The Nugget Vol. XLIII No. 41
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News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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‘Creative optimist’ joins City of Sisters staff
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Citizens can weigh in on Sisters’ future
Jumping into competition...
Over the course of the next year, the City of Sisters will seek input from community members on what they want Sisters to be like in 2040. The City is launching an update of the Sisters Comprehensive Plan, a document that will guide how Sisters grows over the next 20 years. Based on community input and studies on housing needs and economic opportunities, the update will result in a set of goals, policies, and implementation measures that will guide decisions about future growth and development in Sisters. Citizens will be asked to weigh in on what they value and want to retain, and what they want to change to improve the community. Multiple opportunities for input will be available to Sisters residents, as well as to community members who
By Sue Stafford Correspondent
With the closure of City Hall to the public due to COVID-19, the residents of Sisters have yet to meet a new addition to the staff in the person of Emelia “Emme” Shoup. Shoup is part of an AmeriCorps program administered through the University of Oregon, Resource Assistance for Rural Environments (RARE). The City has a contract with the U of O for 1,700 hours of Shoup’s services over 11 months, for which she will receive a monthly stipend and nine credits toward her master’s degree. She plans to use this opportunity to hone in on a particular area of interest before starting work on her Masters of Urban and Regional Planning.
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Hayden Sharp turned in a 20-foot-8.5-inch long jump in Outlaws track competition — a personal best. See story, page 3. PHOTO BY CHARLIE KANZIG
See SHOUP on page 22
See COMP PLAN on page 17
Sisters youths killed in forest crash
Deputies step up to serve Sisters
Three young women died in a single-vehicle wreck on Forest Road 15 near Sisters on Thursday night. Two 17-year-old Sisters High School students died, along with 18-year-old Amelie Malerva-Locke of Sebastopol, California. According to the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were dispatched at about 9:17 p.m. on October 1, to a single vehicle crash on Forest Road 15 about one mile south of Highway 242. Responding deputies arrived and found the crashed vehicle, a 2008 Mercedes SUV, off the roadway. Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire Department personnel responded and pronounced
The three new Deschutes County Sheriff ’s Office deputies who were recently assigned to duty in Sisters appear to be a happy, friendly team who — according to all three — love what they do. Deputy Bryan Morris has a ready smile and quick wit. He is an Oregon native who spent four years in the Marine Corps, serving in Iraq in 2003. He is a family man who earned his bachelor’s degree from Portland State University and a masters from University of Connecticut. He originally had an interest in teaching, but in 2013 joined the DCSO as a field law enforcement technician (animal control).
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all three occupants of the vehicle dead at the scene. DCSO reports that initial investigation determined the vehicle was northbound on Road 15 when, for unknown reasons, it left the roadway and struck a large tree, ejecting two of the three occupants. An Oregon State Police crash reconstructionist assisted with the crash investigation. The roadway was blocked for approximately five hours. “Our thoughts are with the families and the Sisters community during this extremely difficult time,” said Lt. William Bailey of DCSO’s Sisters office. Lt. Bailey See CRASH on page 22
By Sue Stafford Correspondent
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Deputies Allie DeMars, Mike Hudson, and Bryan Morris are working full time in Sisters under the City’s new contract with the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office. He completed the Central Oregon Reserve Academy in 2013, the Police Academy in 2016, and became a patrol officer. Last year he served as the LaPine High School Resource Officer and came
to Sisters in June. “I have always enjoyed Sisters and, when this position became available, it just made a lot of sense. It is a See DEPUTIES on page 23
Letters/Weather................ 2 Obituaries......................... 6 Entertainment.................. 11 Sisters Salutes................. 17 Classifieds................... 19-21 Meetings........................... 3 Announcements................10 Hike..................................15 Crossword . ......................18 Real Estate..................21-24
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Libraries are community
On the hunt…
By Linda L. Davis Deschutes Public LibraryZone 2 Board Member
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
A red-tailed hawk takes flight from a fence post in search of its next meal.
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: I certainly agree with all the readers that wrote regarding the CEO of Laird Superfoods’ proposed invasive (development) of the prime Forest Service properties in the middle of Sisters to house employees of their once-small operation, which is now being expanded to 500 people. This is presumptuous and arrogant on their part with absolutely no consideration for the effect it will have on our community. We need to petition City Hall to stop this debacle. This is exactly what Governor McCall warned against many years ago if we were not diligent to protect our precious resources. Jeanne Brooks
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To the Editor: A few weeks ago HB 4203, which bans chokeholds by Oregon’s peace officers, was signed into law. It passed 52-5 in the Oregon
House and 25-1 in the Oregon Senate. Regrettably, our state Representative Daniel Bonham was among the very few who voted against this bill. Even most of his fellow Republicans voted for it. Thus far, he has offered no public defense of his vote, but that’s not surprising. There really is no defense for his vote. This is the critical text of the bill: “A peace officer is not justified in any circumstance in knowingly using physical force that impedes the normal breathing or circulation of the blood of another person by applying pressure on the throat or neck of the other person, unless the circumstance is one in which the peace officer may use deadly physical force as provided in ORS 161.239.” In other words, police officers may not use a chokehold unless the situation requires deadly physical force as described in Oregon Law. You can read about those circumstances See LETTERS on page 9
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Scottish-born businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie made his fortune in steel, but used his wealth to build libraries. Beginning in 1880, he gave away $60 million to build 1,689 libraries across the United States. Many still exist as libraries, and others as community centers, museums, art galleries or other uses. In 1889, he said, “In bestowing charity, the main consideration should be to help those who help themselves.” As a poor, uneducated young man who wanted to improve his lot in life, Carnegie sought admittance to his local library in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which at the time was not free. He persuaded the administrator that the library should be free and open to all. The idea of a free library, open to all, regardless of social or economic status, was launched. Deschutes County is fortunate that 22 years ago the voters approved the formation of the Deschutes Public Library District (DPL) as a property-tax-funded special district. No longer competing with other county services, DPL has grown and transformed itself to meet the needs and challenges of the new millennium and with a plan for the future. The DPL with its six branches, including Sisters, offers materials and services never envisioned by Carnegie. The internet is not a competitor but is an integral part of DPL’s digital products and services. The list includes genealogy; Chilton auto repair manuals; DIY manuals; over 1,000 magazines; Lynda.com and Gale instruction courses — the list goes on. Oh, yes! There are books! Thousands of them! Books are and will always remain the backbone of the library system. Here again, some think that physical books are a thing of the past because of the availability of digital books. Surprisingly, while the District has an enormous collection of digital books, many people still like or prefer physical books. Children, especially, learn the joy of reading through picture books, and the children’s section is one of the most popular in each branch. Many things go on in the libraries besides checking
out books. All libraries have computers available for public use. Children’s story time attracts thousands of children each year. More than 400 programs were provided during 2019 and they have continued online during the pandemic. Libraries provide space for art exhibits and special demonstrations like the wildly popular Train Man’s model train set-up at Christmas. They provide resources and services to our community members such as technology, early learning resources, job search and resume assistance, computer classes and cultural programs. Are you wondering if you need legal assistance with a particular problem? DPL partners with the Deschutes County Access to Justice Committee to offer free 30-minute consultations with an attorney offering general legal information or referrals to other agencies. Are you thinking of starting a new business or wanting help with an existing one? DPL has a full menu of resources to help. Or maybe you have a unique research problem or issue you need help with. You can “Ask a Librarian” for assistance. As much as anything else, libraries are community. Andrew Carnegie knew this and said, “A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never-failing spring in the desert.” Being free and open to anyone, our libraries are centers of equality, community belonging and places of safety. Sisters is stronger and more centered because of its library. All past incurred debt to build or improve the DPL’s six branches has been paid off. The DPL has not gone to the voters to ask for more money for either capital projects or operations for 22 years. Measure 9-139 on the November ballot gives us the opportunity to update and expand the Sisters Library to better serve our community. The expanded space will provide more open and flexible spaces for a variety of community uses from afterschool tutoring to creative DIY activities to book club gatherings and small business meeting space — something for everyone! While 2020 has been difficult, it is important to look beyond the current times and plan for a strong future. Voting “yes” will ensure we can do just that!
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Sisters youth Outlaws athletes helps keep up are back on track bird habitat
to use the OSAA “Season One” to offer mini-seasons prior to the start of sanctioned seasons which begin in late December. Hudson Jones had a banner day in the field with personal records on his way to victory in all three throwing events. Jones put the shot 42 feet 9 inches, winged the discus 134 feet 11 inches, and chucked the javelin 145 feet 2 inches. “Hudson made the most of getting back into competition,” said Coach Jeff Larson. “I’m not sure when the last time we had an Outlaw pull off that trifecta.”
By Charlie Kanzig Correspondent
Athletic contests, nonexistent in the area for months due to COVID19, are slowly returning, allowing Sisters High School track-and-field program to host an informal, abbreviated competition against Ridgeview High on Wednesday, September 30. Events are being handled carefully. The non-scored meet featured just five running events, along with all the field events other than triple jump, in the first meet for most of the athletes since the spring of 2019. Sisters, along with other regional schools, elected
Jordan Oathes cleans out old bluebird nests to make them welcoming for bluebirds. PHOTO BY JODI SCHNEIDER
By Jodi Schneider Correspondent
Henry David Thoreau wrote of the bird that “carries the sky on his back.” The Western bluebird has a skyblue back and russet chest and flanks. They’re birds of open spaces, so look and listen for them year-round near fields, parks, pastures, and open woodlands — any place with junipers is a good bet. You can find them in rural areas around Sisters in places like Camp Polk Meadow,
Camp Sherman — and in and around the open area where local quilter Diane Tolzman resides. Tolzman’s grandson, 7-year-old Jordan Oathes, has been helping the bluebirds build their nests every spring by leaving out quilting thread and just recently was inspired to give them more assistance by cleaning out the old nests in the nesting boxes in the fall. “Jordan has been cleaning out bluebird houses in our neighborhood as
a home-school project,” Tolzman said. Oathes told The Nugget, “I saw the nesting box we have and asked my dad if I could look at the nest. I didn’t think the bird could make any more nests in there because the sticks that the birdhouse were made from looked so old.” Tolzman added, “Since he already wanted to clean out the nest boxes, I thought it would be a good sciencetype home-school project. See BLUEBIRDS on page 11
See TRACK on page 23
Staying fire-safe in the kitchen The fall ushers in the season of home-cooked meals with family — which means more time in the kitchen. And that’s the most vulnerable place in the house to fire. “Nationally, cooking is the leading cause of home fires and home fire injuries, with unattended cooking being the leading cause of fires in the kitchen,” said Assistant Chief Deputy Claire McGrew of the Oregon State Fire Marshal’s Office. “In Oregon, cooking
was the leading known cause of residential structure fires over the past five years, through 2019.” According to data collected from the Oregon fire service for the National Fire Reporting System, home fires caused 29 deaths in Oregon in 2019, and fire agencies in Oregon responded to 2,790 home fires; and cooking was the leading known cause of See FIRE SAFETY on page 18
As the COVID-19 crisis continues to affect gatherings, please contact individual organizations for current meeting status
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Al-Anon Mon., noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church. / Thurs., 10 a.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church. 541-610-7383. Alcoholics Anonymous Thurs. & Sun., 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration / Sat., 8 a.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration / Mon., 5 p.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Big Book study, Tues., noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Gentlemen’s meeting, Wed., 7 a.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Sober Sisters Women’s meeting, Thurs., noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Step & Tradition meeting, Fri., noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church. 541-548-0440. Alzheimer’s & Dementia Caregiver Support Group 1st Tuesday, noon, SPRD bldg. 800-272-3900. Black Butte Ranch Bridge Club Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m., BBR community room. Partner required. 541-595-6236. Central Oregon Fly Tyers Guild For Saturday meeting dates and location, email: steelefly@msn.com. Central OR Spinners and Weavers Guild One Saturday per month, Jan. thru Oct. For schedule: 541-639-3217.
Council on Aging of Central Oregon Senior Lunch Tuesdays, noon, Sisters Community Church. 541-480-1843.
East of the Cascades Quilt Guild 4th Wednesday (September-June), Stitchin’ Post. All are welcome. 541-549-6061.
