The Nugget Newspaper // Vol. XLV No. 32 // 2022-08-10

The Nugget Vol. XLV No. 32

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Partnership builds future of iconic ranch

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High school athletics raises bar

Demonstrating skills…

By Sue Stafford

By Charlie Kanzig

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“Hell, no! There will be no casino!” was Glenn Cole’s response when queried about recent rumors regarding the future of Pole Creek Ranch.

The Coles purchased the ranch that lies along Highway 242 across from Sisters Middle School in 2017 from long-time rancher and Sisters resident Richard Patterson. The first five years of their ownership of the ranch have been full of plans, sizeable deferred-maintenance expenses, and legal challenges that have created unexpected cash outflow (see

In response to a noticeable uptick in poor behavior among fans and athletes alike, the Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) has established higher expectations for everyone involved in high school athletics in Oregon.

Step one in this change process requires that all coaches, athletic directors, and game officials take part in a training to stop racist and other discriminatory incidents from taking place during high school sporting events.

PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK

Participants in last week’s joint recruitment and academy conducted by Sisters-Camp Sherman, Cloverdale, and Black Butte Ranch fire departments included a demonstration of learned skills, including forcible entry on a simulated front door.

See RANCH on page 8

See ATHLETICS on page 30

Rhythm & Brews Festival returns

By Ceili Gatley Correspondent

After a two-year pandemic-related hiatus, Sisters Rhythm & Brews Festival is back this weekend, Friday and Saturday, August 12 and 13.

Joe and Jenn Rambo, the founders and directors of the Festival, are excited to bring a collection of 11 artists for the 2022 Festival. A few of the artists are returning from the 2019 Festival, including Eric Gales and Mr. Sipp.

“This is our third year doing the Festival and we really do it as a passion project,” said Jenn Rambo.

From the start of their relationship, Joe and Jenn Rambo shared a passion for Hill Country blues music and bonded over the fact that each of them had had an incredibly impactful experience seeing B.B. King live while both were in their teens. “Getting a chance to see B.B. King with his full touring band, big horn section, everyone wearing tuxedos and playing nonstop for two hours, was perfection,” recalls Joe.

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Sisters to Mississippi: A blues pilgrimage

By Ceili Gatley Correspondent

PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK

A Delta Blues force, Mr. Sipp, aka Castro Coleman, is returning to Sisters Rhythm & Brews Festival for the third time.

The couple hosted their first Festival in 2018 with Los Lobos headlining.

The pandemic halted the Festival from coming to town for two years, in 2020 and 2021.

With the late spring surge in cases last year in

Deschutes County, the couple were devastated when they had to postpone once again. “It was pretty emotionally exhausting,” recalls Jenn. “Months and months of planning, deposits, permits, See BLUES on page 16

Back in January 2020, the founders of the Sisters Rhythm & Brews Festival, Joe and Jenn Rambo made a road-trip blues pilgrimage to the heart of the blues — the Hill Country of Mississippi.

The couple hit the road in their van to Clarksdale, Mississippi, with many stops along the beltline of the heart of the blues along the way. They stopped in Austin, Texas, and Memphis, Tennessee, and scouted artists doing winter shows.

They landed in Clarksdale, where they saw many artists they had known previously, and that had played Sisters Rhythm & Brews Festival in years prior.

“We went there because we knew the history there and it’s the birthplace of Muddy Waters, and we knew it would be influential, and said we might as well go in the off-season,” said Jenn Rambo.

“We have always been enamored with that Hill Country sound, which is sort of a sub-genre of Delta blues and a style we really like,” said Joe Rambo.

Their interest in Hill Country blues comes from the music Rambo grew up with in the 1980s and then seeing regional blues come up more on the west coast with R. L. Burnside and B.B. King.

“Hill Country is a bit more rhythmic and less dependent on the electric guitar sound,” said Joe Rambo.

They visited several juke joints and clubs throughout Clarksdale, seeing Mr. Sipp, Nikki Hill, and other artists who are playing this year’s Sisters Rhythm & Brews Festival. They also visited the home of R. L. Burnside, legendary blues artist and grandfather of Cedric Burnside, who has become a blues prodigy in his own right.

The Rambos considered it a scouting trip to see old See RAMBOS on page 18

Letters/Weather ............... 2 Bunkhouse Chronicle .......10 Entertainment .................13 Fun & Games ................... 24 Classifieds................. 26-27 Meetings .......................... 3 Announcements...............12 Bull by Bull ......................15 Crossword ...................... 25 Real Estate ................ 28-32

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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.

Roundabout

To the Editor: I hope the planned roundabout on the east end of town will be designed to accommodate the obvious (to me) and long overdue solution to the through-traffic issue that seems to confound Sisters. The simple, most straightforward, and tried ’n’ true solution is and has been to make Cascade Avenue one-way westbound and Hood Avenue one-way eastbound.

True, we’d have to give up the diagonal parking on Hood in favor of parallel parking, as has worked for decades on Cascade.

I don’t know what may have been and/ or remain the objections to this. Often, longestablished residents, businesses, and other interests, by their power and influence or simply tradition, create an imbalance with the much larger public interest in these matters.

See LETTERS on page 15

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Academy graduates…

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Sisters-Camp Sherman, Cloverdale, and Black Butte Ranch fire departments conducted a joint recruitment and academy last week. Graduates are: (Back row, left to right) Brayden Klosterman, Emily Kline, Cruz Jones, Sol Byles — Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire; Micah West, Black Butte Ranch Fire. (Front row, left to right) Isaac Stevens — Cloverdale Fire; Josh Malloy, Kylie Charlton — Black Butte Ranch. The graduates marked completion of their basic firefighter academy. They will stay on for a couple of years, living at the fire station, working a shift, and continuing their education at Central Oregon Community College to obtain their fire science and paramedicine degrees.

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Conspiracy theory and psychology

By Michael Paulson Guest Columnist

Our shared imaginations that establish cultures require trust. Conspiracy theories erode trust. What are the variables that promote conspiracy theories?

David Hundsness, a Silicon Valley educator with credentials in psychology, has uploaded several videos on the what, how, and why conspiracy theories grow.

He concludes there are four reasons with the fourth being the most important.

One reason is the lack of information or the ability to understand the information. The rate of technical change today makes it nearly impossible for the average person to understand how our world works.

A conspiracy theory fills in that gap of understandable information.

The second cause is anxiety. Anxiety is a fact of life.

Hollis wrote that a person’s ability to live with anxiety is the mark of a mature person. But what if a person is hindered by an arrested development or simply the lack of the ability to make sense of it all? This causes an overload of anxiety. A conspiracy theory helps predict where a threat is coming from in simple terms that are easier to understand.

The third cause is the Sapiens’ tendency to follow your in-group. So if your ideological brethren believe the conspiracy, you will. We are social animals. COVID19 has shown us that the simple contact of everyday life is extremely important.

Being a member of a group is built into us.

The fourth and most important cause of the spread of a conspiracy theory is ego. People who subscribe to a conspiracy theory believe they are a member of a special group of independent thinkers who have discovered the hidden truth and have a superior knowledge, while the rest of us are just sheep (Who doesn’t want to feel special?).

Examples of the ego factor are easy to describe.

Take a person who didn’t do particularly well in school or work; so deep down they fell inferior, undervalued,

and unappreciated. But if they believe in conspiracy theories, they feel they are smarter than the “experts,” and a small group of people will tell them so. Joe Rogan, the well-known podcaster and college dropout, with very little education and steroid-induced bellicosity, has spread numerous falsehoods about the pandemic. He either has deluded himself into believing he has superior knowledge compared to the most highly educated experts in the medicine of immunology, or he is just lying. His 11 million podcast followers have made him wealthy.

Another example is someone who has a substantial academic credential, but is not recognized by his peers as successful. A doctor takes a fringe position and all of a sudden, they get a huge amount of attention from a fringe group who claims the doctor is brilliant. The doctor’s ego is boosted. This is so valued, it’s worth the criticism they receive from his peers. The doctor has become a member of Peter Turchin’s counter-elite. The Hundsness description of the psychology of conspiracy fits nicely with game theory predictions involving Suckers, Grudgers, and Cheaters as well as Turchin’s counterelites. The Fox “News” staff of credentialed nobodies is evidence that Cheaters can be very successful feeding on Suckers. But Game Theory predicts things will sort themselves out and eventually, after much success, Cheaters will approach near extinction and the Grudgers will prevail. But then the cycle will repeat itself.

The survival strategies of the members of the great cultures of the past oscillated, became stronger, and then died out. When cultures survive an extended period, they are said to have achieved Evolutionary Stable Strategies. We are not there now. We seem to have reached, or are approaching, a peak population of Cheaters. Turchin believes we are in for a rough ride for at least the next five years.

What comes next?

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

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‘LITTLE LIBRARIES’ open doors

By Bill Bartlett Correspondent

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Members of the Turnquist family were the first borrowers at a new Little Free Library installed in Sisters.

Mayor Michael Preedin on right.

New Sisters libraries open doors

By Bill Bartlett Correspondent

Two of the five new Little Free Libraries were dedicated last week, including the one shown here with Mayor Michael Preedin, who was present for the ribbon cutting ceremony. Erika Turnquist, age 2, and her brother Damien, 9, were the first borrowers at the one installed at the entry to Clemens Park at North Larch Street and East Black Butte Avenue.

The Little Free Library at McKenzie Meadows Village park was also dedicated. Next week will see the installation at ClearPine subdivision, while the next will be erected shortly thereafter between the Sisters Chamber

of Commerce building and Fir Street Park, as soon as the City marks the exact location.

A fifth has been constructed and is set for a location to be determined. All five are a gift of Rotary Club of Sisters, who have a long history of citywide improvements such as the fire hearth at Village Green Park.

Considering the larger number of children residing in McKenzie Meadows Village, there are actually two of the small libraries, side-by-side — one for adults and one for children and youth. Care was given in the design of all units citywide so that kids as young as 5 could reach the shelves.

This brings to eight the number of Little Free

Libraries in the city limits.

Little Free Library is a nonprofit organization based in St. Paul, Minnesota. Their mission is to be a catalyst for building community, inspiring readers, and expanding book access for all through a global network of volunteerled Little Free Libraries.

Between the over 125,000 libraries worldwide, 42 million books are shared annually in more than 100 countries. On average, one book is shared in a Little Free Library every day.

Rotary reached out to the community to stock the first five units and the response was amazing, according to Rotary President Lei Darcey.

“We got over 500 books See LIBRARY on page 29

During an international conference of firefighting managers in Portland in 2014, Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District chief Roger Johnson got to talking with his counterpart from Hampshire, England. The professional friendship led to a one-of-a-kind annual exchange of personnel for a fortnight (14 days) every summer.

Even during the COVID19 years, the two departments remained in close consultation and comradery via Zoom. The yearly visits in person have resumed,

and Sisters is currently hosting Andy Weeks, Paul Reddish, Jack White, and Simon Corlett. Weeks and Reddish have 28 years each of experience, Corlett, 20, and White is coming up on six years.

That is some 80 years of collective wisdom they gladly share with their Sisters counterparts, which is reciprocated when Johnson sends personnel from here across the ocean. The cost is borne out of the training budget.

“Since lodging and meals take place in the respective fire stations we have only See EXCHANGE on page 31

SHS graduate working as nurse at St. Charles

By Ceili Gatley Correspondent

Sabrina Allen was raised in Sisters and grew up surrounded by her Sisters community. She has now returned to that community, working as a nurse at St. Charles Hospital in Bend.

Allen (formerly Reifschneider) attended Corban University after graduating from Sisters High School (SHS) in 2017.

Throughout her high school career, Allen immersed herself in everything she could

in the medical field.

“I knew I always had a call to the health care field.

I just at the time didn’t know exactly where that would be,” she said.

Allen did the St. Charles rotations program with SHS health teacher Heather Johnson, where students were given the opportunity to shadow doctors and nurses in different parts of the hospital each week. Her experience in St. Charles rotations was her first time See NURSE on page 28

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

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

541-610-7383.

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

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

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

3rd Monday, 6 to 7:30 p.m. RSVP at study, Tues., noon, Shepherd of the citizens4community.com Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board Hills Lutheran Church / of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m.

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

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

Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 541-388-9013.

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

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

Church. 541-548-0440.

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

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

District. 541-549-2091.

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

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

Zoom. 503-930-6158.

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

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

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

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

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

541-231-1897.

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

BOARDS, GROUPS, CLUBS

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

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

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

541-549-8815.

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

VFW Post 8138 and American Legion Post 86 1st Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., The Hanger, Sisters Community Church. 847-344-0498.

