The Nugget Newspaper // Vol. XLIV No. 26 // 2021-06-30 by Nugget Newspaper

The Nugget Vol. XLIV No. 26

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News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon

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Amid clamor to increase prescribed burns, obstacles await

Wednesday, June 30, 2021

‘Critical Race Theory’ and Sisters schools

One last wall...

By Bill Bartlett Correspondent

By Andrew Selsky Associated Press

SALEM — In the 1950s, when University of California forestry professor Harold Biswell experimented with prescribed burns in the state’s pine forests, many people thought he was nuts. “Harry the Torch,’’ “BurnEm-Up Biswell,’’ and “Doctor Burnwell’’ were some of his nicknames from critics, who included federal and state foresters and timber groups. Six decades after Biswell See FORESTS on page 21

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Sisters High School woods teacher Tony Cosby (red shirt) led a crew of students in a wall rasing for Habitat for Humanity. Cosby will semi-retire next year. See story, page 5.

Sisters on high alert over holiday weekend It should be obvious to everyone that record heat and extremely dry conditions make for extreme fire danger in Sisters during the upcoming holiday weekend. Local officials and citizens alike hope that no one is foolish enough to indulge in shooting off fireworks to celebrate the Fourth of July. “I would encourage people to go to the public displays if possible,” said Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire Chief Roger Johnson. “Pilot Butte (in Bend) is still on, and we’re hearing that’s going to be a spectacular show.” Fireworks displays, in Redmond and Bend are scheduled to begin at dusk. The Redmond show will be at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds and requires a free fireworks parking permit if parking at the fairgrounds. Visit www.visitredmondoregon.com/events/4th-of-july for more information. The Bend show will take place at the top of Pilot Butte. Fireworks are illegal anywhere in Sisters, in surrounding subdivisions, and

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on national forest lands. “We’ll be sure to have deputies out patrolling and looking and educating — but also enforcing,” said City Manager Cory Misley. While they don’t have an enforcement roll, firefighters will be out and about as well. “We always patrol on the Fourth,” Johnson said. The fire district will have “vehicles staffed and ready to respond” to any fire outbreak. Fireworks are not the only concern. Campers and recreationists out in the forest must be extremely careful. People should be mindful of where they drive or park a vehicle in the forest, as a hot exhaust manifold can start a fire when conditions are this dry and hot. Open fires, including wood stoves and charcoal briquette fires, are prohibited in Deschutes National Forest except in certain designated campgrounds. Under current public use restrictions, smoking is prohibited in the forest, except within an enclosed vehicle or building, See HIGH ALERT on page 20

Critical Race Theory (CRT) is one of the most contentious issues in the nation. It is also known as Critical Race Training, or occasionally as Culturally Responsive Teaching. CRT is not, as is frequently suggested, a curriculum. Critical Race Theory is an academic concept that is more than 40 years old. The core idea is that racism is a social construct, and that it is not merely the product of individual bias or prejudice, but also something embedded in legal systems and policies. The basic tenets of CRT See CRT on page 23

Beware of EXTREME HEAT

The splash pad at Fir Street Park was a popular destination last weekend as a severe heat wave clamped down on the Pacific Northwest. Central Oregon’s extreme heatwave is expected to continue for at least another week. When temperatures reach 90s and enter into the triple digits, it becomes more important to take care of yourself and to be aware of signs of heat-related illness. When it’s hot, you should: • Drink water and bring extra bottles for yourself and others. • Drink more water than usual and don’t wait until you are thirsty. Talk to your doctor first if you are on water pills. • Avoid alcohol and sugary

beverages. • Take a cool shower or bath. • Use air conditioning or a fan. • Don’t use a fan to blow extremely hot air on yourself; use it to create cross-ventilation. • Wear lightweight and loose clothing. • Avoid using your stove or oven. • Avoid going outside during the hottest part of the day (3 to 7 p.m.). Take care of those around you: • Check in on elders and

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vulnerable neighbors during warm weather — twice a day is best. • Never leave a person, child or a pet in a hot car. • Regularly check on how babies and toddlers, seniors, pregnant people, people taking mental health medications, and people with heart disease or high blood pressure are doing. See the symptoms of heat stroke and heat exhaustion, page 20. • Share a fan. • Invite a friend to a splash pad, movie, mall, or museum. See HEAT on page 20

Letters/Weather ............... 2 Obituaries .........................7 Entertainment .................13 Stars & Stripes ........... 15-18 Classifieds................. 26-28 Meetings .......................... 3 Announcements...............12 Of a Certain Age ...............14 Crossword ...................... 25 Real Estate ................ 28-32

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Self-evident truths

Letters to the Editor…

By Jim Cornelius

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

Agree with every word

To the Editor: Passing through Sisters on June 23, I read Jim Cornelius’ editorial in the then-current Nugget (“A wrecking ball,” page 2).

I think it is the first time in my long life that I have agreed with every sentence in an opinion article. Some of the comments prompted my enthusiastic “Yes!” Heather Kerr

Sisters HOT Weather Forecast Courtesy of the National Weather Service, Pendleton, Oregon

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HAPPY 4th of JULY!

Editor in Chief

The Sisters School District is on the right track in focusing on creating a sense of belonging for ALL of its students — and stepping around culture war Claymore mines and booby-trapped tripwires such as Critical Race Theory. As outgoing school board chair Jay Wilkins noted in a recent op-ed in The Nugget, “Creating a sense of belonging — if done improperly — can feel like a zero-sum game and create backlash or resistance. If done properly, it lifts every member of our community and makes us all stronger.” Critical Race Theory (CRT) isn’t an educational curriculum — although it can influence education — and it’s not “diversity and equity training.” As defined by the American Bar Association: “CRT is … a practice of interrogating the role of race and racism in society that emerged in the legal academy and spread to other fields of scholarship… It critiques how the social construction of race and institutionalized racism perpetuate a racial caste system that relegates people of color to the bottom tiers… (I)t acknowledges that the legacy of slavery, segregation, and the imposition of second-class citizenship on Black Americans and other people of color continue to permeate the social fabric of this nation.” While CRT may technically be a legal analytical framework — and a useful one at that — it has come to be used as shorthand for a range of race-based pedagogical approaches, some of which are truly bizarre: Treating math as a tool of white supremacy, for instance. The “backlash or resistance” to some CRTderived propositions is wellfounded. Parents are right to push back against programs that would inculcate shame and self-loathing in white students, or advance a paradigm in which children enact roles as a “privileged” class or an “oppressed” class in a fixed system. Parents are right to fear that such teaching will harm their children and further divide people one from another. It should be self-evident that this kind of indoctrination — for that is what it is — is psychologically damaging. That such manifestly outlandish, divisive, and harmful notions have gained any traction in the mainstream is evidence of how far our culture has strayed into a hall of distorted carnival mirrors. Despite all this, we must seek to honestly address our history. From the very beginning, the greatness of the nation and our ideals have

been shadowed by unlaid ghosts of conquest, dispossession, and chattel slavery. There is no better means to engage with the complexities of American history than through examining the life and legacy of Thomas Jefferson, the primary author of the document we celebrate this Fourth of July. Jefferson penned America’s civil creed: “We hold these truths to be selfevident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.” Yet Jefferson was a slaveholder, who believed that Blacks were inferior to whites. It has been established to near-certainty that he had a sexual relationship with his slave Sally Hemings and fathered as many as six children with her. Hemings was the halfsister of Jefferson’s deceased wife, Martha. Jefferson took a teenaged Hemings to Paris with him in the 1780s, when he served as an ambassador to France. Technically a free woman in Paris, young Sally reportedly refused to return to America with Jefferson until he granted her “extraordinary privileges” and agreed to free her children at the age of 21. Jefferson struggled all his life to reconcile his libertarian ideals and his personal entanglement with slavery. As the Thomas Jefferson Foundation notes: “Throughout his entire life, Thomas Jefferson was publicly a consistent opponent of slavery. Calling it a ‘moral depravity’ and a ‘hideous blot,’ he believed that slavery presented the greatest threat to the survival of the new American nation. Jefferson also thought that slavery was contrary to the laws of nature, which decreed that everyone had a right to personal liberty. These views were radical in a world where unfree labor was the norm.” And yet… he enslaved some 600 people over his lifetime. We can learn much about ourselves from studying Jefferson. Like the man who did so much to launch our Republic, we are brilliant, complicated, imbued with noble ideals — and flawed and fallible. We need not be shamed by him, but we must learn something from his — and our — story. Jefferson feared that white Americans and Black Americans would always be two “separate nations” who could never live together peacefully in the country he helped to found. Can we come together, at long last, to prove him wrong?

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Sisters Garden Club creates quilt puzzle By Sue Stafford Correspondent

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Kirk Albertson, flanked by his third-grade teaching colleagues, Deirdre Kanzig and Julie Holden, on his last day of a 38-year career in teaching.

‘Mr. A’ ends long teaching career By Charlie Kanzig Correspondent

A lot has changed in Sisters since 1983, but there has been one constant in town, a man who impacted the lives of hundreds of school-aged kids: Sisters Elementary School (SES) teacher Kirk Albertson, or “Mr. A,” as he is affectionately known. Albertson has decided to retire, ending a teaching career spanning 38 years, 36 of which were in Sisters. Albertson was a 25-yearold, who was just about to enter finals week at Oregon College of Education (OCE), now Western Oregon

University, when principal Earl Armbruster contacted OCE out of the blue looking for a male instructor for an assignment of teaching first grade. After an initial conversation with Armbruster, Albertson was invited to Sisters for a full interview. Concerned that he would miss finals to go for an interview, he went to his professors, who told him not to worry about it. “You are going to have the ultimate final exam, so skip the paperwork and go do the interview,” they said. He was hired, and, as the saying goes, the rest is history. When he arrived on the

scene in the fall of 1983, Sisters had a population of around 500, and the school district served grades kindergarten through eighth grade. High school students were bussed to Redmond for classes. Te a c h i n g w a s n o t Albertson’s initial career aspiration. After graduating from Willamette High School in 1977, Albertson enrolled in what is now Southern Oregon University to study law enforcement. “I found criminology endlessly fascinating, but at some point I finally had an epiphany, realizing that See ALBERTSON on page 22

The Quilts in the Garden Home and Garden Tour organized and conducted by the Sisters Garden Club has been a highlight of Quilt Show Week for the past 20-plus years — that is, until the COVID-19 pandemic required cancellation of the tour in 2020 and 2021. The tour has offered a diversion from the week of quilt classes and an opportunity for all to experience the homes and gardens in the Sisters area. With no garden tour for two years, and the waiving of annual

membership dues because of COVID, the club’s ability to provide funding in support of needs in the community received a devastating blow. Not a group to be deterred for long, the group put together months of research, design work, and planning, and unveiled a 504-piece puzzle at the club’s first inperson meeting in over 14 months, held on June 12. The membership had the first opportunity to purchase the first-edition “Quilts in the Garden” puzzle. The puzzle is a reproduction of the tour raffle quilt See QUILT PUZZLE on page 30

Plein Air painting featured at BBR Plein Air Painters of Oregon will work their magic with watercolor, pastel, and oils at Art at the Ranch at Black Butte Ranch (BBR) on Friday, July 9. They will be painting all day on the lawn in front of the Lodge, and then selling their works at the art show, which begins at 4 p.m. on the deck at the Lodge. There will a silent auction with no-host beverages and appetizers at 5:30. The proceeds from the silent auction benefit the BBR Art Guild

which gives scholarships to Sisters High School students continuing in art education, as well as donating to the art departments of the Sisters Schools. Plein air painting comes from the word “open air” in French, meaning the entire painting is conceived and executed on location. For centuries artists have been painting en plein air primarily using this method as a source for larger See PLEIN AIR on page 31

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

SISTERS AREA MEETING CALENDAR East of the Cascades Quilt Guild 4th Wednesday (September-June), Stitchin’ Al-Anon Mon., noon, by Zoom. / Thurs., Post. All are welcome. 541-549-6061. 10 a.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Go Fish Fishing Group 3rd Monday, Church. 541-610-7383. 7 p.m. Sisters Community Church. All ages welcome. 541-771-2211. Alcoholics Anonymous Thurs. & Sun., 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Heartwarmers (fleece blanketmakers) Transfiguration / Sat., 8 a.m., Episcopal 2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City Church of the Transfiguration / Mon., Hall. Materials provided. 541-408-8505. 5 p.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday, Church / Big Book study, Tues., noon, 1 to 4 p.m. 541-668-1755. Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Citizens4Community, Let’s Talk Gentlemen’s meeting, Wed., 7 a.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / 3rd Monday, 5:30 to 8 p.m. RSVP at Sober Sisters Women’s meeting, Thurs., citizens4community.com noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Military Parents of Sisters Meetings Church / Step & Tradition meeting, Fri., are held quarterly; please call for details. noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran 541-388-9013. Church. 541-548-0440. Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters Black Butte Ranch Bridge Club Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m., Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m., BBR community Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-549-6469. room. Partner required. 541-595-6236. Prayer Shawl Group 2nd & 4th Central Oregon Fly Tyers Guild Thursday, 10:30 a.m.-noon, Call for For Saturday meeting dates and location: 503-819-1723. location, email: steelefly@msn.com. SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings Central OR Spinners and Weavers & Enrichment) Monday-Friday, 11 a.m. Guild One Saturday per month, Jan. to 4 p.m. at Sisters Park & Recreation thru Oct. For schedule: 541-639-3217. District. 541-549-2091.

BOARDS, GROUPS, CLUBS

Council on Aging of Central Oregon Senior Lunch Tuesdays, noon, Sisters Community Church. 541-480-1843.

Sisters Aglow Lighthouse 4th Saturday, 10 a.m., meeting by Zoom. 503-930-6158.

