The Nugget Newspaper // Vol. XLVI No. 14 // 2023-04-05

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SPRD seeks to renew local option

The Board of Directors of Sisters Park & Recreation District (SPRD) will seek renewal of the local option levy originally approved by the voters in 2018. The measure, 9-160, will appear on the May 16 special election ballot. The measure will renew a levy in the amount of 15 cents per $1,000 dollars of assessed property valuation.

This is the same amount voters approved in 2018.

According to SPRD Executive Director Jennifer Holland, the funds will support programming in three areas: child care; seniors; and youth athletics/recreation. The funds will also support district operations and ongoing

Wheeler selected as city manager

By Sue Stafford Correspondent

facility costs. Holland emphasized that the Board’s priority is to keep SPRD programs affordable to everyone in the district through scholarships and subsidies for programs catering to families.

Passage of the local option levy will also allow the Board of Directors to seriously consider the option of converting the existing Sisters Elementary School building to a multipurpose community center over the next five years according to SPRD Board President Peggy Tehan.

“Without a continuation of the local option, the Board would be hard-pressed to

Fire district celebrates service

By Ceili Gatley Correspondent

Every year, members, staff, and partners of the Sisters-Camp Sherman Rural Fire Protection District (SCSFD) spend an evening gathered together at FivePine Lodge and Conference Center for an awards banquet honoring those who serve others.

From recognizing board members to presenting lifesaving awards, the evening gives the SCSFD an opportunity to honor their own in

service to our community.

Fire Chief Roger Johnson hosted the event from the podium with guest speaker, new Board President Krisite Miller, and presentations from Deputy Chief Tim Craig. Chief Johnson honored members of the Fire Corps, who work on outreach programs, provide community education, and support the firefighting and medical staff.

“They put on programs that we wouldn’t have the

Jordan Wheeler, the current city manager in Sandy was unanimously selected by City Council to become Sisters’ new city manager, pending negotiations.

After making the announcement last Wednesday, Mayor Michael Preedin told The Nugget, “We didn’t make this choice by ourselves. There were hundreds of people involved providing input.”

A community meeting on Monday, March 27 saw about 50 people attend to meet the four candidates. Several different panels, plus the City staff and department heads, interviewed each of the four candidates.

Jensen Strategies, the consultant hired to conduct the recruitment process, interviewed candidates, did background checks, and checked references.

Wheeler made a strong impression on community members, and that clearly

carried over to staff and elected officials. Each councilor had positive comments about their choice.

Council President Andrea Blum said of Wheeler, “He was overall the very bestqualified candidate, and we had quality candidates this time around.”

The Council had earlier rejected all four in a slate of candidates, deciding to continue their search.

Jennifer Letz offered,

Are more wolves roaming Sisters?

By Bill Bartlett Correspondent

Claims of wolf packs 13 and 14 strong are circulating in Sisters Country. The Deschutes County Farm Bureau lit up Facebook with its post on March 24 that has garnered over 450 comments and more than 800 shares. Similar social media posts on the Next Door app are being widely shared.

In boldface type the post says: “Heads up. A pack of 14 wolves has been spotted in Lower Bridge. They’ve already killed livestock.” The Farm Bureau post has generated grainy user photos. In any that are clear, the photos show two wolves.

Many people believe that there is increasing wolf activity in Sisters Country — but hard evidence is hard to come by.

The livestock reference

is to two 600-pound steers owned by “Tall” Samuels, who ranches at Lower Bridge Road and Holmes Road. Tall who stands 6 foot 4 inches, has had the nickname all his life. He hails from Georgia and still carries a pronounced southern accent. He has 600 crossbreed cattle in his herd, and he told The Nugget he saw a

wolf last year in the area.

Samuels confirmed to The Nugget that he experienced kills, but he is hesitant to blame them on wolves.

“It’s probably not coyotes, and wouldn’t be a cougar,” he said in describing the incident.

Coyotes, even in packs,

Chilly conditions didn’t deter Sisters Little League from celebrating Opening Day on Saturday, April 1. The league offers play from T-ball to softball to hardball — and welcomes a record number of players this year.

PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK

Letters to the Editor…

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Poop fairies

To the Editor:

Thank you for running the article on poop fairies in last week’s Nugget

This is a growing problem. I live on Brooks Camp Road across from The Pines, and I cannot tell you how much dog poop I pick up because people think that our neighborhood is their dogs’ vacant lot to poop in. Our children run and play in this area, and too many times parents have had a terrible clean-up after a kid has tracked in someone’s dog poop.

People need to be responsible on trail, but they also need to be responsible in the neighborhoods where we all must live together. Even though our HOA has provided poo bag stations for their use, people do not avail themselves of these. Not only do people bring their dogs to our neighborhood to do their business, and then just leave it there, they

Wednesday

American apocalypse

By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

also do it on neighboring church properties in our community. I even find open feces in the middle of the sidewalk. Who does this?!

If you have a dog, it is your job whether you like it or not. If you do not like to pick up your own dog’s mess, then you should not own a dog.

Michelle Ehr

(Who is tired of picking up after your dog, including the bags you leave alongside the street.)

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Too much too fast?

To the Editor:

I keep hearing that Sisters must conform to more housing developments “because more growth is mandated by the State.” But if we’ve already grown by more than 200

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Winter keeps holding on...

Whychus Creek got a fresh blanket of snow last week. It’s beautiful, but most folks have had enough of winter.

A few months before we moved to Sisters in 1993, my wife Marilyn and I — along with the rest of the nation — were transfixed by the news that came out of Waco, Texas. On February 28, 1993, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) raided the compound of a religious cult known as the Branch Davidians, seeking to serve a search warrant for a massive cache of illegal firearms, and an arrest warrant for Vernon Wayne Howell, who called himself David Koresh.

The Branch Davidians were tipped off to the raid, and the ATF agents walked into a buzzsaw of gunfire. A massive firefight ensued, in which four ATF agents and six Branch Davidians were killed. The shootout was followed by a 51-day siege that climaxed in a fiery apocalypse when the FBI tried to end it using armored vehicles to insert gas into the compound, and the cultists set multiple fires. A handful fled the flames, but the siege ended with 82 Branch Davidians dead — 28 of them children.

To mark the 30th anniversary of this dark moment in American history, Netflix has released a two-part documentary titled “Waco: American Apocalypse.” It documents a cascade of error and misjudgment that started with ATF initiating a kinetic raid even though they knew they had lost the element of surprise, and continued with FBI Hostage Rescue Team and crisis negotiators failing to communicate with each other, and often working at cross-purposes that inflamed the paranoid fears of Koresh and his followers.

And Koresh, wounded in the initial engagement, maneuvered and manipulated throughout, his megalomania craving an international platform from which he could proclaim his message, based on his belief that he was the messiah.

The documentary is a powerful depiction of men and women haunted by the events of three decades ago. Those events are receding from memory. When I described how hard the documentary hit me to my 23-year-old daughter and her husband, they really couldn’t grasp it. The events that loomed so large through the 1990s happened six years before they were born.

Yet, they can’t fully understand the nation they

inherit without a grasp of what happened at Waco. Two years later, Timothy McVeigh blew up the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people — 19 of them children — in an attack he posed as revenge for Waco. The attack came on April 19 — the date on which the Branch Davidian compound burned.

A trapdoor was opened releasing demons of domestic rage and violence that have yet to be corralled. We may never get that trapdoor slammed shut.

Some good has come of the debacle. Craig Rullman of Sisters, who served as a SWAT team leader during his law enforcement career, points out that the Waco apocalypse remains at the forefront of contemporary law enforcement training. He says:

“Along with the Ruby Ridge debacle, Waco was really the starting point for a radical change in law enforcement tactical thinking. You won’t find very many teams anywhere who still think that the sort of muscle-flexing dynamic entry attempted in Waco is a good idea. It wasn’t then, and it isn’t now.

“Outside of an exigency — the immediate threat of death or great bodily harm to a hostage, for instance — well-trained SWAT teams today just don’t do these kinds of dynamic assaults. (Narcotics teams still kick a lot of doors, but that is a different animal and requires an entirely different discussion)….

“The model now is the Surround and Call Out. And that’s only if you can’t get the suspect isolated and into custody someplace else. But even that isn’t perfect, which we saw at the Malheur Refuge, where the surround and call out part was working reasonably well, but the attempt to arrest LaVoy Finicum during a traffic stop went tragically sideways…

“Waco was a disaster, the collision of very poor tactics, agents with 500pound badges, and a committed religious ideology. It resulted in a terrible human tragedy. And because it was predictable — particularly as the government stupidly fulfilled the very worst doomsday prophesies of a nutjob — it was also preventable.”

What is predictable is preventable, but only if we know and understand what has gone before. We must remember.

PHOTO BY BILL BARTLETT

Wild Horse Race cowboy J.E. Florendo and poster artist Dyrk Godby unveiled the 2023 Sisters Rodeo poster at a gathering at Dixie’s on Friday, March 31.

THE ART OF RODEO on display in poster unveiling

By Bill Bartlett Correspondent

Dixie’s on East Cascade Avenue turned into an art gallery of sorts on Friday, March 31, as dozens of Sisters Rodeo dignitaries and guests crowded into the store for the unveiling of the 2023 Sisters Rodeo poster.

These posters have become collector’s items over the years, and are eagerly awaited as the official start of rodeo season.

While sipping champagne and recalling prior posters and rodeos, enthusiasts mingled with the 2023 Rodeo Queen Sadie Bateman. She’s described as a genuine “cowgirl at heart,” starting her rodeo

BOARDS, GROUPS, CLUBS

Al -Anon

Mon., noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church 541- 610-73 83

Alcoholics Anonymous

Longtime resident seeks school board seat

By Ceili Gatley Correspondent

Jayne Simmons, candidate for Sisters School Board, has been in Sisters for over 27 years. Her sons attended Sisters schools, and now her grandchildren are in the schools.

“We have a long connection with Sisters, back in the days you could go up one street and down the other, and someone would know your kids, and that’s what is so great about a small town,” she said.

Simmons comes from a diverse background having formerly held a teaching credential in English and social studies. She also worked as a stockbroker with a banking

institution before moving to Sisters. Simmons spent 25 years in Humbolt County, California, and taught there after graduating from Cal Poly Humbolt.

“I understand the challenges teachers have, and I think we just have to work with the students, and we need to get them over the damage done during the pandemic time,” she said. Her first job when her family moved to Sisters was working at Richard’s Farmstand for six years. Shortly after that, she opened her produce market, Schoolhouse Produce, in Redmond in 2008. She reopened the stand in 2020,

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career at the age of 10 with the Northwest Youth Rodeo Association competing in barrel racing, pole bending, breakaway and team roping. Bateman was the 2019 Oregon State Champion Breakaway Roper. She’s currently competing in the Northwest Professional Rodeo Association.

Bateman’s charm notwithstanding, the main attraction was poster artist Dyrk Godby. Most folks don’t imagine rough and tumble cowboys having the temperament or delicate touch associated with painting. Godby grew up on a horse ranch in Idaho, ventured into the world of the rodeo circuit, nearly lost his leg to a bronc in the arena,

and then spent some years as a musician who wrote and sang about stallions, fillies, and mustangs.

He came to Oregon at 14 hoping to be an Olympic boxer trained under a wellknown Portland coach. He missed the 1976 Olympics due to not being old enough, and the 1980 Games in Russia were boycotted under orders from President Jimmy Carter.

His remarkable career included touring with Bob Hope’s USO show and finding himself for a spell in the company of legends like Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings.

Godby’s career in

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Crowell recounts Sisters’ logging history

Jim Crowell offered “An Insider’s View of Local Logging, Lumber & Milling” at the March 28 Fireside Story evening hosted by the Three Sisters Historical Society at the FivePine Conference Center.

With a mission to gather, preserve, and share local history, the topic of this event was a look back at the industry that changed the trajectory of the local landscape and population, having a huge and lasting impact on the future of the Sisters area.

