotary 1st and 3rd Thursdays, Noon, Aspen Lakes. 541-760-5645.
Sisters School District Board of Directors One Wed. monthly, SSD Admin Bldg. See schedule online at www.ssd6.org. 541-549-8521 x5002.
Sisters Speak Life Cancer Support Group 2nd & 4th Wednesday, 1 p.m. Suttle Tea. 503-819-1723.
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 2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 4:30 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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Fire breaks out on Green Ridge
Horse finds solace at refuge By Jodi Schneider Correspondent
When Sisters resident Mona Delfino, animal communicator and energy healer, found out there was a horse at 3 Sisters Equine Refuge in Bend who was recently rescued from near death, she seized the opportunity to help. Like Robert Redford in the film “The Horse Whisperer,” Delfino was born with a remarkable gift to communicate with animals and help them heal. Delfino said she became aware of her special abilities at the age of five when she knew what her dog Shadow was thinking and feeling, which saved him from being euthanized. This awareness sent Delfino on a spiritual journey toward recognizing her intuitive abilities. Delfino practices a form of healing based in reading the energy of a person’s or animal’s body, or “Spiritual Immune System.” She has a background in nursing, and neurology. The horse, now named Sammy, was picked up a few weeks ago in an open rocky area in Lane County by Cyndi Davis, board chair and one of the founders of 3 Sisters Equine Refuge. The refuge offers a temporary haven to horses at-risk of slaughter, abuse, and neglect. Davis, her husband, and volunteers rehabilitate, retrain and re-home the horses. “We received a text on Sunday evening June 28 from one of our volunteers with photos of a horse that someone found while out hiking,” Davis said. “We knew then that this was an emergency situation. “The following day Kira (the woman who found him) drove as we followed with a horse trailer. We had to hike up a steep area where she had seen the horse the day before. He was nowhere to be seen. Then, Michele, our board
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vice president, spotted a tiny brown dot to the north. Kira and Michele headed towards the brown dot. “As they moved towards the horse in the distance, the horse moved toward them. The horse amazingly followed them, no halter, nothing. He seemed to know to do that.” Davis said, “I’ve welcomed two other starvation cases into the rescue, but neither were as emaciated as Sammy. He literally had days left but was remarkably strong! “Your instincts are to throw food at a horse that looks like Sammy, but that is the worst thing you can do. It can cause ‘refeeding syndrome,’ and kill the horse in that condition. You start slow and give him small amounts of food (alfalfa hay) every few hours around the clock to re-start their gut.” Davis also found out through the veterinarian that Sammy is 70 percent blind and has no teeth, indicating he is likely a senior, and he has a heart murmur, possibly from the starvation. Davis said, “We are always curious about what our rescued animals are thinking and or needing to say. It helps us as we treat them. Mona has been out before, so when we heard she was on her way, we were all in!” Delfino knew Davis for a year before Sammy came to the refuge. Delfino said, “I met Cyndi and her husband through my friend Lori Drew, who volunteers at the 3 Sisters Equine Refuge. We became good friends and they knew I am a healer. Whenever they have issues with a horse, they call and ask me to do some healing work. I read the energy of the horse and I get the information of the emotion that’s occurring within the horse.”
Delfino told The Nugget that animals have always gravitated toward her. “My family owned a buckskin when I was in grade school and I’ve had Firefighters around a love for horses Central Oregon spent a busy and riding since afternoon and night respondthen,” she said. ing to 39 reports of new fires When Delfino Sunday after a lightning went out to their PHOTO BY JODI SCHNEIDER storm moved through the refuge to meet him, area. While seven of these Davis and her hus- Mona Delfino is helping a rescued horse heal. being one of those important turned out to be false alarms, band were out for a while. 28 were quickly caught and “It was just me and things. Of course, in small contained. Sammy, the perfect time to amounts and we did steam Four fires developed into work with him,” Delfino and shred them for him. She incidents. said. “They had only had also helped him release any Incident #684, the Green him a week when I got there. anger he had from being left Ridge Fire, is burning The work that I did was to to die a slow painful death.” She said, “Sammy is one approximately two miles read the energy of his musnortheast of Camp Sherman. cle memory. This horse did of the most trusting, loving The fire was estimated late on not want to remember what creatures I have ever met and Monday morning at 20 acres happened to him in his past. honestly it’s shocking that and was showing some active He put up a resistance. And he’s still here.” Delfino offers individual fire behavior. Additional that’s how he stayed alive in 20-person hand crews, helithe desert. I ran the energy healing sessions that are copters and water tenders through his pressure points done over Skype, phone, and were ordered Monday to help to see what else was going sometimes in person. She contain the incident. on with him. As I was work- also holds spiritual retreats. Updates on the Green ing on him, his stomach was For more information visit Ridge Fire may be found at very hard. I kept coming back www.sacredreconnections. www.nuggetnews.com. to that area, that’s where he com. needed some help. This horse could not decipher if he was in pain or hungry. He didn’t know the difference. So, the third time I went down by his stomach within 45 minutes it was finally soft. He told me he missed carrots. He can’t chew with his teeth because his teeth went bad because of starving, so I asked Cyndi to steam the carrots for him. “I found that Sammy is very special with a wise soul. Horses are intuitive about things, and he knew Cyndi was coming to rescue him. He was left in the desert all alone, but it was his spirit that kept him alive — he had hope.” Davis explained that Mona’s ability to communicate with the horse helped the refuge to know what he needed. HOURS: WED.-SAT., 10 A.M.- 4 P.M. Davis added, “Carrots
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City snapshot By Sue Stafford Correspondent
• City staff has shared with Council their draft version of a resolution rejecting hateful acts in our community and welcoming, serving, and protecting residents and visitors without regard to race, origin, religion, income, gender, sexual orientation, or immigration status. Council made a few suggestions for the wording and directed staff to place the resolution on the August 26 regular meeting agenda for consideration for adoption. • An AmeriCorps intern will be on the job with the City during the first week of September. Emily Shoup will be dividing her work hours between the update to the Comprehensive Plan and implementation of the Sisters Vision Plan. • Three Sisters Holdings, LLC, is requesting approval of a Zoning Map Amendment and Comprehensive Plan Amendment to rezone and re-designate the property at 800 W. Barclay Dr. from Urban Area Reserve to Light Industrial. The Planning Commission will hold a public hearing at their August 20 meeting at 5:30 p.m. The applicant is also proposing text amendments to the Comprehensive Plan related to the subject property and industrial land needs. The parcel of land is part of the Forest Service property lying on the north side of Barclay Drive (approximately 13 acres). • A community website is being designed by the City to fill a current gap in connectivity to resources in the community (see related story, page 17). It is being designed with the help of funding from the Ford Family Foundation and will be a place to announce meetings, volunteer opportunities, and to share resources. The goal is to enhance community connectivity, one of
the four main goals of the Sisters Vision Plan. • A snow-removal contract has been put out for bid by the City. There are two sections included and bids can be made for both or either the north or south section. Public Works Director Paul Bertagna said the forecast for the coming winter is for wet and cold weather. • The work on Well #4 is ramping up and work is scheduled to be completed by early October. Aeration improvement is underway at the City’s sewage treatment plant, increasing the ability to treat excess sewage and doubling the City’s treatment capacity to 2.3 to 2.5 million gallons a day. • The annual City Community Grants will be awarded at the August 26 Council meeting. The City has $40,000 (double last year’s amount) available for dispersal. There have been requests made totaling $94,000. • C o u n c i l a g r e e d t o approve a Professional Services Agreement with Angelo Planning Group, Inc. for the Comprehensive Plan Update in an amount not to exceed $95,000. The last update was completed in 2010 and is in need of reworking and updating to meet current and projected conditions. The Comprehensive Plan determines the direction the City will take over the next five to 10 years. There will be several opportunities over the coming months for public input into the plan. Comprehensive Plans are a requirement of the State (see story, page 1). • An Intergovernmental Agreement with the Oregon Department of Transportation for East Portal acquisition from the Forest Service subject to legal revisions was approved by the Council. Now negotiations can begin with the Forest Service on the price for the property.
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Sisters resident Chris West dropped off several boxes of goodies from Sisters Bakery at the Sisters Post Office on Monday, as a gesture of appreciation for the staff there. The U.S. Postal Service has been in the national news as cuts and political contention have made a stressful job considerably more so.
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Local author takes readers beyond depression By T. Lee Brown Correspondent
Feeling blue? Ever feel like the blues won’t lift? You’re not alone. Millions of Americans live with depression. What might come as a surprise: about half of those diagnosed with depression are eventually re-diagnosed with bipolar disorder. That’s according to local author and Episcopal priest Willa Goodfellow. Her book “Prozac Monologues: A Voice from the Edge” launches on August 28 with a virtual Paulina Springs Books event also featuring Marean Jordan. “Half. A fifty percent grade? When I went to school that was way failing,” she told The Nugget. “They just don’t do a very good job of diagnosing bipolar until it is latestage.” She hopes her book will help change that. With a bachelor’s degree from Reed College, a masters from Yale, and over three decades working as a minister, Goodfellow is bright and personable. Yet depression made her “non-functional” on and off throughout her life. When she was 52 years old, it came on strong. Her primary physician diagnosed her with depression; Goodfellow tried the herb St. John’s Wort and made lifestyle changes. Eventually the doctor “brought out the big guns” and prescribed Prozac. Usually easygoing, Goodfellow found herself highly irritable. “I was really on edge,” she said. “I couldn’t concentrate, I had real trouble sleeping, and things kind of went
downhill from there.” Some imagine that people with bipolar disorder (also known as manic-depressive illness) experience blissfully happy moods and low, sad ones. Goodfellow characterized the up phase as being more about energy than mood. “Depression is really about mood, low mood,” she said. High energy “might be either a good mood or a bad mood. And that high energy is called either mania or hypomania.” “Mania gets you into trouble,” Goodfellow elaborated. She cited spending sprees, blowing up at people, and risky behavior as typical examples. “Things that get you divorced, bankrupt, fired, arrested, and hospitalized.” She experiences the less intense version, called hypomania. “It’s just ratcheted down a little,” she explained. Both are accompanied by a feeling of pressure, “when you can’t stop talking, you can’t stop thinking, you just can’t stop.” Creativity is often associated with bipolar disorder; this may be related to a symptom called “flight of ideas.” (See story, page 7.) Goodfellow described her mental processes as “connecting all the dots that are out there.” Her book’s monologues, written during a trip to Costa Rica after Prozac sent her into hypomania, offer a sample of the style: associative, humorous, and all over the map. “It’s really important to me to use humor, so that we can tolerate looking at what otherwise would be intolerable,” Goodfellow said. “It puts a
frame around an experience and allows you to distance yourself from it.” She finds humor in the Bible and uses it in sermons. “Prozac Monologues” intersperses Goodfellow’s hypomanic Costa Rica memoirs with useful information and measured thinking about mental health. The book’s dedication reads, “I wrote this for you.” Goodfellow explained that this includes doctors, to encourage them to become better at diagnosing patients. “I wrote it for friends and family, to help them understand what’s going on. And I wrote it for people who are suffering and can’t figure out why.” “Some of it was really addressed specifically, like, ‘Now I’m talking to you, the one in the pajamas’ —people who have depression that is not getting better,” she said. Goodfellow grew up in Colorado. The state of Iowa was her home for 32 years, but it was time to move on. Visiting her wife’s sister in Sisters, Goodfellow felt better here. “The mountains were in the right space, the pine was just fabulous to smell, and this little town… it was just idyllic,” Goodfellow said. “We live on this street called Songbird! It’s like a scene out of The Truman Show.” Working life can be difficult for bipolar people. “I can get overwhelmed,” Goodfellow acknowledged. She works with a small congregation in Prineville, but phased herself out of preaching to focus on the book.
