The Nugget Newspaper // Vol. XLV No. 27 // 2022-07-06

The Nugget News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon

Vol. XLV No. 27

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2022 Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show™ Guide Wednesday, Wednesday July 6, 2022

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Ricochetsparked fire highlights safety issues

By Bill Bartlett Correspondent

or made aerobatic moves.

“They all want to be pilots,” Santiago said. “They weren’t even interested in breakfast today, only wanting to go to Sisters.”

Planes ranged from World War II-era to state-of-the-art air ambulances. There were helicopters and gyro planes, acrobatic numbers and historic planes.

On the ground, some 50 cars parked in neat rows,

Firefighters were called to the Zimmerman Butte cinder pit last week to extinguish a brush fire caused by a bullet that ricocheted into the nearby sage, igniting it.

The area, close to Sisters, is popular with target shooters. The flames were doused quickly, nobody was injured, and no citations were issued, officials deciding it was a one-off, unintended event.

The Nugget asked Sisters District Ranger Ian Reid to discuss forest safety in general. He started by saying, “This is the first summer in my five years in Sisters that we have not had public use restrictions by July 4, a result of the longer, wetter, cooler spring, and

See FLY-IN on page 11

See SAFETY on page 24

PHOTO BY BILL BARTLETT

The traditional Fourth of July festivities at Sisters Eagle Airport included a fly-in of a wide variety of aircraft, a classic car show, and a fundraising 5k run.

Planes, classic cars make festive Fourth Bill Bartlett Correspondent

A throng of celebrants 2,000 strong turned out to Sisters Eagle Airport on Monday for the annual Fourth of July Fly-In that has become one of Sisters’ signature events.

The Independence Day celebration was about more than just airplanes. There was a 5k run, a vintage car show, demonstrations by Cascade RC (remote control)

Flyers Club and a pancake breakfast served by Rotary Club of Sisters.

Spectators lined up before 7 a.m. Rotary servers were concerned they would run out of the 650 meals they anticipated, making a frantic run to Ray’s Food Place to restock.

The weather was tailormade for the day, earlymorning skies of deep blue in front of the towering snow-capped mountains forming a perfect backdrop

for the various aircraft landing to the east. Temps started in the low 50s and ended in the 70s.

Every manner of patriotic costume was on hand. Music played over loudspeakers.

This was the Fourth of July long remembered, full of fellowship and shared interests.

Angel Santiago of Redmond brought her three boys, Felipe, 11, Juan Pablo, 8, and Alonso, 6. The boys’ eyes were glued to the skies as planes strafed the runways

Compliance enforcement Rhythm & Brews announces schedule reduces fire risk

By Sue Stafford Correspondent

Sisters’ new code compliance officer (CCO), Jacob Smith, has been busy monitoring the city’s overgrown grass and weeds which can create a fire risk as they dry out.

Our wet spring provided extra moisture, which promoted healthy growth of a variety of vegetation. Hot summer temperatures will soon dry out a good share of that vegetation, which should be cut down now to a maximum height of four inches.

The Code Compliance Chart and Timeline provides information on how the process works under the amended Sisters Municipal Code. The addition of

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administrative infractions allows Smith the ability to enforce the Municipal Code more efficiently for the community.

The old ordinance included language that a municipal judge would have jurisdiction over all violations made punishable by City ordinance. That code can slow down the enforcement process, and provides less opportunity to use citations flexibly to gain compliance.

The administrative infractions created by the amendments to the Municipal Code create the ability for citations to be issued from start to finish, all while being governed by the City of Sisters.

See COMPLIANCE on page 24

The Blue Front Cafe in Bentonia, Mississippi (pop 400), is the oldest surviving juke joint in Mississippi and a key stop on the Mississippi Blues Trail. Its proprietor, 74-year-old Jimmy “ Duck” Holmes, is known as the last of the Bentonia Bluesmen.

One of 10 children, Holmes took over running the cafe in 1970 shortly after his father passed away and continued to operate it as an informal, down-home blues venue that gained international fame among blues enthusiasts. Along the way Holmes crafted his own take on the Bentonia sound, described as mysterious, ethereal, and haunting. In October of 2019, in collaboration with producer and guitarist Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys, Holmes put out his 11th recording with the 2021 Grammy-nominated Best

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Jimmy Duck Holmes at The Blue Front in Benton, Mississippi. Holmes is in the lineup for this summer’s Sisters Rhythm & Brews Festival.

Traditional Blues Album “Cypress Grove.”

Almost 100 years ago, in 1931, the town’s most

famous son, “Skip” James went north and recorded See BLUES on page 16

Letters/Weather ............... 2 Sisters Naturalist.............. 9 Entertainment .................13 Fun & Games ................... 20 Classifieds................. 22-23 Meetings .......................... 3 Announcements...............12 Photo from the Fourth ......18 Crossword .......................21 Real Estate ................ 24-28

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Wednesday, July 6, 2022 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

O The Sisters community relies on The Nugget for local news, features, and opinion — and The Nugget needs you.

Like everyone else, we’ve been buffeted by rising costs. Due to fuel, paper, and postage increases, our cost to print The Nugget each week has jumped by 14.5 percent.

Readers don’t have to pay for The Nugget — the newspaper is supported by our advertisers. We’re committed to keeping our rates as affordable as we can, so that advertising in The Nugget continues to be accessible to businesses of all shapes and sizes in Sisters. We can’t — and wonʼt — pass on the full 14.5 percent jump in costs to our advertisers.

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Thank you.

Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

Letters to the Editor…

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

Pickleball praise

To the Editor: We were delighted to see a dedicated group of pickleball players putting the finishing touches on Sisters’ first public pickleball court as we pulled into town last week to attend a wedding. We travel to Central Oregon regularly, but most often stay in Bend, partially because of the great pickleball venues.

Sisters has so much to offer, and after a great experience on the newly opened courts, we’ll be back. Like many thousands of vacationing pickleball players, it’s an amenity we’ve come to expect in any town worth spending our tourist dollars. We ate every meal out and shopped for sports gear: Public courts are not only great for locals’ recreation, but for the local economy.

These two courts (on the defunct tennis

courts near the elementary school) are just the beginning, given the exploding popularity of the sport and the dedication of your local pickleball club. I hope you all will continue to support their efforts to bring more pickleball to the Sisters community, making it even more attractive to visitors like us.

Brant Brantman

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Don’t use pesticides

To the Editor: Thank you, Jim Anderson, for the information conveyed in your column titled “Pesticides are killing us” (The Nugget, June 1, page 10).

This cannot be stressed enough. It needs to be put on the front page of every newspaper See LETTERS on page 10

Sisters Weather Forecast Wednesday

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July 6 • Partly Cloudy

July 7 • AM Showers

July 8 • Mostly Sunny

July 9 • Sunny

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July 10 • Sunny

July 11 • Mostly Sunny

July 12 • Mostly Sunny

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Without getting killed or caught

By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

I’ve been waxing nostalgic about Los Angeles lately. I know. Weird.

I was born and raised in the northern suburbs of Los Angeles — a town called La Crescenta to be specific.

My wife, Marilyn, and I left Southern California for Oregon in 1993 — 29 years ago. So I’ve spent more of my life in Oregon than I did in LA. Yet part of me still thinks of LA as “home,” which is probably the way most of us think of the place where we grew up.

Folks are sometimes taken aback when they hear that I come from LA. They see the hat and the boots and my frontier history and country music obsessions, and it doesn’t jibe with their mental image of LA — which I guess is the stereotypical la-la land of freeways and Hollywood, where everybody is working on a screenplay.

I did bump up against that stereotypical Los Angeles a bit, but my LA was mostly… not that.

I grew up right up against the foothills of the Angeles National Forest. My folks had a cabin in a little mountain town at the end of the Angeles Crest Highway called Wrightwood, so I grew up running around in the woods. My friends and I frequently strung together epic 20-mile hikes in the rugged San Gabriel Mountains, capped by a night of revelry at The Yodeler. Sometimes we’d bomb up to the Sierras to climb Mt. Whitney or spend a few days backpacking in the high peaks and meadows.

Back then, there were plenty of places to go shooting out in the mountains and desert. Marilyn rode horses through Arroyo Seco. I haunted the Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum (now the Autry Museum of the American West) in Griffith Park, which was a wonderful place to explore the frontier of history and the mythic imagination. The Palomino Club in North Hollywood and the Crazy Horse Saloon in Santa Ana were two of the best country music venues in America; I

saw Emmylou Harris and the Nash Ramblers at the Crazy Horse maybe 15 feet from the stage.

There was a lot to love about that life in Southern California, and I likely would have never left — except that it just got too crowded and too constrained. The open shooting areas got closed down, and the feds imposed a permit system to climb Mt. Whitney. The Palomino Club and the Crazy Horse aren’t even there anymore.

The Rodney King Riots in 1992 were an ugly thing that made Marilyn and I think long and hard about raising a family in the city — or even on the edges of it. We took the Oregon Trail north, and as I hit Ventura I pushed in a cassette of Guy Clark singing “if I can just get off of this LA freeway without getting killed or caught...”

Sometimes it feels like LA is catching up with us.

There’s a lot more traffic these days, and wildfire smoke is filling the role of smog. We need a permit for some iconic hikes. Water is becoming an issue. Some folks would like to see my favorite shooting areas shut down.

Oregon land use laws mean that the kind of ravenous, relentless paving of paradise that consumed LA can’t happen here. But we’re going to continue to feel the impacts of growth here, regardless. The City of Sisters is right in the middle of work that is going to determine how we manage that growth over the next 20 years. Densification or expansion, water conservation, traffic management — all raise significant questions with no simple solutions. The new destination management model for operating as a tourist town holds out the promise of navigating the challenges of maintaining and promoting economic vitality and preserving quality of life and experience for locals and visitors alike. Hats off to everyone working these problems. It ain’t easy.

Turns out that when you go looking for some dirtroad backstreet, you have to work pretty hard to keep ahead of all that concrete.

Got a great photo of life in Sisters Country?

Send your high-resolution photo to editor@nuggetnews.com.

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Wildfire risk map shows Sisters properties

By Bill Bartlett Correspondent

PHOTO BY BILL BARTLETT

Xeriscaping for a dry climate

By Bill Bartlett Correspondent

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, about 30 percent of water usage for the average American family occurs outdoors, such as watering lawns and gardens. The same agency says that in the West, where water is lost almost instantaneously to either the blazing sun or thirsty vegetation, outdoor water usage increases to about 60 percent of total household use.

John Berggren, a water policy analyst with the conservation organization Western Resource Advocates recently said: “In the summer, a big chunk of the water supply in the West goes to irrigating non-native turf grass, which is what is generally used for lawns.”

There are benefits to turf

grass, Berggren acknowledges. It’s aesthetically pleasing, and cooling, helping to reduce the urban heat island effect. It also provides recreation for kids and pets to run and play, and as parks and ball fields. Grasses native to the West don’t offer the same recreational benefit.

The typical grass used for homes, parks, and sports fields here in Oregon is Kentucky bluegrass — not native to the West, which is why it requires so much water for upkeep.

Coincidentally, Oregon is the grass seed capital of the world. It supplies about 75 percent of all grass seed produced in the world including perennial ryegrass and Kentucky bluegrass. It’s a multi-billion dollar industry.

In so many words, Berggren and the EPA are telling us to get rid of our

lawns in view of the megadrought they say we are in.

But they are not saying plant your yard in concrete. To the contrary. Go native!

“We have so many beautiful native plants that are adapted to our climates out here in the West,” he said.

“You’ll have lots of color.

You can have lots of green.”

Once established, native plants require little water “beyond normal rainfall,” according to the EPA. Along with the aesthetics, the plants will also provide collection for storm water runoff and water quality benefits, Berggren elaborated.

Some Oregon cities are urging citizens to cut off watering letting their lawns turn brown in the summer. Ashland, in the Rogue Valley, 12 miles from the See XERISCAPE on page 25

The Oregon Wildfire Risk Explorer was released online Wednesday, June 29. Given the intense interest by property owners to learn about their land’s or building’s risk rating, the system’s server was clunky and struggling to keep up with demand. It improved the next day, but it may not be up to full speed for a few more days, as it is a statewide tool (bit.ly/ WildfireRiskExplorer).

