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Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Runners conquer Hoodoo summit

City manager moving on

By Jeff Omodt Correspondent

It was a perfect day for a trail run in Central Oregon as runners gathered for the sixth annual Kiwanis Run to The Top at Hoodoo on Saturday.

Temperatures were still in the 50s as the runners set out at 8 a.m. for their 13.2- or threemile adventures.

It’s a simple concept with an evil twist: Run a 5K or half-marathon trail course around the Hoodoo Ski resort, then complete the last mile, climbing over 1,000 feet to the top of Hoodoo mountain.

Runners commented to the effect: “It’s an awesome race, beautiful scenery, but one of the hardest we’ve ever done.”

Produced by Kiwanis Club of Sisters, the race has become a favorite of local runners who really want to push themselves.

“We wanted to give our runners an opportunity to challenge themselves in a scenic outdoor setting,” said Race Director Matt Kirchoff .

This year marked the biggest field ever for the event, with 160 entries (85 halfmarathoners and 75 running the 5K).

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By Sue Stafford Correspondent

Correspondent

Talk to anyone in the local wildfire mitigation arena and one of the first things they mention is the extra-tall grass and weeds everywhere because of a wetter-than-usual late spring.

With the onset of high summer temperatures and no precipitation, those dry grasses and weeds provide rapidly burning ground fuel for wildfire, especially if wind is a factor. Fire officials remind us to never park a car or equipment that is still hot from running in tall, dry grass. A car parked at the trailhead in dry grass is what started the Pole Creek blaze several years ago.

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executing all the details that need to come together to make it a good event for the runners.

Local sponsors provide donations and services to make it all happen. That included this year: Ray’s

After four years at the helm as city manager, Cory Misley is leaving Sisters as of September 1 to take a position at Portland State University (PSU) as a project manager for Oregon Solutions.

The program Misley is joining is located at the National Policy Consensus Center in the Hatfield School of Government. Misley will be one of two project managers, with a total staff of 10 people in the project.

The focus of Oregon Solutions, a program of the governor’s office, is to create a collaborative government platform in a community to solve a complicated problem that has been identified by the community with the assistance of another PSU program, Oregon Consensus.

They help the community identify what they want, similar to the visioning process Sisters undertook in recent years.

See RUN TO THE TOP on page 9

See MISLEY on page 21

PHOTO BY JEFF OMODT

The Sisters Kiwanis Run to the Top had its largest field of entries ever on Saturday, as runners took on the major challenge of either a 5k or a half-marathon ending at the Hoodoo summit. to 68 years old, and several were multiple members of the same family. A father-son team from Prineville placed second and third in the 5K. “It was really fun this year to see entire families running together. We had a lot of couples, father-son, and motherdaughter teams this year.

The wildfire threat in our yards

By Sue Stafford

PRE-SORTED STANDARD ECRWSS U.S. POSTAGE PAID Sisters, OR Permit No. 15

Officials are urging everyone with tall, dry grass on their property to pull it or cut it. Ben Duda of the local office of Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) recommends, now that the heat is here, any power mowing should be done before 10 a.m. or after 8 p.m., when there is more humidity and less chance for a spark to catch the grasses on fire.

Dave Elpi of Sisters Forest Products LLC has been working in the area since 1973.

He contacted The Nugget last week to voice concern over the preponderance of tall, dry grass that he is seeing everywhere. He knows how it can fuel a fire once it gets started See WILDFIRE on page 23

And some even ran with their kids in strollers and with the family dog. It was all about family this year,” said Suzy Ramsey, race coordinator The race is produced with an army of volunteers.

Over 30 Kiwanis members, families, and friends spend months planning and

Where NOBOs and SOBOs meet

By Stu Ehr Correspondent

One of the great annual human migrations is underway. From mid-July to mid-August thru-hikers from roughly 45 countries and nearly every state pass through Sisters in an effort to complete one of the world’s great thru-hikes, the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT).

Stretching 2,650 miles from Campo, California, at the Mexican border to Manning Park, British Columbia, Canada, hikers start out from either border in attempt to complete the hike in a four-to-six-month period before the snows fly. Northbound hikers (NOBOs) start in spring and southbound hikers (SOBOs) begin in summer when the

PHOTO BY STU EHR

Crazy Diamond is northbound on the PCT. He stopped in Sisters and was invited to dinner. snows of the North Cascades melt enough to reveal the trail. NOBOs started arriving in Sisters last week,

and a few SOBOs have also started trickling into Sisters, See HIKERS on page 7

Opinion ............................. 2 Meetings .......................... 3 Obituaries ........................ 9 Entertainment ................. 11 Classifieds.................. 18-19 Weather ............................ 2 Letters to the Editor .......... 4 Announcements...............10 Crossword ....................... 17 Real Estate .................19-24

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Narratives and conspiracy theories

Editorial…

The marketplace of ideas A few years back, a colleague who works at another media outlet said, “You get spicy letters to the editor!”

This week’s tranche of letters proves her right.

As I told my colleague then, the “spiciness” of the letters reflects an engaged readership with strong opinions and passions, and the courage and capability to express them.

The Nugget has always believed that Letters to the Editor is a forum in the marketplace of ideas, defined as the concept that, ideally in a free society, ideas and beliefs should compete with each other in an open (preferably civil) discourse, uncensored by government or other nodes of social power.

The past couple of weeks have shown the marketplace in action.

Columnist Mitchell Luftig’s commentary “Inoculating children against conspiracy theories,” (The Nugget, July 13) drew a sharp response from some readers, including a guest op-ed this week from Charles Stephens. Last week, Dr. Wayne Schmotzer challenged Luftig, citing a U.K. study on vaccines. Other readers are challenging Dr. Schmotzer’s interpretation of that study. One reader, who preferred not to submit a letter to the editor, reached out to the author of the study Schmotzer cited by C.J. Reynolds et al.

Catherine Reynolds responded to the reader, who passed along her notes: 1. Our study only looked at individuals who had received three vaccine doses. The study was not designed and cannot make any statements about how three doses of vaccine makes you any more or less likely to become infected, reinfected, or chronically infected with the SARS-CoV2 virus compared to people who have received fewer doses or are unvaccinated. There are many other studies that show vaccination to be highly effective at preventing severe disease, even if it has proved less effective at preventing initial infection. To the best of my knowledge there are no studies

By Charles Stephens Guest Columnist

showing that vaccination increases infection risk.

2. The main narrative of our study concerns how your immune response to the virus can be shaped by whether or not you have been previously infected by the virus. In our data, people that had been previously infected by the original strain of the virus (back in March 2020) had a weaker immune response to the new Omicron variant than people who had never been infected before (again –all – people in our study had been vaccinated three times).

It was therefore previous infection by the virus that resulted in the “immune damping” — not vaccination. (All emphasis in original.)

Seeing local folks taking the measure of each other’s positions, and challenging their arguments or their interpretation of data, is a hopeful sign that robust competition in the marketplace of ideas is still a “thing” in 2022.

There are critiques of the concept of the marketplace of ideas, and it may be a flawed analogy in some respects. The internet and cable and streaming TV have the capability of developing a truly global marketplace of ideas, but instead tend to produce echo chambers and monocultures. But we believe that the marketplace of ideas still works.

In the spirit of John Stuart Mill’s belief that the free flow of ideas separates truth from falsehood and promotes liberty, The Nugget prefers to run as many as possible of the letters we get from readers, without letting one voice or another dominate the discourse. There’s always a line that has to be walked between allowing for the broadest possible discourse and dealing with commentary that is clearly intended only to be inflammatory and/or actually discourages discourse rather than promoting it, but our approach has always been a pretty light hand on the reins.

We appreciate you partaking of the marketplace each week. Keep it spicy, friends.

Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

“Letters to the Editor...” begin on page 4.

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Mitchell Luftig’s commentary piece in the July 13 Nugget, “Inoculating children against conspiracy theories,” was most disheartening. For someone like me, who has spent most of his working lifetime collecting, analyzing, and utilizing data to inform public policy, Mr. Luftig’s interpretations of reality seem to come from some parallel universe, where life’s story is composed of mainstream media narratives. It’s been decades since the mainstream media has delivered much more than societal disinformation, propaganda, and entertainment.

The term “conspiracy theory” was reportedly coined by the CIA in 1967 in response to rapidly growing numbers of people who, for good reasons, failed to buy into the mainstream narrative around the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and, later, of his brother, Robert F. Kennedy. This pejorative label has been used ever since to dismiss those who expose the ugly truth of things by refusing to deal with it at all while discrediting the truthtellers. Over time almost all of these “theoretical” conspiracies turn out to be real and true.

Among many other “theories,” Mr. Luftig laments that conspiracy theorists “challenged the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines.” The reason for this is that the COVID injections are neither safe nor effective. To start with, they don’t even meet the legal definition of “vaccine” in the 1986 Childhood Vaccine Act that exempted pharmaceutical companies from all liability associated with their faulty products. Further, it’s illegal to refer to an Emergency Use Authorization product (all that’s available in this country) as “safe and effective.”

Even the CDC has publicly admitted that these injections don’t prevent infection, disease, or transmission.

In addition, the injections aren’t safe. The CDC’s own VAERS reporting system has recorded hundreds of thousands of deaths and serious injuries from the shots.

Before 2020, if a vaccine killed more than 25 people it was immediately withdrawn from the market. These people aren’t theoretically dead — they’re actually deceased, because of the shots. Why is it now okay to kill or seriously injure hundreds of thousands of people with a shot? Are these people just collateral damage? Toward what end?

Mr. Luftig goes on to

grossly oversimplify our national problem of mass shootings by pinning the blame on a handful of “conspiracy theorists.” While the actual causes are complex, there are two fundamental drivers, unmentioned by Mr. Luftig. First, more than a quarter of Americans between the ages of 16 and 85 are on one or another mind-altering psychiatric medication, many of those on SSRIs like Prozac, Paxil, Effexor, and the rest. According to the published, peer-reviewed science and the drug package inserts, the side effects of these medications include a 2-3 times greater risk of suicide and violence, compared to the placebo group.

Adding more complexity, the Big Tech sector, led

by Bill Gates, has got most of our children glued to their screens for hours a day from a very early age, to the exclusion of personal interaction with other real humans.

Many children, especially boys, spend hundreds of hours a year playing violent video games. The conclusive research says that these children’s brain development has been significantly altered, and not for the better. Research

by Sherry Turkle (MIT), published by 2014, found that young people (under 25s) exhibited no capacity for empathy or compassion.

None. This is because those character traits are learned only in personal interaction, from a very young age and continuing into one’s 20s.

So we have enormous numbers of people who are on mind-altering drugs, including more than a quarter million babies. They’re two to three times as prone to suicide and violence than the rest of society, and many have no capacity for empathy or compassion. To them, shooting actual people, for real, isn’t far removed from blasting the enemy in their video games.

Is it any wonder that a few of these debilitated people end up committing atrocities?

Big Pharma will never let the conversation happen in which they might be held accountable for their share of the mess our country is in. Neither will Big Tech.

There’s just way too much wealth and control at stake here. And you’ll never hear a peep about these things in the mainstream media, for the same reason.