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Sisters author Willa Goodfellow shows off an advanced reader’s edition of her book Prozac Monologues, launching August 28 with a virtual event hosted by Paulina Springs Books. As a minister, she has provided support and deep listening to others. “People’s needs are so immense, and they’re in so many different kinds of pain,” she said. “The whole COVID thing — taking a pill isn’t going to fix how you feel about the fact that you can’t make rent.” Sometimes people need medication, she said, but sometimes they need a pair of ears. Dedication and passion are central to her mission. “This diagnosis issue is a
matter of life and death,” she said, citing two memoirs written by people whose loved ones were misdiagnosed. Both patients ended up committing suicide, leaving parents and partners to tell the tale. “That’s real!” Goodfellow said. “And it could have been me. By the grace of God it was not.” Register for the Oregon book launch party at https:// tinyurl.com/willa-good fellow-launch. To join the author’s mailing list, see www.willagoodfellow.com.
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Resources for learning about bipolar disorder By T. Lee Brown Correspondent
Over 21 million Americans have mood disorders. Bipolar disorder in particular, also known as manic-depressive illness, affects a whopping 2.8 percent of the U.S. population. With statistics like these, there’s a good chance you or someone you know is dealing with this condition—and some may be misdiagnosed with depression. Learn more in local author Willa Goodfellow’s “Prozac Monologues” (see related article, page 6) and from the following resources. BP Hope: Ever hear the one about entrepreneurs? Turns out that 11 percent of them have a history of bipolar disorder, at least those participating in a significant study. Did you know some bipolar folks possess “suprasensory abilities” during what is charitably described as “elevated mood?” It translates to sharper vision, super-vivid hearing, amplified senses of smell and taste, and an astute judgment of body language. BP Magazine and its blogs will keep you up to date on such matters, along with personal stories, advice, and clinician perspectives. Here, numerous bloggers take on various issues relevant to people with manicdepressive illness and their loved ones. “Three Bipolar
Disorder Symptoms No One Wants to Talk About” was a recent clickbait headline. Other posts include “Help for the Highly Sensitive Person with Bipolar” and “Bipolar, COVID-19 & Protecting Against Suicide.” Online at www.bpHope.com. Willa Goodfellow: Local author and Episcopal priest Willa Goodfellow lives with Bipolar II disorder. She also lived through many years of misdiagnosis and was given antidepressant medications — which made her condition much worse. Thankfully, she can write about it with humor and grace. Willa shares her story in the new book “Prozac Monologues: A Voice from the Edge.” On August 28, join the online book launch party hosted by Paulina Springs Books (register at https:// tinyurl.com/willa-good fellow-launch). Learn more and join her mailing list at www.willagoodfellow.com. NAMI: The National Alliance on Mental Illness is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization, well known for its HelpLine. Trained staff and volunteers deliver information, resource referrals, and support to people living with a mental health conditions, family, caregivers, and mental-health providers. Call 800-950-NAMI (6264) or email info@nami.org. The organization has also created a COVID-19
Resource and Information Guide, available on its website. Who’s behind NAMI? The public can easily download its list of major donors and sponsors. Unlike other organizations, NAMI does not appear to be in the pocket of pharmaceutical companies. NAMI is primarily funded by individual contributions. Learn more at www.nami.org. Kay Redfield Jamison: Jamison wrote the book on bipolar disorder. More accurately, the books, plural: she co-authored the massive “Manic-Depressive Illness,” a standard textbook, and also offers excellent books on the subject for everyday readers. Of her own experience as a manic-depressive, Jamison wrote “An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness.” Her fascinating volume, “Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament,” explores bipolar disorder among artists, writers, and high achievers. For poetry nerds and cultural historians there’s “Robert Lowell: Setting the River on Fire”; while marred by fangirl adoration, the book cracks open the poet’s rollercoaster of a personal life, and shows with
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compassion just how tough life can be for those in relationship with a bipolar person. John McManamy: “McMan” is an award-winning mental-health journalist and author whose traditional career was upended by bipolar disorder. With a friendly writing voice and roving mind, McManamy applies the journalist’s love of research to his own life and beyond. The Bible, Shakespeare, and American presidents’ life histories are among subjects he examines through a bipolar lens. Author of the books “Living Well with Depression and Bipolar Disorder, Not Just Up and Down,” and “In Search of Our Identity,” he has served on the NAMI San Diego board, facilitated a depression-bipolar support group in New Jersey, and created the epic online resource McMan’s Depression and Bipolar Web. In addition to articles, the site features videos of McManamy chatting with fellow bipolar Maggie Reese, author of the memoir “Runaway Mind.” Their style is casual, homing in on topics like “When Your Brain Gets Overwhelmed,” “Getting Family Involved,”
and “Exuberance.” More at http://www.mcmanweb.com. Psych Central: Clunky and retro, Psych Central has been around long enough to host countless online conversations about moods, insomnia, and medications. The forum’s most popular topic appears to be, sweetly enough, a group Gratitude Journal. Kick it old-school at https://psychcentralforums. com/bipolar. DBSA: The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) hosts over 600 online and offline support groups around the country. With its officious tone and many offerings, the DBSA offers serious bipolar support. However, the organization’s relationships with the pharmaceutical industry have led some to question its credibility. Learn more at www.dbsalliance.org.
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Cooler high country recreation at Big Lake By Craig F. Eisenbeis Correspondent
Big Lake and I have a relationship that goes back more than 60 years. So, on one of our recent 90+ degree days, when my hiking buddy suggested water sports at Big Lake, rather than a hot, dusty trail, it wasn’t a hard sell. Actually, we had considered the possibility on a weekend a couple of weeks earlier but were repelled by the great hordes of people crowding the lake. Having roundly rejected the idea on that occasion, we thought a midweek visit might be a more reasonable choice — and we were quite right! Unlike the day of our aborted weekend visit, we encountered very little traffic and unlimited parking spaces. We pulled in at the day use area and parked mere feet from the lake itself. After trundling our kayaks to the water’s edge, a quick lookaround revealed that watercraft traffic was also pretty light on the lake. In our corner of the lake, we saw one ski boat, one jet ski, and one powered fishing boat; other than that, the rest of the water traffic was of the hand-powered variety. After visiting some other lakes, it always surprises me to find Big Lake so clear. There are places where the bottom looks just a couple of feet away, yet you can’t reach it with a fully extended kayak paddle. As soon as we were on the water, I started reminiscing about my own history with Big Lake. Starting clear back when
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had a big, fancy 18-foot inboard-outboard named “Happy Daze” that far outclassed my pathetic little pride and joy. I got the last laugh, though, when their high-class boat broke down and I towed them back to the campsite. In college, before spring term finals, I remember driving up from Corvallis over campground snow to get into Big Lake. I camped there in seclusion for a couple of days to study in the deserted forest. It wasn’t much more than a year later that I proposed to my wife on the trail from Big Lake to the Patjens Lakes, after having known her for just a few weeks. That was 52 years ago. So, yes, Big Lake and I have a long history. Not surprisingly, as I paddled the lake in the ever-present shadow of Mt. Washington, I had a lot of memories to look back upon… far more than The Nugget’s editor will allow me to relate here. Suffice it to say, last week, on a warm cloudless day, Big Lake was pretty much the way it always has been, albeit with a few more people. So, after some relaxing kayaking and swimming, I paused and spent some time reading a book in the shade of Big Lake’s familiar outdoor world. The temperature was perfect beside the lake,
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Kayakers relax on Big Lake under sunny skies in the shadow of a very barren Mt. Washington. in contrast to a much hotter Sisters, which I returned to a couple of hours later. At this point in time, I would certainly recommend against water recreation at Big Lake on a busy summer weekend; but it was a very pleasant experience on a quieter weekday. As it was in the last century, the water is still clean and clear and quite a nice temperature for swimming, especially for a high mountain lake. The people we saw were friendly and, with a little care, social distancing is really not a problem. I did notice that personal flotation device requirements on small
craft were not uniformly adhered to. Considering that there have already been drownings on the Deschutes River and in Scout Lake this year, lack of compliance is a See BIG LAKE on page 11
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Intimate is the African Night — Part 3 By Chris Morin Columnist
The camera’s fall, towards the lioness’s head instantly created empty space between her eyes and mine, causing the raw magnitude of the moment to somehow leap up yet another level. Her head snapped an inch to the side in response to the camera bouncing at the end of its strap, which encircled my neck. Absentmindedly, maybe out of habit, I had slung it over my head before standing up and that might very well have saved my life. The little twists and turns of the swaying camera just three feet above her noggin ratcheted up the raw tension even more. She immediately refocused and this time her eyes seared deeper into mine, which helplessly locked into hers. Those bottomless feline eyes seemed to emit a soft greenish light, like the sea might hold at a faraway island paradise. Dreadfully enthralling, they induced my awareness, mind, and very soul to fall off the cliff of my own existence and down into hers. She owned me. The lioness seemed to contemplate if I might be something to spontaneously take, possess, and then devour so as to become a permanent part of her. My breathing shut down. I presume my heart continued to beat, but for all I know, the blood could have drained from it. Purely, this was Mowgli in The Jungle Book being hypnotized by the great snake Kaa, helpless to do anything about it. A lifetime of two or three seconds passed. I hadn’t moved a speck since letting go of the camera. Gradually, she unbolted our stare by turning her head away to see what else the pride was considering, and gradually moved a leg and paw out to resume her previous path. Like a victim whose spell by the conjurer had just been broken, I turned away as fast as I could while she serenely continued on her way. The urgent need to let the guide know of the
