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Wednesday Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Ready for winter? By Bill Bartlett Correspondent

Delighted crowds inaugurate Holiday Palooza

They were dutifully followed by the poop brigade, who wowed the onlookers with their scooping skills. As usual the crowds were heavy with visiting relatives in town for Thanksgiving. Acquaintances were renewed, stories updated, and there was no talk of the dark events in the world. It was pure joy and fun and nothing more. It was a celebration of family

If you have put off winterizing, you might be on borrowed time, experts say. With nearly 25 days of subfreezing temperatures already under Sisters’ belt, those pesky winterizing chores are calling, and you must go. And it’s not just the yard and garden. There are the crawl space vents, screen removal, animal feeders, hose removal, chimney sweeping, and perhaps more. Of course not removing screens will have no bearing on your heating bills; it’s mostly a cosmetic ritual. But not “blowing” your drip lines can result in costly repairs next spring. If you didn’t deal with those perennial weeds, expect many more in the spring. Didn’t get the needles out of the gutters yet? Then don’t be surprised with clogged downspouts and a heightened chance of water backing up and getting under the roof shingles. Even if you don’t have gutters, it’s a good idea to

See PALOOZA on page 21

See WINTERIZE on page 22

Main Avenue was packed with spectators ready to feast their eyes on the likes of the Grinch, Santa, corgis, horses, and the Batmobile. PHOTO BY JAROD GATLEY

By Bill Bartlett Correspondent

Mother Nature filled every wish Saturday for the first Holiday Palooza put on by Sisters Park & Recreation District (SPRD). Under sundrenched, crystal blue skies, around 3,000 turned out for the first half of the doublefeature event — a parade with 29 entries. The long-held holiday parade, which in years past traveled eastbound on Hood

Avenue, switched up and moved westbound on Main Avenue. The sun warmed paradegoers in their mittens, parkas, and knit caps, as temperatures hovered in the high 30s. Attendees were often three and occasionally four deep between Spruce and Elm streets, with more choosing the north side of main to be in the sun’s glow. Spectators lined Main Avenue all the way to Oak Street, and a few caught the

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Born under a lucky star By Maret Pajutee Correspondent

Every once in a while, you meet someone who draws you in like a moth to a light. The exact chemistry is a mystery but there is something about the spring in their step, engaging smile, and funny patter that brightens the day. When I started teaching chair yoga to seniors at The Lodge in Sisters, I couldn’t help but notice Tillie Hollar. She became one of my most faithful students, a friend, and my teacher in the art of joyful living. Born Matilda Pearl Pittullo, Tillie was the youngest of four children of a family with many potato

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and wheat farmers in Idaho. Despite her Italian sounding maiden name, her family heritage is of English, Scottish, and Irish roots. The Great Depression drove her father to the navel orangegrowing mecca of Redlands, California for work. She remembers Redlands, where she was born and raised, as a small town with a church on every corner, scented by orange blossoms in the spring and smudge pots in the winter. She describes her mother as a “force of nature” a teacher with broad interests, who went to Oregon State University and taught her children healthy habits decades before they became See HOLLAR on page 28

colorful affair as far along as Pine Street. The best seats in the house were pickup trucks, nosed to the curb with tailgates open to the passing parade. Some had elaborate seating arrangements and most had a passel of kids or grandkids or dogs, or all three. Dogs were everywhere — in the parade as entrants and on the sidewalks. Horses, too, joined in, with a half dozen or so decorated to match the season and spirit.

The West is losing its glaciers By Alex Baumhardt Oregon Capital Chronicle

Glacial melt from climate change is no longer just a problem at the poles. Across the contiguous Western U.S., glaciers are slowly disappearing, according to a new analysis by researchers at Portland State University and the

U.S. Geological Survey. The study was published in the journal Earth System Science Data on September 15. Without glaciers, people, plants, and animals are more vulnerable to late summer drought. Glaciers play an important role in regulating waterways, acting as a frozen reservoir that provides cool water for streams in the

driest, hottest parts of summer when seasonal snowpacks have already melted. They also indicate the health of snowpacks needed to supply municipal water systems. “You have apple orchards and pear orchards that get their water from the Middle Fork of the Eliot River in the See GLACIERS on page 23

PHOTO BY JIM CORNELIUS

The Three Sisters area is losing its glaciers, along with many other areas across the West.

