The Nugget Newspaper // Vol. XLIV No. 37 // 2021-09-22

The Nugget Vol. XLIV No. 38

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News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon

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Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Veterans program builds community in Sisters

A welcome sight...

By Sue Stafford Correspondent

Folks in Sisters have seldom been so happy to see snow on the peaks.

Hopes are high that this winter can break a severe drought.

more. And the median thus far is rising again from $665,000 to $697,000. Realtors say this is unsustainable. They have said that for months now. Of the 63 real estate listings for 97759 today, more than half (34) are priced at $1 million plus, with 11 over $2 million and two for over $5 million.

When Sara Johnson, CEO, talks about the Mission 22 program that grew out of the suicide of a Green Beret who served with her husband, Magnus, her whole face glows with passion, dedication, and love for the program and all those it serves.

Magnus served as a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier (Green Beret) for eight years, including the invasion of Iraq and two tours in Afghanistan.

His job involved the disposal of explosive ordnance, for which he was awarded a Bronze Star Medal for Exceptionally Meritorious Service.

Upon his discharge from

See REAL ESTATE on page 22

See VETERANS on page 12

PHOTO BY BILL BARTLETT

Bidding wars continue over Sisters real estate

By Bill Bartlett Correspondent

If the second half of September is anything like the first half, home sales in zip code 97759 will surpass records. While single family home sales in Bend and Redmond appear to be calming, the market in Sisters remains red hot.

The median price of homes in Bend dropped $15,000 to $635,000 from July to August according to Beacon Appraisal Group, while homes in Sisters Country rose from $600,000 to $665,000.

The median price is the one favored by analysts. It is the midpoint for sales, meaning in August half of the 35

zip code 97759 sales were under $665,000 and half over $665,000. Using the average can be very misleading as it only takes one super-size sale to skew the data. The Sisters market had eight sales over $1 million last month, raising the average to $821,000.

Already in September, of the 24 recorded sales, six (25 percent) are $1 million or

Forest Service takes on Hop festival canceled — but not the hops weeds in Metolius Basin

By Bill Bartlett Correspondent

Depending on weather conditions, the Deschutes National Forest will apply herbicides to invasive plants in an area adjacent to the Metolius River and the Metolius River Trail in late September.

The treatments will occur September 27-30, 2021, along the Metolius River Trail (trail 4020 on the west side and trail 4018, east side). The Sisters Ranger District will use Roundup Custom and Polaris to treat invasive non-native ribbongrass, reed canarygrass, perennial peavine, and yellow flag iris on about one acre of the Metolius River. In locations over 15 feet from water, Transline may be used on perennial peavine.

Treatments will take place in select locations

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from upstream of the confluence with South Fork Lake Creek downstream to Candle Creek Campground.

The method of treatment will be spot applications with a backpack or hand-sprayer by certified herbicide applicators. It involves application of herbicide to foliage of target invasive plants to minimize effects to native plants. The applied herbicides typically dry within an hour of being applied and do not pose a risk to human, wildlife, or animal health under the concentrations being applied, the Forest Service reports.

The Metolius River Trail on both sides of the river will remain open during treatment, but the public See WEEDS on page 21

If you think you and your friends are disappointed that this year’s 11th Annual Fresh Hop Festival has been canceled, imagine being a brewer. Imagine being the organizer, Three Creeks Brewing Co. Beer drinkers and event goers take for granted the months of work that goes into planning and promoting such an event.

Fresh hop beers from over 20 Oregon craft brewers were on slate alongside music bands, food carts, and other vendors. Then there’s the loss of the estimated $10,000 that would have been donated to Ronald McDonald House Charities, beneficiaries of the popular fall event.

What is fresh hop beer?

“In order for a beer to be considered ‘fresh hopped’ the hops must be picked and then brewed within 24

PHOTO BY BILL BARTLETT

Ryan McVey, Three Creeks Brewing Co. brewmaster, brewing fresh-hopped beer. hours,” said Ryan McVey, brewmaster at Three Creeks Brewing Co.’s brew pub in the FivePine Campus. “The

only time fresh hop beer can be created is during harvest See HOPS on page 21

Letters/Weather ............... 2 Sisters Salutes ................. 6 Entertainment ................. 11 Obituaries ....................... 17 Classifieds................. 19-20 Meetings .......................... 3 Announcements...............10 Fun & Games ....................16 Crossword .......................18 Real Estate .................21-24

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Wednesday, September 22, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

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Editorial…

Stop blocking traffic It’s time for theatrics around masks in schools to stop. Twice, school board meetings have been derailed by people protesting mask mandates.

Protest in itself isn’t the issue. The right to dissent and to demonstrate are fundamental to the American ethos. Demonstrators turned out for weeks in 2020, lining Cascade Avenue to express their views on race in America. Those demonstrators emphatically made their feelings known — but they didn’t block traffic on the highway.

What happened at the August 4 and September 8 school board meetings was blocking traffic — interfering with the Board’s ability to do its business.

The Sisters School District has its hands

full supporting students and teachers in maintaining five-day-a-week, in-person schooling under what are still challenging COVIDrelated conditions. The District’s focus should be on educating kids and constructing and maintaining its facilities; it can ill afford to use up its limited bandwidth wrangling over a statewide mask mandate over which it has virtually no influence whatsoever.

And it might be a good idea to consider whether bumptious, disruptive behavior that wouldn’t fly in a classroom is behavior that should be modeled by adults from either side of our yawing cultural chasm at a school board meeting.

Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

Letters to the Editor…

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

School is back in session

To the Editor: I want to thank everyone for a successful first week of the 2021-22 school year. It is great to start the year with all of our students in class for in-person learning. Thank you for following the physical distancing, hand washing, and mask-wearing protocols that have been put in place to stop the spread of COVID-19.

Again, our schools are an ecosystem consisting of a wide range of people from our community. Although I know that we all would prefer not to wear masks, the safety of

the entire ecosystem must be considered. This vigilance is why we have had success in opening our schools on time and have all of our cocurricular programs running.

Our enrollment is up over 60 students from the start of last year. We are currently at 1,146, which is six above our projection. We are seeing full buildings and classrooms and the growth that we were expecting in our schools.

Even with the COVID impact on enrollment nationally, we are seeing strong numbers.

On the growth front, I want to thank our See LETTERS on page 16

Sisters Weather Forecast

Courtesy of the National Weather Service, Pendleton, Oregon

Wednesday

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Sept. 22 • Partly Cloudy

Sept. 23 • Mostly Sunny

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Sept. 26 • Mostly Sunny

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Sept. 28 • Partly Cloudy

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Not the good ole days again!

By Susan G. Cobb Guest Columnist

We humans tend to remember the past as better; from “bigger fish” to life having been a glowing state of bliss, regardless of what actually happened. A recent Letter to the Editor identifies the “better” past starting with an 1828 (!) definition of education promoting a religiously based, loving thy neighbor, up to a 1950/60s “Leave It to Beaver” world that we should now turn to as a guide in order not to focus on skin color.

I beg your pardon? Let me get this straight. Now that we are actually seeing how our people of color are treated due only to their skin color in awful cell phone scene after awful scene at the hands of predominantly “whites,” we are supposed to not focus on skin color.

Now that the Proud Boys are running amok pretending that it is the “whites” who are being suppressed — it is really the rest of us that should not care about the fact it is all about skin color with them.

Now that all of us who are finally learning a manysided view of our U.S. history that was not included in our education until mid1960s, and only in higher educational institutions, if there, we are to ignore this expanded knowledge and pretend it is 1957+ TV-time of whites only, where women wore pearls and heels while cleaning house until hubby and the boys got home.

NO! 1828 was the beginning of the expansion of whites, many with slaves, across western North America, and nearly wiped out the indigenous Indian population in the process.

After our Civil War ended in 1865, freed slaves were not allowed to vote until 1870, Amendment XV, the Civil Rights Act and then only males. But to make sure Black male suffrage was extremely rare, shortly thereafter came two Supreme Court decisions

that assured states could and did suppress the Black vote.

After World War II, in which our people of color fought on land or in the air, when they came home, they did not get any of the privileges our “white” veterans did. Not only that, they were not allowed to buy in neighborhoods as it was in the land rights of the property owners to keep the community “pure.” And this fight to be seen as an equal, no matter color, continues — Martin L. King Jr, Malcom X, Black Panthers ... continues to today — BLM. On the point of the final paragraph of said letter to The Nugget, about “separation of church and state.” Correct, that specific statement is not in the U.S. Constitution but in Amendment I, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion” is saying: We are keeping religion out of governing. It is primarily why the 13 colonies came about — to have freedom of religion. It means “congress” (federal or state) is separate from “church” (religion). If a state supports one or more religions, all else are enemies of the state. Our government does not define our enemies within our nation or within our states by religion or lack thereof.

A final word about ignoring skin color. Children are initially able to not see skin color as anything different than hair color, until they are taught otherwise.

They learn by watching and parroting their parents and peers. In Oregon a Black man was lynched in 1902 and we were only able to officially recognize that fact in Coos Bay on Juneteenth 2021. Until we learn, share, and acknowledge how we have treated people of color in our distant and recent past, learn to conduct ourselves differently, and work to correct those laws that sustain racism (ergo the need of CRT), we will continue to see skin color as a separating factor.

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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Wednesday, September 22, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

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Care-A-Vanners roll in to aid Sisters Habitat

By Angela Dean Lund Correspondent

Marie Clasen is hanging up her hardhat after nearly 20 years with Sisters Habitat for Humanity.

Marie Clasen reflects on

This week and part of next week, seven people who traveled to Sisters from three different states will be making a difference for current and future homeowners in the Sisters Habitat for Humanity home-ownership program.

The construction volunteers are part of the RV-Care-A-Vanners program through Habitat for Humanity International. The program started back up this past June after being put on hold because of COVID-19 restrictions.

The group will be working

at two new homes in the ClearPine subdivision and will help with repairs at a current Habitat homeowner’s house, Sisters Habitat Program Manager Kristina Maxwell said.

The Care-A-Vanners are from Washington, Minnesota, and North Carolina. They arrived in Sisters September 19. They will be helping at the job sites Monday through Friday until September 29.

Construction Manager Randy Montee and Construction Volunteer Darleene Snider will direct the group during their work of repairs on See VOLUNTEERS on page 14

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two decades helping families

By Angela Dean Lund Correspondent

After 19 years of helping 63 families on their journey to home-ownership, Marie Clasen has hung up her hardhat as Sisters Habitat for Humanity’s volunteer and family services manager.

She wrapped up her tenure surrounded by coworkers, volunteers, Habitat families, and her friends and family at a retirement party featuring David Jacobs-Strain

and his band. The party was planned by Clasen herself, and it’s no surprise as she was the go-to gal to coordinate home dedications, groundbreakings, wall-raisings, Christmas parties, and volunteer appreciation events for the local nonprofit.

The event planning, however, was just a small part of Clasen’s work at Habitat.

She worked alongside future homeowners guiding them through the home-ownership process, which can take two

years or longer. She was the connection between the families and the family-selection and partnership committees.

After new legislation passed a few years back, Clasen also became a qualified loan originator and took classes every year to keep her certification current, said Sharlene Weed, executive director of Sisters Habitat.

