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The Nugget Vol. XLIV No. 19

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News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon

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Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Cattle country...

Sisters votes on May 18 Many folks in Sisters have doubtless already turned in their ballots for the May 18 election. If not, it’s probably best to drop off ballots at the secure drop-off in front of Sisters City Hall (520 E. Cascade Ave.). Ballots must be received by 8 p.m. on Election Day to be counted; postmarks do not count. For Sisters Country, the election will decide some significant issues. Voters in the Cloverdale Fire District will decide whether to approve a five-year local option levy to

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Grappling with homeless issues By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

PHOTO BY BILL BARTLETT

Sisters Country is cattle country, with a number of boutique cattle operations using innovative management techniques that are good for cattle, the land, and humans. See “Roundabout Sisters,” page 6.

See ELECTION on page 14

Like communities across the nation, Sisters is grappling with the complex issues surrounding homelessness. Because of where it’s situated, Sisters’ homeless population largely camps on public lands in the Deschutes National Forest. Colleen Thomas is Deschutes County’s Homeless Services Coordinator. She and See HOMELESS on page 21

Target is on Sisters poachers

Quilt Show planning to move ahead

Hunters outraged by wanton slaughter of elk want to see poachers in the crosshairs of the law. The reward for information on a poaching case near Sisters has hit $10,000. In early April, the Oregon Hunters Association Bend, Redmond, Capitol, Josephine, and Mid-Columbia chapters, along with several private donors, pooled resources to increase the initial reward amount to $6,500. Additional private donations and an infusion of $1,000 from the OHA State Board last week raised the total to $10,000. Several thousand dollars of the reward was donated to OHA by nonhunters who are equally outraged. OSP Fish and Wildlife Troopers located the cow elk carcass on October 30 after a hunter scouting the Dry Canyon area east of Sisters reported it to the Turn In Poachers (TIP) Line. Troopers then discovered a large bull elk carcass nearby. The bull elk’s head had been removed as a trophy. Although bull elk were in season at the time, it is a crime to leave carcasses to waste. Two days later, on November 1, a hunter

The path isn’t completely clear yet, but Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show (SOQS) Executive Director Dawn Boyd reports the outlook is positive for a modified show Saturday, July 10. SOQS has submitted a health and safety plan for the outdoor event, and Boyd said that the City of Sisters has indicated that it is satisfied with it. The Deschutes County Health Department has to sign off, but that is not expected to be a major hurdle, Boyd told The Nugget. “We’ve had very, very positive feedback on the process,” Boyd said. “I believe it’s going to be two or three weeks before we get that final stamp of approval, but we’re going to move forward with plans as though we’re going to get that stamp of approval.” Sisters City Manager Cory Misely confirmed that, while the sign-off is in the hands of the County Health Department, the City of Sisters is happy with the Quilt

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reported the carcass of a oneyear-old male spike elk about 40 yards from where the cow had been found. Based on decomposition, all three animals were shot at or near the same time, and certainly the same day according to OSP F&W Senior Trooper Creed Cummings, who processed the scene. OHA Vice President Steve Hagan, who oversees the TIP rewards program for the organization, describes the case as upsetting. “This case has generated outrage in Central Oregon,” he said. “This happened a while back, but we haven’t forgotten about it. Hopefully, this increased reward will help generate leads towards a resolution to this case.” Oregon’s Stop Poaching campaign coordinator Yvonne Shaw agrees. “This is a blatant waste of Oregonians’ natural resources,” she said, “Not only have these animals been removed from legal hunting in season, but they have also been removed from chance encounters with hikers, photographers, and others who appreciate the opportunity to experience wildlife. Poachers take from all of us.”

By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

We’re excited. We want it to happen. — Cory Misely

PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK

The Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show is planning to return this July, with a modified event that can meet safety protocols. Show’s plans. “We’re excited,” he said. “We want it to happen.” He also noted that everyone anticipates that the state will be “in a much better place” regarding COVID-19 by July, which contributes to the sense of optimism. While the event isn’t happening for another eight weeks, it takes a lot of time and work to ramp up for the event, even at a modified scale. The organization could not delay a decision on moving ahead any longer. Plans currently call for about 50 percent of the usual amount of quilts to be on display, more widely separated than they ordinarily would be

to promote physical distancing. That means there will be some 500 to 600 quilts. There won’t be any on Main Avenue, and a limited number on Cascade Avenue, with most of the show being displayed on Hood Avenue. “Probably just over half of the quilts will be part of special exhibits,” Boyd said. The annual educational component of the program, Quilters Affair, will be held virtually this year, as will the international Tentmakers of Cairo special fundraising event on the Wednesday before the show. Boyd noted that virtual See QUILT SHOW on page 23

Letters/Weather................ 2 Stars over Sisters.............. 4 Entertainment.................. 11 Obituaries........................15 Classifieds.................. 18-20 Meetings........................... 3 Announcements................10 Fun and Games.................12 Crossword . ...................... 17 Real Estate..................21-24

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Letters to the Editor…

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

SCHOOL BOND

To the Editor: Before my husband and I considered starting a family, we knew Sisters was where we wanted to raise our family due to the amazing school district and the way the community comes together and takes care of each other. Because of these reasons, I am urging people to vote YES for Sisters School District bond measure 9-141. We now have three children, two are enrolled in elementary school now and our third will be in kindergarten in two years. The school is past optimal capacity, running at 106 percent and the numbers of incoming students are only growing, as the size of the community grows. Our fifth-grade class, who should normally be in elementary, has been attending

classes at the middle school because of the lack of space. In order to keep our schools running efficiently and to create the best learning environment for all children, we need this new elementary school. With the new elementary school, classes can remain small, fifth grade can move back into elementary, teachers and support staff can have the space they need to do their best work, all schools will be in the same area, and collaboration between all three schools can create an amazing learning environment for all ages. Sisters community and Sisters School District has a reputation of taking care of each other and our schools. And because of that our school district is able to thrive. So please, let’s See LETTERS on page 17

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Keep dark skies dark By J. Thomas Jeffrey Guest Columnist

Several recent articles and letters to the editor in The Nugget Newspaper have highlighted the problems of light pollution in Sisters. One article by Jim Cornelius was about the proper shielding of lighting on houses, and a letter from Signe L. Johnson told about the brightening light dome over Sisters and surrounding cities which is causing the night sky to become much brighter. According to the astronomers at the Pine Mountain Observatory, which is located 26 miles east of Bend, the light from the light dome over Bend is preventing them from making observations of extremely faint objects that they want to study. Unfortunately, the City of Sisters is doing nothing to prevent this problem from growing worse. The City says that they work with contractors who are building new houses in the city limits to make sure that the exterior lighting on these houses are properly shielded to comply with dark-sky regulations. This is not happening. Last year, I walked around my neighborhood looking at four new houses that were being built. None of the houses had exterior lighting that complied with dark-sky standards. On three of the houses there was no shielding on the exterior lights at all. On the fourth house, the shielding did not cover the bulbs completely. Obviously the City is not ensuring that new houses have exterior lighting that complies with dark-sky standards like they said they were doing. Even worse, some of houses in this neighborhood

keep their exterior lights on 24/7. They never turn them off. Several of us from the Sisters Astronomy Club and the International Dark Sky Association met with city officials last year, including the Sisters city mayor, about this problem. I had taken pictures of the houses mentioned above and tried to show them to the Mayor. He refused to look at them and didn’t want to even talk about them! SPRD has awarded a $1,000 grant to SAC (Sisters Astronomy Club, an SPRD committee) for the purchase and expenses related to the use of three Sky Quality Meters. These meters record the brightness of the night sky. I will be putting one at my house on East Cascade Avenue. These instruments will join ones at Sisters High School and Rimrock Ranch and a network of locations around Oregon in a program to monitor sky darkness to help identify sources of light pollution and monitor progress in reducing the problem. I urge city officials to start taking this issue seriously. By working together to reduce light pollution, Sisters can create a safer and healthier environment for its citizenry while still maintaining dark skies. Exposure to artificial light at night can harm your health. Humans evolved to the rhythms of the natural lightdark cycle of day and night. The spread of artificial lighting means most of us no longer experience truly dark nights. Research suggests that artificial light at night can negatively affect human health, increasing risks for obesity, depression, sleep disorders, diabetes, breast cancer and more.

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

Moon over the mountain...

The setting moon offered a tempting shot for Paul Lipscomb at his residence east of Sisters. PHOTO BY PAUL LIPSCOMB

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My Own Two Hands fundraiser is underway

PHOTO BY KATIE BUSHNELL

J.T. Bushnell at work.

