The Nugget Newspaper // Vol. XLV No. 17 // 2022-04-27

The Nugget Vol. XLV No. 17

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News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon

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Wednesday, April 27, 2022

ODFW confirms wolves in Metolius Basin

By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

There are wolves in the Metolius Basin.

“It’s a new area of wolf activity,” Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) Assistant Wolf Biologist Jamie Bowles told The Nugget last week.

ODFW released its annual wolf report on April 19. The full report can be accessed at bit.ly/ODFW-wolves.

According to ODFW, the minimum known count of wolves in Oregon at the end of 2021 was 175 wolves, an increase of two wolves over the 2020 minimum known number of 173. This annual count is based on verified wolf evidence (like visual observations, tracks, and remote camera photographs).

The actual number of wolves in Oregon is higher, as not all individuals present in the state are located during the winter count.

The report lists two wolves in a 9.4-mile circumference “estimated wolf area” in the Metolius Basin. Camp Sherman lies on the western fringe of that circle; the bulk of the territory lying toward the east and north.

“It’s a pretty recent thing for us,” Bowles said. “We’ve

been getting public reports since about August [2021].”

ODFW personnel spotted confirmed wolf tracks during aerial and ground surveys of wildlife, and set up trail cameras.

“We were able to get photos of them on the trail cameras,” Bowles said.

Steps being taken to increase forest safety

By Bill Bartlett Correspondent

The increase of forest dwellers has brought an increase in citizen concerns about forest safety, especially with respect to wildfire.

Citizens are a big part of the solution. None more typify this than Dave and Sharon Skidmore, who relocated to Sisters from Alaska two years ago and live on North Forest Edge Drive.

Their home backs up to Deschutes National Forest, less than 20 yards’ distance.

They are part of a small group of volunteers like Scott Bowler who regularly visit the forest, making contact with forest dwellers. They

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make their acquaintances as they are picking up trash and geo-tagging with phone software and photographing campers who have exceeded their 14-day permissible stay or who have a dangerous or unsafe environment.

The trio, and others who pitch in, have encountered unattended tethered dogs, improper campfires, lots of trash, and frequent unsanitary conditions.

Bowler, who more or less knows the majority of the forest dwellers east and south of Sisters, is aware when something doesn’t feel right.

Two weeks ago, a delivery van converted to a temporary See SAFETY on page 12

Trish Roy is Oregon School Nurse of the Year

By Charlie Kanzig

It’s a new area of wolf activity.

— Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Assistant Wolf Biologist Jamie Bowles This is the first contemporary confirmed “resident wolf activity” in this area.

The term “resident” does not, however, necessarily mean that the wolves will take up permanent lodgings.

“We don’t know if they’ll stick around,” Bowles acknowledged.

Wolves follow their prey — deer and elk — and may head for higher elevations with the herds as the weather warms. They could return to the “estimated wolf area,” or they may move on.

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Local residents Susan Prince and Jennie Sharp formed the Wolf Welcome Committee in Sisters Country to influence local opinion favorably toward the apex predator. They made a statement about the ODFW report

School nursing requires a unique skill set in normal times. Throw in a two-year pandemic and new, everchanging priorities arise.

Through it all, Trish Roy, the nurse for Sisters Middle School and High School navigated the stormy seas with what superintendent Curt Scholl called “grace and calm.”

Her steady presence and unwavering commitment to students earned Roy the honor of being named Oregon School Nurse of the Year in a ceremony held April 21 in Ashland at the annual state conference for school nurses.

“This award is so very well deserved for Trish,” said Scholl. “She is such a great asset to our district and has

See WOLVES on page 22

See NURSE on page 16

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One of the Metolius wolves strolls past a trail camera on March 30, on Forest Service lands in Jefferson County.

Bowles noted that wolves, are “an important part of the ecosystem.” She also noted that, while wolves get a lot of attention from the public, Sisters Country is also home to other large predators, including many mountain lions and a population of bears.

Festival to celebrate arts this weekend Sisters is set to celebrate the arts this weekend.

The Sisters Folk Festival (SFF) will host a free Community Arts Celebration at the Sisters Art Works building on Friday, April 29 at 5 p.m. as part of the annual My Own Two Hands (MOTH) arts fundraiser.

The family-friendly celebration will include a free concert, interactive art activities, a public art dedication, food and drinks from Oliver Lemon’s, and performances from Americana Project students.

The evening will kick off with a warm welcome from world-renowned drummer and performance artist, Fodé Sylla. Originally from Conakry, Guinea, Sylla is a master of West African rhythms, performing with

the Ballet Merveille de Guinea and the Ivory Coast dance troupe Amoussou, before being recruited by the UniverSoul Circus, America’s premiere multicultural circus. A new resident of Bend, Sylla is currently teaching at the local Gotta Dance Studio and the Denfinity Studio in Eugene, as well as offering private lessons. He will be joined in welcoming attendees to the celebration by Sisters students and any fellow drummers wishing to play alongside a true master.

Later in the evening, the Seattle-based funk and soul group True Loves will take the stage as an eight-piece band with a four-piece horn section plus bassist, guitarist, See MOTH on page 11

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Fodé Sylla is a dynamic acrobat, drummer, dancer, and performance artist from Conakry, Guinea, who specializes in traditional West African drum and dance. He will kick off celebrations at Sisters Art Works.

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Letters to the Editor…

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

Don’t ‘other’ forest dwellers

To the Editor: I am writing in response to last week’s article “Forest-dwelling raises safety concerns” (The Nugget, April 20, page 1), and the letter to the editor titled “Sisters Fire Safety.”

The article was full of assumptions and statements about people who live in the forest, aimed at inciting fear in the community.

The people that are living in the forest are our neighbors and part of the Sisters community.

Many are struggling to afford housing, access mental health services, etc. But instead of talking about how we can better support our neighbors, The Nugget story fueled the rhetoric that people who live in the forest are dangerous. That is wrong and will continue to increase the divide between those that live in houses and those that are houseless.

Sarah Bradley wrote in her letter to the editor that “the Forest Service should [...] protect the forest and everyone living here.” Who is included in her definition of “everyone”? If she really included everyone in her definition, we would be having a different conversation about protecting people living in the forest, not just those recreating on the trails. The continued assumption that I read in The Nugget is that people who live in the forest are not part of the Sisters community and do not deserve the same protection.

I understand the fear of increased forest fires. But instead of focusing on othering our neighbors in the forest and pointing to them as the source of increased danger, what if we thought about ways to support them? Instead of pointing fingers at people having fires at their camps, what if we asked, “Why are people having fires?” Could it be for warmth?

Could it be to cook? These are two basic human needs.

I ask The Nugget to use the power of its platform to not further the divide of those living differently in our community.

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Act now on forest safety

To the Editor: Deschutes National Forest needs to immediately prohibit all fires except in designated camping areas.

After the winter firestorm near Boulder, Colorado, that destroyed hundreds of homes, it is clear that high fire danger is present every month of the year in and around national forests. Deschutes National Forest Supervisor Holly Jewkes and Regional Forester Glenn Casamassa have the power to issue orders banning fires anywhere in their jurisdiction.

The Forest Service needs to act immediately to prohibit all fires except in designated sites.

Failure to do this is, in my view, irresponsible and will almost certainly lead to massive loss of forest, property, and lives.

We have all seen campfires burning in the forest just hundreds of feet from the town of Sisters — most visibly, in the areas close to the Best Western and Grandstay hotels. This is extremely dangerous, and is a recipe for disaster. I realize that the homeless people who camp there are just trying to survive. However, permitting unregulated fires anywhere people want to make them is simply not safe and is likely to burn down the entire town and forest.

In my view, camping and fires should only See LETTERS on page 13

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Share the trails

By Ken Collis Guest Columnist

Mr. Branham’s arguments to not expand e-bike access to trails (letter to the editor in the April 20 edition of The Nugget) ignores multiple factors that should be considered in deciding what to do about the growing popularity of e-bikes and trail access: 1. Not all e-bikes are the same: Pedal-assist e-bikes are a different animal compared to throttle-assist e-bikes that can be propelled without pedaling, just like a motorcycle. Pedal-assist e-bikes do not move unless pedaled (no throttle), and just like traditional bikes, the rider (and gravity) provides the power to get and keep the bike moving. To say the pedal-assist e-bikes are motorized in the same way that a throttle-assist e-bike or motorcycle is, is just not true.

Therefore, I argue that they should be treated differently with regard to trail access.

2. Not all e-bike riders are the same: Mr. Branham characterizes e-bike riders as lazy and inexperienced bike riders. In my experience, this also is untrue. The vast majority of pedal-assist e-bikers that I know and have met are vastly experienced on mountain bikes and are using them simply because their age or health prevent them from enjoying biking like they once did. I, for example, am a 61-yearold cancer survivor. I started riding mountain bikes in the 1980s and have probably logged more miles on a mountain bike than I have on my two feet. Biking has always been a central part of my life, bringing me more joy than just about any other activity.

To say that if you can’t handle the physical demands of biking without assist, then you don’t belong on singletrack trails reeks of arrogance and lacks compassion for those that may need a little help to continue to participate in an activity that they love.

Mr. Branham, you are right, that view is harsh.

3. Biking in designated wilderness areas is not allowed in any form: I, like most mountain bikers, am in favor of the restrictions that are already in place to protect our wilderness areas and the wilderness experience. There is a prohibition on all mechanized transport in designated wildness areas. If people are not wanting to share the trails with bikers, then they have access to millions of miles of trails in the wilderness areas where bikes are not allowed.

I find it odd that mountain bikers could support a prohibition of pedal-assist e-bikes on singletrack trails given all that we mountain bikers had to go through to share trails with hikers; what’s up with that?

4. E-bikes are noisy: Poppycock! Perhaps when you are right next to an e-bike you can hear the low hum of the motor, but again, the noise made by an e-bike is not at all like the noise produced by a motorcycle, snowmobile, or ATV — not even in the same universe.

Public lands belong to everyone. Like it or not, e-bikes are here to stay. We need to find a way to provide all people with access to trails; old/young, fit/unfit, or healthy/health-compromised, we all need to have the ability to be outdoors on trails. I know my health and well-being depend upon it.

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

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Sisters student wins honors for dance

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Left to right: Ashraf Eid, national director of HFH Egypt; Mathabo Makuta, national director of HFH Zambia; Sam Humphreys, Sisters Habitat construction manager; Sharlene Weed, Sisters Habitat executive director; Dereje Adjuna, national director of Habitat Ethiopia; Darleene Snider, Sisters Habitat construction assistant; and Kristina Maxwell, Sisters Habitat program manager.