Weed first met Clasen when Weed was a student See CLASEN on page 14

Veterans sponsor essay contest Sisters VFW Post 8138 is once again sponsoring an essay contest at Sisters schools for the 2021-2022 school year.

The Patriot Pen essay contest is an annual event and is open to 6th-8th grade students. This year’s theme is “How Can I Be a Good American?” The essay is due in to Sisters VFW Post 8138

by October 20. Applications are available through leadership teacher Jeff Schiedler, or online at VFW Patriot Pen Application, or by

calling VFW Post 8138 Service Officer Bill Anttila at 805-231-2374. Follow all instructions on the application form. The local firstplace prize is $400. Note that the due date to the local Post 8138 is earlier than the due date on the application.

The Voice of Democracy essay contest is open to all 9th-12th grade students. This year’s theme is “America: Where Do We Go From Here?” All entries must See ESSAYS on page 17

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.

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

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Wednesday, September 22, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

Massage therapist now in Sisters

By Ceili Cornelius Correspondent

Alesha Faris, licensed massage therapist (LMT) has had a passion for helping people since she was a young girl, and she’s turned that passion into her own practice.

Faris was born and raised in Sisters, being a resident since 1995.

Faris became officially licensed to practice massage in 2014 after realizing she could make her lifelong passion a profession.

“I studied all areas of massage — Swedish, Thai, pregnancy massage — particularly therapeutic massage, and started working with athletes and body builders,” she said.

Faris got her license through classes at COCC and focused on classes dealing with chronic pain, hydrotherapy, and mobilization all within therapeutic massage.

Most of her focus during sessions is helping to relieve chronic pain issues, as well as traumatic injuries.

“I try to just relieve the most amount of pain in certain areas,” she said. “I focus on the use of deep pressure which is different than deep tissue massage.”

Deep pressure massage is when the muscles of the area being worked don’t fight back and it is more muscle use on her part, with more direct pressure applied in a specific area.

“This kind of massage is specific to helping with injuries and chronic pain,” Faris said.

Faris’ decision to focus her

passion for helping people on massage was multiplied because she experienced deep and chronic pain after being in a car accident in 2015.

“I understand what it’s like to be in that kind of pain after a traumatic event,” she said.

As a young girl she would do massage on her friends and family friends after sporting events. One of her family friends told her she should do this for a living.

“That next morning after she said that, I looked into what that would look like and I got signed up for classes that fall to become licensed in massage therapy,” she said.

Faris worked at Massage Envy in Bend.

“It was a good place to start in the massage therapy industry; you start to build up the muscles that are needed,” she said.

But Faris had always wanted to be able to work for herself and be home for her son, being a single mom. In 2017, she rented space from a chiropractor in Bend and began branching out on her own. She got her own space in 2019 in Bend and was there for around a year before the pandemic, when she shut down her practice.

“It was hard to keep working with the nature of my clientele, and it was so unknown, there were too many questions, so I decided to reassess and shut down,” she said.

The shutdown ended up being a silver lining for Faris, as she was able to look for a space closer to home in Sisters. Faris and her son live

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Alisha Faris has opened a massage practice at Sisters Art Works. with her father, and he was instrumental in helping her find a space in Sisters.

Faris has her own office space for therapeutic massage in the Sisters Art Works building on Adams Avenue “I got the space at the Art Works building in May and re-opened once vaccines were more rolled out,” she said.

Faris has a loyal following of clients that followed her from Bend to receive massage from her. Faris doesn’t have set hours for her practice; she just has clients text or call her when they need a massage and they schedule one.

“My goal is to make people that come in feel better, and I just want people to know that I am here,” she said. “I like going home knowing that I have helped someone.”

When Faris is not practicing massage, you can find her hiking with her son in the summertime.

To schedule a massage with Faris, call 541-306-9344.

Her office is located at 204 W. Adams Ave., Ste. 103B.

SAR assists hikers in forest outside of Sisters Fall weather has arrived — which means that conditions can change quickly. A pair of hikers near Sisters got caught unprepared for conditions over the weekend and required help from Deschutes County Search and Rescue.

On Saturday, September 18, at about 10:30 a.m., Deschutes County Dispatch Search and Rescue was advised of two hikers needing assistance at Camp Lake near Pole Creek Trailhead outside of Sisters. Deschutes County 911 had received a report from Garmin GPS emergency response that they had received an emergency alert at that location from a Garmin GPS receiver.

Emergency response was able to make contact with the user, who reported a weather system had moved in overnight and the user along with a hiking partner were now wet, cold, and needing assistance back to the trailhead. At the time of this call, a United States Forest Service (USFS) Law Enforcement Officer was also notified and responded to the area. A Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Assistant SAR Coordinator was able to make text message contact with 32-year-old Brian Werter and 30-year-old Elyse

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Zukelich, both of Bend, and learned they were uninjured, but would not be able to safely return to the trailhead without assistance.

Fourteen DCSO SAR volunteers responded to the trailhead including ground teams, medical teams, and a horse team. The teams responded up the trail from Pole Creek Trailhead arriving at the patients at 3:40 p.m. Upon arrival, SAR teams found the victims were not in need of medical care, although they would need assistance with basic care (food, water, dry clothing) prior to hiking down the trail. Teams noted at the time of arrival at the hikers’ camp, temperatures were in the low 30s with mixed snow and rain falling.

At 4:40 p.m. SAR teams began escorting the subjects down the trail where they met friends and went home by personal vehicle. SAR personnel and the subjects arrived back at the trailhead at 7:30 p.m. The Sheriff’s Office thanked the Forest Service Law Enforcement for their help during this mission.

Conditions can change rapidly; hikers be prepared for varying temperatures and rain/snowfall. Keep a close eye on weather forecasts for recreation areas.

Wednesday, September 22, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

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Fourth Friday Artwalk and Artist Studio Tour

By Helen Schmidling Correspondent

Sisters Arts Association’s Fourth Friday Artwalk on Sept. 24 kicks off a whole weekend of Art in Sisters Country. After browsing through galleries on Friday, art lovers can hit the road on Saturday and Sunday to meet artists in their home studios, during the Fifth Annual Artist Studio Tour. Twenty-five studios will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with 35 artists who display and meet visitors face-to-face (albeit with masks on!).

Three galleries swing into the Artist Studio Tour early, starting on Friday. Kelly Rae Roberts will be featured at Marigold & True. Her philosophy is that “when we let art out, we let love in.”

Three Studio Tour artists will be featured at Sisters Gallery & Frame. Kay Baker’s plein air oil paintings feature scenes of Oregon.

Jennifer Hartwig, aka “The Scratchboard Lady,” specializes in creatures with fur and feathers. Mike Stasko draws Oregon landscapes in Prismacolor pencil.

Bryan Lee Brown at Metals Jewelry Studio designs and creates jewelry and fine art metal pieces. “I could copy things and mass produce, but that would take the fun out of it, and fun is good!” he says.

Journeys Art Quilters’ new exhibit, “Unhinged,” is opening at Twigs Gallery inside Stitchin’ Post. “Unhinged” can mean unbalanced, or

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“Unhinged” by Jean Wells at Stitchin’ Post. unstable, but also free and unleashed. Journeys’ work opens with a reception from 4 to 6:30 p.m. The show continues through October 21.

Regrettably, this will be the final artwalk for two popular galleries. Gary and Karen Cooley share “bittersweet news with all our great friends here in Sisters.

We’re closing The Collection Gallery and retiring. We welcome you to drop in and see some new work and special prices through the end of September.”

Ken Scott’s Imagination Gallery is closing as well, but not before a show of John Scheideman’s exceptional wood-turned vessels.

Scheideman comes from a long line of woodworkers and was an industrial arts teacher in the Madras schools for 35 years. Meet Scheideman and learn the how and why of his inspiring creations.

Hood Avenue Art’s featured artists are printmaker Gin Laughery and fiber artist Sharyl Parker McCulloch.

Laughery’s printmaking

passion is inspired by nature and suggests a place or a mood, sometimes abstract and sometimes representational.

McCulloch, a longtime knitter and knitting instructor, taught herself how to weave and how to design fiber art-wear.

She works primarily with premium alpaca and merino wools, silks, linens, cottons, and plant-based yarns.

Featured this month at Clearwater Gallery is father and son duo Jerry and Dennis Dame. Jerry’s landscapes draw the viewer into serene, quiet experiences of fly fishing on an Oregon river or hiking through a forest trail.

Dennis focuses on locations and fleeting moments of time that otherwise might have been overlooked. Both of these oil painters will be in the gallery between 4 and 6 p.m. when Clearwater will offer light appetizers and wine.

Wildflower Studio has paintings by local painters Bill Hamilton and Chris Nelson.

Bill is an acrylic painter who enjoys depicting sweeping panoramic views. Chris will be showing new oil paintings, both landscapes and birds.

Raven Makes Gallery features “Art of the Far North,” the highly collectable Cape Dorset original drawings and select prints, and Inupiat and Yup’ik masks and carvings. The limited edition prints of Cape Dorset’s Kinngait art cooperative PHOTO PROVIDED reflect historical traditions, “Owls Steal Kudlik” by Kananginak deep connections to land- Pootoogoog at Raven Makes Gallery. scape, and artistic vision of Indigenous Inuit artists of fun, and enlightening.

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Sisters salutes...

Bill and Cathy Harwood wrote: Sisters proud… My wife and I sponsored an Air Force Reunion in Sisters September 9-12. We are a group of mainly Vietnam-era vets, all who worked reconnaissance cameras on SR-71, U-2, and RF-4C aircraft.

We meet every two years.

Previous years our reunions have been held in major cities. This year we wanted to show them the beautiful city and people of Sisters (after being canceled last year due to COVID). Coming from 10 different states, they were not disappointed. We want to thank the Best Western (Ryan and staff) for going out of their way to make our stay enjoyable and special.

They responded to our every want and need with smiles.

The shops in town welcomed us (many including discounts on our purchases).

Of note, The Culver House with Deanna and Eric. They wanted to get to know every one of us with smiles and handshakes. Takoda’s, who already support our vets (Band of Brothers), were especially courteous and again with discounts. Further thanks go to Erickson Air Museum in Madras for the generous amount of time they spent with us and their beautiful aircraft.

Aspen Lakes hosted us with a fun scramble golf tournament. White Pepper Catering provided a delicious meal for our banquet.

Finally, the highlight of the reunion was a performance

by Kurt Silva and two members of his Dry Canyon Stampede Band at the Best Western. Perfect vocals and music. Wasn’t a dry eye with their final song “God Bless America.” These vets loved Sisters and all you gave them.

A big kudo and thank you to Sisters. You made us proud!

Lady Outlaws crowned champs at home tourney

By Rongi Yost Correspondent

The Lady Outlaws earned championship honors at the annual Sisters Invitational Tournament held on Saturday, September 18.

Sisters hosted the 16-team tournament, which included eight of the top-10 ranked teams in the state at the 4A level.

Sisters didn’t drop a set the entire tournament. They finished pool play 6-0 with wins over Madras, Siuslaw, and Cottage Grove, and were ranked first for the afternoon bracket.

