The Nugget Newspaper // Vol. XLIV No. 14 // 2021-04-07

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Wednesday, April 7, 2021

Making a splash...

Sisters: A history of pioneer resilience

By Jim Cornelius

Ella Thorsett crosses a water obstacle on the way to an individual title in cross country’s district competition.

See story, page 7.

PHOTO BY CHARLIE KANZIG

Editor in Chief

Sisters is marking a significant anniversary in 2021 — the 75th anniversary of the 1946 incorporation of the City of Sisters.

Of course, Sisters’ founding long predates incorporation. It was “discovered” long before Euro-American settlers found it — as a place where Paiute, Warm Springs, and Wasco peoples stopped during movement across the See RESILIENCE on page 4

Stancliff named Sisters Fire volunteers earn promotion High School principal

By Charlie Kanzig Correspondent

Steven Stancliff has been named the new principal of Sisters High School, replacing Joe Hosang, who, after 10 years as principal, is moving to a new position at the district’s administrative office.

Stancliff, a native of Alaska and resident of Central Oregon since 2005, comes from a background in teaching, as well a variety of administration positions. He is finishing up his fifth year as principal of Pilot Butte Middle School in Bend.

See PRINCIPAL on page 31

Schools expanding in-school instruction

By Charlie Kanzig Correspondent

All Sisters School District students will be attending school four full days a week beginning Monday, April 12 according to a letter published by Superintendent Curt Scholl on April 1.

The much-anticipated decision came as a result of

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the reduction in the allowable physical distancing within classrooms, adopted by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) — down to three feet between students in classrooms. County metrics of infection rates for COVID-19 have continued to stay in the range that allow this change to See IN-SCHOOL on page 30

The Sisters-Camp S h erm an F i re Di s t ri ct (SCSFD) has promoted volunteer firefighters Ben Duda, Travis Bootes, and Rachel Ulm to the position of fire lieutenant. A formal promotion ceremony was held on Thursday, March 25, at the main fire station, and broadcast virtually so that friends and family members could participate in a safe manner.

A fire lieutenant is the first-line supervisor for a group of five to seven firefighters, often called a “fire company.”

According to Deputy Chief Tim Craig, the lieutenant is one of the most important positions in the fire service.

“We are very careful to choose people for promotion to lieutenant who have great leadership and decision-making skills. All three of our new lieutenants bring incredible value to our organization, and I am extremely proud of each of them,” said Craig.

Duda began his fire-service career in the wildland

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Sisters Fire Chief Roger Johnson presided over a promotion ceremony for Travis Bootes, Ben Duda, and Rachel Ulm, each of whom has attained the volunteer rank of fire lieutenant. arena during the fire season of 1994. He gained experience and qualifications in wildland firefighting, eventually achieving the position of Sisters Protection Supervisor for the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) in 2006. Duda began his volunteer service with SCSFD in 2018. His experience and leadership skills lent themselves well to the structural fire service. Over the last three years Duda has

gained additional certifications in structural firefighting that qualified him for the new position.

Tr a v i s B o o t e s h a s served as a volunteer firefighter since he was 15 years old, starting out as a cadet with the Harrisburg Fire Department. When he moved to Sisters with his family in 2014, he chose to continue his volunteer See PROMOTION on page 30

Letters/Weather ............... 2 Announcements...............12 For the Birds ....................15 Roundabout Sisters ........ 23 Classifieds..................27-29 Meetings .......................... 3 Events .............................13 Fun & Games ................... 22 Crossword ...................... 26 Real Estate ................ 29-32

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Letters to the Editor…

The Nugget welcomes contributions from its readers, which must include the writerʼs name, address and phone number. Letters to the Editor is an open forum for the community and contains unsolicited opinions not necessarily shared by the Editor. The Nugget reserves the right to edit, omit, respond or ask for a response to letters submitted to the Editor. Letters should be no longer than 300 words. Unpublished items are not acknowledged or returned. The deadline for all letters is 10 a.m. Monday.

Campers and trash

To the Editor: We live adjacent to Road 100, the paved connector edging USFS lands between Northwest Pine Street and Highway 20: a lovely little piece of woods to walk dogs, ride bikes, jog and hike — except that it’s not anymore.

These woods, long known as a convenient place for “dispersed camping” are increasingly being used for long-term habitation, and in the process our (as in “We The People”) forest is being trashed, and occasionally used for

criminal activity. The atmosphere is rapidly becoming increasingly uncomfortable. Why? Long-term campers who have no regard for the “two-week stay” rule overstay and distribute feces, garbage, drug paraphernalia and, recently, more and more cast-off bits of luggage that looks as if it was stolen, rifled through and dumped.

We nearby residents, and many daily drivein visitors, frequent the area daily, and we see that the problems noted have taken a dramatic uptick in this past year. While many of See LETTERS on page 29

Sisters Weather Forecast

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Ensure the health and safety of unsheltered

By George Myers Guest Columnist

Bill Bartlett and The Nugget chose to run a column last week spotlighting one of our local family’s winter housing situation, living in a trailer and tent just outside of the Sisters city limits.

The most glaring element lacking in the column was the omission that the person or people being spotlighted, including the photo of their home, were not interviewed, or able share their side of the story in the column. This was a lopsided story, and a misleading subject. I question the author’s real intent or concern with the misleading headline of forest health or safety.

However, I agree with Bill. I enjoy walking in our community, and I can feel uncomfortable walking past places that feel threatening to me. For example, I feel that way about the houses in Sisters displaying Confederate flags. I purposely avoid walking in that area, where I feel unsafe.

There is another home I am always unhappy seeing which has a huge collection of junk cars, a sailboat and dozens of other items left outdoors year-round.

As Sisters grows, we need to rid ourselves of these eyesores. I suggest that Bill, working with The Nugget, share a photo each week of someone’s home we don’t feel meets our standards, and publicly shame them. After we have worked through the junk in the yards, we can move onto woodpiles that are not neatly stacked, and finally gardens needing weeding or pine needles that should be raked up. Working together we can put peer pressure on all those who don’t live as we do. (I hope all will read this as sarcasm, and also a slippery slope.)

Ian Reid and his team do an exceptional job balancing the realities our houseless neighbors face and protecting the public resources of our National Forest. Ian is actively at the table working with homeless advocates and we share common agreement that “no one should live in the forest.” Bill seems

to imply that if the USFS just forced out all the trailers and tents from the area, the garbage, drug paraphernalia, and human waste would all disappear. I’m sure Ian would say that is unlikely, and it is a ridiculous insult to assume the trash, beer cans, household waste, tires, and more that are found on forest land is all coming from the homeless camps. But just a reminder, this family has no hook-ups available, and no trash service they can pay for.

The City has also been at the table around this issue, and I joined a team of folks last spring walking on USFS land just north of Williamson Avenue. There were no trailers or tents out there that day, but residents had begun complaining that the backyards of their new expensive homes overlooking places where people were camping; sometimes overnight, sometimes longer. One insight this group learned was the primitive forest service roads had existed for decades, and people had been camping in this area of town for years as evidenced by the rusted “can dumps” we located.

Anytime the homeless advocates have asked for permission to place a dumpster or a porta-potty to help reduce the trash on either city or forest service, we are met with a flat “no.” We will provide toilets for bikers and hikers, but not for the homeless.

Last month The Nugget reported on our two local citizens arrested for blasting a vehicle at an encampment just outside of town. This was not an isolated incident, just one that was reported and thankfully ended in an apprehension and criminal charges. Bill worries that there are often dogs guarding these camps: that is true because the people living out in the forest are routinely harassed, or have items stolen or damaged. Talk about safety!

My opinion is that perhaps instead of Mr. Bartlett’s concern about the health of the forest, we should first ensure the health and safety of fellow humans living unsheltered and outdoors.

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

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Sisters Outlaws cheerleaders turned out to support their comrades in Senior Night activities during last week’s soccer matches.

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Cogdill and Cooper face off in school board race

By Charlie Kanzig Correspondent

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A new smart board will enhance Circle of Friends’ enrichment activities.

Circle of Friends gets ‘smart’

By Bill Bartlett Correspondent

Circle of Friends (COF) has just taken delivery of a 65-inch 4K Smart Board.

Think of it as the oldfashioned, circa 2010, melamine white board on steroids. The touch screen can be used just like the traditional white board, only using a finger instead of those often dried-up markers, enabling instructors to draw, write, and sketch.

And with a whisk, erase it all, leaving no trace or cleanup.

The interactive device, while new to COF, has been employed in a number of Sisters School District

classrooms for a few years now, with more on the way. Educators say that the technology helps keep kids interested and engaged.

“It’s a much more collaborative and creative method to keep kids on task and attentive,” said Kellie Scholl, youth program coordinator of COF, who is assigned with mastering the smart board and implementing it.

Circle of Friends works with about 50 vulnerable children and teens who often struggle at school or whose homelife is challenging. In the 2019-20 school year, 14 lived in singleparent homes; eight resided with guardians other than a

biological parent. And fully 100 percent had experienced at least one adverse childhood event.

The $6,178 smart board with camera was the gift from a grant by The Roundhouse Foundation of Sisters for the first $5,000 and the remainder from a coordinated effort facilitated

by Redmond-based Better Together. The “board” is both a fully functioning Windows-based computer and a powerful, internetfueled teaching device able to stream bidirectionally vast sums of content. Its use is equally strong for in-person or remote engagement.

See SMART BOARD on page 11

The Sisters School Board Position 1 is a two-person contest between relative newcomers to Sisters, Rodney Cooper and Jenica Cogdill.

Current Board Chair Jay Wilkins opted to not run for re-election to the four-year term.

Terms for Positions 2 and 5 are also ending and elections to those seats will be covered over the next two weeks in The Nugget.

Cooper, a graduate of the University of Oregon with an education degree in 1977, retired from teaching in 2009, after spending his entire career in the rural

Crow-Applegate-Lorane School District southwest of Eugene. During those years he taught every grade from kindergarten to eighth grade.

After retiring, he continued to work as a substitute teacher, including the time since his move to Sisters in May 2019 with his wife of 46 years, Kristy. The couple has four school-aged grandchildren residing in the district.

Jenica Cogdill moved to Sisters in 2018 from Portland after taking a job at the Les Schwab headquarters in Bend, where she works as a customer experience manager which focuses on team marketing, digital See CANDIDATES on page 14

Saving a majestic heritage tree

By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

It was a sapling when Cortez burned his ships and moved inland to take on the Aztec empire. It was a robust young tree when the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776. As it grew, it likely shaded the seasonal migrations and camp sites of native peoples. And it was a towering, majestic lord of the forest when the Graham Family homesteaded

nearby in the 1880s.

By 2021, the 180-foot tall, 64-inch-diameter ponderosa pine that looms over Graham Corral west of Sisters posed a potential danger. With a major codominant fork, and standing as it does amid a recreational area that serves the Sisters equestrian community, the Sisters Ranger District labeled the tree as a potential hazard.

That could have meant the See TREE on page 20

As the COVID-19 crisis continues to affect gatherings, please contact individual organizations for current meeting status

SISTERS AREA MEETING CALENDAR Council on Aging of Central Oregon Senior Lunch Tuesdays, noon, Sisters Al-Anon Mon., noon, by Zoom. / Thurs., Community Church. 541-480-1843.

10 a.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran East of the Cascades Quilt Guild 4th Wednesday (September-June), Stitchin’ Church. 541-610-7383.

Post. All are welcome. 541-549-6061.

Alcoholics Anonymous Thurs. & Friends of the Sisters Library Board Sun., 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the of Directors 2nd Tuesday, 9 to 11 a.m., Transfiguration / Sat., 8 a.m., Episcopal Sisters Library.www.sistersfol.com.

Church of the Transfiguration / Mon., Go Fish Fishing Group 3rd Monday, 5 p.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran 7 p.m. Sisters Community Church. All Church / Big Book study, Tues., noon, ages welcome. 541-771-2211.

Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Heartwarmers (fleece blanketmakers) Gentlemen’s meeting, Wed., 7 a.m., 2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Hall. Materials provided. 541-408-8505.

Sober Sisters Women’s meeting, Thurs., Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday, noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran 1 to 4 p.m. 541-668-1755.

Church / Step & Tradition meeting, Fri., Citizens4Community, Let’s Talk noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran 3rd Monday, 5:30 to 8 p.m. RSVP at Church. 541-548-0440. citizens4community.com Alzheimer’s & Dementia Caregiver Military Parents of Sisters Meetings Support Group 1st Tuesday, noon, are held quarterly; please call for details.

SPRD bldg. 800-272-3900.

541-388-9013.

Black Butte Ranch Bridge Club Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m., BBR community Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m., room. Partner required. 541-595-6236. Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-549-6469.

SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings Central Oregon Fly Tyers Guild & Enrichment) Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.

For Saturday meeting dates and to 4 p.m. at Sisters Park & Recreation location, email: steelefly@msn.com.

District. 541-549-2091.

Central OR Spinners and Weavers Sisters Aglow Lighthouse Guild One Saturday per month, Jan. 4th Saturday, 10 a.m., meeting by thru Oct. For schedule: 541-639-3217.

Zoom. 503-930-6158.

BOARDS, GROUPS, CLUBS

Sisters Area Photography Club 2nd Wednesday, 4 p.m., meeting by Zoom. 541-549-6157.

Sisters Speak Life Cancer Support Group 2nd & 4th Monday. Call Suzi for location and time: 503-819-1723.

Sisters Area Woodworkers 1st Tuesday, 7 to 9 p.m. 541-639-6216.

Sisters Trails Alliance Board 1st Monday, 5 p.m. Sisters Library.

Public welcome. 808-281-2681.