Sisters Habitat for Humanity receives Malachi 3:10 Award Sisters Habitat for Humanity was presented the Malachi 3:10 Award from Habitat for Humanity International at the recent Affiliate Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. “Malachi 3:10” is in reference to a scripture in the Old Testament book of Malachi regarding the importance of tithing.

The award celebrates Habitat affiliates in the United States that have embraced Habitat’s vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. The award commemorates Sisters Habitat for Humanity’s lifetime milestone of tithing $500,000 to a variety of Habitat affiliates around the world including Cambodia, Cote d’Ivoire, Nepal, and Bangladesh. These funds

have helped build 145 homes.

Susan Yow, Habitat International’s Director of Affiliate Tithes and Global Engagement said, “Through its lifetime tithe of over $500,000, Sisters Habitat is creating homes, community, and hope not only in Oregon but around the world. We are all so grateful to the Sisters community, which embodies both generosity and a true commitment to decent and dignified housing for everyone.”

“We are glad to mark this milestone and to reflect on the reach and impact Sisters Habitat has had in our town and around the world,” said Executive Director Sharlene Weed.

The Affiliate Tithe goes directly toward building homes abroad. An annual

tithe contribution is required to be an affiliate in “good standing” with Habitat International. Sisters Habitat contributes 10 percent of the net proceeds from the Thrift and ReStores. In 2021, over $26,000 was contributed.

Sisters Habitat for Humanity is dedicated to eliminating substandard housing locally and worldwide through constructing, rehabilitating, and preserving homes; by advocating for fair and just housing policies; providing training and access to resources to help families improve their shelter conditions. Those interested in homeownership, home repair, or volunteering with Sisters Habitat can visit www.sistershabitat.org or call the Habitat office at 541-549-1193.

A Sisters High School student won top honors for her solo at the Spotlight Dance Cup in Portland.

Sydney Linn, a junior at SHS, is an extremely dedicated honor roll student, school leader, and a competitive dancer. Sydney has been training in various styles of dance for the last 10 years: specifically ballet,

jazz, hip hop, and contemporary. She is a member of the senior company at The Dance Connection Bend.

On April 10, Sydney competed with her solo piece entitled “The Dance,” and earned a Diamond ranking, the highest level See DANCER on page 18

Camp Sunrise back to support grieving youth After a two-year hiatus, Hospice of Redmond is bringing its free youth grief camp, Camp Sunrise, back this year. The normally three-day camp will be condensed into one day this year, scheduled for June 4.

Founded in 1998, Camp Sunrise is considered one of the finest children’s grief camps and is the longest running in Oregon. Camp Sunrise is offered to children ages 7 through 14 who reside in Central Oregon and have experienced the loss of a loved one. The bereavement camp was founded on the understanding that every child deserves the opportunity to grieve in a safe, supportive, and understanding environment. With loving support, children grieving a death can share their experience with acceptance as they

move through the healing process.

“I am very grateful that we can bring Camp Sunrise back this year,” said Interim Executive Director Jane McGuire. “It greatly impacts children of Central Oregon, and we’re thrilled to make this grief support connection for families again because it is so needed.”

This year, Camp Sunrise is open to up to 40 children who reside in Deschutes, Jefferson, and Crook counties. The camp is structured to incorporate games, music, art, stories, and other therapies to teach bereaved campers about grief and how to understand their feelings. The camp is supported by professionally trained staff and volunteers.

See CAMP on page 8

SISTERS AREA MEETING CALENDAR Sisters Astronomy Club 3rd Tuesday, 7 p.m., SPRD. 541-549-8846.

Al-Anon Mon., noon. / Thurs., 10 a.m., Sisters Bridge Club Thursdays, 12:30 Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church. Heartwarmers (fleece blanketmakers) p.m. at Sisters Community Church.

541-610-7383.

2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City Email sistersbridge2021@gmail.com.

Alcoholics Anonymous Thurs., 7 p.m., Hall. Materials provided. 541-408-8505. Sisters Caregiver Support Group 3rd Tues., 10:30 a.m., Sisters Episcopal Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday, Church. 541-771-3258. / Sat., 8 a.m., Episcopal Church of the 1 to 4 p.m. 541-668-1755.

Transfiguration / Mon., 5 p.m., Shepherd Sisters Cribbage Club Please call for Citizens4Community, Let’s Talk of the Hills Lutheran Church / Big Book details. 541-923-1632.

3rd Monday, 5:30 to 8 p.m. RSVP at study, Tues., noon, Shepherd of the citizens4community.com Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board Hills Lutheran Church / of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m.

Military Parents of Sisters Meetings Gentlemen’s meeting, Wed., 7 a.m., Location information: 541-549-1193.

Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / are held quarterly; please call for details.

Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 541-388-9013.

Sober Sisters Women’s meeting, Thurs., 7 to 8:30 a.m., Brand 33 Restaurant at noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters Aspen Lakes. 541-410-2870.

Church / Step & Tradition meeting, Fri., Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m., noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Sisters Parent Teacher Community Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-549-6469.

Church. 541-548-0440.

SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings 2nd Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. at Sisters Central Oregon Fly Tyers Guild & Enrichment) Monday-Friday, 11 a.m. Saloon. 541-480-5994.

Sisters Parkinson’s Support Group For Saturday meeting dates and to 4 p.m. at Sisters Park & Recreation 2nd Thurs.,1 p.m. Sisters Library. location, email: steelefly@msn.com.

District. 541-549-2091.

541-668-6599 Central OR Spinners and Weavers Sisters Aglow Lighthouse Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday.

Guild One Saturday per month, Jan. 4th Saturday, 10 a.m., meeting by Location information: 541-279-1977. thru Oct. For schedule: 541-639-3217.

Zoom. 503-930-6158.

Sisters Rotary 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, Sisters Area Photography Club Council on Aging of Central Oregon Noon, Aspen Lakes. 541-760-5645.

2nd Wednesday, 3:30 p.m., at Senior Lunch Tues., Wed., Thurs Sisters Trails Alliance Board 1st Sisters Community Church.

12:30-1 p.m. Sisters Community Monday, 5 p.m. varies from in-person to 541-549-6157.

Church. 541-480-1843. zoom meetings Contact info@sisterstrails.

East of the Cascades Quilt Guild 4th Sisters Area Woodworkers org in advance for meeting info.

1st Tuesday, 7 to 9 p.m.

Wednesday (September-June), Stitchin’ 541-231-1897.

Post. All are welcome. 541-549-6061.

BOARDS, GROUPS, CLUBS

Go Fish Fishing Group 3rd Monday, 7 p.m. Sisters Community Church. All ages welcome. 541-771-2211.

Sisters Veterans Thursdays, noon, Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-903-1123.

Three Sisters Irrigation District Board of Directors 1st Tuesday, 4 p.m., TSID Office.

541-549-8815.

Three Sisters Lions Club 2nd Thursday, 6:30 p.m., Spoons Restaurant. 541-419-1279.

VFW Post 8138 and American Legion Post 86 1st Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Sisters City Hall.

541-903-1123.

Weight Watchers Thursdays, 8:30 a.m. weigh-in, Sisters Community Church.

541-602-2654.

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

CITY & PARKS Sisters City Council 2nd & 4th Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Sisters City Hall. 541-549-6022.

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

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

FIRE & POLICE Black Butte Ranch Police Dept.

Board of Directors Meets monthly.

541-595-2191 for time & date.

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

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

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

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

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

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Girls tennis beats the Huskies Summit, Partners in Care expand partnership

By Rongi Yost Correspondent

Summit Health Oregon is enhancing its partnership in the delivery of palliative care services with Partners In Care.

The partnership will provide all Central Oregonians seen at Summit Health with access to a fully integrated palliative care service line as part of Summit Health’s patient-centered medical home. Since 2014, Partners In Care and Summit Health have worked together, featuring Dr. Jennifer Blechman and her team providing services in Summit Health’s Oncology Department at the eastside clinic in Bend.

The expansion to the partnership will significantly increase the availability and access to these services throughout multiple Summit Health departments.

Partners In Care providers will begin working with Summit Health’s multidisciplinary care team as part of its palliative care service line. All patient treatments and care will be delivered as one unified Summit Health service and fully utilize the EPIC medical record platform, further enhancing the coordination and quality of care for the community.

The service line will expand into cardiology, nephrology, and pulmonology, as well as the Total Care Clinic in Primary Care at Summit Health.

Summit Health patients will now have access to palliative care consultations utilizing a multi-disciplinary approach that includes coordination with the patient’s entire care team. Palliative care specialists work with

patients and families dealing with serious illness to expertly treat symptoms to improve quality of life, while ensuring patients get the best care possible in line with their values.

“This partnership continues Summit Health’s multi-year commitment to investing in our industryleading patient-centered medical home and the delivery of high-quality care for all Central Oregonians,” said Justin Sivill, Summit Health chief operating officer. “Expanding upon our decades-old relationship with Partners In Care will dramatically enhance our medical group quality and coordination of care while furthering our mission to lower the total cost of care for all of Central Oregon.”

The enhanced partnership will begin in July, when Dr. Blechman and her team expand their services into multiple departments within Summit Health’s eastside medical facility located at 1501 NE Medical Center Drive in Bend.

“I am looking forward to this expansion that will allow us to reach many more patients further upstream in their disease trajectory,” said Dr. Blechman. “The medical team I work with at Summit Health has embraced palliative care and see our value in improving patient care and reaching quality goals.

We are thrilled to become an even stronger partner with each outpatient department as well as to strengthen our collaboration with Summit Health’s hospitalist and skilled nursing facility care teams.”

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The Lady Outlaws tennis squad defeated North Marion 5-3 at home on Thursday, April 21, and pushed their league record to 3-1.

Juhree Kizziar continued her dominance on the court with powerful ground strokes and jumping serve, and dismantled her opponent 6-0 6-1. Juhree held on to her perfect record and has 10 wins and no losses under her belt.

Brooke Harper (No. 2 singles) took down her opponent 6-1, 6-0, with deep-placed ground strokes and fewer mistakes. Maddie Pollard (No. 3 singles) earned a 6-0, 6-3 win with her powerful forehand ground strokes placed in the open court, and also her outstanding defense, retrieving on the run.

Josie Patton and Jenna Kizziar, at No. 1 doubles, outlasted their opponents in a thrilling three-set marathon match that lasted over three hours and ended with scores of 6-4, 6-7 TB (7-4), 7-5. The No. 4 doubles duo, Andrianna Luna and Sophie Rush, overwhelmed their foes with scores of 6-1, 6-4.