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The Pride of Nine taking an afternoon nap. predicament made me proclaim, “Umpff! Dwaq! Zhhnn!” In a few brief moments, I had gone from a cartoon character in a Disney movie into a real life nightmare, the one where you need to call out for help but can’t speak. “This is nuts! Get hold of yourself!” flashed through my mind. A deep breath, a second, and then I forcefully opened a clenched jaw and offered a halting and sputtered, “l i o n! L i o n. Lion!” Tuke and Henry turned; I gestured madly towards the rear. They spotted her as she appeared from behind the back of the jeep. Tuke screeched, “oh-oh!” flipped back around and turned on the engine in one single motion. A second later he clutched into first and off we flew into the night. Tuke drove hard for a half a mile before stopping and talking to us, debriefing. I didn’t hear a word he said. I can’t imagine Kathleen or Tony did either. I have no idea what they felt, but I was absolutely beside myself. The next several minutes were some of the most glorious of my life. I was alive dammit. “Fantastic to be alive and human. I’m human!” I soundlessly rejoiced while my eyes watered and my ears rang. The adrenal glands were pumping out utter joy juices, nothing else. “I’m alive, I’m still human.” But there was an additional reason for the joy, separate from having
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survived. My mind comprehended something else entirely. For a few seconds back there, I had unwittingly become a part of the alpha mammal of Africa. That lioness had fully taken over my fate. If she’d wanted to latch onto my throat in order to yank me down to the ground, that’s exactly what would have happened. In that position, nothing could have stopped or even impeded her from doing so. If she had pounced, the ensuing drama — a guide trying to wheel around a vehicle with a huge turning radius, a spotter possibly attempting a hasty shot, all the while eight other lions rapidly close ranks on a jeepload of screaming tourists — is not a pandemonium scenario that offers the potential for hope. No, I was hers and she knew it. It’s what the top predator does—initially take in the prey through the eyes,
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A Springfield man died and two teenagers were injured in a single-vehicle rollover accident on Hwy. 242 on Sunday. Oregon State Police (OSP) reported that on August 16, at approximately 11:27 a.m. OSP Troopers and emergency personnel responded to a singlevehicle crash on Hwy. 242 near the intersection of Crossroads Road, approximately two miles west of Sisters. Preliminary investigation revealed a Chevrolet pickup truck operated by Liciano Ramirez-Guillen, age 57, of Springfield, was eastbound when it drove off the roadway and rolled. Ramirez-Guillen sustained fatal injuries. There were two passengers; a 13-year-old was transported by Life Flight to St. Charles Hospital in Bend with serious injuries and a 15-year-old was transported by ground ambulance to St. Charles in Bend for injuries. OSP was assisted by Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire Department, and ODOT.
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When Susan Parker moved to Sisters from the Bay Area with her husband Brian Farrow eight years ago, after a 37-year career working as a vice president and buyer for Macyʼs, she wanted to stay active in a meaningful way and become part of the smalltown community. A friend at Black Butte Ranch mentioned the ASPIRE program at Sisters High School, which provides mentors to support students in navigating their post high school plans. Parker felt an immediate sense of excitement to get involved. “I spent most of my career in management and our business philosophy emphasized the need to ʻgrowʼ people, so the idea of working with young adults to plan their futures felt perfectly natural to me,” she said. “I love working with students and helping them put together the puzzle pieces for a game plan, which includes running through all sorts of questions with them about their interests, where they want to live, what size of school they are comfortable with, and things like that,” she said. Parker, a native of Pendleton, takes on five juniors and five seniors each year, which keeps her plenty busy, but she says it is very gratifying. “Over time you can really develop a relationship with these students,” she said. “They invite me to come to their games and to other events at the school and introduce me to their
parents, so itʼs helped me to get to know people in the community.” About four years ago a member of the Graduate Resource Organization (GRO), which administers and manages local scholarships for Sisters High School graduates, approached Parker about becoming a board member. Parkerʼs work with ASPIRE had given her a strong sense of the generosity of the local community, along with a keen understanding of how important it was to help students find ways to finance their future educational plans. “I am still blown away that a community the size of Sisters now has over 70 different donors to the GRO scholarship program,” she said. Parker can be credited with recent growth in the program as the leader in donor development. GRO added a dozen new scholarships in the past year thanks in large part to Parkerʼs work. Parker knows that helping students with applications for college and other programs, as well as the GRO scholarships, takes a burden off of parents. “Parents are busy and want the best for their kids, so they are very grateful for the help the ASPIRE mentors can offer,” she said. Parker encourages adults with time to help to get involved with ASPIRE. “We can always use more mentors and the work is gratifying on many levels,” she said. Rick Kroyt at SHS (rick. kroytz@ssd6.org) coordinates ASPIRE volunteers at Sisters High School.
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A N N O U N C E M E N T S Free Legal Assistance for Deschutes County Seniors
The Council on Aging of Central Oregon and Legal Aid Services of Oregon are working together to offer legal services to lowincome seniors living in Deschutes County. These services are provided to adults 60 years and older with preference to those in greatest social and economic need, with particular attention to low income, minority and frail individuals. Five free 30-minute legal assistance sessions for seniors are available virtually or by telephone the week of September 14-18. Services offered by volunteer lawyers include: tenant rights, collection of money through small claims, creditor/debtor rights, domestic relations issues, estate planning and probate issues. Lawyers meet with clients for free halfhour consultations. Seniors may retain volunteer lawyers to do additional legal work beyond the consultation for a fee if they choose. Call to the Council on Aging to schedule one of the limited number of free 30-minute legal assistance appointments or to learn more about other legal support options at 541-678-5483.
2020 Walk to End Alzheimer’s
Join others at 11 a.m. on Saturday, September 12 for the Walk to End Alzheimer’s Central Oregon. The world may look a little different right now, but one thing hasn’t changed: our commitment to ending Alzheimer’s. This year, Walk to End Alzheimer’s® is everywhere — on every sidewalk, track and trail. We won’t have a large in-person gathering — instead, we invite you to walk in small teams of friends and family while others in your community do the same. Because we are all still walking and fundraising for the same thing: a world without Alzheimer’s and all other dementia. Visit alz.org/walk to register today. For more info please call 503-416-0213.
Sole Support Walk
Step out on Parkinson’s disease, six feet apart, at this year’s Sole Support Central Oregon walk. Join Parkinson’s Resources of Oregon, Saturday, September 12 at Ponderosa Elementary in Bend between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. for a drive-thru event. Turn in donations, collect t-shirts (earned by raising $100+), gather other goodies, and get your car decorated! Then choose Virtual Race to Benefit your own adventure by walking Central OR Symphony one of our suggested 1k or The Virtual Beat Beethoven’s 5k routes or select your own 5th 5k & 1-mile race will be held Sunday, October 11. A virtual race walk location! Share your Sole Support weekend pics via social is done “on your own” between media and help us in this giant Sunday, October 11 through step out on Parkinson’s. Your Sunday, October 18. You can run time and fundraising supports on your own or use the route local wellness and education at Central Oregon Community programs for local patients and College, 2600 NW College Way, families living with Parkinson’s in Bend. Proceeds benefit the our community. Registration is Central Oregon Symphony, which required at www.solesupport.org has canceled concerts because or 800-426-6806 of the virus. For just $25 you can register for either distance: Sponsor an Impoverished www.beatbeethoven5k.com. Child from Uganda Registrants will receive a printable Hope Africa International, based bib and be entered into a raffle. in Sisters, has many children If you have questions, call the awaiting sponsorship! For more Central Oregon Symphony Assoc. information go to hopeafricakids. office at 541-317-3941. org or call Katie at 541-719-8727.
Celebration of Life
A Celebration of Life service for Gordon “Spud” Halsten will be held on Saturday, August 22 at 2 p.m. at Sisters Community Church in the main auditorium (note location change from Fireside Room). COVID guidelines will be in place. You may also view the obituary and make comments at www.autumnfunerals.net. Donations would be greatly appreciated at Hospice of Redmond, 732 SW 23rd St., Redmond, OR 97756.
Deceased Veterans Memorial
The American Legion Post 86 and VFW Post 8138 will hold a special memorial for the veterans who passed away in the last part of 2019 and first six months of 2020 on Saturday, August 22 at noon. For further details call Lance Trowbridge at 541-903-1123.
Free Weekly Grab-N-Go Lunches For Seniors
The Council on Aging of Central Oregon is serving seniors (60+) free Grab-NGo lunches on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays each week. The lunches are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis drive-through style from 12 to 12:30 p.m. at the Sisters Community Church, 1300 W Mckenzie Hwy. Seniors may drive through the parking lot and pick up a meal each day of service. Come on by, no need to make a reservation. Questions? Call 541-678-5483.