All five of the Oregon West teams made it to the Gold Bracket, including Sisters, Cascade, Philomath, Stayton, and Sweet Home, as well as Valley Catholic (VC), Burns, and Cottage Grove.

Sisters played Cottage Grove in the first round and won easily in two sets with scores of 25-11, 25-15.

In the semifinal game, the Outlaws faced Burns, who boasted very good hitters and players who served tough.

The Outlaws jumped out to a large lead, but some unforced errors allowed Burns to creep back in.

Sydney Myhre had a nice kill that gave the Outlaws

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Bailey Robertson makes a kill shot. the ball. Myhre then stepped back to the service line and ended the set with an ace for a 25-22 finish.

In the second set, the Outlaws had the momentum.

They started the set with a big kill from Gracie Vohs, followed by a block from Gracelyn Myhre. Tough serves and big hits on the net took Burns out of system.

The Highlanders finished the game with six errors, and the Outlaws logged the 25-18 win.

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up against Valley Catholic, who came out and took an early 2-0 lead. Two big kills

by Sydney Myhre gave the Outlaws the momentum they needed. Sisters rallied behind tough serves with five aces to overtake the Valiants 25-19.

The Outlaws came out in the second set on fire. Bree White started the rally with a big kill to the corner, followed by two big blocks by Gracie Vohs and two ace serves from Maddie Pollard, which put the Outlaws on top 7-1. The quick run forced VC to call a time out, but the

Outlaws had the momentum, never looked back, and took the set 25-14 for the championship win.

Vohs led the Outlaws with 34 kills, 10 blocks, and seven aces, followed by Sydney Myhre who had 27 kills, four blocks, and 10 aces.

Gracelyn Myhre logged 25 kills, one block, and six aces, Bailey Robertson posted 24 kills and 11 blocks, and Bree White recorded 22 kills and one block.

Hannah Fendall dished out 74 assists, and also had three kills and three aces.

Mia Monaghan recorded 34 digs and three aces, and Pollard added 20 digs and 13 aces.

Coach Rory Rush said, “Today was a great day playing against some great teams. We played together as a team, distributed the ball well, and had fun doing it. The girls came to play today and made a statement, ‘This team can play and they are hungry to win!’ Every game they gain more confidence in each other and build their chemistry on the court.

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Applicants Local farmers providing for at-risk neighbors needed for City advisory boards The City of Sisters is accepting applications for volunteers for its boards and committees.

The City has several opportunities that allow community members to fill an integral role in City government by advising the Sisters City Council on important issues. Community participation on City of Sisters boards and committees serves two essential purposes: Board members are directly involved in their local government and can positively impact their community’s future; and the City Council receives timely input and information regarding issues and potential impacts on the City.

The various boards and committees serve in an advisory capacity to the City Council within their respective municipal policy areas.

Members are unpaid volunteers who devote their time to these community activities.

The application and appointment time frame for all 2022 open positions on boards and committees starts on September 27.

A partnership between Sisters Farmers Market, Seed to Table Oregon, and the Roundhouse Foundation is putting fresh food on the table for folks wanting to improve access to healthy sources of nutrition.

Market Manager Caroline Hager says a grant from The Roundhouse Foundation funded efforts to launch the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) at the Market this season.

A federal nutrition assistance program, SNAP provides benefits to eligible low-income individuals and families via an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card. EBT cards can be used like debit cards to purchase eligible goods in authorized retail food stores, including most farmers markets around the country. So far, the 2021 Market has had over $1,000 of currency redeemed by shoppers using SNAP. An additional grant program, Double Up Food Bucks (DUFB), has helped to double customer benefits dollarto-dollar, so $10 becomes $20 to buy locally grown fruits and vegetables.

Last year, Seed to Table offered a COVID-19 Food For All discount to ensure access to fresh produce for shoppers with dwindling

food budgets.

“After seeing the benefit of the discount in 2020, we learned more about the food needs in the community,” said Hager. “Based on that, we decided to join many other farmers markets and begin accepting SNAP.” Taking on management of Sisters Farmers Market in 2019, Seed to Table hired Hager to improve and enhance the weekly event to reflect community needs and input. With only a few more Markets remaining this season, Hager wants to make sure everyone has the chance to include local produce and other healthy food products in their diets.

“There’s still opportunities to use SNAP benefits to get the most out of the growing season,” said Hager.

COVID-19 has taken a toll on consumers and producers alike. Hager says Market vendors are committed to supporting their communities through this time.

“Even with challenges surrounding the drought and pandemic, local farmers and producers have been stepping up to provide consistent, reliable sources of food for Market shoppers.

The vendors show up each week, making sure even the most vulnerable community

members have access to locally sourced food that hasn’t traveled through as many hands and delivery systems,” said Hager.

Approximately half of the weekly vendors are eligible to accept SNAP, and through the program they are gaining awareness of food needs in the community too.

“Vendors have been happy to accept SNAP and participate in helping their neighbors. Becoming more accessible gives increased reach and income stream for smallbatch producers,” said Hager.

Some of the people being served are seniors, families, and houseless folks in the area.

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Commentary...

Seeking to solve a health mystery

By Bill Bartlett Columnist

I’m guessing a good number of folk in Sisters know the name Ken Ruettgers. Some will recall he played for the Green Bay Packers. Others will remember him as a coach for the Outlaws. It’s possible a few have taken his course at COCC. He holds a doctorate degree in sociology, which may be at the heart of his activism.

“As a sociologist I look for patterns,” Ruettgers said, when I spent more than an hour with him curious about the fuss some would say he has caused by taking a string of coincidences and marshaling them into an assertive information campaign on social media and the internet.

It all began, as most things do, with a seemingly one-off event. You know that feeling, right? Am I the only one with this problem? Or, Am I the only one who sees this?

His wife, Sheryl, was doing an internship for her post-graduate work in a medical setting in Bend. As such, she was designated a frontline health worker eligible for early COVID vaccination in January.

Within 48 hours of her Moderna jab, she developed painful symptoms and sought medical attention. There is

no need to review the entire physical trauma she has endured to this day. She has had more tests than a lab rat, some of which were sent to Stanford and National Institute for Health for analysis.

Bottom line: Sheryl remains with uncomfortable, life-altering symptoms that no doctor has said was caused by the vaccine. Not satisfied, she and Ken became voracious consumers of all the scientific literature, with the primary goal not of blaming anybody, but of making her well.

Along the path of discovery, they met fellow travelers.

Not one or two or a dozen but hundreds who had similar experiences following COVID vaccination.

“Too much of a coincidence,” Ken told me.

And to work he went, trying to connect the medical world to the real-life cases, many far worse than Sheryl’s, of ordinary people having extraordinary post-vaccination conditions.

His campaign — my word, not his — started the way many do: on Facebook. Sheryl’s group started out with eight and now has between 150 and 180, Ken says. As a Facebook group its postings are private, limited only to group members and not one’s broader network. Turns out their group is one of several

other comparable groups, one of which has a few thousand members.

“They try to remain under the radar and are extremely careful of the words and tone they use,” Ken said, “to avoid ridicule at the lowest level and gaslighting or censoring in the extreme case.”

Indeed, big tech companies have gone to lengths to police speech they deem as misinformation. While their intentions may be admirable, their results are at best mixed and have ignited widespread criticism that they are selectively violating free speech rights.

More than one Facebook page has been de-platformed for their adverse-reaction utterings. One such page, published by Earthly, “published out-of-context news stories about vaccine side effects and skirted moderation by misspelling the word ‘vaccine’ in posts questioning whether vaccination is safe,” according to Facebook moderators.

Mr. Ruettgers, the Senator is on the line Who do you know in Sisters that just picks up the phone and calls a sitting U.S. senator? A Senator no less who returns the call within four hours. That’s the sort of head-on charge you’d expect from a 6-foot-5-inch, 280pound NFL tackle.

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Ken and Sheryl Reuttgers have created a website to support those who believe they have suffered injury from the COVID-19 vaccines.

The senator in this case, Ron Johnson (R) of Wisconsin, is not shy about speaking his mind and has taken several politically controversial positions. Ken Ruettgers chose Johnson, whom he did not know personally, trading on his Packer status. Three days later, June 27, Johnson sat in on a two-hour Zoom call with Sheryl and other vaccine recipients with postvaccine complications, some quite serious.

Ken, with the help of his brother, a professional graphic designer, has built a website (c19vaxreactions.com) that is a little Wikipedia for anybody seeking more information about adverse vaccine reactions. The site contains emotional, recorded testimony of patients in a straightforward telling, including that of a 12-year-old consigned to a wheelchair.

Ken is hypervigilant and sensitive about what content

appears on his site. And Sheryl’s Facebook group was concerned that Senator Johnson’s interest would subject them to political haranguing, or, in a worst case scenario, being banned by Facebook.

Ken and Sheryl are not anti-vaxxers. Both are educated, articulate spokespersons for a subject that many would just as soon not be discussed. Their goal it appears to me is to shine a light on however many patients are being treated following vaccination and are mostly content to let reasonable folks draw their own conclusions about cause.

My takeaway is that while Ken and Sheryl Ruettgers see this as a mission of information, I see their work as an emotional support group for those feeling powerless and in some cases isolated in their situation. It has a certain David and Goliath feel about it. (See related story, page 9.)

Wednesday, September 22, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

Commentary...

Controversy in ‘vaccine injury’ reporting

By Bill Bartlett Columnist

Anti-vaxxers, a nebulous confederation that cannot easily be quantified nor qualified, use as one of their arguments adverse vaccine reactions as reported on VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Reaction Reporting System).

The VAERS database is run by two federal agencies, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Any person, lay or professional, can report an adverse event that occurs after a vaccination, and anyone can view the reports without restrictions.

However, VAERS accepts reports without verifying whether a vaccine actually caused that incident.

That makes VAERS an incubator for misinformation spreading rapidly on social media and elsewhere.

For more than 30 years, VAERS data has been misused to justify broad conclusions that vaccines are a danger.

A TikTok video “liked” by just under 1 million viewers claimed that COVID-19 vaccines have killed some 6,000 people in the United States. “The Vaccine Adverse Event Recording System shows that 5,946 people have died because of the vaccine,” the poster claims.

The TikTok post was shared on Facebook and flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its news feed.

Reuters and other mainstream news organizations discredit such reports. To the contrary, fact checker PolitiFact says, there have been no established or proven cases of a COVID19 vaccine causing death in

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The article argues that the scientific evidence does not yet justify giving most people third shots of messenger RNA vaccines. This further fuels the debate already raging over masking and employer vaccine mandates. The arguments show no signs of abating any time soon.

At Friday’s day-long FDA panel hearing that met to approve Pfizer’s booster dose for everybody 16 and over, the panel voted 16-2 to allow boosters only for those 65 and over. During the highly anticipated hearing, a slide was shown with recent VAERS counts. From January 1 to September 3 of this year there are 531,667 reports to VAERS, which

include 7,662 deaths.

The reports taken as stand-alone do not stipulate that a vaccine caused a particular adverse effect. They indicate only that a particular event occurred after a vaccination.

“A review of available clinical information, including death certificates, autopsy, and medical records, has not established a causal link to COVID-19 vaccines,” the CDC says.