Letters/Weather ............... 2 Stars over Sisters ..............7 Announcements...............10 Fun & Games ................... 26 Crossword ...................... 29 Meetings .......................... 3 Dear Property Guy............. 9 Entertainment .................12 Flashback ........................27 Classifieds................. 30-31

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

Whose land?

Re: The letter “Whose Land?” (The Nugget, November 23): The writer of this letter is under certain misconceptions about the history of Palestine and the Palestinian people. She alleges that “the only people who have ancestral ties to Israel as their historic homeland and nation are the Jewish people.” Does she believe that ancient Israel and modern Israel are the same thing? If so, this is nonsense. Not even Jews, especially Orthodox Jews, believe this. Or does she believe that because there was some kind of Jewish “state” in Palestine thousands of years ago that this justifies the creation of a modern Jewish polity in Palestine at the expense of the indigenous people? This is also nonsense. The number of Jews who can actually trace their ancestry to even

premodern Palestine is probably insignificant, especially given the number of Jews in Europe and North Africa who were converts. None have “ancestral” ties to the modern state of Israel, which would be an oxymoron. As for cultural ties with Palestine, those of Jews are no more important than those of Christians or Muslims. Her muddled thinking about the term “Palestinian” is risible. If Golda Meir called herself a Palestinian because she lived in geographical Palestine before 1948, so what? She never renounced her cultural or religious identity as a Jew. Moreover, she never recognized the Christian and Muslim natives of Palestine to be a people with their own identity. They were just “Arabs” and, in her words, “could go to Arabia.” We must not forget that modern Israel is a See LETTERS on page 11

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Hitting the sweet spot By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

During recent discussions about the potential expansion of Sisters’ urban growth boundary (UGB), Sisters City Councilor Andrea Blum noted that she hears from constituents who think Sisters has hit a “sweet spot” and should just stay the way it is. It’s an understandable sentiment. We probably all have an idea of Sisters’ “sweet spot,” a point at which our community is or was “just right” and didn’t need to change. I tend to think that Sisters’ “sweet spot” came right around 2004. The city’s population was 1,183, about a third of what it is now. Sisters had most of the amenities needed to make life comfortable and interesting — plenty of events and activities, restaurants, a movie theater… The woods and trails were uncrowded. Schools were strong, though they did tend to struggle with budgets. But, then again, some of my favorite people in the world had not yet moved here in 2004, and my life is so much richer for having them in it… So maybe the “sweet spot” wasn’t exactly perfect. That’s the problem with “sweet spots”: they’re illusory. And subjective. I’m guessing that there are plenty of folks in Sisters who would set their sweet spot way earlier than mine, and would just as soon not have any of the stuff that has come along in the past two or three decades. And, as Councilor Jennifer Lutz pointed out recently, what might constitute a sweet spot for you or me isn’t that for others. There are a whole lot of folks who can’t even hope to find a sweet spot in a median home price of $750,000. I have friends who have lived here for many years who can’t afford to live here anymore. The sweet spot’s gone sour on them. Part of the illusion of a sweet spot is that you can stay there. Nothing stands still. Even if Sisters were to

stop growing, it would still change. And very likely not for the better. That median home price will continue to go up; Sisters will become a more and more exclusive community. That may sound just fine to some folks, but I’d argue against it. Restaurants and shops already struggle to find staff; if working folks are priced out, the vibrant downtown core will be hollowed out. It’s hard to have a vibrant arts and music scene in a town where artists and musicians can’t afford to live. And if young families can’t afford to live here, and teachers can’t make a go of it, the schools that are so central to Sisters’ sense of itself will suffer. There are real and legitimate concerns about growth. Can Sisters remain a neighborly small town when it’s got twice the population it has now? We’ve done a remarkable job staying neighborly in the 30 years I’ve been here, as the population climbed from 750 to 1,100, to now about 3,400. But there’s surely a tipping point, right? Can Sisters accommodate the projected population of 7,400 in 2043 and truly remain Sisters? There are no easy answers to the questions posed by the pressures of abiding in a place where so many people dream of living. There are consequences – intended and unintended — to any course of action or inaction. From what I’ve seen, City staff and Sisters’ elected and appointed officials are acutely aware that there are no simple fixes, and that they don’t have pat answers. The City promises a robust public process in determining what an urban growth expansion will look like, and what it might mean for Sisters. They will certainly need the help and collective wisdom of a public that has the long-term interests of the community at heart. Because Sisters is facing tricky dilemmas that get trickier with every passing year — and the one thing nobody can do is stop time.

