The Nugget Newspaper // Vol. XLVI No. 26 // 2023-06-28

Big Ponderoo sets mood for summer

By Bill Bartlett Correspondent

As the last acts cleared the stages Sunday night, fans lingered, basking in the glow of the Big Ponderoo. The threeday event that began Friday with musicians blending with gallery-goers can best be described in one word: mellow. That was the common utterance among the hundreds of attendees. Along with “sweet,” “smooth,” “full,” and “rich.”

It was fueled by music, pure and simple. That, too, was the sentiment of the laid-back audiences. Ashley Henry of Portland said: “I was thrilled to see that both War and Treaty and Lone Bellow were on the lineup.

I saw Lone Bellow the night before the lockdown in March 2020 and had great memories of dancing to War and Treaty the summer before at Pickathon. Plus June in Sisters! What more could you ask for?”

Not much, it would seem. She picked up a new hat from one of the dozen or so vendors as did many of the concertgoers to ward off the sun. Both venues — Three Creeks Brewing Company’s lawn and the lawn behind Sisters Art Works — were fully

exposed to the sun’s intensity.

“The only thing more creative than the bands’ music was the regalia,” said Toby Marks of Maupin in describing the headwear and other improvised sunscreening.

“Hey, tell me a better place where I can work on

This year’s hay crop is looking good

By Bill Bartlett Correspondent

If price is any indicator then the hay grown around Sisters is tops. Every week the USDA (U.S. Department of Agriculture) puts out a market report for all commodities including hay. Last Friday’s report confirmed what hay growers locally and equestrians throughout Oregon already know.

Premium+ grade alfalfa was fetching $350 a ton. That compares to $220-$285 in Minnesota, $250 in Montana, and $220-$235 in neighboring Washington. Only Texas came close at $340 and that’s due to drought, not quality.

For grass hay, Oregon

Quilters gather in Sisters next week

Sisters explodes in color on July 8 with the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show — but town will be full of quilters for a week before that.

Some 1,200 to 1,400 artists will be headquartered at Sisters High School for a week of classes and engagement known as Quilters Affair, running Monday-Friday, July 3-7.

clocked in at $360, whereas Iowa was fetching $225$260 and South Dakota ringing up $200-$225 a ton. More specifically, in Sisters Country, first-cutting premium alfalfa was garnering as much as $400. Alfalfa, as opposed to generic “hay” grasses, has about 16 to 20 percent protein, double hay, and two to three times as much calcium.

Alfalfa is actually a legume. Timothy, also grown in Sisters Country, is a grass. Legumes have more leafiness with less structure, producing more nutrients.

Farmers in Sisters

my tan,” joked Mara Kilreade from Chiloquin. Indeed sunscreen was being slathered even as a roughly one-hour rain shower around 1:30 p.m. Saturday dampened spirits and sent many to any makeshift shelter. The rain passed, and as it

did the temperature dropped from an already splendid 74 to the upper 60s. Sunday was full sun except for occasional, pastoral clouds with a high of 77.

Fans were gentle.

The centerpiece of Quilters Affair is a range of classes taught by some of the luminaries in the field: Violet Craft, Sarah Fielke, Tula Pink, Giuseppe Ribaudo, Latifah Saafir, Jennifer Sampou, and Sue Spargo. Quilters Affair is sponsored and staged by the Stitcin’ Post in Sisters. The teachers come from all around the country — as do the students. Fielke is coming all the way from Australia.

Attendees can fully

See QUILTERS on page 18

Sisters set to celebrate 4th of July

By Bill Bartlett Correspondent

The annual Sisters Eagle Airport Rumble on the Runway will take off Tuesday, July 4, starting with a pancake and sausage breakfast starting at 7 a.m. Rotary Club of Sisters will flap the jacks as vintage, experimental, and assorted aircraft land in the background.

As diners chow down in the cool of a hangar, all manner of cars and trucks will inch into their stalls. Most are for show waxed and polished to a glaring sheen. They will be as old as 80 or 90 years in some cases — classic roadsters, coupes, sedans and hot rods. Most will be American made models with a sprinkling of foreign entries.

This is about as Americana

as you can get — with a uniquely Sisters brand on it. Machines that roar and defy gravity are a July 4 fixture here. It’s a family affair that last year saw hundreds of young families line the

runway. Add in empty-nesters, singles, tourists of all stripes, and some 2-3,000 attendees dipped in and out of the affair throughout the day.

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter will make its powerful presence felt at the Fourth of July Rumble on the Runway at Sisters Eagle Airport.

PHOTO BY GUILLAUME NORMAN

See PONDEROO on page 8

Dust Bowl Revival turned in a stirring and crowd-pleasing set at the Three Creeks Brewing Co. stage at Big Ponderoo last weekend.

PHOTO BY ROB KERR

Letters to the Editor…

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

Just say no

To the Editor:

I applaud the City staff for its denial of the Space Age rebuild!

Mr. Pliska’s comment that he’s “trying to be a good neighbor by doing what is right for Sisters” is laughable.

As a 33-year resident, I love driving into town and seeing the flower and plant stands

Born on the 4th of July

By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

open, announcing that spring and summer are coming! They’re both welcoming and a down-home entrance to our little town!!

The idea of a truck-stop-size gas station/ mini-mart replacing that image gags me!

I hope we continue to “just say no,” and keep our town’s atmosphere inviting, lovable, and warm, without huge commercialism on

See LETTERS on page 7

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“ We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”

Those 111 words, the heart of the Declaration of Independence adopted on July 4, 1776, shook the world. The articulation of the principle that governments are instituted with the consent of the governed and expected to serve them, and not the will of a sovereign or a narrow elite, opened the door to a better, freer world. The principles were universal, though in 1776 they were not universally applied. Gradually, over centuries of sometimesbloody struggle, the right to Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness has been extended — though perhaps still unevenly — to all Americans, not just white men of property.

Liberty is hard-won, and always under threat. The founders of the American Republic were rightly skeptical of human nature — they understood that people naturally crave power over others. Sometimes the lust for power is a naked desire to impose one’s will; often though, it’s cloaked in a sincere desire to do good, or to make others do what you think is “for their own good.” Unfortunately, regardless of motive, gaining and holding power becomes an end for its own sake.

The signers of the

Declaration of Independence and the framers of the Constitution were acutely aware of the dangerous seductiveness of power, and that’s one reason why the new United States dodged the descent into bloodyhanded tyranny that characterized the French Revolution and so many other revolutions that followed.

But we’re never really out of the woods; and we’re always subject to the manipulations and power plays of demagogues and elites.

As we celebrate Independence Day next Tuesday, our national culture seems as fractured and vulnerable as it has ever been in our history. We are at our best when we cleave to our principles. When we get caught up in cults of personality and identity politics, we’re treading on dangerous ground — a slippery slope that leads straight to hell.

Talking about the parlous state of the nation with Nugget columnist Craig Rullman, he kicked up an onpoint quote from the French pilot and writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry:

“Demagogy enters at the moment when, for want of a common denominator, the principle of equality degenerates into a principle of identity.”

That sentence was written in 1942, but it touches our present cultural moment with a needle.

We have become so embroiled in identity politics that we sometimes forget that we are all Americans, bound together by an idea and a set of principles — not by blood and soil. We are not wanting for a common denominator — it’s set down in our founding document. We only lose that common denominator if we choose to throw it away.

It’s worth taking a moment when we unfurl the Stars and Stripes next Tuesday and slap some burgers and dogs on the grill to remind ourselves what we are celebrating. Because if we can stay true to what Thomas Jefferson and his colleagues wrote down on parchment 247 years ago, we’re going to be alright.

PHOTO BY BILL BARTLETT

Students learn hands-on at farm

By T. Lee Brown Correspondent

On a recent day at Seed to Table’s farm in Sisters, long-haired Highland cattle ambled through their pasture. The sun shone brightly. The shrieking of peacocks pealed over the landscape. Then came the students, with wheelbarrows full of treats.

Student Stefani Kampert mused, “I feel like it’s really nice out here.” She and other LifeSkills students plucked lettuce out of the soil in a greenhouse, dropping them into buckets. Then, along with their adult helpers, they heaped the lettuce into overflowing wheelbarrows.

These were wheeled down to the cows and steers. Students flung the lettuce into the cattle’s pasture, or fed them by hand over the

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Community supports new hospice house

By Sue Stafford Correspondent

The residents of Sisters Country provided generous support for the recently completed Hospice House at Partners In Care, contributing $134,310 to build and furnish the Three Sisters patient care suite. In addition, The Roundhouse Foundation funded the large foyer and gathering space complete with a fireplace.

The state-of-the-art facility is one of only three inpatient hospice facilities in the state of Oregon and the only one east of the Cascades. The new 12-suite facility, which doubled the capacity to serve the community,

will help meet the needs of Central Oregon’s population as well as the remaining eastside.

The attention to detail that went into the design is the result of hospice staff making note of what they would like to have in a new facility. The architect listened to their input, which is reflected in the stunning, high-tech building.

Partners In Care enlisted the services of Bend-based COLE Architects (DKA Architecture & Design), ALSC Architecture from Spokane, Washington, and SunWest Builders to complete the project.

GROUPS, CLUBS

Mon., noon, Shepherd of t he Hills

Lutheran Church. 5 41-610 -7383.

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fence. With long horns and flowing locks of hair, “the cattle are very cute, very hairy,” said Kampert.

The LifeSkills program serves students with special needs, “working to expand students’ abilities academically, socially, vocationally, and emotionally,” according to Sisters School District materials.

Teachers Berit Dart at Sisters Middle School and Josh Nordell at Sisters High bring youth from both schools together for various activities, including Seed to Table field trips.

“We’re giving kids an opportunity, after they’ve already spent a good chunk of their day being in a classroom—doing some pretty high-demand, sometimes low-reward things—to come out and work on some

vocational skills,” Dart explained.

He values that the program allows students to experience “being outside, being around some really awesome people.”

A student approached. “Are you being interviewed?” he asked.

“I wanna be on TV!” hollered Kampert from afar. “I wanna be a star!”

After chatting with them, Dart returned to the conversation. “The farm’s just been tremendous, what it does for the LifeSkills program, the kids, and the teachers too,” he enthused.

“The kids are learning about sustainability because they do it really well out here at Seed to Table,” Dart noted. “They’re

Foundation aims to benefit Sisters

Local community members Judy Trego, Martin Cannon, Kathy Gillan, Turi Shergold, Jeanette Pilak, and Nick Beasley have been working since 2021 to set up a Sisters Community Foundation (SCF). This week, they are officially announcing the launching of the organization to the public.

