The Nugget Newspaper // Vol. XLVI No. 24 // 2023-06-14

The Nugget

Opinion from Sisters, Oregon

Rodeo brings the Western action

By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

Stetson Wright of Milford, Utah, took AllAround Cowboy honors at the Sisters Rodeo last weekend. That meant he went home with an exquisite equine sculpture sponsored by the Sisters branch of U.S. Bank, and carved by Sisters artist J. Chester “Skip” Armstrong.

The exceptional trophy is a reflection of the homegrown quality of the Sisters Rodeo — one of the aspects of the event that draws the top competitors and sold-out crowds.

The event is staged by hundreds of volunteers who

See RODEO on page 8

School board adopts next year’s budget

By Ceili Gatley Correspondent

The Sisters School Board adopted the 2023-2024 operating budget in a public hearing at the final School Board meeting of the school year. Every year, the School Board adopts the new operating budget based on the money allotted to the Sisters School District (SSD) from the state

SHS graduates Class of 2023

By Charlie Kanzig Correspondent

school fund. The state school fund amount is decided in the state legislature.

The general fund budget, including $9,619,008 for instruction and nearly $8 million for support service,s, comes to $19,774,962. That includes a $1,640,000 contingency fund. The special revenue fund allocates

See BUDGET on page 14

Debating habitat conservation policy

By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

Dozens of people traveled from across the Pacific Northwest to Sisters last week to testify before the Oregon Board of Forestry.

The Board conducts its meetings at locations around the state, and Wednesday-Thursday, June

7-8 was Sisters’ turn. The public testimony that the Board took at the beginning of an all-day session at FivePine Lodge & Conference Center on Wednesday was impassioned — and it had nothing to do with anything that was actually on the board’s agenda.

See POLICY on page 19

The 90 Sisters High School seniors who received diplomas at Friday’s 75th commencement had plenty to celebrate as they moved from students to alumni. There was little sign and barely a mention of the pandemic that disrupted nearly half of their four-year journey, but challenges of those years are undeniable.

Rather than dwelling on the difficulties, this resilient bunch focused on the positive, as evidenced by the speeches and songs shared by the graduates.

After the graduates marched in single file to “Pomp and Circumstance,” the crowd stood for the high school jazz choir’s moving version of the national anthem, followed by welcoming remarks from principal Steve Stancliff.

Stancliff spoke about how at a leadership retreat in August, students came up with a motto for the year, “Slay the day the Outlaw way.”

“We probably have as many takes on what it might mean to ‘slay the day’ as we have graduates here tonight, so I will focus on what I have observed to be the ‘Outlaw Way’”, he said.

Stancliff identified the common thread of meaning for the “Outlaw Way” is connecting with one another and the school staff.

“The life-affirming value in virtually all of your

pursuits have been the human connections and relationships you have built,” he said.

Sidney Linn, the president of the Associated Student Government, took the microphone next and underlined the theme of connection.

“As we look back over our high school journey, we recognize the obstacles we have overcome and the moments

See GRADUATES on page 20

Sidney Linn, ASG President, addressed her fellow students on Friday evenings as the Class of 2023 graduated from Sisters High School.

PHOTO BY SUSAN SEANEY

Bronc rider Ryder Wright spurred out to an 88-point performance on Saturday night.

PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK

Developing in Sisters

As ‘Americana’ as it gets

A friend told me the other day that he gets downright sentimental about a smalltown parade. Heart-bursting, tear-welling sentimental.

That’s a wonderful thing. It signals a connection to something truly valuable — a genuine, homegrown sense of community that doesn’t exist everywhere.

Sisters has long punched well above its weight when it comes to creating events that are 100-proof, world-class — and yet celebrate a hometown vibe. Nothing exemplifies that more than the Sisters Rodeo Parade, which trooped down Cascade Avenue on Saturday morning before sidewalks packed with cheering visitors and locals.

Many of the locals have attended every Rodeo Parade since they’ve been in Sisters — and for a lot of those folks that means decades. Some of them planned to head down to the Rodeo Grounds for the action later in the day. For some, the parade itself was the draw.

“This is the show,” one longtime resident said.

The Rodeo itself celebrates Sisters. Sure, there are big corporate sponsors like Crown Royal and Dodge Trucks — but the Rodeo, run by local volunteers — goes out of its way to promote its local sponsors and to encourage its audience to shop and dine in Sisters. The Sisters Rodeo is big-time — broadcast on the Cowboy Channel and drawing champions with a big purse — but it is also still our small-town rodeo. Walking that line is a tricky feat, and The Biggest Little Show in the World gets it done in style.

Sisters has one of the most unique and exciting Fourth of July celebrations in the region, at Sisters Eagle Airport. Totally homegrown, and as fine a way to celebrate America’s Independence Day as has ever been devised.

The Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show has an international footprint, drawing artists from

around the globe to the biggest event of its kind in the country. Yet it remains locally focused and full of ineffable small-town charm.

On June 24-25, the Sisters Folk Festival will launch Big Ponderoo, a new festival that celebrates “Americana” music (see the special section program in this edition). The Americana Music Association defines the genre as “contemporary music that incorporates elements of various American roots music styles, including country, roots-rock, folk, bluegrass, R&B and blues, resulting in a distinctive roots-oriented sound that lives in a world apart from the pure forms of the genres upon which it may draw. While acoustic instruments are often present and vital, Americana also often uses a full electric band.”

Like Rodeo or the Quilt Show, Big Ponderoo celebrates traditional arts, heritage and practices, not by trying to suspend them in amber, but by showcasing them in ways that are vital, exciting, and satisfying in the here and now.

The culture and sense of community that Sisters builds around its Western heritage, around arts and music, is a rare and wonderful thing. The healthy ecosystem hundreds of community members have built over decades faces threats from big corporate players who see the audience that Sisters has built from the grassroots up and want a piece of the action — but without the hometown soul.

We have built something of value here. If we want to keep it, we have to nurture it. Fortunately for us, that’s not an onerous task. All we have to do is get out and partake of community offerings that are as “Americana” as it gets.

Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

Letters to the Editor

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Sisters Rodeo

To the Editor:

Sisters Rodeo again demonstrated why it is a favorite PRCA rodeo for both contestants and fans. With a mostly new board of directors and the leadership of President Patty Cordoni, this production ran smoothly and appeared seamless to the fans in the stands.

Cordoni even brought the Buffalo Soldiers of Seattle to the parade and the Grand Entry after seeing them at another Rodeo. This was a tribute to American history, which was so appreciated by fans.

The whole week of rodeo was so inspiring, especially after many long-serving board

See LETTERS on page 17

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By Charlie Stephens Guest Columnist

I attended the most recent Sisters Planning Commission workshop on June 1. On the agenda was the introduction of the Planning Commission’s consideration of the application to tear down and rebuild the Space Age gas station. No public participation of any sort is allowed at Planning Commission workshops so that wasn’t the reason I spent my valuable time just sitting and watching.

I went because at their April 20 workshop, at the 4:39 p.m. mark, the Planning Commissioners were told by the City’s hired attorney, Jeremy Green, that their role in the development process was to serve the community’s interests. And because for the first 90 minutes of that workshop, the Commissioners had been told by the City’s planning staff that they weren’t allowed to engage in any of the activities that would allow them to learn anything at all about what the community’s interests might be.

I’ve spent the better part of 35 years designing and participating in public processes, many of them real estate development-related processes. I’ve done this at the federal, state. and local levels.

For 12 years, I participated in a Countyestablished Community Planning Organization (CPO), which has the same role in a community as a city planning commission. For five years I was one of the people conducting the public processes we developed. Like the Sisters Planning Commission, we reviewed all development applications for projects occurring in our community of 25,000 people. As in Sisters, we had to use development code criteria as the basis for our recommendations. We referred to the County’s Comprehensive Plan, its Transportation System Plan, and the community’s vision. And as with the Sisters Planning Commission, our recommendations were just that — recommendations. They could be, and sometimes were, ignored by the County. But often they weren’t.

Unlike in Sisters, however, we actually conducted a public process. We did site visits, took photos, and measured things. We talked to neighbors, or nearby businesses. We talked to county commissioners, their planning staff, the county planning commissioners. We

talked to each other and we talked to citizens in the community, at any time, about any of the issues that came before us.

When the community needed education to make good decisions, we brought in experts. We created PowerPoint presentations to use at our meetings. We asked for and got data to analyze and drafted development code provisions.

The common thread in all of the processes I was part of was actual public participation. The rule for participation in every case was that anyone who attended the meetings (all of them were public meetings) could speak, for as long as they wanted, as part of the conversation. And it was a conversation. And by the time a vote was taken, the whole community was informed and our recommendations reflected a consensus of the community.

We typically had 40 or more people attending our meetings, though it was often more than 80. In the Sisters public records I reviewed for 2018 and 2019, when a lot of Sisters Development Code provisions were changed, some significantly, not one member of the public at large attended.

Policy 1.1.1 (Public Involvement) in the Sisters Comprehensive Plan puts the City’s Planning Commission in charge of ensuring “public involvement.”

From a knowledgeable outsider’s perspective, no such activity is taking place in the City’s development processes. No one participates because they’re not allowed. The delivery of a three-minute sound bite, at a random point in a meeting, isn’t “involvement.” The City seems to suggest that simply providing public notice for public meetings where citizens are not allowed to participate in any meaningful way is public “involvement.”

For anyone who would like to see a Reader’s Digest version of a typical Sisters Planning Commission process, visit www.sisterscats. org and read the blog post there for Text Amendment docket TA19-01. More information will be posted there soon on other issues where the lack of public process is also the order of the day. This could all be fixed, without breaking any rules (none of which were cited in the Commission’s April 20 workshop). I’m available to help, for free. The benefits for the City would surprise you.

SFF to host free celebration

Sisters Folk Festival (SFF) will hold a free community celebration — the Ponderoo Arts Experience

following the 4th Friday Art Walk on Friday, June 23. The event will kick off the Big Ponderoo festival weekend. The familyfriendly event will include live music, food and drink, a new public art unveiling, and hands-on creative opportunities for all ages.

The evening will begin with a Big Ponderoosponsored 4th Friday Art Walk, which includes live music at 10 participating businesses around town. Musical artists will perform from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. (See info box.)

During the art walk, patrons are invited to pick

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Rodeo salutes Buffalo Soldiers

By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

The Sisters Rodeo honored some key players in America’s frontier military history last weekend. They welcomed the Buffalo Soldiers of Seattle, a reenactment group that pays tribute to the soldiers of the 9th and 10th Cavalry and the 24th and 25th Infantry — Black regiments that conducted some of the most grueling campaigns in the American West after the American Civil War.

The Buffalo Soldiers were given their name by the Plains Tribes, who respected their endurance and fighting qualities.

As the Buffalo Soldiers Museum in Houston, Texas, notes:

“Throughout the era of the Indian Wars, approximately 20 percent of the U.S. Cavalry troopers were Black, and they fought over 177 engagements. The combat prowess, bravery, tenaciousness, and looks on the battlefield, inspired the Indians to call them Buffalo Soldiers. The name symbolized the Native American’s respect for the Buffalo Soldiers’ bravery and valor. Buffalo Soldiers, down through the years, have worn the name with pride.”

The Buffalo Soldiers

GROUPS, CLUBS

Mon., noon, Shepherd of t he Hills Lutheran Church. 5 41-610 -7383.

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up a “Ponderoo Passport” and map from a participating location and have it stamped at each of the businesses they visit. Completed passports can then be redeemed for a Little Ponderoo, a glass suncatcher envisioned by glass artist Susie Zeitner and created by local artists and community members. Passports can be turned in at the Sisters Art Works checkin tent on Friday, June 23 from 5 to 7 p.m. Organizers recommend visiting the tent early as there is a limited quantity of Little Ponderoo suncatchers available.

At Sisters Art Works, attendees can participate in art activities including a community weaving project, creativity table, coloring station, and wishing tree before

settling in for food and drinks. On tap, adults 21 and over will find the limitededition Ponderoo Pale Ale by Three Creeks Brewing, a collaboration between SFF and the local brewery to celebrate the new summer festival.

A sneak peek concert from festival bands Never Come Down and Twisted Pine will take place on the Sisters Art Works stage from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Never Come Down is a Portland, Oregon-based five-piece composed of Joe Suskind (guitar), Crystal Lariza (vocals), Brian Alley (banjo), Kaden Hurst (mandolin), and Ben Ticknor (bass). Their dedication

Brazilian music hits stage in Sisters

A taste of Brazil is coming to Sisters Country. On Friday, June 23, ViannaBergeron Brazilian Jazz will bring the grooves and joy of Brazilian music to Sisters Depot. The band is led by Cassio Vianna and Tom Bergeron.

Cassio Vianna is a pianist with a deep knowledge of and connection to the rhythms and harmonies of samba, bossa nova, and other Brazilian genres. After earning a bachelor’s degree in Brazilian popular music in his native Rio de Janeiro, he

SISTERS AREA MEETING CALENDAR

East of the Cascades Quilt Guild

4th Wed. (September- June), Stitchin’

Post . A ll are welcome. 5 41-5 49 -6 061.

G o Fish Fishing G roup 3rd Monday

7 p.m., Siste rs C ommunity Church.

541-771-2211

Sisters Bridge Club Thursdays, 12:30 p.m. at Sisters C ommunity Church. Email sister sbridge2021@gmail.com.

Sisters Caregi ver Suppor t G roup 3rd Tues., 10:30 a.m., Siste rs Episcopal Church. 5 41-719 -0 031.

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

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came to the U.S. in 2009 to further his musical education. Now holding a doctorate in composition, he is the Director of Jazz Studies at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma.

Tom Bergeron holds a doctorate in saxophone. He has performed with Ella Fitzgerald, Natalie Cole, Robert Cray, and many other artists in his varied career. After 28 years teaching jazz, Brazilian music, and music theory at Western Oregon

CIT Y & PARKS

Sisters Ci ty Council 2nd & 4t h Wednesday, 6:3 0 p.m., Siste rs City Hall. 5 41-5 49 -6 022.