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SISTERS-AREA CHURCHES Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church (ELCA) 386 N. Fir Street • 541-549-5831 10 a.m. Sunday Worship shepherdofthehillslutheranchurch.com Sisters Community Church (Nondenominational) 1300 W. McKenzie Hwy. • 541-549-1201 10 a.m. Sunday Worship (with signing) sisterschurch.com | info@sisterschurch.com St. Edward the Martyr Roman Catholic Church 123 Trinity Way • 541-549-9391 5:30 p.m. Saturday Vigil Mass 9 a.m. Sunday Mass 8 a.m. Monday-Friday Mass Calvary Church (NW Baptist Convention) 484 W. Washington St., Ste. C & D • 541-588-6288 10 a.m. Sunday Worship | ccsisters.org The Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration 68825 Brooks Camp Road • 541-549-7087 8:30 a.m. Ecumenical Sunday Worship (Sunday school, childcare) 10:15 a.m. Episcopal Sunday Worship (Sunday school, childcare)
Chapel in the Pines Camp Sherman • 541-549-9971 10 a.m. Sunday Worship Sisters Church of the Nazarene 67130 Harrington Loop Road • 541-389-8960 | sistersnaz.org 10:45 a.m. Sunday Worship | 2sistersnaz@gmail.com Westside Sisters 442 Trinity Way • 541-549-4184 | westsidesisters.org 10 a.m. Sunday Worship 6 p.m. Worship the 3rd Tuesday of each month Vast Church (Nondenominational) 541-719-0587 • 9:37 a.m. Sunday Worship Meeting virtually and in small groups. See vastchurch.com for details. Seventh-Day Adventist Church 386 N. Fir Street • 541-595-6770, 541-306-8303 11 a.m. Saturday Worship The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 452 Trinity Way • Branch President, 541-420-5670; 10 a.m. Sunday Sacrament Meeting Baha’i Faith Meetings Devotional Gatherings, Study Classes and Discussion Groups. Call for location and times • 541-549-6586
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Craig Eisenbeis (right) enjoys Big Lake in 1960; Bill Derville (left) would be his best man eight years later.
BIG LAKE: Grand spot is just west of Sisters off Highway 20 Continued from page 8
bit baffling. Walking along the perimeter of the lake is quite possible, although there are privacy issues since many routes will take you through other people’s campsites. The trail along the western edge of Big Lake tends not to encroach on campsites and offers access to less frequently traveled areas. That trail is actually the last stretch of a rather nice sixmile counterclockwise trail
that traces a looping route through the woods past each of the Patjens Lakes before returning to the shoreline of Big Lake. It’s an easy matter to reach Big Lake. Simply take Highway 20 west from Sisters and, after about 20 miles, turn left just after the summit of Santiam Pass onto the Big Lake and Hoodoo Ski Area road. Follow that road past Hoodoo and Benson Sno-Park, for a total of about four miles. The day-use area is the first paved turnoff on the left after reaching the lake. The Patjens Lakes Trailhead is another half mile or so on the right.
Bluegrass jam and house concert set A house concert on Sunday, August 23, will feature Never Come Down, 2018 Rockygrass Band Competition Winner. The address of the event is 411 E. Main Ave. in Sisters. At 5 p.m., there will be an acoustic jam. The concert starts at 7 p.m. Social distancing between pods of one to four people will be observed and masks are required. Seating is limited; RSVP by Friday, August 21. Bring beverages, lawn chair or blanket and a suggested donation of $20 per person. Contact Linda Leavitt at lleavittmusic@icloud.com for more information or to RSVP.
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Hummel offers laser therapy Correspondent
Last summer Sisters Elementary School nurse Beth Hummel took a leap of faith and bought a class IV heat laser, a powerful therapeutic instrument that uses focused light to stimulate a process called photobiomodulation (PBM). It marked the launch of her new business, Hummel Massage and Laser Therapy. With 23 years in nursing and 15 years as a massage therapist, Hummel was eager to begin a new chapter using the healing light source that changed her life, moving her on the road to recovery from chronic back pain. “I was working in a hospital setting over 20 years ago when a patient fell on me,” Hummel told The Nugget. “It hurt my back and I was in chronic pain. Then a couple of years ago when I was working as the school nurse at SES, a district physical therapist saw how painful it can be for me to get out of my chair and said I should try deep tissue heat laser.” Hummel made an appointment with the physical therapist’s friend in Central Oregon who uses laser therapy. She said, “I had tried everything else. I did a series of treatments, and after that I was pain free. The laser therapist taught me about how the laser worked and that piqued my interest.” She added, “The laser is amazing. It simply is a light source. The light goes into the cells, and this being a deep penetrating laser, gets through into the deeper areas where the cells are typically dormant due to an injury, lack of blood flow, inflammation, and old or acute injuries.” Laser therapy generates a photochemical response in damaged tissue with the PBM process, which then stimulates healing on a cellular level by enabling cells to more rapidly produce energy (ATP). “Simply put: The light goes into the cells, wakes those cells up and gets the cells active again,” Hummel explained. “The cells then start producing ATP, which is like cellular gasoline. The cell is now a happy healthy and productive cell that can heal our bodies, which it is meant to do, yet the injury has held the cells back. “The big key factor is increased range of motion and decreased inflammation. It’s noninvasive and drug free.” Hummel and her husband Rich moved to Sisters from Washington in 2001 with their first child. Rich worked at Sisters Athletic Club as a
personal trainer and Hummel worked as a pediatric nurse in Bend. Rich is now a Licensed Massage Therapist (LMT) at Green Ridge Physical Therapy in Sisters. Hummel noted, “In 2005 I attended Central Oregon Community College and got licensed as a message therapist. I left nursing for a while and worked at Shibui Spa when it was first built.” In 2014 after working as a massage therapist at Green Ridge Physical Therapy for seven years Hummel reentered the world of nursing. “I felt like I wasn’t done with that part of my life,” she said. “But I was struggling about this for a while. There’s a piece of me that has been in that tug of war between eastern theory medicine vs. the western medicine, nursing, and how I can find that sweet spot in between.” Hummel’s job as the school nurse transitioned to working remotely at home when the pandemic struck, and she had time to think about a career shift. She said, “I got sideswiped because that eastern side of me that’s all about healing was still calling to me. I want to be in Sisters without working in a clinical setting. I love helping people and love getting people back to doing what they love. That’s what really resonates
with me. I wanted to find the right niche for myself and live in this amazingly active community.” Hummel went ahead and got certified for class IV heat laser treatments. “I knew I wanted to launch my new full-time laser business this summer,” Hummel said, “All the laser therapy I have done so far has been word of mouth. But I would like the community to know about my new business.” “I stick by the COVID-19 regulations and am very cautious. All the equipment and everything in the laser therapy room in my home gets sanitized before each client. Masks are required. Sessions last anywhere from 7 to 30 minutes” Hummel began treating a few people for free such as family and friends to see how it worked and for her to get more comfortable using the laser. She continues some massage but wants to emphasize her laser therapy. “Laser therapy sometimes seems intimidating and people are kind of mystified by it. However, it’s really comfortable, pleasant, and warm,” she said. Hummel Massage & Laser Therapy hours are Monday through Friday, with flexibility. Call 541-5506234 for an appointment. “Between 9 to 5 would
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Sisters man promotes gun safety By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief
Patrick Maley has a passion for promoting safe, competent firearms use. Maley is principal instructor of Cascade Gun & Safety, which he launched this year in Sisters. An NRA certified pistol instructor and range safety officer, Maley has a particular focus for his work. “I really want to focus on women, couples, and firsttime shooters,” he told The Nugget. “From our perspective, the more knowledge you have, the safer you are.” First-time firearms purchase have skyrocketed in 2020 as concerns around the coronavirus pandemic and social unrest have led many to determine that they need to have the means to protect themselves and their loved ones. A substantial proportion of new gun-owners are women, a data point Maley has seen play out on the range. Maley asserts that simply owning a firearm does not impart safety and security. It is critical to learn to handle a firearm safely and competently. His goal is to help his clients learn to be comfortable, confident and calm” in handling firearms, both for sporting purposes and for self-defense. Maley’s practice focuses mainly on handguns. The instructor strives to make it as easy as possible for his clients to find the right firearm for them and to learn to use it competently. If a client does not already have a firearm, he will help her find the most suitable one. In fact, that can often work out best, rather than trying to adapt to a pistol that doesn’t quite fit the hand or carry comfortably. “It’s like buying a pair of shoes,” he said. “Is it comfortable? Does it fit?” Cascade Gun & Safety offers eight hours of classroom instruction, and three to four hours of live fire work at the Redmond Rod & Gun Club. He tailors instruction to meet individual needs and goals. “Each one will have different needs, desires and capabilities,” Maley said. “My goal is to help them achieve their desires, what (ITAL) they (ITAL) want.” Ongoing training is critical to maintaining skills – and it can also lead to discovery of new sporting opportunities. “We have multiple disciplines there (at Redmond Rod & Gun Club) that they might be interested in,” Maley said. “We have the facilities to graduated them on to the next level.” He’s willing to stick with his clients along their journey. “As long as they’re
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Protesters hold up U.S. detention for 12 hours BEND (AP) — U.S. Border Patrol officers late Wednesday, August 12, used pepper spray on demonstrators as they pushed their way through a crowd to get to two men detained by immigration agents inside a bus that could not move for about 12 hours because of the protesters. The men under detention were removed by the 20 border control officers. The Bend Bulletin reported the men had been in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials since mid-Wednesday, when hundreds of protesters prevented the bus they were on from leaving a parking lot. The Border Patrol officers used pepper spray to disperse the protesters near the bus as the two men were taken out about 11 p.m., the newspaper said. “They — despite our best efforts at a peaceful protest — took them to get away,” said Morgan Schmidt, a staff member of Bend’s First Presbyterian Church who identified herself as a clergy witness. Immigration attorney Micaela Guthrie said the
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JUMP ROPE: Childhood toy is an excellent fitness tool Continued from page 14
speeds, do intervals. All can be effective programs for adding a layer of complexity to jumping rope Where to begin? Fit the rope properly: Hold the handles and stand on the middle of the rope with one foot. The rope handles should reach one’s armpits. Trim as needed. A beginner should simply try to swing the rope and step over it. Easy? OK now swing the rope around and hop over it. Stop and repeat this many times. Next practice air jumping (without the rope). Soon one will be able to skip the rope effectively. Establish a rhythm and cadence. A program can be interval based; use minutes as a parameter. Begin with 15 seconds of jumping, then 45 seconds rest. After 10 rounds this is a 10-minute workout. Progress to 30 seconds on and 30 seconds’ rest. Another 10 minutes. Soon, you can do 45 seconds, and 15 rest repeated over 15 minutes for a very solid workout. Then use different jump techniques, skipping singles, side-to-side for a dynamic workout. Remember exercise can be fun, jumping rope is a throwback to the playground of youth and can be a dynamic way to work one’s fitness in a new and fun way. The biggest benefit is the low barrier for entry, the limited equipment and space, and the versatility it provides.
