The Nugget Newspaper // Vol. XLV No. 31 // 2022-08-03

The Nugget Vol. XLV No. 31

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Wednesday, August 3, 2022

In a pickle…

BBR police officer set to retire

By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK

Dave Miller (blue) and Bruce Carpenter (orange) competed in a Pac NW Classic pickleball championship that drew 600 competitors. See related story, page 18.

Kelvin Lettenmaier is, in the estimation of Black Butte Ranch Police Chief Jason Van Meter, “the epitome of a community police officer.”

On August 3, Officer Lettenmaier, 57, was to work his final shift as a Black Butte Ranch Police Officer, after two decades of service that made him a beloved figure at the resort community eight miles west of Sisters.

Lettenmaier has had a long and varied connection to the Ranch. His family moved to Central Oregon in the 1970s, where his father had landed a job in real estate — at Black Butte Ranch.

Lettenmaier became an avid golfer and a fixture on the Ranch’s nationally renowned courses.

See OFFICER on page 4

Plans for Locust Street Irrigation district success honored roundabout advance

By Bill Bartlett Correspondent

By Sue Stafford Correspondent

The proposed roundabout at Locust Street and Highway 20, adjacent to Sisters Elementary School, is closer to reality, according to Bob Townsend of Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) Region 4.

Townsend told City

Council at their July 27 workshop that Sisters has been selected to receive $5 million from the “Enhance” portion of the 2024-27 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). Projects in this category are aimed at improving safety and redirecting congestion on See ROUNDABOUT on page 14

Sisters man home after health ordeal

By Cody Rheault Correspondent

Mike Alayon a.k.a. (“Hawaiian Mike”) refers to his medical journey as a rollercoaster, full of twists and turns to hell and back.

After 52 days in the hospital, though, he’s now a free man and back home with his family in Sisters. Shuffling

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out of the hospital with a walker on the morning of July 29, he says the world looked anew.

“I’m still on cloud nine,” he said, recalling the moment.

Hawaiian Mike isn’t out of the woods yet, but his journey to recovery See MIKE on page 6

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Three Sisters Irrigation District serves 129 farms on 7,572 irrigated acres. The 130-year-old district delivers water from Whychus Creek to farmers and ranchers through over 62 miles of canals, laterals and pipelines.

Ninety-three percent of those conveyances have been converted to pressurized pipe.

The results, 25 years in the making, are measurable. Losses to seepage or evaporation are now negligible. Water delivery has been improved in times of drought by 25 percent. The District is certified carbon neutral.

TSID is saving 55-60 cfs (cubic feet per second) of water, 32 of which remains in-stream. Since the early 1900s Whychus Creek ran dry in two out of every three years due to irrigation diversions.

The District’s waterflows are also generating power.

The Watson Hydroelectric plant produces 700 kW, the

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PHOTO BY BILL BARTLETT

Senator Jeff Merkley spoke at an event celebrating the completion of 62 miles of piping on the Three Sisters Irrigation District.

Net Meter Micro-Hydro Project generates 200 kW and the soon to be online McKenzie Hydro plant will contribute 300 kW. That’s 1.2 megawatts or enough power for roughly 750 homes.

Despite the drought in Central Oregon, indeed much of the west, the District was still delivering 100 percent to its customers when Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) and Department of Agriculture

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u n d e r s e c r e t a r y, R o b e r t Bonnie visited Sisters last Friday. Both spoke to a gathering of about 75 stakeholders who gathered to celebrate the completion of 62 miles of piping and the August startup of the McKenzie Hydro Plant.

“Prior to 1997 when all 65 miles of canals were open, that (flow) would be sinking

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See DISTRICT on page 22

Real Estate ..................... 21-24 Jim Anderson .......................23

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Letters to the Editor…

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

Vaccine Safety

To the Editor: A new vaccine is promised for the fall that targets recent, highly transmissible Omnicron variants, warranting a frank discussion of vaccine safety.

But recent submissions to The Nugget

by Dr. Wayne B. Schmotzer and Charles Stephens, meant to convince readers that COVID-19 vaccines are not only unsafe, but will make them sicker, perhaps even kill them, have added little of value to the discussion.

Dr. Wayne Schmotzer, DVM in his letter to the editor (July 22) cited a study whose results, he said, proved that COVID vaccination will make an individual significantly more susceptible to infection and reinfection.

An alert reader refuted this claim.

In his guest editorial in The Nugget (July 29), Charles Stephens claimed that “The CDC’s own VAERS reporting system has recorded hundreds of thousands of deaths and serious injuries from the shots.”

The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System is a website co-sponsored by the CDC and the FDA that provides a mechanism for alerting clinicians to possible rare sideeffects caused by any type of vaccination.

Entries into the VAERS system can be made by anyone, but must later be verified — “CDC and FDA clinicians review reports of death to VAERS, including death certificates, autopsy, and medical records.”

According to the CDC website, “More than 601 million doses of COVID-19

vaccines were administered in the United States from December 14, 2020, through July 20, 2022. During this time, VAERS received 15,605 preliminary reports of death (0.0026 percent) among people who received a COVID-19 vaccine.

“Continued monitoring has identified nine deaths causally associated with J&J/Janssen COVID-19 vaccination.”

By now, readers of The Nugget have most likely hardened their position regarding the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccinations and booster shots. The audience of readers who remain receptive to Dr. Schmotzer and Charles Stephens’ warnings against COVID-19 vaccination is probably small.

Nevertheless, if Schmotzer and Stephens intend to sway even a handful of readers against vaccination for COVID-19, they should offer them “legitimate” evidence to support their claims because the consequences for readers who follow their advice could be dire.

Brown University has estimated that nearly 319,000 American lives could have been spared had everyone received a COVID19 vaccination when they became available.

In Oregon, preventable deaths from COVID infection were estimated to be 3,798. (https://www.npr.org/sections/healthshots/2022/05/13/1098071284/this-ishow-many-lives-could-have-been-savedwith-covid-vaccinations-in-each-state).

The primary source for “Inoculating See LETTERS on page 8

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‘Where’s the evidence?

Convince me’

By Scott Bowler Guest Columnist

My parents could not have been more different (one a short, funny, emotional, liberal, feminist, elementary educator, and the other a tall, stern, thoughtful, conservative, paternalistic, civil engineer), and they didn’t agree on a lot of things.

However, one thing that they both ardently agreed upon, despite many longrunning discussions and arguments about things as disparate as parenting style and politics, was that evidence for your position is absolutely vital, and, when strong enough, evidence provides an excellent reason to change one’s mind.

And, on many occasions, one or the other — even occasionally both — actually did. For my mother, my father’s point that her favored presidential candidate was a “charming philanderer” later proved to be true; my father also changed his mind the day his favorite president was impeached and later proven to be the crook Mom always said he was.

As I grew up, I was told innumerable times, when advancing a point, “Where’s the evidence?

Convince me.” I learned to be a thoughtful investigator and mindful arguer, so that when opining on something or other, I am constantly asking myself “Where’s the evidence? Am I convinced?” In my childhood, this usually meant many more conversations, reading several newspapers and diverse news magazines, and often involved a trip to the library for research — a lovely, inherently unbiased path to discovery, by the way.

So, after reading many of the LOEs in The Nugget, I do go look at the writer’s evidence, I think about the points they made, I look for corroboration, and evaluate the preponderance of evidence. (Remembering, too, that “absence of evidence is NOT evidence of absence).

For example, despite a reported large minority of U.S. voters still clinging to the idea that the 2020 election was “stolen” or otherwise invalid, I ask, “Where is the evidence? Convince

me.” The answer to that is that there isn’t enough reliable and credible evidence to prove the point.

The recent report referenced by Cliff Bush last week, “Lost, Not Stolen: The Conservative Case That Trump Lost and Biden Won the 2020 Presidential Election,” is indeed interesting and informative reading. Read it yourself because it provides a case in point: despite the numerous and persistent claims, no credible evidence has emerged for widespread fraud nor theft. Perhaps it’s time to look at the evidence yourself (from a variety of sources, especially the many reports of Attorneys General and Secretaries of State), weigh the facts, sift out biased opinions — and then allow yourself to change your mind. It takes flexibility and courage to change your mind and to be convinced otherwise.

It’s good for us to be confronted with alternatives, to dig deeper, to investigate many different points of view and different views of the same facts. If you do take the time to make this happen now and then, it shows that you and your brain are healthy and still working well. As a teenager in the 1960s, I was enthralled by the moon landings, horrified by Vietnam war atrocities, and entertained by rock and roll. I protested the political handling of the war, marched for civil rights, started a recycling center, danced to the Grateful Dead, and regularly attended meetings of BOTH The John Birch Society and Students for a Democratic Society. I listened, I read, I discussed and I argued, with friends, allies and foes — and I learned. In many cases the evidence let me change my mind, as it yet does.

Why should a reader care what a writer’s political views are? Read what they wrote, read what others write, listen, think, and consider their, your, and several other viewpoints.

Take a trip to the library and dig up some facts. But don’t you dare dismiss someone with whom you do not agree because you don’t agree with them!

“Where’s the evidence?

Convince me.”

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

Wednesday, August 3, 2022 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

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Serving as a Forest Service intern

By Bill Bartlett Correspondent

PHOTO BY BILL BARTLETT

Heyden Kunz is preparing for his eighth showing at the Deschutes County Fair.

4-H youth get ready for county fair

By Bill Bartlett Correspondent

Sisters Country is home to the Cloverdale Livestock Club. It’s our version of 4H and it’s been around more than 75 years. The international program began in 1902, boasting more than 6 million current members and 25 million alumnae.

Thirty-four youth from 8 to 18 make up the Club here, mostly from Sisters Country but a few from as far as Crooked River Ranch and Bend.

The Deschutes County Fair, August 3-7, is the big event, what the young people are all working

toward. This is where the hard work and nurturing hopefully pays off. The excitement was palpable last week when The Nugget met with the Club for weigh-in and final prep at the farm of Karen and Gary Moss and Marianne Walker who raise orchard grass and some grass fed cattle on Highway 20.

You might better know the Moss’ as owners of Secure Storage in Sisters.

They also sell biomass wood fire bricks. They’ve been in ranching for 22 years and are key supporters of the Club along with Pam Cyrus Mitchell who has mentored

the Club for 28 years. This night, she served as mock judge, putting the members through the same routine they will experience in the ring come the big day.