Mr. Luftig has reduced our society’s highly complex problems to a handful of mainstream media narratives that don’t comport with reality or offer any real solutions.

Our children would be far better off if they were better connected to reality.

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

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Sisters priest has work to do in India

By Sue Stafford Correspondent

Fr. Sibi Poulose, priest at St. Edward the Martyr Catholic Church in Sisters, told The Nugget, “I don’t usually talk about myself.”

The good Father much prefers to talk about the work his “Boss” has given him to do. For a man of only 41 years, he has accomplished much for God, and, in another 18 months, he will be returning to northern India to continue the work by establishing a behavioral health mission dedicated to offering housing, support, and services for residents dealing with addiction and mental health issues.

Fr. Sibi has made sure he is ready when a situation to be of help to others presents itself. After graduating from high school at age 16 in the far southern tip of India, he left home with 17 other boys and a priest to travel by train 2,500 miles north to a seminary mission in the lower Himalayan region of India. Prior to that trip, he had never been more than 20 miles from home.

The challenges are many where few are Christians, making priests and nuns targets for beatings, imprisonment, and even death. They don’t speak Fr. Sibi’s first language, Malayalam. He now speaks three languages: Malayalam, Hindi, and English. July and August are the monsoon season and in 2013 a violent cloudburst

killed 60,000 people.

After one year at the seminary, only nine of the original young men who traveled north with Sibi were still there. He is one of five who were eventually ordained as priests after 12 years.

Three of them are in India, one is in Rome working on his doctorate in canon law, and Fr. Sibi is in Sisters.

He came to the U.S. for five years, arriving in Bend July 7, 2018, and spent his first four months as an associate priest at St. Francis parPHOTO PROVIDED ish. He came to Bend Fr. Sibi Poulose, priest at St. Edward the because of some conMartyr Catholic Church, will be returning nections between bishto his mission work in India in 12 to 18 ops. He came to Sisters months. as the parish priest at the end of 2018.

Fr. Sibi explained that, so when he returns to India, because there is a short- he will be prepared to estabage of priests in the U.S., lish the mission, serving priests from other countries addicts and mental health are encouraged to come to clients in addition to serving the States. He has been a in the other missions there. priest for 13 years, although He was originally a part of he freely admits that in his Premdham – House of Love.

The mission began with younger years he “was not priest material.” He was into just a small group of children sports and dancing, think- and has grown to currently ing he would become an care for 95 people who are severely enough impacted by engineer.

Prior to leaving India, mental retardation, cerebral Sibi attended college for palsy, and other afflictions four years in New Delhi, a that they are not trainable for northern city of 35 million employment but can assist people, where he received a in ways around the mission. degree in clinical psychol- There are 70 who are bedogy. While in Sisters, he has ridden and are helped by the been working on an online others. Altogether there are doctorate degree in behavioral health administration See INDIA on page 22

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Helping our birds in high heat

By Elise Wolf Correspondent

The outside thermometer has launched into the red zone. We know that heat can have concerning health impacts, but not just for us upright two-leggeds.

Everyone suffers in extreme heat — insects, mammals, and birds, as well as those with roots holding them in one place, plants.

The animals and plants of Central Oregon are adapted to some heat extremes. But last year, we beat all records when we catapulted up into the triple digits of 115 degrees. And here we are again in the 100s. So, what can we do to help our flighted friends?

Our yard birds do have physiological adaptations that help them survive high heat. Depending on the species, birds’ normal temperatures run between 101-106 degrees. When the thermostat rises and the temps begin to approach their internal temperatures, they risk heat exhaustion, stress, and stroke just like the rest of us.

Because birds don’t sweat, they have adapted different strategies for cooling off.

Mainly, they pant. Cooling is done by air passing across the wet tissues in the mouth and throat, called evaporative cooling. They can also flutter the skin at the front of the neck. To release heat from See BIRDS on page 15

A summer of reading in Sisters Country

By Bill Bartlett Correspondent

True or false? People read more in the summer. True, according to a 2021 OnePoll survey of 2,000 respondents.

Fifty-six percent admitted to reading at least one “serious” book in the summer to look smarter.

Thirty-six percent use the summer months to brush up on their knowledge of history, while two in five read more mysteries during vacation

months than they do at any other time of the year. More than half of those polled (53 percent) look forward to romantic reads on their holiday break — including, surprisingly, more men than women (56 percent versus 37 percent). Men are also more likely to admit they use the summer to read books they like without fear of judgment (73 percent versus 62 percent).

See BOOKS on page 17

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.

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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., The Hanger, Sisters Community Church. 847-344-0498.

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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Letters to the Editor…

Sisters salutes...

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

Forest neighbors

To the Editor: Your feature story covering homeless people around Sisters was both an eye opener and first-class local journalism (“The neighbors in the forest,” The Nugget, June 29, page 1).

Many of us see the encampments daily. It’s easy to dehumanize; it can be much harder to take the time to understand the true circumstances and outlook of our neighbors.

Thank you!

Winston Saunders

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Sisters has two labyrinths

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AFSC and STARS volunteers at the Sisters Farmers Market.

• Age Friendly Sisters Country (AFSC) is grateful to The Roundhouse Foundation, Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation, St. Charles, and C4C/ Vision Team for their generous support of Sisters Transportation and Ride Share in 2022. Sisters Transportation and Ride Share (STARS) volunteers provide free rides to nonemergency medical appointments in Sisters, Bend, and Redmond, and the service is available to any Sisters Country resident. STARS is an Age Friendly Sisters Country action team.

• Diane Prescott wrote: The Three Sisters Historical Society was able to hold a community Founders Day Celebration

at the Fir Street Park on July 15, thanks in large part to the hard work of event chairperson Pat Leiser and all her volunteers. There were many enthusiastic participants — some of whom showed up in period costume — and all were treated to a Picnic provided by our generous donors, Oliver Lemon’s, Ray’s Food Place, Sisters Dino Market, and Suttle Tea. Those in attendance enjoyed old-time fiddle and banjo music provided by Jason Chinchen and Sasha Stolatz, including a verbal history of many of the pieces. Contributions were also made by Circle of Friends, Kiwanis/Subway, VFW/Ace Hardware, and the City of Sisters. Thank you to all!

It would be sad if the Community Labyrinth doesn’t survive the new plans for the Transportation Hub between Highway 242 and Highway 20 because, in my opinion, a community can’t have too many labyrinths.

For several years, Sisters Country has been blessed to have two labyrinths available to any who wish to walk this ancient contemplative path.

The Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, located at the corner of Highway 242 and Brooks Camp Road, finished a permanent labyrinth in 2014, the same year the other labyrinth also became operational. Our nine-circuit, paved labyrinth was situated to have a stunning view of the Three

Sisters. From the beginning, the congregation has hoped the labyrinth would be used by the wider Sisters community.

For easiest access, drive to the southernmost end of the parking lot. A short walk takes you to the labyrinth’s entrance. Brochures are available if you’d like some additional information. In brief, you can’t get “lost” on a labyrinth because it’s not a maze…it’s a path that “centers” you as you walk.

Labyrinths, as noted in last week’s Nugget article, are both ancient and contemporary and are now to be found on the grounds of hospitals, schools, parks, and retreat centers, as well as churches. They are appropriately walked by any and all persons — by those of every faith tradition, by the “spiritual but not religious,” and by those who simply want to settle their busy minds. It’s delightful to watch children run or skip the path. You walk at your own pace, with your own intentions. By their nature, labyrinths are inclusive and open to everybody — and that definitely includes the labyrinth at Transfiguration. You can walk by yourself at any time, or as part of a group event.

If it happens (and we hope it doesn’t!) that the Community Labyrinth does not survive, the Transfiguration Labyrinth team would very much like to cosponsor ongoing solstice and equinox walks (which also have deep roots in See LETTERS on page 6

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SPRD plans next steps Sisters Park & Recreation District (SPRD) wrapped up their recreation programming needs assessment in June and the District is working on implementing program changes that will be begin this fall.

In May this year, SPRD hired 3J Consulting to conduct an impartial needs assessment, which included hosting four focus groups.

This approach allowed for meaningful conversations on current and future programming needs. SPRD’s board of directors received the final report at their June business meeting, which highlighted key findings and recommendations.

According to SPRD Executive Director Jennifer Holland, while, overall, focus group participants were pleased with SPRD, many were surprised to see all the programs the District offers and shared insights on what was missing. Common themes emerged through the process, which became the top recommendations from the consultant. These recommendations included offering a variety of programs for all ages, adding more outdoor recreation programs, increasing childcare capacity, improving the online registration process and District website, and increasing District marketing efforts.

In addition to programmatic recommendations, the focus groups consistently and independent of each other raised the need for public pickleball courts and

a community pool, as well as repurposing the old Sisters Elementary School building for a community recreation center.

Holland reports that District staff have already begun work on expanding fall programming with a concerted effort to ensure a variety of programs for all ages in the community.

“Operational changes such as website and registration improvements and District marketing are currently under evaluation,” she stated. “Staff will make recommendations to the board of directors in the coming months on proposed improvements.”

The District will be using the information collected during this process to build a public opinion survey, which will occur later this year, as SPRD prepares for their local option levy renewal election in May 2023. This process will allow the District to analyze the community support for the levy renewal, while also determining if the community is willing to fund capital projects like a community pool.

“We are so grateful to all who share their thoughts and opinions with us. This information is vital for us to ensure we are providing the programs and services people want and also allows us an opportunity to learn more about current barriers to participation so we can work to address them,” Holland said.

The District has opened an online recreation programming survey to give

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Celtic Christian practices) as well as invite the public to participate in other guided walks throughout the year, some of which are connected to the church year (All Saints’ Day, Ash Wednesday, Eastertide, for example) and some celebrating national holidays (Fourth of July, Thanksgiving). We would love to collaborate with the Community Labyrinth committee.

But you don’t need to wait for a labyrinth “event.” The Transfiguration labyrinth is just waiting for you to come and experience a walk anytime.

And so, for the time being at least, is the Community Labyrinth. As we’ve said before, you can’t have too many labyrinths in town.

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To the Editor: Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. It was not stolen from him. The facts are detailed in a report published this month titled “Lost, Not Stolen: The Conservative Case that Trump Lost and Biden Won the 2020 Presidential Election.”

The authors are “political conservatives who have spent most of our adult lives working to support the Constitution and the conservative principles upon which it is based: limited government, liberty, equality of opportunity, freedom of religion, a strong national defense, and the rule of law.”

They are listed on the title page and easily researched online. They include two former United States Senators (one is Gordon Smith of Oregon), three former Federal Circuit Court judges, Speaker

Paul Ryan’s former chief of staff, a former Solicitor General of the United States, and a lawyer experienced at representing the Republican party and its campaigns. They created their report because they became “deeply troubled by efforts to overturn or discredit the results of the 2020 Presidential Election.” They declare any efforts “to thwart the People’s choice are deeply undemocratic and unpatriotic.”

They agree any claims that “an election was stolen, or that the outcome resulted from fraud, are deadly serious and should be made only on the basis of real and powerful evidence.” The report addresses specific allegations of fraud made in six states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. It provides details regarding the 64 legal cases brought by Trump and his supporters.