It appears to be intuitive and fairly easy to use for everyday Internet users.

The Nugget picked five random properties

representative of the community and learned that ratings are mixed, with none of our sample falling into the Extreme Risk category.

A home on Mountain View Road (Squaw Creek Estates) rated High. It is within the WUI (Wildfire Urban Interface). A Moderate rating went to a home on Conestoga in Tollgate, the Camp Sherman Store property, and a home in Crossroads. A horse property on N. Pine Street, also within the WUI, rated High.

According to Chief Roger Johnson of the Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District, in See RISK MAP on page 27

PMR artists featured in Pendleton show When imagining the creation of contemporary art, a working ranch is usually not the first thing that comes to mind. But far from universities, gallery spaces, and artists’ studios, Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts & Agriculture (PMRCAA) is fostering the creation of new work by artists, ecological scientists, and scholars. An exhibit of work

by PMRCAA residents will be on view at the Pendleton Center for the Arts July 7-30 in the East Oregonian Gallery.

Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts & Agriculture is a 260-acre working ranch just outside Sisters, operated by The Roundhouse Foundation. They connect sustainable agricultural practices, conservation, and the traditional skills integral to ranching life with the arts, sciences, and contemporary crafts. The exhibit in Pendleton features work by 28 artists who have spent time at PMRCAA in two to four-week visits over the past See ARTISTS on page 25

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, 6 to 7:30 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: 541-848-1970. 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 every Sisters Community Church.

12:30-1 p.m. Sisters Community other month, 5 p.m. varies from 541-549-6157.

Church. 541-480-1843. in-person to zoom meetings Contact East of the Cascades Quilt Guild 4th Sisters Area Woodworkers info@sisterstrails.org in advance for 1st Tuesday, 7 to 9 p.m.

Wednesday (September-June), Stitchin’ meeting info.

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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Sisters Farmers Market to feature quilts and raffle on Sunday

By T. Lee Brown Correspondent

Along with fresh local produce, handcrafted goods, and locally pastured meats and eggs, Sisters Farmers Market will feature something different this Sunday: quilts for display and raffle.

“We are big fans of the quilt show here at Sisters Farmers Market,” manager Michelle Jiunta told The Nugget. “In addition to the beautiful quilt donated by Katy Yoder for our raffle, Seed To Table will be displaying their beautiful farm quilt by Janet MacConnell.”

Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show (SOQS) is also loaning a quilt from their collection to display at the market on Sunday at Fir Street Park from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., during regular market hours.

The quilt to be raffled is from the estate of Boyd Wickman, a forestry entomologist with the U.S. Forest Service. Based on a pattern called “Bugs in a Bottle,” the summery quilt depicts “30 jars with all kinds of creatures in them, from salamanders to butterflies, dragonflies, bees, and beetles,” said Yoder.

She described the quilt as being “in pristine condition and could be used as a decorative piece or a cover for a single bed. The cheery, colorful tones lend themselves to all kinds of applications.” The original artist is unknown.

Visitors may buy raffle tickets at the market’s Info Booth beginning this Sunday.

Also on display will be the quilt “Seed to Table” by local artist Janet MacConnell, designer of this year’s SOQS poster. MacConnell said she uses her quilts “to try and tell a story.” Many of her designs feature the mountains and trees of Sisters Country.

The bright quilt depicts the landscape and, as MacConnell put it, “the iconic Seed to Table sign, and then the children working.” Seed to Table is a local nonprofit organization that increases health and wellness by providing equitable access to locally grown, farm-fresh produce and farm-based education. Sisters

Farmers Market is dad was a cattle one of its programs. rancher and a farmer, MacConnell and and he was the creher husband were ative one. He would members of Seed to ride around on the Table’s CSA, or comtractor and decide munity supported things he was going agriculture share. to make when he got Picking up their home, like a merryweekly load of fresh go-round for the kids produce grown in at the church picnic.”

Sisters, MacConnell Wa t c h i n g h i m was impressed by make his ideas founder Audrey Tehan come to life inspired and by “how Seed to MacConnell. “And Table fed back into we did math at our the community.” kitchen table, just as She named spea family,” she said. cifics: “The fact that “We all did math.” the children from all Sisters Farmers three schools have Market is located classes from Seed to at Fir Street Park, a PHOTO PROVIDED Table. When you pick half block north of up your CSA share, Janet MacConnell (left), designer of the 2022 Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show poster, created this Cascade Avenue/ the fourth grad- colorful quilt for Seed to Table and its founder, Audrey Tehan (right). It and other quilts will be Highway 20 in downers helped grow the on display at Sisters Farmers Market this Sunday. town Sisters, close to kale. The idea of how shops, restaurants, much it fed into the schools. said MacConnell. “It’s really badly. “When friends asked, I food carts, and sightseeing.

I liked the concept and I exciting to see how much told them it was a hot mess,” For history buffs, the Sisters liked the way that it was put the people in the commu- she said. “So I named the Museum is now open at the together.” park’s southeast corner durnity here are involved in the quilt ‘Hot Mess.’”

As for the quilt: “I just schools. You have this really Math is a challenge for ing market hours. made it to surprise Audrey,” rich environment for creativ- many quilters—determining The market takes place she said with a smile. Though ity, whether it be quilting angles, how much fabric will Sundays from the beginning some of her other designs are or painting or music or any be needed, and more—but of June through the first week assembled by a team of quil- other arts.”

MacConnell enjoys doing it of October, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. ters, MacConnell created this SNAP/EBT is accepted. For As for her own creative in her head. one on her own: “It was just process: “I usually have the “I was good at math grow- more information, see www. me.”

TV on, but I don’t watch it,” ing up,” she explained. “My sistersfarmersmarket.com.

An active participant MacConnell said, laughing. and board member with “I was a textile design major, the East of the Cascades so I liked fabrics. Usually I Quilters Guild, MacConnell start with an idea, like I want v o l u n t e e r s f o r S O Q S , to tell this story, and it just Heartwarmers, Quilts for kind of evolves.”

Kids, and Mission Quilters She looks for fabrics that through Sisters Community speak to her and does “a lot Church. of fussy cutting.” Recently, a “That’s my way of giv- complex quilt she was working back to the community,” ing on seemed to be going

Sisters Dental WE ARE HERE FOR YOU! Trevor Frideres, D.M.D. Greg Everson, D.M.D. Kellie Kawasaki, D.M.D.

541-549-2011

491 E. Main Ave. • Sisters www.sistersdental.com Hours: Mon., 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Tues.-Thurs., 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Fri., 7 a.m.-3 p.m.

Founders Day Celebration!

FFriday, id JJuly l 15 15, Noon N to 2 p.m. at Fir Street Park

Celebrate the 121st Anniversary of the July, 1901 Official Platting of Sisters with Crook County (later splitting into Deschutes County).

PICNIC • OLD-TIME MUSIC • HISTORICAL CHARACTERS ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS • MUSEUM TOURS Reservations required. To reserve, call 541-610-6323 or email threesistershistoricalsociety@gmail.com.

THANK YOU TO OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR THIS EVENT: Oliver Lemon’s, Ray’s Food Place, Sisters Dino Market & Suttle Tea

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County imposes restrictions

PHOTO COURTESY DCSO

Deputies are investigating whether alcohol or speed were factors in a single-vehicle rollover accident that left a 34-year-old woman injured on Cline Falls Road last week.

Deputies investigate crash on Cline Falls Road Deputies from the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a single-vehicle rollover crash involving a downed power line on Cline Falls Highway near the Tumalo Cemetery.

The wreck took place Tuesday afternoon, June 28.

Responding deputies arrived to find a 2021 silver Subaru Forester resting on the driver’s side on the southbound shoulder.

The initial investigation determined the Subaru Forester was being driven by a 34-year-old woman. While the Subaru was headed northbound, the driver failed to negotiate a curve just south of the cemetery, crossing

the southbound lane of traffic and leaving the roadway, striking a wooden fence and power pole. The woman was ejected from the vehicle during the crash. On scene, medics and deputies provided medical care for the woman, who was later transported to St. Charles Hospital in Bend with serious injuries.

This is an ongoing investigation. Investigators are still determining whether alcohol or speed were a factor in the crash. The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office was assisted in the investigation by the Bend Fire Department, the Oregon State Police, Pacific Power, and the Deschutes County Public Works.

The Deschutes County Commissioners voted last week to impose public-use restrictions on unprotected lands within the county and on all county-owned land, to help prevent human-caused wildfires.

The restrictions mirror restrictions on Oregon Department of Forestry protected lands in Deschutes County.

Unprotected lands are defined as unincorporated lands that are not a part of a rural fire protection district or protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry.

Landowners can visit https://maps.deschutes. org/custom/basic/ PublicUseRestrictions.html to review regulations and see if they apply to their property.

The following restrictions are now in place: • Smoking is prohibited while traveling, except in vehicles on improved roads.

• Open fires are prohibited, including campfires, charcoal fires, cooking fires, and warming fires, except in designated areas. Portable cooking stoves using liquefied or bottled fuels are allowed.

• Chainsaw use is prohibited, between the hours of 1

and 8 p.m. Chainsaw use is permitted at all other hours, if the following firefighting equipment is present with each operating saw: one axe, one shovel, and one eightounce or larger fire extinguisher. In addition, a fire watch is required at least one hour following the use of each saw.

• Cutting, grinding and welding of metal is prohibited between the hours of 1 and 8 p.m. At all other times, the area is to be cleared of flammable vegetation and the following fire equipment is required: one axe, one shovel, and one 2-1/2-pound-or-larger fire extinguisher in good working order.

• Use of motor vehicles, including motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles, is prohibited, except on improved roads and except for vehicle use by a landowner and employees of the landowner upon their own land while conducting activities associated with their livelihood.

• Possession of the following firefighting equipment is required while traveling in a motorized vehicle, except on federal and state highways, county roads, and driveways: one shovel and one gallon of water or one 2-1/2-pound-or-larger

fire extinguisher, except all-terrain vehicles and motorcycles, which must be equipped with an approved spark arrestor in good working condition.

• Mowing of dried grass with power-driven equipment is prohibited between the hours of 1 and 8 p.m., except for the commercial culture and harvest of agricultural crops.

• Use of fireworks is prohibited.

• The release of sky lanterns is prohibited.

• The discharging of exploding targets or tracer ammunition is prohibited.

• Blasting is prohibited.

• Any electric fence controller in use shall be: a) Listed by a nationally recognized testing laboratory or be certified by the Department of Consumer and Business Services; and b) Operated in compliance with manufacturer’s instructions.

Information and maps of regulated closures for the Oregon Department of Forestry can be found a t h t t p : / / w w w. o r e g o n . gov/ODF/Fire/Pages/ Restrictions.aspx.

Information and maps of public use restrictions on Deschutes National Forest can be found at http://www. fs.usda.gov/centraloregon.

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Gabrial Sweyn to play Sisters Farmers Market on Sunday

By T. Lee Brown Correspondent

Local musician Gabrial Sweyn will bring his evocative folk, country, and blues inflected music to Sisters Farmers Market this Sunday, July 10. The show begins at 11 a.m. at Fir Street Park and continues through 2 p.m.

Melodic and tuneful, Sweyn’s voice carries an undertow of grit and melancholia. He formerly played with Holy Smokes & The Godforsaken Rollers in Portland and across the country. The band then flew to South Africa, where they performed “just a ton of shows, a few shows a week.”

On the South African music scene where Holy Smokes was playing, Sewyn said, “They didn’t have a lot of bands playing banjos and fiddles and guitars. We got kind of popular over there, played one of their oldest festivals.”

Band players would switch off instruments, Sweyn bouncing from percussion to fiddle to guitar.

Becoming a multi-instrumentalist had evolved over the years for him.

Sweyn grew up playing percussion during his school years in Missoula, Montana, then started piano. He was in marching band, but “dropped out and played punk rock for a while as a drummer.”

Next he discovered folk music and picked up mandolin.

