The Nugget Vol. XLV No. 10
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Gauging insurance risk in fire country By Bill Bartlett
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Shining on the slopes... Whychus Creek set for restoration next to campground
Correspondent
A number of readers were concerned about The Nuggetʼs story on February 23 that brought to attention to the difficulty some property owners were experiencing in obtaining or renewing homeowners insurance when the insured property was not rating well. Reader Craig Rullman took the time to write a letter that appeared in last week’s issue, sharing his experience with renewing his policy on his rural property. His letter ended with a warning about the deleterious impact underwriters’ decisions might have on property values. The Nuggetʼs story centered on the models insurers
By Sue Stafford Correspondent
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Bela Chladek became the Outlaws’ first-ever state skiing champion last weekend, winning the High School State Championship Alpine Ski Race slalom by three seconds. Chladek led the boys ski team to an outstanding second-place finish, just a second behind Lincoln High School. See story, page 4.
See INSURANCE on page 6
If all goes according to plan, the instream and bank restoration work on Whychus Creek, where it runs between Creekside Park and Creekside Campground — from the Locust Street bridge to the Highway 20 bridge — should take place in August 2022. This according to Mathias Perle, restoration program manager for the Upper Deschutes Watershed Council, in his report to the City Parks Advisory Board, who held their March 2 meeting at the creek. The strategic plan for restoration of the 40-mile-long See WHYCHUS on page 23
Cloverdale Fire District Biggest Little Show to get bigger asks voters for funding By Bill Bartlett Correspondent
By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief
The Cloverdale Rural Fire Protection District is going back to voters to seek funding to provide a sustainable level of 24/7 staffing. The District has filed a ballot measure for the May 17 election, seeking a 69-cents-per-$1,000 (assessed valuation) levy to fund 24/7 staffing by fire officers/EMTs. Cloverdale Fire District voters in May 2021 said a vehement “no” to a levy that carried a tax rate of $1.35 per $1,000 of assessed property value. Voters rejected it by a 70 percent to 30 percent margin. The 2021 measure sought to add two paid firefighting staff and house an ambulance in the District. Plans also called for Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District to take on the administrative requirements of the Cloverdale
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District. Voters found that measure too expensive, and many feared loss of autonomy for the District. The District board of directors, staff, and members of the volunteer association worked together over the past months to come up with a reduced funding level that will still cover the District’s most fundamental need — additional officer staffing. “This is a really strippeddown version of the last levy,” said Larry Turin, volunteer association vice president. Staff, board, and volunteer personnel who spoke with The Nugget last week all agreed that the current staffing level is unsustainable, putting far too much strain on Fire Chief Thad Olsen and Captain and Training Officer Jeremy Hall. The District See CLOVERDALE on page 16
If you drove by the rodeo grounds Friday you saw new lighting being installed. The low-energy, high-output LED lamps will dramatically improve illumination for the upcoming 80th Sisters Rodeo, June 8-12. The lights will make for a better experience for attendees of evening performances. The greater benefit however will be to allow for high-definition TV coverage. This year’s rodeo will be live telecast on the Cowboy Channel and RFD TV, a pay television channel that caters to viewers with rural tastes and interests. Any rodeo enthusiast or photographer knows that lighting has been deficient, especially when the horses and cows get into the far corners. The promoters are equally excited about other improvements. There will be new vendor sections and food trucks
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COVID-19 bucked the Sisters Rodeo off the event schedule for two years — but it’s back for 2022, with added improvements. according to Curt Kallberg, Sisters Rodeo Association Board President. There will be new viewing areas with large-screen TVs, enabling guests to meet in the food or vending area without missing any of the action. The specialty act this year will be a first in Sisters, Felix
Santana and his Lusitano and Iberian warmblood cross, Gallahan. The duo will be performing a series of movements with roots in classical horsemanship also known as haute école or Alta Escuela training. The movements See RODEO on page 22
Letters/Weather ............... 2 Obituaries .....................8-9 Fun & Games ....................10 Stars over Sisters ............13 Classifieds.................. 18-19 Meetings .......................... 3 Announcements...............10 Entertainment ................. 11 Crossword ....................... 17 Real Estate .................21-24
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Letters to the Editor… The Nugget welcomes contributions from its readers, which must include the writerʼs name, address, and phone number. Letters to the Editor is an open forum for the community and contains unsolicited opinions not necessarily shared by the Editor. The Nugget reserves the right to edit, omit, respond, or ask for a response to letters submitted to the Editor. Letters should be no longer than 300 words. Unpublished items are not acknowledged or returned. The deadline for all letters is 10 a.m. Monday.
Preserving dark skies
To the Editor: I applaud the youth of Sisters for wanting to implement the City’s dark-sky ordinance. I live in The Pines behind Three Wind complex where the new apartments have gone up. The lighting on the backs of those buildings is so bright it’s like daylight. Repeated calls to the City about this have gone nowhere. The seniors living along that back fence have lost the trees, dark skies, and privacy. The lights shine brightly in their bedrooms and living space all night long. This is costing those individuals money for various barriers to shield them. I’m hoping the City Officers who allowed this to happen listen to the youth of Sisters who in time will replace them. Linda Warnholtz
Standard of truth
To the Editor: In the February 23 Nugget, Diane Hodgson wrote about speaking with civility in our community in the context of the seemingly endless issues we face and the stress it creates. Given the past 1.5 years of lock downs, masks, mandates, etc.; and what is currently happening in Ukraine, it can be overwhelming to process. While a good idea, will City Council scheduling town halls between individuals with different worldviews change minds? Unless we can agree on what is a “standard” for truth, strong emotions will always See LETTERS on page 16
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A modest proposal for Central Oregon By Paul and Donna Lipscomb Guest Columnists
The State of Oregon, through the State Land Board’s Division of State Lands (DSL), is currently planning to sell 400 acres of public land to the Thornburgh destination resort developer, who is proposing three 18-hole golf courses adjacent to the BLM’s Cline Buttes Recreation Area. The land is also immediately adjacent to Eagle Crest Resort, another destination resort already in the same area. The proposal would transfer the funds generated by this private sale to Oregon’s Common School Fund. Most of the funding for our public schools in Oregon comes from state income tax revenues. Currently there is such a surplus of state tax revenues that our legislature is struggling to find ways to spend it prudently. In fact, as this short session comes to a close, the Oregon Legislature is proposing to carry over a $760 million ending fund balance into the next biennium. Under such circumstances one would think that the DSL must have an excellent reason for converting these public recreation and resource lands to public funds through a private sale at this particular time. But if they do, they have not yet identified it. On the other hand, selling these public lands to a destination resort and golf course developer can only have negative impacts on our public land and water resources, and in particular on the public water stored naturally in the aquifer underlying Central Oregon. The only source of water for destination resort development in this area is well water, and that is what this developer proposes to use. We are already suffering the effects of the most prolonged drought in Central Oregon on record. And, as a result, our public water table is currently dropping precipitously. (The Oregon Water Resources Department records indicate that between 1995 and 2021 the water level of our primary aquifer dropped nearly 15 feet, and the rate of drop is accelerating.) Consequently, some local domestic wells and irrigation wells are already starting to fail. Homeowners and farmers are being forced to drill new wells or deepen
their existing wells at considerable expense. These problems will only grow worse as our shared aquifer level continues to drop. The increasing demands on the decreasing water table in Central Oregon also adversely impacts the Deschutes River and Whychus Creek, where large-scale public and private investments in fish restoration projects are already imperiled. Our groundwater table and our streams and rivers are integrally connected through historic springs and seeps, but many of those springs are currently unable to discharge to our local streams and rivers because of the continuing declines in our ground water levels. Simply put, we are already pumping more public water out of our common water table than our annual snowmelt and rainfall can replenish. At this juncture, adding new demands on our public water table to irrigate this private developer’s three new golf courses would appear to be the very height of public policy imprudence and poor stewardship of our public land and water resources by the DSL and the State Land Board. By statute, the State Land Board and the DSL are required to: “Give due consideration, in the sale, exchange or leasing of any state lands under its control to the protection and conservation of all natural resources, including scenic and recreational resources, of such lands, so as to protect property and human life, and conserve plant, aquatic and animal life” (ORS 273.051). But that statutory duty has been sorely neglected in this case. The DSL has proposed a two-hour public hearing on March 10 via Zoom from 6 to 8 p.m. Because of that time limit, and because a good portion of that time will be taken up by the DSL’s staff report, public testimony will have to be brief and limited. On the other hand, anyone can submit written testimony by email at DSL. Comments@dsl.oregon. gov through March 17, so that option might be a better alternative for you. That is what we are doing also. Please give voice to your own thoughts on this proposal by submitting an email to the above email address by March 17.