SISTERS AREA MEETING CALENDAR

East of the Cascades Quilt Guild

4th Wed. (September-June), Stitchin’

Post All are welc ome. 541- 549- 60 61

Go Fi sh Fishing Group 3rd Monday

7 p.m., Sisters Communit y Church 541-771-2211

Thursday, 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transf iguration / Saturday, 8 a.m., Episcopal Church of the Transf iguration / Monday, 5 p.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Big Book study, Tuesday, noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Gentlemen’s meeting, Wednesday, 7 a.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Sober Sisters Women’s meet ing, Thur sday, noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Step & Tradition meeting, Fr iday, noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church 541- 54 8- 04 40 Central Oregon Fly Tyer s Guild

For Saturday meeting dates and location, email: steelef ly@msn.c om

Ci tizens4Communit y Let’s Talk

3rd Monday, 6 to 7:30 p.m. RSVP at citizens 4c ommunity.c om

Council on Aging of Central Oregon

Senior Lunch In -person communit y dining, Tues. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Graband- go lunch Tues Wed. Thurs. 12:3 0 to 1 p.m. Sisters Communit y Church 541- 48 0-18 43

Hear twarmers (f leec e blanketmaker s)

2nd Tuesday, 1 p.m., Sisters

Communit y Church Materials provided 541- 40 8- 8505

Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday, 1

to 4 p.m. 541- 668 -1755

Milita ry Parent s of Sister s Meetings are held quar terly; please call for details. 541- 38 8- 9013

Oregon Band of Brothers Sisters Chapter meets Wednesda ys,

11:3 0 a.m., Takoda’s Rest aurant.

541- 549- 64 69

SAGE (S enior Ac tivities , Gatherings & Enrichment) Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.

to 4 p.m. at Sisters Park & Recreation District 541- 549-20 91

Sisters Aglow Lighthouse 4t h Saturday, 10 a.m., meet ing by Zoom.

503- 93 0- 6158

Sisters Area Photography Club

2nd Wednesday, 3:30 p.m., at Sisters Communit y Church 541- 549- 6157

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

Sisters Bridge Club Thursdays, 12:3 0 p.m. at Sisters Communit y Church Email sister sbridge2021@gmail.com.

Sisters Caregi ver Support Group 3rd Tues 10:3 0 a.m., Sisters Episcopal Church 541-719- 0031

Sisters Cribbage Club Meets 11 a.m. ever y Wed. at SPRD 50 9- 947- 5744

Sisters Garden Club For mont hly meetings visit: SistersGardenClu b.com.

Sisters Habitat for Humani ty Board of Director s 4t h Tuesday, 6 p.m. Location information: 541- 549-1193

Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 to 8:30 a.m., Brand 33 Rest aurant at Aspen Lakes. 541- 410-2870

Sisters Parent Teacher Communit y 2nd Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. at Sisters Saloon. 541- 48 0- 59 94

Sisters Red Ha ts 1st Fr iday. For location information, please call: 541- 84 8-1970

Sisters Rotary 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, Noon, Aspen Lakes. 541-76 0- 5645

Three Sister s Lions Club 2nd Thursday, 6:30 p.m., Spoons Rest aurant. 541- 419-1279

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

Sisters Trails Alliance Board Meetings take plac e ever y other month, 5 p.m. In -person or zoom. Cont act: info@sisterstrails.org

Three Sister s Irrigation District Board of Director s Meets 1st Tuesday, 4 p.m., TSID Of fice 541- 549- 8815

VF W Post 8138 and American Legion Po st 86 1st Wednesday of the mont h, 6:30 p.m., Main Church Building Sisters Communit y Church 847- 344- 0498

Sisters Area Woodworker s Held the first Tuesday of the mont h 7 to 9 p.m. Call 541-231-18 97

SCHOOLS

Black Bu tt e School Board of Directors 2nd Tuesday, 3:45 p.m., Black Butte School. 541- 59 5- 6203

Sisters School District Board of Directors One Wednesday mont hly, Sisters School District Administration Building. See schedule online at www.ssd 6.org. 541- 549- 8521 x5 002.

Crowell brought a fabulous slide show featuring shots of the earliest days of logging, shared what life was like for employees and families in those days, and spoke about the origin and growth of the railroads that came in to transport the massive amounts of wood product produced.

Crowell’s extensive knowledge of this industry began early. He was from a logging family that

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CITY & PARKS

Sisters Ci ty Council 2nd & 4t h

Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Sisters City Hall. 541- 549- 6022

Sisters Park & Recreation District

Board of Director s 2nd & 4t h Tues., 4:30 p.m. SPRD bldg. 541- 549-20 91

Sisters Planning Commission

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

FIRE & POLICE

Black Bu tt e Ranch Po lice Dept.

Board of Director s Meets mont hly. 541- 59 5-2191 for time & date

Black Bu tt e Ranch RFPD Board of Directors 4th Thurs., 9 a.m., BB R Fire Station. 541- 59 5-2288

Cloverdale RFPD Board of Directors

3rd Wed. 5:30 p.m., 6743 3 Cloverdale

Rd. 541- 54 8- 4815 cloverdalefire.c om

Sister s- Camp Sherman RFPD

Board of Director s 3rd Tuesday, 5 p.m., Sisters Fire Hall, 541- 549- 0771

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

This listing is for regular Sisters Countr y meetings; email information to nugget @nuggetnews.com.

PHOTO BY BILL BARTLETT See SIMMONS

Sisters Middle School honor roll

Fifth Grade: 4.0

Anderson, Jordan; Barbeau, Kammy; Beaver, Catherine; Card, Tabor; Cochran, Brogan; Comerford, Connor; Corcoran, Charlie; Folin, Amelia; Green, Savannah; Hamerly, Vivienne; Hansen, Penelope; Hudson, Sydney; Jensen, Dublin; Jordan, Crosby; Kidd, Mya; Kuitert, Brayden; Kuitert, Macy; Liddell, Campbell; McCord, Aulora; Miller, Kaylee; Nibur, Augustus; Perry, Mallory; Reyes, Malachi; Scott, Thomas; Skeels, Brennin; Thomas, Aspen; Vedder, Pyper; Walker, Stephen; Wall, Mason; Welbourn, Sydney; Wilkie, Echo; Yoakum, Kiera.

3.5 and above

Kuper, Rylie; Anderson, Paige; Borla, Nealie; Brent, Dixon; Bulloch, Belle; Casey, Lillian; Cheney, Lena; Connelly, Lane; Demaderios, Mia; Frank, Owen; Monroe, Cayden; O’Neill, Emmry; Oncken, Naomi; Restani, Arora; Riemer, Rilyn; Sullivan, Ashly; Talerico, Jaxon; Ellington, Delfina; Greninger, Maxson; Keefe, Hudson; Krueger, Isla; Martinez, Elsie; McAuley, Kyson; Morsov, Cade; Roth, Hunter; Seeley, Paxton; VanHandel, Seth; Wills, Ava; Wolfe, Ava.

Sixth Grade: 4.0

Bilderback, Clara; Cogdill, Katherine; Dean, Caroline; Dunivin, Jaylynn; Durham, Marshall; Erdekian, Ajax; Faldmo, Finley; Humpert, Audrey; Keeton, Ryanne; Kiefer, Wyattl; Liddell, Paige; Lowe, Alexis; Mock, Kate; Moffat, Brennan; Nordell, Ryah; Reid, Opal; Scott, James; Singleton, Will; Smith, Roselynn; Taylor, Ashlin; Vitelle, Alex; White, Jasmine.

3.5 and above

Barlow, Jade; Brang, Cameron; Cron, Lydia; Johnson, Brennan; Labhart, Maren; Lee, Clover; Morris, Kole; Roberts, Tucker;

Barry, Landon; Davis, Lydia; Hansen, Kathryn; Jaschke, Josie.

Seventh Grade: 4.0

Anderson, Carter; Beaver, Elizabeth; Brent, Verbena; Cheney, Jack; Davis, Kennedy; Durham, Madison; Green, Silas; Guiney, Janelle; Hansen, Brooklynne; Kennedy, Teague; King, Siena; Kirkpatrick, Makayla; Magner, Lola; Moen, Stella; Riemer, Brecken; Smith, Wynona; Talus, Henri; VanHandel, Mason; Varner, Madison; Walker, Ella.

3.5 and above

Jensen, Jasper; Anderson, Quinn; Freeland, Avery; Fredland, Molly; Ladd, Meron; Roberts, Mary; Cohen, William; Moss, Natalie; Stelle, Ryan; Kemp, Zachary; Kirkpatrick, Madison; Newton, Olivia; Jordan, Addison; Luhning, Camas.

Eighth Grade: 4.0

Backus, Juliette; Buller, Emmitt; Corcoran, Audrey; Crabtree, Althea; Davis, Spencer; Fogarty, Allison; Friend, Alanna; GoeAlayon, Kanioa; Hamerly, Thomas; McDonnell, William; Ryan, Josie; Stahn, Jessica; Velikonia, Juliette.

3.5 and above

Labhart, Kieren; Jenkins, Melia; Grimes, Jesse; McMahon, Kolby; Morris, Luxen; Brang, Mason; Arambula, Evie; Grummer, Pia; Lindsay, Brooke; Mock, Dane; Scott, Gage.

LAX kicks off season against Chiawana

By Rongi Yost Correspondent

The boys lacrosse squad kicked off their season at home on Saturday, April 1 against Chiawana, a team out of Pasco, Washington. The team made the trip to Central Oregon on their spring break to play Sisters on Saturday and Ridgeview on Sunday.

Sisters had to cancel their first two games, one due to inclement weather, and the other because too many players were gone over spring break. Unfortunately for the Outlaws, three of their players were still out of town, another was injured, and still another was ineligible. The squad had only 11 players, which included just one sub for the entire game. Chiawana had 18 players available to play, and continually subbed fresh players onto the field.

Outlaw players had to adjust and play different positions, and rotate themselves around from position to position in order to get a bit of rest. The game ended in a 17-4 Outlaw loss.

Hayden Kunz took up a long stick, which isn’t his normal position, and played defense the entire game. Eli Palinuk also played more defense than he normally does, and also rotated into the middle and attack positions. Cooper Merrill, who usually is on the attack end of the field, stepped up and gave the Outlaws some runs at middie and took a few face-offs. Merrill was the team’s leading shooter and picked up his lone

goal in the third quarter. Gus Patton was all over the field, but spent the majority of his time as a middie and doing some face-offs. Patton led the team in ground balls (nine) and scored Sisters’ final goal early in the fourth quarter.

Justin Blake, who started as goalie last year, stepped out of position to play long stick defense the whole game. Lex Jeffery started as goalie and put in a valiant effort as he faced 49 shots on goal and saved 12. Evan Martin had a solid all-around game. He got to some key ground balls, and shifted between middie, defense, and attack as needed.

Freshman Ian Landon had a good varsity debut and started the game at attack, but also saw time as a middie as well. Cole Peters saw his first action ever on the lacrosse field as a freshman and subbed in at all three positions.

Mason Sellers and Adam Maddox-Castle, who are playing baseball this year, rejoined the team to give them muchneeded help. Sellers took care of the majority of the face-offs, and Maddox-Castle

started at attack. Sellers and Maddox-Castle each scored a goal in the first quarter, which helped keep the game close early on.

Coach Paul Patton said, “I thought we played pretty good all things considered, being shorthanded and having to move guys around so much. And with the low number of players it’s been hard to do any full scrimmaging in practice to prepare for games. In the final quarter our lack of substitute players did catch up with us as they continued to run fresh guys onto the field and pad the score.

“We struggled at times to get in sync offensively, as well as playing as a unit on defense, but that’s pretty normal in a first game of the season,” added Patton. “I am especially proud of the boys for the effort they put in against a quality opponent and for the good sportsmanship they exhibited throughout the contest.”