Thursday, 7 p.m., Episc opal Church of the Transf iguration / Satur day, 8 a.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration / M onday, 5 p.m., Shepherd of t he Hills Lutheran Church / Big Book study, Tuesday, noon, Shepherd of t he Hills Lutheran Church / Gen tlemen’s meeting, Wednesday, 7 a.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Sober Sisters Women’s meet ing, Thu rsday, noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Step & Tradition meeting, Fr iday, noon, Shepherd of t he Hills Lutheran Church. 5 41-5 48 -0 440.

Central Oregon F ly Tye rs G uild

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 Cent ral O rego n Senior Lunch In- person community dining, Tues. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. G raband- go lunch Tues., Wed., Thurs. 12:30 to 1 p.m. Siste rs C ommunity Church.

541- 48 0-18 43

Hear twarmers (f leec e blanketmaker s)

2nd Tuesday, 1 p.m., Siste rs Communit y Church. M ater ials provided. 541- 408 -8 505.

Hero Q uilters of Sisters Thursday, 1 to 4 p.m. 5 41-6 68 -1755

Milita ry Parent s of Sisters M eetings are held quarter ly; please c all for details. 5 41-388 -9 013.

Oregon Band of Brothers Sisters Chapter meets Wednesda ys, 11:3 0 a.m., Takoda’s Rest aurant.

541- 549- 64 69

SAGE (Senior Activities, G athering s & Enrichmen t) M onday- Fr iday, 11 a.m.

to 4 p.m. at Sisters Par k & Recreation

District. 5 41-5 49 -2091.

Sisters Aglow Lighthouse 4th

Saturday, 10 a.m., meeting by Zoom. 503- 93 0- 6158

Sisters Area Photography Club

2nd Wednesday, 3:3 0 p.m., at Sisters Communit y Church. 5 41-5 49 -6157.

Sisters Astronomy Club 3rd Tuesday,

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Sisters Cribbage C lub M eets 11 a.m. ever y Wed. at S PR D. 5 09 -9 47-574 4.

Sisters Garden C lub For monthly meetings visit: SistersGardenClub.com.

Sisters Habitat for Humanit y Board of D irectors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m. Location infor mation: 5 41-5 49 -1193.

Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 to 8:3 0 a.m., at Aspen Lakes Golf Cours e. 541- 410-2870

Sisters Parent Teacher Communit y 2nd Tuesday, 6 p.m. at Sisters Elementary School Commons.

917-219-8298

Sisters Red Hat s 1st Friday. For location infor mation, please c all:

541- 8 48 -1970.

Sisters Rotary 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, Noon, Aspen Lakes. 5 41-760 -5 64 5.

Three Sister s Lions Club 2nd Thursday, 6:3 0 p.m., Spoons Rest aurant. 5 41-419 -1279.

Sisters Veterans Thursdays, noon, Takoda’s Restaurant. 5 41-9 03 -1123.

Board of Direc tors M eets 1st Tuesday, 4 p.m., TSI D Of fice. 5 41-5 49 -8 815

VF W Po st 813 8 and A merican Legion Post 8 6 1st Wednesday of the mont h, 6:3 0 p.m., M ain Church Building Sisters Community Church. 8 47-344 -0 49 8

Sisters Area Woodworkers Held the f irst Tuesday of t he month 7 to 9 p.m. Call 541-231-18 97

SCHOOLS

Black Bu tt e School Boa rd of Directors 2nd Tuesday, 3:4 5 p.m., Black Butte School. 5 41-595 -6203

Sisters School District Board of Directors O ne Wednesday m onthly, Sisters School District Administr ation Building. See schedule online at www.ssd 6.org. 5 41-5 49 -8 521 x5 002.

Sisters Park & Recreation District Board of Dire ctor s 2nd & 4th Tues., 4:30 p.m., SPR D bldg. 5 41-5 49 -2091.

Sisters Pl anning Commission

3rd Thursday, 5:3 0 p.m., Siste rs City Hall. 5 41-5 49 -6 022.

FIRE & POLICE

Black Bu tt e Ranch Polic e Dept Board of Dire ctor s M eets monthly 541- 59 5-2191 for time & date

Black Bu tt e Ranch R FPD Board of Directors 4th Thurs., 9 a.m., BB R Fire Station. 5 41-595 -2 28 8 Cloverdale R FPD Board of Directors

3rd Wed., 5:3 0 p.m., 6743 3 Cloverdale Rd. 5 41-5 48 -4 815. c loverdalef ire.com.

Sister s- Camp She rman R FPD Board of Dire ctor s 3rd Tuesday, 5 p.m., Siste rs Fire Hall, 5 41-5 49 -0771.

Sister s- Camp She rman R FPD Drills Tuesdays, 7 p.m., Siste rs Fire Hall, 301 S. Elm St. 5 41-5 49 -0771.

This listing is for regular Sist ers Countr y meetings; email infor mation to nugget@ nuggetnews.com.

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Twisted Pine will offer a sneak preview of their Big Ponderoo set during a community celebration set for Friday, June 23.

Bicycle rider injured in crash

First responders came to the aid of an injured bicyclist on Sunday morning after he crashed down a 15-foot cliff. The rider said he was cut off by another bicyclist while traveling approximately 40 mph on Highway 242 outside Sisters.

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Fire District crews were dispatched to the crash victim experiencing pain secondary to the accident. On arrival, crews performed an assessment and determined the patient needed to be transported to the hospital for further treatment. Crews on scene stabilized the patient in a stokes basket, commonly used by search and rescue teams for medical rescues. With the help of other bicyclists on scene, first responders used a low-angle rope rescue system and a new progress capture device to safely lift the patient back up to the

New councilor is learning the ropes

By Ceili Gatley Correspondent

“I liked it; I loved meeting new people and finding new places,” said Cobb.

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highway for transport to the hospital.

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Fire District responded with seven personnel, one fire rescue pumper, ambulance, and command vehicle. Fire crews were assisted on scene by Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office and Oregon Department of Transportation.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports that bicycle deaths are highest during summer months between June and September. The SistersCamp Sherman Fire District reminds bicyclists to ride responsibly, wear a properfitting helmet and other safety gear to protect yourself and make you more visible to other bicyclists and motorists. Additionally, all states require bicyclists to follow the same rules and responsibilities on the roadway as motorists.

Susan Cobb became a city councilor this year for the first time, continuing her passion for helping her community.

Cobb has lived in Sisters Country since 2006, after purchasing land in 2002, wanting to be close to family.

“I love Sisters because it’s a small town, and you get to know a lot of people, and you feel welcomed, and it satisfies my cultural and social needs,” said Cobb.

She moved into Sisters City limits in 2008. Cobb became a quilter when she moved to Sisters.

Her primary career had been working for Pacific Bell in San Francisco as a software project manager in carrier access billing systems. In the early 2000s, she was President of Cobonics, Inc., contracting in Europe for under five years, project managing billing systems and later online stock trading software development projects.

She started with the Bell system while living in Nevada as a cord board operator for long-distance connections. She was then a graphic artist with Pacific Bell when she moved to the Bay Area.

Cobb has retired thrice, first retiring from the Bell system in 1998, and then retiring from her time as a contractor with her company, Cobonics. She then became a masseuse, retired from that, and worked briefly in retail at the Stitchin’ Post.

Cobb was born in Florida and moved around with her family. With her dad in the Air Force, they lived all over the place.

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Cobb is an active member of Indivisible Sisters. They advocate for political education and involvement. Four years ago, no one was running from their group, and they encouraged Cobb to run. By the time the election came around, four candidates were in the running. Cobb didn’t make the first round of council selections, but advocated for the other members. When the election came up again two years later, Cobb decided to run again, winning and securing a spot on the City Council for the first time.

She has always been interested in studying climate change and wanted to advocate for looking at the impacts of climate change on Sisters by serving on the Council.

“I am very concerned with how we move forward in the next 10-15 years, and Sisters is going to be impacted, and our town needs to be openminded in how we handle human migration and impacts from climate change,” she said.

Cobb is striving to be part of solutions for the community, advocating for houseless policies and fire mitigation efforts.

Once she won the election

and was sworn in in January, she read the documents, reviewed past Council meetings, and began training on how the Council worked.

“Once I got on council, I took the training from the League of Oregon Cities, a one-day crash course for councilors. From there, I made sure to be prepared, and I fully intend to continue that and to step up to my duties,” she said.

“I have learned so much about the legality of being a Council member, and how you are interfacing with the public and the roles of the mayor as opposed to the other members; it’s fascinating,” said Cobb. Cobb is serving a two-year term, ending in December 2024.

Councilor Susan Cobb.

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Sisters fire personnel rescued a bike rider who went off a cliff on Highway 242 last Sunday.

PHOTO COURTESY SISTERS-CAMP SHERMAN FIRE DISTRICT

Sisters man restores a piece of aviation history

By Katy Yoder Correspondent

In 1932 Walter H. Beech began designing and manufacturing airplanes in Wichita, Kansas, with his business partner and wife, Olive Ann Beech. They had one objective: to build the finest aircraft in the world. They began their business during the Great Depression and were warned a cabin biplane with a fancy exterior wouldn’t “fly.” The naysayers were wrong. Beechcraft airplanes are still flying today.

Sisters resident Steve Harris is a longtime pilot. He has been intrigued by the first Beechcraft off the assembly line, the Model 17 biplane known as a Staggerwing. The pioneering airplane included a luxurious cabin ready for executives who preferred flying to slower, land-based travel. The U.S. military also wanted the airplanes, because they were often faster than military planes.

“This was the corporate leader jet of its day,” said Harris. “It was for executives and military uses when you needed to fly at 185mph.”

Beechcraft’s Model 17s changed the course of aviation history. The Beechcraft name maintained its reputation for quality, innovation and a sleek look. Harris has a modern-day Beechcraft Bonanza and loves it, but he really wanted to own one of the first models. Staggerwings were designed to improve visibility for pilots, accommodate retractable landing gear, and go fast.

“The retractable landing gear for a tail dragger was groundbreaking,” said Harris. “The airplane has a Jacobs 300-horsepower radial engine with seven cylinders.”

Finding a Beechcraft Staggerwing isn’t easy, and

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it’s hard on the wallet. So when Harris and his partner heard about a Staggerwing that was in pieces in Minnesota, the two decided to take the risk and buy it all while wondering if the airplane came with all its parts. Only reassembling the plane would answer that question.

In 1936 the price for a Staggerwing from the factory was $9,000.

“We paid $100,000 for the condition it was in. In flying condition our plane would be worth $150,000; in museum condition it’s worth up to $500,000. They’re valuable planes,” said Harris.

After all the parts were found and the plane successfully put back together, the Staggerwing is in a hangar near the Sisters airport and is legal to fly. But Harris hasn’t taken it up yet.

“There are a few fairings to put on it and some painting to do,” he said.

(Fairings are structures whose primary function is to produce a smooth outline and reduce drag.)

Harris laughs at the antics he and his partner endured retrieving the plane and putting it back together. The already arduous task of rebuilding the aircraft was made more difficult because it had been exported to Brazil in 2008.

“It was in a flying museum and was flown for about 20 hours then they wrecked it and rebuilt the damaged wing and put in a new engine. It was never flown in Brazil again,” said Harris.

In 2017, the airplane returned to the U.S. in pieces.

“The person who purchased it got cancer and couldn’t finish putting it back together, so it sat in a hangar from 2017 to 2022, when we bought it in Minnesota,” said Harris.

The partners have been putting the plane back

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together for the past year. Their task was made harder because the airplanes logbooks were in Portuguese. Then it took nine months to go through the FAA to get it designated as airworthy. With the bureaucracy, translations, and pains taking reassembly behind them, it’s time to get the plane back up in the air. With 35 years flying, Harris knows even with his expe rience, it’s always a good idea to talk with other pilots who’ve flown Staggerwings. Harris found another pilot in Central Oregon with a Staggerwing, and he plans to get in touch and ask him if he’ll go up with him as he logs more time in the new aircraft. Once he’s comfortable with the plane, Harris would like to fly it back to the Beechcraft Museum in Tullahoma, Tennessee as well as the Oshkosh air show in Wisconsin.

The airplane won’t be at the July 4 air show in Sisters. With the plane’s fabric wings and intricate wooden ribs inside the fragile fabric, it’s too much of a risk for Harris.

Instead, Harris and his partner plan to put the sky-blue aircraft on their grass that is adjacent to the airstrip while they watch the July 4 festivities.

It won’t be long before the airplane finally returns to the sky. Harris can’t wait to go up and start the next chapter for an airplane that’s a flying piece of history.

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Steve Harris with his Beechcraft Staggerwing.

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A summertime thriller binge

By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

You’d think that Sisters’ winters would be the most amenable time for going on a reading tear, but for me, summer seems to be the season when I really get on a roll — especially with fiction.

Part of that is technologically enabled. With audiobooks downloaded to the phone, I can listen to a novel while I’m throwing down a couple of hours of work in the yard, read-tripping with Marilyn, or chucking newspapers on porches through downtown Sisters on a Tuesday night. Part of it seems to be a simple hunger for thrilling yarns when the days grow long and the mountains beckon.

This spring and summer, I’ve been bingeing on the thrillers of Jack Carr.

From his youth, Carr had two ambitions in life: to serve his country as a U.S. Navy SEAL, and to write thrillers in the vein of the books that tripped his trigger when he was a young and voracious reader. He accomplished the first mission as a sniper and SEAL officer during the darkest days of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. And he’s accomplished the second in a fast and efficient assault up the bestsellers lists that shot his newly released tome “Only the Dead” to the number-one spot for the New York Times.

His first novel was adapted into an Amazon Prime Series, “The Terminal List,” which was the sleeper hit of 2022 for the streaming service. The series protagonist is James Reese, a SEAL plunged into desperate circumstances by a cabal of government officials, financiers, and a Big Pharma player desperate to cover up a misuse of an anti-PTSD drug. As shocking as the scenario is, it is

only an amped-up version of a phenomenon that has played out with dangerous effects in the past two-plus decades of war.