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

541-602-2654.

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

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

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

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

FIRE & POLICE Black Butte Ranch Police Dept.

Board of Directors Meets monthly.

541-595-2191 for time & date.

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

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

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

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

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

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Thrills and nostalgia hallmarks of air show

By Bill Bartlett Correspondent

If you’ve never been to an air show, you might reconsider. The perception held by many is that they are only for aeronautic buffs and pilots, or that they feature only airplanes. That is not the case with Airshow of the Cascades scheduled for Friday and Saturday, August 26-27 at the Madras airport.

“What folks need to think of is not a textbook air show but a festival,” said Joe Krenowicz, who heads the Madras Chamber of Commerce. “If planes don’t interest you, then bring the family for the fireworks, live music, a sunrise breakfast, a fish ’n chips dinner, or car show,” he beckons.

Naturally, aircraft are the centerpiece of the two-day affair. A large cadre of airplanes will be on the ground and in the air. Pilots from several nearby states will fly in to kick things off. Their planes will be a mixture of vintage models, the kinds made famous in movies like” “Out of Africa” with open-air cockpits, to high-performance stunt planes.

Add in war planes, including the Mustang P-51, and Sentimental Journey, originally manufactured and delivered to the U.S. Army Air Forces for war service in 1944, where she flew missions in the Pacific Theater.

After the war she flew for training, testing, and at-sea rescue missions and was eventually sold for surplus

and used as a fire bomber. In 1978, the aircraft was purchased by a Commemorative Air Force (CAF) member and donated to the newly formed Arizona unit of the worldfamous CAF. Not everyone can visit the Airbase Arizona Museum for an up-close and personal inspection of the B-17. So, the Commemorative Air Force will be bringing her to the Airshow of the Cascades.

They are offering rides and tours, but be sure to book your seat in advance because they’re sure to sell out fast.

If B-17 rides sell out, don’t fret. Ever wanted to soar across the beautiful blue skies of Central Oregon in a glider?

Come to the Airshow of the Cascades and make it a part of your experience.

The High Desert Soaring Club will be offering glider rides during the airshow. They will release from approximately 2,500 feet in altitude resulting in about a 25-minute flight if there’s no lift; longer if there are thermals.

And if you don’t catch a ride in a glider, well, there are helicopter rides by Leading Edge Aviation.

Returning for 2022 are crowd favorites The Golden Knights, one of only three Department of Defensesanctioned aerial demonstration teams, along with the U.S. Navy Blue Angels and the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds. The team is composed of approximately 95 men and women, including four parachute units, an aviation unit, and a headquarters.

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Vintage planes are showcased at the annual Airshow of the Cascades.

The Airshow of the Cascades will showcase an elite demonstration team of 16 soldiers at the 20th Anniversary event. They will be jumping both night and day Friday and Saturday and will be mingling with the crowd from their onsite booth.

For adrenaline buffs, the Airshow has you covered. But you may need to cover your ears. The new Navy aircraft, the F-18 Growler, is a prominent aircraft in the recently released “Top Gun-Maverick” movie and will be in this year’s lineup both days. The Growler will be performing at speeds short of exceeding the sound barrier.

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Air Force? An A-10 Air Force demonstration team is bound to leave spectators dazzled.

The Airshow of the Cascades will be one of only 20 shows in which this team will be performing in the United States and Canada in 2022.

The two A-10 aircraft will be performing and on static display throughout the Airshow.

A car show has been affiliated with this airshow since the 1970s, when friends and family members began flying and driving to the Ochs family farm. Entries have been returning for years, in addition to newcomers who are registering for the first time.

The Car Show is an exciting and free activity for attendees to enjoy as part of their

airshow experience.

Kids will not be left out of the fun, Krenowicz promises.

“We’ll have a bouncy castle and a video arcade and kidfriendly food,” he announced.

There’s onsite RV and tent camping space as well. The promoters have covered most all the bases it seems, for an up-close, in some cases handson, fun family experience.

It’s hard to beat the setting – outdoors with the Cascade mountains as a backdrop, making the airborne performances all the more striking. Be sure and bring your camera, binoculars, and sunscreen.

More information and tickets are available at www. cascadeairshow.com/tickets/.

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Tribute bands rock summer in Sisters Fire risk map axed Hardtails Bar & Grill will rock out the summer season with the two concluding shows in their annual slate of tribute bands.

Lovedrive takes the stage on Saturday, August 13, with their tribute to the German hard rock band the Scorpions. Lovedrive was formed in 2012 based out of Southern California and proudly pays tribute to the sound, look, and energy of a live Scorpions concert.

The band performs Scorpions songs of the late 1970s like “In Trance” to “Lovedrive,” all the ’80s hits like “Rock You Like a Hurricane,” “The Zoo,” “Blackout,” “No One Like You,” and “Still Loving You” and ’90s hits like “Wind of Change,” and “Send Me an Angel.” Along with these epic songs, they also include current hits of the 2000s like “Rock and Roll Band” and the latest 2022 release “Rock Believer.”

“They just finished playing at Harefest 10, the mother of all tribute fests,” said Steve Macey, owner of Hardtails. “You have to be a top-notch band to be invited to play there each year.”

Tickets are available at https://www.bendticket. c o m / e v e n t s / 11 9 6 0 6 8 3 0 / love-drive-tribute-to-the-

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In The Pink, a classic tribute to English rock band Pink Floyd, plays Hardtails Bar & Grill Saturday, August 20. scorpions.

In The Pink will break through The Wall to the Dark Side of the Moon in the final tribute concert of the season on Saturday, August 20.

The band offers a Pink Floyd tribute rooted in the original vinyl releases of Pink Floyd’s albums. The band notes that 21st century technology has allowed In the Pink to develop a live sound that is very close to those recordings, offering audiences the aural experience they grew up with.

Additionally, the band employs lights and video to reference the spectacle of Pink Floyd live.

“In The Pink is actually the most authentic sounding

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tribute band we have ever had here, and that says a lot,” Macey told The Nugget.

“Pink Floyd lovers will be amazed at their sound and ‘tightness.’ This will also be a special, City-permitted three-hour show with their laser light show that keeps time with the music. Quite a sight to behold.”

Tickets are available at https://www.bendticket.com/ events/121923246/in-thepink-outstanding-tribute-topink-floyd.

Both shows start at 8 p.m. Hardtails Bar & Grill is located at 175 N. Larch St. in Sisters.

On August 4, just five weeks after publishing a wildfire risk map, the state Forestry Department axed it.

That move follows a chorus of complaints from Republican state lawmakers and residents in southern and eastern Oregon who said the rollout of the map was clumsily handled and led to people losing their property insurance or having premiums doubled. They said the Oregon Department of Forestry was ill-equipped to handle the impacts of the map in the middle of fire season.

The latest criticism came Thursday, with a statement by state Rep. Vikki Breese-Iverson, leader of the Oregon House Republicans Caucus: “State and federal land mismanagement are the driving force behind our wildfire issues, not private land, but these maps leave most of the burden on private land owners.”

State Senate Republican leader Sen. Tim Knopp of Bend said Thursday he asked Gov. Kate Brown to withdraw the map.

“The growing outrage over

high-risk classifications of primarily rural property threatens to overwhelm the Oregon Department of Forestry with thousands of appeals that the agency will be unable to handle,” Knopp said.

And unaffiliated gubernatorial candidate Betsy Johnson also called Thursday on the Forestry Department to withdraw it.

Created by the department and Oregon State University, the Oregon Wildfire Risk Explorer map was part of a state push to protect Oregonians against wildfires. The searchable map showed the wildfire risk of 2 million tax lots across the state, categorizing them in five categories: no, low, moderate, high, or extreme risk. About 80,000 property owners were found to be in high or extreme risk areas, and received letters telling them that they could be subject to fire-resistant building codes currently under development.

The creation of the map was ordered under Senate Bill 762, which passed during the 2021 legislative session.

Republished under Creative Commons license CC BYNC-ND 4.0, courtesy https:// oregoncapitalchronicle.com/.

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Prizes await in Sisters Farmers Market raffle

By T. Lee Brown Correspondent

Time is running out to buy tickets for the August raffle at Sisters Farmers Market. The winning tickets will be drawn during the market at Fir Street Park this Sunday, August 14. Purchase tickets online through Saturday at 5 p.m. or in person at the market’s Info Booth.

“You do not need to be local or present to win,” said Market Manager Michelle Jiunta. The market is prepared to ship the grand prize if necessary; it has garnered much admiration from locals and out-of-town visitors alike.

The grand prize is a bright, colorful quilt from the estate of Boyd Wickman, a forestry entomologist with the U.S. Forest Service. The vintage “Bugs in a Bottle” quilt—in pristine condition—depicts cheerful butterflies, bees, and beetles.

More prizes are available as well. A new Sisters Farmers Market tote bag, packed up with fresh veggies from Seed to Table farm, will be taken home by someone in the crowd. Sisters Farmers Market merchandise, including T-shirts and tie-dye style Silipint cups, are among the other prizes.

“Our Market raffles are important fundraisers for Sisters Farmers Market and

recent markets. Local ranchers bring locally raised eggs, beef, pork, and lamb to market every week.

Wood-fired coffee beans, sourdough breads, glutenfree treats, organic soaps and shampoos, wild-caught seafood, and handmade gourmet popsicles are among other recent offerings.

Crops change frequently throughout the season, and some vendors do, too. To find out exactly what’s available at Sisters Farmers Market on Sunday, market-goers should plan on browsing the booths.

Bring a cloth bag for wares, or buy one at the Info Booth.

Sisters Farmers Market takes place Sundays all the way through the first week of October, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Fir Street Park. The park features the Songbird Stage, with musicians from throughout Oregon playing each week, and a splash pad for kids, dogs, and grownups to play in on hot days.

Sisters Farmers Market accepts SNAP/EBT, WIC, and FDNP programs. Drop by the Info Booth to get token cards for using these currencies. Many customers are eligible for Double Up Food Bucks (DUFB), adding up to $20 purchasing power to their market day.

Sisters Farmers Market is a program of Seed to Table Oregon, a Sisters-based

The raffles are a fun way for anyone to help support us and our community programming.

— Michelle Jiunta Seed to Table,” explained Jiunta. “The raffles are a fun way for anyone to help support us and our community programming.

“And you might even win something awesome,” she added.

Online tickets can be purchased on the market’s website through 5 p.m. on Saturday, August 13. Online raffle ticket purchases start at $10 for three tickets. Visit sistersfarmersmarket.com/raffle for details.

In person, prices begin at $5 for a single ticket. Tickets will be sold at Sisters Farmers Market’s Info Booth on Sunday. The booth is tucked behind the splash pad, just across from The Barn, at the corner of Main Avenue and Fir Street.

The raffle drawing will be held at the end of the market day on August 14th.

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Kids learn about wildlife at SFM

By T. Lee Brown Correspondent

Seattle, a young visitor from Utah, and her twin sister Ellie enjoyed Sisters Farmers Market last Sunday.

Ellie liked “the music and the dogs” best.

The most delicious part of Seattle’s market day?

She said it was her popsicle, a strawberry-pineapple iced treat from Rawmona’s Kitchen.

The most fun part was making prints, according to Seattle. The nonprofit group Friends and Neighbors of the Deschutes Canyon, a.k.a.

FANs, brought synthetic feet made from real animal footprints.

Kids and adults alike could learn about the wildlife, compare the size of their prints, and use an ink-pad to make their own prints on paper. Holding up an eagle’s claw to a bear’s paw print or that of a cougar, marketgoers could imagine how big the animals would seem up close.

In Sisters Country, folks are accustomed to beautiful landscapes, forests, and rivers, along with trails and abundant wildlife. However, all that nature has been affected by decades of settler activity, from mining to

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RANCH: Operation will continue to raise cattle and grow hay Continued from page 1

story, page 9), to say nothing of two-plus years of COVID19 restrictions and supply shortages.

With a need for capital and some specific expertise, the Coles have entered a partnership with the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, which was looking to invest in Central Oregon, and who have extensive expertise in agriculture and hospitality.

From the very beginning of their negotiations, both the Coles and the Tribe agreed that no consideration would be given to any development of a casino, hotel, or other large facility. Concerns about such potential developments have been high in Sisters since word of the partnership began to filter into the community.

The ranch will continue to raise cattle and grow hay. To create a profitable operation, the Coles obtained permits to build 10 400-square-foot guest cabins tucked in the woods in the southwest corner of the ranch, where no lights or noise will intrude on neighboring properties.

The former Patterson ranch house has been remodeled to serve as the lodge for the guest ranch cabins. Plans were drawn for the cabins prior to COVID, which stopped work on the project.