SCF’s mission is to “directly and positively impact the lives and future of the greater Sisters community and to be a manifestation of the kindness and compassion exemplified

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

by the generous spirit of Sisters.”

The founding board members have decades of experience in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. The board members have lived or worked in Sisters for a combined 132 years.

Cofounder and board member, Martin Cannon said, “What makes SCF unique is that we can get dollars out the door quickly, cutting out the bureaucratic process. Applications, criteria,

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, 7 p.m., SPR D. 5 41-5 49

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.

Three Sister s Irrigation Distric t 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.

PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK

Lettuce, stewardship, and Highland cattle are part of the on-farm experience for LifeSkills students at Seed to Table.

Grant program accepting applications

The City of Sisters is seeking to award Community Grants to nonprofit community groups and other entities that meet the grant criteria for the 2023/24 fiscal year. The City will award up to $20,000 in grants this year for Sisters community projects. The average grant award is approximately $1,400, and the City has awarded over $304,000 in grants to 61 local groups over the past 20 years.

Organizations that serve the Sisters community but are not designated non-profits will need to meet at least one of the following criteria:

• Provides assistance for essential utilities, food, medical needs, clothing, or shelter.

• Provides educational or recreational opportunities for children or seniors.

• Generates/supports economic activity in Sisters.

In evaluating requests from nonprofits and for-profit organizations, the City will consider the following:

• The requesting organization’s history of success.

• The organizational and financial stability of the requesting organization.

• The number and types of community members served by the request.

• The ability to measure and track the effectiveness of the project or service.

• Community grant funds will not be used for travel, budget deficits, or routine operating expenses.

• The City may give special consideration for requests to support Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in Sisters.

Interested organizations should submit a Community Grant application by Sunday, July 30, attention Kerry Prosser, city recorder at kprosser@ci.sisters.or.us.

Grants are awarded in late August. For information, contact Kerry Prosser at 541-3235213 or kprosser@ci.sisters. or.us.

Outlaws summer basketball camp draws crowd

By Rongi Yost Correspondent

The Outlaws Summer Hoops Camp brought 78 campers to the annual event — the largest turnout in the last several years. Incoming fourth through eighth graders attended the three-day camp which was held Tuesday through Thursday, June 20-22 at Sisters High School.

Both the gyms were bursting with enthusiastic kids ready and excited to improve their basketball skills.

Many of the kids were new to the sport and hadn’t touched a basketball except for maybe at recess or at PE. They were taught the fundamentals while other more experienced kids were challenged to improve their skills, and add new skills to their toolbox.

Varsity Boys Vasketball

Coach Chad Rush said, “We increased the difficulty and intensity of the skills to those that had the basics. One good example was a lay-up. If they could make an easy lay-up we worked with them on a crossover or a reverse lay-up.”

Several kids shared their thoughts on the camp.

Noe Durham, a fifthgrader, said, “We all got to play together as a team sport. I liked the Mikan Drill (named after George Mikan, the first true big man in the NBS) the best because it’s a competition and you see how many shots you can get in 30 seconds.”

Fourth-grader Sawyer Sweeney said, “I liked

playing with my friends, and I liked when we got to shoot and scrimmage.”

Jace Davis, seventh grader, told The Nugget it was his first time attending the camp.

“It was pretty fun and it helped me get a lot better,” Davis said. “The coaches were super helpful, and I liked all the drills.”

Incoming freshman Shanitah Few has attended the camp every summer since she was 6 years old, and this year was a high school volunteer.

Few said, “It’s always welcoming and like a family. I enjoy playing basketball and at this camp you always learn something new and get better at shooting.”

At the close of the first day, Rush said with a grin, “It was smooth chaos. I thought

the day went really well considering the amount of kids we had, and I want to give a shout-out to the high school kids who helped.”

Varsity girls coach Paul Patton said, “The kids all worked hard and it looked like they were having fun. They really wanted to scrimmage and we were able to do 10 three-on-three scrimmages today.”

“The first day was really cool because all the kids were really nice and encouraging to each other,” a high school volunteer said. “That helps make the program stronger because the kids are having fun and want to come back. It’s fun to see them develop their skills and become closer with each other.”

Volunteer Diego Silva said, “I like that we get to show what we know to the

younger kids and help them improve on their personal skills. It’s a good opportunity for the younger kids to come out and learn from the older kids that they look up to.”

Last year the camp brought in 57 campers (26 girls and 31 boys) and this year varsity coaches were pleased with the jump in numbers to 78 (26 girls and 48 boys).

Rush said, “I was excited to see the great numbers we had and the excitement for the game of basketball. The campers worked hard, tried new things that that we were teaching them, and looked like they were having fun. We throw a bunch at them and hope they take one or two things away with them. If they can do that we’ve done our job. Overall, I was very pleased with how well the camp went this year.”

Youngsters in Sisters worked on their hoops skills at a summer basketball camp last week.

PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK

Continued from page 1

Country just completed their first of what is typically two cuts of hay and they are smiling. The abundant water from a wetter spring and a cooler May and June have produced some mighty sweet-looking and smelling — hay. Even laymen can see the greener, thicker appearance driving around Cloverdale.

Hay and orchard grasses is big business in Sisters Country. Depending on the year, between 3 and 4,000 acres are in production. At 5.5 tons per acre on average, nearby farmers put out about 38,000 tons a year with two cuttings. That translates to around $13.3 million when hay is at $350 per ton.

Most hay and alfalfa grown in Sisters Country is used by horses. Those huge hay trucks you see rolling though Sisters, eight to 10 a day, are from Eastern Oregon and going either to dairies in Tillamook County or overseas, mostly to China. Exports of Western state’s hay and alfalfa was over 4 million tons last year.

Oregon alfalfa is valued at nearly $400 million and all other Oregon hays rang up another $250 million. That’s a lot of hay. What makes our hay so good? Dirt for one thing. Soil in Sisters Country drains well and can be easily managed for an ideal pH (measure of acidity) of 6.5 to 7. Our cool weather and higher elevation are contributing factors.

Harsh winters are in fact good for growing hay. Cold weather kills off weeds and pests. Our long summer days filled with sun are perfect additives. Warm days give way to cool nights.

Weeds

Much — not all — of the hay grasses grown in Sisters Country are certified weed free. That’s important, for several reasons. One, the more weeds, the less nutrition. Two, horses can reject weed-laden hay. And three, a biggie, bringing hay into the Deschutes National Forest that is not certified weed free can get you a $5,000 fine.

All hay, hay cubes, straw, grain, and other crop or mulch products brought on to National Forest land in the Pacific Northwest region must be certified “weed free”

using North American Weed Management Association (NAWMA) standards. Who wants weeds in the forest, right?

Invasive and noxious weeds can result in weed populations that degrade the health of native ecosystems. Wildlife habitat, soil and water quality, rangeland, economic values, and beauty of the land decline as a result. National Forest lands are among the area’s most vulnerable to impacts from weeds and are also, in general, where prevention of infestation is most likely to succeed.

How do you know if what you’re buying is weed free? The color of the bale twine will be an unmistakable purple and yellow.

Horses are athletes

Marissa Loving is a professional equerry — what used to be called a stable hand. She works at a large training and boarding facility near Eagle Crest.

“What we feed these horses and where we get it is super important,” she said, explaining that the barns where she works only allow certified hay. “None of the horses I care for were bought for less than $50,000 and several are $100,000plus. They’re athletes, and no way my owners are going to skimp on hay.”

The Cyrus family in Sisters has a total of 370 acres under hay, certified weed free. Matt Cyrus at Triple C Farms said: “It’s a lot more than being certified. Very important to selling good hay is moisture content.

We monitor ours closely to make sure it’s between 8 and 14 percent.”

Loving agrees. “Hay that is under 8 percent may be brittle, dry, and dusty. Hay that is over 18 percent has a high risk of developing mold, and hay over 25 percent can be a potential fire risk,” she said.

Cyrus is happy — to a point — about favorable prices, but says growers remain under pressure from high fertilizer prices, still double from 2021, and fuel to run farm equipment is accelerating, again reaching about $2 per gallon more than two years ago.

Loving bemoaned the price of hay, saying that some pleasure horse owners have had to sell their horses due to being unable to afford the feed bills.

John Seitzinger LMT, MSN LMT#27436

Sisters Country hay is among world’s best. It looks — and smells — wonderful this year.

PHOTO BY BILL BARTLETT

Music takes center stage at 4th Friday Artwalk

By Bill Bartlett Correspondent

“What a brilliant idea! That’s taking art in Sisters to a new level.”

Those were the words of Naomi Lieberman of Portland describing the marriage last Friday night of the visual and performing arts in Sisters.

Lieberman was talking about the inclusion of musicians into the monthly art walks put on every fourth Friday of the month by the Sisters Arts Association, a confederation of 10 galleries and 64 artists.

When asked how it all came about, Helen Schmidling, owner of Sisters Gallery & Frame, said it was “pretty organic. It just grew out of conversation and brainstorming, a lot of it with Dennis.” “Dennis” is Dennis McGregor, both an artist and a musician. He is best known for the iconic and beloved Sisters Folk Festival posters and is represented by Schmidling’s gallery.

He’s a songwriter and author, illustrator and plays guitar. He’s had a long relationship with the Festival and the arts community. But he’s not taking any credit for bringing the two together. The consensus is that whenever talent like exists in Sisters get together, good things happen,” Schmidling said.

Her gallery like all the others were packed that night. Schmidling figures there were three to four times the usual numbers. She stamped 108 “Big Ponderoo Passports.” Those were the little booklets that browsers carried galleryto-gallery for a stamping. Get 10 “visas” in your passport and you got a free handmade, fused-glass sun catcher art piece.

The musicians, supplied by Big Ponderoo, were key to the huge turnout. In some cases, the gallery was so filled

The trickle-down benefit from Big

with patrons that the music moved outside, such as when Beth Wood, award-winning songwriter and poet with 15 albums, and McGregor, made an impromptu stage under the Paulina Springs Books awning in the grass courtyard between the store and the gallery.

“This was a very generous gift to the community,” said Bill Thomas at member gallery Toriizaka Gallery who, like the other galleries, feted visitors with wine and hors d’oeuvres.

Throughout the walk praise was heaped upon Sisters Folk Festival for combining the art experience, which they dubbed “A free celebration of creativity and community.”