Novelist fulfills longtime dream By Charlie Kanzig Correspondent

J.T. Bushnell, a 1998 graduate of Sisters High School, dreamed of writing a novel from an early age, but he did not reveal this to others during his youth. “I had the notion from a really young age to write a fiction novel, but to me, that was like saying I wanted to be a professional athlete,” he said. “So I told people I wanted to be a journalist instead. That seemed safer.” Though he kept the secret for many years, the desire never left, and on May 11, his novel “Step Back,” published by Ooligan Press, officially launched and is available for purchase. Bushnell, who now lives in Eugene with his wife

Katie, and daughters, Lola, 3, and Anna, 6 months, began his writing career as a sportswriter for The Nugget while in high school. He spent four years at Linfield College where he majored in journalism. Upon graduation from Linfield, Bushnell says he still felt “a deep unarticulated urge to write fiction.” “So, I waited tables for two years and during that time, I actually wrote two novels,” he said. “They were terrible — I knew they were no good even while I was writing them — but I was just needing to try it out.” The unsatisfactory result put Bushnell at a crossroads. “After the first one I didn’t get discouraged, but with the second one, when I finished it, it was clear to

me it was no better than the first and I realized I needed help,” he said. “I knew I had to seriously pursue learning the craft.” He completed a master’s in fine arts at the University of Oregon, and found some success in writing short fiction and teaching writing at Oregon State University, where he has worked since 2007. But all the while he felt that to really be a writer, he needed to complete a novel to his satisfaction. “So I decided to try again,” he said. And it took big chunks of the next 10 years to come to fruition. Finally, a book is born Bushnell, the eldest of See BUSHNELL on page 16

Sisters Folk Festival (SFF) is hosting its largest annual fundraiser and community arts celebration, My Own Two Hands: Holding Hope, through May 15. The organization is celebrating its 20th year of the event, honoring community building, visual arts, and the creative spirit. This year’s donations feature 84 pieces of art, from sculpture, to painting, jewelry, mixed-media, musical instruments, furniture, fabric arts and much more by regional artists. Proceeds from the art auction and fundraiser support SFF’s mission of strengthening community and transforming lives through music and art. Typically. the event would feature in-person components

including a gallery stroll, community concert, and lively art auction and party, but for the second year in a row, the pandemic has forced the fundraiser to take place virtually, using the benefits of technology to expand its reach. Participants can bid on art from their computer, tablet, or mobile phone from anywhere in the world. The public is invited to visit the Cindy and Duncan Campbell Gallery and SFF’s Jam Studio, both located at the Sisters Art Works building, 204 W. Adams Ave. in Sisters, to preview all of the works of art that have been donated by generous artists. The gallery is open Monday See MOTH on page 23

Sisters Movie House to reopen after long year Following a COVID-19compelled closure of over 400 days, Sisters Movie House is finally reopening for business. The theater on the FivePine campus at the east end of Sisters will once again welcome back patrons on Friday, May 21. “It’s been an extremely long haul. I believe we are one of the last businesses in Sisters to reopen and probably the last movie theater in Central Oregon,” said

Drew Kaza, co-owner of Sisters Movie House. “With the recent zigs and zags of Deschutes County virus numbers, and the changes in risk levels, we wanted to wait until a date when we were able to say that we will stay open again for good. May 21 is that long-awaited date.” The cinema and café will be adhering to pandemic See MOVIE HOUSE on page 23

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. This listing is for regular Sisters Country meetings; email information to lisa@nuggetnews.com

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Stars over Sisters By Zoey Lorusso & Lizzie McCrystal Columnists

As the spring season continues to progress toward summer, the frequency of warmer temperatures and clearer skies will increase. Take advantage of the last full month of spring to appreciate the still-dark night skies in our Sisters community, because with light pollution still on the increase the magnificent star-studded sight may not last forever. With the arrival of dusk during May, our featured constellation will slowly materialize nearly overhead. Positioned about 10 degrees below the handle of the Big Dipper, Canes Venatici (the two Hunting Dogs of Boötes the Herdsman) belongs to the ten-member family of Ursa Major constellations. Devoid of any bright stars in this region of the sky, the constellation is only recognized by catching sight of third magnitude Cor Caroli and fourth magnitude Chara. Sir Charles Scarborough is credited with naming the constellation’s brightest star Cor Caroli (‘heart of Charles’) in memory of King Charles I, the unseated king of Britain. Cor Caroli also happens to be a fine double star that is easily resolved in most backyardsized telescopes. It is 110 light-years from earth. The dimmer Chara is only 27 light-years away. What Canes Venatici lacks in the way of luminous stars is more than compensated for in the department

of deep sky objects. No fewer than five Messier objects are found there, and all but one of them are galaxies. The lone exception is M3, a large and bright globular star cluster. While several other galaxies also populate the constellation, none are more visually striking than M51, the famous Whirlpool Galaxy. M51 is the first galaxy found to show a spiral form, the result of Lord Rosse’s work in 1845. Its graceful, winding arms are comprised of long lanes of stars and gas laced with interstellar dust. Photos made by the Hubble Space Telescope show that NGC 5195, a small, yellowish galaxy, is passing behind M51. The Whirlpool Galaxy lies at a distance of 31 million light-years from the earth. The Eta Aquariids meteor shower peaked on the morning of May 5. Between 4 a.m. and dawn, observers in the southern portion of the U.S. saw approximately 20 meteors per hour; observers in the Southern Hemisphere were treated to three times that many. The meteors result from the earth intercepting debris from Halley’s Comet. Evening skies were darkest in early to midMay because of the waning moon. This was the perfect time to view those faint star clusters and galaxies without interfering moonlight. Officially, new moon occurred on the 11th. But this month it’s the full moon that steals the show, pulling off a three-act

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performance. At 4:14 a.m. PDT on May 26 the Full Flower Moon arrives on the scene. It will also be within a day of its closest approach to earth, making it the second of three supermoons in 2021. The main event, however, is a total lunar eclipse. Because the sun, earth and moon will be oriented in nearly a straight line, the sun will cast earth’s shadow upon the moon. The moon will be fully eclipsed for a period of 15 minutes beginning at 4:11 a.m. Mercury and Venus spend quality time together nearly all month. They will appear closest together on May 28 in the western sky. Mars in Gemini stands above them both. The solar system’s two biggest gas giants continue to roam the morning sky, Saturn rising at about 2:30 a.m. local time, Jupiter popping up 45 minutes later. Dark skies at night and having the ability to see the Milky Way is becoming increasingly rare, and as a community our collective actions add up to preserve this precious natural resource. Luckily, reducing and preventing light pollution is easy for each of us to influence by following four simple actions. We urge you to: 1. Shield all your outdoor lights so the light is only pointing where you intend it to be. 2. Dim your lights when possible. 3. Turn off your outdoor lights when you can, or put them on a motion sensor.

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Sisters School Board snapshot By Charlie Kanzig Correspondent

The Sisters School Board met Wednesday, May 5 for its regular monthly meeting, which was preceded by a Sisters School District Budget Committee meeting, at which the 2021-22 budget was approved. Details of the budget will appear in next week’s Nugget. Board members in attendance for the Zoom meeting included chair Jay Wilkins, Edie Jones, David Thorsett, Jeff Smith, and Don Hedrick. • In the wake of COVID19 cases that required quarantining students at Sisters High School and the entire 6th grade at Sisters Middle School, Superintendent Curt Scholl explained that quarantine protocol for schools requires that any exposure now initiates a 14-day quarantine. Scholl wants to finish the final five weeks strong and have as many kids in school as possible, and said he felt frustrated having a number of kids out of school in the past two or three weeks. “We are not seeing transference in schools and that appears to be true nationwide so the new protocol is keeping kids from school,” he said. He believes there is a bigger chance of spreading COVID-19 when kids are out of school and that many cases get started at activities outside of school including community sports, travel together, sleepovers, and kids not practicing safety when not in school. Scholl ended his report with thanks to all the school staff in their efforts all

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anticipated to rise for next year. • Superintendent Scholl reported that the school bond campaign political action committee has continued its outreach to the public, including to civic groups such as the Kiwanis. Questions from the public have included what will happen to the current elementary school and district office properties if the building bond passes. Ballots are due May 18. The PAC plans one final push, and will contact people who have not voted. • Scholl said that he has appreciated having lots of opportunity to engage with the public about the bond and other school-related issues. • High School Principal Joe Hosang reported that summer school programs will be offered for credit recovery for students in need thanks to extra funding from the state. Seven teachers have agreed to offer classes, but opportunities will depend on final needs and sign-ups. Plans for a June 4 graduation at Reed Stadium are moving forward — in some way — in order to maximize the number of attendees. The class has eight valedictorians. Senior

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celebration/scholarship night is going to be combined with a senior awards event on May 20, rather than having a separate evening as normal. Plans may change. Banners featuring graduates will be distributed around town. • Tim Roth reported from the middle school and thanked outgoing Principal Alison Haney for her mentorship as he is now taking over as the principal for the 2020-21 school year. Plans are moving forward for eighth-grade promotion outdoors. Summer activities are planned for students that will focus on science. Plans include offering opportunities related to science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM), as well as educational outdoor offerings which will include focus on social/emotional well-being. • Elementary School Principal Joan Warburg began her report by acknowledging Teacher Appreciation Week and reported that Sisters Parent Teacher Community has honored teachers with gifts and goodies. End-of-theyear plans are underway for kindergarten and fourth-grade

milestones, so there will be celebrations for them. Part of kindergarten promotion will be to allow parents to be able to visit the school, having not been in the building all year. The school may be able to do a send-off for fourth-graders outdoors, and also keep the end of year fire-hose-soaking tradition as in many years past. • Kindergarten Round-Up has been ongoing. Summer programs may be available if Sisters receives the state grant, and will have a childcare component. Sisters Park & Recreation District and Sisters Elementary School are formulating plans to collaborate over a five-week summer program. Some longterm substitutes who know SES kids and culture are prepared to help do this work. Extended-year programs for special education students will be available during the summer as well. The next board meeting Wednesday, June 2 at 7 p.m. at Sisters Middle School, unless it needs to be done via Zoom again. The board will meet at 6 p.m. in executive session to complete the superintendent evaluation.

