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Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Building community in Sisters

Sisters says ‘no big deal’ to mask rule change

By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

An annual rite of spring has returned to Sisters. A contingent of students from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington, spent a week working with Sisters Habitat for Humanity at job sites in Sisters last week. Such exercises in volunteerism and communitybuilding were a regular feature of Sisters Habitat’s year, but they were cut off in March 2020 due to COVID-19. “This is the first group back, and it happens to be the same great college,” said Christine Carriger, who manages Sisters Habitat for Humanity’s Restore. The spring break Collegiate Challenge fits into Gonzaga’s broader effort in community engagement. Tiffany Picotte, program manager for the university’s Center for Community Engagement explained the mission. “The mission of the office is first to bring students into community,” she said. “We really like to go to cities, communities that are very different from Spokane.” Engagement missions are generally built around

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range from engineering students to sociology majors — raised walls for an under-construction home in ClearPine and built access ramps at another home in Sage Meadow. “It gives us an opportunity to work on projects

Up and down the streets and in and out of businesses small and large, The Nugget found the same thing Saturday when it canvassed the town regarding the March 12 lifting of the Oregon mask mandate: a laissez-faire attitude. There was no huge collective sigh of relief or celebration. One restaurateur said: “I thought about having a maskburning ceremony on our patio, but then thought the better of it. I don’t need the one or two customers who would be offended to spoil it for everybody,” she said. “And it’d be my luck that the deck would catch fire.” By the numbers R a y ’s F o o d P l a c e : no signs of any kind; no employees masked; 31 of 97 patrons masked.

See HABITAT on page 21

See MASKS on page 21

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Gonzaga University students learned how to use power tools safely and effectively during a Habitat for Humanity Collegiate Challenge visit to Sisters last week. a social issue, like housing, the environment, or food security. The collegiate challenge fits both an education model and a service model of community engagement, Picotte said. “This kind of falls in both camps, because I think a lot of education took place on this trip,” she said. “I think a

lot of conversation has been around affordability and what’s happening with the [housing] market.” And there’s hands-on, practical education, too. Students learn how to use tools and do basic construction — many of them for the first time. The students — who

Hasty Team works to keep Leprechauns run through Sisters Sisters Country safe By Charlie Kanzig Correspondent

By Bill Bartlett Correspondent

If you’ve fallen into the McKenzie River or went six hours on your Nordic skis and lost daylight, or you are stuck on Mt. Washington, you better hope that when you or companions call 911 they send the Camp Sherman Hasty Team. There is probably no better combination of search and rescue experience than this group of highly trained volunteers in Lynn, Jefferson, or Deschutes counties. That’s not to take anything away from the several other teams, some of whom have an impressive array of the most sophisticated gear

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and knowhow in the western states. Satellites and thermal imaging are vital technologies, but they’re tools, like tracking dogs. It’s the hands that use them that make the difference. Search and rescue successes are often driven by sixth sense or gut feels. The Hasty Team was formed in 1995 by thenactive Jefferson County Deputy Sheriff and Camp Sherman resident Mark Foster, when he made his first rescue of stranded hikers on Three Fingered Jack. Back then most sheriff ’s departments did not have dedicated personnel for this See HASTY TEAM on page 15

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Green-clad runners and walkers filled the streets in the first annual Lucky Leprechaun walk and run, held Saturday, March 12, near downtown Sisters. Race director Kelly Bither, who also put on the Ugly Sweater Run in December, felt ecstatic about the way the event turned out. “The race went great,”she said. “It was so nice to see so many smiling faces. With so much turmoil in the world today it’s good to take a morning to come together and create lasting memories with friends and family.” In the 10-kilometer race a battle developed right from the outset between the top male, Logan Dix, and top female, Christina Henderson. Ultimately, Dix, of Sisters, prevailed in 38:35, eight seconds ahead of Henderson,

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Hard core runners and casual runners and walkers alike turned out for the inaugural Lucky Leprechaun run and walk in Sisters last weekend. who hails from New York. Henderson said, “We were kind of playing back and forth and I actually caught him about three times, but he would take off again. I didn’t know the course and I hadn’t raced in a couple of years, so

it was a little hard to know what my race strategy should be, but the race was a lot of fun and the weather was amazing.” In the 5k run, 2021 Sisters See RUN on page 23

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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.

Save dark skies

To the Editor: First off I would like to commend the Sisters High School Astronomy Club students who want to save our dark skies. Being one who moved from the big city/bright lights six years ago, one of the many things I love about Central Oregon is being able to see the stars and planets. Being able to look at the stars makes me feel connected to the world; just think how many people all around the world can be looking at the same thing together. For these reasons, I feel we can work as a community to ensure we will continue to have these cosmic experiences. In Sisters there is so much new construction, which means more nighttime lights. For example, I live behind a new apartment complex that is under construction; two of five

buildings are complete; each of these buildings will have 10 apartments. The outdoor lighting is blinding; it can be seen blocks away, and I can’t imagine what it will look like once all five buildings are complete. My little community has contacted the city planner and has requested that the developer of the property replace the lighting with lower wattage, different light fixtures, etc., anything that can reduce the brightness. Small but not adequate improvements have been made with lighting somewhat reduced. I feel if developers are informed of our Dark Sky Ordinance by the planning department, and the department enforces these rules, it would be a win-win for everyone. Let’s be proactive vs. reactive. Let’s all support what our Sisters High School Astronomy Club members are advocating and save our dark skies. Chris Carr

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Feeling springy...

Reflections on Title IX By Martha Lussenhop Guest Columnist

As I write on International Women’s Day, March 8, 2022, duri n g Wo m e n ’s H i s t o r y Month, I recall the letter that Paul Bennett contributed to the February 16 issue of The Nugget: “The impact of Title IX.” This law was written and signed by President Richard Nixon in 1972. Basically, Title IX prohibits sex-based discrimination in any school or other education program that receives funding from the federal government. Paul’s letter triggered memories of times in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Now 77 years old, I realize that as a high school girl more than 60 years ago, I experienced gender discrimination in several instances that would surprise young women today. They may not realize that Title IX did not exist until just 50 years ago. The discrimination did not disturb me greatly at the time, but looking back, that inequity did limit my opportunities in sports and in an outdoor education program. I recall two experiences in particular. At about age 13, I became a strong swimmer with a summertime coach at an outdoor pool who, in the winter months, coached the high school boys team in an Olympicsize indoor swimming pool. My teammates and I had no opportunity to train or compete except in the summer. Luckily, a friend’s mother recognized that enough young women in our small Minnesota community showed the desire and ability to swim in other months of the year. She became our untrained coach after managing to rent a small swimming pool in a local hospital for one afternoon a week. Our new girls team competed with larger teams that trained four days a week in big pools in the Minneapolis suburbs. I swam freestyle on a relay that won first in the state, beating a record!

My teammates won blue ribbons in other races too. And we could only practice a couple hours a week in a dinky pool! Then, in summer 1961 before my senior year, I prepared meals in the outdoor kitchen of the first Outward Bound School (OBS) in the USA as it was being set up in the Colorado Rockies. High school boys dug ditches and cut down aspen trees, to clear ground for buildings. I had my own tent and got up before dawn to build the fires and cook breakfast. But once a week the young men and I were guinea pigs for Outward Bound’s upcoming program. We all learned how to rock climb and rappel down cliffs, but I was the only one that was willing to be the victim on a simulated rescue operation called a “Tyrolean traverse.” This meant being tied on a stretcher and sent on a rope from one side of a cliff, over a waterfall, to the other side. Photos were taken for the first OBS pamphlet of 1962, so my ankle was wrapped as if it were broken. I also wore a stocking cap to cover my long hair, because Outward Bound was designed for guys only! The first women to attend Colorado Outward Bound were not accepted until later in the 1960s when new Peace Corps volunteers going to the Himalayas needed special training. In 2012 I was invited to attend the 50th anniversary of Colorado Outward Bound held in Leadville, Colorado, where a history room featured framed photos of that ’61 crew out backpacking, including me. But because I was wearing a cap and halfhidden behind the boys, my gender is not obvious. At that celebration five decades later, I was given a special Outward Bound watch! Later when visiting the first base camp where I was a cook in 1962, I was thrilled to welcome students back after two weeks of rugged backpacking at high altitude. Over half of them were exuberant coeds.

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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Cedar waxwings enjoying the warm spring weather last week.