Sisters Astronomy Club 3rd Tuesday, 7 p.m., SPRD. 541-549-8846.

Sisters Veterans Thursdays, noon, Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-903-1123.

Sisters Bridge Club In-person gathering suspended until further notice. Three Sisters Irrigation District For free online bridge info, Board of Directors 1st Tuesday, call Barbara 541-914-6322.

4 p.m., TSID Office. 541-549-8815.

Sisters Caregiver Support Group 3rd Tues., 10:30 a.m., The Lodge in Sisters. 541-771-3258.

Three Sisters Lions Club 2nd Tuesday, noon, Ray’s Food Place community room. 541-419-1279.

Sisters Cribbage Club Please call for details. 541-923-1632.

VFW Post 8138 and American Legion Post 86 1st Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Sisters City Hall. 541-903-1123.

Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m.

Location information: 541-549-1193.

Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 to 8:30 a.m., Brand 33 Restaurant at Aspen Lakes. 541-410-2870.

Weight Watchers Thursdays, 8:30 a.m. weigh-in, Sisters Community Church. 541-602-2654.

SCHOOLS

Sisters Parent Teacher Community 2nd Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. at Sisters Saloon. 541-480-5994.

Black Butte School Board of Directors 2nd Tuesday, 3:45 p.m., Black Butte School. 541-595-6203.

Sisters Parkinson’s Support Group Meeting by Zoom.

541-668-6599.

Sisters School District Board of Directors One Wed. monthly, SSD Admin Bldg. See schedule online at www.ssd6.org. 541-549-8521 x5002.

Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday.

Location information: 541-279-1977.

Sisters Rotary 1st and 3rd Thursdays, Noon, Aspen Lakes. 541-760-5645.

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., 5:30 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.

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RESILIENCE: Sisters weathered fire, flood, and hard times Continued from page 1

broad Central Oregon landscape. The name of Whychus Creek, which runs right through town, comes from a Sahaptin phrase, “The Place We Cross The Water.”

You could date the founding to 1888, when the area post office moved from Camp Polk to Sisters, or perhaps more solidly to July 10, 1900, when Alex and Robert Smith platted the town, with many of the street names still in use today.

Any way you define it, Sisters was a pioneer town, the hub of a small homesteading community and for a while the only town between the Cascades and Prineville. As a pioneer town, operating in relative isolation and conditions we would consider primitive, Sisters had to be self-reliant and resilient.

Those qualities have continued to be a hallmark of the community.

The resilience of Sisters was severely tested in 1923 and 1924, when two separate fires nearly destroyed the town. Ray Hatton recounted the terrible events in his history, “Oregon’s Sisters Country”: “On May 11, 1923, fire broke out in an untenanted garage, spread rapidly and leveled one entire block of town … The fire destroyed 10 buildings — some businesses, some residences — within 15 minutes after the first alarm.”

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fight the fire was a bucket brigade of eight or 10 men, because most folks in town were away at a track meet in Redmond. The men had to carry water 200 feet from an irrigation ditch, and all they could do was douse properties that had not yet caught fire.

The Hotel Sisters, standing in the center of town, was scorched, but survived.

“The next year, late in the afternoon on September 11, fire once again broke out and raced through parts of Sisters,” Hatton recounts.

The Bend Bulletin headline read: “Half of Pioneer Town is Leveled by Flames.”

Once again, the iconic Hotel Sisters was scorched but survived.

Hatton notes that, “within a sixteen-month period, fire had destroyed sixteen buildings valued at $50,000 in Sisters.” A raw inflation calculation makes that $769,000 in today’s dollars — but, given the real estate market of 2021, the loss of 16 buildings in downtown would surely calculate out far higher than that.

The town rebuilt.

The town would reinvent itself in the 1970s and 1980s.

In the ’70s, there wasn’t a whole lot to the place — for those other than the 500 or so residents, most of whom worked for Barclay Logging, the Forest Service, or businesses that serviced those entities, Sisters was pretty much a highway pit stop for travelers. That changed when Brooks Resources, the developers of Black Butte Ranch, decided they needed a place for prospective residents of the nascent resort to shop.

In a 2015 Nugget story

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The iconic Hotel Sisters was a survivor, twice escaping being burned down.

Sisters Saloon in the Hotel Sisters building is now a landmark of downtown Sisters.

headlined, “How Sisters became Sisters,” correspondent Bonnie Malone recounted: “The colorful Harold Barclay, a friend whose company supplied logs to Brooks Scanlon Mill, said simply, ‘Let’s buy Sisters.’

This was not an absurd idea at the time, Smith said, as a highway frontage lot could be purchased for $10,000.

Barclay’s idea was to purchase all existing businesses and revamp them into an inviting adjunct to Black Butte Ranch outdoor amenities.

“Brooks Resources President (Bob) Harrison envisioned an alternative plan. Brooks would offer a $5,000 grant to build false storefronts of Western theme to any existing business in Sisters, or to new construction that honored the theme.

This would give Sisters a unique image and enhance its attraction. If a business

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owner kept the Western theme frontage for 10 years, the loan would be forgiven.”

The idea caught on, and Sisters developed a strong identity that began to attract tourism.

Brooks Resources also undertook the restoration of the venerable survivor of two conflagrations, Hotel Sisters.

As Malone recounts, “Again, Brooks Resources stepped in and gave financial assistance to the varied group of the building’s owners to assure that the integrity of the historic pearl of Sisters was not compromised. The restored building was later purchased by Bill and Jan Reed, to reopen as a

restaurant in 1985.”

That pioneering spirit was also in evidence in the mid-1990s, when the Sisters School District could not fund a sorely-needed expansion of Sisters Elementary School. Local contractor Curt Kallberg asked a simple but profound question: What if the community simply built a new wing?

In a community-wide effort that resembled an oldfashioned pioneer barn raising, the community pitched in to gather materials and expertise and got the job done. The effort was so singular that then-Governor See RESILIENCE on page 26

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Sisters, Oregon incorporated 75 years ago on April 9, 1946!

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Learn about the history of Sisters!

Explore the town and local businesses.

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Sisters is celebrating 75 years!

Local events will be held throughout the year, sponsored by the City of Sisters.

Information on upcoming events and dates are on the City website, www.ci.sisters.or.us.

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Finding health care options

By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

For the past 15 years, Jonie Peck has been helping individuals and families find the right kind of health coverage at the right price. Recently relocated to Sisters from Portland, Peck’s Sapphire Moon Health Insurance is a small, boutique agency dedicated to getting to know individuals’ particular needs and finding ways to navigate the complexities of health coverage to meet them.

Peck says she offers “specialized customer service and care while choosing a health insurance plan, because health insurance can be so complicated and confusing.”

There is no cost to the customer for her service.

“A lot of people don’t use agents because they think there is a cost associated or added to their premium,” she explained. “There is no cost to use an agent. I receive a small commission from the insurance company that fits my clients’ needs. There is no ‘one size fits all’ plan.

The different insurance companies and plans are very confusing and getting my clients enrolled in the right plan that is affordable is most important to me.

Getting to know my clients and catching up year after year is what I love about my work.”

While she and her husband Garrett moved to Sisters recently, they have a long history in the area.

“I’ve been coming here from when I was a little girl,” Jonie said.

The couple celebrated their marriage in Camp Sherman.

Garrett has been a restauranteur in Portland and is now pursuing a restaurant opportunity in Bend. Jonie’s practice is portable, which made the shift to Sisters an easy decision. “ We n e e d e d a l i f e change,” she said. “We love Sisters and are so happy to be here … People are so friendly and supportive… we’ve been welcomed.”

Peck works directly with all of the insurance companies of Oregon, but does not handle Medicare or Oregon Health Plan.

With the recently passed American Rescue Plan COVID-19 aid package, the healthcare exchange is open for a wider window, and Peck notes that there are increased tax credits available to reduce the cost of premiums. Contact Peck for information about programs and their deadlines.

She can help people navigate that maze, and she can work with people who have just moved or lost their insurance, young people who have aged off their parents’ insurance plans, and people who are simply uncovered.

“I’ll assist individuals and families through the life of their health insurance policy even if they are already enrolled in a plan, direct with the insurance company or through the Marketplace

Outlaws are volleyball co-league champs

By Rongi Yost Correspondent

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Jonie Peck has brought Sapphire Moon Health Insurance to Sisters, where she works with individuals and families to find the best value for them in their health coverage. (healthcare.gov),” she noted.

“I annually review my clients’ needs and guide them year after year, because life changes happen and healthcare needs change.”

She helps clients seek the best value they can get, which can be challenging.

“I think health care is way too expensive,” she said.

Peck has been a yoga practitioner for years, and is bringing her knowledge of that practice to Sisters as well.

“I’m going to be teaching yoga at Sisters Athletic Club,” she said.

She and her husband are avid hikers and cyclists and enjoy all the outdoor opportunities Sisters has to offer.

For more information, contact Sapphire Moon Health Insurance at sapphiremoonhealth@gmail. com or 503-807-2148.

Sisters couldn’t overcome league rival Sweet Home in their last match of the season on Wednesday, March 31.

The Outlaws fell in three sets with scores of 13-25, 17-25, and 21-25. The loss means Sisters and Sweet Home were crowned co-champs.

It was a quick first set and the Huskies easily posted the win. The Outlaws had seven missed serves, and only four kills and two blocks. In the second set, Sisters missed five of their serves and only put down six kills.

Sisters battled back in the third set, and tried to find their rhythm. The set went back and forth, with only a two point spread for most of the game. A controversial call made the difference in the set. Coach Rory Rush told The Nugget that, with the score tied 20-20, Greta Davis

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made a kill shot down the line that the coach asserts was in — but the line judge called it out. Rush said the call completely shifted the momentum and the Lady Huskies took the lead and won by three.

Two days earlier, Sisters played at Stayton and swept the Eagles, 25-11, 25-13, and 25-12.

Sisters served strong in the first set and Stayton was kept “out of system” the entire frame. The Outlaws wrapped up the set with six kills and six aces. In the second set, Sisters recorded 14 kills and three aces. They ran their fast-paced offense, passed the ball very well, and led Stayton from start to finish. The Outlaws dominated offensively, with 12 kills in the third set, combined with great passes and tough serves.

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Girls win district cross-country title, boys take second

By Charlie Kanzig Correspondent

Sophomore Ella Thorsett claimed the individual title, and she and her teammates also took the top team honors at the Oregon West District meet Saturday April 3 in Sweet Home. The finish qualified the squad for next Saturday’s 4A state meet in Eugene.

Thorsett described her 54-second victory over second place Ingrid Hellesto of Philomath as a “tempo run,” indicating that she is ready to defend the state title she won as a freshman. She clocked 20:14.5 over a very challenging, hilly course that included two creek crossings.

Senior Pearl Gregg helped the team effort with a solid fourth place finish in 22:17.1, while juniors Brooklyn Liddell (23:42.1) and Sasha Stolasz (23:48.9) p l a c e d 10th and 11th respectively.

Freshman Ella Bartlett (24:56) and senior Mary Root (25:12) pushed each other to also finish in the top twenty. Neya Kountchev came through as the seventh runner for Sisters in 29:36.8.

The Outlaws tallied 40 points, well ahead of Philomath (55) and Stayton (60). Other scores included Newport (103), Sweet Home

(104), and Cascade (142).

The victory qualified the Outlaws to face off in the state meet against 11 other 4A schools from around the state.

Dulce Dunham, Annie Cohen and Raven Miller finished as the top three in the junior varsity race.

“I think we surprised the other teams with our margin of victory today,” said head coach Josh Nordell. “The girls, four of which are in their first season of crosscountry, really put it together, and ran courageously on a really tough course.”

Ethan Hosang, undaunted by hills, mud, and creek crossings, led from start to finish to remain undefeated on the year with a time of 16:56.7. Will Thorsett placed third (17:49) and Sam May sixth (18:13), but the boys team could not overcome the overall depth of archrival Philomath, which placed all seven of its runners in the top 15 to win the meet with 34 points.

Sisters finished second with 49 to earn a berth at the state meet.

“Those three seniors up front did all they could to keep us in the hunt,” said Nordell.

The remaining team scores include Sweet Home (98), Stayton (105), Newport

(113), Woodburn (140), and Cascade (184).

Max Palanuk (19;38.4), Hayden Roth (20:05.1), Cole Jervis (20:13.2), and Kaleb Briggs (20:23.9) completed the top seven varsity scorers for Sisters.

“If we can move our fourth through seventh runners up a bit more, we will be plenty competitive at state next week,” said Nordell.

Erik Ryan (third), Eli Palanuk (eighth), and Jackson Griffin (ninth) all placed among the top 10 in the junior varsity race.

The Oregon Schools Activities Association (OSAA), which normally oversees championship events, made the decision earlier this year, due to COVID-19 restrictions and the shortness of the season, to leave the organization of a state championship event up to the 4A schools themselves. Thanks to the efforts of Chris Johnson at Siuslaw and Pat Zweifel at Tillamook, among others, the meet will take place in Eugene on Saturday, April 10, at Marist High School.

Girls will run at 11:15 a.m. and the boys at high noon.

“We are grateful to be able to have a championship event to conclude this season,” said Nordell. “These kids have dealt with a lot of

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Boys soccer wraps up league with win

By Rongi Yost Correspondent

The Outlaws defeated Newport 3-2 at home on Thursday, April 1, in their last league game of the season, making for a nice finish for seniors Simon Rhett, Connor Martin, and Nathaniel Alvarez, who were honored that night.

Rhett has been a workhorse for the Outlaws all season long, and Coach Jeff Husmann noted that he always puts in extra effort.

“Simon is a leader and helps the younger players and ‘new’ kids feel part of the team,” said Husmann.