Sisters Aglow Lighthouse Sisters Speak Life Cancer Support 4th Saturday, 10 a.m., Ponderosa Lodge Group 2nd & 4th Wednesday, 1 p.m. Meeting Room. 503-930-6158. Suttle Tea. 503-819-1723. Sisters Area Photography Club 2nd Wednesday, 4 p.m., meeting by Zoom. 541-549-6157.
Sisters Area Woodworkers Friends of the Sisters Library Board 1st Tuesday, 7 to 9 p.m. 541-639-6216. of Directors 2nd Tuesday, 9 to 11 a.m., Sisters Astronomy Club 3rd Sisters Library.www.sistersfol.com. Tuesday, 7 p.m., SPRD. 541-549-8846. Go Fish Fishing Group 3rd Monday, Sisters Bridge Club Thursdays, 7 p.m. Sisters Community Church. All 12:30 p.m., The Pines Clubhouse. ages welcome. 541-771-2211. Novices welcomed. 541-549-9419. Heartwarmers (fleece blanketmakers) Sisters Caregiver Support Group 2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City 3rd Tues., 10:30 a.m., The Lodge in Hall. Materials provided. 541-408-8505. Sisters. 541-771-3258. Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday, 1 to Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board 4 p.m. 541-549-1028 or 541-719-1230. of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m. Location information: 541-549-1193. Citizens4Community, Let’s Talk Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 to 3rd Monday, 5:30 to 8 p.m. RSVP at 8:30 a.m., Brand 33 Restaurant at citizens4community.com Aspen Lakes. 541-410-2870. Military Parents of Sisters Meetings Sisters Parent Teacher Community are held quarterly; please call for details. 2nd Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. at Sisters 541-388-9013. Saloon. 541-480-5994. Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters Sisters Parkinson’s Support Group Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m., Meeting by Zoom. 541-668-6599. Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-549-6469. SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings & Enrichment) Monday-Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Sisters Park & Recreation District. 541-549-2091.
Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday. Location information: 541-279-1977. Sisters Rotary 1st and 3rd Thursdays, Noon, Aspen Lakes. 541-760-5645.
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.
SCHOOLS Black Butte School Board of Directors 2nd Tuesday, 3:30 p.m., Black Butte School. 541-595-6203. Sisters School District Board of Directors One Wed. monthly, SSD Admin Bldg. See schedule online at www.ssd6.org. 541-549-8521 x5002. Sisters Middle School Parent Collaboration Team 1st Tuesday, 2 p.m., SMS. 541-610-9513.
CITY & PARKS Sisters City Council 2nd & 4th Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Sisters City Hall. 541-549-6022. Sisters Park & Recreation District Board of Directors 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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Internet connectivity grows more important in Sisters By Sue Stafford Correspondent
The latest addition to the vernacular of the “wired world” is an example of onomatopia — a word that sounds like the noise or action designated: hiss, buzz, bang. In this age of pandemic restrictions for gatherings, up pops “zoom.” As in, “We can set up a Zoom meeting to discuss the contract.” Face-toface conversations via computer or phone screens can be Zoomed, which brings to mind fast or instantaneous transmission (zoom like a fast car) and up close (as zooming in). Zoom is the name of a computer application that enables groups of people to come together in a “meeting room” while on their own computers. They have the ability to either see everyone on the screen at once or one at a time as they speak. Many normal meetings, gatherings, presentations, (even weddings) in Sisters or elsewhere are now accessible via Zoom, so people can gather as a group while maintaining their social distance per the COVID guidelines. No need for masks or leaving the house. The public can attend meetings in City Hall via Zoom or have family gatherings at a distance. As a result of pandemic adaptations for working from home, more people are discovering they can. And the like that option. Conversations around Sisters lately are going something like this: If more people in the big cities discover they are able to work from home all the time, pandemic or not, they may decide to leave behind the congestion and demonstrations and high-priced real estate and come over the mountains to Sisters. According to an article by Eric Mortenson, editor of “The Other Oregon – A Voice for Rural Oregon” newsletter, Oregon already had the second largest percentage of
people working from home (7.5 percent), behind only Colorado. According to some recent surveys, the share of remote workers nationwide has approached 50 percent. If people decide to migrate to rural areas, and work from home, economists see that migration as a positive for those communities, with city folks bringing their jobs, money, and spending to town. Possible negative impacts on a quiet rural community, Mortenson points out, is that these “Zoomers” also bring their big city taste, expectations, and politics with them. Something that could slow this urban exodus is directly related to the fact that reliable high-speed internet isn’t always available (or speedy) and if it is, the price of that connection can be higher than in the big city, with fewer providers to choose from. As pointed out in the two previous articles (see The Nugget September 9 and 16), the infrastructure to accommodate thousands of newcomers working from home just isn’t there yet. Very recently, due to the pandemic, headlines are beginning to reflect this dearth of connectivity in rural America. Here in Sisters, we aren’t without connection to the internet, but it can be expensive, not all that fast, and not reliable all the time. Tollgate resident Matt Wessel, who has always worked from home, even prior to COVID-19, has ongoing problems with the inadequate upload and download speeds he has with his internet provider. As the online load increased with the pandemic, he has experienced dropped connections right in the middle of online meetings. His transmissions are very data heavy and it takes a long time for them to load. He is frustrated with the service, or lack thereof, that he receives from his ISP, a complaint commonly heard in Sisters. During the pandemic,
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telemedicine has gained in popularity, allowing patients to contact their medical providers via video calls, a phenomenon that likely will remain long after the pandemic. Telemedicine has seen a particularly big jump in popularity in Sisters since the onset of COVID-19. High Lakes Healthcare reports they do their telemedicine calls with patients in the afternoon. They average 10 telemedicine appointments a day and report it is working well, proving to be a time-saver for both the doctors and the patients. Summit Oregon, Bend Memorial Clinic’s Sisters office, estimates 25 percent of their appointments are now successfully being done via telemedicine. The issues addressed include urgent care, writing new prescriptions, and general family medicine. They report that the appointments over the internet are particularly convenient for their patients who live outside of Sisters Country and would need to travel a long distance to come in. Plans were already being made to initiate telemedicine appointments in 2020 and they just got sped up when the pandemic hit. If patients don’t have internet access, the appointments can be done just over the phone, unless their condition requires an office visit. St. Charles Family Care Clinic in Sisters reported that in the early days of the pandemic as cases peaked, an estimated 50 percent of their appointments were via video and telephone.
They are currently seeing far fewer patients that way. The clinic nurse indicated that telemedicine has its place but they believe in-person appointments provide better care overall. Schools have had to find creative solutions during the pandemic for students who don’t have access to computers and/or the internet for virtual instruction. However, this is not a new problem. A certain percentage of students have never had internet access, which impacts their ability to do homework and attain the same education as their wired classmates. Todd Pilch, director of technology for the Sisters School District, explained that the district has been providing Chromebooks connected through Google to students at all grade levels, but it wasn’t until schools were closed due to the pandemic that all students were able to take their Chromebooks home. If students don’t have internet connection and live in a cell coverage area, they are given a personal hot spot, which is a device about the size of a cell phone. The hot spot is paired to the student’s Chromebook creating their own cellular connection. The school is able to set controls which dictate what the student can access online. Pilch believes that full-time online instruction is probably
not the answer for everyone. “The quality of instruction can be good if it is carefully chosen,” he said.
The quality of instruction can be good if it is carefully chosen. — Todd Pilch Some high school students had already been part of the Education Options program where they work independently online, with a check-in weekly with staff. For most students, however, Pilch thinks the human interaction that comes in the classroom is necessary. One positive outcome of the pandemic is that a spotlight has been shone on the necessity of having high speed internet available everywhere in the country. As so many employees work from home, and students learn in virtual classrooms due to the pandemic, the reliance on computers and internet access has highlighted the inequity in access within a wired society. The internet has become a vital tool for participating in our economy, our educational system, our healthcare system, and most facets of everyday life. All Americans need access to high speed, affordable, and reliable broadband service.
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Great Oregon Shakeout: City of Sisters bulletin Preparing for the ‘full rip’ By Cory Misley City Manager
January 26, 1700, approximately 9 p.m. — the earth ruptures, coming unzipped along 600 miles of coastline from what is now British Columbia into what is now northern California. T h e whole world shakes, and it seems like it will never end. Massive sections of forested coastline nearly instantly drop three to six feet, leaving giant trees embedded in salt water to die and leave ghost forests that will stand sentinel in the sand three centuries later. A tsunami will roll across the ocean, taking nine hours to reach Japan. Scribes will leave record of this “orphan tsunami” that arrived from thousands of miles across the ocean without anyone in Japan feeling the quake that heralded it. The quake must have been a magnitude 9 — one of the most powerful in history. It will happen again. It could happen at any time. Scientists estimate that there is a one-in-three chance of a megaquake hitting in the next 50 years. The potentially catastrophic effects of a “full rip” Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake are highlighted in the Great Oregon Shakeout, part of the International ShakeOut Day (always the third Thursday of October). The effects, as can be imagined, would be catastrophic on the coast, with massive damage from the shaking and from a likely tsunami, which would probably inundate many low-lying areas. Effects would be felt far inland, with significant damage in the Willamette Valley. Depending on the time of year, a megaquake could trigger multiple major landslides that could cut off highways through the Coast Range and the Cascades. And many of the state’s highway bridges would be rendered unusable — either heavily damaged or collapsed. For Central Oregon, it is this disruption of transportation and the ripple effects of damage elsewhere that will be the most significant effect of a full-scale Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake. Direct damage from shaking is likely to be minor. But
the people of Sisters Country are not insulated from the effects. “All of the things we take for granted will be impacted for a significant period of time,” said Jack McGowan, a long-time preparedness advocate who serves on the Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District Board of Directors. That includes groceries and fuel supplies, and power may be cut off. If the quake happens in the middle of winter, as the 1700 quake did, that could leave many local residents without their main source of heat. And electrical power is vital to keeping water supplies flowing, too. The Sisters-Camp See SHAKEOUT on page 11
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The City of Sisters is responsible for a variety of infrastructure systems and services that support our community. To ensure we reflect and align with who we serve, boards and committees that provide a direct link with community members are critical to maintaining dialogue. These groups inform and advise the City Council and City staff on several topics. Whether it is wastewater and water infrastructure, streets, parks, land use and community development, tourism and economic development, or law enforcement, we rely on community input to shape where we are going and how we get there. Every year, across all aspects of the City, we are at some phase in a cycle of analysis, planning, project development, and implementation. We rinse and repeat this year after year to be both proactive in addressing growth and reactive to shifting community needs. Volunteers — who above all else have the best interest of the community — are essential to informing and guiding our year-after-year journey together. The relationship between City staff and those who serve on City boards and committees is crucial for seeing a positive, productive cycle continue its momentum. We are all in public service together, and it is very rewarding work.
The City is accepting applications for the following openings: • Planning Commission (PC): Three openings, all in-City positions, and appointed to four-year terms. • Budget Committee: Four openings, all in-City positions, and appointed to 3-year terms. • Housing Policy Advisory Board (HPAB): Two openings, both in-City positions and appointed to three-year terms. • Urban Forestry Board (UFB): One opening, inCity position, and appointed to a 3-year term. • City Parks Advisory Board (CPAB): Two openings, both in-City positions, one position is for a threeyear term, and one position is for a one-year term. • Public Works Advisory Board (PWAB): This is a new board with five positions. Three must be in-City, and two may be outside the City limits. Three positions will be appointed to a threeyear term, and two positions
will be appointed to a twoyear term. Generally, meetings occur monthly (or at a minimum quarterly) and last for an hour or two. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began — and for the foreseeable future — these meetings are occurring through videoconference. For the most part, staff prepare agendas, research, compile background materials to support each agenda item, and present on the topics to inform the discussion by the board members and staff. The deadline to apply for these open positions is November 6 at 5 p.m. Interviews for open positions will occur in late November, and appointments will happen at the first City Council meeting in December. Each appointee’s new term will begin in January of 2021. P l e a s e v i s i t w w w. ci.sisters.or.us to learn more or reach out to Kerry Prosser at kprosser@ci.sisters.or.us if you would like to discuss these opportunities.