Sisters Area Photography Club 2nd Wednesday, 4 p.m., meeting at Sisters Community Church. 541-549-6157. Sisters Area Woodworkers 1st Tuesday, 7 to 9 p.m. 541-639-6216. Sisters Astronomy Club 3rd Tuesday, 7 p.m., SPRD. 541-549-8846. Sisters Bridge Club In-person gathering suspended until further notice. For free online bridge info, call Barbara 541-914-6322. Sisters Caregiver Support Group 3rd Tues., 10:30 a.m., Village Green Park. 541-771-3258. Sisters Cribbage Club Please call for details. 541-923-1632. Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m. Location information: 541-549-1193. Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 to 8:30 a.m., Brand 33 Restaurant at Aspen Lakes. 541-410-2870. Sisters Parent Teacher Community 2nd Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. at Sisters Saloon. 541-480-5994. Sisters Parkinson’s Support Group Meeting by Zoom. 541-668-6599. Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday. Location information: 541-279-1977. Sisters Rotary 1st and 3rd Thursdays, Noon, Aspen Lakes. 541-760-5645.

Sisters Speak Life Cancer Support Group 2nd & 4th Tues, 1-2:30 p.m. Call for location: 541-410-9716. Sisters Trails Alliance Board 1st Monday, 5 p.m. Sisters Library. Public welcome. 808-281-2681. Sisters Veterans Thursdays, noon, Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-903-1123. Three Sisters Irrigation District Board of Directors 1st Tuesday, 4 p.m., TSID Office. 541-549-8815. Three Sisters Lions Club 2nd Tuesday, noon, Ray’s Food Place community room. 541-419-1279. VFW Post 8138 and American Legion Post 86 1st Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Sisters City Hall. 541-903-1123. Weight Watchers Thursdays, 8:30 a.m. weigh-in, Sisters Community Church. 541-602-2654.

SCHOOLS Black Butte School Board of Directors 2nd Tuesday, 3:45 p.m., Black Butte School. 541-595-6203. Sisters School District Board of Directors One Wed. monthly, SSD Admin Bldg. See schedule online at www.ssd6.org. 541-549-8521 x5002. Sisters Middle School Parent Collaboration Team 1st Tuesday, 2 p.m., SMS. 541-610-9513.

CITY & PARKS Sisters City Council 2nd & 4th Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Sisters City Hall. 541-549-6022. Sisters Park & Recreation District Board of Directors 2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 4:30 p.m., SPRD bldg. 541-549-2091. Sisters Planning Commission 3rd Thursday, 5:30 p.m., Sisters City Hall. 541-549-6022.

FIRE & POLICE Black Butte Ranch Police Dept. Board of Directors Meets monthly. 541-595-2191 for time & date. Black Butte Ranch RFPD Board of Directors 4th Thursday, 9 a.m., Black Butte Ranch Fire Station. 541-595-2288. Cloverdale RFPD Board of Directors 3rd Wed., 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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Harvesting smiles in edible outreach Police arrest man in grocery store in Sisters Seed to Table Oregon’s Community Outreach and Education Coordinator Hannah Joseph is harvesting smiles and curiosity from her students. Her background as a gardening and cooking educator in public schools has her Sisters students reaping the benefits of Joseph’s teaching style. “Edible education is a powerful tool for sparking wonder in the natural world, expanding our palates to try new foods, fostering socioemotional skills, and connecting to academics,” said Joseph. “As a new member to the Seed to Table team, I have loved learning from the students who visit the farm and who have been part of Seed to Table programming for years.” Last week, the fifth graders on the farm showed ability not only at transplanting, but also at explaining the farm ecosystem and food webs surrounding them. “It’s great to see them connecting their classroom learning with their years of Seed to Table field trips,” said Joseph. This spring, Joseph worked with 2nd-6th graders from Sisters Elementary School and Sisters Middle School. Each class planted seeds in their classroom in March, then they came out to the farm for field trips in April and May. “We have been transplanting our seedlings and learning about the ins and outs of the farm ecosystem. Highlights include meeting the worms in the vermicompost bin, identifying all of the plant parts

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Sisters students harvest fun, knowledge, and good eats through Seed to Table educational outreach programs. in a farm scavenger hunt, and making a garden-on-acracker harvest snack!” said Joseph. Joseph says it’s hard to choose a favorite part of the field trips, but seeing students bond with red wiggler worms is pretty hard to beat. “At first, they tend to be nervous, then by the end of our worm-anatomy lesson, it’s not uncommon for a third grader to ask if they can take Billy the Worm home,” she said. Another favorite is harvesting. Students planted their seedlings in April and returned to the farm in May to see how they’ve grown. “We harvested spinach, kale, collard greens, radishes, hakurei turnips, and tasted some of our weedy but delicious friend, purslane. Then we each assembled our Garden on a Cracker and

tasted our veggies,” Joseph explained. Joseph shared some of the comments she’s received from her students: “My mom is going to be proud of me because I don’t eat healthy and I tried it today!” said one 2nd grader. Another student said, “I kinda want to live in the hoop house so I could eat salad every day!” “We continue to value our partnership with the teachers, staff, and families in the Sisters School District.,” said Joseph. “We would like to give a special thanks to the Grey Family and The Roundhouse Foundation for their committed three-year support of our education programs.” For more information contact Hannah Joseph at: education@seedtotablesisters.org or visit www.seed totableoregon.org.

Bend Police arrested a man inside Ray’s Food Place in Sisters on Sunday afternoon, after they had responded to a domestic call in Bend. According to Bend Police, officers responded to an address in Bend at about 4:18 p.m. on Sunday, June 27, after a woman’s relatives called to report that she needed to have police dispatched to her residence. When they arrived, officers determined that an assault had taken place and that the woman’s boyfriend had left the residence.

They had a description of his vehicle and developed information that it had been located in Sisters, out of gas. Officers responded to Sisters and located the vehicle, but the suspect was not present. They located the suspect inside Ray’s Food Place and took him into custody. The man was not armed. William Chester Barker, 35, was arrested on charges of fourth-degree assault, interfering with making a police report, and on an outstanding out-of-county warrant.

OLD-FASHIONED PICNIC July 11, Noon to 3 p.m. 140 E. Cascade Ave. Lawn Celebrate the 120th Anniversary of the July 1901 Platting of Six Blocks of Sisters

• FOOD • MUSIC • BOOK SALE • HISTORICAL CHARACTERS Reservations required by July 8; only 50 free spots available. To reserve, call 541-904-0585 or email threesistershistoricalsociety@gmail.com. Three Sisters Historical Society & Museum — 541-904-0585 — 410 E. Cascade Ave.

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CET offers free shopper Teacher raises last walls for Habitat shuttle to Bend By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

By Sue Stafford Correspondent

Summer is a great time to try out Cascades East Transit’s (CET) free, ADAaccessible shopper shuttle that connects residents living within the Sisters DialA-Ride service area (including Crossroads, Tollgate, and Sage Meadow neighborhoods, and more) to shopping destinations in Bend on Thursdays. The Sisters-to-Bend shuttle picks up passengers at their home or business in Sisters between 8:45 and 9:15 a.m. and makes stops at the Cascade Village Mall, Walmart, and Costco shopping areas in Bend before returning to Sisters by 12:15 p.m. at the latest. Rather than fighting summer traffic congestion, riders can sit back and relax while CET does the driving. The shopper shuttle provides an important transportation service that increases independence and access for those who experience transportation barriers. “Seniors can now have a shuttle pick them up at their home and drop them right

at the door of places like Walmart and Costco without having to drive,” said Dixie Eckford of Age Friendly Sisters Country (AFSC). “I hope Sisters residents of all ages will take advantage of this free service.” To encourage the Sisters community to try the service, CET is offering firsttime riders a collapsible shopper tote and a chance to win a 32-ounce Hydro Flask. Trips must be scheduled at least 24 hours in advance through CET’s call center (541-385-8680) from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Additional information about the service and schedule can be found at https://cascadeseast transit.com/sisters. CET also offers Dial-A-Ride service in Sisters on Tuesdays from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. CET continues to implement health and public safety guidelines from the Oregon Health Authority for shopper shuttle trips to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Information about CET’s health and safety protocols for all transit services can be found at www.cascadeseasttransit. com.

For years, Sisters High School’s woodshop and construction program teacher Tony Cosby has led crews of students in framing and raising walls for Habitat for Humanity homes in Sisters Country. Last Wednesday, he hit the job site for the last time with a student crew. Cosby is semi-retiring and passing his hammer to Jason Chinchen, who plans to keep the Habitat program rolling. “It was pretty smooth,” Cosby said of Tuesday’s labors. “A little warm, but other than that, a good way to end.” The wall-raising program makes construction class real for students. Their work takes on a different level of seriousness when it is ending up as part of someone’s home. And the educational benefits go beyond learning to frame a wall, Cosby notes. “It gets the kids in the mindset of it’s OK to volunteer … and it gets them to understand that there are people who need housing who can’t afford it,” Cosby said. Students get to work with other people in the community, most of whom are a

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Tony Cosby has led dozens of construction students in building and raising walls for Habitat for Humanity homes in Sisters. generation or two older than they are. And those volunteers get to see what they are supporting in Sisters schools. “It’s kind of outreach into the community, too,” Cosby said. “There’s a real great sense of accomplishment. Typically, we get to meet the family that’s going to live in it, so it all kind of comes around.” Chinchen recognizes that he has big construction boots to fill. Having worked at Breedlove Guitars, he is well-placed to take on the Sisters School District’s signature luthier program. In fact, since he’s already dialed

in on that, Cosby is slated to teach that class next year so that Chinchen can focus on getting up to speed on other programs, including the construction program. Cosby says Chinchen is highly compatible with the program he built in an honored career at Sisters High School. “He’s almost me,” Cosby said with a chuckle. “Except I think he’s a little smarter. He’s really bright.” Does Cosby see the Habitat wall-raising program continuing? “I think it will,” he said. “It’s one of the best things we do.”

Saturday July 10, 2021 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Celebrating 46 years of quilting • Quilt exhibits • Quilts for sale • Livestream throughout the day

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Sisters Country beats Hospice challenge By Sue Stafford Correspondent

In just a few months’ time, the generous residents of Sisters Country not only met but exceeded the $100,000 challenge in support of the new Hospice House at Partners In Care in Bend. As of last week, $116,035 had been donated, fully funding the Three Sisters suite, with the remainder going toward the Black Butte suite. Partners In Care and the Sisters Challenge Team extended a very grateful thank-you to those Sisters Country residents who opened their hearts and their wallets to help provide hospice care in a state-of-the-art specialty hospital, the only one east of the Cascades. Members of the team include Chairman Bill Willitts, Fran Willis, Rob Corrigan, Kevin Miller, Donna Lipscomb, John Griffith, and Sue Stafford. On Friday, June 18, three members of The Roundhouse Foundation staff were given a tour of the new facility by Director of Development and Communications Marlene Carlson, accompanied by Eric Alexander, executive director of Partners In Care, and Kristie Hammond, RN, who will be involved with the new Hospice House. The Roundhouse Foundation Executive Director and Trustee Erin Borla was accompanied by foundation staff members Chaney Coman, grants manager and office coordinator; and Alex Powell, grants program officer (see story, page 7). The new Hospice House and its grounds were designed by DKA Architecture, ALSC Architects, and J. Battleson Design. SunWest Builders are constructing the facility. The designers created a space that embraces the elements of earth, air, fire, and water: Earth, through the connection of the surrounding natural

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landscape; air, represented by the openness of rooms to the outside and views to the sky; fire, in the warmth of the fireplace and the pinpoints of light on the vigil wall of the chapel; and water, represented in the view of the water feature outside the chapel. These elements help generate feelings of familiarity, serenity, and peacefulness. Entering the front door, one steps into the Great Room with its double-sided fireplace, which also opens into the dining room, where there is a farm-style dining table and chairs. Beyond the dining room is a large commercial kitchen with a passthrough where, at all times, there will be a Crock-Pot of soup, coffee, tea, and freshly baked cookies available. Outside the Great Room is a deck and a play area for children visiting family members. Patient pets are welcome to visit and there is a pet park to accommodate them. Beautiful spaces intuitively flow from one to another, strung along a curved, walnut-paneled “journey wall” leading from patient rooms to the chapel. Everywhere throughout the 14,600-square-foot building are large double-pane windows that open and allow for the play of natural light throughout the day and as the seasons change. According to Alexander, “The building was designed to be beautiful, close to nature, and to encourage reflection. The whole idea was to build a building in a garden to bring nature as close as possible.” The campaign brochure states: “The new Hospice House was designed with one mandate: to reinforce and preserve the dignity of the people using hospice care as they complete their lives.” The chapel is designed to welcome people of all beliefs. A wall with points of

light helps the visitor recall the beautiful moments in the life of a loved one. A crystal singing bowl produces a B-flat note when struck with a mallet – a tone that is said to penetrate deeply into the soul and release through the heart and the crown. An activity room will be available for watching TV somewhere other than in the patient’s suite, playing games, reading, and visiting. There are also sitting areas located throughout the building, many oriented to the gardens. Hospice House staff will also be well cared for with a staff break room, not included in the original sixbed Hospice House, which will be converted totally to administrative offices and staff/team areas. There will also be separate offices in the new building for the Medical Director and Hospice House Director, as well as a consultation room for meeting with families, and a large medication room. The 12 patient suites, each with its own bathroom and roll-in shower, are designed to meet needs of patients and their families. The Three Sisters suite (room 11), financed by the Sisters Challenge, looks out on the “gratitude garden,” which will contain the wall with bronze leaves denoting donors’ names as well as flowers, trees, and shrubs. The room receives lovely evening light viewed through its large window. The Black Butte suite is a negative-air-pressure room, which keeps infection isolated from the rest of the facility. Alexander estimates the building will be completed in September 2021, and occupied in October or November. Donations for the Sisters Challenge are still being accepted. Checks or pledges may be sent to Partners In

