The Nugget Newspaper // Vol. XLIV No. 34 // 2021-09-01

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Vol. XLIV No. 35

Wednesday Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Local guide weighs in on record low steelhead numbers

St. Charles showing battle scars

By Bill Bartlett Correspondent

In the war against COVID19, St. Charles Health System (SCHS) is fighting not only a lethal and spreading disease, but also a critical worker shortage. That was the principal takeaway when The Nugget sat down last week via teleconference with Dr. Doug Merrill, chief medical officer for the Bend and Redmond hospitals, two of the four in the system and the sole hospitals serving Deschutes, Crook, and Jefferson counties — an area the size of Connecticut and Rhode Island.

By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

A salute to America…

A skydiver kicked off the Air Show of the Cascades, jumping into the airfield at Madras Airport trailing the American flag. See story, page 4.

See ST. CHARLES on page 21

PHOTO BY BILL BARTLETT

Shelter seeks funding to purchase house

By Sue Stafford Correspondent

If the Sisters Cold Weather Shelter receives the $1 million they are requesting from Deschutes County as part of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) distribution, they would use most of it to purchase an existing building at 192 E. Tall Fir Ct. to provide a more sustainable winter shelter.

In time, it could evolve into a year-round resource center for Sisters’ houseless population.

The 3,400-square-foot house has been on the market for a year and is priced at $795,000. The shelter board has made an offer on the property.

After relying on several local churches for three years to provide a rotating winter shelter, and having no shelter last winter due to COVID-19, the shelter board of directors decided to move forward boldly by applying

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County Commissioner Phil Chang had a tour of the facility and responded favorably. Shelter Board Co-chair Jim Prichard said the other two commissioners, Patti Adair and Tony DeBone, didn’t seem as excited. Three members of the Homeless Coalition also toured the house and seemed positive about the possibilities it offers.

Pritchard thinks the house is only appropriate for a congregate-living type of setup.

There is no yard and no driveway, and the interior is designed as a communal living space.

The board is currently investigating possible ways to pay for a live-in supervisor, hopefully partnering with local churches, citizens, and/or organizations as well as the City of Sisters and See SHELTER on page 23

In a cascade of grim news over the past two weeks, it might be easy to overlook a startling development in the region’s waters: the Columbia River steelhead run is in big trouble.

On Friday, August 27, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported, “The number of steelhead returning from the Pacific Ocean to the river See STEELHEAD on page 12

Inaugural 100-mile run draws 200

By Charlie Kanzig Correspondent

Central Oregon is known for its plethora of trails and backroads used by runners, cyclists, and other recreationalists, but surprisingly a 100mile foot race has never been part of the trail-running scene in the region. Until this year.

The first annual Oregon Cascades 100, organized by Alpine Running, started at 6 a.m. Saturday morning, August 28, from Pacific Trail Middle School in Bend and wended its way through the Mrazek trails, past Swampy Lakes and Dutchman, Skyliner’s trail and over to Park Meadow, before descending to Sisters.

The first finisher crossed the line at the Sisters Middle School track over 18 hours later under clear, starry skies.

The latter portion of the race included large stretches of the Sisters Trails Alliance system as well as part of the Metolius-Windigo trail.

Sisters Trails Alliance (STA) is a beneficiary of some of the donated proceeds

PHOTO BY JAMES HOLK

Long-distance runners navigated Sisters Country’s rugged terrain, enduring a 100-mile race with spectacular views. of the race and members of STA helped man an aid station on the Brooks-Scanlon Road near Eagle Rock.

Alpine Running is dedicated to supporting STA for all the work they do to provide trail opportunities for residents and visitors to the area, according to Janessa Taylor, codirector of the race and co-owner of Alpine Running.

Weather conditions were quite favorable for the runners as highs didn’t reach beyond 70 degrees during the daytime and the air quality, impacted negatively for weeks due to Oregon wildfires, remained good.

Temperatures dipped into the low 40s overnight, but that didn’t appear to bother See 100-MILE RUN on page 7

Letters/Weather ............... 2 Obituaries ........................ 6 Announcements...............10 In the Pines......................15 Classifieds.................. 19-21 Meetings .......................... 3 Stars over Sisters ............. 8 Entertainment ................. 11 Crossword .......................18 Real Estate .................21-24

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New deputy welcomed

Letters to the Editor…

By Greg Walker Guest Columnist

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

Unpublished items are not acknowledged or returned. The deadline for all letters is 10 a.m. Monday.

A note of appreciation

To the Editor: It had been four years since my last visit and the changes to the town are impressive. New stores, houses, school upgrades, and trail improvements are some of what I witnessed, but what was most impressive is what had not changed: the community participation through action, and the kindness toward one another abounded.

I am taking the goodness I experienced while there and will pay it forward to my community here in Connecticut. I won’t

be able to recreate what you all have, but realize I am grateful for my time with you all and knowing there is a little town like Sisters out there.

Be well.

Bill Rexford

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Strengthen power grid

To the Editor: We must do more to strengthen our power grid against an electromagnetic pulse See LETTERS on page 14

Sisters Weather Forecast

Courtesy of the National Weather Service, Pendleton, Oregon

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Oregon Public Broadcasting’s (OPB) Emily Cureton recently wrote a story regarding the findings of an internal investigation conducted by the Bend Police Department (BPD). The investigation was initiated by a complaint filed

by Mr. Michael Satcher, a cofounder of the Central Oregon Peacekeepers (COPK).

Satcher, while being cited for criminal trespass by Corporal Josh Spano, noticed a keychain holder with the phrase “Molon Labe” present on the officer’s equipment vest.

Rachel Basinger, HistoryNet, notes, “The phrase comes from the Greek historical account of the battle at Thermopylae where 300 Spartan warfighters stood against a massive invading army from Persia.”

The phrase translates as “Come and Take Them,” referring to the weapons of the ancient Spartans. The complaint alleges that the phrase is associated with right-wing extremism.

The officer was fully exonerated on the most serious allegation and the nine others were deemed unfounded.

The phrase “Molon Labe” has long been popular with those who believe in the supremacy of the U.S. Constitution. During my own service in Iraq (2003/2004) I saw it displayed by our military warfighters in the form of tattoos, patches, and “battle flags” flown from our vehicles. It is the official motto of the U.S. Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT).

Both Mr. Satcher and Corporal Spano are combat veterans who participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Both men suffered military-serviceconnected wounds and injuries and draw VA disability compensation for these. But that’s where their shared personal narratives end.

On August 8, 2020, Satcher was arrested during what became a violet confrontation during a demonstration in Prineville. Satcher is charged with Assault in the fourth degree, use of ESG/tear gas/ mace in the second degree, interfering with peace/parole and probation officer, disorderly conduct in the second degree, and harassment. Of the charges, Satcher posted this on his Facebook page: “The Crook County District Attorney offered me a plea deal. I respectfully declined, because I’m the sort of nerd who believes in living by a code of ethics. The consequences of not taking the plea could be unpleasant, and I’ve chosen to believe that I will likely be convicted.”

From its inception the

Central Oregon Peacekeepers have professed their hatred of law enforcement and their intention to see the Bend Police Department, in specific, defunded. Defaming cops, past and present, is one of the tactics they use in pursuit of this objective.

Left out of the OPB story was Corporal Spano’s military accomplishments — accomplishments listed in the final BPD report. These include his enlisting in the Army in 2003 as a combat medic; serving in Mosul and Baghdad, Iraq, during some of the most intense house-to-house fighting of the war; calling in 9-line MEDEVAC helicopters for his wounded soldiers while at the same time treating both U.S. and enemy wounded under fire. He is the recipient of or mentioned in 23 letters of commendation. In addition, he has received seven lifesaving awards in the course of his military and law enforcement career.

He had no disciplinary problems while employed by the Bend Police Department.

Corporal Spano is on the board of directors of Warfighter Outfitters, a nonprofit, veteran-run organization headquartered in Sisters. The group provides wounded warriors with outdoor-related activities at little to no cost. None of those on the board receive compensation.

The report affirms this: “Corporal Spano participates and donates his time, money, and effort to assist veterans and law enforcement officers who have been engaged in traumatic incidents and need ways to decompress.”

Bend PD’s report is exhaustive in its detail. It mirrors a similar complaint and investigation reported on in June 2021 by the Akron Beacon Journal —an investigation that likewise exonerated the accused officer, the complaint filed by local “social activists” for whom law enforcement is the enemy.

Where did the officer get his key chain? According to the report, “Corporal Spano described the brown fabric key chain with Greek lettering is a key chain that was given to him by a friend... The friend who gave it to him was a member of the 19th Special Forces Group…” That’s the same special operations unit I retired from in 2005 after 20 years as a Green Beret.

Prior to the internal investigation, Corporal Spano interviewed with the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office. Since 2018, DCSO has asked local officers in good standing to apply, offering lucrative incentives for doing so.

Corporal Spano is now Deputy Spano and we, as a community and county, are blessed to have him.

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

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Sisters Historical Museum in new location

PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK

The Three Sisters Historical Society’s museum is moving into a new location.

The museum will be housed at the historic Maida Bailey Old Library building at 151 N. Spruce St., between Cascade Sotheby’s on Cascade Avenue and Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce on Main Avenue.

The museum will reopen on September 3, with regular hours on Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. during the Farmers Market season.

Opening in 1939 as the Sisters Library, this building was originally located on the west end of Cascade Avenue approximately where the Sisters Depot is now. It served in that function for over 50 years, before being moved to its current location in 1990 and retired as

the active library. It is not uncommon in Sisters history that buildings have been moved, sometimes more than once. Its restoration in 2005 was overseen by the Sisters Country Historical Society under the leadership of Jean Nave, with $70,000 in donations from the community.

In 2006 it was renamed in honor of Maida Bailey, a stalwart leader of the community who, with her new husband, Meredith, had moved to Sisters in 1918. As a professional in the library field at both Stanford (19051912) and Reed College (1912-1918), she would later use these skills and this knowledge, together with her lifelong love of books, to become a driving force in creating the new library in her adopted town and working in many capacities over decades to ensure that it

flourished.

Asked why this particular location was chosen for the Museum, President Jan Hodgers mentioned its historic value, location near the core of downtown, beautiful wood-paneled walls to show off the exhibits, and proximity to the Fir Street Park for great public access.