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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Jiunta is new manager for Farmers Market By Katy Yoder Correspondent
Jim Anderson has been helping athletes improve and excel for six decades. PHOTO BY CHARLIE KANZIG
Track coach running strong after six decades By Charlie Kanzig Correspondent
John F. Kennedy was president, The Beatles had not yet been discovered by American fans, and gasoline sold for 31 cents a gallon when Jim Anderson began his coaching career in 1960. Monday, February 28, the first official day of high school spring practice, marked the start of Anderson’s 61st season as a high school coach, as he returned to the track at Reed Stadium to mentor a new crop of pole vaulters for the Outlaws track and field team. Anderson fell in love with the pole vault when he moved to Baker, Oregon (now Baker City) in seventh
grade and witnessed some high school kids with their bamboo poles and a sawdust landing pit practicing at the high school across from where he was staying. “I walked over and they let me give it a try,” he said. “And I lost my heart to the pole vault. I was hooked.” Anderson went on to be a three-sport athlete at Baker High School, where he continued vaulting during the spring track season. After graduating in 1955, he attended the University of Oregon. After a year he transferred to Eastern Oregon College in La Grande, where he finished with a degree in secondary education in 1959. He landed his first job that fall at Waldo Junior
High School in Salem, where he taught for three years and coached basketball for two. It was during this period he met his wife, Karen, to whom he has been married to for nearly 60 years. “In my heart, I wanted to work at the high school level, but nothing was available in Salem, so I decided to make a move,” he said. He was offered a job at Oregon City High School, but while in the area made a visit to Clackamas High School, which had opened a few years earlier. There he was surprised to find his principal from Baker High School in the principal’s office. See COACH on page 22
Seed to Table hired Michelle Jiunta, as the new Sisters Farmers Market Manager. With an extensive background running Central Oregon farmers markets, Jiunta is prepared and excited about the opportunity. “I’m so thrilled to be a part of the Sisters Farmers Market (SFM), the Seed to Table family, and the community at large,” she said. Former SFM Manager Caroline Hager is staying on to assist Jiunta through preevent work and will attend the first couple of Farmers Markets. Jiunta is thrilled to
have that kind of support during the transition while she gets acquainted with vendors and a newly installed vendor management software system. Jiunta’s background is well suited to her new position. For the past 11 years she was the manager for the Redmond Farmers Market. During her tenure, she focused on building up vendors and the customer base. She also worked for several years with the Madras Saturday Market handling vendor coordination. Seed to Table Executive Director Audrey Tehan, the See JIUNTA on page 17
Masks coming off at Sisters schools By Charlie Kanzig Correspondent
The statewide mask mandate comes to a close March 12 and leaves the management of COVID-19 guidelines and protocols in the hands of the local school district. Sisters School District Superintendent Curt Scholl says the District is in a good position to manage the local situation moving forward. “We welcome the change because it allows us to respond to our own outbreaks
in the community rather than the county as a whole,” he said. “We’ve only had about three COVID cases in the past three weeks in our schools, so our numbers have significantly dropped. “We’ve always had health protocols in place, even before COVID, so it’s good to be able to go back to that,” he added. Scholl said he doesn’t have any real concerns about the lifting of the mandate at this point. See MASKS on page 20
SISTERS AREA MEETING CALENDAR Sisters Area Woodworkers 1st Tuesday, 7 to 9 p.m. 541-231-1897. Al-Anon Mon., noon. / Thurs., 10 a.m., Sisters Astronomy Club 3rd Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church. Go Fish Fishing Group 3rd Monday, Tuesday, 7 p.m., SPRD. 541-549-8846. 541-610-7383. 7 p.m. Sisters Community Church. All Sisters Bridge Club Thursdays, 12:30 ages welcome. 541-771-2211. p.m. at Sisters Community Church. Alcoholics Anonymous Thurs. & Email sistersbridge2021@gmail.com. Sun., 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Heartwarmers (fleece blanketmakers) Transfiguration / Sat., 8 a.m., Episcopal 2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City Sisters Caregiver Support Group Church of the Transfiguration / Mon., Hall. Materials provided. 541-408-8505. 3rd Tues., 10:30 a.m., Sisters Episcopal 5 p.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church. 541-771-3258. Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday, Church / Big Book study, Tues., noon, Sisters Cribbage Club Please call for 1 to 4 p.m. 541-668-1755. Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / details. 541-923-1632. Citizens4Community, Let’s Talk Gentlemen’s meeting, Wed., 7 a.m., Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / 3rd Monday, 5:30 to 8 p.m. RSVP at of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m. Sober Sisters Women’s meeting, Thurs., citizens4community.com Location information: 541-549-1193. noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Military Parents of Sisters Meetings Church / Step & Tradition meeting, Fri., are held quarterly; please call for details. Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran 7 to 8:30 a.m., Brand 33 Restaurant at 541-388-9013. Church. 541-548-0440. Aspen Lakes. 541-410-2870. Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters Sisters Parent Teacher Community Black Butte Ranch Bridge Club Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m., 2nd Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. at Sisters Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m., BBR community Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-549-6469. Saloon. 541-480-5994. room. Partner required. 541-595-6236. SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings Central Oregon Fly Tyers Guild & Enrichment) Monday-Friday, 11 a.m. Sisters Parkinson’s Support Group 2nd Thurs.,1 p.m. Sisters Library. For Saturday meeting dates and to 4 p.m. at Sisters Park & Recreation 541-668-6599 location, email: steelefly@msn.com. District. 541-549-2091. Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday. Central OR Spinners and Weavers Sisters Aglow Lighthouse Location information: 541-279-1977. Guild One Saturday per month, Jan. 4th Saturday, 10 a.m., meeting by Sisters Rotary 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, thru Oct. For schedule: 541-639-3217. Zoom. 503-930-6158. Noon, Aspen Lakes. 541-760-5645. Sisters Area Photography Club Council on Aging of Central Oregon Sisters Trails Alliance Board 1st 2nd Wednesday, 3:30 p.m., at Senior Lunch Tues., Wed., Thurs Monday, 5 p.m. Sisters Library. Sisters Community Church. 12:30-1 p.m. Sisters Community Public welcome. 808-281-2681. 541-549-6157. Church. 541-480-1843.
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East of the Cascades Quilt Guild 4th Wednesday (September-June), Stitchin’ Post. All are welcome. 541-549-6061.
Sisters Veterans Thursdays, noon, Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-903-1123. Three Sisters Irrigation District Board of Directors 1st Tuesday, 4 p.m., TSID Office. 541-549-8815. Three Sisters Lions Club 2nd Thursday, 6:30 p.m., Spoons Restaurant. 541-419-1279. VFW Post 8138 and American Legion Post 86 1st Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Sisters City Hall. 541-903-1123. Weight Watchers Thursdays, 8:30 a.m. weigh-in, Sisters Community Church. 541-602-2654.
SCHOOLS Black Butte School Board of Directors 2nd Tuesday, 3:45 p.m., Black Butte School. 541-595-6203 Sisters School District Board of Directors One Wed. monthly, SSD Admin Bldg. See schedule online at www.ssd6.org. 541-549-8521 x5002.
CITY & PARKS Sisters City Council 2nd & 4th Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Sisters City Hall. 541-549-6022.
Sisters Park & Recreation District Board of Directors 2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 4:30 p.m., SPRD bldg. 541-549-2091. Sisters Planning Commission 3rd Thursday, 5:30 p.m., Sisters City Hall. 541-549-6022.
FIRE & POLICE Black Butte Ranch Police Dept. Board of Directors Meets monthly. 541-595-2191 for time & date. Black Butte Ranch RFPD Board of Directors 4th Thursday, 9 a.m., Black Butte Ranch Fire Station. 541-595-2288. Cloverdale RFPD Board of Directors 3rd Wed., 5:30 p.m., 67433 Cloverdale Rd. 541-548-4815. cloverdalefire.com. Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD Board of Directors 3rd Tuesday, 5 p.m., Sisters Fire Hall, 541-549-0771. Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD Drills Tuesdays, 7 p.m., Sisters Fire Hall, 301 S. Elm St. 541-549-0771.
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Sisters skier is slalom champion By Rongi Yost Correspondent
Outlaws skier Bela Chladek is the state champion slalom skier. Chladek’s outstanding performance in the High School State Championship Alpine Ski Race at Mt. Hood Meadows led an astonishing Outlaws run that put the boys team in second place for the slalom — a second away from the top of the podium. The Outlaws skiers raced at Mt. Hood Meadows on Thursday and Friday, March 3-4. On Thursday, the girls raced giant slalom and the boys raced slalom. On Friday, they switched events. In Thursday’s action, the boys raced on softening course conditions on the first slalom run, which led to a number of crashes and disqualifications. Run two hardened up as temperatures dropped, which produced faster racing conditions. The level of competition was high and athletes definitely felt the pressure. The boys turned in an amazing team performance in the slalom event, and took second place. The team was very close to a first-place finish, as they came in barely a second behind Lincoln High School. Bela Chladek had a great first run and an even better second run to take first place in the slalom event by almost three seconds, which made him the 2022 Oregon high school slalom event state champion. Chladek is the first athlete from Sisters High School to take first place at a high school ski-racing championship. “Bela really turned some heads at the top of the slalom
course with his second run,” said Coach Gabe Chladek. “It was really fun to watch.” Corbin Fredland had two very fast runs and finished sixth. Styopa Myagkov and Gus Patton suffered technical difficulties and crashed on their first run, but the boys team score was saved by Emerson Backus, who was able to hold on through the finish and record a necessary third time for the team. Myagkov had a good second run and also contributed nicely to the team score. On Friday, the giant slalom (GS) course, which came off the top of a run called “Burial,” was challenging and technically demanding. Fredland and Myagkov skied two fast, clean runs and were the top Sisters GS scorers. Chladek skied the fastest first run for the Outlaws, but crashed on his second run. Duey and Tisdel both stepped up and skied outstanding runs and saved the Sisters team’s GS score putting them in fourth place. The boys’ combined slalom and giant Slalom score put them in third place overall. Fredland had the high combined score for the Outlaws, which placed him fifth overall. Coach Chladek said, “Especially noteworthy were the performances of Gus Patton and Spencer Tisdel. They really stepped up and showed amazing perseverance with rough course conditions under the pressure of the state championship competition.” The boys brought home two State trophies, a secondplace trophy in the slalom and a third-place trophy in the combined. This accomplishment is a very big deal, as the boys had to compete against
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all the big schools in the state. Skiing, unlike any other high school sport, is not divided by school size. There have been only four top-three trophies in ski racing for Sisters in the last 20 years; one in the early 2000s, one two years ago when the boys went to Ashland, and now the two this year. The girls team faced a very challenging giant slalom course on Thursday. The race had several transitions between steeper and flatter pitches, and started and ended on steep slopes. Almost a third of the field didn’t finish the first run, but the majority did fare better on the second run. Top seed Araiya Grummer finished both runs, and was able to work through the glitches. Coach Chladek said, “She raced first and finished, but did have an issue with a tricky delay that led into the final pitch. In the second run she raced a rerun because she had to avoid a racer who crashed in front of her.” Tallis Grummer crashed on her first run and skied a clean second run. Charlotte Seymour and Ella Eby crashed on both runs. First-year racer Ava Riehle and senior Piper Adelt (racing as a non-scoring alternate) both faced a rutted course as they skied toward the end of the race. They completed clean runs both times. The Outlaws were among six of the 15 teams at State who did not score as a team because at least three racers didn’t finish each run. Oregon Episcopal School
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(OES) finished first, St. Mary’s Academy was runnerup, and Lincoln High School took third. The girls raced much better on Friday in the slalom race, and placed ninth as a team, just behind St. Mary’s Academy. Lakeridge placed first, Central Catholic took second, and Jesuit took third. Presley Adelt (sophomore) led the Outlaws with a 26thplace finish. Tallis Grummer (freshman) placed 34th, Charlotte Seymour (sophomore) placed 37th, and team captain Piper Adelt (senior) placed 41st in her final high school race. Araiya Grummer
(sophomore) skied well on the top part of the slalom course on both runs, but crashed at the end and did not finish either one. The slalom race was won by Annie Hendrickson of OES. Two Outlaw racers will continue on and ski in the Western States High School Championships at Mount Rose near Lake Tahoe in California this week. Bela Chladek and Corbin Fredland will be on a team of 12 high school athletes representing the Oregon Interscholastic Ski Racing Association on Thursday and Friday, March 10-11.