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his lifetime. He has become the face for injustice because he was murdered by a policeman who felt he was above the law. Does that mean we are against all police? Absolutely not! I appreciate and respect every policeman that has each person’s best interest at heart. I also understand I’ve never walked in a policeman’s shoes, and feel they have a tremendously difficult job. But I will not close a blind eye to racism and injustice just because they are police officers. If am choosing to protest alongside someone with a BLM’s sign, does that mean I am in agreement with everything the founders believed in when they started the organization? No, it just means, I agree black lives matter and that we are stronger in numbers. As far as the riots are concerned, I don’t believe I understand what is going on enough to comment on it. I do know our oldest son was at a peaceful Black Lives Matter protest two years ago in Portland, when a group of people, who no one had seen before, came over and started lighting things on fire. The next days newspaper had a picture of the fires burning with a caption stating it was a BLM’s protest. So yes, if you live in a safe community, thank the police. If you live in a dangerous community welcome the police. And if you see anyone causing harm to anyone else, whether it’s verbal or physical, stand up, and say or do something to help that person. It’s not just up to the police to keep our communities safe. My favorite quote is by Winston Churchill “Evil persists because good men do nothing.” Cheryl Soleim
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To the Editor: Failed COVID-19 management. Failed economic downturn management. Now the intentional unraveling of OUR US Postal Service; a service that Veterans, elderly, and rural citizens depend upon for their lives. It is not hyperbole to say our lives and the lives of people we care about are at stake in the 2020 election, as well as the continuation of our Republic and the democratic freedoms we had taken for granted. See “The Lincoln Project” and “Vote Vets”. Given Trump has unabashedly stated some of the ways he plans to cheat in order to “win”, what we need now is a massive groundswell of volunteers for Biden to ensure this Trumpian nightmare is replaced with competent leadership, integrity, civility, and chaos-free governance, which Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will provide on day one. This election is different: It is not about Rs versus Ds; it is about saving our democracy, and people’s lives. At least one of our fellow Sisters citizens has died in unnecessary pain because his pain relief meds sat miles away, as per “Campaigndonor-turned-Postmaster General” DeJoy’s recent direction on mail processing, including the removal 671 sorting machines.
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It is not enough to say, “Yes, I will vote for Joe and I hope it works out!” Patriotic action is needed from voters of all parties and voters with no party affiliation because imagine yourself waking up on November 4 and wishing you had done a little bit more. Go to joebiden.com/take-action. Monica Tomosy
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To the Editor: I grew up in a small Oregon town surrounded by forests — hiking, working, and hunting in them — and I am willing to do what it takes to protect our forests and our communities. Last week, Democrat County Commission candidate Phil Chang wrote a letter to The Nugget, attacking my perceived leadership inadequacies, without actually knowing more about me, my background, work or my positions on Deschutes Forest fire prevention. This is a problem of his. It’s exactly what I try not to do in order to lead effectively for County taxpayers. I believe in getting all of the facts first. Having lived here for 31 years, I am very aware there are (3) major action components of most forest treatment plans to protect our communities from fires. They are thinning trees, mowing underbrush and then burning the vegetation and slash. These steps have all been used successfully for years. The outcome of the Milli Fire was much improved because of prior fire treatment work. Like many of you, I witnessed that. As a Commissioner, I have been involved and informed on the planning for fire projects in the Deschutes National Forest for several years, as a member of the Deschutes Forest Collaborative. The different steps of treatment each have different challenges to their completion. I am aware that financial costs are one of them. Two weeks ago, I was asked by The Nugget’s editor, Jim Cornelius, to comment on Mr. Chang’s call for efforts by County Commissioners to advocate for more federal money needed for “treatment” and criticisms that I had done “too little.” I responded that in my membership on the Deschutes Forest Collaborative over the past three-and-a-half years, more emphasis has been made by our committee on changing and improving the “smoke rules” for the final step in the treatment — burning the undergrowth and slash, after thinning and mowing. Less discussion has been made by members for increased funding for thinning. Specifically, this past spring I asked Deschutes Forest District personnel at these same meetings, whether they needed my help getting more money because it is a skill I am effective at — having been a businessman and lawyer and being an elected official. I didn’t get an answer. In 2019, I worked with City of Bend officials, ODOT and Congressman Walden to obtain over $60 million for road improvements at Bend’s north end from the Federal government. I am ready to do more on this for the Deschutes National Forest. Protection of our forest by fire prevention is a top priority to me. Phil Henderson
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PLAN: Citizens will play a role in setting community goals Continued from page 1
PHOTO BY JESS DRAPER
Creekside Park Bridge will get ADA-accessible ramps and new viewing bump-outs.
BRIDGE: Grant funding will offset some of project cost Continued from page 3
A, which included a more involved design requiring higher construction costs. Option B will cost approximately $77,000, with a grant of $48,000 from Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. In-creek riparian restoration work, including the removal of a concrete structure in the middle of the creek and bank restoration, will be completed in 2021 by the Upper Deschutes
Watershed Council, utilizing $250,000 in grants. The concrete removal is necessary because it is impeding the fish coming upstream to spawn. This year a Chinook salmon was found in the creek within one mile of Creekside Park. Two other species are already traveling through Creekside Park. The new sewer line on the upside of the Locust Street bridge will be moved and replaced in 2021 utilizing a FEMA grant. All three of these improvements started out as part of one improvement project but each has been broken out as an individual project, utilizing a variety of funds.
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content that necessitates help for the outside consultant — cities have the opportunity to shape the plan to fit their character and needs. Things like wildfire hazard mitigation can be included. “Hillsboro, for instance, included a sustainability section,” Mardell offered. The “visioning” process that the community undertook over the past several years established priorities. “We can build on that to create the comp plan,” Misley said. The City has latitude to set its own goals. “The state doesn’t usually get involved in goals unless they go against a state landuse goal, there’s a conflict there,” Mardell explained. The biggest question in this kind of long-range planning usually comes down to land inventory and how much is available to accommodate growth and development. The plan requires a buildable lands inventory to determine how much residential, commercial and industrial land is actually available. “That’s an objective review of the conditions on the ground,” Misley said.
Mardell noted that, “A city is meant to have a 20-year supply of land within the UGB. It’s a pretty complicated process to identify that equation. There’s no fixed number, necessarily.” That equation throws up questions that have to be articulated in goals. “What sort of housing mix do we want?” Misley offered as an example. And Sisters will have to grapple with the fact that we don’t have a lot of vacant land left inside the UGB. Setting goals and determining the shape of future growth isn’t just the province of City staff, elected officials and consultants. Citizens will be asked to participate. Several committees will be formed around various topics within the scope of the plan; the planning commission will hold several public hearings on various aspects of the plan; and
there will be outreach events where the general public can weigh in on what they think of the goals as the plan is developed. One of the first tasks of City staff is to develop a formal plan for public engagement. Those interested in participating in the process can let the city know now. Contact staff through the City’s web site at https:// www.ci.sisters.or.us. “If you’re interested about growth in Sisters, this is the time to be involved in the process,” Mardell said.
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People — especially those “of a certain age” — desire a vibrant lifestyle in a connected, creative community where recreational opportunities abound and world-class healthcare is available close to home. Sisters, Black Butte Ranch, and Camp Sherman are wonderful places to make that dream a reality! We invite you to join us in bringing our readers targeted, relevant content in our “Of a certain age...” themed edition of The Nugget Newspaper on September 16.
Articles related to living life to the fullest in your “prime time” and aging well in Central Oregon will be presented alongside advertisers who provide goods and services to this population. Professional writers and columnists are preparing content to engage readers, putting your advertisements in front of a targeted, engaged audience.
Business owners, reserve your advertising space today! Call Vicki Curlett — your Community Marketing Partner — at 541-549-9941 or email her at vicki@nuggetnews.com. Publishes: Wednesday, September 16, 2020 Deadline: Friday, September 4 at 5 p.m.
Group working on community website Citizens for Community (C4C), and the Community Website Partnership have teamed up to create a community-driven website called Sisters Country Community Connects. The website will be a one-stopshop for all things Sisters and its community. It is intended to create awareness, connect and engage organizations and people. The website will be a place to access volunteers from around the community. It will also strive to create a place to connect with organizations and businesses as well as the media. The partnership is being run by community builders from different organizations around Sisters Country. Leadership team members include people from the City of Sisters, Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce, Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council (COIC), Vision I m p l e m e n t a t i o n Te a m (VIT), executive committee, fire district, school district, park and recreation district, church, and several nonprofit organizations. The group is hoping to launch the website in a few
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By Jacqueline E. Mathews, Tribune News Service
months time. Churches, nonprofits, government agencies, clubs and businesses are invited to participate in the community website as partners/users, inputting their own information into the website. The Community Website Partnership and Citizens 4 Community are looking to organizations and businesses in Sisters for feedback on what they want from a community website. Volunteers are being sought to help create and manage the website. Tasks include: creation of content, editing, monitoring of website features/areas (calendar, directory, news, volunteer recruitment, etc). As partners welcomed into the Community Website Partnership, a value of $8,500 in Hub team time, talent, and expertise and Ford Family Foundation funding will be committed to Sisters Country. C4C will serve as the financial sponsor to launch the website, contributing $1,200 towards the project. People who want to get involved should contact C4C at citizens4community@ gmail.com.
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Vehicles getting towed at crowded rec areas PORTLAND (AP) — Public officials in Oregon and Washington have a warning for people visiting trailheads and recreation areas across the region: park illegally and you might get towed. The U.S. Forest Service tweeted a photo Thursday showing a car being towed from a trailhead parking area in the Mount Hood National Forest, saying law enforcement agencies would ticket and tow parked vehicles that pose a danger to public safety, The Oregonian/ OregonLive reported. Earlier in the week, the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office said 16 cars were towed for parking illegally at a popular stretch of the Clackamas River in Oregon. Forest Service and state park officials said Friday that while illegal parking is nothing new, it’s been a bigger problem this summer as huge crowds flock to natural areas across the region amid the coronavirus pandemic. “We don’t tow away cars lightly,” said Heather Ibsen, spokeswoman for the Mount Hood National Forest. “They’re not towing just to
make a point, they’re towing to help make sure an ambulance can get through.” Even state parks with sizable lots have been overcrowded, particularly on the north Oregon coast. Chris Havel, spokesperson for the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, said it’s worse than they have ever seen it. Agencies have been telling the public to avoid recreating at peak days and hours, if possible, and to come with backup plans or go home if there’s nowhere safe to park. Catherine Caruso, spokesperson for the U.S. Forest Service in the Pacific Northwest, said along with illegal parking at recreation areas, rangers have also seen more litter and trash left behind, and are increasingly concerned about humancaused wildfires as campgrounds continue to fill and trailheads remain busier than ever. “We’re really happy to have so much interest and so many people out enjoying the forests,” Caruso said. But while you’re out there, “take some personal responsibility and do the right thing.”