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Fireside Story evening features Cyrus family By Sue Stafford Correspondent

‘Old-school’ artist displays work in Sisters The walls of Sisters Coffee Company are adorned with the work of Charles “Chuck” Chamberlain. PHOTO BY HELEN SCHMIDLING

By Helen Schmidling Correspondent

This month, two dozen of Charles “Chuck” Chamberlain’s paintings are featured on the walls of Sisters Coffee Company. Others can be seen at Sisters Gallery & Frame Shop, and soon at Sisters Coffee Company in Bend’s Old Mill District. He has dozens more at home in Bend, hung, stacked, and stored in a spare bedroom. Another room has shelves crammed with art books, all of which he’s read, as he is mostly self-taught. At age 84, the artist

admits he’s “old-school.” He owns a computer, has a website created by a friend, and claims to have a cell phone — but he eschews all of them. He’s happy to sell you a painting, but he doesn’t take cards. If you want to reach him, better call, as he doesn’t text. But, oh, how he loves to talk. His paintings, of old homesteads, covered bridges, still life, and Western landscapes, are mounted in vintage or barn-board frames. Their style recalls the good old days, when he was a young New England

whippersnapper. Like wine, his work tends to become better as he (and it) ages. One word he chooses to define it? Realism. “Some work is best viewed from six feet away, but my paintings look best right up close,” he declared. Most days, Chamberlain and his golden retriever, Jake, visit the cafe at the Old Mill in Bend. That’s where Amelia O’Dougherty met him. She is the Central Oregon director of retail for Sisters See ARTIST on page 17

The Cyrus family of Cloverdale has a rich sevengeneration history in Oregon, much of it part of the local fabric of Sisters Country. That’s the topic of Three Sisters Historical Society’s (TSHS) first Fireside Story Evening of 2022. The Thursday, March 22 event starts at 7 p.m., with doors opening at 6 p.m. to allow time for socializing and perusing books for sale from the museum. The evening will be hosted by the Cyrus family at Brand 33 at

Aspen Lakes, 16900 Aspen Lakes Dr. The event can also be livestreamed on the TSHS Facebook page. Any COVID19 restrictions will be posted and followed. Keith and Connie Cyrus, and their children Pam and Matt, will bring history alive as they share family stories and reminiscences. Attendees will hear about their ancestors’ arrival in the Willamette Valley in 1847 via the Oregon Trail, as well as family tales of Central Oregon dry land farming and drought, their historic Lazy 33 brand, water See FIRESIDE on page 14

City seeks planning commission member The City of Sisters is accepting applications for an open position on the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission serves in an advisory capacity to the City Council. This position will be appointed to a 21-month term, which begins in April 2022. The Commission meets on the third Thursday of every month at 4 or 5:30 p.m. Applicants must reside within the city limits. Find more information on the Planning Commission at www.ci.sisters.or.us/ bc-pc or contact Community Development Director Scott

Woodford at swoodford@ ci.sisters.or.us. The city will be accepting applications for this position until Wednesday, March 30, at 5:30 p.m. Interviews for open positions will occur the week of April 3, and the appointment will be made at the City Council meeting on April 13. If you are interested in serving on the Planning Commission, complete an application and return it to Kerry Prosser, city recorder, at City Hall, 520 E. Cascade Ave., P.O. Box 39, Sisters, OR 97759, or kprosser@ ci.sisters.or.us

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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Bruce Fenn takes the reins as girls tennis head coach By Rongi Yost Correspondent

Bruce Fenn was recently h ired as Sis ter s High School’s new head coach for girls tennis. He’s passionate about the sport and has devoted his life to playing, coaching, and teaching tennis. He’s a certified tennis teaching professional with the USPTA (United States Professional Teaching Association). Fenn always thought and dreamed of being a basketball star, but when he joined the tennis team in high school his dreams shifted. From that point on he’s played the sport, coached numerous high school squads, and taught private lessons as a pro. Fenn played tennis for Roseburg High School, and in his senior year, 1966, the team won the state championship. Fenn played both singles and doubles and finished as a semifinalist in doubles. The team only lost one match the entire year. He went on to play tennis at Mesa Junior College in Arizona and while there the team won the Arizona State Junior College Championship (1968). Fenn played in tournaments all through junior college. After a two-year mission trip for his church, Fenn enrolled at Brigham Young University. He was there for two years and then transferred to the University of Oregon (U of O) where he graduated with a bachelor’s of science (1974). While attending college, he continued to play tennis at every opportunity he was given. He was going to play tennis for U of O, but the tennis programs were dropped due to Title IX (equal school scholarships for men and women). After graduation from U of O, he participated in numerous tournaments

around the northwest and also in New York. Fenn got his first official coaching job at Woodbury Racket Club in Plainview Long Island, New York. (1980) While in New York, Fenn continued to play in tournaments and was ranked in singles play. In the mid-1980s Fenn participated in the Pacific NW Open Championships. He traveled to Washington, Oregon, Idaho, part of Montana, and part of British Columbia, Canada. He was ranked No. 2 in doubles in the NW (age bracket 35-40), and was also ranked No. 13 in singles play. He attended the USTA ( U n i t e d S t a t e s Te n n i s Association) Nationals in Boston and won the National Championship at No. 2 singles, which was an open class for players of all ages. “The kid I played against was about 22 years old and I beat him 6-2, 6-2,” said Fenn. “It felt wonderful because I didn’t even know I was going to play No. 2 singles. I’d been playing mostly doubles so far in the tournament, and the last day the team met together and voted me in as a No. 2 singles player. When I walked off the court one of the wives told me it was the best tennis she’d ever seen me play.” Fenn coached all over the country from then on, as a varsity high school coach and as a professional at private tennis clubs. While coaching at St. Joseph’s High School in Pennsylvania, Fenn got his master’s in school counseling from the University of Scranton (1994). In the summer of 1994 he moved back to Roseburg, where he grew up and was the head pro at the Umpqua Valley Tennis Club, and also the boys varsity tennis coach. One of Fenn’s most memorable and satisfying times of his career came while he was in Bowling Green, Ohio.

In 2001, Fenn moved to Bowling Green, and when he arrived he was surprised that both the high school’s eight courts and the 12 courts at the Division 1 Bowling Green State University were in terrible condition. “The tennis courts were in horrible shape,” said Fenn. “In fact, the cracks and broken spots were so big and deep it was impossible to play on. “When I saw the condition of the courts at the college I knew that the neglect was because administrators with authority paid little attention to the tennis programs in town,” said Fenn. “I had a meeting with professors that loved to play tennis, thinking to get their support for a new ‘Community Tennis Program’ sponsored by the United States Tennis Association.” At that meeting they emphatically told Fenn that no one cared about tennis in Bowling Green and that Fenn was wasting his time trying. Fenn and Andy Drumm, also an interested tennis player, didn’t listen but forged ahead. They organized the Bowling Green Community Tennis Association, which was bonded, insured, and incorporated in the bylaws of the USTA with eight volunteer board members, Fenn as president, and Drumm as vice president. Things changed rapidly, and when Fenn left in 2014 the Association had over 200 juniors playing, and four adult USTA league teams. During that time, the high school decided to build eight new beautiful courts and the college decided to do the same. Fenn retired in 2014 and moved to Utah to be close to family, and while there was the pro at Vassa Fitness and Tennis. In July of 2021 Fenn left Utah and moved to Crooked

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Bruce Fenn is the new Sisters High School girls tennis coach. to cause you to mess up and not be successful. How we handle that adversity teaches us how to handle life’s difficulties when they come up as well. To me, it’s the greatest game in the world because of those reasons.”

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Girls tennis Sisters Folk Festival releases 25th year poster image poised for strong season By Rongi Yost Correspondent

The girls tennis team returns nine varsity players, and will add eight new players to their roster this year. The squad boasts several very athletic, enthusiastic girls who have a desire to improve, and along with the new additions the team is poised for a great season ahead. Bruce Fenn, new head coach for the Lady Outlaws, told The Nugget that the experience the team will get from their nine returning lettermen will give them an edge this season. Sophomore Juhree Kizziar played at the No. 1 singles spot last year and is back for her second year on the varsity squad. Kizziar worked hard this past summer on improving her serve and her ground strokes, and she will be a force to be reckoned with this year. Brooke Harpe, a junior, played at the No. 4 singles spot last year. Harper is a very consistent and smart player and will look to improve her record this year. Josie Patton and Elena Mansfield (juniors) played at No. 1 doubles. They are both very athletic and smart players, and will also work to improve their record. Senior Jenna Kizziar and sophomore Leah O’Hern played No. 2 doubles, and Molly Greaney, a sophomore, played No. 3 doubles. Greaney will look to match up with a comparable player this year. Senior Lindsay Scott and sophomore Charlotte Seymour were the No. 4 doubles duo. New to the squad this year are seniors Madison Pollard and Oly Thorson, junior Adrianna Luna, who played JV last year, sophomore Presley Adelt, and freshmen Sophia Rush, A u d ri e N iem an, L ena Kountcheva, and Jasmine Luna. Only 12 players play on the varsity squad and girls will be vying for a starting spot. Remaining players will participate at the JV level. Fenn said that his lineup is still in the works, and the team is currently in tournament play for positions in singles and doubles. “Our goals and expectations for the season are to play well and improve each match,” said Fenn. “How we do that will depend on the girls’ focus and ability to make adjustments.”

Sisters Folk Festival (SFF) is rolling out “The Pronghorns,” the 2022 festival poster image commemorating its 25th annual event September 30-October 2, in Sisters. After a rousing and much-anticipated folk festival in 2021, the SFF staff and board are looking ahead with excitement to once again bringing roots music to Sisters and Central Oregon. Dennis McGregor, a Sisters artist, musician, songwriter and children’s author, has been the poster artist for the Sisters Folk Festival since 2000. He has created iconic images for the three-day music event. This year’s image, “The Pronghorns,” is a nod to the fastest land animal in North America, which can be found east of Sisters in the desert sage land. If you look closely, there are “horns” on their head, which is an homage to Americana music, from jazz and blues, to folk, bluegrass, gospel, old-time, and all the other threads that make up the umbrella of American roots music. “I dreamed that I went to see The Pronghorns in a little club called ‘Grassland,’” McGregor said. “They were drinking green smoothies and playing jazz licks really fast.