“He’s very analytical and likes talking about how to improve as a collective unit.”

Martin has been a part of the team for four years and has helped establish the positive culture of the squad.

“Connor is such an amazing kid with so many interests that he will, no doubt, be successful in whatever he does,” said Husmann. “He’s solid as an athlete and as a human. He knows his job, and is so reliable and always gives maximum effort.”

Alvarez moved to Sisters two years ago, and is among the top goalkeepers in the district.

“Despite his chill, funloving nature, Nathaniel always works to improve and is articulate in communication with peers and coaches,” said Husmann.

The Outlaws had a crowd out for senior night in the evenly matched game against the visiting Cubs.

Sisters went down early, and gave up two goals within the first 15 minutes of the contest. One goal came off a ricochet after an aggressive save from Outlaws keeper Nathaniel Alvarez. Nathaniel took a very hard shot off his stomach that bounced off another player and went in.

Husmann said, “I just can’t say enough about this kid (Alvarez). He’s so chill, and knowledgeable and he’s always in the right positions.

We’ve been so fortunate to have him as a leader of this team.

“It was a very physical game and though we are not against that style, it’s not our wheelhouse,” added Husmann. “Our game is to control the midfield, mark tight defensively and build opportunities from pressure across the pitch.”

The Outlaws had opportunities, but just couldn’t get a goal, and at the half trailed 0-2.

The second half was a different story. The Outlaws took control and set the tone of the game.

Sisters got on the board in the 48th minute, when Bryan Reimer scored on a play set up by Tate Kazmerek.

A short time later, Ricky Huffman scored on a pass from Gavin Christian, and tied it up 2-2.

Te n m i n u t e s l a t e r, Huffman sent a through-ball to Christian who knocked it in and put the Outlaws on top 3-2.

“Gavin is such a scrappy player and finds a way to get the ball at his feet,” said Husmann. “He’s not a polished player, but so effective.

He knows his job and fully commits to it.”

Sisters held onto the onegoal lead to post the win.

“I’m so proud of the focus and resilience the boys showed,” said Husmann.

“We knew we had various advantages and we began to collectively expose them.”

Husmann noted Ricky Huffman and Gavin Christian who he stated put together some very crafty plays.

“They compliment each other with tenacity and communication,” said Husmann. “Gavin plays with such energy and attitude and it was so awesome to see his energy and efforts rewarded.”

Two days earlier, the Outlaws were on the road at Cascade and finished the game with a 1-1 tie.

Sisters was able to control the midfield and played strong defense in all positions. In the 25th minute

Reimer, who Husmann stated has a nose for the goal and can be a pest for the opposition, scored for the Outlaws and gave them a 1-0 edge over the Cougars.

The Outlaws had several chances to score, hitting the post and crossbar at least four times, but just couldn’t get it in the net.

Cascade relied on a couple of talented strikers, who tried to catch the Outlaws out of position with a counter-attack style of play Husmann said, “We’d seen them play before and we knew if we closed down on the developing play early, their dangerous weapons could be neutralized. Collectively, we did this, particularly in the first half. We had unified effort and defensive energy in all positions.”

Sisters held a 1-0 advantage at the half.

In the second half, Cascade had the momentum on their side. The Cougars created many corner kick opportunities, and were in the Outlaws’ territory for much of the second half.

With just under 10 minutes left, the Cougars evened the score 1-1. The score held until the final whistle and the game ended in a 1-1 draw.

Husmann made special note of Noah Pittman, who came off the bench nursing an injury.

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He helped shut down much of their offense. I’m stoked with his improvements this year.”

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Girls soccer finishes second in league

By Rongi Yost Correspondent

The Lady Outlaws soccer squad wrapped up league play with a 4-1 record and a second-place finish, with their only loss to league rival Philomath. Sisters blanked Cascade 3-0 at home on Tuesday, March 30, and two days later notched a 2-1 road win at Newport.

On Tuesday, the Outlaws tallied their first goal 20 minutes into the contest. The play began in the middle with great passes between Anya Shockley and Marley Holden.

After Shockley received the ball in open space up the field, she fed a beautiful ball on the ground up to Hollie Lewis, who beat her defender in a one-touch finish. Sisters held onto the 1-0 lead until the whistle blew that ended the half.

Twenty minutes into the second half the Outlaws scored off a corner kick.

Shockley took the corner and Holden finished with a header from 15 yards out that went off the left post and into the net.

Shockley scored Sisters final goal in the last 10 minutes of the game. Tatem Cramer received the ball and pushed the ball back into the open space in front her, beat her defender, and with poise and composure delivered the ball to Shockley, who finished with her left foot from inside the 18 yard box.

Coach Brian Holden said, “It was nice to see the girls pass the ball around and possess the ball more, as well as

pressing high when Cascade had the ball in the back.”

The Lady Outlaws’ lone senior, Emilie Turpen, was honored at halftime. Turpen has played all four years on the varsity soccer squad and has been coached by Holden the past two years.

Holden said, “Emilie is hardworking and committed to improving. She shows up at practices and gives 100 percent everyday. She’s like the mother of this team. She keeps us together and positive and looks out for everybody.

She will definitely be missed.

She’s had a lot of influence on the freshmen and sophomores in particular.”

Tw o d a y s l a t e r t h e Outlaws endured the fourhour bus ride to Newport, and posted the win which gave them a second-place league finish for the season.

Sisters started the game slow and sluggish. Within the first 10 minutes Newport crossed a ball that went through the Outlaws’ goalie’s hands for the score.

Fifteen minutes later the Newport defense had trouble clearing the ball and Emma Lutz gathered the ball and chipped the goalkeeper from approximately 20 yards out to even the score 1-1.

At the 30-minute mark Sisters scored again.

Shockley received the ball on the right side, flicked the ball with her head up to Lewis, who dribbled and beat her defense and tucked the ball into the lower right corner on the ground. At the half, Sisters held a 2-1 advantage.

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Outlaws honor seniors at home game

Boys tennis returns two veteran players

By Rongi Yost Correspondent

The Outlaws boys tennis squad graduated seven seniors last year, and this year are looking for more players to round out their roster.

Only two varsity players return to the squad — seniors Nate Weber and KJ Sweet.

Weber is back for his final year. He earned a trip to state as a sophomore singles player, and won a match in the consolation round.

Coaches are hopeful that Nate will improve on that this year.

Coach Carl Click said, “Nate is an accomplished tennis player, and could be the best singles player in our district this year. He can hit hard from the baseline, but he’s usually more athletic

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than his opponent and covers the entire court. His serve can be hard, but improving first-serve accuracy and consistency will be key to rising to the level of the top players in 4A at state.”

Sweet has been with the program since he was a freshman and entered with no previous tennis experience. He’s improved each year and will play doubles for the Outlaws this year.

Junior Jaxon Barry and sophomores Matthew Richler and Zenus Ortega are new to the team this year and first-time tennis players who just began to learn the game last spring. The Outlaws were just a few days away from their first match when the season was canceled due to the pandemic.

They are ready for some real tennis action, and will most likely play doubles.

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The Outlaws football squad honored their seniors prior to their game against La Pine on Friday, April 2. Senior players include Hayden Sharp, Hunter Spor, Garrett Vohs, Nate Weber, Cameron Wessel, Nathaniel Alvarez, Hudson Jones, Adam Rollins, Dillon Tucker, Collin Fischer, Camden Froehlich, and Will Grace.

Sharp is one of the Outlaws’ best athletes and a returning all-league player.

Hayden excelled at running back and defensive back all season long. Hayden was also a big part of the Outlaws special teams. Spor started at both running back and linebacker. He was a hard-nosed and physical ball carrier in the Outlaws triple-option offense.

Vohs is a returning allleague safety, and contributed greatly to the Outlaws defense. Garrett was also in the rotation at wide receiver.

He led by example and was always a very consistent player. Weber was a twoway starter at both corner and wide receiver. Nate’s an all-around athlete who also shines on the tennis and basketball courts.

Wessel has started for the Outlaws for multiple years, and is the best lineman in the program. Cam led the team by example and started at center and at defensive end. Wessel will be playing football at Plymouth State next fall.

Dillon Tucker, Nathaniel Alvarez, Collin Fischer, Camden Froehlich, and Will Grace all played varsity for the first time this year.

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Alvarez plays goalkeeper for the soccer team and this year decided to play football also. Nathaniel handled the Outlaws’ punting responsibilities and did some placekicking as well.

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Fischer played football for the first time this year and his athleticism, work ethic, and positive attitude gave the Outlaws depth on both sides of the ball at wide receiver and corner on defense. Froehlich was a recent transfer to SHS and played running back and free safety this year. Camden is a great athlete who fans will also see on the basketball court. Grace hadn’t played football since middle school,

and was a positive force with his attitude and work ethic.

Will played linebacker and running back and contributed on special teams as well.

Coach Gary Thorson said, “This is one of the best group of athletes I have got to work with in terms of character and attitude. They’re an unselfish bunch with very low egos, and it was a pleasure to coach them. I wish I could have worked with them more.”

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Outlaws fall to La Pine on gridiron

SMART BOARD: Circle of Friends will use device to engage children

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Sisters hosted La Pine on Friday, April 2, and the Hawks proved to be more than the Outlaws could handle. The Outlaws fell in a final score of 22-15.

Teams started out slow and the game was scoreless at the close of the first quarter.

La Pine fired on all cylinders in the second quarter. The Hawks’ first score came when their quarterback scored on a long run up the middle. They were good on their two-point attempt and took an 8-0 lead. The Hawks scored again, and got the two-point conversion with just one minute left on the clock. It looked as if La Pine would enter the half with a 16-0 advantage.

Outlaws quarterback Griffin Gardner orchestrated a drive with completions to the outside to Adam Maddox-Castle and Wyatt Maffey, and saved precious minutes on the clock. The last snap of the first half was a Gardner pass from the visitor’s 41-yard line that found its way toward Garrett Vohs on the far sideline. Gardner was unable to even see the completion — because he was hit as he released the ball, and was face down in the grass. The pass was right on the money and hit Vohs in stride. The Outlaws scored as time expired on the clock.

The Outlaws two-point conversion failed and at the half Sisters trailed 16-6.

The third quarter started with the Hawks leaning on their huge offensive line and they kept the ball for half of the quarter. La Pine scored on a drive up the middle and at the end of three Sisters was down 22-6.

In the fourth, the Outlaws put together a drive on the grit and determination of quarterback Gardner, who overcame penalties, and multiple sacks and hits. The

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One of the first COF uses of the Newline TruTouch device will be Lego Robotics, a favorite of the mentored kids. Led by Terry Buchholz, treasurer, board member, and herself a mentor, participants will be Bluetooth connected to the smart board with their tablets.

Lego Robotics classes break down complex STEM concepts into hands-on lessons for kids of all ages.

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It’s expected to be another valuable tool in helping the kids internalize problem solving, increasing their desire to learn, and finding their spark.

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Outlaws found themselves facing the grim prospect of 4th and 24 from the Hawks’ 36 yard line. Backup quarterback Easton Moore took a toss from Gardner from behind the line of scrimmage and launched a 35-yard completion down the near sideline to Nate Weber, who made it to the one yard line.

Gardner took the ball into the end zone on the next play, and the game seemed within reach. The Outlaws were down by a touchdown with just over five minutes left on the clock.

But the Outlaws were not able to stop the Hawks, who ran out the clock.

Special teams were in the spotlight several times, with the punting game showing strength and accuracy. Punter Nathaniel Alvarez came up with a very gritty and determined play in the third quarter. The Outlaws were set to punt, and the snap sailed over Alvarez’s head down to the goal line. Nathaniel scrambled, grabbed the ball, and kicked it away as a multitude of Hawks were poised to tackle him in the end zone. The Hawks’ player who ended up receiving the ball couldn’t handle it, and the Outlaws recovered the bobble.

Maffey was a bright spot for the Outlaws’ defense as he corralled the Hawks’ ball carriers, made 10 tackles (four solo), and forced a fumble.

Gardner commented on his team and their adjustments in the second half. “ We j u s t l o v e o n e another,” the quarterback

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The Outlaws recover a fumble in a gritty contest against a physical La Pine Hawks team. said. “When I’m down, they’ve got me, and when they’re down, I’ve got them.

They (La Pine) loaded the box and stacked the perimeter. They would slant on our motion so we couldn’t get anything. Our run game was getting stuffed so we looked for other options and I think it worked pretty well.”

Coach Gary Thorson said, “In the second half we got some momentum and starting hitting some passes and

our kids kept scrapping. It seemed that the whole game we had a hard time stopping their run game and I think that was the difference. They were pretty physical, and I don’t think we did a good job hitting the gaps at times, and that showed. But, I’m super-pleased with the guys’ efforts, particularly in the second half. We were just one stop away from having the chance to win the game or at least tie at the end.”

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A N N O U N C E M E N T S Veterans Meeting

The VFW and American Legion are having a meeting at the quonset hut (The Hangar) on W. McKinney Butte Rd. on Wednesday, April 7 at 6:30 p.m.

All veterans in the area are encouraged to join! For more information call Lance Trowbridge at 541-903-1123.

Sisters Ranger District Virtual Open House

On Tuesday, April 13 from 5 to 7 p.m. there will be a virtual open house hosted by the Sisters Ranger District’s Holly Jewkes and Ian Reed to discuss the Central Cascades Wilderness Permit System, the status of the Vegetation Management Project, recreation program updates, the spring and fall prescribed burning plan and wildfire outlook, and more. Community comments and questions will be available via online chat and text. Connect via Microsoft Teams at http://bit.ly/ SistersRDOpenHouse2021 or via Facebook at http:// www.facebook.com/ deschutesnationalforest.