The exhibits include Native American, Camp Polk Military Settlement, Pioneer Homesteaders, the Camp Polk Cemetery, Farming & Ranching, and Prohibition.

To learn more about these important aspects of Sisters history, stop by for a visit.

Those who might be interested in becoming a volunteer or joining the Three Sisters Historical Society which operates the Museum, may call 541-549-1403 or email threesistershistoricalsociety@gmail.com.

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Sisters Folk Festival announces full lineup Thirty artists will perform at seven different venues around Sisters in the Sisters Folk Festival (SFF), scheduled for October 1-3.

In a final round of bookings, newly confirmed artists include Minnesota-based guitar player and songwriter Charlie Parr; Nashville duo Wild Ponies; Montana duo Big Sky City Lights; local favorites Dennis McGregor and the Spoilers; the longawaited return of The Haymakers; Sisters-based folker Jenner Fox; and Portland duo Pretty Gritty.

These artists join a diverse and dynamic lineup including nine-time all-Ireland fiddle champion and Grammy

award-winner Eileen Ivers, legendary Zydeco musicians CJ Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band, as well as Ruthie Foster, Darrell Scott, Mary Gauthier, Judith Hill, Ron Artis II & the Messengers, Willy Porter, Emily Scott Robinson, Max Gomez, Rainbow Girls, Thunderstorm Artis, AJ Lee & Blue Summit, Changui Majadero, Lowdown Brass Band, Haley Heynderickx, Beth Wood, Hogslop String Band, Garrett Lebeau, Yasmin Williams, Alisa Amador, Ordinary Elephant, and Robby Hecht.

This year ’s festival See FESTIVAL on page 16

Sisters musician releases new single

By Ceili Cornelius Correspondent

Aidan Moye has been surrounded by music since he was young.

Born and raised in Buffalo, Wyoming, Moye recalls, “My dad was a bass player, my mom a singer, and we all sang and performed at church; music was everywhere.”

He always knew he wanted to do something with music, yet it wasn’t until his

later teens when he started taking that passion seriously.

“I was mostly homeschooled and in and out of different schools, so I was always able to find a way to play music, whether that be in school band or at home,” he said.

Moye often had a guitar with him, eventually getting lessons from his older brother, John. He started pursuing guitar more See MOYE on page 11

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

SISTERS AREA MEETING CALENDAR East of the Cascades Quilt Guild 4th Wednesday (September-June), Stitchin’ Post. All are welcome. 541-549-6061.

Sisters Area Photography Club 2nd Wednesday, 4 p.m., meeting at Sisters Community Church.

Al-Anon Mon., noon. / Thurs., 10 a.m., 541-549-6157.

Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church. Go Fish Fishing Group 3rd Monday, Sisters Area Woodworkers 541-610-7383.

7 p.m. Sisters Community Church. All 1st Tuesday, 7 to 9 p.m. 541-639-6216. ages welcome. 541-771-2211.

Alcoholics Anonymous Thurs. & Sisters Astronomy Club 3rd Sun., 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Heartwarmers (fleece blanketmakers) Tuesday, 7 p.m., SPRD. 541-549-8846.

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. Sisters Bridge Club Thursdays, 12:30 p.m., Email: sistersbridge2021@ 5 p.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday, gmail.com.

Church / Big Book study, Tues., noon, 1 to 4 p.m. 541-668-1755.

Sisters Caregiver Support Group Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Citizens4Community, Let’s Talk 3rd Tues., 10:30 a.m., Village Green Gentlemen’s meeting, Wed., 7 a.m., Park. 541-771-3258.

Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / 3rd Monday, 5:30 to 8 p.m. RSVP at Sober Sisters Women’s meeting, Thurs., citizens4community.com Sisters Cribbage Club Please call for details. 541-923-1632. noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Military Parents of Sisters Meetings Church / Step & Tradition meeting, Fri., are held quarterly; please call for details. Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m.

541-388-9013.

Church. 541-548-0440.

Location information: 541-549-1193.

Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 to Black Butte Ranch Bridge Club Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m., 8:30 a.m., Brand 33 Restaurant at Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m., BBR community Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-549-6469.

Aspen Lakes. 541-410-2870. room. Partner required. 541-595-6236.

Prayer Shawl Group 2nd & 4th Sisters Parent Teacher Community Central Oregon Fly Tyers Guild Thursday, 10:30 a.m.-noon, Call for 2nd Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. at Sisters For Saturday meeting dates and location: 503-819-1723.

Saloon. 541-480-5994. location, email: steelefly@msn.com.

SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings Sisters Parkinson’s Support Group Central OR Spinners and Weavers & Enrichment) Monday-Friday, 11 a.m. Meeting by Zoom.

Guild One Saturday per month, Jan. to 4 p.m. at Sisters Park & Recreation 541-668-6599. thru Oct. For schedule: 541-639-3217.

District. 541-549-2091.

Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday.

Location information: 541-279-1977.

Sisters Aglow Lighthouse Council on Aging of Central Oregon Senior Lunch Tuesdays, noon, Sisters 4th Saturday, 10 a.m., meeting by Sisters Rotary 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, Community Church. 541-480-1843.

Zoom. 503-930-6158.

Noon, Aspen Lakes. 541-760-5645.

BOARDS, GROUPS, CLUBS

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 Thursday, 6:30 p.m., Spoons Restaurant. 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.

CITY & PARKS Sisters City Council 2nd & 4th Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Sisters City Hall.

541-549-6022.

Sisters Park & Recreation District Board of Directors 2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 4:30 p.m., SPRD bldg. 541-549-2091.

Sisters Planning Commission 3rd Thursday, 5:30 p.m., Sisters City Hall. 541-549-6022.

FIRE & POLICE Black Butte Ranch Police Dept.

Board of Directors Meets monthly.

541-595-2191 for time & date.

Black Butte Ranch RFPD Board of Directors 4th Thursday, 9 a.m., Black Butte Ranch Fire Station. 541-595-2288.

Cloverdale RFPD Board of Directors 3rd Wed., 5:30 p.m., 67433 Cloverdale Rd. 541-548-4815. cloverdalefire.com.

Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD Board of Directors 3rd Tuesday, 5 p.m., Sisters Fire Hall, 541-549-0771.

Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD Drills Tuesdays, 7 p.m., Sisters Fire Hall, 301 S. Elm St. 541-549-0771.

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Airshow of the Cascades reaches altitude

By Bill Bartlett Correspondent

Madras Airport was the setting Friday and Saturday for the 20th Airshow of the Cascades. If the parking lots and full RV grounds were any indication, it was a success.

The weather was a cooperative partner, especially Saturday when nonexistent winds were considered perfect for the myriad airborne performers.

While it is a fully accredited “air show,” it could just as easily be called a “nostalgia fair” given that the 100+ vintage, experimental, military, and stunt planes were matched by an equal number of classic cars, trucks, farm, and military vehicles. Even the live and recorded music was more reminiscent of the ’40s, ’50s, and ’60s.

The hundreds and hundreds of attendees came for the obvious — those daring young men and their flying machines — but also lapped up the full array of delights: live music, a Friday fireworks extravaganza, a fish fry, the Erickson Air Museum (a permanent airport exhibition), the car show, and the worldfamous U.S. Army Golden Knights precision parachute demonstration team.

Lines for all the activities and food trucks were equal suggesting something for every taste. “Sentimental Journey” was definitely a crowd favorite. The completely intact US Army Air Force B-17 bomber was built in 1944 and flew missions

in the Pacific. She looked like she just came out of the assembly plant.

You could not only walk right up and pat her, but one could in fact book a ride on her albeit it at a price that was not for everybody: $425 for one of the six waist compartment seats and $850 for the bombardier or navigator seat. That was the one line for which there was no wait.

More affordable and with many takers was the $60 helicopter ride. For the even more adventurous, you could belt yourself into a sailplane (glider), ascend to about 3,000 ft. pulled by a tow plane and released with no engine, only the skills of the pilot, the one accompanying you on the 20-25 minute ride back to terra firma.

Those preferring solid ground could spend hours literally car gawking. You name it and it was there – custom, import, muscle, rat rod, street machine, pickup and sports with several more than 75 years old.

Bi-planes alongside Studebakers gave the whole thing a feeling and aura of stepping back in time. Yet all the beauty wasn’t metal.

Miss Oregon 2021 and Miss Oregon Teen 2021 greeted fans with style and grace.

There were even Pin Up Girls with their WWII uniforms.

Being an airshow however, all eyes turned skyward at the appointed hour when the Knights jumped from 10,500 feet in a dazzling display of precision descent. First out of the plane was the paratrooper

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honored with carrying the American flag against the background of the national anthem, sung by the crowd.

Just prior saw the induction of Army and Navy recruits who took the oath of enlistment. Prominent throughout the day were the 20 or so young, mostly teen, members of the Civil Air Patrol, the auxiliary of the United States Air Force. They handled a host of volunteer duties alongside the 350 other volunteers needed to pull off such a large-scale event.

Given the tragic events in Kabul, patriotism was clearly the unspoken theme of the Airshow. Many an eye was wiped as the Knight carrying the U.S. flag touched down on a two-foot target marker, three miles from his starting point.

The Nugget caught up with the Goodman family from Sisters. Grandpa Buck, who was a close air support pilot in the Gulf War, was joined by son Brad, a Coast Guardsman at CG Station Brookings, Oregon. Brad had in tow his three boys — Bruce, Willy, and Charlie.

“We can’t believe how awesome this show is,” Buck said. “I was expecting something much smaller and had to coax the grand kiddos into coming.”

The boys — 5, 7, and 10, admitted to being reluctant in coming before going on nonstop about which was the coolest part of the day.

Bruce was sure when he said, “The G force of the aerobatic planes. These guys are pulling

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We can’t believe how awesome this show is. I was expecting something much smaller ...

—Buck Goodman like 4, maybe 5.” Brother Willy was a bit more graphic in his description. “I know my brothers would throw up.

Not me.” Not content to be left out, Charlie jumped in.

“That’s disgusting,” he said.

“My grandpa could handle that easy.”

Indeed, the aerial acrobats left the crowd breathless with some unable to watch as planes twisted, dove, looped, and synchronously missed each other by mere feet at closing speeds of over 300 mph.

