PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
In a surprise move, the Oregon Department of Forestry has withdrawn its wildfire risk map after receiving criticism from the public. People who own property in “high” or “extreme” wildfire risk areas may face new requirements under Senate Bill 762. The map was part of the implementation of SB762.Last month the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) released the new map, created with Oregon State University, that outlined wildfire risk statewide, in the first step toward requiring new fire-resistant codes in areas of high or extreme risk. Following a sizable amount of pushback, some quite heated, the agency said it’s going to “remove the current iteration of the wildfire riskManymap.”in southern Oregon in particular were angered that they might have to abide by new codes for fire-resistant homes or defensible space under what they viewed as a misguided and illogically created map, according to public comments. An area of concern around the map was potential impact of risk classification on homeowners insurance. “We’ve received specific feedback from nearly 2,000 Oregonians that has helped us understand the key areas of concern related to risk classification,” ODF said in a news release. “We have a window of opportunity before the new codes go into effect to take some immediate steps toward addressing those concerns, and we will be taking full advantage of the opportunity. fire map
Southern Avenue turned in high-energy performances during the Sisters Rhythm & Brews Festival last weekend. The festival returned in fine form after a two-year hiatus.
Junior rider Joslynn Terry (front) and her sponsor, Kristen Grace, rode through Sisters forests during an endurance event last weekend.
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After a two-year hiatus, the Sisters Rhythm & Brews Festival graced the Village Green stage in downtown Sisters last weekend. The weekend was full of blue skies, cold brews, and some of the best blues artists in the country.Founders Joe and Jennifer Rambo have a heart for giving back to their community, with part of the Festival proceeds contributing to Habitat for Humanity programming, Heart of Oregon Corps, and Sisters Gro scholarships — local programs the Rambos support.Many attendees carried over their tickets from 2020 for the 2022 shows, including Brad and Teresa Bowman from“WeSeattle.came to the fest three years ago and then bought our tickets for 2020, and obviously that didn’t happen, so we decided we would roll them over for 2022. It’s a great festival, great blues, great food, and we love Sisters,” said Brad Bowman. The Festival kicked off Friday evening at 4 p.m., starting with new-on-thescene Jontavious Willis, hailing from Greenville, Georgia. This is Willis’ first time to Sisters while on tour across the nation. Willis grew up listening to old blues musicians from Mississippi and taught himself to play guitar. “I taught myself and developed a passion and drive to play the blues,” Willis told The Nugget. Willis plays an old style of acoustic blues — just Blues festival rocks Sisters
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The critical concerns for Sisters’ water system are storage capacity, transmission-line capacities, and aging/undersized infrastructure. Over the next two decades, the City projects investing millions of dollars in the water system. The Sisters City Council has received a system evaluation and recommended capital improvement projects to the City water system from Anderson Perry & Associates Consulting Engineers and Public Works director Paul Bertagna. The water system overview evaluated the City’s current capacity to determine City plans for upgradessystemwater
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Saturday saw 61 equestrians from four states gather at Sisters Cow Camp for a day of endurance riding competition. There was a 50-mile course run by 18, a 30-mile limited-distance route that had 36 riders, and seven riders who came out for a 12-mile introductory course. Known as the Historic Santiam Cascade Endurance Ride, the Sisters-based group has been around for 58 years, with over 300 members on social media. The ride was AERC sanctioned (American Endurance RideTheConference).eventtook place in spectacular weather, cooler than forecast, with bright,
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major upgrades to our roadways with a state highway designation take years (decades?) to complete and during that time the town has doubled in population. This leaves those who arrived after the public process, which included many open hearings and town halls, wondering why we didn’t consider other options. The short answer is we did, and the multiple roundabouts were the best solution to move traffic thru town, and increase livability for locals as well. During the TSP update process, we discovered that 80 percent-plus of the traffic coming through town was heading to/from the Valley and had no desire to stop in Sisters. When the roundabouts are complete, that traffic can run through the alternate route (Locust/Barclay) and not clog up our city streets. This will also make the experience for those that do stop in town much more enjoyable, as they won’t be fighting clogged intersections. The dreaded zigzag to cross Cascade could become a relic of theOncepast!this process is complete, my hope is that the City will petition the state to move the Highway 20 designation onto the alternate route. That returns Cascade to local control so we can close down the street for holiday events, parades, or maybe every Sunday host music and arts right in the middle of town. The Quilt Show has shown us (except for this year) what an amazing experience downtown can be without all the traffic. Carey Tosello s s s Border or plunder To the Editor: We see the passage of a bill that expands the IRS by 85,000 agents. Where is the plan
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Perception wars Chris Morin Guest Columnist
To the Editor: In response to Ross Flavel’s letter last week about roundabouts in Sisters, his suggestion of a one-way couplet in town was thoroughly reviewed, and rejected, during the 2008 TSP Unfortunately,update.
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The moon landings were staged; the earth is flat; Hitler escaped to LearningArgentina.“thenews” each day while growing up in a city within the heartland of America during the ’60s and ’70s occurred in one of two ways: At 6 p.m. the local news came on followed by the national news of CBS, NBC, or ABC. The other possibility for news came with the city’s morning newspaper or its afternoon edition. The news industry of the day investigated events on the ground with field reporters, who attempted to find out or uncover facts that were coherently compiled and reported. On rare occasions, a titan figure of the news industry might offer a personal perspective, much like the local newspaper’s daily editorial opinion column would do. But that was Edwardrare. R. Murrow’s stance against the Red Scare tactics of Senator Joe McCarthy in the 1950s and Walter Cronkite’s 1968 pronouncement that the Vietnam War had become unwinnable were exceptions to thenabided-by rules of responsible journalism.Athird type of media existed, one that understood its place and didn’t try to feign dignity. It was located at the grocery store checkout line. That’s where we learned how Aliens Kidnap Babies and Elvis’s Twin Survives, Long Live King II. A type of “alternate” news also occurred — over the backyard fence, where you discovered what the neighbor’s pet groomer’s cousin’s girlfriend had recently “found out.” It was something most folks weren’t aware of and that made it privileged information.Cabletelevision eventually came along, with a plethora of corporate media opportunities, each claiming they best represented the hallowed ‘press’ of our founding fathers. In reality, they were concerned with viewership, which translated into more advertising dollars. Yellow journalism had found its greenhouse.TheInternet came next, ushering in The Age of CyberInformation. Peculiarly, what dominates the cyber realm and gets labeled as “newsworthy” oftentimes seems strikingly similar to the grocery store checkout line or what was passed across the backyardThefence.preponderance of pseudo informational tidbits in the cyber realm has created an overarching dependency — in peoples’ homes, conversations, and minds. Many now eschew the standardbearing news industry entities that have existed for decades and still have reporters gathering factual information on the ground from reliable sources. Watching the 6 p.m. news hour or reading the daily newspaper isn’t alluring enough and takes too long. A few adherents of cyber information have developed a powerful need to be volunteer proponents of The Truth and let the world know about their privilegedListeninginformation.tothose proselytizing adherents, one might think that this “news” had field reporter research and verification behind it, as had occurred with stories regarding frontline fighting during the ’68 Tet Offensive of the VietnamPerhapsWar.now it’s the case that one’s veracity for argumentation can be substituted for validity of evidence. As a result of such zealotry, things like small-town newspapers can be dedicated to pages of these “experts” writing their perceptions about what the true nascent reality has become, so that it is understood over opposing individuals’ mere inept opinions. Each week I read the Nugget News hoping for, well, nuggets of news. Lo and behold, regional facts, stories, and legitimate concerns are getting harder to mine. What I’m inundated with are perception wars, much like high school pep rallies — our team’s great, yer team stinks. This apparently includes column space, where opportunities for salient community matters seem to have been displaced.There’s no questions, discussions, or information regarding matters such as, “Since the Forest Service refuses to enforce the twoweek escapethemoonmighttotheretionmattersshouldreportingshouldneedtomustcal“Whatdueoccurprescribedlong-termregulation,camping-in-one-placethusallowingencampments,willburnsnolongerinareasthatneedittothosesettlements?”ortypeandlevelofatypi-behaviorsandideationsaperson,whohasaccessweaponsandammunition,toexhibitbeforeoneconsiderresponsiblyit…andjustwhobetold?”Thenagain,maybethesearen’tinneedofatten-anddiscussion.Perhaps,aremorepressingthingsdiscuss.Afterall,itjustbethecasethatthelandingswerestaged;earthisflat;andHitlerdidtoArgentina.
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Gusty hertimes—ElliotandcameandDesmondtheandstage.andname).Dancers!”ningactsBerger-BrownWithBerger-Brown.comedicflourish,announcedthroughout,begin-with:“TheDazzling(theact’sofficialOliveVanBurenMarleyMenascohittheThegirlsrolledhoopsthequeendancedwithwilybat.ThentheAmazingdidamagictricktoldajoke.Next,outEmmatheMousehertrainer,7-year-oldEnnis.TheMousesometimesmeek,some-glowering—obeyedimperioustrainer’s circus camp last week. THEFT on page 15
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.
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Combatting theft in Sisters
Starshine Circus takes the stage at Suttle Lodge PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK Olive Van Buren and Marley Menasco were among participants in Starshine
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
Local folks were shocked at the news that thieves hit the Sunglass Hut in the Old Mill District for $20,000 in product earlier this month. It was the kind of brazen shoplifting incident that has been occurring in bigger cities across the nation for the past couple of years.
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Lt. Chad Davis of the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office acknowledged that Sisters is not immune from such incidents and offered some tips for retailers. Davis emphasized that the safety of store staff and customers is paramount.“Wedon’t want people to be hurt over property that can be replaced through insurance,” he said. In the event of a theft or the discovery of a prior theft, “certainly calling 911 as soon as possible” is helpful.
Sisters Area Woodworkers 1st Tuesday, 7 to 9 p.m. 541-231-1897. Sisters Astronomy Club 3rd Tuesday, 7 p.m., SPRD. 541-549-8846. Sisters Bridge Club Thursdays, 12:30 p.m. at Sisters Community Church. Email sistersbridge2021@gmail.com.
Sisters Caregiver Support Group 3rd Tues., 10:30 a.m., Sisters Episcopal Church. 541-771-3258. Sisters Cribbage Club Please call for details. 541-923-1632. Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m. Location information: 541-549-1193. Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 to 8:30 a.m., Brand 33 Restaurant at Aspen Lakes. 541-410-2870. Sisters Parent Teacher Community 2nd Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. at Sisters Saloon. 541-480-5994. Sisters Parkinson’s Support Group 2nd Thurs.,1 p.m. Sisters Library 541-668-6599 Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday. Location information: 541-848-1970. Sisters Rotary 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, Noon, Aspen Lakes. 541-760-5645. Sisters Trails Alliance Board every other month, 5 p.m. varies from in-person to zoom meetings Contact info@sisterstrails.org in advance for meeting info. Sisters Veterans Thursdays, noon, Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-903-1123. Three Sisters Irrigation District Board of Directors 1st Tuesday, 4 p.m., TSID Office. 541-5498815. 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.