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Obituaries LaLa Vernon Debari
Charles Glen Whitman
With overwhelming grief and sadness we share that our darling, darling sparkling light of a daughter Lala, was killed in a traffic incident on October 1. She was in the car with two other girls, one of whom was her best friend from California, Amelie Shae Locke, who also died at the scene. All the girls were wearing seat belts but the driver lost control of the car and all three girls died at the scene. Lala was born on December 12, 2002 at 12:02 p.m. in Santa Rosa, California to Wendy Vernon and Dominic Debari. She lived in the woods of Mendocino County for her first year and then relocated to Sisters. She had a wild and wondrous time playing in Little Sisters Outlaws, then Miss Evelyn’s, as well as the Redmond Early Intervention program. While a student at Sisters Elementary School, she discovered her fantastical storytelling skills, that she was freaked out by all the testing, and loved to sing and dance. She was a Daisy, Junior, and Cadette Girl Scout and particularly loved the service component collecting monies for victims in Haiti, the Philippines disaster, and Animals in Need. Lala played softball in middle school and as a lefty was desired, could hit pretty much any ball, but didn’t really get the game and no one who attended the Redmond fields game will ever forget Lala carrying her bat with her to second base. So she wasn’t a softball player, but she was a singer, writer, and dancer. Lala loved hip-hop dance tremendously. She took classes in Sisters, Bend, Portland, Berkeley and Vancouver. In her free time the music went on and the body started to move. When she wasn’t dancing she was writing stories, drawing, and singing. Lala was a movie buff and happily shared and discussed details about the multitudes of movies she had seen. Lala had parents that loved to travel and she got to do a lot of it: Hawaii many times; Vietnam; Thailand; Hongkong; Italy; New York; Mexico; California; Canada; Washington; Nevada… She loved the adventure and couldn’t wait to begin her own new life post graduation, hoping that it would be in New York. And Lala
Charles Glen Whitman, 85, passed away on Tuesday, September 29. Charles, known as Glen, was born in Bend to Minnie Louise (Hanneman) Whitman and Charles Henry Whitman on March 13, 1935. Glen was the second child of six siblings and had two half-siblings. While he attended Bend High School, he worked for Trailway Buses. After graduating, he worked for the U.S. Forest Service in Bend and developed a passion for forestry that would be the focus of his professional career. His forestry career was interrupted when he joined the U.S. Army and served as a Military Policeman stationed at Fort Sill. While at Fort Sill, he married Charlotte Ann (Crawford) Whitman in 1960. After discharge from the U.S. Army, Glen returned to Central Oregon to begin his family with Charlotte. They had three children: Charles Jay Whitman, Christopher Eric Whitman, and Cally Whitman. They were also foster parents for many years. Glen continued his 32-year career with the U.S. Forest Service, working as a Fire Boss and Forestry Technician. The Whitman family also operated a farm in Tumalo. After his Forest Service retirement, Glen had a second career as a janitor for the Sisters School District for 13 years. He loved his family, dancing, travel, volunteering
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was a phenomenal reader: the classics; contemporary fiction; relational stories... always something in her hands to read. She hiked the outdoors and many new trails, often grudgingly, but a participant by the end. Lala had many loving friends and interesting acquaintances. She was generally polite (her foul mouth was completely her mother’s fault) and always kind to a stranger. That is what Lala did, and Lala was so much more. She was a wonderfully kind, naive, empathic, sarcastic, loving friend, girlfriend, niece, cousin, faux granddaughter (adopted by many sets of grandparents). Most importantly she was the most spectacular daughter: loving; kind; creative; spontaneous; irksome; nature-driven; culturedriven; socially conscious; and a fierce advocate for the underdog. She protested for what she felt was right and against what she perceived as wrong. We have been as proud of her as any parents could ever be. She will forever be our sparkling star, our reason for being and we miss her more than anyone can comprehend. Memorial services will be held in the field across from Sister Middle School, Friday, October 9, at 3 p.m. Please park at Sisters Middle School and drivers with special needs will be accommodated. The field is rough, so strong shoes are suggested. Please bring your own chair if you wish to sit. Social distancing will be required and masks are mandatory — many older relatives will be in attendance in honor of Lala. Please honor them and each other with social distancing and wearing a mask. There will be music, sharing, and perhaps some dancing. Please consider yourself invited to celebrate our wonder-full daughter. Thanks to all who have been so supportive as we navigate this nightmare.
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for numerous clubs and causes, being a member of the Elks, antique cars, Central Oregon history, and gardening. Glen was preceded in death by wives, Charlotte Ann Whitman and Rosemary (Krumvieda) Whitman; as well as a brother, Robert (Bobby) Whitman; halfbrother, Archie (Bud) Whitman; sisters, Doris (Whitman) Wilson and Juanita May (Whitman) Foster-Pike; and a halfsister, Virginia (Whitman) Pepper Swietz. He is survived by his wife, Lorena (Bliven) Whitman; a brother, Dennis Wayne Whitman; a sister, Maxine Florence Whitman; sons, Charles Jay Whitman and Christopher Eric Whitman; a daughter, Cally Whitman; granddaughters, Tabitha Whitman and Christa Whitman; and greatgrandchildren, Brayden, Charlotte, and Madison. His family takes comfort in knowing that he is at peace and dancing in Heaven. But we will miss his question: “Are you
stayin’ outta trouble?” There will be a public viewing at NiswongerReynolds Funeral Home on October 8, from 4 to 6 p.m. The family will hold a small, graveside memorial service on October 9, at 1 p.m. at Greenwood Cemetery. For those uncomfortable attending a memorial service at this time, a Celebration of Life is planned for summer 2021. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Cancer Society in Glen’s name. Please visit the online registry for the family at www.niswonger-reynolds. com.
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Support for youth in time of tragic loss counselors and support personnel, would have been Correspondent on site at the high school to Following the tragic assist with supporting staff deaths on two consecutive and students, as well as helpweeks involving Sisters ing with communication and teens, support for young action plans surrounding the people grappling with the circumstance. Without stulosses is vital. In the midst dents present the team was of COVID-19, access to not called in immediately, resources is a bit more chal- but one member stayed in lenging, but help is available. contact throughout the day to In a letter sent out Friday, provide guidance to Sisters high school principal Joe school staff. Members of the Crisis Hosang said, “The primary Team were scheduled to be at reason for this message is Sisters High School Monday, to let you know that we are October 5 to provide further here to support our students, support to staff and students. staff and families through the The death of young peogrieving process.” ple, especially when it hapCounselors from all three pens unexpectedly, can be schools in Sisters, along with very challenging for anyone administrators and other support personnel, met last affected by the loss. Initial Friday morning to formu- reactions of shock and dislate a response for the school belief may be followed by community, following the a range of other emotions news of two seniors killed in and reactions including a crash on Road 15 Thursday anger, overwhelming sorrow, evening, which happened blame, confusion, and more. just a week after a 2020 There is no magic recipe for graduate died in a single car coping with such situations, but there are some guideaccident. The initial work for this lines, pulled from a variety of group was to ascertain some sources, including Sources of basic facts, assess needs, and Strength, that can be helpful, to gather resource informa- which include: • Find someone you trust tion to share with students to talk with. Be willing to let and families. others help you. Normally, if students had • Give yourself perbeen attending in-school mission to grieve in your classes, the Tri-County Crisis own way and have grace team, a collection of trained By Charlie Kanzig
for those who grieve differently than you do. • Remember it is not only okay, but good to talk about those who have died. • Understand you may feel distracted, unmotivated, or confused, so be willing to give yourself a break. Don’t expect to be at your best. • Let your family know how you are doing • Get physically active —exercise, yoga, running, kick-boxing, punching a pillow, walking in nature or anything else that will get you moving. • Don’t be surprised if this loss stirs up emotions from previous losses. • Write, journal, draw, create, listen to music. • Pray or meditate. • Find ways to do good self-care regarding eating and sleeping. Grieving can be exhausting. • Remember that grief has no timeline or “stages.” • Seek professional help if the feeling of being overwhelmed persists for long. Locally, school counselors in all three buildings are available to assist students. Sisters High School counselor Lindy Weddel said, “We are here to help in any way we can, including providing direct support or to refer students to other resources.”
Individual students might discover they are in need of ongoing support and parents may be seeking resources on how to best care for their kids. Given that students are currently conducting most of their school lives at a distance due to COVID-19, parents may feel more need than ever to provide support for their kids. According to Cheri Lovre, founder of Crisis Management Institute, parents being emotionally available for their kids is crucial. She said, “Parents may feel like they need to ‘make it all better’ or be tempted to turn what happened into a lesson of some sort. What kids most need is to know you are there to listen.” Some high school students organized a gathering Friday evening to remember the young people who died, which is an example of why Sisters is a community well known for pulling together to face challenges. This is certainly one of those times. Some resources for students, parents and educators include: • Partners in Care, which serves the entire Central Oregon region with sites in both Bend and Redmond, provides a number of options for kids experiencing grief,
including in-school grief groups, “My Friend’s House” (for families); individual support; and a summer program called “Camp Courage.” See https://www.partnersbend. org/bend-hospice-services/ childrens-grief-support for information. • Deschutes County Mental-Behavioral Health, including the crisis line, 541322-7500, www.deschutes. org/health. Referral forms are available at Sisters Schools. • The Dougy Center (https://www.dougy.org), which is based in Portland, has extensive resources for parents and kids. • Website: http://www. griefspeaks.com. • Crisis Management Institute, https://cmionline. com, has resources for educators, counselors, and parents. • Private practitioners who specialize in grief. • Clergy well versed in grief support.