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Foundation supported capital campaign The Roundhouse Foundation, well-known to the people of Sisters for its longtime support of many local projects and organizations, has broadened its scope of funding and recently announced a $750,000 gift to the Hospice House capital campaign to sponsor the Great Room and provide seed funding for The Center for Compassionate Care. The Compassionate Care program will be launched with $500,000 in seed funding and sustained long-term through charitable gifts and grants from the Central Oregon community. Although the new program is still in the design phase, the following areas and initiatives in support of the care provided to patients and family members while at Hospice House will be funded: help covering the cost of the respite care of Medicaid patients at Hospice House who are unable to pay for their care and for whom Partners In Care does not receive reimbursement from Medicaid; help covering the cost of short-term residential stays for patients with placement issues such as a direct

admission from St. Charles prior to placement in a nursing home or assisted living facility; supporting Hospice House registered nurses and CNAs achieving certification in Hospice and Palliative Care (CHPN) — reimbursement for fees and materials needed for this specialty education. Other programs funded include: supporting a temporary nurse educator position to develop training/orientation programs and materials for new Hospice House employees and to expand into a full-time, long-term role in ongoing clinical education; providing specialized grief support for families anticipating the death of a loved one while at Hospice House; providing education programs to raise awareness of the services and support offered by hospice and Hospice House; providing supplemental funding for family support as they travel to Hospice House (lodging, gas, airfare, etc.) when unable to manage such costs; and helping fund the Arts in Care program at Hospice House including the use of art, music, floral arts, and other art forms and

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Obituaries Roxalee Jean Waloweek October 14, 1934 – June 6, 2021

Roxie passed away peacefully in her home in Boise, Idaho after a courageous battle with cancer. Although she made her home in Boise, she lived in Sisters for many years before relocating to Boise. During her residence in Sisters, she was a member of the Sisters Garden Club and was active in the yearly home and garden tours held in connection with the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show. Roxie spent numerous hours working in the community gardens that were sponsored by the garden club, including featuring her own garden in one of the garden tours. One of her numerous talents were demonstrated in creating floral arrangements for the Mother’s Day Tea at St. Edward the Martyr Catholic Church. She also participated in the Quilts for Kids project at St. Edward by organizing quilt kits for the quilters. She donated many volunteer hours at Sisters Library and was a member

of the Sisters Mountain Stitchers, a crafter and quilting organization. One sister plus numerous nieces and nephews survive Roxie. She will be sadly missed by her many friends in the Sisters area.

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Covid Wagons arrive in Sisters

Yo u ’ v e s e e n t h e m . They’re everywhere. Ringing Village Green. Nosing into Peterson Ridge Trailhead. Lurking on Cascade, Hood, and Main, trying to find a place to squeeze in. They are big, as much as three tons, and tall — often over seven feet. They are mainly gray and usually have all sorts of thingamabobs attached. You know them as camper vans. I call them Covid Wagons. Wi t h t h e p a n d e m i c came a nationwide rush to buy camper vans, crushing inventory to near zero and delaying delivery times six-plus months. The reasons are many but driven primarily by restricted air travel, travelers fearful of traditional lodging, foreign travel almost completely shut down — heck, we still can’t go to Canada, for Pete’s sake, now in its 16th month of nonessential travel for their southern neighbors. Remote learning for months was a big factor. If the kiddos were going to log into class they could just as easily be in the Grand Canyon or Yellowstone. Likewise for mom and dad no longer going to the office. So why not just pack up the babies and pooch and hit the road? And boy have

The COVID-19 pandemic sent many Americans out on the road. they. Sisters merchants will tell you that tourists have been hitting the stores for months now, not just since the start of the vacation season around Memorial Day. Locals saw it every weekend even last winter. Two things drove visitors to town. One, we were a safe, fun place for big-city people bottled up in lockdowns. Remember, California, one of the most restrictive states has only just fully opened. Early in the lockdowns and through spring, California license plates were seen on every corner. Two, rightly or wrongly, Sisters was perceived to be more relaxed about Covid and more forgiving of those not always following protocols. Our reputation for friendliness and tolerance kept the tourists coming. A great number of them in Covid Wagons. The van of choice is no doubt the Mercedes Sprinter (shown). These puppies will set you back at least $40,000, and a fully loaded, 4WD version with all the racks for toys – bikes, kayaks, canoes, paddle boards; and a toilet and shower can run $75,000. If you can even find one. Just drop in to Creekside Campground and see what I’m talking about. Largely gone are the old Fords or Chevys with a camper shell. Good luck finding an iconic Vanagon. But high-end

camper vans? And the new generation of Airstreams? Well, it’s like a dealer showroom down there. In fact, they might as well rename it Creekside Glampground, “glamping” (glamour camping) being the go-to replacement for vacation homes. The trend is good for Sisters, as more experiential travelers (as we in the travel biz call them) pass through dropping dollars into our shops, galleries, eateries, and pubs. The Covid Wagons can be outfitted with racks capable of carrying a dozen bikes with rear, front, and roof configurations. This means even more cyclists in town, given our reputation as a biking mecca. Pull into Suttle Lake, Clear Lake, or Big Lake and it’s the same thing, only with kayaks or canoes instead of — or in addition to — the bikes. Ka-ching! Do I sound envious? Well, I certainly get the appeal. If I wanted to just try it out for a few days, I’d be out of luck. Even renting a camper van for this summer is harder than winning the lottery. For now, I am content knowing that Sisters is on the glamping map, traffic notwithstanding. But be careful around them. With their mass they have a lot of restricted views and may not see you, especially when they are backing up. And try not to drool on them.

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Outlaws wrap up season with wins By Rongi Yost Correspondent

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Riley McHugh and Georgie Scott won a gold medal in regional competition in mixed doubles pickleball. They’ll head to Indian Wells, California, for Nationals in December.

Local pickleballers headed to Nationals Riley McHugh and Georgie Scott recently won the mixed doubles 4.0 level Gold Medal at the 2021 USA Pickleball Pacific Northwest Regional Championship in Boise, Idaho. This win provides them a “Golden Ticket” to the national championships in December in Indian Wells, California. Riley, a Sisters resident, plays at the Pineview Tennis Club in Sage Meadow and is a member of the Sisters Country Pickleball Club. Georgie lives in Eagle Crest and plays for the Eagle Crest and Bend Pickleball clubs.

Central Oregon was well represented, as Ron Bessling and Kathy Trench, from the Bend Pickleball Zone, took the silver medal. The temperatures were hot — in the 90s. Riley and Larry Boyd took the silver medal in men’s doubles 4.5 level. The Boise Regional fiveday tournament attracted 910 players from across the West, in mens and womens doubles, mixed doubles, and singles matches. Pickleball is the fastest growing sport in the nation. There are over 4.2 million active players and 35,000 courts nationwide.

The Outlaws finished out the season with a bang with back-to-back wins against Bend and La Pine on Monday and Tuesday, June 21-22. Sisters earned a solid 58-44 win against Bend on Monday. The Outlaws were down by two at the close of the first quarter, 15-17. They battled hard in the second period, and at the end of the quarter Max Palanuk hit a three-pointer that sent the Outlaws into the half with a five-point lead, 28-23, along with a big boost of momentum. In the third, Sisters outscored Bend 15-9 and kept the lead until the final whistle. They held Bend to zero points in the paint in the final quarter. Palanuk led the team with 18 points, and Nate Weber finished with 17. Camden Froelich scored 10 points, and Connor Linn added six. Linn and Ricky Huffman both had solid defensive efforts and rebounded the ball well. Coach Rob Jensen said, “The boys played well together and did the little things well. Our help side defense improved as the game went on and Max and Nate hit a combined nine threes

to really help our offensive effort.” At home on Tuesday, the Outlaws not only celebrated their 64-40 victory over La Pine, but also honored seniors Camden Froelich, Connor Linn, and Nate Weber. Jensen said, “These guys were solid leaders and led by example. They showed growth mindset and continued to grow both in the game of basketball and in maturity and character. I’m very proud of how they stuck with it through a tough league season and continued to work to get better. They were true seniors, which, after COVID and the off season we had, was easier said than done. They showed resilience and grit and were coachable throughout.” Sisters started the game strong and held a 20-14 lead at the close of the first quarter. They really made a statement

in the second period and outscored the visiting Hawks 17-6. Sisters headed into the half with a 37-20 advantage. The Outlaws continued their solid play throughout the remainder of the contest, and executed a few outstanding lob plays to both Palanuk and Weber. The seniors did their job on senior night, a solid 14-17 from the free-throw line, which put away a scrappy La Pine squad. Palanuk continued his hot streak and hit three triples, and used his length around the basket to score a seasonhigh 21. Froelich and Weber tallied 16 points each. Griffin Gardner was a spark for the Outlaws from off the bench with five points and several rebounds. Jensen told The Nugget that Froelich and Weber attacked the rim well and Linn did a good job on the boards.

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Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District’s Fire Corps volunteers will be hitting the streets in downtown Sisters this week to introduce a new program aimed at lowering the risk of fire and other hazards at local businesses. As a part of their normal duties, District firefighters have performed fire- and life-safety inspections for businesses within the City of Sisters. Due to COVID19, the inspections were temporarily suspended. This new program is a supplement to the Engine Company Inspection Program and is meant to be a short-term solution for businesses until regular inspections resume, likely in 2022. “We understand that the past 15 months have been very challenging for many of our local businesses due to COVID,” said Fire Chief Roger Johnson. “This new program is voluntary and is designed to be a quick resource that business owners can use to self-assess critical fire-safety issues at their business. Self-assessing will hopefully be less invasive for business owners who are just resuming normal business operations after COVID.” Fire Safety Manager Doug Green said, “Fire Corps volunteers will deliver materials to local businesses

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The red-naped sapsucker [Sphyrapicus nuchalis] feeds on the sap and insects drawn to the sap after drilling small holes in mostly deciduous trees: birch, willow, and especially aspen. Hummingbirds may follow these sapsuckers and feed by actually sipping on the sweet sap. Nests are excavated within diseased trees and three to seven white eggs are laid directly on the nest bottom, resting on wood chips with no soft nesting material used. Both parents incubate the eggs for 10-13 days with the male sapsucker

performing the nighttime duties. After spending 25-29 noisy days being fed by both parents, the red-naped sapsucker fledglings leave the nest and are taught to feed the sapsucking habit for 10 days. These sapsuckers are related to yellow-bellied and red-breasted sapsuckers and formerly were considered one species. Named in 1858 by Smithsonian naturalist Spencer Baird, they slurp the sap with a tongue that is equipped with short hair-like fuzz. A group of sapsuckers are known as a “slurp.” For more red-naped sapsucker photos, visit http:// abirdsingsbecauseithasasong.com/recent-journeys.

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A N N O U N C E M E N T S Pandemic Pancake Breakfast

Come to the Camp Sherman Community Hall from 8 to 11 a.m. on Sunday, July 4 to enjoy a pancake breakfast that will raise funds for the historic community hall. Adults are $10, ages 5-12 are $6, under 5 free. Masks and social distancing required indoors with most seating outdoors. Questions? Call Tonye at 541-595-6458.

Sisters Founders Picnic

Join the Three Sisters Historical Society & Museum on Sunday, July 11 to commemorate the 120th anniversary of the platting of the six-block town of Sisters in July 1901 at an old-fashioned picnic from noon to 3 p.m. on the museum grounds at 410 E. Cascade. There are 50 free reservations at the picnic (donations will be accepted). To reserve your spot(s), provide your name, email, and number of people in party by email to ThreeSistersHistoricalSociety@ gmail.com or by phone at 541-904-0585. Exhibits will be open and historical figures and musicians will join in.

Annual Book Sale

Sisters History Museum invites you to their Annual Book Sale on Quilt Show Day, Saturday, July 10 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Wakefield Building, 410 E. Cascade St. (corner of Larch). Book donations (all genre) are being sought prior to the event. Books can be dropped off at the museum porch any time. Museum is open Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For info email threesistershistoricalsociety@ gmail.com or call 541-904-0585.

Free Nonemergency Medical Rides

Sisters Transportation and Ride Share (STARS) is booking free, nonemergency medical rides. Dispatcher hours are Tuesday and Thursday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., with rides available Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. STARS asks for 48 hours or more advance notice to find a driver, as rides are based on volunteer driver availability. STARS dispatcher number for all rides is 541-904-5545.

City of Sisters Community Grants Program Applications The City of Sisters is seeking to award grants to nonprofit community groups and other entities that meet the grant criteria for the 2021/22 fiscal year. The city will award up to $20,000 in grants for Sisters community projects. Interested organizations should submit a Community Grant application and letter of interest by Friday, July 30, attention Kerry Prosser, City Recorder. Applications are available on our website: www. ci.sisters.or.us. For information contact Kerry Prosser at 541-3235213 or kprosser@ci.sisters.or.us.

Panoramic Access Special Road District Board

Due to a job relocation of a current board member, there will be a vacancy on PASRD Board Commissioners. Letters of interest are solicited for a volunteer to fill the remainder of the unexpired term through December 2022. Applicants must reside within the road district and be a registered voter. Send letters of interest to: panoramicroads@gmail.com, or to PASRD, PO Box 1226, Sisters, OR, 97759. For more information: visit www.panoramicroads.org.

Tai Chi/Balance Sessions

Free Tai Chi/Balance Class by Shannon Rackowski on Mondays from 11:30 a.m. to noon, Location: Fitness Prescription (Shannon’s studio next to Oregon Eye Care), Sponsored by Sisters Drug. All ages are welcome to attend. Seated instruction for mobility impaired. Sign up at the class. For additional information, call Sisters Drug at 541-549-6221.

Volunteer with Sisters Habitat for Humanity

Have fun, make new friends and be involved with an amazing organization! Positions are available at the Thrift Store, ReStore and on the construction site. All areas follow strict COVIDsafety guidelines. New volunteer orientations are offered each Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday at 12 noon at the Sisters Habitat Office, 141 W. Main Avenue (upstairs). Please RSVP at 541-5491193 or marie@sistershabitat.org as space is limited.