It’s just before showtime. In blue bat wings and a feather mask, 5-yearold Olive Van Buren gets ready for her circus act with Marley Menasco, who wears a white ensemble with tiara and electric-blue cape. Marley is 5 years old too. Or, as the girls put it, they’re both “five and a half.” They were among a dozen or so kids participating in the Starshine circus camp. In a shady grove of trees near Suttle Lodge, they gathered around a wooden stage last AskedFriday.about their upcoming act, Van Buren explained, “I’m pretending to be the bat that flies through the water-hoop, and she’s the itInafternoon’sintroducedSharpThenbenchesformingShowing,”ber.called?BurenMenasco,“No,”princess.”responded“I’mthequeen!”“You’rethequeen,”Vanagreed.WhatwastheiractTheydidn’tremem-“BatFlying&Queentheydecided.Adultsgatheredaround,anaudienceonandleaningontrees.campfounderJennietooktothestageandtheemceeforthecircusdelights.atophatandredtuxedo,was11-year-oldringleader
By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief SISTERS AREA MEETING CALENDAR
BOARDS, GROUPS, CLUBS Al-Anon Mon., noon. / Thurs., 10 a.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church. 541-610-7383. Alcoholics Anonymous Thurs., 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration / Sat., 8 a.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration / Mon., 5 p.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Big Book study, Tues., noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Gentlemen’s meeting, Wed., 7 a.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Sober Sisters Women’s meeting, Thurs., noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Step & Tradition meeting, Fri., noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church. 541-548-0440. Central Oregon Fly Tyers Guild For Saturday meeting dates and location, email: steelefly@msn.com.
This listing is for regular Sisters Country meetings; email information to nugget@nuggetnews.com
East of the Cascades Quilt Guild 4th Wednesday (September-June), Stitchin’ Post. All are welcome. 541-549-6061. Go Fish Fishing Group 3rd Monday, 7 p.m. Sisters Community Church. All ages welcome. 541-771-2211. Heartwarmers (fleece blanketmakers) 2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City Hall. Materials provided. 541-408-8505. Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday, 1 to 4 p.m. 541-668-1755. Citizens4Community, Let’s Talk 3rd Monday, 6 to 7:30 p.m. RSVP at citizens4community.com Military Parents of Sisters Meetings are held quarterly; please call for details. 541-388-9013. Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m., Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-549-6469. SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings & Enrichment) Monday-Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Sisters Park & Recreation District. 541-549-2091. Sisters Aglow Lighthouse 4th Saturday, 10 a.m., meeting by Zoom. 503-930-6158. Sisters Area Photography Club 2nd Wednesday, 3:30 p.m., at Sisters Community Church. 541-549-6157.
By Sue Stafford Correspondent
Cleanup days in the woods near Sisters are scheduled for Saturday, August 20, and Saturday, September 17. The annual events started in 2018, when Mandee Seeley, then an employee at Sisters Park & Recreation District, organized the first cleanup.Seeley said everyone is welcome to participate. Participants are to meet at Village Green Park at 9 a.m. to carpool to the site out Three Creek Road. Work will take place until noon, or longer if people can stay. Workers can bring their own supplies, and donations are welcome as well. Needed materials include industrial trash bags, small shovels, wag bags (human waste disposal), gloves, rakes, trash pickers, and large plastic totes for glass. The U.S. Forest Service has indicated this particular location will take many hours to clear, so volunteers may not be able to remove everything in one session. The September 17 date is World Cleanup Day. If a dumpster cannot be secured, there may be a need for several volunteers to deliver what is collected to the Fryrear Transfer Station, where Seeley has secured a waiver to dump the trash free of charge. For more information, contact Seeley mandeeseeley@gmail.com.at
Sisters set to clean up forest
Central OR Spinners and Weavers Guild One Saturday per month, Jan. thru Oct. For schedule: 541-639-3217. Council on Aging of Central Oregon Senior Lunch In-person community dining, Tues. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Grab-and-go lunch Tues., Wed., Thurs. 12:30 to 1 p.m. Sisters Community Church. 541-480-1843.
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Also expected online within five years are improve ments to the Rope Street lift station ($624,000) and two new lift stations, one on the west side for $2.165 million and another on Creekside Court to replace a current pressure system with a gravity system for improved mainte nance, for $1.159 million. In five to 10 years, the aerators in ponds two and three at the treatment plant will need to be replaced ($443,000) and biosolids will need to occasionally be removedBetween($200,000).2032-2042, the headworks at the treatment plant, which has issues with freezing, will receive weath erproofing and a new screen unitLazy($471,000).ZRanch Phase II will see installation of pivot irrigation on 22.7 acres and wheel line irrigation on 14 acres to disperse effluent. Silt and other buildup in the chlorine contact basin impacts the chlorination of the wastewater and interferes with the disinfecting process. It will need to be cleaned out and improvements made during the 10-year period of 2032-2042 ($97,000). These plans for capital improvements over the next 20 years will keep the waste water system up to date and able to handle increasing amounts of wastewater as the population continues to grow. The projects will be funded by a combination of grants, loans, system devel opment charges, and operat ing funds.
• Bill Benson (a proud grandpa)
the kids and bidding on my granddaughter Ellie’s pig, Diesel, a blue-ribbon winner. And thanks to Tanner Pease, his parents, and other local farmers who helped the kids. The hard part was saying goodbye as the animals were taken to market.
Council wastewaterreviewsprojects
By Sue Stafford Correspondent
A wastewater capital facil ities plan update is being con ducted at the same time as the water system plan update by Anderson Perry Consulting Engineers (see related story, page 1). They previewed their findings and improvement suggestions for the Sisters City Council at their August 10 Theworkshop.engineers have looked at wastewater collection, pump stations, treatment, and recycled water use. The most critical concerns for the wastewater system include effluent disposal capacity, and west side collection sys tem capacity. The Lazy Z provides multiple possibili ties for effluent reuse expan sion, including wetland and crop irrigation solutions. A westside pump station with a dedicated force main will provide additional collection system capacity on the west side of town as well as free up capacity on the east side. The recommended improvements are planned to accommodate the facility needs through 2042.The biggest-ticket item, disposal capacity for treated wastewater, involves the completion of Phase I on the City’s Lazy Z property in the next five years for $5.2 mil lion, which will entail install ing pivot irrigation on 47.1 acres. Forested ponds and two miles of streams on four wet acres, lined treatment wetland, and several miles of trails are all planned.
• The 14U Outlaw Baseball Club team had a successful 2022 season, goingGrant13-17-1.Roberson, Jace Owens, Dominic Pulver, Hunter Bronson, Isaac Dunn, Cooper Pronold, Nate Palmer, Ethan Eby, Reese Moore, Trent Gordon, Kieren Labhart, Emmit Buller, and Zach Stewart were coached by Jeremy Buller and Casey Moore, and managed by Erik Pronold.TheOutlaws had tour naments in Klamath Falls, Hillsboro, Newport, Happy Valley, La Pine and Kennewick, Washington. The Outlaws started their season in February and ended in July. Outlaw Baseball Club would like to thank its sponsors. Without them the season would not be possible: Hardtails; Rich Hummel; Black Butte Realty; Madeline’s of Redmond; High Camp; Ace Hardware of Sisters; Western Title; Stone Table; Quicksilver Contracting; Green Ridge Physical Therapy; Sisters Dental; Larrabee Roofing; Sani-Star; Grace Pulver Photography; Coach Steve Hodges; Charles Kettenring.
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The west isn’t so wild here Roundabout SISTERSBillBartlettColumnist Deschutes County
Deputy Sheriff Brian Morris, who works out of the Deschutes County Sisters substation, was my host for several hours last Friday as I was approved for a ridealong. Morris lives in Sisters and has children in our schools, so he has a personal investment in keeping the streets safe — which, let’s face it, is a fairly easy task. Not exactly a hotbed of crime here in the village. That does not mean there is not much to do. Tragedies do happen of course. It’s not a perfect world. Like three teen agers killed when their car swerved into a tree. Or a stab bing homicide in Cloverdale. Morris and his fellow deputies find a steady pace of educational opportunities. He and his teammates see their job in protecting the com munity as largely soft-touch enforcement. Every stop is an opportunity for the offender to understand more fully the potential consequences of theirWeactions.allmake honest mis takes. Heck, I showed up for my appointment with him with expired plates, since remedied. Morris says that DMV has not been as prompt with renewal notices since COVID. He makes a good number of such stops, and unless you are flagrantly out-of-date, you’ll get a cau tionary reminder and a home town smile, not a citation. He leapt at the opportu nity to serve here when the expanded contract with the City was sealed to provide more DCSO coverage. The model Sisters has employed with DCSO is now being developed in La Pine. Not that he said it, but citations — tickets — are so yesterday in community policing. The goal is compli ance, and compliance comes more easily with a carrot than a stick. Like the old saw goes, you catch more bees with honey.Now, don’t take that as a license to do bad things. Just because we have little — very little — crime, that does not mean the streets are com pletely safe. Every year folks in Sisters tell surveyors that traffic safety is their numberone concern locally. And Morris’ workload is about half traffic, with speeding usually the worst offense, and that mostly on the Barclay bypass.Today our first “action” — wait for it — was help ing to corral a loose dog on East Washington. It was a wily critter, evading a half dozen humans for a dozen or more minutes. Eventually the crafty canine was captured. Sorry, no felonies today, or most everyday, which is just the way Morris and the town folk like it. I tried to make it more exciting with questions like “What about shoplift ing?” Nope, he replied, a few cases in a whole year, kids. We drove past Village Green, where set up was underway for the Rhythm & Brews“GetFestival.muchdrunk and dis orderly at night?” He subtly reminded me that the side walks roll up most nights long before 11 p.m. Driving through the campground, full with sum mer tourists, Morris and I get waves from everybody. It’s the same all over town with pedestrians, and even many motorists.Morris deftly works around the traffic. He sees everything. Things I am missing. At intersections he is unfailingly polite, always allowing the other guy to go first. That’s not for my ben efit. That’s just the way we do things around these parts. It also makes people feel more comfortable with the law. And the law, he is. The full-size SUV with its mark ings, lights, antennae, and push bar are imposing signs of authority. Inside is a warehouse of technology, so much that I have to squeeze in a bit carefully so as not to disturb the navigation system. He introduces me to all the gear in the vehicle, which includes radar, front and rear cameras, a defibrillator, safety kit, a riot helmet — like he’s going to need that in Sisters — rifle, and a rubber bullet shotgun. With his vest, taser, sidearm, radios, body cam, it’s a wonder he can fit behind the wheel — and he’s trim.So you’re not going to mess with Morris unless you’re stupid or whacked out on Hisdrugs.is one of the few cars where the rear seat can accommodate more than one person. As many non-offend ing citizens as bad guys or drunks are given rides, like the family of three that got stuck in the snow. It reminded me of a situ ation last week where I wit nessed a DCSO deputy with a metal detector looking for lost car keys in a hayfield. OK, since you asked: A 4-H Club steer got out and took off, and in the pursuit the car keys were dropped in sixinchMorrisgrass. advises that we should still lock our doors and close garage doors, however remote the likelihood of being a crime victim. Otherwise, just be aware, he says. So, that’s life on a busy Friday ’roundabout Sisters. Sheriff’s Deputy Brian Morris. BY BILL
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• Country Fair. After a two-year COVID-induced hiatus, the Country Fair & Silent Auction returns to Sisters. The event, usually held in August when temper atures and often smoke were at their peak, took advantage of Sisters Folk Festival’s move to October and pushed the Fair’s date to September 17. There will not be an art show as in the past, but a much larger silent auction the night before. This will be the 25th installment of the widely attended annual event held at Church of the Transfiguration.