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Sisters Dance Academy’s entry in the Sisters Holiday Palooza Parade was a big hit, as the students exhibited lots of spirit and energy as they danced down Main Avenue. PHOTO BY KELLI CARTER

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Bookstore event celebrates Western way of life

Farmer and artist authors 21st book Miller’s many accomplishments. Case in point: There’s a two-page spread for a literary fiction novel on page 12 and 13 in an agricultural publication called the Small Farmer’s Journal (SFJ). Published in Sisters by Miller and his wife, Kristi GilmanMiller, the quarterly magazine harkens back to vintage publications of long ago. The magazine was a love child for Miller in the 1970s. When he and his father discussed Miller’s passion for a return to bygone farming practices, before mechanization and monoculture crops spread around the world, his father suggested he start a magazine. Miller fleshed out a publication created to

By Katy Yoder Correspondent

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Len Babb and Craig Rullman on a cattle drive in Paisley during the filming of “The Outside Circle: A Movie of the Modern West.” A film depicting the way of life of cattle ranchers in Paisley, Oregon will be the focus of a celebration at Paulina Springs Books on Thursday, December 7, at 6:30 p.m. “The Outside Circle: A Movie of the Modern West,” is now available on DVD and through the streaming service Amazon Prime. The film had been available for streaming through Horse TV for a year, but the bookstore gathering marks the long-awaited wide international release of the documentary created by Sisters resident Craig Rullman. At the bookstore event, Rullman will show clips from the film and talk about bringing the project from

a wild idea to a finished documentary, utilizing talent from Sisters, including cinematographer Sam Pyke of Hill Shadow Pictures, and freelance journalist and videographer Cody Rheault. Central Oregon musicians Mike Biggers, Lilli Worona, and Jim Cornelius contributed original music to the film. They will play songs from the film and o t h e r We s t e r n - t h e m e d music during the Paulina Springs event. Rullman originally conceived of the film as a portrait of Western artist and buckaroo Len Babb, of Paisley, who has shown his work often in Sisters. The tale grew in the telling to encompass the story of the

Murphy family, fifth-generation Oregon ranchers fighting to preserve their land and legacy, and Victoria Jackson, a Paiute-Shoshone rodeo champion whose family legacy in the Great Basin reaches back over 14,000 years. The narratives find a common thread in their modest adherence to the values that have sustained them against the odds: faith, family, friends, and community. “We worked as hard making the thing as the people in it work to preserve something very special about our country,” Rullman said. The film was selected See FILM on page 23

Sisters Country is home to some incredibly interesting people. They chose to live on the leeward side of the Three Sisters mountains for the region’s beauty, access to land, and the possibility to keep a low profile. These unassuming characters visit stores dressed in wellworn garb used for ranch work often done in solitude. Scratch the surface of their lives and find fiercely independent thinkers living in connection to an inner source feeding their minds and hearts. Lynn Miller is one of those people. This story is a mere grain of sand on the shores of

See MILLER on page 6

Students grow through creating poetry showcased the students’ hard work through a collection of poetry. “I’m so proud of everybody in the club. This book just gives them all their welldeserved recognition,” said co-founder Devan Hepburn. Devan Hepburn is a recently graduated student from SHS who’s currently working on her degree for environmental science at

By Olivia Nieto Correspondent

Writing is a device that can help convey ideas that couldn’t otherwise be spoken out loud. At Sisters High School (SHS), the Poetry Club is a community that strives toward this goal of growing an inner artist and learning from those around them. The release of the book “Musings” earlier this year