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Adventures of a professional vagabond By Reecy Pontiff Correspondent
Right now I should be playing Annie Oakley in the Rocky Mountains, or a bawdy wench in a Renaissance village — but instead of planning a future of the past, the pandemic has presently plunked me down in Sisters. I’m a professional vagabond who migrates between Jeep tours in Colorado and working on the Renaissance faire circuit in the eternal project that is my vintage Airstream. COVID has clipped my wings. I was born with wanderlust. At 18 I scored a photojournalism gig at a local paper in the D.C. area, but the next year my itchy feet demanded a move to a miniscule flat in Edinburgh, Scotland for six months with a friend I’d made on the burgeoning internet. I flew home on September 26, 2001, an eerie time for international travel. After a stint back in Virginia as a bumbling apprentice mechanic, I enrolled in a B.A. program at a university in Australia — some kids go to college on the opposite coast; I opted for the opposite hemisphere. In our rural city, I was one of the weirdest weirdos around. I worked for a skydiving company and edited the university newspaper. 2.5 years later I left with the same two suitcases I’d brought, plus one degree and a short-lived marriage. Upon returning to the
States I moved to L.A., where I couch-surfed and found a job scanning headshots for an extras casting agency. I upgraded to receptionist/catch-all at a tiny nonfiction production company whose biggest claim-to-fame was “Buns of Steel” in the ’90s. Thanks to some persistent networking I became assistant to the co-executive producer of Jimmy Kimmel Live, a welcoming work environment blissfully free of the usual Hollywood screaming. Yes, I met Jimmy and some other celebrities. Ask me sometimes about being handler for Elliot Gould, Jason Alexander and Danny Devito. Later I worked as an historical researcher for History and Discovery channel shows. In 2008 the economy bombed and the TV jobs dried up. Four months, 60 applications, and zero job offers later I decided I’d rather tend bar in New Orleans than La-La Land. I sold everything that wouldn’t fit in my sedan and rode away from the Sunset. I lucked into a dank basement room at an artists’ flophouse in a crumbling antebellum mansion next to the I-10 overpass. It took me a nail-bitten month to find a job in the French Quarter at a microscopic absinthe bar nestled next to St. Louis Cathedral. New Orleans became one of my artistic homes. Gigs emceeing and performing smutty songs in the blossoming neo-burlesque scene fell
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into my lap with regularity. I recorded my first album, “The Fabulous Sideshow Apocalypse” and promptly switched from guitar to ukulele, still my professional weapon of choice. Under the sponsorship of a local bicycle tour company I wrote the first bike tour of the Lower Ninth Ward. The seasonal nature of my work allowed me to spend a summer playing music on the streets of Berlin, Germany. Back in New Orleans, our downstairs neighbor was murdered while we entertained guests. Soon after I fled the city. A long and rambling road trip led me to Montana, where I shacked up with a narcissistic mountain man on his beautiful off-grid homestead for seven months. The emotional pain was almost as concentrated as the list of skills this city girl acquired there: shooting, gardening, butchering, canning, tractor operation. The off-roading experience would become a profession when I moved to Colorado Springs for the next few years and found a job giving Jeep tours gussied up like a vintage cowgirl. After Tetrising all of my belongings into a car for so long I began to ponder trailer life. I hunted for vintage campers until a fellow vagabond offered to sell me her beat-up but liveable 1976 Airstream Argosy. I found myself in Phoenix, Arizona, where their Renaissance festival was about to begin. I was offered work selling art for
a printmaker who specializes in forgeries of Albrech Dürer pieces and this would have been my third season working for her across the country. I’ve also put up my own stage act of original bawdy tunes on the circuit as well. Last summer I returned to the Rocky Mountains to professionally hoot it up in a Jeep. My annual schedule was solidifying and I’d hoped to repeat it in 2020. I first heard about a virus decimating Wuhan, China, from a shabby hotel room in Zimbabwe during a fiveweek odyssey through southern Africa. Fifteen days later I scurried down the East Coast to play two weekends of smutty songs at a faire near Miami, then swung through New Orleans for Mardi Gras on the way to the next festival near Austin, Texas. It wasn’t until that faire was shut down by the county after our third weekend that I realized the severity of the
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under which deadly physical force is permitted at https://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/161.239. So, why would our state representative vote against this bill unless he is completely out of touch with what has been happening in our country since the death of George Floyd? As evidence continues to mount that Black and brown people have been the targets of police brutality at significantly higher rates than can be explained by reasonable statistics — the fatality rate for Black Americans at the hands of police stands at 31 people per million of the population, while for white Americans is 13 per million (Statista Research Department. “Police Shootings: Rate by Ethnicity US 2015-2020) — it is long past time for all of us, including our elected officials, to face that reality and take steps to prevent more tragic deaths. According to The Washington Post (July 16, 2020), even police departments themselves are banning chokeholds: 26 of the nation’s 65 largest police departments have already done so and more are expected to follow. Representative Bonham continues to vote with the most conservative members of his party, even walking off the job rather than voting for legislation that a majority of his constituents want. Fortunately, in November, we can vote against Daniel Bonham. Arlene Burns has demonstrated her leadership and ability to make wise decisions for the good of her community as Mosier’s mayor. I had the opportunity to meet Arlene during her recent visit to Sisters, she is conscientious, caring, and a great listener. She’ll be joining Indivisible Sisters for a meet the candidate event via Zoom on October 8 at 7 p.m. You can join using this link: https://buff. ly/2Go3XO9 I know I’ll be voting for Arlene this November for Representative of House District 59. She won’t let partisanship override common sense. ArleneBurns.com Josh Berger
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To the Editor: After hearing reports that President Trump referred to the American Marines who died on the battlefields of France in World War I as “suckers” and “losers,” it caused me to reflect on my own feelings about the president and the men and women who have sacrificed their lives for our country. Last year my wife and I had the opportunity to visit the Traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall when it was on display in Tucson where we were living at the time. The memorial was on display on the grounds of a local casino. It is 3/5 of the size of the one in Washington D.C., made of granite, 375 feet long and 7.5’ tall. It contains the names of 58,320 American Soldiers who died in the war. As my wife and I walked along the wall on a sunny day my wife eventually headed for a shady spot to sit as I continued my walk along the wall. A few minutes went by and I observed an elderly couple ahead of me. They were trailed by a younger woman and a guide carrying a ladder which she set down next to the wall. I approached the younger woman and engaged her in a brief conversation. She told me that they were looking for the name of her older brother and she had brought her mother and father to find their son’s name among the 58,320 who had died in the war. I stood back to watch as they searched for his name. Once they found it the elderly woman fumbled through her purse to locate a piece of paper and a pencil. Assisted by her husband she shakily climbed the ladder and began to make a rubbing of their son’s name. I returned to where my wife was resting and watched as they stood with their arms locked around one another staring silently at the wall. The words of Pete Seeger’s song rattled through my brain as I wondered what they were thinking, “Where have all the flowers gone… and when will we ever learn,” as I looked at the thousands of names on the wall that seemed to stretch forever. When I returned home, I looked up on the internet and located the name of their son and brother. There was a picture of him at his high school graduation. I’ve forgotten his name, but I will always remember the picture. He was a handsome boy with his hair neatly parted. His eyes portrayed both
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innocence and hope. His lips suggested a smile which hinted a mischievous playfulness. I could imagine him teasing a younger sister as I had when I was his age. He had grown up in a small town in Illinois and played on the football team. He had evidently been drafted right out of high school and was only 19 when he died. Now, as I look back on that day I wonder what his family would think about the president’s words. I could cite other examples of the president’s callous words about our fallen soldiers. When La David Johnson died in Niger, Africa the president called his widow and, instead of consoling her, said that “her guy” (I guess he couldn’t remember his name) “knew what he was getting into.” Then, in 2017, when he accompanied his Chief of Staff, John Kelly, to visit the grave of Kelly’s son who had been killed in Afghanistan, he rudely said, “I don’t get it, what was in it for them.” In his runup to the election Trump attacked John McCain, “He was not a war hero. He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.” Then, within a few hours of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center all he could think of to say was to brag that one of his buildings was now the tallest one in downtown Manhattan. Later, he claimed that he was at ground zero on the day of the attack in an effort to exploit the event for his own benefit. The only question that remains in my mind is: When will we ever learn? Daniel Ramberg
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To the Editor: The first Presidential Debate was two days ago (at time of letter submission) and I am still trying to wash off the aftermath as an assault victim tries to wash off the filth of defilement. I am defiled by Trump’s assault, the contemptuous non-stop interruption and disrespect — a pounding slap in the face on verbal, emotional, and psychic levels. Although it was endured firstperson by Vice President Biden, it extends to all Americans. See LETTERS on page 14
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A N N O U N C E M E N T S Voter Registration
League of Women Voters of Deschutes County is conducting a Voter Registration at the Sisters Library on Saturday, October 10 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, October 13 is the last day to register to vote. Stop by to register to vote, update an address, change party affiliation and update signatures. People need to be U.S. citizens, over the age of 16 (they won’t get ballots until they turn 18), have a government-issued ID such as a driver’s license or know the last four digits of their Social Security number and be a resident of Oregon.
Veterans Meetings
The VFW and American Legion are having a meeting Wednesday, October 7 at 6:30 p.m. at The Hangar next to Sisters Community Church on McKinney Butte Rd. Contact for this meeting is Lance Trowbridge at 541-903-1123 for more info.
Meet the Candidate
Join Indivisible Sisters to meet Mayor Arlene Burns, Democratic candidate for Oregon House District 59. This is an opportunity to hear her positions on issues facing Sisters Country and the State of Oregon. Ask questions and to get answers. All are welcome. Thursday, October 8 at 7 p.m. via Zoom. (link: https:// buff.ly/3aHMGu6) For more information call 541-400-8312/.
Snow Plow Service Bids
The Sisters-Camp Sherman R.F.P.D. is soliciting sealed bids for snow removal of parking and access areas until 4 p.m. on Friday, October 9. Solicitation details can be obtained by request at 541-549-0771 or online at www. sistersfire.com.
City of Sisters Seeks Board Members
The City of Sisters is accepting applications for volunteers to serve on its Boards and Commissions. There are open positions on the Planning Commission, Budget Committee, Housing, Parks, Public Works and Urban Forestry Boards. Information on open positions can be found at www.ci.sisters. or.us/bc. The City will be accepting applications for these positions until Friday, November 6 at 5 p.m. Interviews for open positions will occur in late November, and appointments will happen at the first City Council meeting in December. If you are interested in serving please complete an application form and return to Kerry Prosser, City Recorder at P.O. Box 39, Sisters, OR 97759, or kprosser@ci.sisters.or.us.
Weekly Food Pantry
Wellhouse Church has a weekly food pantry on Thursdays. For the next several weeks, food will be distributed drive-through style from 12:30 until all food is distributed at the Wellhouse Market building, 222 N. Trinity Way. People in need of food may drive through the parking lot and pick up a bag of food for their household. Other Sistersarea churches are joining with Wellhouse Church to contribute both financially and with volunteers to help sustain the program. For more information call 541-549-4184.
Sisters Rotary Mega Raffle
Rotary Club of Sisters is sponsoring a “Mega” Raffle to benefit service projects in Sisters Country such as Books for Kids, Sisters High School scholarships, Sisters Park & Recreation District, Family Access Network, AdoptA-Road, Operation School Bell and more. Winners for 12 prizes totaling $3,000 in value will be drawn Thursday, October 31. Only 500 tickets will be sold — odds of winning a prize are 1 in 41! Among the prizes are a 3-night stay at a luxury Oregon beach house, a $250 case of wine from Cork Cellars, a $450 value family photo package, dinners and five $100 certificates at Sisters retailers. Donations to Rotary Club are $10 per ticket. Purchase tickets by calling 541-301-0300. For more information and a description of prizes visit sistersrotary.org or call 541-301-0300.
Virtual Race to Benefit Central OR Symphony
The Virtual Beat Beethoven’s 5th 5k & 1-mile race will be held Sunday, October 11. A virtual race is done “on your own” between Sunday, October 11 through Sunday, October 18. You can run on your own or use the route at Central Oregon Community College, 2600 NW College Way, Bend. Proceeds benefit the Central Oregon Symphony, which has canceled concerts because of the virus. For just $25 you can register for either distance: www.beatbeethoven5k. com. Registrants will receive a printable bib and be entered into a raffle. If you have questions, call the Central Oregon Symphony Assoc. office at 541-317-3941.
DLT Walk & Hike Series
On Thursday, October 15 at 5 p.m. join the Deschutes Land Trust and Portland General Electric fish biologist, Megan Hill, to learn all about the salmon that swim in our local streams and rivers. Megan will share the fascinating natural history of sockeye, Chinook, and steelhead, along with an update on regional efforts to return salmon and steelhead to their home waters. Get an inside scoop on the fish passage facilities at Round Butte Dam near Madras, and learn more about local salmon conservation. A question and answer session will be included. Registration is required to receive the virtual event link. Only one person per household needs to register for this event. Register at www. deschuteslandtrust.org/hikesevents or call 541-330-0017.
Volunteer with Habitat!
Sisters Habitat for Humanity’s Thrift Store, ReStore, and construction sites need more volunteers! Are you interested? New Volunteer Orientations take place every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at noon in the Sisters Habitat office, upstairs at 141 W. Main Ave. CDC protocols are followed. RSVPs are required as space is very limited in the socially-distanced meeting room. Each person must wear a mask and sanitize their hands when entering the building. A mask will be provided if needed. Please contact Marie at marie@ sistershabitat.org or 541-549-1193 to save your spot.
Sisters History Museum
Three Sisters Historical Society seeks history enthusiasts to volunteer in our new museum. Don’t know anything about Sisters history? No problem, we will provide training so that you can lead our guests through the museum and its exhibits. Enjoy sharing our Sisters history and learning those special stories that few people know! Interested? Call 541-904-0585 or email to tshsvolunteers@gmail.com.
Free Weekly Grab-N-Go Lunches For Seniors
The Council on Aging of Central Oregon is serving seniors (60+) free Grab-N-Go lunches on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays each week. The lunches are distributed on a firstcome, first-served basis drivethrough 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. For info call 541-678-5483.
Deschutes Public Library Online Programs
The Library is conducting online programs for both kids and adults. Upcoming programs for adults include The Power of Conspiracies in U.S. History on Thursday, October 8 at 6 p.m. and The Hero’s Journey on Saturday, October 17 at 2 p.m. For kids, come in and grab a creepy craft to go at Sisters library on Saturdays in October while supplies last. Online Story Time with songs, rhymes, and more is available for ages 0-5 on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10 a.m. Spooktacular Tricks and Treats on Wednesday, October 21 at 10 a.m. provides children ages 3-11 with spooky science, carnival games, and pumpkin art. Information on these programs and more can be viewed at www.deschuteslibrary. org/calendar/ or call 541-312-1032.