They were well dressed and had an unusual ability to play music and speak at the same time. I asked if they would like to play at Sisters Folk Festival. The sax player answered, ‘Folk? Yes, but only if we can be on the poster.’ I woke up and started this painting.” McGregor has been a creative force for the festival as a multi-disciplinary artist for more than decades. He was one of the original artists in residence when the festival hired him to help support the guitar and songwriting class, the Americana Project, at Sisters High School. He went on to win the festival’s songwriting contest, donate an original painting each year for My Own Two Hands, emcee the festival, lead a late-night jam at Angeline’s and teach at the Americana Song Academy since its inception in 2002. “Dennis always has a unique and clever take on where we are at and where the organization is going,” said Brad Tisdel, SFF creative director. “He lives in both the music and visual arts worlds and brings insightful artistic interpretation to his work each year. The past several years

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help our impact and programming continue.” Fifteen artists are confirmed so far to perform multiple sets over the three-day weekend, and plans are in the works to add many more before the lineup is complete. The confirmed artists include indie folk duo The Milk Carton Kids, Le Vent Du Nord, Rainbow Girls, The Accidentals, Fireside Collective, Jeffrey Foucault, JigJam, Caroline Spence, The Sweet Water Warblers, Making Movies, The Small Glories, James Hill & Anne Janelle, Seth Walker, O’Connor Lee, Beth Wood, and more to be announced. A new round of bookings will be released March 29. The SFF is also looking ahead to the 2022 Americana Song Academy at House on Metolius in Camp Sherman from September 26-29. Space is limited, with just a handful of spots remaining. The full lineup of teaching artists will be announced in early in 2022. Additional information on SFF’s programming, including tickets, lineup, and volunteering, is available at www. sistersfolkfestival.org.

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Outlaw will play beach volleyball for Corban University By Rongi Yost Correspondent

Sydney Myhre started playing volleyball when she was in second grade. She is still in love with the sport, and working hard at becoming an even better player. Kids can’t technically start playing volleyball until third grade, but Myhre got a head start, playing with her older sister Addy on her third-grade team, coached by her parents, Jason and Rachelle Myhre. The team played in Bend against other rec-league teams in the area. In sixth grade, Myhre played for Sisters Middle School on their sixth-/seventh-grade squad. She was a versatile player — a setter, a passer in the back row, and a right side hitter. Myhre entered high school and started out as a defensive specialist as a freshman, and then as libero her sophomore year. During her junior and senior years, she played all the way around as a defensive specialist and as a right side hitter. One advantage Myhre has is being a lefty. When she’s positioned on the right side, it’s much easier for the setter to set the ball to her left hand. Also, as a lefty she has more options for where to hit the ball because of her angle. Myhre earned honorable mention her sophomore year, was selected secondteam all-league her junior year, and in her senior year was a first-team all-league pick and also first-team

all-tournament at State. In addition to playing school ball, Myhre added club volleyball to her schedule, playing for the North Pacific Juniors (NPJ), a National Club team in Bend, in the eighth grade. Her club coach told her she was too small to be a hitter, and so in club ball she played the libero position. Myhre played for the NPJ her freshman, junior, and senior year. She had surgery during the club season of her sophomore year and was unable to play that summer. The team traveled to four big tournaments every year, including Phoenix, Arizona, Las Vegas, Nevada, Spokane, Washington, and Kansas City, Missouri. If that wasn’t enough volleyball, Myhre added beach volleyball to her schedule. Myhre started to play beach (on the NPJ beach team) when she was 12 years old and has played ever since. In middle school the team attended lots of local tournaments in Bend and Salem, and also some in Seaside. During her freshman year, she played for two beach clubs, NPJ and the Oregon Sand Volleyball Club out of Eugene. Teams attended tournaments mostly in California, including Malibu, Huntington Beach, Santa Monica, and Hermosa Beach, and also tournaments all over the Phoenix area. Myhre said, “While you’re at these tournaments you’re trying to win a bid to go to Nationals. The summer

of my junior year I won a bid, as did most of the girls on my team, and we got to play for BVNE (Beach Volleyball National Eve nts) in Pampano Beach in Florida.” Approximately 80 teams in each division attend Nationals, and Sydney and her partner, who happened to be her younger sister, Gracelyn, placed fourth in the Silver Bracket. Myhre shared her experience with The Nugget. “It was crazy,” said Myhre. “It was super humid and hot, but one of the best experiences I’ve ever had. The game play was very eye-opening, to watch girls that play year-round, and it pushed me to try and be better.” Myhre has always wanted to play beach volleyball at the collegiate level, and while she was playing at a tournament in Salem in June of 2021, Coach Diana Villalpando of Corban University saw her play. After back-and-forth conversations, Myhre let Coach Villalpando know she was interested and sent her clips of game footage. Villalpando watched Myhre play again at a tournament in Malibu, California, in July of 2021, and afterward called Sydney and invited her to the Corban Campus for a visit. In September, Myhre visited the campus, stayed with players, practiced with the team, and toured the campus. That same day Myhre was

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Myhre will head to Corban in the fall, start weight training, and also compete in duals against Division 1 teams from Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. The official season begins in January and competition will start at the end of February. Myhre told The Nugget why she chose beach volleyball over indoor. “In beach I’m able to pass, set, and hit, versus indoor — I’m too small and only get to play back row,” she said. “I didn’t like that at all, because hitting and setting is so much fun! In beach I’m guaranteed to touch the ball every single play.” When asked what she’s most excited about, Myhre grinned and said, “I’m mostly excited to leave home! I’ve lived in Sisters my entire life, so I’m excited to go to a bigger city, attend a bigger school, and meet new people.”

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Sisters rider competes in national horse show By Ceili Cornelius Correspondent

Alessandra Wentworth and her mare Q recently participated in one of the biggest horse shows in Southern California. Competition ran from January 22 through February 7. The show in Thermal, California, takes place at Desert International Horse Park, where Olympic athletes train, one of the largest competitive parks. It is also where the World Cup Qualifiers are also held every year. “I had wanted to go for a couple years with my other horse, but this year I finally had the opportunity to go based on timing and getting training in with my newer horse,” said Wentworth. Wentworth has been on horseback for nine years, starting when she and her family moved to Central Oregon from Connecticut. She started riding at a barn in Redmond in the Western discipline, and then moved into the English discipline and fell in love with English.

“Once I started the discipline I just kind of fell into it. It’s really fun and I did pretty well starting out, and I just stuck with it. I love it,” said Wentworth. Wentworth boards her current horse and trains at JGW Ranch in Tumalo with Cindy Shonka. She began by leasing her first horse, Penny, who she showed in jumping for six years before Penny began experiencing back pain. Penny is now retired at an equine facility. She now rides Kilkenny I.Q., who she simply refers to as “Q.” Q needed some intensive training before being showready, because Wentworth got Q during the height of the pandemic, and there weren’t any shows happening at that time. But Wentworth decided she was show-ready by the end of the fall. “I decided she had the potential to be show-ready, and do this show once the opportunity presented itself,” she said. Wentworth had a friend

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help her by hauling a trailer on an 18-hour drive down to Palm Desert. “Q did really well, had some of her baby moments, but overall it was a really great experience for her,” she said. The horse show grounds have some of the largest training pens and jumping zones in the Western U.S., and because it is where qualifiers are held and Olympic athletes train, the courses and training areas are of the highest standards. This gave Wentworth an opportunity to compete on coveted ground. “I got to work with Jeff Cooke, a really well-known trainer, and had the chance to work with a lot more coaches and trainers, which always makes you better,” she said. “The environment there was different than anything we had been in as well; it was hot and there were a lot of horses and people around. There were well over 3,000 horses on the property during the show weekend,” she said. This was the first big event that Q and Wentworth showed in together. “We placed fifth, seventh, and eighth out of about 25 people in our classes, which is pretty good for a horse that doesn’t have much showing experience,” she said. “Overall, Thermal was a really great experience, and it was great because my parents (Jeanne and David Wentworth) were able to come down for a couple days of the event.” Wentworth is planning on continuing her riding career

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there are categorized in different leagues, so it’ll be a different world than the types of shows I am doing here, but I am glad I get to train with Q,” said Wentworth. There is also the opportunity for Wentworth to enter clubs at school and continue riding Q during her schooling. “I want to be able to do what I can when I am there while studying animal science and there is a little bit of everything there that I can work with,” she said. Wentworth plans to continue to train and ride leading up to her departure for college in October, and hopefully enter shows happening in the area.