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SISTERS AREA MEETING CALENDAR Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday. For location information, please call: Al-Anon 541-848-1970. Mon., noon, Shepherd of the Hills Sisters Rotary 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, Sisters Area Woodworkers First Lutheran Church. 541-610-7383. Noon, Aspen Lakes. 541-760-5645. Tuesday, 7 to 9 p.m. 541-231-1897. Alcoholics Anonymous Sisters Astronomy Club 3rd Tuesday, Sisters Veterans Thursdays, Monday, 5 p.m., Shepherd of the Hills East of the Cascades Quilt Guild noon, Takoda’s Restaurant. 7 p.m., SPRD. 541-549-8846. Lutheran Church 4th Wed. (September-June), Stitchin’ 541-903-1123. Tuesday, noon, Big Book study, Sisters Bridge Club Thursdays, 12:30 Post. All are welcome. 541-549-6061. Sisters Trails Alliance Board Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church p.m. at Sisters Community Church. Meetings take place every other month, Go Fish Fishing Group 3rd Monday Wednesday, 7 a.m.,Gentlemen’s Email sistersbridge2021@gmail.com. 5 p.m. In-person or zoom. Contact: meeting, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran 7 p.m., Sisters Community Church. Sisters Caregiver Support Group info@sisterstrails.org. 541-771-2211. Church 3rd Tues., 10:30 a.m., Sisters Episcopal Three Sisters Irrigation District Thursday, noon, Sober Sisters Heartwarmers (fleece blanketmakers) Church. 541-719-0031. Women’s meeting, Shepherd of the Hills 2nd Tuesday, 1 p.m., Sisters Board of Directors Meets 1st Tuesday, Lutheran Church Community Church. Materials provided. Sisters Cribbage Club Meets 11 a.m. 10 a.m., TSID Office. 541-549-8815. every Wed. at SPRD. 509-947-5744. Thursday, 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of 541-408-8505. Three Sisters Lions Club 2nd the Transfiguration Thursday, 6:30 p.m., Spoons Sisters Garden Club For monthly Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday, Friday, noon, Step & Tradition meeting, meetings visit: SistersGardenClub.com. Restaurant. 541-419-1279. 1 to 4 p.m. 541-668-1755. Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church. VFW Post 8138 and American Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board Military Parents of Sisters Meetings 541-548-0440. Legion Post 86 1st Wednesday of of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m. are held quarterly; please call for Saturday, 8 a.m., Episcopal Church of the month, 6:30 p.m., Main Church Location information: 541-549-1193. details. 541-388-9013. the Transfiguration Building Sisters Community Church. Oregon Band of Brothers Sisters Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 to 8:30 Central Oregon Fly Tyers Guild 541-549-1462. a.m., at Aspen Lakes Golf Course. Chapter meets Wednesdays, For Saturday meeting dates and SCHOOLS 541-410-2870. 11:30 a.m., Takoda’s Restaurant. location, email: steelefly@msn.com. 541-549-6469. Black Butte School Citizens4Community Community Sisters Parent Teacher Community Sisters Aglow Lighthouse 4th Board of Directors 2nd Tuesday, Builders meeting, 3rd Wednesday of 2nd Tuesday, 6 p.m. at Sisters 3:45 p.m., Black Butte School. Saturday, 10 a.m., meeting by Zoom. every month, 10 to 11:30 a.m. Visit Elementary School Commons. 541-595-6203 503-930-6158. citizens4community.com for location. 917-219-8298.

BOARDS, GROUPS, CLUBS

Council on Aging of Central Oregon Senior Lunch In-person community dining, Tues. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Grab-and-go lunch Tues., Wed., Thurs. 12:30 to 1 p.m. Sisters Community Church. 541-480-1843.

Sisters Area Photography Club 2nd Wednesday, 3:30 p.m., at Sisters Community Church. 541-549-6157.

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

Sisters School District Board of Directors One Wednesday monthly, Sisters School District Administration Building. See schedule online at www. ssd6.org. 541-549-8521 x5002.

CITY & PARKS

Sisters City Council 2nd & 4th Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Sisters City Hall. 541-549-6022. Sisters Park & Recreation District Board of Directors 2nd & 4th Tues., 4 p.m., Coffield Center. 541-549-2091. Sisters Planning Commission 3rd Thursday, 5:30 p.m., Sisters City Hall. 541-549-6022.