They prevailed in only one, a “Pennsylvania case involving far too few votes to overturn the results.”

As a result, “Donald Trump and his supporters had their day in court and failed to produce substantive evidence to make their case.” The authors bluntly confront continuing false claims of a stolen election: “Even now, 20 months after the election, a period in which Trump’s supporters have been energetically scouring every nook and cranny for proof that the election was stolen, they come up empty. Claims are made, trumpeted in sympathetic media, and accepted as truthful by many patriotic Americans.

But on objective examination they have fallen short, every time.” Their overall conclusion is “unequivocal: Joe Biden was the choice of a majority of the Electors, who themselves were the choice of the majority of voters in their states.” Examine the facts for yourself. “Lost, Not Stolen” is at https://bit.ly/ lostnotstolen and other online sites.

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This article is part of an ongoing study of 731 health care workers in London that was started in March 2020. Intentionally this group includes subgroups with different histories of noninfection, infection, and vaccination. There is no mention of a group of individuals with four vaccinations (see “Study Subjects,” page 6).

Don’t worry Mr. Schmotzer, I am not going to call you anything.

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Nice work, Dr. Schmotzer! The best letter I have read all year. Every paragraph was spot on and indisputable. There is hope!

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a slower-than-usual start given the high snow conditions in Washington State.

Those arriving from the south have backpacked 2,000 miles, while those heading south have put in a tough 650 miles. Both NOBOs and SOBOs access Sisters from a short “hitch” via Santiam or McKenzie Pass.

A thru-hike is defined as hiking the entire trail end to end, with continuous footsteps. Many cannot afford to take the time to do the trail as a continuous hike. Those that hike the entire PCT over

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multiple years are known as section hikers.

Thru-hikers unanimously agree that Sisters is a great town to take a “zero” day, a day to resupply, shower, do laundry, and take advantage of many of the great eateries Sisters provides. And eat, they do. While the average person consumes 1,500-2,500 calories a day, the needs of a thru-hiker, who covers 20-30 miles per day, all while carrying 30-40 pounds on their back, require 5,000-7,000 calories per day. Even at that intake, many hikers report a condition known as hikerhunger, an insatiable appetite to eat anything and everything set before them.

The PCT thru-hikers ambling through town are easy to spot; well-toned and tanned bodies sporting a compact “kit” (backpack) and covered in trail dust make them stand out from any other visitors to town.

Many thru-hikers have also left their identity behind, taking on a trail name bestowed by other hikers, often by a visual quirk or habit they have displayed on trail.

Although Sisters is regarded as a great trail town, one thru-hiker, Ben Ball (Still Smokin’), 32, from Florida, sat at Creekside Campground and wished for one thing Sisters lacked: “The only thing that could have made this stop even better would

have been an all-you-can-eat buffet!”

Despite that, other thruhikers were unconditional in their effusive praise. Elon Ginsberg (Caveman), 55, Israel, a NOBO, remarked, “This is really a great town!

The people here are so friendly. A couple I met bought me lunch and even invited me to their home for dinner.”

Caveman went on to remark at the natural beauty of the state and said it has been the highlight of his thruhike so far.

NOBOs Maggie Wise (Shazam), from Ohio, and her hiking partner, Mark Hassett (Jabberwocky), New York, both taking time off from their post-grad work, commented on their favorite stops while in town: “Sisters Bakery was fantastic! The people at Hike-N-Peaks were very helpful and allowed us to store our gear there while we explored the town.”

Steffan (Crazy Diamond) 50, from Germany had high marks for our coffee: “I enjoyed sitting outside, having breakfast, drinking excellent coffee, and meeting the many friendly people who were curious about my journey. The beer, the IPAs, are so delicious! I want to take the coffee and beer with me back to Germany.”

René (Wrong Way), 37, from France, said, “Although the views are amazing it is

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NOBOs Jabberwocky and Shazam loved their brief stay in Sisters. really the people you meet, on trail and in the towns, that make the PCT the most best thing I’ve ever done.”

Ta n j a , a 1 9 - y e a r old SOBO hiker from Switzerland, was wide-eyed and enthusiastic about her short stay in Sisters.

“This Western town is so beautiful and the people I meet, all of them, have been so helpful giving me rides from the trailhead and to the stores,” she said. “I would like to come back and spend time here.”

In a small way, Sisters has drawn the world to their doorstep. If you spot a thruhiker, a SOBO or NOBO, and have a chance to chat, most are happy to engage and tell the stories of their hike, what drew them to the trail from faraway homes, and how the PCT, and trail towns like

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But then the good doctor walks the reader through six cases of, in his view, egregious examples of how “the left” controls the political narrative through claiming conspiracy.

Unfortunately for his argument, none of the cases he cites involve a conspiracy, which, according to the “Oxford Dictionary,” is “a secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful.”

Where are the secret plans in any of the doctor’s examples? The obvious conspiracy that Dr. Schmotzer neglects to cite, because I’m guessing it doesn’t fit his view of the world, was President Trump’s well documented secret plans, aka conspiracies, to overturn the election.

The doctor’s assertion that young people must have open minds that can think for themselves should be among our highest aspirations as a society. Sadly, the doctor appears to have closed his mind to viewing the world in that manner long ago.

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To the Editor: If you got a letter from the state Fire Protection Division, like we did last week, you might be scratching your head to learn your property has been classified as “high” or “extreme” wildfire risk.

If you didn’t get a letter, thank your lucky stars, but don’t be too sure that you’re out of the woods, especially if you live in the woods!

Thanks to Senate Bill 762, and what appears to

be a hastily thrown together “plan,” there’s a whole lot of confusion going on. I’ve spent more time than I care to admit studying the State’s colorful map, numerical risk values, and definition of wildfire risk factor classifications. Plus, I’ve driven around Sisters Country, with their colorful map in hand, trying to make sense of what feels like nonsense.

For instance, our recently built home, on a wide paved street in the city limits, has metal roofs, hardscape surfaces, and only one ponderosa pine that’s limbed way up. We have underground powerlines and a nearby fire hydrant. Yet our property is designated “high” wildfire risk? Okay, I thought if that’s true, tight neighborhoods in thickly wooded areas with exposed powerlines must be rated “extreme.”

But no, according to the State’s map, they’re in the yellow zone and only “moderate” wildfire risk.

I even drove around looking to see if I was imagining things. But within the “moderate” yellow zone areas, I saw properties with bushy trees next to the house (some dead). I saw wooden decks with woodpiles. I saw pinecones, needles, and debris. Yet those homeowners received no warning letter from the State. Does that make sense?

Of course, there’s the appeal process, which I’ve already done, and I’m sharing appeal forms with neighbors, but the State gave us a relatively small window of time. And what if they are inundated with appeals? Will they even listen? Another concern is how these ratings will impact home values and homeowners’ policies. I’ve heard fire insurance could go up 25 percent or more, and some could be cancelled if rated “extreme.”

If the Fire Protection Division had taken the time to actually investigate what they were classifying, their system could be helpful. Especially since the

plan is to allocate funds to assist at-risk properties. Although $220 million could be spread thin, or wasted, if they don’t apply it to the right places.

Like how about thinning out trees that interface with powerlines in the forest? That seems to be a pretty extreme fire risk for everyone. Speaking of trees, here’s another conundrum — how do homeowners comply to the State’s demand to cut down and thin out trees when our “Tree City USA” designation just says “no” to tree removal?

Mostly I want to alert homeowners to the dilemma that SB 762 has created. I might be missing something, but the State’s ratings for Sisters Country seems very arbitrary to me. Like someone just printed out an aerial google map, grabbed up red, orange and yellow felt pens and started coloring.

Did they have anyone actually here on the ground?

Not in my neighborhood. In fact, I just discovered (after I sent my appeal) that the aerial photo used to rate our wildfire risk was taken before we built our home. So, I encourage you, if you were ranked “high” or “extreme” risk, do some investigating.

Don’t wait to file an appeal if your rate seems unfair.

Melody Carlson

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To the Editor: I had to laugh when I read Jim Cornelius’s op-ed about “The political lens,” and the accusation from an anonymous reader that The Nugget leans left.

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Obituary June 7, 1962- July 3, 2022

Melinda Ann Witt lived an inspiring life: rich in adventure, deep friendships, happiness, and love. Everyone who met her felt Melinda’s spirit and kindness. Melinda peacefully passed away in the morning on Sunday, July 3, surrounded by family in her home in Arizona after a courageous battle with cancer.

Melinda was born on June 7, 1962, in Portland, where she spent her early childhood years. She and her family later moved across the river to Washington, where she was raised and attended Camas schools. Melinda was an outgoing spirit in her youth — well-liked, active in numerous sports, and a cheerleader at Camas High.

Melinda was a natural athlete, enjoying water skiing, snow skiing, and equestrian events. In 1980, she was crowned St. Paul Rodeo Queen. In the same year she began her working career at Lacamas Community Credit Union, going on to work for 16 years, advancing from the teller line to marketing manager. In 1982, Melinda married Dale Ross and soon brought son Spencer and daughter Shelby into the world.

Melinda played an active role within the credit union industry and the Camas community, serving as president of the Camas Chamber of Commerce for the 19921993 term. She met Brian Witt, a Pacific Northwest credit union attorney, marrying in 1994. A year later, they

celebrated the birth of their son Dillon.

The Witts began raising their family in Portland.

Melinda was a devoted and loving mother of her children. The family moved to Sisters in 1999 to enjoy life at a different pace, in a community of close friends and boundless natural beauty and recreation. Melinda did not miss a school activity or sporting event of the kids: Cub scouts, Little League baseball, 4-H and equestrian events, volleyball, sporting clays, Outlaws golf, football and baseball games, and downhill ski racing. She was also very involved with Sisters community organizations and the Sisters Schools Foundation.

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National Night Out The Deschutes County Sheriff ’s Office is hosting National Night Out at the Village Green Park on Tuesday, August 2, from 6 to 8 p.m. Come and interact with your deputies assigned to the city of Sisters. They invite citizens of Sisters Country to look at emergency vehicles from patrol, K-9, and the Special Services Division. Drinks and ice cream provided in an “ice cream social” style meet and greet. Deputies will provide giveaway items for children, allow them to tour police vehicles, and offer photo opportunities. This event is meant to increase awareness about the Deschutes County Sheriff ’s Office’s presence in Sisters and to build trust and relationships between the Office and citizens. For more information call 541-312-6023.

Friends of the Metolius Interpretive Walks Join Oregon Master Naturalist Carol Wall on the fifth walk in the Friends of the Metolius Interpretive Walks series. The Bird and Flower Walk Along the Metolius will be held July 30 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.

Covid Booster Clinic There will be a free Covid Booster Clinic, Friday, July 29, from 1 to 5 p.m., Camp Sherman Community Hall, put on by Jefferson County Public Health Department. First and second doses also available. Contact Jefferson County Public Health with questions: 541-475-4456.

Crafters Wanted Quality craft-consigners wanted for 46th Snowflake Boutique, November 4-5. Juries will be held on Saturdays, August 13, September 3, and October 1, beginning at 9:30 a.m. at Highland Baptist Church, Redmond and Monday, October 17 at 6 p.m. Info: www. snowflakeboutique.org or call Tina 541-447-1640 or Jan 541-350-4888.