Carr has studied the craft of the thriller as assiduously as he studied the history and tactical problems of insurgency — and the work shows. These are well-crafted, well-wrought thrillers that pack a punch, given weight by the depth and range of Carr’s personal experience. He is adhering to the writers’ dictum to “write what you know” in a way most writers of thrillers simply can’t. He’s clearly dedicated to honing his chops. The writing is solid from the get-go with the debut “The Terminal List,” and it gets stronger through the subsequent books. “Only the Dead” is number six in the series.

I almost never run straight through a series — but these novels are propulsive, each working a theme. Carr has a sophisticated understanding of geopolitics, and of the machinations of the military-industrial complex and the nexus of the financial, intelligence, and policy apparatus that drives decision-making that

is often not in the national interest, at least as folks like you and I might understand it. Carr has a few axes (actually, a Daniel Winkler tomahawk) to grind, but if you make assumptions about where the former SEAL is coming from, you might be surprised.

The books are most definitely not for everyone. The tales — riffing off of realworld events and trends — are intense and violent, and executed graphically. Many terrible deeds are done, some of them by Reese himself. But if you value a well-wrought tale with strong, authentic foundations in real-world events, Carr delivers in spades.

“Only the Dead” and Jack Carr’s other novels are available through Deschutes Public Library or Paulina Springs Books in Sisters.

MUSIC: Event is part of a jazz series at The Depot

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University, he retired to Camp Sherman with his wife Rosi, who sings with the band.

Rosi Bergeron is a Brazilian singer and licensed professional counselor with a practice in Bend and Camp Sherman. A native of Rio de Janeiro, she and Tom met there, brought together by their shared love of Brazilian music. She brings to the band the sensuous sound of Brazilian Portuguese.

The Bergerons met Vianna and bassist Wagner Trindade at a beachside resort in Brazil, where the pianist and bassist played nightly with their trio. The connection brought both Vianna and Trindade to Oregon.

Wagner Trindade grew up surrounded and seduced by the richness of Brazilian music and, like Vianna, earned a degree in Brazilian popular music in Rio — and later a master’s degree at Western Oregon University. Now Professor of Music at Harbor College in Los Angeles, he is in constant demand as a bassist in the LA area.

The band will be joined by the drummer Todd Strait. Originally from Kansas City, Strait has toured with Kevin Mahogany, Karrin Allyson, and Eldar; and has recorded on several Grammy-nominated albums. Now based in Portland, he is recognized as one of the Northwest’s premier drummers of jazz and Brazilian genres.

The band will play 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, June 23 at Sisters Depot as part of the Jazz at Sisters Depot concert series. There will be a $5 cover charge.

Sisters Depot is located at 250 W. Cascade Ave.

Friday, June 23.

Vianna-Bergeron Brazilian Jazz will take the stage at Sisters Depot on

PHOTO PROVIDED

Jack Carr has written a series of propulsive thrillers that make for great summer reads.

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Sisters in Sisters celebrates one-year anniversary

By T. Lee Brown Correspondent

Sisters in Sisters celebrated its one-year anniversary with food and drinks at The Barn on Thursday, during Pride Month. The monthly meetup offers a casual gathering space for LGBTQIA+ folks and their allies the second Thursday of every month, from 4 to 7 p.m.

Its first event, held one year ago, attracted dozens of attendees, many of whom heard about it through Central Oregon-based Pride announcements and social media. It was the first known Pride event ever to occur in Sisters.

Gabriela “Gaby” Vidrio attended that first event. A resident of Sisters, she continues to enjoy the gatherings.

“The general feeling is allinclusive,” she said. “Nobody is really trying to impose their views. It’s more like everybody’s welcome — that’s why it feels natural. It feels really good, it feels safe. It feels really comfortable!”

“We’ve not missed a month,” said Megan Humpal, who helps with Sisters in Sisters’ outreach.

“Even on snowy nights or rainy nights, or when it gets dark in Oregon at 4 p.m. in the winter — there’s been a good turnout,” Humpal said. She sends emails out for the mailing list under the name Miss Jane Hathaway.

“We get a lot of people from Bend and Redmond,” she said, as well as plenty of Sisters locals. “It’s kept a real energy going in the group.”

The monthly gatherings brought Humpal and her wife “a friend group” when they were new to town.

“It’s really nice. I go out, I run into other people from here. That happens in Sisters. It’s a really fun small town,” she enthused. She has extended family in Central Oregon as well, but “Sisters in Sisters has given us a real, good friend base.”

Another participant was Andrea Wickberg, an author and parent who lives in Bend. Wickberg heard about Sisters in Sisters from cofounder Stefanie Seibold, who was leading a DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) workshop Wickberg was taking.

Now Wickberg enjoys bringing friends to The Barn every month.

“There’s a lot of people who come here on a regular basis, and I’ve been making friends,” she explained. “So I started asking around, do we have anything like this in Bend?”

Wickberg and her friends talked with Sisters in Sisters co-organizer Mukti Silberfein, who had started a gathering for lesbians in

Bend a while back. “Lez Bee Happy isn’t the official name” of the new gathering, said Wickberg, “but it works for now. We want to find something more inclusive. It’s open to anybody — people who identify as being part of the community, friends, allies.”

Under in the shade of The Barn’s steep roof sat Donna, who preferred not to use her last name. She is a bluegrass jam player and teacher based in Portland, ranking herself as an “advanced amateur.” She was in Sisters to house-sit for friends.

“It feels very hometown-y and welcoming, very pleasant,” she said of the gathering and of the town. “I like the slower pace, the artistic community, the natural beauty of this place.”

As a teenager growing up in Brooklyn, New York, she was present for the first-ever Pride event, as it would now be called. As a young child, Donna was “very not-genderconforming” and first heard the word lesbian at age 13.

“That gave me a kind of framework for understanding who I was,” she said.

Nowadays, Pride events throughout the country commemorate the Stonewall riots, demonstrations in which

people fought for gay rights.

“Stonewall happened in June of 1969,” she said. “I wasn’t actually on the scene but I was aware of the scene. I read the news. By that time I knew there was a gay and lesbian community. I’d just started to make some of my first lesbian friends that summer.”

Throughout the year that followed, Donna saw the beginning of the gay rights movement emerge. “A friend

and I went down to the first parade and rally, one year after Stonewall. That first one in June of 1970 was historic.” She had only been out as a lesbian to her mother for a few months before that very public event.

“I must’ve felt some kind of sense of: at least there is a bigger community,” Donna mused. “I was not feeling like such an unusual person by myself anymore.”

Over 50 years later, what

did it feel like to join a smalltown Pride gathering?

Donna looked around at the friendly LGBTQIA+ folks chit-chatting around The Barn, the rodeo-goers and kids eating pizza nearby. “We’ve come a long way, baby.”

If you’re aware of previous Pride events that went unrecorded, please contact freelance reporter T. Lee Brown via email to tiffany@plazm. com.

A monthly gathering at The Barn offers LGBTQIA+ locals and their friends a chance to develop community and friendship.

PHOTO BY TL BROWN

RODEO: Sold out crowds enjoyed Western action

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do the work for love of Rodeo — and their community.

The ushers had a big job helping people find their seats in the packed bleachers, as some 5,500 people filled the John Leavitt Memorial Arena for each of five performances, starting with Xtreme Bulls last Wednesday night and running through a postcardperfect weekend.

Bonnie Knox gathered a crew of ushers in the Gold Section on Saturday afternoon, preparing for the soldout crowd to filter in. She’s been an usher (among other volunteer jobs) for 17 years.

“I love the Rodeo,” she said. “My knees are getting old and it hurts now — but I love it.”

That was a sentiment shared among the other volunteers.

Sara Goodwin has been volunteering since 2015.

“It’s the one thing I

volunteer for in Sisters,” she said. “I love the Rodeo. I love watching the families.”

Donna Tewksbury — who once competed in rodeos as a barrel racer — was “harnessed” by one of her riding buddies and took on usher duties four years ago. She chuckled as she remembered a crew of kids running around under the bleachers, retrieving items dropped through the seats and returned to her like a lost and found.

“I had 20 cell phones at the end of the night,” she said.

Marna Griffin has history with the Sisters Rodeo.

“My dad was very involved in the Rodeo when he was alive,” she recalled. She recalled that the 1989 program was dedicated to Wilton Smith. She had long hoped to get back to Sisters.

“It took us 70 years to get here, but we finally got here,” she said. “And this was the first thing I wanted to volunteer for.”

While it’s homegrown in its feel, Sisters Rodeo is world class in its staging of the athletic events.

Katie Jo Halbert turned in

a blistering 17.9 time (arena record) to win the barrel racing event. She later posted on social media her appreciation for the arena crew that had the ground in good condition, that allowing her horse to perform at her best.

The action in the Arena is only part of the experience of Sisters Rodeo. On Saturday morning, spectators packed the sidewalks along Cascade Avenue to take in the Sisters Rodeo Parade. For many locals, the parade is the highlight of the weekend, and they never miss it.

As the dust settled Sunday, and the trucks and trailers filtered out of the Sisters Rodeo Grounds and hit the highway to the next rodeo on the circuit, contestants, fans, and volunteers all knew full well why they call it The Biggest Little Show in the World.

Champions of the 83rd Sisters Rodeo

(Unofficial results as of Sunday, June 11)

All Around Champion: Stetson Wright

Tie-Down Roping: Richard Newton

Bareback: Mat Turner Steer Wrestling: Josh Garner

Breakaway: Danielle Lowman

Saddle Bronc: Ryder Wright

Team Roping: Lightning Aguilera & Jared Fillmore

Barrel Racing: Katie Jo Halbert

Bull Riding: Ky Hamilton

Barrel Racer Katie Jo Halpert breaks arena record with a time of 17.9 seconds.

PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK

2023 All Around Cowboy and World Champion Bull Rider Stetson Wright with an 87 Saturday night.

PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK

Tomas Garcilazo — Charro on the Road.

PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK

...this was the first thing I wanted to volunteer for.

— Marna Griffin

Rodeo honors John Leavitt

For 45 years, John Leavitt was a key man in staging the annual Sisters Rodeo.

Leavitt, who died in April, became a Sisters Rodeo board member in the 1980s and served as an arena director and timed-event coordinator, as well as serving on the queen-selection committee. And throughout most of those years, he was also a contestant, having grown up in a rodeo family.

Leavitt grew up on his family’s cattle ranch in Lakeview. At the age of 24, Leavitt toured Europe with the Rodeo Far West Tour. The tour was a Wild West show similar to the Buffalo Bill shows at the turn of the 20th Century. The tour included 60 people — cowboys, barrel racers, 15 Sioux Indian dancers, and livestock.

At the Saturday afternoon performance of the Sisters Rodeo last weekend, the organization to which he gave so much honored him. Earlier in the week, a sign went up on the announcer’s box, naming the arena he ran so effectively the John Leavitt Memorial Arena.

A rider led a horse with an empty saddle in a procession

around the arena, rodeo’s version of the “missing man formation.”

Announcer Wayne Brooks said, “This man was such an icon here in Sisters and around the Northwest that we wouldn’t be who we are without him.”

Brooks saluted the man that many have called “the heart and soul of the Rodeo,” and offered a salute to Leavitt’s caregivers from Partners In Care, who cared for him in the illness that took him off down the long trail.

FRI., JUNE 16 • 6:30PM

NO-NO BOY Pine Meadow R anch Ar tist Residency Music and visual pr esentation.

MON., JUNE 19 • 6:30PM

JOSEPHINE WOLLINGTON pr esents Where We Call Home: Land, Seas, and Skies of The Pacific Northwest. In her debut wo rk, Jose phine Woolington turns bac k the c loc k to re view the events that have challenged Pacific Northwest wildlife in an ef fort to pr ovide a dee per sense of place.

THURS., JUNE 29 • 6:30PM

ERIC ALAN pr esents Grateful By Nature. Through poetic stories and vivid photogr aphs, the book’s mindful walk through five seasons in the Or egon bac kwoods outlines gr atitude as a devoted pr actice

THURS., JULY 6 • 6:30PM

WILLA GOODFELLOW pr esents

Prozac Monologues. T his raw, vulner able collection of essays of fers both a memoir and a self-help guide to other s str ug gling with mental illness.

SAT., JULY 8 • 11AM-2PM

MARIE BOSTWICK will join us for a meet and gr eet/signing of her ne w novel Esme Cahill Fails Spectacularly, about family, friendship, and finding your tr ue path in life.

TUES., JULY 18 • 6:30PM

An empty saddle procession led off the Saturday afternoon Rodeo, honoring longtime board member and rodeo contestant John Leavitt.

PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK

The Sisters Rodeo has named the arena in honor of John Leavitt.

PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK

Obituary

Charles William Harper

Passed May 27, 2023

Charles William Harper, better known as Chuck, passed away on Saturday, May 27. He was 70 years old.

Chuck was born and raised in Prineville and a fifth-generation Oregonian. He attended Oregon State, served in the Army in Germany, and lived in Portland, Oregon, where he was a mechanic and engineer for more than 20 years. He moved to Sisters in 2012, which he described as returning to his roots — cowboy boots and all.

In Sisters, he and his wife, Carol, built a thriving real estate business and worked hard on their house and yard, creating an oasis for family and friends in the High Desert. Many dinner parties and celebrations took place at the Zosel-Harper House, and Chuck relished, in his kind and quiet way, the sense of beauty and community he and Carol created.

Chuck had a profound love and reverence for the outdoors, spending much of his free time rafting, hunting, hiking, camping, and horseback riding. He was also deeply committed to his local community, serving in leadership positions at Sisters Habitat for Humanity, Sisters Rotary

Sisters Habitat dedicates 77th home

Club, and the Sisters Rodeo.