Now, with supply issues, the cost of constructing the cabins has increased two-and-ahalf to three times as much as

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The Pole Creek Ranch is an iconic feature of the Sisters landscape. Community interest in the future of the ranch has been intense. initial estimates. The County is allowing the cabins to be built in phases: Two to three cabins will be built at a time.

The lodge and adjacent large lawn area will allow for 18 weddings/events a year to take place for up to 250 people, also permitted by Deschutes County.

Parking is in a field adjacent to the house, not visible from Highway 242.

A mutual friend connected the Coles and the Tribe. The Coles did their research to vet the Tribe and they liked what they found. The Tribe has a good reputation as environmental stewards. They have strong experience in the hospitality field. And with two ranches in southern Oregon, they can offer agricultural expertise.

The Tribe made an investment in Pole Creek Properties and has a significant interest. The Coles declined to disclose percentages of ownership, and the Tribe has not responded to The Nugget’s queries.

The Coles, as VU LLC, own outright the 40 acres on the northeast corner of the ranch with water and road easements. The entire parcel of 350 acres is called Pole Creek Ranch. (See stories, page 9 and 11.)

“They want the business to be a wild success,” said Cole. “They are never in the way, only offering suggestions and help.”

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Ranch to host some events and community activities

By Sue Stafford Correspondent

When Richard and Linda Patterson decided it was time to sell their iconic 350-acre ranch along Highway 242, they “prayed to find the best realtor and the best people to buy it” and carry on their stewardship of the land and the incredible mountain view.

“We got both!” Richard Patterson said. “The Coles are first-class, sweetheart people and they love Sisters.

I would do business with them with only a handshake.”

Glenn and Jennifer Cole of Hermosa Beach, California, have had property in Sisters for 16 years, first out in Plainview and now off Indian Ford Road. Jen’s godmother, Jeanne Holcomb, lives here in Sisters.

When the Coles saw the Patterson Ranch was for sale, their first reaction was, like many locals, one of dismay — the fear that someone would buy it and develop it into something besides a ranch. So they bought it in 2017 with the intention of “preserving and protecting” what was and is a special place with a spectacular view.

Richard Patterson told The Nugget he is so pleased that, with the Coles as owners of the ranch, “the view is preserved for the town of Sisters.” He and Linda come after church on Sundays, with their fish sandwiches and Blizzards from Dairy Queen, and park in front of the ranch fence to have lunch and gaze out across the pastures to the mountains.

Ranching is a demanding business, according to Patterson, and making it profitable nowadays is challenging. The Coles second that opinion.

They bought the ranch, which they call Pole Creek Ranch, never planning to live there. One of their goals

is to have locals and visitors be able to enjoy the ranch and learn about agriculture.

They had to find ways to make the ranch a profitable enterprise and they are still finding their way. Their first task was determining what was allowed on land zoned Exclusive Farm Use (EFU).

When they sought permits to create a guest ranch on a portion of the back property, utilizing the former Patterson residence as a lodge, they were challenged by Central Oregon Land Watch. Richard Patterson testified in favor of their plans and the ruling went their way, but those unexpected legal fees took a big bite out of operating capital.

Running an agricultural operation carries challenges seldom fully appreciated by those who aren’t in the field.

“Every farmer and rancher has to deal with the pressures of increased prices while competing for fewer pennies on the returns,” Glenn Cole noted. “And that all assumes nothing catastrophic happens, like a hailstorm that destroys your crops or a disease that debilitates your herd, or the water just doesn’t flow enough.

Those are annual existential threats looming over the whole enterprise. And they’re getting worse and more common every year.”

The Coles hadn’t anticipated the “scope of deferred maintenance” that needed to be addressed.

“We invested over half a million dollars to upgrade the power across the ranch,” Glenn Cole noted. “This is the most significant deferred maintenance job. And the most critical. You can’t do anything in 2022 without reliable power. In our case, the wiring above and below ground was all failing. Entering, this would shut down our pumps so we could not irrigate the fields. It would shut down

the barn and our beef lockers, jeopardizing our inventory. And it deterred us from almost any new venture since every opportunity, whether it’s a crop or livestock, or something else, requires reliable power.”

The ranch has over three miles of fence, much of it over 50 years old. That is being replaced on an ad hoc basis in the face of rising costs. The Coles expect that new revenue will help complete that project.

The main barn was specialized for horses and elk, two of the Patterson’s successful enterprises during their 40-plus years as ranch owners. There are changes that need to be made to make the running of the ranch more efficient, which all requires significant expenditures of money and time.

The Coles have had assistance and guidance from the family at 6R Ranch in Powell Butte, headed by Randy and Rhonda Avery and their children. Rhonda was the Patterson’s bookkeeper for 37 years. The Avery’s daughter, Renee, is the ranch manager at Pole Creek and works with Jen in a woman-run enterprise, producing natural beef, and offering a new community venue for weddings/events.

Several weeks ago, Circle of Friends held their fundraising evening at the ranch and raised $92,000.

Executive Director Nicole Swisher Woodson said, “The venue was absolutely spectacular. The Coles were wonderful to work with and their entire staff was so easy to communicate with. The whole thing couldn’t have gone better. And we want to book again for next year.”

Glenn Cole described the evening as “our vision in action. They had our natural beef for the barbecue cookoff, and guests sat on bales of our hay.”

The ranch hosted a

wedding in June. They also hope to host farm-to-table dinners.

Plans for the guest ranch began in 2018, and remodeling of the former Patterson house was Phase I. It features a large kitchen, living room for guests to gather, and floor-to-ceiling windows all along the south side, highlighting the mountain views, with a large lawn for outdoor events. Then COVID hit. Supply issues and the increase in materials prices required repricing the cost for building the guest cabins and halted construction.

Deschutes County granted the Coles a permit for 18 weddings/events a year for no more than 250 people.

Parking for guests is in a back pasture adjacent to the lodge, where cars are not visible at the front of the ranch.

The Coles envision the guest ranch as providing an opportunity for people to experience a working ranch and to see where their beef in

grocery stores comes from.

Guests may be as involved in the ranch as they choose, from learning how to saddle/ride a horse, to bucking bales and feeding the livestock. Or they can sit and watch.

Jen is excited to own the ranch, to “have the opportunity to learn something new,” and she hopes the guests will too.

The Coles plan to continue the Pattersons’ practice of making the ranch available during forest fires in the area for people/animals who need to vacate their properties.

“We will open the barn and pastures and house to people who need them,” Glenn Cole offered.

The Coles said they want the community of Sisters to know, “We roll with integrity and play within the rules. Our neighbors appreciate that.

We want to let the feeling of ‘ownership’ [of the ranch] out into the community.”

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The Bunkhouse Chronicle Craig Rullman Columnist

Dark Matter “Praise ignorance, for what man has not encountered he has not destroyed.”

— Wendell Berry Turns out we can add monarch butterflies to the list of species threatened during the sixth mass-extinction event, which we are all living through.

Years ago, when I lived in Reno, Nevada, and before it became a grubby extension of California’s East Bay favelas, the monarchs would come through the Washoe Valley in spring — innumerable clouds of them, like a swarm of locusts without the menace. I remember driving through the city on Highway 395 and watching them get slaughtered by the hundreds and thousands in the grills of cars and wondering, even then, how much longer those beautiful creatures might survive as a species.

Lately, we’ve had some monarchs passing through our yard. By design, our backyard has been transformed from a pine-duff and

cheatgrass wasteland into a kind of habitat for snakes, frogs, squirrels, and many different species of birds who fly in for a drink or a bath.

And the hummingbird feeder is busier than LAX, which is instructive if only because hummingbirds don’t always get along, and if it gets too crowded at the feeder nasty little fights break out.

For a couple of years I raised bees, and they made some fine quantities of honey.

But the trouble with raising bees is that everything is out to kill them. Mites, insecticides used in crops and backyard gardens, and a host of endemic diseases and disorders. But I tried anyway.

When COVID struck I had already ordered two new colonies of bees, of the Saskatraz variety, meant to be hardy in winter and excellent honey producers. Both colonies were shipped via UPS from Minnesota, and neither colony was delivered despite UPS telling me they had “attempted delivery.”

That was a lie, so I called and the bee company told me that tens of thousands of bees had been shipped via UPS and that UPS had been suffocating bees in their trucks.

I never did get satisfactory answers from anybody, and I think that was also the day I realized, with crystal clarity, that our nation is rapidly becoming a third-world land of baksheesh, can’t-do attitudes, and smug little half-measures.

Each year, it requires almost every available bee in the United States to set the almond harvest in California.

So, to keep those cans of Blue Diamond Almonds on supermarket shelves, millions upon millions of bees are trucked in to the central valley from every corner of the United States. Naturally, an entire criminal industry has grown up around stealing beehives, which is controlled

by Russian and Armenian organized crime. Sometimes, when the bee-gangsters have a disagreement, they just light the hives on fire — bees and all.

I couldn’t make that up if I tried.

I don’t raise bees anymore but I’m still working on my Theory of Everything. In physics, the big TOE is meant to unify general relativity (all the big stuff) with quantum theory (all the little stuff) to create a grand unifying theory of the whole enchilada. Mine probably isn’t that ambitious, and I realize I’m running out of time to get it distilled, but I did have a breakthrough yesterday while sorting gear for a couple of fly-fishing trips.

I realized that surfing and fly-fishing share some unifying moments. The first is getting in the water. The second is getting out of the water.

What happens in between is a kind of prolonged baptism,

a ritual immersion in the enduring mysteries, where the participant is temporarily sucked through a wormhole and deposited in a separate dimension. Dropping in on the face of a wave at Rincon, or casting a fly into the ripples of the Lower Deschutes are both a kind of prayer, which has always been an exercise in unifying our bodies and minds with the natural order of things.

I’m not certain we can do much better than that, frankly, and if the alternative is what I think it is — a science-driven total war on the spiritual world, and the enforced union of humans with machines — count me out. I don’t want it. I want science to soothe a toothache, replace a hip, or to cure cancer. I don’t want it used as a political weapon to kill my soul for the profit margins of big pharma, big tech, or the totalitarian bents of obsequious little twerps like Dr. Fauci.

Which is one reason the James Webb telescope is a victory. Even as mad scientists, politicians, and big tech CEOs keep shrinking the individual citizen into a mere commodity sack — bits of data and chemistry that are bought, sold, and traded by

the Pfizer, Bezos, and U.S. Government crowd — the visible universe just keeps getting bigger.

The images coming to us from this telescope are revealing our universe as it was some 13.7 billion light years ago. That’s something to discuss over a cold beer on the beach, or at the river’s edge: the light from those galaxies arriving today marks where they were and what they looked like way back then. We are told that today, due to the expansion of the universe, those same galaxies are likely more than 46 billion light years away from where we are seeing them now.

Or something like that.

What makes me smile is that the mysteries are getting bigger, not smaller, and that’s a good thing for anyone interested in a palliative to ward off that creeping sense of diminished agency many of us are experiencing here in the belly of the Anthropocene. Mysteries are a valuable tonic in a world where the only remaining apex predator has an outsized brain, an insatiable appetite for total control, and a welldocumented record of leaving utter calamity in its wake.

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Coles express commitment to ‘special’ place

By Sue Stafford Correspondent

When talking with Glenn and Jen Cole of Pole Creek Ranch, their passion for the land and the view spills out of them both.

“This is a great place with a great story,” Glenn Cole began, “and we want to preserve that specialness.”

Sisters Country has been special to Glenn since his days as a student and member of the track team at the University of Oregon. He would come over the mountains from Eugene to enjoy all the area has to offer.

Jen Cole’s godparents, Jim and Jeanne Holcomb, moved to Sisters in 2000, and their daughter is Jen’s longesttime friend. After Glenn and Jen got together, it became a favorite place for the couple.

The Coles were partners for a long time before they were married on June 7, 2008, at the headwaters of the Metolius River. The officiants were Jen’s godparents. The reception was at FivePine.

The Coles, and their two children, ages 15 and 13, reside in Hermosa Beach, California, where Glenn runs his Los Angeles-based advertising agency, 72andSunny, and Jen serves as a member of the local school district board of education.

They have owned property in Sisters Country for 16 years, first in Plainview, and currently a house off Indian Ford Road. They try to spend about a week a month in Sisters now that they own the ranch.

Glenn and Jennifer Cole started their lives in two very different environments. Glenn was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but moved with his family to Seattle, Washington when he was 7 years old. He graduated from Seattle’s Roosevelt

High School.

“I have an ’80s Seattle value system,” Cole said, smiling.