Luna’s net coverage that hit winners and Rush’s fast serve earned them the win.

Coach Bruce Fenn said, “The team is getting better every match. They are focused on how to win points, where before they just hit balls over the net. They know now how to move better and get mentally prepared to fight for every point. They

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Josie Patton focuses on a forehand during Outlaws tennis action. are beginning to believe in themselves as real tennis players. This new team attitude is fun to watch!”

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LOVE

IN SISTERS Sabrina Robinson Columnist

Connecting through adventure

“Love is the whole thing.

We are only the pieces.” As the poet Rumi described, love is the culmination of its parts. A relationship is only as strong and wonderful as the individuals who together build and create it.

This column is about people and their path to finding love. We will meet local couples in Sisters and discover their love story — from how they met, to navigating life’s challenges together, and their advice for maintaining a happy, loving relationship. Along the way we may discover new date night ideas, tips to keep a relationship young, and learn more about our neighbors who call Sisters Country home.

I’ll begin with my own love story.

Sitting down together, my husband, Zack, and I fumbled through my list of questions. Was that really our first date? What does keep our relationship fresh and young? It was fun to look back at where we started and how we have grown as a couple over the years.

Our meet-cute occurred

during an entry-level college government class. We were young, enthusiastic political science majors ready to tackle the world.

What started as group study sessions evolved into friendship and eventually dating. From the beginning, we clicked. Spending time together was comfortable and effortless.

One aspect of our relationship that I have always admired was our approach to dating. Instead of traditional dinner-and-movie dates, my husband found unique, adventurous outings. We hiked and biked the Chuckanut Mountain trails or watched sunsets while picnicking on secluded beaches in Bellingham Bay. Hands down, the most unforgettable date was a night of stargazing. Between pointing out planets and constellations, a meteor lit up the

night sky before hitting the ground with a loud boom.

To this day, we are still in awe that we caught such a rare sight together.

After six years of dating, Zack surprised me by proposing during a waterfall hike in Costa Rica. Six months later we gathered one warm summer evening with friends and family in Portland to say our vows.

Now, with almost 11 years of marriage and 18 years together, we have learned a few things.

We still love spending time together and maintaining our friendship that started it all. This has been especially helpful during difficult times. When we each lost a parent, we had one another, our best friend, to lean on to get through it.

During big life changes we have always counted on each other, supporting and acting as cheerleader for the

other.

Humor has been a significant part of our relationship. Not taking each other too seriously and being able to laugh about the crazy things life throws our way has helped us keep our marriage young and healthy. We have also learned that communication really is key.

Talk out issues as they arise and listen to what your partner may be needing at that moment.

Eighteen years later we still love hiking together, except now it’s in Central Oregon. Walks along the Metolius River and evening picnics at Suttle Lake are favorites. And of course, we still stargaze, hoping to glimpse another dazzling meteor together.

Interested in sharing your love story? We would love to hear from you.

Please reach out to me at sabrinaratliff@gmail.com.

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City, state working on traffic mitigation measures

By Sue Stafford Correspondent

For a town that is only two square miles in area, without a single signal, traffic seems to be one of the biggest topics of concern, especially during the summer tourist season.

Perhaps one of the main reasons traffic seems to be at top of mind for residents is that the main street through town, Cascade Avenue, is a state highway that carries freight trucks and passenger cars from the west side of the state, over Santiam Pass, and through Sisters. Our town is a gateway to and from Central and Eastern Oregon.

Being a state highway, Cascade Avenue is under the auspices of the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), the agency that determines what can and cannot be done with the highway. The City and ODOT have enjoyed a long and fruitful relationship with millions of dollars in highway funds providing improvements such as the Highway 20/Barclay roundabout and the upgrade to Cascade Avenue through the downtown core.

The City is responsible for creating its Transportation System Plan (TSP) and making necessary updates, identifying projects to improve connectivity in town for automobiles, bicycles, and pedestrians. Those

connections include streets, roundabouts, and multiuse paths. The City must work with ODOT on any projects involving Highway 20/ Cascade Avenue.

In the two most recent public safety surveys conducted by the City, the biggest perceived threat to public safety was reported to be traffic, both in 2019 (50.7 percent) and 2021 (53.5 percent). The Sisters City Council is addressing the traffic safety issue by reducing speed limits on residential streets to 20 mph (“20 is Plenty”). The reduced speed will go into effect after receiving approval of the City Traffic Engineer.

New Roundabout The City is also working with ODOT on the installation of a roundabout at the challenging intersection of Highway 20/Locust Street. The intersection went through a thorough feasibility study in 2011 due to both safety and congestion issues. The feasibility study included polling Sisters’ citizens. Residents favored the roundabout solution over a traffic signal by 93 percent.

Additional public outreach occurred with the 2018 City of Sisters TSP update, resulting in overwhelming support for a roundabout.

Continued backing from the community made this a highpriority action item in the 2020 Sisters Country Vision Plan.

This project proposes the construction of a single-lane roundabout at the intersection next to the grade school at the east end of downtown.

A roundabout at this location will provide the ability for local traffic, including pedestrians and bicyclists, to cross busy Highway 20 at a controlled intersection.

The roundabout will provide access to the newly constructed pedestrian and bicycle improvements throughout downtown. The roundabout will also provide easy access and departure from the proposed City Alternate Transportation Route since this location is the eastern terminus. Improving access to the alternate route will help relieve congestion on Highway 20 in the downtown core.

Improving an alternate route When the roundabout is completed and necessary improvements are made on Barclay Drive, truck traffic and through automobile traffic will be able to use the alternate route around downtown. Some of the trucks already go to the industrial area surrounding Barclay to

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Realignment of the Barclay corridor would allow for a continuous three-lane street with a center turn lane, which would allow for safety in turning off and on Barclay by both trucks and cars.

Through acquisition of some small rights-of-way, Barclay could be straightened out, making it safer for 35-mileper-hour travel and easier for trucks to maneuver.

The Barclay Drive/Locust intersection could be altered by making Barclay a through

street to provide continuous connection along the alternate route, eliminating the need for trucks to stop. It is believed this change would help make Barclay a more favorable route through town for trucks. A stop sign would be installed north of Barclay on Locust (Camp Polk Road) for traffic coming into town from the north.

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Keeping Sisters vibrant in the face of change

By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

Growth and change in Sisters are nothing new to Debbie Newport. She’s seen a lot of both in a lifetime spent here.

Her family — the Dyers — have deep roots in Sisters and Camp Sherman. Newport served Sisters schools as an educator and has worked with nonprofits to the betterment of the community, from the Sisters Folk Festival to Circle of Friends.

Newport is one of the panelists in the Keeping Sisters “Sisters”: Navigating Change in a Growing Community forum set for May 12 at the Sisters Fire Hall Community Room. The event is sponsored

by Citizens4Community (C4C) and The Nugget Newspaper.

Newport will offer a historical perspective on growth and change — but a particular kind of historical perspective.

“It’s not so much the history of Sisters that’s important in this context — it’s the history of community building,” she said.

For Newport, a hinge point for Sisters came in 1989. In the 1970s, the town had begun to find its way forward as the timber economy changed.

Brooks Resources invested in creating a Western architectural theme downtown, and Sisters began to attract tourism. The Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show came into being.

The town weathered a severe recession in the early 1980s and continued to slowly evolve into a tourist town.

But something was lacking.

“As tourism began to develop, I think people were pretty excited about it,” Newport said. “But I don’t think there was core to the community at that point.”

In 1989, a wide range of community members — about 200 of them, a huge proportion of a small town — gathered at the Sisters Rodeo Grounds to decide what they wanted to become as a community. Thoughts quickly coalesced around a need to return the students who were going to high school in

Redmond back to the community, around the idea of building a high school that would become a community hub.

“Having our kids back and having them grow up in the community was key,” Newport recalled.

That’s what happened. The community passed a bond, and built what would become Sisters Middle/High School, which opened in 1992. It’s now Sisters Middle School.

In Newport’s estimation, something less tangible but equally important came out of that 1989 gathering. Sisters became a community that was very intentional about what it wanted to become. People got in the habit of coming together to hash out a vision.

“That kind of became who we were and how we did things,” she said. “I guess as you get bigger, that gets harder. Now we do it with a survey.”

Newport believes that retaining that quality of intentionality and a willingness to get together as a community, decide what we want to do, and roll up our sleeves and get to work is vital if we are, indeed, to “keep Sisters ‘Sisters.’”

“I think C4C is really important in that role,” she said.

Fostering active, civil discourse has become more challenging in recent years, as the social and political culture nationwide has grown more rancorous. The COVID19 pandemic has thrown a wrench into efforts to bring people together. Social media makes it easier to weigh in from your computer, without the requirement to physically show up and act.

“I think without personal investment, we lose that commitment, maybe,” she said. “‘Showing up’ looks different and is less demanding.”

Newport sees value in the May 12 forum, where panelists will lay out the framework under which growth is managed in Oregon and in Sisters.

“I think it’s about truly understanding the legal implications and dynamics of all of the things that impact growth,” she said.

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Can the community really shape the level of growth Sisters is experiencing with the vast changes in the way people are living and working in the 2020s?

“I don’t know, but I hope we have some means to impact that,” she said. “And what does it mean if you do?”

Newport emphasizes that her long tenure here gives her

some perspective, but she is just one voice in what should be a vigorous community discussion.

“I have no more right than anybody to say, ‘this is how it will be,’” she said. “But we have the ability as a community to come together and impact how things will be.

That’s my hope.”

Keeping Sisters “Sisters”:

Navigating Change in a Growing Community will take place on Thursday, May 12, at 5:30 p.m., at the Sisters Fire Hall Community Room.

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Creating a ‘chocolate Cheers’ in Sisters to do as much local sourcing as we can.”

White has a built-in source of little workers with four children at home. Her three youngest children were adopted last year. Giving them a forever home was something White didn’t have growing up.

“I grew up in foster care and never got adopted, so I wanted to do that for other children,” said White.

The idea to open a candy shop started when White was in foster care. She remembered getting treat coupons when she played Little League.

“It was the only time I got treats,” she recalled. “Every Saturday I took the treat coupon to the snack shack and got four Tootsie Rolls. That memory is imbedded in me.

Candy just makes you happy.

I wanted a business where everybody comes in happy, and if you are sad, you usually are buying something to give to someone to make them feel better.”