She coaches them in the subtle ways in which to present their entry and gain points. The Club will be represented in four categories — market cattle, sheep, goats and swine. The kids — they are mature beyond their years so it’s hard calling them as such — hang on her every word, taking cues and asking questions.

Mitchell is joined by See 4-H on page 15

Have you ever wondered who are and what are inside the six cottages on the perimeter of the Forest Service’s Sisters District station? Three are bunkhouses, one is storage space, and the other two are for fire-related management.

In the three unairconditioned bunkhouses with full kitchens, are nine seasonal workers and two interns. The seasonal hires perform a myriad of forest management work assignments that are not accessible when the snows are deep. They work for

periods of at least six months.

The interns are here for 10 weeks. The Nugget met at length with one last week — Deisy Garcia. She will be a senior at the University of Texas’ Rio Grande Valley campus in Edinburg, Texas.

Her major is Environmental Science, with a minor in Chemistry.

She commutes to campus from her home in Mission, Texas, where she lives with her parents and two younger brothers, 12 and 11.

“I miss my brothers,” she said. “I feel badly that I cannot be there right now See INTERN on page 9

Coming together with the blues in Sisters Sisters Folk Festival (SFF) and Sisters Rhythm & Brews Festival have partnered to present “An Evening with the Blues” concert on Thursday, August 11 at 7 p.m. at Sisters Art Works, 204 W. Adams Ave., Sisters. Grammy-nominated blues, country and gospel artists Jimmy “Duck” Holmes, Jontavious Willis, and Southern Avenue will perform for a special evening celebrating the conclusion of the Summer Concerts

at Sisters Art Works and kicking off the 2022 Sisters Rhythm & Brews Festival.

The event will mark the first collaboration between the respective organizations, both of which believe in the importance of enriching lives through the arts and bringing diverse voices to Central Oregon.

Founded in 1995, the Sisters Folk Festival celebrates their 25th See BLUES 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, Sober Sisters Women’s meeting, Thurs., 541-388-9013.

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

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

Church. 541-548-0440.

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

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

District. 541-549-2091.

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

Guild One Saturday per month, Jan. 4th Saturday, 10 a.m., meeting by Location information: 541-848-1970. thru Oct. For schedule: 541-639-3217.

Zoom. 503-930-6158.

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

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

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

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

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

541-231-1897.

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

BOARDS, GROUPS, CLUBS

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

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

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

541-549-8815.

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

VFW Post 8138 and American Legion Post 86 1st Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., 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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Wednesday, August 3, 2022 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

OFFICER: August 3 was Lettenmaier’s final shift at BBR

‘Green Drinks’ event honors sustainability

Continued from page 1

“At one point (in the 1990s) I was the head golf pro at Glaze Meadow,” he recalled.

Feeling the need to develop a career, Lettenmaier turned to law enforcement, after becoming acquainted with some cops in Clackamas County where his wife then lived. He liked what he saw of the job, and went to the police academy, then hired on with Bend PD. Before long, he was looking for another position when one opened up at Black Butte Ranch, where the pace and style of work was more to his liking.

“I really like it,” he said.

“The homeowners have been great over the years — very supportive and grateful that the police department has been here. It’s been a great place to work — a very, very supportive community.”

In addition to policing the Ranch, BBR Police act as back-up to other agencies in the western part of Deschutes County. They work accidents on the Santiam Pass and back up the Sisters deputies of the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office on law enforcement calls in Sisters. They do a lot of the speed enforcement work on Highway 20 west of the Ranch, trying to curtail speeding past the resort’s entrance.

“I like the speed enforcement,” Lettenmaier said.

But Lettenmaier’s favorite aspect of the job is clear: working the bike patrol established on the Ranch several years ago. It’s work that puts him in close contact with residents and guests, the community policing part of the work that brings him the greatest satisfaction.

“If I had a favorite aspect

CORRECTION The story “The wildfire threat in our yards” (The Nugget, July 27, page one) misattributed the cause of the Pole Creek Fire. That fire was determined to have been caused by lightning.

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Kelvin Lettenmaier was to serve his last shift as a Black Butte Ranch Police Officer on August 3. He has become an iconic figure at BBR. of my job in the last seven or eight years, it would be the summertime doing the bike program, the bike patrol,” he said.

The job involves a lot of outreach and interactions with kids and families — interactions of the positive kind; handing out toy badges and showing equipment.

“Those are really special times,” Lettenmaier said.

The most dramatic turns in his tenure at BBR were the wildfire evacuations forced by the Cache Mountain Fire in 2002 and the Link Fire in 2003. Evacuating everyone from the Ranch in smoky conditions with fire looming on the outskirts was a complex and demanding task and Lettenmaier takes pride in the way the department handled the work.

One aspect of the job that he won’t miss is working nights. At 57, he’s tired of wearing all the heavy gear required of an officer, and he’s ready to have “just a regular job.”

He’s landed one, working for a friend with Eberhard’s Dairy in Redmond.

Lettenmaier also expects to get the golf clubs swinging, with more time available

to hit the links.

“I’m sure gonna try,” he said.

He notes that, while the climate locally is still good for people in law enforcement, it’s not so good regionally and nationally, and the apparent turn against law enforcement in some sectors of society played into his decision to hang up the badge.

But he looks back with satisfaction over a long career working with good people.

He says that the BBR Police Department has improved steadily in all aspects under each chief.

His current chief will miss him.

“He’s beloved on the Ranch,” Chief Van Meter told The Nugget, noting that Lettenmaier really “gets” the Ranch culture, which his background in golf helps.

And he has that all-important element that Chief Van Meter prizes above all others: a servant’s heart.

“Community policing boils down to relationships, and Kelvin has all his relationships in place,” the Chief said. “It’ll take 20 years to replace what we have in Kelvin.”

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About 60 hearty folks spent a hot evening last Thursday on the Seed to Table (S2T) farm, with thunderheads rumbling overhead.

Participants from little ones to senior citizens listened to representatives from The Environmental Center (TEC) and S2T share their organizations’ focus on sustainability.

TEC coordinates networking events called “Green Drinks” that focus on their three pillars of sustainability: a healthy environment, economic vitality, and social equity. TEC began coordinating “Green Drinks” events in Central Oregon in 2007.

We want to encourage partnership...

—Priscilla Calleros The purpose of the event was to bring people together to learn, discuss, and advance a sustainable future for everyone in Central Oregon.

Priscilla Calleros, Events and Outreach Manager with TEC, spoke during the event.

“We want to encourage partnerships that share the same values and are embedding sustainability in their own way. TEC is expanding

PHOTO BY KATY YODER

Mike Riley of The Environmental Center. more beyond Bend because our focus is throughout Central Oregon. We’re excited to highlight and promote Seed to Table and the great work they’re doing in the community and schools,” said Calleros.

Staff from both nonprofits expressed their gratitude to the businesses who donated drinks for the evening, including Three Creeks Brewing, Bend Cider Company and Humm Kombucha.

To learn more about TEC visit https://envirocenter. org. Visit the S2T website at: www.seedtotableoregon.org Seed to Table is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit EIN: 82-37956180.

Wednesday, August 3, 2022 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

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Country songwriter Austin Jenckes to play Sisters Saloon

By Ceili Gatley Correspondent

Austin Jenckes always knew that music was going to be a part of his life.

Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, in a small town in Washington state called Duval, Jenckes played music throughout his life.

He started playing guitar as a boy because his dad also played, and he picked it up one day and knew that he wanted to pursue it further.

Jenckes grew up playing music at church on the worship music team, and in his young adult days, he played in rock n’ roll bands in high school before going to college at Western Washington University (WWU). During his time at school, he started playing some of his own written songs in coffee shops and was gigging around as much as he could.

“I started writing my own songs and playing them wherever I could on the coast of Washington during and after college,” said Jenckes.

Jenckes decided to fully pursue his music career when he met his wife in college at WWU. “I was kind of doing the troubadour thing hitchhiking and backpacking and just playing where I could and when I could on the side. Once I met her, I knew if I wanted to make a life with her, I needed to pursue music and be able to make money with it. That was a big turning point for me, was meeting her,” he said.

Jenckes moved to Nashville, Tennessee, at 21 to further pursue his music career. He and his wife now live in Nashville with their kids, visiting Washington during the summers.

He worked in a warehouse to pay the bills while still gigging around Nashville.

“I moved to Nashville to become a full-time songwriter, I really wanted to home in on the lyrical side of things and I wanted to write songs that made sense and meant something,” he said.

During his time in Nashville, he started to home in on not just the songwriting, but also vocals, developing as a full-fledged artist.

“You have to have good songs and music paired with good writing to really get into the fold as a known artist,” he said.

A few years into his artistic journey, he went on the popular singing competition show “The Voice.” He made it to the Top 10 on Blake Shelton’s team amongst other artists. Through his experience on “The Voice” and after, he was able to make connections and create a network of country singersongwriters in Nashville.

“I was put into a lot of rooms with different singersongwriters in the country music world, helping my music really transition into that space,” he said.

A f t e r “ T h e Vo i c e , ” Jenckes signed a two-year record deal and was able to produce his first full-length record in 2019.

“The people I met in Nashville really helped me get into the country songwriter space and I was able

to make my own record,” said Jenckes. “The songs I wrote for that record, (“If You Grew Up Like I Did”), I felt really told my story.

I wrote about three times more songs than ended up on the record.”

The process overall took around four years for Jenckes to write, produce and promote the album.

The album was released in 2019, and Jenckes was in the middle of touring that album in Europe when everything shut down in March of 2020.

“I came back for two weeks which is what everybody was saying was the timeline; turns out two years later, I am just now rescheduling some of those European shows,” he said.

He recently played on tour in the UK with country artist Brett Eldridge. During the time off touring, Jenckes was able to write more songs and release singles in the last two years, his most recent, “River Jordan” that came out in May. Jenckes is slotted to play the Sisters Saloon on Thursday, August 11, in a

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Austin Jenckes. ticketed concert.

“The Saloon reached out to my manager to play there, and it worked out that I was on a tour run in the PNW and northern California,” he said.

Jenckes has been around the Central Oregon area but has never been to Sisters.

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Sisters Country birds

By Douglas Beall Correspondent

Walking through central Oregon’s ponderosa forests, the twittering and chirping one is most likely to hear is the Pygmy Nuthatch, feeding on insects while

PHOTO BY CODY RHEAULT

Friends gathered in a fundraising celebration at Sisters Depot, as Hawaiian Mike Alayon left the hospital after weeks of arduous treatment for kidney failure and necrotizing fasciitis. A long recovery lies ahead.