Sisters Garden Club Puzzle Sales Thank you to our Sisters community for supporting our club in helping us sell our 25th Anniversary Edition “Quilts in the Garden” Puzzle. You can currently purchase the puzzle for $20 at the following locations: Ray’s Food Place, The Gallimaufry, Common Threads, and Metamorphosis Salon. We are so thankful to these stores for their support. Purchase your puzzle now before they are all gone — they make great gifts.

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Maret Pajutee, former ecologist with the Sisters Ranger District, will share “The Secrets of Allingham Meadow.” No charge, donations gladly accepted. For info call 541-595-2719.

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.

Coexistence and Regeneration: Learning from Rural Voices, Ecology + Craft Award-winning independent radio and podcast journalist Ashley Ahearn, takes you behind the scenes of her series covering women ranchers across the West in “Riding and Recording the Urban/Rural Divide” on Thursday, July 28 from 6 to 8 p.m. Sally Linville, founder and creative director of The City Girl Farm is a fiber artist and furniture designer who sculpts natural materials—wool, wood and bronze—into sophisticated yet charming, acclaimed works.

She will talk about her artistic process, and the role of art in treasuring who we are as people—our memories, our senses and our relationships with one another. It’s part of the Coexistence and Regeneration Lecture Series, presented

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For more info inquires@ roundhousefoundation.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 information call 209-743-1937.

Green Drinks at Seed to Table Come join The Environmental Center and Seed to Table for July Green Drinks! Thursday, July 28 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Seed to Table, 998 E. Black Butte Ave., Sisters. Tour the farm, snack on farm- fresh appetizers, sip on beer, wine, or kombucha, win some awesome prizes!

Please RSVP in advance at www.eventbrite.com/e/ green-drinks-at-seed-to-tabletickets-374555665077. Parking at the farm is limited; please try to walk, bike, carpool or walk. For info 541-385-6908.

Free Weekly Meal Service Family Kitchen is hosting a weekly to-go hot meal service on Tuesdays from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at Sisters Community Church, 1300 W. McKenzie Hwy. For info: www.FamilyKitchen.org.

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.

Sisters Transportation and Ride Share (STARS) Dispatchers are booking non-emergency medical rides Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Rides are based on volunteer driver availability and are provided Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. At least 48 hours advance notice required. STARS Dispatcher number for all rides is 541-904-5545. STARS is an Age Friendly Sisters Country Action Team.

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. Pickups available Thursdays, beginning at 12:30 p.m. Located at 412 E. Main Ave., Ste. 4, behind The Nugget office.

Historic Sisters Landmark Walking Tours Join Three Sisters Historical Society for a tour of approx.

1-1/2 hours and about a 1mile walk: Friday, July 29, 9 a.m., Friday, August 12, 9 a.m., or Sunday, August 21, 2 p.m.

Learn about Sisters’ history and listen to entertaining stories by your guide. Tours are free, donations are accepted. Reservations are required as space is limited due to headset availability.

Call 541-549-1403 or email threesistershistoricalsociety@ gmail.com Sisters Habitat Accepting New Volunteers!

Sisters Habitat for Humanity is accepting new volunteers for the Thrift Store, ReStore, Construction, and Home ea New volunteers Repair teams. te a New must attend Volunteer Orientation, which is offered every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 12 noon at the Sisters Habitat Office 382 E. Hood Ave., Suite A-West (across from Ace Hardware). The orientation takes approximately one hour. To reserve your spot, call Kristina at 541-5491193 or by email kristina@ sistershabitat.org Affordable Homeownership Opportunity Sisters Habitat for Humanity is accepting applications for its homeownership program.

If you have lived and/or worked in Sisters for at least a year, need housing, have verifiable income, and are willing to contribute up to 500 hours of sweat equity, this program may be for you. Please review Habitat’s qualification guide online at: www.sistershabitat.org/ housing-programs or pick one up at the Habitat office, 382 E. Hood Ave., Suite A-West. Questions, please call 541-549-1193.

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POPPY Poppy came to HSCO

in need of some special attention with grooming, and we were happy to oblige with an adorable lion cut for the summer.

Since then, Poppy has been enjoying her new do and celebrating all the pets and head bumps life has to offer. Our little Poppy princess chooses to be the one and only feline in her new home as Poppy believes that the world revolves around her needs, desiring to be the center of attention!

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

SISTERS-AREA CHURCHES

Chapel in the Pines Camp Sherman • 541-549-9971 10 a.m. Sunday Worship

Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church (ELCA) 386 N. Fir Street • 541-549-5831 10 a.m. Sunday Worship www.shepherdofthehillslutheranchurch.com St. Edward the Martyr Roman Catholic Church 123 Trinity Way • 541-549-9391 5:30 p.m. Saturday Vigil Mass 9 a.m. Sunday Mass • 8 a.m. Monday-Friday Mass The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 452 Trinity Way • Branch President, 541-420-5670; 10 a.m. Sunday Sacrament Meeting Calvary Church 484 W. Washington St., Ste. C & D • 541-588-6288 10 a.m. Sunday Worship • www.ccsisters.org Seventh-Day Adventist Church 386 N. Fir St. • 541-595-6770, 541-306-8303 11 a.m. Saturday Worship

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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EXPRESSIONS IN WOOD 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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FRIDAY • JULY 29

Eurosports Food Cart Garden Car Show & Live Music: Smoke Drifters 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.

SATURDAY • AUGUST 6

Deschutes County Expo Center Fair & Rodeo 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Exhibits, vendors, carnival, NPRA Championship Rodeo at 7 p.m., live music by T.I. at 8 p.m. Full schedule and advance tickets at expo.deschutes.org/p/fair.

Hardtails Petty Fever a tribute to Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, 8 p.m. Summer Tribute Series.

Tickets at www.BendTicket.com.

Sisters Depot Live Music: David Tutmark 6 to 8:30 p.m. More info at www.sistersdepot.com.

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

SUNDAY • AUGUST 7

SATURDAY • JULY 30

Sisters Art Works Live Music: Watchhouse Presented by Sisters Folk Festival. 7 to 10 p.m., doors open at 6 p.m. All ages welcome. More info, 541-549-4979.

Tickets at www.sistersfolkfestival.org/SFF-Presents.

Hardtails Gold Dust a tribute to Fleetwood Mac, 8 p.m.

Summer Tribute Series. Tickets at www.BendTicket.com.

Sisters Depot Luau Party Fundraiser for Hawaiian Mike 4 p.m. Hawaiian meal with live music by Bill Keale, dancing by Hokule’a Ohana. Tickets at www.sistersdepot.com.

SUNDAY • JULY 31

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

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

Featuring live music by Rick and Barb, community booth, vendors, kids activities, and more. More info: www.sistersfarmersmarket.com.

MONDAY • AUGUST 1

Deschutes County Expo Center Fair & Rodeo 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Exhibits, vendors, carnival, live music

by Virlá García at 4 p.m. Full schedule and advance tickets at expo.deschutes.org/p/fair.

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

Featuring live music by Appaloosa, community booth, vendors, kids activities, and more. More info: www.sistersfarmersmarket.com.

Sisters Community Church Live Music: High Street Party Band Summer Concert Series on the lawn. 6 p.m.

Free (donation to featured nonprofit, In Our Backyard, appreciated).

Bring chairs or blanket. More info at www.SistersChurch.com.

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

MONDAY • AUGUST 8

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

WEDNESDAY • AUGUST 10

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

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.

WEDNESDAY • AUGUST 3

Lake Creek Lodge Live Music: Skybound Blue & Bob Baker 4:30-7 p.m. on the deck in Camp Sherman.

Free. Info at www.lakecreeklodge.com/events/.

Deschutes County Expo Center Fair & Rodeo 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Exhibits, vendors, carnival, NPRA Rodeo at 7 p.m., live music by Chase Rice at 8 p.m.

Full schedule and advance tickets at expo.deschutes.org/p/fair.

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.

THURSDAY • AUGUST 4

Deschutes County Expo Center Fair & Rodeo 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Exhibits, vendors, carnival, NPRA Championship Rodeo at 7 p.m., live music by Daughtry at 8 p.m.

Full schedule and advance tickets at expo.deschutes.org/p/fair.

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

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

The Barn in Sisters Live Music: Buffalo Kin 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.

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

Eurosports Food Cart Garden Car Show & Live Music: NTT Kevin & Chriss 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.

Deschutes County Expo Center Fair & Rodeo 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Exhibits, vendors, carnival, NPRA Championship Rodeo at 7 p.m., live music by Cheap Trick at 8 p.m.

Full schedule and advance tickets at expo.deschutes.org/p/fair.

Sisters Art Works Live Music: Tim O’Brien with Jan Fabricus Presented by Sisters Folk Festival. 7 to 10 p.m., doors open at 6 p.m. All ages welcome. More info, 541-549-4979.

Tickets at www.sistersfolkfestival.org/SFF-Presents.

THURSDAY • AUGUST 11

Sisters Art Works Live Music: Jontavious Willis, Southern Avenue, and Jimmy “Duck” Holmes Presented by Sisters Folk Festival and Sisters Rhythm & Brews Festival. 7 to 10 p.m., doors open at 6 p.m. All ages welcome. Info: 541-549-4979. Tickets: www.sistersfolkfestival.org/SFF-Presents.

Sisters Saloon Live Music: Austin Jenckes 7 p.m.

All ages. Tickets at BendTicket.com. For more information see facebook.com/SistersSaloonAndRanchGrill.

The Suttle Lodge Live Music: Spoilers 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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FRIDAY • AUGUST 12

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

Village Green Park Sisters Rhythm & Brews Festival 4 to 11 p.m. Tickets at www.sistersrhythmandbrews.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.

SATURDAY • AUGUST 13

Village Green Park Sisters Rhythm & Brews Festival noon to 11 p.m. Tickets at www.sistersrhythmandbrews.com.

Hardtails Lovedrive a tribute to the Scorpions, 8 p.m.

Summer Tribute Series. Tickets at www.BendTicket.com.

The Barn in Sisters Live Music: Reb and the Good News 6 to 8 p.m. Weather permitting. For more information find The Barn in Sisters on Facebook.

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SUNDAY • AUGUST 14

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

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new perspective Living abroad gives to Sisters grad

By Katy Yoder | Correspondent

Parker Bennett knows growing up in Sisters was full of opportunities and blessings. He also realized it would do him good to live in other cultures and get a fresh perspective on his place in the world.

Bennett graduated from Sisters High School in 2010. He took up running in middle school and continued competing in high school. “Sisters High School had really good, competitive sports teams. About 80 percent of students were part of the sport culture,” he said. “That smalltown support was good for gaining confidence.”

Starting college at Willamette University, Bennett had an epiphany many students from smaller communities have.

“It was a shock going from being a big fish in a small pond to a tiny fish in a medium size pond,” he said.

“That’s when I realized the world beyond Sisters was a lot more competitive and intense.”

Bennett ran in college for Willamette University’s track-andfield and cross-country teams. He was an All-American at Nationals and won at conference a couple of times. After graduating in 2014, he wanted to continue running. He looked at competing internationally and joined some races in Thailand.