To those who knew him well, or met him only a few times, he’ll be remembered for his deep sense of morality, his strong work ethic, his unbelievable stubbornness, his commitment to Oregon IPAs, his sly smiles and winks, his excellent dancing, and his big hugs.

Chuck leaves behind his wife of 39 years, Carol; his daughters Therese and Ashleigh, sons-in-law Kelly and Serge; his parents Blanche and Sidney Harper; his sisters Cynthia and Sharon; his granddaughters Audrey and Miriam; and a community of friends who were family. He is no longer physically with us, but his enduring, steadfast love always will be. To have been a part of Chuck Harper’s life will be a treasure we never relinquish.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Sisters Chapter of Habitat for Humanity.

The 77th Sisters Habitat dedication ceremony was held on Bluebird Street in the ClearPine neighborhood earlier this month, to celebrate the completion of Ben and Nicole Harris’ new home. Many family members and volunteers who worked alongside each other on the project joined in the celebration. Family partners Kristina Maxwell and Chris Laing made a special presentation. A handmade quilt created

by local quilter Susan Cobb was presented to the family, as is done for every Habitat homeowner.

The Harrises read an original poem about their Habitat experience.

Construction of the home began in the spring of 2021. Many volunteer hours went into completing this home. Construction Manager Sam Humphreys gave special recognition to the construction volunteers.

Habitat is dedicated to eliminating substandard housing locally and worldwide through constructing, rehabilitating, and preserving homes; by advocating for fair and just housing policies; providing training and access to resources to help families improve their shelter conditions. Those interested in volunteering with Sisters Habitat can visit www.sisters habitat.org/volunteer or email kristina@sistershabitat.org.

Ben and Nicole Harris cut the ribbon on their new home.

PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK

Technology improves prediction for volcanic eruptions

By Laurel Demkovich Oregon Capital Chronicle

Forty-three years ago on May 18, Mount St. Helens erupted, triggering a magnitude 5 earthquake and spewing ash, mud, and debris across southwest Washington.

The explosion killed 57 people and changed the mountain’s landscape forever.

The eruption wasn’t a total surprise. Months before, a series of small earthquakes and steam-venting alerted scientists that a major blast was on the way.

Decades later, advancing technology is making volcanic monitoring easier and more accurate. But there’s still a long way to go before exact volcano predictions can be made weeks or months in advance. It’s an important issue to consider in a state that is home to volcanoes considered to be some of the nation’s most dangerous.

“The things we can do now are pretty spectacular,” said Weston Thelen, a seismologist at the U.S. Geological Survey Cascades Volcano Observatory. “Every instrument that we have up there is more sensitive than any of the instruments that were available in 1980,” he added.

At the time of the 1980 eruption, there was only one seismometer to detect activity on Mount St. Helens, Thelen said. Today, there are at least 20 monitoring sites on the volcano.

The U.S. Geological Survey Cascades Volcano Observatory and the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network use a number of tools to track volcanoes. One of the biggest is earthquake patterns.

The equipment used now is sensitive enough to tell what caused an earthquake. For instance, if it was from a fault in the earth’s crust, or from liquid, such as magma, moving through a crack. That can give scientists a general idea of where magma is stored and where it comes out, Thelen said.

One indicator alone doesn’t necessarily mean an eruption is imminent. Take the last 30 days, when Mount St. Helens has seen 14 total earthquakes and Mount Rainier 40, according to the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network. But the seismic

data, along with satellites that track changes in volcanoes’ shapes, the types of gasses released, and the geological history of the mountains, help give scientists a picture of what’s happening underneath all that rock, snow, and ice. It can also help them model what could happen in the future.

Because Mount St. Helens has erupted more recently than any other volcano in the Cascade Range, scientists are able to track the signals it gives off before it erupts more easily than other volca noes, such as Mount Rainier, Thelen explained.

“We don’t necessarily know the personality of the other volcanoes,” he said.

Still, scientists monitor the other volcanoes in the range and will often compare their activity to that of similar volcanos located elsewhere, Thelen said.

All of that monitoring still doesn’t mean scientists can predict the odds that a volcano will let loose on a given day.

Generally, the forecast window for an eruption in a system that is not very active, like the Cascades, would be one or two weeks. It often takes about seven days for an eruption to ramp up, Thelen said.

The Volcano Observatory issues weekly public alerts based on volcanic activity to help people understand the risks.

As of last week, the volcano alert level for Oregon and Washington was normal.

Because it is the most active volcano in the Cascades, Mount St. Helens has the most complete set of instruments used to predict activity, Thelen said. Other high threat volcanoes, such as Mount Rainier or Mount Hood, have sufficient monitoring, but he said that more is still needed.

This summer, Thelen said his agency is working to improve its network at Glacier Peak. In the next few years, they’ll do the same at Mount Baker. The observatory is also installing a lahar detection network near Mount Rainier to help deter mine where a volcanic mud flow would travel during an eruption.

In a severe eruption, lahar debris flows, often described

as rivers of concrete that can be laden with rocks and downed trees, could pose serious hazards to communities in their paths.

At Mount St. Helens, an immediate concern for volcanologists is reworking monitoring equipment that was cut off by a landslide this month near the Johnston Ridge Observatory. The slide has

indefinitely closed parts of State Route 504 and a number of recreation areas.

Long term, scientists would like to get to the point where they can predict eruptions weeks, months, or years out. But they’re not there yet, Thelen said. Although the monitoring technology is significantly better than it was in past decades, it still doesn’t

allow for very direct measurements of what’s happening in the earth’s crust. That will likely take more time, along with further research and new technology.

Republished online or in print under Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, courtesy of https://oregoncapital chronicle.com.

Cele ation of Life

Judith Dillewaard

A NNOUNCEMENT S

Roundhouse Foundation

Hosts Open Studio

Presenting agricultural history

scholar Milo Vella, multimedia artist Sandy Finch, and musicians

Julian Saporiti and Emilia

Halvorsen on June 15 f rom

4 to 6 p.m. at Pine Meadow Ranch, 68467 ree Creek s Rd. is event is f ree and open to public. Limited to 30 attendees Registration is required . https:// roundhousefoundation.org/ events

Deschutes Public Librar y Seek s New Ar t

STAR S Seek s Volunteers for Dispatch Service

STAR S Seek s Volunteers to Transpor t Patients

Free Pet Food

Saturday, June 24 • 11 a.m.

Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration

A reception will follow

Introduction to Pickleball

e Sisters Countr y Pickleball Club will hold a free drop-in pickleball clinic for beginners on June 14, f rom 6 to 8 p.m. at the Locust Street Courts , located at 611 E . Cascade Ave. Call Bruce 503-70 6-0686 to learn more.

Sisters Farmers Market

Seek s Volunteers

Sisters Farmers Market is looking for Market Day helpers

Volunteers assist with market set-up and breakdown, sta the information booth, and help with a variet y of other tasks. Volunteering at the Market is a great way to meet your local growers and makers , plus receive $10 worth of f resh veggies from Seed to Table’s booth on volunteer days . To learn more, call 541-904-1034 or email sistersfarmersmarket@gmail com . Sisters Farmers Market is open ever y Sunday, 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. now through September

Sisters Caregiver Suppor t

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.

Weekly Food Pant ry

e Wellhouse Church hosts a weekly food pantr y 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 every Tuesday, 11 a .m. to 1 p.m. at Sisters Community Church, 1300 McKenzie Hwy. No reser vations needed. No-cost Grab-N- Go lunches take place weekly on Wed . and urs ., f rom 12:30 to 1 p.m. Call 541-797-9367.

Free Weekly Meal Se rvice

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

New construction and upgrades to our Deschutes Count y libraries brings an oppor tunity for the librar y to expand its art collection. e Art Committee seek s art in all media and genres: painting , printmaking , sculpture, glass , fiber, f unctional, digital, photography, installation, mixe d-media, and new media genres . Applications f rom artists will be accepted through the CaFÉ website: https://artist. callforent ry.org/festivals unique_info.php?ID =116 44 Send direct questions to: DPL art.commit tee@gmail.com.

Volunteer for Sisters

Habitat for Humanity

Love our rif t Store and ReStore? Want to help build a home? Call 541-549-1193 or email kristina@sistershabitat. org to reser ve your space for a volunteer orientation

Celebr ate Summer with the Librar y Don’t miss a summer of reading , exploring , and earning great prizes! All ages can participate e program starts June 1. ere will be fun giveaways and the chance to win some amazing prizes . Grand prizes include puppets , books , LEGO® kits for kids , with gif t cards and a librar y-themed Hydro Flask® for teens and adult s . For more information and to sign up, drop by Sisters library, 110 N Cedar St., or visit the librar y website: www deschuteslibrary.org/summer.

Announce Celebr ations!

Sisters family and community milestones may run on this page at no charge. Call 541-549-9941.

Etched on Stone Work shop

Artist John Vale f rom Copper Moon Artisan will be holding a work shop July 15 at the Sisters librar y f rom 4 to 7 p.m. to teach others how to create an etched stone masterpiece of their own. He will provide all needed supplies and will assist ever yone in making their own creations . On the following Saturday, completed pie ces will be available to pickup, or John can ship to you for a fee. John has owned t wo galleries and loves to help others create art

You are encouraged to bring a simple image around 10x10 in size, but a collection of images you can use will also be on hand. Cont act coppermoonar tisan. net to receive a registration form. Snack s and water will be provided . Bring your friends!

You can help STARS , an Age Friendly Sisters Country Action Team, to transport Sisters Countr y residents to nonemergenc y medical appointments while working from your home. You will need a computer, the abilit y to use online applications , a telephone, and a desire to improve quality of life for Sisters residents . You will be actively on call 5-10 hours per month and will monitor email for emergencies t wo to four days each month. We are a small all-volunteer team providing value to our Sisters communit y. Learn more about STAR S at www.starsride.org or talk to a dispatcher by calling 541-9 04-5545 on Tuesdays or ursdays f rom 10 a .m. until 3 p.m . Come join the team!

Sisters Museum Volunteers

e ree Sisters Historical Societ y’s Sisters Museum team is seeking volunteers with an interest in local history. If you like meeting new people and supporting a nonprofit, call 541549-14 03 or email volunteer@ threesistershistoricalsociet y.org

Cong ratulations!

John and Judy Hughie

John and Judy will celebr ate their 60th we dding anniversar y June 15, 2023 ey are proud parents of five children (and spouse s) and eleven grandchildren. Sisters ha s been their home since 1990

By volunteering to drive for STAR S , you can help Sisters Countr y residents get to nonemergenc y medical appointments in Sisters , Redmond , and Bend . is position has a f ree t wohour training and includes a mileage reimbursement. Email notifications f rom STARS dispatchers allow you to accept dates and times that work for your schedule. Volunteering is satisfying , engaging , and meaningf ul! Learn more about STAR S at www.starsride.org or talk to a dispatcher on Tuesdays or ursdays f rom 10 a .m. to 3 p.m. by calling 541-9 04-5545

You’ll be glad you did!

New Moon Solstice Walk

Ring in the summer season with a labyrinth walk , celebrating a new moon at Summer Solstice.

Gather Saturday, June 17 at 7:30 p.m. at Sisters Community Labyrinth, located at Hood Ave. & Hwy. 242. Wear bright colors or white clothes and a sun hat to decorate ! Contact Jan McGowan, 503-709-1148. Ever yone is welcome!

Sisters Garden Club

June Meeting

Sisters Garden Club would like to invite everyone to attend their monthly meeting. e discussion this month will be the upcoming Quilts in the Garden tour for next year. e meeting is at Sisters Community Church, 130 0 W. Mckenzie Hwy Begins at a NEW time, 10 a .m. with doors opening at 9:30 a .m. Cont act Ruth 971-246-0404.

Housing Work s

Board Meeting

Meets June 28 , 3 to 5 p.m. at Housing Works , 4 05 SW 6th St. in Redmond, or attend virtually using Meeting ID: 852 4510 8905 Phone number : 6 69-900-6 833

Passcode: 552445 Zoom Link: bit.ly/HousingWorksZoom

TTY: 1-8 00 -244-1111. For further information call 541-923-1018.

Are you in need of pet food for your dog or cat this month? Call the Furr y Friends pet food bank at 541-7974023 to schedule your pickup in Sisters

is distinguishe d 4-year-old tortoiseshell came to HS CO with her litter of seven kittens Rose is a sweet little lady that is always interest ed in what is going on around her and is waiting to fe el safe and secure in a home of her own. Call or visit HSCO to learn more ab out Rose!

SISTER S- AR EA C HURCH ES

Baha’i Faith

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

Wellhouse Church

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

10 a.m. Sunday Worship

e Episcopal Church of the Tr ansfiguration

121 N Brooks Camp Rd . • 541-549-7087

8:30 a.m. Ecumenical Sunday Worship

10 :15 a.m. Episcopal Sund ay Worship www.transfiguration-sisters.org

Sisters Church of the Nazarene 67130 Harrington Loop Rd . • 541-389-8960 www.sistersna z.org • info @sistersna z.org

10 a.m. Sunday Worship

Sisters Communit y Church (Nondenominational)

1300 W. McKenzie Hw y. • 541-549-1201

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

Chapel in the Pine s Camp Sher man • 541-549-9971

10 a.m. Sunday Worship

Shepherd of the Hills Luther an Church (ELCA) 386 N. Fir Street • 541-549-5831

10 a.m. Sunday Worship

www.shepherdof thehillsluther anchurch.com

St . Edward the Mart yr Roman Catholic Church

123 Trinit y Way • 541-549-9391

5:30 p.m. Saturday Vigil Mass

9 a.m. Sunday Mass • 8 a.m. Monday-Friday Mass

e Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 452 Trinit y Way • Branch President, 541-420-5670 ;

10 a.m. Sunday Sacrament Meeting

Calvar y Church 484 W. Washington St ., Ste. C & D • 541-588- 6288

10 a.m. Sunday Worship • www.ccsisters.org

Seventh-Day Adventist Church 386 N. Fir St. • 541-595- 6770, 541-30 6-8303

11 a.m. Saturday Worship

It’s permit season in the forest

The Central Cascades Wilderness Permit System goes into effect Thursday, June 15, and runs through October 15.