The Outlaws will host Mt. View on Wednesday, April 5, and then travel to South Eugene on Friday, April 7.

Author presents genre-bending books

Portland writer/illustrator/ performer Leanne Grabel will read from her latest books

“Brontosaurus Illustrated” and “My Husband’s Eyebrows” Thursday, April 6, alongside local poet Tiffany Lee Brown.

“Brontosaurus Illustrated” is the story of a rape, now 50 years old, and its effects over five decades. “Brontosaurus Illustrated” is a graphic rendition of this story and Nina’s consequent spin-out that lasted for decades as she searched for reasons, meanings, antidotes — and a way forward. Is Nina Gold a lucky victim, rife with muscular resilience, because she created a seemingly “normal” life? Or is she warped and ruined forever? There is no way to know. But with a rape occurring every second of every day, there are millions of stories that need to be told.

“My Husband’s Eyebrows” is a humorous examination and honest celebration of Grabel’s long marriage — its good, its bad, its ugly — told through a collection of prose poems and poetry, punctuated by the author’s richly colored, exuberant, exaggerated illustrations.

Leanne Grabel is a writer, illustrator, and performer in love with mixing genres. Grabel is the 2020 recipient of the Bread & Roses Award for contributions to women’s literature in the Pacific Northwest. She and her husband started and ran Cafe Lena, a poetry hub and restaurant, throughout the 1990s.

Margolin returns to Sisters bookstore

Bestselling author Phillip Margolin will present his new mystery novel “Murder at Black Oaks” at Paulina Springs Books on Friday, April 7.

In “Murder at Black Oaks,” attorney Robin Lockwood finds herself at an isolated retreat in the Oregon mountains, one with a tragic past and a legendary curse, and surrounded by many suspects and confronted with an impossible crime.

Leanne Grabel will read from her work at Paulina Springs Books. Sisters’ own Tiffany Lee Brown will also participate in

Grabel is a retired special education teacher, the mother of two daughters and the grandmother of two, Ophelia and Elliot.

Tiffany Lee Brown will also read at the event. She is a writer, editor, and interdisciplinary artist from the woods of Sisters. Author of a book of prose-poetry, “A Compendium of Miniatures,” she is also an astrologer and tarot reader with a podcast called “Burning Tarot.” Her poem “Listicle” was called a “furious, chilling, compassionate” response to misogyny and violence against women.”

Under the byline T. Lee Brown, she reports for The Nugget Newspaper , which also features her column, “In the Pines.”

The event is set for Thursday, April 6, at 6:30 p.m. at Paulina Springs Books, 252 W. Hood Ave. For more information call 541-549-0866.

Lockwood is summoned by retired District Attorney Francis Melville to meet with him at Black Oaks, the manor he owns up in the Oregon mountains. The manor has an interesting history— originally built in 1628 in England, there’s a murderous legend and curse attached to the mansion. Melville, however, wants Lockwood’s help in a legal matter — righting a wrongful conviction from his days as a DA. A young man, Jose Alvarez, was convicted of murdering his girlfriend, only for Melville, years later when in private practice, to have a client of his admit to the murder and to framing the man Melville convicted. Unable to reveal what he knew due to attorney-client

confidence, Melville now wants Lockwood’s help in getting that conviction overturned.

Successful in their efforts, Melville invites Lockwood up to Black Oaks for a celebration. Lockwood finds herself among an odd group of invitees — including the bitter, newly released Alvarez. When Melville is found murdered with a knife connected to the original case, Lockwood finds herself faced with a conundrum: Who is the murderer among them, and how can she stop them before there’s another victim.

Phil Margolin graduated from The American University in 1965 and New York University School of Law in 1970. From 1965 to 1967, he was a Peace Corps volunteer in Liberia, West Africa. From 1972 until 1996, he practiced criminal defense at the trial and appellate levels, appearing before the United States Supreme Court and representing 30 people charged with homicide, including several who faced the death penalty.

Since 1996, he has been writing full-time. He is the author of 27 novels, most of which have been New

York Times bestsellers. He has been nominated for an Edgar, two of his books have been made into movies, two have been nominated for an Oregon Book Award, and two of his short stories have been included in “The Best American Mystery Stories” anthology.

Phil was a cofounder of Chess for Success, a nonprofit charity that uses chess to teach elementary and middle school children in Title I schools study skills.

The event is set for Friday, April 7, at 6:30 p.m. at Paulina Springs Books, 252 W. Hood Ave. For more information call 541-549-0866.

the author event set for Thursday, April 6.

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Phillip Margolin brings his newest thriller, set in the Oregon mountains, to Paulina Springs Books on April 7.

PHOTO PROVIDED

Rumbling in the snow on Peterson Ridge

By Charlie Kanzig Correspondent

The 21st edition of the Peterson Ridge Rumble trail run turned out to be one for the record books, not only weather-wise, but in distance.

Thanks to a heavy dumping of snow at higher elevations overnight, which continued into the race day, the normal 40-mile ultra portion of the Rumble was scaled back to 36 miles, and minutes after the runners left the starting line it was pared down another 10 miles after reports of impassable conditions on the Windigo Trail.

As a result, two runners can claim course records for a first-ever Peterson Ridge Rumble “marathon,” according to Race Director Sean Meissner.

“The distance was actually closer to 27 miles rather than the traditional marathon distance of 26.2, but I thought ‘marathon’ had a nice ring to it,” he said.

Meissner remained unflustered throughout race day despite having to make adjustments for the event.

“Our number-one concern is always for the runners’ well-being and it was just too sketchy out there to try the Windigo Trail section,” he explained.

As it was, the upper loop of the Peterson Ridge system presented plenty of challenge as runners faced up to 18 inches of new snow on the trail.

Jeremiah McGregor of Bend started the long race with the early group at 7 a.m., and basically broke trail for all who followed. He ended up in ninth place overall.

“As the first person through, the snow was actually up to my thighs at times and I just needed to keep looking for those pink ribbons on the tree branches to know I was going the right way.

The overall winner of the “marathon,” Todd Simpson, outpaced Evan Moreau of Sisters by just over two minutes to win in 3:32:13, an impressive time considering the conditions.

Ashley Nordell of Sisters finished sixth overall in 3:48:08 to claim the women’s crown.

David Wilson of Sisters also completed the course placing 26th among 52 finishers with a time of 4:50:06.

In the 20-mile race Peter Allegre, a former University of Portland runner, captured first place in a very competitive men’s battle, crossing the line in 2:18:44. Orin Schumacher (2:20:07), Jeff Toreson (2:20:46) and Ryan McLaughlin (2:23:04) all finished within five minutes of the leader.

Following the race Allegre

couldn’t commit to coming back again, but was reassured by Meissner that this was by far the snowiest weather in Rumble history. His victory earned him free admission to next year’s race, so maybe he will come back after all.

Camelia Mayfield of Bend took top honors among women in 2:38:19 to place 11th overall.

Runners with local ties included former Outlaw standout Lucas Glick (2:30:48), Casey Pugh (2:35:29), Miga McCurdy (3:02:42), Jason Kosch (3:13:55), Sarah Gomez Cribben (3:20:59), Tara Morris (3:29:43), Mary Kosch (3:29:49), Alex Kretschmer (3:32:08), Ashlee Francis (3:34:53), Jeff Miller (3:40:18), Jesse Durham (4:06:23), Amy Margolis (4:11:37), Scott Miller (4:15:08), Eugene Trahern (4:31:47), Rick Retzman (5:49:03), and Kathy Ingelse (5:58:26).

Peter Idema of Corvallis, Ashley Nordell’s father, was the most senior finisher at age 72 (4:18:24).

Meissner reported after the race that about 150 runners opted out of making the start, largely due to the weather.

“I’m happy with how many people came and gave it a try, to be honest,” he said.

“There were times that it was a complete whiteout, but these runners are tough.”

Runners hailed from throughout Oregon and other parts of the Northwest, but Meissner has a goal for next year of attracting a larger contingent of local runners.

“Sisters has such a growing running community, I am hoping for at least 50 locals to take part next year,” he said.

The race derives its name due to much of the course using the Peterson Ridge trail system. The course starts at Edgington Road and finishes on the track at Reed Stadium.

Meissner wanted to give kudos to Blazin Saddles bike shop for hosting packet pickup on Saturday, along with Sisters Bakery, Sisters School District, Longboard Louie’s, and all the volunteers.

“We couldn’t do this without the volunteers from the high school and middle

school cross-country teams, members of the Sisters Trails Alliance, RunSistersRun, and my other friends and family who indulge me year after year,” said Meissner.

Meissner knows you can’t predict Mother Nature, but

he would be happy if the 2023 Rumble will always be remembered as the snowiest ever.

“I’m all for challenges, but I wouldn’t mind next year being partly cloudy and highs in the low 60s,” he said.

Runners took off in the snow in a weather-modified Peterson Ridge Rumble last weekend.

PHOTO BY CHARLIE KANZIG

Wilderness permits now available

The Deschutes and Willamette National Forests kicked off sales of overnight permit reservations for the Central Cascades Wilderness Permit System this week. Central Cascades Wilderness Permits are required for all overnight use within the Mt. Jefferson, Mt. Washington, and Three Sisters wilderness areas June 15 through October 15.

As of Tuesday, April 4, 40 percent of Central Cascades Wilderness Overnight Permit reservations will be available for advanced reservation on Recreation.gov. The remaining 60 percent of overnight permits will become available through a rolling sevenday window on Recreation. gov once the permit season begins.

Overnight trips can be up to 13 nights (14 days maximum) with groups no larger than 12 individuals. The processing fee for an overnight permit remains at $6. Permit availability is based on the starting trailhead and start date.

All reservations for Central Cascades Wilderness Permits need to be made through Recreation.gov either online, via the Recreation.

Oregon halts electric vehicle rebates

gov app on Google Android and Apple iOS devices, or by calling their call center at 1-877-444-6777 or TDD 877-833-6777. Search for “Central Cascades Wilderness.” Overnight permits are not available at local Forest Service offices or outside of the reservation system.

Day-use permits are required on 19 of 79 trails within those same three wilderness areas during the permit season. However, day-use permits do not have advanced reservations ahead of the season. Day-use permits will be opened for reservation in a 10-day and two-day rolling window beginning on June 5. Permits for the 10-day rolling window will be 60 percent of the permit quota while the two-day rolling window will be 40 percent of the permit quota. This change was made to reduce the number of “noshows” and increase the overall opportunity for people to get day-use permits.

For more information visit www.fs.usda.gov/ detail/willamette/passespermits/recreation/?cid= fseprd688355 or contact the wilderness permit administrator at sm.fs.ccwp@usda.gov.

SALEM (AP) — Oregon will temporarily suspend rebates for buying or leasing an electric vehicle for a year starting in May because too many people are applying and the program is running out of money, The Oregonian /OregonLive reported.

A growing number of Oregonians are buying or leasing electric vehicles, with over 60,600 registered in the state.

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality announced Wednesday the suspension of the Clean Vehicle Rebate Program that has disbursed more than $71 million over five years to help people buy or lease roughly 25,000 of those vehicles. A fifth of the rebates went to low- and moderateincome households, state data shows.

Since the end of 2018, the State has offered two cash rebates for Oregon drivers who buy or lease electric vehicles or plug-in hybrids under $50,000. The standard rebate of up to $2,500 is available regardless of income and can be received at participating dealers. The “charge ahead” rebate of $5,000 is aimed at low- or moderate-income households and must be accessed via a

mail-in application. The two rebates can be combined for up to $7,500 cash back.

“Even though we’re announcing a temporary

suspension, it really shows the program is a victim of our own success,” Rachel Sakata, senior air quality planner with the environmental quality department. “We’re one of the top states in the nation in terms of the percentage of EV sales.”