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Office space for lease. The Place on Main. 101 Main Ave. in Sisters. Three spaces available. $575/month and up. Call Ralph 541-390-5187 CASCADE STORAGE (541) 549-1086 • (877) 540-1086 581 N. Larch – 7-Day Access 5x5 to 12x30 Units Available 5x5 - 8x15 Climate Control Units On-site Management Ground-floor suite, 290 sq. ft. 581 N Larch St. Available now, $325/month. Call 541-549-1086. MINI STORAGE Sisters Storage & Rental 506 North Pine Street 541-549-9631 Sizes 5x5 to 15x30. 7-day access. Computerized security gate. On-site management. U-Haul trucks, trailers, moving boxes & supplies. STORAGE STEEL CONTAINERS FOR RENT OR SALE Delivered to your business or property site Call 541-678-3332 STORAGE WITH BENEFITS • 8 x 20 dry box • Fenced yard, RV & trailers • In-town, gated, 24-7 Kris@earthwoodhomes.com HEATED GARAGES Leases, Private, 24-hr. Access, Hot-wash Room, Bath, Lounge. Jack At 541-419-2502. Prime Downtown Retail Space Call Lori at 541-549-7132 Cold Springs Commercial
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PONDEROSA PROPERTIES –Monthly Rentals Available– Call Debbie at 541-549-2002 Full details, 24 hrs./day, go to: PonderosaProperties.com Printed list at 221 S. Ash, Sisters Ponderosa Properties LLC
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BOOKKEEPING SERVICE ~ Olivia Spencer ~ Expert Local Bookkeeping! Phone: (541) 241-4907 www.spencerbookkeeping.com SEEKING AFFORDABLE 201 For Sale 206 Lost & Found ADVERTISING? Beautiful boots to the lucky LOST AN ITEM? Do You Have A guy. Size 10 wide. Luchesse and FOUND SOMETHING BUSINESS TO PROMOTE? others. 541-549-5499. VALUABLE? PRODUCTS TO SELL? Advertise in The Nugget's Jazzy Power Chair for sale. SERVICE TO PROVIDE? Lost & Found classifieds $1,500 OBO. Call Bonnie at Place your ad in The Nugget! 541-420-8851. DEADLINE for classifieds 301 Vehicles is MONDAYS by NOON New leather sewing machines. We Buy, Sell, Consign Quality Call 541-549-9941 or submit One is Cowboy Outlaw, $1,295. Cars, Trucks, SUVs & RVs ~ online at NuggetNews.com Cowboy 797 with table $1,500. Call Jeff at 541-815-7397 •••••••••••••••••• Call 503-843-2806, text for pics. Sisters Car Connection da#3919 Black Butte FREE LASERJET PRINTER SistersCarConnection.com WINDOW CLEANING • HP LaserJet 5200 (black and Looking for something to do Commercial & Residential. white laser printer), plus two while vacationing 18 years experience, references 16A cartridges. in the Sisters area? Visit available. Safe, reliable, friendly. ----------------------SistersOregonGuide.com Free estimates. 541-241-0426 FREE INKJET ALL-IN-ONE PRINTER ~ WEDDINGS BY KARLY ~ 401 Horses • HP PSC 1350 Happy to perform virtual or ALFALFA Stop by The Nugget to look at in-person weddings. TRITICALE or pick up. Custom Wedding Ceremonies MEADOW GRASS HAY 20+ years • 541-410-4412 TOO MUCH STUFF? ORCHARD GRASS HAY revkarly@gmail.com Advertise your excess New crop. No rain. Barn stored. with an ad in The Nugget! • DERI’s HAIR SALON • 3-tie bales. $195-$240/ton. Hwy. Call 541-419-1279 126 & Cline Falls. 541-280-1895 202 Firewood Certified Weed-Free HAY. SISTERS FOREST PRODUCTS Orchard Grass or Alfalfa Hay, DAVE ELPI – FIREWOOD Sisters. $275 per ton. • SINCE 1976 • Call 541-548-4163 Doug Fir – Lodgepole – Juniper HAIR SHIMMERS DRIVE-IN WOOD SALES 402 Livestock By Kayster – 18155 Hwy. 126 East – 503-260-1145 Our farm-raised pigs are being SistersForestProducts.com wiljorest@gmail.com processed by Cinder Butte Meat Order Online! 541-410-4509 Your shimmers will last for Co. on Sept. 2. Fed Culver pig Running Out of Firewood? feed and fresh produce. Half and weeks on end. Just treat them like Check The Nugget's you do your hair. You can wash, whole pigs available, $3.50/lb. advertisers to resupply! condition, color, use heated hair hanging weight to us, $0.90/lb. appliances and more. smoke, $0.80/lb. cut and wrap to 203 Recreation Equipment Cinder Butte. 541-549-1022. GEORGE’S SEPTIC TANK SERVICE 403 Pets “A Well Maintained FURRY FRIENDS Septic System Protects helping Sisters families w/pets. the Environment” FREE Dog & Cat Food 541-549-2871 Laser Blade Fiberglass No contact pick-up by appt. HAVE A SERVICE Sit-On-Top Kayak 412 E. Main Ave., Ste. 4 TO PROVIDE? Fun, fast, 14’ long, 24” wide. 541-797-4023 Let the public know Easily loads and rides on car-top Bend Spay & Neuter Project what you have to offer in rack. REDUCED! $300 $250. Providing Low-Cost Options for The Nugget Newspaper’s 541-977-8494 Spay, Neuter and more! C L A S S I F I E D S! Go to BendSnip.org Call 541-549-9941. 204 Arts & Antiques or call 541-617-1010 Deadline is noon on Monday for that Wednesday's edition. Three Rivers Humane Society Shop Online! Where love finds a home! 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JONES UPGRADES LLC Home Repairs & Remodeling Drywall, Decks, Pole Barns, Fences, Sheds & more. Mike Jones, 503-428-1281 Local resident • CCB #201650 LAREDO CONSTRUCTION 541-549-1575 Maintenance / Repairs Insurance Work CCB #194489 Home Customizations, LLC Res. & Commercial Remodeling, Bldg. Maintenance & Painting Chris Patrick, Owner homecustomizations@gmail.com CCB #191760 • 541-588-0083 THE NUGGET NEWSPAPER C L A S S I F I E D S!! They're at NuggetNews.com ~ Uploaded every Tuesday afternoon at no extra charge! Call 541-549-9941 Deadline for classified is Monday by noon
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TIMBER STAND IMPROVEMENT Tree care and vegetation management Pruning, hazard tree removal, stump grinding, brush mowing, certified arborist consultation, tree risk assessment qualified, wildfire fuels assessment and treatment, grant acquisition, lot clearing, crane services. Nate Goodwin ISA-Cert. Arborist PN-7987A CCB #190496 * 541.771.4825 Online at: www.tsi.services Sisters Tree Care, LLC Preservation, Pruning, Removals & Storm Damage Serving All of Central Oregon Brad Bartholomew ISA Cert. Arborist UT-4454A 503-914-8436 • CCB #218444
4 Brothers Tree Service Sisters' Premier Tree Experts! – TREE REMOVAL & CLEANUP – Native / Non-Native Tree Assessments, Pruning, High-Risk Removals, 24 Hr. Emergency Storm Damage Cleanup, Craning & Stump Grinding, Debris Removal. – FOREST MANAGEMENT – Fire Fuels Reduction - Brush Mowing, Mastication, Tree Thinning, Large & Small Scale Projects! Serving Black Butte Ranch, Camp Sherman & Sisters Area since 2003 ** Free Estimates ** Owner James Hatley & Sons 541-815-2342 4brostrees.com Licensed, Bonded and Insured CCB-215057 Top Knot Tree Care can handle all of your tree needs, from trims to removals. Specializing in tree assessment, hazard tree removal, crown reduction, ladder fuel reduction, lot clearing, ornamental and fruit tree trimming and care. • Locally owned and operated • • Senior and military discounts • • Free assessments • • Great cleanups • • Licensed, Insured and Bonded • Contact Bello @ 541-419-9655, Find us on Facebook and Google CCB#227009 THE NUGGET SISTERS OREGON
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Custom Homes • Additions Residential Building Projects Serving Sisters area since 1976 Strictly Quality CCB #16891 • CCB #159020 541-549-9764 John Pierce jpierce@bendbroadband.com JERRY WILLIS DRYWALL & VENETIAN PLASTER All Residential, Commercial Jobs 541-480-7179 • CCB #69557 CASCADE GARAGE DOORS Factory Trained Technicians Since 1983 • CCB #44054 541-548-2215 • 541-382-4553 Carl Perry Construction LLC Residential & Commercial Restoration • Repair – DECKS & FENCES – CCB #201709 • 541-419-3991 CENIGA'S MASONRY, INC. Brick • Block • Stone • Pavers CCB #181448 – 541-350-6068 www.CenigasMasonry.com
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CURTS ELECTRIC LLC – SISTERS, OREGON – Quality Electrical Installations Agricultural • Commercial Industrial • Well & Irrigation Pumps, Motor Control, Barns & Shops, Plan Reviews CCB #178543 541-480-1404 MONTE'S ELECTRIC • service • residential • commercial • industrial Serving all of Central Oregon 541-719-1316 lic. bond. insured, CCB #200030 SWEENEY PLUMBING, INC. “Quality and Reliability” Repairs • Remodeling • New Construction • Water Heaters 541-549-4349 Residential and Commercial Licensed • Bonded • Insured CCB #87587 LEAKY PIPES ? Find your plumber in The Nugget Newspaper's CLASSIFIEDS
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dug up an old satchel full of obsidian tools. The bag disintegrated immediately after being unearthed by a backhoe leaving an array of tools cached there possibly hundreds of years before. They were left to be used by the next Northern Paiute hunters who camped next to what was later named Paulina Springs. Management at Black Butte Ranch brought in an expert to assess the find and make sure there were no burial grounds in the area. After it was ascertained that it was not a burial site, the obsidian has been cared for by the Ranch, and there are plans to eventually display them for visitors to learn more about the original people who called the area home. As a long-time visitor to the Ranch, hearing Wewa’s words and deep understanding of the area as home to his people, I felt my appreciation and reverence for the area and the Northern Paiute people expand. Making a go of it in the Central Oregon weather and often-harsh
landscape was never easy for early people. But the Native Americans figured out how to live in harmony with the land and its inhabitants by seeing all of God’s creation as brothers and sisters. Wewa pointed out that early human culture in the Great Basin was not without its exploitations and cruelty. There was a constant flow of people from different areas from the Klamath River to the Columbia who traded all manner of things from beads to slaves. Hearing that that kind of commerce was taking place on what is now Black Butte Ranch was hard to hear and heart-wrenching. Just the little bit of history I unearthed in my efforts to tell a complete story of the area made me remember the human travesties we are still reckoning with today began thousands of years ago in places I never imagined. History is complicated and I’ve learned all we can do is try to tell the whole story, not just the one that glorifies one group of people and demonizes another. It’s an old plot and an old story that needs to be heard, and hopefully left behind, as a cautionary tale we will finally stop repeating.