“Then I started figuring out fiddle, then moved on to guitar,” he said.

Woody Guthrie in particular magnetized Sweyn.

“I got really into his political, pro-union, workers’ rights aspect,” he said. “I just really love how he was stickin’ up for people who didn’t have much of a voice.”

Also a fan of Leadbelly and other blues artists, he felt deeply drawn to music from the 1920s era.

His bandmate was from the South, and together they played shows in the Carolinas.

“I got really into more country music than I had before,” he explained. “Like Willie and Waylon, and some newer artists like Sturgill Simpson and Tyler Childers, that realm of country.”

After South Africa, Sweyn and his bandmates returned to the South, gigged some more, then went back to Portland.

“I’ll always love music, but touring that intensely, it just was too much for me,” he said. “It was kind of a lot.

Drank too much. That lifestyle got too intense. It wore me down.”

He moved to Sisters about five years ago. After taking a break from playing out, he began taking solo gigs around Central Oregon.

“My partner and I were living at the Coast and we just needed a change of scenery. It got a little too rainy and windy,” he explained.

“She said, ‘Why don’t we go somewhere sunny? I used to live in Sisters. I think we should go out there.’”

“I was like, I’ve never even heard of it,” Sweyn said with a laugh. “When I got here I thought, this reminds me of Montana. I’ll probably stay here a long time.”

An album is in the works, which he hopes to record during the upcoming year in a local studio.

“The landscape inspires my songwriting,” he said.

He characterizes some of his music as having an “almost Spaghetti Western vibe” that plays off the landscape.

He described the feeling of “just driving and looking over the meadows and the mountains and trees, you get that nostalgic feeling of open spaces. The topography plays off how I write and how my music plays.”

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“Sisters brings in talents from all over, for such a small community,” he said.

“It’s pretty cool.”

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the corner of Fir Street and Main Avenue, just north of Cascade Avenue/Highway 20. Sweyn will play throughout the market day on

Sunday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., on the Songbird Stage.

He plans to do about half covers, half originals.

“I try to mix it up and play off the crowd,” he said.

The market is expected to feature locally grown berries, vegetables, peaches, and flowers this week, although farm crops can vary. Beef, lamb, and eggs pastured on the outskirts of Sisters will be available as well. Freshroasted coffee, artisanal baked goods, and homemade soap made from locally raised goats’ milk are among the other items expected.

In honor of Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show weekend, several quilts will be on display, and one will be up for raffle.

Listeners can find Sweyn online at gabrialsweyn. bandcamp.com and @gabrialsweynart on Instagram. Sisters Farmers Market, which takes place every Sunday from June through the first week of October, can be found online at sistersfarmersmarket.com and @sistersfarmersmarket.

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NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF A BALLOT TITLE

Notice is hereby given that a ballot title for a City-referred measure for inclusion in the November 8, 2022, general election has been filed with the city elections official of the City of Sisters. The ballot title is as follows:

CAPTION: Proposed Amendments to City of Sisters Municipal Charter

QUESTION: Shall the legal voters of City of Sisters approve the proposed amendments to the municipal charter?

SUMMARY: Similar to a constitution, a municipal charter is a written instrument governing how a municipal government functions. If this measure is approved, the city’s current charter, adopted in 1948 and last amended in 2003, would be amended by the proposed amendments. Many current charter provisions are outdated and hinder effective and efficient municipal operations. Among other things, the proposed amendments would (1) clarify certain city manager responsibilities, (2) permit the council to adopt council rules through resolution, (3) remove certain charter sections that may not be in conformity with state law, and (4) remove gender specific pronouns throughout the charter. A description of the proposed charter amendments is available for public inspection on the City of Sisters website (www.ci.sisters.or.us) and at City Hall.

City’s elections official has determined that the measure meets the requirements of Section 1(2)(d) and (5), Article IV of the Oregon Constitution. The election will be held in the City of Sisters on November 8, 2022.

Any elector of the City of Sisters who is dissatisfied with the ballot title may petition the Deschutes County Circuit Court to review the ballot title. The deadline to file a petition to review the ballot title is no later than the 7th business day after the ballot title is filed with the elections official; therefore, the deadline is 5:00 p.m. on July 15, 2022. The elections official must be notified within one day of any petition being filed in the circuit court challenging the ballot title.

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Health care mechanics

By Bill Bartlett Correspondent

After that injury from accident, joint replacement, stroke, or even everyday backache; after the doctors, the hospital, or the rehab center, come the visits to physical therapists some liken to medical mechanics. Whatever one chooses to call these trained professionals, hundreds and hundreds of Sisters Country folk count themselves among the grateful for the healing arts they’ve received from one of Sisters’ skilled PT providers.

T h e r e a r e 11 0 , 0 0 0 licensed physical therapists in the U.S. and each sees between 100 and 200 patients a week. Of the nearly 30 million patients treated annually, 46 percent are seeking relief from chronic spine pain. It’s a big business, some $33 billion annually. Estimates are that physical therapy can save as much as 72 percent of the cost of being treated in the hospital or other inpatient facility.

Often overlooked are the number of patients who see a physical therapist before hospitalization or for conditions other than injury or pain, like Huntington’s disease or cerebral palsy. Ask anybody with Parkinson’s and they are likely to tell you of the help provided by a PT. Diabetics often benefit from the services of a PT. Lymphedema, or excess fluids gathered in the lymphatic system, which then moves around in the bloodstream, causing swelling, is among the many non-spinal or injury-based treatments provided. Physical therapists use Complete Decongestive Therapy (CDT) to reduce swelling and prevent future fluid buildup. Chronic fatigue, burns, vertigo, sciatica, scoliosis, fibromyalgia, TMJ, and more – the range of treated ailments is vast.

Women comprise 59.6 percent of licensed therapists, whose average age is 41.

Cases generally break down as musculoskeletal (79.3 percent), neuromuscular (15.3 percent), cardiopulmonary

(2.8 percent), integumentary (1 percent), and other (1.6 percent). Patient ages were under 2 years (1.5 percent), 2-10 years (4.1 percent), 11-17 years (6.6 percent), 18-19 years (26.7 percent), 20-64 years, (25 percent) and over 65 years of age (36.1 percent). Fifty-five percent of patients are female.

Physical therapists are medical professionals. To be eligible to sit for the national exam (NPTE), a candidate needs to graduate from an accredited higher educational institution with a doctor of physical therapy (DPT) degree.

Several colleges and universities in Oregon offer DPT degrees including OSU Cascades in Bend, part of Oregon State University system. Not too distant Lebanon, Oregon, is home to Western University Health Sciences turning out DPT grads. Pacific University in Forest Grove is another Oregon institution of higher learning where DPT degrees are conferred.

These are post-graduate degrees taking three years to complete. As such,

accredited graduates are entitled to be addressed as “doctor” but undoubtedly you will be told by the doctor to call them by their first name, the customary practice.

As physical therapy involves a great deal of touch, more so than most medical arts, it is imperative that the therapist and patient connect on a personal level from the outset.

To be licensed in Oregon, applicants must also take and pass the Oregon Pain Commission’s Pain Management Module and a criminal background check.

Oregon allows patient selfreferral, or direct access, f o r p h y s i c a l t h e r a p y.

Therefore, a prescription from an approved provider is not required. Your insurance carrier is likely to have strict rules, however, before reimbursement.

Patients in Sisters Country have a good choice of practitioners.

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Long COVID affects Oregonians

By Lynne Terry Capital Chronicle

A new survey by University of Oregon researchers found that Native Americans have been disproportionately affected by long COVID and have lower vaccination rates than the state average.

The report, “The Race Against COVID Is Not Yet Finished,” also found that the state is severely undercounting cases and that the online reporting system for athome tests is “burdensome,” requiring up to 45 minutes to complete.

The survey also said that a fraction of the population continues to believe falsehoods about COVID, including around 20 percent who think the Chinese government secretly created the virus and that wearing a mask provides no protection. There are even people – 1 percent of those surveyed – who think that 5G cell phone networks cause COVID, while less than 10 percent said the vaccine changes a person’s DNA. University of Oregon researchers hired a polling firm, Centiment, to conduct the survey. It was done between May 11 and May 18 during the latest omicron surge. It gathered nearly 700 responses, with about half in rural areas and half in urban centers. Ben Clark, co-author of the report and co-director of the Institute of Policy Research and Engagement at the University of Oregon, said that sample size is enough to draw conclusions.

An Oregon Health & Science University forecast predicted that the current surge would peak in early June. But the virus continues to spread, with two new highly infectious variants.

Oregon Health Authority data show that daily cases rose last week to a seven-day average of 1,700 new cases a day. In mid-May, they averaged about 1,500 new cases a day.

“There is a lot of sense that the pandemic is over and it’s not,” said Ben Clark. “We are seeing some increases in hospitalizations.”

According to Apprise Health Insights, a research group affiliated with the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, 413 COVID patients are currently hospitalized in Oregon.

That compares with 300 on June 19.

But concern about the pandemic is mixed.

The survey found that rural residents and conservatives were less concerned about COVID than liberals or urban residents. Nearly 40 percent of rural Oregonians said they were less worried than in the past about COVID, compared with less than 30 percent of urban residents. More than 35 percent of conservative Oregonians no longer think that COVID is a threat, compared with 5 percent of liberal residents.

“These differences are statistically significant,” the survey said.

The report said Oregonians “may want to move on from COVID” and think it is not getting worse. “The data do not back up that belief,” the survey said.

In a statement, the health authority said, “Oregon has fared better in terms of overall COVID-19 related deaths and vaccination rates than (other) states.” Oregon has the second lowest case count in the country, it said, and the seventh lowest death count.

OHA’s Director Patrick Allen has often acknowledged that the state is undercounting cases. But the survey said the state may be missing 45 percent of cases. One reason, the report said, is the Oregon Health Authority’s website for residents to report athome tests. It takes as long as 45 minutes to answer all the detailed questions, including about race and gender identity.

“My doctor ’s office wouldn’t ask these questions when I tested positive,” Clark said.

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County Clerk’s office staffeer Michael Lui provided a copy of cover sheet SEL339 confirming the submission of 6,137 signatures to make the Deschutes County Commissioner election nonpartisan.

Chief petitioners are Mimi Alkire, VP League of Women Voters, Deschutes and Susan Cobb of Indivisible Sisters and NCC treasurer and County Commissioner Phil Chang (right). Cobb said that the petitioners exceeded the minimum and will continue collecting signatures until the clerk’s office affirms they have enough valid signatures. The petition deadline is August 10.

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Tales from a

Sisters Naturalist

by Jim Anderson

Oh, the poor old porcupine!

Our poor, old porcupines have been in man’s gunsights since the first pioneer deemed it a pest.

When I rolled into Bend in September of 1951 there were signs all over the forest, “Please kill porcupines!” And the impact of that movement can still be seen today. Porcupines are a very rare sight throughout their range, even in the alfalfa fields where they were once a serious threat when they got killed by the mower then baled up and later fed to cows.

Nature designed porcupines to keep brush under control. That’s why they have that formidable defense mechanism of needle-sharp quills they developed over time to help protect their chubby little bodies from fierce groundbased predators. The treeeating business got started when we cleared the land of brush to grow stuff for humans to eat; the porkies opted for trees instead.

As a practicing naturalist, I had about given up on there being many porcupines left, not having seen one in the wild for a good number of years.

Then, much to my surprise and pleasure what should arrive in my email but two photos of a baby porky from Pete Mayer, a kestrel

nesting box pal of mine living near Tumalo! To say I was happy would be a gross understatement…

Mother Nature can be sneaky about the way she does things, and somehow, somewhere, a daddy and a mommy porky found each other in these trying times and managed to produce a youngster.

One of the most remarkable things about porcupines is their means of defense: those needle sharp, very stiff hairs we call quills, or spines work very well. No, they cannot “throw” them. However, if you get close enough they can swing that tail of theirs with enough force to imbed them into your flesh far enough to cause a lot of pain, and in some instances requiring surgical procedures to remove them. Dog owners have dealt with this dilemma many a time.

When my old pal Don Kerr started the Oregon High Desert Museum going, he wanted two exhibits to start it — one with raptors and the other with a porcupine.