Oregon’s Department of Transportation estimates that people will be driving 1.5 million electric vehicles in the state by 2035. About 3.2 million passenger vehicles are registered in Oregon today.

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staffing for, and we couldn’t do it without them,” said Johnson.

Johnson talked about various education and volunteer programs the SCSFD offers, including their volunteer resident firefighter program. That program is for those interested in the fire service, and those students typically stay one to four years and go to college to receive their paramedic and EMT certifications.

“Those volunteer resident firefighters really bring energy and excitement to the organization,” said Johnson.

Deputy Chief Craig presented the Special Projects Award, which recognizes individuals who did exemplary work on a special project for the District in the last year. The SCSFD has recently enhanced its live fire training with the ability to train with live fire in shipping containers. Retired Captain Thornton Brown and Retired-fromthe-Service Gary Lovegren worked as engineers on the project, making the shipping containers conducive to

training purposes.

Dave Moyer was awarded a special plaque for his 50 years of service as a volunteer fire captain.

“Moyer epitomizes what it means to put the community first and serve,” said Johnson.

Moyer’s career was in the U.S. Forest Service, and he still serves on incident management teams in the summer. All of Moyer’s sons also went into volunteer service in their careers as well. Moyer worked for many years as a training driver and served the Fire District and community as a volunteer for over half his life.

The Lifesaving Award is awarded every year to a member who acted within their training to perform an act in saving another’s life.

Last April, a daughter drove her mother to the fire station with her mother presenting symptoms of being in cardiac arrest. Captain Jeremy Ast

and firefighter Jake Van Lieu jumped into action outside the fire station and began performing CPR, and within four minutes the patient was alert and communicating, and has no disability from her incident today.

The Distinguished Service Cross is awarded to someone who performs an act of exemplary service, in recognition of that service and devotion to duty. In December 2022, Matt Millar was on scene of a fatal motor vehicle accident on Highway 20. The second patient in the car was in critical condition and only Spanish-speaking. Millar is fluent in Spanish. Millar was able to communicate with the patient in transport to the hospital. Millar also went to the family of the patients and was able to communicate to them what happened that night and

stayed with them for over four hours that evening.

Millar was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for providing advanced life care and notifying the family after the incident.

Damon Frutos was awarded Career Firefighter of the Year as well as the Chief’s Award for Excellence. The Chief’s Award goes to an individual or group that exemplifies what public service

means. With Frutos’ work on grants, the Fire District was awarded an outstanding grant for an additional $395,000 in 2023 to help secure a fully equipped Type 3 interface engine to fight fire. This will be the first of its kind at the local Fire District, assisting in wildfire fighting efforts.

This year’s EMT of the Year Award honored Rachel

See AWARDS on page 11

The Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District honored its personnel for outstanding service in the annual awards banquet held at FivePine Lodge and Conference Center last week.

PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK

Those volunteer resident firefighters really bring energy and excitement to the organization. — Chief Roger Johnson

Law would require notification of threats

By Natalie Pate Oregon Capital Chronicle

Locking doors. Slamming window blinds. Teachers telling students to be quiet and hide under desks. As Rep. Ricki Ruiz, D-Gresham, put it: “This isn’t a quote from a George Orwell book. This is a reality for many students.”

Oregon lawmakers from both sides of the aisle, and in the House and Senate, are concerned about families getting real-time, accurate information when an emergency takes place in K-12 schools.

Though most districts have some procedure in place, none is currently mandated by the State.

House Bill 3584, which was scheduled for a vote on Monday, would direct schools or school districts to provide electronic communication to parents, guardians, and school employees about safety threats.

“It breaks my heart that we even have to have this conversation,” Ruiz, one of the bill’s four chief sponsors, said when testifying last week to the state House education committee. “Yet, the reality is that we as a state need to do a better job.”

The bill coincides with a rise in school-targeted violence. There were 46 shootings nationwide at K-12 schools in 2022, surpassing the prior year’s record of 42, according to an analysis by The Washington Post. Millions of students across the country experience at least one lockdown a year.

The bill instructs the Oregon Department of Education to develop a process in which schools can electronically notify individuals within 24 hours of an event about ongoing lockdowns, how long it took to resolve the issue, and other essential information.

Ruiz doesn’t expect a onesize-fits-all approach, he said, but rather, he would like the State to work with districts to adopt a process that works for each of them.

Rep. Jeff Helfrich, R-Hood River, served as a sergeant with the Portland Police Bureau for 25 years and worked with school resource officers on emergency response. When testifying in favor of the bill, he cautioned lawmakers against using this mandate for all drill information as people could become immune to checking notifications.

Instead, he said to think of it like an AMBER Alert, for which there are set criteria for how and when information goes out.

Ruiz said some districts, such as Beaverton School District, already have adopted communication policies, and states including Louisiana,

Washington, and Texas have considered or passed similar laws.

But Ruiz doesn’t want to wait for individual districts to catch up.

“I want to be clear this is not against any particular school,” he added. “This is a safety-first policy.”

Seventh-grader Jim Chambers remembers being in his language arts class at Lane Middle School in southeast Portland on February 3 when it went into lockdown. They’d just finished a quiz, he said, when he heard “Lock. Lights. Out of sight” over the loudspeaker, indicating an active threat in the building.

“Under normal circumstances, I wouldn’t have been scared,” Jim testified; he would have thought it was a drill. “But the look on the teacher’s face said otherwise.”

The students were told to get under their desks, he said. He heard doors opening and slamming.

Jim texted his mom and asked her to pray for him.

“If I die,” he wrote, “here are my last words. ‘I hope the world is better with me in it than without.’”

Jim’s father, Eric Chambers, took him out of school early that day once the lockdown was lifted. Eric emailed school and district officials, asking what happened, and said he did not get a response, though he has since heard from some teachers. He filed a public records request within a week of the incident and, as of Friday, is still waiting for the results.

“As a parent, your heart sinks. Lockdowns are a reality, but without knowing the circumstances that cause

them, there is no way to help set our children’s minds at ease,” Chambers said in written testimony. “My pre-teen son thought his story might end that day. There was nothing I could say to make it better.”

Chambers said most of these situations are “much ado about nothing” and that schools are taking appropriate security precautions. But he told the Capital Chronicle he hopes the bill will establish a clear, uniform, statewide policy to help ensure future communication is quick and streamlined.

Valerie Feder, director of media relations for Portland Public Schools, told the Capital Chronicle that officials found a “system glitch” that prevented a draft email about the incident from going out to families. This is the first time the district has acknowledged not alerting parents about the incident, Chambers said.

Feder said the lockdown was triggered when a teacher saw an unidentified male in a hallway. The lockdown lasted 15 minutes and the male turned out to be part of a group of high schoolers returning to visit their former teachers.

“PPS has a proven track record of contacting families within hours of enhanced security actions,” Feder said in an email.

Feder said the district is committed to student and staff safety and will continue to work with city, county, and state leaders on this topic. But she indicated the district opposes the proposal since it “essentially requires schools to do what is already being done.”

“We would support a bill that focuses on reducing gun violence in our community instead of one that legislates how we should react to it,” she wrote.

The bill’s supporters said the requirement should not burden schools. Sen. Suzanne Weber, R-Tillamook, said officials could notify families by using the same systems they already have to notify families of cancellations or weather cancellations, for example.

“As a mother, I cannot fathom the reality where my child would be involved in a lockdown at their school, and I don’t know about it until I

read about it in a news report (or on) social media,” she said, “(The) most troubling is when your child comes home from school, you ask the question, ‘How was your (day)?’ and you’re hit with, ‘We were in a lockdown.’

“Students deserve to go to school in peace,” Weber added. “Unfortunately, bad people do bad things, and when those bad things do happen, parents have the right to know what the situation is every step of the way.”

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NAMIWalk s Central

Oregon Fundraiser

Saturday, May 20 , 9 to 11 a .m. at Dr y Canyon Trail American Legion Communit y Park , 850 SW Rimrock Way, Redmond

Proceeds help provide f ree communit y mental health education, support, and advocac y for those impac ted by mental illness , as well as training and support presentations for schools workplaces , f aith communities , and neighborhood groups. Register at NAMIWalks .org/ CentralOregon . Call 541-3160167 for more information

Find Your Ancestors

Come join an evening of fun and learn how to find names , stories, militar y record s, marriage record s , and even old photos of your ancestors . ere are over 7.4 billion records available to search. is event takes place Sunday, April 30 , at 6 p.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of L atterday Saints , 452 Trinit y Way. For more information call Bruce Kemp 541-390 -5798 or Todd Sheldon 541-420 -3459.

Sisters Careg iver

Suppor t Group

A f acilitated support group for caregivers of those with chronic or life-shor tening diseases meet s 10 to 11:30 a .m. on the third Tuesday of ever y month at Sisters Episcopal Church of e Transfiguration, 121 Brook s Camp Rd . For more information, cont act Kay at 541-719-0 031.

GriefShare Group

Join a f riendly, caring group who will walk alongside you through the experience of losing a loved one. Meetings are ursdays , 6 to 8 p.m. at Sisters Community Church, 130 0 McKenzie Hwy

For registration and more information, visit http://www grief share.org/groups/162504

Weekly Food Pantry

e Wellhouse Church will have a weekly food pantr y on ursdays at 3 p.m. at 222 N Trinit y Way. Both drive-through pick-up and shopping-st yle distribution are available. Call 541-549-4184 for information

Free Lunches for Seniors

For those 60+, the Council on Aging of Central Oregon o ers a f un, no-cost social lunch ever y Tuesday, 11 a .m. to 1 p.m. at Sisters Community Church, 130 0 McKenzie Hwy No reser vations needed. Nocost Grab-N- Go lunche s take place weekly Wednesdays and ursdays at Sisters Community Church, 130 0 McKenzie Hwy., 12:30 to 1 p.m. Call 541-797-9367.

Free Weekly Meal Service

Family Kitchen hosts weekly togo hot meals on Tuesdays , 4:30 to 6 p.m. Sisters Community Church, 130 0 McKenzie Hwy Visit www.FamilyKitchen .org

Sisters Rodeo Parade

Want to participate in the parade? ere are limited entries , so don’t wait. Deadline is May 15 . Visit sistersrodeo.com and fill out the registration form.

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ARTifacts Interac tive Art

Experience

A night to showcase the arts at Sisters High School will include visual, musical, culinary, and luthier arts . Featuring an art showcase, live music, hands-on art f un, and a silent auction. All ages are welcome! Tuesday, April 18 , 6 -8 p.m. in the Sisters High School commons . $5 per person or $20 per f amily. Proceeds benefit SHS Arts Department supply f und and SHS Visual Arts Senior Scholarship. Email bethany.gunnarson@ssd6 .org

Sisters Museum Seeks

Volunteers

e Sisters Museum, brought to you by the ree Sisters Historical Society, has reopened and is back to regular hours of 10 a .m. to 4 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays . ey are looking for volunteers with an interest in local history. If you might like to meet new people and get involved in the communit y while supporting a nonprofit, please call 541549-1403 or email volunteer@ threesistershistoricalsociet y.org to find out more.

Holidays in the Pines

Presents the April Market

Featuring local small f arms and artists . April 15, 10 a .m. to 4 p.m., 272 S . Cedar St. is indoor market will have wooden items , specialt y dahlia tubers, hand-painte d wooden signs lavender products , blue- bird and mason bee houses . A portion of the proceeds will benefit Central Oregon Veterans Ranch and Sisters Habitat for Humanity. For more information find us on facebook.com/ Holidaysinthepines or email holidayinthepines@outlook.com.

Kindergarten

Roundup Begins

Sisters Elementar y School will hold their annual Kindergarten Roundup pre-registration on Friday, April 21 in the school g ymnasium. Students participate in teacher-led activity while parents attend parent orientation. Sign up by calling the elementar y school at 541-549-8981. Children who will be 5 years old on or before September 1, 2023 are eligible for the 2023-24 school year.