Fundraiser for Wildfire Panoramic Access Special Road District Board Vacancy Relief & The Red Cross
Letters of interest are being accepted for a volunteer position on the PASRD 3-member board of commissioners. Board members are appointed by the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners and serve 3-year terms. Applicants must be a resident and registered voter of the district for at least 90 days at the time of appointment. Send applications to panoramicroads@gmail.com; or to PASRD, PO Box 1226, Sisters, OR 97759. The application deadline is November 1. Info: 541-549-1150.
Alzheimer’s Association
Alzheimer’s Association of Central Oregon is hosting online events to support patients, their families, and ongoing research. On Saturday, October 10 join the Walk to End Alzheimer’s in your own neighborhood. Go to alz.org/ walk for more information or to register. On Tuesday, October 13 at noon join an online discussion on Healthy Living for Your Brain and Body. See www. communityresourcefinder. org for more information on classes or call 800-272-3900.
Celebration of Life
A celebration of Life for Michael Ray Smith (June 1940 – April 2020) of Sisters will be held on Saturday, October 10 at 1 p.m., outdoors at Sisters Community Church, 1300 McKenzie Hwy. Social-distance guidelines will be observed. A previously scheduled celebration had to be canceled due to wildfires.
Celebration of Life
Celebrating the Life of Randall Wayne Burdick, “The Burd.” A memorial will be held at Sisters High School Reed Stadium football field on Sunday, October 11, at 2 p.m. Due to COVID-19, masks are required. Please bring a chair or a blanket to sit on. Please maintain 6’ distance. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you consider donating to the Sisters High School Athletic Department.
Outdoor socially-distant yoga (all are welcome) at Eurosports taught by Erin Walker. 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesdays, October 7 and 14. Please bring mat or beach towel, first come/ first served. $10 suggested donation. Info: 541-728-7407.
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The Furry Friends office is now located at 412. E. Main Ave., Ste. 4 behind The Nugget office. Though the office is closed to the public, the pet food bank is still open for no contact porch pick ups. Call to order your pet food for pick up during our regular weekly pickup time on Thursdays from 12:30 to 4 p.m. or by appointment the rest of the week. For info call or text 541-797-4023.
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BLUEBIRDS: Youth self-motivated to help birds nest Continued from page 3
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Members of Sisters Community Church, VAST, and Young Life spent Sunday morning at Sisters High School cleaning up the entry and posting dozens of notes showing love and support for Sisters High School staff and students in the wake of the tragic death of two students and a 2020 graduate in accidents over the past couple of weeks.
SHAKEOUT: Event promotes disaster preparedness Continued from page 5
Sherman Fire Department is encouraging local residents to participate in the Great Oregon Shakeout drill, set for October 15. Visit www. shakeout.org/oregon/ for information. But McGowan notes that the Great Oregon Shakeout for Sisters isn’t so much about the shaking as it is being prepared for the aftereffects of the shaking. Self-reliance will be critical to get through the immediate and long-term aftermath of a megaquake. Emergency responders will be busy, even if they are not sent to other parts of the state to help quake victims. What can local citizens do to be prepared for a major emergency such as a catastrophic mega earthquake? First, recognize the vulnerabilities. In a “full-rip” Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake, there is likely to be significant damage to the state’s major fuel depot in the St. Johns area of Portland. And re-routing fuel supplies, which are contracted for, won’t be a quick or easy proposition. And in a major region-wide emergency, fuel will be allocated first to emergency responders. Fill your tank — and don’t let it get below half-empty. That way you’ve always got at least some fuel on hand. A couple of safely stored fivegallon gas cans are a good idea, too — treated so that the fuel doesn’t go bad. Drop the gas into your tank every few months and get a fresh supply in the cans. Water is critical to life. Experts recommend storing at least one gallon of water
per person for three days for drinking, cooking and sanitation. (www.ready.gov/ water). That’s a lot of water in an emergency that lasts for several days or weeks. Putting up a few flats of commercial bottled water is a good idea, as is filling several camping containers. It’s also a very good idea to have a good water purification device in case you are caught somewhere away from your water supply. It’s always a good idea to carry one in your hiking pack or your emergency car kit anyway. The grocery supply network is likely to be severely disrupted in a major earthquake scenario. Most emergency plans call for food supplies for 72 hours — but for an event like a Cascadia quake, you need to be prepared for much longer: Three weeks to a month. Don’t count on the ability to refrigerate food. And don’t forget that your pets will need to eat, too — so you need to lay in a backup supply of their food as well. You’ll also need to have the means to cook. Camping stoves are convenient, easy to use and effective. It’s a very good idea to have an emergency backup for vital medications. Just
like the food chain, the supply chain for pharmacies is likely to be disrupted. Having an alternative source of heat is important if you heat primarily with electricity. A portable gaspowered generator is fine for a while — but in a scenario where fuel supplies are short for an extended period of time, that may not help you. A wood stove requires nothing but some muscle to create the fuel. Get a Red Cross solar/ crank radio so you won’t be completely out of touch on vital announcements/news if the communication net goes down for an extended period. For some folks, there is an innate, perhaps subconscious, resistance to spending money and effort preparing for something that may never happen. But preparing for “The Big One” also leaves you in great shape to handle smaller emergencies, from winter power outages to a financial crunch that forces you to tap some emergency supplies. And, for the well-prepared, the confidence that you are ready for anything and in a position to help your family, friends, and neighbors, offers tremendous peace of mind.
For home-school projects I’m always thinking of things that we do that could be educational. He quilts and helps me with canning.” Most birds, including bluebirds, don’t reuse their old nests, no matter how clean they are. They typically build a new nest for each clutch. This reduces the prevalence of parasites. Mites and lice lay eggs in nest materials, producing a whole batch of young parasites that would have a head start in attacking a new set of nestlings. The third-grader removes the old nests and then scrubs out the nest box with a vinegar and water solution. “I’ve cleaned out eight,” he said, “One at my grandmas and two at my house and five at the neighbors.” The neighbors, Petra, and Dwayne Chase, were educated about bluebirds and their nests when Oathes stopped by one day. Petra said, “Jordan noticed that we had old nests in our bluebird birdhouses. He was well-informed and told us we had to remove the old nests for new bluebirds to nest in the spring. Jordan got all the information on how to clean the birdhouses out the right
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way by his grandmother Diane, his mom, Shawna, and on websites.” Tolzman said, “We love seeing all the bluebirds in the area and want to provide them with a safe place to nest. I save all my thread from quilting, so we have bags of thread. We usually see some of our thread in the nests every year.” She added, “We had a big swallows nest last year that was full of my colored thread.” One of the challenges for bluebirds is that they’re losing habitat, including the standing dead trees, or snags, they depend on for nesting – the same trees often salvaged after fires. You can help them out by putting up nest boxes and providing food in the form of seed feeders and suet cakes.
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1619 vs. 1776 — history education is a battleground
By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief
“There are two things that I believe to be true. First, that America has a long history of brutal and shameful mistreatment of racial minorities — with black Americans its chief victims. And second, that America is a great nation, and that American citizens (and citizens of the world) should be grateful for its founding. Perhaps no nation has done more good for more people than the United States. It was and is a beacon of liberty and prosperity in a world long awash in tyranny and poverty.” — David French, The National Review History is always a battleground. Ideologues mine it for raw materials that can be fashioned into weapons to deploy in contemporary culture wars. Given how intense our political and cultural conflicts have grown in the past few years, it’s not surprising that there is furious dustup underway over what history is taught to young people. In this corner, we have the 1619 Project; in the opposite corner we have the 1776 Commission. The 1619 Project was launched in August 2019 by The New York Times and framed thus: “In August of 1619, a ship appeared on this horizon, near Point Comfort, a coastal port in the English colony of Virginia. It carried more than 20 enslaved Africans, who were sold to the colonists. No aspect of the country that would be formed here has been untouched by the years of slavery that followed. In the 400th anniversary of this fateful moment, it is finally time to tell our story truthfully.” The 1619 Project was
hailed in some quarters as a long-overdue refocusing on the centrality of slavery and the Black experience in the creation of America. Critically, the Project asserts that this past is not dead — and not even past — that the legacy of slavery is part of the warp and weft of the American fabric, tainting its culture and all of its institutions. Nikole Hannah-Jones, the reporter who conceived of the Project and wrote its framing essay was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. The Project is being proposed in some quarters as foundational material for teaching American history. The 1619 Project has been heavily criticized — and not just by people who are ideologically hostile to its premise. It took particularly telling hits for distorting the influence of slavery in motivating the American Revolution. Hannah-Jones acknowledged that her essay’s bald assertion to that effect was too strong. “I think someone reading that would assume that this was the case: all 13 colonies and most people involved,” she told an Atlantic reporter. “And I accept that criticism, for sure.” The 1619 Project’s focus on the continuity and persistence of racism creates a fundamental pessimism that shortchanges the truly radical nature of the moment in 1776 when the American colonies declared their independence from Great Britain. In writing the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, a slaveholder, set a bar that he himself failed to meet — recognizing that all men are created equal. But the fact remains that the bar was set. Whatever progress we have made in racial justice
can be laid to the imperative to — as Martin Luther King, Jr. put it — “be true to what you said on paper.” As Gordon S. Wood, author of “The Radicalism of the American Revolution” points out, “The notion of equality was really crucial. When the Declaration says that all men are created equal, that is no myth. It is the most powerful statement ever made in our history, and it lies behind almost everything we Americans believe in and attempt to do.” There is no question that there is a deep ideological tinge to the 1619 Project. Hannah-Jones is an advocate for reparations for the descendants of slaves. Many of the essays are loaded with a profound hostility to capitalism. This inevitably has led to a no less ideologically freighted backlash. President Trump announced last month the formation of a “1776 Commission” to promote “patriotic education” and a “pro-American” curriculum. He stated that, “Critical race theory, the 1619 Project, and the crusade against American history is toxic propaganda, ideological poison that, if not removed, will dissolve the civic bonds that tie us together. It will destroy our country.”
We need to be careful here. Simply returning to the kind of triumphalist narrative that once fed Americans a heavily sanitized, feelgood version of our history is no antidote to pessimism. It’s a recipe for cynicism, because we can no longer hide from the darkness in our past. There is no honest version of American history that can step around the original sins of chattel slavery and the displacement of indigenous peoples in the ethnic cleansing of the North American continent. But we should be at a point where we grasp hold of paradoxes, like that outlined by David French above, without melting down. In an op-ed for The Scotsman, Professor Richard Finlay and Dr. Alison Cathcart wrote of the Scots (who have their own contemporary battles over history): “One feature of a mature democracy is the respect it accords to its past, which means accepting it in its entirety, warts and all. There are good points and bad points in all national histories and accepting both is vital to avoiding the pitfalls of narrow, triumphalist chauvinism or debilitating defeatism. Neither of which is healthy.” There’s a question as to
whether the United States qualifies as a “mature democracy.” The republic certainly is venerable in age — but our current conduct of its business cannot be described as “mature.” Perhaps according respect to the past would improve our efforts — but that means truly engaging with it. Sisters students get some Oregon history in elementary school, and a couple of years of U.S. history instruction in 8th and 10th grade. Maybe they need a lot more, plumbed to greater depth. That’s not so easy to deliver in an educational climate that is short on time and resources — but it’s worth it. I’m biased by my love for the subject, but, truly, it provides knowledge and insight you can use every single day. As writer James Carlos Blake notes, “History is human nature writ large, and the better you understand the past, the better you’ll understand people in general, including those of our own day.” And knowing our history helps us think critically about the narratives we’re fed by culture warriors working agendas that may threaten the integrity of that “beacon of liberty and prosperity in a world long awash in tyranny and poverty.”