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The Sisters Community Garden has raised-bed garden plots available for the 2021 gardening season. Application materials and information are available on the garden’s website, SistersCommunityGarden.org.

For additional information, call 541-410-3896

Free Rides for Vaccinations

Sisters Transportation and Ride Share (STARS) is booking free, nonemergency medical rides and deliveries Tuesday and Thursday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with rides available Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. At least 48 hours advance notice is required. STARS is booking free COVID vaccine rides Monday through Friday with rides available 7 days a week. If no answer when requesting a vaccine ride, please leave your name and number and a dispatcher will call you back promptly to book your ride. Rides are based on volunteer driver availability, but people needing rides to vaccination sites are being given special attention. STARS dispatcher number for all rides is 541-904-5545.

Sisters Elementary School Kindergarten Roundup

Sisters Elementary School (SES) will hold the annual Kindergarten Roundup preregistration on Friday, April 16. Please sign up by going to the district website at www.ssd6.org. Due to COVID, we are requesting one parent and one child per appointment.

Children who will be 5 years old on or before September 1, 2021 are eligible for the 2021-22 school year. Enrollment forms may be picked up at the SES office between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. The school will be closed March 22 through April 1 for spring break.

Forms need to be completed and returned to the school office on April 16 at the time of your scheduled appointment.

The following documents are required to register: enrollment packet; copy of birth certificate; immunization records. Students will not be registered until all three forms are returned. Info: 541-549-8981.

Free Legal Assistance in Deschutes County

Council on Aging of Central Oregon and Legal Aid Services of Oregon are working together to offer legal services to low-income older adults living in Central Oregon. These services are provided to adults 60 years and older with preference to those in greatest social and economic need, with particular attention to low-income, minority and frail individuals. The next legal assistance sessions will be held virtually or by telephone April 12-15, specific days and times TBD by individual attorney offices.

There are 5 client appointments available for each location and are limited to 30 minutes each. To make an appointment in Sisters or Bend call Bonnie Hall at 541-6785483.

Free Pet Food

Budget tight this month, but you still need pet food for your dog or cat? Call the Furry Friends pet food bank at 541-797-4023 to schedule your pickup. We have all sorts of pet supplies too.

Pickups available Tuesdays and Thursdays, beginning at 12:30 p.m. Located at 412 E. Main Ave., Ste. 4, behind The Nugget office.

Volunteer with Sisters Habitat for Humanity

Have fun, make new friends and be involved with an amazing organization! Positions are available at the Thrift Store, ReStore and on the construction site. All areas follow strict COVID-safety guidelines. New volunteer orientations are offered each Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday at 12 noon at the Sisters Habitat Office, 141 W. Main Avenue (upstairs). Please RSVP at 541-549-1193 or marie@ sistershabitat.org as space is limited.

Sisters Speak Life Cancer Support Group

This cancer support group meets the second and fourth Monday of every month, time and location to be determined. Caregivers, as well as patients and family members, are welcome to join in.

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

Weekly Food Pantry

Wellhouse Church has a weekly food pantry on Thursdays. Food is currently being 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 Sisters-area churches are joining with Wellhouse Church to contribute both financially and with volunteers to help sustain the program. For more information, please call 541-549-4184.

The Council on Aging of Central entral Oregon is serving seniors (60+) 60+) free Grab-N-Go lunches on n Tuesdays, Wednesdays, andd Thursdays each week. The lunches are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis sis drive-through style from 122 to 12:30 p.m. at the Sisters Community Church, 1300 W. Mckenzie Hwy. Seniors mayy drive through the parking lot ot and pick up a meal each day ay of service. Come on by, no need ed to make a reservation. Info: 541678-5483.

Looking for yarn donations of any kind that are washable — even remnants — for knitting or crocheting blankets, scarves, and lap robes for people in need of comfort and love. If you are interested in joining this prayer shawl ministry, please call or text Suzi at 503-819-1723.

Sponsor an Impoverished Child from Uganda

Hope Africa International, based in Sisters, has many children awaiting sponsorship! For more information go to www. hopeafricakids.org or call Katie at 541-719-8727.

SISTERS-AREA CHURCHES Chapel in the Pines Camp Sherman • 541-549-9971 10 a.m. Sunday Worship Sisters Church of the Nazarene 67130 Harrington Loop Rd. • 541-389-8960 www.sistersnaz.org • info@sistersnaz.org 10:00 a.m. Sunday Worship Wellhouse Church 442 Trinity Way • 541-549-4184 https://wellhousechurch.churchcenter.com 10 a.m. Sunday Worship (Indoor & Outdoor Venues) Vast Church (Nondenominational) 541-719-0587 • 5 and 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Worship at 442 Trinity Way (Wellhouse building).

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Seventh-Day Adventist Church 386 N. Fir St. • 541-595-6770, 541-306-8303 11 a.m. Saturday Worship The Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration 68825 Brooks Camp Rd. • 541-549-7087 8:30 a.m. Ecumenical Sunday Worship (Sunday school, childcare) 10:15 a.m. Episcopal Sunday Worship (Sunday school, childcare)

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A memorial service to celebrate brate Frances Brown’s life will be held on Saturday, April 17 at 1 p.m. at Tumalo Community Church located at 64671 Bruce Avenue, Tumalo. Contributions to honor Frances can be made to the Gideons International Memorial Bible Fund or the Tumalo Community Church Building Fund. Please be prepared to honor COVID precautions at the church for this celebration.

LUNA is AMAZING with all the new humans she has met here, yet she is a bit of a bull in a china shop, so we require a home with no children under 6, as she may unintentionally knock the little ones over. Bring your doggie to come meet this adorable girl to help ensure all get along. All this wonderfulness all rolled up into one classy canine and all she asks is for a second chance to prove what a great gal she is. To meet Luna, come in to HSCO.

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Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church (ELCA) 386 N. Fir Street • 541-549-5831 10 a.m. Sunday Worship www.shepherdofthehillslutheranchurch.com Sisters Community Church (Nondenominational) 1300 W. McKenzie Hwy. • 541-549-1201 10 a.m. Sunday Worship www.sisterschurch.com • info@sisterschurch.com St. Edward the Martyr Roman Catholic Church 123 Trinity Way • 541-549-9391 5:30 p.m. Saturday Vigil Mass 9 a.m. Sunday Mass • 8 a.m. Monday-Friday Mass Calvary Church (NW Baptist Convention) 484 W. Washington St., Ste. C & D • 541-588-6288 10 a.m. Sunday Worship • www.ccsisters.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 452 Trinity Way • Branch President, 541-420-5670; 10 a.m. Sunday Sacrament Meeting Baha’i Faith Currently Zoom meetings: devotions, course trainings, informational firesides. Local contact Shauna Rocha 541-647-9826 • www.bahai.org or www.bahai.us

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Hardtails Bar & Grill celebrates 10 years in Sisters

By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

It’s not easy for any bar and grill to make it for a decade, especially when they go through a year as tough as 2020 was. Steve and Darcy Macey, owners of Hardtails Bar & Grill know this — and they’re grateful to the Sisters community for supporting them through the years.

“We feel blessed to have found Sisters when we decided to open up our business 10 years ago,” Steve told The Nugget. “Bend would have been much closer to our home, but we could not find any spaces that we liked! We found the old ‘Scoots’ building sitting empty, and fell in love with the possibilities.”

When Hardtails opened in April 2011, Steve Macey told Nugget correspondent Jeff Spry, “I really want locals to feel welcome and comfortable here and know this is their place. Giving customers great food and service at reasonable prices is my goal.”

That goal has stayed at the forefront through the decade, and Hardtails has, in fact, become a place that many locals call their own.

Macey cites being able to buy the building five years ago as a key moment in the history of the establishment.

Owning the building meant that the Maceys could make improvements, including creating a concert venue in the courtyard, that allowed them to fully realize their vision for the place.

Hardtails has since hosted a summer concert series featuring a wide range of classic-rock tribute bands.

This year, the series is going forward under whatever COVID-19 restrictions are in place, with plenty of outdoor space in which to spread out in the courtyard.

The series will feature Bruce Springsteen tribute band

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Steve and Darcy Macey opened Hardtails Bar & Grill in 2011.

Lucky Town; the Prince tribute Erotic City; Gold Dust featuring the music of Fleetwood Mac; a band will be sending out an S.O.S. in tribute to The Police; In The Pink pays tribute to Pink Floyd. The much-loved Petty Fever will return, as will Unchained, celebrating the music of Van Halen the year after the passing of guitar great Eddie Van Halen. New this year will be a Pearl Jam tribute, Washed in Black.

“Some of the shows are already halfway sold out,” Macey noted.

Tickets are available now through BendTicket.com.

Music is a centerpiece at Hardtails. Steve Macey cites booking Love & Theft for the Sisters Rodeo a few years back as a real coup for Hardtails — and for the Sisters community.

Creating a music venue was an important step, but Macey also notes that they’ve significantly enhanced the bar — which started with just six beers on tap. He noted “the new, extended bar (and) large beer cooler, 16 beer handles on tap, with the glycol system.”

All of these additions and enhancements were possible because of the ongoing support of loyal Sisters locals

and customers who come from near and far to make Hardtails a destination stop.

And Hardtails has made it a point to give back, hosting many charity events and fundraisers for a variety of causes. Those events, too, mark a highlight of their tenure for the Maceys.

Most of all though, the couple appreciates the relationships that have been founded and nurtured through the business: “just all the good people we’ve met since we’ve been there.

Made a lot of good friends.”

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They’re still in the saddle after 10 years, with a summer of music planned.

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Downtown Sisters Sisters Historic Landmark Walking Tour The City of Sisters is partnering with Three Sisters Historical Society to create a self-guided tour map. For information go online to www.ci.sisters.or.us/community/ page/sisters-celebrates-75-years-2021.

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Paulina Springs Books Virtual Event 6:30 p.m. Jonathan Meiburg will discuss the world’s smartest birds of prey from his book, “A Most Remarkable Creature.” For info call 541-549-0866 or go to www.paulinaspringsbooks.com.

Deschutes Public Library: “I Remember” Poetry Playshop 9:30 a.m. Live, interactive Zoom meeting, writing poetry with the prompt, “I remember.” Registration required at www.deschuteslibrary.org/calendar/.

Deschutes Public Library: Chickens and Eggs with Ellen Waterston 5:30 p.m. Live, interactive Zoom meeting with high desert author Ellen Waterston, discussing blurring the lines between genres. Go to www.deschuteslibrary.org/calendar/.

Deschutes Public Library: Refugee Caravans at the U.S.Mexico Border 6 p.m. Tom O’Keefe of Stanford’s Center for Latin American Studies explores how U.S. policies shaped current immigration crisis. Go to www.deschuteslibrary.org/calendar/.

Paulina Springs Books Virtual Event 6:30 p.m. Ethan Rutherford & Paul Yoon will engage in conversation about their short story collections. For info call 541-549-0866 or go to www. paulinaspringsbooks.com.

Deschutes Public Library: Build Your Own Terrarium 1 p.m.

Learn about the care and feeding of air plants as you create your own Joshua Tree inspired ecosystem. Registration required at www.deschuteslibrary.org/calendar/ for library-provided supplies.

Paulina Springs Books Virtual Event 6:30 p.m. Tony Hiss will discuss his book,“Rescuing the Planet,” along with ecologist Events Calendar listings are free to advertisers.

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communication, and social media. She previously worked for Nike and Facebook as well as the City of Eugene and other roles in marketing and consulting management.

She and her husband Ben have a fourth grade daughter who attends Sisters Elementary School. She has an undergraduate degree from the University of Oregon in journalism and public relations and a MBA from Willamette University.

Neither candidate has held elective office. Cooper served on the budget committee for the Fern Ridge School District and Cogdill is a current member of the Sisters School District budget committee.

Both candidates responded to the following questions: What is your motivation for running for the Sisters School board and do you have any particular actions you want to see carried out in the upcoming years?

Cooper: When I saw there was an opening I decided to throw my hat in the ring as a way to contribute in this community. I think I have a lot to offer the school district based on my teaching career and knowledge of the inner workings of a school and thought there are not often candidates with that degree of perspective. I am concerned about graduation rates in Oregon which are very low — not so much in Sisters — and want to do what I can to address that issue.

Cogdill: After being selected for the budget committee this year, the idea of running for the school board presented itself, and I decided I could and should step up and run for the board in order to give back to the school community which I have come to regard highly.

As I began to consider running for the board, I actually sat down with the board members to learn more about the time commitment and hear their goals and vision and eventually took time and read through all of the school board policies, the mission and vision statements, and the budget and spent hours just digging through it.

I was impressed with how intentional, thoughtful, and holistic everything is. It is powerful. We live in the most amazing district. I have no particular agenda, but I simply love our youth. I don’t have big ideas about changes, but rather to do what I can to make sure things are running smoothly, that community perspectives are gathered and heard, including those of students. I believe a board member’s role is to deal with budgets, policies and guiding the superintendent.

In response to the impact of COVID-19 on students over the past year: Cooper: There is no question students have missed learning opportunities and activities in Oregon over the last year. I am in favor of running a summer school program for students that have fallen behind during the COVID shutdowns.

Preferably in-person teaching, but at minimum providing teacher-connected online efforts.

Cogdill: We’re facing challenges of lost education and increased educational disparities across the district from the past year. As a district, we need to figure out how to best move forward from COVID, rebalance, and get everyone back on track — especially those students who have fallen behind the most. We have difficult decisions and hard work ahead of us, but I’m confident we can harness our collective wisdom to find the best possible solutions for our students and staff.