Don was into the raptor business up to his armpits, so starting a bird-of-prey exhibit was a no-brainer.

But he didn’t have a porcupine, or the slightest idea how to acquire one. So he called on another old pal of both of ours, Jay Bowerman, who in turn gave a shout to Jeff Cooney. Here’s the way it went, in Jay’s words: “I have an indelible memory of the night that Jeff and I were out in the mosquito rig (at Sunriver) armed with a cardboard box to catch a porcupine for Don Kerr’s newly completed but uninhabited porcupine exhibit.

“We found one on the bike path down where the culvert empties water from the lagoon system into the

A porcupine hitched a ride during one of Jim Anderson’s early expeditions.

Deschutes. I was driving, and the headlights were on the porcupine. Jeff jumped out, grabbed the box and ran to put it over the porcupine.

Of course, it wasn’t inclined to wait to see what Jeff had in mind and it charged out of sight and into the darkness at the edge of the path.

“Jeff sprinted forward and jumped in front of the porcupine to get it to stop and landed waste-deep in the pond. The porky stayed dry. But it eventually ended up in Jeff’s box and was delivered to the museum.

“But yes, I have really fond and warm memories of more than one porcupine.

Even now, my good friend Chris Rombough, who three years ago rescued a female orphaned porky baby, and she and he have an incredibly close relationship.

“It will happily climb up into your lap if you’ve got a few raspberries in your hand. It is sweet and gentle, but a typical female in that she can be rather moody.

And she hates taking her medicine, which Chris has to hide in treats. He still insists that she is smarter than any of the cats his partner keeps at their places.”

There are New and Old World porcupines. Both are in the zoological order Rodentia (rodents), and

possess about 30,000 quills along their back and tail, which are really modified hairs composed of keratin.

The largest species of porcupine, found in Europe, is the third-largest living rodent in the world — after the capybara and beaver.

Porcupines can also be vocal, and use their teeth to make sounds, which can be heard at a considerable distance. According to one record I found, they also have a wonderful memory, especially if treated badly.

And they have bare feet — four toes on the front and five on the back with very long and sharp claws. How else can you climb trees?

That porcupine on the hood of George Long’s Toyota in the photo got there because I was using George’s rig for a ladder and got that porcupine by the tail (you can do that if you go with the grain) but it was too much for me, and I unintentionally dropped it. (I just wanted to bring it down a few branches for some photos.) George said, “Oh, leave it where it is Jim, we can drop it off on our way to Fort Rock from Christmas Valley!”

Which reminds me, in Oregon porcupines are found mostly on the east side of the Cascades, and

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only a few scattered locations on the west side.

There are predators that can kill and eat porcupines, like golden eagles. In my over 50 years of keeping an eye on eagles, which included trespassing in their nests and banding their babies, I found skinned porcupines in nests and occasional young eaglets with quills in their feet and legs.

Oh, and one more thing: Porcupines do not hibernate and are active throughout the year. They also enjoy being out at night more than during the day.

If you’re a caver, watch out you don’t stumble over one.

One winter my brother Don and I disturbed a big porcupine sex orgy in a lava cave out near the Knott Landfill. We were squirming through the cave and the porcupines heard us coming and began rubbing their teeth together making warning sounds.

Don shouted, “What the hell is that?!” I could see their eyes reflecting from my headlamp and told him what was coming and to turn his face to the wall to escape getting slapped by a tail. They waddled out of the cave right past us in the narrow passageway — and I noticed they were grinning.

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Commentary...

What’s after Roe?

By Erik Dolson Columnist

Many women are crushed by the Supreme Court ruling on Roe V. Wade. I empathize. The ruling gives more power to states over what happens within a woman’s body. I can think of no similar laws allowing one human being to appropriate the biology of another. Restrictions on abortion are unique.

At the same time, women’s intimate role in the life of another is also unique.

That’s the crux: If a court’s role is to protect rights of an individual against an unfair majority, then what’s to be done when individual rights collide? Which is why opponents of abortion say a fetus is “pre-born child.”

The Supreme Court did not rule against abortion, it ruled federal courts out of the discussion, saying the dispute needs to be resolved by lawmakers in individual states.

Although I am “pro choice,” I also believe that at some point, later in pregnancy, “choice” has to be limited. Others believe “choice” ends at conception. A few decades ago, “viability” was the cutoff — easy and understandable.

But medicine has forced changes in that standard, as has political radicalization.

A few years ago I was shunned in a gathering of liberals after suggesting they must articulate at what point a fetus becomes a human being. “Absolutism” over a woman’s right to choose was incoherent and risky, I said, because even the most ardent “pro-choice” among them would agree that a newborn is a person with life protected by law. When did they think that occurred?

Is a fetus four weeks premature a person? Or

24 weeks premature? Or four weeks after conception? Or 12 weeks? They were unwilling to answer when in development being “human” began, and what they were willing to accept as reasonable limits to ending that life.

So, here we are. While some conservatives believe a blob of dividing cells is a person as soon as sperm and egg meet, most Americans feel a woman is more than an incubator. But most Americans also believe abortion should not be used as birth control, and at some point a lump of protoplasmic potential becomes a person.

Americans disagree on where that point might be.

And where there is social disagreement, lawmakers step in.

So, when do we become a human? I don’t know, but think we get to decide. I do know we need to be careful with our words. Definitions are not precise when we divide a continuous process, label the parts and pretend we aren’t taking important relationships out of context.

Religion does not need to be involved in the discussion, and science doesn’t have the tools. It’s probably too much to tackle whether we extend legal protection to other entities that experience fear, joy, consciousness and empathy. In five years could that be an Artificial Intelligence? Ten years ago, should it have been an Orca?

I lean toward “yes” to those questions, as I lean away from considering a pollywog-like bundle of cells to be human just because those cells carry a 48 chromosome instruction pack on how to make a man or woman out of digested chicken and spinach.

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But Liberals, women especially, must address these complexities and competing values. Outrage or contempt rarely persuade.

Again, it’s important to remember that the Supreme Court did not ban abortions.

For now. The court simply said abortion was an issue to be decided not by the courts, but by legislatures in individual states.

Access to abortion will be more difficult for some, if not impossible. That there is a difference in neighboring states seems nearly incomprehensible given what’s at stake. Women living where conservatives rule will find options curtailed when trying to stand against an oppressive cadre of (usually) men about who has jurisdiction over what will happen inside their bodies.

Other states will welcome women who choose to end a pregnancy. I believe attempts to prevent women from traveling for a legal abortion will fail. The Texas ploy of giving one set of citizens a special right to sue other citizens over essentially a religious disagreement is an abhorrent, bizarre form of state-sponsored extortion.

When an abortion moves from being a private to a social concern must not be an issue of poverty or privilege, nor an issue decided by preachers regardless of how many centuries a sect has had a voice. If it’s not a baby, it’s a mother’s choice.

If it’s a baby, it’s protected no matter where that baby is, though if a mother’s life is at stake or she was not a willing participant in conception, government should tread lightly.

We need to resolve this, if for no other reason than to recognize the rights and protect the lives of our sisters and our daughters.

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To the Editor: Bill Bartlett, in the article firefighting from 10,000 feet, in the June 29, 2022 edition, said, and I quote, “...falling limbs, toppling trees, smoke inhalation, and poisonous snake bites.”

I will remind him that snakes can be venomous, but are not generally poisonous. Even the meat of a rattlesnake is safe to eat, if cooked properly. Poison is ingested, venom is injected. Please correct this mistake in any later editions, for the sake of any other reader who pays attention in science class. Other than this small, but significant mistake, this is the best newspaper I have ever read.

N.Saul Reader of The Nugget and snake nerd See LETTERS on page 14

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FLY-IN: Event drew tremendous crowd of celebrants Continued from page 1

hoods opened so admirers could gaze upon the shiny, spotless engines. There were muscle cars, a number of Corvettes, two of the 1956 model, and custom models from eight decades, pristine in condition and with engines that purred or roared like lions when the accelerators engaged.

Gordon Lucas, age 86, of Culver, made the rounds of the cars in a Stars-andStripes top hat.

“This is a fine tribute to the day,” he said. “I can’t think of another place I’d rather be right now.”

Lucas served in the Korean War as a Naval gunnery officer.

For a charge, Leading Edge gave helicopter rides and Specialized Aero Works thrilled patrons with aerobatic rides.

The day’s first event was a 5k run/walk sponsored

by Outlaw Cross-Country.

John Peckham, Sisters High School class of 2021 finished first. The course took runners down the runway, led by a flyover, and through the adjoining Eagle Air Estates neighborhood, finishing on the taxiway. About 75 runners entered the race.

All eyes were skyward as the Cascade RC Club put on

two demonstrations. When the super-fast and incredibly acrobatic planes, one a helicopter, ascended to 200 feet they looked like fullsize aircraft. Spectators were dazzled by the maneuvers and could be seen holding their breath as the models dove at full speed, hurtling toward the ground, only to be swooped upward at the last second into a steep climb.

The Santiago boys squealed in delight with each breathtaking move as did dozens of other kiddos.

They [boys 11, 8, and 6] all want to be pilots. They weren’t even interested in breakfast today, only wanting to go to Sisters.

— Angel Santiago of Redmond Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire units were on hand, not for likely customers but as an opportunity to mingle among community members, answer questions, display their rigs, and explain their role in emergency medical services. AirLink was parked with their Pilatus PC12 longrange, high speed air ambulance hosting a long line of onlookers and curiosity seekers.

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John Peckham, Sisters High School Class of ’21 took first place in the 5k run that served as a fundraiser for Outlaws cross country. by the community airport, is growing in popularity.

Each year’s crowd exceeds the prior year’s, and the show has all the markings of a classic Sisters event — one totally dependent upon volunteers and goodwill.

Indeed, from donuts and coffee to sno-cones, volunteers numbering several dozen coddled spectators.

Benny and Julie Benson, airport owners, are the driving force behind the event that is not just a fun raiser but a fundraiser for the Sisters High School Aviation Program.

As usual for the event, with air operations halted, the runway turned into a drag strip. Friends and neighbors raced against each other,

tearing down the runway, side-by-side in often passioned fervor. Anybody can enter and the pairings are often comical.

And that is how the event comes to a close around 2 p.m.

See additional photos on pages 18 and 19.

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A N N O U N C E M E N T S Founder’s Day Celebration Join Three Sisters Historical Society on Friday, July 15 to celebrate the 121st anniversary of the July 1901 official platting of Sisters. Noon to 2 p.m. at Fir Street Park. There will be oldtime music, historical characters, stories, activities for kids, tours of the museum, and a fried chicken picnic. Reservations for the meal are necessary and can be made at threesistershistoricalsociety@ gmail.com or by calling 541-610-6323. There is no charge for this event and it is open to all. Bring your lawn chairs and join the fun! For info call 541-549-1403.

Sunday Quilt Display & Raffle On Sunday, July 10 special quilts will be on display at Sisters Farmers Market, including a quilt by Janet MacConnell. From the estate of Boyd Wickman comes a pristine quilt that a lucky winner will take home this summer. The raffle starts Sunday.

Age Friendly Sisters Country will be the market’s featured nonprofit guest. Fir Street Park, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Information at sistersfarmersmarket.com.

Deschutes Public Library Online Discovery Pass Customers can now use the Discovery Pass system to check out a Wilderness Pass, which is now needed when hiking certain trail systems in the Central Cascades from June 15–September 15. Discovery Pass streamlines the system, making it easy for customers to check out available passes online from anywhere they happen to be with internet access. Passes, much like books and other items in the Library’s collection, are limited in number, but viewing available dates is easy with the online system. For more information visit www. deschuteslibrary.org/books/ beyond-the-books.

Volunteers Needed Furry Friends is looking for volunteers to help with its bottle and can fundraiser drive once a week (Thursday, Friday, or Saturday). It takes about 45 minutes to put donated bottles and cans in our blue fundraiser bags.

The bags are processed at our donation drop-off spot on The Nugget porch. The bags are then delivered to the Bottledrop at Ray’s. To volunteer please call 541797-4023 or email info@ furryfriendsfoundation.org.