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for schools, which, as was expected, did not change the fact that Sisters School District will be starting the year under the Comprehensive Distance Learning (CDL) model. Superintendent Curt Scholl introduced the building administrators to give brief feedback of where they are in the process of starting the school year. “I have great confidence in our staff and our building leadership to do the best they can in this difficult time,” he said. Scholl clarified for the public that CDL is not to be equated with “online” education. Requirements for students and interactions with teachers under CDL will be vastly different than what students experienced in the spring, according to Scholl. He pointed to news articles and other publications that often use the term “online” or “virtual school” interchangeably with CDL when describing what schools will be doing this fall. “Comprehensive Distance Learning is led by a teacher, directed by a teacher and planned by one of our Sisters teachers, which is much different than some of the online opportunities available,” he said. Under CDL regular attendance will be required and grades will be assigned. Sisters School District families do have the option to enroll in Sisters Educational Options (SEO), which does include online curriculum. Scholl said, “We want to keep all of our families engaged one way or another and so we are working hard to engage families and reach out so they understand the differences to make the choice that is best for them.” As he segued to the reports from the building principals about reopening plans, Scholl explained that the district is committed to making plans that will allow for “seamless transitions” once the district is able to move from CDL to a hybrid or in-school model. “This isn’t going to be over in six weeks, so we are looking at longer term plans,” he said Joe Hosang said the high school is working on a plan from which they can quickly pivot, breaking the school year into six week segments in which students would carry two classes at any given time in addition to math, PE or music during “flex time” at the beginning and the end of each day. According to Hosang, limiting the number of classes students carry keeps things simple and more focused,
and is also necessary in order to meet the requirement of keeping cohorts to a minimum once students return to the school building in person. “We are working hard to make sure that students still have choices and that we can meet the needs of individual students,” he said. “We know we will have to adjust and change as we go.” Sisters Middle School Principal Alison Haney said, “Flexibility is the name of the game and we know the one constant will be change.” She said she has met with her staff twice this summer to strategize, which she said she really appreciated. The initial plan, like the high school, is to keep things simple by limiting the number of classes students will carry, especially in the initial phase of CDL. Students will focus on the four core subjects of science, social studies, math and language arts, but will also have opportunities in the afternoon for electives. The middle and elementary schools have been polling families to gather more information about what they are considering (CDL, SEO, hybrid or other). Haney said that 20 percent of the middle school respondents are leaning toward continuing in the CDL or SEO models even if schools reopen, which would
Wednesday, August 19, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon have an impact on how her staff will need to respond if that percentage continues as more parents respond. Fewer than 25 percent of the middle school parents have responded to the questionnaire, according to Haney, so it is hard to tell what the actual numbers will end up being. The full refinement of the middle school plan is expected in the next week or so, according to Haney. Elementary school Principal Joan Warburg started her update with information about the Preschool Promise grant that the district received, which will allow for preschool to be housed and funded at the elementary school. The grant was awarded later than originally expected due to COVID19, but Warburg said that job postings had been published and hiring will be taking place soon. Elementary teacher Mylee Card will be changing roles and will split her duties between teaching and serving as the director of the preschool. A start date for preschool has not yet been established, but that information should be available soon, according to Scholl and Warburg. The immediate work for Warburg regarding K-4 students is continuing to gather
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information about the 202021 school plan. “Changes in the state guidelines have been coming every week or two so our planning has to continue to flex, which can be quite frustrating for families.” The school district and individual school websites (www.ssd6.org) include the latest updates as well as contact information for parents and students to reach school staff. Scholl also reported that the new transportation facility located near SPRD is nearing completion and remains on budget. The meeting concluded with first readings of board policy related to drug and alcohol testing for transportation personnel, expulsion, and prescription and non-prescription medication. The next school board meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, September 9 at 6 p.m.
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the necessary right-of-way acquisition, a majority of which is owned by the SSD. At last Thursday’s City Council meeting, staff was directed by Council to proceed with their discussions with Superintendent Curt Scholl and to enter into a sales agreement with the SSD to purchase the necessary right-of-way from the district. The SSD is currently building their new Transportation Facility b e h i n d S P R D , o f o ff Highway 242. As a part of that project, the district is required to pay approximately $34,000 in water/ sewer/transportation System D e v e l o p m e n t C h a rg e s (SDCs) prior to final occupancy of the facility. In lieu of the SDC payment, the agreement between the City and SSD would allow the City to use the amount owed to the City by the district as a credit towards the cost of acquiring the right-ofway from the district. Once the property is formally appraised, any amount over or under the appraised value would be paid by the responsible party. Moving ahead with the agreement and third-party appraisal will keep both the City and the SSD on schedule to finalize the property acquisition in the current FY20/21 and allow the project the ability to start aggressively soliciting for construction funding. The City/ ODOT partnership hopes that a combination of grants and other funding avenues will be able to cover the cost of construction. The City has already paid for the 30 percent DAP.
help wondering where he’d come from. Before I knew it, I was writing the story of a cat who impulsively leaves home one day, not knowing where fate will take him.” The setting for No Ordinary Cat is essentially the local Sisters wilderness. Magnificent, irresistibly alluring — and sometimes dangerous. Asha, a feral cat in the story, navigates this wilderness with ease. But Rufus, the main character, is more of a homebody — and for him, the threat of death lurks everywhere. No Ordinary Cat is definitely, as the author says, a book for our time. “Loneliness is something we’re all dealing with right now,” she said. Mr. Peabody the poet and Mrs. Lin the gardener, the two humans in the book, each live alone, and through a series of adventures and misadventures, Rufus becomes part of both their lives. “He not only fills an emptiness, but also awakens a creativity that had been lying dormant within each of them. It’s stunning what animal friends can do for the soul.” When Spandel first sat down to write the story, she had in mind to write a children’s book. But the story took some unexpected turns, becoming more than a little cat’s adventure. It became a story about the healing power of friendship — one that would appeal to adults of all
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ages who have or love animal friends. The main character, Rufus, has an uncanny ability to sense human need. So, while No Ordinary Cat is an adventure story that young people will enjoy, it pulls deep sensitive strings for anyone who knows how animals can touch our hearts. Spandel was also influenced by authors she’s admired, notably William Steig (“Shrek!,” “Amos and Boris,” “Sylvester” and “The Magic Pebble”). Steig, she points out, never writes down to children. His vocabulary is rich and sophisticated. “That’s the kind of language I wanted in my own book,” Spandel said. “I wanted to tell this story in words I’d use with anyone of any age.” Younger readers may not know all the words at first, she admits. “But as a parent and teacher, I’ve learned how easy it is to underestimate what children understand. They’ll get the gist of the story. And their vocabularies
will improve as they hear it more than once.” The best children’s books, Spandel suggests, speak to both young readers and adults. “Often adults are reading the books aloud,” she said, “and I definitely meant this book to be read aloud.” As she was writing, Spandel imagined a parent or grandparent sharing this book with a child and wanted those older readers to feel she was writing to them, too.
Local author Jean Nave said, “Vicki’s book is amazing. This book is so well written and the color illustrations are so beautiful that it has to become a classic. It’s a heartwarming story with wonderful characters that everyone will fall in love with. Once you read it, you will think of numerous friends you’d love to give it to.” No Ordinary Cat is available at Paulina Springs Books or through Amazon. com
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the project. “It seemed like this was a worthy project that would both bring the lodge back to public service and improve the experience of visitors to the Santiam Pass.” With funding from grants, donations and donated inkind work, efforts were soon underway to restore the lodge; and the Sheets put together an ambitious fiveyear restoration plan. “It was pretty much on track until this year,” Dwight Sheets said. “The COVID-19 pandemic will put us about a year behind.” Still, work has not come to a complete halt. Dwight reports that, “Sisters contractor Don McCreight and his crew will begin repairing dry rot and other structural issues that must be addressed to provide structural integrity through the winter.” He said that work is scheduled to begin this month. Sue added, “We have come to the conclusion that the worst thing you can do for a structure is to not live in it. This is why before full operation we hope to be able to open up in some limited way for winter recreationalists.” In order to be closer to their project, the Sheets have moved to Sisters. When asked what was next in their plan for the lodge, Sue said, “Initially the lodge will be a place for snowshoers and Nordic skiers to get warm and explore the structure. In order to do this we need electric power and the chimney flues repaired.” They are pleased with the progress thus far. “2019 was a very good year,” Dwight said. “Donations from the public were extremely helpful, and in addition we received generous grants from the Oregon Cultural Trust, the Oregon Community Foundation, The Kinsman Foundation, State Historic Preservation Office, and Restore Oregon.” Private contractors have made large in-kind donations. Stayton Wood Windows in Stayton, Oregon, restored about two thirds of the windows. Alpine Abatement Associates in Bend cleaned the lodge, did asbestos abatement work and removed exterior additions that were not original. Also, Moisan Construction and Electric, from Keizer, trenched 800 feet from Big Lake Road to the lodge, installing conduit and vaults for a new electric system. “We had a great deal of momentum entering 2020 and expected to be able to jump directly into the work
as soon as the snow cleared in the spring,” Dwight said. “But, in March, the COVID19 pandemic and ensuing state lockdown halted this momentum.” In-kind donors delayed scheduled work and the capital campaign was paused in mid-March, since they decided it was not appropriate to continue active fundraising during a very difficult time. Six promising grants were either dropped or repurposed for those negatively affected by the pandemic. However, Dwight went on to explain, “We should note that donations from the public have continued, and we greatly appreciate that. We also have some promising grants pending and good possible funding sources, so we are optimistic about the future.” The couple is concerned that the lodge is still quite vulnerable. “The goal of Phase One of the project is to restore the exterior so that it has structural integrity, is sealed from the elements and animals, and all deterioration is stopped,” Dwight explained. This will require addressing some structural issues, plus repairing or replacing siding, installing windows, providing a new cedar shake
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roof, and sealing the foundation and chimney. The original stone for the seven-foothigh foundation and 35-foot chimney was quarried from nearby Hogg Rock. The completion of this next phase will bring the structure back to the exterior appearance it had when it was first built in 1940. The goal is now to have this phase completed by the fall of 2021. In the early years, alpine skiers parked their cars on Highway 20 and had to ski over a mile to Hoodoo Ski Area. During that time the lodge provided food and overnight lodging. The couple has enjoyed learning even more about the old structure when people stop by to check on the project. “Some days at the lodge we have a steady stream of visitors who come to see the building and progress on the restoration
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efforts,” Sue said. “We love this! We have met many people who have a history with the lodge going back to the 1940s. Some have told us about how they learned to ski at the lodge, or took backpacking trips with lodge personnel into the Jefferson Wilderness and back. More than one couple has pointed out the location at the lodge where they got married.” As restoration continues, the lodge’s major structural components have been found to be in remarkably good condition. The goal is to restore Santiam Pass Ski Lodge to its original look and feel so it can again be used as a multipurpose community center. The lodge’s close proximity to Highway 20 will allow it to serve Santiam Pass travelers as a warm, rustic place for hikers, skiers, sightseers, and casual visitors to congregate and rest. In October of 2018, the Santiam Pass Ski Lodge was officially added to the National Register of Historic Places. Plans are for the lodge to be used for informational purposes and for adjacent trails to provide educational
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and recreational activities, as well as themed events highlighting music, visual arts, theatre and culinary arts. Once completed, the lodge would also be available to the public for activities such as weddings, anniversaries, reunions, business meetings, religious groups, clubs, and other organizations. For more information about the project see www. santiampassskilodge.org or their Facebook page. Donations can be made on the website or by mail to P.O. Box 1135, Sisters, OR 97759.