Central Cascades Wilderness Permits are required for all overnight stays in the Mt. Jefferson, Mt. Washington, and Three Sisters Wilderness areas. Day use permits are required at 19 of 79 trailheads within those same three wilderness areas. Permits must be reserved through Recreation.gov.

About 40 percent of overnight permits were released in April for advance reservation, and starting Thursday, June 8, the remaining overnight permits became available for reservation seven days prior to the start date of a trip, also referred to as a seven-day rolling window.

Day use permits are also released on a rolling window, with about 40 percent of permits released 10 days prior to the start of a trip, and the remainder coming available two days prior. The first day for reservations is Monday, June 5.

All reservations for Central Cascades Wilderness Permits need to be made through Recreation.gov, via the Recreation.gov app, or by calling the Recreation. gov call center at 1-877444-6777 or TDD 877-8336777. Search for “Central Cascades Wilderness.” Permits are not available at Forest Service offices or outside of the Recreation.gov system.

There is a $1 processing charge for day use permits per individual and a $6 processing charge for overnight use permits per group. An overnight group can include up to 12 people. Processing fees are non-refundable unless the area is closed for visitor safety by the Forest Service.

The roads to some trailheads may not yet be accessible due to late-season snow; no permits will be available from these trailheads until the roads are drivable.

The following trailheads are closed due to ongoing wildfire closures: PCT from Charlton Lake to Irish and Taylor, Taylor Burn/Helen Lake/Jack Pine, PCT Irish and Taylor, Woodpecker, Whitewater, Crown Lake/Roaring Creek, Breitenbush Lake, and Triangulation/Cheat Creel/ South Breitenbush.

Trailheads in the Three Creek Lake area, including Tam McArthur Rim, Park Meadow, and Three Creek Meadow, will be delayed in opening until July 21, due to road construction.

Sisters-Area Events & Enter tainment

WEDNESDAY • JUNE 14

Deschutes County Fair & Expo Venardos Circus

7 p.m. Broadway-style, animal-free circus. For tickets or information see www.liveyourcircusdream.com.

THURSDAY • JUNE 15

Deschutes County Fair & Expo Venardos Circus

7 p.m. Broadway-style animal-free circus. For tickets or information see www.liveyourcircusdream.com.

Food Cart Garden at Eurosports Trivia Night

Sign up at 5:30 Starts promptly at 5:45 to 6:30 p.m. Dogand family-friendly Free For info call Eurosports at 541-549-2471

FRIDAY • JUNE 16

Paulina Springs Books Concert/Presentation:

No-No Boy, 6:30 p.m. Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts & Agriculture/Roundhouse Foundation present June artist-inresidence. Free but RSVP required at https://www.eventbrite. com/e/no-no-boy-house-concert-tickets-630198238897.

Hardtails Karaoke with KJ Mindy

8 p.m. to 12 a.m. For more information call 541-549-6114.

Deschutes County Fair & Expo Venardos Circus

7 p.m. Broadway-style, animal-free circus. For tickets or information see www.liveyourcircusdream.com.

Eurosports Food Cart Garden Car Show

5-7 p.m. Free Family- and dog-friendly Bring your cool or vintage car for the car show — or come to see them! For more info call 541-549-2471

SATURDAY • JUNE 17

Sisters Depot Live Music: Bob Baker and Skybound Blue 6-8 p.m. Violinist Bob Baker with harmony-driven Americana duo Skybound Blue Reservations recommended. $5 cover. Info: www.sistersdepot.com/events.

Sisters Fire District Community Hall Live Music: Lilli Worona, Mike Biggers, and Jim Cornelius will share an hour of book-inspired music at Sisters Library’s “Songs from the Shelf.” 3 p.m. at 301 S. Elm St. in Sisters

Deschutes County Fair & Expo Venardos Circus

11 a.m., 2 p.m., 5 p.m. Broadway-style animal-free circus. For tickets or information see www.liveyourcircusdream.com.

SUNDAY • JUNE 18

The Belfr y Live Music: Sean Hayes & Sway Wild 7 p.m. Singer-songwriter Sean Hayes brings his unique style of deeply felt, R&B-inflected folk. Sway Wild offers exceptional vocal harmonies and pioneering electric guitar work. Presented by The Whippoorwill Presents. Tickets, $20, at www.bendticket.com.

Fir Street Park Sisters Farmers Market 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Featuring live music community booth, vendors, kids activities, and more. For info visit www.sistersfarmersmarket.com.

Sisters Saloon Live Music: The Teccas 6 to 8 p.m. on the patio All ages Free For more information see facebook.com/SistersSaloonAndRanchGrill.

Deschutes County Fair & Expo Venardos Circus

11 a.m., 2 p.m. Broadway-style, animal-free circus. For tickets or information see www.liveyourcircusdream.com.

MONDAY • JUNE 19

Paulina Springs Books Book Talk Josephine Wollington presents “Where We Call Home: Land, Seas, and Skies of the Pacific Northwest” at 6:30 p.m. Info: PaulinaSpringsBooks.com.

THURSDAY • JUNE 22

Food Cart Garden at Eurosports Trivia Night

Sign up at 5:30 Starts promptly at 5:45 to 6:30 p.m. Dogand family-friendly Free For info call Eurosports at 541-549-2471

FRIDAY • JUNE 23

Downtown Sisters 4th Friday Artwalk 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Galleries and shops feature art and demonstrations. For additional information go to sistersartsassociation.org.

Sisters Art Works The Ponderoo Arts Experience

Live music at Art Walk locations, 4:30-6 p.m. Art activities, 6-8 p.m. Free concert: Never Come Down and Twisted Pine 6:30-8:15 p.m. Info: www.bigponderoo.com.

Sisters Depot Live Music: Vianna-Bergeron

Brazilian Jazz present “A Summer Night in Rio.” 6-8 p.m. Reservations recommended. Info: www.sistersdepot.com/events.

Hardtails Karaoke with KJ Mindy

8 p.m. to 12 a.m. For more information call 541-549-6114.

Sisters Saloon Live Music: Sturtz

6 to 8 p.m. on the patio All ages Free For more information see facebook.com/SistersSaloonAndRanchGrill.

Eurosports Food Cart Garden Car Show & Live Music: Mortal Soulstice 5-7 p.m. Free Family- and dog-friendly Bring your cool or vintage car for the car show — or come to see them! For more info call 541-549-2471

SATURDAY, JUNE 24

Sisters Art Works (et. al.) Big Ponderoo 12 to 11 p.m. New festival featuring Americana and bluegrass music on two stages: Sisters Art Works and Three Creeks Brewing production facility. Tickets at www.bigponderoo.com.

SUNDAY • JUNE 25

Sisters Art Works (et. al.) Big Ponderoo 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. New festival featuring Americana and bluegrass music on two stages: Sisters Art Works and Three Creeks Brewing production facility. Tickets at www.bigponderoo.com.

Fir Street Park Sisters Farmers Market 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Featuring live music, community booth, vendors, kids activities, and more. For info visit www.sistersfarmersmarket.com.

THURSDAY • JUNE 29

Paulina Springs Books Book Talk Eric Alan presents “Grateful By Nature” at 6:30 p.m. Poetic stories and vivid photographs of the Oregon backwoods outline gratitude as a devoted practice. Info: PaulinaSpringsBooks.com.

Food Cart Garden at Eurosports Trivia Night

Sign up at 5:30 Starts promptly at 5:45 to 6:30 p.m. Dogand family-friendly Free For info call Eurosports at 541-549-2471

FRIDAY

• JUNE 30

The Belfr y Live Music: Matt the Electrician and Jess Clemons 7 p.m. Seasoned singer-songwriter

Matt Sever presents his latest album “We Imagined an Ending.” Jess Clemons opens with her powerhouse vocals. Presented by The Whippoorwill Presents. Tickets, $20, at www.bendticket.com.

Hardtails Karaoke with KJ Mindy

8 p.m. to 12 a.m. For more information call 541-549-6114.

Sisters Depot Live Music: Kurt Silva

6-8 p.m. Reservations recommended.

Info: www.sistersdepot.com/events.

Eurosports Food Cart Garden Car Show & Live Music: Toothpick Shaker 5-7 p.m. Free Family- and dog-friendly Bring your cool or vintage car for the car show — or come to see them! For more info call 541-549-2471

SATURDAY • JULY 1

Sisters Depot Live Music: The Gypsy Travellers

6-8 p.m. A local blues/rock fusion band playing originals and crowd favorites Reservations recommended. Info: www.sistersdepot.com/events.

SUNDAY • JULY 2

Fir Street Park Sisters Farmers Market 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Featuring live music, community booth, vendors, kids activities, and more. For info visit www.sistersfarmersmarket.com.

Sisters Saloon Live Music: Eli Howard & The Greater Good 6 to 8 p.m. on the patio All ages Free Information at facebook.com/SistersSaloonAndRanchGrill.

THURSDAY • JULY 6

Paulina Springs Books Book Talk Willa Goodfellow presents “Prozac Monologues” at 6:30 p.m. Raw, vulnerable collection of essays offers a memoir and a self-help guide to folks struggling with mental illness Info: PaulinaSpringsBooks.com.

Food Cart Garden at Eurosports Trivia Night

Sign up at 5:30 Starts promptly at 5:45 to 6:30 p.m. Dogand family-friendly Free For info call Eurosports at 541-549-2471

FRIDAY • JULY 7

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

Eurosports Food Cart Garden Car Show & Live Music: Fiddler Bob and Mark Beringer 5-7 p.m. Free Family- and dog-friendly Bring your cool or vintage car for the car show — or come to see them!

For more info call 541-549-2471

SATURDAY • JULY 8

Hardtails Live Music: Juju Eyeball a tribute to The Beatles, 8 p.m. Summer Tribute Series. Tickets at www.BendTicket.com.

Paulina Springs Books Book Talk Marie Bostwick presents her new novel, “Esme Cahill Fails Spectacularly,” about family, friendship, and finding your true path in life. 6:30 p.m. Info: PaulinaSpringsBooks.com.

SUNDAY • JULY 9

Fir Street Park Sisters Farmers Market 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Featuring live music, community booth, vendors, kids activities, and more. For info visit www.sistersfarmersmarket.com.

Sisters Saloon Live Music: Dead Lee (featuring Brian Koch of Blitzen Trapper) 6 to 8 p.m. on the patio All ages Free Info at facebook.com/SistersSaloonAndRanchGrill.

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to thoughtful songwriting and dynamic arrangements highlights polished technical skills and a commitment to listening to each other. They’ve toured internationally and have found acclaim at festivals and venues such as Iceland Airwaves, John Hartford Memorial Fest, Americanafest, FreshGrass, and RockyGrass.

Twisted Pine grooves with fearless improvisation and intricate arrangements. Band members Kathleen Parks (fiddle), Dan Bui (mandolin), Chris Sartori (bass), and Anh Phung (flute) aim to take traditional music in new directions with a sound they coin as “Americana funk.”

The celebration will culminate with two days of live music on June 24-25, with performances from 16 artists including The War and Treaty, The Travelin’ McCourys, The Lone Bellow, The Lil’ Smokies, Corb Lund, Dustbowl Revival, Margo

BUDGET:

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$3,170,035 for instruction and $1,661,391 for support services. The total budget for the school year was adopted at $68,021,134 — including the $37,795,545 Capital Projects Fund based on construction bonds approved by voters. The general fund number is the weighted average per number of students enrolled in the Sisters School District, and divvys up the state school fund numbers.

The special revenue fund comes from state, local, and federal grants that are awarded to the District. That includes the Oregon

Strolling for music

Joel Chadd Hood Avenue Art

Jacob Weil

The Rickards Gallery

Skybound Blue Wildflower Studio

The Erins

Raven Makes Gallery

Beth Wood and Dennis McGregor

Sisters Gallery & Frame

The Smokedrifters

Stitchin’ Post

Linda Leavitt and Tom Nechville

Nechville Banjos West Brothers Jam

Cilker, Twisted Pine, Jon Stickley Trio, Mile Twelve, The Last Revel, Never Come Down, Laney Lou and the Bird Dogs, FY5, Honey Don’t, and Skillethead.

Advance two-day festival tickets are available for $175/ticket for adults and $70/ticket for youth ages 17 and under. Saturday-only tickets are $100/adults and $45/youth, and Sunday-only tickets are $90/adults and $40/youth. Children under

Community Foundation and other special education grants that contribute to instruction and programming.

The resolution adopting the budget may be found accompanying the online version of this story at www. nuggetnews.com.

Last January, Sisters Schools Superintendent Curt Scholl told The Nugget that, based on previous years, the state number that Sisters School District needs to craft a budget to fully fund all services — special programs, paying staff, operations, mechanical maintenance, etc. — is $10.3 billion.

“We get an amount from the State, and we have to provide certain services that are required no matter what they give us,” said Scholl.

“We try and do more with

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less and do things that have the least impact on kids, but with maintenance and textbooks — when does that start to have an impact as well?” he said.

As of mid-May the number was at $9.9 billion and Democrats were pushing a budget of over $10.2. Due to the Republicans being in a walkout, the legislature can’t officially approve a budget.

“Our budget committee has already approved a budget at $9.9 and there are safeguards in place that if the budget changes by 5 percent, they have to reconvene the budget committee, but the proposed changed number would not create enough of a change to reconvene,” said Scholl.

Sisters School District must have an approved bud-

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Americana Project student performers

Canyon Creek Pottery

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SFF’s Campbell Gallery, Sisters Art Works Building

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year in June, so they have to adopt a budget based on the numbers they know from the State, even though they are not officially approved by the legislature.

With a lower budget number than the $10.3 number they were shooting for, SSD will look at cutting costs in areas that don’t affect the students and their learning. This means not having brand-new textbooks, and cutting back on maintenance projects. When they break it all down, the District will strive to make the cuts in areas where kids won’t see an impact.