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The evil spirit of the Great North Woods By Jim Cornelius Editor In Chief
As the seasons turn into the waning of the year, October is the month for exploring the uncanny. Through this month, The Nugget will explore some spooky folk mythology from various cultures that make up the American quilt… The Wendigo An evil spirit of the Great North Woods, an eater of human flesh, a stealer of souls: The Wendigo. Whisper that name in the autumn twilight woods. “Weennndigooo…” The word is enough all by itself to send shivers down the spine. The Wendigo is a winter demon of Algonquin legend, and it seems that many cultures of that extensive American Indian language group across Canada and the U.S. knew him. An Ojibwe scholar describes the demon thus: “The Wendigo was gaunt to the point of emaciation, its desiccated skin pulled tautly over its bones. With its bones pushing out against its skin, its complexion the ash gray of death, and its eyes pushed back deep into their sockets, the Wendigo looked like a gaunt skeleton recently disinterred from the grave. What lips it had were tattered and bloody [….] Unclean and suffering from suppurations of the flesh, the Wendigo gave off a strange and eerie odor of decay and decomposition, of death and corruption.” Many Algonquin peoples believed that the demon could turn “them” into Wendigos — a belief so strong that it is (somewhat controversially) considered a “culture-specific” psychological phenomenon — Wendigo Psychosis.
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In the 1870s, a Cree hunter and trapper named Swift Runner “went We n d i g o ” a n d k i l l e d and ate his family. From Murderpedia: “Swift Runner was a Cree Indian who lived during the last century in what is now central Alberta. His background seemed not unusual. As a young man he received a solid useful Cree education; he married and had a family of six children; he traded with the Hudson’s Bay Company; and, in 1875, he served as a guide for the North West Mounted Police. “But Swift Runner ’s life ended in tragedy and notoriety. During the winter of 1878-79, a time of starvation and misery for the Cree people, he became possessed by the Windigo psychosis (an aberration characterized by grand delusions and cannibalistic impulses that anthropologists have identified in several Canadian Indian cultures). He murdered his wife and family and cooked and ate their flesh. Eventually he was arrested, brought to trial, and in December, 1879, hanged at Fort Saskatchewan.”
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A fall visit to Clear Lake is a must By Craig F. Eisenbeis Correspondent
As soon as the calendar flips over to October, I start thinking about a visit to Clear Lake. Just over Santiam Pass, and only about a half hour away, there’s no better place to see fall colors in our area. This is always my favorite local fall hike. As far as that goes, it’s probably everyone’s favorite fall hike around here — and the long range weather forecast suggests that there will be many remaining opportunities in October. My hiking buddy and I do this hike almost every year about this time, but we decided to mix it up a little this year and threw in our kayaks as an option. Actually, just the possibility of visiting Clear Lake was a bit tenuous this year because access was restricted most of last month due to the fires and the ensuing road closures. Fortunately, the area reopened last week, and we were quick to take advantage. We weren’t the only ones who had that idea. This visit to Clear Lake was the busiest day at the lake I’ve ever seen. We arrived in late morning last Saturday, and there was still plenty of parking; but, by early afternoon, the place was packed. Still there was plenty of space to socially distance. The skies were blue, the winds were calm, and the lake surface was like glass; so we decided to go for the aquatic option. There were a few other kayaks and canoes; but, mostly, there was a lot of fishing going on. We decided to head north of the resort, since that area seemed to be less crowded. There are quite a few Clear Lakes in this world, but this is one that actually lives up to its name. In fact, the intensely blue waters are so clear that you can see trees submerged when lava flows created the lake 3,000 years ago. These aren’t petrified trees or lava casts; they’re the real thing. The waters of Clear Lake are so cold that the microorganisms that cause wood to rot generally cannot survive here. While paddling along, it’s impossible not to peer into the clear depths scores of feet below. The ancient trees are certainly the most striking objects of interest; but, this time, we saw something new. While it’s not uncommon to see fish cruising the depths, this time we saw several salmon-sized trout — we’re talking fish in the 24-to30-inch range! At this time of the year, surface tributaries to the lake have long since dried up, but Great Spring is still
pumping its very cold water into the lake and forming the “official” headwaters of the McKenzie River. We headed there first and entertained ourselves by paddling into the swift current emerging from the spring. Next, we lazily paddled to the north end of the lake, where — in the spring — Fish Lake Creek delivers water from… Fish Lake. On our way back toward the resort, we witnessed squadrons of waterfowl practicing coordinated takeoffs and landings. The resort, with its small store and cabins is open all year; but the kitchen is now closed for the season. Since the area is around 3,000 feet in elevation, the lake is often snow-free in late fall and early spring. Paddling south, past the resort, we encountered a multitude of hand-powered boats, most of which were engaged in fishing. Motorized boats are prohibited on this lake. A few of the boats were having almost non-stop fishing action. Brook trout and cutthroat trout reproduce naturally in the lake, and rainbow trout are regularly stocked. Most of the fish we saw being caught were rainbows, with a few nice-size brookies, as well. The loop trail around the lake is only about five and a half miles long and offers terrific natural wonders. This excellent trail is nearly flat,
except for some incidental ups and downs through the lava rock on the southeast portion of the trail; and much of that section is paved. It seems that hiker traffic usually tends to be counterclockwise around the lake, but was pretty evenly divided on this occasion. Traveling counterclockwise means never having to directly face the sun. When traveling south on the west side of the lake, the hiker is always in deep shade; and, when hiking north through the open lava flows on the east side, the sun is at your back. For the most part, the lush, dense vegetation surrounding the lake is quite foreign to those of us who live at the edge of the High Desert. Thousands of vine maples encircle the lake and provide brilliant red, orange, and yellow fall colors. Maybe because it has been such a dry year, the colors don’t seem to be quite so brilliant this year, but it’s still a beautiful sight. Perhaps colder fall temperatures will remedy that; the color display can change rapidly. This is an outing you can enjoy without even leaving your car — but you should, even if it’s just to stroll a short distance into the forest or walk down to the resort’s dock, where some of the submerged trees are visible in the crystal clear water. To reach Clear Lake,
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Three Outlaws take part in grassroots race Correspondent
A teenage runner from South Medford High School — motivated to have the chance to race some of the other top distance runners in Oregon after track was canceled and the cross-country season moved to February — has taken matters into his own hand. He organized a 5,000-meter race that was held Saturday, October 3, at Sheldon High School’s track in Eugene. The beneficiaries of the race being made available included John Peckham, Will Thorsett, and Sam Mays, of Sisters High School. The trio, along with some other teammates, have been training consistently since last March and have not raced since the state cross-country championships last November, in which Peckham placed first and Thorsett third. The Outlaws represented three of the four 4A runners who took part in the race dominated by 6A and 5A runners who, like Peckham and Thorsett, entered the race with strong credentials. Most of the entrants had never run a 5,000-meter race on the track before, so the 12-1/2 lap race was new territory. Ryan Schumacher of Jesuit, fourth at last year’s 6A state cross country meet held off the race organizer Michael Maiorano by five seconds to win in a fine time of 14:50. Jack Bennett, also of Jesuit, was next in 14:56. Peckham and Thorsett finished in the thick of the next group across the line, with Peckham taking fifth place (15:27) and Thorsett eighth (15:34) as five runners finished within eight seconds of each other. May, who specializes in the 800 meters in track, ran near his lifetime best for the distance to finish in 17:36. Sarah Thorsett, a volunteer coach for both the crosscountry and track teams, was on hand for the meet and came away very impressed with the Outlaws runners. “They ran so smart,� she said. “John and Will finished very strong, each with a 67-second final lap and Sam
Sam was impressive taking on such a long track race with such a great attitude. It was fun to see all three of them run so well after being off from racing so long. — Sarah Thorsett
was impressive taking on such a long track race with such a great attitude. It was fun to see all three of them run so well after being off from racing so long.� Volunteer Coach Dennis Dempsey said, “They ran great, which shows their commitment to training under ever-changing circumstances.� Traditional fall sports will be allowed to take part in a four week “mini-season� beginning in mid-October, which may include some more races, according to head cross-country coach Josh Nordell. It appears that at least three Outlaws will be ready.
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Man who beat motel owner sentenced to psychiatric hospital BEND (AP) — A La Pine man has been sentenced to 20 years in the state psychiatric hospital for brutally beating a 70-year-old woman in a racist attack last year. The Bulletin reports James Lamb Jr. was one of the first people in Oregon charged under a new hate crime law for seriously injuring the co-owner of the Hub Motel, Meena Puri. Puri is an Indian immigrant who’s lived with her family in Central Oregon for most of her life. Early on December 31, 2019, Lamb broke into the office of the motel, where he was staying, after Puri told him he couldn’t use the office phone. Lamb’s wife had driven him to the motel the night before because he was acting abusive toward her, according to Redmond Police. Lamb broke down the office door, grabbed Puri and assaulted her. Police said Lamb told police investigators he wanted to “rid America of people like her.” Puri suffered fractures to her neck, face and shoulder and was hospitalized for several weeks. Lamb, 54, appeared this week in Deschutes County Circuit Court on charges of bias crime, burglary and assault. A charge of attempted murder was dropped as part of his plea deal. Lamb was evaluated by psychological experts for the state and defense. Both agreed he met the legal criteria for a defense of guilty except for insanity.
Sisters salutes... • Hats off to Sisters High School Athletic Director Gary Thorson, who has shown grace under pressure in navigating the confusing, conflicting path through COVID-19. The experience of high school athletics is an important one for many students, and ensuring that they get the best possible opportunity to have that experience — while keeping them safe and adhering to health and safety requirements — is a big challenge.
COMP PLAN: Citizens can serve on committees Continued from page 1
don’t live in Sisters proper, but shop, recreate, and generally identify with Sisters. “Building on the Sisters Country Vision Plan adopted several years ago, we are excited to go back to the community and ask folks for their thoughts on the future of Sisters, so that we can translate that into actual policy and action,” said Mayor Chuck Ryan. “This is the community’s plan, so it is vital that the people who know Sisters best drive that plan.” A Community Advisory Committee (CAC) is being formed to help advise and guide staff, the Stakeholder Committee, and, ultimately, the Planning Commission and the City Council on the direction of the final document. The CAC will consist of up to 14 members representing a crosssection of the community, including up to three Sisters Country residents, and
Wednesday, October 7, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon will meet up to seven times over the course of the next six to eight months for approximately two hours each time. Precautions due to COVID19 will be employed to ensure the community’s safety during this process, which will likely involve online meetings. Those interested in being on the CAC should complete an Advisory Board Application at www.sisters2040.com/getinvolved, and return it by 5 p.m. October 28, either in the utility drop box at City Hall or by email to either of the staff listed below. The City Council will appoint members at their November 18 meeting. For information, contact Scott Woodford, community development director, at 541323-5211 or swoodford@ ci.sisters.or.us; or Nicole Mardell, principal planner, at 541-323-5208 or nmardell@ ci.sisters.or.us. To learn more about the Comprehensive Plan and how to participate visit www. sisters2040.com. The website provides information to keep citizens in the loop as the plan progresses and will be updated throughout the process.
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FIRE SAFETY: Kitchen is source of many house fires Continued from page 3
residential structure fires over the past five years, causing an average of 19 percent of Oregon’s total residential structure fires and six deaths. Cooking fire safety tips include: • Keep an eye on what you’re cooking; don’t leave cooking unattended. • Keep your cooking areas clean and clear of combustibles (potholders, food packaging, towels, etc.), and wipe up surface spills. • Create three-foot kidand-pet-free zone around stove. • Older children should only cook with permission and under the supervision of an adult. • Have a lid or cookie sheet within reach while cooking (to smother flames) in case of a fire. If a cooking fire does start:
• Put a lid on it! Slide a lid over the pan (from the side) and then turn off the burner. • Don’t move the pan until the fire is completely extinguished and cooled, and don’t try to transfer the pan to the sink. If you cannot quickly extinguish the fire: • Get yourself and your family safely out of the house. • If you can, close doors as you are escaping, to help contain the fire. • Call 911 from a safe place (outside). “This year has been a challenging one for Oregonians,” said State Fire Marshal Mariana Ruiz-Temple. “As we continue to face the challenges of COVID-19 and now the impacts of the Oregon fire season, it demonstrates the resilient spirit of Oregonians. Fire Prevention Month is a good reminder, as we continue to be in our homes and closed settings, to bring fire safe practices into the home, which will continue to keep you and your families safe from the dangers of fire.”