Stephen Christopher and Todd Ruddberg dazzled the onlookers in their special

built RV-7 and RV-8 singleengine, propeller aircraft.

Todd recently set the world record for the fastest RV type plane.

Renny Price, a largerthan-life aerobatic pilot, demonstrated his fearless aviator skills in the legendary, Russian-built Sukhoi-29, the same aircraft used in the internationally known Red Bull commercials. Dive speeds, spiraling downward toward ground, exceeded 200 mph. You could feel heart rates going up.

Jerod Flohr made a thunderous entry in his Douglas TA-4 Skyhawk jet used by the Top Gun and Blue Angel crews. Necks whipped to keep up with the speed.

Spectators lined a onemile-long viewing fence so there was plenty of social distancing and plenty of satisfaction. The recent return to outdoor masking did not factor into the show’s ability to deliver adrenalin-filled fun. selectively curated, eclectic home furnishings, decor & gifts home staging & styling services

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City snapshot — funds boost investment

By Sue Stafford Correspondent

PHOTO COURTESY DCSO

A search and rescue team wheeled an injured hiker out of the woods to Pole Creek Trailhead last Sunday.

Rescuers aid hiker near Pole Creek Trailhead A sheriff’s search and rescue team came to the aid of an injured hiker near the Pole Creek Trailhead southwest of Sisters last weekend.

Deputy Shane Zook, assistant search and rescue coordinator, reported that Deschutes County Dispatch received a report of an injured hiker near the Pole Creek Trailhead at about 2:33 p.m. on Sunday, August 29. The reporting person said that a male in her hiking party had fallen and injured himself. The caller said that the hiker could not walk out and would need assistance to get back to the Pole Creek Trailhead. According to the coordinates that dispatch

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received from the caller’s phone, the injured hiker was located about 3.5 miles from the trailhead.

Ten Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue volunteers responded to the call. The volunteers parked at the Pole Creek Trailhead and hiked in with a wheeled litter. Members of the medical team evaluated the hiker’s condition and prepared him to be transported in the wheeled litter. The hiker was then loaded into the wheeled litter and carried back out to the trailhead.

The hiker chose to seek further medical treatment on his own and did not want the assistance of an ambulance.

• Sisters City Council received good news from City Finance Manager Joe O’Neill at last week’s meeting. The City received $308,677.15 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, the first of two tranches or installments. The second, equal amount will be awarded in a year, bringing the total awarded to $617,000.

One of the eligible uses for these funds is for investment in water, sewer, and broadband infrastructure. The City will use part of the $308,000 to cover the overage on the contract for the Locust Street sewer line relocation. The other part is scheduled to go toward the installation of solar panels on the public works headquarters building to help power the sewage treatment plant more economically.

• Sisters Habitat for Humanity received a $50,000 affordable housing grant from the City to be evenly dispersed among the development of nine lots in the Village Meadows South development.

According to Community Development Director Scott Woodford, Habitat met all the requirements for the grant.

They do need to update their exhibits for the property to reflect the increase from six to 10 lots total (one is already built on). Another stipulation for the grant is to formally record the plat. City staff all agreed that no further requests will be granted for this particular development.

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• City Recorder Kerry Prosser announced that 734 responses have been received so far for the destination tourism survey that is currently underway, being completed by tourists visiting Sisters. She hopes to have 1,250 responses by the time the survey activity is completed. The information gathered will help inform decisions made regarding possible tourist attractions, activities, and facilities.

• A public hearing will be held on Wednesday, September 8 before the City Council on an amendment to update the City’s Comprehensive Plan, which has been under review for the past year. The plan has had public input by two committees, a number of online surveys, tabling events around town, and presentations to all of the City committees, boards, and commissions.

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Obituaries Thomas A. Stoery

Jay Edwin Leonhardy

Thomas Anton (Tom) Stoery passed away peacefully on August 19 at the age of 89. Tom was a resident of The Lodge, a residential retirement community in Sisters, where he resided for two years.

Tom is survived by his son, Scott Stoery, and Scott’s wife, Emilee, in Sisters; and his grandsons, Christian and Emerson. His daughter Andrea, her husband, Greg, and grandson Elias live in Texas.

To m w a s b o r n i n Estherville, Iowa on February 25, 1932 — the third child of Anton and Embar Stoery. His parents, as well as his siblings, Elizabeth and Samuel, preceded him in death.

Following graduation from the University of Minnesota in 1956, he joined the Rock Island Railroad in its management training program. He continued in management positions for 25 years. His grandfather Caspar and his father, Anton, were also employed by Rock Island for a total of 117 years of family employment with the company.

He continued in the transportation industry in various capacities in the development and management of short line railroads in California and Nevada, as a broker of small railroads, and numerous

Jay Edwin Leonhardy passed away Monday, August 9, 2021 in Santa Isobel, California, at the age of 61.

Jay was born in Burlingame, California, on October 30, 1959 and grew up in Cottage Grove and Sisters, Oregon.

He spent his adult years in the San Francisco Bay Area, and was known for his political activism. He worked with Sane Freeze, an anti-nuclear organization, as a lobbyist and canvasser; he was the chief of staff for Oakland City Councilman Henry Chang; he wrote grants for the Native American Health Center in Oakland; he was the director of youth works for the city of Richmond, finding funding and job training for youth at risk; and he led numerous campaigns for people seeking political positions in the Bay Area.

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February 25, 1932 — August 19, 2021

consulting activities.

He was very adventurous and recently went on a private flight with Outlaw Aviation from Sisters to see the Columbia Gorge, Mount Hood, and the Oregon Coast. He also loved the outdoors and picnics on the Metolius.

He was a proud, loving, and happy father and grandfather. He had a vigorous curiosity about the world and an appreciation of peoples’ histories and personal stories. His stories and anecdotes will live on for many years.

his many accomplishments throughout his work life.

The people he helped during this time are innumerable.

His sense of adventure led him to Australia, the Middle East, and Indonesia; and he had friends wherever he traveled.

Jay spent his retirement as a “rock hound,” traveling from the sun stone mines in Oregon to the tourmaline mine in Santa Isobel where he lived and worked. He shared his love and knowledge of digging rocks with others who turned the dirt in hopes of finding treasures once the dirt was washed away.

Jay was notorious for his crazy driving habits. He terrified anyone who had to ride with him. His favorite saying was: “Drive fast, take chances, and don’t forget to transform.”

Jay is predeceased by his brother, Jerry Leonhardy, and his father, Bruce

Leonhardy.

He is survived by his mother, Roberta (Bobbe) Leonhardy; his two sisters, Rachel and Tracy Leonhardy; his aunts, Adele Leonhardy Irvin and Terry Leonhardy; and his cousins, Galen, Robert, and Jonelle Leonhardy, Matthew Irvin, Rhonda Wirth, and Michelle Dellit. He was “Unka Jay” to numerous children of family and friends.

A casual celebration of life will be held for family and friends later this year at his mother’s home in Bend, Oregon.

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A fifth-generation rancher and native Texan, Hobbs Magaret now describes himself as a first-generation grazier. The 34-year-old grew up in the trade but shifted when he found a passion for music. That musical career moved him around — pursuing a degree in guitar and owning a variety of musical businesses that would eventually flop. He and his wife, along with their 3-month-old daughter, hit rock bottom and jotted out a plan to take up ranching again. With $15,000 and a broken-down truck, Hobbs started Sisters Cattle Co. The local cattle outfit uses grazing techniques that benefit the land and the animals by implementing high-density grazing patterns that work the soil and vegetation.

Hobbs leases land that feeds his cattle, and he rejuvenates the land in ways not seen for centuries, all with the focus on a better ecosystem.

“Ranching cattle is a lot like music for me,” he says. “It’s an ecological symphony and the cattle are the conductors. This is where I get my creativity now.”

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Outlaws will fight for another volleyball title

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The Lady Outlaws return just three seniors to their squad this season, and the new additions will round out the 11-player roster.

The team had to quarantine earlier this season, and the home game schedule for Tuesday August 31 against Crook County has been canceled.

Seniors Greta Davis, Sydney Myhre, and Maddie Pollard are all back for their final season and will bring experience and leadership to the team this year.

Davis returns as a fouryear varsity starter, and last year was voted coMVP of the Oregon West Conference. She is a strong, explosive, accurate hitter and will bring a powerful attack and quickness to the Outlaws’ offense as an outside hitter. Davis will be a huge threat to opponents on offense as well as defense.

Myhre will play as a right-side hitter and also a defensive specialist this year. She has been a varsity player since her freshman year and has worked hard in the off-season to become quicker and stronger. Myhre has incredible court awareness and coaches will look to her for leadership on the floor. She’s got the ability to play any position and will also be a threat to any team the Outlaws play.

Pollard is a three-year varsity player and a defensive specialist. Maddie has worked hard to establish herself as the Lady Outlaws’ anchor in the back row.

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Other new additions include juniors Hannah Fendall, Skylar Hartford, Anna Landon; and sophomores Gracie Vohs, Gracelyn Myhre, Bailey Robertson, and Mia Monaghan.

“Our seniors will be surrounded by a group of athletic and competitive volleyball players,” said Rush.

“They will add depth to our roster and we look forward to seeing great things from them this season.”

Rush added, “We are excited to get started and we are looking to fight for a league title once again this season.”

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the winner, Blake Hilty, a 39-year-old from Seattle.

“The weather was great, only a bit hot for a short while,” he said, “and the course was great. I am very happy with the event. The support was great. I loved it.”

The race was only Hilty’s second 100-miler, and he had to smile when he realized that by winning the inaugural staging of the race he automatically became the course record holder.

“I guess I can enjoy that for at least one year,” he said.

Hilty’s official time was 18 hours, 39 minutes.

The women’s winner, Erin Brunner, also of Seattle, finished in 22 hours, 31 minutes.

Runners had up to 32 hours to complete the course.

Approximately 200 people registered for the event, but that total number of finishers was not available at press time. Results can be found at Ultrasignup.com .

Alpine Running started five years ago by Taylor, who lives in Redmond, and Trevor Hostetler of Portland, with a focus on trail races ranging from 13.1 miles to 100 miles.

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Taylor sees the race as a win for everyone involved.