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New community grants available By Janel Ruehl Project Coordinator, COIC
Since 2019, the Sisters Country Vision Implementation Team (VIT) has been offering small grants to community organizations and businesses who are actively working to support one or more projects included in the Vision Action Plan. Starting in January, the small-grant program reopened in partnership with local nonprofit Citizens4Community (C4C), who will oversee the grants going forward. The application is simple, and the grants can support a wide range of community projects! This hyper-local grant program is designed to catalyze community-led action within the four broad focus areas of the Sisters Country Vision: Prosperous Sisters, Livable Sisters, Resilient Sisters, and Connected Sisters. Community members, including nonprofits, small businesses, community coalitions, and even individuals can apply for up to $1,250 per application. Grant funds can be utilized to support direct project work, or capacity for an applicant organization to scale up to be in a better position to take on a new project. The program also offers “micro-grants” of up to $250, which can be approved very quickly to support small costs such
as childcare or food for community meetings, or one-time purchases such as supplies or printing costs for event flyers or posters. Priority consideration will be given to projects that involve collaboration with other community members or organizations in Sisters Country. To learn more about the four focus areas of the Sisters Country Vision, visit https:// s i s t e r s c o m m u n i t y. o r g / sisters-country-vision/. The application process is open now and proposals are accepted on a rolling basis year-round. All proposals will be reviewed at the end of each month, and applicants will receive notification of funding status by the 20th of the following month, with payments processed soon after. The application form is simple to complete, consisting of under 10 questions. Applications will be reviewed by a fivemember review committee, including C4C board members, members of the Sisters Community Builders Coalition, and members of the Vision Implementation Team. Micro-grants under the $250 threshold can be awarded through a quick preapproval process without committee review, at the discretion of the C4C staff and board chair. To apply, send a request via email to Jane Paxson at director@ citizens4community.com. Past recipients of the VIT
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Grants include the Three Sisters Historical Society, who utilized the funding to produce 13 additional historical plaques for the downtown area and to create a brochure that informs residents and visitors about the images in the Sisters 75th Anniversary Mural located on the Habitat for Humanity Thrift Store building at 211 E. Cascade Ave. Age Friendly Sisters Country received a grant to purchase general liability insurance coverage and to cover the cost of background checks for new volunteers for the STARS (Sisters Transportation and Ride Share Program), allowing them to greatly expand their pool of volunteer drivers during the pandemic, including offering free rides to vaccination clinics at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds in Redmond. Sisters Park & Recreation District utilized a grant to offer a new, very low-cost community Spanish language class in 2021.
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St. Pat’s run still has openings By Charlie Kanzig Correspondent
Following the popular Ugly Sweater Run in December, race director Kelly Bither is at it again with a race to help celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. The Lucky Leprechaun 5k and 10k Run and Walk is scheduled for Saturday, March 12 and there is still room for a few more leprechauns, according to Bither. “As of March 5 a total of 176 people had registered,” she said. “We think that we can manage up to about 250, so it’s not too late to get involved.” The event will begin and end near Sisters Depot where post-race “shenanigans” will take place including cold drinks for all participants. Unlike the Ugly Sweater Run, which had a suggested donation for entry that benefited Together for Children, the Leprechaun Run comes
with a set price tag, but also a lot of swag and entertainment including a commemorative mug, custom shamrock medal made by Birch and Home, Irish dancers, and live music. From each entry, $5 will go to the Sisters High School tennis team thanks to sponsorship from Tim Kizziar at Stellar Realty, who will contribute half of each donation. In addition, special prizes will be awarded to the best costume and age group winners. Eclectic Edge will provide chip timing of the race. The 10k will start things off at 10 a.m. followed by the 5k run at 10:15 and the 5k walk at 10:20. Other sponsors of the race include Sisters Depot, Birch and Home, Three Creeks Brewing, and Wild Roots/Broken Top Mountain Whiskey. Race information and registration can be found at www. runsistersrun.com.
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INSURANCE: Devastating fires have complicated the landscape Continued from page 1
are employing to assess their risk and help set premium rates, particularly in exurban and rural areas. The model we cited was the FireLine® Score, a product of Verisk, a $3 billion New Jersey-headquartered public company. We included State Farm among the major insurers using the FireLine model, when in fact State Farm uses its own ratings model. The very nature of insurance means that all insurance carriers use some form or another of risk calculators to gauge a property’s exposure to hazards. It’s all about risk, and the insurance companies have taken a beating in the western states these last drought-fueled fire years. It is not surprising that some are choosing to stop insuring in wildfire environments, or raising premiums to compensate for their increased risk and payouts. Few companies provided homeowners insurance in Oregon as compared to auto insurance. And the number has been declining throughout the western states given the loss experience, particularly in California. The prospect of another severe fire season continues to impact the homeowners insurance market. Aon PLC, a major international service firm that sells risk-mitigation products, in a recent white paper, said the market continues to restrict capacity to cover wildfires as the events become larger and more frequent. Insured losses from wildfires in the U.S. have exceeded $13 billion and economic losses have topped $20 billion in three of the last four years, according to Aon. In Oregon alone, losses related to wildfires at Farmers Insurance Group of Companies reached $2.1 billion in 2018 alone. Allstate’s payouts exceeded $300 million in 2020. State Farm paid out $219 million in 2020 while taking in $210 million in premiums. Liberty Mutual
collected just under $140 million in 2020 premiums but paid out $226 million. It’s easy to see why insurers are reevaluating who gets a policy. Notwithstanding the scary nature of the changes happening in the insurance marketplace, don’t panic: At least that’s the advice of mortgage broker Pat Riley, whose office is getting calls from mortgage holders worried that a canceled insurance policy will cause their mortgage to forfeit. “It’s almost impossible to not find an insurer willing to underwrite your property,” Riley said. “Premiums may increase if you cannot mitigate some of the risk around your home, or you may not be able to get the same coverage or deductibles, but you will not be frozen out of the market.” Fire Chief Roger Johnson of Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District reminds residents that the District offers free consultations for local homeowners to review their home and look for ways to make their property more defendable during a wildfire and to help prevent the spread of wildfire. Johnson stresses the need for neighborhoods and subdivisions to be Firewise. He asks all Sisters homeowners to visit https://www.projectwildfire. org/firewise-usa/ to learn how to make their properties more fire resistant. Linda Allredge of Country Financial in Sisters whose firm writes homeowners insurance suggests: “Don’t call attention to your home with underwriters. If you have too many small claims in this environment that gets you noticed. It may be more prudent to go out of pocket a little and save for the truly big claim.” She also advises against insurance shopping right now. “It’s counter-intuitive but if you’re happy with your carrier avoid trying to save a few dollars and having your property reviewed,” she said. Allredge reiterated the need to clear brush and debris putting more distance between your home and ignition sources.
Local troubadours to play The Belfry Local troubadours commanding stage Beth Wood and Jenner presence. Fox will perform The Sunday live at The Belfry in C o m m u n i t y Sisters on Saturday, Celebration, hosted March 12. Doors by Beth at the Sisters open at 7 p.m., music Folk Festival, has starts at 7:30 p.m. become a fan favorite The Jenner Fox through the years. Band features bass An intimate eveplayer and vocalist ning with Beth Wood Aaron Moore, keyis a winding road boardist and vocalist filled with joyful Aaron Guest, electric singing, percussive PHOTO BY CASSY BERRY guitar wiz Jeremy and expressive guiElliot, and Benji Beth Wood will play The Belfry Saturday, March 12. tar playing, storytellNagel on dobro. The ing, laughter, tears, different members worked arrangements and emotional and poetry. together on various touring roller coasters. The show will be seated Beth Wood is a modern- for the audience, with refreshand studio projects for years, but formally assembled for day troubadour, poet, and ments available in the bar. an experimental tour on believer in the power of word The Belfry is located at cargo bicycles in November and song. Wood has been 302 E. Main Ave. of 2021. The music and bike delighting and inspiring audiAdvance tickets are availtouring clicked. They shared ences for 25 years with her able at www.belfryevents. a sensibility for deep listen- exceptional musicianship, com. For more information ing, space, and bringing the intelligent writing, power- visit www.jennerfox.com and audience along for their lush house voice, and warm and www.bethwoodmusic.com.