Enrollment forms may be picked up at the Sisters Elementar y School o ce f rom 9 a .m. to 2 p.m . e school will be closed March 20 to 24 for spring break

Forms need to be completed and returned to the school o ce on April 21 at the time of your scheduled appointment e following documents are required to register : Enrollment packet, copy of birth certificate, immunization records , proof of address . Students will not be registere d until all forms are returned

Save the Rubberbands

Are you the recipient of a bundle of Nuggets each week?

ose f at rubberbands are highly valued! If you will save them, we love to use them again. Call 541549-9941.

Community Lec ture Series

Exploring Agricultural Practices , Traditional Knowledge and Sustainable Modes of Living will be presented by Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts & Agriculture at the School District Administration Building, 525 E . Cascade Ave., ursday, April 13 , 6 p.m. Admission is free but registration is required: RoundhouseFoundation.org/ events

Americ an Legion and VFW Meeting s are at 6:30 p.m. on the first Wednesday of each month at Sisters Communit y Church, 30 0 McKenzie Hwy. Call Charles Wilson, 847-344-0498.

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Deadline is 5 p.m. on Fridays

Ea ster Church Services & Event s

Wellhouse Churc h

Wellhouse Church invites you to the Sisters Rodeo Grounds on Easter Sunday, April 9 ere will be a helicopter eg g drop, gourmet pancake breakfast, s afe a xe throwing, baptisms , and more. Event s start at 9 a .m.; s er vices at 10 a.m. is celebration is free for all attendees . For more information call 541-549-4184.

Shepherd of the Hills

Come celebrate the source of our hope. Good Friday, April 7: Ser vice at 12 p.m.; E aster Sunris e, April 9: Outdoor Service at 8 a .m.; E aster Worship Celebration, April 9: Service at 10 a .m. For more information call 541-549-5831.

e Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration

Holy Week Ser vices : Palm Sunday, April 2: Ser vices at 8:30 a.m. and 10:15 a .m.; Maundy ursday, April 6: Ser vice at 7 p.m.; Good Friday, April 7: Service at 5:30 p.m.; E aster Sunday, April 9: Ecumenical Celebration of Easter at 8:30 a.m.; E piscopal Easter Celebration at 10:15 a .m. For information call 541-549-7087.

Free Pet Food

Budget tight? Call the Furry Friends pet food bank at 541797-4023 to schedule a pet food pickup.

Sisters Community Church

Good Friday, April 7: Ser vice at 6 p.m. E aster Ser vice, April 9: Co ee and pastries at 8:45 a .m., Service at 9:30 a .m. For more information call 541-549-1201, or info@sisterschurch.com.

St . Edward the Mar tyr

Easter ser vices are as follows: Holy ursday, April 6: Mass of the Lord’s Supper at 7 p.m.; Good Friday, April 7: Stations of the Cross at 6:30 p.m., a nd e Passion of the Lord at 7 p.m.; Holy Saturday, April 8: Easter Vigil at 8:30 p.m.; E aster Sunday, April 9: Mass at 9 a .m. For more information go to www.stedwardsisters .org

Easter Eg g Hunt

Lil Lady

I’m a sweet 6 -month-old Australian Cattle Dog who needs a new home to call my own. I ’ m an adventurous and loving girl who may be little, but I have a might y big personality! Puppies like me are so much fun, but be ready for the commitment I require. Training classes will keep me busy and help me form a lifelong bond with my new f amily.

If you are looking to add a cute, spunky pal to your home, here I am!

— SPONSORED BY —

Children f rom inf ant to 11 years of age are invited to participate in the annual Easter Egg Hunt cosponsored by Sisters-Camp Sherman and Cloverdale fire departments e event is on Easter Sunday, April 9, 1 p.m. at the adjoining Creekside and ree Sisters Overnight parks , regardless of weather. ere are prizes for finding the golden eggs, and the Easter Bunny will be present to greet all! For more information: 541-549-0771. 541-549-4151

SISTER S- ARE A C HURCH ES

Baha’i Faith

Currently Zoom meetings: devotions , course trainings informational firesides. Local contac t Shauna Rocha 541- 647-9826 • www.bahai.org or www.bahai.us

Wellhouse Churc h 442 Trinit y Way • 541-549-4184 ht tps://wellhousechurch.churchcenter.com

10 a .m. Sunday Worship

e Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration

68825 Bro ok s Camp Rd. • 541-549-7087

8:30 a .m. Ecumenical Sunday Worship

10 :15 a .m. Episcopal Sunday Worship www.transfiguration-sister s.org

Sisters Church of the N az arene

67130 Har ring ton Loop Rd . • 541-389-8960 www.sistersnaz .org • info@sistersnaz .org

10 a .m. Sunday Worship

Sisters Communit y Church (Nondenominational)

130 0 W. McKenzie Hwy. • 541-549-1201

9:30 a .m. Sunday Worship www.sisterschurch.com • info@sisterschurch.com

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 . Edward the Mar tyr Roman Catholic Churc h 123 Trinit y Way • 541-549-9391

5:3 0 p.m. 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, 541-420 -5670;

10 a .m. Sunday Sac rament 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. • 541-595-6770, 541-306 -8303

11 a .m. S aturday Worship

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Leadbetter Band to rock The Belfry

The Bend-based Leadbetter Band will take the stage at The Belfry on Saturday, April 8, as part of an extensive tour across the Pacific Northwest.

The band was born in 2017, featuring Eric Leadbetter’s original songs. Their music vibe is vast and diverse, from a vintage rock sound with heavy/light jam sections to a unique contemporary eclectic melting pot of songwriting styles.

They focus performances mainly on original music, but the occasional cover song choices are tasteful and all over the sacred map of rock history.

Leadbetter released their third full-length album, “Cake,” on March 4. Comprised of guitarist/vocalist Eric Leadbetter, bassist/ vocalist Aaron Moore, and drummer Kaleb Kelleher, the power trio create 1970s-era rock ’n’ roll with a modern approach, delivering a sound that is both nostalgic and fresh.

Discussing the highlights

Sisters salutes...

Chuck Lesowske wrote: We want to give a big shout-out to Ana Varas, arts project coordinator for The Roundhouse Foundation. The writers’ presentation hosted at The Village in Sisters is a fantastic venue. Thank you for the space. Keynote speaker Megan Robins knows the craft of writing in third person omniscient. She engaged the class from the start and her PowerPoint presentation was right on target. What she shared with the Sisters Writers group and community was helpful and much appreciated.

Submissions for “Sisters Salutes...” can be emailed to Jim Cornelius at editor@ nuggetnews.com.

of the album, Leadbetter said, “I think ‘Mountains’ might be one of my favorite tracks because it really takes you on a rock journey. Covers a lot of ground and has some great riffs mixed with some jazzy chords in the bridge and solo. I also really love the work Joe did on the swarm-o-tron on ‘Another Light Year’ and ‘Watchdog.’ What a cool gadget.”

He said, “I think people crave nostalgia. It’s original music inspired by the rock ’n’ roll we love and grew up on. It’s different than everything else out there today, but has ghostly echoes of sounds we love.”

The band has opened for the legendary ZZ Top at the Britt Amphitheater in August 2021 and the Britt side stage for Blues Traveler in September 2022.

The Belfry show starts at 7 p.m. at 302 E. Main Ave. in Sisters. For tickets visit https://bendticket. com/events/eric-lead better-band-album-releaseshow-4-8-2023.

Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District Awards

Volunteer of the Year: Ben Duda

Resident Volunteer of the Year: Campbell Clarke

Rookie of the Year: Jake Van Lieu

Fire Corps Volunteer of the Year: Phil Drew

EMT of the Year: Rachel Ulm

Firefighter of the Year: Jake Van Lieu

Lifesaving Award: Jeremy Ast; Jake Van Lieu

Chief’s Award for Excellence: Damon Frutos

Distinguished Service Cross: Matt Millar

Meritorious Service: Anna Westburg

Special Projects Awards: Thornton Brown; Gary Lovegren

Fire Corps Significant

Contributions Award: Mary Fry

Length of Service Awards: Five years: Rick Retzman; Char Leep; Retha Lange; Robin Holm; Phil Drew; Jack McGowan; Margie Lombardo

Ten years: John Failla; Cody Meredith; Roger Johnson

Fifteen years: Nick Newport; Kirk Metzger; Rob Harrison

Fifty years: Dave Moyer

Distinguished Volunteer Service: Chuck Newport; Dave Moyer; Tom Haynes; Rita Hodge.

AWARDS: Dave Moyer has served over 50 years

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Ulm, who also received the Outstanding Fire Fitness Award.

The Volunteer Firefighter of the Year Award honored Jake Van Lieu, a rookie firefighter, after completing the probationary year.

The Fire District has a new award this year, for Distinguished Volunteer Service. It is the first time honoring volunteers of more than 25 years of service. Those names, and blank spaces for future awardees, will be presented on a bronze plaque outside the fire station. This year, they honored four people who will be the first four names on the plaque that will forever be on the fire station for families and friends

to recognize the service of their loved ones.

The honorees this year were Chuck Newport, Dave Moyer, Tom Haynes, and Rita Hodge.

“The intent is to recognize dedicated service, and we recommend those to be honored to the Board of Directors. This plaque will honor the program and recognize service to their families,” said Chief Johnson.

The evening concluded with a dedication to Chuck Newport, who served in the Fire District for 48 years and will be retiring from the Board of Directors in a couple months. Newport served as a volunteer, helped assist in the merger between Camp Sherman and Sisters, and assisted in construction of the fire station. Newport served as president of the Fire Board for many years, and dedicated much of his life to fire service.

Sisters-Area Events & Enter tainment

THURSDAY • APRIL 6

Paulina Springs Books Book Talk

Leanne Grable presents “Brontosaurus Illustrated” and “My Husband’s Eyebrows.” With poet Tiffany Lee Brown. 6:30 p.m. Info: PaulinaSpringsBooks.com.

FRIDAY • APRIL 7

Paulina Springs Books Book Talk

Phil Margolin presents “Murder at Black Oaks.” 6:30 p.m. Info: PaulinaSpringsBooks.com.

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

SATURDAY • APRIL 8

The Belfr y Live Music: Leadbetter Band Album Release Show 7 p.m. Presented by The Whippoorwill Presents. Tickets, $15, available at www.bendticket.com.

THURSDAY • APRIL 13

Paulina Springs Books Book Talk

Susan Strauss presents “Tree With Golden Apples: Botanical & Agricultural Wisdom in World Myth” 6:30 p.m. Info: PaulinaSpringsBooks.com.

FRIDAY • APRIL 14

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

TUESDAY • APRIL 18

Sisters High School Commons ARTifacts 6 to 8 p.m.

Student showcase of visual, musical, culinary, and luthier arts. $5/person or $20/family at the door

Paulina Springs Books Book Talk + Poetr y Open Mic

Donna Henderson presents her book of poems “Send Word,” followed by Community Poetry Night with open mic (signups go up at 6 p.m.). 6:30 p.m. Info: PaulinaSpringsBooks.com.

The lost winter playground of theSkyliners

By Maret Pajutee | Correspondent

The idea took shape during a mountain tragedy. An early snowstorm in the fall of 1927 surprised two young climbers in the Three Sisters Wilderness. When their Model T was found days later, a rescue was organized which drew Oregon’s finest skiers and mountaineers to remote Frog Camp, off the summit of McKenzie Pass, near Sisters.

Among the best were four recent immigrants, lumber mill workers from Bend: Norwegians Chris Kostol, Nels Skjersaa, and Nils

Wulfsberg, and Swede Emil Nordeen. They came from Scandinavian cultures that valued winter sports and outdoor living. They joined the rescue mission and searched the mountains in the worst conditions, earning praise for their skill and strength. Nights around the campfires at Frog Camp were brainstorming sessions on how to grow winter sports in the area.