Weekly Food Pantry

Wellhouse Church has a weekly food pantry at 222 N. Trinity Way every Thursday at 12:30 p.m. until food has been distributed. Both drive-through pickup and shopping-style distribution are available. For more information call, 541-549-4184.

Donate to the Three Sisters Lions Club Yard Sale

The Three Sisters Lions Club Yard Sale is coming to Sisters. Donations are being accepted on Saturdays and Sundays starting June 12 and continuing through July 11. Hours to receive donations are Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. next to Les Schwab on Highway 242. No clothing, electronics, linens, or large items, please. Closed July 3 and 4.

Fox Walk, Owl Eyes at Metolius Preserve

Join the Deschutes Land Trust and Susan Prince for a nature walk just for kids on Friday, July 9 from 9:30 a.m. to noon. Gather at the protected forests of the Metolius Preserve to share nature stories and learn how to enter into wild lands like the animals do. Kids will practice observation skills and group mapmaking as they learn new ways to connect with the beautiful and mysterious outdoors. Perfect for kids ages 8-14 with a grown-up in tow. Registration is required at www. deschuteslandtrust.org/hikesevents or call 541-330-0017.

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 contact Suzi at 503-819-1723.

Free Community Concerts

Sisters Community Church is presenting a Summer Concert Series on their lawn at 6 p.m. on selected Sundays starting July 11. The kickoff concert will feature Thunderstorm Artis, along with Bob Baker and Mark Barringer. For more information visit www. sisterschurch.com or call 541-549-1201.

Please call the church before attending to verify current status of services as restrictions are adjusted.

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 Outdoors 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)

Summer Scavenger Hunt

Sitting all day long online for work and play? Circle of Friends has a plan to get you off-line and outside for a grand adventure. From now until Tuesday, September 7 make a donation and gain access to the first-ever Circle of Friends Scavenger Hunt! The Scavenger Hunt will take place in the Historic City of Sisters and will be guided by your smartphone. With your donation, we’ll send you details of how to play and enter you into a raffle for a gift basket valued at $200. Have fun learning about the City of Sisters History while supporting Circle of Friends! Info: 541-588-6445 or go to www.circleoffriendsoregon.org/.

Sponsor an Impoverished Child from Uganda

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

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Free Weekly Grab-N-Go Lunches For Seniors

The Council on Aging of Central Oregon is serving seniors (60+) free Grab-N-Go lunches on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays each week. The lunches are distributed on a firstcome, first-served basis drivethrough style from 12 to 12:30 p.m. at the Sisters Community Church, 1300 W. Mckenzie Hwy. Seniors may drive through the parking lot and pick up a meal each day of service. Come on by, no need to make a reservation. For more information call 541678-5483.

Organ Donor Awareness

A new nonprofit is in the planning stages to educate the community on the importance of organ donation. Fundraisers and events will be discussed. If interested in taking part, please call Fifi Bailey at 541-419-2204.

Introducing Cofi! This handsome piggy came to us when their owner was moving and couldn’t take him with. Cofi is a sweet, curious guinea pig who is waiting for the right family to come and take him home! These little critters are a lot of fun, but it’s important to do your research on their care before adopting.

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Senator Lynn Findley District: 30 503-986-1730 900 Court St. NE, S-301 Salem, OR 97301 Sen.LynnFindley@ oregonlegislature.gov www.oregonlegislature.gov/ findley Senator Tim Knopp District: 27 503-986-1727 900 Court St. NE, S-309 Salem, OR 97301 DESCHUTES COUNTY Sen.TimKnopp@ BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS oregonlegislature.gov Commissioner Patti Adair www.oregonlegislature.gov/ Patti.Adair@deschutes.org knopp 541-388-6567 U.S. HOUSE OF Commissioner Phil Chang REPRESENTATIVES Phil.Chang@deschutes.org Cliff Bentz 541-388-6569 Congressional District 2 Commissioner 541-776-4646 Anthony DeBone 14 N. Central Ave., Suite 112 Tony.DeBone@deschutes.org Medford, OR 97501 541-388-6568 www.bentz.house.gov/contact

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Hardtails concert is ‘flirtin’ with disaster’ In the late 1960s and early ’70s, a newly evolved rockand-roll creature emerged from the woods and swamps of the American South. Fusing the blues, country music, gospel, and British Invasion rockand-roll, it came to be known as “Southern Rock.” Some of its practitioners became giants of American music — Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Allman Brothers… and Molly Hatchet. On Friday, August 13, Hardtails will bring the legendary Molly Hatchet to the stage in Sisters, in their outdoor courtyard. Tickets are now on sale at Bend Ticket (www.bendticket. com) and are expected to sell out fast. Molly Hatchet hailed from Jacksonville, Florida, named after the legend of a 17thcentury ax-murderess called “Hatchet Molly.” Their self-titled debut album was released on Epic Records in 1978, adorned with Frank Frazetta’s menacing painting “The Death Dealer.” The album reached multiplatinum status as the band established their reputation of working hard, playing tough, and living fast through intense touring with such bands as Aerosmith, Bob Seger, The

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Deschutes Public Library: Corinne Sharlet Original Music 4 p.m. With bone-deep lyrics and a magnetic, haunting voice, this Portland-based singer-songwriter crafts a warm Americana sound. Go to www.deschuteslibrary.org/calendar/. Deschutes Public Library: Finding Grants from Home 10 a.m. Learn how to use Foundation Online Essential to find grants for your nonprofit. Registration required at www. deschuteslibrary.org/calendar/. Paulina Springs Books Virtual Event 6:30 p.m. Jonathan Evison presents from his new book, “Legends of the North Cascades.” Call 541-549-0866 or go to www. paulinaspringsbooks.com.

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Molly Hatchet will rock the stage at Hardtails on Friday, August 13. Rolling Stones, and many more. In 1979, “Flirtin’ With Disaster” hit the streets, with another virile Frazetta painting as its cover — and the album cemented the band’s reputation as a full-tilt boogie band, delivering scorching live shows. Life on the road took its toll, and, like many Southern Rock outfits, Molly Hatchet has seen its share of loss and tragedy. The founding members are all gone. But through it all, and four decades down the road, the band is still out there delivering hard-driving Southern Rock to loyal audiences across the globe. And

in August, that road leads to Hardtails in Sisters in what owner Steve Macey calls “a huge show — at least for us.” Hardtails’ summer concert series, featuring classic rock tribute bands Petty Fever, Erotic City (Prince), and the Fleetwood Mac tribute Gold Dust, have sold out the COVID-restricted number of tickets currently available. Hardtails will add more tickets once Oregon is 100-percent open. Hardtails Bar & Grill is located at the corner of Larch Street and Main Avenue in Sisters. For information visit wwww.hardtailsoregon.com.

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Bill passes to count ballots mailed on Election Day PORTLAND (AP) — Oregonians could mail their ballots up to and on Election Day and have them counted under a bill headed to Gov. Kate Brown. House Bill 3291 was passed by the state Senate on June 24, by a 16-13 vote. Sen. Rob Wagner, D-Lake Oswego, told The Oregonian/ OregonLive that the measure would help decrease voter confusion. Currently, ballots that arrive at county elections offices after 8 p.m. on Election Day are not counted. Under the bill, ballots that arrive in the mail up to seven days after an election would be counted, unless their postmark showed that they were mailed after Election Day. If a postmark is missing or unreadable, the bill would direct elections officials to assume the ballot was mailed before the deadline. That provision concerned Republicans. “This is an invitation to fraud,’’ said Sen. Fred Girod, R-Lyons. “What’s to stop a box of unstamped ballots from going into the clerk’s office?’’ Sen. Betsy Johnson, D-Scappoose, joined Republicans and independents

in voting against it. The bill does not change the deadline to return a ballot at a drop box, which will remain 8 p.m. on Election Day. If Brown signs it, the change would take effect starting in 2022. Oregon Senate Democrats said in a statement the bill aligns Oregon with 17 other states that allow ballots to be accepted if postmarked by Election Day.

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Outdoor Stage at Sisters Depot Singer-Songwriters on Thursdays 6 to 8:30 p.m. Reservations recommended. For info call 541-904-4660 or go online to www.sistersdepot.com. Food Cart Garden at Eurosports Trivia Night 5:30 to 6:15 p.m. Sign up 5:15 to 5:30 p.m. Family-friendly trivia. Free. For additional information call Eurosports at 541-549-2471.

Food Cart Garden at Eurosports Friday Car Show 5-6:30 p.m. Bring your cool or vintage car for the free Friday car show. For more information call Eurosports at 541-549-2471. Outdoor Stage at Sisters Depot Live Music with Pete Kartsounces 6 to 8:30 p.m. $5 cover charge. Reservations recommended. For info call 541-904-4660 or go online to www.sistersdepot.com. Cork Cellars Live Music on Saturday Nights 6:30 p.m. No cover! For information call 541-549-2675 or go online to corkcellarswinebistro.com. Hardtails Bar & Grill Live Music with JuJu Eyeball 7 p.m. Tribute to the Beatles on the outdoor stage. Free! For additional information call 541-549-6114 or go to hardtailsoregon.com. Fir Street Park Sisters Farmers Market 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fresh local produce. Every Sunday June to October! Go to www. sistersfarmersmarket.com for more information. Sisters Eagle Airport Rumble on the Runway! 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. The annual celebration features a classic car show, pancake breakfast, helicopter rides, Great Rubber Chicken Drop & more! For info: sistersairport.com. Sisters Eagle Airport Rumble on the Runway 5k Run/ Walk 8 a.m. Benefits Life Skills Program for Sisters Schools. Registration at the event from 6:45 to 7:45 a.m. Sisters Depot Locals Trivia Night 6:30 to 8 p.m. The first Monday of every month. Reservations encouraged. For info call 541-904-4660 or go online to www.sistersdepot.com.

Black Butte Ranch Art at The Ranch 4 p.m. Art show, silent auction, happy hour beverages and appetizers on the deck of the Lodge. Benefits Sisters Schools art programs. More info at www.blackbutteranch.com/stay/event-calendar/ Hardtails Bar & Grill Live Music with The Hwy 97 Band 7 p.m. Classic rock and more on the outdoor stage. Free! For additional information call 541-549-6114 or go to hardtailsoregon.com. Food Cart Garden at Eurosports Friday Car Show 5-6:30 p.m. Bring your cool or vintage car for the free Friday car show. For more information call Eurosports at 541-549-2471. Events Calendar listings are free to advertisers. Submit items by 5 p.m. Fridays to lisa@nuggetnews.com

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AGE Sue Stafford Columnist

Life is good — now

Twenty months ago, I experienced a life-altering fall. At first, my only consequence of falling was a broken nose and two black eyes. But two months later, I began to experience troubling post-concussion symptoms. My encounter with the ground was a full-frontal crash on the asphalt as I was running with a friend’s dog. The sound of my head hitting the pavement is one I will never forget — like a ripe melon being dropped from the heights. Headaches, vertigo, brain fog, dizziness, disequilibium, painful neck — it was hard to figure out where to start with addressing symptoms. For the first year or more I saw any number of medical practitioners — neurologist, neurosurgeon, neuropsychologist, speech therapist, rehab specialist — each suggesting a different approach: lidocaine injections, surgery, traction, vision and balance exercises, accompanied by heavy-duty pain medications and muscle relaxers, creating their own set of problems. There were no magic answers or elixirs. And, along the way, several other health issues arose requiring attention and medication. It seemed as if my body had turned on me. I felt myself rapidly sliding into old age and infirmity after having been an independent, capable woman who felt and acted younger than my years. I was very fortunate to receive support and encouragement from many corners of my world, and especially here in Sisters. Thank you to those who reached out with kind words, homemade soups, and help with yardwork — you know who you are. After repeated falls, I became untrusting of my abilities and limited in my physical endeavors. I found myself in the deep well of depression exacerbated by the isolation imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. What occurred was

a lengthy period of selfassessment followed by adjustments to my intentions for the next chapter of my life. It wasn’t all smooth sailing and I experienced setbacks and wanting to just give up. With circumstances slowing me down, providing time for another review of my life, I began to shed outdated habits, beliefs, and activities, some by choice, some out of necessity. Expectations of myself and others softened, some dropping away altogether. I am now more accepting of myself and my limitations. As spring arrived and my symptoms began to improve, due to the passage of time and wonderful physical therapy at Green Ridge Physical Therapy, I have embraced a philosophy to which I used to only give lip service — it’s not about always having the right answer but about just showing up. I choose to live with intention, savoring each moment as it comes and being present in that moment. Instead of racing the clock, I now subscribe to the idea that there is more than enough time for the things and people who matter. Honoring and nurturing those relationships that feed my soul, and letting go of those that simply drain my energy, leaves time for what is important. It has helped me to stop being concerned what others think and instead be true to my life purpose. Am I doing those things that make my heart sing? Do I feel energized by my activities and relationships? Am I doing good in the world by sharing my gifts, material and innate? Life has provided me with some challenges at various times, but those challenges have made me the person I am today. I can share what I have learned with others facing similar struggles. My battles have made me a wounded healer with empathy for others. I celebrated my 77th birthday last weekend in Wenatchee with my son and his wife. I fell again while there, but, thankfully, no major damage. Just another reminder to slow down and pay better attention to how and where I am. As summer warms the soil, like the flowers I am full of promise and hope for each day after two dark winters of searching and reflection. My niece is going to be moving to Sisters and living with me starting later this summer. Life, now lived at a slower pace, is good — and so am I.

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Sisters Little League All-Stars took third place in the regional tournament. They lost their first game, came back and won three straight, then lost their final contest to end up in third, the strongest performance to date for the local Little League program.