Rose and Dave Rock of Sisters, regular 4th Friday walkers, found themselves explaining what was happening to the many curious tourists. They found the passport incentive creative, causing locals to spend more time and take in more galleries than usual.

Irene Liden, a renowned professional singer and Sisters resident, was effusive: “Love the friendliness of our still- small town and it’s super to see many tourists, or newbies, mingling with old

and new friends. Wonderful to have all the excellent artworks from our local artists and their willingness to share ideas, interests, and expertise.”

The SweetEasy ice cream

shop on Cascade was constantly full with gallery hoppers until its 9 p.m. closing.

“The trickle-down benefit from Big Ponderoo cannot be overstated,” owner Kara Lappe said.

Alex Plummer of Eugene sank a hole-in-one on June 12. He was playing Hole 5 at Black Butte Ranch’s Glaze Meadow Course. The hole-in-one came at 145 yards, using a pitching wedge.

Local music was featured at art galleries across Sisters last Friday.

PHOTO BY BILL BARTLETT

cannot be overstated. — Kara Lappe

LIFESKILLS: Program engages students

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learning about environmental stewardship.”

Hannah Joseph is programs director for Seed to Table. “With LifeSkills students, we work with their teachers to get all the kids engaged and involved,” she said. “They all have varying abilities and interests.”

Educators focus on activities that give students a sense of accomplishment while providing job training. “And they’re outside, getting things done,” said Joseph. “It helps us out a lot in the process.”

Joseph noted that “mulching, pulling up plants that are finished harvesting, putting stickers on bags for wholesale: these activities are really good for these students. They know where to get the wheelbarrow, where to get the shovel.”

Joseph explained that where in a school setting it might be difficult to give students autonomy, at the farm they develop independent skills for specific tasks.

“They can gain mastery over the tasks, and be the leaders,” she explained.

LifeSkills students come out to the farm one hour weekly during appropriate seasons, typically late spring and autumn.

The middle school LifeSkills teacher, Dart, expressed appreciation that Seed to Table also provides resources for projects on school grounds. Together with teacher Judy Fuentes and the Sources of Strength program, “we’re trying to revive the gardens at the middle school right now; they got taken over by goldenrod during Covid,” he explained.

He paused while a student ran up, bringing the teacher a “lettuce lollipop” to chew on.

“Seed to Table has been a huge part of our community at the school,” concluded Dart.

The farm is run by a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, Seed to Table Oregon, founded in Sisters ten years ago by Sisters High graduate Audrey Tehan.

Education lies at Seed to Table’s core. Its four-acre

farm hosts over 1,500 student visits for hands-on education every year. Various student cohorts learn a variety of subjects: growing, farming, compost science, plant biology, and food systems among them. LifeSkills, as developed with the program’s Sisters School District teachers, has a vocational focus.

In addition to educating students, Seed to Table manages Sisters Farmers Market, and grows and distributes fresh produce. Each week in season, some 700 people access the farm’s bounty through multiple access points. Many locals pick up Seed to Table’s freshly grown food at the farm once a week as part of a produce share program.

Others buy from the Seed to Table booth at the Farmers Market, which takes place every Sunday at Fir Street Park through the end of September. Currencies including SNAP/EBT and DUFB (Double Up Food Bucks) are accepted by the Market’s qualifying farm, ranch, and food vendors. Details are available at the Market’s info booth each Sunday.

Produce grown at Seed to Table also finds its way to tables around Sisters Country through community partners. Facilitating a more equitable distribution of fresh food, these partners include food pantries, schools, Kiwanis Food Bank, Family Access Network, and Wellhouse Market.

To learn more, visit seed totableoregon.org online. For information about special programs in Sisters School District, see ssd6.org.

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our main street.

Sue Durbin

Editor’s note: City staff recommended denial of the application. No final decision has been made. The Planning Commission’s public hearing was continued to July 13.

Walk in peace

To the Editor:

I’d like you to imagine a beautiful Central Oregon day inspiring a walk around the block, or even to town on a short errand. You pop your earbuds in and plan to listen to music after a catch-up call with a friend. Not more than a block from home, however, a police officer pulls up and asks your name, where you live, and if you are alright.

Surprised, you say, “Of course,” and, “Why do you ask?” It turns out that a concerned neighbor has called your landlord and the police to report you for being on the street alone. And this is not the first time this has happened to you or your friends living in adjacent apartments. You wonder if this is happening to people living in apartments in other parts of town. Would you be stopped if you hadn’t quit tinting your hair? Or if you’d been pushing a stroller rather than a mobility device? Would talking to a friend through your earbuds have raised an eyebrow if you were a teen rather than an octogenarian? Perhaps there is a misperception about the nature of your home across the street from the Post Office.

The Lodge is home to residents who choose to rent an independent apartment with

amenities such as meal service, housekeeping, and laundry. It also offers, for an additional fee, personal in-home assistance on an individualized basis as needed. Residents have as much right to move freely about as their neighbors. The Lodge does not provide contained memory care or skilled nursing care.

Agism can be very subtle; but it can also cause a feeling of belittlement. As a State Ombudsman protecting the rights of residents in long term care, I ask you to consider that well over half of Sisters residents meet membership criterion for AARP. Would you be inclined to express concern if you saw any other person of similar description walking in other parts of town? Consider how you might feel being publicly approached by a police officer on the street for no apparent reason, or being “reported” to your landlord for simply taking a walk. It is somewhat humiliating. And when it happens more than once… annoying.

Thank you for caring, and yet, barring obvious signs of an emergency, please consider everyone’s right to privacy and autonomy before taking intrusive action. Your neighbors will appreciate the opportunity to walk in peace.

Chris Laing s s s

F is for flag

To the Editor:

I’ve lived here for 35-plus years and there have been rules. But there’s someone with a flag, lots of them — but one of them is obscene. The f-word isn’t acceptable in my little town!

Candyce Park

City working on tree removal policy

By Ceili Gatley Correspondent

City staff is proposing adding the tree-removal process that is in the development code into the municipal code, so enforcement applies more generally. This also allows enforcement to be done on tree removal on private property, not just when building a new development.

Sisters City Council heard from Code Enforcement Officer Jacob Smith and Community Development director Scott Woodford at the last Sisters City Council workshop on June 14 regarding the city’s tree removal policy.

Tree-removal policy focuses on what is known as a “significant tree.” As of now, the code defines a significant tree as those that have a trunk diameter of 8 inches or greater as measured 4.5 feet above the ground. City Council discussed the subject of 8 inches being on the small side, and will continue to workshop the size parameters.

According to the proposal from Woodford and Smith: The code amendment sets forth regulations on the removal of significant trees on private property. The proposed code amendment would require property owners to obtain a permit for the removal of significant trees on private property. A certified arborist would be required to make a justification for the tree’s removal, potential alternatives to removal, and proposal for replacement trees.

Tree removals usually require an arborist’s report to demonstrate that someone doesn’t want to take down a tree for the sake of taking it down. Right now, the City

can only approve the removal of a tree if it’s proved to be dead, diseased, or a threat to life and property. With these proposed tweaks to the code, the City can work with property owners on tree removal for other reasons while still protecting significant trees and the city’s canopy.

“We want to emphasize this is not a new ordinance, it is tweaks to the language and re-homing the code to apply to more general situations,” said Woodford.

It is a high-priority item to look at code amendments when it comes to fire protection and safety with tree removal, and the City is still awaiting State decisions on code and wildfire mitigation. These proposed adjustments allow for the City and property owners to work together to determine tree safety. “It is a concern for me to help citizens determine what should and shouldn’t stay when it comes to wildfire safety,” said Councilor Gary Ross.

Council will weigh in further on the permitting system this removal policy would entail as well as the cost for the permit to remove a tree. City staff will continue to workshop the language tweaks and the movement of the code into the municipal code. The development code regarding tree removal will remain the same, as those are the policies that have worked for development and tree removal in the past.

PONDEROO:

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Conversations were low. Sporadic dancing from the audience cropped up and somehow everybody new without any announcement that summer was officially here.

Not surprisingly “the staging and production was flawless,” Chuck Tyson evaluated. Tyson is a retired concert promoter from Nashville. He remarked as did others that the audiences were somewhat docile.

That of course would have been before War and Treaty, Dustbowl Revival, or

Corb Lund and the Hurtin’ Albertans took the stage, among the 16 acts who performed Saturday and Sunday. The bands brought down the house and few if any could remain in their chairs or on their blankets in the face of such energy emitting from the stage.

There was something for everybody. Freshgrass and Rockygrass winners. Gypsy jazz. Bluegrass. Acoustic Roots. Country. Swing. Blues. Soul. And ticket holders, with two venues, could easily pick and choose their favorites.

Attendees swapped notes and strategies among themselves to be assured they’d get in as much of the music buffet as possible.

There was no crowding and it was easy to choose a

place to spread a blanket or unfold a chair. Concertgoers were respectful of others’ space and viewing angle.

“Of course. It’s Sisters. What else would it be?” said Trish Vann from Burns.

Asked why they drove all the way from Montana for the Big Ponderoo, Tad and Clare Wiggins were not the least bit hesitant.

“This is just amazingly good music in about as good a setting as it gets,” answered Tad. “We would go wherever you get this much music in two days by quality bands,” replied Clare, who added: “And hey, we’ve got it good in Montana but what you’ve got here…that’s kind of magical.”

And so ended the Big Ponderoo with everybody saying: “See you next year.”

Inaugural event had a mellow mood

Big Ponderoo drew families out for a weekend of Americana music.

PHOTO BY BILL BARTLETT

Volunteers make inaugural Big Ponderoo roll

By Bill Bartlett Correspondent

Traffic was thick in Sisters last weekend. Not only were there the usual suspects – tourists eastbound and westbound, a good number stopping in our patch to slake thirsts, fuel tummies, or otherwise sample the local charm — but hundreds joined locals for a festive weekend led by a first of its kind music fest – the Big Ponderoo.

At the same time well over 100 cyclists assembled in Sisters for a four-day, four-stage, 350-mile epic gravel bike ride, part of the Oregon Trail Gravel Grinder series.

Over at the middle school, hundreds more kids and parents met up for a baseball tournament for players ranging from ages 9 to 14 sponsored by Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce.

Big Ponderoo turned out 16 rotating acts on two stages for two days of top notch Americana and bluegrass music. The number one question in Sisters for a week has been: “How did they come up with that name?”