MIKE: Sisters man spent 52 days in the hospital at St. Charles Continued from page 1

continues to reach important milestones. On Wednesday, June 7, Mike was diagnosed with kidney failure and necrotizing fasciitis, a rare and dangerous bacterial infection that requires surgery and intravenous antibiotics.

Multiple surgeries and weeks in the hospital ensued.

He predicted his return home for September, but his improvement astounded doctors, and led to a quicker discharge than anticipated.

He had to meet physical therapy metrics, such as a timed six-minute walk with a measured distance. The week of his discharge his distance improved two-fold from the week prior indicating excellent steps towards healing.

After 13 surgeries his left leg lost enormous muscle mass and function, but doctors found his progress sufficient for release. Mike can now stand upright, painfully and delicately with the aid of a walker, but the road ahead is long.

“It’s just the beginning, I still have a long way to go,” he says.

His story is one of overcoming, and being a

fighter at heart. He channeled the warrior spirit from his native Hawaiian culture, often playing Hawaiian music in his hospital room to keep his spirits up. Friends and family sent prayers and love but he gives the most credit to “keakua”, a Hawaiian term for God. Sepsis, kidney failure, and invasive surgeries took their mental toll. But returning home to his family lifted his spirits. Mike didn’t see this happening so soon and there were moments where he wondered if it would ever happen at all. But his heritage pushed him through.

“People think of Hawaiians as beach bums.

But that’s not us. No, we’re fighters. So that’s what I did,” he said.

The exact numbers are still unknown, but medical

bills are predicted to be large.

The GoFundMe campaign in his honor has doubled in the month of July to more than $30,000. And Mike is still a long way out from working again. On Saturday night, the family hosted a fundraising Luau at Sisters Depot. Ticket sales directly benefit their financial situation, and they sold over 90.

Mike spent the night respectfully — and cautiously — standing for every guest greeting him, giving them a firm hug, handshake, or fist bump. The generosity and show of love were overwhelming at times, bringing tears to his eyes.

“I’m only one man, I don’t deserve this,” he said wiping his eyes. “I’m speechless at the generosity.

The only thing I can really say is mahalo, thank you.”

PHOTO BY DOUGLAS BEALL

Pygmy Nuthatch.

climbing all over the ponderosa and lodgepole pines.

The Pygmy Nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea), chatters its highpitch staccato call yearround, gleaning insects and seeds as it forages the entire tree from trunk to needles.

This tiny bird, 3.75 to 4.5 inches, is monogamous, bonding year-round with its mate. Both male and female help in excavating nesting cavities in dead trees and also employ helpers in the nesting and the feeding of their young.

The average nest contains 5-9 white with tones or red or purple eggs, witch require 12-17 days to hatch and then another 14 days being fed before fledging the nest.

When breeding season ends the Pygmies will form flocks combining several family groups. As the winter cold begins they will roost together to assist in maintaining body heat. As many as 150 individuals have been found in a single roosting cavity, and the Pygmy Nuthatch can enter a torpor state to resist the extreme cold temperature. A group of nuthatches are known as “jar” of nuthatches.

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Running commentary

By Charlie Kanzig Correspondent

The first time I saw Sydney McLaughlin compete, she was about to start her senior year of high school as a 16 year old. I was covering the 2016 Olympic Trials at historic Hayward Field and wondered if this teenage phenom was for real. She had established herself as an up-and-coming track star in the 400-meter hurdles.

The question on everyone’s mind was: Can this whippersnapper possibly make the Olympics by placing in the top three at the Trials?

The answer turned out to be yes, and I was lucky enough to have snapped a photo of the young star as she did a victory lap around lane eight where she could reach up and high five fans in the wooden east stands of the old Hayward Field.

Fast-forward to the present day (no pun intended) and the 22-yearold has proven to not be just a flash in the pan. She won the Olympic gold medal in Tokyo last year and broke the world record earlier this summer.

All eyes fixed upon the newly married hurdler last week as she stepped into the blocks in lane four for the 400-meter hurdles final at the World Athletics Championships on Friday, July 22, with three of her

American teammates and four of the other best hurdlers in the world.

Her performances over the past year have been so dominant the crowd understood that only a false start or a clipped hurdle would keep her from being the 2022 world champion.

With the world watching, could McLaughlin, who hails from Dunellen, New Jersey, break her own world record?

Having a media credential allowed me, a track and field fanatic, to move around fairly freely in the stands throughout the week, but on this evening the stadium was packed and everyone wanted to be as close to the finish line as possible. I managed to work my way into position to attempt a decent picture and noticed a young woman standing in front of me on a landing right above the finish line. A bouquet of flowers rested near her feet and her attention was focused directly at the track below.

I asked, “So, I assume the flowers are from someone in the race.”

She answered excitedly, “I was one of the bridesmaids at Sydney’s wedding this spring. I just got to Eugene today and she doesn’t know I am here, so I can’t wait to surprise her after the race. I’ve never seen her compete in person.”

The woman told me how

Sydney came to a bible study she led and how the two had become friends and that McLaughlin’s future husband, a former NFL player named Andre Levone, also attended.

A few minutes later and McLaughlin was indeed the world champion and had run a nearly unbelievable time of 50.68 seconds, breaking her own world record by .8 seconds. For perspective, the winner of the open 400 ran 49.11 without hurdles.

McLaughlin’s performance — she also ran the fastest leg of the gold medal 4x400 meter relay for the U.S. — was among my favorite memories from the meet.

A good number of fans from Sisters Country also attended the meet including Aimee and Tate Metcalf.

Aimee said, “It was so exciting to meet people from all over the world,” said Aimee. “They all shared how impressed they were with the facilities and how much fun they were having exploring Oregon. We really did introduce our beautiful state to a global audience.”

Her husband added, “I’ve been fortunate enough to see thrilling worldclass track competitions around the world, including the Olympics and World Championships from London to Beijing to Rio. To

PHOTO BY CHARLIE KANZIG

The World Athletics Championships featured a lot of breathtaking action. witness a competition of this Peckham’s from high school level in Eugene, two hours who will run for George Fox from our home, was a gift.”

University this year, attended John Peckham, a 2021 the final day of competition. graduate of Sisters High He said, “Witnessing who runs for the University world records be shattered of Alaska-Anchorage said, always puts you as a part “It was incredible to not of history; being able to just see the best athletes in say ‘I was there!’ Mondo the U.S., but rather the best Duplantis’s successful athletes in the world all in attempt in the pole vault to one place. When walking to break his own world record my seats I recognized many was electrifying throughout professional athletes wearing the packed stands.” their country’s gear. You High school senior would never expect to walk Hayden Roth attended with past an Ethiopian distance May and said, “As a runner runner like Selemon Barega this was a truly special in Oregon.” experience for me. Never in Peckham’s girlfriend Nell my life did I think I would Baker said, “My favorite part witness three world records of the World Championships broken in a single day.” was seeing people from The experience of being all over the world come to surrounded by athletes and Eugene, Oregon, to celebrate fans from all over the world track and field. It was so is one I will never forget. cool to see world-class And seeing many of my athletes in a semi-small friends be exposed to an community in Oregon.”

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LETTERS

Continued from page 2

children against conspiracy theories,” which appeared in The Nugget July 12, 2022, was: “Belief in conspiracy theories: Basic principles of an emerging research domain,” European Journal of Social Psychology, 2018 Dec; 48(7): 897–908.

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SB 762 Wildfire

To the Editor: The fire risk assessment/assignment map mandated by SB 762 and put out by ODF and OSU assigns a fire risk (low, moderate, high, extreme) to every tax parcel in the state.

One’s initial response is to see if the risk designation is reasonable and, if not, how one can effect a change.

The risk categories are based on satellite images that show the amount and type of vegetation in a given area. They have no relationship to conditions on the ground! (Possibly, if your area was burned over, you may be in a lower risk area now? No news there.)

Who knows what the true purpose of the study might be, but it is obvious that you do not need satellite images to indicate areas at risk of fires (forests, scrub land, grassland).

Those areas are obvious. Nor do you need the images to categorize them by presumed degree of risk. Risk is risk, period. An actual fire will depend upon the random occurrence of lightning, human negligence or arson and weather conditions. Creating a “risk map” will not prevent or deter a fire.

So this whole effort is a waste of time, money and resources to no real benefit. Not only that, insurance companies are now starting to raise rates or decline to renew policies based on the risk designations in the map.

Yes, we should all appeal the faulty risk assignments but, more importantly, we should demand REPEAL of SB 762. Email Senator Tim Knopp at Sen.TimKnopp@oregonlegislature.gov.

Every locale and property owner should do whatever is necessary to reduce fuel. Keep the State and its meddlesome politicians out of the picture if that is the best they can do.

I suggest one watch the video of the hearing in Medford: youtu.be/ExXOWx7_xdY Donald Harner

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To the Editor: In regards to the recently released wildfire risk classification of our properties, thank you, Sue Stafford, for your article in last week’s paper on this subject! There will

be an informational meeting on Wednesday, August 10 at 7 p.m. at the Deschutes Fairgrounds. In addition, there is a recording of the meeting that was held in Medford on July 27 on YouTube. It most likely will be a similar presentation. The link is https://youtu. be/ExX0Wx7_xdY. I’m finding it odd that there are properties that definitely should be rated “High Risk”, but are only “Moderate Risk.” One alarming property is the 22-acre stretch owned by the Oregon Parks and Recreation that is vacant, full of vegetation/debris and runs parallel along the highly-trafficked Highway 126 just east of Highway 20. Why is this stretch rated “Moderate”? There is the potential of a spark from a car or truck or a lit cigarette thrown out of a car, which could be disastrous for the neighboring homes.

Just doesn’t make sense and I question the risk assessment as a result.

Cheryl Pellerin

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Be good stewards of creek

To the Editor: Hot summer days are the perfect time to cool off in Whychus Creek as it meanders through town. Enjoy it, but please be respectful of this natural treasure we are fortunate to have in our midst.

Time was, the creek would dry up in the summer for lack of sufficient water after the surrounding farms and ranches siphoned off creek water for necessary irrigation. Through a partnership of many local and regional organizations like the Upper Deschutes Watershed Council, Deschutes Land Trust, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Portland General Electric, City of Sisters, farmers and ranchers, and other groups and individuals, water has been restored to the creek to keep it running year-round. A concerted effort, involving millions of dollars and years of work, has brought Whychus Creek back to the point where it can begin to sustain the return of salmon and trout.