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Sisters is surrounded by boutique cattle operations. Boutique as in generally small and appealing to a market of carnivores who want their beef local, humanely bred, fed, and managed. More and more our tastes for beef are only satisfied knowing that the cows lived a relatively stress- and chemicalfree life. In March we reported on the regenerative farming trend in Sisters Country. Part of that practice is intensive rotational grazing, moving a herd every two to three days to a new pasture allowing the vacated space to renew, naturally, sustainably, and quickly. Some of the innovative cattle operations include 2Sisters Ranch toward Tumalo. They raise Wagyu beef, considered the ultimate for steak gourmets and made legendary in Japan where A5 Wagyu is on average $250 per pound in a restaurant, or $110 for a usual serving. 2Sisters offers a tomahawk steak of almost 3.5 pounds for $595. That’s not a typo. Owners Brian and Renee

Bouma and their daughters, Tiana and Cian, state that stress is the biggest contributor to reduced marbling in Wagyu. Marbling is desirable in Wagyu beef. Consequently, they interact with their herd with an ever-so-gentle touch – no ATVs, drones, or horses to move the cows. Only calm voices. Their cattle’s diet is 100 percent grass — no grain, no hormones, no silage. This method creates umami, a category of taste in food. Brian informs us: “Umami is the fifth taste after sweet, sour, salty, and bitter.” He elaborates: “Umami is a rich and savory flavor that is prevalent in full-blood Wagyu beef.” Sisters View Ranch primarily runs a hay-farm business while specializing in raising grass-fed, purebred black Angus. The Fronk family is proud of their herd’s ancestry dating over 100 years with genetic lines originating along the Oregon Trail in Idaho. Their best sellers are “Family Packs,” varying in cuts and portions from 16 to 38 pounds, pricing out at $139 to $303 per pack. Pole Creek Ranch is another specialty breeder. Riley Avery is the ranch’s “guru” and nationally known for some of the most prized Red Angus in the West. He exhibits his cows around the country including the Super Bowl of shows, the National Western Stock Show in Denver. “Smiley Riley,” as he is known, raises his cattle based on the principles of legendary animal trainer and activist, Temple Grandin. Their beef is offered in a dozen variety boxes ranging from around 7 pounds to around 12 and fetch $125 to $150 per box. Hobbs Magaret owns

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WORK HARD, PLAY HARDER: Artist, Thomas Harrer geologist FAITH, FAMILY, AND FUN collaborate on art treasures July 2, 1961 – April 26, 2021 By Janice and Hannah Harrer

By Kema Clark Correspondent

Mary Jo Weiss and Denny Tower have been working together in support of My Own Two Hands (MOTH) for over four years. The part that each of them plays to create a unique piece of jewelry for MOTH is extraordinary. Denny cuts and polishes the stone used in the jewelry, while Mary Jo designs the jewelry piece to display the stone’s perfection. The stones used by Tower have been collected over time during rock-hunting trips across the state, dating back to when he was nine years old. He has a full lapidary shop in his garage with all the equipment needed to cut, shape, and polish rocks. “I’ve always made sure that there is an agate, jasper, or sunstone from Oregon included for MOTH,” he said. “For instance, I collected the Holly Blue agate in this year’s piece from a location near Sweet Home many years ago while I was a student at Oregon State.” This year’s piece is titled “Hope Grows.” Inscribed on the back is an iris, which is the flower of hope. Tower said, “The iris on the back was entirely Mary Jo’s idea, but I thought it was perfect to make the piece even more special.” When Mary Jo creates a piece, the process can vary. She starts with a stone or an idea and develops a general concept of a design. “I like to work spontaneously and love the process of the design evolving into the finished product, which is unique and one of a kind,” she said. When working with a customer, she’ll take a stone or idea and make a detailed sketch, then change it to fit the customer’s preferences. When collaborating on a project for MOTH, Mary Jo and Denny meet together to come up with ideas based on the stones Denny has cut and polished. Weiss sketches ideas to incorporate the MOTH theme. They meet again to review her ideas and agree on the final design, then Mary Jo crafts the piece and sets the stones in metal. Tower is a geologist by profession and an amateur lapidarist, an expert in the art of cutting and engraving precious stones. A love See JEWELRY on page 22

“It’s 7 a.m. on an ordinary fall day in Sisters. I slowly open my eyes and realize that my husband, Tom, has already been up for a while. He has raked the entire property of pine needles and is now stretching next to the woodstove where he is stoking the fire. In addition to all that, he excitedly makes his famous breakfast egg scramble with bacon and sautéed breakfast potatoes. He’s excited to start the day and pour his love over our family. He knows that it will be a long day at work so he wants to be the one to drive and drop the kids off at school, allowing a few minutes to connect on the drive. “He would schedule date nights with all 3 of our children. He would say to each during their date: ‘I’ll ask you 3 questions and you can ask me 3 questions; anything you want to know!,’” Janice recalls.

Oftentimes after someone leaves earth it’s easy to remember only the good things about them, and none of the bad. In this case, Tom — my dad — had so much goodness it’s hard to even think of anything negative. He lived a life that was jam-packed with fun, hard work, and faith; instilling a “work hard, play harder” mindset in each of his children — Hannah (27), Justin (24), and Hawley (21). He had 30 amazing years of marriage with his wife — his one and only, Janice. Tom was the epitome of an involved father. He always made the time, always showed up, and was always present. There never was a time where we would ask “where’s dad?” He was always there; with a flexible physical therapy schedule that he designed to be able to be there with his family. Tom was the best physical therapist, and his patients loved him. He had great expertise, compassion, and was very relational. He specialized in orthopedic, “return to sport,” and had a keen interest in knee rehabilitation. He was also an incredible sales rep for Hely & Weber; representing the Hawaii and Oregon territories. He even helped design one of their knee braces. Dad orchestrated my rehab from a horrible anterior cruciate ligament tear in high school which allowed me to go on to play collegiate volleyball. Tom helped so many people in the community through his craft, and was a beloved physical therapist. Thomas James Harrer (July 2, 1961 – April 26, 2021) was born in Dallas, Texas to parents John Raymond Harrer and Mary Ann Wenzel Harrer. His family moved to Barrington, Illinois in the suburbs of Chicago before they moved to Palos Verdes, California when Tom was in first grade. It was in Palos Verdes (PV) where he gained his love of surfing and playing hard. Tom was the youngest of four and has three surviving siblings — David Harrer, Jane Richards, and Patti Cuenin. Dad fondly remembered surfing in PV at Malaga Cove, and playing with his siblings. In high school, the family relocated again to Quincy, California, which dad often compared to Sisters. There, he got to excel in high

school sports, and got his first car — a ’71 Mustang. But his athletic career did not end in high school, as anyone who knew him knows what an incredible athlete he was. Before beginning college, he took a gap year in Australia. He had the fondest memories of his time there and gained lifelong friends with his host families. In 2016, for Tom and Janice’s 25th wedding anniversary, Dad took the whole family back to Australia for two weeks. Dad was so excited to show us all where he spent his days on beautiful beaches and meet his beloved Aussie friends. After the gap year in Australia, Tom spent a year honing his volleyball skills before earning a spot on the University of Hawaii (UH) men’s volleyball team. Fully embracing the Hawaiian people, culture, and lifestyle, Tom had an amazing time at UH and built lifelong friendships with people who we cherish and love to this day. After graduate school at Northwestern University in Chicago, he returned to the islands and spent 25 years there. His dream of returning to the Hawaiian Islands and starting his own physical therapy practice came to fruition during his time there. Tom started working as a physical therapist after grad school and shortly thereafter married his kuuipo, Janny O. Their lifestyles matched perfectly, whether they were in Hawaii or touring around the world during Janice’s professional beach volleyball career. Tom supported Janice in her career, not only as a loving husband but also as a physical therapist and coach. Starting a family was the most incredible joy for both Tom and Janice, and they gave birth to all three of their children in Hawaii and raised them there before moving the family to Sisters in 2007. Just as Tom worked hard and played hard throughout his life, he fought hard

against the metastatic melanoma cancer that he was diagnosed with in March 2020. While it was a magnificent fight for over a year, he was welcomed into the heavenly arms of Jesus on April 26, 2021. Tom was such an encourager to every person he interacted with in life; positivity was one of his many strengths. Whether it was his children, wife, patients, or his players as a coach in youth sports, he made an impact. Tom was a man of integrity, honor, and great faith who was always willing to admit his own faults and continue on his journey of being a lifelong learner. His commitment to his marriage and life was incredibly passionate and consistent. Tom Harrer will be greatly missed by many. One of our lifelong friends sums it up perfectly: “Tom, your life was dependent upon being kingdom focused. Not job focused or financially focused, but KINGDOM focused. It was about doing life strategically to leave your imprint with your fingerprint on your relationships and your resources that would outlast you and because of you, the kingdom of God is advanced here on earth. I will forever remember you as a dad and husband who SHOWED up. Whether it was a tournament, an award, or just an ear piercing, you were the man. Thank you, Thomas Harrer, for a life well lived.” In lieu of sending flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Vast Church’s Tom Harrer Benevolence Fund. You can visit vastchurch.com/ give to help families with future medical hardships. Under fund, choose ‘Local Community Care/Benevolence,’ then sub-fund: ‘Tom Harrer Benevolence Fund.’ His Celebration of Life will be held at Wellhouse Church on June 5, 2021. Please contact the family for details or visit Tom’s CaringBridge site: caringbridge.org/visit/tomharrer.