What are your thoughts on the upcoming vote for the bond to build a new elementary school?

Cooper: I haven’t had a chance to research very much on the details of the bond, but it is clear that Sisters is growing and will need more classroom space. The bond is not the reason I am running, but I can understand the need for it.

Cogdill: I certainly hope it passes. From all that I have read a new school is needed and beneficial, so if it will help us meet the needs of our students. If it passes, I feel prepared to help shepherd the process. I am familiar with public budgets having worked the City of Eugene, as well as corporate budgets.

What else do you want voters to know about you and why you should be elected?

Cooper: I am a lifelong teacher and I love education, and want to continue to contribute, keep my head in the

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Cogdill: I love the youth of our community and simply want to support them.

Our family is so thankful to have moved here. I really value and respect the culture of Sisters schools and its history, so I am not someone from Portland aiming at making big, sweeping changes or anything like that. We moved

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here because we like what Sisters is about. As far as my ability to serve, I’m confident that I can draw from experience, training, and personal character to contribute value to this effort.

The vote for school board positions along with other local and regional issues is set to be completed on May 18. Ballots will be mailed out later this month.

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For the Birds:

Forest Service to connect in virtual open house

Spring is in the air!

By Elise Wolf Correspondent

Spring is here! Well, sort of. Central Oregon always seems to unleash more cold and even snowy days on us this time of year. Yet, still, the trees are budding out, and the bright greens of waking plants are appearing.

Our avian friends, both the residents and the snowbirds returning from their warmer winter haunts, are restless.

This is the season birds begin the most important job they’ll have in their lives — making babies. Over the late winter and spring months, birds start staking out territories and hunting down nest sites. Birds know about how much space — territory — they will need to secure all the insects their hungry babies will need. These colonists will set about claiming these spaces and fending off interlopers.

Luckily for us, those avian pronouncements of ownership are often lovely, enchanting songs that fill our spring days.

Yet spring is also the time of year when native foods are the least available. Winter supplies have dwindled, and the new fruits, seeds, nuts, and insects won’t be in full force till later. While birds have adapted to this situation, this is a good time to have a full bird feeder.

Millet, thistle, and sunflower are the staples. But sunflower hearts can be a real treat for birds who can’t take apart a whole sunflower seed. Most birds will enjoy the high protein and easily digested sunflower heart, from the doves to the jays and everyone in between. Super-hungry robins, bluebirds, and meadowlarks will also relish in these nutritious seeds. Flat feeders are best for birds who aren’t adapted to feeders, but please avoid if you have the pine siskin due to

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the ongoing salmonella outbreak. Ground feeding is also an option.

Peanut butter is a huge sell right now. My friend Jane in Anchorage is currently feeding over 30 Bohemian waxwings (after 22 inches of snow) a mix of peanut butter (no salt, no sugar) and birdseed.

She feeds this in a log feeder (with a perch). Do not smear peanut butter on trees though! Only feed fats enclosed so birds don’t get their feet in it and then spread it into their feathers.

Don’t overlook fruits!

Many songbirds who eat insects in summer meet their winter dietary needs by changing over to fruit.

These birds will gobble up nuts and seeds as well.

The thrushes — robins, Western and mountain bluebirds, varied and hermit thrush, and Townsend’s solitaire — all favor fruits once the cold hits. Bohemian and cedar waxwings go for fruits year-round. You will find these diners gorging on juniper, hawthorn, mountain ash, chokecherry, and other tree fruits, as well as some non-native and native shrubs.

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Bohemian waxwings eating fruit skewered on a tree limb. foods mostly eaten during that time. So, an insect eater who switches to fruit for the winter will have a larger gizzard than in the summer so it can digest highfiber fruits. Their digestive enzymes change as well, to those that can break down the pulps and sugars of fruit.

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Be sure to keep your feeders super clean as salmonella is still going around. Pine siskins are most at risk, so give them their own feeder and watch for sick birds. For more tips, go to www.native birdcare.org. For the birds, bon appetite!

Folks in the Sisters community can learn about Sisters Ranger District activities in a virtual open house set for Tuesday, April 13, from 5 to 7 p.m.

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Preparing now for Wildfire is a grim fact of life in Sisters Country. Virtually every summer for the past two decades, we have seen our lives disrupted by encroaching conflagrations and dense smoke.

We cannot control the lightning storms that so often spark these blazes, nor drought conditions and the winds that drive them — but we can control how we prepare for and respond to them.

Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District Chief Roger Johnson notes that there is a national strategy to cope with the massive wildfires that have especially plagued the American West — adapting communities to fire through prescribed burning to create buffers, crafting building codes to require more “hardened” homes, and improving emergency response, including evacuation notification.

“It’s a three-legged stool, is how people describe it,” he said.

But one of the most critical responsibilities in protecting homes from fire sits squarely on the shoulders of local residents.

Creating defensible space

The creation of a 30-foot buffer around your home is the single most important thing you can do to enhance your home’s chances of withstanding a fire. It gives firefighters a fighting chance to save your home.

Creating defensible space around your home doesn’t mean things can’t look nice — it means creating an area of at least 30 feet around the home where combustibles are kept cleared away, trees limbed back and landscaping crafted with plants that don’t

readily ignite and carry fire. Simple things like moving your firewood stack away from your house, avoiding the use of bark mulch around the house and deck, and keeping juniper bushes from brushing up against structures can go a long way toward making your home more defensible. Keep your gutters cleared.

Steps to create defensible space and tips on fire-resistant landscaping may be found at www.project wildfire.org/resources/.

Products are available to spray on your home that can enhance its resistance to fire. Those have to be applied well before any crisis develops and should be part of a program of defensibility and not a substitute for defensible space.

An important part of creating defensible space is ensuring that your home is accessible to firefighting equipment.

Make sure your street numbers are visible from the road, and keep your driveway cleared 12 feet wide and 13 feet tall so that firetrucks can get in — and out — safely.

Chief Johnson pointed to the massively destructive fires that roared through Santiam Canyon and McKenzie Canyon last September. The only homes that survived were ones that had some buffer around them.

“A lot of it is that when fires like these come through communities, it’s a snowstorm of embers,” he said.

The fewer combustible places there are for those embers to fall upon, the better chance your home has of surviving, even in the midst of an unstoppable firestorm.

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Wildland fire managers have done a lot of work to create buffers around local communities with prescribed burns. Protecting individual homes through the creation of defensible space is up to us. community risk and fire safety manager notes that creating defensible space at your home enhances the safety of others as well.

“It’s also the thing to do to be a good neighbor,” he said.

When a home burns, it throws out even more embers than the trees and brush do, and once a fire starts roaring through a neighborhood, it gains momentum.

And that raises another point that Green and Chief Johnson emphasize: Defensible space is not merely a matter for those living on the fringes of the forest. In the Labor Day fires, 38 percent of the homes lost were in incorporated areas — towns and cities. A wildfire can readily become an urban

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Defensible space and fire preparation are responsibilities for everyone who lives in Sisters Country.

Be ready to evacuate NOW

Over the past 20 years of fires, Sisters residents have gotten used to planned, deliberate evacuations, with trigger points predetermined and notices sent out, along with door-todoor notification. Residents feel like they have time. Recent events have shown that evacuations don’t always happen that way. When an overheated electrical cord to a travel trailer started a fire in the area of Rabbitbrush Lane east of Sisters on August 11, 2018, the situation got dire very, very quickly.

The neighborhood had to be evacuated immediately. Just last month, heavy winds kicked up a smoldering debris fire in Bend; a fast-moving wildfire forced residents out of their home at a moment’s notice. In the canyon conflagrations of September, the fires evolved so quickly that many residents barely escaped with their lives — and some perished.

Part of living in wildfire country involves being ready — having a plan and preparations in place to evacuate.

It’s a good idea to assume you’re at Level 1 (Be Ready) starting on June 1.

Emergency officials strongly advise locals to sign up for Deschutes Emergency Alerts. The Deschutes Alert System (DAS) can be used to

PR EPAR ED

notify the public with important information during an emergency. Alerts can be sent to cell phones - but only if your number is registered. Sign up at www.deschutes.org/911/page/ sign-deschutes-emergency-alerts.

Chief Johnson notes that Deschutes County will opt in to a statewide standardized alerting system, but that has not yet come online. The county is also piloting with Jackson County a program called Zone Haven, which designs predetermined and preprogramed evacuation zones for communities.

“It’s designed to speed up evacuations,” he said.

For more information, visit www. zonehaven.com.

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day for several days, for drinking and sanitation) ❏ Food (at least a three-day supply of nonperishable food) ❏ Battery-powered or hand-crank radio and a NOAA Weather Radio with tone alert ❏ Flashlight ❏ First-aid kit ❏ Extra batteries ❏ Whistle (to signal for help) ❏ Dust mask (to help filter contaminated air)

If you have horses and other livestock, it’s imperative to plan for evacuation contingencies, including prearranged places to take your large animals. There are “official” resources available for large animal evacuations, but you should have a contingency plan that can be implemented instantly in an immediate crisis. Make arrangements with friends who have trailers and space for animals.

Extra advance planning may also be necessary if you are dealing with people who have mobility issues or special medical needs.

Planning for evacuation doesn’t have to be on the scale of a military

(to shelter in place) ❏ Moist towelettes, garbage bags, and plastic ties (for personal sanitation) ❏ Wrench or pliers (to turn off utilities) ❏ Manual can opener (for food) ❏ Local maps ❏ Cell phone with chargers and a backup battery ❏ Always keep a sturdy pair of shoes and a flashlight near your bed and handy in case of a sudden evacuation at night.

operation — it just requires some thought and effort when things are calm.

Sometimes residents feel compelled to stay to try to defend their home.

Firefighters and other emergency personnel strongly advise against this impulse. Not only does it put the homeowner in danger, it endangers firefighters and law-enforcement personnel at grave risk, because they are duty-bound to try to help you if you’re in danger.

We can’t prevent wildfire, but if everybody does their part, we can make Sisters Country more ready and resilient.

In Sisters Country, wildfires aren’t a question of if, but only a question of when. If you choose to live near a natural area you are at risk for wildfires, and it’s your responsibility to prepare yourself, your family, and your home. Please review this path to preparedness to ensure you are READY and SET if you need to GO this fire season! #WildfirePreparedSisters

STEP 1: DEFENSIBLE SPACE

STEP 2: RECYCLE YARD DEBRIS

STEP 3: KEEP ADDRESS SIGNS VISIBLE

Defensible space is essential to protect a structure during a wildland fire.

Defensible space is located in the Home Ignition Zone, which includes the home and an area surrounding the home within 100-200 feet.

Instead of burning, take advantage of free yard debris recycling events. See www.firefree.org/firefreeevents/ for full details.

Help Us Find Your Address!

1. Reduce flammable brush 2. Prune or remove trees 3. Keep grass and weeds cut low 4. Clear wood piles and building materials away from home 5. Keep your yard and roof clean For the complete checklist, see page 18 or visit www.sistersfire.com and click on “wildfire preparedness.”

A home with adequate defensible space is more likely to be spared during a wildfire.

NW Transfer Station (Sisters): May 22-June 5, 2021 Open Wednesday-Saturday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

68200 Fryrear Rd., Sisters If you can’t recycle your yard debris, and are outside the Sisters city limits, complete your spring burning safely by following local outdoor burning regulations and registering for a burn permit: https://www.sistersfire.com/outdoor-burning-regulations/.

COMPLETE BY MAY 31 PHOTOS BY THAD OLSEN

Most houses sit back away from the main roads and address numbers on your house may not be visible to Fire District personnel trying to find your house. In a major emergency this could delay life-saving help that is desperately needed! Our goal is to have all occupancies with LEGIBLE and VISIBLE addresses. To achieve this goal, we ask for your assistance.

To order a new or replacement sign, visit https://www.sistersfire.com/home/ departments/fire prevention-2/ emergency-address-signs/.

COMPLETE BY MAY 31

COMPLETE BY MAY 21

A home with trees and fuels encroaching on it is susceptible to wildfire and unsafe for fire personnel to attempt to protect.

LEARN MORE ONLINE AT HTTPS://WWW.SISTERSFIRE.COM/HOME/DEPARTMENTS/FIRE-PREVENTION/WILDFIRE-PREPAREDNESS/

STEP 4: BE PREPARED TO RESPOND TO WILDFIRE Keep a 72-hour kit handy.

Know evacuation routes from your neighborhood and practice them with your family, using a checklist of what to do before leaving.

Visit http://coemergencyinfo.blogspot.com/ for more information.

COMPLETE BY JUNE 1

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Preparing now for Wildfire is a grim fact of life in Sisters Country. Virtually every summer for the past two decades, we have seen our lives disrupted by encroaching conflagrations and dense smoke.

We cannot control the lightning storms that so often spark these blazes, nor drought conditions and the winds that drive them — but we can control how we prepare for and respond to them.

Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District Chief Roger Johnson notes that there is a national strategy to cope with the massive wildfires that have especially plagued the American West — adapting communities to fire through prescribed burning to create buffers, crafting building codes to require more “hardened” homes, and improving emergency response, including evacuation notification.

“It’s a three-legged stool, is how people describe it,” he said.

But one of the most critical responsibilities in protecting homes from fire sits squarely on the shoulders of local residents.

Creating defensible space

The creation of a 30-foot buffer around your home is the single most important thing you can do to enhance your home’s chances of withstanding a fire. It gives firefighters a fighting chance to save your home.

Creating defensible space around your home doesn’t mean things can’t look nice — it means creating an area of at least 30 feet around the home where combustibles are kept cleared away, trees limbed back and landscaping crafted with plants that don’t

readily ignite and carry fire. Simple things like moving your firewood stack away from your house, avoiding the use of bark mulch around the house and deck, and keeping juniper bushes from brushing up against structures can go a long way toward making your home more defensible. Keep your gutters cleared.