“It got a bit frustrating with the international competition. I remember one race with prize money

making competition a lot more intense. When seven Kenyans signed up for the race, I got eighth place,” he said. “They ran times that were above my pain threshold.”

Thailand was the first place Bennett landed after graduating. He taught English for a year in Thailand and liked being paid while living abroad. Then he was an au pair in Italy for three months. After he finished his au pair job, he bought a bicycle and toured around Europe for several months.

After his bike trip, he ended up in Berlin, where he stayed with a couch-surfing host who was a professor. His host encouraged Bennett to look into the sports science program at his university. But Bennett told him he wanted to do more touring around Europe. Then, two weeks later, Bennett ran into Sisters High School, classmate Kevin Marquardt, who was living in Munich.

“Kevin told me when he wanted to be a student in Berlin but all the programs were in German. He encouraged me to do the sports science master’s program because it was being taught in English,” Bennett recalled.

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Parker Bennett’s travels abroad have afforded him many epic experiences, including rock climbing, cycling, and scuba diving.

After finishing up another cycling tour, Bennett flew back to the U.S. and decided to apply. He was accepted into the program in 2016.

Since receiving his master’s, he’s spent the past three years working as a personal trainer and fitness instructor in Berlin.

We caught up with Bennett in

Portland after taking some time to visit friends and family in Central Oregon. The final part of his visit home was disrupted after his passport was stolen in Portland. That meant he had to go to Seattle to get his passport renewed before his return flight on July 23, to Berlin.

Traveling abroad has been full

of epic experiences while cycling, scuba diving, and rock climbing.

“I like living in Europe because it’s so easy to travel. There are cheap plane and train tickets to get around.

Everyone values travel so much more there than in the U.S., so it keeps the prices more reasonable,” he said. “I can go for the weekend to

Greece, and there’s great climbing in Europe and many beautiful scuba diving places.”

For Bennett, living in Berlin isn’t his choice for raising a family, but for now it’s a great place to push himself career-wise while seeing regions like Northern Africa, the Middle East, and southern Europe.

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“I’m doing it now because I don’t know if I’ll have the opportunity to travel there later in life,” he said.

Bennett said learning German was challenging.

“I didn’t speak German at all before moving there. I picked it up speaking to people and learned German street language first. I wish I’d learned more about the grammar in classes; it’s hard to explain things well without that,” he said.

To really learn about a new culture, Bennett suggests living there long-term versus just visiting as a tourist.

“Overall, Germany wasn’t that much of a culture shock. If you’re coming from the U.S., at first it seems different. But after living here, it’s quite similar. I look German, so that helped with my adaptability,” he said.

Finding a balance between work and play has proven valuable.

“Traveling can get expensive so it’s nice having a job I could come back to or do while traveling,” he said.

Living in Europe during the pandemic had challenges and opportunities. During last year’s partial lockdown, it was a good time to not be in Europe.

“I went to Egypt for three months and worked online as a nutrition advisor. Sadly, I did get Corona in Egypt,” he said. “Egypt was full of scuba diving and rock climbing. It’s a real glorious place to be for outdoor activities. Most of the travelers

were coming from Europe.”

Bennett was on the Sinai Peninsula, in a rural area along the Red Sea and an hour south of Israel.

“Culturally it was very different, with a lot of laws I don’t agree with, but Egypt makes a lot of money from tourists, so they don’t want to affect tourism much. They sell alcohol and women can wear bikinis, to accommodate the tourists. But they still oppress their people,” he said.

After living abroad, Bennett knows growing up in Sisters can leave kids naïve about the rest of the world.

“It’s not a diverse town but has a lot of educational opportunities for a small town,” he said. “To see the world from another perspective, I highly recommend getting out of Oregon or the U.S. as quickly as possible. It’s good to have a taste of what it’s like beyond Sisters and learn how easy it is to keep traveling once you start. There’s a lot of cheap ways to travel. Teaching English is a good one, and there’s other ways like farming or woofing. There are options that don’t require a lot of money once you’ve bought your plane tickets. I don’t think finances should be the main reason why people don’t travel.”

Bennett encourages young people to push past the fear of the unknown and travel.

“It allows you to see our country in a different way. Oregon is an incredible state, and it’s easy to think it’s the best place. We’re lucky to be born here, but living in other cultures is important to see what it’s like without constant support from friends and family. It’s good to see how other governments work too.”

Bennett’s five-year plan includes moving back to Oregon. He wants to be closer to family and the people he loves. But for now, what’s ahead is unwritten and he’s planning to make the most of his time living abroad.

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Wednesday, July 27, 2022 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

Wednesday, July 27, 2022 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

new perspective Living abroad gives to Sisters grad

By Katy Yoder | Correspondent

Parker Bennett knows growing up in Sisters was full of opportunities and blessings. He also realized it would do him good to live in other cultures and get a fresh perspective on his place in the world.

Bennett graduated from Sisters High School in 2010. He took up running in middle school and continued competing in high school. “Sisters High School had really good, competitive sports teams. About 80 percent of students were part of the sport culture,” he said. “That smalltown support was good for gaining confidence.”

Starting college at Willamette University, Bennett had an epiphany many students from smaller communities have.

“It was a shock going from being a big fish in a small pond to a tiny fish in a medium size pond,” he said.

“That’s when I realized the world beyond Sisters was a lot more competitive and intense.”

Bennett ran in college for Willamette University’s track-andfield and cross-country teams. He was an All-American at Nationals and won at conference a couple of times. After graduating in 2014, he wanted to continue running. He looked at competing internationally and joined some races in Thailand.

“It got a bit frustrating with the international competition. I remember one race with prize money

making competition a lot more intense. When seven Kenyans signed up for the race, I got eighth place,” he said. “They ran times that were above my pain threshold.”

Thailand was the first place Bennett landed after graduating. He taught English for a year in Thailand and liked being paid while living abroad. Then he was an au pair in Italy for three months. After he finished his au pair job, he bought a bicycle and toured around Europe for several months.

After his bike trip, he ended up in Berlin, where he stayed with a couch-surfing host who was a professor. His host encouraged Bennett to look into the sports science program at his university. But Bennett told him he wanted to do more touring around Europe. Then, two weeks later, Bennett ran into Sisters High School, classmate Kevin Marquardt, who was living in Munich.

“Kevin told me when he wanted to be a student in Berlin but all the programs were in German. He encouraged me to do the sports science master’s program because it was being taught in English,” Bennett recalled.

THE NEW EDITION OF THE SISTERS OREGON GUIDE IS AVAILABLE ONLINE! Scan the QR code and get all the up-to-date Sisters Country information right at your fingertips!

Recreation • Dining Lodging • Events • Arts Things for Kids Day Trips • Food Carts and Much More!

PHOTO PROVIDED

Parker Bennett’s travels abroad have afforded him many epic experiences, including rock climbing, cycling, and scuba diving.

After finishing up another cycling tour, Bennett flew back to the U.S. and decided to apply. He was accepted into the program in 2016.

Since receiving his master’s, he’s spent the past three years working as a personal trainer and fitness instructor in Berlin.

We caught up with Bennett in

Portland after taking some time to visit friends and family in Central Oregon. The final part of his visit home was disrupted after his passport was stolen in Portland. That meant he had to go to Seattle to get his passport renewed before his return flight on July 23, to Berlin.

Traveling abroad has been full

of epic experiences while cycling, scuba diving, and rock climbing.

“I like living in Europe because it’s so easy to travel. There are cheap plane and train tickets to get around.

Everyone values travel so much more there than in the U.S., so it keeps the prices more reasonable,” he said. “I can go for the weekend to

Greece, and there’s great climbing in Europe and many beautiful scuba diving places.”

For Bennett, living in Berlin isn’t his choice for raising a family, but for now it’s a great place to push himself career-wise while seeing regions like Northern Africa, the Middle East, and southern Europe.

New Classes Just Added!

Barn Quilt Painting 2nd Session October 7

JJune u Jaeger’s Machine Quilting & Finishing Monthly Series B Beg. September 14

5541-549-6061 311 W. CASCADE AVE., SISTERS, OREGON STITCHINPOST.COM

“I’m doing it now because I don’t know if I’ll have the opportunity to travel there later in life,” he said.

Bennett said learning German was challenging.

“I didn’t speak German at all before moving there. I picked it up speaking to people and learned German street language first. I wish I’d learned more about the grammar in classes; it’s hard to explain things well without that,” he said.

To really learn about a new culture, Bennett suggests living there long-term versus just visiting as a tourist.

“Overall, Germany wasn’t that much of a culture shock. If you’re coming from the U.S., at first it seems different. But after living here, it’s quite similar. I look German, so that helped with my adaptability,” he said.

Finding a balance between work and play has proven valuable.

“Traveling can get expensive so it’s nice having a job I could come back to or do while traveling,” he said.

Living in Europe during the pandemic had challenges and opportunities. During last year’s partial lockdown, it was a good time to not be in Europe.

“I went to Egypt for three months and worked online as a nutrition advisor. Sadly, I did get Corona in Egypt,” he said. “Egypt was full of scuba diving and rock climbing. It’s a real glorious place to be for outdoor activities. Most of the travelers

were coming from Europe.”

Bennett was on the Sinai Peninsula, in a rural area along the Red Sea and an hour south of Israel.

“Culturally it was very different, with a lot of laws I don’t agree with, but Egypt makes a lot of money from tourists, so they don’t want to affect tourism much. They sell alcohol and women can wear bikinis, to accommodate the tourists. But they still oppress their people,” he said.

After living abroad, Bennett knows growing up in Sisters can leave kids naïve about the rest of the world.

“It’s not a diverse town but has a lot of educational opportunities for a small town,” he said. “To see the world from another perspective, I highly recommend getting out of Oregon or the U.S. as quickly as possible. It’s good to have a taste of what it’s like beyond Sisters and learn how easy it is to keep traveling once you start. There’s a lot of cheap ways to travel. Teaching English is a good one, and there’s other ways like farming or woofing. There are options that don’t require a lot of money once you’ve bought your plane tickets. I don’t think finances should be the main reason why people don’t travel.”

Bennett encourages young people to push past the fear of the unknown and travel.

“It allows you to see our country in a different way. Oregon is an incredible state, and it’s easy to think it’s the best place. We’re lucky to be born here, but living in other cultures is important to see what it’s like without constant support from friends and family. It’s good to see how other governments work too.”

Bennett’s five-year plan includes moving back to Oregon. He wants to be closer to family and the people he loves. But for now, what’s ahead is unwritten and he’s planning to make the most of his time living abroad.

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XPress Printing has a new owner

By Katy Yoder Correspondent

Jeff and Shanyn Swales bought XPress Printing from founder Tony Meyer in September of last year. The company opened its doors in Sisters in 1989 and offers a myriad of services, including commercial printing and mailing-to-marketing services, design and layout, and graphic design. Swales who’s been the general manager of the shop for many years, was excited to finally take ownership of the business.

Jeff Swales joined XPress in 2007, after acquiring extensive knowledge in the industry. In 1988, at 23 years old, he worked for Lazerquick as a counter person in downtown Portland making $5.50 an hour.