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STORAGE WITH BENEFITS $50 Men's camo chair that rocks, • 8 x 20 dry box swivels, reclines. Good • Fenced yard, RV & trailers condition. 541-719-0050 • In-town, gated, 24-7 New leather sewing machines. Kris@earthwoodhomes.com Cowboy Outlaw, $1,295 each. Call 503-843-2806, text for pics. HEATED GARAGES Leases, Private, 24-hr. Access, FREE LASERJET PRINTER Hot-wash Room, Bath, Lounge. HP LaserJet 5200 (black and Jack At 541-419-2502. white laser printer), plus two 16A cartridges. Prime Downtown Retail Space Stop by The Nugget to look at Call Lori at 541-549-7132 or pick up. Cold Springs Commercial 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 Find Hope in God’s Character Ground-floor suite, 290 sq. ft. Transformed by God’s Nature 581 N Larch St. Available now, Daily readings accompanied by $325/month. Call 541-549-1086. beautiful illustrations explore the MINI STORAGE attributes of God as revealed in Sisters Storage & Rental Scripture. Readers are 331 W. Barclay Drive encouraged to know God more 541-549-9631 deeply and be spiritually Sizes 5x5 to 15x30. 7-day access. transformed in the midst of trials Computerized security gate. and suffering. Available at On-site management. LogBridgeBooks.com, Amazon, U-Haul trucks, trailers, moving & Paulina Springs Books, Sisters. boxes & supplies. 202 Firewood STORAGE STEEL CONTAINERS SISTERS FOREST PRODUCTS FOR RENT OR SALE DAVE ELPI – FIREWOOD Delivered to your business or • SINCE 1976 • property site Doug Fir – Lodgepole – Juniper Call 541-678-3332 DRIVE-IN WOOD SALES – 18155 Hwy. 126 East – 103 Residential Rentals SistersForestProducts.com PONDEROSA PROPERTIES Order Online! 541-410-4509 –Monthly Rentals Available– 205 Garage & Estate Sales Call Debbie at 541-549-2002 Full details, 24 hrs./day, go to: Social Distancing Super Sale PonderosaProperties.com 14420 Crossroads Lp., Sisters Printed list at 221 S. Ash, Sisters Fri., Oct. 9 & Sat., Oct. 10. Ponderosa Properties LLC 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Modern vintage furniture, tools, Yakima cartop 104 Vacation Rentals carriers, angler's paddleboard, In the Heart of Sisters climbing gear, clothing and 3 Vac. Rentals – Quiet 1-2 Bdrm household items. Sleep 2-6, start at $145 per nt. Ranch Dressings Fall vrbo.com/442970 or /180950 VINTAGE MARKET. Lots of or /337593 • 503-730-0150 furniture! Vintage, cottage, ~ Sisters Vacation Rentals ~ shabby-chic, western, industrial, Private Central OR vac. rentals, glam, retro, garden, yard art, Property Management Services one-of-a-kind & so much more! 541-977-9898 Grab a friend & come shop! www.SistersVacation.com Oct. 9, 10, 11. 10-4. No early HOUSE SWAP birds, please. No dogs. We’re interested in swapping our 18137 Fadjur Lane, Sisters. Lincoln City/Devil’s Lake Masks encouraged. lakefront home 2-4 times a year Yard Sale. Fri., Oct. 9 & Sat., with a Black Butte Ranch Oct. 10, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Moving homeowner. Home is 5 bdrm, sale — everything must go! 4 bath, playroom with pool table, 205 N. Cowboy St. ample kitchen and dining room, Happy Trails Estate Sales! living room with wood-burning Selling or Downsizing? fireplace and music system, TV Locally owned & operated by... room and much more. Deck Daiya 541-480-2806 overlooks 180° view of the lake. Sharie 541-771-1150 Use of the 8-passenger jet boat & private dock is possible. We do 206 Lost & Found not rent this home. Found: men's wedding ring in Email srkatz@hotmail.com. the Metolius River on Saturday, CASCADE HOME & Oct. 3. Call 406-671-3621. VACATION RENTALS 301 Vehicles Monthly and Vacation Rentals throughout Sisters Country. We Buy, Sell, Consign Quality (541) 549-0792 Cars, Trucks, SUVs & RVs ~ Property management Call Jeff at 541-815-7397 for second homes. Sisters Car Connection da#3919 CascadeVacationRentals.net SistersCarConnection.com
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FURRY FRIENDS helping Sisters families w/pets. FREE Dog & Cat Food No contact pick-up by appt. 412 E. Main Ave., Ste. 4 541-797-4023 Bend Spay & Neuter Project Providing Low-Cost Options for Spay, Neuter and more! Go to BendSnip.org or call 541-617-1010 Three Rivers Humane Society Where love finds a home! See the doggies at 1694 SE McTaggart in Madras • A No-kill Shelter Go to ThreeRiversHS.org or call 541-475-6889 THE NUGGET NEWSPAPER SISTERS | OREGON • • • • • Keep up-to-date! Check us out for breaking news at www.nuggetnews.com
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504 Handyman
No job too small. $15-25/hour. 40 years in the trade. References available. 541-549-4563. 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
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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 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 VIEW OUR Current Classifieds every Tuesday afternoon! Go to NuggetNews.com
601 Construction
Carl Perry Construction LLC Residential & Commercial Restoration • Repair – DECKS & FENCES – CCB #201709 • 541-419-3991 JOHN NITCHER CONSTRUCTION General Contractor Home repair, remodeling and additions. CCB #101744 541-549-2206 SPURGE COCHRAN BUILDER, INC. General Contractor Building Distinctive, Handcrafted Custom Homes, Additions, Remodels Since ’74 A “Hands-On” Builder Keeping Your Project on Time & On Budget • CCB #96016 To speak to Spurge personally, call 541-815-0523 McCARTHY & SONS CONSTRUCTION New Construction, Remodels, Fine Finish Carpentry 541-420-0487 • CCB #130561
Custom Homes Residential Building Projects Concrete Foundations Becke William Pierce CCB# 190689 • 541-647-0384 Beckewpcontracting@gmail.com
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Lara’s Construction LLC. CCB#223701 Offering masonry work, fireplaces, interior & exterior stone/brick-work, build barbecues & all types of masonry. Give us a call for a free estimate. 541-350-3218 Earthwood Timberframes • Design & construction • Recycled fir and pine beams • Mantles and accent timbers Kris@earthwoodhomes.com CCB #174977
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BANR Enterprises, LLC Earthwork, Utilities, Grading, Hardscape, Rock Walls Residential & Commercial CCB #165122 • 541-549-6977 www.BANR.net ROBINSON & OWEN Heavy Construction, Inc. All your excavation needs *General excavation *Site Preparation *Sub-Divisions *Road Building *Sewer and Water Systems *Underground Utilities *Grading *Snow Removal *Sand-Gravel-Rock Licensed • Bonded • Insured CCB #124327 (541) 549-1848 TEWALT & SONS INC. Excavation Contractors Sisters’ Oldest Excavation Co. Our experience will make your $ go further – Take advantage of our FREE on-site visit! Hard Rock Removal • Rock Hammering • Hauling Trucking • Top Soil • Fill Dirt Ground-to-finish Site Prep Building Demolition • Ponds & Liners • Creative & Decorative Rock Placement • Clearing, Leveling & Grading Driveways Utilities: Sewer Mains, Laterals Water, Power, TV & Phone Septic System EXPERTS: Complete Design & Permit Approval, Feasibility, Test Holes. Sand, Pressurized & Standard Systems. Repairs, Tank Replacement. CCB #76888 Cellular: 419-2672 or 419-5172 • 541-549-1472 • TewaltAndSonsExcavation.com
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604 Heating & Cooling
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605 Painting
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701 Domestic Services
BLAKE & SON – Commercial, Home & Rentals Cleaning WINDOW CLEANING! Lic. & Bonded • 541-549-0897
704 Events & Event Services
FALL FESTIVAL sponsored by Central Oregon Saturday Market. Fall Festival is a gathering place for artists, craftspeople, growers, gatherers and food vendors to display and sell their work which is uniquely their own. Where the seller is the maker. Sat. Oct. 10 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 507 NW Wall Street, Bend
802 Help Wanted
AQUA CLEAR SPA SERVICE Hot tub servicing technician needed. Training provided with opportunity for advancement. 606 Landscaping & Yard Competitive pay. Clean driving record required. Serious Maintenance applicants only. Call or email for All Landscaping Services interview: 541-410-1023; Mowing, Thatching, Hauling... aquaclearoregon@gmail.com Call Abel Ortega, 541-815-6740. Advocates for Life Skills & Opportunity Part-time Employment Professional - $15 per hour. From design to installation we Provides coaching services for can do it all! Pavers, water clients working in community features, irrigation systems, sod, jobs. The Employment plants, trees etc. Professional works at the job site 541-771-9441 LCB #8906 J&E Landscaping Maintenance with clients to help train both the client and the employer on LLC Clean-ups, raking, mowing, effective communication hauling debris, gutters. techniques, overcoming barriers Edgar Cortez 541-610-8982 to successful job performance. jandelspcing15@gmail.com Please email Spencer.Brown@alsoweb.org with your resume. Citizens4Community is searching for a Part-time Complete landscape construction, Executive Director for the fencing, irrigation installation & nonprofit organization to help trouble-shooting, general promote civility, collaboration, cleanups, turf care maintenance and civic engagement. For job and agronomic recommendations, description and application see fertility & water conservation the C4C website at management, light excavation. Citizens4Community.com. CCB 188594 • LCB 9264 Closes October 29. 541-515-8462
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THE LODGE IN SISTERS is now Hiring for: Caregiver/Med Tech (PT/FT) Requires maturity and a responsible attitude and the ability to establish confidence in the residents regarding their care needs or administer medications and treatments. Wages DOE. NOC/Evening. $500 SIGN-ON BONUS. Culinary Assistant (PT) Responsible for quality of dining service during meals for the community. Wages DOE. Morning/Evening. Contact us @ 541-904-0545. Temporary Full-Time Volunteer Recruitment & Retention Coordinator Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District is seeking qualified applicants for the position of Volunteer Recruitment & Retention Coordinator. View informational packet and application online at www.sistersfire.com/ employment/. Closes Monday, October 12 at 5 p.m. Bird Gard LLC, the world leader in electronic bird control, is seeking an experienced Purchasing Agent. Employment will be part-time or full-time and will be based in the company’s facility in Sisters. The ideal candidate will have excellent attention to detail, strong organizational skills and the ability to communicate well with vendors and fellow employees. To apply please email info@birdgard.com to request a job application and formal job description.