The search for the two young men was fruitless and the rescuers disbanded. (See story at nuggetnews.

com by searching for Prince Glaze.)

As they left Frog Camp on their way back to Bend, the group, later called “The Four Musketeers of the Mountains,” would have crossed the toe slopes of the shield volcano called Black Crater, northwest of Sisters.

When they returned to Bend, they decided to form “The Skyliners Club,” and three months later, it became one of the first organized winter sports clubs in the region.

snow-covered wooden trough. Under good conditions, toboggan speeds could reach over 35 miles per hour. It was very popular with non-skiers, and a second, milder run was soon built near the lodge.

The Shevlin-Hickson and BrooksScanlon mills took a special interest in the club, where many of their workers and staff socialized across social divides. The mills supplied lumber for a ski jump and a cozy lodge, with a fireplace where you could warm up after a toboggan run through the woods or a cross-country ski up the road toward Windy Point.

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The Skyliners built on a trend starting in the 1920s and ’30s in areas of the West where the timber industry and snowy winter landscapes overlapped and where Scandinavian loggers and mill workers enjoyed winter sports. The Bend Chamber of Commerce quickly realized the benefit of a longer tourist season and supported the club.

planned, the first on McKenzie Pass,

Three “winter playgrounds” were planned, the first on McKenzie Pass, eight miles west of Sisters on the slopes of Black Crater. Amazingly, when it opened in December 1928, it was the first developed ski area in Central Oregon. The McKenzie site included a thrilling ski jump and a wild 900-foot toboggan run in a

in Central Oregon. The McKenzie Skyliners ski jump on McKenzie Pass.

The Skyliners held a “Winter Carnival” in January of 1930. It was widely advertised to other ski clubs across the region and 2,000 people gathered to watch the first big ski tournament ever held in Central Oregon. Archival films show ski jumpers sailing through the air, sometimes over 100 feet, to cheering crowds, and steep toboggan runs through the woods.

In September 1930, the BrooksScanlon newsletter, the “Deschutes Pine Echoes,” reported a new ski jump being built and work being done to improve the safety of the

The Three Sisters and Black Crater on the right.

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toboggan run. Another room was being added to the lodge.

More details come from historian Steve Stenkamp, who specializes in lost things: ski areas, tree lookouts, trappers’ and miners’ cabins, and other traces of the past. He knows of 43 other ski areas in Oregon that no longer exist, four on the Willamette side of the McKenzie Highway. Stenkamp knows the McKenzie site well and explained, “The lodge was actually built in two phases. The first lodge was too small so they added on an L-shaped wing.”

The Skyliners McKenzie Playground was active for about seven years, but lost popularity as the Great Depression hit because of the cost to travel from Bend. To add to the challenge, the roads were not always plowed and the snowpack was inconsistent at 4,200 feet elevation. By 1934 the Skyliners were looking for a new spot closer to Bend, and by 1935 they had abandoned the McKenzie Pass location and used work-relief monies from the Federal Government’s Works Progress Administration to build the rustic lodge that stands to this day on Tumalo Creek. The U.S.

Conservation Corps also helped build the site.

The Tumalo Playground had an ice-skating rink, warming hut, two ski jumps, night skiing, cross-country trails, and two rope tows. Then Pearl Harbor happened in 1941, and everything went on a long pause for World War II.

After about six years, soldiers trickled back. The Tumalo site remained popular until 1958 when Mt. Bachelor opened and became the ultimate winter playground under

guidance of 10th Mountain Division veteran Bill Healy. The Skyliners helped train ski champions for years and finally merged with Mount Bachelor Ski Education Foundation in 1986, and no longer exist as a separate entity.

The developments on the McKenzie appear to have been dismantled or recycled long ago. And burned over. Unfortunately, the Milli Fire of 2017 swept across the ridge and consumed many wooden traces. Wildland-fire-qualified archeologists surveyed the site to document

what they could as the fire was heading toward it. They found traces of milled lumber and a few bolts.

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Despite the loss of its structures, Sisters Ranger District Archeologist Mike Boero believes it’s an important place.

“I think it holds significance for the community as far as its role in the beginnings of winter sport culture here in Sisters Country and Central Oregon,” he said. “The setting and the location are still there. It holds a special place in what it means for skiing history.”

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as a rule do not take on the much larger cows, finding sheep and fowl easier prey. In a 2017 USDA survey of the 112 million cows, only 13,000 were lost to cougars.

Cougars have a distinct kill pattern that was not present in Samuels’ loss. Cougars are common in the area, as are coyotes. The Nugget visited with several property owners on Lower Bridge Road, and none reported seeing any wolves, including Alpaca Country Estates, who have close to 1,000 alpacas that would be easy prey.

“Even fenced as we are, coyotes and wolves could get under them,” said Nancy

Iver, co-owner with husband, Art.

Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife (ODFW)

Wildlife Technician Landon Hardt said that they have reports of more sightings, but when they investigate they find no evidence.

“It could be the Metolius pair,” Hardt said.

On April 19, 2022, a new AKWA (Area of Known Wolf Activity) was designated in the Metolius wildlife management unit. Since August of 2021, there have been public reports of two wolves. ODFW documented that the wolf use appeared to be resident, prompting the designation of the AKWA. These two wolves were counted for the 2021 annual wildlife census.

Hardt conceded that there could be more than two, but couldn’t imagine a pack

anywhere near sizes mentioned on social media.

“There would be lot of evidence with a pack that size,” Hardt said, adding: “Possibly another wolf, two at most, are trying to pack up with the known pair.”

The amount of anecdotal evidence suggests that there are more than two wolves, in Sisters Country — but again, it’s hard to pin down.

Sisters Ranger District workers have seen prints of a single wolf, but none have seen the actual animal.

The same with Oregon State Police Fish & Wildlife troopers, who regularly patrol areas of reported sightings. Person after person The Nugget interviewed tell of somebody else who has photos, but the photos have not materialized.

Neither the Sisters Substation nor the Bend

Deschutes County forming Wolf Committee

Under legislation that arose from HB 3091, Deschutes County is establishing a Wolf Depredation Compensation and Finance Assistance Committee. The Committee’s intent is to focus on preventing and reducing conflict related to the presence of wolves. Last year, Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife (ODFW) declared an area of known wolf activity in Deschutes County (see story, page 1)

The new committee will make recommendations to the Board of Commissioners on grant applications to the State’s Wolf Depredation Compensation and Financial Assistance Grant Program. This grant program complements and supports ODFW’s Wolf Conservation and Management Plan by proactively working to minimize wolf-livestock conflict and assist livestock producers experiencing wolf-related livestock losses.

By statute, the Committee will be made up of one county commissioner, two members who own or manage livestock, and two members who support wolf conservation or coexistence with wolves. The County advisory committee, once established by the County, shall then agree upon two County business

representatives. The bill offered no guidance on what constitutes a “business representative.”

Three members of the Sisters Country-based Wolf Welcome Committee submitted applications, and one has reportedly been invited to interview. Interviews are being scheduled for April and the Committee should be operational by midMay according to County staff.

Compensation is provided only if owners have demonstrated implementation of best management practices to deter wolves, including reasonable use of nonlethal methods when practicable, giving priority for compensation of confirmed losses at fair market value and with other compensation claims determined according to the recommendation of the County advisory committee.

The legislation and compensation also covers the loss of any working dog. The Committee sets compensation rates for probable or confirmed losses or injury to livestock or working dogs due to wolf depredation that may not be more than seven times the fair market value of the livestock or working dogs.

Nonlethal mitigation

measures include removing attractants such as bone piles or carcasses, barriers, like fencing and fladry (fencing that has flapping flags on it), protection dogs, alarms or scare devices, hazing or physically scaring wolves, and experimental management or husbandry changes.

County staff tell The Nugget that there will be an opportunity for the public to provide input or comment on the selection of members.

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Getting folks on the record who purport seeing wolves has been as elusive as the wolves themselves.

Samuels is teaming up with ODFW and the Forest Service in hopes of being able to determine with certainty the cause of his livestock loss. He’s strategizing tagging, and installing cameras to gather evidence.

“We can coexist with predators,” Samuels said. “There’s a natural balance in these things, and we just need to figure it out.”

Susan Prince of the 100-member Wolf Welcome Committee, based in Sisters Country, has heard the reports of increased sightings. Her group has not seen any evidence of larger packs. When asked what the Committee’s position was on wolf predation she said, “We hope ranchers will learn the many nonlethal tools to protect their stock.”

Prince reiterated that gray wolves are protected by

law throughout Oregon. In Central Oregon wolves are on the federal Endangered Species List. It is unlawful to shoot wolves or to harm them in any way, except in defense of human life or in certain chronic livestock depredation situations.

Ranchers generally are entitled to compensation for loss of stock by predation. Samuels, however, won’t get any, even if he could prove that the loss was from wolves, as the statute for compensation payments require that a Wolf Committee be in place in the county of loss (see sidebar, below left).

Many of the Facebook posts express skepticism about the numbers being suggested. Others talk about the growing elk herds in Cloverdale, suggesting that they have been pushed out of their Lower Bridge and Alder Springs habitat as wolves have appeared. Most commenters seem to agree that there are more wolves in Sisters Country — only debating their number and threat, and their place on the land.

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A living hope

As we approach another Easter, millions will celebrate an event that offers hope. Resurrection. Others question the reality of this resurrection, reducing it to another religious holiday. Many recognize how our world seems broken. We struggle to find solutions; hope seems to be diminishing. These troubles — whether economic, political, sociological, or psychological — are very apparent to

all. They are communicated to us daily (24/7) via all forms of media. Sometimes to an overwhelming degree.

At the beginning of the 20th century we hoped for human progress. Humanism, Enlightenment, and Science would bring peace and progress. We believed, given enough time, we would solve the world’s problems. However, while we have seen advances, the progress we’d hoped for has been overshadowed by world wars, holocausts, gulags, and third world famine and poverty. The better world we had hoped for has been disappointing. Nothing more than wishful thinking. Suffering in our world is all around us. Our hearts ache!

There is no way to get through life without surviving suffering. Equally true, there is no way to survive suffering without a living hope.

Victor Frankl, psychiatrist, holocaust survivor, and author, utilized his experiences as a prisoner in Nazi Germany concentration camps to write an amazing best-selling book, “Man’s Search for Meaning.” In

this book, Frankl observes and describes how men responded to the cruelty of the prison camps. Some men became as inhumane as the guards, taking advantage of fellow prisoners. Others just gave up and, seeing no end, curled up and died. Some placed their hope in their careers, wealth, or prestige, but these were stripped away, removing sustainable hope. And yet Frankl offered these prisoners a higher sort of hope. A hope they could cling to. He invited them to imagine loved ones looking down on them, and then he challenged them to make their loved ones proud in the way they treated others. This envisioned reunion created a hope that could not be taken away. It gave the prisoners meaning and purpose. This was a living, transcendent hope that would not perish. This is the living hope of Easter. This is the hope of resurrection. At the cross Jesus took the full brunt of

man’s inhumanity. He was separated from family and friends and, severely beaten, he suffered and died. Easter is about overcoming. He has risen!

Nowadays, many scholars — including those who are entirely secular and have no religious stake in the matter — agree to five facts of history in regard to the life of Jesus Christ:

1. Jesus died on a Roman cross on Friday, and was buried in the tomb.

2. Jesus’ tomb was empty Sunday morning.

3. Numerous eyewitnesses testified — at great expense to themselves — that they saw Jesus alive multiple times after his death. They described how they met with him and even ate with him.

4. Even the skeptic “doubting Thomas,” as well as the mortal enemy of Christians, Saul of Tarsus, were convinced they saw Jesus, risen from the dead.

They both willingly died rather than recant. James was stoned, and Paul beheaded.

5. Paul wrote historical letters listing the names of many eyewitnesses still living and able to testify to the Resurrection.