He came to Oregon to attend the University of Oregon’s journalism/communications school, where he concentrated on advertising while minoring in anthropology, focusing on Pacific Northwest Indian tribes, especially the Tlingit. Cole was a sprinter for the U of O track team.

Wieden+Kennedy (W+K) advertising agency opened its doors in Portland in 1982, with fledgling Nike as a client. Several years later, Glenn Cole convinced them to let him be their first intern, which led to a 10-year career with the agency. He worked first in Portland for three years and then went to Amsterdam for seven years to promote Nike as a global soccer brand.

Jennifer’s early years were spent in Alaska where her parents were educators. She was born in the Eskimo village of Pt. Barrow, Alaska, where the Holcombs also lived, but grew up in Anchorage, graduating from Diamond High School.

Jen played volleyball for the University of San Francisco where she majored in political science with a minor in women’s studies.

Upon graduating, she moved to Portland with volleyball teammates where she landed a temp job with W+K. After working as a receptionist for four days, she was offered a job as the assistant to the Nike account group at W+K. While in Portland, she worked with W+K partner David Kennedy on his passion project, the American Indian College Fund, for which they did all pro bono public relations work.

Jen moved up the ranks at W+K until she went to the

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Amsterdam office where she worked on Microsoft, Nike, and Coca Cola international accounts. In Amsterdam, she received her master’s degree in European studies from the University of Amsterdam.

Her thesis dealt with women’s soccer in the 21st century.

Amsterdam was where Glenn and Jennifer met before moving back to the states together in 2002, settling in Hermosa Beach.

Glenn and his creative partner from W+K, John Boiler, started their own marketing, advertising, and design agency, 72andSunny, with offices now in Los Angeles, Brooklyn, Amsterdam, and Sydney. Their clients are numerous and well-known, including adidas, Comcast, eBay, ESPN, General Mills, Infinity, Smirnoff, Starbucks, and Tillamook.

Glenn Cole attributes his business success to the support of his family, who has

made it possible for him to pursue his dreams.

Jen Cole made a career change in Los Angeles, being part of Teach for America in Compton, as a fifth-grade teacher. Her business background helped her manage $1.2 million in Title I funds. She spent a decade in various Los Angeles public and charter schools as a teacher, administrator, and eventually the principal of Frederick Douglass Academy in Crenshaw. During those years, the Coles welcomed

their two children, Carter and Mia, who work on the ranch when here in the summer.

Jen has served as an adjunct professor at Cal State University, a member of the DaVinci Schools Board of Regents, and a board member of Teach for America. She is currently a member of the Hermosa Beach City School District Board of Education, where her focus is on the Hermosa Beach Empathy Project, professional development of district staff, and updating of school facilities.

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Learn to identify some plants, trees, and shrubs that perhaps you’ve wondered about.

Approximate distance is 2 miles.

Meet near the Camp Sherman Bridge fish-viewing platform. For information call David at 541550-1441.

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.

Ice Cream Social Come join us for an oldfashioned Ice Cream Social in Camp Sherman on Saturday, 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.

Historic Sisters Landmark Walking Tours Join the Three Sisters Historical Society for a tour on Friday, August 12 at 9 a.m. or Sunday August. 21 at 2 p.m. Learn about Sisters’ history and listen to entertaining stories by your guide. Tours are free, but reservations are required as space is limited due to headset availability.

It takes about one hour and the walk is about one mile.

Donations are always welcome.

Call 541-549-1403 or email threesistershistoricalsociety@ gmail.com. Bring the family!

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High Desert Chorale Needs Singers The Sisters High Desert Chorale is gearing up for Christmas and we’re inviting singers of all ages and abilities to join us! Practices for our Christmas concerts begin Monday, September 19.

We meet every Monday evening at 6:30 at the Church of the Transfiguration on Brooks Camp Road. No auditions required. For more information, contact Connie Gunterman at 541-588-0362.

Please come join the Chorale!

Alzheimer’s and Dementia Family Caregiver Support Group Thelma’s Place Adult Day Respite Program in Redmond hosts a monthly support group for those caring for someone with Alzheimer’s or another dementia-related disease. The support group is held every third Wednesday of the month from 4:30-5:30 p.m.

This is a free family-caregiver support group featuring local organizations For more info call 541-548-3049.

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 drivethrough 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 more information please call 541-678-5483.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

Memorabilia Needed The Three Sisters Historical Society is planning a new exhibit about the history of logging and the mills around Sisters. But they need your help. If you have artifacts, old photos, memorabilia, or even remember the logging days and old mills, please contact the Museum at 541-549-1403.

They would love to see what you have, and hear your stories!

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.

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

For information go to hopeafricakids.org or call Katie at 541-719-8727.

Go Fish Group Go Fish Group will meet Monday, August 15 at Sisters Community Church at 7 p.m.. Our speaker will be Marc Williams of Sunriver, who will present the program on “Fly Fishing Spring Creeks.” Marc brings his 60-plus years of angling experience and well-honed speaking experience to his power point programs. For more info call 541-771-2211.

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, oorr change a party affiliation, or put through a changee oof signature or address is October 18, 2022.

For more information, info@ lwvdeschutes.org.

Free Shredding Event The next community shredding event will be held Saturday, August 27 from 10 a.m. to Noon at the Sisters Sheriff ’s Office Substation, 703 N. Larch St. This is a residential free shred event and is not intended for business/ commercial shredding. Items accepted are paper clips and staples, but not plastic bags or three-ring binders. Medications accepted are: prescription, patches, ointments, over-thecounter, vitamins, samples, and medications for pets. No sharps, thermometers. Also, if anyone has an old, tattered American flag they would like properly disposed of, it can be done at these events. Food donations are also accepted and will go to the Kiwanis Food Bank. For more information call 541-388-6655.

Papers for Fire-Starters The Nugget Newspaper has old issues that are ready for recycling. Come by and pick up a stack from the front porch at 442 E. Main Ave. 541-549-9941

Ceremony for Deceased Veterans The American Legion Post 86 and VFW Post 8138 are holding a ceremony for deceased veterans at noon on Saturday, August 13 at the Village Green Park. For more information contact Lance Trowbridge at 541-903-1123.

PET OF THE WEEK

Humane Society of Central Oregon 541-382-3537

BARKLEY Meet Barkley! This handsome Maine Coon was brought to us as a stray and is ready for his new forever home. He is very friendly and loves to explore new places. He does have a few medical issues, but that isn’t holding him back from living his best life. If you want to give this big guy a new zest for life with a loving family, come down to HSCO and meet Barkley today!

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

SISTERS-AREA CHURCHES Chapel in the Pines Camp Sherman • 541-549-9971 10 a.m. Sunday Worship Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church (ELCA) 386 N. Fir Street • 541-549-5831 10 a.m. Sunday Worship www.shepherdofthehillslutheranchurch.com St. Edward the Martyr Roman Catholic Church 123 Trinity Way • 541-549-9391 5:30 p.m. Saturday Vigil Mass 9 a.m. Sunday Mass • 8 a.m. Monday-Friday Mass The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 452 Trinity Way • Branch President, 541-420-5670; 10 a.m. Sunday Sacrament Meeting Calvary Church 484 W. Washington St., Ste. C & D • 541-588-6288 10 a.m. Sunday Worship • www.ccsisters.org Seventh-Day Adventist Church 386 N. Fir St. • 541-595-6770, 541-306-8303 11 a.m. Saturday Worship

Baha’i Faith Currently Zoom meetings: devotions, course trainings, informational firesides. Local contact Shauna Rocha 541647-9826 • www.bahai.org or www.bahai.us Wellhouse Church 442 Trinity Way • 541-549-4184 https://wellhousechurch.churchcenter.com 10 a.m. Sunday Worship The Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration 68825 Brooks Camp Rd. • 541-549-7087 8:30 a.m. Ecumenical Sunday Worship 10:15 a.m. Episcopal Sunday Worship www.episcopalsisters.com Sisters Church of the Nazarene 67130 Harrington Loop Rd. • 541-389-8960 www.sistersnaz.org • info@sistersnaz.org 10 a.m. Sunday Worship Sisters Community Church (Nondenominational) 1300 W. McKenzie Hwy. • 541-549-1201 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship www.sisterschurch.com • info@sisterschurch.com

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WEDNESDAY • AUGUST 10

Seth Acquarolo, Jeshua Marshall) 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 Du Charro, community booth, vendors, kids activities, and more. More info: www.sistersfarmersmarket.com.

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

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

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.

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: Skybound Blue 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 & Mark Barringer 6 to 8:30 p.m. $5 cover. More info at www.sistersdepot.com.

SUNDAY • AUGUST 21

Sisters Saloon Live Music: BAM (Conner Bennett,

MONDAY • AUGUST 22

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The Suttle Lodge Live Music: Matt Mitchell & The Holy Broke Big Lawn Series, 6 to 8 p.m., free, all ages.

More information at www.TheSuttleLodge.com/Happenings.

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THURSDAY • AUGUST 25

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

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

FRIDAY • AUGUST 26

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

Galleries and shops feature art and demonstrations.

For additional information go to sistersartsassociation.org.

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: Lilli Werona Band 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.

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SATURDAY • AUGUST 27

Hardtails Ticket To The Moon tribute to Electric Light Orchestra, 8 p.m. Summer Tribute Series.

Tickets at www.BendTicket.com.

Sisters Depot Live Music: Ty Curtis 6 to 8:30 p.m. $5 cover. More info at www.sistersdepot.com The Barn in Sisters Live Music: Gabrial Swayn 6 to 8 p.m. Weather permitting. For more information find The Barn in Sisters on Facebook.

SUNDAY • AUGUST 28

“Your Local Welding Shop”

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

Featuring live music by Whychus, community booth, vendors, kids activities, and more. For info visit www.sistersfarmersmarket.com.

Sisters Community Church Live Music: Anvil Blasters, Pete Kartsounes, and Bob Baker Summer Concert Series on the lawn. 6 p.m. Free (donation to featured nonprofit, Family Access Network, is appreciated). Bring chairs or blanket. Food trucks onsite at 5 p.m. More info at www.

SistersChurch.com.

Sisters Saloon Live Music: John Shipe, Mark Ransom, and Friends 6 to 8 p.m. All ages. Free. For more information see facebook.com/SistersSaloonAndRanchGrill.

MONDAY • AUGUST 29

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

SATURDAY • SEPTEMBER 3 Sisters Depot Live Music: Bob Baker & Pete Kartsounes 6 to 8:30 p.m. $5 cover charge.

More information at www.sistersdepot.com.

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

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

SUNDAY • SEPTEMBER 4

Sisters Saloon Live Music: Thomas T & The Blue Chips 6 to 8 p.m. All ages. Free. For more information see facebook.com/SistersSaloonAndRanchGrill.

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THURSDAY • SEPTEMBER 1

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

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

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

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New automotive service opens

By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

Judging from the traffic through 3 Sisters Automotive Service Center last week, there is quite a bit of pent-up demand for the services Jorge Solorzano offers at the new operation.

The new automotive business (unrelated to an outfit of similar name that is now closed) opened on August 1, offering a range of services like oil changes, brake work, tune-ups, changes of air and cabin filters, replacement of belts, and battery changes.

“Basically in-and-out services, you know,” says Solorzano.

Solorzano retired from a career in law enforcement in 2015, and he and his partner, Lyn Beam, looked around the country for a new place to settle.

“We retired here in Sisters,” he said. “We bought a lot and we built a house.”

Solorzano didn’t want to simply sit still in retirement; service is in his blood. So he decided to open a shop that would fill a need.

“I figured, ‘I’ll open a shop, help the community, help people not have to drive to Bend or Redmond for a simple oil change,’” he said.

“That’s my purpose here: to serve the community. There’s a big need for in-and-out jobs.”

It took two years to find the right location. When the shop space at 312 W. Barclay Dr. (across from Sisters Rental) became available, he jumped on it. He’s completely renovated the site, and brought it up to his exacting standards for cleanliness and orderliness.

“I like my shop to be clean, my lobby to be clean,” he said.

Solorzano brings to his new business a work ethic that has served him well his whole life, an ethic instilled by his father: work hard and it will pay off, and earn an

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Jorge Solorzano has opened 3 Sisters Automotive in Sisters Industrial Park.

That’s my purpose here: to serve the community. There’s a big need for in-and-out jobs.

— Jorge Solorzano honest dollar.

His father was the chief engineer for PG&E in Central America. His Spanish mother and Italian father settled in Nicaragua, where Jorge was born.

“When I was 14, I came to this country,” he recalled. “I barely, barely spoke English.”