Taken at face value, if there were around 7,500 deaths from roughly 350 million doses, that would be a fatality rate of .000021, a number that the 210.7 million Americans vaccinated so far might deem an acceptable risk.

On the flip side, for the vaccine hesitant or resistant, the 7,642 number is a strong booster to their argument. People like Sheryl Ruettgers, who is not an anti-vaxxer, are more concerned about the 522,000 “injured” claims — she being among them — than the reported death count.

(See related story, page 8.)

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Wednesday, September 22, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

A N N O U N C E M E N T S Tony Cosby Reunion Event

The retirement party for Tony Cosby and reunion of students involved in the Luthier program is set for Sunday, October 17 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Sisters Art Works.

Former students are encouraged to come, along with the guitar they built. The event also features live music and food carts. RSVP is strongly encouraged. Contact Cosby at tony.cosby@ssd6.org and 541-410-1018.

Nature Journaling, Whychus Canyon Preserve

Interested in learning how to combine outdoor writing and sketching with your joy of exploring nature? Join Deschutes Land Trust volunteer and passionate journaler Kolby Kirk September 26 at 9 a.m. for a morning of learning tips and techniques for keeping a journal while exploring Whychus Canyon Preserve’s hiking trails!

No journaling experience needed.

Face masks required. Register at www.deschuteslandtrust.org/ hikes-events. Info; 541-330-0017.

Volunteer with Sisters Habitat for Humanity

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

Free Weekly Grab-N-Go Lunches For Seniors

The Council on Aging of Central Oregon is serving seniors (60+) free Grab-N-Go lunches on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays each week. The lunches are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis drive-through style from 12 to 12:30 p.m. at the Sisters Community Church, 1300 W. Mckenzie Hwy. Seniors may drive through the parking lot and pick up a meal each day of service.

Come on by, no need to make a reservation. For more information call 541-678-5483.

Locust Street Bridge Sewer Line Relocation

City of Sisters contractors are working to move an elevated sewer line under the Locust Street bridge to underground status. Vehicle drivers, bicyclists, and walkers should anticipate bike & pedestrian lane closure on the west side of the Locust Street Bridge during construction.

Work is anticipated to be approximately 50 days. The City is working with River Design Group, HWA Engineering, and Robinson & Owen Heavy Construction to move the above-ground sewer line under the Whychus Creek stream bed.

The City and its contractors are actively coordinating with the State of Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality and the Upper Deschutes Watershed Council to take every safety precaution necessary. The project is in part being paid for by a $154,000 FEMA grant.

Sisters Artist Studio Tour

Visit 35 artists at 25 studios Sat. and Sun. September 25 & 26.

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Participating artists are well known and widely collected local painters, potters, jewelers, glass artists, photographers, mixed media artists and sculptors. This is a FREE self-guided tour. All you need is a studio tour guide, with info about the artists and maps to their studios. Guides are available at any gallery in Sisters, local restaurants, the Chamber of Commerce, and the SAA website. Follow the Artist Studio Tour road signs as you explore the studios. Distancing and mask state mandates will be observed, with small groups in attendance.

Details, map and updates at: www.sistersartsassociation.org/ sistersstudiotour. Phone: 541-719-8581.

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back issues that are ready for recycling. Come by and pick up a stack from the crate on the front porch at 442 E. Main Ave. or stop by during business hours to take home a whole box. Please call Beth at 541-549-9941 for information.

Mentor Children of Incarcerated Parents

Central Oregon Partnerships for Youth (COPY), a program of the Deschutes County Sheriff ’s Office, is offering a free, virtual class, Sat. September 25 from 9 a.m. to noon, to prepare volunteers to become mentors for children with an incarcerated parent. This virtual class covers program policies, how to establish a mentor relationship, the impact incarceration has on families, communication skills, and safety and best practices for mentoring in a COVID-19 world.

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Join the Deschutes Land Trust’s restoration specialist Jason Grant for a tour of the Whychus Creek restoration project at Rimrock Ranch Friday, Sept. 24 from 10 a.m. to noon. Hike along the rim at Rimrock Ranch to a great overlook of the newly restored floodplain and creek. Registration is required. Per Oregon Health Authority (OHA) guidelines, all participants (regardless of vaccination status) must bring and wear a face mask during the hike. To register and see all requirements regarding OHA face mask guidelines, go to deschuteslandtrust.org/hikes or call 541-330-0017 for more info.

Celebration of Life

Sisters Writes, a small read and critique writing group, is sponsoring a craft workshop with A memorial service to celebrate author, Amanda Skenandore. She Catherine Johnston Childress will is the author of three historical be held at The Chapel in the Pines, fiction novels. The workshop, Camp Sherman, on Saturday, “Mastering Mood”, will take place September 25, at 11 a.m., with at Brand 33 Restaurant, from Jerry Kvanvig leading. A reception noon to 3 p.m., September 24. will follow at Camp Sherman Cost is $30 and includes lunch Community Hall. and an autographed copy of Skenandore’s latest book, “The Second Life of Mirielle West.”

Due to Covid restrictions enrollment is limited to ten, including the presenter. We ask that attendees provide proof of vaccination. To register contact Linda Weber at lladd600@gmail. com or 541-350-9947.

Weekly Food Pantry

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

Both drive-through pick-up and shopping-style distribution are available. Call 541-549-4184 for more information.

Free Nonemergency Medical Rides

Sisters Transportation and Ride Share (STARS) dispatchers are booking nonemergency medical rides Tuesday and Thursday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Rides are based on volunteer driver availability and are provided Monday through Friday beginning at 8 a.m. and ending by 5 p.m. At least 48 hours advance notice is required. STARS dispatcher number for all rides is 541-904-5545.

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

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

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Sisters equestrienne is making a comeback

By Katy Yoder Correspondent

Alessandra Wentworth is a senior at Sisters High School.

She’s got big plans for her future with one common denominator: horses. She caught the horse-bug after attending a riding camp when she was nine. Now she’s sure she wants horses in her life forever.

“I want to be an equine veterinarian, so I’m surrounded by horses all the time,” she laughed while grooming her horse Kilkenny I.Q. She boards her horse and takes jumping lessons from her longtime trainer, Cindy Shonka at JGW Ranch in Tumalo. But “Q,” as she’s known around the barn, isn’t Wentworth’s first horse. In fact, back when Wentworth was competing seriously with her first horse, Penny, she had no intention of riding any other horse. But three years ago, an untreatable spinal condition forced her faithful jumper, Penny, into early retirement. Wentworth had to start looking for another horse. She was sad to end her successful riding career with Penny but knew if she wanted to keep competing she had to recast her dreams with a new jumping partner.

When Penny started refusing jumps and showing signs of back pain, a veterinarian told Wentworth she couldn’t compete on her in an upcoming show. Since she was already signed up to compete, her riding coach let Wentworth ride one of her

horses in some classes.

“I jumped him for the first time in the practice ring and he did pretty well,” she said. “The next day, when the show started, the ground was wet in the warm-up arena but we were jumping everything fine. Right before we were going in, I jumped one last practice jump called an oxer. After landing the jump I remember turning and looking at my coach. At that same moment he tripped, rolled and landed on my hand. He took off, and suddenly I was surrounded by medics. I was pretty beat up and out of it. I had a concussion, rib contusions, and my right hand was bloody from being stepped on. Two of my fingernails were ripped right out of the nail bed, and were just gone. I couldn’t ride for nine weeks.

Then while I was recuperating, I found out Penny could never jump again.”

Before Penny began her life of leisure in an equine retirement facility in Redmond, she had become a well-trained, highly effective jumper. Wentworth knew she couldn’t afford to purchase a horse as experienced as Penny. She’d have to find a horse who’d be a good training project and do what she’d done with her first horse: train her well enough to once again win top honors at highly competitive show-jumping competitions.

Wentworth had to accept she’d have to start all over.

“It was a shock because at first I thought I could still ride Penny on the flat (not over jumps) but then we realized

she couldn’t take any weight on her back. I tried eight horses before finding one I liked and then he didn’t pass the vet check; so I still didn’t have another horse. I kept looking and finally found Q,” she said.

Wentworth can’t help smiling as she describes that Q is fun to work with and reminds her of Penny.

During those nine weeks of recuperation, she had plenty of time to think about riding, but Wentworth had no thought of staying off horses.

“I was lucky I wasn’t more hurt in the fall. I know I will come off again, but I’m going to keep doing it. We riders love it too much to stop.

Really you can get hurt in any sport. But I know jumping is a dangerous sport because you’re riding an animal that weighs almost 2,000 pounds going 20 miles an hour over jumps. I’ve never broken a bone or anything,” she said, knocking on wood.

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Wednesday, September 22, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

VETERANS: Program assists in creating meaning and purpose Continued from page 1

active duty, Magnus didn’t expect his return to civilian life to be difficult. However, the short period allowed for debriefing to help him adjust, coupled with the loss of his military community left him struggling. The suicide of one of his close friends with whom he had served prompted Magnus to put his efforts into creating a national monument for those who have fallen in the war against veteran suicide.

The memorial is titled “Soaring” and is 22-feet tall and comprised of 22 colored steel leaves. This represents the number of veterans that were lost every day to suicide at the time it was built in 2013. The memorial is located in Nashville, Indiana, an area that is renowned for its beautiful fall leaves.

People come from all over the world to visit this artist colony tucked into the hills of Southern Indiana.

The town was looking for a large-scale art piece for the center of town that was representative of their community. Mission 22 collaborated with them over the course of a year, and it was dedicated in 2014. Veterans and civilians worked together side-by-side on this public work of art.

Soaring creates social impact for veterans’ issues to over three million tourists who visit the area each year, with a plaque at the base where viewers can learn more and find out how they can support and get involved with the Mission as well.

There is another monument in Oklahoma, this one consisting of 20 steel plates each created in the likeness of a real American veteran who lost their battle with posttraumatic stress (PTS). These 20 men and women are a representation of those the country is losing every day to the

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Volunteers work on steel sculptures that raise awareness of the issues veterans face after returning home.

Wednesday, September 22, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

battle here at home.

The creation of the memorials was the beginning of a national community supporting active service members, veterans, and their family members, through three areas of focus.

• Support and treatment programs address PTS, traumatic brain injury (TBI), suicide risk, addiction, and other challenges.

• Social-impact programs unite civilians and the military community to raise awareness of issues faced by active service members, veterans, and their family members.

• Memorials are a way to remember and honor service members and veterans through large-scale installations and digital initiatives, while raising awareness for the issues veterans are facing today as well as educating communities on how to get involved. A partnership is formed between veterans working on the projects and the communities. A storytelling is created, which breaks down barriers so growth and healing can happen.

Sara met Magnus one week after his return from Afghanistan. For a year and a half she watched him struggle.

“It was heartbreaking to not be able to help him,” Sara remembered. When he wanted to create Mission 22, Sara was on board, creating their first website. Everything began slowly until 2015 when they did a social-media awareness campaign using hashtag #Mission22, which went viral. With support gained from sports teams, businesses, and other influential groups, there was a big influx of money and volunteers.