“At first it was just a job.

Back then my options were to either work for a video store or a print shop,” he said.

An ambitious young man, Swales took advantage of Lazerquick’s in-house training program and became manager of the Salem store in 1990. Two years later he relocated the Salem store to a much larger facility.

“We grew the business from two employees doing about $4,000 a week to doing $26,000 a week in the mid 1990s,” he recalled. “By that time, we became the second largest shop in the company.”

Eventually, Swales was promoted to operations manager, overseeing 11 locations in Portland. He was promoted again to facilities manager

and held that position for two years. With all of his experience he felt it was time to invest in his own franchise.

That’s when the school of hard knocks came calling.

“I bought a couple of franchises and that’s when I had my first failures. We acquired two franchises in Seattle that were losing money and began to turn them around.

But after 9/11 hit it, the aftermath just crushed us and we had to close the doors,” he explained.

Always looking forward, Swales took stock and put what he’d learned to good use.

“There were a lot of lessons from losing the two businesses,” he said. “Up until that point, my career had always progressed, and I began to develop a sense of invulnerability. I learned a lot of humility and to appreciate successes more. Now, I make sure the business has a lot of funds left in it to have that rainy day cushion.

We make sure the business is well funded, and pay our bills as soon as they come in.

At 56 years old, I don’t want that added stress of worrying about where payroll is going to come from. That’s important to me.”

After his franchises closed, Swales returned to Lazerquick in Portland as their marketing manager. Two years later he took a job with a print shop in Bend.

“I made the move because we were hoping our oldest daughter’s allergies would be helped by the climate. It didn’t really help, but later

she met her husband in Bend and they have three kids now, so it all worked out. I took the job with XPress Printing in 2007. We have lived in Bend, Sisters, and finally in Redmond, where we’ve lived for the last nine years. We homeschool our kids and my wife found it easier to live in Redmond because it was closer to many of their activities,” he said.

Since Swales has been running XPress for a long time, he didn’t make a lot of changes when he and his wife bought the business. Some roles changed a little bit.

“I have a business philosophy that focuses on helping the community, and having good relationships with people and businesses. That kind of philosophy is a valuable asset. Our reputation is important to me,” he said.

XPress does a lot of work for local nonprofit organizations, businesses, and the medical industry.

“We do a lot of mailings for marketing and internal communications, as well as election work during political campaigns,” he said.

With a philosophy that growth is healthy for an organization, Swales is heading to Denver, where he purchased a small business that services similar clients.

“We’re going to move all of their accounts over here.

So, we’ll hire a couple new people. We aren’t going to expand physically but we’ll keep adding new accounts and broaden our relationships.

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Tribe grants $13,500 to family health program Healthy Families of the High Desert (HFHD) has been awarded a $13,500 grant from Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation to support the basic needs of families in Deschutes County. The funding will help families get baby birth certificates, pay fines, purchase hygiene items, car seats, camping toilets and showers, baby-proofing items, and other related expenses needed to meet basic family needs.

“The idea is to reduce family stress by having some basic needs met so that families feel supported and engaged with their baby,” said Lori Colvin, regional program manager for HFHD. Healthy Families of the High Desert is a voluntary home-visiting program that assists families in giving their newborn children a healthy start in life. The program offers weekly intensive home visits for families that need and accept extra support, working with parents prenatally, or when the baby is first born, to promote positive parent/child relationships and enhance family functioning. When families enroll in the program, family support specialists meet weekly with parents, creating a non-threatening approach to increase the initial engagement of parents

who may be skeptical of agencies and organizations.

According to Colvin, family participation in the HFHD program reduces risk of child abuse and neglect, improves parent relationships, strengthens social and emotional development, and leads to children doing better in school.

“This grant will make a big impact on families in Deschutes County. Each family has unique needs and Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation is allowing us to be flexible with how we use this funding so we can use it where it’s needed most,” said Colvin.

Like many Native American cultures, the Cow Creek Band of the Umpqua Tribe of Indians has a long, time-honored tradition of giving to their communities. In 1997, the Tribe formalized this tradition of philanthropy by establishing a grant-making foundation. The Foundation makes grants to nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations for the benefit of the public within Coos, Deschutes, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, and Lane counties.

“We’re excited to share some of the wonderful stories that come from this grant,” said Colvin.

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BIRDS: Help your feathered neighbors by providing water Continued from page 3

their naturally warm armor of feathers, they have this amazing ability to lift each individual feather due to muscles at the base. Those scaly, bare legs also help jettison heat.

However, panting and exposing the skin to air can lead to dehydration if the lost moisture is not replaced quickly. This is another way high heat kills. Having bird baths, water feathers, or just a simple mister going can be lifesaving for a number of species. Keep those baths clean, though, and with fresh, cool water. Move them to the shade.

A single mist sprayer or a soaker hose set on medium is water conservative, but birds love the spray. Soak the rocky places the frogs hang out. Put out a tray — like a plant tray — for the bunnies and the low grounders and a stock tank or big tub for the deer. If on more land, water down the

native shrubs for those who don’t like the commotion of our homes.

Finally, soak some open dirt for all t h o s e b ee s and bugs we need to help these days.

If you have birds in boxes, a tent canopy set over it and up away from the box can lower PHOTO PROVIDED the temp A western bluebird perches on a birdbath to rehydrate. inside. Boxes should always be larger these days, due to doves and quail. Whole sunheat, and have ventilation. flower and Niger thistle, of Birds also need shelter course. And then stop with from the heat, like dense all suet as it will go rancid, shrubs, ground plants, and and the soft oils contaminate trees — our native plants are bird feathers, worsening the Olympic-scale winners at situation. this. Birds will avoid being We all need a cool-down out much of the day and in these hot times; so do our restrict their food-seeking, wild neighbors. Follow these so keep those feeders full. simple tips, and your birds Sunflower hearts with no will be ever so thankful. shell pack a nutritional punch.

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In the

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By T. Lee Brown

When minds took flight

Writing workshops are an important phenomenon to writers and culture nerds.

We hear about how [insert name of writer here] got their start at [insert name of workshop here]. It’s like reading about Paris in the 1920s. We go: Dang, why couldn’t I have been there?

Well, it turns out an amazing workshop did indeed happen near here, from 1984 to 2000 — as a new book explains. I was too young for those early years, but maybe I could’ve joined in a later workshop.

It was just down the road apiece, in McKenzie Bridge — about halfway between Sisters (where I’ve lived a while now) and Eugene (near where I grew up).

Dang!

The Flight of the Mind writing workshops for women were held at St. Benedict’s, a retreat center on the McKenzie River.

I have recently been clued in to its existence by two founders, Ruth Gundle and Judith Barrington, who’ve written a short history of what sounds like an incredible project.

Back then, writing

workshops tended to be led by men, who favored male perspectives. Barrington heard from women writers who had been “stopped in their tracks by workshop leaders, usually men, who were dismissive of women’s subject matter” and seemed to expect the women to either sleep with them or “massage their egos.”

Thus, they founded the Flight, a unique gathering for women writers. They emphasized quality, diversity, fun, good food, and hard work, taking place in a gorgeous natural setting, with scholarships available.

If you’re interested in writing, feminism, and/or creative community in the Pacific Northwest, definitely give this digital book a go.

Anyone curious about community-building, fomenting creativity, or efforts to foster diversity and inclusion will also find much to ponder.

Name-dropping is essential before we continue.

Ursula K. LeGuin, people!

Ursula K. LeGuin! Naomi Shihab Nye. Molly Gloss.

Valerie Miner. Grace Paley.

Dorianne Laux. Not to mention Gundle and Barrington themselves, life partners and significant figures in law, publishing, feminism, and literature.

Also Barbara Wilson (later Sjoholm), founder of feminist publisher Seal Press in Seattle. Evelyn C. White, newspaper reporter and author of the bestseller “Chain Chain Change: For Black Women Dealing with Physical and Emotional Abuse.” Betty Roberts, Oregon Supreme Court.

The book includes scans of letters from LeGuin to her students, and a poem she wrote for reading aloud at the opening of each workshop session. Pages from participants’ poetry collections are reproduced,

KEEP YOUR COOL!

along with other fascinating glimpses into the Flight experience.

Daily life was important to the workshop. Hands-on realities like showers and food are brought up often.

“We cooked nearly everything from scratch, using fresh produce and highquality ingredients, baking our own bread... Culturing our own yogurt by the gallon,” as cook Anndee Hochman writes. Feeding 90 women in the woods was challenging and sometimes humorous.

Virginia Woolf inspired the workshop’s name.

Enormously impactful as a writer and critic, Woolf once lived at the foot of the Sussex Downs in England, where Barrington grew up. Woolf wrote, “I wish I could invent a new critical method...more fluid and following the flight... The old problem: how to keep the flight of the mind, yet be exact.”

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the experience, alongside testimonials, anecdotes, historical notes, and logistical tales.

Shallow side note: If you’ve been watching “Stranger Things” on Netflix and are therefore reobsessed with ’80s culture, you gotta download this just for the hair and clothes!

Find out what real women writers, some of them actual (gasp!) lesbians, looked like when they could chill out in a safe-space atmosphere.

Was it always easy to provide a safe space alongside our beautiful McKenzie River? No. One man who organizers met with to purchase services didn’t take kindly to so many “women from San Francisco.” (That’s old-school Oregonspeak for “lesbian” or “not sure about that haircut.”)

Up at Clear Lake, another man refused to rent a boat to a handful of Flight women.

Later they discussed why.

Between them, were they too old? Too Black? Too lesbian-looking? Or just too female? They wrote about the experience. LeGuin entitled a chapbook “No Boats.”

As the Supreme Court and state legislators hack away at women’s rights today, it’s important to be reminded that this is no isolated moment. Writes Barrington, “In 1984, when we hatched the idea, the formidable backlash against feminism was well underway.”

I may have missed The Flight of the Mind (dang!) but I did take part in the project that followed it. Called Soapstone, it offered residencies at an extraordinary property in the Coast Range.

When I got my acceptance letter to Soapstone, I was awed to see LeGuin’s name on the letterhead.

Soapstone still exists as an organization, hosting study groups online and other activities. My heartfelt thanks to Ruth and Judith for creating such meaningful opportunities for women writers in Oregon over the years.

Find out more at soap stone.org. “The Flight of the Mind” historical PDF is available for free download at https://soapstone.org/ flight_of_mind.

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BOOKS: Reading recommendations for summer enjoyment Continued from page 3

The Nugget asked some familiar faces around town what they’re reading this summer. Judy Trego, head of Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce, is reading “Progress and Poverty” by Henry George, first published in 1880.

Over at the firehouse, Chief Roger Johnson is digesting “The Secret Knowledge of Water” by Craig Childs.

Johnson knows something about water. Curt Scholl, school superintendent, has his hands on “Drive” by Daniel H. Pink.

Crista Munro, executive director of Sisters Folk Festival seems excited by her choice.

“I’m currently reading ‘Great Circle’ by Maggie Shipstead.

Great summer read!”

Sisters District Ranger Ian Reid is rereading “Hunting Trophy Antelope: A Do-itYourself Guide” by Mike Eastman in prep for an upcoming antelope hunt on Steens Mountain. He just finished “There There” by Tommy Orange.