Sisters Folk Festival Festival Creative Director Brad Tisdel gave The Nugget a look behind the curtain.

Festival patron and volunteer Rob Corrigan offered up “Ponderoo” in a festivalnaming brain-storming session. The name was a little too close to the legendary Bonaroo festival, and Tisdel thought the name needed one more word.

On a walk, he mused that when you’re walking out into a meadow in Sisters Country there always seems to be one big ponderosa pine that catches your eye. He suggested making it “Big Ponderoo” — and so it became.

And big it was. Fans are hoping it’s repeated.

“The inaugural Big Ponderoo brought some of today’s most talented Americana, bluegrass, and newgrass artists to Sisters for a glorious weekend of community, music, and art. It was a successful foundation for what we hope will become another signature annual cultural celebration in Central Oregon,” Crista Munro, executive director, told The Nugget

Big Ponderoo came off without a hitch in large part due to some 264 volunteers who did all sorts of frontline and back-office work. Festival staff, no strangers to premier music events, had the know-how and commitment

to pull off a massive undertaking so close to the annual Sisters Folk Festival.

Included in the effort was the painting of a full wall mural on a new barn shed behind Sisters Art Works, where the Folk Festival keeps its offices and which is a major performance venue.

“Music Brings the World Together” was created by local artist and middle school art teacher Judy Fuentes. The mural was painted by a cadre of volunteers. The interactive image invites onlookers to join the pictured band for a photo op as the ensemble appears to be missing its saxophone player.

Three Creeks Brewing Co. was all in for Big Ponderoo, turning its lawn

on Barclay Drive into one of the two stages for the event. Moreover, they introduced a new brew — Ponderoo Pale Ale.

Big Ponderoo was noticeable for the number of families with small children. Children under 5 were admitted for free. Many attendees turned the event into a happening, organizing in groups, picnicking, dancing, and furthering friendships. While music was at the core of the weekend, community was a close second.

Parking, as it turned out, was a nonissue as concert goers deftly navigated nearby streets. That as many as 120 came by bicycle was a benefit. Blazin Saddles hosted secure bike valet parking at

both venues.

The two free workshops held at The Barn were well attended and much praised. Sisters Folk Festival board member Steve Rudolph was pleased with the way the event came off.

“The Sisters Folk Festival staff once again outdid itself,” he said. “Their artistic, organizational, and operational expertise shined through, from the Friday night collaborative art walk and amazing free community concert to the two days of the Big Ponderoo. Community participation and audience engagement was evident throughout the weekend with all enjoying a fabulous weekend. Five stars, especially for a first-time event!”

The Last Revel was among the 16 bands featured at Big Ponderoo last weekend.

PHOTO BY BILL BARTLETT

Cele ating

Maggie Bull ’s 95th Birthday!

Please join Maggie and her family on July 7 at 4 p. m. at Takoda’s on the patio for a NO HOST celebration. Maggie is a long time resident of Sisters and would love her “Sisters Country” family to join in the celebration. Maggie ha s always enjoyed live music, so there will be a band playing in the evening.

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, contact 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.

PET PL ACE

… is a free listing for LO ST & FOUND animals

A NNOUNCEMENT S

Americ an Legion and VF W

Meeting s are held on the first Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at Sisters Community Church, 130 0 McKenzie Hwy. All members invited to attend . Call Charles Wilson, 847-344-0498.

Deschutes Public Librar y Is

Seeking New Ar t

New construction and upgrades to our Deschutes Count y libraries have created an oppor tunity for our Deschutes Libraries to expand their art collections . e Art Committee seeks art in all media and genres: this can include painting , printmaking , sculpture, glass , fiber, f unctional, digital, photography, installation, mixe d-media, and new media genres . Applications from artists will be accepted through the CaFÉ website. Visit https:// artist.callforentr y.org/festival s_ unique_info.php?ID =116 44 Send direct questions to: DPL art.committee@gmail.com

Volunteer with Sisters

Habitat for Humanity

Have f un, make new f riends, and be an active part of an amazing organiz ation! Volunteer positions are waiting for you at the rif t Store, ReStore, and on the construction team. Attend a one-hour volunteer orientation work shop to get started . New volunteer orientations are 12 p.m . Tues., Wed ., and urs . at the Habit at o ces . Call 541-5491193 or visit sistershabitat.org/ volunteer.

Celebr ate Summer with the Librar y

It’ s not too late to join a summer of reading , exploring , and earning great prizes at the Sisters librar y! All ages can participate. ere will be f un giveaways and the chance to win some amazing prizes. Grand prizes include puppets , books , LEGO® kits for kids , with gif t cards and a library-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.

Etched on Stone Work shop

Artist John Vale f rom Copper

Bees & Brews

Calling all Sisters Country beekeepers and those intrigued by the beekeeping hobby. Let’s gather to swap tales , share tips, troubleshoot woes, and celebrate successes . ursday, June 22, at 5 p.m. at e Barn, 171 E . Main Ave. Call Clyde 541549- 0998

Housing Work s Board Meeting on June 28

Meeting s are held the 4th Wed of the month f rom 3 to 5 p.m. at Housing Work s in Redmond, 405 SW 6th St, or virtually on Zoom: Meeting ID: 852 4510 89 05; Phone: 6 69-9 00-6833; Passcode: 552445; Zoom Link: bit.ly/HousingWorksZoom. TTY: 1-8 00 -244-1111. For more information, call 541-923-1018.

Sisters Museum Volunteers e ree Sisters Historical Society’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@ threesistershistoricalsociety.org

STAR S Seek s Volunteers to Transpor t Patients

By volunteering to drive for STAR S (an AFSC Action Team) you can help Sisters Country resident s get to nonemergenc y medic al appointments in Sisters , Redmond , and Bend . is position has a f ree t wo-hour training and includes a mileage reimbursement. Emails f rom STAR S dispatchers allow you to accept dates and times that work for your schedule ! Learn more about STAR S at www starsride.org or call 541-9 04-5545

STAR S Seek s Volunteers for Dispatch Service

Help STAR S transport (an AFSC Action Team) Sisters Country resident s to nonemergenc y medic al appointments while working f rom your home. You will need a computer, the ability to use online applic ations , and a telephone. Call 541-9 04-5545

4th of July Labyrinth Walk

All are warmly welcome to walk the labyrinth at the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration 121 Brook s Camp Road on Tuesday, July 4 at 11 a .m. ere will be a brief service of reading and prayers for our nation preceding the walk . No previous labyrinth experience necessary For information, call 541-54970 87

Camp Sherman Annual Pancake Breakfast

Sunday, July 2 from 8 to 11 a.m. at the Camp Sherman Communit y Hall. Gluten-free/ dair y-free options available

Adults $12 • Ages 5 to 12 $8 • Under 5 f ree. Call Tonye Phillips 541-595- 6458

Community Lecture Series

“What about water? ” is lecture will provide diverse perspectives and insight s into reclaiming water, traditional foods , and will also address marine debris . Event is July 27 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Paulina Springs Books , 252 W. Hood Ave. Space is limited and prior registration is required . Visit https://roundhousefoundation org/events/registration.

Community Grants

Prog ram Applications

e Cit y of Sisters is seeking to award grants to nonprofit community groups for the 2023/24 fiscal year. e Cit y will award up to $20 , 00 0 in grants for Sisters community projec ts Interested organiz ations should submit a Community Grant applic ation and letter of interest by July 30 , 2023, attention Kerr y Prosser, Cit y Recorder. Applications are available on www.ci.sistersor. us . For information contact Kerr y Prosser at 541-323-5213 or kprosser@ci.sisters.or.us.

Free Pet Food

Are you in need of pet food for your dog or cat this month? Call the Furr y Friends pet food bank at 541-797-4 023 to schedule your pickup in Sisters located behind the Nug get Newspaper

PET OF THE WEEK

Humane Society of Central Oregon 541-382-3537

Cleo

is gorg eous lady is looking for a loving adopter to scoop her up and give her a safe, happy place to land. With prop er introductions, Cleo would likely do well with feline companions. Cleo will need to sp end the first months inside to acclimate, but could be a perfect inside/outside cat.

Call or visit HSCO to learn more ab out Cleo

— SPONSORED BY

SISTER S- AR EA C HURCH ES

Baha’i Faith

For information, devotion s, study groups , etc. , contac t Shauna Rocha 541- 647-9826 • www.bahai.org • www bahai.us • www.bahaiteaching .org

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

10 a.m. Sunday Worship

LO ST DOG: Our precious LACEY escaped and went missing early evening Friday, June 23. She is a small, blonde little girl, about 11 pounds She went missing from Kent Rd., which is just o Cloverdale Rd. She has tags with our phone numbers, 503860-7801 and 503-860-5864. Ann-Marie & Bruce Edson.

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 your art work to you for a fee. John has owned t wo gallerie s 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 if needed. Cont act coppermoonar tisan. net to receive a registration form. Snack s and water will be provided . Bring your friends!

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

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

12 p.m. Monday Mass • 8 a.m. Tuesday-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

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of our identity as a The flag is a symbol of respect, honor, and patriotism. As a symbol of the country and its people, the flag should

United States is the emblem a sovereign nation. patriotism. It may be displayed on any day of the year. should be treated with respect and be honored when on display.

In Congress, July 4, 1776

teen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separ ate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.

He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only

He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing

He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.

He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.

He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the L aws for Naturalization of Fo reigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.

He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers

He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount a nd payment o f thei r salaries.

He has erected a m ultitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:

For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:

For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:

For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:

For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:

For abolishing the fr ee Sy stem of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies:

For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:

For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves i nvested w it h po wer to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.

He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.

He is at this time transporting la rge Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.

He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive o n the h igh Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.

He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.

In every stage of these Oppressions We have Pe titioned f or Redre ss in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Ty ra nt, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We h ave reminded them of the circumstances of our emigra tion and settlement here. We h ave appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.

We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the go od Pe ople of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declar e, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent St ates, they have full Power to l ev y Wa r, conclude Peace, contract A l liances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our L ives, our Fortunes a nd ou r sacred Honor

T Thhe unnaaniimmou o s D Decllaarat a i ion n f of thhe thi h rr th them into o co c mppllian a ce e wiith h hi his s me m asurreses.

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and selection of grantees are decided locally, by local community members, and we ensure the highest need and best use of community and donor dollars.”

In its short existence the Foundation has already supported local youth, seniors, veterans, adolescent substance abuse prevention, a youth bereavement program, and childcare assistance, as well as providing rental and utility assistance to people in need.