To carry on the treat coupon idea, every Saturday kids from Little League will get a High Desert Chocolates coupon for a single-dip marshmallow or half off a dipped apple.

“I want to do that because you never know if that’s the

By Katy Yoder Correspondent

Shaunette White and her family celebrated the opening of their new chocolate and confection shop. They’ve transformed the former Cork Cellars location at the corner of Cascade Avenue and Pine Street with elbow grease and fresh paint in turquoise and white, producing a sleek, welcoming new look.

“We tried to create a space where people of any age can come and hang out, and everyone feels comfortable,” she said, during the shop’s busy opening day.

During a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, White stood with her husband, children, and friends, smiling and celebrating the opening of a new community space full of artisan chocolates, handdipped candy apples, macarons in a rainbow of colors, and an array of other handmade sweets.

White says 45 percent of the products they sell are made by her.

“Anything we outsource is either local or another small, family-run, hand-done business. Nothing is machinemade. That was important to us,” she said. “We use Sno Cap’s hard ice cream. We try

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Shaunette White cut the ribbon on her new chocolate and confection shop in Sisters last week. only time they get a treat,” she area and always came here on said. vacations” said White, watchThe Whites have six chil- ing her children greet new dren in total. Two are out of customers. the nest and married. Even “We didn’t open the store with their full house and busy to make a million dollars; our life, White decided to start a decision was all about combusiness. munity and our kids being “I’m not one to sit at a part of that. I envision this home,” she said. like the iconic “Cheers” bar, The family moved to where people walk in and are Sisters to give their children greeted by a person behind the benefits of life in a small the counter who knows what town. they want to order. Kind of a “Since we moved here, our chocolate Cheers,” she said kids just love it. The schools with a laugh. have welcomed us with open High Desert Chocolates arms. My husband, Lanie, is located at 391 W. Cascade and I were from the Portland Ave.

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“One of the most heartwarming outcomes we witness each year at camp is how beneficial it is for grieving children to have the opportunity to come together with their peers to share their sadness,” said Diane Kellstrom, bereavement coordinator. “It is such a great comfort to them to know they are not alone, that they share similar reactions to their loss, and to help and be helped by other children who understand their pain.”

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Lower Bridge acreage up for zone change

By Sue Stafford Correspondent

A large parcel of exclusive farm use (EFU) land may be rezoned to allow for rural residential development, which would allow one dwelling per 10 acres.

The land, located in the Lower Bridge valley west of Terrebonne between Lower Bridge Way and Highway 126, is 710 acres made up of nine tax parcels, which means the possibility of 70 homes being built on acreage surrounded by farms and ranches, federal land, and a small rural subdivision.

The request for the rezone is being made by applicant 710 Properties LLC and landowner Eden Central Properties LLC, registered to Robert Turner and Charles Thomas III, both listed as having Sisters addresses. The applicant requests approval of a Deschutes County Comprehensive Plan amendment to change the designation of the subject property from agricultural (AG) to rural residential exception area (RREA). The applicant also requests a corresponding zone change to rezone the subject property from exclusive farm use Terrebonne subzone (EFU-TE) to rural residential (RR-10).

A public hearing was conducted by a Deschutes County hearings officer on April 19.

A written post-hearing open record period was established as follows: new evidence and testimony open record period which closed on Wednesday, April 26; rebuttal open record period which ends Tuesday, May 3 at 4 p.m.; and final argument (applicant only) ending Tuesday, May 10 at 4 p.m.

As of April 19, 2022,

Deschutes County had received 172 public comments and submittals. A majority of those who testified at the April 19 public hearing spoke against the application. A 12-page letter was submitted by representatives of three state agencies: Jon Jinings, community services specialist with Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD); James W. Johnson, land use and water planning coordinator, Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA); and Corey Heath, Deschutes Watershed district manager, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW).

They presented materials related to Oregon Administrative Rules and Oregon Revised Statutes dealing with the definition of agricultural lands, soil classes and fertility, farm use, suitability for grazing, climatic conditions, existing and future availability of water for irrigation purposes, existing land use patterns, technology and energy inputs required, and accepted farming practices.

They concluded, “Based on the current application materials, we disagree with

findings that assert the property is not agricultural land.

We find the subject property is characteristic in soils, terrain, hydrology, and size to many central Oregon properties that have been historically or are currently used for livestock and grazing operations.”

The applicants claim in their application that the land is not suitable for farming.

The three agency representatives, as well as the Oregon Land and Water Alliance (OLAWA), also mentioned wildlife habitat concerns as the acreage is within ODFW designated mule deer and elk winter range, which is essential habitat providing thermal cover, security from predation and harassment, forage quantity, adequate nutritional quality, and escape from disturbance for deer and elk from December through April.

According to OLAWA, “Our mule deer population in Deschutes County is already 50 percent less than the historical normal herd levels. Most of these losses are attributed by biologists to the shrinking winter range available for deer during the pinch period they must suffer

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The question of water availability and ongoing impacts to surface water and groundwater in the Deschutes Basin is one of the major concerns for many locals. The ODFW raised the question of potential impairment to fish and wildlife habitat from a new water use, including a reduction of surface water quantity from groundwater pumping and an increase in water temperature due to flow reduction.

“In the face of changing climate and current and potential human impacts both regionally and in the vicinity of the proposed change in designation, we recommend any required mitigation through Oregon Water Resources Department (OWRD) and Deschutes County processes be carefully analyzed to ensure the intended ecological functions of mitigation are achievable and able to be maintained in perpetuity,” their letter stated.

With wells going dry, most reservoirs filling to 50 percent or less of normal capacity, low snow-pack levels,

increasingly warm summers, and locals voluntarily cutting back on water usage, OLAWA pointed out that if the developers were able to build 70 new homes, more publicly owned water stored in our shared aquifer would go to service those homes.

Adding dwellings in the proposed area could significantly alter the fire control strategies and increase the cost of wildfire protection.

The population of the area would increase markedly, and traffic levels would impact the narrow country roads in the area.

To support a zone change application, it is incumbent upon the applicant to demonstrate that the public interest is best served by rezoning the property from exclusive farm use to rural residential, better serving the health, safety, and welfare of the public (DCC 18.136.020).

So far, the application has drawn widespread criticism from neighboring farmers and ranchers, conservation groups like Central Oregon LandWatch and OLAWA, and representatives of state agencies, as well as private citizens.

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A N N O U N C E M E N T S Coexistence and Regeneration: Connecting history, living culture and ecology The first event in the 2022 Coexistence and Regeneration Lecture Series. Thursday, April 28, 6 p.m. at the Sisters School District Administration Building, 525 E. Cascade Ave. Presented by Pine Meadow Ranch for Arts and Agriculture and The Roundhouse Foundation, featuring three speakers who will cover topics related to connecting history, living culture, and ecology. RSVP required online: roundhousefoundation.org/ pine-meadow-ranch/events/.

Free Weekly Grab-N-Go Lunches For Seniors The Council on Aging of Central Oregon is serving seniors (60+) free grab-ngo lunches on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays each week. The lunches are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis, drive-through style, from 12:30-1 p.m. at Sisters Community Church, 1300 W. Mckenzie Hwy. Seniors may drive through the parking lot and pick up a meal each day of service. Come on by; no need to make a reservation. For more information call 541-6785483.

American Legion and VFW Meeting will be held Wednesday, May 4th, 6:30 p.m. at The Hangar, 15211 W. McKinney Butte Rd. Members invited to attend. For more information call Lance Trowbridge, 541-903-1123.

Sisters Quilts in the Garden 25th Anniversary Tour The tour this year is Thursday, July 7. Tickets are now on sale through the Garden Club website www.sistersgardenclub. com. A limited number of tickets are available. Contact 971-246-0404 for more information.

Sisters Transportation and Ride Share (STARS) Dispatchers are booking non-emergency medical rides Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Rides are based on volunteer driver availability and are provided Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. At least 48 hours advance notice required. STARS Dispatcher number for all rides is 541904-5545. STARS is an Age Friendly Sisters Country Action Team.

Free Weekly Meal Service Family Kitchen is hosting a weekly to-go hot meal service on Tuesdays from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at Sisters Community Church, 1300 W. McKenzie Hwy. No reservations required.

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Weekly Food Pantry Wellhouse Church has a weekly food pantry at 222 N. Trinity Way every Thursday at 12:30 p.m. until food has been distributed. Both drive-through pick-up and shopping-style distribution are available. Call 541-5494184 for more information.

Dean Hale Woodpecker Festival Registration is open for the 10th annual Dean Hale Woodpecker Festival in Sisters, June 2-5. To register go to www. ecaudubon.org/dean-halewoodpecker-festival or email DHWF2022@gmail.com.

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Wonderful World of Herbs and Spices at Sisters Library Wednesday, May 11, 1 to 2:30 p.m. learn all about herbs and spices while enjoying samples of dishes incorporating fresh, edible seasonings. Suzanne Landry is a celebrity chef, wellness educator, and author of “The Passionate Vegetable” and “Fresh Food Matters”. Register at www. deschuteslibrary.org.

Special Guest Presenter at Sisters Area Photography Club Meeting Rich Bergeman, fine art photographer, long time member of Willamette Valley PhotoArts Guild, and retired college professor, will present a program “The Beauty of Infrared Photography”. As he will demonstrate, the infrared spectrum offers “a hauntingly beautiful range of light.” All are welcome and admission is free.

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3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 11. For additional information, please call Bill Birnbaum, president of Sisters Area Camera Club at 541-588-6297.

Ladies Golf League, 18 holes Starts May 10, 11 a.m. at Aspen Lakes. Experience required. Call Debbie at 813818-7333 or the Pro Shop, 541-549-4653, to sign up by noon the Monday before play.

Candidate Meet and Greet Sisters Indivisible invites you to meet Oliver Tatom and Morgan Schmidt, two candidates for Deschutes County Commission. May 4, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Sisters Public Library, 110 N. Cedar St. Free and open to the public.

For more information call 541400-8312.

Wonder of Wildflowers Hike at Whychus Canyon Preserve Monday, May 2, 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. search for wildflowers and enjoy mountain views on this guided hike with Deschutes Land Trust. Enjoy the best of the spring season as you search for balsamroot, pale blue flax, and the elusive checkered lily.

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Camp Sunrise 2022 Hospice of Redmond presents a one-day grief camp for children ages 7-14 at Cascade View Retreat Center in Powell Butte. Children will learn what grief is, how it makes us feel, healthy ways to cope with emotions, and how to begin healing. To register, call 541-548-7483 or go to www.hospiceofredmond.org/ camp-sunrise/.