Lt. Chad Davis, who leads the Sisters sheriff’s office, is taking on “Killing The Mob,” the 10th book in the multimillion-selling series by Bill O’Reilly and Marin Dugard.

Mayor Michael Preedin laments: “I wish I had time to read a good book. I’m generally pouring over city code, correspondence, and minutes!”

He was far from alone among those we queried in lamenting the lack of time to hunker down with a good read.

What the pros are reading Being able to get your hands on over a thousand titles at any given time could make finding a book to read daunting. Nonetheless, Lane Jacobson, owner of Paulina Springs Books, has decided on “Calling for a Blanket Dance”

by Oscar Hokeah.

Staffers: Molly — “Tough Women Adventure Stories” by Jenny Tough; Sue — “Portrait of An Unknown Woman” by Daniel Silva; Beth — “The Summer Place” by Jennifer Weiner; Lee — “Fruiting Bodies” by Kathryn Harlan.

Jacobson reports: “Our bestsellers over the last two months are the perennially bestselling “100 Hikes in Central Oregon” by Bill Sullivan and “Braiding Sweetgrass” by Robin Wall Kimmerer.”

Sisters Librarian Zoe Schumacher knows a thing or two about reading. She’s engrossed in “Bookends” by Zibby Owens.

What the writers are reading Down at The Nugget, Kit Tosello, also our ace proofreader, is totally into Camille Eide’s “The Secret Place,”

which takes place on the McKenzie River (with a mention of Sisters).

“I’m enjoying this story of mothers, daughters, and sisters, family secrets, faith, and forgiveness,” she said.

Katy Yoder is wrapped up in “The Body Is Not an Apology” by Sonya Renee Taylor, saying: “The book is multilayered, insightful, and written with uncanny wisdom. Body acceptance, yours and mine, reflects society’s push to shame and encourage people to buy beauty. Harmful stereotypes and judgments are divisive.

To accept and love our bodies is a step toward accepting and loving others. No matter the differences.”

Scottie Wisdom columnist Jean Nave says, “I’m reading a wonderful book that is a collection of articles which help a person focus on things that can improve their lives” — “Make Your Life Worthwhile” by Emmet Fox. Chief Nugget wordsmith (and Editor in Chief) Jim Cornelius is on a mission with his summer reading. “I am in the midst of research for my next Frontier Partisans podcast, which is titled ‘Once Upon a Time in Los Angeles.’

I’m reading Horace Bell’s memoir of Gold Rush-era Los Angeles, ‘Reminiscences of a Ranger: Early Times in Southern California,’ John Mack Faragher’s ‘Eternity Street: Violence and Justice in Frontier Los Angeles,’ and John Boessenecker ’s ‘Bandido: The Life and Times of Tiburcio Vasquez.’”

The inimitable Erik Dolson, as is his wont, is flipping the tables on us and is suggesting these reads, which have inspired different decades of his life: (1950-1960) “I, Robot” by Isaac Asimov, “Stranger in a Strange Land”

by Robert Heinlein. (19601970) “The Book” by Alan Watts; “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions” by Thomas S. Kuhn. (1970-1980); “Zorba the Greek” by Nikko Kanzanzakis; “Memories, Dreams, Reflections” by Carl Jung. (1980-1990) “Godel Escher & Bach” by Douglas Hofstader; (1990-2000) “Alcoholics Anonymous” by Many; (2000-2010) “Hold Me Tight” by Dr. Sue Johnson; (2010-2020) “Thinking Fast and Slow” by Daniel Kanheman. And, for this decade: “The End of the World Is Just the Beginning” by Peter Zeihan.

Mitchell Luftig checks in: “I am a big fan of the fantasy genre — I’m still hoping to stumble across an ancient prophecy illuminating my future destiny. This summer I’ve turned to Robert Jordan’s “The Wheel of Time” series where Rand al‘Thor is the only one destined to thwart the dark lord.”

Got a book you’d like to recommend? Email editor@ nuggetnews.com.

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Staffing shortage hits campgrounds The popular campgrounds within the Three Creek Lake area of the Sisters Ranger District are going from reservable camping sites to sites being available only as first come first served.

Due to staffing challenges, Three Creek Lake, Driftwood, and Three Creek Meadows campgrounds within the Three Creek Lake area will be closed to reservation camping until a campground host can be found for the sites, the Forest Service reports. Campers who previously made reservations for the sites will receive cancellation notices and a full refund of their reservation fees.

“The Three Creek Lake area is one of the crown jewels for recreation on the Sisters Ranger District.

We appreciate the public’s patience while we work through staffing challenges with our partner and hope that offering free, first-comefirst-served camping in the interim will help alleviate the unfortunate situation,” said Sisters District Ranger Ian Reid.

The public is welcome to

camp for free in designated sites within the three campgrounds. The Forest Service will provide periodic toilet service at the campgrounds until the staffing issue is resolved. Due to the lack of garbage services the public is being asked to not leave trash at the campgrounds, but to take it with them when they go.

If a person is interested in being the campground host for the sites, they should contact Vista Recreation at 541-323-1746 to apply.

Visitors to the area also should note that Forest Road 16, accessing the Three Creek Lake area, which is annually maintained, requires more reconstruction than just annual maintenance this year. Until that reconstruction can be completed, visitors should anticipate rough road conditions, and drive slowly and defensively in the area. The Deschutes National Forest expects reconstruction work to be done on Forest Road 16 in 2023.

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does, in fact, sound like your feelings were hurt despite your protestation. Mr. Cornelius may sincerely believe that the paper does not lean left but he, too, is looking at it both through his leadership of the paper and his own political leanings, which he describes as having no “political home.” Let’s focus on the content of the paper rather than the character of its editor.

An example from 2022: In your front-page story on January 13, commemorating the January 6, 2021 riots, your writer, T. Lee Brown, wrote essentially a puff piece for District 5 congressional candidate Jamie McCleod-Skinner, and posted her comments, without counterpoint, likening January 6 to mass murders in Uganda under the dictatorship of Idi Amin. January 6 was many things, but it had no resemblance to Uganda under a military dictatorship. The article concludes with a shout-out to Indivisible Sisters, a hard left organization, as well as a link to their website. This was essentially an endorsement of the candidate and the organization, featured on your front page.

On March 1, March 22, April 12, April 19, April 26, and May 11, The Nugget posted letters to the editor offering support for Jamie McCleod-Skinner in what was an obviously orchestrated effort to draw attention to this candidate, as many of the letter writers wrote similar pieces to The Bulletin and other local papers within the district. The editorial staff makes the decision to post the letters despite the fact that they are clearly unpaid advertisement for the

candidate, and I can only assume these letters will begin again as we approach the general election.

I did a search on The Nugget website for Lori Chavez-DeRemer, the Republican candidate who will face McCleod-Skinner in the general election for District 5, and could not find a single mention of her name in the paper throughout 2022. Why is that?

Perhaps the progressives are more prolific in their writing campaigns and find a willing vessel in The Nugget and other Oregon newspapers. As Mr. Cornelius states, the complaints he receives from the left are “usually longer” than the mild criticism he receives from the right. Maybe it is because people who have an interest in journalism and the like tend to be progressive, or are molded this way through education and media institutions. Or, as Mr. Cornelius also states, it is likely that conservatives want to mostly be left alone, and the progressives are “determined to force-feed” their ideology on the rest of the populace.

Regardless, the editorial staff chooses what stories to run, and it should not be taken as an insult for readers to draw the conclusion that The Nugget leans much more left than right in the way its staff covers stories.

This is an example of just one issue for the sake of space and time, but it would not be difficult to find others where the political leanings of your writing staff are on full display. Since Mr. Cornelius has declared his political affiliations perhaps it would be good to hear from the other regular writers for The Nugget, starting with T. Lee Brown.

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MISLEY: Managers last day at City Hall is September 1 Continued from page 1

The Oregon Solutions team takes the identified problem and works with the community to find funding sources, identify necessary legal changes, and come up with new ways to solve a complex problem.

Community members who will work with Misley’s team include federal, state, and local government officials, as well as representatives from local nonprofits, the business sector, and private citizens.

While his office will be at PSU, Misley will be doing some traveling around the state, as well as conducting meetings via Zoom.

“I’m excited to be going back to the greater Portland area after 10 years of living elsewhere,” Misley said.

Between college and work he has lived in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., La Pine, and Sisters.

His family lives in the Oregon City area.

Misley shared that opportunities for career progression are limited in Central Oregon and, after three years in La Pine and four in Sisters, it is time to move to a larger job market. He believes his seven years as a city manager have been good experience to prepare him for the project manager position.

He is looking forward to being a member of a team and not “the boss.” After his more rural locales, he looks forward to time in the city, as he enjoys both the city and the country.

He is not completely bidding goodbye to Sisters; he is going to keep his house in town and use it as a shortterm rental so he can come back for fun and adventure.

Misley believes he was

I feel like I am handing the torch to the next person to be in this position. The top is on fire as it should be, but the handle isn’t burning.

— Cory Misley

fortunate to be offered the Sisters city manager position at 29 years old. He cares about Sisters and Oregon and thinks local government is a special place to work.

“I wish I could have engaged the youth/students more as it relates to government in general, and civics and their local government in particular. COVID didn’t help that, but I did have a chance to do some of it. More would have been great!” he said.

In four years, with two of those impacted by COVID, Misley, the City staff, and the City Council have been able to accomplish a great deal.

Plans are underway for the new roundabout at Locust/ Highway 20. The East Portal has been purchased from the U.S. Forest Service for a new mobility hub and transportation center, with planning underway.

A contract with the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office established a four-person police force assigned to Sisters full-time. The Vision Project was completed, with implementation well underway. The Comprehensive Plan underwent an update to reflect goals and strategies in the Vision. Work has begun on streamlining and updating the City Charter.

The City financial position has been strong every year.

The Destination Management Organization (DMO) has been established, the search is underway for an executive director, and the doors will open as of November 1.

Despite COVID, City Hall continued to run smoothly.

The staff has grown, with the addition of an associate planner, a code compliance officer, and a public works project coordinator.

Misley indicated the City staff is strong and competent, so no interim city manager will be necessary while the search goes on for Misley’s replacement. A recruitment firm will be hired to undertake the search process.

Misley had high praise for the City staff, who he said “cares deeply about the city and its citizens. They are experts in what they do, and they don’t have personal agendas” that get in the way of their jobs. He said all elements of Sisters’ city government are well balanced, with the City Council setting policy and goals, and the staff handling the day-to-day operations and finances, with citizen boards and commissions providing valuable input and decision-making.

As a staff, “we’ve been forward thinking, fair, and proactive, moving critical projects forward,” he said.

He pointed to the management of wildfire risk as a continuing concern, while pointing out the work being done by the City and its partners so the issue is front and center.

The City Council made wildfire mitigation one of their goals. A committee of all the local agencies involved with fire issues is now meeting on a regular basis. Misley thinks the City could be involved with lobbying state and federal officials for funding and help with mitigation plans.

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After four years as Sisters City Manager, Cory Misley is leaving to accept a position with the Oregon Solutions team in Portland. as needing ongoing attention are innovative solutions on the issues of growth, and houselessness.