The Foundation will also focus on partnering in youth development programs and projects. SCF was a major contributor to a recent adolescent substance abuse prevention event held at Sisters High School. The program reached 600 youth and 100 community members.

The SCF Board is also passionate about partnering with Sisters’ strong arts and culture community, and SCF has a vision to collaborate with those partners, seeking to unify and expand the arts and culture sector engaging in community efforts to support this sector that is so vital to the Sisters area.

The Sisters Community Foundation has gone through an extensive board training, applied and been approved as a designated 501(c)(3) organization by the federal and state governments, and established the funding structure for receiving and managing grant donations and contributions.

The catalyst for starting SCF was pandemic-related.

Cofounder Judy Trego said, “There was no entity in town to receive grants and distribute funds to those most in need during the pandemic, and I thought, We can’t wait one more day to start a foundation in order to help the community when we needed it most. We have impacted 797 individuals in Sisters Country. We are well on our way to building a lasting sustainable foundation for community benefit.”

The childcare center in Sisters was a recent recipient of SCF funding.

“One small pebble can create a lifetime of positive ripples,” said Mary Ryan, Wellspring Preschool director. “One grant, six scholarships, 29 lives, infinite amount of possibilities. Thank you for investing into the futures of our Wellspring students. It was truly a blessing that will be paid forward time and time again!”

For more information visit www.sisterscommunity foundation.org.

Sisters-Area Events & Enter tainment

WEDNESDAY • JUNE 28

Lake Creek Lodge Live Music: Brent Alan 5-7 p.m. on the deck. 13 375 SW Forest Service Rd #1419, Camp Sherman. For info see www.lakecreeklodge.com/events/.

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.

WEDNESDAY • JULY 5

Lake Creek Lodge Live Music: Scott Harris

5-7 p.m. on the deck. 13 375 SW Forest Service Rd #1419, Camp Sherman. For info see www.lakecreeklodge.com/events/.

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

The Belfr y Live Music: The Barefoot Movement with Rich Swanger 7 p.m. Modern roots music featuring powerhouse vocals, fiddle mandolin, and upright bass Rich Swanger is an Oregon-based singer-songwriter with roots in folk and country-blues music Presented by The Whippoorwill Presents. Tickets, $20 at www.bendticket.com.

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 more information visit www.sistersfarmersmarket.com.

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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.

WEDNESDAY • JULY 12

Lake Creek Lodge Live Music: John Shipe

5-7 p.m. on the deck. 13 375 SW Forest Service Rd #1419, Camp Sherman. For info see www.lakecreeklodge.com/events/.

THURSDAY • JULY 13

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 14

Hardtails Karaoke with KJ Mindy

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

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

SATURDAY • JULY 15

Sisters Depot Live Music: Jazz Folks Quarte t

6-8:30 p.m. A classic jazz quartet based in Sisters playing the great jazz standards. Reservations recommended. $5 cover. Info: www.sistersdepot.com/events.

Hardtails Live Music: Status Fear (rock band) with comedian Billy Brant opening 7-10 p.m. Free show on outdoor stage. For more information call 541-549-6114.

SUNDAY • JULY 16

Fir Street Park Sisters Farmers Market

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Featuring live music, community booth, vendors, kids activities, and more. For more information visit www.sistersfarmersmarket.com.

Sisters Saloon Live Music: Stu Kinzel & The Dust Devils 6 to 8 p.m. on the patio All ages Free Information at facebook.com/SistersSaloonAndRanchGrill.

TUESDAY • JULY 18

Paulina Springs Books Open Mic Night 6:30-8 p.m. Share poetry a song or short story (5 minutes or less). Sign-ups to share begin at 6 p.m. This is an all-ages event, and all are welcome Info: PaulinaSpringsBooks.com.

WEDNESDAY • JULY 19

Lake Creek Lodge Live Music: Travis Ehrenstrom

5-7 p.m. on the deck. 13 375 SW Forest Service Rd #1419, Camp Sherman. For info see www.lakecreeklodge.com/events/.

THURSDAY • JULY 20

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 21

Sisters Depot Live Music: Andrew Lions Quartet 6-8:30 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.

Eurosports Food Cart Garden Car Show & Live Music: Desert Sons 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 22

Hardtails Live Music: Valhalla a tribute to Led Zeppelin, 8 p.m. Summer Tribute Series. Tickets at www.BendTicket.com.

Sisters Depot Live Music: Rick Smith 6-8:30 p.m. Local Rick Smith comes to the courtyard stage as a single entertainer with a full band sound, playing rock, country, and blues. Reservations recommended. $5 cover. Info: www.sistersdepot.com/events.

SUNDAY • JULY 23

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

Sisters Saloon Live Music: Band of Comerados 6 to 8 p.m. on the patio All ages Free Information at facebook.com/SistersSaloonAndRanchGrill.

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The renovation and building project began in 2020, breaking ground during the COVID-19 pandemic and working through a myriad of delays and challenges. The campus expansion included not only the new 14,600-square-foot, 12-bed Hospice House, but also a parking lot and the remodel of the original 14,000-squarefoot administration/six-bed Hospice House with a total cost of $13 million. The capital campaign covered almost half of that amount.

At a recent donor recognition gathering, Partners Board President Neil Bryant related the challenge of conducting the capital campaign during the pandemic, when no kickoff event could occur and they had to start with only a list of possible donors. Help came from the Tykeson Family Foundation when they pledged a $1 million challenge grant, designed to accelerate giving to the $6 million capital campaign. The grant provided a dollarfor-dollar match of all campaign gifts and pledges up to $1 million made between January 2021 and June 30, 2021. Partners also received support from the St. Charles Foundation.

Sisters resident Bill Willitts served on the Partners board during the capital campaign and agreed to organize a small group of local citizens to conduct a campaign in Sisters to fund one of the patient suites in the new Hospice House. Each of the suites is named after a local landmark, so accordingly, the suite furnished by Sisters residents is called the Three Sisters suite. Photography on the wall, provided by local photographer Kris Kristovich, depicts the namesake mountains.

As a thank-you for his campaign involvement,

Sisters Middle School honor roll

Fifth Grade — 4.0

Anderson, Jordan; Beaver, Catherine; Comerford, Connor; Corcoran, Charlie; Hamerly, Vivienne; Hudson, Sydney; Jensen, Dublin; Jordan, Crosby; Kidd, Mya; Kuifert, Brayden; Kuitert, Macy; Liddell, Campbell; Miller, Kaylee; Nibur, Augustus; Perry, Mallory; Reed, Myles; Scott, Thomas; Skeels, Brennin; Thomas, Aspen; Walker, Stephen 3.5 and above

Erdekian, Ajax; Jaschke, Josie; Vitelle, Alex

Seventh grade — 4.0

Beaver, Elizabeth; Davis, Kennedy; Durham, Madison; Green, Silas; Hansen, Brooklynne; Jensen, Jasper; Magner, Lola; Nieto, Alexander; Riemer, Brecken; Smith, Wynona; Talus, Henri; Van Handel, Mason; Walker, Ella

3.5 and above

Willitts received a framed homemade quilt square representing the quilts that adorn each bed in Hospice House. Family members are encouraged to take those quilts home after their relative completes their stay. The quilts are a symbol of comfort.

Sisters residents who served as campaign solicitors for the Three Sisters suite included: Chairman Willitts, Rob Corrigan, Fran Willis, John Griffith, Sue Stafford, Donna and Paul Lipscomb, and Dr. Kevin Miller.

Hospice House offers

medical care not possible at home and five-day respite care when a caregiver needs a little time to rest or deal with other family matters. The Hospice House staff is available to help others in their time of need. One hospice patient was able to visit the beach one more time before she died. A 102-year-old patient was shown love and compassion as she toured the beautiful hospice grounds. Staff is there to facilitate and support difficult conversations. Financial help is available to assist family members coming to visit a patient.

Anderson, Paige; Barbeau, Kammy; Borla, Nealie; Bulloch, Belle; Card, Tabor; Cochran, Brogan; Hansen, Penelope; Monroe, Cayden; Restani, Arora; Sullivan, Ashly; Vedder, Pyper; Wall, Mason; Welbourn, Sydney; Wilkie, Echo; Woodson, Aly; Cheney, Lena; Ellington, Delfina; Folin, Amelia; Frank, Owen; Green, Savannah; Kuper, Rylie; McCord, Aurora; O’Neill, Emmry; Oncken, Naomi; Reyes, Malachi; Riemer, Rilyn; Van Handel, Seth

Sixth grade — 4.0

Cogdill, Katherine; Dean, Caroline; Durham, Marshall; Faldmo, Kinley; Keeton, Kyanne; Kemp, Julianne; Lee, Clover; Liddell, Paige; Lowe, Alexis; Morris, Kole; Nordell, Ryah; Reid, Opal; Scott, James; Smith, Roselynn; Taylor, Ashlin

3.5 and above

Bilderback, Clara; Brang, Cameron; Humpert, Audrey; Moffat, Brennan; Roberts, Tucker; Singleton, Will; Barlow, Jade; Cron, Lydia;

Anderson, Quinn; Brent, Verbena; Cheney, Jack; King, Siena; Moen, Stella; Moss, Natalie; Stelle, Ryan; Anderson, Carter; Freeland, Avery; Johnson, Bjorn

Padilla, Cruz; Luhning, Camas; Maloney, McGinnis; Varner, Madison; Newton, Olivia; Cohen, William; Guiney, Janelle; Jordan, Addison; Kemp, Zachary; Kennedy, Teague; Kirkpatrick, Makayla; Sanford, Selah

Eighth grade — 4.0

Backus, Juliette; Brang, Mason; Buller, Emmitt; Corcoran, Audrey; Friend, Alanna; Goe-Alayon, Kainoa; Grummer, Pia; Lindsay, Brooke; McDonnell, William; Ryan, Josie

3.5 and above

Crabtree, Althea; Benson, Vivienne; Davis, Spencer; Griffin, Addison; McMahon, Kolby; Mock, Dane; Velikonia, Juliette; Robertson, Grant; Carter, Caitlin; Duda, Abigail; Fogarty, Allison; Fernandez, Marley; Grimes, Jesse; Hodge, Analia; Panozzo, Isabella; Reyes, Samantha; Stahn, Jessica

Bill Willitts headed a fundraising effort in Sisters to equip and furnish the Three Sisters suite at the newly completed Hospice House. As a thankyou, he was presented with a handcrafted quilt square representing the quilts found in each patient suite.