His dream was to become a fighter pilot, but less-than100-percent-perfect vision

derailed that plan. His family was adamant about education, so he pursued and earned a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Davis. But it turned out that he did not like being confined behind the desk, so after a year he left the engineering field to pursue his other dream. He became a police officer.

It was a career he loved.

Now he’s on to a second career, still focused on earning an honest dollar, while serving the community he calls home.

3 Sisters Automotive Center is open MondayFriday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Stop by or call for an appointment at 541-904-4322.

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SALEM (AP) — Oregonians will decide in November whether people wanting to purchase a gun will first have to qualify for a permit, after one of the strictest gun-control measures in the nation landed on the ballot.

“I was thrilled to hear the news and thankful for the 1,600 volunteers, of all ages” the Rev. Mark Knutson, a chief petitioner of the initiative, said.

Secretary of State Shemia Fagan’s elections division determined on Monday, July 18, that the gun-safety campaign delivered enough verified signatures of registered voters to put Initiative 17 on the ballot for the November 8 election.

Election officials said 131,671 signatures were validated, more than the minimum 112,080 that were needed.

Knutson said he was heading to the world track championships in Eugene, Oregon, when he learned the news by phone. The pastor of a Lutheran church in Portland, Knutson said he responded with a prayer “for those who’ve been affected by gun violence in this nation, especially Buffalo, Uvalde, and

Highland Park, recently.”

The phenomenon of mass shootings created “a surge of volunteers” to gather signatures, Knutson said.

“We didn’t go out seeking more volunteers because they came to us,” he said.

And it inspired more voters to sign the petition.

“I signed it to keep our kids safe, because something needs to change,“ Raevahnna Richardson said after she signed it last month. “I have a kid that’s going to be in first grade this upcoming season, and I don’t want her to have to be scared at school.”

The measure would ban large capacity magazines over 10 rounds — except for current owners, law enforcement, and the military — and require a permit to purchase any gun. To qualify for a permit, an applicant would need to complete an approved firearm safety course, pay a fee, provide personal information, submit to fingerprinting and photographing, and pass a criminal background check.

The National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action has denounced the initiative, saying on its website that “these anti-gun citizens are coming after you, the law-abiding firearm owners of Oregon, and your guns.”

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jetsam on Cloverdale Road that needed picking up. A fond memory of mine was watching Vernon hand-paint the huge Sisters 50th Rodeo anniversary sign that sat atop the announcer’s stand, way back when.

• Cataract surgery is a common and very successful procedure in folks my age, and I just sailed through it myself. In preparation for the surgery, the first day I put drops in my eye, I put the drops in the wrong eye. TBC. • Turns out the only people who think old ladies on TV are funny are mostly old ladies. I see myself in so many of their antics and often laugh at both them and myself. “One of our greatest freedoms is how we react to things,” said the Mole to the Boy. (Charlie Mackesy, “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse”).

• It’s no wonder why I loved all my years in the library world: I could count on all those wellworn, heavy, dusty tomes of knowledge to be mostly always dependably in their place. Somehow, they felt like the welcomed greeting of a trusted friend. A tip of the hat to all the wonderful library people in my life, still.

There was a time.

By Judy Bull Columnist

• “There was a time” is my new mantra. It sounds kind of sad, but it’s not at all sad. It means I’m looking back and I’m truly glad that I can say, “There was a time.” There was a time when I could do most anything I set my mind to, including roping, packing, driving, and penning on my horse, Irish. We even drove Santa Claus in a couple of the Sisters Christmas parades. Those were the days.

• I looked into lawn mowers a little while back.

I even looked into a new push mower, now called a reel mower. I thought a push mower would be good exercise, good for the environment, etc., etc.

Silly me. Next, I tried on a friend’s top-of-the-line electric mower, though I ended up with a brand-new red Craftsman from Ace Hardware. I cannot tell a lie: I’m going on 80 and I like the smell of gasoline.

• It was great to once again hear the roar of the crowd and the announcer’s voice waft over Cloverdale from the rodeo grounds this summer. What with Hazel’s help, I didn’t even complain about the extra flotsam and

I firmly believe that the added available onstreet parking along Hood would benefit businesses on both streets. Redirecting traffic through another section of town and requiring it to jog back to the highway and then the Highway 97/Highway 126 intersection only a few hundred yards beyond is not a sensible solution. This idea may even obviate the need for a roundabout in favor of a simple split at that or another nearby location on Sisters’ eastern approach.

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To the Editor: It looks like we will finally have a roundabout at the intersection of Locust and Cascade.

Let’s start looking at the artwork for the project now. When our present roundabout was constructed we had to look at a pile of dirt for the better part of a year before the sculptures were installed.

A suggestion would be something related to the Sisters Rodeo.

Judy Kershaw

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Entertainer of the Year

To the Editor: Congratulations, Rhonda Funk. Rhonda Funk was today named the International Singers and Songwriters Association (ISSA) Entertainer of the Year - Gold.

Rhonda was a Sisters resident for many years, and her family still lives here. She moved to Nashville, Tennessee, for more opportunity in the music industry.

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To the Editor: In deference to other folks who would like their opinions to be heard, I’ll keep this as short as I can. In Mr. Luftig’s response to my commentary piece in the July 27 Nugget, he issued a call for “legitimate” evidence.

Notwithstanding the fact that the term “legitimate” is highly subjective, he nonetheless came to the right place for data.

As a public policy analyst for the last 40 years, my data and information archives have grown to be quite vast, covering a wide array of public policy issues. In the case of Mr. Luftig’s chosen issue, vaccine safety, I think I can deliver far more than he would care to consider. My collection of notes, essays, reports, and data on the COVID racket number well past 300 pages, and go back more than three years. I have hundreds of hours of interviews of the top doctors and scientists in the relevant fields, and the transcripts for most of those hours. I have the patent abstracts for the more than 4,000 patents issued in relation to the SARS-CoV viruses, including those owned by institutions like NIH, NIAID, and the University of North Carolina, some going back to the 1990s.

Note that in the U.S. patents can only be granted for things that are man-made. I’m happy to share any of this data and information with others.

Mainstream media reports are not data, nor are one-liners from government websites. Data are found in databases, and the peer-reviewed reports and interviews presented by the doctors and scientists who generate the data. And no single paper or report will even come close to telling the whole story.

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guitar at 4 years old. Being left-handed, he taught himself right-handed guitar upside down and backward. Since 1991, the Memphis-born child prodigy has been blazing a path, reinvigorating the blues with a virtuosity and rock swagger that have him being heralded as the second coming of Jimi Hendrix. Five years sober and with the help of his good friend Joe Bonamassa, Gales released of his latest studio effort, “Crown,” in 2022 to both critical and fan acclaim. After watching the explosive guitar battle between Gales, Kingfish, and Mr. Sipp during the closing night of the 2019 Festival, the Rambos made it a priority to have Gales back again this year.

Pokey LaFarge is returning to Sisters playing the blues festival for the first time, after playing Sisters Folk Festival in 2012. Since then he has earned his way as one of the most influential purveyors of the American roots music scene. He is a dynamic showman with a keen sense of style, spinning old-time sounds. In 2020, he packed up and left his Los Angeles home and spent an extensive time on the road in support of his forthcoming album, “Rock Bottom Rhapsody.” Then the pandemic hit. The pandemic season was a huge time of personal growth for LaFarge, and some of his best work came out of it.

LaFarge will be playing a catalog of music from Howlinʼ Wolf (Chester Arthur Burnett). Howlinʼ Wolf was a Chicago blues singer, guitarist, and harmonica player. LaFargeʼs set will be an homage to the classic bluesman, and includes some of his most famous tracks.

Crowd favorite Mr. Sipp, aka Castro Coleman, is also returning for the third time to Sisters Rhythm & Brews Festival. Born and raised in McComb, Mississippi, Mr. Sipp spent 22 years in the gospel music business before turning his attention to the blues. He has been nominated as B.B. King Entertainer of the Year as well as winning the International Blues Challenge in 2014. He is a dynamic showman that never fails to get folks up off their feet.

Another returnee to the Sisters stage is Nikki Hill, a high-energy entertainer who packs a punch. Hill had her first singing experiences in the church choir as a child and into her teens, and curiosity eventually

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James seamlessly blends ’60s soul with volcanic acid rock freak out lead playing.

Abounding with musical creativity, songcraft, and deeply felt emotion, Southern Avenue is a fresh addition to this year’s event. A duo of Grammy-nominated sisters with a band behind them, they grew up in the church where they learned to harmonize and put soul into their music.

Marrying soul power, jam-band liberation, gospel blues, and righteous R&B, they craft their own timeless brand of American music.

Eight times nominated for “Blues Rock Artist of The Year,” Serbian-born Ana Popovic is celebrating 22 years in the guitar business. She fell in love with American blues as a kid in Belgrade, Serbia, and studied jazz in the Netherlands before moving to Memphis, Tennessee. She finally settled down in her current home in Los Angeles, California.

Popovic credits her success to working harder and traveling farther to hone her craft, and estimates that over the years she has done about 2,500 shows, sharing stages with B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Jeff Beck, and Joe Bonamassa. “I never get tired of it,” she said.

Brown Sabbath is centered around the Austinbased psych-funk collective Brownout, who reinterpret classic Black Sabbath cuts. A nine-piece outfit formed 16 years ago by members of Grammy Award-winning Latin-revival orchestra Grupo Fantasma, Brown Sabbath has evolved into a musical force of their own.

A few artists are returning to the Sisters Festival for a second time, and some even a third. Cedric Burnside played the inaugural Festival in 2018 as well as returning in 2019 for Sisters Folk Festival.

As the grandson of R. L. Burnside, Cedric was born into the blues. Backing up the legendary Mississippi bluesman on drums, he has played professionally since the age of 13.

By the following year he was touring full-time in Europe with his grandfather.

Burnsideʼs blues inheritance, the North Mississippi Hill Country Blues, is distinct from its Delta or Texas counterparts in its com- m i t m e n t t o polyrhythmic percussion and its refusal of familiar blues chord progressions.

After three previous nominations, Burnside collected his first Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album this last May and will be returning to the Sisters stage as a fan favorite.

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reservations, and logistics all went down the drain once again! To be honest, we seriously considered hanging it up for good.”

Ultimately they just could not let go of what they started in 2018, especially after the incredible feedback and support they received from previous festival goers. “We decided to throw all of our chips onto the table once again this year and pray that the stars all line up,” said Joe Rambo.

The organizers encourage festival-goers to immerse themselves in the full experience.

“We really want people to buy tickets not just for specific artists but for the experience overall,” said Joe Rambo. “It is really rewarding to us to bring some artists to the West Coast for the first time, and for the audience to see people theyʼve never seen before.”

In addition to a few artists that have previously played at the Festival, Jimmy “Duck” Holmes is someone that Jen and Joe Rambo have wanted at their fest for years, and through their blues pilgrimage to Mississippi in 2020, they were finally able to make contact. (See related story, page 1.)

Sisters Rhythm & Brews Festival Lineup Taking over the family business in 1970, Jimmy “Duck” Holmesʼ down-home blues venue, the Blue Front Cafe, has been home to the Bentonia Blues Festival for the last 50 years and has garnered international fame. Along the way, Holmes has crafted his own take on the Bentonia sound, described as mysterious, ethereal, and haunting. In October of 2019, in collaboration with producer and guitarist Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys, Holmes put out his 11th recording with the 2021 Grammy Award-nominated Best Traditional Blues Album, “Cypress Grove.” Holmes is considered the last of the Bentonia Bluesmen, being the last musician to play in the “Bentonia School,” a style of guitarplaying that takes a different approach to teaching guitar styles, and which feature a distinctive minor tonality not found in other styles of blues music.

Another new addition to this year’s lineup is Jontavious Willis. Self-taught on the guitar, harmonica, and 12-string banjo, Willis was headed for stardom when at the age of 14 he watched a video of Muddy Waters performing “Hoochie Coochie Man.” The 24-year-old multi-instrumentalist was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2020 for his album “Spectacular Class.” After extensive touring with Taj Mahal and Keb Mo, Taj refers to Jontavious as his “Wonderboy” and a “great new voice to the 21st-century acoustic blues.”

Mr. Willis’ standout fingerpicking, flatpicking, and slide prowess will be on display.

The multi-chart-topping Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio is another new face at this year’s Festival. They have thrilled crowds worldwide with their energetic blend of soul, jazz, and rock ’n’ roll. The group has a sound that is firmly rooted in the ’60s and ’70s, channeling old-school organ combos like Booker T. & the M.G.’s with an edge that feels fresh and new.