With the local option levy passing for the fifth year, the District can continue funding special programs with the local option money, which accounts for 10 percent of the

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Forever my home

By Tatum Cramer Columnist

When I moved to Sisters coming into my freshman year, I was petrified. I was thrown into a new state not only with people I didn’t know, but an environment I didn’t understand. Everyone was so close-knit and connected, it felt hard to find my way into a friend group that didn’t want me.

As the summer progressed, my mom encouraged me (made me) try out for the soccer team. Although stepping onto that soccer field made me feel extremely out of place, I would soon discover this would be my family. I connected with my peers, and Sisters started to become a little less awkward. Getting out of the car every day for practice became easier and easier.

Many of the girls on the soccer team not only were kind to me on the field, but they were a friendly face in the hallways at school. This gave me built-in friends, as well as people who understood me and shared the same interest as me. The feeling of being alienated started to disappear.

As the year progressed I made new friends through a

variety of teams, including soccer, ski racing, lacrosse, and basketball. Sports was not only a place where I could feel comfortable being myself, it was also a safe environment filled with people who knew me for me.

But when COVID-19 hit, this outlet was cut off. My sense of place was no longer existent. We weren’t allowed to meet or see anyone, which was especially hard for people who are social — one of those people being me. I was deprived of the outlet that I so desperately needed. As the days became longer, I wondered if this online school thing would ever end. I soon learned that taking classes that forced me to leave my room were much needed. For example, taking Fitness that Fits with Ms. Yeager provided me with an outlet that forced me to get up and move, even if it only was for a little while.

Other than classes like that, I realized I was going to need to find new outlets to keep my head above water. I tried new things and picked up new hobbies. My family spent a lot of time playing pickleball, so I was often out there playing with them. I learned that COVID was not going to be the only situation

where I needed to understand where I needed space. There would be many more situations in my life when I needed to understand myself enough to realize there were certain situations I didn’t want to be a part of. I needed to learn how to read myself and know when I needed to go on a run or leave a situation. COVID helped me understand more about me as a person and helped further grow my relationship with myself.

As the years progressed, COVID restrictions eased up, and the world I once knew was coming back to life. Although my sophomore year of high school was all taught through a screen full of pixels, I was excited to be back at school my junior year.

As restrictions relaxed, we learned that the only possible way for us to come back to school our junior year was to wear masks 24/7. Although I was beyond happy that I wouldn’t be stuck in my room all day, I realized not seeing anyone’s face made it extremely hard to read their facial expressions, or to know what they were thinking. Reading a person through how their face moves when you’re interacting with them was

no longer an option. I could never tell if someone was scowling or smiling at me. If someone was annoyed or proud of me, the lines were always blurred. Moving into sports, we were still strongly advised to wear masks, which made communicating to my teammates across the field extra hard. I not only had to learn how to breathe through a mask, I also had to try and communicate with my teammates, which posed a new level of difficulty. As we learned to adapt, our soccer team progressed and succeeded.

In my last year of high school, both our girls and boys soccer teams ended the season as league champions. Becoming league champions, as well as playing in playoffs, was a really fun season to be a part of. Senior year threw me a lot of new responsibility that I wasn’t used to. I had to learn to adapt and help my teams in ways that were efficient and successful for them. I was expected to be the leader. Although at times I was nervous, I felt like being a leader, a captain, set me up for future scenarios that are to come in my life.

My high school experience has been bumpy to say the least. But through bumps

and through cracks — and as cliché as it sounds — it made a good story. Without any good stories my life would be a blank page. At the end of the day, I’m beyond grateful that my parents chose to move me before my freshman year. I met some of the best people and made some of the greatest connections that I will hold on to and stay connected to for the rest of my life. Sisters High School is a great place; the variety of experiences that it offers is like no other. And the teachers are beyond amazing.

Thank you to my parents for always being there for me and supporting me when I make mistakes and taking risky decisions for the hope of brightening my future. Thank you to my brother and sister for shaping me into the person I am; I wouldn’t be as well rounded and tough without you. Thank you to my teachers Mrs. Spear, Ms. Givot, Mrs. Gunnarson, Mr. Cosby for putting up with me in class and growing me as a student and as a person. Thank you to everyone who has helped me in hard situations and helped to point me out when I’m wrong.

Thank you, Sisters. I will love and cherish you forever. You are my home.

Cracking down on illegal weed in Oregon

By Andrew Selsky Associated Press

SALEM (AP) — Oregon has long been known as a mecca for high-quality marijuana, but that reputation has come with a downside: illegal growers who offer huge amounts of cash to lease or buy land and then leave behind pollution, garbage and a drained water table.

Now, a bill passed by the Oregon Legislature seeks to tackle that by making the landowners themselves responsible for the aftermath. The bill also prohibits the use of rivers or groundwater at the illegal site, as well as criminalizes seizing the identity papers of migrant workers who tend the plants or threatening to report them for deportation.

Under the bill, local governments are authorized to

GRADUATES: Ninety

students stepped into the future Friday night

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we have missed, but we are determined to seize opportunities and eagerly anticipate what lies ahead,” she said.

“I think of all the connections around me. We weave a vibrant tapestry that defines our extraordinary town and school community. We are the class of 2023 and we have left an unforgettable stitch in the patchwork and community of Sisters High.”

As a tradition, members of the graduating class perform a musical number. The quartet of Matthew Riehle on guitar, Norma Quero on keyboard,

file a claim of lien against property used for illicit marijuana, if the owner doesn’t pay for the cleanup.

A leader of the state’s cannabis and alcohol regulatory agency has said southern Oregon is to marijuana what Bordeaux is to wine. But the state faces challenges on two fronts: The regulated industry has a glut of product that has slashed prices and profit margins, and there has been huge growth in illegal pot farms operating under the guise of growing hemp, which became legal nationally in 2018.

After passing the Senate and House, the House Speaker Dan Rayfield signed the measure Wednesday, over the objections of some Republicans. Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek is expected to sign it next week.

“This is just an assault on

Dominic Martinez on percussion and Allison Ilmberger on vocals wowed the crowd with Miley Cyrus’s “The Climb” that brought a standing ovation from the crowd.

Next up, valedictorians, and friends, Zoey Lorusso and Sage Wyland paired up for their address to the crowd as the top academic students in the class in which they focused on the concept of happiness.

“We are always waiting for this ‘experience’ or this ‘aha moment’, but happiness is already here in the small things: a morning cup of coffee, in the sound of your mother’s voice on the phone,” said Lorusso. “I think real happiness, true happiness is knowing you have purpose, believing that you are meant

property rights here in the state of Oregon,” GOP Sen. Dennis Linthicum said on the Senate floor.

But Sen. Jeff Golden, of Ashland, said property owners should know something is amiss when they are “approached at the beginning of the growing season with requests to lease their property for tens, sometimes hundreds of thousand dollars for a single year.”

Witnesses have described backpacks with thousands of dollars in cash being handed over to landowners and getting numerous offers to buy.

“We pay CASH and offer a fast close,” says one letter received by a landowner last year, one of three offers.

Jackson County Sheriff Nathan Sickler told lawmakers that after police raid illegal pot farms, neither

to be here.”

A video showing thenand-now photos of the graduates as babies and present day produced laughter and a few tears, which lead up to the moment everyone was waiting for — the delivery of diplomas.

Superintendent Curt Scholl and school board chairman Dr. David Thorsett greeted each grad at center stage and before long it was time for senior class president Anna Landon to present the graduating class of 2023.

landowners nor the suspects make efforts to remove the cheaply built greenhouses, known as “hoop houses,” latrines, and other debris, including plastics and chemicals.

“Frankly, it’s an eyesore for our community, with no means to deal with it,” Sickler said.

Some two years ago, the ideal growing conditions began attracting criminal gangs from Mexico, Russia and other countries, police said. Thousands of hoop houses cropped up and police were overwhelmed, nailing only a fraction of the sites. Workers at these farms often live in squalid conditions and use open latrines, and they are sometimes cheated out of their pay. Due to persistent police raids, the grow sites have become smaller and more dispersed.

Sisters salutes...

Kelly Davis Martin wrote:

On behalf of the parents who helped to organized the Senior Graduation Celebrations, we wanted to send a huge thank you to everyone who supported the Class of 2023. Thank you to all of the donors and volunteers for the contribution of your resources to celebrate these graduates. A special thank you to Anne Kizziar for her generous donations of a gift back to each student. We have an amazing community and we are all grateful for your help.

1. Pick up a specially labeled BLUE BAG from the porch of Furr y Friends or The Nugget.

2. Fill the bag with Oregonredeemable bottles and cans. (Max 20 lbs. per bag.)

3. Drop off at any

Community invited to ribbon cutting

Partners In Care, provider of hospice, home health, and palliative care in the Central Oregon region, invites the community to join them in an official ribbon cutting for the new Hospice House and expanded campus at 2611 NE Courtney Dr.

The event will be held at the main Bend campus of Partners In Care on Wednesday, June 14, from 3 to 5 p.m. with the Bend Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting ceremony at 3:15 p.m. Limited small tours of Hospice House and the expanded campus will be available during the event.

Partners In Care will have snacks and beverages for those who attend. Dave Clemens, who many in the community know from 105.7 KQAK, will be playing music, and there will be a free drawing for giveaways donated by local businesses, including a basket from Newport Market, a gift card and merchandise from Craft Kitchen and Brewery, bundtinis from Nothing Bundt Cakes, gift cards and hats from Bridge 99 Brewery, and a Silver Moon Brewing Bingo experience package.

“We look forward to welcoming everyone and celebrating the completion of this important, community-based project. The new Hospice House at Partners In Care demonstrates the great benefit of a partnership with Central Oregon to build and equip this beautiful facility where the most intensive hospice care will be provided. Our expanded clinical and administrative campus will allow our team to grow and continue to

provide quality care to meet the needs of our growing region,” said Greg Hagfors, Partners In Care CEO.

Sisters played a significant role in fundraising for the new facility.

Partners In Care has been undergoing renovations since 2020, breaking ground during the COVID-19 pandemic and working through a myriad of delays and challenges.

Hospice House is

one of three such facilities in Oregon, and the only one of its kind east of the Cascades. Serving a region that large, Partners In Care plays a critical role for those patients and families needing end-of-life care, especially in a specialized, inpatient setting.

The campus expansion — including the new 14,600square-foot Hospice House, a parking lot, and remodel of the current 14,000-squarefoot building — totaled approximately $13 million.

Partners In Care worked alongside Bend-based COLE Architects (DKA Architecture & Design), ALSC Architecture from Spokane, WA., and SunWest Builders to complete the project. The new 12-suite facility, which doubled the capacity to serve the community, will help meet the needs of Central Oregon’s growing population.

“Our former Hospice House, which served the community since 2003, was a warm and wonderful place for people on hospice to be in a home-like setting and experience the process of allowing family, loved ones, or caregivers to be just that. They handed the challenges of addressing symptom burden or day-to-day care over to our medical and nursing staff,” said Dr. Lisa Lewis, Partners In Care medical director. “The new construction at Hospice House has created a beautiful, lightfilled, and spacious environment for our patients and their loved ones.

“Once someone comes through the door, there is a feeling of literal and figurative lightness and healing. Now with the doubling of beds to 12, we can share this beautiful space with more of our own hospice patients and the larger community of hospice organizations throughout Central Oregon for both respite stays and inpatient stays to manage symptoms.”

Hospice House at Partners In Care provides general inpatient (GIP) care for specialized, 24/7 symptom management when needs cannot be met at home, and respite care, which allows up to five days of stay for a hospice patient when a caregiver is away or needs rest.

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members stepped aside, allowing a new group of leadership and a surge in membership to continue making this truly The Biggest Little Show in the World.

I doff my cowboy hat to the committee and the members who have carried on the tradition of Sisters Rodeo in such grand style. Both Glenn Miller and John Leavitt would be proud. I certainly am.

Bonnie Malone

From the superintendent

To the Editor:

I wanted to give an update from our June Board Meeting and celebrate the end of another successful year.

We started with a presentation from a group of our students who spent three days in Seattle observing and doing research at the Fred Hutch Cancer Center. This amazing, hands-on learning field trip, that which been supported for the past decade, again excited and inspired the students who were able to attend.

Although we were down six students from last month, enrollment continues to be strong, as we have been above 1,160 students as a district for the past five months.

The Sisters School Board voted to approve the budget as approved by the Budget Committee. We are so thankful for our community and it’s continued support of the Local Option Levy that accounts for approximately 10 percent of our annual operating budget. Thank you again Sisters Country voters!

Work continues on the new elementary school. As we enter the summer, the second floor is going up. The school will continue to take it shape as the construction continues this summer. To view the plans and the most current video of the work on the site visit: http://ssd6.org/schoolboard/2021bond/.

A big congratulations to the class of 2023 that celebrated their graduation on Friday night. We all congratulate you and look forward to hear of the next steps in your journeys.

Finally, thank you to all staff for the work they do to support our students and make all of these opportunities happen!

Curt Scholl Superintendent

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By Chester Allen

If you want to catch a really big trout during the summer, you should be on the river when the sun sets — and not at home enjoying a romantic evening with your spouse.

Now, I’ve seen lots of huge trout eagerly feeding in the middle of the day when flotillas of big bugs are on the water and every fish is feasting on the bounty. This happens on the Metolius River during the green drake hatch — and the golden stonefly hatch. On the Lower Deschutes, the big trout will smack big bugs — salmonflies, golden stones and green drakes — in the middle of the day.

Then again, if you’re a really sneaky angler, you can find very big fish eating tiny flies in weird spots on any river. Want to find one of these weirdo giants? All you have to do is creep along the banks like a thief. Stop and stare at the water. Repeat.

“Hey, is that a big fish?”

The biggest trout in any river have to eat, and they often choose out-of-the-way

spots that are hard to see from the riverside trail. They also like places with lots of brush, grass, and trees hanging over the water.