Misley says his greatest area of learning over the last four years involved the opportunity to sharpen and broaden his leadership skills.

COVID was an unexpected curve ball that has required flexibility. He said that at times it has been challenging dealing with the high expectations of residents who have

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“I feel like I am handing the torch to the next person to be in this position. The top is on fire as it should be, but the handle isn’t burning,” Misley offered with a smile.

Misley’s last day at City Hall will be September 1. He starts in Portland the day after Labor Day. He will get acclimated for two weeks before a trip to Scotland, which has been planned for a long time.

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INDIA: Fr. Sibi Poulose goes where he is called to help those in need Continued from page 3

about 200 boys.

“They make their own world,” Fr. Sibi explained.

Most who come to the mission have no one to look after them, some having become orphans when left in bus stations. Many of the health conditions with which they live are due to no maternal prenatal care, malnutrition, contaminated water, and genetic abnormalities.

The priests and nuns are responsible for four missionary centers serving orphans, the destitute, and differently abled. There are schools and medical dispensaries run by 160 nuns, and 75 priests are

responsible for religious education and evangelization.

The overall responsibilities of all the missions are evangelism, education, social development, pastoral care, health care, and care for the destitute. Nuns travel to remote villages, where they teach personal hygiene and cleanliness. The children in those villages don’t go to school, as they tend the animals during the day. The nuns hold informal education sessions in the evening.

Three of the missions are located on the northern plains. Premdham Ashram Najibabad, established in 2009, has about 200 underprivileged boys who have been abandoned and rejected.

Ashadeep – Lamp of Hope – was established in 2008.

Palana Bhavan houses about 110 girls.

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Bedridden children at a Catholic mission in India are cared for by nuns.

Located up in the mountains at 10,000 feet is Maria Ashram, Mother Mary, home to 25-30 girls who are accustomed to living in the high altitude. Fr. Sibi mentioned one young girl who had no arms but was able to carry a handled bucket with her teeth. Many of the girls are blind and/or mentally retarded. The nuns keep them safe and teach them knitting and stitchery.

Electricity used to be available in the missions for only several hours every 24, sometimes in the middle of the night. That is when they would be able to pump their water. Power is more readily available now and they do have access to the Internet, but electricity may only be available for 15-16 hours a day or night.

Fr. Sibi explained that addiction is a big problem in India, and it impacts entire family units. The Indian social system is organized around the family and marriages are arranged. If a family has a son who is an addict/ alcoholic, his sister won’t be able to get married, because no boy’s family wants that association.

Cheap alcohol is readily available and the poppies from Afghanistan are close by. There are few, if any, recovery programs available to the general public. Having seen the price extracted by addiction, Fr. Sibi is

PHOTO PROVIDED

Young orphans find a home at a Catholic mission in India. committed to establishing an addiction/mental health facility when he returns to India.

“What provides meaning for me is my being useful to people in need,” Fr. Sibi said, as he explained why his work is meaningful. “I give what I can. It is all his (God’s) work. I just bloom where I’m planted.”

When talking about his life and plans to return to India, he says, “I can’t take root anywhere,” so he can go

where he is called. “I do what I’ve been asked.”

Fr. Sibi grew up in a large Catholic parish in southern India and served as an altar boy in his church because he could read and speak well. A young man from his town named Peter had gone to a seminary mission in the north and came home to be ordained. Sibi was in the 10th grade and was impressed with See INDIA on page 23

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WILDFIRE: Tall, dry grass is a particular threat this year

INDIA: Priest enjoyed his time in Sisters Country

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and urges everyone to remove grass hazards on their property.

City Code Compliance Officer Jacob Smith is contacting property owners in the city who need to abate situations involving dry grass and weeds. Pinecones and pine needles should also be cleaned up off the ground and off the roof to avoid being ignited by blowing embers.

Sisters had its first fire in the woods last Friday on land off Three Creek Road on FS Road 1620. Fortunately, that area had been previously treated by the Forest Service, so the fuel had been reduced.

With a quick multi-agency response, the fire was put out in short order. Officials didn’t immediately have a cause, but it is likely to have been human caused. That fire was close to town, and serves as a reminder that wildfire is a present danger in Sisters Country.

Senate Bill 762 (SB762) created a statewide approach to a wide range of wildfire mitigation measures. One element of the bill included the creation of a statewide wildfire risk map that can be used by multiple agencies to assist in their efforts.

Being surrounded on three sides by national forest lands

Fr. Peter. Nine months after returning to the north, word was received that Peter was killed. There were rumors that he had been beaten, imprisoned, and killed. After that, and the death of a good friend, Sibi felt called to the priesthood and to serve in northern India.

“Sisters is the best place I’ve ever lived. I like the calm and quiet and the people are so friendly,” Fr. Sibi said of his temporary home. He comes from a city of 50,000 with a two-square-mile parish. The area is 100 percent Catholic, with 2,000 residents coming to mass in the church at the center of town.

There were 1,200 children in the Christian education program when Sibi was in the seventh and eighth grades.

The population of India is

PHOTO BY SUE STAFFORD

Dry grass acts as potent ground fuel and should be removed or cut to reduce fire risk on your property. means all of Sisters is considered within the wildlandurban interface (WUI). ODF, with Oregon State University, has developed a comprehensive statewide map that displays the five wildfire risk classifications: extreme, high, moderate, low, and no risk.

Property owners can find their risk classification on the Oregon Wildfire Risk Explorer. You can enter your address to view the risk classification on your property and download a homeowner’s report. A paper copy can be requested by emailing ODF at forestryinfo@odf.oregon. gov. Most the city of Sisters is rated at moderate risk within the WUI, with some classified as high risk. The land surrounding Sisters is mostly high risk.

Letters went out last week to all property owners who are rated high or extreme risk and lie within the WUI. The notice informs them if

they may be subject to future defensible space or building code requirements and how to find information on those requirements. It also provides information on the process to appeal a property’s risk classification.

ODF is holding a series of community information sessions starting this week in southwest Oregon. The Bend session is scheduled for Wednesday, August 10, 7 to 8 p.m. The location hadn’t been announced when The Nugget went to press.

Each session will include a presentation about the map’s function and purpose, how wildfire risk is assessed, and how property owners may appeal their assigned risk class. Time will be available to address questions from community members. The ODF YouTube channel will have a video of the information available for those who cannot attend the public meeting.

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1.4 billion. Hindus make up 80 percent of the population with 1.1 billion. Muslims account for 13 percent or 213 million. Christians represent 3 percent, including 20 million Catholics who are 1.6 percent of the population.

When asked what the people of Sisters could do to be of assistance to the northern missionaries in India, Fr. Sibi replied, “Pray for improving conditions. And be grateful for what we have.”

He said everything is run by volunteers in his missions and immediate needs are often unexpectedly met. He told the story of having nothing to serve for breakfast, but someone said, “Boil water.”

Not long after, a volunteer showed up with rice and lentils and the water was all ready to cook breakfast.

Fr. Sibi has enjoyed his time in Sisters, exploring the area and visiting addiction and mental health facilities.

But, he admits, “I need to be there [India] more, where I am needed.”

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MLS#220145434 TRANQUIL LAKE VIEW $1,649,000 SETTING IN THE PINES Aspen Lakes Golf Course 3 bed / 4.5 bath / 3,489 sq.ft.

Soaring eagle, osprey diving for trout & preening swan are sights awaiting you from this custom home designed to take advantage of peaceful lake views. Single level living w/separated bedroom suites.

Features alder cabinetry, warm wood floors, vault ceiling great room, huge mahogany deck, triple garage.

Pleasingly priced in our favorite community on .98 acre. Love living here, even if you are not a golfer!

MLS#220141480 SMALL RANCH IN $770,000 1+ bed / 1.5 ba / 2,010 sf MCKENZIE CANYON Rural Acreage Ranch property with 10.2 acres of 3-Sisters Irrigation. Part forested slope w/home; part level sandy loam basin w/water rights by buried pressurized irrigation line & meter. Cedar chalet with woodstove, greatroom, loft, 1 bedroom plus more rooms that could be flexibly utilized. Covered entry porch, rear patio. Located between Sisters, Redmond, & Terrebonne. Sisters or Redmond School District.

Price Reduced!

MLS#220147303 3 bed / 2.5 bath / 1,941 sq. ft.

CAMP SHERMAN / METOLIUS RIVER AREA

$649,000 MLS#220144054 Metolius Meadows 4.81 Acres

Single level, double garage, outside deck & large back yard on .37 acre. Open great room, see through glass fireplace, vaulted beamed ceilings, roomy kitchen, pantry, eating bar & separate primary bedroom suite. Large picture windows, mtn views, airlock entry, dual heating system w/AC & metal roof. Community pool, tennis, pickleball & creek side common area. Access to USNF trails, nearby Metolius River.

MLS#220144372 .67 Acre / Zoned NSBP

CUSTOM MIXED-USE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL

BUILD YOUR DREAM HOME!

Zoned RR10, SMIA. Mountain views, new well, shop/garage with 2 bays and huge bonus room above.

Interior is unfinished. Private setting, property pruned for fire abatement. Power at property line with temporary power installed at pole. Seller finishing power deliver to the improvements. Property sold in “as is” condition. Seller will consider short terms. Build your dream home, this property is ready for you!

$399,000 MLS#220142809 Sun Ranch Business Park 5.48 Acres / Zoned EFUSC

An innovative new concept with mixed-use light industrial, manufacturing, and live/work community.

Offering light Industrial/commercial, live/work loft apartments, opportunity for economic diversity, small condo type spaces. Perfect for startups and entrepreneurs. High standard CC&Rs maintain development integrity. Brilliant mountain views and close to town.

$535,000 Panoramic View Estates

5.48 ACRE HOMESITE INDIAN FORD

$750,000 Rural Acreage

Rare residential homesite along beautiful Indian Ford Road near Black Butte Ranch and Sisters. Gently sloping ridge setting with mountain views and ponderosa pine. Borders US National forest on the north property boundary. Paved road frontage and easy access to Sisters and Hwy 20 west. Build your dream home here and enjoy all that Central Oregon has to offer. Adjacent parcels are also available.

Black Butte Ranch — Vacation Rentals

Long-Term Rentals

541-588-9222 | www.BlackButteVactions.com

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GM 244: Cozy, Yet Luxurious 4 bed / 3 bath / 11 guests

SH 7: Brand-New Ranch-Style Home 3 bed / 3 bath / 6 guests

OASIS IN THE PINES / SISTERS 3 bed / 3 bath / 10 guests

Enjoy the great outdoors surrounding Black Butte Ranch and Sisters from our selection of quality vacation homes available to rent.

www.PonderosaProperties.com 541-549-2002 | 1-800-650-6766

At Ponderosa Properties… …It’s About th e People

221 S. Ash St. | PO Box 1779 Sisters, OR 97759

Rad Dyer 541-480-8853

Kevin R. Dyer 541-480-7552

Debbie Dyer 541-480-1650

Carol Davis 541-410-1556

Catherine Black 541-480-1929

Shane Lundgren 541-588-9226

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Jackie Herring 541-480-3157

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