FIRE & POLICE Black Butte Ranch Police Dept. Board of Directors Meets monthly. 541-595-2191 for time & date. Black Butte Ranch RFPD Board of Directors 4th Thurs., 9 a.m., BBR Fire Station. 541-595-2288. Cloverdale RFPD Board of Directors 3rd Wed., 5:30 p.m., 67433 Cloverdale Rd. 541-548-4815. cloverdalefire.com. Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD Board of Directors 3rd Tuesday, 5 p.m., Sisters Fire Hall, 541-549-0771.

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Tight Lines By Chester Allen

The river on the eve of winter

Life in Sisters Country brings us closer to the rhythms of our planet. For example, our seasons don’t follow the calendar. I was reminded of this last weekend, when I drove the 50-odd miles from Sisters to the Crooked River just below Bowman Dam. Low clouds skidded across the sky as I entered the Crooked River Canyon, and little bursts of rain spattered on the truck windshield. It looked like a good day for a blue-wing olive mayfly hatch. These tiny mayflies hatch out all winter on the Crooked — and on the Metolius — but they’re most likely to show up on cloudy days with rain or snow. These bugs are hardy and sturdy, but they hate a strong, cold wind. I parked near a favorite, weedy run — the Crooked below Bowman Dam is a tailwater, which means the river flows out of the bottom of a dam. Small tailgaters are usually fertile and full of

aquatic weeds and insects. In a sense, they’re humanmade spring creeks. As I parked, I spotted the slowly spreading rings of rising trout on the Crooked River. Signs of winter We’re lucky to have two great rivers — the Crooked and the Metolius — that fish well all winter long. I know that some of you are rolling your eyes at this moment. Why? The calendar says it isn’t winter until December 21, and that’s more than a month away. Yet, we’re already getting freezing nights, we’ve gotten snow on the passes and, most importantly, the trout are acting as though winter is here. What does that mean? Well, for anglers who love to catch trout on dry flies, it means that the daily hatch (of blue-wing olive mayflies or midges or maybe a weird caddis) usually lasts for an hour or less. A few weeks ago, bugs were hatching most of the day. When it gets cold — and the daylight is short — the bugs tend to hatch on the warmest part of the day, even if the warmest part is just 36 degrees. On this day, blue-wing olive mayflies rode the surface currents in between mats of aquatic weeds. I rigged up quickly, as I knew that the hatch wouldn’t last long. I forced myself to slow down — wading quietly out toward a spot where several nice redside rainbow trout tipped and sipped size 20 mayflies. I can fit three size 20 blue-wing olive Sparkle Dun flies on my thumbnail. Yes, they’re tiny, but

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they look huge when size 24 or size 22 blue-wing olives hatch. I managed to hook a couple of nice Crooked River trout, which means that they were about 11 inches long and glistened like jewels in my landing net. The Crooked River has tons of wild trout, but most of the fish aren’t huge. That said, there are 22-inch trout in this river. Then a long, achingly bitter blast of wind sliced up the canyon, ruffling the water for about 10 minutes and blowing away the mayfly hatch. I sat on a rock for 45 minutes and hoped the mayflies would resume hatching after the wind died. Nope. That on/off switch of bug activity means one thing — winter is here. Okay, maybe it means that winter is almost here. Here and gone I got out my Euro nymphing rod and rattled tiny Zebra Midge flies on the bottom of the river. I got a couple trout, which made me happy. Euro nymphing, which is all about using a long, light leader to let tiny, heavily weighted flies drift down amongst the bottom rocks, puts the fly right in front of the fish when they’re not rising. After an hour of this, I was getting ready to go home. Then, I noticed clouds of small bugs flying overhead — and rising and falling in a dance-like ritual. Blue-wing olive spinners — the mating form of the bugs that had hatched a couple of hours before — were having sex and getting ready to lay their fertilized eggs on the