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Sue Stafford Columnist

Fun in Hood River

Are you looking for a fun getaway not too far from Sisters? I recently had the opportunity for a quick visit to Hood River that was relaxing, entertaining, and educational. My cousin was visiting from Southern California, and I planned a getaway we would both enjoy. She and I grew up together and spent hours riding horses and spending the night together.

We left Sisters at noon on a Wednesday to drive up Highway 26 to Highway 35, which circles the south and east side of Mount Hood. The views are spectacular and the late spring snow on the mountain glistened in the sun.

Cloudless blue skies, stately green forests, the iconic Mount Hood, and the east fork of the Hood River made for a pleasant afternoon drive. As we descended north toward Hood River we entered orchard country, having just missed the bloom time. It was still lovely as we passed apple, pear, and cherry orchards, and vineyards.

As we reached Hood River, we entered a charming hillside town with brightly painted old homes surrounded by beautiful flowering gardens. Our destination was the Inn at the Gorge, a lovely historic inn with lots of character including a large wraparound porch.

The Inn was constructed between 1906 and 1908 and turned into a guest house in 1942 by Stewart Thomas. There is a story about his widow Fanny haunting the

house but fortunately we didn’t encounter her. In 1985, the Inn at the Gorge opened as a bed and breakfast when windsurfing became popular in the Columbia Gorge. Our room was clean and wellequipped, one of six beautiful guest rooms. Outdoor public spaces include the wraparound porch, back terrace, private backyard, back deck, and hot tub.

We asked for a recommendation for dinner and were directed to Celilo in the heart of downtown. Attentive service, scrumptious dinner, and an outstanding local wine made for a perfect meal. Breakfast is included with the room, and it was a mouthwatering treat served in the inviting dining room.

Thursday morning found us at the historic railroad depot built in 1911 by the OWR & N Railroad to serve Hood River’s thriving fruit, timber, and tourist industries. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1988, the building is now the headquarters for the Mount Hood Railroad. Reservations can be made on their website www.mthoodrr.com.

We had reservations on the restored train for the 11:30 a.m. trip leaving from the depot to travel along the east fork of the Hood River, up the valley, through orchards and vineyards, to a

The views in Hood River are breathtaking, with Mount Hood to the south, and Mount Adams to the north…

renovated cold storage building where tourists can shop from a huge selection of goods, clothing, food stuffs, and gift items. Across the parking lot is the Mt. Hood Winery tasting room where wines can be sampled and purchased.

The onboard conductor, replete in an authentic historic uniform, was entertaining while presenting information on history, Hood River, the orchards, and answering passengers’ questions.

After two-and-a-half hours we were back at the depot and enjoyed a great lunch at the 3 Rivers Grill, located in another Hood River historic house.

The views in Hood River are breathtaking, with Mount Hood to the south, and Mount Adams to the north across the Columbia

River. There are any number of things to see and do in the Gorge using Hood River as your base camp. Windsurfing, hiking, biking, paddleboarding, exploring the Gorge by car, experiencing the changing landscape from Multnomah Falls eastward

past cliffs with waterfalls to open grassland and wildflower prairies. Don’t miss the Columbia Gorge Hotel with its 1930s ambience and stunning grounds and views.

Even in one short 24 hours, we felt as if we had been gone much longer.

The historic Mt. Hood Railroad offers a fun getaway, not far from Sisters.

PHOTO BY SUE STAFFORD

Utilities face risk from hotter, drier climate

By Claire Rush Associated Press

PORTLAND (AP) — A jury verdict that found an Oregon power company liable for devastating wildfires — and potentially billions of dollars in damages — is highlighting the legal and financial risks utilities take if they fail to take proper precautions in a hotter, drier climate.

Utilities, especially in the U.S. West, are increasingly finding themselves in a financial bind that’s partly of their own making, experts say. While updating, replacing and even burying thousands of miles of power lines is a time-consuming and costly undertaking, the failure to start that work in earnest years ago has put them on the back foot as wildfires have grown more destructive — and lawsuits over electrical equipment sparking blazes have ballooned.

“How do they pay for that and at the same time try to do grid hardening at a pace that could prevent the need for constant shutting down of the power?” Josh Hacker, chief science officer at Jupiter Intelligence, a company that provides advice on managing climate change risks, said of lawsuit damages. “This is an enormous challenge. Now it’s biting them. And in the end it’s going to bite all of us because they have to recover that expense.”

Last week, a jury in Oregon found PacifiCorp liable for damages for negligently failing to cut power to its 600,000 customers during a windstorm over Labor Day weekend, despite warnings from top fire officials, and for its power lines being responsible for multiple blazes.

PacifiCorp said it was disappointed with the jury’s decision and that it plans to appeal.

The fires were among the worst natural disasters in Oregon’s history. They killed nine people, burned more than 1,875 square miles (4,856 square kilometers), and destroyed upward of 5,000 homes and other structures. While total damages remain to be determined, they are expected to reach into the billions.

Because utilities make money from customers, they often raise revenue for infrastructure upgrades by hiking rates. In California, for example, Pacific Gas and Electric has requested to increase its rates for residential customers this year by roughly 18%, partly to

bury more than 3,000 miles (4,828 kilometers) of overhead power lines underground, according to a fact sheet from the state’s public utilities commission. The commission, which regulates utility rates, said it expects to make a final decision on the request between July and September.

PG&E’s planned upgrades come amid heightened scrutiny of the utility, which serves more than 16 million people over 70,000 square miles (181,300 square kilometers) in central and northern California. Facing billions of dollars in damages stemming from multiple blazes, it filed for bankruptcy in 2019, shortly after its neglected equipment caused a fire that virtually razed the town of Paradise in the Sierra Nevada foothills in 2018.

The Camp Fire was the deadliest and most destructive fire in California’s history.

PG&E’s bankruptcy settlement with wildfire victims was an eye-popping $13.5 billion. Only half of the money was paid to victims in cash, while the other half was paid out in PG&E stock, which has since declined in

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immerse themselves, or take select classes — and there’s always a waiting list for favorites.

“Some come for the whole week, some for just a couple of days before Quilt Show,” said Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show Executive Director Dawn Boyd. “Some take classes all week, some just take one.”

The quilters find great value in the opportunity to access a wealth of knowledge and skill all in one location.

“I think one of the most important things for quilters is the opportunity for education and to learn… new techniques,” she said.

This year’s Quilters Affair is not only about quilting. Half-day classes cover subjects like painting with glass, barn quilt painting, and block printing. There are also single and multi-day classes in fabric dyeing.

Learning from masters is not the only benefit. Boyd noted that quilters love to connect and enjoy the camaraderie of mutual love for the fabric arts.

(Look for the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show program guide in the July 5 edition of The Nugget.)

Quilt Show garden party

By Sue Stafford Correspondent

The Sisters Garden Club has created a new event for this year’s Quilt Show week.

On Thursday, July 6, they are holding a Garden Party from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the home of one of their members at 364 E. Wapato Loop in Buck Run.

Visitors can enjoy the garden, view handcrafted wares by several local artists, and enjoy lemonade and cookies. The Garden Club will be selling a garden journal created by member Karen Thrower for $15. The artists selling

their goods include Rustic Garden art by Judy Macroe, fused glass by Edie Shelton, and Jeni Cline’s Cline Farms soaps and fragrances.

For $5, raffle tickets can be purchased for a chance to win an art photograph by local photographer and artist Wendy Birnbaum. There is no charge for the party, but donations are welcome as this is the Club’s sole fundraising event this year.

The Garden Party is replacing the usual Quilts in the Garden tour sponsored by the Garden Club which will return next year.

No fireworks for the 4th

America likes to celebrate Independence day with fireworks — a tradition that dates all the way back to 1776.

But that tradition doesn’t fly in Sisters.

Fireworks are prohibited within city limits, in local subdivisions, and in surrounding forests. The reason is — or ought to be — selfevident: Fire risk is just too great.

“It’s already plenty dry out there,” Fire Chief Roger Johnson told The Nugget.

The Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District will be out and about on Tuesday,

July 4, as they always are.

“If there’s a fire that starts,” we have vehicles that are staffed, we’re already out in the community and ready to go,” he explained.

The chief noted that there has not been a problem with people using fireworks in the past couple of years, which indicates that people understand the risk when living in or visiting a wildfire-prone area. Even without the bonfires and illuminations, there are plenty of ways to celebrate a festive Fourth of July (see related story, page 1)

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A future of fewer people?

The world is entering a new era. Human birthrates are falling below replacement levels. “For the first time possibly since the Black Death,” according to a recent article in The Economist newspaper, the number of people on the planet could shrink by the end of the century.

Demographic scientist Peter Zeihan is even more specific. Zeihan anticipates the collapse of China in about a decade due to depopulation and a realignment of the world order that has been in place for generations, since World War II. He sees this resulting in wealth and starvation unevenly spread around the world.

But the world’s depopulation appears (so far) to be a more gentle process than we anticipated: It is not through war (yet) or disease (yet) or starvation (yet) that there will be fewer of us in the future.

We’ve simply stopped having babies.

Most of the northern hemisphere is not replacing those who are dying. The southern hemisphere will soon follow. Zeihan says this is because children become

an expensive luxury in an industrialized society, as opposed to necessary labor in an agrarian one: As standards of living increase, reproduction rates fall.

My take is that, in the past, having children was not a “choice.” Children resulted from overwhelming biological imperatives that genes must spread out into the future to test their success.

Procreation was nature’s solution in a world that included starvation and disease and cataclysmic events.

Humans reduced those threats. Humans have no predators except other humans, and our science has provided nutritional resources difficult to imagine. Mobility makes cataclysms easier to avoid.

And now immediate biological imperatives can be met without the gene-spreading mechanism they evolved to promote: children.

The Economist warns of upheaval. Economies are built on a pyramid scheme. As populations became older and individuals “less productive,” those nearer the end are dependent on increasing numbers of the young to support them. Declining populations bring us closer to the tipping point where the young and vibrant can no

longer support (or choose not to) the old and failing.

The Economist introduces another argument: The minds of older people are less flexible in creating new solutions to problems than the minds of young people grown in a different environment. Many oldsters have had the experience of failing to find a solution to a technical problem, not understanding the logic of the problem in the first place.

Humanity adapts to its technology, rather than the other way around. This may require youth. And a fascinating facet of alternative intelligence is that occasionally no one knows how the machines arrive at their conclusions. Machine “emergent behavior” finds solutions to problems for which they were never tasked.