Keeping Sisters “Sisters” – Navigating Change in a Growing Community Citizens4Community invites all area residents to this community conversation Thursday, May 12, 5:30 to 8 p.m. at Sisters Fire Hall Community Room, 301 S. Elm St. Learn more about factors shaping community growth from panelists representing City of Sisters, Deschutes County, healthcare, housing, transportation, and those with long-term perspective of living in Sisters. For more information visit Citizens4Community.com/ events.

Sisters Rodeo Parade The parade is Saturday June 11, 2022 from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.

To enter the parade visit www. sistersrodeo.com to sign up. Be a part of this rodeo tradition.

Deadline is May 15. Entries are limited. For more information call 541-549-0121.

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SISTERS-AREA CHURCHES Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church (ELCA) 386 N. Fir Street • 541-549-5831 10 a.m. Sunday Worship www.shepherdofthehillslutheranchurch.com Sisters Community Church (Nondenominational) 1300 W. McKenzie Hwy. • 541-549-1201 10 a.m. Sunday Worship www.sisterschurch.com • info@sisterschurch.com St. Edward the Martyr Roman Catholic Church 123 Trinity Way • 541-549-9391 5:30 p.m. Saturday Vigil Mass 9 a.m. Sunday Mass • 8 a.m. Monday-Friday Mass The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 452 Trinity Way • Branch President, 541-420-5670; 10 a.m. Sunday Sacrament Meeting Sisters Church of the Nazarene 67130 Harrington Loop Rd. • 541-389-8960 www.sistersnaz.org • info@sistersnaz.org 10 a.m. Sunday Worship Baha’i Faith Currently Zoom meetings: devotions, course trainings, informational firesides. Local contact Shauna Rocha 541-647-9826 • www.bahai.org or www.bahai.us

Calvary Church (NW Baptist Convention) 484 W. Washington St., Ste. C & D • 541-588-6288 10 a.m. Sunday Worship • www.ccsisters.org Chapel in the Pines Camp Sherman • 541-549-9971 10 a.m. Sunday Worship Wellhouse Church 442 Trinity Way • 541-549-4184 https://wellhousechurch.churchcenter.com 10 a.m. Sunday Worship Vast Church (Nondenominational) 6 p.m. Saturday Worship 1300 W. Mckenzie Hwy. (Sisters Community Church Fireside Room) 541-719-0587 • www.vastchurch.com Seventh-Day Adventist Church 386 N. Fir St. • 541-595-6770, 541-306-8303 11 a.m. Saturday Worship The Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration 68825 Brooks Camp Rd. • 541-549-7087 8:30 a.m. Ecumenical Sunday Worship 10:15 a.m. Episcopal Sunday Worship www.episcopalsisters.com

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Obituaries Jeannette Jentzsch Harding April 22, 1942- February 9, 2022

Jeannette Jentzsch Harding, loving mother and grandmother, amazing sister and good friend, passed away on February 9, 2022, at the age of 79. She was born April 22, 1942 in Farmington, Utah, to a large family. She described herself as being No. 6 of her mother’s 13 children and No. 18 of her dad’s 42 children. Although Jeannette very much enjoyed her many siblings, who were both playmates and best friends to her, she sometimes felt a little lost and lonely.

Jeannette loved her family and especially loved being with her grandchildren, teaching them her many talents and hobbies.

Everything from gardening, to canning, to chocolate making, to quilting; she wanted to pass on the things she had learned to future generations. She was a very caring and generous person who loved Jesus. She didn’t just talk about Jesus and her faith, but she lived it. She reached out to others and was sensitive to their needs, blessing them with whatever she had. She wanted to always share Jesus with others, or life was not worth living for her. Her prayer was that through her life others would come to know him as well.

Jeannette loved the town of Sisters and could be seen out walking around town, shopping in the local stores, and eating with friends.

Her soft voice, gentle mannerisms, and warm hugs attracted people to reach out and get to know her.

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Jeannette quietly went to sleep in her home reading her well-loved Bible, resting in her favorite chair.

Jeannette was preceded in death by her parents, Garda and Carl Jentzsch, her brothers, Gerald Jentzsch and Eugene Jentzsch, and her sister, Ramona Kester.

She leaves behind her son, Lyle Cottrell, and his wife, Connie, as well as her granddaughters, Cayla and Cearra, and great-grandson, Jaxon. She leaves behind her stepchildren, Yvonne (Kent) Cheek, Lloyd (Nancy) Cottrell, Lucinda (Joe) Mills, Holliann Cottrell, and Ceresse (Lane) Harris; and her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her brothers Richard (Gail) Jentzsch, James (Ann) Jentzsch, Boyd (Laura) Jentzsch, Leland Jentzsch, Larry (Roxanne) Jentzsch, Joseph (Amy) Jentzsch, and Ronald (Connie) Jentzsch, and sisters Nadine Cottrell and Marilynn Tobiasson, and many nieces and nephews.

A celebration of life will be held for Jeannette on Sunday, May 15, at 1:30 p.m., at Sisters Community Church, 1300 W. McKenzie Hwy. in Sisters.

percussionist, and drummer. The ensemble is sure to deliver a lively set suitable for dancing.

Attendees of the community celebration will be present for the official dedication of the new glass sculpture garden created by art students at Sisters Middle School (SMS), in collaboration with local glass artist Susie Zeitner. With the help of SMS art teacher Judy Fuentes, Patty Lahn, and SFF staff members Teresa Mills and Kate Kittell, Zeitner guided students via an SFFsponsored artist residency at the school to create stunning glass tile totems built by the hands of over 220 students.

The event will further showcase the talents of Sisters youth with the SMS fiddle club, a poetry reading, the Sisters High School jazz band, and a performance by several Americana Project students. Founded in 2000, the Americana Project is an innovative music and arts education program creating opportunities for self-expression through music. Students learn to play instruments and write songs, as well as the fundamentals of engineering their own music before performing at events such as the MOTH Community Arts Celebration.

This year’s MOTH theme, “Moving Beyond,” expresses a collective desire to celebrate our shared humanity and renew connections by

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gathering through music, art, and community building. In this spirit, attendees of the celebration can show their own artistic prowess through participation in interactive art activities, including a graffiti wall, wishing tree, coloring book activities for children, drumming, and more.

The culmination of this year’s art celebration and fundraiser will be the My Own Two Hands “Moving Beyond” Art Auction & Party on Saturday, April 30. The event will include a virtual art auction and paddle raise, with a catered dinner, drinks, and live music by the True Loves and is centered around fundraising via an art auction and paddle raise. The art auction features 84 experiences and unique works of art and is open to anyone via online bidding that wraps up at 8:30 p.m. that night. Funds raised through MOTH events support SFF’s art and music education and programming initiatives in the Sisters schools and community.

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home was parked on Forest Service Road 100 near the popular Indian Ford tie connector trail. Bowler knew the van even as it changed locations often during its roughly two-month stay in the woods of Sisters. Indeed, the occupant had died in the van from natural causes.

That drew a number of law enforcement vehicles to the scene and caused neighbors to assume it was an arrest.

Dave and Sharon Skidmore, whose property has a wire fence on the forest side, are investing in a wood fence to obscure the sight of more and more campers at their back door. Sharon finds herself less inclined to approach certain campsites, her instincts sensing more risk. Some of her neighbors will only go into the woods with their dog or another person, not alone.

One neighbor now carries pepper spray for fear of an unwanted encounter.

Sharon asks: “How come law-abiding citizens can get a ticket for not having a proper forest pass to hike in the woods, but people can live in the woods for months and make a complete mess and nothing happens?”

“This is not a good look for Sisters,” said Natalie Enders, who no longer runs on forest trails.

“It can feel a little creepy out there at times,” she added.

John Soules was positioned as the LEO (law enforcement officer) for the Sisters District Ranger Station in early 2020.

How come law-abiding citizens can get a ticket for not having a proper forest pass to hike in the woods, but people can live in the woods for months and make a complete mess and nothing happens?

— Sharon Skidmore He is one of four armed officers with arrest and removal authority for the entire Forest.

He was moved to acting captain for the team, giving him less time in Sisters, but is returning to patrol duty based in the local office.

He knows the Sisters woods well and has frequent contact with long-term campers.

May 4 is a day when inmates from the Deschutes County jail will work in the forest to clean up the most offensive sites. During COVID, the community justice program was put on hold, and this is the first work project in almost two years.

Personnel from DCSO Sisters and Sisters Ranger Station will pitch in to maximize the result. Volunteers from the community can lend a hand although they will be in different locations than the inmates, according to District Ranger Ian Reid.

Lt. Chad Davis, who heads the Sisters sheriff’s office reports an additional intervention action being taken to help minimize risk and improve outreach to forest dwellers.

Deschutes County received more than $1 million in ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act)

funds to support homeless outreach services.

La Pine and Sisters will share David Fox, a full-time County employee, who will work directly with homeless primarily in issues of mental health. The majority of the houseless in Sisters live in the forest and a number are known to have mental disorders.

Davis and Reid are optimistic that the addition will help reduce concerns for wildfire or other safety issues in the forest.

The woods around town, particularly those near North Pine Street and the ClearPine subdivision, are no strangers to fire. A report prepared for The Nugget by Captain Jeremy Ast of Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District shows 17 fires since October of 2020 to which they responded on Forest Service property near Sisters Country homes.

Seven were in response to burning near Rail Way and Highway 20 or Forest Road 100 (the Pine Street spur). Five were attributable to the same person. Ast’s list included an RV that burned to the ground close to North Pine Street.

Severe drought is here, and, apparently, a larger number of forest dwellers. Sharon Skidmore worries that as enforcement steps up in Bend, where DCSO has responded to 18 fire-related incidents in the last year in China Hat, an area in Deschutes National Forest notorious for illegal camping, that more “kicked out of Bend” will come to Sisters.

Officials and citizens are making forest safety a higher priority, and residents are encouraged to report concerns to Reid’s or Davis’ office.

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be allowed in designated campsites, which should also have toilets and garbage service. Having large numbers of people camping without toilets and garbage service is unhealthy for the campers and is a health risk for the entire community. I realize that the people who camp close to the town of Sisters probably want to be close to town for access to stores and work, so it is not realistic to expect them to move to established campsites far from town.

Therefore, for everyone’s safety, we need to create, on an emergency basis, safe campsites reasonably close to town, with toilets, garbage service, and safe campfire facilities. Water and showers would be helpful too, and would make it much easier for the campers to find employment and eventually, housing.