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The reward for getting on the water in the winter. river. The spinners would then flop onto the water. This floating buffet might get the fish back up and feeding on the surface! I grabbed my dry fly rod — it is a sickening-but-true fact that I have different (and expensive) fly rods for nymphing and dry fly fishing — and tied on a spinner pattern. It was 3 p.m. It would be pitch dark by 5 p.m., so I expected the spinners to fall to the water at any moment. By 4:30 p.m., some of the spinners had fallen to the water — and sparked a couple rises — but most of the wretched insects were still flying and fornicating away. At 4:45 p.m., masses of mayfly spinners began gently settling on the surface, and two very nice trout immediately began rising

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Outlaws return solid core of veterans to basketball court By Rongi Yost Correspondent

The Outlaws boys basketball squad finished last year’s season 14-14 (8-4 in league). They took third place in the tough Mountain Valley Conference, won a first-round state playoff road game, and battled the No.-1 ranked team in 3A in the round of 16, coming up just one game short from the final eight tournament. They return six experienced players from that team who will provide experience and leadership to the squad. Returning players include Brody Fischer (senior), juniors Hudson Beckwith, Kale Gardner, Garrett Sager, Landon Scott, Diego Silva, and Levi Szesze. Fischer shot 33 percent from behind the arc last season and was 53 percent overall from the field. He’s the tallest player on the team, has a nice skill set from the outside, and will be a matchup problem for other teams this season. Coach Chad Rush said, “Brody stepped into a post position last year due to injury and did a great job in that role. This year we will look to Brody to provide leadership, be a three-point threat, and a rebounding

presence on both sides of the floor.” Beckwith is a player that provides hustle, defensive intensity, and is an offensive spark plug. “Hudson will be asked to bring his hustle and intensity to the court each game, while providing a spark on the offensive end when the team needs it,” said Rush. Gardner averaged 8.5 points, four rebounds, and two assists per game for the Outlaws last year, and was a Second Team All-League selection. “Kale is a fierce competitor that works hard each game,” said Rush. “This season the Outlaws will look for Kale to provide court leadership and increase his ability to be the coach on the floor.” Sager established himself last season as a player that could guard any position on the floor. “Garrett’s strength and quickness were invaluable on the defensive end of the floor last year,” said Rush. “He’ll be asked to anchor the defensive side of the ball by continuing to provide his versatile defender mentality this season, while being an opportunistic scorer on the offensive end of the floor.” Scott averaged 9.3 points,

four rebounds, and 1.5 steals per game last season. He led the team in three-point attempts, and knocked down 30 percent of those tries. “Landon has an uncanny ability to find ways to get to the basket and score,” said Rush. “As our leading returning scorer, we’ll look to Landon to provide a scoring threat from all over the floor, while setting up opportunities for his teammates when they present themselves.” Silva averaged four points and two rebounds per game for the Outlaws. “Diego is a player that has an endless motor and can be seen flying all over the floor,” said Rush. “He is our leading returning threepoint shooter, and shot 36. 4 percent last season. Diego, with his great athletic ability, will be looked upon this season to provide much-needed rebounding on both ends of the floor while using his motor to be a threat in our transition game by attacking the basket.” Szesze rounds out the returning players, and Rush noted that he is a player that has a sneaky way of finding scoring opportunities for himself. “Levi improved his defensive skills last season and because of that will

be looked to contribute on both ends of the floor,” said Rush. New to the team this year are seniors Devin Coverdale and Rope Chew, and juniors Austin Dean and Oliver Bernhardt. Coverdale has been with the Outlaws program for four years, and Rush noted that he brings a great “team first” attitude. Rush added that Coverdale works hard on both ends of the court and will look for him to provide that for the Outlaws this season. Chew is currently recovering from a football injury and the timeline for his return to basketball is still unknown at this time. Rush stated that Chew brings a relentless effort on the rebounding glass and also has a great

“team first” attitude. Dean floated up to the varsity team later in the season last year, and Rush told The Nugget that they will look to him to provide a defensive mentality to the team with his great speed, quickness, and intensity. Bernhardt also came up and played varsity near the end of last year’s season. He’s 6’2” and has versatility as a playmaker on both ends of the floor. The Outlaws goals for this season are to continue to improve the team’s overall record while putting themselves in a place to contend for a top spot in the league and return to the state playoffs. The team will kick off their season with a road game at Burns on Wednesday, November 29.