They now have volunteer ambassadors working to

Every week…

PHOTO PROVIDED

Mission 22’s equine programs support families. create impact in their communities across America. They host events, raise support and awareness, create dialog, and are saving lives every day by bringing veterans and communities together. In 2015 they had 705 volunteers; today they have almost 4,000.

Program headquarters started in Indiana and moved with the Johnsons to Portland for five years. According to Sara, Oregon is a state that has one of the highest percentages of veterans. One year ago the Johnson family came to Sisters, where they purchased the former Harmony Farm property on Perit Huntington Road.

The farm is the location of the Mission Troopers Equine Program, primarily designed for children ages 3 to 18, while supporting their whole family. They have 14 horses

including several ponies. This summer they offered oneweek summer equine camps.

At the end of July, they had a family day for campers and their families, when the riders were able to display their horsemanship skills and families were able to gather in community.

Following a three-week break, lessons will resume this week, with small classes for individuals as well as up to four children. During the lessons, parents with veteran backgrounds gather to socialize and enjoy their common military bond. Children aged three and four will be a new addition, receiving one-onone lessons on a pony with a special “little kids” saddle.

Equine Program Director and Head Trainer Karli Henderson is a PATHcertified therapeutic riding

instructor who has expertise in working with children.

According to the Mission 22 website, “Riding is proven to build self-confidence, improve coordination and balance, and increase focus.”

The program is available to the children and grandchildren of American veterans.

The Mission 22 office has been located in a small house on the farm, but they are outgrowing that space, so they recently purchased the FivePine Station office building on the FivePine campus. There are plans to build a studio in which to make their videos. Sara plans to launch podcasts based on “timeless principles of human resiliency.”

Sara told The Nugget they are delighted to be in Sisters.

“We’ve met more supportive people here in Sisters,” she said. “Our families here work as our volunteers at this point in time since we are working with children.”

About half of the current 30 children in the program come from the Sisters area, with the rest from Madras, Redmond, and Bend. Both Western and English riding are offered. There is also an obstacle course and a setup to practice roping.

For the equine program, there is no charge to the families. Mission 22 has an arrangement with Absolute Horse in Bend by which their students can pick out a helmet and pair of boots free of charge. As they progress in the program, students can earn points toward other riding clothes and gear.

For more information on the equine program or Mission 22 in general, contact jess@mission22.com or call the main office MondayFriday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at 503-908-8505.

See related story at right.

Mission 22 offers recovery to veterans

By Sue Stafford Correspondent

Former Green Beret Magnus Johnson, who founded Mission 22 in 2013, has a theory about factors likely contributing to the high rate of suicide among veterans: “When the demand to serve is removed, we must reevaluate who and what we were and are. When meaningful, mutually appreciated service is lost from our lives, our sense of personal worth is, too… The actual cause of suicide is not participating in combat alone.

It is its lack of meaning to our civilian counterparts. Humans have been fighting wars since the dawn of time. War itself is not the catalyst of despair; it is a life devoid of meaning and purpose.”

Mission 22 has created comprehensive treatment programs for post traumatic stress (PTS) and traumatic brain injury (TBI). Their programs are designed around the individual in treatment, to create a program that meets a person’s unique needs for healing.

Mission 22 also partners with organizations to fund treatment. Those partner organizations specialize in PTS, TBI, substance abuse, and all of the issues faced by veterans today.

The Recovery and Resiliency program (R+R) was developed by Mission 22 for combat veterans, those who were injured and therefore couldn’t deploy, and those who have experienced military sexual trauma (MST). The program seeks to synthesize the most scientifically backed and time-honored traumarecovery process into a single, cohesive, cohort-based platform. While other PTS recovery protocols focus on just one or two areas of recovery, R+R respects the fact that healing from combat stress is not a simple matter of chemistry.

Their website explains, “Recovery from war requires input from the soldier’s community at home, nutritional support, spiritual healing, and physical renewal. The veteran is equally as valued at home as they were in combat, yet this journey home has been taken for granted by society, leading to unacceptable rates of veterans losing their sense of purpose, losing their sense that they belong in the home front.

“This 12-month program is the catalyst for taking deep scars suffered for our nation’s sake and turn them into opportunities,” the website continues.

“It directs God-given purpose as a protector toward a refreshed meaning and purpose. Every resource included in R+R, from cutting-edge biometric tools to science-based supplements, has been curated to enable participants to realize their worth as a Warrior at home, to fully equip them to thrive in their community, and to heal united.”

R+R participants meet in video chats. Each individual does their work online and at home. They each have their own coach who checks in with them weekly. Contact is available by phone, text message, and Zoom. The veterans are encouraged to tell their stories as a way to heal. They learn to redefine what’s important.

“They come to us when they have no more room in their cup to cope.

They are maxed out. Our R+R program gives them the capacity to do more,” explained Mission 22 CEO Sara Johnson, wife of founder Magnus Johnson.

Each participant in the 12-month program receives a Garmin watch that tracks their resting heart rate and other body functions. Through improved diet, regular exercise, readings on trauma, and stress-reduction techniques, their capacity for dealing with life increases.

At the end of 12 months, there is a year’s worth of data available on each participant.

Eighty participants have been helped this year. They are forecasting adding 200-300 more participants next year.

It costs approximately $10,000 a year per participant and there is no charge to them. Mission 22 conducts direct fundraising to support their programs. Their budget this year is between five and six million dollars.

Another program offered by Mission 22 is the Mission 22 Wellness Program in which Mission 22 has partnered with Amare to provide free mental wellness supplements to R+R participants.

These supplements have been clinically proven to alleviate tensions, fatigue, confusion, and anger by more than 40 percent.

The actual cause of suicide is not participating in combat alone.

It is its lack of meaning to our civilian counterparts. Humans have been fighting wars since the dawn of time. War itself is not the catalyst of despair; it is a life devoid of meaning and purpose.

— Magnus Johnson

Mission 22 and The Warrior’s Way are partnering to provide rock-climbing mental-training programs for veterans and their families to diminish veteran suicide rates and build resilient families.

They also offer three-month sponsorships to gyms that provide crossfit training, Brazilian jiu jitsu, or judo for any veteran in the program who qualifies and has a financial hardship need, as well as stand-alone gym sponsorships to veterans who are not able to afford them.

Mission Troopers Equine Program for children and grandchildren of veterans (see story page 1) is offered at the Johnsons’ farm in Sisters.

Launching soon will be two new sixmonth programs, one for veterans in general and one for spouses of veterans.

Mission 22 moved their national headquarters to Sisters just about a year ago. They run their equine program out of the farm located on Perit Huntington Road, and their office will soon be at the FivePine Station building on the FivePine campus.

The original registered 501(C)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to healing American veterans is called ElderHeart Inc., doing business as Mission 22. Mission 22’s Federal ID number for donations is 46-2750726.

For more information on any of the Mission 22 programs, or to volunteer, contact jess@mission22.com or call the main office Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at 503-908-8505.

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VETERANS: Program assists in creating meaning and purpose Continued from page 1

active duty, Magnus didn’t expect his return to civilian life to be difficult. However, the short period allowed for debriefing to help him adjust, coupled with the loss of his military community left him struggling. The suicide of one of his close friends with whom he had served prompted Magnus to put his efforts into creating a national monument for those who have fallen in the war against veteran suicide.

The memorial is titled “Soaring” and is 22-feet tall and comprised of 22 colored steel leaves. This represents the number of veterans that were lost every day to suicide at the time it was built in 2013. The memorial is located in Nashville, Indiana, an area that is renowned for its beautiful fall leaves.

People come from all over the world to visit this artist colony tucked into the hills of Southern Indiana.

The town was looking for a large-scale art piece for the center of town that was representative of their community. Mission 22 collaborated with them over the course of a year, and it was dedicated in 2014. Veterans and civilians worked together side-by-side on this public work of art.

Soaring creates social impact for veterans’ issues to over three million tourists who visit the area each year, with a plaque at the base where viewers can learn more and find out how they can support and get involved with the Mission as well.

There is another monument in Oklahoma, this one consisting of 20 steel plates each created in the likeness of a real American veteran who lost their battle with posttraumatic stress (PTS). These 20 men and women are a representation of those the country is losing every day to the

PHOTO PROVIDED

Volunteers work on steel sculptures that raise awareness of the issues veterans face after returning home.

Wednesday, September 22, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

battle here at home.

The creation of the memorials was the beginning of a national community supporting active service members, veterans, and their family members, through three areas of focus.

• Support and treatment programs address PTS, traumatic brain injury (TBI), suicide risk, addiction, and other challenges.

• Social-impact programs unite civilians and the military community to raise awareness of issues faced by active service members, veterans, and their family members.

• Memorials are a way to remember and honor service members and veterans through large-scale installations and digital initiatives, while raising awareness for the issues veterans are facing today as well as educating communities on how to get involved. A partnership is formed between veterans working on the projects and the communities. A storytelling is created, which breaks down barriers so growth and healing can happen.

Sara met Magnus one week after his return from Afghanistan. For a year and a half she watched him struggle.

“It was heartbreaking to not be able to help him,” Sara remembered. When he wanted to create Mission 22, Sara was on board, creating their first website. Everything began slowly until 2015 when they did a social-media awareness campaign using hashtag #Mission22, which went viral. With support gained from sports teams, businesses, and other influential groups, there was a big influx of money and volunteers.

They now have volunteer ambassadors working to

Every week…

PHOTO PROVIDED

Mission 22’s equine programs support families. create impact in their communities across America. They host events, raise support and awareness, create dialog, and are saving lives every day by bringing veterans and communities together. In 2015 they had 705 volunteers; today they have almost 4,000.

Program headquarters started in Indiana and moved with the Johnsons to Portland for five years. According to Sara, Oregon is a state that has one of the highest percentages of veterans. One year ago the Johnson family came to Sisters, where they purchased the former Harmony Farm property on Perit Huntington Road.

The farm is the location of the Mission Troopers Equine Program, primarily designed for children ages 3 to 18, while supporting their whole family. They have 14 horses

including several ponies. This summer they offered oneweek summer equine camps.

At the end of July, they had a family day for campers and their families, when the riders were able to display their horsemanship skills and families were able to gather in community.

Following a three-week break, lessons will resume this week, with small classes for individuals as well as up to four children. During the lessons, parents with veteran backgrounds gather to socialize and enjoy their common military bond. Children aged three and four will be a new addition, receiving one-onone lessons on a pony with a special “little kids” saddle.

Equine Program Director and Head Trainer Karli Henderson is a PATHcertified therapeutic riding

instructor who has expertise in working with children.

According to the Mission 22 website, “Riding is proven to build self-confidence, improve coordination and balance, and increase focus.”

The program is available to the children and grandchildren of American veterans.

The Mission 22 office has been located in a small house on the farm, but they are outgrowing that space, so they recently purchased the FivePine Station office building on the FivePine campus. There are plans to build a studio in which to make their videos. Sara plans to launch podcasts based on “timeless principles of human resiliency.”

Sara told The Nugget they are delighted to be in Sisters.

“We’ve met more supportive people here in Sisters,” she said. “Our families here work as our volunteers at this point in time since we are working with children.”

About half of the current 30 children in the program come from the Sisters area, with the rest from Madras, Redmond, and Bend. Both Western and English riding are offered. There is also an obstacle course and a setup to practice roping.