At a minimum, the Forest Service needs to install portable toilets and garbage cans right away in the areas where people are camping. With creative thinking and determination, we can make decent campgrounds happen too. This will require funds, which the Forest Service probably doesn’t have, but the county and state should step up and help with this, since preventing fires is far less costly than fighting fires once they start.

Our governor and county commissioners can help by declaring a fire risk emergency so that the process can move forward quickly. After the devastating fires last summer across much of the state, the state and county governments should be willing to spend money on prevention rather than spending vastly more money fighting fires. Nonprofit organizations, churches, insurers, and other businesses should also be willing to help create fire-safe areas for the campers. This is a humanitarian crisis for the homeless people and families living in the forest without any services or facilities. And, it is a fire risk crisis for all of us. Fires are devastating for everyone, so it doesn’t matter whether you are Republican, Democrat, or whatever. We all want to be safe. It won’t be easy, but we can fix this and make our beautiful Sisters community much safer.

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To the Editor: Registered Democrats have a choice in the May primary between two Congressional candidates for new District 5. One is well known, Jamie

McLeod-Skinner, and one is the incumbent from old District 5, Kurt Schrader.

Let’s take a look at Schrader’s record. Schrader called Trump’s second impeachment “a lynching.”

Schrader opposed: lowering prescription drug costs (he comes from a pharmaceutical business); a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers; the Economic Rescue plan; and campaign finance reform.

If you are concerned about our environment, Schrader consistently voted against protections for Oregon’s rivers, wildlife, and fish. He voted to block protection of endangered species and remove protections for Columbia River Basin salmon and steelhead. Schrader received campaign contributions from oil and gas corporations and PACs, and Koch Industries. Outdoor-loving constituents are frustrated with his votes, which violate conservation principles and hurt recreation-based businesses’ economic well-being.

Jamie McLeod-Skinner’s life in Oregon goes back to the early 80s. She has degrees and experience in engineering, planning, and law (more than most in Congress), was elected to a city council, and serves on emergency preparedness, wildfire, water, and education boards. She assisted farmers with drought relief and was chosen as Talent, Oregon’s city manager to manage fire relief. Jamie supports renewable energy, voting rights, campaign finance reform, common sense gun safety, affordable housing, and reducing pharmaceutical costs. Jamie does not accept contributions from corporate PACs. I met Jamie several times and was so impressed with her accomplishments, knowledge, compassion, and energy representing Oregonians. Growing up and living in rural Oregon communities, Jamie has support from conservative, liberal, and moderate voters. She would quickly rise to the top of outstanding, bridge-building congressional leaders.

Please vote for Jamie McLeod-Skinner.

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To the Editor: Please join me in supporting the Cloverdale Fire Levy.

I opposed the previous levy because I felt it was too much money, provided services that were unnecessary, and gave up the district’s autonomy.

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• Reduce the load on current volunteer officers in the face of increased call numbers.

• Provide for better volunteer safety by adding qualified officers to the department.

• Fund three additional student scholarships, for a total of six students, which will provide additional staffing at both stations.

This levy will not: • Provide for unnecessary or redundant services.

• Give up the district’s autonomy and independence.

This is a bare-bones levy that will help reduce that load on the current volunteers and officers who donate hundreds of hours of their time each year to keep our community safe. Please join me in supporting this levy to help your volunteers help you.

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To the Editor: The Cloverdale Volunteer Fire Fighters Association is asking the residents of the Cloverdale area to help resolve a serious problem facing the District.

For some time, the number of fire officers available to the District — paid and volunteer — has been insufficient to sustainably provide the full-time coverage needed for the safety of our volunteers and to meet the state and mutual aid regulations.

The effect of increased call volume and a reduction in the number of qualified volunteer officers has resulted in this situation, and it will impact the level of service the volunteers will be able to provide to the community.

As fire/medical volunteers and as residents ourselves, we are asking the residents of Cloverdale to support Measure 9-146 in the upcoming May ballot. The volunteer association believes that this levy proposed by the board of directors will solve the problem currently facing the District by enabling it to hire two more paid fire officers.

The last levy proposed in May of 2021 had the twofold purpose of resolving the immediate problem of officer staffing and also to prepare for the future needs of the District by providing a staffed ambulance in the station. We understand the majority of residents who voted indicated that this additional capability was not desired. However, the primary difficulty of officer staffing still remains.

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service that the District provides. In contrast to the levy proposed in May of 2021, this levy will only cost 69 cents per $1,000 of assessed value. There will also not be any operational change to the District or additional direct-shared costs with neighboring districts.

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To the Editor: Just wanted to compliment you on your column on April 20 (“An end and a beginning,” The Nugget, page 2). It’s a great piece.

Especially the part about “you can’t always get what you want (more & more & more), but you just might find, you get what you need,” as the Rolling Stones put it. Our pointless, misguided, excessive love affair with “things.” You question the wisdom of that path. Right on!

But I think you’re wrong about the end of the era globalization. It’s simple. Just follow the money. There is huge money to be made with globalization. And huge money to be saved by consumers through globalization as well. Any alternative resists that fact about basic human nature. Consumerism, materialism, wants, and greed still continue unabated. From da Gama, on through Columbus, up through today — the path has only gone that direction: towards globalization. But with plenty of bumps and hiccups along the way, because of wars, embargoes, tariffs, nationalism, changing national strengths, differing alliances.

Peter Zeihan (whom you quote) has just mistaken a hiccup for a change of direction. And it appears, so have you!

Anyway, good thoughtful piece you wrote.

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Songs that make you feel alive

By Blake Blancett With shaky knees and my guitar in hand, I entered the Sisters Art Works building on West Adams Avenue.

“A Song A Week with Jenner Fox” was my first social event in Sisters since moving here in December, and I had no idea what to expect from the locals I would be interacting with.

A dozen of us settled into a quaint room filled to the brim with artwork and instruments.

“What was the first song that made you feel alive?” This was the first question Jenner asked the group. I looked up toward the ceiling, racking the filing cabinets of my memory for the answer. A scene caught my attention, one in which 4-year-old me was screaming the words to “Small Town,” by John Mellencamp with my father in our family’s Toyota. A fitting title for my current location. As we shared our songs — Bob Dylan, the Beatles, Leonard Cohen in the mix — I wondered what about these songs awoke a piece of our soul that led us to this very gathering.

We moved on to our next portion of the session, which soon became my favorite: bad poem writing. This was a chance for us to let our creative consciousness flow without any expectation of delivering something worth keeping. Leaving my inhibitions behind, I wrote a short piece about a noodle soup recipe I had been trying to perfect. Despite being tasked with writing something “bad,” I found myself enjoying both the process and the end product as well.

I listened as my fellow songwriters delivered their own mini-masterpieces and shocked themselves with

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Wi t h o u t s t a t i n g i t directly, Jenner’s activity taught us an important lesson about leaving high expectations at the door when songwriting.

This activity led us directly into the songwriting itself, the heart of the workshop. Jenner asked us to choose any song, rewrite its lyrics, and revise its melody in the span of 20 minutes. After that time, we regrouped and shared what we had created. As someone who does not consider themselves a natural performer, I was terrified, but my fear subsided when I witnessed the kindness and humility flowing through the group. We ended on a high note, everyone having shared their songs, buzzing to create more.

Subsequent sessions followed a similar pattern: discussion, bad poems, and songwriting. I found the time I spent in sessions transforming the time I spent outside of sessions. I started spending more time in the community. I took to the guitar and piano more often. I woke up in the

middle of the night with lyrics inside my brain screaming to be let out. I let my words flow out, instead of caging them inside with unrealistic expectations and fears.

After four sessions, our hard work culminated in a sharing circle for our final gathering, where each songwriter had the chance to share two songs. The songs shared displayed our diversity as a group, from my song about a lost mouse, to another song about an estranged family member, to another about finding grace with those different from you. The one quality they all shared, however, was that they were finished and they were completely ours.

Every person there rose to the occasion and showcased a little piece of themselves that night. I wholeheartedly attribute this success to the songwriters, Jenner Fox, and the town of Sisters itself.

“A Song A Week with Jenner Fox” was a beautiful display of the diversity, creativity, and strength possessed by the Sisters community.

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been throughout her career here, but she really outdid herself in response to the pandemic. She is so ‘dialed in’ to the overall well-being of our kids.“ Scholl was on hand for the presentation of the award, as were members of Roy’s family, including her two sons Nathan and Seth, two grandchildren, her husband, Ryan, her brother Dave, and his wife, Cheryl.

Attempts to keep the award a secret held up until just before the conference, when Roy got a phone call about her registration for the national nurses conference and congratulated her on receiving the state award, thereby spilling the beans.

She knew she had been nominated, but had no idea she was the winner.

“That’s the first I heard of it,” said Roy. “But I went ahead and kept the secret and tried to act surprised when it was announced at the conference.”

Steve Stancliff, first-year Sisters High School principal, relied heavily on Nurse Roy and her long history in the district during another year of pandemic mayhem.

“Nurse Roy is an incredible member of our team and is one of the longest-serving members of our school

community,” said Stancliff.

“Sisters School District thrives on the relationships we build and maintain with the broader community, and during the pandemic it has been critical that the school nurse be a leader in this regard. For us, Nurse Roy sets the standard that the rest of us follow. She is kind, compassionate, and having raised her own children in our district, she has a keen sense for how to connect with families in a way that is supportive and understanding of their circumstances.”

Sisters Middle School principal Tim Roth added, “Trish Roy is so much more than a nurse for the students and staff in Sisters. She is a medical provider, a friend, a counselor, an advocate for students and families, and one of the kindest, most humble people you’ll ever meet. She goes above and beyond every day and we couldn’t ask for a better colleague to work alongside.”

Roy, who is in her 16th year in the school district, said, “It means I am doing the best I can for students, families, and community.

Sometimes in school nursing there are not a lot of external validations, but more intrinsic satisfaction, so it’s really nice to be recognized in this way.”

When Roy moved to Sisters in 2006, she was looking for a nursing job that meshed with her husband’s schedule that would work with childcare needs for her young sons, Nathan and Seth.

“A nurse friend suggested

school nursing and it Roy does believe turned out to be a good that many people outmatch for me because, side the school system as a small-town girl, I might think of school really like being part of nursing not going the community and the much further than proschool setting provides viding Band-aids and that,” she said. ice.

Until this month, “The name of our Roy also continued state conference was doing emergency room ‘The Necessity of the nursing work in addiSchool Nurse,’ and tion to her school job.