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Commentary...

Did we blow it on COVID-19? Dave Tremblay Columnist

“You know, Billy. We blew it….We blew it.” — from the 1969 landmark, counterculture film “Easy Rider.” Uttered by the character, Wyatt/Captain America, the quote in the epigraph comes close to the film’s closing scene, capturing his repugnance at what he and his sidekick, Billy, initiated on their cross-country trip atop their famous Harley-Davidson motorcycles. Actor Peter Fonda’s simple, reflective lines parallel our current COVID-19 crisis. This article updates “predictions” published in my February 24 column. Then, the number of recorded COVID-19 cases were: Oregon, 32,820; Deschutes County, 810; and Sisters, 25. As of May 1, 2021, the number of cases were: Oregon, 185,000; Deschutes County, 7,949; and Sisters, 182. Using these three data points, average COVID19 case increase per week ranges from 15 to 28 percent. The significant average: 20 percent per week. While Deschutes County’s cases are only 4.4 percent of Oregon’s 36 counties’ cases, Governor Brown’s decisions impact our community and our daily choices. Recently, the St. Charles Health System reported being at 92 percent of capacity and delaying elective surgeries. The elevation to the Extreme Risk category occurred and impacts — once again and very significantly — businesses, schools, organizations, and our communities. (The elevation was subsequently rescinded, and Deschutes County is currently designated High Risk). Sizeable, recent, predictable increases in COVID-19 cases are concerning. Particularly, due to the increased level of first and second COVID-19 vaccinations in recent months. Moreover,

we are entering spring/summer – last year, the numbers grew explosively. Finally, the vaccination reluctance/ refusal from about 20 percent of United States residents. Let’s backtrack to the February 24 column that described the marked, predictable decreases occurring both in Oregon and Deschutes County’s COVID19 case number, after the uptick in December’s 2020 numbers. Excluding the holiday period, November 29 through February 2, showed a consistent decline. Using statistical tools, it was predicted (and plotted using dashed lines) that at the week of April 4, the COVID-19 case numbers would be: Oregon, 439; Deschutes: 14. Chart A. The following three weeks, February 14, 21, and 28, COVID-19 cases for both were on — or below — the computer-generated trend line. Data for those weeks are in the blue box. The great news? Our consistent, COVID-19 process behavior was improving even better than predicted! Therefore, the 439 Oregon and 14 Deschutes levels would be accomplished even sooner than predicted. Chart B shows these projected points at the week of April 4 — marked A in a yellow circle. After the week of

February 28, COVID-19 case numbers spiked again. Virtually each data point increased after the week of March 7 (Chart B: B in Yellow Dot). Currently, Deschutes County’s huge, consistent weekly COVID-19 numbers are alarming, as are Oregon’s numbers. Oregon’s recent case-rate increase was the second-highest of any American state. What happened? Influences of vaccines? Spring break/out-of-staters vacationing? COVID-19 variants? Relaxed preventative behavior? Statistically, as of May 1, 30.5 percent of Oregon’s population has been fully vaccinated; that is, 1,284,955. This ranks Oregon at 28th of U.S. states. Let’s look at our neighboring states: No. 22 Washington, 2,454,705 (32.2 percent); No. 24 huge California, 11,945,441 (30.2 percent): and Idaho, 482,267 (26.9

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Artist is ‘Targeting Hope’ with piece By Ceili Cornelius Correspondent

Erika Eckert and her family lived part-time in Sisters prior to relocating from Seattle full-time two years ago. An Oregon native, Erika resided in Seattle for 25 years raising a family and creating art. Eckert is one of 76 artists donating a piece of art for the My Own Two Hands (MOTH) community arts fundraiser put on by the Sisters Folk Festival. The virtual auction event is currently underway, running through May 15. Eckert donated a handpainted velvet-canvas piece titled “Targeting Hope.” Eckert uses velvet fabric as her canvas, hand painting them using dyes, and different consistencies of paints including acrylic style and watercolor to create different textures and color patterns. Eckert fuses her knowledge of painting, fabric, and silk screening to expertly create wall hangings and paintings. Eckert also creates scarves and pillows, as well as wall-hanging pieces from the painted velvet fabric. For the hanging pieces, she stretches the velvet over a

canvas. The theme for this year’s My Own Two Hands auction is “Holding Hope.” Her piece, she says, symbolizes “circles of colors coming together again. It looks like a target of color and so I called it Targeting Hope. After what we were all going through with the pandemic, I began painting it when things were opening up a bit more and the circles represent coming back together again,” she said. In Eckert’s 25 years of practicing art, she was featured and sold in over a dozen shows and has been exhibited throughout Seattle and the Puget Sound. Her ability to capture nature, emotions, and imagination has been well received for being accessible, fun, and enlightening.

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exposure as other states to variants. Recent national medical reports are trying to determine better data collection for variants. Logically — with the huge, ramped-up number of vaccinations — it would seem that this factor would have a

major, quantifiable impact now on the overall case numbers. It will come, most assuredly, but not now. It seems like human behavior — letting our guard down with associated behavior — could be the reason for increases here in Deschutes County and Oregon. In particular, rates of COVID-19 infections have grown dramatically in the 20-, 30-, 40-, and 50-year old brackets. In my earlier November 2020 column, Canada’s Nova

Scotia noticed this pattern. If these observations are correct, consistent compliance – by everyone — to simple COVID-19 prevention practices still seem logical and necessary. Since March 7, arguably, we “have blown it” by being complacent and letting our guards down. However, we are not in the long-term position to say, “You know, Deschutes County and Oregon... we blew it.” Send comments to: DataDaveOR@gmail.com.

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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, call 541-549-4184.

Career Funds Available

Applications are available for the Sisters Kiwanis Career Opportunity Fund to help adult residents of Sisters establish an occupational path. Pick up forms at the Kiwanis House, corner of Oak and Main, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursdays, and during regular hours from the Sisters Habitat for Humanity office. For additional info, please call 541-719-1254.

Sisters Library Children’s Activities

Deschutes Public Library is offering virtual events and takehome activities for children. On Tuesdays at 10 a.m. join community librarians and other preschoolers for songs, rhymes, stories and fun. Online story time is live at 10 a.m. on Thursdays, where children can develop literacy skills and join in music and movement. Parents, don’t miss the opportunity to pick up a story time activity kit for your preschooler at Sisters Library on Thursdays starting at noon. Available while supplies last. Go to www.deschuteslibrary.org/kids/ programs or call 541-312-1032 for more info.

Band of Brothers

Band of Brothers, after a long delay due to COVID, have decided to resume weekly lunch meetings on Wednesdays at Takodas in the regular room (which should hold 20 people). The doors open at 11 a.m. and the meeting will start at 11:30. You have to wear a mask if you’re moving about the building but can remove it if you’re seated. All veterans of any service are invited to attend! Call 541-5496469 for more information.

Prayer Shawl Ministry

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.

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Budget tight this month, but you still need pet food for your dog or cat? Call the Furry Friends Organ Donor Awareness A new nonprofit is in the planning pet food bank at 541-797-4023 stages to educate the community to schedule your pickup. We have all sorts of pet supplies too. on the importance of organ Pickups available Tuesdays and donation. Fundraisers and events Thursdays, beginning at 12:30 will be discussed. If interested in taking part, please call Fifi Bailey at p.m. Located at 412 E. Main Ave., Ste. 4, behind The Nugget office. 541-419-2204.

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Quality craft-consigners wanted for 45th Snowflake Boutique, November 5 and 6. Juries will be held on Saturdays, May 15, August 14, September 4, and October 9, beginning at 9:30 a.m. at Highland Baptist Church, Redmond and Monday, October 18 at 6 p.m. Info: www.snowflakeboutique.org or call Jan 541-350-4888 or Tina 541-447-1640

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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.

FireFree Debris Disposal

Throughout May residents will be able to dispose of yard debris for free during spring FireFree events across Central Oregon. Wildfire season is approaching, and now is the time to improve the defensible space around your home. FireFree events will be held at Northwest (Fryrear) Transfer Station near Sisters from Wednesday, May 26 to Saturday, May 29 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and again Wednesday, June 2 to Saturday, June 5 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be additional events in early May at Knott Landfill in Bend. Grass clippings, brush, pine needles, pinecones, weeds, trimmings and branches, stumps or trees (no larger than 12” in diameter) may be dropped off during the FireFree events. Visit the FireFree website at www.firefree.org for more information about how you can prepare your property for wildfire season.