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221 S. Ash St. | PO Box 1779, Sisters
New Listing
A VERY SPECIAL SETTING! A paved lane winds up to an elevated ridgetop where this exciting home sits with forested overviews & peek-a-boo views of Black Butte & Mt. Jefferson. Three bedrooms, 2.5 baths & 2,408 sq. ft. Greatroom, kitchen, living & breakfast nook plus formal dining room. Main-level master suite, jetted tub & walk-in shower. Two large bedrooms upstairs, spacious bathroom & loft overlooks greatroom with Mt. Jefferson view. Two double garages with lots of potential uses. The larger is attached to home by covered breezeway with finished upper-level multipurpose room, lots of windows, plus full bathroom. Extensive paved parking leads to covered porch entry, paver stone patio & enjoyable lawn. The forested setting provides privacy. $849,900. MLS#220106968
EXCITING NEW TOWNHOME Located in The Peaks at Pine Meadow Village. Two bedrooms, 2 baths and 1,455 sq.ft. Contemporary style and design features upperlevel living for privacy and view from the greatroom. Practical kitchen opens to a large spacious living/dining with vaulted ceilings and lots of windows to let the natural light in. Propane fireplace provides a cozy and warm living space in the cooler months. Ductless heat pump and lower-level radiant floor heating gives yearround efficiency. Master is on the entry level and enjoys a large closet and luxurious bathroom. Guest suite is located off the greatroom, as well as an enjoyable upper-level patio to enjoy the outdoors. An auto courtyard leads to the attached garage. $432,500. MLS#202000020
MOUNTAIN-VIEW ACREAGE! 11.5 acres slope gently to the northwest with great mountain views and high-desert beauty. Paved access, electricity and approval for a septic system, this acreage is ready for your Central Oregon dream home. The property offers views of Mt. Hood, Mt. Jefferson, Three Fingered Jack, Black Butte, Mt. Washington, Black Crater and the Three Sisters, plus elevated views of the surrounding area. There are adjacent parcels for sale on either side that expand the possibilities. BLM lands are nearby and the fishing is great along this stretch of the Middle Deschutes. $239,500. MLS#201910345
Kevin R. Dyer 541-480-7552 CRS, GRI, Principal Broker
Rad Dyer 541-480-8853 ABR, CCIM, CRB, CRS, GRI, Principal Broker
PEAKS AT PINE MEADOW Wonderful townhome complex in Pine Meadow Village. Like-new, 2-level unit with upstairs reverse living. Lots of windows and natural light. Greatroom space with modern design features gas fireplace and access to upper-level patio. Master bedroom is on lower level and has functional and practical workspace cubby. $397,000. MLS #202000483.
THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS Located in the Coyote Springs neighborhood, end of a quiet cul-de-sac bordering the forest buffer, this homesite offers the best of both worlds. Access over 100 miles of Peterson Ridge and other forest trails right out your back door. Enjoy the nearby amenities of FivePine Lodge, Three Creeks Brewing, Sisters Athletic Club, Shibui Spa and Sisters Movie House or stroll into downtown to enjoy Creekside Park, the Village Green, art galleries, fine restaurants and gourmet markets. Ready for your new home with underground utilities, paved streets, city sewer and city water. CCRs and design guidelines have helped create a beautiful neighborhood of quality homes. Low HOA fees. Get your hiking shoes on or pull out your mountain bike and enjoy all that Sisters Country has to offer! $260,000. MLS#201910116
1087 E. CREEKSIDE COURT Premier building lot in one of Sisters' finest neighborhoods. 12,320 square feet of level land with city utilities available. Nicely treed with native pines. Whychus Creek access. A quiet corner of Sisters, yet easy access to town. $235,000. MLS#220102860
PREMIUM LAKEFRONT… …homesite in Aspen Lakes Golf Estates. 1.27 acres with nice pine trees and water views. Protective CCRs in this gated community of fine homes. Utilities to the lot line. Just minutes to the town of Sisters. $289,000. MLS#201506535
Carol Davis 541-410-1556 ABR, GRI, Broker
Catherine Black 541-480-1929
CRS, Broker, Realtor Emeritus 40+ years
LIKE-NEW TOWNHOME! Three bedrooms, 2.5 baths. Ultra-modern interior design features upper-level living. Light and bright greatroom with south-facing windows, cozy propane fireplace and high vaulted ceilings. Sunny patio with mountain view and feeling of openness. Comfortable upper-level master suite with high ceilings, plenty of closet space and spacious bathroom. Also, a half-bath plus utility room upstairs for convenience. Lower level has 2 bedrooms plus guest bathroom. Heat pump on upper and efficient in-floor radiant heating on lower level. Single attached garage. $449,000. MLS#202000010
40 ACRES – 17672 WILT ROAD Private, yet close in, less than 10± miles from downtown Sisters. Forty acres with elevated building site and modest mountain views. Mix of pine and juniper. This property would be a great candidate for off-grid power, but power access is available. Call listing agent regarding power. Needs septic feasibility. Conditional-use permit to build a home was recently renewed for two years. Borders government land, State of Oregon, BLM and Deschutes County on three sides Owner will consider short terms. $275,000. MLS#201908158
RIVER FRONT PROPERTY In the City of Sisters with water, power & sewer to the property (hooked up) & storage shed. Large Ponderosa Pine & Cottonwood trees plus 200+/ft. of River frontage, accessible at multiple points of the River bank. Peterson Ridge Trail system a block away. Miles & miles of walking, jogging & mountain bike trails through the US Forest Service just a short distance down the road with additional access to the River on public land; and yet, merely walking distance to downtown Sisters. Truly a rare find! $479,900. MLS #202002392
BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAIN VIEW Beautiful mountain view acreage located in the secluded Lower Bridge Basin near the Deschutes River. Views of all mountains from Mt. Jefferson to Broken Top. There is a very private elevated building site in the NE corner of the lot with huge mountain views and southern exposure. Lower Bridge Estates offers paved streets, electric power and phone. The lot is approved for a standard septic system. There is abundant BLM land in the area and the nearby Deschutes River corridor is great for hiking, fishing and wildlife viewing. $229,000. MLS#201702313
MOUNTAIN VIEWS! Mountain views from this 83-acre parcel. Tree groves or open skies…choose your estate-caliber homesite. US Forest Service public land borders one-half mile for added privacy. A water hookup available if desired or drill your own. Horses, hermits or homebodies, a beautiful spot to create your custom dream. Eight miles to the Western town of Sisters. $980,000. MLS#220103712
ROOM TO ROAM – 40 ACRES Cascade mountain views from every corner of this property. Stretch out and star gaze at night or hike onto the adjoining BLM land to the south. Off grid but has cell phone reception. A short drive to the Lake Chinook Store and airstrip. The Lake is about 10 minutes away. Access the property through Culver and cross the bridges or travel out Wilt Road. This is a legal lot of record. Blue skies will be smiling at you! $71,000. MLS#220102468
GOLF COURSE FRONTAGE A beautiful setting overlooking Aspen Lakes' 16th Fairway with tee-to-green fairway views. The vista includes fairway ponds and a forested ridge/open space as the backdrop. Ponderosa pines and open skies highlight this large homesite ideal for your custom-home dreams. Underground utilities and water available, septic approval and close to Aspen Lakes Recreational Center. $299,500. MLS#220106225
Shane Lundgren 541-588-9226 Broker
SOUTH MEADOW #8 One-third ownership! Enjoy an open floor plan with views of pine trees from the living room, featuring stone fireplace, vaulted ceilings, kitchen and dining room. Three bedrooms, 2 baths, master on ground floor, offering a private retreat for guests or a place for kids to hang out. Huge windows provide abundant natural light. Loft for additional sleeping area. Wood detail throughout gives off the classic BBR feel. Black Butte Ranch amenities include restaurants, golf courses, spa, indoor and outdoor pools and hot tubs, fitness facilities, tennis and pickleball courts, hiking and biking trails, and more! $185,500. MLS#201909261
Debbie Dyer 541-480-1650 GRI, Broker
Greg Davidge 808-281-2676 Broker
Jackie Herring 541-480-3157 Broker
Guy Lauziere 541-410-9241 Broker