I feel strongly that When asked the school nurses are now a type of health care vital part of the school tasks she faces in a for the well-being of PHOTO PROVIDED students,” she said. given week that are non-pandemic related, Trish Roy accepted her award as Oregon School Nurse “I am gratified that she said, “I deal with of the Year.

Sisters School District a lot of management has long invested in of chronic conditions, such doing their jobs,” she said. school nursing and we have as diabetes, as well as dealing “I would say the most diffi- the best student-to-nurse ratio with concussions, injuries, ill- cult part was having to start in the entire state of Oregon. ness, symptom analysis, and so many conversations with “In Sisters, we get to see social/emotional issues. parents with ‘I am so sorry to our kids in person and get to “I work closely with the have to tell you’ when their know them and their families staff, including the coun- kids turned up with COVID, over time,” she said. “School selors, as part of a team of because having an infection in nurses in other places are care,” she said. “I have quite the family affected everyone a bit of contact with families in the home.”

See NURSE on page 21 in addition to meeting with kids one on one, and that was especially true throughout the pandemic.”

She added, “When students have a health issue, whether it is physical, vision, dental, or social/emotional, their learning is impacted. School nurses are the bridge between education and health.”

During the pandemic, Roy’s job took a big pivot as she became an integral part of contact tracing, exclusion, and information dissemination about COVID-19.

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was born with a talent for rodeo and driven by a passion for art. His life is a 1000page book that reads like a movie. At 63 years old, he’s seen and done most of it. Living the rodeo life for 20 years and a contender for rookie of the year in 1981, he found the thrill of saddle bronc riding wasn’t enough. He boxed on the amateur circuit for 12 years as well, often in the same night he rode broncs — trading spurs for gloves, and seething horses for angry men. His rodeo and boxing career took him around the country and his fighting career to the 1976 Olympic tryouts. He was too young, and President Jimmy Carter boycotted the 1980 Olympics. He later suffered a broken leg during a saddle bronc competition, and it changed everything. Now crippled, he took the opportunity to grow his talent in painting and artwork, cultivating a love for Western art. Music followed. Performing in the band Quarter Horse, Godby and his fellow bandmates gained notoriety for their Western cultural themes — singing of horses, landscapes, and the allAmerican cowboy. In 1988 they performed in Seoul, South Korea, for the pre-Olympic TV broadcast. He had a brush with Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash too, opening for them on tour in 1989. After nearly 30 years in Sisters and seven years into his art studio, Godby is hunched over his easel perfecting his pyrography artwork, burning horse manes and intricate landscapes into leather, or painting that Western way of life in a frame. “You get to transform a blank canvas. With a little bit of talent it feels good.

It’s a thrill.” He has no plans of stopping. “There will probably be a paint brush in my hand in my casket.”

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SISTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS THRIVE ON ART The young Sisters Elementary School (SES) student stopped in her tracks and cocked her head quizzically, as though she had just heard the silliest question ever asked at school: “Do you guys love art?”

“Of course we do!” came the reply.

Elementary students are surrounded by and immersed in art of their own creation. It’s part of their education in a way that is rare in Central Oregon. The school has an arts specialist, Karen Williams, who was introduced into the school with the assistance of a Sisters Folk Festival-administered Studio to Schools grant through the Oregon Community Foundation.

Williams, who has since moved into a full-time position, interacts with students every day. Art is more than just a creative outlet for SES students — though that can be of vital importance. It also incorporates core skills in a manner that is so enjoyable that students may not even know they’re getting a lot of basic learning along with their projects.

In a recent project, featured in the SES commons, 78 fourth-grade students took famous paintings by the likes of Monet, Andy Warhol, Edward Munch, Georgia O’Keefe, and Leonardo da Vinci and turned them into three-dimensional pieces. In doing so, they had to apply ratio, scale, and measurement.

“Most projects have a math or a science or a literature integration,” Williams explained.

Williams said that practicing art teaches confidence, and creative problem-solving.

“Art gives them that chance to think outside the box, to think of more what-if possibilities,” she said.

Student-made murals cover the walls of SES, enlivening the atmosphere and giving the students a sense of ownership and community in their “place.”

“Every kid in the school has a part to play in making our student

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With art specialists at SES, Sisters Middle School, and Sisters High School, the curriculum is aligned and students reach high school with a clear grasp of art concepts and some real skills, which are manifested in some exceptional work.

Williams expressed appreciation for the efforts of the Sisters Folk Festival in inculcating arts in the schools, as the organization launches its annual My Own Two Hands fundraiser this week.

“We’re very blessed to have this program in Sisters Elementary School — and that’s all thanks to the Sisters Folk Festival,” she said.

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Sydney Linn of Sisters took top honors in a dance competition in Portland this month.

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afforded within the Spotlight evaluation system. In addition, she won first place in her division, and was

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City and the Sisters School District. The final design, right-of-way acquisition, and construction of the project should be completed in nine to 12 months once 100-percent funding becomes available.

ODOT’s Mark Barrett, Region 4 traffic design and operations manager, told The Nugget, “The Highway 20/ Locust roundabout is scoped for the 2024-27 System Transportation Improvement Plan (STIP), which will be presented to the program managers for approval in 2023.” He is fairly confident the project will be funded.

Traffic has been a perennial concern Traffic is not a new area of concern in the city. About every decade, someone suggests that possibly we could create a couplet with eastbound traffic traveling on one-way Hood Avenue and westbound traffic using Main Avenue. When the 2010 TSP was done, a study of the residents revealed they favored an alternate route over a couplet and that trend continued in the two subsequent updates.

Another concept that surfaces every so often is the idea of a complete bypass being constructed outside the downtown core to the south of town. Besides the cost of such a plan, which would run into the millions, there are numerous mitigating factors

awarded the highest overall score in the senior elite solo category.

As a result, Sydney earned a full scholarship to a summer intensive to be held in Boston, Massachusetts, and a bid to compete in the Spotlight Dance Cup National event in July.

such as wetlands, farm and timber lands, a wild and scenic Whychus Creek, and National Forest .

“We get so few dollars out of the big state pot of transportation funds that a project of that size and expense isn’t feasible. The majority of highway funds go to the I-205, I-84, and I-5 corridors,” explained Public Works Director Paul Bertagna.

The other priority project identified in the Sisters TSP update that is being scoped

by ODOT is the possibility of installing a large roundabout at the junction of US 20 and Oregon 126 at the east end of town. Barrett indicated it would be similar in size to the roundabout at the west end of town with a single lane. There is currently no identified funding source for delivery of that project. He expects it will be a number of years before the 20/126 roundabout would become a priority project. The roundabout is not at the top of the priority list for ODOT because it is not identified as a Transportation Safety Project due to no significant number of accidents at the junction.

City Council approved spending $675,000 to purchase the 14.51 acres of the East Portal property owned by the U.S. Forest Service.

Half of the acreage includes ODOT easements for the surrounding highways. The other half will be developed as a mobility hub for the City and serving western Deschutes County. ODOT will be reimbursing the City for its half of the land cost.

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CATEGORIES: 101 Real Estate 102 Commercial Rentals 103 Residential Rentals 104 Vacation Rentals 106 Real Estate Wanted 107 Rentals Wanted 200 Business Opportunities 201 For Sale 202 Firewood 203 Recreation Equipment 204 Arts & Antiques 205 Garage & Estate Sales 206 Lost & Found 207 The Holidays 301 Vehicles 302 Recreational Vehicles 401 Horses 402 Livestock 403 Pets 500 Services 501 Computer Services 502 Carpet Upholstery Cleaning 503 Appliance Repair & Refinish 504 Handyman 505 Auto Repair 600 Tree Service & Forestry 601 Construction 602 Plumbing & Electric 603 Excavations & Trucking 604 Heating & Cooling 605 Painting 606 Landscaping & Yard Maint.

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102 Commercial Rentals

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Needs tuning and top needs refinishing. Padded bench, piano lamp, Seth Thomas electronic metronome included. $200. Call 541/647-7402, eves.

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301 Vehicles

We Buy, Sell, Consign Quality Cars, Trucks, SUVs & RVs ~ Call Jeff at 541-815-7397 Sisters Car Connection da#3919 SistersCarConnection.com

403 Pets

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500 Services

~ WEDDINGS BY KARLY ~ Happy to perform virtual or in-person weddings.

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BOOKKEEPING SERVICE ~ Olivia Spencer ~ Expert Local Bookkeeping!

Phone: (541) 241-4907 www.spencerbookkeeping.com Andersen’s Almost Anything Handyman services. Small home repairs, RV repairs, hauling, cleaning, etc. No plumbing or electric, sorry. CCB#235396 541-728-7253 call or text GEORGE’S SEPTIC TANK SERVICE “A Well Maintained Septic System Protects the Environment” 541-549-2871 SMALL Engine REPAIR Lawn Mowers, Chainsaws & Trimmers Sisters Rental 331 W. Barclay Drive 541-549-9631 Authorized service center for Stihl, Honda, Ariens/Gravely, Cub Cadet, Briggs & Stratton, Kohler, Kawasaki Engines • DERI’s HAIR SALON • Call 541-419-1279

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Home repairs Trim, sheetrock, siding, windows and doors, lite electrical, decks, and plumbing. 35 years exp/ref.

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4 Brothers Tree Service Sisters' Premier Tree Experts!

– TREE REMOVAL & CLEANUP – Native / Non-Native Tree Assessments, Pruning, High-Risk Removals, 24 Hr. Emergency Storm Damage Cleanup, Craning & Stump Grinding, Debris Removal.

– FOREST MANAGEMENT – Fire Fuels Reduction - Brush Mowing, Mastication, Tree Junk removal, new home, Thinning, Large & Small Scale garage & storage clean-out, Projects! construction, yard debris.

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541-815-2342 Two exp. men with 25+ years 4brostrees.com comm. moving. Refs! ODOT Lic. Licensed, Bonded and Insured Class 1-B • Call 541-678-3332 CCB-215057 Long Arm Quilting Service Top Knot Tree Care Same day service can handle all of your tree needs, 220 S Ash #6. Call 707-217-0087 from trims to removals.

Specializing in tree assessment, 501 Computers & hazard tree removal, crown Communications reduction, ladder fuel reduction, SISTERS SATELLITE lot clearing, ornamental and fruit TV • PHONE • INTERNET tree trimming and care.