It is fun to play in the creek, but it is very important to leave it in the same condition in which you found it. Parents, talk with your children about the importance of taking care of the creek. Making dams is a natural childhood activity but please, remove them before you leave the creek. Adults, don’t look to the creek bed for landscaping materials — plants, rocks, logs. Be kind to the banks of the creek and the vegetation growing there.

The creek belongs to all of us. Please take care of this gift of nature.

Sue Stafford See LETTERS on page 11

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INTERN: Forest worker finds Sisters a friendly place Continued from page 3

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Heavy equipment is staged for a three-week restoration project along Whychus Creek.

Work set to start on riprarian restoration

By Sue Stafford Correspondent

Large equipment belonging to M&M Services LLC of Medford rolled into Sisters last Wednesday in preparation for the threeweek restoration project of Whychus Creek between the Locust Street bridge and Highway 20.

Dump trucks, front loaders, excavators, and utility trailers were neatly assembled in the north end of Creekside Park behind orange hazard fencing. The fencing on both sides of the creek is intended to keep

the public away from the construction zone while work occurs.

Dump trucks will be carrying boulders, stumps, and salvaged timber from a U.S. Forest Service site on Three Creek Road into town for placement in the project.

In-creek and bank restoration work will improve conditions for returning fish.

This fall, 40,000 plants will be added to create a healthy riparian area. The project is a partnership of the City of Sisters and the Upper Deschutes Watershed Council, that raised all the grant funds for the project.

to help my parents with the boys.”

Otherwise, she is finding her time in Sisters above expectations.

“I’m not studying forest management, biology or botany, so what I am learning is not directly related to my degree,” she said. “But I am learning so much about the natural world.”

She admitted to not being into wildlife, yet she rapidly engaged in projects like the owl and frog surveys, the former taking place at night.

Not surprising, the elusive barred owl, scarce in our woods, was not encountered, but it was nonetheless exciting to search.

Once, helping at the Bend Station, required overnight camping, another first for Garcia.

What she likes most about her gig is the range of work.

“Every day is not the same,” she said.

Her work and that of her fellow HACU intern, is directed by District Ranger Ian Reid and botanist Beth Johnson. Each Monday the interns get a schedule of work that is occasionally re-ordered to meet project demands.

Garcia, a non-citizen, applied for the internship via HACU (Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities) National Internship Program.

HACU, founded in 1986, represents more than 500 colleges and universities in the United States, Latin America, Spain, and school districts throughout the U.S. HACU is the only national association representing existing and emerging Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs).

I am learning so much about the natural world.

— Deisy Garcia The work is intense, with heat to match, something Garcia is used to coming from Texas. The Sisters Ranger District, by virtue of its bunkhouses, is able to accept interns. Not every District in the Deschutes National Forest has the necessary lodging. The interns share their bunkhouse with a seasonal botanist and an apprentice wildfire fighter.

Reid, grateful for and supportive of the program had this to say about the interns: “It has been wonderful having our two HACU

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interns here this summer.

They have helped us accomplish important stewardship work and hopefully they have learned a lot about public land management and natural resource conservation as well. Hopefully this internship will spark future work for them with the Forest Service.”

Garcia and her mate have to submit two essays about the experience, one at the five week midpoint and the other at the end of the internship. Garcia finds the essay prep and writing to be a useful effort in supplementing her overall college experience.

The interns have no wheels, and thus have come to know Sisters on foot.

Garcia is taken aback by the kindness and courtesy of the people she meets in town.

“Everybody says hello,” she said, with some amazement.

When we asked why that was surprising, she would only say, “In Mission, when you walk down the street nobody greets you.

Everybody’s kinda focused, too busy I guess.” She’s been delighted by the sincere reception she’s received.

“People are so helpful — with directions, where to find things, recommendations.”

For reasons of privacy, Garcia’s photo could not be published.

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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 Susan Prince on the sixth walk in the Friends of the Metolius Interpretive Walks series. The Camp Sherman Bridge to Allingham Bridge & back walk will be held August 6 from 9 to 11 a.m. Observe the unique riparian habitat of the Metolius ecosystem that includes charismatic species such as osprey, river otters, and merganser ducks. Learn about recent changes to enhance habitat for fish and native plants.

Susan’s cabin on the river has been in her family since the 1930s. Meet near the Camp Sherman Bridge fish-viewing platform. For more info call 415-233-3243.

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: Rays Food Place, The Gallimaufry, Fika Coffee House & 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.

Contact 971-246-0404 for more information American Legion and VFW Meeting American Legion and VFW will meet Wednesday, August 3 at 6:30 p.m. at The Hangar.

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.Ice Cream Social Come join us for an oldfashioned Ice Cream Social in Camp Sherman on August 13 at 6:30 p.m. at the Camp Sherman Community Hall, sponsored by the Camp Sherman Historical Society. Enjoy ice cream and increase your appreciation of the history of Camp Sherman.

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.

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.

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.

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Sisters Habitat for Humanity is accepting new volunteers for the Thrift Store, ReStore, Construction, and Home Repair teams. New volunteers must attend a New 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 541-549-1193 or by email kristina@sistershabitat.org

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.

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.

Weekly Food Pantry The Wellhouse Church will have a weekly food pantry on Thursdays at 4:30 p.m.

(222 N. Trinity Way) Both drive-through pick-up and shopping-style distribution. are available. 541-549-4184 for information.

LWV Voter Registration The League of Women Voters of Deschutes County will be registering voters outside the Sisters Library on August 9 and 23, September 20, October 4, and October 11. The last day to register to vote, declare or change a party affiliation, or put through a change of signature or address is October 18, 2022. For more information, info@lwvdeschutes.org.

Parkinson’s Support Group Are you a person experiencing Parkinson’s disease (PD) or a care partner/family member desiring to better support your loved one with PD? We invite you to join us in Sisters for a restart of our support group to experience friendship, shared experiences, and a better understanding of PD. Please join us the second Thursday of the month 1-2:30 p.m. at the Sisters Library, 110 N. Cedar St. Sisters. For more information contact Carol Pfeil, program coordinator of Parkinson’s Resources of Oregon, 541-668-6599 or carol@parkinsonsresources.or.

Music in the Garden Coo Sisters Community Garden is hosting Music in the Garden i Jacobs-Strain on with David Monday, August 8, from 6 to 8 p.m. Gates open 5:30 p.m. and seating is limited to first 100 attendees. Concert is free but donations to local charities appreciated — Central Oregon Veterans Ranch, Habitat for Humanity, and food accepted for Kiwanis Food Bank. No dogs.

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Sisters High School Class Reunion The Alumni Association is having a reunion for the graduates of Sisters High School who graduated during the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s at the Village Green Park at noon, on Sunday, August 7, and a dinner August 6 at 5 p.m. at the Sisters Saloon. Sunday will be a potluck event. See you there. Call Lance Trowbridge 541-903-1123 for more information.

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Humane Society of Central Oregon 541-382-3537

INDIANA

Meet Indiana! You will know this gal right away as she will be one of the first pups to meet you at her kennel. Indiana is an electrifying little ball of energy and will need plenty of exercise and enrichment with her new family. An escape-proof yard is a must so Indiana can stretch her legs between walks and hikes.

New and different interactive toys will help keep her busy and entertained. No cats in the home for this gal, oh no, as the chase may be on and we sure would not want to stress out those sweet felines. Positive reinforcement training will help with her exuberant play and jumpiness as she gets excited and sometimes gets those hands and toys mixed up! Soon sweet Indiana will blossom into the best doggie citizen you could ever hope for through love and dedication of her new family.

SPONSORED BY

Black Butte Veterinary Clinic 541-549-1837

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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Wednesday, August 3, 2022 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

Property owners must do clean-up

By Sue Stafford Correspondent

Following a public hearing on July 27, City Council approved the adoption of Ordinance No. 525, which amends the Sisters Municipal Code.

The ordinance allocates the responsibility for rightof-way maintenance of a property within the City to the adjacent property owner.

The ordinance is a change from how rights-of-way have been maintained in the past, with the City Public Works department previously performing the maintenance.

Accumulation of debris and junk, overgrown vegetation and noxious weeds, and animal excrement must be removed by the property owner.

An active right-of-way compliance program can significantly reduce noxious weeds, which can impact native vegetation and create fire hazards as they dry out. Having the property owner, instead of City crews, maintain the public rightof-way adjacent to their property is expected to result in reduced taxpayer expense.

The full text of the ordinance is available by contacting City Recorder Kerry Prosser at 541-5496022. For more information or questions, contact Jacob Smith, City Code Compliance Officer, at 541323-5214.

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To the Editor: This is a letter of response to the letter “Not Stolen,” July 27, printed in the Letters to the Editor by Mr. Cliff Brush.

Hello, Mr. Cliff Brush, I appreciate and respect your points of view shared in your Letter to the Editor, titled “Not Stolen.” Thank you.

I also have a point of view in regards to the 2020 presidential election. The election was FRAUDULENT! I hold this point of view based upon a lot of factual evidence. The most accurate evidence of where I hold my point of view, the documentary “2,000 Mules,” Dinesh D’Souza. Please examine the facts from this documentary for yourself.

Warren D. Snyder

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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FRIDAY • AUGUST 5

Angeline’s Bakery ¡Chiringa! Latin dance party band, 7:30 p.m. in the backyard. $5-$10 sliding scale. For more information call 541-549-9122.

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.

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.

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

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.

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WEDNESDAY • AUGUST 10

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 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.

Sisters Depot Live Music: Whychus 6 to 8:30 p.m. $5 cover. More info at www.sistersdepot.com.

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.

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

Featuring live music by Uncharted Project, community booth, vendors, kids activities. More info: www.sistersfarmersmarket.com.

MONDAY • AUGUST 15

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

WEDNESDAY • AUGUST 17

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 18

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

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

FRIDAY • AUGUST 19

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: TBD 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.

SATURDAY • AUGUST 20

Hardtails In The Pink a tribute to Pink Floyd with light show, 8 p.m.-11 p.m. Summer Tribute Series.

Tickets at www.BendTicket.com.

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

Sisters Depot Live Music: Bob Baker & Brian Odell 6 to 8:30 p.m. $5 cover. More info at www.sistersdepot.com.

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Non-advertisers can purchase an event listing for $35/week. Submit items by 5 p.m. Fridays to nugget@nuggetnews.com.