Steps to create defensible space and tips on fire-resistant landscaping may be found at www.project wildfire.org/resources/.

Products are available to spray on your home that can enhance its resistance to fire. Those have to be applied well before any crisis develops and should be part of a program of defensibility and not a substitute for defensible space.

An important part of creating defensible space is ensuring that your home is accessible to firefighting equipment.

Make sure your street numbers are visible from the road, and keep your driveway cleared 12 feet wide and 13 feet tall so that firetrucks can get in — and out — safely.

Chief Johnson pointed to the massively destructive fires that roared through Santiam Canyon and McKenzie Canyon last September. The only homes that survived were ones that had some buffer around them.

“A lot of it is that when fires like these come through communities, it’s a snowstorm of embers,” he said.

The fewer combustible places there are for those embers to fall upon, the better chance your home has of surviving, even in the midst of an unstoppable firestorm.

Doug Green, the Sisters District’s

WILDFIRE

Emergency Supply Kit Checklist See Ready.gov for more information.

may save your home

❏ Water (one gallon per person per ❏ Plastic sheeting and duct tape

By Jim Cornelius | Editor in Chief PHOTO PROVIDED

Wildland fire managers have done a lot of work to create buffers around local communities with prescribed burns. Protecting individual homes through the creation of defensible space is up to us. community risk and fire safety manager notes that creating defensible space at your home enhances the safety of others as well.

“It’s also the thing to do to be a good neighbor,” he said.

When a home burns, it throws out even more embers than the trees and brush do, and once a fire starts roaring through a neighborhood, it gains momentum.

And that raises another point that Green and Chief Johnson emphasize: Defensible space is not merely a matter for those living on the fringes of the forest. In the Labor Day fires, 38 percent of the homes lost were in incorporated areas — towns and cities. A wildfire can readily become an urban

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conflagration.

Defensible space and fire preparation are responsibilities for everyone who lives in Sisters Country.

Be ready to evacuate NOW

Over the past 20 years of fires, Sisters residents have gotten used to planned, deliberate evacuations, with trigger points predetermined and notices sent out, along with door-todoor notification. Residents feel like they have time. Recent events have shown that evacuations don’t always happen that way. When an overheated electrical cord to a travel trailer started a fire in the area of Rabbitbrush Lane east of Sisters on August 11, 2018, the situation got dire very, very quickly.

The neighborhood had to be evacuated immediately. Just last month, heavy winds kicked up a smoldering debris fire in Bend; a fast-moving wildfire forced residents out of their home at a moment’s notice. In the canyon conflagrations of September, the fires evolved so quickly that many residents barely escaped with their lives — and some perished.

Part of living in wildfire country involves being ready — having a plan and preparations in place to evacuate.

It’s a good idea to assume you’re at Level 1 (Be Ready) starting on June 1.

Emergency officials strongly advise locals to sign up for Deschutes Emergency Alerts. The Deschutes Alert System (DAS) can be used to

PR EPAR ED

notify the public with important information during an emergency. Alerts can be sent to cell phones - but only if your number is registered. Sign up at www.deschutes.org/911/page/ sign-deschutes-emergency-alerts.

Chief Johnson notes that Deschutes County will opt in to a statewide standardized alerting system, but that has not yet come online. The county is also piloting with Jackson County a program called Zone Haven, which designs predetermined and preprogramed evacuation zones for communities.

“It’s designed to speed up evacuations,” he said.

For more information, visit www. zonehaven.com.

FOR

day for several days, for drinking and sanitation) ❏ Food (at least a three-day supply of nonperishable food) ❏ Battery-powered or hand-crank radio and a NOAA Weather Radio with tone alert ❏ Flashlight ❏ First-aid kit ❏ Extra batteries ❏ Whistle (to signal for help) ❏ Dust mask (to help filter contaminated air)

If you have horses and other livestock, it’s imperative to plan for evacuation contingencies, including prearranged places to take your large animals. There are “official” resources available for large animal evacuations, but you should have a contingency plan that can be implemented instantly in an immediate crisis. Make arrangements with friends who have trailers and space for animals.

Extra advance planning may also be necessary if you are dealing with people who have mobility issues or special medical needs.

Planning for evacuation doesn’t have to be on the scale of a military

(to shelter in place) ❏ Moist towelettes, garbage bags, and plastic ties (for personal sanitation) ❏ Wrench or pliers (to turn off utilities) ❏ Manual can opener (for food) ❏ Local maps ❏ Cell phone with chargers and a backup battery ❏ Always keep a sturdy pair of shoes and a flashlight near your bed and handy in case of a sudden evacuation at night.

operation — it just requires some thought and effort when things are calm.

Sometimes residents feel compelled to stay to try to defend their home.

Firefighters and other emergency personnel strongly advise against this impulse. Not only does it put the homeowner in danger, it endangers firefighters and law-enforcement personnel at grave risk, because they are duty-bound to try to help you if you’re in danger.

We can’t prevent wildfire, but if everybody does their part, we can make Sisters Country more ready and resilient.

In Sisters Country, wildfires aren’t a question of if, but only a question of when. If you choose to live near a natural area you are at risk for wildfires, and it’s your responsibility to prepare yourself, your family, and your home. Please review this path to preparedness to ensure you are READY and SET if you need to GO this fire season! #WildfirePreparedSisters

STEP 1: DEFENSIBLE SPACE

STEP 2: RECYCLE YARD DEBRIS

STEP 3: KEEP ADDRESS SIGNS VISIBLE

Defensible space is essential to protect a structure during a wildland fire.

Defensible space is located in the Home Ignition Zone, which includes the home and an area surrounding the home within 100-200 feet.

Instead of burning, take advantage of free yard debris recycling events. See www.firefree.org/firefreeevents/ for full details.

Help Us Find Your Address!

1. Reduce flammable brush 2. Prune or remove trees 3. Keep grass and weeds cut low 4. Clear wood piles and building materials away from home 5. Keep your yard and roof clean For the complete checklist, see page 18 or visit www.sistersfire.com and click on “wildfire preparedness.”

A home with adequate defensible space is more likely to be spared during a wildfire.

NW Transfer Station (Sisters): May 22-June 5, 2021 Open Wednesday-Saturday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

68200 Fryrear Rd., Sisters If you can’t recycle your yard debris, and are outside the Sisters city limits, complete your spring burning safely by following local outdoor burning regulations and registering for a burn permit: https://www.sistersfire.com/outdoor-burning-regulations/.

COMPLETE BY MAY 31 PHOTOS BY THAD OLSEN

Most houses sit back away from the main roads and address numbers on your house may not be visible to Fire District personnel trying to find your house. In a major emergency this could delay life-saving help that is desperately needed! Our goal is to have all occupancies with LEGIBLE and VISIBLE addresses. To achieve this goal, we ask for your assistance.

To order a new or replacement sign, visit https://www.sistersfire.com/home/ departments/fire prevention-2/ emergency-address-signs/.

COMPLETE BY MAY 31

COMPLETE BY MAY 21

A home with trees and fuels encroaching on it is susceptible to wildfire and unsafe for fire personnel to attempt to protect.

LEARN MORE ONLINE AT HTTPS://WWW.SISTERSFIRE.COM/HOME/DEPARTMENTS/FIRE-PREVENTION/WILDFIRE-PREPAREDNESS/

STEP 4: BE PREPARED TO RESPOND TO WILDFIRE Keep a 72-hour kit handy.

Know evacuation routes from your neighborhood and practice them with your family, using a checklist of what to do before leaving.

Visit http://coemergencyinfo.blogspot.com/ for more information.

COMPLETE BY JUNE 1

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Bull Springs fire a stark reminder of danger operations and to be prepared for incidents such as last month’s fire.

Visit www.sistersfire.com/ outdoor-burning-regulations/ to access the program.

1 . C r e a t e y o u r o w n account on the publicfire safety.com website or app.

You will be registering your contact information with the Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District. Be aware the district will be using e-mail and text messaging to communicate, and normal rates will apply.

2. Create a burn day report for each day you plan to burn.

Let the Fire District know where and when you plan to burn, and agree to the terms and conditions for each burn.

Fire District staff will be able to provide advice before and during your burn.

3. Check your mobile

phone at least hourly during your outdoor burns.

Fire District staff will be monitoring conditions throughout each day; critical changes in conditions — such as stiffening winds — may trigger emergency updates calling for quick action on your burn.

Check local regulations before burning. The City of Sisters does not allow yard debris burning at any time during the year within their jurisdiction, and certain homeowner’s associations may have further restrictions in place. Staff will continue to monitor weather and fuel moisture conditions in the Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District and may make modifications on a day-to-day basis. If conditions become drier, individual agencies may choose to close local burning.

The fire in Bend last month is an indicator that Central Oregon is poised for another active wildfire season. That is confirmed in the April 1 National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook provided by the National Interagency Fire Center.

The Center reports that, “Climate outlooks indicate warmer and drier than normal conditions are likely for much of the Plains and Intermountain West through spring into early summer continuing and exacerbating drought there … Central Oregon and central and southeast Washington are likely to have above normal significant fire potential beginning in June ...”

PREPARE FOR

SISTERS CHECKLIST✔

In Sisters Country, wildfires aren’t a question of if, but only a question of when. If you choose to live near a natural area, you are at risk for wildfires and it’s your responsibility to prepare yourself, your family and your home. And that preparation starts with three simple steps: READY, SET, GO! Please use this checklist for preparing for the upcoming wildland fire season over the next seven weeks and be part of the movement #WildfirePreparedSisters.

Property Preparedness

Yes

No

Has vegeta on been removed and modified in the recommended zones around your home?

WILDFIRE PREPARED

The Bull Springs Fire which broke out west of Bend on Sunday, March 28, serves as a stark reminder that debris burning can create danger of local residents.

The blaze was reported late Sunday afternoon burning in slash, ponderosa pine, juniper, and brush.

The wind-driven fire grew quickly, burning 211 acres before fire fighters were able to stop the spread. Two outbuildings were destroyed by the fire, and nearly 200 residences were placed in a Level 3 (GO) evacuation that evening.

Coordination between Bend Fire Department, Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, Oregon Department of Forestry, and federal resources from Central Oregon Fire Management Service were the key to catching this fire Sunday evening and protecting structures and homes in the fire area.

Aided by dozers from Taylor Northwest, fire crews were able to get line around the fire’s perimeter and focus on spot fires outside the fire line.

The cause of the fire has been determined to be a rekindled debris burn.

The Oregon Department of Forestry notes that heat can hold in burn piles and even under soil for many weeks with no visible smoke.

With limited recent moisture in Central Oregon, vegetation and wildland fuels are very dry, making them susceptible to ignition and rapid fire spread, especially on windy days.

Residents are reminded to check burn piles and burn areas from any debris burning completed this winter or spring to ensure there is no residual heat or fire.

Below are some tips to reduce the risk of a fire getting out of control: • Check weather forecasts.

Avoid burning on windy days or when wind is forecast to be erratic or increasing.

• Check with local fire department and county restrictions to be certain burning is allowed and what restrictions should be followed.

• Never leave a fire unattended. Be certain the fire is completely out prior to leaving.

• Have a water source and shovel available while burning.

• Keep debris piles small.

Add material gradually as the pile burns down.

• Ensure burned piles are cold prior to adding new material for future burning.

• Contact 911 immediately if the fire gets out of control.

The Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District has implemented an online burn monitoring program to help keep track of burning

Are the rain gu ers and roof free of leaves, needles and branches?

Are all vent openings screened with 1/8 inch mesh metal screen?

Does your home have a metal, composi on, or le (or other Class A) roof?

Does the house have noncombus ble or igni on-resistant siding material?

Are the eaves “boxed-in” using noncombus ble materials?

Has the 0-5 foot noncombus ble zone been developed and maintained?

Is the underdeck area free of combus ble material?

Is all firewood at least 30 feet from the house?

Get Ready

Is your Wildland Fire Ac on Plan Completed?

Have you registered for Deschutes County Emergency Alerts?

Have you prepared your 72-hour kit for your family?

Have you made a list of your 5 “P”s – People, Pets, Pills, Photos, and Important Papers?

Do you have several different evacua on routes planned?

Get Set

Are you able to monitor fire weather condi ons and fire status?

Are you ready to evacuate as soon as you are aware of a possible threat to your home or route?

Have you loaded your 5 “P” s and 72-hour kit into your car?

Have you closed all windows and doors?

Have you removed all combus bles from within 30 feet of your home?

Have you shut off natural gas and propane?

Are you able to stay close to your house, drink plenty of water and keep an eye on family/pets un l it is me to leave?

Go

Are you prepared to leave early enough to avoid being caught in fire, smoke or road conges on?

Do you have your predetermined loca on set when you evacuate?

Do you have several travel routes in case one route is blocked by the fire or emergency vehicles?

Do you have your families/pets emergency supply kit with all your necessary items?

Enter for your chance to win a set of engraved camper mugs. Review our daily messages via your favorite social media platform (Facebook, Twitter or Instagram) and tag us in your photos as you work through our Wildfire Prepared Sisters checklist preparing for the upcoming wildfire season. Simply enter via your public Instagram or Twitter account, or post your photo directly to the District’s Facebook timeline (@SCSRFPD) using #WildfirePreparedSisters for a chance to win! Winners will be announced on Monday, May 17, 2021.

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PHOTO BY JIM CORNELIUS

The 180-foot tall forked ponderosa that presides over Graham Corral is estimated to be more than 500 years old. The massive codominant fork looming over the recreational site made the tree a potential hazard. Forest Service personnel and local forest-lovers very much wanted to save it.