• Laird’s sales decline for first time. The specialty food maker reported its sec ond-quarter results. Sales for the quarter were $8.7 mil lion compared to $9.3 mil lion in the January-March period. The Sisters-based firm, traded on the NYSEAmerican as LSF, posted a loss for the quarter of $4.9 million and a six-month loss of $19 million on sales of $18Somillion.farthis year the com pany has taken a $6.5 mil lion impairment of goodwill charge in connection with its $12 million acquisition of Bend-based Picky Bars. The firm reported various real estate transactions that include proceeds from a land sale of $1.521 million, while for the first time paying rent at its Lundgren Mill campus. The balance sheet shows lease obligations of $5 mil lion over an unspecified time period.
• Weed control. The City of Sisters has a precisely defined code with respect to vegetation, weed, and brush removal. Section (f) of 8.15.060 says that no person in charge of property may permit or cause to exist on their property any vegetation that is a weed or dead or dry grass more than four inches high.
• The Woodlands taking reservations. The first of five phases to be ready in the spring of 2023 includes 21 cottages ranging from 859 to 1,250 sq. ft., 11 townhomes and five mixed-use parcels. The 35-acre development is bounded by W. Barclay Drive, N. Pine Street, and Highway 20/126 and when finished will have approxi mately 200 mixed-use prop erties. Cottages will be mar ket priced, meaning in the range of $500,000.
NUGGETSNEWS Snippets and tidbits from Sisters Country By Bill Bartlett • Correspondent ★ ★ ★ Get in the Game ★ ★ ★ Tell Your Neighbors ★ ★ ★ Event hosted and paid for by Sisters Republicans RE STORE CO NFIDEN CE IN OUR ELECTI ONS ...VOTE! Wa s e 2020 Election Stolen? 2000 MULE S MOVIE ★ Monday, August 22, 6:30 p.m. ★ Aspen Lakes • Bring a Snack • Judicial Watch — In 353 counties across America , there were 1.8 million more voters than there were eligible voting-age citizens • Trump won 18 of 19 b ellwether counties and all four b ellwether states • Coordinated censorship b et ween media and big tech for anyone questioning the outcome • 40,000 sworn 2020 f raud a davits filed in G eorgia alone (Source-World Tribune) SISTER REPUBLICANSS S tand th Us For E lection I ntegrity “Freedom is never more than one generation away fromextinction.” - Ronald Reagan
• Highway striping. All of Highway 126 and Highway 20 have completed striping. The bright yellow and white paint is clearly vis ible once again all the way from Bend and Redmond to the Oregon coast.
• Construction Zone. Two large lots have been cleared in preparation for new construction on the 18-acre site on West Barclay Drive formerly owned by the Forest Service and being developed by Empire Construction. Each lot is around 2.5 acres.
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• Jobs board. In the last 14 days employers in Sisters have posted 50 openings on recruiting websites. Over 90 percent are in the retail and service sector, primarily food. In total there are 116 positions available in Sisters Country. 39 pay $35,000$40,000/year; 26 pay $40,000-$45,000; 24 offer $45,000-$50,000 annually; 20 are listed between $50,000 and $65,000 with eight pay ing at least $65,000. A living wage in Sisters for two adults (one working) with one child is calculated as needing $73,174.
• No vacancy. Apartment rental sites on August 14 showed not a single tra ditional unit available in Sisters. There were four rental homes ranging from $2,700 to $2,999. Combined income to qualify for one of the rentals is exactly $90,000 per year. The median house hold income in Sisters is $75,562 and the poverty rate is 12.03 percent.
• Allegiant Air drops Redmond ser vice. “At the time (May), we intended to restart service in the fall. However, due to dynamic market conditions, including staffing shortages impacting the commercial aviation industry, we made the difficult decision to suspend service at RDM,” Allegiant said.
• Hemp bust. With the rapid decline of hemp pro duction in Sisters Country to virtually zero acreage, growers returned to hay and orchard grass resulting in a drop in hay prices from a high of $450/ton a month ago to $350-$375 today. The first hay cut reports are excellent.
• Fishing report. Anglers report fair to good across Central Oregon from “fair” on the upper and lower Deschutes. The Metolius is fishing “well” where nym phing has been the hottest method. East and Paulina Lake continue to fish “well” on balanced leeches and chironomids.
• COVID Dashboard. As recently as May 7, there were 511 cases in Deschutes County (332 vaccinated). That surged to 833 (480) on July 2, and has since receded to 510 on August 6. On August 10, 371 were hospi talized statewide — down 27 from the prior week — 48 in ICU beds. Of all emergency department visits, 3.2 percent were COVID related.
• Water curtailed. As of August 6, users of Three Sisters Irrigation District were receiving 70 percent of their allotment, a normal flow for the first week of August.
• Redmond air traf fic. RDM has recovered from lost passengers due to COVID and is again setting records for enplanements and deplanements. Total pas sengers in and out of RDM in June of 2019 was 91,501. That crashed to 23,743 in June of 2020, recovered to 86,211 in 2021 and just hit a new June record of 97,521 despite industry-wide flight cancellations.
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My family has lived in Sisters Country close to 30 years. I still remember our first summer, with snow on July 4, and then lightning strikes in September. I stood holding my baby, looking out at lightning exploding juni per trees as dark ominous clouds moved toward our ranch. I felt helpless, unpre pared, and vulnerable. A week later, tendrils of smoke began to spiral up from fire still present in the roots of the trees struck earlier. We were lucky that time, with firefighters and airplanes spotting the fires and putting them out. Each year, there’s a variation on that theme. But one thing is constant: Fire is part of the deal if you choose to live in the High Desert. I remember the words of an old-timer whose family homesteaded near our house off Fryrear Road. He said the area was called “Lightning Alley” by the folks who’d tried to make a go of it as dry-land wheat farmers. He and I took a hike down into the canyon system near our home and he pointed out the blackened remains of oldgrowth trees scorched by a raging fire that swept through the canyon system over 100 years ago. There was beauty in the sculptured, obsidianblack trunks that curled like smoke from the rock and soil still holding them erect. I remember imagining what it must have been like during that firestorm. With today’s terminology making Fire Season a common descriptor of the summer months across the West, it’s impossible to escape the fact that we’re all vulnerable to fires. The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) was instructed to lay out a plan created by Senate Bill 762. So far, their efforts, no mat ter how well-intentioned, have been less than reassur ing. According to the ODF website, the bill passed with bipartisan support will pro vide more than $220 mil lion to help Oregon mod ernize and improve wildfire preparedness through three key strategies: creating fireadapted communities, devel oping safe and effective response, and increasing the resiliency of Oregon’s land scapes. The bill is the prod uct of years of work by the Governor’s Wildfire Council, the Legislature, and state agencies.Thelegislation provides direction and investment to many state agencies. For the Board of Forestry and the Department of Forestry the bill, among other things, provides legislative direc tion regarding the wildlandurban interface, statewide fire risk mapping, prescribed fire; directed the Department to review and clarify the enforcement of rules per taining to forestland; sets baseline standards for unpro tected and under-protected lands in Oregon; and estab lishes grant programs to improve forest restoration andMyresiliency.family received a let ter from the Department of Forestry’s Fire Protection Division letting us know we live in the wildland-urban interface and our property has been identified as being in the High risk class (they bolded the word High). We were given links to a detailed homeowner’s report and a map to show us information about the designation pro cess. We clicked on the links and found them to be broken or, at best, confusing and unhelpful.OnWednesday, August 10, a neighbor and I attended a meeting put on by the Department of Forestry to explain what went wrong with the map, links, and gen eral overall rollout of the plan for SB 762. There were over 150 people present, including the media. Many were obviously concerned, angry, and wanting answers. A representative from OSU, who helped create the map, answered questions as well. I was equal parts sorry for the three men facing the unhappy crowd, and frus trated that they rolled out a program that was obviously not ready for prime time. They did their best to explain what they were trying to accomplish, and admitted they would need to do better in theOurfuture.neighborhood has already begun the pro cess of becoming a desig nated Firewise Community, which is a process of begin ning fire mitigation work on our properties. We have spent thousands of dollars and hours of labor to create defensible spaces around our homes — and that’s just the first year. We’re also read ing more about building code requirements. To begin the process, we organized a visit from representatives from the Cloverdale Rural Fire Protection District, the Oregon Department of Forestry, and the Deschutes County Fire Mitigation task force. We’re glad we’d already started working on this, but we’re also con cerned if what we’ve done so far will be enough. The recent storm that roared across Sisters Country last week brought hundreds of lightning strikes, some landing all around us. One neighbor had a strike that hit their house. Knowing that fire may still be present in the roots of the struck trees, we’re all keeping watch for any smoke near us. It feels like the increase in tempera ture, along with the 10-year drought Central Oregon is in, is all culminating in a much higher chance that fires will impact Sisters Country again. Getting in touch with local agencies to learn what you can do to protect your home is a step we all can do for ourselves and each other. The more each homeowner does to prepare, the less chance a fire can take hold and cause devastation to property and our very lives. I’m hopeful the Department of Forestry folks have walked away from their mistakes with a stronger resolve to do better, be more prepared, and do the jobs we taxpayers pay them to do. It’s time for them to step up and help us survive another sum mer, and the one after that, and one after that…
Fire in the neighborhood By Katy Yoder Columnist Commentary...
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Sheryl Rudolph investigates a burned juniper. Fire is part of the landscape of the High Desert.