803 Work Wanted
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Protecting your marriage in stressful times By Norene Gonsiewski, MSW, LCSW Guest Columnist
By now, most of us realize that the pandemic is not going away anytime soon and that we aren’t past working and schooling kids from home. Within our own lives there is much to be stressed about and when we turn on the news, it’s all doom and gloom. All this uncertainty is a recipe for relationship disaster. If you feel like you’ve been walking on eggshells around your partner, you’re not alone. It doesn’t have to be this way, though. You can even use this time to put your relationship first again. I know, you have little time to yourselves, but you can use it wisely. Happy couples are ones who reduce the stress and increase the connection. Turn off the news and listen to each other. In fact, make sure that every day you turn off all screens and spend at least 15 minutes checking in on how each of you is really doing. What do you appreciate about your partner? How is your mood? What are you grateful for in the midst of this mess? What are you learning about yourself right now in terms of your values, hopes and fears? There is so much to talk about right now in order to grow personally and as a couple. Partners who listen, empathize, and validate each other are more likely to feel less stressed during the pandemic. Deal with difficult
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issues constructively and in a timely manner. I imagine that there are very real issues you need to talk through. How will you handle the holidays? Is your money going to last? Can we keep this up? Respectful communication is the biggest challenge for all couples and under this enduring stress you may be shorter tempered. Don’t try to work through issues in the car, standing in the kitchen or in the middle of chores. Wait until you cool down and then sit down and take turns listening to each other’s point of view. Listen to understand, not to respond. Remember that you married someone just as smart as you and that, if you listen, you can arrive at a win-win solution. Under great stress we want to blame someone, but whatever small thing your partner did, you mustn’t take your stress out on them. Remember: getting to
spend your time at home with a loved one is a privilege. There are plenty of people out there who live alone and are forced to spend these scary times without a shoulder to lean on. Take advantage of your situation and spend some quality time with your partner. Make the time to relax, play a game, do a project, watch a movie, play with the kids, get outside, try a new pursuit like yoga or meditation — and don’t forget your physical connection. Intimacy and connection are the ultimate de-stressors. You are lucky to have a partner to lean on, and to kiss and caress. Laughter and humor are essential in staying happy and connected. One of the strongest contributors to relationship happiness is being able to laugh together. The humor that makes a marriage happy includes laughter at jokes, funny situations, the kids’ and pets’ antics, and one
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CRASH: Community rocked by tragic loss of young lives
SHOUP: Intern has hit the ground running for City of Sisters
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stated that, “Investigators are still working to confirm where each occupant was seated at the time of the crash and believe speed was a contributing factor.” The crash remains under investigation. In a letter to the Sisters Outlaws community, Sisters High School Principal Joe Hosang wrote: “We are heartbroken and our deepest thoughts and sympathies are with the families right now. We know there are tons of questions and we are still gathering information. Out of respect to the families, we are not sharing any details…. “A loss of this magnitude to our community is difficult, but working together, we can help our students through the grief process. Please know that we all deal with grief differently and feel different emotions. It is okay to feel whatever emotions you might be feeling. When we tragically lose someone, it leads to many questions, some of which may never be answered. Rumors may come out about what happened, but please don’t spread them. They may turn out to be untrue and can be deeply hurtful and unfair to the students and their families and friends.” Last week’s incident is the third single-vehicle accident that has claimed the lives of young Sisters women in recent months. Twentyfour-year-old Summer Jean Collins died in a crash on Suttle Lake Road in August and 18-year-old Rianna McGonagle suffered fatal injuries in a wreck on Hwy. 199 in Josephine County last month.
Even before Shoup arrived, City Manager Cory Misley knew what her duties would be. Her official title is Assistant Community Engagement and Program Coordinator. She will be splitting her time between the Comprehensive Plan update starting this fall and coordinating projects that were identified as objectives in the Sisters Vision Project. Misley and City Recorder Kerry Prosser will coordinate her activities. One of Shoup’s underlying talents is her creativity, which she brings with her to her work. Given the restrictions due to COVID, she said, “I look forward to finding creative ways for the public to safely engage in providing input for the Comp Plan.” Shoup’s resume highlights her creative talents as well as her work ethic. She attended the Vancouver School of Arts and Academics for high school and at the same time participated in the Running Start program at the local community college. She graduated from high school and at the same time received her associate’s degree. At VSAA she expanded her talents as a visual artist (pottery, sculpture, painting,
drawing), which she turned into a business screen printing T-shirts and creating greeting cards, which led to commission work. She also focused on her skill as a writer in the literary arts program. In the field of moving arts (videography), she developed an interest in animation, illustration, and storyboarding, which she hopes to use during her time with the City. Shoup’s diverse interests were apparent during her college years as she sampled a variety of disciplines from nutrition and sustainable agriculture to public health, finally settling on the Community Development Program at Portland State University. She graduated last spring with her Bachelor’s Degree in Urban Planning and Design. Part of all her pursuits has always been a strong desire to be of help to people. Notification of her placement in Sisters wasn’t received until August 17, necessitating a scramble to find housing in a tight rental market, get moved, and report to work at City Hall in early September. The native of southwest Washington spent some summer vacations with her two siblings and parents at Eagle Crest Resort, but had never been to Sisters. She “really likes Sisters” and reports that “the people have been great.” The other two possible placements in the RARE
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Emme Shoup is an AmeriCorps intern working with the City of Sisters on community engagement. program were in Astoria working with food systems and the port, or in Roseburg. With friends in Bend, Shoup was delighted to be assigned to Sisters. Being an active person, one of the first things she tackled after arriving was summiting South Sister with friends and camping overnight on the mountain. Last fall, Shoup studied permaculture design in Peru, expecting limited amenities, but was particularly impressed with their bus system, which was more like flying on a plane. The buses are double-deckers, with seats that allow passengers to lie down or they can watch TV wearing headphones. She had expected maybe some chickens on board. When queried about her
views on the current tenor of our times, Shoup responded. “I try to see the light. Both sides are impatient and frustrated. We’re going through some tumultuous times,” she said. “But I have hope because a lot of us are fighting. That’s a sign of hope that people still care.” Shoup is particularly hopeful when it comes to those she calls “the children of the COVID years,” those coming along behind her who are having to be adaptable and resilient while dealing with bizarre norms.” She would like to see society “change how we regard and trust youth.” Shoup’s optimism can be seen in her assessment of being in Sisters: “It was meant to be.” And so far, she “feels welcomed and appreciated as I am.”
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The Outlaws girls competed in the 200 meters.
TRACK: Spring sports moved to fall due to COVID-19 Continued from page 3
Cody Anderson won the 100 meters (11.98) and Hayden Sharp established a new personal best for second place in the long jump at 20 feet 8.5 inches, just 3.5 inches out of first place. On the girls side, Shelby Larson led a Sisters sweep of the top four pole-vaulting places, winning the event at nine feet, while Hollie Lewis took top honors in the long jump with a mark of 15 feet 1 inch. Anya Shockley cleared 4 feet 8 inches in the high jump for the first time and Lewis finished third at 4 feet 6 inches. Regardless of results, athletes appeared quite pleased to be able to take part in the meet on a warm, sunsplashed fall afternoon. “I saw smiles and genuine appreciation from kids on both teams, Larson said. “None of these kids will ever take for granted something
so mundane as a dual meet. What was so special is that there was literally nothing at stake. It was just a chance to compete, have fun and do what kids do. I’m so very grateful our AD, Gary Thorson, had the willingness to make this happen for us.” Following the meet, Larson reflected further on the positivity surrounding the afternoon. “It was a perfect day for a track meet — beautiful weather, wonderful facilities, great volunteers, friendly competition. The meet represented what high school sports should be about and was so welcome and needed in abnormal times.” Some traditional spring sports will continue a “mini season” through mid-October, followed by fall sports four weeks and culminating with winter sports, which will begin in November. Sisters hosted another meet Tuesday, October 6, against Redmond and Ridgeview and the team is scheduled to travel to Prineville Thursday, October 8, to face Crook County and Ridgeview.
unique opportunity with the number of deputies hired out here,” Morris said. He likes the idea of community-oriented policing and getting to know the businesspeople and residents in Sisters. “I’m looking forward to getting to know them. I’d like the community to know we are always open to talk, answer questions, stop by. The more we interact, the better,” Morris said. Those same sentiments were expressed by Deputies Allie DeMars and Mike Hudson. DeMars invites people to flag her down. “Come up to me and let me know of any problems in the community,” she said. “Wave me down. We can’t fix problems if we don’t know about them.” DeMars’ work as a deputy is built on a foundation of wanting to help people. “I enjoy meeting people and helping them in their worst moments,” she said. She enjoys people’s reactions when they realize she is a deputy. “I especially enjoy when little girls realize they could become an officer,” she said. Coming from a military family (both parents were career Air Force), she lived in a number of places around the U.S. She studied sociology at
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San Jose State and earned a criminal justice degree from the University of Maryland. While working for the Department of Defense in Germany for two-and-a-half years as a school safety officer on U.S. bases, she had the opportunity to travel to 19 foreign countries. She returned to the states and worked for the Bend Police Department as a records specialist, attended the four-month training at the police academy, and joined the DCSO in 2017. Before being assigned to the Sisters substation, she said, “I loved every time I worked out here. I like seeing the same people, so they feel comfortable to talk to me. I look forward to expanding those relationships. I always like all the great events out here.” Deputy Mike Hudson said he hails from “south of La Pine” — a reference to his California roots. He served in the Marine Corps for five years before using the GI bill to earn an associate degree. He plans to complete a bachelor’s degree in psychology. Looking to relocate, Hudson and his spouse found Bend. He had fond memories
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of visiting Black Butte Ranch as a child. He worked in the banking industry for a dozen years, all the while also serving in the Oregon Army National Guard. He was deployed to Afghanistan in 2015. He is now in the Oregon Air National Guard. Being a police officer had been Hudson’s dream since he was a little boy and in 2018, his dream came true when he joined the DCSO. Based on his own experience, Hudson offered a reminder, “Never give up on your dreams.” He enjoys helping people and brings that quality to his duty in Sisters, which reminds him of the small shops in his childhood. “I look forward to getting to know the town residents. The community here seems close knit. It will be good to get out of the car and talk with people,” he said. Hudson would like people to know that the deputies are available to do vacation checks of homes while residents are gone out of town. Just call the Sisters office. To the community Hudson said, “Thank you for having us here. We’re honored to be here.”
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Wednesday, October 7, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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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 upper-level 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 year-round 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
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541-549-2002 1-800-650-6766 GARDENER'S DELIGHT! Oversized lot in prime location smack in the middle of town — convenient to all that Sisters offers. Spacious, older manufactured home with newer woodstove and furnace. Three bedrooms, two baths plus sunroom and mudroom access. Darling detached apartment/ADU includes kitchen. Plus additional structures for home business or additional quarters for family. Call for all the details and experience the magic of this gardener's delight with drip irrigation. Owner will carry. $349,000. MLS#220109265
1156 E. CREEKSIDE COURT Creekfront living! Build your dream home with the music of the creek in your backyard. Pines, willows, cottonwoods and natural grasses for your landscape. Play in the water on a hot summer day! Lot adjoins riparian park. No HOA dues! City water and sewer, so close to everything that Sisters Country has to offer. $245,000. MLS #220102859
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7773 NW 89TH COURT Views of the Cascades and Black Butte from 9.07 acres of gently sloping land. This property is located within the highly desirable Lower Bridge Estates just outside of Terrebonne. Your dream home project has been given a head start here as the improvements to date include a private well, septic system installed in 2003 and power available. These significant improvement expenses have already been invested on behalf of this property’s lucky new owners. Outdoor lovers will also appreciate the close proximity to public land access and the fishing opportunities to be realized on the scenic Deschutes River. $320,000. MLS#220108557
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
16676 JORDAN ROAD Mountain views! Part of the original Lazy Z Ranch. Fenced on two sides with Kentucky black fencing. Power close by. Septic feasibility in place, may need new evaluation. Close to town, yet off the beaten path, overlooking a 167± acre site of the R&B Ranch, which currently is not buildable. Needs well. Owner will consider short terms. $407,500. MLS#201802331
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60734 BRISTOL WAY – BEND Come visit this well-maintained single-level home on a private and spacious .46-acre lot. Character & charm are evident, inside & out. Surrounded by mature shade trees & shrubbery, providing exceptional privacy in this bird sanctuary. Updated ranch-style home with wonderful greatroom living area, enjoying bright, south-facing windows for natural light & wide-open living, dining & kitchen with eating/conversation island. Charming courtyard entry in the front. Large rear deck for outdoor enjoyment. Attached, fully insulated double garage with floored attic above. Great SE location just off Country Club Drive, with easy access to all parts of Bend & beyond. $450,000. MLS#220109410
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. Has septic feasibility. Conditional-use permit to build a home. Borders government land, State of Oregon, BLM and Deschutes County on three sides. Owner will consider short terms. $275,000. MLS#201908158
LAKE CREEK LODGE #26-U4 One-quarter share interest in this beautiful 3-bedroom, 3-bath cabin at historic Lake Creek Lodge in Camp Sherman. Features modern amenities with the feel of yesteryear. Built in 2014 and furnished with a combination of antiques and quality reproduction pieces, the cabin features fir-plank floors, knotty-pine paneling, stone/gas fireplace, butcher-block countertops, gas cooktop, farm kitchen sink, tile bathroom floors & showers, washer/dryer, cedar decks, stone exterior accents & locked storage. $229,500. MLS#220107403
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