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When he was drafted onto the Navy’s most dangerous ship at the height of World War II, Wallace Holmer said a quick prayer. “Just let me return home in one piece,” he prayed. The following two years proved his prayer was answered. On board a Navy LST, Wallace operated as a seaman, training landing troops for the Pacific Theatre. He never saw combat. Later, when the Japanese surrendered and his unit was sent to the country, he found himself walking the streets of Nagasaki only 75 days after the atomic bomb dropped. After his service, he spent the next 50 years as a barber in Oregon — eventually retiring to Sisters, which he now calls home. At 95 years old, Wallace maintains an active lifestyle and gives credit where it’s due: “I thank the Lord every day that I’m still here.” THIS MONTH’S “PORTRAITS OF SISTERS” PRESENTED BY:

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The flag of the United States is the emblem of our identity as a sovereign nation.

The flag is a symbol of respect, honor, and patriotism. It may be displayed on any day of the year. As a symbol of the country and its people, the flag should be treated with respect and be honored when on display.

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The flag of the United States is the emblem of our identity as a sovereign nation.

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In Congress, July 4, 1776

The T Th he un unanimous nan anim imou o s Decl D De Declaration ecl cla lar arat a io ion off tthe he tthirhe h rhi r teen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world. He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them. He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only. He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing

them with his measures. tth hem iinto nto nt o co ccompliance mp pli lian lian a cee w ith hi ith h is me m asur as urres ures es. He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people. He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within. He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands. He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers. He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation: For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States: For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury: For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences: For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies: For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments: For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us. He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people. He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation. He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands. He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions. In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people. Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends. We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.

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Deputy Marty Kaczmarek and Deputy Melody Zistel of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office saved two men from drowning at Lake Billy Chinook on Saturday evening.

Deputies save men from drowning at Lake Billy Chinook Jefferson County Deputy Marty Kaczmarek helped to save swimmers in trouble at Lake Billy Chinook on Saturday, June 26. Kaczmarek is a resident of Sisters Country, better known locally as “Master K,” founder of Outlaw Martial Arts. According to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were at the Crooked River boat launch at about 5:55 p.m. and observed a group of young men run from the parking lot through the park and into the water, swimming for the floating dock. Deputies thought they were racing each other until they heard someone yell that someone was drowning. Deputy Kaczmarek reported, “I turned around and saw two people having a hard time staying afloat. One person was submerged and all I could see was the top of his head. I removed my vest and gun and jumped in the water with two other men, and we all swam out to help, approximately 25 feet out but inside the Crooked River day-use swimming area near the boat launch. Deputy Kaczmarek continued, “One of the men and

myself grabbed one victim and swam him back to Deputy [Melody] Zistel, who was now standing in the water up to her neck and helped us pull him the last 10 feet back to the shore. The victim was breathing but couldn’t talk and was totally out of breath. Three more men swam out and pulled the other person out of the water as we were getting the first victim out.” Deputy Zistel obtained vitals and coordinated medical response. Both men were transported by Jefferson County EMS to the hospital for further treatment. Deputies thanked all the bystanders who helped, and one woman who helped translate information between deputies and the victims, who were both Hispanic. “Both Deputy Zistel and Deputy Kaczmarek’s quick actions, along with other civilian bystanders, directly led to at least two lives being saved tonight,” Marc Heckathorn, Jefferson County undersheriff, stated. “Thank you all for your bravery and willingness to put yourselves at great risk to save another. I couldn’t be prouder to have you both representing the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.”

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developed recreation site, or while stopped in an area at least three feet in diameter that is barren or cleared of all flammable material. Traveling off developed forest roads and trails also is not allowed, except for the purpose of going to and from a campsite located within 300 feet of the open, developed road. Explosive targets like tannerite are always prohibited on Deschutes National Forest. Violators who bring

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If you must be in the heat: • Limit your outdoor activity to morning and evening hours. • Rest often in shady areas. • Wear a wide-brimmed hat to shade your face. • Use sunscreen of SPF 15 or higher (the most effective products say “broad spectrum” or “UVA/UVB protection”) and reapply as directed. • Pack a couple extra bottles of water, these could be used for you and your family or anyone you see that could use a cool drink of water. • Know that the heat index (what the temperature feels like when humidity is involved) plays a role. When sweat isn’t able to evaporate from the body due to high humidity, the body has difficulty regulating its temperature and cooling itself off. This can lead to heat stroke, cramps, and exhaustion. If you have a pet: • Provide plenty of shade and water. • Never leave pets in a car.

fireworks onto national forests and grasslands can be fined up to $5,000 and sentenced with up to six months in jail. Anyone who starts a wildfire can be held liable by the government for suppression costs, and may be subject to civil liability for private-property damage. With record high temperatures, people are expected to flock to water. The Forest Service urges people to be attentive to safety on the water, too. They report that up to 80 percent of drowning victims didn’t use a life preserver; many of those deaths could have been prevented by wearing a life jacket. In Washington and Oregon, state law requires life jackets

aboard most boats and personal watercraft, including paddleboards and kayaks — especially for children. Life jackets are available in styles to suit any water-based activity. Make sure your life jacket is U.S. Coast Guard approved, and check to make sure it fits securely and is rated to support the weight of the person who will wear it. Hikers should be wary of thefts from vehicles parked at trailheads and campsites. Leave valuables at home if you don’t need them; keep critical items on your person. If you must leave an expensive item unattended, lock it in your trunk before you arrive to avoid being observed.

Additionally, Deschutes County Health Services encourages all residents to learn the signs and first-aid response for heat-related illness. Warning signs and symptoms vary but include: HEAT EXHAUSTION: Symptoms • Heavy sweating. • Weakness. • Skin cold, pale, and clammy. • Weak pulse. • Fainting and vomiting. What You Should Do: • Move to a cooler location. • Lie down and loosen your clothing. • Apply cool, wet cloths to as much of your body as possible.

• Sip water. • If you have vomited and it continues, seek medical attention immediately. HEAT STROKE: Symptoms • Body temperature above 103 degrees F. • Hot, red, dry/moist skin. • Rapid and strong pulse. • Possible unconsciousness. What You Should Do: • Call 911 immediately — this is a medical emergency. • Move the person to a cooler environment. • Reduce the person’s body temperature with cool cloths or even a bath. • Do not give fluids. For more information on extreme heat, visit www. deschutes.org/heat.

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preached an unpopular message to those who advocated full-on fire suppression, he is seen not as crazy but someone whose ideas could save the U.S. West’s forests and ease wildfire dangers. Millions of acres have become overgrown, prone to wildfires that have devastated towns, triggered massive evacuations, and blanketed the West Coast in thick smoke. Today, officials want to sharply increase prescribed fires — those set intentionally and under carefully controlled conditions to clear underbrush, pine needle beds, and other surface fuels. Last month, four Democratic U.S. senators — Ron Wyden of Oregon, J o e M a n c h i n o f We s t Virginia, Maria Cantwell of Washington, and Dianne Feinstein of California — introduced legislation that requires federal land managers to significantly increase the number and size of prescribed fires on federal lands. Wyden said it would more than double funding for prescribed burns. “We would have a technically skilled prescribed fire workforce,’’ Wyden said in a phone interview. “We would streamline the smoke regulations in winter months.” Wyden and the Biden administration are also seeking creation of a 21st-century Civilian Conservation Corps, to provide more boots on the ground to work on forest health. In New Mexico, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed legislation on March 18 that will clear the way for more prescribed fires by establishing liability standards for landowners who conduct them and creating a certification program. In Oregon, a bill from state Sen. Jeff Golden would enact rules for prescribed fires and a certified burn manager program. He envisions Oregon having as many as hundreds of trained managers to supervise prescribed fires. “I don’t see that we have any option other than to increase the prescribed burns,” said Golden, who is from the Rogue Valley, where wildfires tore into two towns last year. “We’ve got, across the Western U.S., a buildup of decades of fuels, and it’s going to burn. “So do you want to burn in a planned, strategic way that has an element of control to it, or do you want it to burn in megafires, with all the costs — human, animal, environmental costs — that that entails?’’

It took years for forest managers to come around to accept and then finally embrace prescribed burning. In the first half of the 20th century, fire was seen as the enemy, with federal and state forest managers believing prescribed burning damaged the environment, particularly timber, a commercial resource. But in the late 1960s and 1970s, federal forest managers began employing prescribed burns. Yet scaling up the practice has been slow. From 1995 through 2000, an average of 1.4 million federal acres (566,560 hectares) were treated with prescribed fire each year, far short of the 70 million acres (28 million hectares) that in 2001 were in critical need of fuel reduction to avoid high-severity wildfires, biologist David Carle said in his 2002 book “Burning Questions: America’s Fight with Nature’s Fire.” Another 141 million acres (57 million hectares) also needed treatment. Several cold realities are stacked against the latest plans: The periods between wildfire seasons when prescribed burning can happen safely are shrinking; some forests are too overgrown to ignite without thinning; and prescribed fires can shroud nearby towns. “We have to be mindful of not pouring smoke into communities because that’s a violation of the Clean Air Act,’’ said Tim Holschbach, deputy

Wednesday, June 30, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon chief of policy and planning with Oregon’s Department of Forestry. Furthermore, many landowners are reluctant to use prescribed fire because of fears of getting hit with steep costs. Some states can hold burners liable for any property damage caused by an escaped prescribed fire. Others use so-called simple negligence standards, which require the burner to practice reasonable care. A plaintiff would need to prove negligence for the burner to be responsible for damages and firefighting suppression costs. Gross negligence standards make it harder to hold people accountable, requiring plaintiffs to show burners acted with reckless disregard if fires get out of control. To encourage prescribed burning on private lands, Oregon will explore shifting from simple to gross negligence. Gov. Kate Brown signed legislation on June 11 that directs a state agency, in consultation with stakeholders, to study whether states with such standards experience more prescribed fires and more out-of-control fires. The review must also examine the accessibility of insurance coverage for prescribed fires. Prescribed burning has prevented disasters and high rebuilding costs. In 2017, a wildfire threatened the resort town of Sisters, but firefighters were able to control it because, months earlier, crews

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for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, was also an early advocate. In 1955, Weaver published an article titled “Fire as an enemy, friend and tool in forest management.” Like Biswell, he was coldshouldered. The two supported each other. The West, which is more susceptible to wildfires because of its vast wildlands and dry climate, has been stepping up prescribed burns. In 2019, 3.7 million acres were treated by prescribed fire in the West, a 268% increase from 2011, the National Association of State Foresters and the Coalition of Prescribed Fire Councils said in a report. Stephens said prescribed fire and restoration thinning should increase at least fivefold to turn things around and create healthy forests as Biswell, his predecessor at Berkeley, envisioned.

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dealing with the deviant population of society might not be the way I really wanted to spend my days,” he said. Albertson had some friends majoring in education and had also done work in the summer with day camps for children, and he came to the conclusion that working with young people “was the end of the stick I wanted to have a hold of.” He discovered that OCE was “the place to be for learning to become a teacher,” so he transferred and completed his degree there. After four years in Sisters, Albertson actually broke away, from 1987-89 when his wife at the time took a job in Southern Oregon. But he returned when his wife’s position disappeared. “We asked ourselves, ‘Where do we want to be?’ and inquired back in Sisters where there was a middleschool position opening, so I came back and taught grades six, seven, and eight for five years before moving back to the elementary grades.” Having taught a number of different grades, he says, “Third grade is sort of a sweet spot.” But he also found teaching first grade very rewarding as well. “First graders grow so much from September to June, and since teaching reading was my passion, it was remarkable to see their development,” he said. Albertson says his longevity in Sisters may stem from the fact that he went to a different grade school nearly every year while growing up in Eugene. “My mother was a realtor, and both she and my dad

were sort of wandering souls, so we moved a lot, maybe as they were looking for the next great house deal,” he said. “I found that very difficult, having to try to make new friends every year. “I really like small towns and the sense of community that Sisters is so well known for.” Julie Holden, who has taught third grade along with Albertson the past few years, arrived in Sisters in 1998 and met Albertson when she subbed for him. “I remember how much I loved being in his classroom because he had created such a unique culture with his students that made it clear how connected they were to him and to each other,” she said. “After I got hired in 2000 and got to work alongside Kirk, I found him to be so accepting and welcoming to his students, and there was a flexibility and playfulness in the way he approached his teaching. The mutual respect between Kirk and his students, and his ability to roll with what is happening — being fluid — allows students to really flourish and be excited about learning.” Aaron Simundson, a graduate of Sisters High School, who just finished his first year of teaching at Sisters Elementary School, first encountered Albertson as a grade-school student, though he never had him as a teacher. Simundson said, “Now, after working across the hall from him, it’s funny how my memory of Mr. A as a kid mirrors the Kirk I’ve had the privilege of getting to know as an adult. Easygoing, cool, calm, and collected — always with a smile and a warm greeting, no matter who you are.” He added, “It has been really cool to see how well his students respond to his energy. Sometimes during the year I would peek into his classroom

and soak in some Mr. A for a minute or two.” Albertson is a lifelong learner. Five years ago, in response to facing more children experiencing trauma, attention issues, and the inability to regulate themselves well, Albertson took a summer class called Yoga Calm, where he learned more about trauma-informed teaching practices. “Doing yoga with the students actually helps them to become more aware of themselves and their bodies and gives them an opportunity to be a bit introspective, which is the key to learning how to self-regulate in a classroom setting,” he said. Albertson’s professional longevity in Sisters afforded him the opportunity to teach a second generation of some of his earlier students, which he found to be a “full-circle” experience. When asked what advice he would give to young or prospective teachers, he said, “Persistence is vital. Teaching is difficult. A lot of young teachers quit too early, but don’t realize that if they would persist they would get better.” He also believes that having mentors and stable, capable school leaders makes all the difference. Albertson said he felt blessed in his early years to have such a mentor in longtime SES teacher Laurine Clemens. “I would tell people that I got a teaching certificate in college, but it was Laurine Clemens who actually taught me how to teach. “She absolutely, in her subtle, kind, generous way, guided me through best practices in education as my teaching partner in first grade in those initial years. Having a mentor like that right next door to me helped me tremendously.” Albertson also looks back

with appreciation and fondness for those early days when the staff was small enough that they could all fit in one house for a get-together. “We had a strong bond together and a culture of support that is harder to attain in a larger school system,” he said. “We had a collective support system. I was really lucky to have had that, especially at the start of my career.” One of Albertson’s longtime colleagues, fourth-grade teacher Clay Warburton said, “Mr. Albertson constantly connected to all aspects of learning with multiple modalities. If teaching is truly an art, then Mr. Albertson has been painting a masterpiece for the past 37 years.” Sisters Elementary School Principal Joan Warburg feels awe when considering Albertson’s long career. “It is powerful to consider that Kirk has been here at SES since 1983 and that he has positively impacted the lives of generations of Sisters children,” she said. “It is rare for a teacher to remain at one school for so long and speaks volumes about his loyalty and commitment to this community. His kind, humble, and gracious spirit will be missed here.” Albertson is not sure how moving into retirement will