For the equine program, there is no charge to the families. Mission 22 has an arrangement with Absolute Horse in Bend by which their students can pick out a helmet and pair of boots free of charge. As they progress in the program, students can earn points toward other riding clothes and gear.

For more information on the equine program or Mission 22 in general, contact jess@mission22.com or call the main office MondayFriday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at 503-908-8505.

See related story at right.

Mission 22 offers recovery to veterans

By Sue Stafford Correspondent

Former Green Beret Magnus Johnson, who founded Mission 22 in 2013, has a theory about factors likely contributing to the high rate of suicide among veterans: “When the demand to serve is removed, we must reevaluate who and what we were and are. When meaningful, mutually appreciated service is lost from our lives, our sense of personal worth is, too… The actual cause of suicide is not participating in combat alone.

It is its lack of meaning to our civilian counterparts. Humans have been fighting wars since the dawn of time. War itself is not the catalyst of despair; it is a life devoid of meaning and purpose.”

Mission 22 has created comprehensive treatment programs for post traumatic stress (PTS) and traumatic brain injury (TBI). Their programs are designed around the individual in treatment, to create a program that meets a person’s unique needs for healing.

Mission 22 also partners with organizations to fund treatment. Those partner organizations specialize in PTS, TBI, substance abuse, and all of the issues faced by veterans today.

The Recovery and Resiliency program (R+R) was developed by Mission 22 for combat veterans, those who were injured and therefore couldn’t deploy, and those who have experienced military sexual trauma (MST). The program seeks to synthesize the most scientifically backed and time-honored traumarecovery process into a single, cohesive, cohort-based platform. While other PTS recovery protocols focus on just one or two areas of recovery, R+R respects the fact that healing from combat stress is not a simple matter of chemistry.

Their website explains, “Recovery from war requires input from the soldier’s community at home, nutritional support, spiritual healing, and physical renewal. The veteran is equally as valued at home as they were in combat, yet this journey home has been taken for granted by society, leading to unacceptable rates of veterans losing their sense of purpose, losing their sense that they belong in the home front.

“This 12-month program is the catalyst for taking deep scars suffered for our nation’s sake and turn them into opportunities,” the website continues.

“It directs God-given purpose as a protector toward a refreshed meaning and purpose. Every resource included in R+R, from cutting-edge biometric tools to science-based supplements, has been curated to enable participants to realize their worth as a Warrior at home, to fully equip them to thrive in their community, and to heal united.”

R+R participants meet in video chats. Each individual does their work online and at home. They each have their own coach who checks in with them weekly. Contact is available by phone, text message, and Zoom. The veterans are encouraged to tell their stories as a way to heal. They learn to redefine what’s important.

“They come to us when they have no more room in their cup to cope.

They are maxed out. Our R+R program gives them the capacity to do more,” explained Mission 22 CEO Sara Johnson, wife of founder Magnus Johnson.

Each participant in the 12-month program receives a Garmin watch that tracks their resting heart rate and other body functions. Through improved diet, regular exercise, readings on trauma, and stress-reduction techniques, their capacity for dealing with life increases.

At the end of 12 months, there is a year’s worth of data available on each participant.

Eighty participants have been helped this year. They are forecasting adding 200-300 more participants next year.

It costs approximately $10,000 a year per participant and there is no charge to them. Mission 22 conducts direct fundraising to support their programs. Their budget this year is between five and six million dollars.

Another program offered by Mission 22 is the Mission 22 Wellness Program in which Mission 22 has partnered with Amare to provide free mental wellness supplements to R+R participants.

These supplements have been clinically proven to alleviate tensions, fatigue, confusion, and anger by more than 40 percent.

The actual cause of suicide is not participating in combat alone.

It is its lack of meaning to our civilian counterparts. Humans have been fighting wars since the dawn of time. War itself is not the catalyst of despair; it is a life devoid of meaning and purpose.

— Magnus Johnson

Mission 22 and The Warrior’s Way are partnering to provide rock-climbing mental-training programs for veterans and their families to diminish veteran suicide rates and build resilient families.

They also offer three-month sponsorships to gyms that provide crossfit training, Brazilian jiu jitsu, or judo for any veteran in the program who qualifies and has a financial hardship need, as well as stand-alone gym sponsorships to veterans who are not able to afford them.

Mission Troopers Equine Program for children and grandchildren of veterans (see story page 1) is offered at the Johnsons’ farm in Sisters.

Launching soon will be two new sixmonth programs, one for veterans in general and one for spouses of veterans.

Mission 22 moved their national headquarters to Sisters just about a year ago. They run their equine program out of the farm located on Perit Huntington Road, and their office will soon be at the FivePine Station building on the FivePine campus.

The original registered 501(C)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to healing American veterans is called ElderHeart Inc., doing business as Mission 22. Mission 22’s Federal ID number for donations is 46-2750726.

For more information on any of the Mission 22 programs, or to volunteer, contact jess@mission22.com or call the main office Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at 503-908-8505.

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Our special sections and stand-alone magazines — the Sisters Oregon Guide and Spirit of Central Oregon — feature high-quality content to engage and inform readers across Central Oregon and beyond.

Our Professional Community Journalism provides depth, quality, and range of content.

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Take a self-guided tour to meet 35 artists, up close and personal, explore their studios, learn about their work, and buy art you can’t live without. Experience a rare chance to visit artists in their own private work environments. This event will follow public health guidelines. Meet the artists for 2021: J. Chester Armstrong Kay Baker Linda Barker Paul Alan Bennett Clarke Berryman Wendy Birnbaum Art Blumenkron

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Studio Tour Guides Are available at Sisters galleries, and businesses and online at www.sistersarts.org/ sistersstudiotour

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CLASEN: Habitat celebrated with Clasen last weekend

VOLUNTEERS: RVers from several states are assisting Habitat

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teacher at Sisters Elementary School and Clasen’s daughter, Elyss, was in her class.

They connected again when Clasen was a family advocate for Head Start and Weed’s son Jeremiah was in the program.

“I’m guessing I have spent more time with Marie than any other human being including my mom,” Weed told the crowd of about 60 during the retirement party. “Marie has been my confidant, life coach, sister, emergency contact, ride to the airport, parenting and relationship advisor. She has an intuitive sense of what is needed. She is compassionate, wise, and thoughtful.”

When Clasen came to Habitat in 2002, she and Weed were the only employees.

Since that time the staff has grown to 14, and Clasen has brought new programs to the local affiliate: Women Build, Collegiate Challenge, the high school construction program with Tony Cosby, RV Care-A-Vanners, and Creation Vacation.

Additionally, she oriented new volunteers for working at the construction site, thrift store, and ReStore. She attended all board meetings and supported her coworkers and volunteers in many ways.

a deck and other outdoor projects.

The group will then move on to the ClearPine townhomes on Bluebird Street, where they will be doing indoor finish work for a home expected to be completed within the month. If time allows they may begin wall construction on another home.

Maxwell said community members are welcome to stop by the ClearPine homes and meet the volunteers. She asks that all visitors adhere to

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Kristina Maxwell is stepping into Marie Clasen’s position with Sisters’ home-building organization.

One such way was bringing donuts to the job site once a week.

Clasen was showered with gifts and praise from Habitat families, volunteers, and coworkers at her party. She was grateful and humbled by the accolades, but she reminded the group that she won’t be a stranger. She joked that she still has a desk at the office, but her time will be spent volunteering, and she’ll still be available to work with Kristina Maxwell who was hired this summer to step into Clasen’s position.

Maxwell comes to Sisters Habitat with 16 years experience in the banking industry.

Eight of those years were spent at the local U.S. Bank branch.

Most importantly, Maxwell is quite familiar with the Habitat for Humanity model. She first

learned about Habitat when a friend went through the program in Montana.

In 2012, she and her husband, Josh, moved to Sisters from Montana and then became Habitat homeowners in 2015. Since then she served on the Habitat board of directors and is currently serving as a family partner.

Being a homeowner gives her a unique point of view and an understanding of what future homeowners need and the steps it takes to owning a home. At the same time she wants to stress that Clasen has built a strong home-ownership program at Sisters Habitat.

“I don’t like to use the word replacing,” Maxwell said about her new position. “I hope to continue and expand upon the great groundwork Marie has laid out.”

COVID-19 guidelines when visiting.

Anyone who travels in an RV is welcome to join the RV-Care-A-Vanners program, and no experience is necessary, according to the Habitat International website.

Typically, the volunteers are at a job site for two weeks.

Local Habitats across the nation register dates with the Habitat office in Atlanta, and volunteers sign up to travel to the local Habitat sites. Many times, the volunteers will spend several weeks venturing from one Habitat build location to another.

Those interested in the program can find out more at www.habitat.org/ volunteer/travel-and-build/ rv-care-a-vanners.

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Big Sky City Lights made cross-country musical connection

By Ceili Cornelius Correspondent

Big Sky City Lights became a band based on the circumstances of the world last year.

Susan O’Dea and Nick Spear had spent time working with Alpine Theater Company in Montana together and Spear directed O’Dea in her first show, so they had a musical connection early on in their careers. When the pandemic upended the live music world, they renewed that connection — virtually.

“Nick and I had been friends for many years doing theater together and I reached out asking if he wanted to do a virtual musical project,” O’Dea said.

They had a mutual love for singer-songwriter/Americana music and they had both been wanting to go in the direction of doing that style of music.

“It was a point where we could connect with each other, and we had been involved with some bands on that side of things,” Spear said.

O’Dea was in her one-bedroom New York City apartment, and Nick Spear was at his home studio in northern Montana. They both had shows and tours canceled due to the pandemic and decided to make the most out of the situation. They began singing cover songs together on a virtual platform.

O’Dea sat in her bathtub in her apartment, as it was the quietest place in her home, and recorded her vocal tracks. Spear recorded his vocal tracks at his home studio in Montana, and they then edited the tracks together.

They released a few of their covers together online and got a huge response.

“People really loved what we were doing, and we decided to keep doing it via virtual recording and YouTube,” O’Dea said. “It was fun, but we hope we never have to go back to recording like that.”

Because of the pandemic and cancelled tours, O’Dea and Spear created an accidental band. The name comes from the locations from which they were singing: Spear from Big Sky Montana, and O’Dea among the city lights of New York City.

In the late summer of 2020, O’Dea and Spear sang together in person.

“It was kind of a shock singing in person for the first time together,” O’Dea said.

They then began to write their own record and continue performing their cover songs.

“We wrote a lot of our songs just from the ground up, but some were ideas that we both had that we finalized together,” Spear said.

Their first record, “Wake

We focus on simple harmonics and our voices harmonizing together and [it] lends to that folk vein because of the simplicity of this style of music.

— Nick Spear Me When We Get There,” contains songs about the past year in quarantine and finding their process as a band.

“It was a really unique experience coming together because we already had a huge level of respect for one another, and it all requires a lot of trust. It was a cool, collective experience and it made it easier to create this new album together,” O’Dea said.

“We are still finding our process together, but it was nice to come together and be able to create this record,” Spear said.

Big Sky City Lights has a roots/Americana/indie folk music sound.