Back to the point: Is a tragedy unfolding as populations decline across the planet?

The Economist filters probable outcomes through a screen of “anthropocentrism.” That humans have the highest intrinsic value. At least in this one article, the newspaper does not account for “shifted costs” in humanity’s ascension.

Our success as a species, and the capitalism that lends

such energy to that success, has caused loss of protein from one of the greatest river systems in the world and from that once-great river of fish into the ocean; loss of vast forests across North America and Siberia, as well as the Amazon; strip-mining to bedrock by nets that waste tens of thousands of tons of life to create cat food; pollution of oceans with plastic and the earth with chemicals that last hundreds of years by companies that offer no compensation for the damage they cause or the lives they ruin.

There is more, much more, too much more for an inventory here. But all have a common root: too many people.

The Economist says the planet isn’t yet full. True. But the newspaper’s focus is on the plight of humanity and a belief in human

advancement. We can’t ignore the “shifted costs” of overpopulation, how our individual, tribal, and genetic heritage damages the world in which they evolved and how our success could lead to our demise.

It is much better that we just stop reproducing. We will find a better model for economic security than incessant population growth. There may be higher productivity as our machines become more sophisticated. We may discover that with fewer of us, there is actually more to go around. Capitalism could lead the way if opportunity is promoted.

It could even be that we adopt new values and (re)discover a better existence. Erik Dolson is a freelance writer living in Sisters. Find more of his writing at https://erik dolson.substack.com.

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City Council adopts camping ordinance

By Ceili Gatley Correspondent

The Sisters City Council moved forward with adopting the ordinance to establish camping regulations and a camping removal policy within the City of Sisters at their June 14 meeting.

With a second reading of the ordinance, Council voted to establish the camping regulations.

The purpose of the camping ordinance is to create some sort of boundary regarding camping on public property. Situations will be handled according to these regulations, and at the discretion of the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office and the City of Sisters.

The regulations provide framework for what the City can do with campers on public property and provides a removal policy if removal becomes necessary. With an increase in people entering the area for the summer, it is important to the City to have some boundaries in place for public camping.

There were no further deliberations or discussion amongst the Council during the second reading, and City staff and the city attorney will move forward with establishing the camping regulations and removal policy.

In other business, three more public hearings were held allowing for more amendments and ordinances to be added to the master plan.

Public Works Director Paul Bertagna presented to

C6ouncil about amendments to the Sisters Water Master Plan (WMP) to align capital facilities planning with the current population forecast — which means that the Water Master Plan accounts for higher population numbers.

This WMP update focuses on the City’s water system components, including the water supply, treatment, storage, and distribution systems. This WMP update includes an analysis of the existing systems and their performance, an evaluation of system needs and improvement alternatives, and a summary of the City’s current water improvements’ financial status and potential funding opportunities for improvements.

City Council voted unanimously to adopt the amendments to the WMP.

Similarly, they approved an ordinance adopting amendments to the Sisters Wastewater Facilities Plan to also align with capital facilities planning for future population numbers.

City Council also approved a resolution adopting the fiscal year 2023/2024 budget and appropriating the funds required to cover personnel costs, etc.

The City of Sisters will accept grant funds for the community wildfire risk reduction program.

City staff applied for the grant in January and was awarded the funds to continue with wildfire mitigation efforts such as fuel reduction and other community resiliency projects.

4TH OF JULY: Event draws thousands to Sisters Airport

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This year looks to draw even more as the event’s roots grow deeper. With a promising forecast of clear skies and temperaturess in the 80s, fair weather will likely grow the crowds. More and more Sisters Country folk have deemed this the go-to event to honor America on her birthday.

There will be little variation on the theme. After all, it has worked for years now. There is one change. The event usually kicks off with a skydiver descending with a large American flag streaming as he falls gracefully to the runway to the blare of the national anthem from speakers placed around the tarmac.

“The only person licensed to freefall with a flag and flares in the area was in Madras, but has moved away,” Julie Benson said.

Benson and her husband, Benny, own the airport, and are the promoters for the day’s mix of events.

A search is underway for a replacement for the flag entry, but one may not be located in time.

“Of course we’ll have lots of fun airplanes,” Benson said. That includes one she owns, an AirCam twinengine, open-cockpit experimental amateur-built aircraft. The plane has exceptional flight characteristics with stunning low-speed handling.

It takes off in less than 100 feet and lands in under 500 feet and is used mostly for aerial photography and surveying. It cruises whisperquiet, just off idle, at the lowlevel sightseeing speed of only 55mph while burning as little as 3.5 gph of fuel.

There will be biplanes, gyrocopters, and a Pilatus PC12 made in Switzerland. It’s a 10-place, high-performance, single-engine pressurized aircraft in service to ESI based at Eagle Airport. ESI specializes in design, construction, and operations for biogas utilization projects that collectively produce over 1 million MWh of renewable electricity and over 50 million gallons of renewable vehicle fuel per year and is one of Sisters largest employers.

Benson is most excited that this year’s Rumble will feature a Chinook CH47. The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a tandem rotor helicopter developed by American rotorcraft company Vertol and manufactured by Boeing Vertol. The Chinook is a heavy-lift helicopter that is among the heaviest lifting Western helicopters.

“The one landing here is a transport version flown by the Oregon National Guard as a troop carrier,” she said.

The Chinook has a legendary military heritage dating to the Vietnam war. No doubt many a spectator at the Rumble will recognize its iconic design and legacy.

There’s an opening 5K run and aerobatic rides for a price from Aero Works, plus

discovery flights by Bend Aircraft, flight trainers. Most of the air activity takes place in the morning of the daylong event, which is free.

Always entertaining is the race between an incoming plane and a ground vehicle, typically a souped-up truck, as they blast down the runway, the plane mere feet above the truck.

Pilots from as many as five states are expected to fly in for the festivities. As morning fades and planes take off, the runway is converted to a drag strip. And the exhilaration and hilarity get ratcheted up.

Street cars and trucks, everyday vehicles, match up and tear down the runway, some reaching speeds topping 130 mph. Neighbor vs. neighbor. Dad vs. son. Buddy vs. buddy. Truck vs. car. Porsche against BMW. Mustang opposing Corvette. Pretty much no rules with lots of fanciful bragging and good-natured ripping.

For the first time, marking the event’s 10th year, Rotary will regroup from breakfast for a brat lunch as fans work up a hunger with all that fun. It’s also the airport’s 90th year of operations.

Parking is a wrinkle and attendees are urged to take extreme caution crossing Locust Street (Camp Polk Road). Lt. Chad Davis of the Sisters Sheriff’s station told The Nugget that his department has no plans to provide traffic control in the area.

Organizers are working on parking and a shuttle.

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 BottleDrop location including Ray’s in Sisters (scan code on bag to open door), or on The Nugget’s porch (now on the right side).

Outlaw Aviation to reorganize

By Bill Bartlett Correspondent

Every July 4 Sisters Eagle Airport Rumble on the Runway is also the occasion to fundraise for the aviation program at Sisters High School. Interested students can get a head start on a piloting career. For many years the school’s aviation curriculum has included the opportunity for hands-on flying in partnership with Outlaw Aviation located at Eagle Airport.

The outfit is owned by Sam Monte and Walt Lasecki, both veteran military pilots. Founded in 2013, Outlaw Avaiation’s vision was to help students obtain a private pilot license while still in high school.

Following COVID, and for other reasons, Outlaw Aviation could not sustain the partnership with the school and it became more difficult and expensive for Sisters students to get actual flying experience.

Now it is planned for Outlaw Aviation to be converted to a 501(c)(3) nonprofit whereby it can accept donations and seek grant funding. Proceeds from the pancake breakfast and car show registrations will be donated toward this reconfiguration, Julie Benson, Sisters Eagle Airport co-owner, told The Nugget . “We hope to acquire a light-sport plane as our first goal,” Benson said. “Light-sport aircraft (LSA) and the corresponding sport pilot certificate make flying easier, more affordable, and more accessible — not to mention fun! “The sport pilot certificate enables new pilots to learn to fly in about half the time and for as much as half the cost of previous alternatives, while existing pilots can transition to a simpler world of recreational flying that’s free from hassles and red tape,” Benson elaborated. The LSA category encompasses a wide variety of aircraft including two-seat ultralight-type designs.

Creating defensible space against fire

Most folks in Sisters know that creating defensible space around the home is critical to protecting our properties against wildfire.

To better prepare Oregonians for wildfire and give them resources to help create defensible space, the Oregon State Fire Marshal (OSFM) has launched a new defensible space educational tool. The Oregon Defensible Space Program offers Oregon-specific wildfire preparedness best practices, resources for download, and an in-person defensible space property assessment request portal.

Creating defensible space is something everyone can do to reduce the wildfire risk to their home or business from wildfire. This website provides a one-stop shop for Oregonians with information and other resources they need to protect their homes and neighborhoods.

Whether people want to connect with local programs, gain insight into maintaining defensible space, or begin a defensible space plan, Oregonians can find resources on Oregon Defensible Space (https:// oregondefensiblespace.org/).

Defensible space can prevent ember ignition of your home and stop wildfire flames from reaching

your home. Defensible space also creates a safer space for firefighters to work while battling a wildfire and protecting your home. Remember to keep your defensible space well-maintained, dry grass cut low, and your roof clear of leaves or needles.

Visit this new website to request a defensible space assessment of your home. These free one-on-one property walkthroughs will provide homeowners/renters with voluntary recommendations to create improvements and follow best practices for their homes. When you request an assessment, a member of your local fire agency or a deputy state fire marshal from the OSFM will schedule a time to assess your property and recommend defensible space action items.

The OSFM’s defensible space program was created in 2021 through Senate Bill 762, Oregon’s wildfire omnibus bill. The law instituted wildfire prevention, community risk reduction, and proactive emergency response tools for the OSFM.

To explore the Oregon Defensible Space Program and learn how to prepare your home and property, visit https://oregon defensiblespace.org.

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102

Rentals MINI STORAGE Sisters Rental 331 W. Barclay Drive 541-549-9631

Sizes 5x5 to 15x30 and outdoor RV parking. 7-day access. Computerized security gate. Moving boxes & supplies.

220 SW PINE ST., SUITE 102

For lease, excellent retail or office space. Great visibility, lots of windows! Corner anchor, 1,040 sq. ft. Move-in ready. Email lorna@nolteproperties.com or phone 541-419-8380.