It is this miraculous resurrection that provides a living hope, a better future, another chance. In a world of hopelessness and suffering, it cannot be taken away. Jesus took all the pain and heartache, and freely offers all forgiveness, restoration, reconciliation. Death and the tomb could not hold him. Jesus’ hope is transcendent. It is a living hope. It is what Easter is all about. Let us celebrate! He has risen!

“In his great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you,” — 1 Peter 1:3-4

The Sisters skyline shone under a fresh blanket of late season snow last week.

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FIRESIDE: Next presentation set for Tuesday, April 25

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migrated from Minnesota to Bend in 1940. During school years he worked for Leonard Lundgren’s mill and then during college, Brooks Scanlon. After receiving degrees from the University of Oregon in education and journalism, he “took a detour,” writing for The Bend Bulletin, The Oregonian, and teaching at COCC. In the 1970s, he returned to Brooks Scanlon, and in the ’80s transitioned with them to Brooks Resources as director of marketing and communications.

Throughout, he has continued writing books, plays, and screenplays. His latest play, “Your Humble Servant,” will open at the Tower Theater July 7.

On March 28, the weather, despite predictions, turned out to be rather accommodating – i.e., no blizzard conditions!

Crowell said, “I was

pleasantly surprised by the large audience on a cold, midweek night. It’s obvious that the Sisters Historical Society is a going operation.”

The large gathering enjoyed cookies and coffee by the fireplace before and after the presentation in the well-appointed event center, which the speaker commented on as quite impressive.

Up next for the Fireside Story Evening is “If Trees

Could Speak: Stories of Camp Sherman” on Tuesday, April 25, at the FivePine Conference Center. The presentation at 7 p.m. will feature Lori Hancock from the Camp Sherman Historical Society. For more information visit www.threesisters historicalsociety.org.

If you would like to find out more about Sisters’ history or would consider becoming a volunteer, stop by the Sisters Museum at 151 N. Spruce St. It is open Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call 541-549-1403 for more information, or email museum@threesisters historicalsociety.org.

Local leader appointed to palliative care board

Partners In Care, provider of hospice, home health, and palliative care in the Central Oregon region, announced that CEO Greg Hagfors has been elected to serve on the board of directors for the Oregon Hospice and Palliative Care Association (OHPCA).

OHPCA appointed nine new board of directors members from across the state. OHPCA’s board consists of members from four distinct categories: Hospice Providers, Other Health Care Providers, Palliative Care Providers, and Community Representatives. Partners In Care will function as an advocate for hospice organizations east of the Cascades through Hagfors’ representation on the board.

“I am honored and humbled to have been selected as a board member for the Oregon Hospice and Palliative Care Association,” said Hagfors. “Partners In Care is interdependent with other post-acute care providers in Central Oregon, and we work closely together to support patients and families in need of care. I look forward to adding value to the future of hospice and palliative care in the state.”

Greg Hagfors is a familiar name to many in Central Oregon both as a Bend resident and having served as chief executive officer of the Bend Memorial Clinic (now Summit Healthcare) from 2011 to 2016. In addition to helping the clinic grow, he was involved as a board member and chaired

the finance committee of the Central Oregon Health Council for nearly three years. In 2016, he became managing director of Castling Partners, providing performance improvement support for the health system and physician-owned medical practices. He joined the Partners In Care team as CEO in April 2022.

Over the past year, Hagfors has led Partners In Care through the opening of its new Hospice House, as well as its expansion of administrative spaces to support the growing team. Under his leadership and for the second year in a row, Partners In Care was recognized with five stars on the CAHPS (Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems)

Hospice Survey, which measures family satisfaction with hospice care teams. This recognition places Partners In Care in the upper 5 percent of hospice programs in Oregon and 10 percent nationally.

Star ratings are posted at Medicare Compare, which provides a single user-friendly interface that consumers can use to make informed health care decisions based on data such as cost, quality of care, volume of services, and caregiver feedback, including the willingness to recommend a hospice. Of those families surveyed by Medicare, 94 percent would recommend Partners In Care hospice services to others seeking care, 10 percent higher than the national average.

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Jim Crowell recounted logging history at the Three Sisters Historical Society’s Fireside Story Evening on March 28.

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percent in two decades, how fast does Salem expect us to grow? We have increased our size faster than 99 percent of other U.S. cities. Including Salem!

Do our city planners, commissioners, leaders... really believe their “hands are tied” when it comes to squeezing in more new housing developments? Sure, we need affordable housing, but we don’t appear to be getting any in this “mandated” building boom.

I just want to know why our sweet little town is being forced to expand so quickly. Is the State truly behind it? Or is that just an opportunistic guise for profiteering? And what is it costing us?

According to United States Demographics: “Sisters has grown 216.6 percent since 2000. Sisters, Oregon is growing extremely quickly; it is growing faster than 99 percent of similarly sized cities since 2000.”

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“Jordan just checked all the boxes for who we needed to move Sisters forward.”

Letz was impressed with the amount of time and hard work that went into a very thorough process. She also praised the amount of homework about Sisters obviously done by the candidates.

Gary Ross was impressed with the breadth and depth of experience that Wheeler brings to Sisters.

“Many of the issues faced in his current position are ones now facing Sisters,” Ross said. “We were pleased to have four outstanding candidates. As this was my first time, I was very impressed with the entire recruitment and interview process, all the details included…I am very confident that the best person for the job was chosen after input from the community, staff, community leaders and partners, and the Council.”

Erik Jensen of Jensen Strategies reaffirmed, “The City of Sisters ran a very thorough and complete process for this recruitment that involved input from the community, staff, and City Council.”

In an interview by phone the day after his selection, Wheeler was upbeat. He said that the entire process was “fun to go through.” He “enjoyed meeting lots of folks in the community as well as the City staff.” He was especially impressed with the number of citizens who were engaged in the process and “obviously care about their community.”

Wheeler expressed numerous times how much he and his wife love Sisters. Before their two daughters, ages five and three, start school, they wanted to find a community in which to settle, and Sisters made the list. Last summer they spent their vacation in Sisters and were impressed with the small-town atmosphere, the safe, beautiful environment with great parks and outdoor recreation, all topped off with

a high quality of life. They enjoy Central Oregon and have family in both Bend and Redmond.

In preparation for coming to the eastside, Wheeler’s wife has already been working remotely for the City of Bend as a senior management analyst.

Wheeler is most excited about becoming the City Manager in a “vibrant organization that’s in good financial condition, with next year’s Council goals already in place. There are numerous well-planned programs in place, and a great staff to carry them out.”

He also looks forward to working with engaged community members who possess expertise in a number of fields.

There are several multimillion-dollar projects underway in Sandy, and Wheeler wants to be certain he is leaving the city in a good position before coming to Sisters, which means we will see him at City Hall this summer.

Sandy has a population of about 13,000 and a city budget of $20 million. Wheeler

currently oversees 80 city employees, 20 of which make up the police force. Wheeler has dealt with many of the issues facing Sisters including houselessness, UGB expansion, development of a large subdivision, and working with Oregon Department of Transportation for the state highway that runs through Sandy.

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Sydney Linn is dedicated to bringing people together so that ev er yone at Sisters High School feels welcome and valued. Her vehicle for that work is student government, where she has served as class president in her freshman and sophomore years, and where she currently serves as senior all-class president.

Linn also collaborated with the Sisters Fire District in their annual toy drive.

Moving to Sisters from Clackamas, she found the smaller, closer-knit school environment welcoming and saw an opportunit y to enhance that feeling. She credits her family — mom and dad both being educators — with teaching her to “be kind and have courage.”

“They motivate me to push beyond my limits to make people feel welcome. You can always do better,” she says.

Linn is a competitive dancer who travels for competitions across several states. She also takes her academic work very seriously, focusing on the sciences. She has been awarded the President’s Scholarship to at tend the University of Oregon, where she plans to major in biology or Environmental Science. Immunology is also a field that greatly interest s her.

“I have had Sydney in both Sport Fitness and Personal Fitness over the past 2 years. She is an exemplary student who is always positive, kind, and willing to help others.

Sydney has a happy disposition and is a high achiever, making her very deserving of student of the month. The future is bright for Sydney as she continues to work hard to achieve her goals.” —

Clayton Hall

Sydney is a well-rounded student who possesses a perpetually positive attitude. Her high standards and discipline have led her to be an accomplished dancer and a student very well prepared for adulthood. On top of all that Sydney is a fine citizen, respected by her peers and school staff alike.

— Charlie Kanzig

Sydney is an absolute blessing to Sisters High School. Super positive, caring, and always willing to help out whenever asked, Sydney is a leader on campus on a variety of fronts. She has been a huge help for our athletics programs, leadership activities, and brings a fun and caring spirit to everyone she comes in contact with. She is all that we want in an OUTLAW! Thanks for all you do Sydney!!!! — Gary Thorson

Sydney is such a joy to be around and have in class. Her ideas are thoughtful and deep, and she strives to be helpful and is always kind. I appreciate the example she sets for others! — Bethany Gunnarson

Sydney is an absolute pleasure to have in school! She brings such joy to those she interacts with. Sydney’s work ethic proves why she is such a leader in our school. She has a heart of gold. — Darcy Davis and Katie Wardsworth

Sydney is an absolute rockstar of a human with a heart of gold. She’s brilliant, hard working, and always has a smile with such kindness to share. — Susie Seaney

Sydney is a well deserving student-of-themonth, not only this month but any month of her entire time in high school. She is and has

been a consistently excellent student who holds herself to a very high standard and delivers quality work in all of her academic pursuits. On top of that, she is a kind and conscientious person who is a pleasure to be around whether you’re her teacher or a fellow student. These positive habits and character traits will take her far in life beyond high school. — Paul Patton

Sydney represents the qualities and character that we hope all SHS students will develop. She is proactive in her service to the school and she brings a positive can-do spirit to whatever she does. As our Student Body President, she leads by example and has shown her classmates what it means to achieve at a high level while maintaining balance in her life. — Steve

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and had a busy time with COVID.

Simmons served on the Sisters Park & Recreation District Board for two years as a board member and as secretary for part of that time.

“That was a good way for me to get used to public service,” she said.

Simmons’ children going to Sisters schools provided insight into how unique those schools are.

“They got a great education there and there was a lot of space for one-on-one instruction with the teachers,” she said. “There was a real feeling of I could go to the school anytime I needed to see what was happening with their studies and their teachers.”

She finds the personal touch at Sisters very special.

Simmons is running for School Board to be a handson member to help improve and encourage the unique programming that Sisters schools offer.

“I also want to encourage parents to go into the schools; that, for me, is vital and the parents get a say in what their education is all about. That is definitely one thing I will be working towards,” said Simmons.

Simmons is now retired and has the time for the work.

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afford the added costs that would come with taking over the elementary school site,” said Tehan.

Holland emphasized that citizens’ tax rate would not go up with passage of the levy, since it is a renewal of the existing levy. Currently the revenues derived from the 2018 local option levy constitute 20 percent of SPRD’s budget.

Ballots for the May 16 election are scheduled to be mailed out on April 26. The last day to register to vote is April 25.

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She noted, “I think it’s really important for everyone to step up and do what they can, and I am stepping up and I want to help the schools and be there for the students,” she said.

She also plans to run on a platform of advocating for going back to a fundamental curriculum with reading, writing, and arithmetic, and the basics that students need for a real sound education.

“We need to help the teachers do their jobs by going back to the basic curriculum,” she said.

Another aspect of her platform is advocating and working with the Board and staff on the trades programs offered at the schools.

“You can’t work on a car these days without computer skills. Everything is computer oriented,” she said.

She is encouraging programs for students that aren’t necessarily college-bound, but those wanting to work in trades involving engineering, mechanical, etc. In addition, Simmons sees the importance of integrating home economics classes into the schools, teaching students how to run a home.

Simmons is also going to be advocating for better nutrition offered to students and continuing to work with Audrey Tehan of Seed to Table in getting more nutritious, farm-fresh foods in front of students.