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race theory, or CRT, emerged out of a framework for legal analysis in the late 1970s and early 1980s created by legal scholars Derrick Bell, Kimberlé Crenshaw, and Richard Delgado, among others. Dorinda Carter Andrews, professor and chairperson of the Department of Education at Michigan State University writes that, “CRT dismisses the idea that racism stems from acts of individuals but rather [is] rooted in a system of oppression based on socially constructed racial hierarchy where white people reap material benefits over people of color resulting from misuse of power.” Opponents claim that CRT is itself racist, dividing students by skin color or classed as either oppressed or the oppressor. John McWhorter, a Black man who teaches linguistics and music history at Columbia University, hosts Slate’s Lexicon Valley podcast, and is a contributing editor at The Atlantic, just penned an essay: “You Are Not A Racist To Criticize Critical Race Theory. Dismiss those pretending that if you don’t

like what’s happening in our schools, you’re a jingoistic moron who doesn’t want kids to learn about racism.” Ground zero for CRT debate is Loudon County, Virginia, where last Tuesday saw the arrest or citation of two agitated parents who were among 259 lined up to speak before the school board against CRT or transgender rights proposals. The board, which supports CRT and intends to introduce it into its schools, has been under intense scrutiny for the last month and its meetings widely publicized. Seven states, including Iowa, have legislated that CRT or derivatives be forbidden within public schools. Twenty other states, including Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Rhode Island, Michigan, Maine, and New Hampshire, have legislation pending or proposed that would ban or put strict limitations on CRT or comparable academic theories being included in the classroom. Keisha King, a Black mother of two in Duval County, Florida; Shawntel Cooper, another Black mom in Loudon County; and Tatiana Ibrahim, a Muslim woman, whose child attends Putnam County, New York schools, have all addressed their school boards with impassioned speeches that have collectively been

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We don’t teach students what to think but how to think about issues. — Gail Greaney We asked Superintendent Curt Scholl if CRT was on the horizon for SSD6. “I hope CRT is not mandated by the state,” Scholl said. He believes that the District is already doing good work in connecting all 1,100 kids in the system to learning and feeling valued. He expressed the importance of local control. His greater concern was the issue being politicized. Scholl believes the District is in a good place with respect to teaching students to think for themselves. “CRT is only a theory,” Scholl said. “And like all theories it’s healthy to debate them and have a diversity of opinion and analysis.” He’s ready, he says, to hear perspective from all sides, while worrying that there exists so much misperception that it will require a lot of conversation. Right

now, his primary focus is on the budget and implementing the expansion plans made possible by recent passage of the bond levy. Sisters High School history teacher Gail Greaney is more concerned about the misinformation surrounding CRT and the lack of a common understanding or a non-academic definition. As it is not a course of study — thus part of a curriculum — she does not see the Oregon Department of Education imposing a position and has heard no formal talk of it. She plans to talk about CRT in her government course but as she does with any controversial subject – conversationally. “That allows students to become familiar with an important topic and think it through by talking it out loud,” Greaney said. “We don’t teach students what to think but how to think about issues, the pros and cons, the advantages or disadvantages, ways to improve the understanding of differing views and approaches.” Greaney is steadfast that SSD6 teachers will continue to talk about inclusivity and making students “feel celebrated not tolerated.”

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Three more Sisters families have found homes through Hayden Homes’ outreach arm, First Story. Nate and Ariel Roy, with son Elijah (5) and daughter Xiomara (one); Genevieve Farrington and son Kyle (11); and Randy and Jazmine Ray, with son Sebastian (2) all celebrated this signal moment, receiving the keys to their new homes at a dedication ceremony at McKenzie Meadows Village earlier in June. First Story, Hayden Homes, Neighborlmpact, and the City of Sisters worked together in the project in order to provide affordable homeownership opportunities in Sisters. “It really starts with NeighborImpact,” said First Story Executive Director Claire Duncan. “All of our families go through their first-time homebuyer program. That’s really a key co m p o n ent. Ever ybody needs help preparing for homeownership, so it’s incredibly valuable.” Having a home of their own is profoundly meaningful to the families. Genevieve Farrington grew emotional in expressing what their new home means to her and her son.

They’ve been living in Sisters since 2018, and Kyle has been attending Sisters Elementary School since the second grade, where his particular educational needs can be met. Keeping that going has been a struggle, and owning their home has changed the paradigm for them. “We went through a lot of trauma and loss, so this is a space of healing for us,” Farrington said. “I can both manage to be his mom and keep a roof over our head. It’s wonderful to have a home and be his mom, both. It’s been a light at the end of the tunnel through all the dark times.” Duncan noted that Mayor Michael Preedin and Councilor Gary Ross were deeply involved in the process of connecting the three families with this set of homes. Farrington expressed gratitude for that, as well. “They were there to help us,” she said. “To help us when we needed it.” Duncan noted that two of the three families were born and raised in Sisters but were finding themselves priced out of their hometown. She said that creating affordable options for Sisters folks and keeping the community inclusive for everyone is a key priority of the program.

“ We ’ r e j u s t s e e i n g unprecedented cost of housing, and seeing the dream of owning a home out of reach just for so many people,” she said. This is the second set of First Story homes built in the three-phase Hayden Homes c o m m u n i t y, M c K e n z i e Meadows Village. Ten homes in total are dedicated to affordable housing for families qualifying at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) threshold of 80 percent or below of Adjusted Median Income (AMI). The homes are sold through First Story’s 30-year non-interest loan program. First Story’s affordable loan program provides zerodown, zero-interest, 30-year loans to qualified individuals purchasing their first home. The First Story homes are triplex units — but they are only attached at the garage and do not share a livingspace wall, giving them the feel of a single-family detached home. They are 1,058 square feet with three bedrooms and two bathrooms. They come with appliances, air conditioning, fencing, and landscaping in place. For more information visit www.firststory.org/ own-a-home.

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• Gas prices continue to rise. The average gallon of regular unleaded in Sisters hit $3.63/gallon on Sunday. For the four petrol stations in town, this is an average increase of 20 cents in a week and 86 cents since January. This weekend should bring even higher prices, dealers say, typical for the holiday period. The higher tank costs do not seem to deter vacationers. •  3 0 s i n g l e f a m i l y homes in Sisters sold in June (through June 27) with a combined value of $22,307,273 — an average of $743,576. Included in the total was a threebedroom, three-bath property on McKenzie Highway that fetched $2,235,000. Realtors see no relief for double-digit rising home prices until at least November. • The Sisters firehouse and community hall got a fresh coat of paint as part of scheduled maintenance. Residents report it “looks like new.” Outdoor burning is now closed for the season with a target date of October 17 for resumption. • Patrick Environmental of Redmond, wildland firefighters, joined other contracted fire crews in a preventative staging area over the weekend at the Sisters Ranger District station. Their presence is part of a rapid response strategy as the forest heats dramatically from rising temperatures and low humidity. • Salvage logging and restoration has begun on the 4,300-acre Green Ridge fire. Motorists are advised to use care when traveling Forest Road 11. • Avelo Air provides Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday 737 jet service from Redmond to Los Angeles (Burbank) for $89.

The airport has recovered from pandemic levels with passenger traffic for May of 2021 at 72,319 vs. May of 2020, when only 10,462 passengers enplaned or deplaned. • Fir Street Park splash pad usage has spiked with prolonged warm temperatures. Kids of all ages — and the occasional dog — are beating the heat with the cooling spray. • Deschutes Land Trust holds a 6.8-mile mellow mountain-bike ride Wednesday, June 30, from 4 to 7 p.m. on its 1,240-acre Metolius Preserve. • Campfires in Deschutes Nation Forest Sisters District are banned effective last Friday, except for designated campgrounds: Allen Springs, Allingham, Blue Bay, Camp Sherman, Candle Creek, Cold Spring, Driftwood, Gorge, Graham Corral, Indian Ford, Jack Creek, Lava Camp Lake, Link Creek, Lower Bridge, Lower Canyon Creek, Perry South, Pine Rest, Pioneer Ford, Riverside, Scout Lake, Sheep Spring, Smiling River, South Shore, Three Creek Lake, Three Creek Meadow, and Three Creek Horse Camp. • Sisters folk heading to the beach to escape the heat will pay a hefty price. In Bandon, where the high Sunday was more than 30 degrees cooler, had zero vacancy. Travelers had to settle for less-scenic Coos Bay, where even Motel 6 cost $178 night. The same for Florence, where not a single room could be found, forcing visitors to Reedsport for $123/night. •  S u n d a y w a s t h e last day of business for Cascade Trailstop Market. G a l l i m a u f r y, l o c a t e d directly across the street, will move to the Trailstop’s vacated space in about a month, following renovation work.

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102 Commercial Rentals

FOR LEASE Available now: 1,500 sf office space at 703 N. Larch Street, in Sisters. The space includes a reception area, offices, breakroom area, teller-style window area, and parking. $1,665/month plus modified NNN. Please call Deschutes County Property Management at 541-385-1414 or email Kristie.Bollinger@deschutes.org. CASCADE STORAGE (541) 549-1086 581 N. Larch – 7-Day Access 5x5 to 12x30 Units Available 5x5 - 8x15 Climate Control Units On-site Management MINI STORAGE Sisters Rental 331 W. Barclay Drive 541-549-9631 Sizes 5x5 to 15x30 and outdoor RV parking. 7-day access. Computerized security gate. Moving boxes & supplies.

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Rental needed for 2 horses (drylot) and one quiet, square, employed senior who raised 2 Eagle Scouts. Sisters resident since 1984. Dog and cat. Within 45 miles of Costco. Single story only. Needed by August. Excellent references. sueinsisters@gmail.com

401 Horses

Certified Weed-Free HAY. Orchard Grass or Alfalfa Hay, Sisters. $275 per ton. Call 541-548-4163 TRITICALE ORCHARD GRASS HAY New 2021 crop. No rain. Barn stored. 3-tie bales. $190-$260/ton. Hwy. 126 & Cline Falls. 541-280-1895

202 Firewood

SISTERS FOREST PRODUCTS DAVE ELPI – FIREWOOD • SINCE 1976 • Doug Fir – Lodgepole – Juniper DRIVE-IN WOOD SALES – 18155 Hwy. 126 East – SistersForestProducts.com Order Online! 541-410-4509 FIREWOOD, dry or green Lodgepole, juniper, pine. Cut & split. Delivery included. eaglecreekfire@yahoo.com

204 Arts & Antiques

JEWELRY REPAIR & CUSTOM DESIGN Graduate gemologist. Over 45 years experience. Cash for gold. Metals • 220 S. Ash St. Suite 1 541-904-0410

R&B Ranch L.L.C. offering horse boarding services. Details available at rbhorseranch.com or call 541-325-3020. THE NUGGET SISTERS OREGON

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A CARING ENVIRONMENT for your treasured Best Friends in your home while you're away! Sisters-Tumalo-Petsitting.com 541-306-7551