Festival seeks nominations for arts award Sisters Folk Festival is seeking nominations for their 2022 Ben Westlund Advocate for the Arts Award. This award is given to the artist, organization, or person who consistently supports, promotes, and perpetuates cultural expression and engagement, seeks to inspire artistic endeavors in others, and advocates for building on the arts economy and thriving arts scene in the Central Oregon region. If you know a person or organization that fits this
description, you can fill out a short nomination form online at https://tinyurl.com/ BenWestlundAward. The deadline for consideration is March 14 at 5 p.m. All of this year’s My Own Two Hands (MOTH) awards will be presented at the April 30 MOTH Art Auction & Party taking place at the Sisters Art Works venue under a large tent. Tickets to the evening’s celebration are $90 and include a catered dinner, drinks, and live music from the Seattle-based True
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Hands-on believers What do a group of Christians in urban Philadelphia; a Native American elder of the North Fork Mono in California; and a radical, off-grid, transgender, nomadic rewilder wandering Eastern Oregon have in common? They’ve all made significant impact on our struggling planet — not by carrying signs and calling senators, but by working hands-on with plants, soil, and people. They and other fascinating characters are featured in Lisa Wells’ recent book, “Believers: Making a Life at the End of the World.” It is partly a travelogue, studded with anecdotes, interviews, and quotations, as we join a grownup Wells, visiting
people who are making a difference—sometimes while living in marginal, unusual ways. It is in part a memoir, chronicling the millennial author and her friends growing up in the Portland area, as they realize the precariousness of life on earth as we know it. Concerned about climate change down to their very bones, they become radicalized — ah, the idealism of youth! — and try to address it by dropping out of school and learning survivalist, “rewilding,” and tracking skills. Returning to civilization, they sometimes become immersed in the pettiness of activist hipsterism, where blog-comment battles threaten to overshadow any constructive changes these kids might make on the world. Eventually, though, we enter a truly hopeful stretch. The Mono elder and a “manicured and magazine pretty” young U.S. Forest Service botanist work together to restore a meadow in the Sierra Nevada. The World Bank, Chinese government, and local farmers team up to bring forests, plants, and habitat back to the massive Loess Plateau. The 250,000-squaremile area in China had devolved from “an important ancient hub for travelers on the Silk Road” to a desert of yellow silt thanks to overgrazing and agriculture.
In Brazil, photographer Sebastião Salgado — known for documenting the ravages of war and industrialization around the world — returned home to find the farm and forest of his childhood denuded and desolate. With his wife Lélia and the engineer Renato de Jesus, a restoration effort began. An area of 1,754 acres grew from dust to forest. “Natural springs and a waterfall had returned to the land,” Wells notes, “as had 15 species of reptiles, 15 species of amphibians, 172 species of birds, and 33 species of mammals,” some endangered. This astonishing rewatering and regreening occurs on other restoration sites as well. In Jordan, Princess Basma bint Ali and her crew put up a fence to keep out grazing cattle for a few years. “It allowed the land to breathe, to take a breath,” the princess said. Species of plants last recorded in the 19th century, long considered extinct, rose up. “We didn’t interfere, we didn’t do any planting at the time,” she explained. Wells celebrates the work of John Liu, a land restoration expert and documentarian. He also founded Ecosystem Restoration Camps, working on degraded lands in various countries—including the Camp Fire Restoration Project down the road apiece
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Restoration of lands and waterways is surprisingly effective, and may hold the key to solving planet-wide environmental problems. Here at Willow Springs Preserve, which is generally closed to the public, Whychus Creek once again meanders thanks to the efforts of local volunteers, donors, and Deschutes Land Trust. in Paradise, California. Ethiopia. Jordan. Rwanda. China. Brazil. USA. Reallife, recent-past examples in all these places show that success is possible. People have actually turned around environmental degradation— albeit in tiny patches on a large, warming planet. It is here that Wells, at last, finds real hope. “There is no solution to the problems we face, but there are solutions: multifarious, collaborative, egalitarian, localized. For every so-called end of the world, a thousand smaller worlds must be born,” Wells writes. “The threats we face are overwhelming, paralyzing even, but a watershed, an
ecosystem — these are limits where life can flourish.” Here in Sisters Country, there is tangible hope. Sometimes it’s hard to see. After all, there has been overgrazing. Drought. Overuse. Noise, air, water, and light pollution. Soil depletion. Excessive logging, then replanting our forests as near-monoculture tree farms. Not to mention the elephant in every room on the West Coast: wildfire suppression. Animal populations from flying insects to common mule deer have declined. While mining operations churn happily nearby, and giant green lawns proliferate See IN THE PINES on page 11
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Obituaries Dr. Duane F. Marble
December 10, 1931 — February 22, 2022
Glenn Miller
Passed February 2022
Glenn Miller of Tumalo passed peacefully at his home after an extended illness. His wife was by his side. Glenn was born in Goshen, Indiana. He lived in Sisters and Bend most of his life. He was president of G.J. Miller Construction for over 40 years, building many of Central Oregon’s showcase homes and commercial businesses. He was very involved in his local community. He loved serving as president of Sisters Rodeo for a total of 23 years, leading that association into national recognition. He is survived by his beloved wife, Tove, who was by his side for 30 years; stepson, Ty Coe; step-grandson, Austin Coe; and great-grandchildren, Navaeh and Ryder; sisters, Betty Troyer and Fran Wayne; brothers, Wayne (Pam), Dean, and Dale. He will be loved and remembered by family, friends, and neighbors as a generous and kind man, always ready to help others wherever and whenever needed. At his request, there will be no service.
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Dr. Duane F. Marble passed quietly in his sleep Tuesday February 22, 2022 with his wife and children nearby. He loved his family, geography, his students, the outdoors, travel, good food and wine, good books, great conversation, cats, and the company of friends. Duane was born to Francis and Beulah Marble in West Seattle, Washington, December 10, 1931. He earned three degrees from the University of Washington, earning his Ph.D. in 1959. He served on the faculties of the University of Oregon, the University of Pennsylvania, Northwestern University, the State University of New York at Buffalo, and The Ohio State University. At Buffalo, he established the first formal research unit dealing with Geographic Information Science (GIS) and the first graduate program in geography that provided a specialization
in GIS. After retirement he held a courtesy appointment as Professor of Geosciences at Oregon State University. What separated Duane from most professors was his active interest and involvement with his graduate students. He took an enthusiastic and supportive role as an advisor, a mentor, and a friend, providing great personal and intellectual encouragement and support, which carried on well past graduation. During his fortyyear academic career, more than seventy-five graduate students completed their degrees under his supervision. His high standards prepared his students for successful careers, with many of these now close friends holding senior positions in academia, government, and industry. Dr. Marble was instrumental in developing GIS as a strong, scientific academic endeavor. He established the International Symposia on Spatial Data Handling, collaborated on creating instructional software used
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Obituaries Trudy Deloris Foss
March 6, 1949 — February 26, 2022
Dee AnDyke
Passed January 26, 2022
Dee AnDyke of Redmond passed away peacefully January 26, 2022 surrounded by family at the age of 100. Dee is survived by her three children: Linda, George, and Tom; six grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren. Dee was born Delores Mary Rice in South Dakota to George and Ethel Rice. She spent most of her childhood in Nebraska. After graduating from high school, she moved to Oregon to be near family. There she met her future husband, William (Bill) AnDyke. They were married on May 18, 1946 and proceeded to have three children that they raised in southeast Portland. In 1972, they purchased a cabin in Camp Sherman where they spent much of their time with family enjoying nature. Dee was a loving mother and grandmother. Whether it was fishing, hunting, holiday gatherings, or casual visits, spending time with family was one of her greatest joys. Dee’s talents were many. She was a fantastic cook, known for her pies and homemade bread. She also enjoyed playing games and was especially good at jacks, pinochle, and Scrabble. She had an excellent vocabulary, making it a challenge for anyone to beat her. She liked to stay active and was an avid bowler. She played regularly in a league well into her 80s. Dee will be missed greatly by all that knew her. Her kind heart and warm spirit will be remembered by all those she touched.
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Trudy Deloris Foss, 72, of Silverton, Oregon spent her final days at home surrounded by her family and loved ones. Trudy was born in McMinnville, Oregon on March 6, 1949 to parents Archie Faris and Kathleen (Kolaroff) Bowers. Trudy died on February 26, 2022. Her passing was very peaceful as she had full confidence in her salvation through Jesus Christ. The Faris family later moved from McMinnville to Central Oregon, where Trudy graduated in 1967 from Sisters High School as valedictorian. After high school she married Mike Carroll. They moved to Crescent City, California, where she enjoyed being a homemaker and raising their children, Kimberly Dawn Carroll and Christopher Lee Carroll. Trudy later married Michael Holiman and continued as a loving mother as they added two children, Bryan Scott Holiman and Tyra Lynn (Holiman) Huckins. As the children grew older she found more free time and enjoyed finding work outside the home. She first worked at the local radio station, KCRE. The family then moved to Coquille, Oregon, where she spent years with the Coos County Parks Department and greatly enjoyed her work. Trudy, along with her children, helped design the
County Parks logo, which also became the logo for Coos County and is still used today on road signs welcoming visitors into Coos County. Always inspiring, Trudy returned to college and earned her degree and became a registered nurse. She greatly loved caring for and giving compassionate care to others. She worked in many nursing positions but her favorite was as a hospice nurse, providing comfort and care for those at the end of life. Later in life, Trudy’s journey led her to a nursing position in Burns, Oregon, where she met and married Bradley Weldon Foss, who she spent 25 years with. Brad’s children, Robert Foss, Brandon Foss, and Nikki Hess, joined the family. Trudy and Brad spent many years traveling for work and fun. They traveled all over the U.S. while Brad worked as a directional driller for communications companies. Eventually they landed in Keno, Oregon, where Trudy loved living among the large pine trees similar to her childhood in Central Oregon. Later they moved to Silverton, Oregon, where they truly found their home and made many, many lifelong and eternally lasting friendships. Trudy had many hobbies through the years, from horses (she loved trail riding), gardening, and remodeling homes to collecting rocks. Anyone that has helped Trudy move over the
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Celebration of Life for our Irish girl, Gail VanZyl
Mr. SHS Pasta Feed Fundraiser
Proceeds from the Sunday, March 13, 2022 Pasta Feed benefit Sisters Family Access Network (FAN). Delivery and/or pickup begins at 5 p.m. Pickup is at Sisters Community Church. Visit www.givebutter.com/ MrSHS2022PastaFeed.com. to order pasta dinner or donate.
Sisters Quilts in the Garden 25th Anniversary Tour
Please join us St. Patrick’s Day, Thursday, March 17 at 1 p.m. at Sisters Community Church 1300 W. McKenzie Hwy. Please bring your favorite story. The Irish love a great tale and have always known how to celebrate.
Free Vaccination Clinic
The clinic is being held Thursdays from 2-4 p.m. at Sisters Fire Hall, 301 S. Elm St. First and second dose as well as boosters are available, as is a fourth shot for the immune compromised. For more information and free transportation services, call 541-699-5109.