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MILLER: Book is an era-bending adventure across cultures Continued from page 3

support small farmers using old methods and less destructive practices that offered a way to live in better harmony with the land. Miller ’s latest book, “Roots in a Lovely Filth” is the third in a quartet of creations called the Duden Chronicles. Why the book is featured within SFJ’s pages makes absolute sense to the Journal’s readers. When callused hands, still wearing dirt from time in the fields, hold the edifying pages, readers soak in the writer’s words like summer rain. This is an author and a life they know. Lynn Miller arrived on this earth in 1947, born with a galaxy full of gifts he’s spread like stars throughout his life. Miller is a painter, farmer, author, teacher, and philosopher. Even as his latest book opens its eyes to the world, he has seven other projects in the works. He could no more stop creating than the sun and moon cease to rise and set. His mind and inheritance demand it. He must paint, write, and share wisdom about everything he knows, from philosophy to fixing fence. Miller was born of a Puerto Rican mother and a Dutch father, with English as his second language. Miller grew up filling himself with cultural richness and a language that sang to him. He went on to be a musician, singer, ballet dancer, actor, and inner-city small farmer. How does one farm in San Francisco? “On a very small scale,” he said. “I had a house with a half-acre yard out near the ocean in the Sunset District that I called my farm… but really it was an organic garden.” Miller received two fine arts degrees during a time

teeming with disorder and dissent. He recalled one of his professors at the San Francisco Art Institute who sometimes turned her class over to her boyfriend, writer and counter-culture icon Ken Kesey. “At the time Kesey didn’t mean anything to me. If it had been Bob Dylan, it would have meant something. I had no point of reference even though when I was 17, I was reading symbolist French poetry, and was deeply involved in reading Cervantes and Rabalais,” said Miller. With an ancestral pull for farming demanding attention, he left California and moved north, where he took any job he could find in agriculture. He managed a commercial broiler operation with 88,000 chickens, then an organic goat dairy, and later purebred Angus cattle operations and sheep ranches. His work for a cattle rancher, who was also the chairman of the International Trade Commission, took him far afield. “He flew me around to buy bull semen and to show me off at cocktail parties. I spent time in Washington, D.C. and got inside those circles... things troubled me in those circles,” he said. After leaving San Francisco, and farming on 77 acres near the Oregon Coast, Miller moved to Sisters Country in 1988. He chose a location many miles from town that gave his family privacy and a new piece of ground to farm and leave better than they found it. “I’m 76 years old and have been involved in a universe of my own creation for my entire life. During that time, I’ve spoken to audiences all around the planet. There is that ridiculous cliché that you have to travel some distance to be recognized in your own home. Those were my choices and I made that happen, it was deliberate,” said Miller. “I’ve insisted from

day-one that what I write in a creative sense must survive on its own; even to the extent that when I decided to write the Duden Chronicles as a quartet, they don’t depend on one another; they violate each other,” he said. “Roots in a Lovely Filth” features a young farming couple Enno and Ahnah and a secret society’s mission to protect them. The book joins two earlier novels, “The Glass Horse” (2008), and “Brown Dwarf” (2020). The latest literary creation by Miller takes readers on an era-bending, culturally prolific adventure within a collage of stories and ancient works of art joined with ligatures in embellished fonts. When asked about the peculiarly pleasing fonts, Miller said, “Each of those things are like digital drawings, every one of them is unique and would be hard-pressed for someone to repeat. I referenced it in the start of the book, ‘All massaged custom ligature bracelets in this volume are the creation of the author and offered as

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Lynn Miller among the apples. He is a farmer as well as a prolific author. shift markers or rest stops or dismounts.’” Throughout the book, Miller includes recipes defying traditional approaches to cooking. Like his writing, his recipes can’t be easily placed in a specific genre. A single father of three children until he met his wife, Kristi Miller was producing the Small Farmer’s Journal as well as a myriad of other tasks, including feeding his young family. “If I had to cook for three kids I either had to find the