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Oregon Artisan Showcase Wednesday, August 3, 2022 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

Wednesday, August 3, 2022 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

A R T I S T S , M A K E R S , B U I L D E R S , C R E AT O R S , C R A F T E R S , D R E A M E R S , D E S I G N E R S , I N V E N T O R S

Lifelike beauty manifested in the woodcarver’s art

Something for everyone at Farmers Market

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Passion?

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John JJo ohn M Morrison oorris rrison rris on Award-Winning Fish Carving Artist 503-580-6954

Your Home Should Be A Piece Of Art!

A home is a haven with special touches that reflect a client’s personality. I am grateful to be invited into your home to share my unique artistry in hardwood. — Fred Silva

45 YEARS EXPERIENCE! CUSTOM STAIRCASES SAND-AND-FINISH HARDWOOD FLOORING INSTALLER Inlays, Borders, and Radius Work FINISH CARPENTRY Crown Molding, Baseboards, Door Trims

- - FREDSILVAHARDWOODFLOORS COM CCB#606313

Expressing artistry in hardwood flooring Creating beautiful hardwood floors is Fred Silva’s passion and his art, the thing he truly loves. He has manifested that passion over a long career, now operating in Central Oregon as Hardwood Floors by Fred Silva.

Hardwood Floors by Fred Silva is thriving in the Bend and Sisters communities, where artistry is part of the culture.

“I’m looking for the person who wants something special and unique,” he says.

Silva specializes in intricate inlays; he’s inlaid roses on hardwood floors resembling those at Hearst Castle, and a bartop that featured dogwood flowers.

Silva creates his inlays by laying down a template and carefully cutting down about a quarter inch using a router.

The painstaking process is truly artistic — it is, in a sense, like painting or engraving. It involves a great deal more than cutting with a router and laying in a colored piece of wood. The wood has to be cut so that the grain looks like a flower opening up.

After nearly five decades in the trade, that sense of artistry still thrills Silva.

Craftsmanship at its highest level

Viewing the sunrises and sunsets over the rolling hills of the ranch with grazing alpacas at Alpaca Country Estates is in itself peaceful art. With over 1,000 alpacas, every day is a chance for visitors taking a tour to snuggle up to a baby alpaca (cria), and wander the pastures trekking with an alpaca on the 134-acre ranch.

But alpacas provide much more.

For example, much of the beautifully designed clothing and home goods like throws and rugs for sale in their ranch yurt boutique are made from the fleece of Alpaca Country Estates alpacas. A children’s book, “Baby Alpaca’s Adventure”, a loving tribute to Alpaca Country Estates cutest members and Grandma Nancy (ranch owner), was designed and written by a local author sitting in the pasture amongst the alpacas getting firsthand knowledge of their escapades.

Bring a sack lunch and come and play, but don’t forget your camera to create your own photo art for the day!

Celebrate birthdays and family gettogethers, school outings, civic groups, and special events with us.

Dale Holub’s home near Sisters is a showroom for a craftsman who has worked consistently at the very pinnacle of his trade.

“It’s really sort of the catalogue of my career,” he said.

Holub offers personal tours of this living showroom — because seeing his work in person is really the only way to fully appreciate what it is. That work is the product of traditional woodworking methods and techniques applied with traditional woodworking tools and using the highest quality materials.

The result is truly one-of-a-kind furniture.

With drawing and CAD capabilities, Holub creates functional works of art ranging from desks and workspaces to a wine cellar, “right from the design and layout to the fabrication and the installation.”

From shop-made hardware to touches like wooden hinges, his work is uniquely personal. And it needs to be experienced in person to be fully appreciated.

Contact Holub to schedule a tour and experience the work of a master of his craft.

Summer Tours!

Bring a sack lunch and enjoy our 134-acre ranch and 1,000+ alpacas!

(Please call ahead for tours.)

Visit our Ranch Boutique!

15% OFF YOUR ENTIRE PURCHASE! — Made with our alpaca fleece — Sweaters, coats, pashminas, socks Hats, gloves & scarves • Yarns & roving Rugs, blankets, throws & pillows Toys, stuffed animals and ornaments ORDER ONLINE AT ALPACACOUNTRYESTATES.COM

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Nothing showcases the exceptional artisanal creations of the Sisters community more thoroughly than Sisters Farmers Market.

As market manager Michelle Jiunta, nta, notes, “You can leave the market with h an entire meal and things to serve it on and nd a beverage to have after, and art to hang…” g…”

The market specializes in locally grown own produce and other locally produced ced wares from pottery to skin-care prododucts — and the range is wide and eclectic. ctic.

“We have a little bit of everything hing this year, which I think makes it really ally unique,” Jiunta said. “No two vendors dors are the same. Even our produce vendors dors have different things. There’s a lot off diversity in the vendors.”

The market is held Sundays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in beautiful Fir Street Park with music each week on the Songbird bird Stage.

The Sisters Farmers Market is a thrivriving, growing, and vibrant community nity connecting Oregon farmers, ranchers, ers makers, and shoppers, providing access to fresh foods and locally made goods.

The Sisters art tradition is rich in wildlife art — and John Morrison’s fish carvings are an outstanding, award-winning example.

He has created some five-dozen lifelike, full-scale fish in varying sizes up to a three-foot Chinook. More commonly his works are trout, which are more colorful and intricate. He starts with blocks of basswood from Wisconsin. Growth rings tend to be subtle, and color is mostly uniform throughout the face grain of the wood. Knots and other defects are uncommon. The grain is straight with a fine, even texture and moderate natural luster, giving Morrison the perfect “canvas” for his creations.

Using his own patterns, he begins the time-consuming art of shaping and sculpting the wood, even the delicate fins, followed by air-brushing. All the spots are hand-painted. His steady hand and keen eye apply the paint spray in delicate layers rhythmically blending the colors, resulting in a vivid finish that a passerby might think was a live specimen fresh from the Metolius.

The peaceful art of enjoying alpacas

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(Online use promo code Nugget15 for discount.

Offer good through August 31, 2022.)

541-504-4226

Corner of 70397 Buckhorn Road and NW Lower Bridge Way, Terrebonne

LOCALLY MADE

Premium Sunglasses For Outdoor Adventure & Fashion 100% UV Protection Peak Vision™ Polarized Lenses 2-Year Warranty

Come see us at: NW Crossing Farmers Market MENTION THIS AD FOR

$10 OFF!

SHOP ONLINE AT: BAHKOEYEWEAR.COM

Eye protection built to be outdoors Doug Reynolds has turned a hereditary medical issue into an entrepreneurial quest to provide top-quality eye protection for active folks in Sisters Country.

Reynolds’ eye condition has no treatment or cure — but it’s made worse by UV exposure. That’s where intervention can have an effect. An avid, lifelong outdoorsman, Reynolds developed Bähko Eyewear to provide outstanding UV protection in a stylish, durable set of sunglasses, at reasonable prices.

“Outdoor sports has been what’s driven me my whole life,” he says. “Lens technology and eye protection became tremendously important to me personally.”

Bähko Eyewear has two missions: To educate people on the importance of serious, quality eye protection, and to provide it.

Bähko Eyewear offers just what people who love the outdoors of Central Oregon need for their long-term eye health — and it offers it with style.

“All of our shades are lightweight, durable and shatterproof,” Reynolds says.

D Distinctive, ha handcraft ed furniture to adorn y home your

WANT TO SEE MORE? Call for a private tour at my home studio and workshop.

EXPRESSIONS IN WOOD

CUSTOM FURNITURE, CABINETS, MILLWORK

Designed & Built By

DALE HOLUB

MASTER WOODWORKER

541-719-0109

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Wednesday, August 3, 2022 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

A R T I S T S , M A K E R S , B U I L D E R S , C R E AT O R S , C R A F T E R S , D R E A M E R S , D E S I G N E R S , I N V E N T O R S

Lifelike beauty manifested in the woodcarver’s art

Something for everyone at Farmers Market

Is Fishing Your

Passion?

RRemember eme the the tthrill of of hhaving av a

“big one”” oon-line, n-line, w while eenhancing nhan your your home with with uunique, n carved wood carved w ood aart rt

John JJo ohn M Morrison oorris rrison rris on Award-Winning Fish Carving Artist 503-580-6954

Your Home Should Be A Piece Of Art!

A home is a haven with special touches that reflect a client’s personality. I am grateful to be invited into your home to share my unique artistry in hardwood. — Fred Silva

45 YEARS EXPERIENCE! CUSTOM STAIRCASES SAND-AND-FINISH HARDWOOD FLOORING INSTALLER Inlays, Borders, and Radius Work FINISH CARPENTRY Crown Molding, Baseboards, Door Trims

- - FREDSILVAHARDWOODFLOORS COM CCB#606313

Expressing artistry in hardwood flooring Creating beautiful hardwood floors is Fred Silva’s passion and his art, the thing he truly loves. He has manifested that passion over a long career, now operating in Central Oregon as Hardwood Floors by Fred Silva.

Hardwood Floors by Fred Silva is thriving in the Bend and Sisters communities, where artistry is part of the culture.

“I’m looking for the person who wants something special and unique,” he says.

Silva specializes in intricate inlays; he’s inlaid roses on hardwood floors resembling those at Hearst Castle, and a bartop that featured dogwood flowers.

Silva creates his inlays by laying down a template and carefully cutting down about a quarter inch using a router.

The painstaking process is truly artistic — it is, in a sense, like painting or engraving. It involves a great deal more than cutting with a router and laying in a colored piece of wood. The wood has to be cut so that the grain looks like a flower opening up.

After nearly five decades in the trade, that sense of artistry still thrills Silva.

Craftsmanship at its highest level

Viewing the sunrises and sunsets over the rolling hills of the ranch with grazing alpacas at Alpaca Country Estates is in itself peaceful art. With over 1,000 alpacas, every day is a chance for visitors taking a tour to snuggle up to a baby alpaca (cria), and wander the pastures trekking with an alpaca on the 134-acre ranch.

But alpacas provide much more.

For example, much of the beautifully designed clothing and home goods like throws and rugs for sale in their ranch yurt boutique are made from the fleece of Alpaca Country Estates alpacas. A children’s book, “Baby Alpaca’s Adventure”, a loving tribute to Alpaca Country Estates cutest members and Grandma Nancy (ranch owner), was designed and written by a local author sitting in the pasture amongst the alpacas getting firsthand knowledge of their escapades.

Bring a sack lunch and come and play, but don’t forget your camera to create your own photo art for the day!

Celebrate birthdays and family gettogethers, school outings, civic groups, and special events with us.