“STA is the sole beneficiary financially from this race,” she said. “They do such important work and we are able to have access to their trails, so it naturally makes sense for us to support them.

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Taylor, who coaches Ridgeview High School’s cross-country team, noted that racers came from well beyond the local area, bringing tourist dollars to Sisters and Bend.

“People love coming to this part of Oregon, and having an event like this draws people in from all over, which is a good thing for the economy,” Taylor said.

Taylor and Hostetler will be back in Sisters for the Three Sisters Skyline trail races, which include a half-marathon on Saturday, September 25, and a 50-kilometer run on Sunday, September 26. More information can be found at www.alpinerunning.com.

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RSD passes Stars over Sisters resolution against mandates

By Paola Mendoza Correspondent

REDMOND (AP) — Despite COVID-19 surging locally, Redmond School Distict’s board has passed a resolution protesting statewide mandates that require masks in schools and vaccines for all teachers, staff, and volunteers.

The resolution that passed on a 3-2 vote in Redmond on August 25 says the 7,500-student district will fight to regain local control of decisions around mask-wearing and vaccines in its schools.

The resolution specifies that the board supports the district using medical and religious exemptions to avoid the mandates and includes the possibility of legal action against Democratic Gov. Kate Brown.

Board members said during debate over the resolution that the district will follow Brown’s mask and vaccine mandates while they pursue legal challenges.

Two board members voted against the resolution because it did not specifically include language that said that. An amendment to add that language failed by a 3-2 vote.

One board member who voted against the resolution pointed out that COVID-19 is surging in Central Oregon and only 57 percent of eligible residents in Redmond are fully vaccinated.

Brown said Wednesday she is deploying hundreds of “medical crisis teams’’ from a staffing agency to hospitals besieged by COVID-19 patients, including hospitals in Redmond and Bend.

By late summer and early fall, a few of the “water” constellations begin to materialize in the southeast at nightfall. First to arrive on the scene are Capricornus the Sea Goat, Delphinus the Dolphin, and Aquarius the Water Carrier. The smallest of the three is Delphinus, our featured constellation for September.

Although the size of the celestial dolphin is quite modest, four relatively bright stars form an easily recognizable shape resembling a flattened diamond, which outlines the main body of the aquatic mammal. A fifth star, Epsilon Delphini, marks the tail. Look for Delphinus about 11 degrees east of the bright star Altair in Aquila.

Shining at magnitude 3.6, Rotanev is the brightest star in Delphinus, which lies at a distance of 101 light-years. It was discovered to be a binary star in 1873 by American astronomer S. W. Burnham.

Both stellar components are white in color, one classified a giant, the other a subgiant.

The system is estimated to be about 1.8 billion years old.

The star Gamma Delphini, which represents the nose of the dolphin, is regarded by many observers to be one of the finest double stars in the heavens. First noted by astronomer F.G.W. Struve in 1830, the pair is separated by 8.9 seconds-of-arc and lies at a distance of about 115 lightyears. Color estimates for this pair has ranged from reddish-yellow and greyish-lilac to yellow and blue-green.

Modern observers generally find the primary star to be a pale yellow while the secondary appears yellow-orange.

Although the Milky Way lies nearby, Delphinus contains only four deep-sky objects: two planetary nebulae and two globular clusters, all of them noteworthy. The brightest of these is NGC 6934, a globular cluster consisting of primary ancient stars located 52,000 lightyears away in the halo of our galaxy. The cluster is estimated to be approximately 10 billion years old.

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Delphinus found Amphitrite and convinced her to return to the sea god. After the two were married, Poseidon decided to honor the dolphin by placing his image among the stars.

For those of us who live in the Northern Hemisphere, autumn will arrive at 12:21 p.m. on Wednesday September 22. At that time the sun will stand directly above the equator as it passes from north to south. As a result, the length of day and night will be nearly equal across the globe.

Four of the five nakedeye planets are evening objects this month. Brilliant Venus and the much dimmer Mercury hover above the western horizon just after sunset. Although Mercury will lie a full 27 degrees from the sun on September 13 when it achieves greatest eastern elongation, it will stand only four degrees above the horizon. The best chance to see it will probably be on September 8 when the waxing crescent moon will be five degrees north of the

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Globular star cluster NGC 6934 lies 52,000 light-years away in the constellation of Delphinus. speedy orb. Mercury fades from view in the later part of the month.

Saturn and Jupiter in the southeastern sky will put on the best evening show, particularly to those who have access to telescopes. Mars is lost in the glare of the sun during September.

The best time for stargazing will be early in the month when no moon will appear in the evening sky. The Full Harvest Moon will arrive on September 20.

This month’s dark-sky awareness tip to help fight light pollution here in Sisters is this: If possible, switch out lights with poor light shielding with light fixtures that provide proper shielding to reduce sky glow.

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Sisters woman experienced new COVID-19 therapy When Marilyn Cornelius woke up with heavy sinus congestion last month, she wasn’t too concerned. Sisters had been extremely smoky, and this was a common response for her. But then another symptom reared its ugly head: “As the day progressed, the sudden and severe loss of taste and smell triggered me to go get tested,” she recalled.

St. Charles Health System had just set up a drive-through testing site, and Cornelius waited for an hour in her car, with hundreds of others, to find out whether the delta variant had caught her.

It had. Hours later, her test result posted on St. Charles’ My Chart indicating that she was COVID-positive. She qualifies as a “breakthrough” case — a person who gets COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated.

“I was fully vaccinated by February, which gives credit to the belief of the vaccine waning,” she said.

Cornelius returned home to isolate in her room and to weather the coming storm.

She started looking into the best means to beat back symptoms and recover as quickly as possible. Posted on her chart was a key to facing down the delta variant: monoclonal antibody therapy.

St. Charles Health System had just begun offering a treatment to help people with mild to moderate COVID19 fight off the disease and — hopefully — avoid hospitalization.

“I would not have known about that if Dr. Carey Allen had not put it on my chart,” Cornelius said. “I started researching that, and got hold of my primary care doctor immediately.”

The treatment uses monoclonal antibodies to mimic the immune system’s natural antibodies, which fight back against harmful antigens such as viruses. The body takes time to produce natural

antibodies; monoclonal antibody therapy allows a sick person to fight the virus earlier, which may prevent them from getting sicker and needing to be hospitalized.

Currently, monoclonal antibody therapy is only available to people who are at high risk of becoming severely ill from COVID19, and they cannot self-refer themselves for the treatment.

A physician must make the referral.

Cornelius qualified for the treatment because she had mild to moderate symptoms and an underlying autoimmune disorder that put her at risk of developing more severe symptoms. Her doctor agreed immediately that the treatment was an appropriate option and got her into the process to get scheduled for treatment.

She said she had “one bad night” between diagnosis and treatment, with aches, shortness of breath, and a high heart rate as her body engaged in the battle with the virus. The experience made her acutely aware of one of the most alarming aspects of COVID-19: A person with mild to moderate symptoms can take a sudden and dangerous turn for the worse.

“That’s what’s so scary about it,” Cornelius said.

“You do not know. You can think ‘I’ve got this beat,’ and

you go around the corner and get hit upside the head and end up in the ER, intubated.”

Knowing that the vaccine offered some protection against development of severe symptoms was reassuring.

“I knew I was going to be OK, because I’d been vaccinated, and I knew this treatment was on the horizon for me,” she said.

Treatment is ideally administered within three days of a positive COVID19 test or within 10 days of symptom onset.

It’s a bit of a process to make it happen, and the procedure itself takes some time.

“I was there at 5 o’clock, and I got in my car at a quarter to 8,” Cornelius recalled.

“I felt pretty wiped out that night.”

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Her husband tested negative for COVID. Cornelius advises people to take measures to protect themselves.

“First of all, I’d get the vaccine,” she said.

And, she says, those who test positive should at least look into the treatment — don’t simply assume you won’t qualify.

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A N N O U N C E M E N T S The Sisters Museum New Location Opens Sept. 3

The Three Sisters Historical Society and its museum has moved and will reopen September 3 at 10 a.m. Regular hours for the museum will be Fridays and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sundays 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., during the farmer’s market season. The new location is in the historic Maida Bailey Old Library building at 151 N. Spruce St., between Cascade Sotheby’s on Cascade Ave. and the Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce on Main St.

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

Chorale Singers Wanted

The Sisters High Desert Chorale will be starting its weekly practices September 20 for the December Christmas Concert. Practices are from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Monday nights at Sisters Community Church, 1300 McKenzie Hwy in Sisters. We ask all singers be vaccinated for COVID. Singers of all ages and abilities are welcome to join us as we prepare for a festive and joyous celebration in song for the Christmas season. For more information please contact Connie Gunterman at 541-5880362.

Back-to-School Bash

Sisters Church of the Nazarene will host a free Back to School Bash September 18 at 5 p.m. The evening activities include a BBQ, fun games, back to school crafts, a family photo booth, and a chance to win a $25 Candy Corral gift card. Bring the family to Sisters Nazarene, 67130 Harrington Loop and kick off the school year together. For questions, call Jason at (575) 791-8356.

Nature Sketching

Join the Deschutes Land Trust and Kathleen Riopelle September 12 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Willow Springs Preserve to learn and practice tips and techniques for keeping a nature journal.

Learn how to closely observe the natural world and quickly capture both the essence and details of your surroundings to help with identification and create memories to enjoy forever. No journaling experience needed.

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Per Oregon Health Authority (OHA) guidelines, we strongly recommend that individuals who are unvaccinated or who are at higher risk for COVID-19 continue to wear a face covering in crowded areas and maintain physical distancing. Register at deschuteslandtrust.org/hikes or call 541-330-0017 for more info.

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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. No need to make a reservation. For information call 541-678-5483.

Kids Falling for Nature

Bring the kids and join the Deschutes Land Trust and Mary Yanalcanlin of East Cascades Audubon Society for a fall nature exploration September 18 at noon at 210 NW Irving Ave. Suite 102.! Explore the pine forests of the Metolius Preserve and search for woodpeckers and the obvious signs they leave behind. Discover why birds are harder to find at this time of year and enjoy the fall colors of the changing season. Perfect for kids ages 4-10 with a grown-up in tow.

Registration is required and opens one month prior to the event.