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Track and field focuses on “team” By Charlie Kanzig Correspondent

After last year’s shortened season, the athletes and coaches of the Outlaws track and field team look forward to a full campaign, with a complete slate of meets and more than double the time to train. A core group of veterans mixed with a healthy crop of newcomers means that new head coach Cailen McNair and his staff will spend the first portion of the season determining the events in which individual athletes will partake. After two weeks of training, some of those questions are being answered, and the two meets this month will help coaches gather more insight, according to McNair. McNair is focused on the concept of “team” this season, which includes encouraging all members of the squad to commit to doing three or four events each meet. “I want each team member to be willing to try new things and find a passion that will help them discover their personal potential while also being supportive to their teammates,” he said. McNair has 17 years of coaching experience in eight different sports, including track and field where he will be coaching the sprinters, relay teams, and the long and triple jumps. Among the girls team, four State qualifiers return, including Hollie Lewis, Ila Reid, Gracie Vohs, and Lillie Sundstrom. Lewis, a senior, specializes in the high jump, in which she holds a share of the school record with Anya Shockley, at 5-feet-3-inches. Lewis placed fourth at the state meet last year in the long jump and joined current sophomores Reid, Vohs, and Sundstrom in both the 4x100 relay and the 4x400 relay, in which the quartet placed fourth. Vohs also made the podium at State in the pole vault, where she placed fifth with a clearance of eight feet. Though the boys team has just one returning state qualifier, McNair is pleased that the number of boys on the team has increased and believes they can be competitive throughout the 17 events. Junior Taine Martin competed at State in the high jump last season after clearing 5-feet-10 inches at Districts, and narrowly missed qualifying in the pole vault, where he placed third at Districts with a best of 10 feet. Sophomore Ted Stolasz also returns in the pole vault with a best of nine feet, which earned fifth place at Districts last year. Most of the varsity crosscountry team that placed

second in the state, including seniors Kaleb Briggs and Erik Ryan, juniors Hayden Roth and Cole Jervis, as well as freshmen George Roberts, Spencer Tisdel, and Colton Middlestetter, are out for track, with some branching out to other events. Senior Carson Brown is also back and is expected to add some running events to his repertoire this season after focusing solely on the throwing events last season. McNair is in his first year as the head coach, returning to work at Sisters Middle School after a long stint in teaching and coaching overseas, most recently in Shanghai, China. He took over from Jeff Larson, who moved to Texas. Dennis Dempsey, Jim Anderson, and Sarah Thorsett return as assistant coaches and collectively provide a tremendous depth of knowledge and experience, according to McNair. Dempsey opened Sisters High School as the principal in 1992 and has been involved in the program ever since. He is overseeing the high jump and hurdles and, as he put it, “helping out wherever needed.” Dempsey said, “The kids who are showing up are working hard and it looks like the girls team is shaping up to be competitive and the boys team, though pretty young, but we have some good senior leadership that I think will help carry those younger ones through.” Anderson arrived on the scene in 1995 after a 30-year career at Clackamas High School. His primary focus this season is the pole vault, although he also contributes to coaching long jump and triple jump. Thorsett, who is also an assistant for the cross-country team, is in charge of the distance runners for the sixth year. “So far the kids are showing a lot of enthusiasm and a

lot of the distance crew did a winter sport so these first two weeks of practice have been about checking fitness, building back up, and preventing injuries,” she said. “But the kids who did run over the winter look to be in great shape.” Regarding working under a new head coach, Thorsett said, “Cailen has a lot of energy as the head coach and he really knows his stuff and has high expectations for the kids, so the team is in a good place.” Katie Wardsworth is the newest member of the track and field coaching staff and comes with strong credentials and enthusiasm. A collegiate hammer thrower at both Washington and Washington State, Wardsworth is thrilled to be on the coaching staff. “This season the Outlaws are establishing themselves as a competitive throws program. As the throws coach, I want our throwers to build on the foundation Coach McNair and the other assistants have established,” she said. “Track truly relies on each member of the team bringing their greatest effort and performances to support the overall success of the program. As a former PAC-12 thrower myself, I am thankful to share my passion and knowledge with such a strong and well-established coaching staff.” Wa r d s w o r t h c o n t i n ued, “Each day our athletes become stronger mentally, emotionally, and physically. I can’t wait to see how we perform this season and help contribute to our team’s success. To succeed in track and field, athletes truly need to show dedication and discipline and how to push through comfort zones. I am happy with what I am seeing so far.” In track and field the top two finishers in each event at the district meet qualify for state. A conference/district team championship is based on overall scoring at the district meet. Sisters is typically

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Outlaws compete at championships

Obituaries Kimberly Lynn Ward-Cary October 13, 1958– March 11, 2022

By Rongi Yost Correspondent

Skiers Bela Chladek and Corbin Fredland, along with other elite skiers from Oregon, traveled to Mt. Rose, Nevada, with the Oregon Interscholastic Ski Racing Association (OISRA), where they represented the state of Oregon at the Western U.S. High School Championships. The team was comprised of the fastest high school ski racers from across Oregon. Another team from Oregon, Oregon Schools Ski Association (OSSA) representing the Bend area, also attended the race. Other states represented included two teams from Nevada and one team each from Colorado, California, and Wyoming. T h e O I S R A m e n ’s team placed fourth behind Colorado and the two Nevada teams, and the OISRA Oregon combined men and women’s team placed third behind Colorado and Nevada Lake Tahoe. Oregon skier Annie Hendrickson from Oregon Episcopal School in Portland won the women’s slalom race. Outlaws racers Chladek and Fredland competed well in very stiff competition against 81 other skiers. Bela Chladek finished 17th in slalom and 33rd in giant slalom (GS). After coming off of a crash in the GS event at the State race at Mt. Hood, Chladek was a bit cautious on his first GS run, but came back aggressive in the second run and contributed points to the team score. “Bela skied aggressively

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Bela Chladek and Corbin Fredland competed in regional ski championships last weekend. with a technically clean slate,” said Coach Gabe Chladek. “This tends to make him very fast edge-toedge, which served him well in the slalom events, and led to him being one of the lead racers for the Oregon team in slalom.” Corbin Fredland skied a solid first run in slalom, but didn’t finish his second run. On his second run he came out of the gate with extra aggression to try and earn the team some more points. He straddled a gate and was disqualified. He finished 40th in GS with two solid runs. Coach Chladek said, “It’s been really fun to watch Corbin’s ski racing technique and style mature over the last three seasons on the high

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After very recently relocating from Sisters to Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Kimberly Lynn Ward-Cary passed away March 11, in Tennessee, at the age of 63. She was born on October 13, 1958, in Bakersfield, California, to Tom Sr. and Barbara Jackson Ward. Kimber’s parents moved their family back to Sisters in 1965, when she was about 6 years old. Kimber attended elementary and middle schools in Sisters and high school in Redmond and was very active in the Redmond High School rodeo, as well as in about 1975 being crowned Rodeo Queen at the barn dance. Kimber very much enjoyed her career as a Christian counselor and at one time had a practice in Bend. In 1977, Kim married David Gardner of Sisters and from that marriage she leaves a daughter, Trisha, and son, Shane, as well as five beautiful grandchildren, Avery, Dawson, Tealyn, Mason, and Ethan. In 2011 Kimber married William Cary who also survives her at home in

Tennessee. She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, JoAnne; and a brother, Tom Jr. She leaves a sister, Connie, in Sisters; and a brother, Wes, in Bend; as well as numerous beloved nieces, nephews, and cousins. A virtual celebration of life will be held in the future. Contact info@ coggcw.com for details.

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FRESHMAN: Garrett Atkinson; Emerson Backus; Gabrielle Bartolotta; John Berg; Oliver Bernhardt; Chloe Bolam; Hunter Briggs; Edgar Buendia-Hernandez; Riley Carroll; Brooklynn Cooper; Micah Dachtler; Ella Davis; Holly Davis; Max Dunham; Ella Eby; Kisten Elbek; Annalycia Erdekian; Tallis Grummer; Layla Hicks; Tanner Hosang; Andrew Islas; Faith Keeton; Keegan Kroytz; Samantha Liddell; Cade Lindsay; Jasmine Luna; Kiara Martin; Bindie McGonagle; Cooper Merrill; Colton Middlestetter; Jordyn Monaghan; Stepan Myagkov; Micah Parker; Kellen Petke; Solei Planty; Lilly Pomering; Ava Riehle; George Roberts; Kayla Root; Mae Roth; Sophia Rush; Garrett Sager; Emma Sahlberg; Bodie Schar; Kathryn Scholl; Landen Scott; Wyatt Shockley; Diego Silva; Lauren Sitz; Benjamin Skidmore; Alisa Stelle; Levi Szesze; Zach Thies; Spencer Tisdel; Althea Trask; Jack Turpen; Jordan Velikonia; Kellen Werts; Shae Wyland. SOPHOMORE: Presley Adelt; Hailey Asson; Ella Bartlett; Elizabeth Bates; Carson Bell; Jake Beutler; Brooke Blakelock; Kathryn Buller; Wyatte Christensen; Vincent Christian; Abigail Christopher; Austin Dean; Daisy Draper; Antonio Gonzalez; Molly Greaney; Grace Grimes; Brooke Harper; Devan Hepburn; Sienna Jones; Riley Kerkmann; Sawyer Kiefer; Juhree Kizziar; Mary Lapray; Bryant Leaver; Charley Liddell; Autumn Linville; Maggie Lutz; Evan Martin; Parker Miller; Dominic Minney; Lorelai Moffat; Mia Monaghan; Gracelyn Myhre; Miles O’Neill; Elijah Palanuk; Blake Parker; Tania Rebolledo; Ila Reid; Bailey Robertson; Sherry Robles Sanchez; Dylan Rundle; Katie Ryan; Isabelle Schiller; Charlotte Seymour; Ava Siler; Lucy Siler; Miliani Spencer; Theodore Stolasz; Lillian Sundstrom; Kahlan Sweet; Madison Taylor; Travis Templar; Gracie Vohs; Teague Wessel; Maya Wilson; Kaleb Woods. JUNIOR: Analise Backus; Justin E. Blake; Olly Chapen; Joseph Clark; Annie Cohen; Tatum Cramer;

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Skillethead returns to The Belfry

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Weary but satisfied firefighters at the top of the Columbia Center. They took 69 flights — 788 vertical feet — in full turnouts and breathing apparatus. It’s all in aid of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

Firefighters complete stair climb By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

Kris Kristofferson may have mourned a Sunday morning coming down, but on March 13, eight Sisters firefighters celebrated a Sunday morning going up. And up. And up. The team from SistersCamp Sherman Fire Department participated in the annual Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) Firefighter Stairclimb at the Columbia Center in Seattle. The event is a major fundraiser for LLS. The 2,000 participants are career, volunteer, or retired firefighters who climb up the secondtallest skyscraper west of the Mississippi in full turnout gear, weighing over 60 pounds, while using breathing apparatus. It’s not easy. Firefighters climb 69 flights of stairs covering 788 vertical feet of distance. “The way I’ve described it, kind of tongue-in-cheek, is that every step is misery,” Deputy Chief Tim Craig told The Nugget, “but when you get to the top, the adrenaline rush is worth it.” The sense of accomplishment is profound,” Chief Craig said. The Sisters team was led by team captain David Ward, with Travis Bootes, Travis Martin, Campbell Clark,

Rachel Ulm, Craig, Avery Deutz, and Tyler Smith. The crew trained hard for the event, working on conditioning by running on a stair-climber. The firefighters also train regularly in full gear, which makes a big difference in being prepared for the heat, fatigue, and breathing challenges of the event, Craig said. The most important aspect of the event is, of course, the fundraising for LLS. In that, the Sisters Fire team looms large. They set a goal of $18,000 and, as of Monday morning, they were at $23,158 — money raised through community contributions.