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Earthwood Timberframes • Design & shop fabrication • Recycled fir and pine beams • Mantles and accent timbers • Sawmill/woodshop services www.earthwoodhomes.com JOHN NITCHER CONSTRUCTION General Contractor Home repair, remodeling and additions. CCB #101744 541-549-2206 McCARTHY & SONS CONSTRUCTION New Construction, Remodels, Fine Finish Carpentry 541-420-0487 • CCB #130561 SPURGE COCHRAN BUILDER, INC. General Contractor Building Distinctive, Handcrafted Custom Homes, Additions, Remodels Since ’74 A “Hands-On” Builder Keeping Your Project on Time & On Budget • CCB #96016 To speak to Spurge personally, call 541-815-0523 CASCADE GARAGE DOORS Factory Trained Technicians Since 1983 • CCB #44054 541-548-2215 • 541-382-4553

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604 Heating & Cooling

ACTION AIR Heating & Cooling, LLC Retrofit • New Const • Remodel Consulting, Service & Installs actionairheatingandcooling.com CCB #195556 541-549-6464

605 Painting

Bigfoot Stain & Seal Painting, staining and sealing CCB # 211594, 541-904-0077 Geoff Houk ~ FRONTIER PAINTING ~ Quality Painting, Ext. & Int. Refurbishing Decks CCB #131560 • 541-771-5620 www.frontier-painting.com METOLIUS PAINTING LLC Meticulous, Affordable Interior & Exterior 541-280-7040 • CCB# 238067 TOO MUCH STUFF? Advertise your excess with an ad in The Nugget!

606 Landscaping & Yard Maintenance

Alpine Landscape Maintenance Sisters Country only All-Electric Landscape Maintenance.

Text/Call Paul 541.485.2837 alpine.landscapes@icloud.com FREE for the taking: Approx.

3-4 yards of small pebble rock 603 Excavation & Trucking in our yard needs to be gathered and removed. 541-505-2126 Full Service Excavation Aztec Homes, LLC LAWN MAINTENANCE & HAULING Professional lawn maintenance and removal of lawn debris.

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• All Septic Needs/Design 541-639-1588 & Install All Landscaping Services General Excavation Mowing, Thatching, Hauling and • Site Preparation SNOW REMOVAL • Rock & Stump Removal Call Abel Ortega, 541-815-6740.

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701 Domestic Services

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802 Help Wanted

Seasonal Cabin Cleaners For eight beautiful cabins and an event house in Camp Sherman.

Join the team at House on Metolius – flexible scheduling, peaceful and accommodating work environment. rachel@metolius.com SEASONAL LANDSCAPING Pine Meadow Village HOA is seeking a landscape maintenance person 40 hrs/wk. Wage $20 to $25 per hour DOE. Send résumé to: dan.pmvhoa@gmail.com.

The Garden Angel is now filling landscape supervisor and maintenance crew member positions. LCB #9583. Inquire at 541-549-2882 or thegardenangel@gmail.com.

AQUA CLEAR SPA SERVICE Enjoy working outdoors? Hot tub servicing technician needed.

Training provided with opportunity for advancement.

Starting rate $18.00/hour. Clean driving record required. Call or email for interview: 541-410-1023; aquaclearoregon@gmail.com.

Part-Time Sales Associate We are looking for a person who is friendly, outgoing, and reliable; someone who enjoys working with the public in a team environment. Workdays are Saturday and Sunday.

Applications available at the Stitchin’ Post, 311 W. Cascade Ave. in Sisters or by email diane.j@stitchinpost.com.

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Full- and part-time positions available including line cook, host/hostess, and server. Pay depends on experience and position. Email your resume to resumes@threecreeksbrewing. com to apply.

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Ballots out for primary election More than 153,000 ballots for the May 2022 Primary Election were to be mailed to registered voters in Deschutes County on Wednesday.

If voters do not receive their ballot by Wednesday, May 4, they are encouraged to call the Deschutes County Elections at 541-388-6547.

This year, ballot packets will not include optional blue paper secrecy sleeves.

The outer signature envelope has a security weave on the inside that will protect ballot privacy.

Voters’ Pamphlets with information about candidates and measures from local jurisdictions for the May Primary have already mailed. The Voters’ Pamphlet is available online at www.deschutescounty. gov/elections.

Signed and sealed ballots must be returned to an Official Ballot Drop Site by 8 p.m. on Election Day. Ballots that are returned by mail must be postmarked by Election Day. A stamp is not required.

Official ballot drop sites open on Friday, April 29.

There is a drop site located at Sisters City Hall. Drop sites will close at 8 p.m. on Election Day. Deschutes County Elections staff remind voters to sign ballot return envelopes. The signature on each voter’s ballot return envelope is verified against the voter’s signature on file. The signature must match before a ballot can be counted.

Preliminary election results will be posted online after 8 p.m. on election night at www.deschutescounty. gov/electionresults.

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WOLVES: Tracks and trail cameras confirmed presence Continued from page 1

last week: “We are very excited to hear about the new Metolius ‘estimated wolf area.’ The Annual Wolf Report states that at least 21 wolves were killed by humans in 2021. So, with our enthusiasm, comes caution. We hope our community can respect and protect the ongoing vulnerability and privacy of the Metolius wolves. While Central Oregon — west of Highway 97 — falls under the ESA protections, there still exists a lot of fear, hatred, and misinformation against our top predators, including wolves.

Wolf Welcome Committee was founded to positively influence public opinion about wolves and to create a welcoming environment for them when they establish in Central Oregon. Now that they are here, we all have the unprecedented opportunity to be ambassadors for our new neighbors.”

According to the report, wolf mortalities were higher this year, with 26 known mortalities, up from 10 in 2020.

Of those, 21 were humancaused (due to poaching, vehicle collisions, and ODFW lethal control after chronic livestock depredation).

“The wolf count did not increase as much over the past year as in previous years, and a higher number of mortalities that included the loss of breeding adults certainly played a role,” said Roblyn Brown, ODFW wolf

We hope our community can respect and protect the ongoing vulnerability and privacy of the Metolius wolves.

— Wolf Welcome Committee biologist. “Despite this, we are confident in the continued health of the state’s wolf population as they expand in distribution across the state and show a strong upward population trend.”

Depredations of livestock continue to trend lower than the wolf population, according to the report, and most packs did not depredate in 2020. However, last year

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“After a calm spring with few incidents, we saw a much higher number of depredations from July through November despite livestock producers’ extensive nonlethal efforts to reduce conflict,” said Brown. “We thank all producers who have taken preventive measures and encourage all those in areas with wolves to reach out for assistance.”

ODFW offers technical advice, and funds are available to support nonlethal preventive measures through ODA’s Wolf Compensation Grant Program.

Brown expressed concern about the level of wolf

poaching in Oregon, with losses that included an entire wolf pack last year.

“We hope that anyone with information will step forward, which can be done anonymously, and claim the preference points or the monetary reward offered, which is now at $50,000 for the Catherine Pack.”

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Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service offer advice on managing human interactions with wolves Keep Wolves Wild Wolves generally avoid human interactions, unless they have become acclimated to people. Do your part to keep wolves where they belong — in the wild.

• Don’t feed the wolves.

Wolves are wary of people; they can lose their fear of humans by becoming used to them.

• Don’t feed other wildlife. Deer and small mammals can attract wolves, cougars, and bears.

• Feed pets indoors.

Never leave food outside.

• When camping, secure all food from wildlife and sleep away from cooking areas.

• Keep dogs leashed when outdoors.

• Steer clear of pups and any young wildlife—mother is likely nearby.

• If you hunt with dogs, avoid known areas of wolf activity. Check for wolf tracks and signs before letting dogs loose.

Encountering a Wolf In the unlikely event that a wolf threatens a human, here is what to do: • Stay calm.

• Back away slowly while

facing the animal.

• Leave the wolf a way to escape.

• Pick up small children without bending down.

• Raise your voice and speak firmly.

• If the wolf approaches or acts aggressively, wave your arms and make yourself look larger. Shout, make noise and throw any available objects.

• In the unlikely event that you are attacked by a wolf, fight back. Try to remain standing and use rocks, sticks, tools, camping gear, and your hands to fend off the attack. Keep the animal away from your neck and head.

Finding a Wolf Carcass In the event you find a wolf carcass, take the following steps.

• Do not move or disturb any evidence.

• If possible, cover the carcass with a secured tarp to preserve it.

• Call USFWS or ODFW immediately. Timely investigation is necessary to confirm the cause of death.

For more information visit https://dfw.state.or.us/ Wolves/human_interactions. asp.

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Oregon wolf population flounders PORTLAND (AP) — The growth of Oregon’s wolf population slowed significantly last year because 21 animals were poisoned by poachers, hit by cars, or were killed by wildlife officials after they attacked livestock, state wildlife authorities said Wednesday.

The 2021 census counted 175 wolves, up just two animals from the previous year, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said. The number of documented packs decreased to 21 from 22 after eight wolves in eastern Oregon were illegally poisoned, wiping out an entire pack. The number of breeding pairs of wolves was down to 16, from 17 in 2020.

It was the slowest rate of wolf growth since 2016, although agency officials did add that wolves expanded their range into four new areas of activity in rural areas in Jefferson, Klamath, Grant, and Union counties.

The count only captures wolves observed through visual observations, tracks, and remote camera photographs and the actual number of wolves in Oregon is higher, officials stressed. Just 13% of the wolves in Oregon are in the western part of the state.

The number of wolf attacks on livestock was up in

2021, including 49 confirmed incidents last year versus 31 in 2020, the department said.

Wildlife officials said they killed eight members of the Lookout Mountain Pack because the animals chronically attacked nearby livestock.

A conservation group, Cascadia Wildlands, said Wednesday the high number of wolf deaths at the hands of humans was unacceptable.

“Oregon’s wolf population simply cannot sustain such high levels of human-caused wolf mortality,” said Nick Cady, Cascadia Wildlands’ legal director. “The state needs to both seriously prosecute poachers and stop killing wolves to subsidize commercial livestock operations.”

Wolves once ranged most of the U.S. But they were wiped out in most places by the 1930s under governmentsponsored poisoning and

trapping campaigns.

More than 2,000 wolves occupy six states in the Northern Rockies and Pacific Northwest after the animals from Canada were reintroduced in Idaho and Yellowstone National Park starting in 1995.

However, wolves remain absent across most of their historical range. Wildlife advocates argue that continued protections are needed so they can continue to expand in California, Colorado, Oregon, and other states.

Wolves in Oregon no longer have state protection and were without federal Endangered Species Act protection for 2021 after the Trump administration removed those protections.

In February, federal protection was restored to wolves in the western two-thirds of the state.

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