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8 Wednesday, August 17, 2022 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon himself, his guitar, and occa sionally a harmonica for a song about trains. Willis performed a combination of his own original lyrics and covers of some other blues artists.“The Festival has been great. I love the town and the small-town vibe here,” said Willis.The show continued with a set from Castro Coleman, aka Mr. Sipp, and his band. Mr. Sipp got the Friday night crowd up out of their chairs and dancing at the base of the stage to kick off the Festival weekend.“It’sgreat to be back in the beautiful town of Sisters,” Coleman told The Nugget “This is our third time being back and we love the place with the nice people and fans that love the music.” Mr. Sipp’s band traveled with him from their home in McComb, Mississippi; his son T-Burns is now playing with Coleman on the organ andThekeys.evening continued with Southern Avenue who give a dynamic performance and got the crowd up and dancing yet again. Southern Avenue, consists of three sisters, all from Memphis, Tennessee, in a band created by Israeli-born guitarist and music producer Ori Naftaly. Sisters locals Peggy and Mike Magardt have lived in Sisters for over 35 years and have attended a number of local music events, including the past two Sisters Rhythm & Brews festivals. “We love the events, and we love the blues in particu lar,” said Mike shopSquire.Hatsincludingpop-upattendeeswithandstrongoutMississippibluesCountryandCountryandendguitaroutblues.guitar,hisBurnside.grandsonfromwithSabbath.channeledOzzysingersection,bongos,ThetionsbandPresents:Spirits.CompanythetwowellfoodFestivalgoersMagardt.enjoyedfromlocalfoodcartsasascoldbeveragesfromofthemainsponsorsforevent,10BarrelBrewingandCraterLakeNextupwasBrownoutBrownSabbath,athatdoesLatinrendiofBlackSabbathmusic.stagesetupconsistedofdrums,afullhornguitarists,andleadAlexMarrero,whoseOsborne-esquebravadothesoundofBlackFridayeveningconcludedanacoustic/electricsetCedricBurnside,theofbluesgreatR.L.BurnsidekickedoffsetwithjusthisacousticplayingHillCountryBurnsidethenbroughtthedrummerandelectricforarockingsetattheofFridayevening.ManyofthemusiciansbandsarerootedinHillblues,Deltabluesrhythmmusic.HillbluesisastyleoffromthepoorareasofthatwasbornofDeltabluesandhasaemphasisonrhythmpercussion.KickingoffSaturdaycoolerweather,festivalvisitedthelocalvendorsinthepark,thepopularSisters+COfoundedbyStaceySheonlyhasapop-upandwebsite,butmany
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of the hats she sold were seen around the Festival all week end. The hats she sells are handmade in Guatemala. Saturday kicked off with historical blues player Jimmy “Duck” Holmes, proprietor of the Blue Front Café on the Mississippi Blues Trail, the oldest surviving juke joint in Mississippi. Holmes played a set of historical blues tunes and his own tunes before hopping on a plane back to Mississippi to tend bar at his café.The day was filled with music from Mr. Sipp for a second set, Nikki Hill and her band, and then Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio. To kick off the evening, international award-winning guitarist Ana Popovic seized the stage. Popovic had been to Sisters a couple of times, performing at The Belfry. Fire Chief Roger Johnson and his wife, Susie, saw that show last March at the Belfry. “She just went out and started rocking at that show,” saidPokeyJohnson.LaFarge and his band, The Northsiders, per formed next playing a mixed set of his own original mate rial from his latest album, “In the Blossom of Their Shade” plus four songs by the legendary Chicago Blues musician Howlin’ Wolf. (See related story, page 9.) There were a few young festivalgoers who attended the Festival just to see Pokey LaFarge, while wearing their Pokey LaFarge T-shirts. After ending his set with “Goodnight, Goodbye (Hope Not Forever),” he expressed his desire to return to Sisters in a shorter amount of time than 10 years. LaFarge per formed at the 2012 Sisters FolkAfterFestival.amajor set changeover, it was time for the leg endary Eric Gales to take the stage. Emcee for the evening, Katie Cavanaugh, put it per fectly for the last show: “This is absolutely worth the wait.” Eric Gales performed a rousing set, with music from his latest record, “Crown.” “I am performing these songs from my heart and my soul, and they are a part of me here tonight, Sisters,” said Gales from the stage. “We haven’t had this gig on our calendar for three years and I am gonna give it all I got for you, Sisters,” he said. Gales performed late into the cool Saturday evening with a packed house of 700 on the Village Green lawn. A video recap of the event is available with the online version of this story at www. NuggetNews.com
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By Ceili Gatley Correspondent Pokey LaFarge returned to Sisters for Sisters Rhythm & Brews Festival. His last turn here was at Sisters Folk Festival in 2012.
AddieLaFargeHamilton.has been in the music industry for many years, releasing his first album, “Marmalade,” in 2006. He has never categorized himself in a particular genre. “I have no definitive pro cess or genre, a combo of dif ferent styles I was influenced by,” said LaFargeLaFarge.was especially influenced by Bill Monroe and the bluegrass sound mixed with singer-songwriter mountain music. “My sound has evolved over time, but it is for sure con sidered Americana,” he said. During the Sisters Rhythm & Brews Festival, LaFarge played some Howlin’ Wolf songs.“The idea came from Joe and Jenn Rambo and [me] for a one-of-a-kind show at a blues festival, playing a handful of his songs. It felt especially fitting. I’ve been listening to his music since I was a kid and we thought we could bring something differ ent to the audience,” he said. “It’s kind of my take on his music.”Howlin’ Wolf helped shape the genre to what it has evolved to LaFargetoday.released an album in 2020, “Rock Bottom Rhapsody,” and was set to tour the record when the pan demic hit, right before a set of shows at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas. During his time in Austin, he got to work on his latest album, released in 2021, “In the Blossom of Their“ThisShade.”album represents light out of darkness and one of peace and love and joy and a record that is true to me and honest to myself,” he said. “I write music because I feel like I have to; it is one of the callings on my life, and that’s the reason I started playing music.”When LaFarge isn’t on the road touring or writing and recording in a studio, he is living and working at his home in Camden, Maine, where he now lives just down the road from Addie Hamilton. LaFarge works on a farm and tends his backyard garden.“It’s a natural thing to work with the earth and to toil in the field and grow our own food,” he said. He enjoys not living in a city and getting back to the roots, literally and figuratively.“Iwaslooking to do some thing different besides music and Maine was the perfect place to do that,” he said. A video interview with Pokey LaFarge is available with the online version of this story at www.NuggetNews. com
Pokey LaFarge returned to Sisters after 10 years away, for the 2022 Sisters Rhythm & Brews Festival last week end. LaFarge played the Sisters Folk Festival in 2012 and was brought back to Sisters for this year’s Rhythm & Brews Festival for a unique set. LaFarge sat down with The Nugget for an interview ahead of his set Saturday evening.LaFarge was born in Bloomington, Illinois, two hours south of the city of Chicago. Around 13 or 14 years old, he began getting into music and classic rock, listening to Bob Dylan, Bill Monroe, and the Grateful Dead, all of which you can hear as influences in his music today. He didn’t grow up in a musical family. “I grew up in a basic fam ily from Illinois playing base ball and sports,” he said. Throughout his teenage years, he kept up with his pas sion for music, but also a pas sion for literature and travel. “I traveled a lot with my family when I was young, so I think I got the travel bug early in life and wanted to be out on the road,” said LaFarge. He read Jack Kerouac’s novel, “On the Road,” and moved around, pursuing his love for music and songwrit ing, forming and playing with different bands along the way. LaFarge hitchhiked across the country after his van broke down, and he hitchhiked all the way to Eugene, Oregon, before returning to the Midwest and pursuing his musical career. He traveled from Madison, Wisconsin, to Louisville, Kentucky, and then settled in St. Louis, Missouri in 2007, when his musical career began to take off. After 10 years in St. Louis, he moved west to Los Angeles with his girlfriend, Grammy Awardwinning singer-songwriter
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High Deser t Chorale Needs Singers e Sisters High Deser t 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 ever y Monday evening at 6:30 at the Church of the Transfiguration on Brook s Camp Road . No auditions required. For more information, contact Connie Gunterman at 541 588- 0362. Please come join the Chorale! Free Lunches For Seniors e Council on Aging of Central Oregon is ser ving seniors (60+) free lunches on Tuesdays, Wednesdays , and ursdays at the Sisters Community Church located at 130 0 McKenzie Hw y., Sisters . e Tuesday meal is sit down f rom 11 a .m. to 1 p.m . and also o ers activities and information about health, communit y resources , and nutrition. On Wednesdays and ursdays lunches are o ered drive-through style, f rom 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 reser vation. For more information please call 541-678 5483 Sisters Transportation and Ride Share (STAR S) Dispatchers are booking non-emergenc y medical rides Tuesdays and ursdays , 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 541-9 04-5545 . STAR S is an Age Friendly Sisters Countr y Action Team Weekly Food Pantr y e Wellhouse Church will have a weekly food pantr y on ursdays at 4:30 p.m. (222 N Trinit y Way) Both drive-through pick-up and shopping-st yle distribution are available 541-549-4184 for information
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SupporParkinson’stGroup Are you a person experiencing Parkinson’s disease (PD) or a care partner/f amily member desiring to better support your loved one with PD? We invite you to join our support group to experience f riendship, shared experiences , and a better understanding of PD. Please join us the second ursday of the month 1-2:30 p.m. at the Sisters Librar y, 110 N . Cedar St. Sisters For more information contact Carol Pfeil, program coordinator of Parkinson’s Resource s of Oregon, 541-6 68-6599 or carol@ parkinsonsresources.or Free Weekly Meal Ser vice Family Kitchen is hosting a weekly to-go hot meal ser vice on Tuesdays f rom 4:30 to 6 p.m. at Sisters Communit y Church, 130 0 W. McKenzie Hwy. For info: www.FamilyKitchen .org Sisters Pickleball Courts Pickleball courts are now open at the old elementar y school tennis courts . Bring your friends and your own water Parking is available in the school parking lot in July and August (not at Cit y Hall or the SSD administration lots). Organized play, available to everyone, is coming soon! For information call 209-743-1937. Memorabilia Neede d e ree Sisters Historical Societ y is planning a new exhibit about the history of logging and the mills around Sisters But they need your help. If you have artif acts , old photos, memorabilia, or even remember the log ging days and old mills , please contact the Museum at 541-549-14 03 . ey would love to see what you have, and hear your stories! Sponsor an Impoverished Child f rom Uganda Hope Africa International, based in Sisters , has children awaiting sponsorship! For information go to hopeafricakid s.org or call Katie at 541-719-8727.
SPONSORED BY Sisters’ pickleball team the Aspen Aces won second place in the inaugural season of the Central Oregon Pickleball Players League. The league was formed to develop and introduce competitive team-based league pickleball to Central Oregon. This new league is comprised of advanced players from pickleball communities in Redmond, Bend, La Pine, and Sisters. PROVIDED Aspen Aces...