Local bluegrass band Skillethead will play at The Belfry on March 17 in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day. Featuring driving banjo, chopping mandolin, and virtuosic fiddle, the band is sure to have the audience on their feet. Thursday marks the band’s first big indoor show since before COVID-19. “It’s been a rough couple of years for musicians,” said band member and Sisters resident Benji Nagel. Before the pandemic struck, Skillethead had wind in their sails and were slated to play a number of festivals

in 2020, including 4 Peaks Music Festival, Wheeler County Bluegrass Festival, and Portland’s Bridgetown Bluegrass Festival. Of course, none of these festivals moved forward. “We’re just glad to be getting back to a sense of normalcy — hopefully,” said Nagel. Thursday’s show will kick off at 7 p.m. with opener Conner Bennett. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are available at www.belfryevents.com. For more information about Skillethead, visit www.skilletheadmusic.com.

“For such a small department, we’re actually a pretty big fundraiser,” Craig said. “We’ve been incredibly well supported.” Fundraising continues through June. To contribute to the Sisters Fire fundraising efforts or for more information on the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, visit bit.ly/2022sistersLLS or scan the QR code below.

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Sisters from Sisters

MAKING A DIFFERENCE By Katy Yoder, Correspondent

Jenna and Laura Curtis are sisters, and they’re close. Seeing them together, it’s obvious how much they admire each other.

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“But we also fight,” said younger sister Laura, laughing. Most of their fighting spirit is reserved for social justice issues and the people they support both professionally and personally. They’ve shown, when they are committed to a cause, there’s a good chance things will change for the better. Jenna graduated from Sisters High School in 2007. Laura graduated in 2009. They moved to Sisters with their mother, Tracy Curtis, during an extremely difficult time in their lives. “When we moved to Sisters, our parents had just gotten a divorce, my mom didn’t have a job, and we were really in a vulnerable position,” said Laura. Jenna recalled watching her mother work incredibly hard and keep pushing for a better life. “Our mom picked up our family while we were grieving from a really challenging time,” she said. “She was cleaning houses and just making ends meet.” Tracy’s heartfelt, caring nature and determined attitude has passed on to her daughters. “We saw her get creative and start several businesses,” said Jenna. “Now she has a very successful floral company (Woodland Floral Design). We’re so proud of her!” After graduation Jenna and Laura excelled academically and professionally. Jenna received a bachelor’s degree in American Sign Language (ASL)/English Interpreting from Western Oregon University in 2011. After working as an ASL interpreter for seven years, she returned to Western Oregon University to get a master’s degree in teaching interpreting studies. Currently, she works for Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU) as the manager of language services. Her job entails managing administrative operations of interpreters and supporting language services across the OHSU health system. Jenna was introduced to ASL because of her mom’s friendship with a deaf family. “Our mom taught us how to finger spell at a young age,” she said. In high school, Jenna was struggling with Spanish and thought ASL might be easier. “I found my passion for ASL in Sarah Dempsey’s class at Sisters High School,” she said. “I remember vividly being in class when she was talking about deaf culture and discrimination that deaf and hard-of-hearing people experienced just because they used another language. Dempsey taught us about the misinterpretations and misconceptions about their cognitive abilities because they don’t speak. That got to my core of justice principles, and I thought, thatʼs not right.” Dempsey told Jenna’s class that being an interpreter was really hard, took a lot of training and skill, and that she personally

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never wanted to become one because it was such Project, working on issues like closing the health a challenge. That was just the spark Jenna needed. equity gap and criminal justice reform. This ses“I remember sitting in class thinking, I could do sion, I am working on a bill to allow the state to that,” she said. “I really enjoyed the language and provide compensation to people wrongfully incarwanted to be fluent, so I went to Oregon State for a cerated… we’re trying to get Oregon to join that year because that’s where my friends were going, to movement. The Deschutes County DA endorsed it.” get my prerequisites out of the way. I decided I’d do Laura credits Jenna with awakening her call for ASL later. But I took different courses in that first social justice. year, psychology, sociology, philosophy, and real“Jenna has always been an advocate. I grew ized my language piece was up seeing her strong sense of unfinished.” justice and injustice. She’s Getting frustrated when Jenna transferred to very vocal with her feelings Western Oregon from OSU those things. Seeing I wasn’t being listened to and about and started taking ASL classes. her become an interpreter and She got good feedback from heard was challenging. I think working on behalf of compeople in the deaf community munities that have been hisas well as deaf teachers who that propelled me into wanting torically excluded and denied were native language users. to be in spaces where decisions access, and hearing her talk “I applied for the interpreter about those things inspired me. are being made, because program, which was very comEven before I was out of colpetitive. I didn’t know if I’d lege or a lobbyist, I had a lot collectively we have more get in, but I did,” said Jenna. of respect for that and saw it While Jenna was in college, knowledge and input if we work as something really intrinsic coincidentally, Sarah Dempsey to who she was. And for me as collaboratively. Then we can had left Sisters and was an well,” said Laura. “I’m someASL teacher for the Gresham- come up with solutions that are one who feels passionate about Barlow School District. things. We’re both driven peoimpactful on people’s lives. “I’ve gone into her classple who want to do good work. room a few times as a profesget to bond over that in our — Jenna Curtis We sional interpreter and talked professional lives. We talk a lot about the profession. It’s fun about work with each other. I meeting up with her. She even came to my college think Jenna has a good mind for policy, so it’s good graduation in 2011,” said Jenna. to talk with her about those things.” Laura and Jenna both live in Portland. Laura’s Teenage years were sometimes tough for both office is in Tigard, but like Jenna, the pandemic has women. Moving to Sisters and finding support and her working from home a lot of the time. Laura is community in their new hometown was instrumena lobbyist and government relations consultant for tal in helping them navigate those times. NW Public Affairs. “We really did find a good community in “I get to talk to legislators about the importance Sisters,” said Jenna. “I found a great friend group of funding for public systems and the importance of and had a lot of support from a lot of people. In substance abuse treat- middle school after we moved, I was really angry ment and mental and dealing with some depression. I was suspended health treatment,” a couple of times in middle school for fighting. I said Laura. “I spend had these justice principles, and didn’t have a direca lot of time on Basic tion. I was really angry at my parents and the sysRights Oregon and tem, and was struggling a lot. I was on a variety of also represent the anxiety and depression medications throughout my Northwest Health childhood, and through high school and some colFoundation and the lege. One of the things that really helped was the Forensic Justice idea that things really do get better. There’s so many emotions and dynamics happening when you’re a Sisters Laura and teen. No matter where you are, growing up is hard.” Jenna Curtis share Jenna had a hard time with adult authority figIDED a life-long bond. ures who she felt wouldn’t take the time to really PHOTO PROV

listen to kids. She felt frustrated because she had a lot to share and a lot of opinions. “I knew I didn’t have all the answers, but I was pretty sure I knew better than some adults, even in high school,” she said. “Getting frustrated when I wasn’t being listened to and heard was challenging. I think that propelled me into wanting to be in spaces where decisions are being made, because collectively we have more knowledge and input if we work collaboratively. Then we can come up with solutions that are impactful on people’s lives.” Laura is grateful for the close relationship she has with her sister. “We get to be close to each other in Portland, and we have each other in this world,” she said. “I feel grateful our mom moved us to Sisters when she did. I don’t know how things would have turned out if she didn’t. I try never to take that for granted. I brag about Jenna all the time about how smart and amazing she is.”