Dale Holub’s home near Sisters is a showroom for a craftsman who has worked consistently at the very pinnacle of his trade.

“It’s really sort of the catalogue of my career,” he said.

Holub offers personal tours of this living showroom — because seeing his work in person is really the only way to fully appreciate what it is. That work is the product of traditional woodworking methods and techniques applied with traditional woodworking tools and using the highest quality materials.

The result is truly one-of-a-kind furniture.

With drawing and CAD capabilities, Holub creates functional works of art ranging from desks and workspaces to a wine cellar, “right from the design and layout to the fabrication and the installation.”

From shop-made hardware to touches like wooden hinges, his work is uniquely personal. And it needs to be experienced in person to be fully appreciated.

Contact Holub to schedule a tour and experience the work of a master of his craft.

Summer Tours!

Bring a sack lunch and enjoy our 134-acre ranch and 1,000+ alpacas!

(Please call ahead for tours.)

Visit our Ranch Boutique!

15% OFF YOUR ENTIRE PURCHASE! — Made with our alpaca fleece — Sweaters, coats, pashminas, socks Hats, gloves & scarves • Yarns & roving Rugs, blankets, throws & pillows Toys, stuffed animals and ornaments ORDER ONLINE AT ALPACACOUNTRYESTATES.COM

✃

Nothing showcases the exceptional artisanal creations of the Sisters community more thoroughly than Sisters Farmers Market.

As market manager Michelle Jiunta, nta, notes, “You can leave the market with h an entire meal and things to serve it on and nd a beverage to have after, and art to hang…” g…”

The market specializes in locally grown own produce and other locally produced ced wares from pottery to skin-care prododucts — and the range is wide and eclectic. ctic.

“We have a little bit of everything hing this year, which I think makes it really ally unique,” Jiunta said. “No two vendors dors are the same. Even our produce vendors dors have different things. There’s a lot off diversity in the vendors.”

The market is held Sundays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in beautiful Fir Street Park with music each week on the Songbird bird Stage.

The Sisters Farmers Market is a thrivriving, growing, and vibrant community nity connecting Oregon farmers, ranchers, ers makers, and shoppers, providing access to fresh foods and locally made goods.

The Sisters art tradition is rich in wildlife art — and John Morrison’s fish carvings are an outstanding, award-winning example.

He has created some five-dozen lifelike, full-scale fish in varying sizes up to a three-foot Chinook. More commonly his works are trout, which are more colorful and intricate. He starts with blocks of basswood from Wisconsin. Growth rings tend to be subtle, and color is mostly uniform throughout the face grain of the wood. Knots and other defects are uncommon. The grain is straight with a fine, even texture and moderate natural luster, giving Morrison the perfect “canvas” for his creations.

Using his own patterns, he begins the time-consuming art of shaping and sculpting the wood, even the delicate fins, followed by air-brushing. All the spots are hand-painted. His steady hand and keen eye apply the paint spray in delicate layers rhythmically blending the colors, resulting in a vivid finish that a passerby might think was a live specimen fresh from the Metolius.

The peaceful art of enjoying alpacas

✃

12

(Online use promo code Nugget15 for discount.

Offer good through August 31, 2022.)

541-504-4226

Corner of 70397 Buckhorn Road and NW Lower Bridge Way, Terrebonne

LOCALLY MADE

Premium Sunglasses For Outdoor Adventure & Fashion 100% UV Protection Peak Vision™ Polarized Lenses 2-Year Warranty

Come see us at: NW Crossing Farmers Market MENTION THIS AD FOR

$10 OFF!

SHOP ONLINE AT: BAHKOEYEWEAR.COM

Eye protection built to be outdoors Doug Reynolds has turned a hereditary medical issue into an entrepreneurial quest to provide top-quality eye protection for active folks in Sisters Country.

Reynolds’ eye condition has no treatment or cure — but it’s made worse by UV exposure. That’s where intervention can have an effect. An avid, lifelong outdoorsman, Reynolds developed Bähko Eyewear to provide outstanding UV protection in a stylish, durable set of sunglasses, at reasonable prices.

“Outdoor sports has been what’s driven me my whole life,” he says. “Lens technology and eye protection became tremendously important to me personally.”

Bähko Eyewear has two missions: To educate people on the importance of serious, quality eye protection, and to provide it.

Bähko Eyewear offers just what people who love the outdoors of Central Oregon need for their long-term eye health — and it offers it with style.

“All of our shades are lightweight, durable and shatterproof,” Reynolds says.

D Distinctive, ha handcraft ed furniture to adorn y home your

WANT TO SEE MORE? Call for a private tour at my home studio and workshop.

EXPRESSIONS IN WOOD

CUSTOM FURNITURE, CABINETS, MILLWORK

Designed & Built By

DALE HOLUB

MASTER WOODWORKER

541-719-0109

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ROUNDABOUT: Plan calls for diverting truck traffic

The play’s the thing in Sisters

Continued from page 1

By Charlie Kanzig Correspondent

The Guerilla Shakespeare group is no ordinary troupe of actors and actresses.

The “guerilla” concept of sweeping into town with few encumbrances and then heading to the next venue sets the acting company apart.

The group staged “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” on Saturday evening, July 30, at the Fir Street Park under perfect midsummer conditions.

It’s the fifth time the group has played in Sisters over the years under producer and artistic director Clinton K. Clark, a Bend native, who created the company in order to bring more of the bard’s work to Central Oregon.

Clark, who has been residing recently in Chicago, said, “We take a spot and kind of ambush it with a play and as mysteriously as we arrive we’re gone again in about a half an hour and it’s just as it was before we came.”

We load everything into the back of a couple of cars and we only run for a couple of weeks so we sort of think of it as being like a Buddhist sand painting of theater. We are present for a very short amount of time and then we wipe it away and let it just

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Nick Bottom was put under a spell by Puck in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” performed at Fir Street Park in Sisters. live in our hearts afterwards.”

The entire cast hails from Central Oregon according to Clark, who explained now that he is living in Chicago his job has been to fly in, make sure the play is in good shape, everything is paid for and the paperwork is finished, and trust Raechel Gilland to do her magic as the director.

Gilland began working with the actors in mid-May, according to Clark, who arrived on the scene July 5.

The play has been performed in and around Bend, including in a cemetery, as well as Sisters and Redmond.

Gilland, who has been involved in four of the five Guerilla productions, described the efforts as grassroots and collaborative.

“Shakespeare is timeless and we need to keep the traditions,” she said. “I like to showcase his work in a way that we keep his

language but present the play in a way that, instead of trying to be so poetic, we talk more like regular people.”

While most of the players have acting experience a few had very limited or no previous time on stage, according to Gilland.

An intimate audience experienced the full play over nearly two hours and heard every line of the original. Traditional music

by Janelle Musson contrasted with costumes that tended toward regular casual attire other than Puck, the King and Queen of the fairies Oberon and Titania and the fairies themselves. Of course, the character Nick Bottom does don donkey ears, hooves and teeth when Puck turns him partially into an ass.

“A Midsummer’s Night Dream” is a comedy of love and magic, along with a ridiculously silly play within a play. It is a favorite of many Shakespeare fans.

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The $5 million will help to replace the intersection with a four-legged, singlelane roundabout that will help traffic flow smoother and more safely on this busy road.

The allocation will be formally adopted in the summer of 2023 for the 2024-27 budget cycle, but work can move forward prior to then because of other monies coming from the City and Deschutes County.

The proposed time frame for the project calls for preliminary engineering and rights-of-way acquisition between now and 2023, with an official project bid secured by late 2023.

Substantial construction is scheduled for completion prior to Memorial Day 2024 in time for the summer tourist season.

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roundabout is phase two of a three-part traffic improvement project which includes the already-completed Barclay/Highway 20 roundabout (phase one) and widening and straightening of Barclay Drive (phase 3).

When all three phases are complete, it will be possible to redirect freight truck and through automobile traffic off Cascade Avenue to the alternate route located north of downtown.

Last year, the Oregon Transportation Commission allocated $65 million to the “Enhance” part of the 2024-27 STIP, which will fund a total of $2.2 billion in projects. The commission required several factors to be considered in selecting projects, including those that improve safety, support multimodal accessibility, are equitable, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The commission also required at least 30 percent of the projects to be located outside of a Metropolitan Planning Organization boundary, recognizing the need to serve highway users in non-urban areas.

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a handful of dedicated volunteers. Tim and Kim Keeton from Sisters wrangle the beef category. Swine are mentored by Shonna Pease of Sisters and Deb Barlow shepherds the goat group.

The Club meets two times a month during the school year and weekly in the summer.

When they arrived, the animals were weighed in.

Some anxiety showed as young farm animals grow quickly. Would they exceed their weight limit, which for sheep, as an example, is between 110 and 150 pounds?

Hadley Gloeckner, a fifth grader, was pretty sure her Wether sheep was under weight, and was at 102.

She explained that the ewe was named WD-40 because it was “rusty, and this is my back-up, so I’m not worried.”

Others were leaning in, giving audible sighs of relief when making weight.

The animals and handlers arrive in pickups pulling stock trailers. The commitment in time and money to participate in 4H is not insignificant. As many don’t drive, mom or dad are on hauling duty but then like most parents they retreat to the viewing area and watch in admiration as their kids are put through their paces.

Constance Kunz, 10, with her ram, Potter, typifies the youth in the Club, often a family affair.

She is the third, behind two brothers, who have been CLC members. The Davis brothers compete in the sheep category. Bryant is 15,

Asher 14 and Jace 11 and with their respective rams – Albert, Bart and Mario – are keen to compete. Normal sibling rivalry is intensified in the competition starting August 3 at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds.

Kunz is very clear about the importance of the Club to her ambitions.

“It will make me a better farmer when I am older,” she said.

Older brother, Heyden, 17, will be making his eighth fair, this time with 1,270-pound Hammond, a black angus. Hayden Kunz feels good about his chances with Hammond.

“He looks better than my entry last year when I made it to the championship round,” he said.

Eleven-year-old Jade Barlow with her Boer goat, Rocket, likes her chances this year. Her second at the Fair.

“He’s nice and heavy. 92 pounds., she said.

Goats must be between 75 and 105 pounds.

Deschutes County Rodeo Queen, Jessica Sperber,

was all business and all smiles as she weighed and paraded her 1,177-pound steer Scooby. Sperber has entered nine years in horses, four in swine and two in cattle. Like nearly all Club members, Sperber, a SELCO Scholarship awardee, is a well-rounded aspiring and inspiring youth who greets adults with a fixed look in the eye and a firm handshake.