The band features Delvon and his Hammond B3 organ, with Jimmy James on guitar.

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led her to trade the pews for barstools. From there, her interests in music exploded in every direction, as she realized it was a world with no boundaries. LA Weekly said “If Tina Turner and Little Richard had a daughter and raised her with the help of uncles James Brown and Chuck Berry, she’d be like Nikki Hill.”

The Festival is partnering with Sisters Folk Festival to present “An Evening with the Blues” concert on Thursday, August 11 at 7 p.m. at Sisters Art Works, 204 W. Adams Ave. 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. Tickets may be purchased for $35 at https://sistersfolkfestival.org/sff-presents/.

Sisters Rhythm & Brews Festival begins at 4 p.m. Friday, August 12, and continues through Friday evening, resuming on Saturday, August 13 at 11:30 a.m. Tickets are still available for purchase at www.sistersrhythmandbrews.com.

The Festival gives back to the community by donating proceeds to local nonprofits and charities specializing in housing and empowering youth and families, in addition to proudly supporting the Sisters GRO scholarship fund.

The organizers see the Festival as an opportunity to enhance our community by bringing a diverse blend of high-quality national and international acts celebrating the full variety of the modern blues scene. Nestled amongst the shady pines of historic downtown Sisters, visitors will enjoy Grammy Award-winning music, breathtaking mountain scenery, and, of course, craft beer.

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RAMBOS: Couple traveled to Mississippi on scouting trip Continued from page 1

and new blues artists and to see the area and history in the birthplace of the blues. Most of the artists they have booked for previous festivals fit more within the Delta blues genre (considered the most original version of the blues). This year, they are emphasizing the sub-genre of Hill Country blues, which comes from rural Mississippi, and the Bentonia area.

“The sound is more improvisational that you would

imagine seeing in seedy juke joints in Mississippi,” said Joe Rambo.

Blues music serves as the basis for a lot of jazz and modern music, and the Rambos wanted to see that influence and history of the music that was so influential to them in their young adult lives. Jenn Rambo grew up with a lot of rock ’n’ roll, and on a road trip to Illinois, she listened to blues music on a loop.

“I realized the basis for a lot of the music I grew up with was this blues sound, and music from the south, and black musicians. I had always been fascinated with the slide guitar and discovered my love for this music later in life,”

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Joe and Jenn Rambo took their deep love for the blues on the road in a pilgrimage to the Hill Country heart of the blues in Mississippi. They visited many juke joints and made connections with artists who will appear at Sisters Rhythm & Brews Festival this weekend.

she said.

During the off-season of the Festival, they were striving to contact Jimmy “Duck” Holmes, legendary blues musician, and owner of one of the most historical juke joints blues venues, Blue Front Cafe in Bentonia.

“We had put it on the back burner because we weren’t getting any contact with him and we figured out we were being scammed by someone pretending to represent him,” said Jenn Rambo.

The synchronicities of the music world worked in their favor when they visited that juke joint on their trip. The Rambos met Jimmy “Duck” Holmes while he was sitting asleep in his own juke joint café chair.

“We tried to play it cool and mentioned we had been trying to make contact with you and he told us he represents himself and that he had seen this scam before,” said Jenn Rambo.

They were able to make a connection through meeting him in person, and booked him for the 2020 festival.

Come February 2020, while still in Mississippi, they had started reading about COVID-19 hitting the United States, and they decided it was time to go back home. The impact of COVID two years later was something they didn’t see coming after booking a 2020 blues festival and then having to cancel due to

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Joe and Jenn Rambo share a passion for the blues. the pandemic.

“Over 60 percent of ticket sales carried over the two years, and most of the people that we know of are still coming to the fest next week,” said Joe Rambo.

Most of the artists they booked for 2020 are also carrying over for the 2022 festival — including Jimmy “Duck” Holmes.

After taking 2021 off to await developments in the pandemic, Joe and Jenn Rambo are excited to be back putting on a festival.

“It feels like we’ve been doing the festival thing for five years, because that’s how long we’ve been passionate about doing it, but we’ve only had three Festivals,” said Jenn Rambo.

The couple also has their own events company, Team Rambo Events, and they have also been able to get back to

doing work with that company after two years of events being put on hold. “We are excited to be back working doing what we love,” said Jenn Rambo.

Sisters Rhythm & Blues Festival runs August 12-13, and kicks off August 11 with a special event — a show co-presented with the Sisters Folk Festival Summer Concert Series featuring Jimmy “Duck” Holmes, Southern Avenue, and Jontavious Willis. Tickets are still available for the show at https://www.bendticket. com/events/124005138/srbsff-presents-southern-avejontavious-willis.

The Festival kicks off Friday evening, August 12, with gates opening at 3:30 p.m. You can find more information about the Festival or buy tickets at www.sisters rhythmandbrews.com.

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Sisters 4-Hers shine at fairgrounds

By Bill Bartlett Correspondent

Outside, it was all fun and games. Inside the animal barns, it was all business. As record numbers of Deschutes County Fairgoers delighted in the myriad thrilling rides, some with lines requiring a 20-minute wait, members of the Cloverdale Livestock Club were at work garnering scores of ribbons.

Young Conner Cyrus, for example, scored 17 ribbons over the weekend.

4-H is not complicated to its members, but is complex especially to outsiders. In sheep alone there are competitions in breed, production, market, and showmanship.

And that’s the live animal.

There’s also the wool.

Cyrus’ specialty is Class 771 700 040 — Born and Bred Breeding, which refers to sheep that have been born on his property. He must also have owned at least the mother of the offspring.

He entered and earned ribbons in other classes too. By Saturday afternoon, his stall wall was covered in awards.

He didn’t seem as pleased with his ribbons as he did with his animals, particularly his Supreme ram Stanley.

Cyrus explained the intricacies and dedication to

breeding and competition to visitors and The Nugget when we took in the Fair.

These kids work hard from early in the morning into the evening hours.

Take last Friday’s schedule for example starting at 7:30 a.m. in the beef ring with an exhibitors meeting. At 8:30 it was flock judging and sheep production class; 9 a.m. was swine production. And so it went.

There are times for the lighter side of animal husbandry such as the 3 p.m. goat costume contest or the Cupcake Wars. The beef obstacle course was at 4 p.m. On Thursday night, the last event started at 7:30

p.m. – Small Animal Master Showmanship. As fairgoers were flagging from the hot sun, stomach-turning rides, and food comas from the vast array of truck cuisine, Cloverdale Livestock Club youth were still working.

When not in the ring, they were feeding, watering, grooming, mucking, and strategizing. They were every bit as happy as their schoolmates lapping up Ferris wheels — two, Zipper, merrygo-round, Vertigo, or Orbiter at the carnival outside.

Brothers Joel (11) and Kyson McAuley (10) earned more than a handful of ribbons in the goat category.

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Joel and Kyson McAuley exhibited Nigerian dwarf goats at the fair.

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Connor Cyrus of Sisters showed sheep at the Deschutes County Fair with the Cloverdale Livestock 4H Club. their goats’ performance giving as much credit to the animals as themselves. Joel was a Production Champion with his junior doe Maru.

Kyson received both Champion and Reserve Champion with his 3-yearold doe, Milly. He also took Reserve Champion with doe Pondo, in 2-month-old production. Both goats are Nigerian dwarfs. Both boys received blue ribbons for their goat soap.

The Club had a banner week of awardees with a number of champion recognitions. Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion are awarded when there is a minimum of two levels (divisions) of exhibits and a minimum of five project exhibits in each of the two levels (divisions).

Champion is the best in the

division/level. It is chosen from projects awarded Honor.

Reserve Champion is second best in the division/level.

It is chosen from projects awarded an Honor, namely Blue Ribbon projects that exhibit excellence in skill level expectations and meet all project requirements.

Winners included: Henry Colter Habein: Reserve Champion Senior Beef and in Showman, Reserve Overall Grand Champion Beef, Reserve Champion 4-H Beef Steer and Third Overall Champion Steer; Sister Cora, with Champion Senior Beef Showman, Overall Grand Champion Beef Showman, Champion Angus Female, Champion Hereford Female, Champion Crossbred Female, and Reserve Supreme Breeding Female.

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Combining family therapy and nutrition health

By Katy Yoder Correspondent

Justin Little is no stranger to Sisters. He grew up here and has fond memories of a childhood full of outdoor adventures, music, and family. He and his wife and their four young children recently relocated from Southern California to give their children the same excellent education and childhood he received in Sisters Country.

Little left Sisters High School in 2002 to attend Azusa Pacific University.

After graduation he spent time teaching music lessons that always seemed to be about more than just playing guitar and singing.

“Writing songs is so expressive and therapeutic in itself,” he said.

His proclivity for teaching and reaching his students, along with encouragement from friends who were marriage and family therapists, led him to pursue a master’s degree in marital and family therapy from Fuller School of Psychology.

He attributes his passion for music to teachers Jody Henderson and Brad Tisdel.

“I have a deep love of music. My family plays music together and I’m still writing songs and recording on my own. My senior year was the first year of the Americana Project. I loved playing guitar and recording together in a studio. We were the guinea pigs that first year,” he said. “We recorded the first Americana album and I still have it.”

Choosing therapy as a profession came from personal experience. His decision to combine marriage and family therapy and integrative nutrition health coaching was sparked by his own health challenges.

“Gut health, mental health, nervous system, and nutrition are all connected,” he said. “Stress and inflammation show up in each of these areas. When those connections are overlooked, you can get stuck with temporary fixes and a lifetime dependency on counseling. Ten years ago, for example, we didn’t know serotonin is produced in the gut. There is so much our bodies can do to heal when given the chance.”

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Life has been hectic as Little and his family shift into life in Sisters. With four young children, they’re busy enjoying all that Sisters has to offer. Little is also looking forward to having an office again and moving out of the closet he’s using as an office.

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The DSM has attempted to universally categorize and define the vastness of human emotion, which at its essence is deeply personal, full of paradox, interconnected, and strongly intertwined with context and circumstance.

We have to take it all with a grain of salt.

Alongside the subjectivity of mental health diagnoses are widely accepted theories that depression concurrent with other mental health diagnoses constitutes an “imbalance in the brain.” This has historically referred to an imbalance or deficiency in the monoamine neurotransmitters (serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine). This monoamine hypothesis has served as the primary catalyst for extensive pharmaceutical campaigns promising the latest and greatest pharmaceutical agents to “restore” such imbalances.

Yes, sometimes medications can be helpful and even lifesaving, but despite fancy names and multi-million-dollar ad campaigns, the extent of progress against rising rates of depression, suicide, and substance use ought to be questioned. Extensive peer-reviewed studies have suggested that only about a third of antidepressant users will appreciate some level of improvement.

A recent extensive review conducted by University College London scientists and published in Molecular Psychiatry (July 2022) scrutinized the leading hypothesis that depression (and implicitly other mental health conditions) is a consequence of an imbalance in serotonin.

In a thorough review of tens of thousands of subjects, researchers found no significant difference in serotonin levels among depressed versus healthy subjects.

This shakes the foundation supporting the use of antidepressants predicated on the seemingly debunked monoamine hypothesis. With

antidepressant use sharply on the rise in recent years for both adults and children, it makes one wonder how such a precarious theory became so widely accepted. And yet, I suppose that is what pharmaceutical companies do best — followed by insurance companies. While antidepressants should not be completely disregarded, the study further emphasizes the need for a holistic, contextually informed approach to mental health concerns.

The goal of emotional wellness should not be to avoid pain and sadness, but to embrace the inevitability of struggle balanced with the hope to cultivate moments of joy, gratitude, and connection. It is a quest that is undoubtedly easier for those with resources and supports and has also become difficult when up against our mainstream culture that exploits insecurities, fear tactics, time scarcity, and has cast a long shadow of existential gloom for many of us.

Simultaneously, the prevailing message of mainstream mental health is that accommodations ought to be made per our discomforts, perpetuating the idea that we are entitled to the path of least resistance. Our tolerance for struggle has dwindled and our resilience has faltered with it.

Regardless of nostalgia for better times, the world has always had its dark spots. In times past, we had more distance from it all as we awaited the daily newspaper or a phone call. Now, exposure and susceptibility to vicarious trauma is only one click away. Adults and parents seeking to buffer children from danger may be unintentionally robbing opportunities for resiliencebuilding and transferring their own anxieties. Children are less likely to drive, get a summer job, date, do chores, and communicate face-toface. On the outside they are growing up slower, but as soon as they pick up their device, they are confronted with a slew of emotionally charged topics that overwhelm even the most emotionally mature: divisive politics, bullying, climate

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Uncomfortable emotions are part of the human experience and can be just as informative as they can be problematic. Depression, anxiety, poor focus, burnout, and other common complaints these days cannot be attributed solely to an imbalance, or a subjective description written in a manual.