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MAKING A DIFFERENCE By Katy Yoder, Correspondent

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FIRESIDE: Pioneering family will recount history at event Continued from page 3

rights and ditches, sheep and cattle wars in 1895-1906, freight hauling to Shaniko and Prineville, Army troops training in Sisters Country during World War II, schools and school district boundaries, and other entertaining history of Sisters and the county. The seven generations of the Cyrus family have called Oregon home dating back to 1882, when Enoch and Mary Cyrus moved from Scio, Oregon in the Willamette Valley, first to the mouth of Skull Hollow east of Smith Rock, and in 1883, to the Gray Butte foothills between Terrebonne and Culver. They homesteaded 160 acres, adding acreage to it several more times. Enoch became known for his Cyrus wheat, which was a hard fall wheat that made excellent flour. They also had a few milk cows and

chickens, horses, and up to 3,000 head of sheep. Their brand, the Lazy 33, was registered in 1882 and is still used by Matt Cyrus today. In 1899, Mary filed on 320 acres of desert land in the Cloverdale community that could be irrigated with water from then Squaw Creek (now Whychus Creek). They built a small board-and-batten house on the property at the corner of current-day Cloverdale and Jordan Roads and moved in 1900. Enoch was the first to grow alfalfa in Cloverdale. Enoch and Mary had seven children. Their third son, Omer Mason Cyrus, homesteaded 160 acres near Haystack Butte near Culver, a half-mile from his parents’ Gray Butte farm. In June 1900, Omer married Hattie Peck of Culver. They lived on the Haystack farm until 1934 when they sold the land to the U. S. government following seven years of drought. In 1936, they bought a farm in the Cloverdale community, east of Sisters. Omer and Hattie’s third son, Willard H., was born in

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Pam Mitchell and Keith, Connie, Kelly, and Matt Cyrus will share the family history that is woven tightly into the fabric of Sisters at the Three Sisters Historical Society Fireside Story Evening at Brand 33.

1912 in Culver and grew up on the Haystack farm, attending school in Culver. Willard moved with his parents, Omer and Hattie, to the Cloverdale farm on Highway 126 in 1936. He worked the farm with his father. Remembering the devastating drought years, Willard worked hard clearing and preparing the land for crops. He eventually purchased the land originally belonging to his grandparents, Enoch and Mary Cyrus on Jordan Road. He married Mae Godard in 1937 and they had four children, the oldest being son Omer Keith and the oldest daughter Kay, both of whom still live in Cloverdale. Keith attended Cloverdale Grade School, Redmond High School, and Oregon State College. He remembers driving his dad’s baling machine at age seven. Besides helping his father on the farm, he raised sheep for 4-H, winning many prizes at county and state fairs. He attended the national 4-H Congress in Chicago in 1958. A year after he graduated from high school, in 1959, Keith and sister Kay purchased 440 acres of farmland for $50/acre with money they had earned in 4-H. Later Keith purchased Kay’s share and over the years has added acreage to the farming operation, which over time has included seed potatoes, alfalfa hay, grain, certified mint root and oil, sheep, Holstein steers, and hogs. The frame of the potato cellar located on the north side of Highway 126 was built by Keith’s dad from cedar that Keith brought over from Springfield. Keith married elementary school teacher Conida (Connie) Bucher of Bonneville in 1961 and they had five children, Matt (who

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The remaining buildings on the original Cyrus homestead on the corner of Jordan and Cloverdale Roads. In the early days it served as a stage stop. The property is now owned by Mike and Karen Mansker. continues the farming legacy), Brian, Pamela, Joseph, and Grant. Over the years of farming, Keith has been recognized for his farming techniques and his community involvement. He was awarded a plaque for being an outstanding conservation farmer. In 1974, the Oregon Jaycees honored him as one of the three outstanding young farmers in Oregon. He has been the past president of the Deschutes County Farm Bureau, chairman of the Central Oregon Potato Growers Association, on the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee, American Agriculture Marketing Association, Whychus Creek Irrigation District, County Planning

Commission, Deschutes C o u n t y C a t t l e m e n ’s Association, and director of the Cloverdale Volunteer Fire Department. Three Sisters Historical Society members are admitted to the event free, nonmembers pay $10, and 2022 memberships can be purchased at the door. Two more Fireside Story Evenings are scheduled for April 19 and May 17 at FivePine Conference Center. There will also be an opportunity to sign up to volunteer for TSHS and/or the Sisters Museum. A complimentary beverage service will be available (coffee, tea, lemonade, and water). Families with children are welcome. For event-related questions call 541-610-6323.

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Two Outlaws earn honorable mention By Rongi Yost Correspondent

The Lady Outlaws basketball squad had two players, Payden Petterson and Haleigh Froehlich, earn Honorable Mention AllConference awards. The Oregon West Conference is tough and talented, and although the Outlaws didn’t have the best season, both Petterson and Froehlich did get noticed, and were respected by the other coaches in the league. Petterson, a senior and team captain, averaged eight points and 4.5 rebounds per game as a shooting guard for the Outlaws this year. Coach Paul Patton said,

“Payden was our best perimeter shooter, a good rebounder, and a good allaround player with a nose for the ball. In her four years she saw three coaching changes and endured the pandemic disruptions, so she is a very resilient and dedicated athlete.” Froehlich, a junior, averaged seven points and 6.5 rebounds per game for the Outlaws. “Haleigh got most of her points off of offensive rebounds, which is especially impressive considering that she’s not that tall as far as post players go, maybe 5-foot-9-inches. She is just determined and willing to play physically under the basket.”

Sisters Country birds By Douglas Beall Correspondent

The Western Bluebirds (sialia mexicana) will soon be returning to Oregon after wintering in California and Mexico. Dropping from a perch to feed on ground insects or consuming many berries including poison oak, elderberry, and mistletoe, our Western Bluebirds will build their nests in tree cavities or birdhouses. As members of the thrush family the male will begin singing before dawn to mark his breeding territory. The female gathers fine grasses, needles, feathers, and horsehair and constructs a loose nest where she lays two to eight pale blue to white eggs. Bluebirds may raise two to three broods using the same nest or build another nest. After incubating for 12-17 days, the nestlings will be fed for 18-25 days before leaving their home. Often the Western Bluebird parents have

helpers who assist in attending the young and up to 45 percent of the nests contain young that are not the resident male’s offspring. This species is threatened by habitat loss and degradation. Invasive, nonnative plants and lack of fire have adversely affected habitat in many areas. Bluebirds face competition for cavities from non-native birds and heavy predation by house cats, raccoons, and rodents severely affect the population. Birdhouses with the proper entry hole size are essential to maintaining a healthy population. On their wintering grounds the Western Bluebird will sometimes form flocks of up to 100 with Robins and Mountain Bluebirds mixed within the flocks. A collection of Western Bluebirds is called a “mutation” or a “hermitage.” For more Western Bluebird photos visit http://abird singsbecauseithasasong. com/recent-journeys.

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Western Bluebird.

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kind of work. Today, it is quite common, and there is rarely a month that goes by in which we do not read of somebody lost, found and rescued by such specialized teams. South Sister, in Deschutes County, seems to be a particularly active location for search and rescue. The Hasty Team has assisted in calls to the popular climbing mountain. Typical of inter-agency support was the rescue in 2005 when an avalanche on North Sisters trapped four. That event, headed by Deschutes County SAR personnel, included the Hasty Team and two UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters from Salem using Sisters Eagle Airport as base. The airport is often the scene of operations for rescues requiring air support. “There is a high degree of mutual aid in the three counties with frequent multiagency efforts,” Foster said. Foster is technically retired, still serving, though as a reserve deputy covering Camp Sherman, his home. He is also manager of House on Metolius, a private resort and nature reserve. His adrenaline-filled days of being on the active Hasty Team are over, and a new cadre of volunteer professionals are under the command of Sergeant David Pond, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office emergency manager. Following the 1995 Three Fingered Jack rescue, Foster set about establishing the Hasty Team. It wasn’t enough though to give a handful of deputies or volunteers some basic training and gear. Foster wanted and attained the highest level of competence. He brought in swift-water rescue experts, ski patrol veterans from Mount Rainier, and a top wilderness guide who taught mapping and compass skills, among other trainers who helped hone the team’s native skills. The Nugget asked about the worst times on the Hasty Team. “Suicide recoveries,” he answered, “mainly those from the Crooked River Canyon bridge.” Foster has seen his share of rescues, including some that could be described as curious or bizarre, like the rescue in 2020 in the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness area of a man who injured himself with a machete. The Hasty Team has helped with animal rescue, too, such as the rescue of a runaway horse last

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The Camp Sherman Hasty Team is well equipped and — above all — well trained in mountain and river rescue. year — eventually located, injured and standing in the middle of Whychus Creek. Hasty Team member Laurie Adams, experienced in horse rescue, was part of the effort. Locating lost children is especially gratifying for the Team. In 2015 a 7-yearold boy walked away from his family’s campground at Scout Lake. He was found a short time after, at Suttle Lake sitting in a moored boat. Adams’ husband, Kevin, told The Nugget that Foster is the best tracker in all of Central Oregon. He praised Foster’s pioneering efforts and the reputation of the Team. Over the years Hasty Team has rescued dozens of lost hikers, many from the Pacific Crest Trail.

We live next door to true wilderness areas, so designated in part because of their remoteness. The majority of rescues according to records are of persons from large cities like Portland not used to the rigors of our peaks and terrain. The Nugget asked Foster to detail his most daring or challenging rescue. He responded in his usual unassuming way, almost shyly: “A woman fell from the top of 78-foot Koosah Falls into fast-moving and cold water.” Foster recounted how the team had to suspend a rope across the river, with him dangling in the middle where she was trapped and pulling her to safety. He made it all sound like just another day at the office.