It’s an interesting coincidence that the 4-H logo is a four-leaf clover, a symbolic match for Cloverdale Livestock Club.

Head, Heart, Hands, and Health are the four Hs in 4H, and they are the four values members work on through fun and engaging programs, not all of which are animal husbandry related.

Recent 4-H emphasis is as much focused on STEM as livestock. Over 5 million annual science projects, 2.5 million healthy living and 2.5 million citizenship projects annually complement the historical roots of 4-H.

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Road USFS personnel moonlight as Smoke Drifters closed in Whychus Creek area

By Bill Bartlett Correspondent

Forest Road 1514, in the Whychus Creek area of the Sisters Ranger District is closed to allow the replacement of a road culvert.

The culvert replacement is an important step in providing improved fish and aquatic organism passage in the creek, the Forest Service reports.

The road is a popular route because it provides a loop connecting Forest Road 15 and Forest Road 16 in the area of Whychus Creek. The loop offers access to wilderness trails and dispersed camping sites as well as a scenic gravel riding opportunity. With the road closure, loop opportunities will not be available, the Forest Service notes.

However, all recreational opportunities will remain available to visitors. People will need to plan ahead and take either Forest Road 15 or Forest Road 16 to access their recreation interests on either side of the road closure, which may be in place until November 30.

Steve Orange plays bass guitar. He’s also Timber Sales Administrator for the Deschutes National Forest, Sisters District. Co-worker Mike Boero, an archeologist for USFS, plays drums.

Together with Macon Lohning and John Van Heel, guitarists and lead guitar and singer, Jonas Tarlen, they make up the Smoke Drifters band.

They took the stage last Friday night from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Eurosports Food Cart Garden who sponsor live music every Friday night in June, July and August. The 100-degree temperature did not deter the audience.

Canvas awnings and water misters fought back the sun’s intensity on the audience side while the band performed from the covered porch, everybody managing to stay adequately cool. The cold beer might have aided in lowering temperatures.

When asked to describe their music’s genre, the band members could not come to agreement at first and then settled on Roots Rock. It seemed a good fit for the songs they played, all their own compositions

with titles like: “Where The Headwaters Flow,” “Animal Cannon,” “Hoax of California,” and “Dusty Pawns.”

In typical Sisters fashion, the outdoor venue, was an eclectic mix of locals and visitors of all ages together with a large smattering of kids who in this case found more enjoyment playing under the misters than swaying with their parents to the band’s rhythm.

Tarlen met his Forest in buddies Service connection with his day job, co-owner of Three Sisters Backcountry, who operate under a special use permit of Deschutes National Forest. The outfit run two 20-foot yurts for serious backcountry skiers beneath Tam McArthur Rim. The tables were virtually full, aided this night by some 20 Forest Service personnel who came to support their pals. Also in attendance was regular John Pierce who lives two blocks from the setting and can hear the music.

“May as well be here, up close where it’s happening,” said the Irishman who hails from Galway, County Kerry.

Pierce commutes daily to Prineville, a 45-minute drive

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The Smoke Drifters played at Eurosports last weekend.

he describes as pleasant, to the mega Facebook Data Center where he works.

Pierce finds the music to his satisfaction, as he routinely does with the offerings that have featured the Paul Eddy Band, Toothpick Shaker, NTT with Chris Brown and Lilli Warona. He’s been a regular for two years grateful for the

no-cover charge music.

Being from Ireland, he knows something about beer, yet does not miss his Guinness. He is grateful for the number of craft beers in Central Oregon prominently promoted around Sisters.

He makes friends easily as do the many others sharing tables as the music drifts over the crowd.

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Families should prepare for fall sports season

By Charlie Kanzig Correspondent

Gary Thorson, athletic director for Sisters High School (SHS), is looking forward to the start of the fall sports season.

“We are super excited to get fall sports rolling again for both SHS and SMS (Sisters Middle School),” he said. “As we started to come out of the pandemic last year we had a good bump in participation numbers and we are hoping to see that again this year,” he said.

And the best part for families is that once again there are no pay to play fees for being involved in sports and activities at either school.

“We don’t want to have any barriers for students who want to join a team,” he added.

The only exception to paying for sports if for students who are interdistrict transfers living outside the school district.

To get things underway, Thorson is urging families to get kids registered on the school’s athletic page using “FamilyID”. The site can be reached at www.familyid. com/sisters-school-district.

In addition, all incoming freshmen and juniors, must have a physical completed before they can practice.

Sophomores and seniors who did not take part in athletics last year also need to get a physical. Physicals are good for two years.

“We really need people to go ahead and get that done as well as to make sure the kids have an up-to-date physical,” he said. “That way everyone will be ready to go when the high school fall season officially gets underway on August 15.

“The OSAA physical form needs to be filled in by the physician and physicals can be done through their regular family physician and also through our student based health center by appointment,” Thorson said.

Forms are available at the high school office as well as on the OSAA.org website.

Middle school students also need to have a physical every two years.

The athletic office will be open at the high school from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. the week of August 8 for those needing assistance. People can drop by or call 541-549-4045.

We have a great group of coaches ready to go this fall...

—Gary Thorson Thorson will be leading a mandatory meeting for athletes and their families on August 10 beginning at 7 p.m. where he will address the entire audience for about fifteen minutes before having the fall coaches — cross country, soccer, football, volleyball, and cheer–break out for team meetings. The office will be open beginning at 6:00 p.m. for those who still need to register on the FamilyID site.

A meeting for fall coaches will take place the same day beginning at 5:30 p.m.

Sisters is now a member of the newly formed 3A league called the Mountain Valley Conference which consist of Sisters, La Pine, Creswell, Pleasant Hill, Elmira, and Siuslaw.

Cross country, wrestling, and swimming have been assigned to special districts for state qualifications, which is also expected for tennis, golf, and track and field.

“We have a great group of coaches ready to go this fall at both schools and it will be especially exciting at the high school as we enter our new conference at the 3A level,” said Thorson. “It is a good fit for us given our population and will give us a little bit better travel situation overall for most of our teams, which is much welcomed as well.”

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anniversary this year.

Beyond the annual music festival in late September, the nonprofit proudly supports multiple year-round music and art programming initiatives. With communitythemed arts fundraisers, a deep investment in schoolbased music and arts education programming, summer creativity camps, and concerts throughout the year, the organization works to strengthen the community by centering the arts as an economic driver and foundational piece in the community The annual festival will take place on Sept. 30 - Oct. 2 at seven venues throughout downtown Sisters. Singleday and three-day all events tickets can be purchased at sistersfolkfestival.org/ festival-ticket-info/ “SFF values our community partnerships and we are always looking for collaborative opportunities like this one. It’s a fun way for our audiences to ‘cross pollinate’—we present lots of artists who would fit into

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Sisters Rhythm & Brews’ format, and vice-versa,” said SFF Executive Director, Crista Munro.

The Sisters Rhythm & Brews Festival (SRBF) was established in 2018, but founders Joe and Jennifer Rambo are no newcomers to the music scene. The Sisters-locals have more than 20 years working in the festival circuit between them and share a devotion to their community. The SRBF pledges a portion of the proceeds to local nonprofits specializing in housing and empowering youth and families. The festival will return for its third year on August 12-13 at the Village Green. Performers will display an array of stellar blues, funk, and soul acts during the two-day event.

Single-day tickets and weekend festival passes can be purchased at tinyurl. com/59m6jy7z.

“From top to bottom we are especially proud of this year’s lineup,” said SRBF co-founder Jennifer Rambo.

“Working with the Sisters Folk Festival this year has allowed us to highlight some of our favorite artists more than we normally could and having this opportunity to work together on a creative level has been really

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rewarding.”

“We all love great live music…from blues, gospel, bluegrass, funk, soul, folk, jazz and everything in between, there are connecting threads to all of them artistically and culturally,” said SFF Creative Director, Brad Tisdel. “We are here to celebrate all the ways these traditions are connected and carry the music and culture forward.”

Tickets to the August 11 concert can be purchased at tinyurl.com/3vd8mj9m.

Doors open at 5 p.m., show starts at 6 p.m. This is a general admission, all ages show. Food and beverages will be available for purchase. Chairs are not provided; bring your low-back festival chairs or blankets. Only service animals are permitted in the venue.

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Pickleballers bring home the gold

By Jacqueline E. Mathews, Tribune News Service

By Sue Stafford Correspondent

Despite the grueling temperatures last week, members of the Sisters Country Pickleball Club (SCPC) came home with medals from the Pacific Northwest Pickleball Classic tournament played over five days at the Pine Nursery courts in Bend.

Te m p e r a t u r e s e v e r y day were well above the 100-degree mark. The court asphalt surface on Friday was measured at 154 degrees.

Jim Kane, SCPC, and Stephen Turner, Bend PC, won gold in the men’s doubles for 55-plus, 3.5 level.

Tracey Nichols, SCPC, and Cori Perry, Portland, earned bronze medals in the women’s doubles, 35-plus, 4.0 level.

The Sisters Country Pickleball Club boasts 150 members and is actively promoting public pickleball

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Raise the Deschutes is a series of free monthly seminars being presented over the coming year by the Deschutes River Conservancy, to help educate the public about water management in Central Oregon.

The next seminar, scheduled for Wednesday, August 17, is titled “Whose Water is it Anyway? Water Rights 101,” and will focus on water rights in the Deschutes Basin. The subject of water, its scarcity in certain areas of the basin, and how to equitably share it, gives rise to consideration of how best to manage the water that is here.

As the entire area continues to grow, demands are being placed on the aquifers and surface water, and water rights have become a hot

topic. For some people moving here from metropolitan areas, the concept of water rights is unfamiliar and, therefore, not considered important until their well goes dry.

Seminar attendees will have the opportunity to hear from water experts who will discuss water supply, river hydrology, climate change, canal piping, and water conservation options.

The August 17 seminar will be held at the Open Space Event Studios at 220 NE Lafayette Avenue in Bend, 6 to 8 p.m. The seminar will also be live-streamed.

Sign-up is available at raisethedeschutes.org.

The website also contains a link to watch the first seminar in the series titled What’s Going on with Our Rivers? Hydrology and Water Management in the Upper Deschutes Basin.