Depression and many other mental health diagnoses remain complex, perhaps not always a “disorder,” often rooted in trauma, and may tell us more about the angst and urgency of mainstream culture than about actual pathology.

Relying on arbitrary theories to explain emotional distress can minimize our responsibility to ourselves as we contemplate lifestyle and connection, but also to our neighbors as we contemplate policy and social reforms.

Therapy and pharmaceuticals only go so far when the feelings of environmental safety and stability are frequently in jeopardy. Strengthening our collective emotional wellness demands advocacy, an acknowledgment of privilege, and innovation — a conversation we can all contribute to.

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Astronomy Club welcomes speaker Dr. Larry Price will be a special guest speaker at the Sisters Astronomy Club’s next meeting on Tuesday, August 16, beginning at 7 p.m.

Dr. Price will give an update on the status of CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, the world’s premier collider for discoveries in elementary particle physics.

He will discuss improvements made to the collider and to the physics detectors during a multi-year shutdown, and explain the goals of the third major data-taking period (known as Run 3) since the turn-on in 2010.

Larry Price is a physicist studying elementary particles, who has done a

variety of experiments that made key discoveries over a 50-year career. Some of these include measuring the shape of the proton; discovering early clues about the substructure in protons and neutrons, leading to the idea of quarks; and discovering the Higgs boson. He holds degrees in physics, from Pomona College (BA) and Harvard University (PhD), and is a Fellow of the American Physical Society.

Dr. Price is now retired in Oregon, living in Sisters and Portland.

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What is your mission statement?

By Edie Jones Columnist

In preparing a presentation about the Sisters School District and what the school board on which I serve does, I started off with our mission statement: “An education community that creates belonging prepares and inspires.”

A few days later I was reminded of the words from another school. This one is private and located in Oakland, California. Their words describe their school as a place that promotes “scholarship, diversity, and citizenship.”

I am also serving on the board of the High Desert Education District. Their statement directs them to “improve student outcomes with excellence, equity, and efficiency.” And I am a long-time member of the Together for Children notfor-profit. Their statement says that they “enhance the lives of children by strengthening families, through parent education, parent/child interaction, and community support.”

The more I thought about these words, I realized their potency. Each is focused on similar aspects of our society — education and children.

You may notice that only one mentions the words education and children; however, we know that is their focal point. In all four, their mission fits the community they represent with specific direction as how to engage with that community.

All these statements start with a verb. Even though what follows is usually emphasized, that verb at the beginning is what’s most important. When you look at the words Creates, Improve, Promotes, and Enhance, you hear why the organization exists. What follows is the means as to how they will get there.

This is the power of a mission statement, whether written down or just internally adopted. It directs everything you do. I see this in every report given at a school board meeting by the administrators, teachers, or students when they share what is happening in their building. They consciously start by pointing out where it fits in with the mission statement.

If you are a parent, what would be the mission statement for your family?

Mine and my husband’s turned out to be the title of my first book, “Raising Kids with Love, Honor,

and Respect.” That is what we strived to do. However, it was only by consciously keeping it in mind that we could proudly say it was achieved.

If you haven’t discussed this with your parenting partner, please do. It will make a huge difference in how you regard your job as a parent. Being a parent is not only one of the most difficult jobs you will ever do, it is the most important job you will do.

When people receive my emails, they always get the message at the end that says, “Your children’s future depends on the parenting of today.” I strongly believe this. Your kids deserve the best beginning you can give them. By figuring out how to do this, no matter your life circumstances, you will be on the right path to achieve your mission, no matter the mistakes you make (and you will).

Note: Edie Jones’s book, “Raising Kids with Love, Honor, and Respect: Recipes for Success,” will soon be available as a second edition with a chapter on the pandemic and ideas on how to help your child grow in spite of the setbacks that occurred over the past two years.

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And let’s not forget the opinions of our diverse community members: The Nugget is a place to discover what others are thinking about issues (and a place for you to express your views as well).

If you value what The Nugget Newspaper gives to you, consider how you might join us in our mission for Sisters: • Read your Nugget (and discuss the articles that garnered your attention with a friend).

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Mobile museum event honors veterans Wreaths Across America’s Mobile Education Exhibit (MEE), will be making stops in Oregon to honor those who served and welcome home Vietnam veterans.

“The goal of the Wreaths Across America Mobile Education Exhibit is to bring the community together and teach patriotism while r e m e m b e r i n g t h e s e rvice and sacrifice of our nation’s heroes,” said Karen Worcester, executive director, Wreaths Across America.

“However, over the last year, in light of the current health crisis, we feel this exhibit has taken on even more meaning by providing the opportunity for people to safely participate in something that is both educational and inspiring while supporting and giving back to the communities it visits.”

The MEE achieves this goal by bringing the local

community, veterans, activeduty military, and their families together through interactive exhibits, short films, and shared stories. The exhibit serves as a mobile museum, educating visitors about the service and sacrifice of our nation’s heroes as well as serving as an official “welcome home” station for our nation’s Vietnam veterans.

On Friday, August 12, The Wreaths Across America Mobile Education Exhibit national tour will start in Bend with an event at the Bend Factory Stores at 61334 S. Hwy. 97. The event runs 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

The public tours for the MEE are free and open to the public. Members of the media, dignitaries, veterans and other interested groups are urged to come, ask questions, share stories, and experience this one-of-a-kind exhibit.

Cascade Avenue paving set to roll August 15 Cascade Avenue will get a new coat of paving this month.

The Oregon Department of Transportation is repaving the top layer of the state highway that runs through the center of Sisters from Locust Street to Pine Street, from Monday August 15 through Friday, August 20.

The work will be conducted at night, from 10 p.m. to 5:30 a.m.

ODOT will post signage to

guide night traffic around the work zone.

Those with businesses on Cascade Avenue are asked to inform night delivery or work personnel of the work and to avoid the paving work area and not to attempt to enter Cascade Avenue from adjacent side streets. Anyone who might access a business from Cascade Avenue at night is asked to park on either Hood Avenue or Main Avenue.

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About 200 Sisters townfolk took part in National Night Out, an annual event at Village Green Park hosted by the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office. The ritual is designed to increase engagement with the public, allowing citizens to experience law enforcement in a friendly, casual way. Various vehicles and equipment used by DCSO were accessible to parents and children, who enjoyed flashing the lights and sounding the sirens. Copper the K-9 bloodhound used in search and rescue was on hand to the delight of all. Free ice cream was provided.

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Tim O’Brien (right) and Jan Fabricus performed as part of the Sisters Folk Festival’s Summer Concert Series last Friday.

Museum announces keynote speaker Considered one of the seven natural wonders of the world, the Grand Canyon is one of the most widely recognized and beloved landscapes.

It is also surrounded by threats that include uranium mining activity, helicopter traffic, and real-estate development.

To explore this paradox, author Kevin Fedarko teamed up with friend, National Geographic photographer and filmmaker Pete McBride, and together the two men journeyed on foot through the heart of the most iconic national park in America. It became an odyssey of almost 800 miles, nearly none of which involved a trail.

Fedarko, an acclaimed writer who told the tale in The New York Times bestseller “The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon,” will share insights about the Grand Canyon in his presentation titled “Beneath the River of Shooting Stars: Beauty, Hardship, and Grace in the Grand Canyon” at the High Desert Museum on Thursday, September 22 as the keynote speaker for the 2022 Waterston Desert Writing Prize.

The Waterston Desert Writing Prize honors literary nonfiction that illustrates artistic excellence, sensitivity to place, and desert literacy with the desert as both subject and setting. The evening also includes a reception and the awarding of the 2022 Waterston Desert Writing Prize by this year’s guest judge, Raquel Gutiérrez.

Gutiérrez is an MFA faculty author at OSU-Cascades. A 2021 recipient of the Rabkin Prize in Arts Journalism, their writing has appeared in Art in America, The Georgia Review, and on NPR Music.

Gutiérrez recently published a memoir, “Brown Neon.”

Caroline Tracey, winner of the 2022 Waterston Desert Writing Prize, will read at the event as well. Her

submission, “Salt Lakes,” is a collection of 18 essays providing a queer perspective on climate change in arid environments. Salt lakes make up approximately one third of inland waters globally and provide crucial wildlife habitat. These important bodies of water are shrinking and becoming more saline due to increased evaporation from a warming climate, secondary salinization from irrigation of desert soils, and other factors.

Tracey is based in Tucson, Arizona, and focuses her work on culture, environment and migration in the southwestern United States, Mexico, and the borderlands between the two. Her personal essays have appeared in Kenyon Review, Full Stop, New South and elsewhere. She holds a Ph.D. in geography from the University of California, Berkeley and lives with her wife, Mexican architect and sculptor Mariana GJP, and their dog, between Tucson and Mexico City. Tracey speaks and writes in English, Spanish, and Russian.

“We are honored to have an amazing lineup for this year ’s Waterston Desert Writing Prize,” said Museum Executive Director Dana Whitelaw, Ph.D. “Kevin Fedarko’s extensive research on and time spent in the Grand Canyon make for deep storytelling about this iconic desert place — all of which fits into the Prize’s aim to elevate desert landscapes through literary nonfiction.

And Caroline Tracey’s experiences with salt lake ecosystems will undoubtedly inspire and spark discussion. We’re so pleased to welcome them both.”

The Waterston Desert Wr i t i n g P r i z e Aw a r d Ceremony will start at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 22, at the High Desert Museum. Tickets are $7, with a 20 percent discount for Museum members. Learn more at www.highdesert museum.org/waterston-2022.

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NURSE: Sisters woman is working at St. Charles Hospital Continued from page 3

truly seeing how a hospital worked. She also shadowed at High Lakes Healthcare in Sisters.

“It really helped open my mind to the options in the health care field, and the health and medical classes I was able to take in high school helped solidify my want to pursue health care in some way,” said Allen.

She received her bachelor’s degree from Corban in health sciences (biology), graduating in December of 2020.

D u ring her time a t Corban, Allen felt called on a medical mission trip to Haiti, where she was able to assist the people in the villages with medical care and shadow doctors and nurses tending to patients in need.

“That trip really helped me to realize I wanted to pursue nursing specifically.

I got to talk to the nurses and observe what they did daily, and I really felt it was God calling me to become a nurse,” she said.

After graduating, Allen attended Creighton University in Phoenix, Arizona, to receive her bachelor of science degree in nursing. She went on a 12-month accelerated program so she could begin her career shortly after graduating with her bachelor’s from Corban.

“There I was really able to solidify my time in clinicals and once again be reaffirmed that I was in the right field in nursing,” said Allen.

“I got to see people on very often their worst or most scary day, or their last day of life, and that is a really unique position and unique way to hopefully be a light for those patients in those moments.”

When Allen was beginning the process of applying for residency programs, she and her husband, Luke, had the opportunity to move back to Central Oregon. She applied to the St. Charles residency program and was accepted.

“My husband and I had the opportunity to move back to this community and I thought how cool to be able to serve my own community at the hospital that I shadowed in and knew so well,” she said.

Allen started at St. Charles Bend in March of 2022. For the first three months of her new grad residency, Allen worked with other nurses, shadowing and getting training, and getting an understanding of her floor and patients. As a new grad, she is only working night

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Allen began her nursing career at a time when the medical industry was feeling the pressures of dealing with a two-year-plus global COVID-19 pandemic. When Allen graduated from Corban, the world was still mostly shut down, yet she was still able to get the nursing experience she needed/wanted during her year in Phoenix at Creighton University.

“CU was a really great program for this time in the world because they really focused on their students’ clinical hours being

hands-on, working in the hospitals, which is the invaluable experience we need going in,” she said.

Now a year later, Allen is working full-time as a nurse in a hospital that is facing a growing nursing shortage.

St. Charles Bend, amongst many hospitals around the nation, is struggling to hire local nurses and being forced to pay for traveling nurses.

Allen sees the shortage daily in her work at St. Charles, and sees what the hospital is going through.

Still, she sees the positives.

“I’ve seen it really bringing the nurses together and communicating, and I am more aware of areas where I can jump in and help if there isn’t someone around. It creates a sense of camaraderie

that we are all going through the same thing,” she said.

“It is comforting in a way to know that we aren’t the only ones going through it in the nation, but it’s all about seeing the positives and how we can come out of it.”

Allen entered nursing when the health care world was already transformed, so she doesn’t know working in that world pre-pandemic, which has been a blessing for her.