Sisters Pickleball Courts Pickleball courts are now open at the old elementary school tennis courts. Bring your friends and your own water. Parking is available in the school parking lot in July and August (not at City Hall or the SSD administration lots). Organized play, available to everyone, is coming soon!

For more information call 209-743-1937.

Lunch & Quilts at Sisters Community Garden Sisters Community Garden is offering Lunch and Quilts in our garden (15860 Barclay Drive) on Thursday, July 7 starting at 11 a.m. The charge will be $15. Lunch will feature 3 types of salads, french bread, a beverage, and a choice of homemade desserts . Many quilts will be hung in the garden against the spectacular backdrop of the Cascade peaks.

This lunch is an annual fundraiser powered by Sisters Community Garden volunteers. For information call 541-588-2370.

City Of Sisters Community Grants Program Accepting Applications The City of Sisters is seeks to award grants to nonprofit community groups and other entities that meet the grant criteria for the 2022/23 fiscal year. The City will award up to $20,000 in grants for Sisters community projects.

Interested organizations should submit a Community Grant application and letter of interest by July 31, 2022, attention Kerry Prosser, City Recorder. Applications are available www.ci.sisters.or.us.

For information contact Kerry Prosser at 541-323-5213. or kprosser@ci.sisters.or.us.

Friends of the Metolius Interpretive Walks Join Oregon Master Naturalist Carol Wall on the second walk in the Friends of the Metolius Interpretive Walks series. The Bird and Flower Walk Along the Metolius will be held July 9 from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.

Participants will look and listen for the rich bird and flower life on the Metolius. Watch for woodpeckers, song birds, dippers, and mergansers, while exploring the ways in which they live in this riverside habitat.

Meet at the Camp Sherman Bridge fish-viewing platform at 8:30 a.m. For information call 541-549-0362.

5 Ways Technology Will Change How You Age A new array of devices and services is transforming aging, making it easier for you to continue working, stay healthy, live at home, and remain connected to friends, family, and life’s small pleasures as you grow older. Join us to hear research from the MIT AgeLab. See how broad the universe and scope of these devices is for everyday tasks, and gain a better understanding of how these apps and devices can improve your quality of life and how easy they are to use.

Guest presenter: Casey Miller; Tuesday, July 26, from 5:45 to 6:45 p.m., downtown Sisters.

Free, but must RSVP. To register and confirm location, call the Edward Jones office of Karen Kassy, 541-549-1866.

SOAR! Activity Day An interactive, all-inclusive day for individuals ages 18+ with physical disabilities and chronic medical conditions such as: stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, and Parkinson’s. The event includes adaptive activities such as cycling, pickleball, Pilates, yoga, a guided art project, and wheelchair basketball. The purpose of SOAR! Activity Day is to encourage family and caregiver participation, bring together people with common challenges, and offer a safe and supportive environment where they can try out new activities and learn about available opportunities. Saturday, July 9; check-in starts at 9 a.m. at Bend Pavilion, 1001 SW Bradbury, Bend. For more information go to www.destinationrehab.org/ soar or call 541-241-6708.

Sponsor an Impoverished Child from Uganda Hope Africa International, based in Sisters, has children awaiting sponsorship!

For information go to hopeafricakids.org or call Katie at 541-719-8727 Mosaic Medical Mobile Community Clinic The Mobile Community Clinic will be coming to the Family Kitchen feeding site at Sisters Community Church. The Mobile Clinic provides health care for acute and chronic problems for those who are houseless, or anyone in need. For more information, contact Elaine Knobbs at 541-383-3005.

Free Pet Food Budget tight this month, but you still need pet food for your dog or cat? Call the Furry Friends pet food bank at 541-797-4023 to schedule your pickup. They have all sorts of pet supplies too. Pickups available Thursdays, beginning at 12:30 p.m. Located at 412 E. Main Ave., Ste. 4, behind The Nugget office.

Free Lunches For Seniors The Council on Aging of Central Oregon is serving seniors (60+) free lunches on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at the Sisters Community Church located at 1300 McKenzie Hwy, Sisters. The Tuesday meal is sit down from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and also offers activities and information about health, community resources, and nutrition. On Wednesdays and Thursdays lunches are offered drive-through style, from 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m. and seniors can drive through the parking lot to pick up a meal on those days. Come on by; no need to make a reservation for any of the free lunch meals. For more information please call 541-678-5483. ngg Futures Changing Fundraiser Circle of FFriends will be hosting a “Changing Futures” fundraiser at Pole Creek Ranch on Saturday, July 23. It will feature Kristi & The Whiskey Bandits, live and silent auctions, kids’ cook-off, and whiskey tasting by Cascade Spirits!

Food and beverages will be provided. For more information contact Karen@ 808-281-2681 or visit www. circleoff riendsoregon.org.

Social Security: Unlock Its Potential When should you begin taking social security? What if you continue to work? What about taxes? Social Security is likely very important to you— and we want to help you see the big picture as you prepare for it. Join us to learn the options and implications for taking Social Security benefits and how to maximize them, with guest presenter Casey Miller on Wednesday, July 27 from 5:45 to 6:45 p.m., downtown Sisters. Free, but must RSVP. To register and confirm location, call the Edward Jones office of Karen Kassy, 541-549-1866.,

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Baha’i Faith Currently Zoom meetings: devotions, course trainings, informational firesides. Local contact Shauna Rocha 541647-9826 • www.bahai.org or www.bahai.us Wellhouse Church 442 Trinity Way • 541-549-4184 https://wellhousechurch.churchcenter.com 10 a.m. Sunday 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 Sisters Church of the Nazarene 67130 Harrington Loop Rd. • 541-389-8960 www.sistersnaz.org • info@sistersnaz.org 10 a.m. Sunday Worship Sisters Community Church (Nondenominational) 1300 W. McKenzie Hwy. • 541-549-1201 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship www.sisterschurch.com • info@sisterschurch.com

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WEDNESDAY • JULY 6

Fir Street Park Sisters Farmers Market 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Featuring live music by Victor Johnson, community booth, vendors, kids activities, and more. www.sistersfarmersmarket.com.

Black Butte Ranch Live Music: Anvil Blasters 6-8 p.m.

Free. On the lawn beside old rec center; bring chairs or a blanket. More info at www.anvilblasters.com.

MONDAY • JULY 18

THURSDAY • JULY 7

Sisters Art Works Live Music: MarchFourth with Company Grand presented by Sisters Folk Festival.

7 to 9 p.m., doors open at 6 p.m. All ages welcome.

Tickets at https:/aftontickets.com/SFFMarchFourth.

Sisters Home & Garden Tour Quilts in the Garden 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Self-guided tour. Tickets are $20.

More information at www.SistersGardenClub.com.

The Suttle Lodge Live Music: Silvertone Devils Thursday House Band, 6 to 8 p.m., free, all ages. More information at www.TheSuttleLodge.com/Happenings.

The Barn in Sisters Live Music: Quattlebaum Quintet 6 to 8 p.m. Weather permitting. For more information find The Barn in Sisters on Facebook.

Food Cart Garden at Eurosports Trivia Night 5:45 to 6:30 p.m. Family-friendly trivia. Free. For additional information call Eurosports at 541-549-2471.

The Suttle Lodge Live Music: Miguel Hernandez Big Lawn Series, 6 to 8 p.m., free, all ages. More information at www.TheSuttleLodge.com/Happenings.

TUESDAY • JULY 19

The Suttle Lodge Live Music: Zach Person Big Lawn Series, 6 to 8 p.m., free, all ages. More information at www.TheSuttleLodge.com/Happenings.

WEDNESDAY • JULY 20

Black Butte Ranch Live Music: Anvil Blasters 6-8 p.m.

Free. On the lawn beside old rec center; bring chairs or a blanket. More info at www.anvilblasters.com.

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Includes air, taxes, 4 nights at Embassy Inn, 4 breakfasts, Victoria and Butchart Gardens tour, whale-watch cruise, high tea at The Empress and more.

BRANSON, MO NOVEMBER 3-10 $2,599 PPDO

8 days/7 nights, 14 shows/ attractions, 14 meals and more! Includes air (subject to availability), taxes, transfers.

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Eurosports Food Cart Garden Car Show 5-7 p.m. bring your cool or vintage car for the free Friday car show.

For more information call Eurosports at 541-549-2471.

Hardtails Karaoke with KJ Mindy 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. For more information call 541-549-6114.

SATURDAY • JULY 9

Downtown Sisters Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 47th annual outdoor quilt showcase. Hundreds of quilts hanging all over town. More information at www.soqs.org.

The Barn in Sisters Live Music: Laney Jones 6 to 8 p.m. Weather permitting. For more information find The Barn in Sisters on Facebook.

SUNDAY • JULY 10

Fir Street Park Sisters Farmers Market 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Featuring live music by Gabriel Sweyn, community booth, vendors, kids activities, and more. www.sistersfarmersmarket.com.

Sisters Community Church Live Music: Casey & Co. Summer Concert Series on the lawn. 6 p.m. Free (donation to featured nonprofit, Pregnancy Resource Centers, is appreciated).

Bring chairs/blanket. Food trucks open at 5 p.m. SistersChurch.com.

MONDAY • JULY 11

The Suttle Lodge Live Music: Alex Dunn Big Lawn Series, 6 to 8 p.m., free, all ages. More information at www.TheSuttleLodge.com/Happenings.

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Hardtails Erotic City a tribute to Prince & The Revolution, 8 p.m. Summer Tribute Series. Tickets at www.BendTicket.com.

Sisters Depot Live Music: Jazz Folks Quartet 6-8:30 p.m. $5 cover. More info at www.sistersdepot.com.

The Barn in Sisters Live Music: The Lowest Pair 6 to 8 p.m. Weather permitting. For more information find The Barn in Sisters on Facebook.

Sisters Saloon Live Music: Boomer Country 6 to 8 p.m. All ages. Free. For more information see facebook.com/SistersSaloonAndRanchGrill.

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FRIDAY • JULY 22

Downtown Sisters 4th Friday Artwalk 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Galleries and shops feature art and demonstrations.

For additional information go to sistersartsassociation.org Sisters Depot Live Music: Bob Baker & Brian Odell 6-8:30 p.m. $5 cover. More info at www.sistersdepot.com.

Eurosports Food Cart Garden Car Show 5-7 p.m. bring your cool or vintage car for the free Friday car show.

For more information call Eurosports at 541-549-2471.

Hardtails Karaoke with KJ Mindy 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. For more information call 541-549-6114.

SUNDAY • JULY 24

The Belfry Live Music: Abbey Road Live 7:30 p.m. $15. Tickets at www.bendticket.com.

Eurosports Food Cart Garden Car Show & Live Music: Toothpick Shaker 5-7 p.m. Free. Family- and dog-friendly. Bring your cool or vintage car for the car show — or come to see them! For more info call 541-549-2471.

Hardtails Karaoke with KJ Mindy 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. For more information call 541-549-6114.

SUNDAY • JULY 17

Paulina Springs Books Author reading with Marina Richie 6:30 p.m. More information at www.PaulinaSpringsBooks.com.

The Suttle Lodge Live Music: Honey Don’t Thursday House Band, 6 to 8 p.m., free, all ages. More information at www.TheSuttleLodge.com/Happenings.

The Barn in Sisters Live Music: Evergrow 6 to 8 p.m. Weather permitting. For more information find The Barn in Sisters on Facebook.

Food Cart Garden at Eurosports Trivia Night 5:45 to 6:30 p.m. Family-friendly trivia. Free. For additional information call Eurosports at 541-549-2471.

Sisters Art Works Live Music: Rising Appalachia Presented by Sisters Folk Festival. 7 to 9 p.m., doors open at 6 p.m. All ages welcome. More info, 541-549-4979.

Tickets at https://aftontickets.com/SFFRisingAppalachia.

Sisters Depot Live Music: Steve & Margot Show 6-8:30 p.m. $5 cover. More info at www.sistersdepot.com.

The Barn in Sisters Live Music: Honey Don’t 6 to 8 p.m. Weather permitting. For more information find The Barn in Sisters on Facebook.