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NOTICE CLAIMS against the Estate of Lois Alexander Stadt, Deschutes County Circuit Court Case No.22PB06480, are required to be presented, with proper vouchers, to the Personal Representative, Shane N. Alexander, c/o Varner Jay Johns III, Attorney at Law, 777 High Street, Suite 300, Eugene, Oregon 97401, within four (4) months from Aug. 3, 2022, the date of first publication, or such claims may be barred. Any person whose rights may be affected by the proceeding may obtain additional information from the court records, the Personal Representative, or the attorneys for the Personal Representative.

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Lightning sparks fires

A lightning storm passed through Central Oregon Sunday and ignited multiple fires on the Sisters Ranger District. The largest fire was the Fly Creek Fire near Balancing Rock along the Metolius arm of Lake Billy Chinook.

Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office issued a Level 3 “GO NOW” fire evacuation notice for the Perry South and Monty Campgrounds.

More lightning was expected during the week, which will create challenging firefighting conditions and the potential for further firestarts.

The Nugget will continue fire coverage at www. nuggetnews .com.

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Stars over Sisters

By Eril Ryan’ Correspondent

With the arrival of August, the constellations of mid-summer are on full display. The group of stars we are highlighting this month has a feature that makes it truly unique among the modern constellations.

Serpens, the Serpent, consists of two non-contiguous parts, known as Serpens Caput (the serpent’s head) and Serpens Cauda (its tail).

To understand why the serpent is separated into two parts in the sky, it is necessary to introduce another celestial figure, namely Ophiuchus, the Serpent Bearer. On star chart illustrations, Ophiuchus is depicted as a man holding a large snake, the snake’s head in his left hand, its tail in his right. But most of these drawings show that a portion of the serpent’s body lies behind Ophiuchus, or passing between his legs, thus hiding it from view.

Serpens takes the spot of the 23rd largest constellation, occupying an area of 637 square degrees in the sky. It is also one of the fifteen equatorial constellations, those that are visible from most places on Earth at various times of the year.

The only star in Serpens

that shines brighter than third magnitude is Unukalhai (meaning “neck of the serpent” in Arabic, “heart of the serpent” in Latin.) It is an orange-giant star located in Serpens Caput that has a radius about 12 times greater and is 38 times more luminous than our sun and lies at a distance of 74 light-years.

Check to make sure your lamps are properly shielded in a way that directs light downward...

Serpens can be best seen during late July and early August. To locate this constellation in the night sky, look to south-southwest at nightfall and you will notice a bright reddish star in the constellation of Scorpius called Antares. From here extend a line northward about 30 degrees and you will be in the star field of western Ophiuchus and Serpens Caput.

With part of the Milky Way’s galactic plane passing

through Serpens Cauda, the area possesses a plethora of unique deep-sky objects.

The most notable among these include M16, or the Eagle Nebula, synonymous with the iconic “Pillars of Creation” photograph taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 1994. This area of the sky contains several other massive star-forming regions, such as Westerhout 40.

Not to be outdone, Serpens Caput brings forward its own selection of fine deep-sky objects.

Most noteworthy of these is Hoag’s Object, the most famous example of the rare class of galaxies known as ring galaxies. Discovered by Art Hoag in 1950, this galaxy has an outer ring of hot, young blue stars surrounding an older yellow nucleus.

Located approximately 600 million light-years away, astronomers still don’t know how this object was formed.

Other notable treasures that reside in the forward region of Serpens include the dazzling globular cluster M5 and a group of six galaxies in the process of merging to become a single giant elliptical galaxy.

In Greek mythology, Serpens represents a giant snake held by Ophiuchus, symbolic of the healer

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‘Hoag’s Object is a rare ring galaxy located in the constellation of Serpens.’

Asclepius. Son of the god meteors that can be seen.

Apollo, Asclepius was said The two giants of the to be able to bring people solar system are getting back to life with his heal- set to transition from the ing powers. In one story, he morning to the evening sky. killed a snake and witnessed Saturn does so first when another snake reviving it it reaches opposition on with an herb, a technique he August 14. Jupiter follows later used in his healings. suit in late September.

The Perseid Meteor The dark sky preservaShower puts on one of tion tip of the month: Check the most prolific displays to make sure your lamps of shooting stars of the are properly shielded in a year. This year’s peak is way that directs light downexpected to occur on August ward illuminating only a 11-12, when 50-75 meteors targeted area. Doing so per hour are anticipated. increases energy efficiency Unfortunately, the Full and reduces light pollution Sturgeon Moon will signifi- that helps preserve our dark cantly reduce the number of skies.

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High-risk stop in Sisters nabs suspect

PHOTO BY BILL BARTLETT

Jim Hix, Jim Williams, Karen Finley (secretary), Mike Pierce, and Louie Cooper have done a lot of work modernizing the irrigation systems of Three Sisters Irrigation District.

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through the bottom of our canals and the stream would be dry right now,” said Marc Thalacker, the District’s Executive Director.

It is Merkley’s second visit to Sisters Country to boost irrigation modernization. In March of 2019 he was on hand to cut the ribbon on the new Watson Micro Hydro Demonstration Project, developing onfarm systems for renewable energy production.

In their remarks Friday Merkley and Bonnie noted the essential benefits of irrigation modernization and the funding for same. Energy savings:

“Instead of relying on electric pumps, updated designs take advantage of gravity to pressurize and move water through the system. Pressurized systems also help farmers save money and allow them to upgrade to higher-efficiency on-farm irrigation equipment,” Bonnie told the audience.

Water savings: Modern pipes replace open canals and old, leaky systems, so all water diverted from streams makes it to farms — instead of being lost to evaporation and seepage.

Renewable energy generation: Where pressure is created, hydropower can be incorporated to generate fish-friendly, renewable electricity. The revenue stream — which will continue for decades into the future — stays local and can be used

to help pay for the cost of these projects. Incorporating small-scale hydroelectric generation can also help Oregon meet its renewable energy goals, strengthen the electric grid and increase energy resilience across the state.

Improved wildlife habitat: “Irrigation modernization means more water is left in streams for fish and wildlife,” Merkley said.

Standing nearby, their truck providing shade, were the crew from TSID who did the work — which is a lot of ditch digging and fill.

The event lasted about an hour with guests and dignitaries treated to lunch.

SUDOKU SOLUTION

Deschutes County Sherrif’s deputies made a high-risk stop on a vehicle in the McDonald’s parking lot on Monday, July 25, and arrested a 22-year-old man who had allegedly stolen a car in Bend and was driving recklessly on Highway 20, nearly causing several wrecks.

The sheriff ’s office reports that on July 25, at approximately 9:21 a.m., the DCSO started receiving numerous calls about a vehicle speeding and driving recklessly nearly causing multiple crashes on Highway 20. The vehicle was reported to be heading west on Highway 20 toward the City of Sisters. A DCSO Deputy spotted the vehicle on Highway 20 near Indian Ford Road, driving at a high rate of speed. The Deputy lost sight of the vehicle near milepost 91 on Highway 20.

The Sheriff ’s Office continued getting reports about the vehicle as it continued west past the Hoodoo Ski area. The deputy and a Black Butte Police Officer

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continued looking for the vehicle.

The vehicle was located driving east on Highway 20 near the junction of Highway 20 and Highway 126. The deputy attempted to stop the vehicle, but the driver refused to stop, leading the deputy on a short pursuit, which the deputy discontinued.

The vehicle was observed entering Sisters and turning into the McDonald’s parking lot. Deputies performed a high-risk traffic stop on the car. They contacted the driver later identified as Blake Goodrich, 22, of Bend, and took him into custody without incident.

Deputies learned that Goodrich had earlier stolen the black 2016 Toyota Corolla from Bend.

Goodrich was transported to the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Jail and lodged on two counts of Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle and two counts of Reckless Endangering. DCSO reports that additional charges are likely.

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Tales from a

Sisters Naturalist

by Jim Anderson

Monarch butterflies are endangered

place protection on milkweeds. It is the only plant the caterpillars can eat.

U n f o r t u n a t e l y, t h e agricultural community has been systematically destroying milkweed ever since the cattle industry discovered the plant sickens cows if they eat it. Now that same farming industry is killing even more milkweed with herbicides and by not allowing irrigation water to reach them, which guarantees the annihilation of the Monarch — everywhere.

Our Monarchs, found from the western side of the Rockies, spend winter congregating on the coast of California, several locations in Arizona and some join their eastern cousins in Mexico.

When the sun tells them spring has arrived, they head north to the first milkweed patch, lay eggs and eventually die. When that

Headlines in conservation magazines, and even on newspapers have been crying: “Monarch butterflies on the verge of extinction!”

And they are, all the way from Maine to California.

Their populations have dropped over 90 percent in the West and up to 84 percent in the East.

According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN, which recently added the Monarch to their Red List and designated it as “endangered,” three threats have caused the Monarch populations to decline: habitat loss, widespread use of agricultural chemicals, and climate change.

Milkweed is the key to survival of Monarch butterflies, and the move to list PHOTO BY JIM ANDERSON the Monarch as an endangered species will hopefully It all starts with a Monarch egg.

new bunch becomes adults they continue north to the next milkweed patch, lay eggs and eventually die.

This process finally gets the Monarchs all the way to Canada and they spend summer reproducing in local milkweed patches until the sun tells them winter is coming.

At that point there is no more egg-laying in the monarch society. They put on fat instead, preparing themselves to fly south thousands of miles to where they will spend winter with their friends.

Throughout their lives, Monarchs need nectar from flowers to fuel their flight and milkweed to lay their eggs on. No other plant will do. Climate change is altering the seasonal availability of these Monarch necessities, as well as accelerating habitat loss through wildfires.

One of the finest Monarch conservation projects to take place in Central Oregon was the development of a wayside at the Sisters Middle School.

“Journey’s Flight,” a book about the travels of a tagged Monarch that came from that wayside was written by the students of Susie Werts’ class and is well worth the read.

You, Dear Readers, can play a big part in helping this endangered

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Monarch butterfly. species work to be successful. If you have a spot on your place that’s damp most of the year please start a colony of showy milkweed, or, if lacking the water, narrow-leaf milkweed.

Then, to make a 100 percent success of that activity, plant a big pollinator garden, maybe where there was once a lawn or rockpile. Not only will you hit a home run with milkweed you’ll have the bases loaded

with the pollinator garden.

Locally, you can go to Winter Creek Nursery for our native milkweed plants (www.wintercreeknative. com) and Deschutes Land Trust for seeds (www. deschuteslandtrust.org). In addition, both the Xerces Society (www.xerces.org) and Monarch Joint Venture (www.monarchjointventure.org) have excellent information and ideas on how to save Monarchs.

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