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SISTERS-AREA CHURCHES Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church (ELCA) 386 N. Fir Street • 541-549-5831 10 a.m. Sunday Worship 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

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). See www.vastchurch.com for details. 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)

Free Weekly Grab-N-Go Lunches For Seniors

The Council on Aging ng of Central Oregon is serving seniors (60+) free GrabN-Go lunches on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, ays, and Thursdays each week. The lunches are re distributed on a first-come, -come, first-served basis drivevethrough style from 122 to 12:30 p.m. at the Sisters Community Church, 1300 W. Mckenzie Hwy. Seniors may drive through the parking lot and pick up a meal each day of service. Come on by, no need to make a reservation. Info: 541-678-5483.

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Sisters History Museum is open at the historical Wakefield Building, 410 E. Cascade St. (corner of Larch) on Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Entry is free, with private tours on other days by appointment. The public is invited to visit the exhibits on Sisters-area history, gift shop and bookstore. The museum welcomes new volunteers (training provided) and book donations (all genre). Books can be dropped off at the porch during open hours Friday and Saturday or by prearrangement. Email: threesistershistoricalsociety@ gmail.com. or leave message at 541-904-0585.

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Sisters misses impact of SALI By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

Many of Sisters’ signature events have slid off the roster over the past year due to the coronavirus pandemic. While it might not be thought of in the same context as big music and art festivals and the Sisters Rodeo, Sisters Annual Lacrosse Invitational tournament (SALI) — which brings dozens of teams and thousands of people to town — has earned its place as one of Sisters premier events. And the community has felt its absence in May for two years running. Organizers had hoped to host the tourney this May, but the resurgence of COVID19 and associated regulatory restrictions made the prospect untenable. The tourney, organized by Sisters Park & Recreation District (SPRD) hopes to return in May 2022. In addition to being a highlight of the year for lacrosse athletes, the tourney is a major economic shot in the arm early in the season. “SALI registrations are completely full months prior to the tournament, and we have long waitlists of teams who want to attend,” Outlaw Lacrosse Committee Chair Meghan Flaherty told The Nugget. “The tournament brings around 5,000 visitors to town during the shoulder season, staying in hotels, shopping at stores, and filling their bellies at local restaurants. Do you even realize how much food 90-plus lacrosse teams who are playing two to three games a day eat?” Peggy Root, a lacrosse parent, ran several SALI tournaments during her stint with the committee. She noted that lacrosse is an expensive sport, and the fundraising tournament is critical to keeping participation in reach for many young Sisters athletes. “It’s what keeps the lacrosse program going,” she said. “Without SALI, the lacrosse program is not sustainable.”

“We try to keep it as close as we can to what the kids pay for ‘normal’ high school sports,” said varsity boys’ lacrosse coach Paul Patton. Lacrosse is not an official school sport in Oregon, and receives no federal funding to operate like other sanctioned sports. In 2022, lacrosse will be designated an “emerging” high school sport in Oregon. After three years, it can officially become a high school sport across Oregon. Until it becomes a high school sport it relies on the leadership of the Outlaw Lacrosse Committee under the banner of SPRD. The program is not in dire financial straits, thanks to the strong success of previous tournaments, but two cancellations in a row hurt. “Luckily, we had enough cash reserves that we’re not bankrupt,” Patton said. Sisters High School teacher Bill Rexford brought lacrosse to Sisters and started SALI to fund the program. Andrew Gorayeb assisted in the further development of the program. “It’s really expanded from being just a high school event,” said Coach Patton. The tournament has slots for teams down into the fifth and sixth grades, and it’s not really an invitational, as a spot is found for all teams that register. While SPRD administers the tourney, parents and players play a big role in setting it up and running it. That element is a significant teambonding experience. “That’s a big part of it and we’re sort of missing that this year,” Patton said. For junior varsity players, SALI is the culminating event of the season, and for varsity players, who play bigger schools all season, it’s an opportunity to match up on a

more level playing field. “It’s the highlight of the year for them,” Patton said. It’s a highlight for lacrosse families across the region, too. “What we always heard from families is that they really looked forward to it,” Root said. “They’d been going to it for years.” Lacrosse boosters are determined that SALI will rise again. “We are committed to continuing to run SALI in the future for the benefit of the lacrosse program, but also because it is a wonderful community event run by local volunteers, and enjoyed by residents,” said Flaherty. “SALI is Sisters!” She also noted that, “the committee desperately needs more members to keep lacrosse alive in coming years in Sisters. Anyone interested can contact SPRD to be pointed in the right direction.” Sponsors are welcome to participate now. Businesses who become sponsors will have their business on the SALI website and all promotional materials for the entire year, as well as banners at the event in 2022. For more information visit www.salilax.com or contact Sisters Park & Recreation District at 541-549-2091.

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Deschutes Public Library: Island Archaeology and the Anthropocene 6 p.m. Discover ancient human impacts and future sustainability with U of O professor Dr. Scott M. Fitzpatrick. Registration required at www.deschuteslibrary.org/calendar/.

Paulina Springs Books Virtual Event 6:30 p.m. Chloe Davis presents “The Queen’s English: The LGBTQIA+ Dictionary of 13 Lingo and Colloquial Phrases.” For info call 541-549-0866 or go THUR to www.paulinaspringsbooks.com.

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Sisters grad is a National Geographic By Katy Yoder | Correspondent Sisters High School graduate Alyssa Adler is living a life full of beauty and adventure. A day at work for Adler takes her on ocean voyages and deep beneath the frigid waters of Antarctica. She’s a polar diver, underwater educator, National Geographic Explorer, and is in her first year of a Ph.D. program at Duke University. She also describes herself as a professional fun-haver. “People forget it’s important to have fun. That’s a goal I try to keep at the forefront of my life at all times,” said Adler on a Zoom call from her home in Durham, North Carolina. Adler has spent years working for the Lindblad-National Geographic fleet as an undersea specialist on expeditions to remote places like Antarctica and Patagonia. Kelp forests have fascinated Adler throughout her career as a polar diver, researcher, and scientist. They remind her of salty submerged woods and are found in cold-water environments from the British Columbia coast, Alaska, Northern California, to Chile, southern Argentina, and sub-Antarctic islands as well. Last year, she received a National Geographic grant to do a study in southeast Alaska. She spent time at the Inian Islands Institute (renamed the Tidelines Institute) investigating how kelp forests have affected communities in the past; and how modern day communities are using kelp in innovative ways. Finishing up the study has proven to be a challenge. ”I’ve already shot all the footage and I’m working with an editor; we’re just waiting for one piece to complete

it. I was scheduled to be finished right as COVID hit, so there’s a few more interviews to do. I’m hoping to uplift small, Indigenous communities. It’s been very difficult going forward over Zoom. It’s impossible to safely be there right now,” said Adler. With her impressive list of accomplishments and skills, Adler is also a writer, photographer, and videographer. It’s her way to share inspiring places and animals with interested students and armchair explorers. After a season in frigid waters, she heads up to Patagonia for more diving. “It feels relatively warm to be in 45-degree water instead of 28-degree in Antarctica. Kelp forests have become my playground and classroom. I will be studying kelp forests throughout my Ph.D. Polar regions are fascinating unknown and largely untraveled,” she said. With an exciting job full of rare experiences, it’s hard for Adler to settle on a favorite story. One memory included icebergs. “They sit underwater quite a bit. When you look at an iceberg, depending on that certain chunk’s density, you’re only seeing 10 to 15 percent of it,” she said. “They sink down into the sea floor and scrape the bottom creating something called ice scour. A lot of animals, in a marine environment, use that seafloor to recruit onto. When they’re young they spend time in the water column, then eventually their body composition changes, and they drop from their suspended spot to the hard floor and grow from there. A lot of animals in Antarctica live on the ocean floor and are sessile or benthic, which means they don’t move much and are heavily associated with the sea floor.

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minutes because I had a gear failure. That can be a touchy thing but it was fine,” she said. In Antarctica, Adler dives with extra equipment called redundancies. “Once you lose your primary breathing apparatus, it’s no longer safe to continue a polar dive without a redundancy. “On our ascent, we saw more beautiful critters on the wall. On the surface, right before we got back on the boat, we noticed a leopard seal directly in front of us. I found out later, it had been hanging out behind us for a few minutes. I had a 360-degree GoPro mounted on my camera. Looking at the footage later, we saw it had been doing backflips behind me.” But Adler’s amazing day wasn’t over yet.