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ARTIST: Showing lasts through March at Sisters Coffee Co. Continued from page 3

Coffee. She barely had to twist Chamberlain’s arm to get him to do a one-person show at the Sisters location. “He’s a regular at our Bend location,” she said. “He sits outside with his dog and he feeds the birds. One day he handed me his brochure, and that’s how I found out about his artwork.” Chamberlain was born in Wilton, Connecticut, a town where the first settlers arrived in the 1650s. During the Civil War, Wilton was one of the stops on the Underground Railroad. As other cities grew, Wilton remained largely rural, with a farmhouse here and a store there, but the industrial age bypassed it. The result is that many of the original homes, barns, and churches remained standing. Chamberlain depicts this early American style in his painting. C o mpact in s tature, Chamberlain grew up as a janitor’s son, more interested in sports than academics. “I went to school in Westport because there was no high school in Wilton,” he said. “It’s now pretty exclusive, but back then, it wasn’t. Nine out of 10 colleges rejected me, but I was accepted at St. Bonaventure, and transferred to the University of Connecticut.” After graduating, he taught physical education in East Boston, was program director for the United Way of Springfield, Massachusetts, became a ski instructor and director of the ski program at Cardigan Mountain School in New Hampshire, and later a ski instructor at Mount Agamenticus in Maine. His next career was in private schools, where he taught math, science, and physical education, and coached football and lacrosse. He worked with teens from the very wealthiest and the very poorest families: the magnates and the mafia, as he tells it. After working in several prep schools, and completing a master’s program at Springfield College, he became a counselor in the Dover, New Hampshire, public schools, where he continued to work with youth, explore the backcountry, ski, and teach skiing, for 25 years. Around 1967 or ’68, Chamberlain’s sister introduced him to art. “She worked for the Famous Artist’s painting course, and when they offered her an opportunity to take the course, she passed it on to me,” he said. This was a genuine correspondence course. Each lesson was delivered by mail. Chamberlain still values his

original drawings and paintings, which he mailed back and forth to the instructors for constructive criticism. “I had no previous art interest, but I found this course very challenging,” he said. “Although I took only four lessons, I was hooked.” Never one to sit still, he traveled New England’s back roads. “I fished, I hunted, and at the same time, I photographed everything: landscapes, barns, covered bridges,” he recalled. “This motivated me more than fulfilling the course assignments.” Looking back, he recognizes that he challenged art with the same determination and focus as he poured into his favorite sports. He taught during the day and painted at night. On weekends and during school vacations, he took his paintings on the road and sold them to vacationers along the New England coastline. Some years, he earned as much from selling art than from counseling, but he loved doing both. Eventually he built up a pension that allowed him to retire early and head out West. He settled in Arizona for six years before hearing about Bend from a friend, who told him that the skiing was pretty good here. In 2000, he moved into a modest home and began exploring Central Oregon. The more he drove, the more he found to paint – old homesteads, abandoned barns, mountains, and landscapes, and occasional still life. He still lives in that same modest home, jam-packed with paintings and vintage frames that he picks up at antique shops and estate sales. When he finds a really decent antique frame, he cuts a piece of Masonite to fit, and makes a new painting. He usually begins with the sky, and works down to ground level, filling the scene with the appropriate subject matter. He uses acrylic because it’s forgiving. If he changes his mind, he can easily correct or paint over it. One of his favored subjects is the old Santiam Pass Lodge, which is currently being restored. He has made three paintings of the landmark, and may do more. He’s also painted a couple of different view of a building at the corner of Cloverdale and Jordan roads. (See photo, page 14.) Locals may remember the popular Community Art Exhibits sponsored by the Friends of Sisters Library. Chamberlain regularly hung work in these shows and many years was one of the People’s Choice Award winners. He declares that he’s slowing down, but Chamberlain continues to look for new “old” scenes to paint. Look for him and his dog at his favorite coffee shops this month, and ask him about his work. Or sports. Or almost any subject in the news. He’ll entertain you with a story or two.

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Getting your Irish up for St. Patrick’s Day By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

I’ve always been a wee bit of a Celtophile. Almost all of the music I listen to on any given day has “Celtic” roots. We named our daughter Ceili (pronounced Kay-lee), which is Irish Gaelic for a party with traditional music, dancing, and storytelling. I cut my storytelling teeth on the tales of another Celtophile, the pulp fictioneer Robert E. Howard, and named our dearly missed dog Conan (Gaelic for “little wolf”). It’s more an affinity than a matter of heritage. My ancestry is a mutt-mix of English, Irish, Scots-Irish, Swedish, and German — with the German predominant on both sides of the family. Curiously, I don’t listen to polka music… St. Patrick’s Day is, of course, the one day each year in which everybody — regardless of ethnicity — is a Celt. Specifically, Irish. The date purportedly marks the death of the fifth-century patron saint of Ireland, who, according to legend, explained the Holy Trinity to the pagan Irish using the shamrock as a classroom prop, and chased the snakes out of the Emerald Isle.

March 17 has been a feast day since medieval times. In my household, we always feast on the traditional fare of corned beef and cabbage. Umm, well… it’s been traditional in America since the turn of the 20th century. According to most historical sources, Irish immigrants to New York City picked up corned beef as an alternative to more expensive cuts — from Jewish New Yorkers. There’s always been plenty of cultural appropriation to go around. The Irish diaspora spread St. Paddy’s celebrations all across the globe. That’s in part due to the influence of large Irish contingents in the army of the British Empire, which spanned the globe in the 18th and 19th centuries. There’s some irony in this, of course. Ireland was England’s first colony, and an egregiously abused one at that. But imperial armies have always counted on the impoverished sons of colonized peoples to fill the ranks. So, colonized Irishmen helped to colonize others. The first St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York City was conducted in 1772, by British Army soldiers homesick for the Old Sod. Nowadays, that parade is one of the biggest events of its type in the world.

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Traditional Irish enclaves like New York City, Boston, and Chicago go all-in on the March 17 celebrations (at least they did pre-COVID). Chicago dyes the river that runs through its downtown a vivid shamrock green. American Irish enclaves are not confined to the Northeast and the Midwest. Many Irish came through the port of New Orleans in the 19th century — and stayed there to lend a touch o’ the green to that gloriously heterogeneous city. Many Irish went West. The magnificent IrishAmerican band Solas created a multimedia concert celebration of the Irish miners of Butte, Montana, titled “Shamrock City,” which they brought to a Sisters Folk Festival Winter Concert a few years back. The program was inspired by the story of bandleader Seamus Egan’s ancestor Michael Conway, who met a terrible end, beaten to death over a fixed boxing match. Nugget columnist Craig Rullman is working on a documentary film that depicts the buckaroo culture around Paisley, Oregon, where names like Murphy and O’Leary abound — because young Irishmen pioneered the area around the turn of

the 20th century. The vivid St. Patrick’s Day “traditions” — the corned beef and cabbage dinner, the drinking of the Guinness stout, the wearing of the green — belong to everybody. No sense in being a stickler for purity. Robert E. Howard wrote an amusing letter to a friend to that effect, regarding the wearing of the green: “How many of those who wear purely Gaelic surnames don’t have the blood of Danes, Welsh, English, or Dutch in them? Blasted few. I’ll admit my blood is more or less mixed up — but how many people in Europe and America are not of mixed bloods? If nobody but a pure Celt wore the green, it wouldn’t be worn except perhaps by a few savages living in the Connaught hills. A man has too many grandparents to be pure blooded anything.” (Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, v. 2, p. 33). True enough, that. So, as we celebrate St. Paddy’s Day and Irish culture, we’re also celebrating a uniquely American culture defined by the motto E Pluribus Unum — “Out of Many, One.” And that, methinks, calls for a bit o’ Dropkick Murphys, so it does.

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Wednesday, March 16, 2022 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

MASKS: Sisters is taking changes in mandate in stride Continued from page 1

Bi-Mart: no signs; three masked employees, 14 of 55 customers masked. Oliver Lemon’s: no signs, but free masks available at both entries; no shoppers masked. Habitat Re-Store: no signs; staff unmasked; four of 39 customers masked up. Wearing of masks in Sisters appears now to be your choice, no imposition. That does not mean the matter is closed and forgotten. To the contrary. Paulina Springs Books has been one of the more concerned businesses in town since the early days of COVID-19, with some of the more proactive mitigation steps among their fellow merchants. “We have basically given up,” said Lane Jacobson, owner. “We will go with the flow.” He went on to recount the abuse his store and employees have endured as they tried to enforce their policies. “We had people curse at us, throw masks at us. Walk out and slam the door.” The sign on their door, small in size, now reads: “Masks Recommended” and he and all his employees remain masked. Bookstores, especially small independent ones like Jacobson’s, have been on the leading edge of compliance with mandates, he told us. Across the street at Sisters Coffee Co., the four counter workers all flashed a unanimous high five or thumb-up when we asked how it felt to be free of masks. The lone

kitchen worker who appeared from her work space masked seemed unaware that she was wearing it. Not so much the two customers who came in and promptly donned their N-95 masks. They seemed keenly aware that they were in the sole minority, and were perhaps wondering if they would be conspicuous. None of the roughly 30 customers seemed to notice or care. That was the prevailing attitude wherever The Nugget stopped. The butcher on duty at Ray’s expressed his relief at being able to forego masking. When we pointed out the number of masked customers, he said: “About the same percent of non-mask-wearers last week when the mandate was still in effect.” He seemed to be making the point that for the better part of the last three months folks in Sisters have been following their own advice and rules. Shopper Michael from Tollgate, in an N-95 mask, could see that we were doing an informal survey and offered that he doesn’t believe we are out of the woods yet. That’s the same position of St. Charles Health System and the prevailing position of nearly all health care professionals. Michael said, “How the pendulum has swung. Yesterday maskers were shaming the unmasked, and today I feel like I’m the one being shamed.” N-95s continued to be less than 10 percent of the total, in contradiction of best mask practices offered by the CDC and WHO. Rosemary, who lives in Pine Meadow Village, said, “I will be wearing my mask for a long time. I used to care that others didn’t. Now I don’t. I’m immune-compromised and

I’m not taking any chances.” She was simultaneously pleased that the mandate had ended, believing that mask fatigue was taking a toll on society and civility. Ted Clark, who lives in the Cloverdale area, said he hadn’t worn a mask for months and when he was asked, he simply walked out the door. “No mask, no entry weren’t fighting words,” Clark said. “I just took my money somewhere else.” There was palpable relief at Sisters Athletic Club, where members found it difficult to exercise when masked. However, of the 11 working out when we visited, two remained masked. One member expressed hope that this would bring back members who suspended or dropped their membership. Chris, who works in a gallery, was surprised at the numbers who came though the door not knowing the mandate had ended Friday night at 11:59 p.m. She summarized the general mood and demeanor of what happened at midnight Friday. “People are just getting on with their lives,” Chris said. “I get a lot more talk about $5 gas than COVID.” Medical facilities of any size and many federally run systems like airports and airlines are still under masking mandates. Don’t burn them yet. Chief Roger Johnson of Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District is trying to work out the intricacies of the mandate given that an ambulance is a “medical facility.” But does it apply to the whole of the building? From observation, it appears that the lifting of the mandate has happened in Sisters with little fanfare and much respect.