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Friends of Metolius Walk

Saturday, September 4 from 10 a.m. to noon, enjoy a free interpretive walk from Camp Sherman Bridge to Allingham Bridge and back. Scott Blau will talk about the unique riparian habitat of the Metolius ecosystem, explore early Camp Sherman history, and discuss changes to the river that enhance fish habitat. Meet near the Camp Sherman Bridge fish-viewing platform. Wear sturdy footwear and bring water. For info. call 503730-8034 or 541-595-6439.

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Wellhouse Church has a weekly food pantry at 222 N. Trinity Way every Thursday at 12:30 p.m. until food has been distributed.

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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).

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Sisters Community Church will conclude its Summer Concert Series, on its lawn, with The Eagles Tribute Band Sunday, September 12 at 6 p.m. Bring a chair or a blanket. For more information visit www.sisterschurch.com or call 541-549-1201.

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A fundraising garage sale will take place Sat. and Sun., September 5 and 6 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 125 S. Timber Pl., for Sisters resident Jamie Audrian. Audrain, a single mom who is in need of a new kidney, will be on hand to discuss organ donation and her health journey. Frozen yogurt, donated

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seriously around age 16 and the desire to write his own songs flowed naturally.

Moye has six older sisters, all of them musically inclined in some way, but he wanted to get into writing his own music and learning guitar.

One of Moye’s sisters met and married Brandon Richardson who was the worship leader at Wellhouse Church in Sisters.

Richardson asked Moye if he wanted to come intern, working for the church as a youth leader.

“I thought, I better say yes to this opportunity to come up here, and four years later, I am still here,” said Moye.

After working as an intern for a couple years with the church, at the start of this year Moye decided to commit more of his time to writing and creating his own music.

“I knew I wanted to spend more time doing that, and working for the church and

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ministry was a full-time job. I didn’t have time to do both,” said Moye.

Moye now works at Sisters Coffee Company in the day and spends the rest of his time writing and creating music.

“I now have the headspace to really focus on writing my music,” he said.

Moye started out his music journey by playing guitar on tracks for friends but really wanted to hone in his own sound.

“I really like that John Mayer bluesey, singer-songwriter style and I wanted to find my own sound within that,” he said.

Influenced by bands like The Paper Kites and Dayglow, with a soft spot for artist John Mayer, his musical style is a blend of indie, pop, and folk genres.

Moye got connected with local producer Zach Holmes of Little Guy Studios through Richardson and ended up recording and producing his first single with them.

Moye’s latest single, “Here on Hold,” was released on August 13, and is his first single of his own.

He had the guitar part for the song for many years; he just

needed the right words to Moye describes his go along with it. music style as indie-pop “I had come up with the with a little bit of folk in guitar part a while back there. and it reminded me of hold “It is within that vague music or elevator music, genre of singer-songwriter and so I thought it should with an indie-pop backbe a song about moments ground sound,” said Moye. in our lives where we were Moye has put down left on hold for someroots here in Sisters after thing,” said Moye. living and working here M o y e ’s c o w o r k e r for four years and plans to Olivia Lowe who is wellstay to continue to pursue versed in poetry assisted his music career.

Moye with some of the “Sisters feels a bit like verse writing of “Here on a mini-Nashville with the Hold” and is a co-writer on music scene here,” said the track.

Moye.

“I had the chorus down, Moye plans to continue I just needed the lyrics writing and producing his and Olivia was the perfect own music in the comperson because she haping months. When he isn’t pened to be going through playing, listening, or writwhat the song was about ing music, he can be found at the time, feeling left hanging with friends, on hold for something, so gaming, hiking, thriftPHOTO PROVIDED she helped in writing the Aidan Moye is committed to pursuing his ing, and collecting books verses,” said Moye. “It’s passion for music in Sisters. and CDs. one of those songs about Moye will be perform“A lot of what I write sur- ing outdoors at Paulina when you put your faith in something and it lets you rounds my faith, but I want Springs Books on Friday, down, or on hold. One of to write songs that still get October 22. those relatable-life-moment that message across but that You can find Moye’s first anyone can listen to, and released single, “Here on songs.”

Moye strives to make I can share what I believe Hold” on all music streaming music that anyone can listen without being over-hyped,” platforms. Find Aidan Moye to, and create songs that make he said. on Instagram @aidanmoye. you think about how you treat not only others, but yourself.

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STEELHEAD: Numerous problems contributing to declining numbers

fishery to urge that it be shut down for a year. The Associated Press reported that “a coalition of conservation and fishing groups sent a letter to the Oregon, Washington, and Idaho agencies that manage fish and wildlife requesting an immediate closure of recreational steelhead fisheries on the Columbia River, the Lower Snake River, and their tributaries.”

Erickson, who guides for The Fly Fisher’s Place in Sisters, said that a shutdown would have some impact on the local business.

“We pursue steelhead in addition to trout on multi-day trips,” he said.

That amounts to 10 to 15 trips in a year.

“It does affect us a little Continued from page 1 bit,” he said. this year is the lowest ever Erickson said he agrees recorded. As of this week, with guides who are joining just over 29,000 steelhead conservation organizations passed Bonneville Dam since in advocating closing the July 1 — that’s less than half fishery. the average of the past five “I think that’s good; I years.” think that’s noble,” he said.

Steelhead trout hatch “It’s guides walking the walk, in freshwater rivers and talking the talk.” streams, migrate to the ocean, However, he noted, simply and return to fresh water to shutting recreational fishing spawn. for a year won’t fix what is Sisters-based flybecoming a chronic fishing guide Steve problem.

Erickson says that “It’s the lowthe declining numhanging fruit,” he bers represent an said. “It’s the least economic threat to impactful solution fishing guides, but possible.” even more dangerErickson identiously, a serious fies an interlinked threat to the ecology set of conditions of the region. that contribute to “It’s pretty dire,” steelhead decline, he said, noting including habithat the record low tat degradation; comes on the heels offshore netting; of years of decline gill-netting on the in the 10-year movColumbia River; ing average on seal predation; and returns. “The bar’s water-temperature been going down for management. the past five or six “There are years.” numerous problems PHOTO COURTESY STEVE ERICKSON that point toward the The conditions A precipitous drop in steelhead numbers is of grave epicenter.” have led even those concern to fishing guides like Steve Erickson (right) of who make part of The Oregon Sisters. their living on the Department of Fish

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• Propose ways in which the Columbia River hydropower system can be better managed to protect juvenile and adult fish, and reduce negative impacts on downstream habitat.

• Minimize the number of “straying” hatchery fish that spawn in the wild and, where appropriate, establish wild fish sanctuaries in certain watersheds by excluding hatchery fish.

• Reduce competition with

non-native and hatchery fish in the estuary, and predation by pikeminnow, Caspian terns, and marine mammals.

Such a significant decline in numbers poses a problem even if states undertake actions like closing fisheries.

“You’re not going to have this magical rebound where you have a great year, because you arithmetically can’t,” Erickson said. “You don’t have enough population to reproduce.”

The guide worries not only about business and about this particular fishery, but the cascading effect on the whole ecology of the region, which is profoundly interconnected.

He believes that long-term solutions have to come from “a level above local, state, and maybe even regional influences.”

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Understanding each other

By Mitchell Luftig Correspondent

Judging by recent letters to the editor in The Nugget, some residents of Sisters Country who have been vaccinated against COVID19 are running out of patience with those who resist vaccination and mandates to wear masks in public spaces, such as our local schools.

But as Jonathan Haidt said in an interview in The Atlantic about the nature of political disagreements, “Does anyone really think we are going to win people over by insulting them and spouting hatred toward them? Or are we going to win them over by listening, one on one, as individuals, human to human, American to American?”

In his book, “Righteous Minds: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion,” Haidt offers insights that may help us to understand those on the other side of the vaccination/mask debate.

He offers us the metaphor of an elephant and its rider: The elephant represents the intuitive processes we use to make most of our decisions, propelling us toward people, experiences, and resources that will benefit us and away from those that might cause us harm.

The rider’s job is to seek out information that confirms the elephant’s intuition and to use this information to justify the elephant’s actions.

Some people’s intuition (and certainly the intuition of those who run in their herd) is that the vaccines against COVID-19 have dangerous side effects and so taking them is not safe. Similar intuitions may apply to wearing masks.

In support of their original intuition they offer up research from “experts” who cast doubt on the effectiveness/safety of the vaccines and masking.

Because intuition (the elephant) led them to their stance on vaccination and masks, appeals to reason will not prove effective, no matter how many studies we try to show them or experts we cite.

Only by listening, striving to understand how intuition guided their thinking about vaccination and masking, can we hope to further any dialogue.

Evolution may help us to understand why some parents at the last school board meeting were so irate about their children being forced to return to school masked.

Human evolution, says Johnathan Haidt, took place at

CLARIFICATION In last weeks’ Nugget the story about Habitat for Humanity’s annual volunteer recognition event (August 25, page 1) incorrectly reported that Diana Harris was in her Habitat home for 15 years. It is 19 years.

both the level of the individual and the level of the group. The most fit humans survived to pass along their genes to their descendants.

But those who tried to go it alone often didn’t survive for long.

Individuals who banded together for mutual defense, who hunted, gathered food, and raised offspring cooperatively, were more likely to outcompete others for limited resources, thereby increasing their chances of survival. Group cooperation was also favored by natural selection.

There exists an inherent tension between the individual, focused on their personal welfare, and the group, whose success requires everyone to set aside their personal agendas (at least temporarily) and work cooperatively for the benefit of the group.

Getting this balance right is critical, because communities who fail to honor individual rights soon lose the cooperation of their members.

The proper exercise of power by those in authority is so critical to the success of a community that according to Haidt, humans come “pre-wired” with a moral sensitivity to authority and its potential for abuse.

Even our early ancestors had experience with tyrannical leaders who neglected the needs of the clan in favor of the power afforded by their position. Clan members would band together to oust oppressive leaders.

When parents in our community tell us that the balance of power has shifted too far in favor of the group’s welfare, depriving them of the right to determine what’s best for their children, we should try to understand their concerns.

When our parents feel heard, they will be more likely to consider the welfare of others living in the community, including the medically vulnerable, as they exercise their right to make decisions about their children’s welfare.