“We got back in the little boat that takes us back to our bigger ship and saw killer whales. It was this amazing hour being in the wild that I’ll never forget. That was our one opportunity. Expedition diving is very specifically timed. Sometimes, I’ll talk to my boss, who’s the expedition leader, he or she will give me my scheduled dives and usually there’s a small window for other dives. It’s all very regimented,” she said. Beluga whales are one of Adler’s favorite animals. “They have the most beautiful calls I’ve ever heard. Sometimes you can hear them singing through the ship’s hull. So when I’m in my cabin waking up or going to sleep, I hear their call through the ship. It’s one of the

most romantic sounds in the world.” Another animal Adler likes finding underwater, are nudibranchs which are in the phylum mollusca, and are marine slugs. “They’re brightly colored, and there are many species, but they’re really hard to find. I could talk about them for 50 minutes, but I won’t,” she laughed. After meeting her first octopus, Adler never ate octopus again. “They are such amazing animals — so smart and really curious,” she said. “Their intelligence is obvious when you meet one. My dive buddy and I went for a dive just south of Argentina and saw some cool stuff. Suddenly he saw an octopus, and I started filming it. We never touch wildlife but with some animals, they will initiate an interaction and that’s what this one did. It came up to us. We kept watching and stayed in one place. It approached and started putting each arm out, and almost touching us. Ian put his hand out and it touched him with its tentacle and started wrapping itself around him, then got scared and went back, and then came out again and got scared and went back. They certainly don’t know what humans are doing underwater blowing bubbles or what cameras are, but after that it let me get super close so I could take macro photos. It just stayed in one place and didn’t move at all and let me take up-close shots of its eyes. It was a really cool experience. Its body was about the size of a chicken. With that documentary, ‘My Octopus Teacher,’ people are so interested in octopuses. I love how media can start a movement, like when the image of a straw in a turtle’s nose went viral and reduced straw

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it affect me — just do better the next time. For all the times you win, there’s so many times you don’t and that’s OK.” Enjoying a warm spring day in-between classes at Duke, Adler reflected on her roots in Sisters. “I’m honored to be interviewed by The Nugget,” she said. “Everywhere I’ve been in the world, Sisters is still a place I cherish and am happy to return to every time. It’s a beautiful part of the planet.”

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2021 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Honorable Mention

My name is Sasha Stolasz and I am a junior at Sisters High School. I have been involved with art since I was very young, specifically in music and dance form. This year was my first time trying a high school art class and I really fell in love with it. I was l 1 class l d itt was tthe h perfect f t way tto part of Ms. Gunnarson’s Jewelry and begin to be involved in art. I found that the most inspiration for me came from nature, Celtic designs, and music. I really hope that I can continue making art in the future. Youth artist spotlight courtesy of The Nugget Newspaper. Read your Nugget weekly for more student highlights.

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fund enhanced emergency medical and fire response. The Cloverdale District lies in the rural lands east of Sisters. Measure 9-142 carries a tax rate of $1.35 per $1,000 of assessed property value (not market value) for a period of five years. According to the District, funds from the levy would be used to ensure two paid firefighter-medics to staff the main station 24 hours a day, seven days a week. At least one of the two on duty would have paramedic advanced-life-support training. Currently, the District has two staff members — the fire chief and training officer — who provide response from the station while onduty. The District also relies on volunteers to respond to calls. Local option funds would also allow the District to locate an advanced-lifesupport ambulance within the Cloverdale District. Ambulance service for District residents is currently provided by Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District; this arrangement will continue even with passage of the levy. While the District’s board of directors would maintain its independence and control of finances, operations would come under the supervision of Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District. Chief Thad Olsen would be demoted to Battalion Chief, a position Sisters Fire Chief Roger Johnson describes as analogous to a shift captain in the

Sisters district. Administrative duties would be assumed by the Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District, with some $77,000 of levy funds designated per year for that purpose. Sisters will develop and compile the budget, oversee operations, provide fire marshal and public information services and cover other administrative duties. Proponents argue that the bond is necessary to provide a safe and appropriate level of service in the area. Critics and opponents of the levy argue that it is too expensive, threatens the district’s independence, and is not justified by need. (See story in the April 28 edition of The Nugget.) Voters will also elect fire district board members, with two positions contested. Incumbent Deanne Dement is being challenged by Mikee Stuzman for Position 4, while Marcus Peck is challenging incumbent Cindy Kettering for Position 5. Both challengers have expressed skepticism about the levy. (See story in the May 5 edition of The Nugget.) Sisters School District is seeking approval for Measure 9-141. A 2001 bond that was used to build Sisters High School is “retiring,” which means that if the levy is passed the tax rate of 93 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value would continue, allowing the creation of a $33.8-million fund for construction of a new Sisters

Elementary School on a unified campus near Sisters Middle School and Sisters High School. Construction of the school is the primary focus of the endeavor, but any funds left over could be allocated to renovations and upgrades on other district property. (See story in the April 28 edition of The Nugget.) The earliest a new school could be built is in two years. The elementary school is already reportedly at 106 percent of capacity, with a projection of hitting 111 percent capacity next year. The district moved the fifth grade to Sisters Middle School many years ago to alleviate crowding. A new facility would allow the fifth grade to return to the elementary school environment and also free up additional capacity at Sisters Middle School. Kevin Eckert is challenging incumbent Edie Jones for Position 5 on the Sisters School Board, a position to which she was appointed when the position was vacated by Amanda Clark. (See profiles of Eckert and Jones in the April 14 edition of The Nugget.) Rodney Cooper and Jenica Cogdill are facing off for Position 2. David Thorsett is running unopposed to hold his current seat. (See profiles of Cooper and Cogdill in the April 7 edition of The Nugget.) The Nugget will publish election results as they come in on Tuesday, May 18, at www.nuggetnews.com.

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Eckert completed her degree from Pacific Lutheran University while attending Lorenzo di Medici in Florence, Italy, and creating art over four years in Copenhagen, Denmark. She completed her studies in fiber arts at the University of Washington. “My time in Florence was an opportunity through my college to study abroad and take all the art classes including drawing, graphic design, and my favorite was the silk screening onto fabric,” she said. After her time in Florence, she relocated to Denmark to practice art with her partner at the time. She ended up staying for four years. During her time in Denmark, she created a studio space for herself and met fabric/textile teachers and shared space with them to practice her art. “It was a wonderful opportunity to live there and do silk screening there,” she said. Denmark was where she found a passion for fabric painting and silk screening using different textile fabrics, but especially velvet. Her latest work blends her rigorous classic art training with her desire to create lightness and whimsy for those who experience them. “I enjoy giving back to the Sisters community, everyone has been so welcoming and helpful here and it was a no brainer to contribute to My Own Two Hands,”

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I enjoy giving back to the Sisters community, everyone has been so welcoming and helpful here and it was a no brainer to contribute to My Own Two Hands. — Erika Eckert said Eckert. Art is Eckert’s primary career. She has an in-home studio at her home in Sisters. “I am fortunate to have a lifestyle to be a homemaker and be able to make art,” she said. Eckert orders her velvet fabric in bulk, usually around 300 yards of it and spreads it across a long studio table and then can paint all different parts of it across the table. “Other things can happen when working with it; you can cut into the fabric and create a piece out of that. You can also experiment with the

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paint and make it more like a watercolor where the colors bleed into the fabric.” Eckert is looking forward to getting her art into the Sisters community and feels hopeful for things opening back up and being able to get more integrated into the arts community. “I love the Sisters Folk Festival and all that they do and wanted to contribute,” she said. “I also love the theme for this year, I feel as if it is appropriate for what we have all been going through.” Eckert will be hosting an art show at the Cindy & Duncan Campbell Gallery at Sisters Art Works in September. “I just look forward to creating artwork and getting it out into the world,” she said. E c k e r t ’s “ Ta r g e t i n g Hope” velvet painting is part of the MOTH virtual auction event. More information on the items and on bidding can be found at : https://sistersfolkfestival. org/my-own-two-hands/.

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Richard Oscar Carlson died March 1 in Sisters, from COVID-19. He was 94. Carlson was born February 25, 1927, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Oscar and Faye Carlson, a banker and an educator. He was married to Barbara Nelson from 1948 through 1972, and to Joanne Kitchel from 1975 until her death in 2016. The Carlsons settled in Sisters for retirement in 1987. Carlson received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Utah, later earning a doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley. He was a professor of education at the University of Oregon for 33 years; he held visiting appointments at San Francisco State University, the University of Pittsburgh, and Harvard University in the US, and in England and Australia; and finally, he was dean of the School of

Education in Bowling Green State University, Ohio. He will be remembered for his lifelong love of athleticism: skiing, golf, and tennis; running, cycling, and gym-going; for his passion for education, including his own self-improvement, in deep geology, history, and linguistics; and especially for his loving, loyal spirit and keen intellect. Survivors include his three children, Jane Lewis, Aenne Carver, and David Carlson; eight grandchildren;, and four great-grandchildren, in all holding 14 university degrees amongst them to date. No service is planned.