“We focus on simple

harmonics and our voices harmonizing together and [it] lends to that folk vein because of the simplicity of this style of music,” Spear said.

Their first record was released in early 2021 and they have begun touring the songs on the album. The album contains two cover songs, but mainly cowritten original songs.

“We plan to run with this band and keep writing and touring together because we love doing it and plan to keep it going,” said Spear.

Big Sky City Lights will be performing as part of the 2021 Sisters Folk Festival on October 1-3. It is both O’Dea’s and Spear’s first time in Central Oregon.

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Wednesday, September 22, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon The whole time, a sheriff’s deputy was standing there in the room. Now, if we were breaking the law, he had every right, and duty, to escort us out of the meeting; he didn’t. He did however ask the person screaming at us within six inches of our faces to leave. When the board saw we would not leave, the chair called for a vote to pass all of the agenda items, with no public discussion, input, or explanations.

This may be legal, but it begs the question, did they talk about taking this action in that back room?

And if they did, that was an illegal school board meeting (ORS 192.630). How could they come back and reconvene and vote to pass the entire agenda without having talked about it in the back room?

It appears to me that it may have been an illegal meeting. To not have the meeting was very childish, and it showed no desire on the part of the board to hear the public’s wishes. I repeat, it showed zero desire on the part of the school board to hear the public’s wishes, nor to be heard by the public. Who votes for them again? The public!

Kristy Cooper

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community for supporting the bond this past May. Our bonds sold in just over two hours and an advantageous market netted Sisters School District just over $39 million dollars to support our projects; the priority being the construction of a new K-5 elementary, which would consolidate our K-12 campus.

Currently, one of our biggest challenges is bus drivers. Those that we have are talented, but we need more to be able to support the full slate of field trips and activities that we want for our students. If you know of anyone that is interested in a permanent position or being a substitute driver, have them contact Kim Henderson at kim.henderson@ssd6.org or call 541-549-9681.

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To the Editor: A few of us showed up to the September 8 Sisters School Board meeting, whose concerns were the forcing of our children to wear masks, some were parents, some were grandparents. Some of us chose to not wear masks. When the meeting was due to start the chairman told us we had to have masks on, I said, “No I don’t,” he said, “Yes you do.” I told him, no, there is an Oregon law that states I am in charge of my own health decisions (ORS 127.507) and my health decision is to not wear a mask. So they made a very childish decision and said they would have a half an hour recess, and reconvene later.

What went on where they adjourned? They did it without declaring an executive session, and if they talked at all, then that’s an illegal school board meeting (ORS 192.630). When they came in to reconvene, the whole thing started over again and they told us the governor mandated that we wear masks. I told them, law supersedes the governor’s mandate and the governor cannot make laws.

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To the Editor: No, Kristy Cooper, et al, you have zero right to disrupt our school board meeting because you don’t want to wear a mask to prevent further spreading of the COVID-19 virus.

Having had the virus yourself, you may not be the person to decide the protective measures for the rest of us! You do have the right to determine your own health measures, but they have apparently not worked for you, so you may not be the best person to decide the protective measures for us and our children.

After 40 years of industrial hygiene and public health work, I can assure you that masks DO protect us from dangerous exposures and harmful materials. Please let our governing officials, school board, and public health professionals do their jobs.

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To the Editor: I am a veteran of the Vietnam War where we sustained over 59,000 casualties. My father before me was a true World War II army veteran who was a Bronze Star recipient, a war in which we sustained over 400,000 casualties. My grandfather was a World War I veteran, in a war where we sustained 117,000 deaths.

These heroes are a reminder to all Americans why we have a free republic. Our flag represents the republic in which these sacrifices were made and why we don’t now speak German or Japanese.

So now we have a segment of our country that wants to take us back to the ideology of Marx or Lenin or the teachings of social radicals like Cloward and Pevin. For those who want to reverse our progress in race relations by inserting CRT or giving credence to the BLM movement, you have been sold a soft version of that which will certainly destroy all that our dead military members fought for.

Rubbish you say? Then why not do some research on how these theories make children cry in class, are made to feel guilty for no reason, and are the cornerstone of making the building of a socialist country. BLM is a joke. CRT is a delusional socialist agenda and you who believe in it are simply sheep.

Now we have a feckless president who cannot form a sentence, is led by someone behind the scenes who tells him what to say and not say. We have runaway inflation, high gas prices, a complete disaster leaving Afghanistan, a trail of allies who no longer trust us, a general who is more interested in being woke and committing treason than leading See LETTERS on page 23

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Obituary married on May 20, 1949.

They moved to Downey, December 14, 1926 – September 11, 2021 California, and in September Charlotte Kiffe Milam 1950 she gave birth to their died on September 11, in first child, Deborah. In June Bellevue, Washington, at the 1954 their second child, age of 94.

Drusilla, joined the family.

Charlotte was born in Charlotte finished her Los Angeles, California, bachelor’s degree in art in on December 14, 1926, to 1961 at Long Beach State Gerald Anthony and Rhoda College and began a career Alvira (née Walin) Kiffe. She teaching junior high art at leaves behind two daugh- West Junior High in Downey, ters, Debbie (Jim) Berkley which she loved. She was and Dru (Jess) Winkle; five also an active volunteer at grandchildren, Peter Berkley, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Mary (Karson) Shadley, in Downey. Besides teachJohn Helton, Becky (Patrick) ing art, Charlotte created all Clark, and David Helton; and the family Christmas cards, eight great-grandchildren, taught back yard art classes Kaylin Ryan, Timothy Ryan, for the neighborhood chilElliot Berkley, Liam Ryan, dren, and entered paintings Maddie Walsh, Alex Berkley, in local art shows, as well Beatrix Shadley, and Grover as constantly taking up new Shadley. media and artistic ideas.

Charlotte was preceded in Later she taught art at St. death by her husband of 70 Margaret’s Episcopal School years, John (known as Jack), in San Juan Capistrano. and by her younger brother, After teaching, she became Gerald Anthony, Jr. (known a docent at the Los Angeles as Tony).

County Art Museum, which T h e d e f i n i t i o n o f she found very challenging Charlotte was that she was an artist. She began doing art from a young age, and her yearbook at John Burroughs Junior High features her artwork on many pages. She attended Los Angeles High School, where she became senior class president, and UCLA, where she joined Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.

Charlotte left college before graduation when she secured a job doing art design for a downtown department store. She and Jack were

Charlotte Kiffe Milam

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follow application rules.

Applications are available from Leadership Teacher Tyler Conner, or on line at VFW Voice of Democracy Application, or by calling

VFW Post 8138 Service Officer at 805-231-2374. The local first-place prize is $400.

A USB thumb drive recording must accompany the submitted essay (no CDs). The due date to be eligible for the local prize is October 20.

The VFW Arts Award is a contest which depicts patriotism through art. It is a creative, self-directed project in which 9th-12th grade students

and stimulating.

When grandchildren came along, Charlotte was an imaginative grandmother, entertaining them with not just love but fun and makebelieve. After Charlotte and Jack retired, they moved to Black Butte Ranch, Oregon, where other family lived.

Charlotte became a popular artist in the area, doing commissioned artworks of people in front of their vacation homes, and painting other local scenes. They remained at Black Butte until they moved to assisted living in Bend in 2017. Charlotte moved to Bellevue, WA, near her daughter Debbie, after Jack died.

Charlotte and Jack celebrated their 70th anniversary on May 20, 2019. They had a marriage that was a model for their children and grandchildren. And, as her granddaughter Mary put it, Charlotte “had a way of always turning ordinary into magical.” That magic will be a treasured memory forever.

are eligible. The entries are to follow all rules on the Arts Award Application which are available from Leadership Teacher Tyler Conner, on line at VFW Young American Creative Patriotic Art Contest, or by calling VFW Post 8138 Service Officer Bill Anttila.

Due date to VFW Post 8138 is March 1, 2022 to be eligible for local first-place prize of $400.

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By Jacqueline E. Mathews, Tribune News Service

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Anya Shockley turned in a hat trick to lead the Outlaws.

Girls soccer posts first league win

By Rongi Yost Correspondent

The Lady Outlaws shut out Stayton 5-0 at home on Thursday, September 16, to kick off their league season.

Sisters prepared well for their matchup against the Eagles, who in the past have always been a quarterfinal playoff team.

Sisters started their scoring spree 10 minutes into the contest. The ball was distributed wide to Emma Lutz, who beat her defender and crossed the ball on the ground to Anya Shockley, who let the ball go through her legs to Hollie Lewis, who one-touched it into the net.

Five minutes later, Lutz passed the ball through to Shockley, who had a 50/50 opportunity with the keeper.

The ball deflected off the keeper and Anya finished it to give the Outlaws a 2-0 lead. Shockley quickly scored again with an easy goal inside the six-yard box for her second goal of the contest.

First-half scoring ended with a goal from Katie Ryan.

The ball was crossed in front of the goal and Stayton had

a hard time clearing it. Ryan was by the back post and sent the ball into the upper right corner. At the half, the Outlaws held a 4-0 advantage over the visiting Eagles.

Shockley scored her third goal for a hat trick midway through the second half.

Marlee Holden made a nice pass to Shockley, who drove a hard shot into the goal above the keeper’s head from 10 yards out. Sisters held on to their 5-0 lead until the final whistle.

Coach Brian Holden told The Nugget that the Lady Outlaws executed their game plan to perfection.

“The girls have adapted well to our new lineup,” said Holden. “They moved the ball quickly and controlled on the ground. They made lots of generous passes to open players and they didn’t force any turnovers. Defensively, we were organized and attacked successfully on the right wings. Emma Lutz did a great job as a wing and provided a variety of crosses.”

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HOPS: PNW’s crop makes for popular seasonal beers

WEEDS: Forest Service will use herbicides to treat invasive plants

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season in late summer, early fall. Think of it as an herb: dried vs. fresh. You will still get the herbal notes from the dried herb, but when it’s fresh, you can really taste the difference.”

McVey is also assistant brewmaster for the larger 7,000-barrels-per-year operation off Barclay Drive that is unceremoniously called the “production facility.”

The firm’s beers are distributed throughout the Pacific Northwest and parts of California.

Most of the United States’ hop production takes place in the Pacific Northwest, given its rich soil, rainfall, and mild air. Driving along Highway 200 or Highway 126, hop vines come into view. Hops are fast growing, herbaceous perennial vines that grow from underground stems to as much as 25 feet in one season. They are a prime ingredient in beer dating to the ninth century.

What’s used for brewing is the flower. There is a male and female of the species and only the female plants are used in commercial production. In addition to their bitterness, hops, like grapes, impart floral, fruity, or citrus flavors and aromas.

Brewers are very picky about their hops and with good reason. Beer recipes are highly guarded secrets and hop content is critical to the process. The hops we see along the roadside in Sisters

should remain on the trails and are encouraged to keep dogs leashed during active treatments.

Ribbongrass, reed canarygrass, perennial peavine, and yellow flag iris are aggressive invasive plants overtaking native sedges, wildflowers, and shrubs within the river’s riparian habitats. These invasive plants out-compete most native species and present a major challenge to protecting unique native vegetation and habitat of the Metolius River.