Understanding the world from the perspective of our parents is the best way to enlist their cooperation when we ask them to send their children to school with a positive attitude about wearing masks (or vaccinating against COVID-19).

We must strive to strengthen our community by listening to all of our voices.

Additional source: https:// w w w. t h e a t l a n t i c . c o m / i d e a s / a rc h i v e / 2 0 2 0 / 0 5 / j o n a t h a n haidt-pandemic-and-americaspolarization/612025/

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LETTERS

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(EMP) event. Such an event can result from an attack by an enemy, or it can occur naturally. It could result in devastating loss of life.

There is disagreement on this, but why take chances?

We should also have a ground-based GPS back-up system, (like Russia has,) or we could lose internet in an anti-satellite attack.

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To the Editor: Thornburgh Resort, a proposed destination resort near Cline Butte Recreation Area, close to Sisters and Redmond, intends to use millions of gallons of water daily at a maximum daily rate. This would be drawn from the underlying aquifer, negatively affecting Whychus Creek. Trout, steelhead, and other wildlife are already struggling with drought and climate change. And right now we are all concerned about the future of our water and lands. Please direct comments and opinions to City Planner William Groves at william. groves@deschutes.org or call at 541-3886518. We need to be vigilant as a community to at least try to be heard before we are overrun by unscrupulous investors.

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Rights and responsibilities

To the Editor: As American citizens we cherish our “inalienable rights.” But some of us have forgotten that with rights come responsibilities.

Our rights exist only to the point that our activities do not cause harm to others. Failure to be vaccinated impairs control of the epidemic and increases the risk of COVID spread to others. Thus it does harm other people, your family, friends, and neighbors.

Those who insist on rejecting vaccine should agree to remain at home if they contract the virus and not expect society to rescue them in the hospital and ICU, endangering our exhausted health care workers, claiming a bed that should be available for someone who legitimately needs it, and creating several hundred thousands of dollars of unnecessary expense for your neighbors! It is not one’s right to reject vaccination, it is one’s responsibility to be vaccinated!

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To the Editor: We are again forced by a government entity to wear masks. I don’t want to and I won’t do it unless I am all but forced. It’s my choice and I accept any responsibility for the choice I have chosen to make.

I had COVID in early 2020. I am also vaccinated, and I donated my blood when the national call went out for donors to help develop the vaccines. I am asthmatic and took the vaccine to be able to take the mask off, so I can breathe normally again.

I loudly state this is my own choice; no one else’s — mine and mine alone. I don’t need Kate Brown or any other government agency to tell me what I need to do.

I am supportive to any individual I may encounter in my daily activities that chooses to wear a mask, but I choose not to. I have been called out in local stores and seen people get upset because I choose not to wear it. That’s not their choice to make; it’s my choice. I refuse to support Kate Brown and her new mandate, and I will not put a mask on.

We live in an amazing area of Oregon, and we are all forward-thinking people that are

capable of thinking for and protecting ourselves in whatever form it is that we choose.

Wear a mask; don’t wear a mask — it’s our choice and no one else’s choice to make for us!

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Shades of grey

To the Editor: The shades of grey were certainly presented to me this week, both from The Nugget and around town.

Glancing through The Nugget was the article by Erik Dolson addressing (pun intended) “homelessness.” It reminded me of a skit by George Carlin adding humor to the phrasing of our language that is happening over the years. Then there is the article by Michael Luftig about cooperation, collective action and the free-ride individuals. Supporting such individuals would benefit all society, “…creating incentives to become contributors, or by reducing their welfare as a disincentive to engage in this kind of behavior.” There are many valid questions posed by both of the articles. There is a shade of grey between these two, as well.

Where is the grey area when litter tossed on the highway is fined, but how is society addressing the overwhelming litter seen on Hunnel Road, for example? Our parks are public spaces, we pay city employees to help manage litter and debris in our public spaces, what about the public streets and the larger community of Central Oregon? There is the grey area between a cooperative collective society and the individual.

“The Delta Blues,” by Jim Cornelius states his responsible measures of protection in jabs, seat belts, and guns. There’s a grey area between this and someone who does not believe that any of those are necessary.

Or maybe only one? What if an individual is consuming society-mandated expired foods?

There is the grey area between a cooperative, collective society and the choice of the individual.

I witnessed a couple of episodes today starting at our post office. An elderly gentleman was exiting the PO and crossing the parking lot. At the same time a young woman with an infant in the back seat was pulling out and seeming unfamiliar with the standard parking-lot traffic pattern, so was attempting to proceed towards the “Entrance Only.”

The man was not allowing the woman to go forward. Her forward movement was also hampered by the appropriate incoming traffic. So she had to cross through the limited open parking spaces to exit correctly.

A grey area — who are we to support? The justice-induced elderly man or the woman with an infant in a car on an extremely hot day?

Then I went to a local grocery store and while checking out heard an exclamation, from a retired couple in sporty outdoors clothes, about Sisters and that since there was no (chain specialty grocery to remain unnamed) in the town they would make this local store work. The clerk helping me just rolled her tired eyes.

Then, going to the shade of the River Park to eat in my vehicle the aforementioned meal, I witnessed a healthy-looking elderly woman walking her dog — on leash, thank God — but she failed to clean up her doggie doo.

Where was the man from the PO? All these, one after another. It reminded me of the “Me and Jim Bridger” column in The Nugget. I didn’t know it was Jim Bridger’s lament ringing in the grey area between my ears all these years. Guess I can either quit glancing at The Nugget and/or coming into town. Or are all of these shades of grey part of living?

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By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief, The Nugget Newspaper Local newspapers and the hometown businesses in the communities they cover are inextricably linked. That’s especially true in Sisters, where The Nugget — delivered free to our readers each week — is supported almost entirely by our advertisers, with the welcome addition of contributions from supporting subscribers.

Operating a small business is tough, and we understand how careful our community partners have to be with their marketing budgets. That’s why The Nugget strives so hard to make sure that they get the most out of their advertising dollars. Our prosperity is tied to their prosperity.

Proposed legislation provides an opportunity to boost both together.

An initiative by Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, and six other senators is designed to boost local jobs, accelerate sales and improve local economies. The Local Journalism Sustainability Act, S. 2434, would help local news media support their newsgathering missions.

The Act isn’t about providing direct aid to community newspapers. It’s about helping small businesses to thrive through supporting their advertising costs in local news outlets, like The Nugget. This would, in turn, help us maintain and enhance our roster of talented freelance reporters and photographers and the staff that puts the paper out each week.

Under one provision of the Act small businesses could claim a tax credit for a portion of their advertising purchases up to $5,000 a year.

Credits would remain (in declining amounts) for five years.

Brett Wesner, Chair of the National Newspaper Association, notes, “It is the advertising tax credit that is the unsung hero of this legislation. Like a pebble tossed into the pond of local economies, it will show the ripple effect of benefits in local jobs, enhanced spending, revenues to run local governments and a boost to get American small businesses back in the game after a very tough couple of years.”

The Local Journalism Sustainability Act, S. 2434 is an opportunity to support Main Street and keep local journalism thriving in small towns across America — including our own home town.

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Learning from our kids

Parents learn a lot from our children. They teach us about ourselves and the world around us. When a parent and a child are of different races, a whole new avenue of learning opens up.

Cheryl Soleim is a local mom, a white woman. Her daughter Natalie is Black. Until recently, Cheryl considered herself “color-blind.”

As I’ve reported in The Nugget, Natalie experienced bullying at Sisters Middle School, bullying that involved race and gender.

“I had to go through this in order to understand what racism is,” Cheryl told me. “My eyes weren’t opened to the hardships of it. Going through this, I understand that life is difficult for people of different color in ways that it’s not difficult for white people.”

Cheryl was shocked not just by the things that were said to her daughter, but by how people in the school district and the community responded. Many of those details cannot be shared in print, as I’ve reported previously.

The bullying incidents went on two-and-a-half months. “Trying to get her help was like, every avenue that I went to was shut down,” Cheryl said. “Had I not been a more strong-willed person I would have given up.”

She eventually reported the situation to the Oregon Department of Education (ODE), which sent a representative over from Salem.

According to an ODE report, the school environment was recognized as conducive to discrimination.

For around three years now, Cheryl has been taking time out of her busy life to attend meetings and hold conversations about the case.

She also took the time to talk with me, in three separate interviews over a series of months.

My impression is one of dedication and courage. This everyday, local mom like me could choose an easier path. She could avoid the hassles that come with raising difficult subjects. After all, her daughter Natalie seems to be doing just fine. I found her to be a funny, kind, and super chill young woman, now homeschooling through Baker Web. “Natalie is amazing,” said Cheryl.

“Having gone through this, she is a stronger person... she’s doing very well. I’m so proud of her.”

Instead of glossing things over now that her own daughter is past a rough time, Cheryl bravely chooses to learn more. She engages in complex discussions during a time when many white or mostly white people would bury their heads in the sand.

“I want to say that I do not believe that because white people have allowed [racism] to happen, that all white people have a bad heart,” Cheryl clarified. “I think that we can be confused and we can be ignorant, and the best thing we can do is to be open to learning and to listening, and not have to wait until it happens personally to us like I did.”

Cheryl, her husband, Sisters School District (SSD) staff, including superintendent Curt Scholl, and ODE civil rights specialist Winston Cornwall met for six meetings of a conciliatory nature.

“We were able to put 12 pages of things that SSD was going to put into place, and that they had certain dates” to accomplish each goal, she said. “Winston told me that Mr. Scholl has been very good about making those deadlines.”

As for herself, Cheryl continues to learn.

“I’m more of a listener now when people of color talk,” she said. “I hear their stories better. [For example] I hear that Black parents have to tell their boys to look down, don’t draw any attention to yourself.”

She thinks it’s wrong that they’ve been put in this position.

Cheryl came to recognize problems with her old way of thinking.

“I was so proud of myself because I was color-blind,” she said.

“I thought that meant I wasn’t racist, right? I should have said, Let’s celebrate the Black community, including the differences — we don’t need to be color-blind. We don’t need to pretend like their Blackness doesn’t exist.”

Being self-proclaimed colorblind, she explained, “implies that they should be ashamed, [like] I shouldn’t recognize their color because somehow they’re going to be ashamed of it.” Cheryl realized, “I don’t want Natalie to be ashamed of her color. I want her to celebrate.”