Trout like low light — that sunrise and sunset thing — but they will come up and feed in the shade at any time. Even on the Metolius River, which is one of the mostchallenging trout streams in the world. Even on the Deschutes River, where the big ones are paranoid.

Evening craziness

Still, your best time for a trout that makes your head spin and hands shake is to get on the water when the light is low. They still like those weird, out-of-the-way spots when the entire river is shaded.

This past week, I found a really big trout rising from time to time in a small, oneperson spot on the Metolius. The spot is a small, slowly swirling eddy, and the fish tips and sips bugs while tucked underneath a canopy of bankside grass and an alder bush.

The only way to fish this spot is to sit on the bank — Stay out of the water, dang it! — and flick little casts upcurrent, so your fly drifts downstream to the fish.

Simple, right?

Well, no.

If you slap the water with your line or leader, the fish vanishes. If your fly drags and looks like a tiny motorboat, the fish vanishes. If you make the alder bush shake, the fish vanishes.

So, pestering this fish at dusk, when low light hides some of my many blunders, makes sense. This is also a time when this fish likes to sip tiny little caddis flies

— the moth-like bugs with wings like an old-school pup tent — or adult mayfly spinners that have flopped to the water to lay their eggs and die.

This all means I’ve spent several recent evenings crouched on the Metolius bank, waiting to see a big nose tip up and eat wee little flies. As it gets darker, it gets harder to see the flies. This fish likes the darker times a lot.

If all this sounds insane, well, it is. What makes it really crazy is that I love this so much. My wife, Heather, knows this nighttime lunacy is a big part of me, and we have long agreed that most summer evenings are spent pestering fussy trout. I try to take her out to dinner at least once a week during the summer — to show my love for her has not waned.

Okay, I try to schedule these dinners on nights where high winds or other poor fishing conditions are in the forecast. Still, I really do enjoy these dinners. Really. I hope Heather’s friends at Bedouin don’t show her this column.

OMG! OMG! OMG!

This past Saturday evening, I was huddled at this

spot on the Metolius, hoping that the big fish didn’t eat tons of big green drakes during the afternoon. The drake hatch must have been sparse, as the fish soon showed up and began eating mayfly spinners, which are almost invisible on the dark water.

The sensible people were partying at the Rodeo, so I had the Metolius to myself.

I tied on a size 16 rusty spinner (it really is shocking orange, but the fish like it) and gently cast the fly upcurrent. A big nose poked out of the water and ate the dang fly on the first drift.

I usually bungle big fish, but I managed to set the hook without breaking the light leader. I also somehow got the fish to stay away from three big logs in the water. In my first fly-fishing miracle of the summer, I got a 20-inch redsides rainbow in my net.

I snapped a few quick photos, and the trout shot out of my net.

At home, I woke up Heather with the words every woman wants to hear on a balmy, summer evening: “Are you awake? Do you wanna see a photo of a big trout?

Gun law faces federal court test

By Claire Rush Associated Press

PORTLAND— A federal trial over Oregon’s voterapproved gun control measure opened Monday, June 5, in Portland, marking a critical next step for one of the toughest gun control laws in the nation after months of being tied up in the courts.

The trial, which is being held before a judge and not a jury, will determine whether the law violates the U.S. Constitution.

It comes after a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision on the Second Amendment that has upended gun laws across the country, dividing judges and sowing confusion over what firearm restrictions can remain on the books. It changed the test that lower courts had long used for evaluating challenges to firearm restrictions, telling judges that gun laws must be consistent with the “historical tradition of firearm regulation.”

The Oregon measure’s fate is being carefully watched as one of the first new gun restrictions passed since the Supreme Court ruling last June.

The legal battle over in Oregon could well last beyond the trial. Whatever the judge decides, the ruling is likely to be appealed, potentially moving all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Oregon voters in November narrowly passed Measure 114, which requires residents to undergo safety training and a background check to obtain a permit to buy a gun.

The legislation also bans the sale, transfer or import of gun magazines with more than 10 rounds unless they are owned by law enforcement or a military member or

were owned before the measure’s passage. Those who already own high- capacity magazines can only possess them at home or use them at a firing range, in shooting competitions or for hunting as allowed by state law after the measure takes effect.

The Oregon Firearms Federation and a county sheriff filed the federal lawsuit in November, contending it violated the right to bear arms under the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Democratic Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and former Democratic Gov. Kate Brown were named as defendants.

Daniel Nichols, an attorney for the plaintiffs, contended in opening statements Monday that the law violates the right to bear arms under the Second Amendment and the due process clause under the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

“This case is about constitutional rights,” he said. “The right to keep and bear arms ... as well as the right to be free from the taking of property.”

The defense said it would argue that large-capacity magazines should not be considered “bearable arms” and represent a “dramatic technological change” from the firearms that existed when the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution was written in the 18th century.

“Gun violence in Oregon and the U.S. results in horrific deaths,” said Scott Ferron, an attorney for the Oregon Alliance for Gun Safety, adding that the availability of firearms and largecapacity magazines “pose immediate risks to the health, safety and well-being of citizens of this state, especially our youth.” The advocacy group joined the lawsuit as a third party after it was filed as an intervenor defendant.

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The public was there to provide input on a proposed Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) that the Board is expected to decide upon in November. The HCP, which covers some 640,000 acres of state lands west of the Cascades, has loomed large over Oregon Department of Forestry policy making for many months.

Timber industry advocates are concerned that the proposed HCP will restrict the Oregon timber harvest in ways that threaten businesses and jobs and the production of vital products, while environmental activists encourage the Board to enact robust protections for wildlife habitat and forest health in the face of climate change.

The plan is intended to protect the Oregon Department of Forestry from potential lawsuits and ensure compliance with the federal Endangered Species Act over a 70-year period. It is also intended to promote habitat conservation and enhancement projects for protected species.

Detailed information about the HCP can be found at: https://www.oregon.gov/ odf/aboutodf/Pages/HCPFAQ.aspx.

In opening remarks before the public input period on June 7, Board Chair Jim Kelly acknowledged that public interest and concern over the HCP is high.

“It’s very important for us to get this right, and the potential impacts are very real,” he said.

Kelly said that he believes that the amount of additional land that will be unavailable for timber harvest has been misrepresented in debate over the HCP. He noted that lands under

“planned constraints” would go from 27 percent to 31 percent under the plan.

“That’s real; that has significant impacts,” he said. “But it’s not the sky is falling.”

Timber industry testimony showed skepticism about that characterization.

Jen Hamaker, speaking on behalf of Oregon Natural Resources Industries, presented a petition and proclamations from multiple “timber counties” in opposition to the HCP, which they believe will reduce timber harvest, impacting logging jobs, sawmills, and timber county revenues, damaging rural communities.

“This represents hundreds of thousands of people [that are] against the HCP,” she said. “I hope you can hear that. Stop the HCP. There’s a better way. Communities are going to be destroyed.”

Other testimony noted that the timber industry provides vital infrastructure products, such as crosspieces for power poles, and availability of those products could be adversely affected if sawmills are forced to shutter due to reduced flow of timber.

Scott Penzarella, owner and operator of Left Coast

Lodge, and Executive Director of Sisters Trails Alliance, was the sole Sisters resident who testified, and he indicated strong support for the HCP.

He noted that his work sits at the intersection of outdoor recreation sector activities “that depend directly on tourism... they directly depend on the health of our forests… We are deeply connected and committed to preserving nature through recreation.”

Like many in attendance, Penzarella tied action to the impacts of climate change.

“We demand that these forests be ready for a hotter and drier future,” he said. “You manage these forests for us, Oregonians, regardless of where we live, and we deserve better and more equitable management of these lands for everyone.

“Our forests are asking for help,” he said. “I support, and so do our members, the HCP.”

The Board of Forestry livestreamed their meeting on YouTube, and the video is currently available at https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=Y4Rl6iRpw4s. Public comment begins at the 45:30 mark.

NUGGET FLASHBACK – 32 YEARS AGO

Jean Russell Nave

As spring finally clawed its way into Central Oregon, early mornings brought wonderful peace and quiet.

The Scotties love the quiet, enjoying it in the backyard. They lie down and survey the acres of green vistas in front of them, seeing the morning dew glistening upon the grass.

I would love to know what they are thinking about. They look like contentment itself. Maybe they hear from God, the same way we can when we seek and find silence.

Mastering and enjoying silence is powerful. Silence brings healing. Healing of both body and soul. Silence

is the secret to helping you make your world a better place.

Silence makes you receptive to the inner voice of Divine Mind, letting you enter the kingdom of God. Your body, we are told, is the temple of God. You reach that temple’s inner sanctum through silence. There your Spirit communicates with the One True God.

For those of us on a soul journey to higher consciousness, finding access to this inner sanctum dramatically raises our consciousness.

Early in this journey we invested our time in affirming the truth of life, that God, or Universal Mind, is all around us and in us. We worked at listening for those spontaneous thoughts that gave us a glimpse of better ways to think and act; helping us induce greater peace and harmony into our lives.

Now, through silence, we rise higher and find that guiding voice regularly in our “ear.”

Sages of old taught, “Be still and know that I am God” — for the stillness announces the presence of God. “God is closer than breathing, nearer than hands and feet.” When you fully comprehend this concept, you realize, deep within, that nothing, absolutely

nothing negative, has power over your life. You know the power of all creation is a part of you, helping and protecting your body and your life’s affairs.

We live in a world hooked on speed. Technology changes daily, everyone is in a hurry rushing to the next task or tempest. Transmission times for data are now so fast that new ocean cables are being laid all over the world. We used to transmit important data over satellites. But now they are too slow.

“Many people still believe international telecommunications are conducted by satellite,” says NEC executive Atsushi Kuwahara. “That was true in 1980, but nowadays, 99 percent of international telecommunications is submarine.”

Speed disturbs silence. Speed everywhere and in everything means that you always think you have to rush. That rushing around takes all your attention and energy. There is no time for silence and contemplation with your higher self. Your focus is entirely on the material world and “getting by.”

The real you, your soul, loses touch with that inner sanctum and God.

Silence and a raised consciousness brings you into

contact with Love, Peace, and Grace. We are all searching for these things. Too often we think we can find them with financial success, more friends, or artificial stimulants. Those things do not bring authentic peace. It may be old-fashioned, but the 23rd Psalm is a great guide to finding peace through silence and quiet: “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” This opening line establishes confidence in the power of faith, for the shepherd (God) protects the sheep and they are cared for at all times.

“He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside the still waters.” The image of lush pastures means we have all the material things we need, and the still waters convey complete peace and joy.

“He restoreth my soul; He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.” My soul has often been filled with fear, sickness, and anger, but when I’m resting by still waters, confident in God’s strength in my life, my soul renews. Now I walk on a path filled with unconditional love for those around me, vibrant good health, and perfect joy. I think positively about life. These feelings and actions

are the “path of righteousness,” which put me right with God.

“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me.” Here is a crucial element. The valley is not “the valley of death,” it is the valley of the “shadow of death.”

Why is the word shadow in this line? Because there is no real death as we humans think of it. Because the real you, the spirit and soul of you, never dies.

Silence and quiet offer the pathway to your inner temple. The 23rd Psalm helps lead you there. There you meet the essence of God, which lives within. Here in the West, we call that the Christ within. When you learn how to commune with that universal mind, you comprehend the meaning of “I am spirit.” Your spirit is eternal. Someday your spirit will move on, out of this dimension. That means you will advance to something even better. Silence brings you full circle into finding eternal peace. The world does not give you that peace and it cannot take it away from you; but you must seek, through silence, to find it.

Be still and know that I am God. Psalm 46:10

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‘Greater Idaho’ gathers steam

By Julia Shumway Oregon Capital Chronicle

A Central Oregon county scheduled an election to test support for becoming part of Idaho, less than 24 hours after final results from a May election in an eastern county showed a victory for supporters of the “Greater Idaho” movement.

The razor-thin vote in Wallowa County means that 12 Oregon counties have voted to move toward a long-shot effort to redraw the state’s boundary with Idaho that would turn close to 400,000 Oregonians into Idahoans and give the Gem State control of almost twothirds of Oregon’s land.

The next to vote is Crook County, after the county court voted Wednesday morning to send a question to the May 2024 ballot asking whether county officials should advocate for moving the state border.

None of the measures approved by eastern Oregon voters will actually change the boundary — nor could they. That would take action from both state legislatures and Congress. Instead, voters have directed their county officials to regularly discuss changing state borders or lobby state and federal officials.

But the votes serve as an indication of intense and growing divides between many residents in rural eastern Oregon and those in the state’s population and economic hubs of Portland

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Be a Cleese Very Best Person

By Cliff Brush Guest Columnist

and the Willamette Valley. Those deep differences have been in stark relief in the state Capitol as Senate Republicans – most of whom represent eastern Oregon –have shut down legislative work for more than a month as part of a quorum-denying walkout intended in part to block Democratic bills on abortion, gender-affirming care, and guns.

Matt McCaw, a former high school math teacher and leader of the Greater Idaho movement in Crook County, said the ongoing walkout is an example of a problem his movement is trying to solve.

“They have this massive gridlock, and that gridlock doesn’t need to be there,” he said. “Western Oregon can get a government that will make their communities better, that their constituents want without interference from eastern Oregon, and eastern Oregon can get the same thing.”

Stephen Piggott with the Western States Center, which tracks far-right extremism in the Northwest and Mountain West, said the Greater Idaho movement contributes to the divide.

Republished under Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 courtesy of https://oregoncapital chronicle.com.

It’s hard to think clearly when partisan pundits hyperventilate every hour out of every media device. About the Trump indictment: It’s a big emotional, historic, legal, political, divisive thing. It involves complex issues that deserve argument and judicial scrutiny. A trial will take time. And be mostly boring while each side goes through discovery and prepares pretrail motions and responses. With everything else going on in life, who has time to follow details? It’s easier to pick a side and let commentators do the thinking. This is too important to do that.