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 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 12:30-1 p.m. at 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.
The tour this year is Thursday, July 7. Tickets are now on sale through the Garden Club website www.sistersgardenclub.com. Contact 971-246-0404 for more information.
Free Weekly Meal Service
Family Kitchen is hosting a weekly to-go hot meal service on Tuesdays from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at Sisters Community Church, 1300 W. McKenzie Hwy. No reservations required. For more information visit www.FamilyKitchen.org.
Lucky Leprechaun 5k and 10k run and walk
Join us Saturday, March 12, start time 10 a.m., for the Lucky Leprechaun 5k and 10k run and walk. Start and finish at Sisters Depot, 250 W. Cascade Ave. Live music. The Sisters High School tennis team will receive $5 from each registration. For more information and registration go to www.runsistersrun.com or call 971-409-8461.
TSHS Fireside Story Evening
Join the Cyrus Family at Aspen Lakes Brand 33 for the first 2022 Fireside Story Evening sponsored by the Three Sisters Historical Society, Tuesday, March 22. Matt Cyrus and other family members will share tales of how their family came to Central Oregon, and eventually Sisters, to settle and farm the land. Doors will open at 6 p.m., with the program starting at 7 p.m. The evening is free for 2022 TSHS members and dues may be paid for the year that evening. General admission is $10 for nonmembers. It will also be livestreamed on the Three Sisters Historical Society Facebook page. This is the only story evening being held at Aspen Lakes. COVID mandates in place at the time will be followed. For more information, call 541-904-0585.
Three Sisters Historical Society is looking for volunteers to greet visitors to our Sisters Museum at 151 N. Spruce St. Open hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Volunteer shifts are three hours in mornings or afternoons. Two volunteers scheduled per shift. We will provide the training you need. For a volunteer application, or more information, please call 541-5491403, send email to tshsvolunteers@ gmail.com, or stop by Museum during open hours.
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SISTERS-AREA CHURCHES Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church (ELCA) 386 N. Fir Street • 541-549-5831 10 a.m. Sunday Worship www.shepherdofthehillslutheranchurch.com Sisters Community Church (Nondenominational) 1300 W. McKenzie Hwy. • 541-549-1201 10 a.m. Sunday Worship www.sisterschurch.com • info@sisterschurch.com St. Edward the Martyr Roman Catholic Church 123 Trinity Way • 541-549-9391 5:30 p.m. Saturday Vigil Mass 9 a.m. Sunday Mass • 8 a.m. Monday-Friday Mass The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 452 Trinity Way • Branch President, 541-420-5670; 10 a.m. Sunday Sacrament Meeting Sisters Church of the Nazarene 67130 Harrington Loop Rd. • 541-389-8960 www.sistersnaz.org • info@sistersnaz.org 10 a.m. Sunday Worship 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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Thelma’s Place Adult Day Respite Program in Redmond hosts a monthly support group for those caring for someone with Alzheimer’s or another dementiarelated disease. The support group is held every third Wednesday of the month from 4:30-5:30 p.m. This is a free family-caregiver support group featuring local organizations For more info call 541-548-304.
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in housing developments down the road, delicate riparian habitats and their bubbling springs fall prey to lack of water. As climate change moves from an abstract scientific idea to a daily, visible reality, we see our glaciers shrink on the mountains above the old ranch. Yet in recent years we’ve done some good. We have implemented wildlife migration corridors. Begun to offer a small amount of outdoor, nature-oriented programming at the middle and high schools, raising awareness among youth. Many of our farmers and ranchers are working toward a more local and sustainable food chain: Seed to Table educational farm, Mahonia Gardens, R a i n s h a d o w O rg a n i c s , Cascade Mountain Pastures, to name a few. The people of Central Oregon saved Whychus Creek not only from its racist former moniker, but from its
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Sisters School Board snapshot —SES enrollment jumps By Charlie Kanzig Correspondent
Finances are in order, learning gaps caused by the pandemic are closing, and the elementary school grew by 18 students. Those were some of the takeaways from the Sisters School Board’s monthly meeting on Wednesday, March 2. Board members Edie Jones, Jeff Smith, David Thorsett, and Don Hedrick were present in person, with Jenica Cogdill taking part via Zoom. The audience also participated via Zoom. • Steve Swisher, who heads the budget committee for the Sisters School District, was the lone speaker for community comments. He encouraged the board to consider members of the budget committee to be included in the conversations regarding the open position on the High Desert Education Service District board being vacated by Carol Moorehead. Board member Edie Jones has voiced interest in the appointment. • Sherry Joseph, business manager, reported that regarding the budget, everything is in order and the District is awaiting the final allocation of the CARES act of $400,000. Joseph also acknowledged the addition of 18 students in the District, all at the elementary school. • Sisters High School Principal Steve Stancliff reported progress on the goals related to “Belong, Prepare, and Inspire,” which include improving the sense of each student having at least one adult in the high school they feel connected to. Staff has continued to do outreach with students and families to improve connection, and grade-level team members do follow-up with students who are identified as needing extra support. Survey results from early in the year indicated that just under 80 percent of the student body could identify a connection with at least one staff member and the goal is to continue to increase that number. A related effort in the category of “Belong” is to increase the participation rates for cocurricular offerings including athletics, clubs, and other activities, which have taken a hit through the pandemic. Surprisingly 70 percent of the student body did report being involved in at least one sport. Stancliff also touched on the efforts to bolster the Career/Technical Education (CTE) programs, some of which have experienced a loss of offerings during the pandemic, including the health occupations program, which lost onsite internships, for example. • Sisters Middle School Principal Tim Roth focused mainly on the goals related
to “Inspire.” The goal set two years ago was to increase individual course options in elective areas. Choices decreased in the 2020-21 school year during the pandemic to help pare down the number of classes kids were asked to manage during distance learning. But this year, the number of choices increased dramatically thanks to a change in the daily schedule that basically doubled opportunities by having electives rotate on an A/B schedule. Additions to the offerings include art at all grade levels, Spanish, home economics, team sports, strength and conditioning, photography, and podcasting, among others. The A/B schedule made the increase possible without taking away from the academic requirements and in fact has allowed more time for academic intervention as well. Alignment with the CTE programs at the high school and career-related activities being woven into the school day are being investigated. • The school also established the goal of creating a “house” system in the school, which gives further opportunity for connection across grade levels for students. • Sisters Elementary School Principal Joan Warburg delivered a presentation on how the school is using the Leader in Me program to meet the “Belong, Prepare, and Inspire” goals and also shared comprehensive mid-year data on student academic performance at the elementary school. Under the category of “Belong,” the school will
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provide opportunities for students to share a voice in planning activities and assemblies. As part of the push to “Inspire,” a club week and career week are planned for spring. The elementary students K-4 are progressing very well in their growth in math and reading according to the assessment results from the I-Ready program, and learning gaps from the first year of the pandemic are clearly closing. • Lorna Van Geem, special programs director, focused on the K-12 counseling program and introduced the concept of multitiered, multi-domain systems of support. The counseling team is working to complete the Comprehensive Guidance and Counseling Plan for the district to ensure the District is complying with the American School Counseling Association (ASCA) standards and requirements. This includes items such as counseling lessons being delivered systematically, and defining counselors’ role in closing the achievement and opportunity gaps for students. Van Geem explained how counselors support both the academic and behavioral education for all students. Counselors focus on the domains of academic,
college and career, and social/ emotional development for all students and work to determine what interventions are needed and appropriate for individual students. • Superintendent Curt Scholl addressed the surge in enrollment at the elementary school of 18 students in the past few weeks, and the impacts and adjustments of that growth. Plans for the new elementary school are progressing, but there are some concerns that a move-in by the start of school in 2023 may be tough to meet. The Wildhaven property is now part of the Sisters School District, and will eventually be used for environmental education for all ages. Scholl will be communicating with parents and staff about the changes coming with the mask mandate prior to March 12. (See related story, page 3.) Summer school money is budgeted, though only half of what the state provided last year. But important programs will be maintained. • The board unanimously adopted the school calendar for 2022-23, which is available for viewing on the District website, www.ssd6. org. School starts September
6 for grades 1-5 and 9, and on September 7 for grades 10-12. Kindergarten and pre-K will begin on September 12. The middle and high schools will be moving to a trimester schedule. • The board approved 12 policies that have been updated, and approved second readings following some minor adjustments. • The next board meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, April 6 at 6 p.m. at the District office and will likely be open for normal public attendance since the mask mandate is being lifted. Note: Prior to the board meeting about a dozen citizens led by Rodney Cooper lined the steps to the District office in order to share papers with School Board Chair Don Hedrick as he entered the building. The papers included demands for changes in procedures related to mask wearing, testing, and vaccinations, as well as demands regarding instruction related to race. The demands stated that if changes were not made within 72 hours, lawsuits would commence. The document the citizens presented is available with the online version of this story at www.nuggetnews.com.