“I’m not proud of the fact that I had to have my Black daughter have racism against her in order for me to figure this out,” she said. “I would way rather have figured this out because I am empathetic and I have eyes that see — but it was not that way. I wasn’t ever trying to hurt anybody. I just wasn’t going out of my way to understand how they felt.”

I asked Cheryl, What challenge do our local leaders face?

“At the end of the day what’s most important is our children...

Keeping things quiet because we’re trying to protect adults is not OK,” She responded. “We don’t have to attack people and make them sound like they’re horrible because they made a mistake, but we need to be OK talking about it.”

Cheryl is a Christian. She noted, “Jesus talked all the time about injustice and being merciful, and we’re supposed to be like him.”

Jesus “stood up,” she said. “He hung out with the tax collectors and the prostitutes. He didn’t care how much money somebody had, didn’t care their position, their standing in the community — he just loved people.”

Cheryl hopes to learn from Jesus’s example. That includes not “somehow getting defensive” if a discussion of racism challenges white people, including herself.

“I just want to love people and to listen to them.”

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FESTIVAL: This year’s event will take place at seven outdoor venues Continued from page 3

represents a return to live music, and a celebration of what makes Sisters Folk Festival special. All seven venues will be outdoors; some are tented with ventilated sides. The SFF organization has updated its COVID-19 safety policy to require proof of COVID vaccination for all festival staff, artists, production crews, patrons, vendors, and volunteers. Additionally, capacity at venues will be reduced and the festival will comply with any other local or state mandates in place at the time of the event.

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apply to the 2021 Americana Song Academy, which takes place four days prior to the festival at a new location in Camp Sherman. The House on Metolius is a historic home with cabins overlooking the

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Metolius River Basin and the Cascade Mountains.

Organizers note that it is a wonderful location to inspire musical creativity and connection to the natural beauty for which Camp Sherman is known.

This year’s academy setting will create a more intimate experience with just 50 participants and nine instructors and will allow participants to work more closely on their craft with festival teaching artists. Instructors for 2021 include Mary Gauthier, Willy Porter, Emily Scott Robinson, Thunderstorm Artis, Ordinary Elephant, Robby Hecht, Alisa Amador, Dennis McGregor and Beth Wood. The Americana Song Academy will run Monday, September 27 through Thursday, September 30.

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Space is extremely limited and close to selling out.

Tickets to the Sisters Folk Festival are on sale now, with single-day passes offered beginning on September 1.

For those wishing to volunteer for their ticket, a variety of

volunteer shifts are open for set-up, take-down, merchandise sales, patron check-in, bar, and more. For more information on all SFF programs, including tickets, lineup, and volunteering, visit www. sistersfolkfestival.org.

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Sisters woman seeking kidney donor, hosting fundraiser sale Jamie Audrain is a local single mom fighting for her life. She is seeking a kidney donor and she hopes it comes from home.

“I think it would be cool to see my donor in passing, like, at the post office or something. How great you would both feel right then,” she said.

If you would like to meet Jamie and learn more about how donating would affect your life, stop by her fundraiser garage sale Labor Day weekend at 125 S. Timber Pine Place in the Timber Creek neighborhood.

Jamie’s favorite restaurant in town, Spoons, is donating frozen yogurt on Sunday, September 5, to help celebrate Jamie’s 41st birthday.

“Our community is very special,”

she said. “Free frozen yogurt at a garage sale? That’s super cool! With all the crap that’s going on the world, its easy to forget the love that’s still out there. The support I’m experiencing gives me hope and makes me want to live. That’s powerful community.”

Audrain was diagnosed in 2019 with an aggressive form of kidney disease.

The support I’m experiencing

Correspondent

Sisters Habitat for Humanity executive director Sharlene Weed requested a letter of support from the Sisters City Council for Habitat’s application to Deschutes County for $1.5 million in American Rescue Plans Act (ARPA) funds to purchase 10-15 residential lots in the Sisters Woodlands development which will be located on the middle parcel of the former U.S. Forest property at the west end of town.

Weed has been in successful negotiation with Woodlands architect Kevin Eckert of BUILD LLC, representing his clients who own the land — PX2 Investments, Paul and Carla Schneider and Paul Hodge.

Eckert said, “This is a local group with local connections working to achieve a forward-thinking development project. We see Sisters Habitat and our project mission to be very well aligned.”

Their goals include: “Building a mixed community that will serve all of Sisters, while we intentionally provide reasonable density given the dearth of available property; preserve as many trees as possible (over 500); decrease traffic by providing a safe and accessible network of paths for multi-model travel; enhance public experience with a large public open space amenity, as well as over 10 pocket parks; and create housing that meets many income levels,” Eckert said.

The Sisters Woodlands master plan and subdivision application includes zoning for light industrial, downtown commercial, multi-family residential, and open space, all on 31.5 net acres. Eckert hopes to have the project in front of the Planning Commission for deliberation in September. If approved, they could begin on-site preparation this winter, infrastructure in spring 2022, and the first phase of building and housing construction starting summer 2022.

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According to Eckert, “The cottage lots would currently market for over $150,000 per lot, given costs, demand, and inventory challenges.”

Despite the fact the pricing is higher than in previous Habitat developments, BUILD LLC and PX2 are “highly committed to finding a solution with Sisters Habitat to provide affordable housing in Sisters Woodlands.”

“Conceptually, the development team foresees offering at least 10-15 cottage lots in Woodlands, and leveraging Habitat’s long-proven success, to harmoniously construct affordable cottages within the development,” Eckert said.

If Habitat receives the $1.5 million requested of Deschutes County, that will solve an imminent problem for the nonprofit: a lack of any other available land on which to build affordable housing in Sisters.

Habitat would be required to follow the Sisters Woodlands architectural guidelines for the two-to-three cottages built in each of five phases.

That would allow for integrating the Habitat homes throughout the development. Eckert also indicated that perhaps the developers would themselves subsidize some of the housing. He said that his firm would consider assisting Habitat by offering to do some of the required permitting work pro bono.

City Council listened to Weed’s request for a letter of support, accompanied by her own letter and a copy of the letter of commitment from Eckert, offering to sell the 10-15 lots at a discount. Council will discuss the request at a future workshop.

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Roundabout

SISTERS Bill Bartlett Columnist

Life in the bubble When we moved here three years ago from Southern Oregon, I was told by a good friend who lives in Ashland that I was moving to a bubble. Ashland is affectionately known as “six square miles surrounded by reality.” I knew what he was describing about Sisters — a Lake Woebegone fantasylike place where one is fairly isolated from a larger, less friendly, more dangerous world.

Well, he’s right. We do live in a bubble – of sorts – and happily, I’d say. Speaking for myself anyway.

Just take a look at last week’s front page of The Nugget. There was an above-the-fold picture of a dog frolicking in the Metolius. And a story about volunteerism. True, there was also a rare story of a traffic stop yielding a meth bust right downtown. But these were people passing through the bubble, not from the bubble.

The rest of the issue was dominated by stories of good works, school sports, the art scene, and saving trees. It felt a long way from Kabul, New Orleans — and even Portland.

The bubble is full of life, mostly joyful this week.

The rabbit brush is turning yellow and the Aspens quaking through favorable weather, showing signs of approaching autumn. The deer and elk are in velvet.

We’re counting the days until the snow returns, the dust settles, the smoke goes wherever smoke goes.

The trails are full of happy bikers and hikers.

The campgrounds are all booked. Outdoor eateries are brimming with diners.

The coffee shops are full, reminiscent of a Parisian café society. Tourists are still aplenty with many asking themselves and realtors if they too could live in this bubble.

There’s some fussing about masks and what our kids are being taught. Some pointed letters to the editor.

There’s cautious worry about the surge of COVID19, yet life in the bubble goes on pretty much as always. And always means a sincere connection to nature and neighbors.

When there is a problem, like the homeless or affordable housing or food security, it’s a shared concern with a community-wide goal of making the problem go away. Or at least ameliorating it with some thoughtful, collective action. If we had a catastrophic fire, for example, there’s no place I’d rather be than in the bubble knowing that my neighbors would be handin-hand fighting the blazes.

In Ashland, it was more a neighbor coming to your door and telling you your house was on fire and asking if you would like to borrow their hose.

In the bubble it’s handson. Not surprising since so many here in Sisters Country work with their hands. Keeping animals.

Repairing things. And, for the most part, maintaining an optimistic outlook.

The number of nonprofits per capita in Sisters is stunning. I’ve heard it said that the number of Habitat for Humanity homes per capita in Sisters is at the top or near the top of all Habitat chapters. Just try to move here and not get a full-court press to volunteer your time and talents. There is no escaping, I proffer.

Here in Sisters Country old cars are a primary symbol of life in the bubble.

This past weekend some of us made the journey to Madras to catch the Airshow of the Cascades, which features an impressive car show. Next month (September 25), downtown will be the scene of the Glory Daze Car Show.

The whole bubble thing feels so ’50s, but I don’t think it’s nostalgia that’s driving it. Sisters folk are just plain decent people, mostly civil of tongue and pretty darned tolerant. It may not be exactly as Garrison Keillor eloquated,“where all the women are strong, the men good-looking, and the children are above average” — but it comes close.

Being in a bubble doesn’t mean we are in the dark. Bubbles are transparent after all. We care for the greater world and the greater good yet we know our limits and where we can make a difference.

It doesn’t feel to me that here in the bubble we are going to let COVID conquer us or its bitter medicine drive us apart. That would burst the bubble and let out all the good air. And nobody wants that.

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It is a problem that began long before COVID reared its ugly head. Dr. Merrill cited a study in 2018 that forecast a shortage of 1 million nursing professionals by 2025. Merrill thinks that number will be considerably more. This is, of itself, a crisis in the making.

In “normal” times St. Charles would employ 4,300, which includes 350 medical staff members and 200 visiting medical professionals. In last week’s Nugget we reported on the growing trend of travel nurses, who on average earn two to three times the pay of the resident staff nurses alongside of whom they serve.

Merrill is begging for more nurses from any source, provided that they are accredited.