FRIDAY • JULY 15

SATURDAY • JULY 16

THURSDAY • JULY 21

SATURDAY • JULY 23

THURSDAY • JULY 14

The Barn in Sisters Live Music: Sun Threaders 6 to 8 p.m. Weather permitting. For more information find The Barn in Sisters on Facebook.

The Suttle Lodge Live Music: Skillethead Thursday House Band, 6 to 8 p.m., free, all ages. More information at www.TheSuttleLodge.com/Happenings.

Food Cart Garden at Eurosports Trivia Night 5:45 to 6:30 p.m. Family-friendly trivia. Free. For additional information call Eurosports at 541-549-2471.

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Fir Street Park Sisters Farmers Market 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Featuring live music by Melanie Rose Dyer, community booth, vendors, kids activities, and more. www.sistersfarmersmarket.com.

Sisters Community Church Live Music: Motel Kalifornia a tribute to The Eagles. Summer Concert Series on the lawn. 6 p.m. Free (donation to featured nonprofit, Sisters Cold Weather Shelter, is appreciated). Bring chairs or blanket.

Food trucks onsite at 5 p.m. More info at www.SistersChurch.com.

Sisters Saloon Live Music: Anvil Blasters 6 to 8 p.m. All ages. Free. For more information see facebook.com/SistersSaloonAndRanchGrill.

MONDAY • JULY 25

The Suttle Lodge Live Music: Nick Delfs Big Lawn Series, 6 to 8 p.m., free, all ages. More information at www.TheSuttleLodge.com/Happenings.

THURSDAY • JULY 28

The Barn in Sisters Live Music: Holy Smokes 6 to 8 p.m. Weather permitting. For more information find The Barn in Sisters on Facebook.

The Suttle Lodge Live Music: Boomer Country Thursday House Band, 6 to 8 p.m., free, all ages. More information at www.TheSuttleLodge.com/Happenings.

Sisters Depot Live Music: Vianna Bergeron Brazilian Jazz 6-8:30 p.m. $5 cover. More info at www.sistersdepot.com.

Food Cart Garden at Eurosports Trivia Night 5:45 to 6:30 p.m. Family-friendly trivia. Free. For additional information call Eurosports at 541-549-2471.

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To the Editor: Having been blessed with exposure to numerous countries and cultures I can claim without reservation we live in the greatest country on earth. The freedoms and opportunities available are unmatched elsewhere. Time to celebrate!

America, land of the free, began with a vision that true freedom comes from our Creator and not man, or an earthly king. From that vision was developed the greatest governing document in human history for ‘we the people’; to prevent tyranny in the future like experienced under England’s king.

Since enacted, the Constitution has survived relentless attacks from those who would want to reinterpret, twist, or rewrite from a self-serving interest or even nefarious agenda. Our fragile liberty depends on fidelity to the principles of our founding as enumerated in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

Recent opinions by the Supreme Court have vindicated our rights and liberties under the Constitution making this very special celebration of Independence Day. In addition, they are an overwhelming tribute to all those who made the ultimate sacrifice to “Defend and uphold the Constitution against all enemies both foreign and domestic.“ God bless America, land of the free because of the brave!

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City offers $20,000 in grants The City of Sisters is seeking to award community grants to non-profit community groups and other entities that meet the grant criteria for the 2022/23 fiscal year. The City will award up to $20,000 in grants this year for Sisters community projects. The average grant award is approximately $1,400, and the City has awarded over $283,000 in grants to 61 local groups over the past 19 years.

Organizations that serve the Sisters community, but are not designated non-profits, will need to meet at least one of the following criteria to be eligible for a grant: • Provides assistance for essential utilities, food, medical needs, clothing, or shelter.

• Provides educational or recreational opportunities for children or seniors.

• Generates/supports economic activity in Sisters.

In evaluating requests from non-profits and forprofit organizations, the City will consider the following: • The requesting organization’s history of success.

• The organizational and financial stability of the requesting organization.

• The number and types of community members served by the request.

• The ability to measure and track the effectiveness of the project or service.

• Community grant funds will not be used for travel, budget deficits, or routine operating expenses.

• The City may give special consideration for requests to support Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in Sisters.

Interested organizations should submit a Community Grant application by Sunday, July 31, 2022, attention Kerry Prosser, City Recorder at kprosser@ ci.sisters.or.us Grants are awarded at the discretion of the Sisters City Council in late August.

Applications are available at www.ci.sisters. or.us/administration/page/ community-grants.

For more information, contact Kerry Prosser at 541-323-5213 or kprosser@ ci.sisters.or.us.

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Adaptive cycling coming to Sisters Oregon Adaptive Sports (OAS) and Sisters Park & Recreation District (SPRD) have partnered to bring the OAS community cycling series to Sisters.

On Friday, July 15 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., OAS and SPRD will offer a free event at SPRD at the Sisters High School parking lot (1750 McKinney Butte Rd.). Adaptive handcycles, recumbents, electric assist, and tandem bikes, along with helmets and adaptive gear, will be on hand for anyone to try, from kids to adults, to experience and to learn about adaptive cycling. With the help of OAS volunteers, participants will be exploring the surrounding Sisters bike paths. All experience levels are welcome.

Cycling is an important part of the Sisters Country culture and it draws many visitors to enjoy the scenic beauty and great trails. It’s one of the most important forms of outdoor recreation in Central Oregon.

Not everyone has the luxury of simply hopping on a bike and riding around Sisters. New designs and technological advances have produced a variety of adaptive cycling equipment,

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making it possible for people with disabilities to enjoy the exercise and exhilaration of outdoor cycling. Adaptive sports are a unique experience tailored for each individual.

Adaptive cycles are bikes that are modified to fit the needs of an individual rider. There are a wide variety of ways that a bicycle or tricycle can be modified to make cycling possible (and fun) for anyone.

OAS offers community cycling programs and support for cycling events for a wide range of people with disabilities throughout Central Oregon. Staff and volunteers are trained to work with specialized cycling equipment and can support rides with varying degrees of duration or challenge. OAS also has trained tandem captains for riders with visual impairments.

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BLUES: Legends added to roster for summer festival

Hospitals taking a financial beating The bleak hospital financial picture from 2021 worsened in the first quarter of 2022, as a surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations from the Omicron wave and rising labor and other costs combined to produce a dismal fiscal quarter that saw 58 percent of Oregon’s hospitals post a negative margin.

Hospitals lost a collective $103 million in Q1 2022 (hospitals posted an average gain of $190 million per quarter in 2019).

Median Operating Margin saw a sharp decline in Q1 to -2.5 percent, dropping below the staggering lows seen in the earliest stages of the pandemic. While over half of Oregon hospitals posted a negative margin last quarter, some of the negative margins were in the double digits.

“These sobering numbers come after two years of really bad financial performance,” said Becky Hultberg, president and CEO of the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems. “We are concerned about some of these community organizations’ ability to provide lifesaving and preventative services in their communities if the financial picture does not improve.”

Simply put, hospital revenue is not covering the cost of patient care. Net Patient Revenue (NPR) again fell short of Total Operating Expenses (TOE) in Q1 2022, and the gap is growing wider.

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Over the past four quarters, NPR has been flat while expenses have risen 10.2 percent.

One significant driver of this is higher costs for labor (up nearly 20 percent over the last four quarters and up 26 percent since 2019) as hospitals raise wages to compete for scarce workers and have had to hire contract labor to ensure ongoing patient care. Labor accounts for at least half of a hospital’s cost, so even a small increase in labor cost has a big impact.

Other hospital costs have risen as well: Other expenses such as supplies, housekeeping, IT, utilities, and insurance have risen 18 percent since 2019.

In combination with expenses, hospitals continued to deal with historic patient care volumes.

Omicron-fueled COVID-19 patient loads peaked at 1,134 (just short of the Delta wave peak). During the pandemic hospitals have often been unable to discharge patients to a more appropriate level of care at a long-term care or behavioral health setting, meaning on any given day hundreds of patients are either “boarding” in the emergency department or in a hospital bed waiting for a placement in the community.

“Let’s be clear, the current state of hospital finances can’t continue. The math no longer works,” said Hultberg.

“Devil Got My Woman” for Paramount Records, which was added to the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2020. But it was not until the early 2000s and the soundtracks from “O, Brother, Where Art Thou?” and “Ghost World,” featuring the aforementioned Hall of Fame song and “Hard Time Killing Floor Blues” that the general public would be introduced to the “Bentonia Sound.”

Grandson of Mississippi legend R. L. Burnside, Cedric Burnside was born into the blues. Like his father, Calvin, before him he backed up the legendary bluesman on drums and began playing professionally by the age of 13. After almost 30 years of performing and living blues within him, the hill country blues descendant is a conduit to the past. With the authenticity and gravitas of the giants before him like R. L. “ Big Daddy,” Junior Kimbrough, Othar Turner, and Jessie Mae Hemphill, he has created a body of work that resonates in the world of today.

Since he last played the Sisters Rhythm & Brews Festival, Burnside has continued to garner many accolades and awards, culminating in taking home the prize of Best Traditional Blues Album at the 2022 Grammy Awards.

The organizers of the Sisters festival say they could not be happier to warmly welcome Burnside

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Cedric Burnside will make his return to Sisters at the August 12-13 Sisters Rhythm & Brews Festival. back again this year.

Joining Cedric Burnside, Friday August 12, will be the boundary-breaking soul/blues/R&B fusion, Memphis combo Southern Ave., multi-instrumentalist Grammy nominated 24-year-old “Wonderboy” from Greenville, Georgia, Jontavious Willis, hailing from Austin Texas, ninepiece monster Latin-funk band Brownout, and, from McComb, Mississippi, “The Mississippi Blues Child“ aka “Mr. Sipp” will make his third Sisters appearance at this year’s Festival. Singleday tickets for Friday are available for $65.

Joining Holmes on Saturday, August 13, from New Orleans, is soul firebrand Nikki Hill, making her return engagement at

Rhythm & Brews; Seattle’s D e l v o n L a m a r r O rg a n Trio, with a booty-shake blend of 1960s soul-jazz and slinky funk; Memphisborn and three-time Blues Music Award-winning guitar legend Eric Gales; from Chicago, Pokey Lafarge & The Northsiders, performing “Moanin’ At Midnight — The Blues of Howlin’ Wolf;” as well as the aforementioned Mr. Sipp. And, finally, Serbian-born guitar virtuoso Ana Popovic and her candy-apple-red Fender Stratocaster wraps up this year’s epic lineup.

Single-day tickets are available for $85. Festival passes remain on sale for $125.

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Candidates for governor will debate

By Julia Shumway OregonCapitalChronicle.com

The three women running for governor of Oregon will debate each other before the November election. When, where, and what about remains undetermined.

Debates about debates heated up over the past couple weeks, with Democrat Tina Kotek calling for a forum solely dedicated to gun violence and unaffiliated candidate Betsy Johnson seeking televised debates in all areas of the state. Republican Christine Drazan is reviewing every proposal.

Kotek on Thursday slammed Johnson and Drazan for not responding to her call for a gun violence forum in the wake of a mass shooting at a Texas elementary school.

Kotek, the former speaker of the Oregon House, supported gun control laws including expanded background checks and preventing people convicted of domestic abuse from obtaining guns, while Johnson voted against those measures as a Democratic state senator. Drazan, who was the Republican House leader from 2019 to 2021, voted against legislation requiring safe gun storage and touts an “A” rating from the National Rifle Association.

“Right now, Oregonians are looking for leaders who will have the courage to stand up to the NRA and fight to reduce gun violence,” Kotek said in a statement. “Representative Drazan and Senator Johnson’s silence makes it clear that they would rather cater to the gun lobby than stand up for common-sense policies to prevent gun violence.”

Johnson’s communications director, Jennifer Sitton, said Johnson assumed Kotek’s call for a gun violence forum was a “political ploy” on Kotek’s

part.

Drazan campaign manager Trey Rosser declined to say whether Drazan will participate in a forum about gun violence, but said in an emailed statement that Drazan looks forward to debates that will give her the opportunity to compare Kotek, Johnson, and Gov. Kate Brown.