Bipartisan politicization of the latest Trump case, and of the one before it and of the others that will likely follow, is forcing a choice: trust the justice system gave Trump constitutional due process and accept the result, or distrust the system, deny he got due process, and reject any guilty verdict. Predictably, Trump-is-innocent and Trump-is-guilty talkers proclaim they are right before finding out if they are. In “Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide,” John Cleese of Monty Python fame says, “The trouble is that most people want to be right. The very best people, however, want to know if they’re right.” Before

choosing for or against the justice system, try being a Cleese very best person. Be sure you are right. Do more reading than listening.

Begin with the June 8 indictment at https://bit. ly/Juneindictment. It is a mostly plain-language story. For information about how a federal grand jury is formed, what it does, and how it makes decisions, see Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6 — The Grand Jury at bit.ly/federalgrandjury.

At trial, Trump’s defense team will probably make numerous motions for dismissal or delay. One might challenge the Mar-a-Lago search warrant that led to the indictment.

Legal federal searches and seizures are not arbitrary or capricious. They follow Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 41. Search and Seizure and must meet the Rule’s probable cause requirement at bit.ly/ crimalprocedure. If Trump’s lawyers argue there was no Rule 41 search and seizure, and the court agrees, that could end the case. They might argue the Presidential Records Act allowed Trump

to take and keep the documents. Decide for yourself. A summary of and link to the Act are at bit.ly/records act. It will be interesting to see what motions Trump’s team makes. Meanwhile, there’s another case to follow. The Biden documents investigation.

The special prosecutor working it is Robert Hur, a former U.S. attorney for Maryland nominated by – dramatic pause – then President Trump. There is no report or indictment. Yet. Anyone claiming to know the result does not.

There will be endless commentary and speculation about those cases before they end one way or another. That’s a punishment delivered 24-7 by news cycle profit centers. Try to listen critically. Be a Cleese very best person. Read from primary sources online when you can. Look for the answer to this question: If Trump had returned the documents, there’d be no case. Why did he keep them? In the end, take some quiet time to decide for or against the legal system. Be sure you’re right. It’s important.

The photo in The Nugget on June 7 of a “Treehouse” in a ponderosa in back of Stitchin’ Post was taken by Marvin Inman. The shot was credited incorrectly.

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campaigned across the West, including the arduous Apache Wars in the desert southwest.

At least 18 Medals of Honor were presented to Buffalo Soldiers during the Western campaigns.

Troops of the 10th Cavalry stormed the San Juan Heights in Cuba with Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Riders during the SpanishAmerican War in 1898.

The Buffalo Soldiers of Seattle rode in period uniform and with period accouterments in the Sisters Rodeo Parade, and they were part of the Grand Entry at each performance of the Rodeo — thrilling the Sisters audience.

Author talks wildlife

Portland writer, musician and educator Josephine Woolington will present her book of essays “Where We Call Home: Land, Seas, and Skies of the Pacific Northwest” at Paulina Springs Books on Monday, June 19.

In her debut work, Woolington turns back the clock to review the events that have challenged Pacific Northwest wildlife, in an effort to provide a deeper sense of place.

Woolington invites readers to reconnect with the natural world through essays that blend science and prose. She sheds light on the diverse species whose populations are slowly declining from the lands, seas, and skies of the Pacific Northwest.

Through interviews with local educators, Indigenous leaders, scientists, and artists from the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, the Haida Nation, the Yakama Nation, the Makah Tribe, and beyond, readers are invited to decenter our singular perspective in favor of a more empathic, collective approach.

The flora and fauna of the Pacific Northwest are resilient. As they adapt to a world far removed from its wonders, we must realize our own interconnectedness to nature and to one another.

Woolington colors the rich history of the Pacific Northwest within the eye of its beholder so that society can learn to live intentionally in the land that sustains us all.

From the coastal tailed frog to the sandhill crane, the yellowcedar to the camas flower, these stories reimagine what it means to live mindfully in the colorful region we call home.

Josephine Woolington is a writer, musician, and educator. She lives in the Willamette Valley, near the confluence of the Columbia and Willamette Rivers, where she was born and raised.

Her curiosity about all living things guides her creative endeavors and inspires her to understand how landscapes— and those who live in them change over time.

Woolington presents “Where We Call Home: Land, Seas, and Skies of the Pacific Northwest” Monday, June 19, at 6:30 p.m. at Paulina Springs Books, 252 W. Hood Ave. For information call 541-549-0866, or visit www. paulinaspringsbooks.com.

The Buffalo Soldiers of Seattle — shown here with Rodeo Association President Patty Cordoni — were featured in the Sisters Rodeo Parade and the Grand Entry at the Sisters Rodeo.

PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK

Josephine Wollington.

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Popular 1 and 2 Bedroom

SistersVacationRentals.net

Great pricing. 503-730-0150

QUILT SHOW WEEK

RENTAL 3 BR, 2 BA home in Pine Meadow Village. 541-977-4488.

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Dog Run Panels

Two 7’ long panels and two 4’ long panels assemble to make 4’ x 7’ kennel. All panels are 4’ high. Works great for chicken or garden also. $100. 541-420-6091.

Three Rivers Humane Society

Where love finds a home! See the doggies at 1694 SE McTaggart in Madras • A no-kill shelter Go to ThreeRiversHS.org or call 541-475-6889

500 Services

GEORGE’S SEPTIC

TANK SERVICE

“A Well Maintained Septic System Protects the Environment”

541-549-2871

SMALL Engine REPAIR

Lawn Mowers, Chainsaws & Trimmers Sisters Rental

331 W. Barclay Drive

541-549-9631

Authorized service center for Stihl, Honda, Ariens/Gravely, Cub Cadet, Briggs & Stratton, Kohler, Kawasaki Engines

Always check out the Sisters-area advertisers in THE NUGGET

NEWSPAPER Classifieds!

Owner / Operator: Erin Carpenter lolotreeworks.com

Call / Text: 503-367-5638

Email: erin@lolotreeworks.com

CCB #240912

SUDOKU Level: Moderate Answer: Page 26

Sisters Tree Care, LLC

Tree preservation, Pruning, Removals & Storm Damage

Brad Bartholomew

ISA Cert. Arborist UT-4454A

503-914-8436 • CCB #218444

601 Construction

– Advertise with The Nugget –541-549-9941

CASCADE GARAGE DOORS

Factory Trained Technicians

Since 1983 • CCB #44054

541-548-2215 • 541-382-4553

Custom Homes • Additions

Residential Building Projects

Serving Sisters area since 1976

Strictly Quality

CCB #16891 • CCB #159020

541-280-9764 John Pierce jpierce@bendbroadband.com

BANR Enterprises, LLC

Earthwork, Utilities, Grading, Hardscape, Rock Walls

Residential & Commercial

CCB #165122 • 541-549-6977

www.BANR.net

ROBINSON & OWEN

Heavy Construction, Inc.

All your excavation needs

*General excavation

*Site Preparation

*Sub-Divisions

*Road Building

*Sewer and Water Systems

*Underground Utilities

*Grading

*Sand-Gravel-Rock

Licensed • Bonded • Insured

CCB #124327

541-549-1848

Pat Burke LOCALLY OWNED CRAFTSMAN BUILT

CCB: 288388 • 541-588-2062 www.sistersfencecompany.com

PERENNIAL BUILDING LLC

Local | Quality | Experienced

Currently taking remodel projects for the summer and fall months. Contact info@perennialbuilding.com www.perennialbuilding.com

541-728-3189 | CCB #226794

From Ground to Finish

Accurate and Efficient 541-604-5169

CCB#233074

CENIGA'S MASONRY, INC.

Brick • Block • Stone • Pavers

CCB #181448 – 541-350-6068

www.CenigasMasonry.com

541-390-1206 beavercreeklog@yahoo.com

Log repairs, log railing, log accent, log siding, etc. CCB #235303 Insurance & Bond

SPURGE COCHRAN BUILDER, INC.

General Contractor Building Distinctive,

Handcrafted Custom Homes, Additions, Remodels, Cabin Renovations Since ’74

A “Hands-On” Builder

Keeping Your Project on Time & On Budget • CCB #96016

To speak to Spurge personally, call 541-815-0523

602 Plumbing & Electric Ridgeline Electric, LLC

Serving all of Central Oregon

• Residential • Commercial

• Industrial • Service

541-588-3088 • CCB #234821

SWEENEY PLUMBING, INC.

“Quality and Reliability”

Repairs • Remodeling

• New Construction

• Water Heaters 541-549-4349

The Nugget is on Facebook!

604 Heating & Cooling

ACTION AIR

Heating & Cooling, LLC

Retrofit • New Const • Remodel Consulting, Service & Installs actionairheatingandcooling.com

CCB #195556

541-549-6464

605 Painting DECKS

Same day refinish. 15+ years experience. CCB# 240780 Call 541-706-1490

~ FRONTIER PAINTING ~ Quality Painting, Ext. & Int. Refurbishing Decks

CCB #131560 • 541-771-5620 www.frontier-painting.com

EMPIRE PAINTING

Interior and Exterior Painting and Staining

CCB#180042

541-613-1530 • Geoff Houk

METOLIUS PAINTING LLC

Meticulous, Affordable

Interior & Exterior

541-280-7040 • CCB# 238067

Complete landscape construction, fencing, irrigation installation & design, pavers/outdoor kitchens, debris cleanups, fertility & water conservation management, excavation.

CCB #188594 • LCB #9264 www.vohslandscaping.com 541-515-8462

701 Domestic Services

BLAKE & SON – Commercial, Home & Rentals Cleaning

WINDOW CLEANING!

Lic. & Bonded • 541-549-0897

I & I Crystal Cleaning, LLC

Specializing in Commercial, Residential & Vacation Rentals.

Licensed, Bonded & Insured. 541-977-1051

House Cleaning Sisters & Black Butte Free Consult 503-750-3033

801 Classes & Training

Sip N Paint classes at your business or residence. Kids parties and classes also.

Canvasdablock on Facebook or Instagram. Megan Phallon 541-904-5280

802 Help Wanted

Are you a student looking for part-time work? I need help with home and garden projects plus light maintenance. Great pay with flexible schedule. 541-549-1601.

Seeking a Place in Sisters?

Place your ad here!

Three Sisters Chiropractic Receptionist needed 26 hours per week. No experience required, training included. Duties include greeting patients, taking payment, scheduling, inputting patient information, tidying office. Starting at $19-21/hr., with bonus based on profit sharing. Call 541-549-3583.

902 Personals

Need truth? Book by book, chapter by chapter, verse by verse. www.atheycreek.com

999 Public Notice

SEEKING AFFORDABLE ADVERTISING?

Do You Have A BUSINESS TO PROMOTE? PRODUCTS TO SELL? SERVICE TO PROVIDE?

Place your ad in The Nugget! DEADLINE for classifieds is MONDAYS by NOON Call 541-549-9941 or submit online at NuggetNews.com

SUDOKU SOLUTION

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The Nugget Poetry Corner

It’ s Father s’ Day

ByEdieJones

Construction & Renovation

Custom Residential Projects

All Phases • CCB #148365 541-420-8448

Earthwood Timberframes

• Design & shop fabrication

• Recycled fir and pine beams

• Mantels and accent timbers

• Sawmill/woodshop services

EWDevCoLLC@gmail.com

Custom Homes

Additions - Remodels

Residential Building Projects

Becke William Pierce

CCB# 190689 • 541-647-0384

Beckewpcontracting@gmail.com

Residential and Commercial Licensed • Bonded • Insured CCB #87587

603 Excavation & Trucking Full Service Excavation Free On-site Visit & Estimate Tewaltandsonsexcavation@gmail .com

541-549-1472 • CCB #76888

Drainfield

• Minor & Major Septic Repair

• All Septic Needs/Design & Install

General Excavation

• Site Preparation

• Rock & Stump Removal

• Pond & Driveway Construction Preparation

• Building Demolition

Trucking

• Deliver Top Soil, Sand, Gravel, Boulders, Water

606 Landscaping & Yard Maintenance

J&E Landscaping Maintenance

LLC Clean-ups, raking, hauling debris, gutters, thatching, aerating, irrigation. Edgar Cortez 541-610-8982 jandelspcing15@gmail.com

Oh no! Not yet! Stay.

My hear t pounds as they sway on their nest. Thr ee – so small – soon feathers galore, pr acticing for when they will fly and soar of f so far from this haven of rest.

My hear t wor ries and ponder s.

Wher e will they go w hen out on their own?

Matur e, full gr own, independent, alone.

Alpine Landscape Maintenance Sisters Country only All-Electric Landscape Maintenance. Text/Call Paul 541.485.2837 alpine.landscapes@icloud.com

– All You Need Maintenance –Pine needle removal, hauling, mowing, moss removal, edging, raking, weeding, pruning, roofs, gutters, pressure washing. Lic/Bonded/Ins. CCB# 218169 Austin • 541-419-5122

For 14 days they sit and wait.

Mom and Dad – both guar ding the gate. Keeping their eggs warm and secure With per sistence, devotion, destiny clear. Then 14 days they feed and feed sharing the job, w hatever the need. Whether canine, human, or a dad that flies they help their young dr eam and str etc h up high.

Lara’s Construction LLC.

CCB#223701

Offering masonry work, fireplaces, interior & exterior stone/brick-work, build barbecues, and all types of masonry. Give us a call for a free estimate 541-350-3218

• Dump Trucks, Transfer Trucks, Belly

• The Whole 9 Yards or 24

Whatever You Want!

Looking for something to do while vacationing in the Sisters area? Visit SistersOregonGuide.com

Keeping Sisters Country Beautiful Since 2006 candcnursery@gmail.com

541-549-2345

All Landscaping Services

Mowing, Thatching, Hauling and SNOW REMOVAL Call Abel Ortega, 541-815-6740

As I w atc h I give thanks for all kinds of dads who ar e ther e during the good and the bad. They hug and play, their job is to teac h how to behave, don’t give up, always r eac h. They shar e their love in a special way. Thank you – dads, each and ever y day. For all you do – whether to play or to feed. Thank you, Dads. We love you indeed.

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