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Toast the Trails Event Sisters Trails Alliance is hosting a Toast the Trails event at Eurosp orts on ursday, August 18 . No-drop ride or run meets at Eurosp orts at 5:30 p.m. followed by social hour at 6:30 p.m. All are welcome! Head over to Upcoming Event s at sisterstrails org to RSVP or email scott@ sisterstrails.org. Friends of the Metolius Interpretive Walks Join leader Scott Blau on Saturday, August 20 for the eighth walk in the Friends of the Metolius Interpretive Walks series . e Camp Sherman Bridge to Riverside Campground and back walk will explore the upper river f rom the Camp Sherman Bridge to the site of the 1930s Civilian Conser vation Corps camp at the Riverside Campground while learning about the natural and human histor y of the Camp Sherman area . Meet near the Camp Sherman Bridge fish viewing platform at 9 a .m. For information call 541-595-6 439, 503-730-8034. Craf ters Wanted Qualit y craf t-consigners wanted for 4 6th 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 snow flakeboutique.org or call Tina 541-4 47-164 0 or Jan 541-350-4888 Sisters Transportation and Ride Share (STAR S) Volunteers Needed Drivers needed to give medical appointment rides for Sisters residents unable to drive themselves . Mileage reimbursements currently available for gas costs Dispatchers also needed to book rides . Go to starsride.org to learn more and apply. Leave message at 541-9 04-5545 for a callback. STAR S is an AFSC Action Team. Visit us at the AFSC booth August 28th at Sisters
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LW V Voter Registr ation e League of Women Voters of Deschutes Count y will be registering voters outside the Sisters Librar y on Tuesdays, August 23 , September 20, October 4, and October 11. e last day to register to vote, declare, or change a party a liation, or put through a change of signature or address is October 18 , 2022. For more information, info@lw vdeschutes org. Veterans Memorial Ceremony A veterans memorial ceremony will be held Saturday, August 20 at noon at the Village Green Park. For more information call 541-903-1123 Free Shredding Event e next community shredding event will be heldSaturday, August 27 f rom 10 a .m. to Noon at the Sisters Sheri ’s O ce Substation, 703 N . L arch St. is 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, t attered American flag they would like properly at event the Kiwanis Saturday Vigil Mass 9 a .m. Sunday Mass • 8 a .m. Monday-Friday Mass e Church of Jesus Christ of L at ter-Day Saint s 452 Trinit y Way • Branch President, 5 41-420 -5670; 10 a .m. Sunday Sacrament Meeting Calvar y Church 484 W. Washing ton 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 McKenzie Hwy. • 541-549-1201 9:30 a .m. Sunday Worship www.sisterschurch.com • info@sisterschurch.com RS -A REA C HUR CH ES call the c hurch before attending to verif y current status of ser vices as restric tions are adjusted. Nonprofits schools , churches bir th engagement, wedding , and anniversar y notices may run at no charge. Business items do not run on this page. All submissions are subject to editing and run only as space allows Email nug get@nug getnews .com or drop o at 4 42 E . Main Ave Tex t must include a “for more information” contact Deadline is 5 p.m. on Fridays OPIE #Cleartheshelters Special! Half O Adoption Fee! Meet Opie! Opie is a 1-1/2 year old pit-bull and heeler mix. He was brought in due to the previous owner feeling they did not having the proper amount of time to dedicate to Opie. Opie is a young lad looking to find someone who can take him for walks, go to training classes, and help him explore the world. He can be nervous in new situations so positive reinforcement training will really help him feel confident in this giant world e previous owner describes him as “silly, goofy, rides well in a car, playful, and will jump” If you are looking for a sweet boy to spend some quality time with please call us to set up an appointment to meet Opie (unless it is a Saturday, then come on down)!
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Food Bank . For more information call 541-388- 6655 Save the Rubberbands Business owners: Are you the recipient of a bundle (or more) of Nuggets each week? ose huge, f at rubberbands are nice and stretched out, and highly valued by the Nug geteers that bundle your papers each week. If you can save them, we’d love to use them again. And to those of you who already return them to us: thank you! Questions? Call Janice ats541-549-9941.tetllbl 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 • 5 41-549-5831 10 a .m. Sunday Worship www.shepherdof thehillslutheranchurch.com St . Edw ard the Mar tyr Roman Catholic Churc h 123 Trinit y Way • 541-549-9391 5:3 0 p.m.
The Suttle Lodge Live Music: Ryan Sollee (Opener: Steven Sczepanik) Big Lawn Series, 6 to 8 p.m., free all ages More information at www TheSuttleLodge.com/Happenings.
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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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.
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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.
• AUGUST 28 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 Kar tsounes, 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.
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SATURDAY • SEPTEMBER 3 House Concert Live Music: Jeff Plankenhorn 6:30 p.m. $20 Hosted by Kev and Karly Lusby of Sisters RSVP for address: lassenbutterfly@gmail.com; www.jeffplankenhorn.com. Sisters Depot Live Music: Bob Baker & Pete Kar tsounes 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.
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SUNDAY • AUGUST 21 Sisters Saloon Live Music: BAM (Conner Bennett, 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.
The Barn in Sisters Live Music: Guacalypso 6 to 8 p.m. Weather permitting For more information find The Barn in Sisters on Facebook. Food Cart Garden at Eurosports Trivia Night ?5:45 to 6:30 p.m. Family-friendly trivia. Free For additional information call Eurosports at 541-549-2471
The 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.
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The Suttle Lodge Live Music: Devils Thursday House Band, 6 to 8 p.m., free, all ages More information at www TheSuttleLodge.com/Happenings.
More information 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.
Hardtails Karaoke with KJ Mindy 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. For more information call 541-549-6114.
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The Barn in Sisters Live Music: Dr y 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.
FRIDAY • SEPTEMBER 2 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 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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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.
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. Fir Street Park Sisters Farmers Market 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Featuring live music by Doug Williams, community booth, vendors, kids activities, and more. Info: sistersfarmersmarket.com.
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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
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FRIDAY • SEPTEMBER 9 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 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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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
TURDAY • AUGUST 27 Sisters Depot Live Music: Ty Curtis 6 to 8:30 p.m. r. More info at www.sistersdepot.com The Barn in Sisters Live Music: Gabrial Swayn .m. Weather permitting For more information The Barn in Sisters on Facebook. as Airport Airshow of The Cascades to 4 p.m. Air show and displays, car show, e music by Sweet Red & The Hot Rod Billies. Veterans and kids 5 and under get in free Tickets at www cascadeairshow.com.
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The Pileated Woodpecker (dryocopus pileatus) is home in a mature forest with dead snags that become large drums for the majestic woody. Whether for proclaiming territory, communicating, or chipping out a nest, decaying trees are essential for a healthy population of the largest species of woodpecker in North America. With a body length of 15 to 19 inches and a 29-inch wingspan, they have a home territory of 320 to 600 acres. Both parents excavate the 10-to-24-inch-deep nest, which requires three to six weeks, with wood chips providing the only nest lining. Two to five white eggs are laid in April or May and hatch in 15 to 18 days. The parents take turns brooding and feeding the young until fledging occurs in 24 to 30 Whendays. there are three or more hatchlings the parents will be very careful to equally feed each the same amount of regurgitatedPileatedfood. Woodpeckers’ diet consists mainly of carpenter ants, termites, grasshoppers, and many forest berries, including poison oak. The definition of pileated is “capped,” from the crest at the top of the head to the bill and nape. A group of Pileated Woodpeckers is collectively known as a “crown” of woodpeckers.Toviewmore images of the pileateds, recent-journeys.causeithasasong.com/http://abirdsingsbe-visit
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.
The Suttle Lodge Live Music: Skillethead Thursday House Band, 6 to 8 p.m., free all ages More information at www TheSuttleLodge.com/Happenings.
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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. Madras Airport Airshow of The Cascades 2 to 11 p.m. Air show and displays, car show, live music by Precious Byrd, fireworks. Veterans and kids 5 and under get in free Tickets at www cascadeairshow.com. 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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graduating from Sisters High School, Wilkins is continuing her general education far away from her hometown of Sisters. Wilkins is entering her second year at United World College’s campus in Wales to receive her International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma. It is taking two more years internationally to finish what in the United States we would call high school, but in Europe this would be “college” before attending “university.” “I heard about the UWC from a family friend, and I knew I wanted to explore the idea of doing something like this,” Wilkins said. “It’s been really eye-opening to become friends with people from all over the world and Accordingbackgrounds.”toWilkins: “United World College is a global mission for international, intentionally diverse (in all ways) schooling, founded by Kurt Hahn in 1962. There are now a total of 18 campuses around the globe containing students from over 155 countries. Around 5 percent of the students come from refugee or war-displaced backgrounds. This summer we’ve just raised money for two full scholarships for Afghani students to attend AC (shorthand for Atlantic College). The mission statement of the program is to ‘make education a force to unite people, nations, and cultures for peace and a sustainable future,’ which is visible in the many student councils and organizations active within the community.”Wilkinsapplied to different campuses including Norway, Italy, and Wales, and got accepted into Wales as her first choice. “I’ve always had the dream of going into the broader world after growing up in a small community, and I want to just see everything,” sheStudentssaid. take the same six courses for two years in an intensive program. Wilkins is taking courses such as humanities, English, visual arts, and math, all at a high level with no specific major; she just receives her IB diploma at the end of the“Afterprogram.UWC I want to attend a four-year university, potentially in New Zealand, and pursue wilderness documentary filmmaking,” said Wilkins.
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“I am that walking Central Oregon stereotype, honestly,” she said. “I love the outdoors, and my parents really wanted us to have engagement in the outdoors growing up.”Her love for the outdoors has translated into a passion for activism and human rights. Wilkins is an outspoken activist for environmental and climate change action, as well as speaking up against social injustice in herWhileschools.nottechnically
Sydney Wilkins has been exploring the Central Oregon outdoors since moving here with her family when she was 8 years old. As a kid, Wilkins attended Black Butte School in Camp Sherman before transferring to Sisters School District in middle school. Through her schooling experience and on adventures with her family, Wilkins found her passion for being in the outdoors. Sydney Wilkins (kneeling second from right) with her
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“It’s truly been a life-changing experience, and studying in a castle has nothing on the people and friends I’ve made there,” she said. Wilkins has visited her roommates and friends in Paris and Morocco.“Wecall UWC the couch you can crash on anywhere in the world just because we all come from around the world,” she said. Wilkins is currently on a break at home in Sisters until the end of August, when she will return to Wales to begin her second and final year at “It’sUWC.niceto be home for a bit and around friends and family and get to explore what’s in my backyard again,” she said.
Wilkins’ connection with the outdoors and storytelling clicked for her in high school in Sisters — and also during her time at UWC. “It is now the goal and dream to connect those two things and tell the stories of the wilderness and outdoors beyond my own backyard,” sheWilkinssaid. has used her passion for activism and the outdoors to participate and start several programs at UWC in Wales, outside of the academics. She is engaged in the student council, cinema club, debate team, “UWC Values” team, and she helped develop a gym class to promote healthy gym mindsets and confident, safe exercise amongst her
4. The decline of skill and care due to the weakened tradition of craftsmanship.5.Thedecline of self-discipline due to the ever-present availability of stimulants and tranquilizers. …and worst of all, 6. The decline of compassion due to the unseemly haste with which modern life is conducted. “I really strive to create a place where activity and compassion and team building is at the core and bring that connection with the outdoors that I had in Sisters, international,” saidWilkins’Wilkins.experience growing up in Sisters and going through the middle school outdoor program ECOs really helped shape her passion and love for the outdoors, and she is now bringing that to Wales. Wilkins’ connection with her fellow students is one that she is eternally grateful for.
3. The decline of memory and imagination due to the confused restlessness of modern life.
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peers for the next year she is there. Wilkins also leads the Kurt Hahn Core, an outdoor experiential group. Wilkins leads her peers on backpacking trips, hikes, and other outdoor activities available to them in Wales to create a sense of community and connection with the outdoors. “For many of my friends and some of the kids there, it is their first time truly experiencing the outdoors. I was lucky to grow up in it and I want to bring that to them now through this group,” she said. Kurt Hahn is the founder of UWC and Outward Bound programs and came up with something that Wilkins is trying to teach — and avoid — in the “6 Declines of Modern Youth,” which are defined as: 1. The decline of fitness due to modern methods of locomotion. 2. The decline of initiative and enterprise due to the widespread disease of “spectatoritis.”