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Stars over Sisters By Erik Ryan Columnist
This month’s featured constellation is Cancer the Crab. Being the dimmest member of the zodiac, it is not the easiest asterism to make out. (The zodiac is a strip of sky where the sun, moon, and all the planets of our solar system are always found.) Cancer is bordered by Gemini to the west and Leo to the east, and lies just above the head of Hydra, the Water Serpent. It’s positioned about 65 degrees in altitude from the southern horizon around 9 p.m. during March. Observers wishing to spot the celestial crustacean should pick a clear, moonless night away from interfering lights. At magnitude 3.5, the Crab’s brightest star is Beta Cancri, also known as Altarf (Arabic for “end” or “edge”). It is an aging star that has expanded to around 50 times the sun’s diameter and shines with 660 times its luminosity. Altarf is about 290 light-years from the earth. Only slightly dimmer is Delta Cancri, or Asellus Australis, which means “southern donkey.” But there’s another alias that makes this star particularly noteworthy: It holds a
record for the longest name. “Arkushanangarushashutu” is derived from ancient Babylonian language that translates to “the southeast star in the Crab.” For a medium-sized constellation, Cancer contains its fair share of deep sky objects (DSO), two of which hold Messier designations. The best known of these is M44, a nearby open star cluster. This object is also known as Praesepe, and the Beehive Cluster. Only the Pleiades Cluster (M45) in Taurus and the Andromeda Galaxy are brighter than M44 in Messier’s catalog. The Beehive lies only 577 light-years away. Another interesting DSO is NGC 2623, an oddly shaped galaxy that displays tidal tails of interstellar gas containing bright star clusters. Astronomers believe two spiral galaxies have recently merged and that their cores have unified into one active galactic nucleus. It is located about 253 million light-years from the earth. Cancer is known in Greek mythology as the giant crab Hera (wife of Zeus) sent to defeat Hercules in his quest to complete the Twelve Labors as penance for killing his family. Jealous of his successes, Hera also
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Two galaxies that have recently merged lie in the constellation of Cancer, 253 million light-years from earth. created the deadly beast Hydra to further thwart Hercules’ efforts. However, with the help of his nephew, Hercules was able to vanquish both foes. As a reward for their role in the battle, Hera placed both Hydra and Cancer into the sky as neighboring constellations. The earth will arrive at the Vernal Equinox (one of the two points in space where the celestial equator and ecliptic intersect) on Sunday March 20 at 8:33 a.m. PDT. This event will signal the passing of winter and usher in the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere.
This month’s planetary action will play out in the predawn sky. Venus, Mars, and Saturn should be easy to spot. Earlier in March, Mercury was there too, but it will become lost in the glare of the sun as the month progresses. In the early morning of March 28, Venus, Mars, Saturn, and a 26-dayold moon will gather to put on a superb display. Uranus is the only evening planet this month. Both Jupiter and Neptune are too close to the sun to be seen. When the Pacific time zone is used to determine the lunar phases, there are two new moons this month.
The first occurred on March 2 at 9:38 a.m., the next will arrive on March 31 at 11:27 p.m. The Full Crow Moon shows up on March 18. The dark-sky preservation tip for March is to make sure your outdoor lights are properly shielded in such a way that light is directed downward. Use lamps that emit no more light than necessary, and at a warm-colored temperature of less than 3,000 Kelvin. Maintaining dark skies provides us an opportunity to more clearly understand our place in the universe, and at the same time appreciate its magnificent beauty.
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The seven pillars of health By Ashlee Francis Columnist
Most Americans hear the word “health” and associate it with diet and exercise. Health for well-being, vitality, and longevity is much more involved than this. A healthy lifestyle should be built upon a firm foundation of the following pillars of health: adequate hydration, dedicated breathwork, quality sleep, appropriate levels of physical activity, clean foods, effective stress management, and healthy relationships. Improving your habits in these areas, even if it’s only a small improvement, can create a domino effect toward a healthier lifestyle. Hydration: We all know water is important. Do you know how much water you should be consuming each day? There is a fine line because you don’t want to be dehydrated, but the effects of being overhydrated can be harmful as well. How much water you should consume varies depending on many factors, including age, gender, activity level, sun exposure, one’s overall health and more. If you google it, you will be told to drink eight glasses of water per day... that’s only 64 ounces. Even a sedentary person should drink more than 64 ounces a day. A great baseline is 100 ounces a day, but you will need more than that if you are active or drink caffeine. Mask wearing can make it even more difficult to remember to drink your water. Try setting reminders on your phone or drinking to and from events. Wake up and drink a big glass first thing. Whatever tricks help you best, that is the best trick!
Since everyone needs a different amount of water, the best way to see if you are getting enough is to look at the color of your urine. It should be a clear consistency if you are drinking enough (unless you’ve been eating beets or taking B-Vitamins, of course). You will need more water on the days you are active or outside all day and less on the days you are more sedentary. If you notice your urine is a little yellow though, grab another drink of water right away. Breathwork: Breathing specific drills are used to improve mental strength, increase lung capacity, boost our immunity, heal emotional trauma, improve digestion, decrease stress, release negative thoughts, bring lightness and clarity to the mind and improve sleep. These are just a few things focusing on our breath can do for us. Box breathing is a great tool you can use on your own at home before a workout. Think of each breath as a side to the box, so you would inhale, hold, exhale and hold for the same amount of time as each side of the box. Therefore, if you inhale for five seconds, you will also hold for five, exhale for five and hold for five. Sleep: Sleep helps our heart and blood vessels heal. Consistent lack of sleep can lead to heart disease, kidney disease, high blood pressure, stress, diabetes, and stroke. For better sleep, try creating a routine you do every night before bed and try to start and end it at the same time every night, both on weekdays and weekends. This will create a circadian rhythm for your body, helping it to know that it is time to rest and digest. Some activities to consider including in your
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sleep routine include reading, parasympathetic breathing, ignoring your cell phone and the television, journaling, stretching, meditation, and melatonin supplements. Aim to get eight hours of sleep per night or enough so that when you wake, you feel well rested. Exercise: Whether you are walking around the block or training for your next Ironman, it’s important to get the right amount of activity for your body. Find activities that you enjoy and look forward to doing. If you enjoy dancing, try joining a Zumba class or an online community like Dance Church. If you find an activity you enjoy, you are much more likely to continue doing it even after you’ve met your goals. It’s important to get some sort of activity in every day. Even if you are injured, find things you can do with what you have available to you, such as stretching, core work, or even your physical therapy prescribed exercises! If you have health conditions, talk to your doctor about finding a program that is right for you. Nutrition: With all of the exciting restaurants in our community and the convenience of grabbing a bag of chips from the grocery store, it’s difficult to stick to a clean diet. There are also so many fad diets and many conflicting arguments over which foods are truly healthy and which can irritate your gut and cause inflammation. If you are feeling conflicted, try
talking to a local nutritionist or naturopath. The best rule of thumb is to stick to the outer aisles of stores. Try to eat whole, natural foods that are not packaged. If a food comes in a bag or has a long shelf life, it’s probably not a healthy food for your body. Stress: We could talk for days about how to avoid stress, what causes it, and how the body responds to it. The important thing to know is not all stress is bad! Exercise is stress, but it’s a good stress because it boosts our immune system and improves our overall health when done correctly. However, long-term stress that is not addressed can lead to illness and disease, loss of sleep, poor concentration, digestion issues, and more. The best way to rid the body of stress is to improve the other pillars of health, in turn creating a healthier, lessstressful lifestyle. Relationships: COVID had a negative impact on many of our social interactions. There is less hugging of friends, less quality time spent with one another, and more isolation. Social media
can also give us a false sense of belonging. Quality is more important than quantity. Don’t create unwanted stress by trying to make new friends and getting involved with every event and activity in Central Oregon. Instead, work to foster and invest in a community of people you can rely on, who lift your spirits and make you feel like a better individual when you are with them. If a relationship is feeling one-sided or disingenuous, be okay with letting that relationship go. If you’ve been paying attention, you’ve noticed that all of these pillars promote one another. Make healthier nutritional choices and your exercise abilities will improve. Live a less stressed lifestyle and you will sleep better. Start by choosing just one of these pillars to improve upon this month, and notice the change in the others slowly fall into place to create a quality lifestyle full of vibrancy. Ashlee Francis operates Sweat PNW in Sisters, where she offers fitness classes and personal training for all levels.
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To mask or not to mask Youth basketball a slam dunk when mandate is lifted By Mitchell Luftig Correspondent
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently introduced an online tool at www. CDC.gov to help you decide whether to continue to wear a mask in indoor public spaces so that you can reduce your risk of contracting COVID-19. The CDC’s timing is excellent because Oregon is poised to lift its indoor mask mandate on March 12. The CDC’s COVID-19 “Community Levels” identifies risk levels in each county in the U.S. based upon current data on hospital beds being used, hospital admissions, and the total number of new COVID-19 cases in an area. According to the CDC, “In Deschutes County, Oregon, community level is Medium.” They recommend: • If you are at high risk for severe illness, talk to your health care provider about whether you need to wear a mask and take other precautions. • Stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccines. • Get tested if you have
symptoms. The CDC also states, “People may choose to mask at any time. People with symptoms, a positive test, or exposure to someone with COVID-19 should wear a mask.” T h e Wo r l d H e a l t h Organization identifies those at greatest risk of severe illness: “Older people (more than 81 percent of COVID19 deaths have occurred in people over age 65), and those with underlying medical problems like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, and cancer are more likely to develop serious illness.” Individuals who are obese have also been more susceptible to severe illness from COVID-19. You might also consider wearing a mask when you are in close contact with someone who is at high risk of severe illness from COVID-19. If you do decide to wear a mask, free N95 masks are available through local pharmacies such as Walgreens, CVC, and Fred Meyers. N95 and KN95 masks provide a higher degree of protection than cloth or surgical masks.
Sisters Park & Recreation District (SPRD) just wrapped up a dynamic basketball season after taking a year off due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Some 125 athletes were back on the court this winter between SPRD’s youth basketball league and a tournament league offered by Outlaws Boys’ Basketball (OBB), a committee of SPRD. The season wrapped up with a successful Sisters Shootout basketball tournament on Presidents’ Day weekend that drew 53 teams from around the state and California, bringing over 1,500 people to Sisters. Jessica Sampson SPRD athletic coordinator, said, “It has been great watching the kids on the court again! It was a group effort between parents, coaches, and community members to get these programs back up and running. I feel privileged to have been a part of the basketball program this season and getting to know our community better.” None of this would be possible without volunteers. “Our volunteers work so hard at giving players a safe and fun environment to be themselves while developing new skills. Because of their hard work and dedication, we are able to keep prices low
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Young players are back on the court in Sisters through SPRD programs. in youth basketball, which makes our program more accessible to families,” said Jennifer Holland, executive director of SPRD. In addition to volunteers, local businesses Takoda’s,
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Oliver Lemon’s, Black Butte Ranch, and FivePine Lodge sponsored the youth basketball program, which allowed for the purchase of new jerseys. “Thank you to our sponsors, coaches, parents, and players for making this season such a good experience!” said Sampson. With basketball ending, SPRD is now focusing on youth and high school lacrosse. For more information about youth athletics or to get more information on other District programs, visit www.sistersrecreation.com or call Sisters Park & Recreation District at 541-549-2091.