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we wouldn’t have been able to get around to,” Carriger noted. The students were able to gain insight into the importance and value of the work, attending a dedication of a new Habitat home on Cedar Street. The wider Sisters community pitches in to make these engagements possible. Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church puts the students up during their stay, and Sisters Park & Recreation District offered shower facilities. Volunteers put together lunches. It wasn’t all work and no play. The students went hiking and spent time exploring downtown Sisters. “I want them to have as

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Gonzaga University students raised walls at a Sisters Habitat for Humanity home in ClearPine, and built access ramps at a home in Sage Meadow. They also took some time to enjoy Sisters Country. full an experience as they can,” said Picotte. In the end, the actual work accomplished is only a portion of the value gained in the experience, Picotte noted. Students bond, gain insight into life beyond their campus, and learn practical skills. It really is about engagement. “It’s not all about building a house,” Picotte said. “The connection — it’s huge.”

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OSU: Most destructive fires start on private property By Steve Lundeberg Oregon State University

CORVALLIS – Research led by Oregon State University shows that fires are more likely to burn their way into national forests than out of them. The findings contradict the common narrative of a destructive wildfire igniting on remote public land before spreading to threaten communities, said Chris Dunn of the OSU College of Forestry. The study, which looked at more than 22,000 fires, found that those crossing jurisdictional boundaries are primarily caused by people on private property. It also showed that ignitions on Forest Service lands accounted for fewer than 25 percent of the most destructive wildfires – ones that resulted in the loss of more than 50 structures. “In the old framing, public agencies bear the primary responsibility for managing and mitigating cross-boundary fire risk and protecting our communities, with their efforts focused on prevention, fuel reduction, and suppression,” Dunn said. “This has been the dominant management approach of years past, which is failing us.” The findings, published

today in Nature Scientific Reports, follow by a few weeks the Forest Service’s release of a new 10-year fire strategy, Confronting the Wildfire Crisis. The strategy aims for a change in paradigm within the agency, Dunn said. “We are long overdue for policies and actions that support a paradigm shift,” he said. Scientists including Dunn and OSU’s Will Downing investigated 27 years of fires that crossed jurisdictional boundaries. The collaboration also included scientists from Colorado State University and the Forest Service’s Rocky Mountain Research Station. Cross-boundary fires consumed just over 17 million acres during the study period of 1992 to 2019, and about half of the burned area was Forest Service land. The study area covered almost 141 million acres across 11 states and included 74 national forests. Of all ignitions that crossed jurisdictional boundaries, a little more than 60 percent originated on private property, and 28 percent ignited on national forests. Most of the fires started due to human activity. “The Forest Service’s new strategy for the wildfire crisis leads with a focus on thinning public lands to prevent

wildfire intrusion into communities, which is not fully supported by our work, or the work of many other scientists, as the best way to mitigate community risk,” Dunn said. “A substantial portion of the wildfire problem is a community destruction problem,” added Michael Caggiano of Colorado State. “The Forest Service can contribute to an advisory or facilitation role to address the home ignition zone, including fire resistant design and zoning, and fuels management on private lands, but states, local government, and homeowners are better positioned than the USFS to manage those components of wildfire risk.” A paradigm shift that could mitigate wildfire risk would begin with the recognition that the significant wildfires occurring in western states is a fire management challenge with a fire management solution, not a forest management problem with a forest management solution, Dunn said. “The only way we are going to address the wildfire problem on large public lands at the scale of the challenge is through the effective and efficient management of wildfires over the long run,” he said.

Dunn said that means allowing some fires or portions of fires to burn to provide risk reduction and ecological benefits, identifying and preparing locations where suppression is likely to be effective, and developing strategies to rapidly distribute resources to where they are most needed and can do the most good. “Our research has significant potential to inform and guide development of effective cross-boundary risk mitigation strategies, including identifying where and how work on the ground can be most effective,” he said. “The main source of our communities’ exposure to wildfire risk is clearly not our national forests.” The study showed that in many cases, national forests were a net receiver of crossboundary wildfire rather than a source, and that those fires tend to happen in areas with higher densities of roads and people. Dunn credits the Forest Service for accepting the modern realities of wildfire and for embracing collaborative governance and cross-boundary partnerships. He added that managing fire in multijurisdictional landscapes has become a centerpiece of wildfire strategic

planning and that evidence suggests fire transmission across boundaries will continue to increase. “As the Forest Service’s strategy moves forward, we think there could be opportunities to learn from what their state partners are doing, such as the more comprehensive policies passed in Oregon in 2021,” he said. “Oregon’s omnibus wildfire bill is a science-driven approach that recognizes the shared responsibility we all have in adapting to the fire environment.” The legislation requires those homes at greatest risk to mitigate at the home ignition zone and also addresses landscape resilience and improved wildfire response. Dunn calls it “the type of comprehensive policy we need to address the multitude of impacts wildfires have on communities, ecosystems, industry, etc. It recognizes that the Forest Service is neither the sole source of the problem nor the sole solution to the problem, but rather one of many pieces to a paradigm shift society needs to make.” Matthew Thompson and Karen Short of the Rocky Mountain Research Station also took part in the crossboundary fire study, which was partially funded by the Forest Service.

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RUN: Event featured 10k run and 5k run/walk Continued from page 1

High School graduate John Peckham, now running for the University of Idaho (UI), cruised to the win in 17:56 after a 10-mile warmup run. “It was all part of a training day,” he said. Nell Baker, a friend of Peckham’s from the UI team, finished fifth overall and won the women’s division in 20:05, also as part of a training run. Her personal 5k best is 17:20. Winners of all age divisions received finely crafted wooden awards and all participants took home a commemorative glass mug. A total of 46 runners took part in the 10k and another 156 ran or walked in the 5k, with the majority of participants coming from out of town. Results can be found at www.runsistersrun.com. With over 200 registrants, the race raised over $1,000 for the Sisters High School girls tennis team. Stellar Realty Northwest matched $2.50 of each entry fee to be earmarked for the teams. Blither said, “I have the best volunteers, including members of the tennis team and my personal neighbors and friends. I love putting on these events and have plans for something this summer.”

Juniper Blu owner loves connecting with people By Ceili Cornelius Correspondent

Juniper Blu is a new independent boutique shop in Sisters next door to Hood Avenue Art. Somerli McLain now operates Juniper Blu, her second shop in the Central Oregon area. McLain also owns and operates Maple Moon in Redmond, selling the same types of goods. “I decided to open these stores because I love meeting new people. I love anything to do with home décor and sharing things that I am passionate about with customers,” said McLain. Juniper Blu is a home and gift shop featuring curated gifts and some home décor items. She also sells homemade jams, jellies, and honeys. “I try to source those items locally as much as I can, from locals who make and buy their own jams and jellies,” she said. McLain often attends market trade shows to source items for her stores. McLain also sells kitchenware, such as kitchen gadgets, linens, like place mats, and other small kitchen items. Visitors can indulge their sweet tooth. “We also have chocolate

truffles in our store that we will begin to sell more of,” said McLain. Many of the goods in her store would make unique small gifts for birthdays, Christmas, and other celebratory events. “I curate and specifically choose the types of gifts that we have based on local creations,” McLain said. Juniper Blu features candles, bath and body care, jewelry, linens, handbags, baby gifts, cards, and more. “We are a small store packed with a lot of things,” she said. Marigold & True occupied the space before McLain took over the spot. The owners of the building knew her store in Redmond and asked McLain if she was willing to open a shop in Sisters. “We have always loved Sisters,” she said. “When we moved to Oregon four years ago, we wanted to live in Sisters, but decided to settle in Redmond. It took us some time to think it over and come to the decision to open a store in Sisters, especially during this time of year (going into winter). We weren’t sure, but officially opened the store right after Thanksgiving.” McLain works parttime at each of her stores in

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Somerli McLain opened Juniper Blu in Sisters this winter. Redmond and Sisters, and is working on curating more goods to sell in the Sisters store. “We are also working on having classes in the shop during the summer, such as wine-and-paint nights and

other types of arts-and-craft classes in the store,” said McLain. You can visit Juniper Blu at 351 W. Hood Ave. in Sisters. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

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