TREE: Forest Service sought to save 500-year-old tree Continued from page 3

end of this 500-year-old tree.

The Forest Service sought a different alternative.

Jeremy Fields, a timber specialist with Sisters Ranger District, had become friends with local environmentalist Susan Prince. They brainstormed ideas for saving the tree. Fields consulted with arborist Nate Goodwin. They considered taking off one of the forks — but quickly rejected the idea.

“That thing’s been growing with that fork for hundreds of years,” Fields said.

They feared that removing a fork would unbalance the tree, and Goodwin believes it would “open up a portal for decay.” The specialists concurred that removing a fork would likely doom the tree.

“I would assume that that tree would just go into a tailspin,” Goodwin said.

The arborist, proprie t o r o f Ti m b e r S t a n d Improvement, had a better idea. On Wednesday, March 31, his crew headed out to Graham Corral to stabilize the tree with a nylon harness.

Climbers Eric Banderas and Kyle Grugan installed the harness, crafted by the climbers using 18,000-pound test, UV stabilized nylon, about

two-thirds of the distance above the split where the fork starts.

Stabilizing a codominant forked tree with cables is nothing new — but usually arborists drill holes for anchor bolts and wrap steel cable around the forks. That process can open the tree up to disease or insect infestation. The noninvasive harness technique is a relatively new innovation in the trade, according to Goodwin.

Fields told The Nugget that the work would cost the District less than $1,300 — less than it would have cost to fell and buck the tree and haul off its remains. But cost wasn’t the primary mover of the project.

Sisters Ranger District Archaeologist Mike Boero was on site on Wednesday.

He noted that there aren’t any carvings or markings on the tree that make it officially a tree of cultural significance.

So there was no official mandate to save it.

“If there’s no cultural modifications to the tree, it can be murky as to what we’re mandated to do,” he said.

But for everyone involved, the old tree matters.

“I see it as being part of the site itself,” Boero said.

“Taking that more holistic approach, I see it as a cultural resource for the site.”

And now it will preside over Graham Corral for many years to come.

PHOTO BY JIM CORNELIUS

Nate Goodwin demonstrated how a harness made of 18,000-pound test weight nylon will stabilize the codominant forks of a massive ponderosa pine tree at Graham Corral west of Sisters.

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Maliah Mandal

Sisters High School March 2021 Student of the Month Student of the Month Maliah Mandal brings an intense focus on academics to bear each day at Sisters High School.

She’s highly motivated.

“I’ve really been focused on academics,” she says. “When I see a row of high grades, it makes me really happy.”

While she’s planning to go to college in the sciences — preferably chemistry — she notes that her advanced-placement courses in history and English have been among her favorite classes. She enjoys academic challenges, and rising to meet them.

“I just really enjoy the work,” she says.

She also strives to bring an upbeat attitude to school each day.

Maliah appreciates the community that Sisters High School represents.

“The teachers and students are really supportive of each other,” she says. “It’s a really fun atmosphere to be in.”

“I am thrilled that Maliah has been chosen for this honor — she is so deserving! I had the pleasure of having Maliah in my forensics class this year. Her work is so well done! I appreciate her insights, her dedication to the topic, and the great attitude with which she approaches all of the work.

Thank you, Maliah, for being the great student that you are!”

— Kristy Rawls

“I have always appreciated Maliah’s honesty, kindness, and drive. She is an authentic and driven person that truly understands the significance of hard work and perseverance.”

— Rick Kroytz “Maliah Mandal is so deserving of this award. The entire time that she has been at Sisters High School she has been an example of what it means to be othercentered and to have the true heart of an Outlaw. Not only is she incredibly bright and academically gifted, but she has an inner light that shines on everyone around her. Maliah is unfailingly kind and generous, with both her words and her time.

She goes out of her way to reach out and make everyone feel they are important and have a voice. I love having Maliah in my classes and I will miss her incredibly when she graduates. I count myself fortunate to have gotten to spend time with Maliah.

Congratulations!”

— Gail Greaney “Kind, generous, smart, and funny are all words that describe Maliah. She has been a joy to have as a student, Maliah’s work ethic and willingness to help others is contagious and makes every class better. Although Maliah is an excellent student, she is an even better person and

These businesses have joined The Nugget in supporting our youth and their accomplishments by co-sponsoring the Student of the Month program.

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friend. I am so excited to see where her next adventures take her!”

— Sheryl Yeager “Maliah is a student with integrity and a passion for learning. I am so proud of her accomplishments and know she has a bright future ahead of her. Her kindness and maturity are evident in her daily interactions with students and adults. Maliah is an exemplary representative of Sisters High School and the community. Go Outlaws!”

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FUN & GAMES

MATH SQUARES Use the numbers 1 through 16 to complete the equations.

Each number is only used once.

Each row is a math equation.

Each column is a math equation.

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SISTERS Bill Bartlett Columnist

Pizza town Pizza is the ultimate takeout food, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Now that Cibelli’s Pizza has opened in Sisters — the newest of their six locations — no fewer than six establishments in town feature pizza on their menus. Three are primarily pizza, with little else: Cibelli’s Pizza; Martolli’s Authentic Hand-Tossed Pizza (under new owners Jennifer and Kelly Brock); and Boone Dog Pizza, the only woodfired-oven pizza maker in Sisters — even more impressive is that they are mobile, cooking on wheels.

At Hop & Brew, handtossed pizza is one half the menu. Takoda’s and Three Creeks Brewing Co. have a wide selection of pizza as a

portion of their larger menu, at least six varieties in multiple sizes cooked to order.

Only Martolli’s delivers and only after 4 p.m. Neither Uber Eats nor Door Dash have delivery service in the 97759 ZIP code as of yet.

Martolli’s also offers pizza by the slice and a half-baked option where you finish the pie in a home oven for peak freshness.

Last year, U.S. consumers spent a whopping $46.24 billion on pizza dining according to Statista. Of that a third is takeout. Sisters has a tiny slice of the 78,000 pizza establishments in the U.S., who employ 837,000 persons.

Pizza is a very personal thing and highly subjective.

Pizzas have “styles” – New York, Chicago, Neapolitan, Sicilian, Roman, Greek, and more. But find two New Yorkers – if you can in Sisters — and you won’t likely get agreement on what real New York pizza is.

Arguing the merits of pizza is as American as baseball or as Italian as the Vatican.

Shape and crust thickness do not determine style. Each Sisters pizza shop makes one shape — round — and one thickness: roughly 1/8-inch for their particular menu.

Handmade dough and handtossed are not the same thing.

None uses ready-made crust.

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Cibelli’s Pizza hand tosses their crust. Pizza is an American favorite — and a staple here in Sisters.

All make it from scratch.

However, only Cibelli’s and Martolli’s guarantee you seeing it tossed into the air. Pizza is fun food, after all.

Martolli’s is a Neapolitan style, an ever so slightly thinner crust than their fellow pizza makers. Cibelli’s identifies their pizza as New York style. Its crust has a chewy, puffy rim. Boone Dog’s is a regular crust, as are Hop & Brew’s, Takoda’s, and Three Creeks’ — whose dough is infused with one of their signature brews, Knotty Blonde.

The secret sauce. Apart from the art of the dough, most pizza gets its reputation from the sauce and the toppings. This is where the real creativity comes into play.

Martolli’s offers four sauce options: tomato, garlic olive oil, pesto, and sun-dried olive on any of their pizzas.

At Three Creeks you can choose pizzas with tomato herb or basil pesto sauce.

Takoda’s has no less than 17 pizza choices built on either tomato, pesto, barbecue, or alfredo sauce. Hop & Brew divides their pizza choices over a marinara or alfredo sauce, and gluten-free is an option. Plus, they have a take-n-bake option for their 18-inch pie.

Boone Dog Pizza may be the most eclectic of the group. Their offerings are

heavy on seasonally rotated, fresh produce grown on their own land. They are open four days a week at the Eurosports “food cart garden.”

Cork Cellars Wine & Bistro is in the mix, albeit in a class all their own. They have five “flat bread” pizzas — although they do not use the word pizza in the description. Many of their customers do though — and they report favorably on them.

Like nearly everywhere, pepperoni is the favorite topping for Sisters pizza lovers. There’s no lack of really good pizza in Sisters — and no national chain shops.

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Youth Artist Spotlight

“Heritage”

2021 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Silver Key Award

“Motherhood”

2021 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Silver Key Award

Disillusion

By Anna Mensing Poetry Honorable Mention Disillusion is the white shards of broken glass, The lingering whistle of a weeping brass, A bitter aftertaste refusing to leave, The smell of secrets you now perceive, It shows once you can see behind the light, The heart-lurching pain to be covered by fright.

Disillusion is the dark shadow looming behind, The soft whimper waking in your mind, It tastes suffocatingly sour, As you smell the toxic uncertainty in this hour, You recover from blindness to a tragic world, Anger, disgust deep inside where it lays furled.

Disillusion is the color of crystal tears, The scream of your deepest fears, It is an acidic pill being forced to swallow, The smell of sweat, in which you wallow, To see heartbreak hidden in someone’s face, The confusion you feel with recently bloodied lace.

“Pandemic Hero”

2021 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Silver Key Award

Disillusion Is the bitter reality The immersed formality everyone’s fear.

But beware my dear Is it coming after you too?

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Oh, Great America

By Anna Mensing | Critical Essay Silver Key Award The hustle and bustle of American life makes it feel as though the world is spinning slightly faster. The society we live in is molded around a dense but impactful history; blooming with tales of success, sorrow, but most importantly — growth. Deep inside homes, classrooms, communities, and cities, there is an element of opportunity that ceases to exist elsewhere. This is the place where a voice can be heard, a change can be made, and success can be achieved.

History class on a Tuesday morning.

Facts and stories of our past fill the hour with vigor and liveliness. Through history, I learn more of my connection to this country and how we are impacted today by the changes of yesterday. Through this history comes the hope of changing today to change tomorrow. It’s easy to get caught up in the drowning antics which surrounds us, but we forget to credit how America’s past paved a way for brighter tomorrow.

Throughout history, we see people changing people to improve their way of life. We see people fighting for what they believe in, giving up what they have. We see people with hope pursuing what they are passionate about through the freedom of America; and through the American Dream.

The reason the term “American Dream” has been implanted in the reputation of our country is because the truth of it runs deep through our daily lives. We live in a place

where people such as my own father can pursue art as a career. My brother can study engineering and use it to introduce new ideas. My boss can start her own business with freedom of creativity. My friend can leave a high corporation job to fulfill a love of teaching. And my cousin can voluntarily serve in the military, risking his life to pursue our great nation. America is where people everywhere follow what they believe in and have success through it. So when asked the question, “What makes America great?” the answer stands with those who live their lives with motivation, passion, and innovation — forever chasing the American Dream.

This land lives beyond opportunity. It is a place unlike any other because, in the end, America’s greatness lies in the people.

It lies in the Founding Fathers, who put their passion into creating a successful government. It lies with the men and women risking and surrendering their lives because of their belief for the future. It lies with the movers and shakers who stood their ground in times of discrimination. It lies with the engineers, scientists, authors, and teachers who use their platforms to better the future, one small step at a time. It lies with you. It lies with me.

The American Dream is a term for opportunity, allowing the expanses of the human mind to reach past any limits, with cooperation and hope. No matter how divided our opinions may be, the core of

patriotism, through the American Dream, can draw us closer than ever before.

Hidden in people is breathtaking passion.

This fever that can draw us to the arts, sciences, law, or other passions lodged in this American soil. But, the most unifying factor can only be found when we decide that, despite our differences, people give hope to the future. Differences can divide, but passion can unify. This passion to create a better America is deeply embedded in our nation’s history. We must only remember to recognize it, embrace it, and share it.

In today’s culture, the question often arises: “What makes America great?”

The complexity of the answer can be overwhelming, but true greatness in America comes from the very basis of which it was formed. The people. And with the people comes the passion for greatness through the acknowledgement of a common history and a hope for a better future.

There is a reason we are called the land of opportunity, and why we have tailored to the term “American Dream”. It is because we understand how the greatness that lies in these people is essential to a great nation.

And because in America, all individuals get the opportunity to chase their dreams and follow their passions. We are the people keeping the world spinning with hope, innovation and determination — making America great yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

Anna Mensing

“Wisdom”

2021 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Silver Key Award

“Dot Dot”

2021 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Silver Key Award

I am constantly and continually inspired — by love, by friends, by strangers, by nature, and by life. I can only hope that my creativity and art can reflect the fascination I find in all places of my existence. I often reach for just about anything creative - art, writing, dance, and music. I feel blessed to have grown up surrounded by art! My dad is an artist, and he is my biggest inspiration with his passion n to turn art into his career. Plus, he is always around if I’m in need of a critique or some spare art supplies!

For my portfolio and Scholastic submissions, I drew inspiration from the people around me. Everyone has a story. A path. An achievement.

Although the content of these stories varies from person to person, there is no reason not to celebrate them.

To award them. To crown them. In my portfo portfolio, hoped beauty olilio, o, I h oped to capturee the beau op auty t of overcoming obstacles and empower the stories of our lives. Everyone deserves a crown to symbolize who they are, all they’ve been through, and all they’ve overcome.

In a celebration of life and growth, I loved being able to experiment with a variety of charcoal and graphite mediums. In effort to capture stories in a moment of stillness, I wish to represent the variety of life that is seen all around us. We can choose to walk forward listening and celebrating others — empowering our world and empowering ourselves! We all deserve a crown, and every beautiful story that it represents.