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board has mandated that there be officer supervision 24/7. The District has a solid cadre of volunteers, but all agree that they cannot be expected to take on a consistent role as supervising officers. “There’s a lot of responsibility that goes with being an officer,” said Chief Olsen. “You basically have people’s lives in your hands.” “We still have volunteer officers,” Turin noted, “but we won’t require them to sleep at the station.” If passed, the levy will provide sufficient funding — an estimated $315,744 in 202223 — to pay for two additional officer and EMT-qualified staff, as well as adding three firefighter student scholarships, bringing the District’s cadre of students to six. Three of those students could be housed at the District’s North Station, reducing response times to that sector of the District. The increased staffing is expected to relieve the unsustainable burden on existing staff, and significantly improve the District’s response time to incidents. The number of those incidents continues to grow. The District reports that its call
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Cloverdale Rural Fire Protection District has placed a new local option levy on the May ballot. The five-year local option levy is less than a previous ballot request that failed in May 2021, and has the unanimous support of the District’s volunteer association. volume increased 17 percent from 2020 to 2021, from 316 to 370 calls. That trend is expected to continue. When first responders have to wait for volunteers to respond to the station, it can take eight to 12 minutes to get a unit out of the station, Chief Olsen reports. With increased staffing, that response time can be reduced to one to two minutes. Captain Hall notes that minutes are critical. In a fire, he said, “15 minutes, your house is gone. Three minutes, you’ve got a really good chance of saving it.” Longtime volunteer Matt Cyrus noted that “it may improve everybody’s insurance rates, just by having the 24/7 staffing.” That might be welcome news in a climate where insurers are casting a wary eye at
properties that are threatened by wildfire (see related story, page 1). Potential savings aside, all agreed with board member John Thomas that the primary purpose of the proposed staffing increase is to improve firefighter and public safety. “This [levy] is actually the minimum viable product for a need that has existed for many years,” said Alan Smoke, volunteer association president. While the May 2021 election turned contentious, those involved expect the revised levy to garner widespread support. The volunteer association has given the measure its unanimous stamp of approval. “I was one of those that opposed the previous measure,” Cyrus said. This time around, he said, he “will be encouraging support.”
surface and result in raised voices achieving nothing. I would contend returning to the Bible as that “standard” — the vision of morality that established our great nation — and the Constitution, designed to protect our freedoms from corrupt government. Are we willing to humble ourselves and learn from thousands of years [of] history and examples of human behavior that range from pure evil to the ultimate good in Christ? In it we’ll also find the wisdom of God’s word on raising children, managing money, dealing with racism, gender, your neighbor, happiness, peace, creation, death, hell, heaven, mercy, love, sin, sex, and marriage. The Bible also reveals what lies ahead. The “futuristic” beast, known by the number 666, will require all to receive a “mark” on their right hand or forehead to buy or sell. Have we witnessed prophetic snapshots of Revelation in recent history with mandates, proof of compliance to eat out, comply or be fired, and confiscation of your bank account (Canada)? Our chaotic world is crying out for the presence of God and the hope found in Jesus Christ. The world’s pandemic is our sin. The Jesus vaccine is the cure. “Behold I stand at the door and knock.” Jeff Mackey Serving Sisters Since 1976
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Michelle Jiunta will manage the Sisters Farmers Market, which will be held Sunday afternoons at Fir Street Park starting June 5.
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staff, and board are excited to have Jiunta join the team. “Over the past 10 years, she has shown immense dedication to small farmers, artisans, and local food producers as she grew and managed the Redmond Farmers Market,” said Tehan. “She did whatever was needed including helping vendors set booths up in the wind and rain, and selling their products for them if they weren’t able to attend. Her strong desire to build community through collaboration and partnerships will expand on the great work done by past market manager Caroline Hager, and those who came before us.” Jiunta understands her responsibility as a community member and advocate for local agriculture and artisan businesses. “This may be a part-time job, but it will take a lot of time,” she said. Along with raising her family, she and her husband have a small hobby farm in Terrebonne. “We have chickens and raised beds to grow veggies,” she said. The Jiuntas have a daughter who is a freshman at Sisters High School and a son in the fifth grade at Sisters Middle School. “It’s bit of a commute from Terrebonne. We originally wanted to make the move to Sisters but with rising housing prices during the pandemic we had to hold off. Even though we haven’t been able to buy a home in Sisters, we wanted to get our kids in the Sisters School District because it’s so outstanding. My husband and I took a leap of faith and enrolled them,” she said. Jiunta’s husband is a contractor working on building projects in Sisters. With her children in the Sisters schools, Jiunta already feels woven
into the fabric of Sisters. Community-building and outreach are two main areas of focus for Jiunta. “I like working with nonprofits and community partners and bringing them in to make a strong market and reach as many people as possible,” she said. “With the Sisters Market, I don’t need to reinvent the wheel. I will honor past relationships and look for new opportunities that are available to build.” Having worked with many different Central Oregon vendors and musicians, Jiunta already knows many of the SFM vendors and musicians. With many established vendor relationships outside SFM as well, she looks forward to inviting new vendors, musicians, and customers. “It’ll be fun to add them to the mix,” she said. Jiunta started working on the Sisters Farmers Market in February. “We’re already gearing up,” she said. “There have been some changes, including the new software. We’re getting ready to implement that, then I’ll reach out to vendors in the next week or so to let them know what the process is for joining the Market for the 2022 season.” For Jiunta, taking the SFM manager position is one step closer to her family’s intention to integrate even more into the Sisters community. “I’m a local. I’ve been living in Central Oregon since 2005. We love outdoor activities and raising a family in Central Oregon. I am so thrilled to be a part of the Sisters Farmers Market, Seed to Table family, and the community at large,” she said. Barring unforeseen circumstances, Sisters Farmers Market will run every Sunday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 5 to October 2, at Fir Street Park on the corner of Main Avenue and Fir Street in Sisters. Jiunta invites all interested participants to contact her at sistersfarmersmarket@ gmail.com or through the website at www.sisters farmersmarket.com.
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MASKS: ‘Emotional effect’ expected when masks drop Continued from page 3
“I think that one thing we have learned is that it is important to stay home if you are sick, regardless of what your illness might be,” he said. “I think our families have been super about taking care of their kids throughout the pandemic and we have every reason to expect that will continue even as the infection rate continues to drop.” In the event things change again to the worse, Scholl is confident the District will be able to respond accordingly. “We’ve been through a lot and learned a lot, so our
systems are in place to respond as necessary if the infection rate creeps back up,” he said. “We can still quarantine or require isolation of cohorts or universal masking for a week or two since we have done all of those things before.” The guidelines still include protocols for students who do become infected, including individual isolation at home, and also recommend general mitigation efforts to continue. These include handwashing, disinfecting, and proper airflow and circulation. Scholl is grateful to the entire Sisters community for continually supporting the efforts of the school district during a very difficult time period. “Collectively, I would like to give kudos to our
community, our staff, and our kids,” he said. “Even though we know there are a wide variety of beliefs, including politically, on the issue of masking, the people of Sisters have been supportive and cooperative. Our school board has remained constantly focused on what is best for kids and doing all we can to keep the schools open in person, which we have been able to do much more successfully than many districts.” Scholl says that masklifting will have an emotional effect for everyone. “I see the change as a hopebuilder,” he said. “I imagine that everyone will feel a bit of a lift in spirits to move toward normalcy.” While masks will not be required in schools or school
buses under the change, students and staff are more than welcome to continue their use, according to Scholl. The Oregon Department of Education framework specifically states, “Schools will provide a safe and respectful environment for students and staff who choose to continue to wear a mask. “We will be diligent about
there being no tolerance for ‘mask-shaming,’” he said. “Students should feel confident that their decision to continue to wear a mask will be free of judgment or hassle.” Citizens should be aware that masks will still be required in health care settings and on public transportation, such as buses, trains, and in airports and on airplanes.
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The boys tennis squad currently has four players, and all are fairly inexperienced. The team will welcome any new players who would like to join and learn the game. There will be no cuts, and everyone is guaranteed to earn a varsity letter. Senior Barry Jaxon and juniors Matthew Riehle and Zenus Ortega return as thirdyear players, but their tennis experience has been limited due to COVID. All three joined the team brand-new to the game in 2020, but after two weeks of practice the entire season was cancelled. In 2021, the season was limited to six weeks, but players were able to put their skills to use in matches and the district tournament. This year, Jaxon, Riehle, and Ortega will get a full season of practice and matches, so Coach Carl Click expects to see a great deal of improvement from all three. “Early on in practice I’m impressed with their muscle memory from last season,” said Click. “There is not a lot of dropoff.” Ben Skidmore (freshman) joins the squad as a firsttime tennis player, which is not unusual for Sisters High School. Click told The Nugget that over the years the tennis team has had many student athletes want to try a new sport in the spring and just have some fun. “Those players usually get a lot better in a hurry,” said Click. “They may not win a lot of matches, but you can certainly see great strides in their skills, and that makes the game enjoyable.” Since the team has limited numbers, players will most likely play twice in each match, both singles and doubles. Click noted that players will also play in different doubles combinations. The team will kick off their season at Ridgeview on Monday, March 14.
CORRECTION Cathy and Sam Hernandez are the previous owners of Central Bark. Last week’s story “New Central Bark owner cares for pets in Sisters, (The Nugget, March 3, page 13) used an incorrect last name for one of the prior owners.