Classic Car Garages For Lease 500 Services HEATED, lighted, 110 outlet, Black Butte indoor wash, clubhouse, WINDOW CLEANING $175 monthly, call/text Jack Commercial & Residential. 541-419-2502. 18 years experience, references STORAGE WITH BENEFITS available. Safe, reliable, friendly. • 8 x 20 dry box 205 Garage & Estate Sales Free estimates. 541-241-0426 • Fenced yard, RV & trailers Teton Mountain gnomes. Friday • In-town, gated, 24-7 & Saturday July 9 & 10, 10 to 4. Kris@earthwoodhomes.com 331 N. Maple Ln., Sisters Prime Downtown Retail Space BIG GARAGE SALE! Call Lori at 541-549-7132 DOWNSIZING! Cold Springs Commercial Saturday July 3, 8 am to 3 pm Office space for lease. The Place 67140 Harrington Loop, Bend on Main. 101 Main Ave. in Between Hwy. 20 and Gist Road Sisters. Three spaces available. Queen rustic log bed frame, curio Junk removal, new home, $575/month and up. Call Ralph cabinet, lamps, rocking chair, garage & storage clean-out, 541-390-5187 glassware, crystal, vases, construction & yard debris. figurines, Kirby vacuum with ADVERTISE HERE! You Call – We Haul! attachments, Southwest and Do you offer lessons or 541-719-8475. Franciscan dish sets, Native workshops for ... YOGA? YOU NEED STUFF American paintings and more. DRAWING? VIOLIN? Or... ? HAULED? I NEED TO HAUL Absolutely Great Stuff! Let our readers know with an STUFF! SPECIALIZING IN affordable classified ad! Fundraiser PROPERTY CLEANUP AND $2 per line the first week, July 2-5, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. ITEM REMOVAL. CALL $1.50 per line for repeats. 572 S. Fir St., Sisters THE WORKIN' MAN AT And your ad goes online Continue Love Continue Life 541-610-2926. at no extra charge! The O.D.A. Project MOVING TRUCK FOR HIRE Call before noon on Mondays (Oregon Donor Awareness) –COMPLETE MOVING, LLC– to place, 541-549-9941. Dog kennel/pet things, bikes, Sisters' Only Local Moving Co.! • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • gardening, recreation, china, Two exp. men with 25+ years silver, glassware, TVs, comm. moving. Refs! ODOT Lic. 103 Residential Rentals sports cards, new Lionel train, Class 1-B • Call 541-678-3332 PONDEROSA PROPERTIES gates, windows, doors, concrete BOOKKEEPING SERVICE –Monthly Rentals Available– blocks, collectibles, many ~ Olivia Spencer ~ Call Debbie at 541-549-2002 one-of-a-kind things. Expert Local Bookkeeping! Full details, 24 hrs./day, go to: Happy Trails Estate Sales Phone: (541) 241-4907 PonderosaProperties.com and online auctions! www.spencerbookkeeping.com Printed list at 221 S. Ash, Sisters Selling, Downsizing, or Deaths? Ponderosa Properties LLC ~ WEDDINGS BY KARLY ~ Locally owned & operated by... Happy to perform virtual or Daiya 541-480-2806 104 Vacation Rentals in-person weddings. Sharie 541-771-1150 CASCADE HOME & Custom Wedding Ceremonies VACATION RENTALS 206 Lost & Found 20+ years • 541-410-4412 Monthly and Vacation Rentals revkarly@gmail.com Found in Sisters around June 25: throughout Sisters Country. Men's Vietnam veteran's military SMALL Engine REPAIR (541) 549-0792 ring. Call 541-953-0411 to Lawn Mowers, Property management identify. Chainsaws & Trimmers for second homes. Sisters Rental CascadeVacationRentals.net 301 Vehicles 331 W. Barclay Drive ~ Sisters Vacation Rentals ~ We Buy, Sell, Consign Quality 541-549-9631 Private Central OR vac. rentals, Cars, Trucks, SUVs & RVs ~ Authorized service center for Property Management Services Call Jeff at 541-815-7397 Stihl, Honda, Ariens/Gravely, 541-977-9898 Sisters Car Connection da#3919 Cub Cadet, Briggs & Stratton, www.SistersVacation.com SistersCarConnection.com Kohler, Kawasaki Engines

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501 Computers & Communications

Technology Problems? I can fix them for you. Solving for business, home & A/V needs. All tech supported. Jason Williams Sisters local • 25 yrs. experience 541-719-8329 SISTERS SATELLITE TV • PHONE • INTERNET Your authorized local dealer for DirecTV, ViaSat HS Internet and more! CCB # 191099 541-318-7000 • 541-306-0729

502 Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning

GORDON’S LAST TOUCH Cleaning Specialists for CARPETS, WINDOWS & UPHOLSTERY Member Better Business Bureau • Bonded & Insured • Serving Central Oregon Since 1980 Call 541-549-3008 M & J CARPET CLEANING Area rugs, upholstery, tile & dryer-vent cleaning. Established & family-owned since 1986. 541-549-9090

504 Handyman

Home Customizations, LLC Res. & Commercial Remodeling, Bldg. Maintenance & Painting Chris Patrick, Owner homecustomizations@gmail.com CCB #191760 • 541-588-0083 SISTERS HONEYDO Small projects, paint, stain, screen repair, carpentry, drywall, plumbing, deck restoration. 25+ yrs. prop. mgmnt. / Refs. Scott Dady 1-541-728-4266. JONES UPGRADES LLC Home Repairs & Remodeling Drywall, Decks, Pole Barns, Fences, Sheds & more. Mike Jones, 503-428-1281 Local resident • CCB #201650 LAREDO CONSTRUCTION 541-549-1575 Maintenance / Repairs Insurance Work CCB #194489

600 Tree Service & Forestry

Sisters Premier Tree & Forestry Service since 1997 (formerly Bear Mountain Fire) High-risk removals/storm damage. Pruning of all native non-native trees, shrubs. Forestry thinning, mowing, fire fuels abatement. Year-round firewood sales. Snow removal. Eagle Creek Partners LLC CCB #227275 EagleCreekFire@yahoo.com 541-420-3254 Sisters Tree Care, LLC Preservation, Pruning, Removals & Storm Damage Serving All of Central Oregon Brad Bartholomew ISA Cert. Arborist UT-4454A 503-914-8436 • CCB #218444

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4 Brothers Tree Service – All You Need Maintenance – 604 Heating & Cooling Sisters' Premier Tree Experts! Pine needle removal, hauling, ACTION AIR – TREE REMOVAL & mowing, moss removal, edging, Heating & Cooling, LLC CLEANUP – Custom Homes raking, weeding, pruning, roofs, Retrofit • New Const • Remodel Native / Non-Native Tree gutters, pressure washing... Residential Building Projects Consulting, Service & Installs Assessments, Pruning, High-Risk Lic/Bonded/Ins. CCB# 218169 Concrete Foundations actionairheatingandcooling.com Austin • 541-419-5122 Removals, 24 Hr. Emergency Becke William Pierce CCB #195556 SIMON CONSTRUCTION Storm Damage Cleanup, CCB# 190689 • 541-647-0384 541-549-6464 701 Domestic Services SERVICES Beckewpcontracting@gmail.com Craning & Stump Grinding, BLAKE & SON – Commercial, Residential Remodel Debris Removal. JOHN NITCHER 605 Painting Home & Rentals Cleaning Building Projects – FOREST MANAGEMENT – CONSTRUCTION Riverfront Painting LLC WINDOW CLEANING! Bruce Simon, Quality craftsman Fire Fuels Reduction - Brush General Contractor Interior/Exterior • Deck Staining Lic. & Bonded • 541-549-0897 for 35 years Mowing, Mastication, Tree Home repair, remodeling and SHORT LEAD TIMES 541-948-2620 • CCB #184335 Thinning, Large & Small Scale SistersOregonGuide.com additions. CCB #101744 Travis Starr, 541-647-0146 bsimon@bendbroadband.com Projects! 541-549-2206 License #216081 802 Help Wanted Serving Black Butte Ranch, Beaver Creek Log Homes LLC Central Color Painting 602 Plumbing & Electric Camp Sherman & Sisters Area Are you a student out for summer 541-390-1206 Specializing in interiors and since 2003 vacation? I need some help with SWEENEY beavercreeklog@yahoo.com exteriors and also offering ** Free Estimates ** home and garden projects, plus PLUMBING, INC. Log repairs, log railing, pressure-washing. Free estimates. Owner James Hatley & Sons light maintenance. Great pay, “Quality and Reliability” log accent, log siding, etc. 971-255-6271 • CCB #235560 541-815-2342 flexible schedule. 541-549-1601. Repairs • Remodeling CCB #235303 Insurance & Bond 4brostrees.com ~ FRONTIER PAINTING ~ • New Construction Cook, Dishwasher positions. Carl Perry Construction LLC Licensed, Bonded and Insured Quality Painting, Ext. & Int. • Water Heaters Pick up application in person at Construction • Remodel CCB-215057 Refurbishing Decks 541-549-4349 Rancho Viejo. Repair CCB #131560 • 541-771-5620 Residential and Commercial TIMBER STAND CCB #201709 • 541-419-3991 Coco Loco Taco Bar & Shave www.frontier-painting.com Licensed • Bonded • Insured IMPROVEMENT Ice is hiring! Grill cook and line CCB #87587 Tree care and vegetation cook/finishing positions 606 Landscaping & Yard management R&R Plumbing, LLC available. 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Contact Bello @ 541-419-9655, LANDSCAPE Brick • Block • Stone • Pavers Find us on Facebook and Google Keeping Sisters Country CONSTRUCTION LABORER CCB #181448 – 541-350-6068 CCB#227009 Beautiful Since 2006 Free On-site Visit & Estimate Looking for hard-working www.CenigasMasonry.com SISTERS OREGON GUIDE candcnursery@gmail.com Tewaltandsonsexcavation@ individual for our construction Pick up your copy 541-549-2345 gmail.com crew. Knowledge on how to use around town today! 541-549-1472 • CCB #76888 J&E Landscaping Maintenance basic landscape tools is preferred, Drainfield LLC Clean-ups, raking, mowing, but we will train. Starting pay is 601 Construction • Minor & Major Septic Repair $18 to $25 per hour and based on hauling debris, gutters. Custom Homes • Additions • All Septic Needs/Design experience. 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CLASSIFIEDS The Garden Angel is now filling landscape supervisor and maintenance crew member positions. LCB #9583. Inquire at 541-549-2882 or thegardenangel@gmail.com Now Hiring – Three Creeks Brewing Join our crew and help deliver the finest beer, food and service to Central Oregon and beyond! Full- and part-time positions available including server, host/hostess, line cook and production packaging lead. Pay depends on experience and position. Email your resumé to resumes@threecreeksbrewing. com to apply.

Help Wanted Please send an email to sistersfencecompany@gmail.com with letter of interest. THE LODGE IN SISTERS is now hiring for: Care/Med Tech All shifts, willing to work weekends. Full-time server in kitchen, cook & part-time driver. Contact us at 541-904-0545. $500 sign-on bonus for Care/Med and server. Additional incentives in place, call to schedule an interview today! Maintenance Technician needed to care for buildings and grounds of a large church campus in Sisters. Full-time with medical benefits. Contact Sheryl, 541-549-1201. Front Desk Administrator for The Nugget Newspaper. Join our creative team and be an ambassador to our readers and advertisers! Responsibilities include greeting customers, answering phones, managing databases, and general office support and duties as assigned. Graphic design and website updating responsibilities available to the right candidate. Journalistic skill not required, but welcomed. Qualified candidate will be a team player, have an upbeat attitude, excellent customer service and communication skills, ability to multitask in busy office environment, and be detail-oriented. Mac experience and typing skills desired. Experience with FileMaker Pro, InDesign, Photoshop, Excel. Work days are M, T, Th, F. Email résumé and cover: lisa@nuggetnews.com or deliver to 442 E. Main Ave. SERVICE TO PROVIDE? BUSINESS TO PROMOTE? VEHICLE FOR SALE? HOUSE TO RENT? LOOKING FOR LAND? GARAGE TOO FULL? NEED SOME HELP? Advertise in The Nugget Newspaper's CLASSIFIEDS For no additional cost your classified goes ONLINE! Go to www.NuggetNews.com DEADLINE: Every Monday by noon. Call 541-549-9941

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Living with purpose

By Mitchell Luftig Columnist

When we live our lives according to personally meaningful values and goals — especially those that transcend self-interest — happiness usually follows. I love being silly with my granddaughters, following their lead in our play. I enjoy their always-changing, funny selves. Recently I decided that one of my life’s purposes was to dance with my granddaughters at their weddings. Since Charlee, Lizzy, and Luna are 4 years, 3 years, and 2 months old, respectively, and I am 68, my goal could be aspirational. To dance in my 90s, I will need self-discipline and persistence. Cultivating these values will enable me to maintain my physical and mental fitness and to bounce back from adversity, such as an injury or a prolonged illness. Gratitude and expressing appreciation to those who bring happiness and joy to my life will best support my ongoing emotional wellness. I will continue to strengthen my social fitness by trimming away expectations and beliefs that limit my ability to deepen my connections to others. I must also resist the impulse to define myself by my age. There’s a fellow skiing at Mt. Bachelor who is in his 90s—why couldn’t that be me? I have discovered a

very helpful tool to support my purpose: the Healthy Minds app. Through experiential learning, the Healthy Minds app demonstrates how to improve focus and attention, deepen connections, identify expectations and beliefs that prevent us from being fully present with others, and clarify our life’s purpose(s) as well as how to align our goals with heartfelt values. Having a sense of purpose can mean the difference between life and death. In one study of 20-to70-year olds, those with a strong sense of purpose were more likely to be alive 10 years later than individuals with a low sense of purpose, regardless of their age at the start of the study or whether they had a chronic condition or disease. Strong purpose predicted increased activity levels, decreased incidence of stroke, lowered the risk of cardiovascular events, decreased healthcare utilization, and even improved financial health. Strong sense of purpose was linked to improved memory, better executive function, and overall cognitive ability. Individuals with strong purpose are also more resilient, able to recover more quickly from adversity. A study of more than 25,000 young adults from 58 countries found that intrinsically meaningful values related to the importance of social connections and civic engagement were more

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strongly associated with well-being than extrinsic values related to power and financial gain, although the nature of these relationships varied across countries. Extrinsic materialistic values have been associated with lower levels of wellbeing, and there is an especially strong association to risky health behaviors and economic decisions. When our purpose is to get rich, to become famous or powerful, we will discover that our happiness waxes and wanes with our fortunes. But a sense of purpose built upon meaningful values will always point us toward our “true north.” Researchers at University of Wisconsin-Madison suggest a four-step process to clarify our purpose: 1. Reflect on what is truly meaningful to you. Identify the values that motivate you. Infuse even the most mundane tasks with these values. 2. Pause between activities: create an intention to apply your values throughout the day, in every area of your life. 3. Reframe a challenging situation by reminding yourself of your purpose and values; discover a new perspective with which to view a problem and to find meaning in adversity.

4. Lead by example— every day take small steps aligned with your purpose. Over time even small steps can make a big difference. You might also try this exercise (paraphrased from Healthy Minds app). Think of individuals whom you greatly admire. What purpose guides their life? How does this purpose reflect their deeply held values? In what manner are these people like you? How can you use this reflection to identify your purpose, your true north? How might you align your behavior with your goals and values? Your purpose may lie in raising healthy children, caring for aging parents, supporting friends, or helping to improve your neighborhood or community. You may feel compelled to tackle larger issues such as social justice or climate change. Whatever your purpose, trust your inner compass to keep you on a steady course toward your true north. Sources: https://centerhealthyminds.org/news/ events/webinar-cultivatingpurpose-in-uncertain-times; https://centerhealthyminds. o rg / j o i n - t h e - m o v e m e n t / purpose-in-life-and-a-longterm-view-on-well-being; https://centerhealthyminds. org/join-the-movement/fourways-to-cultivate-purpose.