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four boys, says that the book ultimately coalesced around three “concerns” that he had pondered. The first “concern” related to brotherhood. “I wanted to explore what it means to be a brother, so I started with that, not knowing where it was going,” he said. His first two attempts using the brother relationship as the focus went poorly. “The first attempt was more of a mystery or thriller and it was terrible. I pursued it to the end and finally threw it all away. The next draft was headed the same way. But 600 pages in, I sort of took a left turn and sharply headed in a different direction and the next thing I wrote ended up being the opening chapter of the book,” he said. The second “concern” grew from the fact that, during this time, Bushnell had begun reminiscing about his experience as a high school athlete who loved basketball. “The more I thought about it the more I missed that camaraderie — intimacy even — of playing together, so I began to write about it,” he said. Incorporating basketball helped develop the main character of the book, Ed, an 18-year-old lover of basketball, who is just finishing high school when he learns, out of the blue, that his parents are divorcing. “When you go off to college, especially as a young man, you’re sort of just swimming,” said Bushnell. “Ed finds himself severely torn from his previous life — his parents, his brother Charlie, his hometown, and his future plans and the book follows his attempts to find identity and connection during his first year of college.” The divorce of Ed’s parents underlines Bushnell’s third “concern.” “Originally, the divorce was there to set up the other two things, as a way to heighten the importance of brotherhood and basketball,” he explained. “But then I became really interested in exploring the weight of divorce, which seemed sort of off-limits because it’s so common and everyone is so accustomed to the trauma it inflicts on families that it feels like we’re all supposed to kind of shrug our shoulders and say ‘oh well.’” Audience and the practice of writing Writers obviously consider their audience when creating fiction. Bushnell didn’t think too much about what it would be like for people who know him to read it until he was nearly finished. “The fictional dream that

I was creating — whether I incorporated something real from my life or something entirely made up — wouldn’t be obvious to strangers, but people who do know me might recognize a place, a mannerism, or a shared experience,” he said. “This can help make the story more real, and even evoke people who actually exist in their lives. As a reader it’s probably impossible to separate what you know about an author from what you are reading.” “Fiction is a funny interplay between the imagination and reality,” When asked about developing characters for the book, one in particular surprised him. “The character Tonya, a waitress who Ed rents a room from, just starting walking and talking on her own and I

just watched her and reported what happened,” he said. “I think most books need a character like Tonya to break boundaries and push things into where it wouldn’t otherwise go.” Bushnell’s “day job” as an instructor requires him to carefully carve out time for his own writing. “And now that I am not just a husband, but the father of two little girls, finding writing time can be daunting,” he said. Grateful to grow up in Sisters Bushnell moved to Sisters with his parents, John and Leslie, when he was 10. He went on to be a valedictorian, and took part in basketball, baseball, cross-country, drama, and leadership, among other pursuits. Regarding his development

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J.T. Bushnell’s Outlaws basketball career provided inspiration. He’s number 23 in this photo from his high school yearbook. as a writer and lover of literature, Bushnell fondly remembers his language-arts teachers Lora Nordquist, Samra Spear, and Carol Dixon, as well as his basketball coach, Rand Runco. And they remember him.

Spear said, “After all these years, I still use one of J.T.’s essays as a model in my classes. I vividly remember how he was able to use diction that was precise and See BUSHNELL on page 22

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keep the community support going and vote YES. Together we can do great things! Maryrose Schiedler

To the Editor: I am so excited to shout support for the Sisters Schools. They have done a great job of planning and I encourage everyone to visit their very informational website at www.growing sistersschools.com. This absolutely makes sense and it doesn't cost the taxpayers any more money than they are already paying. Please join me in supporting our kids and grandkids! Kay Johnson

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To the Editor: Edie Jones has my vote for the Sisters School Board because she genuinely cares about the well-being of children. Her lifelong dedication to learning, the authorship of two excellent parenting guides, experience as a camp director, teacher, and open-mindedness make her the perfect person to ensure that Sisters kids thrive. Your vote for Edie will be a vote for your children and grandchildren. I am grateful that she continues to dedicate herself to them and Sisters. Valarie J Anderson

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To the Editor: I am writing in support of Edie Jones for the Sisters School Board. Edie is dedicated to both the youth and the community and deserves a chance to serve a full term on the board. She has a thoughtful perspective gained from many years of serving youth as a camp director and the executive director of Together for Children. She stepped up when there was an unfilled position on the board, and has served responsibly with dignity, purpose, and commitment. Please cast your vote for this long-time citizen of our community and validate the previous board’s decision in choosing her to fill the current term. Linda Weber

APOLOGY FOR BAD BEHAVIOR

To the Editor: I participated in a very unfortunate situation the other day. While at the post office, I experienced uncharacteristically poor customer service from the wonderful Sisters Post Office. I then proceeded to carry out extremely poor and unacceptable behavior. I would ask that any person who feels that they have been in any way slighted by another person, that they give pause and take a breath before they proceed to consequences that could become emotionally and physically regrettable — to everyone involved. I would like to apologize to the staff at the Sisters Post Office and any postal patrons who witnessed these events on Thursday afternoon. I am sorry. Scott Stoery

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C L A S S I F I E D S Help Wanted Please send an email to Vacasa needs housekeepers in sistersfencecompany@gmail.com Black Butte Ranch and Sisters! with letter of interest. Summer and year-round positions available. Looking for our next rockstars to make lasting vacation memories! Reliable transportation and weekend availability is a must! $19/hr. PTO, 401k with 6% match and other discounts! Apply online at www.vacasa.com/careers or text 97211. We can't wait to meet you! Black Butte School District SISTERS LANDSCAPE is hiring: is hiring for landscape • Transportation Specialist • Facilities Operations construction and maintenance positions. Full-time work Manager available now. Send resume to • Counselor/Child sisterslandscape@gmail.com Development Specialist or call for an interview, • Substitute Bus Driver • Custodian 541-549-3001. More info at blackbutte.k12.or. 999 Public Notice us/employment or 541-595-6203. NOTICE OF BUDGET Kelly Rae Roberts LLC is an COMMITTEE MEETINGS artist brand here in Sisters. We A public meeting of the Budget are seeking a shipper to ship art Committee of the City of Sisters prints, original paintings, and and the Sisters Urban Renewal other merchandise in our small Agency, Deschutes County, State fulfillment office. Hours are extremely flexible, pay is $15/hr. of Oregon, to discuss the budget for fiscal year July 1, 2021 to Must be willing to work alone, June 30, 2022, will be held at commute to/from the post office, City Council Chambers, City and have computer skills. Please Hall, 520 E. Cascade Avenue, send letter/resume to Sisters, OR 97759. hello@kellyraeroberts.com if The first meeting will take you're interested. place on Monday, May 17 at 3:30 p.m. via the Zoom online meeting platform. Links to the meeting can be found at the City of Sisters website, www.ci.sisters.or.us. The purpose of the meeting is to receive the NOW HIRING budget message and to receive Cooks | Maintenance | Spa public comment on the budget. BlackButteRanch.com/jobs The meeting may also include a 541-595-1523 public hearing to discuss NEED ASSISTANCE? possible uses of state revenue Advertise for help in sharing funds. The Nugget Newspaper The public is invited to provide For no extra charge, you ad goes comments on the proposed online at NuggetNews.com budget. Written communication Place by noon on Mondays can be provided by mail at

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the county’s new Homeless Outreach Coordinator Katie DeVito are working with the Sisters Ranger District to reach out to that population. “We are working with the Forest Service to do collaborative outreach to folks who are out in the woods in Sisters Country,” she told The Nugget. That outreach, conducted on Thursdays, involves making contact with people camping in the forest and making sure that basic needs are being met — needs like water, food, propane for heating and cooking, clothing. Thomas has helped people obtain other needs, such as eyeglasses, as well. “We can help them to get connected to health insurance, Social Security disability benefits, food stamps,” she said. Those are items Thomas describes as “mainstream benefits.” “Navigating that system can be hard for anyone,” she noted. Thomas said that “the long-term goal is to connect them with housing — if that’s what they want to do.” Thomas notes that “homelessness” in Sisters, as in most places, is not a single condition. “It ranges from situational to chronic and everywhere in between,” she said. Situational homelessness can come from a bad turn of fortune — job loss, loss of a rental situation, a family breakup. Chronic homelessness may be a lifestyle choice, or it may be connected with mental health struggles and/or substance abuse. Mandee Seeley, a local housing advocate who has experienced what she prefers to call “houselessness” in Sisters, says that virtually all of the many people she knows who are camping in

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the woods want conventional housing. “I’m talking about the people who do not want to be in that situation, who are struggling, who are in survival mode and need to find a way out,” she said. “I don’t know personally anyone who wouldn’t take that opportunity (to be connected to housing) if it came about,” she said. Yet housing is hard to come by and is becoming less affordable by the day in Sisters. Seeley says that the most recent homeless count indicates that there are 83 homeless people living in the Sisters forest. She believes that it should be possible with Housing and Urban Development (HUD) vouchers and a concerted effort from landlords and developers to house all the people in Sisters who want to be housed. Asked if there was a concern that even if the immediate need were filled, Sisters would still continue to draw a homeless population, Seeley responded: “If you build it, they will come? I don’t really subscribe to ‘if you build it, they will come,’ because if Sisters is where they want to be, I don’t have a problem if they come.” Conflicts between homeless campers, neighboring residents, and people recreating in the woods have occurred. Last March, Deschutes County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested two 19-year-olds in connection with a shooting incident that occurred in the forest outside Sisters on January 17. In that incident, a mid1990s Chevrolet Tahoe was shot multiple times near a long-term camp in the area of Forest Road 1510 near the 450 spur, approximately five miles west of Sisters. The vehicle was in very close proximity to a tent that was being used for housing. Local residents, hikers, and horseback riders have said that they have been confronted by homeless people