Partners In Care, provider of hospice care in the Central Oregon region, announces the appointment of Greg Hagfors as its new chief executive officer, according to its President and Board Chair Suzanne Lafky. “Our board of directors engaged in a thoughtful process to fill the lead staff role following the retirement of Eric Alexander, who served the nonprofit organization for 16 years,” said Lafky. “We are gratified that Greg Hagfors has accepted our offer of employment and will officially be installed on April 11.” Lafky, who chairs the seven-member policy governance board at Partners In Care, expressed confidence that Hagfors will continue to position the organization as a leader in the care of people with chronic illness or are nearing the end of life. “Greg has been a seniorlevel health care executive for over 25 years with experience in a variety of settings in Minnesota, Montana, and Oregon.” His interests are in strategy development and deployment, operational performance enhancement, and leadership development, she said. “We are looking forward to his leadership in all aspects of our organization.” Greg Hagfors is a familiar name to many in Central
Oregon both as a Bend resident and having served as chief executive officer of the Bend Memorial Clinic (now Summit Health) from 2011 to 2016. In addition to helping the clinic grow, he was involved as a board member and chaired the finance committee of the Central Oregon Health Council for nearly three years. In 2016, he became managing director of Castling Partners, providing lead services offerings designed to support and enhance ongoing performance improvement of health-system and physicianowned medical practices. Prior to his move to Oregon to join Bend Memorial Clinic, Hagfors w a s t h e S e n i o r Vi c e President – Healthcare for Paley Dixon, where he led the firm’s mergers and acquisitions activities for the health care sector. He also worked with other business sectors as an advisor/consultant for buyers and sellers of companies. Hagfors was born and raised in Minnesota. He received his Bachelor of Science degree at North Dakota State University and earned his MBA in Business/ Managerial Economics from Minnesota State University in Mankato, Minnesota. “I am excited to have the opportunity to work with
the team at Partners In Care. Partners In Care has an outstanding team of employees that has a patient-centered culture that effectively collaborates with other providers throughout the region to enhance the patient’s experience,” said Hagfors. Partners In Care is a local, independent, 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization serving a 10,000-squaremile region of Central Oregon. It was founded in 1979 as an all-volunteer hospice known as Friends of Hospice. The organization became Partners In Care in 2009 through the merger of the two largest hospice and home health providers. Six integrated service lines include hospice care, provided in the patient’s home
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RODEO: Event is back after two-year hiatus due to COVID-19 Continued from page 1
practiced in this discipline were once used on ancient battlefields to give soldiers and their equine counterparts an advantage at war. Lateral movements were used to evade threatening encounters and are still used while engaging with bullfighting, as well as in training to increase the gymnastic ability of the horse. In some maneuvers used, such as the Spanish walk and Airs Above the Ground, the horse’s own body is utilized as a weapon against whatever the pair may encounter. These movements require extreme engagement, collection, and strength from the horse. “We can’t tell you how excited we are after the twoyear layoff,” Kallberg said. “The rodeo is so important to Sisters. We’re convinced this will be our best rodeo ever, truly the biggest little show in the world (the rodeo’s motto). And this year even bigger,” he added with a twinkle in his eye and smile in his voice. The Saturday Rodeo Parade is returning on June 11, starting at 9:30 a.m. Members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs will be on hand throughout the rodeo demonstrating horsemanship in the Native American tradition, also a first for the Sisters Rodeo. “Tickets are selling well,” Kallberg said. The Rodeo is expecting a sellout for the performances and urging fans to get tickets now by going to tickets. sistersrodeo.com. Parade entrants should go to sistersrodeo.com/parade to register.
“He asked me what I was doing and I explained I had just been offered a job at Oregon City,” said Anderson. “He then said, ‘You’re hired…what do you teach’?” Little did he know he would spend the next 31 years at the school before retiring in 1994. He coached crosscountry and track throughout his time there, along with some years in basketball. “I had no experience with cross-country at that time, but the athletic director said he needed someone to drive the kids to meets, so I did and eventually I became the head coach for both cross-country and track.” Directly following his retirement, the Andersons moved to Sisters, where they built a house in Tollgate. One day while he was out walking with his wife, a man stopped to say hello. “It was Bob Johnson, who coached for many years at West Linn, one of our archrivals in track when I was at Clackamas,” explained Anderson. “He had moved to Sisters the previous year and told me he was coaching the sprinters at Sisters High and invited me to come out and
help out. “Actually, what he said, verbatim, was, ‘Get your butt over to the high school, no one knows how to pole vault over there,’” said Anderson, chuckling at the memory. Anderson did just that and has been involved with the team ever since. His first season in Sisters in 1995 marked just the second year that high school pole vaulting became an option for girls. Oregon was the first state in the nation to offer the event to females. “Suzy Fouts was one of the first girls I ever got to work with,” he said, “and there have been dozens and dozens since then.” While his main focus in recent years has been pole vault, he has also coached triple jump and long jump. When asked what the draw to coaching has been for him, he simply replied, “The kids. My wife tells me still that I will never stop coaching because there is always a freshman or eighth-grader coming up that I want to see through, so there is no end,” he added. Anderson’s philosophy and approach to coaching has a deeper purpose than athletic performance. “I want to share a perspective that is quite different from the general population,” he said. “I am a Christian. I want to [them] know that there is a better way to live
than the general culture. I want them to learn how to both follow and lead. I want them to develop a belief in themselves that allows them to continually learn and perform, not just athletically.” Anderson is a big believer in the discipline that athletics provide. “I want these kids to learn consistency,” he explained. “I want them to embrace the concept of not just showing up when they want to, but to commit and show loyalty to their team, their coaches, and themselves.” He practices what he preaches, giving of his time in the summer and some Sunday afternoons, to give kids more practice time. In his long career, Anderson has coached kids of all abilities and skill levels, including a number of state champions. “To be honest, it is very exciting to be involved with coaching those highly talented, driven athletes like Amy Cretsinger and Sara Small, but I find joy working with all of the kids, including the middle schoolers.” Anderson is well known statewide in the track and field community as a leader
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in pole vaulting and has built a culture here in Sisters for the event. “He’s like the pied piper of pole vaulting,” said one coach. “He’s very welcoming, approachable, and inclusive.” When asked what rewards he gains from coaching, he responded, “I don’t really think of it that way. All I can say is that I love it.” And that shows. At practice last Thursday when the team broke up into groups to try different events, a long line formed on the pole vault runway, and anyone watching could testify that Anderson was in his element. Ever humble, when asked what he wants people to understand about him, what he is proud of, he answered, “That I have stayed the course. That’s the thing. That I have kept my commitment to the kids who have committed to me.” Anderson is grateful to the head coaches in Sisters over the past 28 seasons who, he says, “Appreciated me and gave me a place to be.” And there he remains, at the southeast corner of the track, surrounded by teenagers holding fiberglass poles. Right where he belongs.
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creek started in 2006 at Lake Billy Chinook, when a collaborative effort was hatched to reintroduce steelhead and Chinook salmon to the once abundant Whychus Creek. In 16 years, the amount of restoration that has occurred seems nothing short of miraculous. For years, the creek ran dry every summer or warmed beyond the cold temperatures required to sustain the fish once native to the waters of the Whychus. The Deschutes Land Trust (DLT), under the leadership of visionary Brad Chalfant, set about protecting land along the Whychus by working with private landowners to place acreages in the land trust protection. The DLT has worked with the Deschutes River Conservancy, the U.S. Forest Service, the Upper Deschutes Watershed Council (UDWC), private landowners, and the City of Sisters to rehabilitate and re-meander the creek, restoring conditions necessary for supporting the return of steelhead and Chinook salmon. As early as 2009, there was talk of full restoration of Whychus Creek from below McKinney Butte to one mile upstream of Sisters. Great
progress has been made below and above those two points, including removal of all the old irrigation dams on the creek, the last one taken out in the summer of 2021. Restoration projects have also occurred at Camp Polk Meadow and Rimrock Ranch. The City of Sisters and the UDWC have been jointly working on plans for restoring the Creekside stretch of Whychus since 2018. Unfortunately, that small portion of the creek has been “loved to death” by locals and visitors. Numerous access points to the creek on both banks have compacted the soil and destroyed the natural riparian areas along the creek. Eddies around the footbridge pilings and downstream, where there is an underwater sewer line, have created a great deal of bank erosion and instability. Plans call for both bank and instream rehabilitation to improve passage for returning fish and saving the creek banks between the park and the campground. The design was completed and ready to go in 2019 but then summer wildfires stalled any activity in the creek, followed by COVID. Because of the delays, the project was broken into three phases. Phase 1 entailed moving the Locust Street bridge sewer line off the bridge and burying it under the creek bed, thus eliminating possible damage to the line by
debris carried downstream in high water periods. The City was able to secure funds from the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (OWEB) to cover a portion of that project, which is now complete. Phase 2 involved retrofits to the footbridge across the creek between the park and the campground. The skilled City Public Works staff was able to add “bump outs” on either side of the bridge to allow people to stop on the bridge while others are still able to proceed across. With a change to the approach ramps, incorporating a more gradual grade, the bridge is now ADA accessible. New iron railings were installed by Public Works utility technician Josh Stott, with decorative panels created by Ponderosa Forge and installed by Stott. A grant from OWEB, along with some money left from the grant for the new campground bathroom, facilitated the bridge retrofit. Phase 3 is the instream and bank restoration, which will include consolidating access points to the creek with installation of a split-rail fence at the top of the banks and wellmarked designated access points with stone steps. The riparian areas on either side of the creek will be restored with new planting. The utility line that crosses in the creek above the Highway 20 bridge acts as a barrier for juvenile fish
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New art is featured on the Creekside Park bridge. traveling in the steam. That will be corrected by building up the downstream level of the creek bed to the edge of the sewer line, ensuring easier fish passage. Other instream work will include the stationary placement of trees with root balls into the banks and out into the creek to provide quiet pools for the fish while reducing erosion of the adjoining banks. UDWC hopes to provide opportunities for local students to do the planting of the riparian areas. New interpretive signage along the creek will educate the public about the importance of Whychus Creek to our community and how to be good stewards. Two unexpected situations have impacted the project. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife just reduced
the window of time during which any instream work can be done, to July 1-August 15, so UDWC has a small timeframe to get the work completed. They may be able to get a variance if needed. Also, the engineering firm originally contracted to do the work has since retired. A new request for proposals (RFP) had to go out and a new engineering firm hired. Now the process begins to figure out how much of the planned work can be done with the money currently available from grants previously secured by the UDWC. The work on this stretch of the creek must address two different goals – restoration of the habitat to support fish passage and provision for recreational opportunities. See related column, “In the pines,” page 7.
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