A semi that was too large for the campground got stuck and damaged at Suttle Lake last Thursday. It took about 24 hours to get the truck out.
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A semitruck driver who was apparently seeking a place to rest for the night got badly stuck at Suttle Lake last week. His damaged truck ultimately had to be hauled out by a towing crew. Black Butte Police responded to a 911 call about the incident at about 7:45 p.m. on Thursday, August 11. The driver attempted to make a turn the truck could not negotiate and ran over boulders and stumps. The truck’s cargo container was crunched and it popped a tire, leaving it stranded. Carly Veith witnessed the incident.“Abunch of girlfriends and I were camping,” she said. “There was a giant orange semi that was way too big to be in the campground, so we noticed it.” She and other campers watched the driver try and fail to negotiate the winding road, bashing up the truck and the forest. “It was scary at first,” she said. “Everybody in the campground was watching this and saying, ‘What is this guyVeithdoing?’”called 911 and Black Butte Ranch Police responded. Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office has juris diction at Suttle Lake, but deputies were unavailable and Oregon State Police had no troopers immediately available. Black Butte Ranch often responds to incidents in the area through mutual aid agreements, due to the prox imity of the Ranch. As of Monday morning, BBR Police did not have a completed report on the inci dent and could not confirm whether or not the driver was cited.According to Veith, an officer talked with the driver and determined that he was not“Theyimpaired.just left him there to sleep in his cab over night,” she said. More than 24 hours passed after the truck careened to a halt, bending wheels and axle over a large stump, before it could be removed. Traffic snafus pre vented campers from driving to their sites, or from being able to exit the campground. Some campers set out lawn chairs and busted out their preferred beverages, watching the scene. Workers brought a crane and a flatbed tow truck for what looked like a severely dented chas sis, snarled-up axle and wheels.The tow company also sent a special semi for haul ing out the twisted orange container the trucker had been hauling. In addition to the crane, workers engaged the help of two nearby ponderosa trees, anchor ing the container with large straps, the trees providing leverage.Various officials, some looking angry, others bewil dered, came and went. Observed by campers were the Black Butte police; U.S. Forest Service; Deschutes Recreation, the camp ground’s management com pany; and a Jefferson County Sheriff deputy. “It was an adventure,” said Jim from Gerlock Towing as they finally, with heavy equipment including a crane, drove off with the truckFolkscontainer.around the camp ground clapped and hollered their thanks. It was a busy week at the campground, where lightning struck a massive, ancient conifer a few days before. As in the case of the mysterious trucker, no one was hurt.
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Second, the ongoing riparian work at Creekside Park will no doubt improve and protect a real showcase treasure for the City. Third, the expansion and improvements at our campground are commendable and it has really made a big difference in the appear ance and livability of this asset. I call it an asset because it brings valuable tourists into town for a very reasonable price and contrib utes significant dollars to our City budget. Fourth, the new playground at Village Green park has been a great success, and whoever coined the idea to relocate the old equipment to the campground should be applauded. Lastly, the completion of Well No. 4 was no doubt a huge success as stated in a previous article. Many people don’t real ize how dedicated our paid staff and unpaid volunteers are to improving this great city.
To the UnlikeEditor:myusual habit of scanning The Nugget to locate the math squares, sudoku, and crossword puzzles, today I decided to spend more time reading the news and colum nists. I came upon The Bunkhouse Chronicle, “Dark Matter” (August 10) column by Craig Rullman.AsIread I started nodding: Yes, I, too, enjoyed amazing visits from monarch from page 2 See LETTERS on page 16 how to review and extract that video and get it to law enforcement is key. — Lt. Davis
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“After that, making sure that you are a good witness,” should be the priority,” Davis said.Getting a vehicle license plate and color and direction of travel is some of the most crucial information you can provide law Surveillanceenforcement.cameras are useful, potentially as a deter rent, but also as evidence for law enforcement investiga tion — but it’s important to get video to law enforcement quickly. That means staff should be trained in how to use“Knowingvideo. how to review and extract that video and get it to law enforcement is key,” Lt. Davis said. “You can’t just buy a video system — you have to know how to useCamerasit.” in the store and on parking areas may be a good“Decideoption.what is right for your business and probably consult with a security com pany if you don’t have the knowledge to do it yourself,” Davis advised. “Make your self as hard a target as you can.”“We need photos of these people,” Davis said, noting that outdoor cameras have helped solve crimes in the Sisters area. Lt. Davis strongly urges shop owners, staff, or cus tomers to call if something doesn’t look or feel right. Such calls should go to the nonemergency dispatch num ber, 541-693-6911. Deputies can pay a visit to a store and assess a situation discreetly. Davis said that there are many instances where citi zens didn’t report suspicious activity out of a misplaced hesitancy.According to Davis, they’ll say something along the lines of “‘We saw this, but we didn’t want to bother you guys because we thought you were busy.’ Please call. We always want to encourage people to call. We’d much rather work on the front end than the back end” of an incident.Lt.Davis said that his team responds to a relatively limited number of shoplifting reports.They also respond to dis ruptive, disorderly people in shops and other business establishments.“Iftheyhave problems with any customer, we can respond and trespass them from the business,” he said. “We actually have more of those than we have theft cases.”Any kind of disturbance or argument can be grounds to contact law enforcement, “where they just don’t want that person to come back to their business,” Davis noted. That intervention is usu ally enough to take care of the“Weproblem.usually don’t have a problem, but we have arrested people who have come back to the business after they’ve been trespassed,” Davis said. to increase the staffing of our beleaguered Border Patrol? It is now obvious that the government party is far more interested in pulling money out of the pockets of the American people than securing our border against hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens and tons of deadly drugs.Larry Benson s s s
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First, the award of $5 million for the sec ond roundabout. This will be a tremendous improvement to traffic flow and safety on Cascade once the roundabout and traffic diversion program is completed. Yes, it will be another two years to complete, but that timing is much better than originally thought.
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Kudos to City To the Editor: Every city has issues that need resolution over time. Lack of affordable housing; water availability and conservation; and managing growth seem to overwhelm the conversation and are all important issues. In that regard, I wanted to give credit to the city staff and commissions and councilors regarding recent announcements and pending improvements to our city that may not get the credit they deserve due to these other overriding issues.
16 Wednesday, August 17, 2022 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon sunny skies and temps just touching 80 by the time most riders finished. Joshua Handler won the 30-mile dis tance in 4 hours and 31 min utes with a 45-minute hold. Darlene Merlich was firstplace finisher in the 50-mile course with a time of 7 hours and 35 minutes and a onehourEndurancehold. rides have mandatory “holds” during the ride, where horses must pulse down to meet a spe cific heart-rate parameter — anywhere from 60 to 68 beats per minute — before they are then checked by qualified veterinarians to ensure the horses are fit to continue.Anendurance ride is a timed test of an individual horse/rider team’s ability to traverse a marked, measured cross-country “trail” over natural terrain for a distance of 50 to 100 miles in one day.Endurance riding was first developed in the early 1900s as a military test for cavalry mounts. Horses were required to go on a five-day, 300-mile ride carrying at least 200 pounds. The cav alry test became a civilian sport in the early 1950s. Over time, the reduction of dis tance and time increased the number of riders and rides, and in 1978 the Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI), the international gov erning body for World and Olympic equestrian events, recognized endurance riding as an international sport. The modern endurance ride is unique in the horse sport world, as one of the only group/individual sports that entire families can par ticipate in by riding together, yet competing as individuals. There is no rider minimum or maximum age limita tion, and the AERC awards program also offers special awards to families who have compiled the most miles in ridingIndeed,together.Saturday saw a number of duo or trio riders. Being August, the trail was seasonably dusty. The sec ond or third rider was often a blur by the dust thrown up from the forward rider. That did not limit the fun as riders appeared all smiles through out the day. Like most eques trian events, much of it has to do with the fellowship and camaraderie of like-minded enthusiasts.Therewas no intense, last-second rivalry. The opponent was the clock, not the horse in front of the rider. The majority of horses this day were Arabians. The Arab horse breed originated on the Arabian Peninsula. With its distinctive head shape and high tail car riage, the Arabian is one of the most easily recognizable horse breeds in the world. It is also one of the oldest, with archaeological evidence of horses in the Middle East that resemble modern Arabians dating back 4,500 years.The Arabian is a versatile breed, dominating the dis cipline of endurance riding and competing in many other fields of equestrian sport.
To the Editor: There is a little-known treasure in Sisters, Oregon. Fifi Bailey retired from being a longtime postal carrier in Camp Sherman and a current small business owner, Fifi’s Hauling Service, in Sisters. Lately, as she is nearing retirement from her businesses, she is starting a new venture: The O.D.A. Project, Organ Donor Awareness. Organ donorship, an option on the Oregon driver’s license, is still underrepresented in the state, and Ms. Bailey’s latest mission in social awareness and responsibility is to bring the awareness to the forefront. One of her ideas is to have the organ donor option on the license to be an “opt out” option rather than an “opt in” selec tion on the license application, thereby increasing the per centage of likely donors and having state endorsement of a recognized need. To change the existing system would require a letter-writ ing campaign to the governor’s office or a signature collec tion campaign to bring it to the attention of the legislature, then to the process of presenting it as an initiative to the vot ing public. The idea originated when Ms. Bailey donated one of her kidneys to her son, who needed the lifesaving
They are one of the top-10 most popular horse breeds in theSomeworld.notables Saturday included the running of two mules. Mules are renowned worldwide for their outstand ing muscular endurance. The event was embel lished with two riders of dis tinction. The Western States Trail Ride, commonly called the Tevis Cup, is the longestrunning modern-day endur ance ride. The 66th running of the 100-mile event took place on July 16.
ENDURANCE: Equestrians from four states competed Continued from page 1 butterflies while serving in the U.S. Navy, stationed in Monterey, California. I nodded again: Yes, I am concerned about all the challenges of beekeeping, as my son does in his community garden in Stirling, Scotland. Then I nodded off — “Theory of Everything” — unifying moments of surfing and fly-fishing — half-dozing until I was startled by the juvenile (except for that big word “obsequi ous”), demeaning reference to Dr. Anthony Fauci. Why such animus? Bob Norin s s s Organ donor awareness
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Gabriela Blakeley of nearby Terrebonne and her 13-year-old Arabian gelding, LLC Pyros Choice, crossed the Tevis Cup finish line in Auburn, California, at 10:24 p.m., completing the race in 17 hours and 9 minutes for the win. Blakely was on the 50-mile course Saturday. Also present at the Historic Santiam Cascade Endurance Ride was Alexandra Fetterman of Bend, who just days before returned from Mongolia, where she competed in the Mongol Derby, the longest and toughest horse race in theInworld.1224, man of the mil lennium Chinggis (Genghis) Khan set up the world’s first long-distance postal trans mission system. Using a massive network of horse stations — morin urtuus in Mongolian — his hardy mes sengers could gallop from Kharkhorin to the Caspian Sea in a number of days. For 10 days each August, the Mongol Derby recreates this legendary system, build ing a network of urtuus at 22-mile intervals along the entire 620-mile course.