The safety of the schools and students is also a priority for Simmons.

School board candidate Jayne Simmons, pictured with her buddy Mac — wants to encourage fundamentals in the curriculum and trades education for those who are not college bound.

Simmons is one of five candidates running for one of two open spots on the Sisters School Board in the upcoming May election.

The League of Women Voters (LWV) and City Club of Central Oregon will host a virtual forum with the candidates for Sisters School Board Positions 3 and 4 on April 13. The forum will be livestreamed via the City Club YouTube channel (youtube. com/c/cityclubofcentraloregon) at 6 p.m. You may also view the recorded forums on the CityClub and LWV Deschutes County YouTube channels. Submit questions by visiting events.cityclubco.org.

Questions may be submitted 48 hours before the forum.

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rodeo included rides in the St. Paul Rodeo and Pendleton Roundup among others. So when Godby picks up a brush to paint iconic western horses, he brings a depth of experience not matched by any other artist.

Closely connected with horses his entire life, he’s a master at putting down on canvas a horse’s anatomy. He is noted for his ability to render them lifelike by capturing their essence, especially in the eyes. His understanding of a horse’s posture and expression are unique among equestrian artists, critics say.

This is Godby’s fifth Sisters Rodeo poster. Each year’s poster depicts a different event or aspect of rodeo. Last year’s poster was dedicated to breakaway ropers. For 2023 the subject is the wild horse race.

One of the first rodeo events and as Western as the word itself, the wild horse race started in the 1800’s as a competition between ranch teams. From its roots as a race through town with only wagons as fences, the wild horse

race is now a full-grown rodeo event. In today’s wild horse races, true wild horses are no longer used. Instead, cowboys race ranch-raised horses.

Ten or more teams of three cowboys — each with their own job — saddle the horse and ride it across the finish line. During last year’s Sisters Rodeo, fans gasped in fear as the race was held in a downpour on a soaked arena floor. Horses fell, one flipping over on its back.

Godby’s depiction, shown here, is more typical of the entertaining event. He used acrylic, but works about half the time in oil, which he slightly prefers.

Several at Dixie’s assumed that the poster graphics were also Godby’s work or hand lettered. Not so. As in past collaborations, the painting became a poster under the skilled hands of Dennis

Schmidling, whose career is every bit as interesting as Godby’s.

He began as a contract journalist with Life Magazine, which enabled him to work with the likes of Ansel Adams. An accomplished photographer, he moved to the corporate world after Life published its last issue in 1972.

Thirty-five years later his journey brought him to Sisters where, with wife, Helen, he runs Sisters Gallery & Frame Shop. Above the gallery in his studio, Schmidling uses the highest of graphic arts technology as a master in the art of archiving and a highly regarded designer.

He artistically and compellingly adds type and elements to make a painting illustrated art, a poster. He works magic, you might say. Godby’s painting, for example, did not have enough sky in the subject to

carry the title art. Schmidling extended the sky by cloning.

In an earlier poster in which the horse was an Appaloosa, the Rodeo Board said “Appys” were too slow, and with some wizardry Schmidling changed it to a

sorrel.

Both Godby, best known for his woodburned leather images, and Schmidling are products of their age, basically shy and unassuming, unfailingly polite — and consummate professionals.

Queen Sadie Bateman was on hand for the 2023 poster unveiling.

PHOTO BY BILL BARTLETT

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Stars over Sisters

By Kabel Woods & Cooper Parkins

Crater is a relatively faint, small springtime constellation that is visible from our latitude here in Central Oregon. Crater is the 53rd largest constellation, taking up 282 square degrees of sky. An arrangement of eight stars defines a pattern that looks like a tilted cup. The brightest of these is Delta Crateris, an orange giant star that shines at a magnitude of 3.6. It is only slightly more massive, but 22 times larger, than our sun and lies at a distance of about 163 light-years.

Crater’s neighboring constellations are Corvus, Hydra, Leo, Sextans, and Virgo. To spot Crater in the sky, first find Corvus—four fairly bright stars shaped like a trapezoid. The cup lies 10 to 15 degrees west of this location.

Burnham’s Celestial Handbook lists 15 deep-sky objects in Crater, all of them dim galaxies. Still, NGC 3887 is worth mentioning. Because of its orientation to us, some astronomers regard this object as an ideal target for studying a spiral galaxy’s winding arms and the stars within them. NGC 3887 lies over 60 million light-years away from us. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1785.

In mythology, Crater represents the two-handled chalice of Apollo, god of the sun. According to one story, Apollo was about to make a sacrifice upon an altar, but discovered he didn’t have the water necessary to perform the ritual, so he sent a raven out with his cup to collect water. While looking for water, the raven came across a fig tree with unripe fruit. The raven got distracted and waited by the tree a few days until the figs ripened. After eating the ripened figs, the raven returned with the chalice, as well as a water snake, blaming the

snake for drinking the water as an excuse for being late. But Apollo saw through the deceit and angrily cast them into the sky, turning them all into constellations.

The Lyrid meteor shower will peak on the evening of April 22 into the predawn hours of the next morning, when up to 18-20 meteors per hour are expected. These shooting stars are caused by debris from Comet Thatcher that enter the earth’s atmosphere and are incinerated by the heat of friction. The meteors appear to emanate from a part of the sky near the bright star Vega in the constellation of Lyra. Moonlight will not interfere this year as a thin waxing crescent will set about 11:30 p.m. local time on April 22. Venus, Mercury, and Mars still roam the evening skies. Mercury is best seen during the first two weeks of April, as it gets lower in the sky thereafter. On April 10 Uranus will lie between Venus and Mercury low in the western sky. Try using binoculars to spot it at about 8:40 p.m. After spending the past several months in Taurus, the Red Planet now resides in Gemini.

Saturn is the lone morning planet that will be best seen near the end of the month as it pulls away from the sun. Jupiter is too close to the sun to be viewed this month.

The Full Pink Moon will make its appearance on April 6, then fade to new on April 20.

This month’s dark-sky tip is to ensure that your outdoor lights are dim and warm in color. This applies to all lights, including the increasingly popular string lights. While these new lights can be appealing to the eye, they are a significant source of light pollution. If you must have string lights, purchase those that are shielded and don’t forget to turn them off when packing up for the night.

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Spiral galaxy NGC 3887 is located more than 60 million light-years away in the constellation of Crater.

PHOTO COURTESY ESA/HUBBLE AND NASA

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Seeking Space in Sisters for woodworking shop, approx. 30x30 feet. Contact Greg at 808-281-2676, or email gmdavidge@aol.com.

SISTERS, BBR, CONDO/ APT/ SMALL HOUSE FURNISHED preferred but unfurnished possible. Long-term lease desired. Min. 6-12 months, maybe longer. Flexible move-in: Between now and May 31st.

Desires: $1,900/month, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 - 2 baths. About 1,000 sq. ft., quiet neighborhood.

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501 Computers & Communications Technology Problems?

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Solving for Business & Home Computers, Tablets, Networking Internet (Starlink), and more!

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502 Carpet & Upholstery

Cleaning

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Area rugs, upholstery, tile & dryer-vent cleaning. Established & family-owned since 1986. 541-549-9090

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504 Handyman SISTERS HONEYDO

General repairs, interior painting and trim, carpentry, drywall, lighting, and much more-just ask.

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JONES UPGRADES LLC

Home Repairs & Remodeling

Drywall, Decks, Pole Barns, Fences, Sheds & more.

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600 Tree Service & Forestry

4 Brothers Tree Service

Sisters' Premier Tree Experts!

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Assessments, Pruning, High-Risk

Removals, 24 Hr. Emergency

Storm Damage Cleanup, Craning & Stump Grinding, Debris Removal.

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JT’s CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, LLC. Local resident of Sisters, servicing all of Central Oregon. Services provided: Building planning & permits, project management/ project supervision, budgeting/ estimating, subcontractor management, bank subcontractor invoicing. Both commercial & residential construction with over 50 years experience in the construction industry. Contact: jtdconst1@gmail.com

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999 Public Notice NOTICE OF BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING

A public meeting of the Budget Committee of the Sisters School District #6, Deschutes County, State of Oregon, to discuss the budget for the fiscal year July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024 will be held at Sisters School District Office, 525 E. Cascade Ave., Sisters, Oregon. The meeting will take place on the 12th day of April, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. and an additional meeting will be held on the 3rd day of May, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. The purpose of the meeting(s) is to receive the budget message, review the proposed budget for FY 23-24 and to receive comment from the public on the budget. A copy of the budget document may be inspected or obtained at the meeting on April 12th or at the Sisters School District Office, 525 E. Cascade Ave., Sisters, Oregon between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on or after April 13th.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

the Sisters Wastewater Master Plan.

APPLICABLE CRITERIA:

Chapter 4.1 – Types of Applications and Review Procedures; Chapter 4.7 – Land Use District Map and Text Amendments; Oregon Statewide Land Use Goals; and City of Sisters Urban Area Comprehensive Plan.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby given that the City of Sisters Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing at Sisters City Hall, 520 E. Cascade Avenue, Sisters, on April 20, 2023 at 5:30 PM regarding the application listed below. The hearing will be held according to SDC Chapter 4.1 and the rules of procedure adopted by the City Council and available at City Hall. Prior to the public hearing, written comments may be provided to Sisters City Hall at 520 E. Cascade Avenue, Sisters (mailing address PO Box 39, Sisters, OR 97759) or emailed to swoodford@ci.sisters.or.us.

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Notice is hereby given that the City of Sisters Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing at Sisters City Hall, 520 E. Cascade Avenue, Sisters, on April 20, 2023 at 5:30 PM regarding the application listed below. The hearing will be held according to SDC Chapter 4.1 and the rules of procedure adopted by the City Council and available at City Hall. Prior to the public hearing, written comments may be provided to Sisters City Hall at 520 E. Cascade Avenue, Sisters (mailing address PO Box 39, Sisters, OR 97759) or emailed to swoodford@ci.sisters.or.us. Comments should be directed toward the criteria that apply to this request and must reference the file number. For additional information, please contact Scott Woodford, Community Development Director at (541) 323-5211 or swoodford@ci. sisters.or.us. The staff report and recommendation to the hearings body will be available for review at least seven (7) days before the hearing. All submitted evidence and materials related to the application are available for inspection at City Hall. Copies of all materials will be available on request at a reasonable cost. The Planning Commission meeting is accessible to the public either in person or via Zoom online meeting. Meeting information, including the Zoom link, can be found on https://www.ci.sisters. or.us/meetings.

PUBLIC HEARING: April 20, 2023 at 5:30 pm

FILE #: CP 22-02

APPLICANT: City of Sisters

REQUEST: Comprehensive Plan Amendment to the Sisters Comprehensive Plan to update

Comments should be directed toward the criteria that apply to this request and must reference the file number. For additional information, please contact Scott Woodford, Community Development Director at (541) 323-5211 or swoodford@ ci.sisters.or.us. The staff report and recommendation to the hearings body will be available for review at least seven (7) days before the hearing. All submitted evidence and materials related to the application are available for inspection at City Hall. Copies of all materials will be available on request at a reasonable cost. The Planning Commission meeting is accessible to the public either in person or via Zoom online meeting. Meeting information, including the Zoom link, can be found on https://www.ci.sisters .or.us/meetings.

PUBLIC HEARING: April 20, 2023 at 5:30 p.m.

FILE #: CP 22-01

APPLICANT: City of Sisters

REQUEST: Comprehensive Plan Amendment to the Sisters Comprehensive Plan to update the Sisters Water Master Plan.

APPLICABLE CRITERIA: Chapter 4.1 – Types of Applications and Review Procedures; Chapter 4.7 – Land Use District Map and Text Amendments; Oregon Statewide Land Use Goals; and City of Sisters Urban Area Comprehensive Plan.

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