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Law enforcement has impaired boaters in its sights Marine law enforcement officers from across the state will be joining with the Oregon State Marine Board and the U.S. Coast Guard to enforce Oregon’s Boating Under the Influence of Intoxicants (BUII) laws this July 4 weekend. “If there is a chance you’ll be impaired this summer – especially during the July 4 weekend, don’t go boating,” says Randy Henry, with the Oregon State Marine Board. “It’s not worth the risk.” Henry notes that many of the state’s 36 sheriffs’ offices and Oregon State Police will specifically be looking for impaired boat operators over the holiday weekend as part of the national Operation Dry Water Campaign. “If you’re impaired and we catch you, that can be the end of your boating fun for up to three years,” Henry said. Many marine officers have completed specialized training to recognize alcohol and drug impairment. This includes prescription drugs, alcohol, inhalants, marijuana, or any other substance

that impairs a person’s ability to make sound judgments and have the ability to safely operate a boat. The effects of drugs and alcohol are also amplified on the water with the combination of sun glare, wind, waves, and other environmental stressors. Alcohol also dehydrates the body, making sudden immersion into cold water an even greater risk for drowning. Impaired boaters can expect to be arrested or face serious penalties. In Oregon, the consequences of being convicted of BUII include the possibility of jail time, $6,250 in fines, loss of boating privileges, and a 1-3 year suspension of the boater education card, and potentially being court-mandated to take another boating safety course. Marine officers can arrest boaters on observed impairment and can legally obtain blood, breath, or urine if a boater fails field sobriety testing. So far this year, only two people have been arrested for BUII but the advent of hot weather may change that.

Deputy fatally shoots pet chimp that attacked woman PENDLETON (AP) — A deputy shot and killed an adult pet chimpanzee named Buck after it attacked a woman in Eastern Oregon, sheriff’s officials said. The Umatilla County Sheriff ’s Office said the chimpanzee, who had lived with Tamara Brogoitti for 17 years in Pendleton, started attacking Brogoitti’s daughter at about 8 a.m. on Sunday, June 20, The Tri-City Herald reported. Brogoitti, 68, called 911 and said the animal had bitten her 50-year-old daughter in the torso, arms, and legs and that her daughter was hiding in a basement bedroom, sheriff’s Lt. Sterrin Ward said. When deputies arrived, the ape was roaming a fenced area outside the house, he said. The sheriff ’s office said the animal needed to be “put down” so they could get

medical aid to the daughter and that they had Brogoitti’s permission to shoot it. The chimpanzee was shot once in the head, Ward said. Both women were taken to a hospital for treatment. The group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said in a statement it had warned state authorities that Brogoitti had created a ticking time bomb by engaging in direct contact with a dangerous ape. It’s not clear what caused the chimpanzee to attack. From 2010 to early 2019, Brogoitti operated the Buck Brogoitti Animal Rescue at her ranch, the East Oregonian reported. The nonprofit primarily housed and cared for horses the sheriff’s office seized in abuse and neglect cases. It wasn’t immediately known how the chimp came to live with her.

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“Overall, recreational boating is safe if boaters wear life jackets, boat sober, and keep a sharp lookout,” Henry said. “Waterways are becoming more crowded with a variety of mixed boating and other activities, so it’s important to pay attention to what’s going on around you and to follow the navigation rules of the

road. If boaters changed two things — wear life jackets and abstain from impairing substances — boating fatalities would be rare. Oregon’s waters can be challenging enough for the sober boater; an impaired boater is really taking a huge, unnecessary risk, and they’re subjecting others to it as well.” Henry added, “The public

is our ally in safe boating. If you see an impaired operator or someone who is operating in a way that threatens others’ safety, call 911 and report it. That’s how we can work together to save lives.” For more information about Operation Dry Water, visit www. operationdrywater.org.

NEW LISTINGS IN SISTERS!

14425 Trout Ct. | $949,000 | MLS #220125692

Four-bedroom, 2.5-bath, 3,199 sq. ft. home on 1+ acre that backs to National Forest with access to hundreds of miles of trails. Downstairs includes primary bedroom, office, and greatroom. Upstairs boasts 3 bedrooms, extra office, and large bonus room over garage.

69484 Hinkle Butte Dr. | $749,000 | MLS #220125583

Three-bedroom, 2-bath, 1,680 sq. ft. home on almost-5-acre lot. Handmade ironwork gates and finishes throughout property. New 1,680 sq. ft. shop. Established front and back yards with water features, greenhouse, and shed.

17197 Mountain View Rd. | $775,000 | MLS #220123509

3 bedrooms, 2 full baths + 1 partial, 1,917 sq. ft. on .73-acre lot. Expansive canyon and mountain views. Single story, open floor plan. Primary bedroom with walk-in closet. Wood-burning stoves, updated heat pump with AC, newer roof.

420 S. Timber Creek Dr. | $824,900 | MLS #220125897

Custom 2,584 sq. ft. home on Whychus Creek has 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, and bonus room. Lot is 6,524 sq. ft. Open floorplan with high-end finishes and handcrafted cabinets. Paver patio, firepit, and covered back porch. Just blocks to downtown Sisters.

Ross Kennedy

Principal Broker

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Licensed in the State of Oregon

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Residents can tap weatherization aid

PHOTO BY TIM TOTH

Sisters Garden Club members Karen Thrower and Pat Drake, with fiber artist Leotie Richards display Richards’ quilt and the jigsaw puzzle created to raise funds to replace income lost from the cancellation of the Quilts in the Garden Tour in 2020 and 2021.

QUILT PUZZLE: Club is using puzzle as fundraiser Continued from page 3

created in 2019 by Sisters fiber artist Leotie Richards and displayed at the Black Diamond Ranch home of Pattie Apregan during that year’s tour. In a happy coincidence, Apregan was the lucky ticket holder who won the quilt. The quilt shows brightly colored flowers in a happy yellow meadow providing perches for birds basking under the rays of a golden sun in a bright blue sky, with puffy white clouds floating overhead. Club member Karen Thrower designed the puzzle after member Pat Drake

came up with the idea of making and selling the puzzle as a way of raising money to continue the club’s philanthropic work in Sisters and Central Oregon. Up until now, the tour has been the club’s only fundraiser, with the money raised going to support fulfilling grant requests from local nonprofits and schools that are focused on gardening and the natural world. The club has supported the Sisters Elementary School Garden Club and greenhouse, Sisters middle and high school greenhouses and garden programs, Sisters Community Garden, Sisters Library landscaping, City parks, Deschutes Land Trust, Camp Caldera, Sisters Rotary Club, Upper Deschutes Watershed Council, Barclay Memorial Park, Central Oregon

Veterans Ranch, and Seed to Table. Select locations throughout Sisters will have the 16-by-20-inch puzzle for sale for $20. Watch for details in the Announcements section of The Nugget in July or on the club website at w w w. s i s t e r s g a r d e n c l u b . com.

SUDOKU SOLUTION for puzzle on page 27

NeighborImpact’s weatherization program is accepting applications from residents of Crook, Deschutes, and Jefferson counties and the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs to help lower energy costs and increase the durability of their homes. T h e We a t h e r i z a t i o n Program provides free services to income-qualified renters or homeowners living in manufactured and stick-built homes. The program is currently scheduling home energy audits for qualified applicants. Those who apply now can have a more comfortable, energy-efficient home by winter.

Services provided include insulation for floors, ceilings, and walls; air sealing and duct sealing, and assessments and replacing of heating, cooling, and water systems as needed. T h e We a t h e r i z a t i o n Program typically serves 100 low-income households a year. Clients benefit not only by saving on energy costs but also by improving the comfort, condition, and livability of their homes. Income limits, guidelines, and applications can be found online at NeighborImpact’s website: www.neighborimpact.org/ get-help/help-with-bills/ home-weatherization/.

OVERLOOKING INDIAN FORD MEADOW 1100-acre horse property

1.3 miles to Sisters on a paved, semi-private drive, 10 acres in the pines with views and private pond with dock, fenced/raised bed garden, 3-door RV shop, 4-stall barn/tack room, hot tub. 4,261 sq. ft. main house, 5 bedrooms, 3 baths, stainless steel appliances and granite counters in kitchen, fireplace and pellet stove, media room. $1,500,000. MLS#220125198

Jen McCrystal, Broker

541-420-4347 • jen@reedbros.com 291 W. Cascade Ave., Sisters 541-549-6000 | www.reedbros.com Each office independently owned and operated.

GROW YOUR BUSINESS IN SISTERS! New! Light Industrial Development

Three Peaks Industrial Park 12 “shovel-ready” lots ranging from 0.69 to 5.5 acres Build-to-suit opportunities Competitive SDCs and incentives

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PLEIN AIR: Art event returns to Black Butte Ranch Continued from page 3

studio landscapes. The Impressionist painters of the late 19th century shocked the art world by presenting their outdoor work as the finished piece. Since then artists around the world have enjoyed sharing their plein air works as fully valid finished pieces. The magic and spark of plein air comes from the artist’s response to the intensity of color, light, the elements, the temperature, wind, humidity, and the challenges of bugs and changing light. Painting en plein air is an intense experience that requires immense concentration and quick reactions. A landscape caught from this exhilarating experience often has a freshness and liveliness that can’t be achieved in the studio. Plein Air Painters of Oregon (PAPO) was established as a non-profit organization in July of 2003. The purpose of PAPO is to share a love of painting outdoors in Oregon with like-minded people.

Wednesday, June 30, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

One night, three missions for search and rescue The Deschutes County Sheriff ’s Office (DCSO) Search and Rescue (SAR) Team assisted with three separate missions around the county on the evening of Friday, June 25. At about 5:54 p.m., a DCSO special services deputy was dispatched to an injured hiker near Broken Hand, a small peak to the northeast of Broken Top. A hiker had been injured in a fall, requiring immediate medical attention and evacuation. The deputy immediately paged out for SAR volunteers and made contact with AirLink. AirLink transported three SAR volunteers from St. Charles Medical Center to the location of the patient. SAR volunteers stabilized the patient and carried him to the area where the helicopter was able to land. The patient was transported via AirLink back to St. Charles Medical Center in Bend for further treatment. The SAR volunteers on scene escorted another hiking partner and their dog back to the trailhead at Three Creek Lake. All volunteers were back in quarters by 2:15 a.m. At 8:07 p.m., a DCSO special services deputy was advised of a lost hiker near the South Sister Climbers Trail. A hiker had separated from his group while on the trail. The

hiker headed back towards the trailhead by himself and took a wrong turn. The hiker ended up on the Pacific Crest Trail and relayed to the rest of his party that he was lost, just before his phone died. SAR volunteers were sent to the area to begin checking trails. Volunteers left a note for the hiker on his vehicle to call 911 if he made it back to his vehicle. Just before midnight, the hiker made his way out to Cascade Lakes Highway, about five miles south of Devils Lake. The hiker flagged down a motorist and received a ride back to his car, where he found the note and called in. All volunteers were back in quarters by 1:41 a.m. At about 10:40 p.m., a DCSO special services deputy was dispatched to a lost motorist near Fredrick Butte Road, on the south side of Highway 20 east, between Brothers and Hampton. Dispatch provided

PHOTO COURTESY DCSO

An AirLink helicopter was mobilized to transport a hiker who was injured in a fall on Broken Hand on Friday evening. the deputy with coordinates for the lost motorist. The motorist had left all roads and was driving through a vast area of sagebrush. The deputy attempted to guide the motorist back toward a road by phone, but that attempt failed. The deputy drove out to the area, located the driver, and guided her back to Highway 20.

Mark Ossinger Fathom Realty OR, LLC 541-316-9643

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New Listing MLS #220125759 $619,000 METOLIUS RIVERFRONT CABIN! 2 Bed / 1 Bath / 912 sq. ft. / .2 Acre Metolius River Tract, Camp Sherman Beautiful river’s-edge view from this vintage cabin. Open greatroom, multiple sleeping areas & shared bath. Separate, detached bonus room for tying flies, work space or conversation by woodstove, with large barn doors opening to forest. Fish, hike or bike right out your door on adjacent National Forest. U.S. Forest Service Special Use Permit provides the rare opportunity to own this piece of paradise.

MLS#220120091 $549,900 BUILD YOUR DREAM HOME! 2.25 Acres / Zoned RR10, AS Ridge at Indian Ford Beautiful mountain-view lot close to National Forest & minutes to town. Forested setting overlooks groomed open meadow and Three Sisters & Broken Top views. Southern exposure, paved access, underground utilities & community water system. Ridge at Indian Ford features large, common open spaces & security gates. Adjacent National Forest extends to the Cascades.

MLS#220103712 $870,000 CASCADE MOUNTAIN VIEWS! 83.7 Acres / Zoned RR10, EFU Rural Acreage Gorgeous mountain views from this parcel with tree groves or open skies… choose your estate-caliber homesite. U.S. Forest Service public land borders one-half mile for added privacy. A water hook-up is available if desired or drill your own well. Horses, hermits or homebodies, a beautiful spot to create your custom dream. Eight miles to the Western town of Sisters.

MLS #220121776 $350,000 BUILDABLE 4.71 ACRE LOT – REDMOND, OR 4.71 Acres / Zoned RR10 Cline Falls Oasis Located at the end of a cul-de-sac, directly adjacent to the Ridge at Eagle Crest & golf course. Two sides border Eagle Crest common area & hiking trails. Primarily level & heavily treed lot, provides numerous opportunities to site your home. This is the last lot to be developed on 85th Street, which gives you the opportunity to see all of the nicely constructed homes belonging to your neighbors.

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