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The Nugget Newspaper Crossword

By Jacqueline E. Mathews, Tribune News Service

RESILIENCE: Sisters continues to adapt and reinvent itself Continued from page 4

John Kitzhaber came to Sisters to celebrate the dedication of the new school classrooms.

Sisters has shown resilience and adaptability in the face of challenges from Mother Nature. A massive flood in 1964 remains legendary in Sisters Country. As Upper Deschutes Watershed Council recounts in its publication, “The Place We Cross The Water: Whychus Creek”: “On December 18, 1964, warm rain began to pour over the upper Whychus Creek watershed. Temperatures soared from zero into the 50s in one week and over 20 inches of rain fell on a deep snowpack in the mountains, creating a flash flood on Whychus Creek. Magnificent in size and speed, floodwaters completed the filling of Lake Billy Chinook months ahead of schedule.

“According to Jesse Edgington, ‘After we moved from the ranch, the bridge we crossed on was 12 feet above the creek and four to five feet above the bank. That year the ice jammed some place and it came down the creek, picking it up as it came. It piled up against that bridge till it was clear up over the top of a car on top of that bridge.’”

The 1964 flood led the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to channelize long reaches of the creek. In the 21st century, as needs and values shifted, nonprofits and agencies “re-meandered” the creek to mimic its historic, natural course.

Sisters has withstood two decades of significant wildfires. While the community has escaped the kind of catastrophic loss experienced just last year in Santiam Canyon and McKenzie Canyon, we have seen our landscape altered and spent weeks dealing with choking smoke that put a throttlehold on economic activity and local events.

Again, the community has adapted. We cannot avoid fires, but Sisters has assiduously pursued efforts to create a buffer around the community’s interface with the forest, and to encourage individual responsibility in creating defensible space and disaster preparedness (see related story, page 16).

In 2020, the community took the same kinds of hits felt around the globe as the coronavirus pandemic restricted economic activity and threatened the wellbeing of the population.

And, as always, the community rallied, supporting local businesses and reaching out a hand to those in need.

Like so many Western towns, Sisters has seen boom and bust. The recession of the early 1980s hit hard, along with the closure of lumber mills and the decline of logging on Sisters’ forests.

The Great Recession of 2008 struck a heavy blow to many in town.

Unlike many towns that have faced the boom-andbust cycle, Sisters has leveraged its natural attractiveness and a community spirit that is hard to find elsewhere to continually reinvent itself, rolling with the punches with the resilience of a true pioneer town.

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CATEGORIES: 101 Real Estate 102 Commercial Rentals 103 Residential Rentals 104 Vacation Rentals 106 Real Estate Wanted 107 Rentals Wanted 200 Business Opportunities 201 For Sale 202 Firewood 203 Recreation Equipment 204 Arts & Antiques 205 Garage & Estate Sales 206 Lost & Found 207 The Holidays 301 Vehicles 302 Recreational Vehicles 401 Horses 402 Livestock 403 Pets 500 Services 501 Computer Services 502 Carpet Upholstery Cleaning 503 Appliance Repair & Refinish 504 Handyman 505 Auto Repair 600 Tree Service & Forestry 601 Construction 602 Plumbing & Electric 603 Excavations & Trucking 604 Heating & Cooling 605 Painting 606 Landscaping & Yard Maint.

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Custom Homes Residential Building Projects Concrete Foundations Becke William Pierce CCB# 190689 • 541-647-0384 Beckewpcontracting@gmail.com Earthwood Timberframes • Design & construction • Recycled fir and pine beams • Mantles and accent timbers Kris@earthwoodhomes.com CCB #174977

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NOTICE OF BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING A public meeting of the Budget Committee of the Sisters School District #6, Deschutes County, State of Oregon, to discuss the budget for the fiscal year July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022 will be held at Sisters Middle School library, 15200 McKenzie Hwy., Sisters, Oregon. The meeting will take place on the 14th day of April, 2021 at 6 p.m. and an additional meeting will be held on the 5th day of May, 2021 at 6 p.m. If restrictions for group meetings due to COVID-19 change, alternate format information will be posted prior to the first meeting. The purpose of the meeting(s) is to receive the budget message, review the proposed budget for FY 21-22 and to receive comment from the public on the budget. A copy of the budget document may be inspected or obtained at the meeting on April 14th at the Sisters School District Office, 525 E. Cascade Ave., Sisters, Oregon between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. on or after April 15th.

NOTICE OF BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING The Budget Committee for Cloverdale Rural Fire Protection District, Deschutes County, State of Oregon, will meet in public session to discuss the budget for fiscal year July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022.

The budget meeting will be held at Fire Station No. 2, 67433 Cloverdale Road, Sisters, Oregon 97759, April 21, 2021, at 5:30 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to receive the budget message and proposed budget document of the district. A copy of the proposed budget document may be inspected or obtained on or after April 22, 2021 at 67433 Cloverdale Road Fire Station between the hours of 1 and 5 p.m.

This is a public meeting where deliberations take place. Budget Committee will hear and discuss proposed programs for the next fiscal year.

The Board of Directors of the Black Butte Ranch Rural Fire Protection District will hold a Special Board Meeting that will take place on Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 9 a.m. that will move to Executive Session pursuant to ORS 192.660(2)(d) to conduct deliberations with persons designated by the governing body to carry on labor negotiations.

The special board meeting will be held at the Black Butte Ranch Fire Station, 13511 Hawks Beard, Black Butte Ranch, Oregon. In response to the current health emergency resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the special meeting will be held electronically.

Please contact Jamie Vohs at (541) 595-2288 or jvohs@blackbutteranchfire.com for information on how to attend electronically.

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us regularly pick up bits of trash as we walk, and some of us have hauled truckloads (literally) to the dump this year, we can’t control the visitation. Several trailer camps have been there since November, and several more longterm tent sites exist. Some have recently been abandoned, leaving behind piles of belongings, scattered food waste, litter and garbage, toilet paper, jars of urine and piles of feces.

Recently, we’ve also noticed several empty handbags, suitcases, handgun holsters and rifle cases, computers and electronics, etc, dumped out there — which we can only assume to have been stolen, taken into the woods and gone through for valuables with the remainder dumped.

This is a problem that needs to be addressed

and solved by more than us neighbors. It’s time for DCSO and USFS law enforcement to make themselves more of a daily presence in the area. Perhaps City of Sisters and community organizations could look for creative and supportive ways to find other options, such as keeping spaces (free perhaps?) open year-round in the City campground so that bathrooms and garbage services are easily available.

Certainly, though, a place to start is with enforcement of the two-week rule, because the longer campers stay in one area, the worse the problem will continue to be. We’re willing to help clean up litter, but not if it’s unsafe — we need law enforcement and communitywide support.

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Road work begins in Metolius Basin Forest Service roadmaintenance crews will be working through April in the Metolius Basin.

From last Friday through April 23, large road equipment will be operating on several Forest Service Roads, and travelers may experience some delays.

Traffic delays will occur April 5-9 on a section of FSR 1230 from FSR 12 to the end of the paved section of FSR 1230. Crews will be grinding the existing asphalt pavement and turning the roadway into a gravel surface.

The change from asphalt to gravel will allow the road to be graded in the future rather than having potholes in the asphalt.

From April 12-16, both lanes on a section of FSR 12 between the junction of FSR

1210 and FSR 1217 will be closed to repair a 50-foot section of FSR 12 that has an extreme sunken grade. The crew will remove the asphalt and gravel base and replace it with a new base and a temporary gravel driving surface. The road section will be repaved later this year.

FSR 1217 and 1210 will be open during the closure.

From April 19-23, FSR 1200-980 between FSR 12 and Candle Creek Campground will be closed.

The closure will include the campground so the crew can do work in the campground.

A 400-foot section of the road has an unstable driving surface and base, making it unsuitable for passenger cars or travel trailers. No optional detours are available for the closure.

PROMOTION: Volunteers are now fire lieutenants

IN-SCHOOL: Schools to be in-person 4 days a week starting April 12

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service with SCSFD. Bootes put in long hours to attain the qualifications for promotion, all while maintaining a fulltime job working for ODF in the summer and ODOT in the winter, and keeping up with four kids under the age of 5.

Rachel Ulm serves as a resident volunteer firefighter, who lives in the station, and attends collegelevel fire and EMS training courses through COCC. While she was officially promoted to lieutenant in June of 2020, her promotion ceremony and badge pinning was delayed until the March 25 ceremony due to COVID-19 restrictions. Ulm serves both SCSFD and the Coburg Fire District near Eugene. She continues to play a vital role in representing and supporting the resident volunteer program.

All three of the new lieutenants perform command functions and serve as recruit academy instructors for other volunteers.

take place now, according to Scholl.

Sisters Elementary School students have been attending school Monday through Thursday since September, and Scholl is pleased to have the upper grades join them on that schedule. Students will continue to work from home on Fridays, which defines Sisters as still being in the “hybrid model” under state guidelines.

The new plan doubles the amount of time middle and high school students will spend taking part in in-person instruction.

“It is good to be able to get kids back into the classroom more as we complete the school year,” Scholl said.

The elementary school schedule will not change.

“Fridays will continue to be pushout, professional development, and common planning time for our staff,” said Scholl. “This time has been critical for staff to meet at the various age groups to

be sure that pacing and progress of all of our students is consistent.”

According to Scholl, building principals have begun communicating the details of the daily schedules for the middle and high schools.

The “Ready Schools, Safe Learners” (RSSL) guidelines, a 90-plus-page document published by the Oregon Department of Education, have been continually amended during the pandemic.

As he has done with all of his communications during the pandemic, Scholl concluded his letter encouraging parents, students and staff to remain vigilant with safety protocols.

He wrote, “Remember, our schools are an ecosystem consisting of a wide range of people from our community. Although the current case counts allow us more access, this is a time to remain vigilant around COVID protocol. This vigilance is why we have had success in reopening our schools, to move forward with athletics and activities, and to now get more in-person instruction for our students.”

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Over his 16 years in the region, Stancliff became familiar with Sisters Country and its schools, and felt drawn to a place with a strong sense of community.

“I have developed an admiration and respect for the great work and exciting opportunities that Sisters High School offers its students and community, and I have always considered Sisters a community where I would love to work,” he said. “A big part of my motivation is a desire to work in a place where there are clear and deliberate connections between the community and the school. I believe that when students can pursue their interests in a way that centers real-life community connections, it increases student engagement and investment in their learning. I think that many schools and districts aspire to attain these types of school-community connections, but I feel like in Sisters they are at the heart of how school is done.”

Stancliff views the size of Sisters High School as a factor in his desire to work here.

“The size of the student body at Sisters High School is one of the key reasons I applied for the position,” he

said. “I am eager to work in a high school where I can truly get to know each student and where they know that I am personally invested in their success. I believe in that regard that SHS is in that sweet spot where the student body is large enough to offer quality programming but also still allows for those personal connections.”

Stancliff and his wife, Amy, currently reside in Redmond with their four children including Soren, a junior, and Lucy, a freshman, at Ridgeview High School, and twin boys, Finn and William, who are in sixth grade at Elton Gregory Middle School.

Prior to his arrival at Pilot Butte Middle School in 2016, Stancliff taught Spanish, economics, and history for seven years. After

I believe that the highest quality learning experiences happen when teachers are able to leverage the life experiences, perspectives, and interests that students bring to the table.

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Wednesday, April 7, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon completing his administrative credential in 2012 he began a stint at Ridgeview High School as a dean of students and eventually served as a vice principal for a total of four years.

Stancliff earned a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University in international studies, a master’s degree in educational policy studies from the University of Alberta (Canada), and a second masters from Willamette University to become endorsed to teach Spanish and social studies.

He is completing his administrative licensure through the University of Oregon.

Stancliff’s interest in language and international studies is related to spending a year living in Madrid, Spain, right after high school. After one year at BYU, he completed a two-year church mission in Bolivia.

“I believe that all of these professional and personal experiences have given me a broad range of knowledge and skills that will help me be effective in serving as the principal at Sisters High School,” he said.

In regard to what he views as educational priorities as a building principal, he said, “As an educational leader, I believe that my role is to help curate a vision for student achievement that empowers both educators and students by helping to clear a path for them to do their best work.

“I believe,” he continued, “that the highest quality learning experiences happen when teachers are able to leverage the life experiences, perspectives, and interests that students bring to the table. I’ve spent the majority of my professional career in International Baccalaureate schools where there is a significant emphasis on building the analytical capacity of students, as well as the critical nature of interdisciplinary teaching and learning.

This focus permeates my instructional leadership.”

In response to a question about his role in leading Sister High School to a post-COVID era, he said, “I think that the path to a sense of normalcy moving forward will both honor the hard experiences that students and families have gone through during the pandemic, and will be student-driven in terms of leadership.

“What I heard in my student interviews,” he continued, “is that they are ready and excited to engage with one another in an effort to help re-establish what it means to be a thriving student at Sisters High School.

These efforts will require a safe, deliberate, and inclusive approach to rekindling the traditions and social experiences that characterize Sisters High School.”

Stancliff looks forward to getting to know his staff, students and members of the

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Steven Stancliff will take the reins at Sisters High School. community.

“I hope people will see that I am approachable, measured, and open-minded,” he said.

When not at work, Stancliff loves to get outdoors with his family and says they are already familiar with the Sisters area “We are an outdoors-oriented family and a great deal of our recreation happens in the Sisters area,” he said.

“We spend a lot of summer afternoons and evenings up at Three Creeks Lake, fall weekends in the Metolius area, and winter evenings up at Hoodoo.”

Stancliff continually looped back to how much he looks forward to working in a school that is a central focus of the community.

“I am genuinely excited to work in a place that is so invested in the success of its school and students,” he said.

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