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I invite Mr. Bowler and any other cynics to the showing of “2000 Mules” at Aspen Lakes Monday, August 22 at 6:30 p.m.; it will be shown free of charge, and I would love to hear what you think. The drink of your choice will be on Ericme!Bilderback,
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Sisters Republican Precinct leader and while trying to get out the vote I have found several people on the list from the Deschutes County election clerk whom I have known to have moved away years ago, and they could very well receive ballots this next election. The laws we have ensure our elec tions cannot be secure. I would argue that the opportunity for voter fraud in our elections in Oregon and across the country are the key fea ture, not an unintended symptom. As the say ing goes, “there are no conspiracies but there are no coincidences.”
donation. As a member of the donor commu nity [she gained] a new awareness of the con stant need for donations and the potential to save the lives of 17 people per day. There are currently 105,772 individuals on the waiting list for organ transplant in the United States. As Oregon is a national leader in many social issues, Ms. Bailey supposes the constituency in Oregon would be receptive to the suggestion. To promote the nonprofit, the O.D.A. Project, Ms. Bailey is hosting a fundraising event, a flea market at her residence in Sisters at 572 S. Fir St., each weekend in August. She is accepting donations of a variety of house hold items, project supplies, children’s sup plies, and toys for resale at her fundraiser. While cash is also accepted as a donation, she encourages the public to stop by, hear the story of her vision, and browse her collection of treasures to repurpose in a new setting. She can also be reached by phone for an appoint ment to volunteer, browse and shop, donate, or simply hear the story of the vision of the O.D.A. Project at 541-419-2204.
The Chicks in Bend To the Editor: The Chicks took the stage under a full harvest moon and the crowd rose to its feet and never sat down for a full two hours. They sent so much love to The Chicks that all those wounds from rotten ex-husbands shoulda been healed. It was full-on, well-deserved adoration. They were a dream team of three, singin’ of hard times with hard men and politics way too left for Texas. They never stopped and took the crowd higher to a crescendo of “Earl’s Gotta Die.” It was love at first and last sight. Stella Dean s s s FBI raid To the Editor: I’ve written to the editor previously about our state’s current leadership bringing the FBI in to investigate a candidate running for office in Central Oregon, simply because he was demonstrating his/our First Amendment rights in the objection to the overreach of state and local government officials dur ing the pandemic. I joined the candidate’s campaign team after the Bend Bulletin ran articles of false “opinions” against the can didate from those wanting to keep the public from knowing the dollar amount of federal emergency funds that was the motivation behind the mandates and enforcing them. The local media sources refused to mention the emergency funds that the state government agencies and schools were receiving even when the public records were sent to them. The Bulletin continued to run smear articles against the Republican candidate. I helped the campaign team by request ing and paying for public records from city, county, state, and federal agencies. Some were transparent in the requests; yet, many were not, including certain law enforcement agencies, city councils, our district attorney’s office, and the FBI. I have the emails to prove what I’m saying. This past week, we saw yet again the wea ponization of the FBI for political means by the raid of President Trump’s home less than 100 days until the midterms. The left-leaning media is not printing the truth again. This is too important! We can’t stand by and watch one party (and the media that support them) demonize the other party this way. Are we to have free elections anymore? Every nonaffiliated independent, liber tarian, and conservative voter must answer loudly at the voting box in November. We must stand up and say, “Not on my watch.” We must stand up for our Constitution, Bill of Rights, and the rule of law. No matter if you personally like or dislike those who are being attacked this way. Get out and vote . Vote these people out of power before it’s too late. Troyer government, land use, forestry, schools, environment, art & music scene, high school sports, business, and more.
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Chris Patrick s s s Election fraud To the Editor: In regards to Scott Bowler’s column about election fraud: He tells his readers that they need to be open-minded and seek evidence to a claim of election fraud. Well, I am happy to provide some of that evidence. People on the left (and some on the right) who are disparaging those of us who believe the election was stolen by stating this case has been in over 60 court rooms and not one has ruled in favor of Trump. Actually, the courts ruled Trump did not have standing in their respective court and therefore Trump was not allowed to present his evidence. If the courts would allow this evidence to be heard, here are some of the many compelling facts they would hear.During the election there was a lady in Fulton County, Georgia, who closed her voting station to the public and then rolled a suitcase full of ballots out from under her table. The documentary “2000 Mules” has video footage and cell phone data showing individual people making multiple trips to multiple ballot boxes. The first Black President, Barack Obama, outperformed Biden in almost all Black areas except in the swing states (Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Georgia). The statistical chance of this happening is drasti cally less then one percent. In Wisconsin, nursing homes had an average of 95 percent voter turnout; 100 percent in many of them. Trump won the four swing states, Iowa, North Carolina, Florida, and Ohio (nobody has won those and lost the presidency in over 100 years). Trump also won 18 of 19 bellwether counties, which is statistically close to impos sible as it gets. The documentary “2000 Mules” demon strates a correlation between specific nonprofit organizations and mule traffic to mul tiple ballot boxes. There are also thousands of affidavits people have signed under the penalty of perjury claiming they witnessed voter fraud, including in Wayne County, Michigan, where 28 percent of the votes were “misplaced or destroyed” (however that happens). The fact that no national media has debunked these facts reinforces my belief that these facts cannot be debunked. Because of their hostility toward Trump and his MAGA agenda they are willing to look the other way even bully Americans, much like the emails on Hunter Biden’s laptop of the Biden family directly receiving money from China, bring it up and you will be silenced on all major platforms.Iamthe
Angelena Bosco (right), shown here with Fran Willis, has launched a business delivering groceries and restaurant meals in Sisters.
Angelena Bosco’s career has always been in the food industry — from working in restaurants and co-managing Sisters Farmers Market to teaching cooking classes. It’s what she knows and what she loves. Now folks in Sisters Country can call her when they need groceries, or want food delivered from local res taurants. From Camp Sherman to Fryrear Road, Bosco’s new business serves addresses in the Sisters School District. Vacation Grocery Delivery (VGD) began as a grocery delivery service for vacation ers who wanted to arrive to a full fridge, fresh flowers, and even alcoholic beverages (with proper ID upon delivery). Over the last few months, Bosco found many locals also wanted her to do their shopping. “They love the restaurant delivery. Unlike other deliv ery services, I don’t charge the restaurants, so it’s leaving more money in the restauran teurs’ pockets,” she said. Bosco is enjoying get ting to know locals better and meeting folks who are staying in Sisters hotels and vacation rentals. Each customer’s rea son for calling Bosco is unique. “One man said he and his family had been hiking all day on Peterson Ridge and didn’t want to go out again,” she said. “Another group in Camp Sherman ran out of wine and asked me to do a run to Ray’s for them. I’m glad they’re calling me to drive to town, especially if they’ve been imbibing.”Bosco charges by the location. For instance, it’s $35 to go out to Black Butte Ranch or Camp “PeopleSherman.cansend me their shopping list or shop online and I’ll get what they need and bring it to them,” she said.“It’s super convenient. I part ner with Spoons and Sisters Saloon. People can use their app to set up the delivery. It’s $10 in town and as I go farther it increases by $5 increments.” On Wednesdays, Bosco does shopping in Bend, then delivers it to her customers. “I enjoy the customer ser vice aspect of the business. It’s nice to work with people for a while and then know what kind of products they like. Being available and person ally taking their phone calls is appreciated by my custom ers,” she said. “I get to know people’s likes and dislikes. I feel like doing this is a way for me to contribute to my community.”Thefreedom the job gives her is another plus for Bosco. “I created VGD from scratch,” she said. “I love the creation and organization of it all. Getting it all to work out is something I love to do. Then having my customers be so pleased, and letting me know how thrilled they were feels so good.”VGD is open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., five days a week. “I’d be happy to deliver food to a group on a picnic at Three Creeks Lake. I want people to call me… no mat ter how unique their situation is,” Bosco said. “If someone’s home and having a dinner party and forgot the ice cream, I’ll go pick it up for them and deliver it before they’re done withCustomersdinner.” can also sign up for a subscription service and have groceries deliv ered weekly. Bosco invites folks to give her a call so she can simplify their life just a bit. Visit VGD’s website for delivery rates and ordering information: call/textvacaygrocerydelivery.com,Boscogrocerydelivery.com.www.vacayRachbyemailatinfo@or541-213-0507. offers grocery delivery
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The National Academy of Construction (NAC) has elected James H. Anspach, affiliate assistant professor at Iowa State University, as a member of its class of 2022. He will be formally inducted October 6 during the NAC Construction Hall of Fame Gala in Scottsdale, AZ.In electing Anspach, NAC cited him as an “acknowledged leader and pioneer in subsurface utility engineering practices and education.”WayneCrew, president and CEO of NAC, said, “Our 2022 class represents dedication to the industry and significant contribu tions to improving the built environment. Jim Anspach’s contributions to the sub surface utility engineering industry and to academia have had incredible impact. We welcome him.” Election criteria for NAC includes leadership, excep tional service, a continued commitment to making a contribution, past recogni tion by peers for innovation, and being recognized as “best of the best.” The NAC Class of 2022 membership is composed of 34 industry practitioners from various sectors of the industry: aca demics, researchers, own ers, contractors, designers, lawyers, and consultants. Election to the Academy is one way to honor members’ contributions over a career, and also provides mem bers with a chance to give back to the industry and the nation through their NAC participation. The Academy has inducted over 400 industry leaders since 1999. Anspach has developed the subsurface utility engi neering practice, served on many research projects, and lectured at numerous uni versities around the world. Many consider him the “Godfather of Subsurface Utility Engineering.” He began his career at Heath Consultants as a field engi neer in 1978, and moved to the Washington, D.C., area in 1983. There he developed the field of sub surface utility engineering with So-Deep, Inc. He has led the utility mapping and coordination engagements for hundreds of projects, including several transpor tation mega-projects on both U.S. coasts. Anspach is a Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). He served as a founding gov ernor and 2018 president of the Utility Engineering and Surveying Institute. He is currently developing a graduate studies program in utility engineering at Iowa State, serves as an expert in construction cases, and works with utility technol ogy start-ups around the world. He holds a bach elor’s degree in geologic sciences from Penn State University.Anspach and his wife, Laura, have a horse farm where they reside in Sisters.