“Christine looks forward to comparing and contrasting her record and her vision for Oregon with the two career Democrats that are expected to be on the ballot this November,” Rosser said. “We will be reviewing all proposed debates with a commitment to ensuring they are fair and balanced and look forward to participating in as many as possible.”

Earlier in June, Johnson asked for debates in Bend, Coos Bay, Eugene, Medford, Pendleton, and Portland along with a previously agreed-to debate hosted by the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association.

Kotek countered with a proposal for forums in Eugene, Salem, Portland, Medford, and Hermiston, as well as a debate hosted by Oregon Public Broadcasting without a set location.

Both campaigns said they’re finalizing details over debates. Kotek communications director Katie Wertheimer said Kotek would consider participating in issuespecific forums proposed by other campaigns.

Disagreements over debates are nothing new.

Challengers are usually more eager to debate than incumbents, as shown by the Democratic primary in Oregon’s 5th Congressional District. Jamie McLeodSkinner, who defeated Rep. Kurt Schrader, called for several debates and Schrader only agreed to one on a local television station.

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‘Biblical’ insect swarms spur Oregon push to fight pests

By Claire Rush Associated Press/Report for America

ARLINGTON (AP) — Driving down a windy canyon road in northern Oregon rangeland, Jordan Maley and April Aamodt are on the lookout for Mormon crickets, giant insects that can ravage crops.

“There’s one right there,” Aamodt says.

They’re not hard to spot.

The insects, which can grow larger than 2 inches (5 centimeters), blot the asphalt.

Mormon crickets are not new to Oregon. Native to western North America, their name dates back to the 1800s, when they ruined the fields of Mormon settlers in Utah. But amidst drought and warming temperatures — conditions favored by the insects — outbreaks across the West have worsened.

The Oregon Legislature last year allocated $5 million to assess the problem and set up a Mormon cricket and grasshopper “suppression” program. An additional $1.2 million for the program was approved earlier this month.

It’s part of a larger effort by state and federal authorities in the U.S. West to deal with an explosion of grasshoppers and Mormon crickets that has hit from Montana to Nevada. But some environmental groups oppose the programs, which rely on the aerial spraying of pesticides across large swaths of land.

Maley, an Oregon State University Extension Agent, and Aamodt, a resident of the small Columbia River town of Arlington, are both involved in Mormon cricket outreach and surveying efforts in the area.

In 2017, Arlington saw its largest Mormon cricket outbreak since the 1940s. The roads were “greasy” with the squashed entrails of the huge insects, which damaged nearby wheat crops.

Rancher Skye Krebs said the outbreaks have been “truly biblical.”

“On the highways, once you get them killed, then the rest of them come,” he explained. Mormon crickets are cannibalistic and will feast on each other, dead or alive, if not satiated with protein.

The insects, which are not true crickets but shieldbacked katydids, are flightless. But they can travel at least a quarter of a mile in a day, according to Maley.

Aamodt fought the 2017 outbreak with what she had on hand.

“I got the lawnmower out

and I started mowing them and killing them,” she said.

“I took a straight hoe and I’d stab them.”

Aamodt has organized volunteers to tackle the infestation and earned the nickname “cricket queen.”

Another infestation last year had local officials “scrambling,” Maley said.

“We had all those highvalue crops and irrigation circles,” he explained. “We just had to do what we could to keep them from getting into that.”

In 2021 alone, Oregon agricultural officials estimate 10 million acres of rangeland in 18 counties were damaged by grasshoppers and Mormon crickets.

Under the new Oregon initiative, private landowners like farmers and ranchers can request the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) survey their land. If ODA finds more than three Mormon crickets or eight grasshoppers per square yard it will recommend chemical treatment. In some areas near Arlington surveyed in May soon after the hatch there were 201 Mormon crickets per square yard.

State officials recommend the aerial application of diflubenzuron. The insecticide works by inhibiting development, preventing nymphs from growing into adults. Landowners can be reimbursed for up to 75% of the cost.

Diana Fillmore is a rancher participating in the new costsharing initiative. She says “the ground is just crawling with grasshoppers” on her property.

ODA recommended she treat her 988-acre ranch in Arock in southeastern Oregon. As the program’s protocol calls for applying insecticide to only half the proposed area, alternately targeting swaths then skipping the next one, this means nearly 500 acres of her land will actually be sprayed.

Fillmore decided to act, remembering last year ’s damage.

“It was horrible,” Fillmore said. “Grasshoppers just totally wiped out some of our fields.” She was forced to spend $45,000 on hay she normally wouldn’t have to buy.

Todd Adams, an entomologist and ODA’s Eastern Oregon field office and grasshopper program coordinator, said as of mid-June ODA had received 122 survey requests and sent out 31 See PESTS on page 21

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April Aamodt holds a Mormon cricket in Blalock Canyon near Arlington.

PESTS: Mormon crickets have become a problem Continued from page 20

treatment recommendations for roughly 40,000 acres (16,187 hectares).

Landowners must act quickly if they decide to spray diflubenzuron as it is only effective against nymphs.

“Once they become adults it’s too late,” Adams said.

Oregon’s new program is geared toward private landowners. But the federal government owns more than half of Oregon’s total land, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture has its own program for outbreaks on Western public land.

The U.S. government’s grasshopper suppression program dates back to the 1930s, and USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has sprayed millions of acres with pesticides to control outbreaks since the 1980s.

APHIS National Policy Director William Wesela said the agency sprayed 807,000 acres (326,581 hectares) of rangeland across seven Western states in 2021. So far this year, it has received requests for treatment in Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Nevada, and Arizona, according to Jake Bodart, its state plant health director for Oregon.

In a 2019 risk assessment APHIS recognized the main insecticide used, diflubenzuron, remains “a restricted use pesticide due to its toxicity to aquatic invertebrates,” but said risks are low.

APHIS says it follows methods to reduce concerns.

It instructs pesticide applicators to skip swaths and apply the insecticide at lower rates than listed on the label.

But environmental groups oppose the program. Last month, the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation and the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) sued APHIS in the U.S. District Court in Portland. In their filing, they accuse APHIS of harming rangeland ecosystems and not adequately informing the public about treatment areas.

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agency violated the National Environmental Policy Act by not assessing all the alternatives to pesticides or analyzing the cumulative effects of the program.

Federal officials declined to comment on the suit because it is pending before courts.

Environmentalists say the reduction of grasshoppers diminishes the food source of other wildlife that prey on them.

“We’re very concerned about the impact of these broad, large sprays to our grassland and rangeland ecosystems,” said Sharon S elvaggio, the Xerces Society’s Pesticide Program Specialist.

Selvaggio added the sprays can be “toxic to a wide variety of insects” beyond grasshoppers and Mormon crickets, expressing particular concern for pollinators such as bees.

The two environmental groups want the agency to adopt a more holistic approach to pest management, by exploring methods such as rotational grazing.

“We’re not trying to stop APHIS from ever using pesticides again,” said Andrew Missel, staff attorney at Advocates for the West, the nonprofit law firm that filed the suit. “The point is really to reform” the program, he added.

In Arlington, the “cricket queen” Aamodt said residents had experimented with pesticide alternatives. During 2017, some covered trees in duct tape to trap the insects.

The following year, local officials brought in goats to graze hillsides.

For now, those fighting against future infestations hope the new state program will bring much-needed support.

“Keep in mind that these are people that are taking time out from their own lives to do this,” said OSU Extension Agent Maley. “The volunteers made a huge difference.”

Rush is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.

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most of the questions undermine the state’s ability to more closely track cases.

“All of these other questions don’t make any sense at this junction,” Clark said.

“The survey should take a minute and a half — at most.”

The health authority acknowledged in a statement that is asks questions about race, ethnicity, language and disability, sexual orientation and gender identity. But it said they were optional.

“If people only have a few moments or choose not to respond to all of the questions, the time to complete the survey will be reduced,” the health authority said. It also said people can report postive at-home results by calling the case support hotline at 866-917-8881 or texting

which includes months of fatigue, “brain fog,” insomnia or other symptoms.

“Every single Native American in our survey who reported having had COVID also indicated suffering from long COVID,” the survey said. Thirteen Native Americans were interviewed, about 2 percent of the sample.

“We find similar results with extended family members,” the report said.

Vaccinations appear to play a role in long COVID, the survey said. The rate of unvaccinated people with long COVID – 14 percent – was more than double the rate among vaccinated Oregonians – 6 percent.

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SAFETY: Common sense and courtesy go a long way

COMPLIANCE: City trying to be proactive in prevention

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forecast for a moderate holiday weekend.”

This translates to being able to have a traditional campfire in most of the Deschutes National Forest, not just in designated campgrounds. That was welcome news to the hundreds of campers who took to our woods for the three-day holiday.

Thousands of recreationists take to the forest every summer, increasing the risk of fire and accident. It’s a good time to be reminded of some basic rules, according to Reid. First of all, fireworks are never allowed in a National Forest. None, no matter how small.

For target shooters, exploding targets are strictly prohibited. Exploding targets, generically referred to as Tannerite (a brand of Tannerite Sports, LLC), are sold commercially for recreational target shooting with the purpose of visibly and audibly reacting when struck by a projectile, usually a rifle bullet. Tracer ammunition is also banned.

Otherwise, common sense prevails. Shoot away from brush or trees, particularly when using steel-jacketed ammunition, which can cause an incident like the one at the Zimmerman pit.

Off-highway vehicles (OHV) — ATVs, motorized dirt bikes — are a source of both fire and accidents.

“Never remove or modify the factory spark arrester that comes with the unit,” Reid warns. “And stay on the designated roads.” Fines for violation are hefty and strictly enforced given the risk for fire and damage to the Forest.

There are numerous smart phone apps showing a rider where it is legal and safe to ride. Reid’s office has free paper maps for ATV riders wanting to enjoy the hundreds of miles of available trails. He especially cautions against riding on “humped” roads, those that have built up grass between the tracks.

Such grasses are highly prone to ignition from the heat of an engine.

Wildlife encounters are immediately thrilling, such as the sight of an elk, cougar, or bear. Reid doesn’t see much risk, if one keeps a safe distance and practices standard defensive tactics: Try to give the animal a chance to escape. Look it in the eye if it continues to approach you.

Make loud noises, and try to make yourself look bigger by holding sticks over your head or spreading your jacket (cougars prefer easy prey).

Back away slowly, and never turn your back. Do not run – running triggers the mountain lion’s attack instincts. Do not approach them – approaching triggers the mountain lion’s attack mode.

Reid talked about bears in the Metolius and Green Ridge areas. The issue here is mostly food; that is, the careless storage of it by campers. Bears, like cougars, are rarely interested in humans and will try to avoid contact.

Human food is a magnet for bears, however, and risk occurs in their pursuit of robbing your food store.

Sharing the trail sounds simple, and it is. Still, altercations among bikers, hikers, and equestrians are an unfortunate result of not heeding proper trail etiquette.

Think about it logically.

Horses are big and have a rider on their back. They can’t navigate as easily on a single-track trail. Bikers and hikers must yield to the equestrian. Bikes, often traveling at a high rate of speed, can cause more damage to a hiker than vice versa and therefore must yield to the walker.

If you must put it into hierarchal terms: horse first, hiker second, biker last.

Better to think of it in common-sense terms.

In general, keep your children and pets in sight at all times. Keep all food stored in animal-proof containers.

Let wild animals eat their wild dinners. They are not pets; do not feed them.

Never park on dry grass. The hot undercarriage of your vehicle could start a fire.

Start your activities early and be sure you have plenty of time in your day to return to your vehicle or campsite before dark.

Hike with a buddy and carry plenty of water and nutrition-packed foods in airtight containers. Wear protective clothing, including hiking boots and layers. Carry a compass and a map. Don’t rely on your cell phone, because forests often don’t have cell towers.

But most of all, Reid says, “Enjoy your public lands.

They’re yours after all.”

An administrative infraction code allows the City more opportunities to be involved with obtaining voluntary compliance and leveraging citations as a tool.