“I don’t know anything different in nursing except for the right now; I am at the stage where I learn and absorb the most, and there’s so much to learn with the world we are living in,” she said.

Allen, growing up in Sisters, was able to create a network and community around her that supported her dreams and aspirations.

“I really felt loved here

as a kid and supported,” she said. “Through the classes at the high school, my churches, my parents, and people around me played a big role in shaping who I am as a person and as a nurse today,” she said. “God was really the driving force in me getting into nursing, and I wouldn’t be where I am today without the steppingstones that were put out for me to get into nursing,” she said.

Allen will continue to see the evolution of a health care industry still facing a global pandemic and nursing shortage, but will continue to also see the positives that can come out of the situation.

“We will always need nurses; they are by their patients’ side through everything they are facing, including potentially their last day.

Nurses are an essential part of care,” said Allen.

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Drug overdose deaths in Oregon more than doubled between 2019 and 2021, with the increase driven largely by misuse of the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl, an Oregon Health Authority (OHA) analysis has found. Preliminary data indicate that this trend has continued in 2022.

Over the last 30 months, fentanyl has become a leading cause of overdose deaths, particularly among people who don’t have access to harmreduction services. This trend is prompting urgent requests for supplies of naloxone, the rescue drug that rapidly reverses an opioid overdose.

“We are seeing a critical need for naloxone as many communities experience dramatic increases in overdoses due to fentanyl misuse,” said Dean Sidelinger, MD, MSEd, health officer and state epidemiologist at OHA. He noted that many counties have reported multiple opioid overdoses over the last several weeks, and that there has been a corresponding demand for naloxone.

“We encourage everyone in Oregon to educate themselves and their loved ones — including young people — about the importance of naloxone, how to use it in an overdose emergency, and where people can access it.”

In 2021, nearly a third of Oregon’s counties saw more people die from fentanyl overdose than overdose from any other drug, OHA analysts found.

An overdose is always a medical emergency. Individuals should call 911 immediately after administering naloxone, and be aware that it may take multiple doses of naloxone to reverse the overdose. Oregon’s Good Samaritan law protects the caller and the person who has overdosed against possession and paraphernalia charges.

People who are taking prescription opioids should ask their health care provider or pharmacist for a naloxone prescription. Health insurance may cover the cost of naloxone. Individuals who want to have naloxone on hand for someone else should ask their pharmacist for a prescription. While health insurance usually will not cover this, coupons may

be available online to offset the cost. OHA’s Naloxone Rescue for Opioid Overdose webpage contains naloxone frequently asked questions and a map showing Oregon pharmacies that distribute the medicine. Anyone actively using opioids, or other illicit substances, can get naloxone and other harm-reduction materials at no cost through syringe service programs.

Syringe service programs are available to anyone who uses drugs, regardless of whether they inject them.

In addition, OHA is issuing the following warnings to people who use drugs: • Unless a pharmacist directly hands you a prescription pill, assume it is counterfeit and contains fentanyl.

• Assume any pills obtained from the internet or a friend are counterfeit and contain fentanyl.

• If you are using pills, don’t use alone. Always have naloxone on hand and visible.

• Test your drugs with fentanyl test strips before you use them. Fentanyl test strips

can often be accessed at local harm-reduction sites.

A review of State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System and Oregon death certificate data by analysts from OHA’s Injury and Violence Prevention Section found that unintentional/ undetermined drug overdose deaths increased from 496 in 2019 to 1,072 in 2021. The 2021 figure doesn’t include all fourth-quarter overdose deaths which are still being tallied and analyzed.

Unintentional/undetermined fentanyl overdose deaths jumped more than 600 percent between 2019 and 2021, from 71 to 509, respectively. Of unintentional/ undetermined drug overdose deaths in 2021, 47.5 percent were due to fentanyl; in 2020, fentanyl caused 32.1 percent of overdose deaths; in 2019, the drug was responsible for 14.3 percent of overdoses.

Overall, unintentional/ undetermined overdoses from opioids, including fentanyl and heroin, rose from 280 to 739 deaths — a 164 percent increase.

LIBRARY: Rotary program helps boost literacy, engagement Continued from page 3

in our first appeal and a third were children’s books,” she said.

“We needed still more books for children and young adults, so we purchased $1,000 worth of books to supplement the stock,” Darcey added.

Paulina Springs Books selected the range of books for readers ages 2 to 17 and provided a generous discount to enable the project’s success; 118 new books were added to the shelves.

We are facing a growing literacy crisis. Today in the United States, more than 30 million adults cannot read or write above a third-grade level. Studies have repeatedly shown that books in the hands of children have a meaningful impact on improving literacy.

The more books in or near the home, the more likely a child will learn and love to read.

But two out of three children living in poverty have no books to call their own.

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“Little Free Library booksharing boxes play an essential role by providing 24/7 access to books and encouraging a love of reading,” Darcey said.

Rotary Club of Sisters has a storied history in literacy.

Each year its Book for Kids project provides up to three books to every first-grader at Sisters Elementary School.

There are many designs for the book sheds. Rotary members designed and built the weather-resistant boxes to a look matching the city style.

The clear, plexiglass door reveal a two-shelf structure, one for kids’ books and the top shelf for adult titles.

Rotary Club counts among its members Sisters Schools Superintendent Curt Scholl and Sisters librarian Zoe Shoemacher who bring valuable perspective to the Club’s literacy efforts.

If you think your neighborhood could benefit by a Little Free Library, contact Rotary at 541-904-5132. Each Library requires a committed steward to make certain the boxes are adequately stocked and in good repair. Rotary will provide maintenance and support in perpetuity.

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ATHLETICS: Behavior and sportsmanship are emphasized Continued from page 1

The training program, dubbed “Interrupting and Preventing Discriminatory Acts,” reinforces how to recognize and respond to discriminatory behaviors while they are happening.

It’s not just the OSAA that is turning up the focus on this problem. The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) is also responding to data that clearly shows that unsporting behavior has increased across the nation in recent years. The NFHS has made this issue their top focus for the upcoming year.

It’s a problem nationwide.

A number of schools, including Clatskanie, Molalla, Sandy, and La Grande, faced sanctions in Oregon last school year after OSAA investigations determined that opposing teams faced racial slurs from players and fans. Referees have reported heightened incidents of personal threats.

Fans have become more and more unruly.

Gary Thorson, athletic director for Sisters High School, sent out a reminder to all coaches last week to complete the new training as the fall sports season approaches. Thorson welcomes the focus on the issue.

“We want high school contests to be free of all unsportsmanlike behaviors and for all visiting teams to feel welcome to our school,” he said. “Sisters has always been very welcoming to visiting teams, but we can always do better.”

The issue of sportsmanship and crowd control falls under Rule 3 of the OSAA handbook, which can be viewed in full on the www. osaa.org website. In part the rule states: “All cheers, comments, and actions shall be in direct support of one’s team. No cheers, comments, or actions shall be directed at one’s opponent or at contest officials. Some examples of unacceptable conduct include but are not limited to: disrespecting players by name, number, or position; negative cheers or chants; throwing objects on the playing surface; use of derogatory or racially explicit language; discriminatory harassment or conduct that creates a hostile environment that is disruptive to the educational environment. Spectators shall not be permitted to use vulgar/offensive or racially/ culturally insensitive language or engage in any racially/culturally insensitive action.”

These expectations have not changed significantly from previous years, but the response to such behaviors, particularly while they are happening, have been enhanced.

The host school administration is largely responsible for creating a welcoming environment for visiting teams, but coaches from both sides, along with officials, and even fans, have a role to play in recognizing and helping to interrupt inappropriate behavior.

To use a straightforward example, a basketball player, wearing number 17, is singled out by opposing fans after shooting two consecutive air-balls and they begin chanting “17’s a loser” every

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time he even touches the ball.

In this incident, the referee may stop play and discuss the issue with school officials and coaches, who are then expected to redirect the fans. Event managers can also intervene to redirect fans if the referee has not already halted play.

If the behavior is more subversive, but noticed by other fans, they can try to redirect the offending fan by speaking to them directly and saying something like “That’s not our culture here.

Those aren’t our values.” If confronting the perpetrator gently seems too risky, the fan would be expected to contact school officials on site to squelch it.

Athlete-to-athlete harassment can be interrupted by the official if they notice it.

An athlete being harassed should report it to the coach immediately.

Teammates who notice harassment taking place are also expected to speak up.

Athlete-to-athlete harassment can result in ejection from the contest, based on the official’s judgment. In these incidents, play will be stopped in order for communication to take place among coaches, players, and school officials about what actions to take.

Obviously, cheers, chants, comments, or actions that are discriminatory in nature will not be tolerated. Fans who are obviously out of line, or persist after being warned may be ejected from the premises, issued a trespass citation, excluded from future activities, or even referred to law enforcement, depending on the nature of

the behavior.

Host schools are expected to take steps to ensure adequate event supervision will be present for the contest and communicate about how any concerns should be addressed during the contest.

Signage on site and reminders from the announcers of the games can also serve as ways to prevent unwanted behaviors.

The visiting team will have an authorized representative (administrator, staff member, or coach) on hand

at all contests in order to fulfill the role of upholding the sportsmanship expectations.

The OSAA has adopted the S.T.A.R. Initiative ( S a f e t y, To l e r a n c e , Acceptance, Respect) as part of the enhanced expectations for schools. The S.T.A.R. mission statement is “To create a safe, welcoming, and validating environment in Oregon schools by specifically disrupting racism and combating discrimination so every student can thrive as they are.”

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EXCHANGE: Visits go both ways across the pond Continued from page 3

the air travel,” Deputy Fire Chief Tim Craig said. “With training academies or conferences in the states, we have housing, registration fees, and dining expenses, often more than the airfare.”

Johnson and Craig see the benefit far outweighing the cost.

This is Weeks’ second tour in Sisters; his last was in 2019. Craig took part on one of the exchanges in 2016. He and Weeks maintain quarterly Zoom calls or more often to check out ideas and strategies.

The UK does not come to mind when thinking wildland fires, but, in fact, forested areas in Britain are not exempt from destruction by fire. The UK has been rather hot of late. So hot, in fact, that parts of England and Wales recently received their first-ever red warning for extreme heat.

Coupled with months of below-average rainfall, a heat wave sparked wildfires on July 19 — Britain’s hottest day ever — in places as far afield as Cornwall, Kent and Pembrokeshire.

Wildfires also gave the London Fire Brigade its

busiest day since the Second World War. Climate models predict summers in the UK will continue to become hotter, drier, and more like those of southern Europe. This means that wildfires may well increase in frequency there, making them more like regions in southern France, Greece, Portugal, and Spain, which regularly experience sometimes catastrophic wildfires.

It is wildfire that is at the core of the exchanges; however, the full gamut of fire services are cross-trained.

Julie Spor, administrative assistant for the Sisters unit and Beverly Halcon, the District’s Fire Corps Chair were in Weeks’ care in June learning new methods.

Weeks tells us that at core firefighting is the same universally, with only minor differences in tactics. The mission — saving lives and property — is identical. His team has been valuable to the Sisters department in areas like structure fires, the majority of their calls — less so, ours.

A noticeable difference is in what the Brits call their fire engines: appliances.

Also, their fire and ambulance services are separate entities, although they work hand-in-hand.

They are officially known as FRS (Fire and Rescue Service). The terms “fire house” and “station” are, as

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Deputy Fire Chief Tim Craig (center) welcomed a delegation of visiting UK firefighters. here, used interchangeably.

There, as here, stations are staffed both by full-time, permanent firefighters and volunteers.

As for their experience in Sisters, outside the confines of the station and training, the four have found Sisters extremely welcoming and “charming,” a very British description.

The Nugget first met the quartet at Sheriff’s National Night Out last Wednesday.

Corlett said: “How lovely the people and town are, with a wonderful sense of community.” Reddish commented

on “How amazing the reception had been.”

Public opinion of first responders in the UK is high.

The four all serve in large cities where it is not as customary to have as much fraternity with citizens as we do in Sisters. White noted the interaction between crews and townspeople, the friendships and first-name greetings.

Chief Craig has had them on a whirlwind of training and observation. They bunk at the Elm Street station, cooking and sharing meals.

Weeks said that the biscuits

and gravy more than made up for the bangers and mash they left behind.

Weeks is a wildfire tactical advisor covering a wide area of England with headquarters based, along with Reddish, in Portsmouth, 75 miles southwest of London on the English Channel.

White and Corlett are based in Rushmoor, northeast of Portsmouth by 35 miles.

Both are in the County of Hampshire, an area of 1,420 square miles with a population of 1.4 million persons.

The group heads home Friday.

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