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James Lawrence Preston April 8, 1966 — August 7, 2022 The Nugget Newspaper Crossword By
Shirley Adele Yozamp, mother to Jim Jr., John, Joel, Jeanne, and Julie, was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, to Frank and Florence Jackson. She had an older sister, Barbara, and older twin brothers, Frank andShirleyCharles. attended the University of Minnesota with a focus in engineering. She later became a facilities designer and earned many achievements, including the International Facilities Management Association Excellence Award. On March 20, 1965, she married James Michael Yozamp at St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church in St. Cloud, Minnesota. The mass was offered by their friend, Father Peter St. Hilaire. Jim and Shirley were married 56 years. Shirley was a devoted mother and wife. She loved supporting her kids enjoyed playing golf with her friends in Florida, which she started as a kid, earning a hole-in-one at the local country club at age 14. She spent winters skiing with her family on Mt. Hood and weekends with her church choir. She had a beauti ful voice. Shirley was an active member in her com munity. As a Girl Scouts of America leader she earned the Excellence Award. Later in life, Shirley was a dedi cated home caregiver for Alzheimer’s and dementia patients.
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Shirley Adele Yozamp James Lawrence Preston came into this world on April 8, 1966. He was a brother to sev eral siblings, a husband, father, stepfather, grandfa ther, and friend to many. Jim learned the gui tar at age 7 and gave his first stage performance at 9, at his school. He loved to bring his guitar out and entertain the crowd. Jim maintained his childhood friendships from Silverton through his entire life — mostly with two other “Jims” — and was loved by so many. It was remarkable that his childhood and high school friends all remained close all these years. After high school he joined the Army, got a degree in business from Southern Oregon State College, then worked in the airline industry, where he met and later married Laurie in 1998. They were happily married 24 years. Jim’s dream was to own a business someday, and he and Laurie ultimately bought and ran the Idanha RV Park just outside of Detroit, Oregon, which they renamed River MT RV Park. When Jim’s dream became a reality, he was able to be in the forest and sneak away for fishing trips anytime he wished. Jim loved to vacation in Hawaii and loved his home in Sisters, where he could tinker on projects, be around his dogs, and be close to nature. Jim always made time for his family and friends and loved them dearly. Later in life Jim had kid ney failure and had to do dialysis three times a week, which subsequently created the chain of events that took him from us far too soon. Jim passed on August 7, 2022, and he will be forever missed. Jacqueline E. Mathews,
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The circus continued with magic, clowning, and comedy, as performed by the Incredible Alex, Arlo the Firefighting Clown, the Awesome Asher, Zany Zephyr, and Camden the Clever.Silas Witmore and Zephyr Sharp, aka the tiger and the cheetah, performed acrobatic feats through a “flaming” hoop, to vigorous applause. Gutsy Gusty the Magician closed out the acts with card and coin tricks. Then it was time for a rousing curtain call. Audience members chatted a while. Marley Menasco’s parents, Britney and Justin Menasco, said this was Marley’s second time at a Starshine“Gettingcamp.outand meeting new kids — at this age, that’s kind of the big one,” Justin Menasco said. “We saw this as a good opportunity to have a lot of fun and get amongst peers, learn to follow direc tions. Great reviews from Marley this week.” Camden Davis is 8 years old and goes to Sisters Elementary School. “I loved it,” said Camden. He especially enjoyed “all the games we did.” How did it feel to get onstage?“Iwas a little nervous,” he said. But performing ended up being Severalfun.performers said they will attend Sisters Elementary School in the fall. But Sharp invites a large span of ages to Starshine. Some are destined to attend a Waldorfinfluenced school in Sisters called Pine Siskin, Redmond Proficiency Academy’s mid dle school, and even a kinder garten in Israel. The week unrolled with time to play and explore the different areas of nature around Suttle Lodge: lake side, creekside, on the beach, in the forest. Each day, stu dents learned about a dif ferent kind of circus perfor mance, starting with comedy and“Thejoke-telling.nextday we focused on animals — the menag erie acts, the animal acts that used to be very com mon in circuses. Now we pretend to be the animals,” said Sharp. Clowning and magic tricks came next. One day they learned hoop ing, juggling, and “pretend tightrope-walking.”Sharpleftplenty of room for kids to evolve their own creativity.“Wecame up with the mouse trainer and the mouse idea, we practiced it for two days,” said Elliot Ennis, the trainer.Emma Deutmeyer thought it felt good to be a mouse. To get in character, “I pictured a mouse jumping through a hoop of fire. A real mouse. Gray.”Starshine’s game-based training helped them come up with their act. “We played animal tag games,” said Ennis, “and we pretended to be animals.”
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The camp included naturebased creativity and wad ing time in the lake, along with games and circus fun. What was the best part of the week for the Mouse and Mouse Trainer? Ennis and Deutmeyer had the same answer: “The performance!” See our interview with Jennie Sharp in next week’s issue of The Nugget. Starshine’s themed youth camp at Lake was a hit from
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By Bill Bartlett Correspondent commands, walking a dan gerous tightrope across the stage.The danger was all in the playing; the rope actually lay on the boards, not above them.Said Ennis’ mom, Melinda Ennis, “This is our second year at Starshine. They’re enjoying being outside and playing simple, imaginative things.”Starshine represents the kind of small-town, outdoor activities for kids unique to Sisters Country. “I think it’s great,” said Melinda Ennis. The family moved to the area about five years ago. “That’s part of why we wanted to be here.... it’s a small, local community thing.”Of camp teacher Sharp, Ennis said, “She’s awesome, she’s super-cool, she’s great. We’ll do it again next year.”
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Last week saw the arrival in Sisters of a task force. Recent lightning and the elevated threat of wildfire in Central and Southern Oregon have prompted the Oregon Office of State Fire Marshal (OSFM) to pre-position two structural task forces of firefighters and equipment in Deschutes and Klamath counties.Atask force from Marion County mobilized Thursday morning, August 11. These firefighters pre-positioned in Deschutes County. The task force is made up of 13 firefighters, four engines, and one water tender. These resources would be prepositioned for 72 hours and may stay longer if needed.“The task forces will be on the ground to add addi tional firefighting capacity if a brush or wildfire breaks out,” Johnson said. With rising temperatures returning, the potential for holdover fires from lightning strikes in previous days and even weeks is present. Oregon State Fire Marshal Mariana Ruiz-Temple said, “We’re using the power of the Oregon Fire Mutual Aid System (OFMAS) to move resources and add capacity to respond to any fire that may spark. Our goal is to keep fires small and away fromPre-positioningcommunities.”resources is just one of the tools the OSFM has as part of its Response Ready Oregon initiative. These resources will bolster any initial fire attack or allow a quick response to other emerg ing incidents in the state. These firefighters and equip ment are not assigned to a specific incident but are an added resource to increase the state’s readiness if there is aJohnsonfire. identified the task force members. Mt. Angel Fire Department, Marion County Fire District #1, Hubbard Fire District, Lyons Fire Department, Aumsville Fire Department, and Keizer Fire District.
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an approximate timeline for implementing basisdemandmineis3,437,ThemateThethroughdevelopregions,forecastedpopulationResearchUniversityplanningjectionsupdateoftotorygrowthmentsItmentprehensiveCityplanobjectivedistribution.waterwateraddressedimprovements.recommendedTheoverviewthreemainareas:supplyandtreatment;storage;andwaterTheprimaryofthewatermasterupdateistoprovidethewithanupdatedcomplanningdocuthroughtheyear2042.alsoidentifiesimproveneededforsystemandtomeetregularequirements.Theupdateisintendedmodifyoutdatedsectionsthe2017waterplanandthepopulationprothroughthe20-yearperiod.ThePortlandStatePopulationCenterpublishesestimatesandgrowthforOregonwhichareusedtoprojecteddemandstheplanningperiod.2020populationestiforSisterswas3,220.forecastfor2022isandthe2042forecast6,917.Thosefigureshelpdeteraverageandpeakonapercapitafrompastrecordsand population estimates. The City’s records show water usage at all four wells daily. Those figures help estimate future needs for water. The existing facilities include wells 1, 2, 3, and 4. Well No. 1 pump station is old, built in 1975. It needs to be rebuilt and have a new on-site generation system and magmeter. This project is slated to be done between 2022 and 2027 for $755,000. Construction of Well No. 5 and its transmission line at a projected cost of $2.649 million is slated for 20352042. Well No. 3, identified for installation of standby power and a variable fre quency drive, is scheduled for 2027-2032, for $369,000. Current storage of the City’s water is provided by a 1.6-million-gallon storage tank built in 1995. One of the leading projects for the next five years is construction of a new 2.2-million-gallon water storage tank and rehabbing the existing tank to provide redundancy in the system. The tank project is the single most expensive project at $6.133 million. The water distribution system consists of reservoir transmission lines, distri bution system mains, fire hydrants, and each individual place of service. The third most expensive improve ment is installation of a new 24-inch ductile iron transmis sion line from the reservoir to Whychus Creek junction. This $2.537 million proj ect will replace the current 12-inch asbestos concrete (AC) reservoir transmission line.Replacing all other remaining AC mains is slated for 2027-2032 with a price tag of close to $4 million. This project includes install ing a new 18-inch transmis sion line from Whychus Creek junction to East Tyee Drive and installing a new 12-inch distribution main from East Tyee Drive to East Hood Avenue. In the next five years, existing 12-inch AC lines in Edge O The Pines and other areas will be replaced with 18-inch mains. Numerous distribution mains will be extended between 20272032. Each year between now and 2042, ongoing water service meters replacement will occur at 50 per year, costing $20,000 each year. The total for all improve ments comes to $19.1 million in today’s dollars. Between 2022-2027 total project costs amount to $10.9 mil lion, 2027-2032 is $5.5 mil lion, and 2032-2042 is $2.7 million.Allthis future planning will put the City’s water system in good stead for the anticipated doubling of the population by 2042, includ ing providing fire flow capacity, and meeting future flow demands.
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“We will immediately begin working with Oregon State University on some refinements to improve the accuracy of risk classifica tion assignments based on what we’ve heard from prop erty owners thus far.” Chief Roger Johnson, who heads Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District and who worked extensively with a statewide team implementing SB762, was sanguine concern ing the map’s withdrawal. “It’s a tool, one of many, that the public had an oppor tunity to provide feedback on and the community response was sufficient that the map — a map — will be reworked and made a better tool in cre ating more fire resiliency with structures, especially those close or adjacent to the wildfire urban interface (WUI),” Johnson said. He also wanted to make it clear that the map was appar ently misunderstood as being used by insurance underwrit ers for calculating homeown wildfire risk map in their decision-making, according to data released today by the Oregon Division of Financial Regulation.”Duringinformal discus sions before the state wild fire risk map was released, insurers told the division they were not planning on using the map. Once con cerns were raised during public listening sessions on the new map, the division put out a formal data call to all relevant insurers doing business in Oregon to con firm they were not using or planning to use the state wildfire risk map for under writing or rating decisions. A data call is a formal inquiry that insurers are required by law to answer truthfully. Johnson told The Nugget that despite his many hours of work on the project, he did not take its initial rejec tion“It’spersonally.aprocess, one that at the end will make safer com munities, and that’s every body’s goal who worked on it,” he “Aftersaid. another round of revisions based on local input, the map will be final ized. We will then post an updated map on the Oregon Explorer and issue new notices to property owners in the extreme- and highrisk classifications, which will start a new appeal period,” said Cal Mukumoto, Oregon’s state forester.
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