Lorna Nolte, Principal Broker Lic #200105010

STORAGE WITH BENEFITS

• 8 x 20 dry box

• Fenced yard, RV & trailers     • In-town, gated, 24-7 EWDevcoLLC@gmail.com

103 Residential Rentals ClearPine Building Luxury Apartments Brand-new w/second-story mountain views, covered parking. 2 units available now.

3 bedroom/2 bathroom 1,368 s.f. $2,750

3 bedroom/2 bathroom 1,458 s.f. $2,775 Contact: 541-977-1492

PONDEROSA PROPERTIES

Monthly Rentals Available–Call Debbie at 541-549-2002

Full details, 24 hrs./day, go to: PonderosaProperties.com

Printed list at 221 S. Ash, Sisters Ponderosa Properties LLC

Spring Special COMPOST BY THE YARD! Call Dave. SISTERS FOREST PRODUCTS

DAVE ELPI – FIREWOOD

• SINCE 1976 •

Doug Fir – Lodgepole –Juniper

DRIVE-IN WOOD SALES

– 18155 Hwy. 126 East –SistersForestProducts.com

Order Online! 541-410-4509

203 Recreation Equipment

Mad River Canoe

15’ Expedition. $400. 541-420-6091.

403 Pets

Labradoodle Puppies

All Chocolate, available now.

$1,000. Will be microchipped, dewormed, and first vaccinations. Please contact Three Sisters Labradoodles, 253-278-3586.

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

• DERI’s HAIR SALON • Call 541-419-1279

We’ve got your cats covered!

Sisters-Tumalo-PetSitting.com 541-306-7551 • Julie

SISTERS SATELLITE

TV • PHONE • INTERNET

Your authorized local dealer for DirecTV, ViaSat HS Internet and more! CCB # 191099 541-318-7000 • 541-306-0729

502 Carpet & Upholstery

Cleaning

M & J CARPET CLEANING

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

GORDON’S

LAST TOUCH

Cleaning Specialists for CARPETS, WINDOWS & UPHOLSTERY

Member Better Business Bureau

2 WELL-MAINTAINED ATVs

1999 Sportsman ATV 500

1999 Sportsman ATV 335 ATV Trailer $6,000 for all. Gary, 503-871-7996, Sisters

205 Garage & Estate Sales

Tools: Ridge chopsaw, grinder wheel, Craftsman air compressor on wheels, heavyduty drill press, acetylene torch and welder, scaffolding, automotive wire and tools, yard tools, and more. 17471 Kent Rd, Fri. and Sat. July 7 and 8, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Junk removal, new home, garage & storage clean-out, construction, yard debris. You Call – We Haul! 541-719-8475

SMALL Engine REPAIR

• Bonded & Insured • Serving Central Oregon Since 1980 Call 541-549-3008

504 Handyman

SISTERS HONEYDO

General repairs, paint and trim, deck refurbishing, carpentry, drywall, lighting, and more- just ask. 25+ yrs. Maint. exp./local refs. Scott Dady 541-728-4266

JONES UPGRADES LLC

Home Repairs & Remodeling

CASCADE HOME & PROPERTY RENTALS

Monthly Rentals throughout Sisters Country. 541-549-0792

Property management for second homes. CascadeHomeRentals.com

104 Vacation Rentals

~ Sisters Vacation Rentals ~ Private Central OR vac. rentals, Property Management Services 541-977-9898

www.SistersVacation.com

Downtown Vacation Rentals Popular 1 and 2 Bedroom SistersVacationRentals.net

Great pricing. 503-730-0150

107 Rentals Wanted

Looking for a room/loft to rent with a lease/maintenance contract for caretaking of a larger property. Over 35 yrs. in the trade. Tim at 541-306-7340 or lynchpinstim@gmail.com.

202 Firewood

Machinist Shop Estate Sale in Crooked River Ranch 9504 Geneva View Rd., June 30–July 1, Fri., Sat., 9-4. 1951 Willys Jeep, 1958 Willys Jeep FC150 Pickup, 1993 Honda CT-70, Jet vertical milling machine, Aero Blast sandblaster, Jet benchtop disc sander, Starrett precision tools, Mitutoyo measuring devices, Linde tig welder, CSPS 17-drawer rolling toolbox, handtools, vintage metal bandsaw, Vox and Guild acoustic guitars, vintage music books (Beatles), stereo components, vintage cameras, Nintendo GameBoy, fishing & camping gear, 1970s Coors Beer lighted signs & lamps, men's Western wear and boots. View pictures on estatesales.net

Hosted by Happy Trails! Happy Trails Estate Sales and online auctions!

Selling, Downsizing, or Deaths?

Locally owned & operated by... Daiya 541-480-2806 Sharie 541-771-1150

206 Lost & Found

Lost Mickey Mouse wristwatch June 22. West end of Sisters. Call 541-771-0419.

301 Vehicles

1977 Honda CT90 Trail Bike 530 miles. Excellent condition. $2,950 OBO. 503-860-3779. We Buy, Sell, Consign Quality Cars, Trucks, SUVs & RVs ~ Call Jeff at 541-815-7397

Sisters Car Connection da#3919 SistersCarConnection.com

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

GEORGE’S SEPTIC

TANK SERVICE

“A Well Maintained Septic System Protects the Environment” 541-549-2871

501 Computers & Communications

Technology Problems?

I can fix them for you. Solving for Business & Home Computers, Tablets, Networking Internet (Starlink), and more! Jason Williams

Sisters local • 25 yrs. experience 541-719-8329

Oregontechpro.com

Drywall, Decks, Pole Barns, Fences, Sheds & more. Mike Jones, 503-428-1281

Local resident • CCB #201650

600 Tree Service & Forestry

LOLO TREE WORKS

Tree Services: Tree Removal, Tree Pruning, Stump Grinding, Emergency Tree Services.

ISA Certified Arborist

Owner / Operator: Erin Carpenter lolotreeworks.com

Call / Text: 503-367-5638

Email: erin@lolotreeworks.com

CCB #240912

TIMBER STAND IMPROVEMENT

TREE SERVICES: tree removal, trimming, stump grinding, brush mowing, Firewise compliance. — Certified Arborist — Nate Goodwin 541-771-4825 Online at: timberstandimprovement.net

CCB#190496 • ISA #PN7987A

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Lodgepole

Sisters Tree Care, LLC

Tree preservation, Pruning, Removals & Storm Damage

Brad Bartholomew ISA Cert. Arborist UT-4454A

503-914-8436 • CCB #218444

4 Brothers Tree Service

Sisters' Premier Tree Experts!

– TREE REMOVAL & CLEANUP –

Native / Non-Native Tree Assessments, Pruning, High-Risk

Removals, 24 Hr. Emergency Storm Damage Cleanup, Craning & Stump Grinding, Debris Removal.

– FOREST MANAGEMENT –

Fire Fuels Reduction - Brush

Mowing, Mastication, Tree Thinning, Large & Small Scale Projects!

Serving Black Butte Ranch, Camp Sherman & Sisters Area since 2003

** Free Estimates **

Owner James Hatley & Sons 541-815-2342 4brostrees.com

Licensed, Bonded and Insured CCB-215057

T H E N U G G E T

N E W S P A P E R 442 E. Main Avenue POB 698, Sisters, OR 97759 541-549-9941

601 Construction

CASCADE GARAGE DOORS

Factory Trained Technicians

Since 1983 • CCB #44054

541-548-2215 • 541-382-4553

Custom Homes Additions - Remodels

Residential Building Projects

Becke William Pierce

CCB# 190689 • 541-647-0384 Beckewpcontracting@gmail.com

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

Full Service Excavation

– 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

999 Public Notice

CITY OF SISTERS

BIOSOLIDS LAND APPLICATION PROJECT

Bids due 2:00 pm, July 18, 2023

INVITATION TO BID

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

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

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

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

• Dump Trucks, Transfer Trucks, Belly

• The Whole 9 Yards or 24

Whatever You Want!

604 Heating & Cooling ACTION AIR

Heating & Cooling, LLC

Retrofit • New Const • Remodel

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

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

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

606 Landscaping & Yard Maintenance

J&E Landscaping Maintenance

LLC Clean-ups, raking, hauling debris, gutters, thatching, aerating, irrigation.

802 Help Wanted

Local Wildland Fire Catering business seeks individuals in the following areas.

• Food Prep-Management Trainee

• Maintenance/Driver (must have experience pulling trailers). For more information 503-949-7406

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.

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901 Wanted

Sealed bids for the City of Sisters, Biosolids Land Application Project, addressed to the City Recorder, City of Sisters, Oregon will be received until 2:00 PM local time at City Hall, 520 E. Cascade Avenue, P.O. Box 39, Sisters, Oregon, on July 18, 2023 and then publicly opened and read at 2:00 PM at City Hall, in Sisters, Oregon. Bids shall be clearly labeled: Biosolids Land Application Project. Project includes the pumping, mixing, hauling and application of biosolids from the Sisters Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP). Approximately 500,000 gallons of liquid biosolids will be removed from the WWTP lagoon and pumped into tanker trucks. Sufficient lime will be added and mixed with biosolids which will then be transported and applied to the DEQ approved disposal site. The invitation to bid, plans, specifications, addenda, and notification of bid results for this project may be viewed at Sisters City Hall at 520 E Cascade Avenue, Sisters, OR 97759; or printed or ordered online from Premier Builders Exchange at http://www.plansonfile.com. There will be no Pre-Bid Conference for the Biosolids Land Application Project. This project is subject to the provisions of ORS 279C.800 through 279C.870 regarding payment of prevailing wages. Bidders must be registered with the Construction Contractors Board (ORS 701.055) or the bid will not be received or considered.

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

Residential and Commercial Licensed • Bonded • Insured CCB #87587

603 Excavation & Trucking

BANR Enterprises, LLC

Earthwork, Utilities, Grading, Hardscape, Rock Walls

Residential & Commercial

CCB #165122 • 541-549-6977

Edgar Cortez 541-610-8982 jandelspcing15@gmail.com

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

Wanted: Burial plot in cemetery near Sisters. Especially interested in Grandview (Geneva) or Camp Polk. Please email availability to: ceidog747@msn.com

– Sisters Oregon Guide –Pick one up throughout town!

902 Personals

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

Last call for classifieds is noon every Monday. Don't miss your chance! Place a classified ad in The Nugget. Call Janice, 541-549-9941 janice@nuggetnews.com

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