Restoring and protecting the Metolius Wild and Scenic River and its values including fish, wildlife, water quality, ecology, scenery, and cultural values is a priority of the Deschutes National Forest.

The two herbicides being used were approved through an environmental analysis in 2005 and a supplemental environmental analysis in 2012. Past treatments have been highly successful, and the population appears to be reduced by about 75 percent with each treatment, according to the Forest Service.

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Hop vines are a common site across the Pacific Northwest, which produces much of the nation’s hops.

Country do not meet Three Creeks’ requirements. They prefer a selection of Saaz hops from as far away as New Zealand and the Czech Republic, the latter being origin for the renowned hops going back 700 years.

When The Nugget visited, McVey showed us hops from the Yakima Valley. They were not green, aromatic flowers fresh from the vine.

All craft brewers use a pelletized form of hops (think rabbit food). Growing, harvesting, drying, and pelletizing hops is a highly complex procedure requiring acres of production — another reason Three Creeks cannot use local hops.

What we see driving by are micro in nature and probably for home brewing, more of a hobby. The largest hop farm in Sisters Country is close neighbor Tumalo Hops, owned by Gary and Susan Wyatt. Ninety percent of the output from their hop yards is taken by Bridge 99 Brewing

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in Bend. The Wyatts grow six varieties of hops including a northwest craft brew favorite, the Cascade.

It can take anywhere from one to four pounds of hops per barrel, McVey says, and one of their brews takes 20.

Hops are the featured ingredient in some dozen yearround and seasonal offerings.

The hops have names that are part of a sophisticated branding scheme. In their Crowdpleaser IPA for example, Amarillo, Mosaic and Simcoe hops get top billing when promoting the brew.

Crowdpleaser was voted Best of the Northwest Region in the 2020 U.S. Beer Tasting Championship.

Speaking of fresh hops, their Conelick’r Fresh Hop IPA won Gold Medal at last year’s Great American Beer Festival. That seasonal batch took 300 pounds of wet Centennial hops from BC Farms in Woodburn, Oregon. The hops went from farm to kettle in four hours.

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McVey, Head Brewer Jeff Cornett, and owner Wade Underwood have more than an emotional disappointment in having to cancel the Hop Fest. McVey made quite a bit of fresh hop beer, more than can logically be consumed at the brew pub. Nowhere in Oregon are the many traditional autumn beer fests and Oktoberfests taking place in the current COVID-19 environment.

“This is the time of the year, after a full-bore summer meeting peak demand, we as an industry look forward to kicking back a bit with our fellow beer makers sharing in the joy and dedication of our work,” McVey said, with a tinge of sadness.

But he quickly recovered: “There’s always next year.”

Let’s drink to that.

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REAL ESTATE: Highly-qualified buyers only need apply Continued from page 1

More distressing, realtors say, is the price per square foot. As recently as last year, there was a decent supply of homes in the $300/square foot bracket, and high-end finishes meant about $350. Today the average price per square foot for homes on the market locally is $397.

ClearPine, a 97-unit development on Sisters’ north side has a new listing for an $850,000, three-bedroom, two-bath, 1,807 sq. ft. home: $470.39 per sq. ft. When developed just four years ago, ClearPine marketed itself as homes in the high “3”s to low “5”s.

Around the corner, Grand Peaks who broke ground in 2019 with homes marketed in the “high 500s” now offers homes for as much as $925,000. One, a two-bedroom, 2.5 bath, 1,780 sq. ft. home is offered at $779,000 or $435 per sq. ft.

Pine Meadow Village, one of Sisters’ premier subdivisions, cracked the $1 million sales price some time ago and today you can buy a four-bedroom on S. Birch Street for $1,295,000. Even a lot on W. Hood Avenue is set to sell at $487,872. Two Pine Meadow homes, on the market only weeks, are sale pending at $849,000.

Low lending rates are also enticing buyers. Rates for a 30-year, fixed rate mortgage are as low as 2.375 percent and only 1.75 percent for 15 year fixed in Sisters, with plenty of lenders.

Tales of bidding wars abound.

“They’re not new in Sisters,” said Guy Lauziere, broker at Ponderosa Properties. “It was common before this year to get multiple offers on a property. Only then we were seeing who was closest to the asking price. Now it’s who’s most above the listing price… Sisters is where a lot of people want to be.”

Lauziere agreed that it’s the basic law of supply and demand.

“For the last 12 months we simply have many more

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buyers than sellers.” In this market he says: “We won’t even show a home to a buyer who isn’t prequalified — a deep qualification.” He means a buyer who has had a trimerge credit check, employment verification and asset validation, not just a friendly letter from a lender.

Marina McCurdy, a principal broker at Cascade Sotheby’s, like Lauziere, sees the frenetic bidding somewhat subsiding. She too sees the issue as one of inventory.

“There just aren’t enough properties, especially inside the City limits. There’s hardly anything left to build on,” she said.

That is critically true with homes in the sweet spot range of $400,000 to $699,000 there being only 10 such properties currently in all of Sisters County. That’s less than a third of current listings over $1 million.

She shared the frustration when homes go into a bidding frenzy.

“We have to shield sellers from the onslaught of offers, many unqualified, and the plaintive letters and phone calls buyers make to get seller sympathy for their offers,” she said.

McCurdy said that she’s seen as many as 20 would-be buyers on a hot property, but usually the seller is given a carefully screened list of four or five offers from which to decide.

Lauziere told us how industry rules prevent sellers’ agents from disclosing the number of offers or the price of each to a buyer’s agent unless they get specific approval from the seller.

“We see many more listings now,” Lauziere added, “where the private notes on a listing only brokers can see specify that the seller will accept offers until such and such a time — usually 72 hours.”

That means: “Make your best and final offer,” said McCurdy. In that way the aggravation factor goes way down and the process is much more orderly than dozens of offers and back and forth counter-offers.

With Sisters’ quality of life attributes, nobody expects the frenzy to end any time soon.

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my friends,” said Wentworth.

Q is living up to their expectations. Wentworth has taken her in four shows now, and they recently competed in a two-week show called the Oregon Summer Classic, in Wilsonville.

“She’s been doing really well and came in Reserve Champion in our division called the .70 which has 2.6foot high jumps. They’re not very big but she’s doing great. I moved her into a class with a little bit higher jumps and she did well,” said Wentworth.

The jumps are brightly colored, with vertical jumps like single fences, and oxers that have width and are solid.

“The jumps we do have what’s called fillers to make them look more scary and intimidating to test the horse.

Q is what’s called ‘lookie,’ but she didn’t stop the entire time we competed in Wilsonville. She’s been doing really well and hasn’t thrown in a stop since two shows ago. We set up scarier jumps at home to build up her confidence,” said Wentworth.

Wentworth knows Q can jump much higher, but the way she found out was terrifying.

“When I first got her she was in a pasture and it was winter and about 20 degrees with two feet of snow on the ground. Q got spooked, took off and ran straight at a steel Powder River gate, I thought for sure she would stop but instead she jumped right over the gate which is

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and Q are best friends. Seeing them together it’s clear Wentworth picked the perfect show-jumping partner. She hopes to keep taking Q in more competitions, and when she starts college she’d like to join their show team.

“I’m applying to OSU,” she said, “so if I get in, we’ll both be going to college.”

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the military. We have an administration that is replete with coverups and collusion. China is licking their lips at our new tax hikes so they can once again get American companies to move back to them. China, Russia, Iran, Iraq, and Syria all inherited billions of dollars of U.S. military equipment.

Oh, that equipment is inoperable or will be obsolete because they can’t get parts you say? Reverse engineering will solve that issue, and the technology we left to them will come back and haunt us for years.

So why this rant? Because I care about the friends who died in vain, the friends who will never know the life they could have had. Because our forefathers, the true patriots and the sons of liberty who made this great country would be rolling over in their graves to see the chaos of our republic. I am mad we just lost 13 wonderful men and women service members to the incompetence and outright stupidity of our president. Say what you will and disagree all you wish, but for those who think we are going in the right direction and are proud of the America we are becoming, I am sorry for you. I am still hopeful we can turn this around and come together once again and be that republic we once were.

God bless America.

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To the Editor: As I read through the current issue of The Nugget, I couldn’t help notice that our sense of community here in Sisters has suffered greatly over the last 18 months or so.

Not that it was in great shape before that, but the divisions being sown from our federal and state government institutions had brought us all to a new low.

As I read the story about the disruption of the school board meeting, some of my ancient

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organizational learning education came to me. I’d just like to endorse the following, by David Korten, one of my teachers, and it seems to me it would be really good if the community could stop going through the public motions of process and start some conversations.

“Most public meetings, although originating from a democratic ideal, serve only to increase our separation from one another. Agendas and processes try to honor our differences but end up increasing our distance. They are ‘public hearings’ where nobody is listening and everyone is demanding air time. Communities aren’t created from such processes — they are destroyed by the increasing fear and separation that these processes engender.

Such public processes also generate the destructive power dynamics that emerge when people feel isolated and unheard. We don’t need more public hearings. We need much more public listening, in processes where we come together and commit to staying together long enough to discover those ideas and issues that are significant to each of us. We don’t have to interpret an event or issue the same, but we do have to share a sense that it is significant.

In our experience, as soon as people realize that others around them, no matter how different, share this sense of significance, they quickly move into new relationships with one another. They become able to work together, not because they have won anyone over to their view but because they have connected in a deeper place, a place we identify as the organizing center or heart of the community.”

Charlie Stevens

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Protection from growth

To the Editor: We, the undersigned, have sent the following request to our representatives in Salem: Sen. LynnFindley@oregonlegislature.gov and Rep. DanielBonham@oregonlegislature.gov. If you agree with this, we request that you contact the above and give it your support.

We the undersigned from the greater Sisters area

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request that you introduce legislation to slightly modify the Oregon Land Use Law in order to allow municipalities to protect themselves from industrial and residential development that would threaten to destroy their integrity.

Specifically, we request that a law be drafted that would allow municipalities to reject industrial or residential development within their urban boundaries, even if it conformed to zoning requirements, if it threatens the integrity of the municipality by urban sprawl and significant destruction of the natural environment, traffic paralysis, depletion of the water table and the like.

Without such a law, municipalities like Sisters may be forced to commit suicide by development.

Gary Leiser, Gayla Nelson, Ruth Schaefer, Rick Canter, Candace Terry

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The black abyss

To the Editor: I agree with Jeff Mackey’s letter to the editor, September 15, “The good old days.” Sadly, they are disappearing now.

Chinese lab created COVID-19, delta variant and Mu viruses forced on the world, forced masks and vaccines endlessly.

We had the worst debacle in history of a withdrawal of troops, Americans, and Afghan interpreters, leaving thousands behind to be murdered or ransomed.

We left behind $85 billion, hundreds of millions of dollars cash, Bagram Air Base to the Chinese military.

We have hundreds of thousands illegal immigrants pouring over southern border every month with no requirement to mask up and get vaccine shot, but Americans required to.

We have $5-7 trillion infrastructure bill in Senate trying to pass?

I would like to challenge every American Christian church every week to pray to God to save this country from falling into the black abyss.

Chet Davis

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Wednesday, September 22, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

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