Smith’s goal is not to punish property owners for code violations; rather, his goal is to work with the property owners to bring their property into compliance. So far, he has been successful in doing that. During the 13 years he worked in the same position for the City of Redmond, he had a 96 percent compliance rate on 15,000 violations. A big part of Smith’s job is as much about educating the public regarding City codes as it is enforcement.

The chart is simply a framework within which the compliance officer works.

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The timeline is not hard and fast, and adjustments can be made based on the property owner’s situation.

Citations can be removed, or the administrative penalty lowered depending on the violator’s actions. For example, the violator could correct all violations prior to a hearing. In that case, the administrative penalty could be removed or significantly lowered without authorization from a judge.

Citations can be mailed to property owners, eliminating the need to obtain identification, and can more easily facilitate enforcement on out-of-town property owners. Violators that plead not guilty can request a hearing. A hearings officer will preside over the hearing and decide if City code was violated. Unpaid administrative penalties can become a lien upon the violator’s personal property. The City can still utilize municipal court citations in cases where it makes sense.

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XERISCAPE: Landscaping fits local conditions Continued from page 3

“Lake of Fire” by Dylan J. Beck.

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four years. It illustrates the wide range of media that the residency supports, including poetry and writing, photography, painting, drawing, book arts, ceramics, sculpture, printmaking, textiles, and music.

Residencies are an important facet of support for an artist or scholar. They provide time and space to work, away from the distractions and obligations of day-to-day life.

The PMRCAA provides not only an opportunity to live and work outside an artist’s usual environment, invited guests learn about the work involved in growing food, raising livestock, and being the stewards of a gorgeous piece of land looked down upon by the Three Sisters, Broken Top and Black Butte.

Whychus Creek runs through the middle of the property.

Artists work in historic buildings all over the ranch with names like the Dairy Barn, the Pickle Room, and the Old Shop.

Occasionally artists arrive at the Ranch with a project in mind, but more often they leave themselves open to responding to the place itself, which is rich in open space, beautiful scenery, and materials for art-making. Residents are asked to contribute to the ranch by taking on jobs like collecting eggs or tending gardens and often present workshops or artist’s talks in the community.

Artists featured include Loo Bain, Dylan J. Beck, Michael Boonstra, Renee Couture, Shelby Davis, Poppy Dully, Bean Gilsdorf, Patricia L. Giraud, Anne Greenwood,

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The exhibit in Pendleton marks the first time that residents from the program have shown their work as a group.

The event kicks off with an Opening Reception Thursday, July 7 from 5:30 to 7 p.m., which is free and open to the public.

“Even though we designed the residency to be highly competitive, I’m blown away by the body of work that the program has inspired and facilitated since we started in 2018,” said The Roundhouse Founder Kathy Deggendorfer. “I can’t wait to see it celebrated in the gallery at the Pendleton Center for the Arts.”

More information is available by calling 541278-9201 or visiting www.

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California border — like Sisters, abutting a National Forest and highly prone to wildfire — does not water city-owned lawns, including its municipally owned golf course. Not the prettiest of solutions.

Oregon State Univeristy (OSU) is a leader in xeriscaping promoted as waterwise gardening. Associate Professor, Amy Jo Detweiler says: “A water-wise landscape may conjure up images of a dry, desert-like ‘blandscape.’ But, in fact, a wellplanned, water-wise landscape can be attractive, colorful, and rewarding. A waterwise garden does not mean limiting your plant selection to only native plants or plants that use low amounts of water; it can incorporate hundreds of plant choices, including trees, shrubs, evergreens, perennials, and grasses.”

In Sisters Country, with only three to six inches of natural precipitation during the growing season (April through October), water use for our landscapes is a very important consideration.

Each year, a typical Central Oregon resident uses over 50 percent of his or her total water consumption for outdoor landscape according to OSU. We live in a desert and conservationists suggest we act like it when landscaping. The term xeriscaping is

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Xeriscape options eliminate or reduce lawns — but can be very attractive. a combination of the Greek word for dry (xeros) and landscape. So, xeriscape design is intended to thrive in dry conditions.

Sisters is no stranger to xeriscaping and its popularity is growing, even if by necessity. In the Clearpine subdivision just north of Barclay there are 97 living units and only one has any grass lawn and it’s less than 20 square feet, more of an adornment than a feature. All the rest are right out of “native plants 101.”

Native plants are fire, deer and drought resistant and representative of the surrounding nature. Fire mitigation is as much as a driving factor as drought HOA representatives say as more emphasis is being placed on Firewise communities.

Chad Stadeli of C&C Nursery & Landscape in Sisters sees more and more xeriscaping, especially among new construction.

“It’s looking more and more like Bend,” he said.

Indeed, Bend managers push hard on water-wise

landscaping with full-time water conservation staff.

Stadeli finds that seasonal residents are among those inclined to forgo lawns, wanting less maintenance worries when they are away from Sisters.

He also finds that dog owners are more apt to keep traditional landscaping.

Misael Correa owns Awaken Landscapes in Redmond but works mostly in Sisters. Rarely do his installations include lawns.

He is enthusiastic about native plants, finding them both attractive and easy to maintain.

“Soil prep is very important, the fuel tank of your landscaping. Have a bigger fuel tank for healthier results,” he advised. “Amend your soil with organic material like manure, mulch, or compost.”

That leads to holding more water and making more soil microbes, leading to lusher, albeit desert plants.

Once you get the hang of xeriscaping, it’s on to storm water capture.

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NEWS & OPINION FROM SISTERS, OREGON

Picture perfect...

Quilt Show will close Cascade Avenue

Vandals strike Sisters business

By Joseph Duerrmeyer

By Joseph Duerrmeyer

Correspondent

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Thirty-two years ago, few would have dreamed that the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show would grow into the largest outdoor quilt show in the world. By the same token, few would have ever believed the traffic jams that envelop the city on Quilt Show day.

This year is the first year that a new approach is being taken to resolve some of the problems. Cascade Avenue through downtown Sisters will be closed to all traffic from 7 a.m to 5 p.m., on Saturday, July 14.

“Anytime there is an event in Sisters, they put up the detour signs. But they have never closed Cascade before, except for a rodeo parade but that is only for an hour or so,” said Ann Richardson, the Quilt Show’s executive director.

S o m e t i m e We d n e s day night, June 27, vandals wreaked havoc at Leavitt’s.

The flower pots in the antique wagon that create a Sisters landmark were overturned and damaged.

“It is really disappointing. We spent a lot of money and effort to put in the flowers and try to make Sisters look attractive. Then, someone comes along and does this. It makes you feel ‘why am I trying to make this place look nice, if people just come along and try to destroy it,’” said John Leavitt.

The crime was reported to the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office and detectives are still looking into the case. The sheriff’s office did not have any other reports

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Sisters’ colors are a delight for all — and a boon for artists (see related story, page 7).

See CASCADE on page 28

See VANDALS on page 32

Woodburn Construction to build new fire hall

Sisters will pay more for power

By Joseph Duerrmeyer

Sisters residents have some time to make preparations for the increase in electricity rates that will affect all those on the local grid in about four years.

That there will be an increase is a given; however, the amount of the increase will depend on a lot of factors, including the growth of the areas serviced by Central Electric Cooperative (CEC), which encompasses development far beyond the immediate area.

“In 2011, the new BPA

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During a special board meeting on June 26, the Sisters-Camp Sherman Rural Fire Protection District awarded the construction contract for the remodel and expansion of the existing fire hall.

Four bids had been received for the base construction costs, which ranged from $3,439,850 to $3,565,000.

“We were actually able to cut some of the costs at

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From this rubble a new Sisters Fire Hall will rise.

See FIRE HALL on page 34

Movies ........................ 13 Sheriff’s Calls ............... 34 Classifieds ............... 24-26 Real Estate............... 27-40

By Joseph Duerrmeyer Correspondent

(Bonneville Power Administration) contract will become effective,” said Dave Markham, Chief Executive Officer of CEC. “We know that in the new contract, BPA will be looking at a new twotiered rate structure. Tier one will be provided at a good rate, but there is a limited amount of electricity available at that rate. Any electricity that we require for our members above that amount will be priced at the second tier rate which will be substantially higher.”

There have been some local concerns about destination resorts in Jefferson

County and how they might affect the infrastructure and rates that are being paid by residents of the area.

“Any planned development is scheduled to pay for itself. The existing members do not have to pay anything to subsidize the construction of new infrastructure to service the new developments. That is all paid for by the development whether it be transmission or distribution lines. It is not paid for by the members,” said Markham.

With the development of See INCREASE on page 31

Quilt Show program helps fight cancer

Car washes help youth organizations

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A future with more wildfires

By Alex Baumhardt Oregon Capital Chronicle

Access interactive map online at bit.ly/WildfireRiskExplorer.

RISK MAP: Fire officials advise working to reduce risk Continued from page 3

general, most of the densely populated areas of the city have been classified as Moderate risk and defensible space code requirements and home hardening requirements likely will not apply.

Johnson found several properties within city limits that are classified as High risk, for which these requirements will apply.

“Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District recommends that, regardless of risk classification, all homeowners should prepare defensible space around their home,” Johnson advised.

Elaborating on the map’s findings, Johnson reported that the entire community of Tollgate is classified as Moderate risk, as is Crossroads, both subdivisions surrounded entirely by forest. There are a couple lots in Crossroads that are classified as High risk. Most of the densely populated areas of Camp Sherman are rated Moderate risk. Areas North of Sisters are generally classified as High risk and will be subject to defensible space codes once they are adopted.

Johnson adds, “The website has information about how the risk was assessed and links to other sites that will be helpful in reducing wildfire risk on their property. Property owners can also download a homeowners report for their property.”

Despite an exceptionally wet spring, Oregonians surveyed in early June overwhelmingly expect a future of increased wildfires across the state, according to a recent survey.

The Oregon Values and Belief Center, a nonpartisan public opinion research organization, received 1,500 responses to an online survey sent to adults across the state during the first week of June.

Nearly 90 percent of respondents expect wildfires in the state to increase during the next decade.

“As Oregonians often struggle to bridge ideological divides, there is widespread common ground when it comes to concerns about the effects of wildfires on Oregon, regardless of political party, income, education or age,” the report’s authors wrote.

So far, Oregon’s fire season has been mild. Since May there have been 30 humancaused fires in the state, according to the National Interagency Fire Center, most of which burned less than an acre. People are responsible for many of the fires in the state.

Persistent drought conditions put the state at risk

for large wildfires this year, despite above-average rainfall in April, May, and June.

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the West is in the worst drought in 1,200 years and the driest 22-year period on record. Most of central Oregon is in an “exceptional drought.”

The National Interagency Fire Center has forecast a higher than normal risk for wildfires in southern Oregon

by July.

By August, the fire center forecasts that most of the Northwest will face abovenormal risk for potential wildfires.

One in five Oregonians said they have had to evacuate their home due to a wildfire, according to the survey, though the lowest levels of concern among respondents were for damage to personal property.

More than 75 percent of respondents across age, political affiliation, income, education, and gender expressed greater worry over the loss of wildlife and fish habitat in the state due to growing wildfires.

Nearly 80% believe there will be significant loss of state forests during the next decade due to heat and drought.

Few respondents approved of the way that wildfires are

prevented in Oregon. Less than half approved of wildfire management undertaken by private landowners and state government. Nearly 80% of logging in Oregon takes place on private lands, according to the Oregon Forest Resources Institute.

One survey respondent wrote, “Timber companies do not want to log weak, sick, damaged trees in dense forest. Timber companies do not want to log trees killed by fire. They want access to log the large, old healthy trees that survived fire and density.

There is no profit for them in small, destroyed trees. A tree’s ability to survive (or come back) from a fire is greatly underestimated in the logging debate.”

Less than one-third of the respondents approved of the management of forests for wildfire prevention on federal lands in Oregon. About 60 percent of Oregon’s forestland is owned by the federal government, according to the Forest Resources Institute.

Nearly 70 percent of Oregonians support limiting new home construction in fire-prone areas.

Republished under Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, courtesy of https://oregoncapital chronicle.com.

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Wednesday, July 6, 2022 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

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