Wednesday, May 12, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon in the forest, and many locals have complained of campsites being trashed — with debris including human waste and drug paraphernalia. Under national forest regulations, campers cannot exceed 14 days in any one location on public lands. They are supposed to move after those two weeks, and they must move a minimum of five miles to a new site. The rule is hard to enforce, much to the frustration of some local residents. And Seeley says it’s hard to comply with if you’re living and not just recreating in the woods. “I understand the 14-day rule, but I have to be honest with you, it’s exhausting moving everything you own every two weeks,” she said. Housing advocates and impacted local residents alike express frustration that, in their perception, “nothing is being done.” Homeless people and their advocates complain of verbal harassment and a threatening atmosphere. “It used to be just teenagers harassing homeless people,” Seeley said. “Now it’s adults.” Residents and recreationists sometimes feel threatened, too, and imposed upon by a trashed and unsanitary environment. Some residents have repeatedly documented over-stayed campsites, abandoned vehicles, and trash heaps in the woods. Besides the shooting investigation, the only recent law-enforcement action associated with homeless campers was an arrest made in midApril of a homeless man on a

warrant for a parole violation on a weapons charge. Reports of a fire that a camper felt was threatening were investigated, but “there was nothing to show that it was criminal,” according to DCSO Sisters Lieutenant Chad Davis. Davis said it is difficult for law enforcement to act without a timely complaint. “What it sounds like is that there have been some verbal confrontations between campers and residents and people out recreating,” he said. “I think that’s true.” “However,” he noted, “we’re not getting calls on a lot of these alleged incidents.” There appears to be a disconnect and a difference in perception between homeless people who complain that they are harassed, yelled at, their campsites subjected to drive-bys by apparently hostile people, and local law enforcement. Seeley says that the victims of such alleged harassment often don’t call police because they have done so in the past and have been told nothing can be done. However, Lt. Davis told

The Nugget that threats and property damage should be reported immediately so that they can be investigated in a timely fashion. He emphasized that people should avoid confronting others in the woods. “Let law enforcement do the job,” he said. The local group Citizens4Community will host an online community discussion of matters related to homelessness and forest camping from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Monday, May 17. Ian Reid and John Soules from the Sisters Ranger District will share their perspective, along with Lt. Davis from the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office. Seeley will also participate. Attendees will have an opportunity to share their thoughts and ask questions related to the topic. Judge Paul Lipscomb will serve as the evening’s moderator. To receive an invitation with a Zoom link, RSVP by email to director@ citizens4community.com. Participants will receive the Zoom link a day or two before the event.

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memorable. His writing voice came across as unique, strong, and powerful.” “In a very literal way this book would not exist without the teachers and coaches I had at Sisters High School,” Bushnell said. “They made a profound impact on me. A specific impact.” “I remember Lora Nordquist standing before my 11th-grade English class reading a passage from a book and being choked up, emotionally moved, by what she was reading, even though she had probably read those same passages many times before,” he recalled. “The words still affected her. Seeing the power that a book could have on her, moved me. It’s a poignant memory.” Nordquist has memories, too. Now the interim superintendent of Bend-LaPine School District, she said, “I am excited, but not surprised, that J.T. is publishing a novel. I think I told him at one point he would always be a writer, whether by vocation or avocation. J.T. was one of the very best writers I encountered in my over two decades as a high school language-arts teacher, the kind of student writer that still makes me miss teaching high school.” “The way Rand Runco channelled his passion as a coach and teacher showed me what applying passion could mean,” he said. “The way that he pursued the game of basketball, and asked us to pursue it, is something that became part of my personality that translated into writing.” “We would be up for practice very early in the morning and it was hard as a teenager,” said Bushnell. “He would stop and remind us that everyone else is asleep right now and you are here, busting your butt to get better at basketball. Writing takes a lot of discipline and passion and I thank Rand for modeling that and instilling it in me.” “Samra Spear helped me overcome the awkwardness of ninth grade by making me feel a part of the class and

taught writing and literature in a way that was not just academic but a social enterprise,” he said. “And, on top of that, at the end of the year she handed me a copy of “The Brothers K” by David James Duncan, an Oregon novelist and told me she thought I would like it. I still have it. It’s dog-eared and duct taped and remains one of my favorite books.” Celebration With the wait over, Bushnell has plans to celebrate and share the book with friends and family. He conducted a reading on the actual launch day, May 11, and has a signing planned May 12 at Grass Roots in Corvallis. A livestream reading at Annie Bloom’s books is scheduled for May 13 via Zoom starting at 7 p.m. (www.annieblooms. com/event), and a signing and celebrating party at Oakshire Brewing in Eugene on May 14 from 3 to 5 p.m. The book will be available at Paulina Springs in Sisters, as well as on Bookshop.com and Amazon.com websites.

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of everything natural about the earth comes with being a geologist and he knows nature’s art is special. “I first started cutting stones to make jewelry for family members over 60 years ago,” he said. “I took a decades-long break from it while working and enjoying my family, but started back cutting again about seven years ago.” Weiss started creating jewelry in college. Her major included ceramics, plus textiles, specifically in jewelry and metalwork. She has worked in the jewelry industry in one manner or another for over 40 years: apprenticing in a trade shop, designing and fabricating jewelry, jewelry sales, repairs, and more. “I design and create all sorts of jewelry — earrings, cuffs, pendants, and rings,” she said. “My specialty is forging and fabrication, working with a variety of metals, sterling silver, gold, mokume, and niobium. Most of my work is mixed metals because I like the interest and contrast the various colors of metal provide.” You can find Mary Jo Weiss’ jewelry at The Jewel, 221 W. Cascade Ave. Suite A, in Sisters, and at her studio

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Mary Jo Weiss and Denny Tower received an Award of Merit for their piece. are possible.” Mary Jo Weiss and Denny Tower received the Award of Merit in 2019 and in 2021. Denny said his 2019 award was also in recognition of the long commitment he and his wife, Susan, have made in support of the Sisters Folk Festival and Sisters Folk Art Circle. They all plan to continue their support for music and the arts in Sisters.

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through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with private art viewings available outside of those hours upon request. Email info@sistersfolkfestival. org to make an appointment. High-quality photos of the artwork are featured on SFF’s website for virtual viewing at www.sistersfolk festival.org. Auction bidding wraps up at 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 15. In addition to the auction, the online fundraiser also offers opportunities to support SFF’s arts-education outreach by purchasing a raffle ticket or making a “paddle raise” donation to the organization. Only 400 raffle tickets will be sold,

with a grand prize of $5,000 in auction credit and second prize of two nights’ lodging at the beautiful Sisters Bed & Breakfast and admission for two to Sisters Folk Festival’s summer concerts on June 25 and 26. As part of this year’s virtual format, Sisters Folk Festival will air a My Own Two Hands: Holding Hope livestream on Friday, May 14, at 6 p.m. The 60-minute program will showcase some of the history of the Americana Project, feature interviews with community members and their contributions, and offer alumni perspectives on creativity and the creative process. The raffle winners will be drawn at the end of the livestream. For more info on My Own Two Hands: Holding Hope auction and fundraiser, visit www.sistersfolkfestival.org.

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guidelines, Kaza reported. That includes masking for admittance and when watching the movies, with the only exceptions made for eating and drinking. Sisters Movie House will also be adhering to six-foot distancing guidelines and limiting capacity in accordance with the county risk levels. “At this point, we don’t know what those will be for the weeks in question, and we will probably be adjusting as we go along,” said Kaza. “But we will only put on sale 25 percent or 50 percent of our total seat capacity, or up to 50 admissions per auditorium – whatever the level dictates for that particular week.” Sisters Movie House is also sticking strictly by the industry-wide protocols adopted by the National Association of Theatre Owners (“NATO”), also known as “CinemaSafe.” For more information about those standards, readers can refer to www.cinemasafe. org. As with a number of businesses that have re-opened in 2021 following a long closure, Sisters Movie House is also in the midst of hiring. “It’s probably the biggest

challenge we’re facing right now,” said Kaza, “so if there are any self-motivated movie fans out there who would be interested to join the team, we’d love to hear from them. E-mail us, call and leave a message or just drop a resumé by the theater.” Throughout the long saga, the undying support of cinema regulars, along with the regular town folk of Sisters, were the beacons of hope for the entire Movie House crew, according to Kaza. “We just cannot begin to describe it adequately,” he said, “but the amount of encouragement, from kind words to financial contributions, has simply been overwhelming. Sisters really loves its Movie House.” For further updates and latest showtimes, moviegoers are urged to check t h e w e b s i t e a t w w w. sistersmoviehouse.com and/ or sign up for the Sisters Movie House e-newsletter or follow them on Twitter @ sisters_MH or on Facebook @Sistersmoviehouse.

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events pioneered with last year’s cancellation have proved to have some positive benefits — allowing people who would not likely be able to attend the show to participate in classes or events online. SOQS is inclined to preserve those positive benefits going forward, even with the eventual full return of the physical show. “I kind of think that from now on, virtual will be a component of the Quilt Show,” Boyd said. Boyd said SOQS expects a smaller turnout than in a normal year, when many thousands come to town to view the largest outdoor quilt show in the country. But, given the circumstances, everyone seems confident that, despite a long and difficult journey through a pandemic that has yet to end, the show will go on.

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