What’s worse, Merrill says, is the trickle-down effect: “We have had as many as 45 COVID patients who could be discharged, but have no place to go. The staff shortage at assisted-living centers and extended-care facilities is equally bad.”

If there is insufficient housekeeping or food-service staff at such facilities, much less health workers, they cannot ethically discharge a patient to their care.

St. Charles has seen the departure of 300 nursing professionals in the last three

years. Most recently, nurses eligible for early retirement are opting to leave in the face of overwhelming workloads and heartache exacerbated by COVID. SCHS has current openings for 160 nursing staff.

Regarding burnout, Dr. Merrill said, “The daily grind of the losses, of having to pronounce (death), facing family members, and the constant changing of PPE (personal protective equipment), just wears you out… But it is doing all of this in the face of a large number of people, some quite loud in their refusal, who will not get vaccinated or scoff at masking, that is the most distressing,” he added.

St. Charles, Merrill said, has done a good job in increasing the footprint to meet the surge. The Redmond hospital for the most part remains off-limits for the treatment of COVID cases except for those who present at the emergency department. Once triaged, they are moved to the Bend campus, where the full range of treatment capabilities is available, such as interventional radiology.

St. Charles can now move some recovering COVID patients to Redmond, where beds have been designated for such care including the repositioning of the Redmond birthing center, which closed in 2019. Even the SCHS Madras hospital can now handle some COVID-related cases.

Likewise, in Bend, more beds have been adapted but are not technically ICU-rated,

primarily due to the lack of qualified ICU nurses.

Dr. Merrill and his team have benefited from the arrival of around 130 Oregon National Guard members who are deployed in all four campuses to cover non-professional or non-licensed clinical positions.

Many of the 500 St. Charles volunteer corps have been returning to limited duty in Bend, taking some pressure off medical staff.

Any day now Merrill expects more relief from Oregon Health Authority and FEMA that includes nursing and other clinical resources.

They are hoping for more high-capacity-style ventilators. Of the 58 ventilators in the St. Charles network, only 20 meet that definition.

Dr. Merrill was quite

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cautious in making any predictions as to when we might see the peak in the current surge. St. Charles’ data scientists in co-ordination with their statewide peers are currently modeling somewhere between September 10 and 17 for the peak.

“These are only models,” Merrill warns, subject to a lot of variables, chief among them vaccination rates currently standing at around 71.7 percent of the total state’s eligible population.

Our interview concluded with Merrill emphasizing “not to dither” if you are feeling poorly. The earlier you get treated, the less the severity of the disease and the faster the recovery.

Related story: “Sisters woman experienced new COVID-19 therapy,” page 9.

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Rescuers aid hiker in distress on South Sister Search and rescue personnel responded to the hiking trail on South Sisters on August 22, to aid a hiker suffering from a medical problem.

According to Deschutes County Sheriff ’s Office (DCSO) Assistant Search and Rescue (SAR) Coordinator Deputy Aaron M y e r s , 9 11 D i s p a t c h received a call from a hiker near the top of South Sister at about 4 p.m. The caller reported that a person hiking in their group, Julia Farney, 25, of Portland, had a medical issue that prevented her from hiking further down the mountain without the assistance of the DCSO SAR team.

Dispatch was able to obtain GPS coordinates of the group’s location and provided those coordinates to DCSO SAR. Due to the nature of the reported medical condition, Airlink was contacted and agreed to assist by transporting two DCSO SAR volunteers to a landing zone near the location where Farney was. The two DCSO SAR Volunteers reached the landing zone at approximately 6 p.m. The two SAR volunteers hiked approximately a half mile from the landing zone to Farney to begin medical assessment and treatment. The SAR Volunteers reached Farney at approximately 6:40 p.m.

Te n D C S O S A R Volunteers drove to the Devils Lake Trailhead and began the hike up to Farney’s location to assist the other two volunteers.

The DCSO SAR Volunteers assisted Farney approximately a mile down the trail in a litter to another landing zone where Airlink had landed. The DCSO SAR Volunteers reached this landing zone at approximately 9 p.m. Farney was transported by Airlink to St. Charles Hospital in Bend.

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Sisters video editor saddles up for new show

By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

Folks in Sisters Country can get a dose of cowboy culture on Netflix starting September 1, when “How To Be A Cowboy” drops.

As they watch the largerthan-life cowboy and rancher Dale Brisby use “social media savvy and rodeo skills to keep cowboy traditions alive,” they’ll also be watching to work of Sisters video editor Jeannie Gilgenberg Buck.

She worked on two of the six episodes in the six-episode season.

“It’s about real cowboys, and it teaches you things — but it does it in a comedic way,” Gilgenberg Buck said.

The Sisters woman has been plying her trade in the TV industry for three decades. She also worked on the acclaimed Netflix original documentary “Medal of Honor.”

Each editing project brings its own pleasures and challenges. “How To Be A Cowboy” immersed Gilgenberg Buck in “cowboy culture” to an unexpected degree.

She laughed, saying her husband Tom Buck told her, “‘I never thought I’d catch my wife watching bull riding at 11 o’clock.’ I’m a bull riding fan because of watching J.B. Mauney.”

Mauney is a world champion featured in the series. He looms large in his scenes “He doesn’t need to talk,” Gilgenberg Buck said. “He’s got a presence about him.”

Gilgenberg Buck watched a lot of J.B. Mauney, and roper Trevor Brazile and… well, everything to do with her episodes. Each episode is built out of hours of raw footage, and Gilgenberg Buck said it can take eight to 10 weeks to craft a single episode. Many of the sc nes shot for “How To Be A Cowboy” have multiple camera angles.

Crafting the story that creators want to tell out of all that footage is challenging — not least because the editor becomes so immersed in the material. It can be hard to shape context and continuity for a fresh viewer.

“Sometimes it’s really difficult as an editor to remember that your audience hasn’t seen it all,” she said.

The comedic aspects of the show center around its star, Dale Brisby. He’s a real deal rodeo competitor and raises rough stock. He’s also a Western showman with a vivid persona — the likes of which have long been a feature of frontier life, updated for a digital world.

“Dale’s just naturally funny,” Gilgenberg Buck said.

“He has really good comedic timing.”

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Scenes of Dale crammed into the barrel used by rodeo clowns were fun to edit.

“There were just these moments that were really fun to work on,” Gilgenberg Buck said.

Working on the project shifted her attitude toward rodeo. She had disliked watching roping at Sisters Rodeo; now she understands it better.

“It helped me learn that it

wasn’t as ‘mean’ as I thought it was,” she said.

The depth and wholesomeness of cowboy culture came across in the work, and that may be the most lasting impression from “How To Be A Cowboy.”

“Those cowboy values,” Gilgenberg Buck said. “I liked that.”

“How to Be A Cowboy” premiers on Netflix on Wednesday, September 1.

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Deschutes County. They are also looking for local volunteers willing to work as shelter monitors in the winter. The board was hoping to use the balance of the million dollars after purchasing the house to provide three years of staffing for the Cold Weather Shelter. However, the County is encouraging partnerships with other organizations to create multiple sources of funding.

At last week’s Sisters City Council meeting, board member Bonnie Lamont Rose asked the City Council to support the shelter’s funding request by sending a letter of support to the Deschutes County Commissioners. Individual

community members, several Sisters businesses and churches, Bethlehem Inn, and Shepherd’s House have so far agreed to provide letters of support. The Council will take up consideration of the letter at their next workshop.

City Manager Cory Misley expressed concern that he is unaware of any community conversations regarding the shelter and the possible purchase of the Tall Fir property.

According to Rose, the building was specifically designed for adult foster care and has operated as such in the past. It includes seven bedrooms, each with a locking door for individual and family privacy. Five bedrooms have private toilet and sink. The other two rooms have bathrooms with private showers, and one of those is built as a live-in manager’s apartment with a small living room. There is also a

Wednesday, September 1, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon community bathroom with shower. All rooms are currently furnished with one bed and an overstuffed chair; more beds would need to be purchased.

In the Sisters Cold We a t h e r S h e l t e r a n d Resource Center Plan, which accompanied a letter to the Council from co-chairs Prichard and Evelyn BellottiBusch, the advantages of the property were outlined: The living area is large and fully furnished. A separate area is designed as a workspace for both staff and guests for computer needs and cell phone charging. The kitchen is fully functional and capable of feeding large numbers. Additionally, there is a laundry room with storage space for individual lockers and kitchen and cold-weather supplies. The facility’s current full-house furnishings will remain, including washer/dryer, refrigerators,

and freezer.

To start, the Tall Fir facility would act as a place for individuals experiencing unsafe and unsustainable shelter during the winter storms, offering safety and warmth overnight. In future years, the shelter board hopes to coordinate with other community and county partners to offer more comprehensive services and possibly yearround transitional housing opportunities. The facility could be open during the day as a year-round resource center offering basic necessities including showers, laundry, phone charging, food, trash services, respect, and empathy.

The target population to receive services would be currently unhoused adults and families with children.

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would be staffed from 5 p.m. to 9 a.m. seven days a week during winter months by a combination of paid staff and volunteers. If needed, the living area is large enough for multiple cots and/or sleeping bags beyond the six bedrooms for overnight winter warmth and safety. A hot evening meal would be provided daily during winter months, in the same fashion as has been offered through churches in the past. Also, a take-away breakfast and snacks would be available.

According to the shelter board, there are currently approximately 80 people living in Deschutes National Forest near Sisters, some living alone, some living in family units including children, some in tents, some in RVs or trailers. Many have full-time jobs in Sisters.

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MLS #220129666 $1,495,000 HISTORIC TORIC LUTHER METKE METK LOG CABIN MET 3 bed / 2 bath / 1,656 sq. ft. / 8.15 Acres Metolius Basin Area n, rock firepla replace, hand-peeled log beams & knotty pine paneling. Horses welcome, great barn & fencing with Ntl. Forest/trails Rare to find acreage, beautiful meadow setting with ponderosa & fir trees. Rustic cabin, Ho Hoodo nearby. Private well, electric, septic, water rights & paved road. Close to Metolius River, Hoodoo Ski Resort, Black Butte Ranch & short drive to Sisters. Recreation out your back door.

MLS#220103712 $795,000 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.

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221 S. Ash St. | PO Box 1779 Sisters, OR 97759

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