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best possible thing I could do in a hurry or experiment in ways no one had ever imagined. As youngsters, my kids had no problem asking, ‘Dad why’d you put raisins in the spaghetti sauce?’ It became an adventure. They became a wonderful filter and jury for the whole process.” Reading Miller’s latest creation takes attention and an ability to let go and let Miller blast off into another galaxy full of stars and planets. Some are identifiable, while others are conjured in his everchurning mind, revealing undiscovered regions full of beauty, color, sweet-smelling dirt, and life’s cruel realities. Just like life, the book defies reason, bursts with chestburning emotions, and isn’t easy to understand… but it’s so worth the effort. “Roots in a Lovely Filth” is receiving appreciative accolades from reviewers. It will be on sale at Paulina Springs Books and through Miller’s publishing company, Davila Art & Books, at Davilabooks. com A full list of Miller’s books are available on the site.

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Stars over Sisters By Brennan Frutos & Keelan Doyle Correspondents

The featured constellation for December is Eridanus, the celestial river. It is the sixth largest, and second longest, constellation in the entire sky. Beginning with the star Cursa, near the left foot of Orion, the river flows westward to the eastern border of Cetus. From here the flow turns eastward before plunging deep into the celestial southern hemisphere, ending at Achemar, the constellation’s brightest star. This month Eridanus lies in the southeastern sky at about 9 p.m. local time. To find it, first locate Rigel in Orion. Cursa lies about 4 degrees to the north northwest of Rigel. Follow an irregular string of dim stars to the west that turns back in an easterly direction. At this point the river turns sharply south, preventing the constellation’s southernmost stars from rising above the horizon at our latitude here in Central Oregon. Unfortunately, this includes Eridanus’ brightest star, Achemar. Although there are varying stories associated with the mythology of Eridanus, most of them center around Phaethon, son of Helios the sun god. It was Helios’ job to drive his golden chariot across the sky every morning and evening, driving the sun to rise and set. One day a youthful Phaethon restlessly urged his father to let him drive the chariot himself. Reluctantly, Helios agreed, but told him to be cautious, as he didn’t think that Phaethon would have the strength to manage the horses.

As dawn drew near in the eastern heavens, Phaethon mounted the chariot. However, he immediately lost control of the reins, and the chariot veered in all different directions of the sky. Zeus, the sky and thunder god, was not amused by this, and shot Phaethon down with a thunderbolt. The Greeks regarded the blazing trail left behind from Phaethon’s journey as a river, now known as Eridanus. In another tale, it is the water that flows from Aquarius. While there are no Messier objects in Eridanus, the constellation does contain many very fine galaxies that are listed in the New General Catalogue (NGC) of deep-sky objects. One of the most visually striking of these is NGC 1300, considered to be prototypical of a barred spiral galaxy. Barred spirals differ from normal spiral galaxies in that the arms of the galaxy do not spiral all the way into the center but are connected to the two ends of a straight bar of stars that contains the nucleus. Observational evidence suggests that there are more barred spiral galaxies today than existed billions of years earlier. This implies that bars are a sign of maturity among spiral galaxies. NGC 1300 is approximately 110,000 lightyears in diameter, slightly larger than our Milky Way galaxy, and is about 69 million light-years away. Winter in the Northern Hemisphere begins on Thursday December 21, 2023, at 7:27 p.m., when the sun lies directly above the Tropic of Capricorn. The

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standing about 6 degrees above the southwestern horizon before dropping into the sun’s glare by month’s end. Mars is still too close to the sun to be observed. Dark sky tip: To help

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Match boosts farm donations Becoming a new Seed to Table (S2T) donor will have its biggest impact ever with a new donor campaign backed by a matching gift of up to $20,000. Thanks to a generous donor, any donations from first-time donors will be matched. They have a goal to bring in 100 new donors with gifts of any size. Seed to Table’s program supports many aspects of life in Sisters Country. If folks have enjoyed the Sisters Farmers Market, have had a student excited about where their food comes from after a farm field trip, or enjoyed an S2T veggie pickup at one of their 12 distribution points, S2T is thankful for the involvement. Celebrating their 10th anniversary serving the community, S2T’s reach has grown drastically, serving thousands each year and growing nearly 100,000 pounds of fresh produce. “The timing of this matching gift couldn’t come at a more perfect time as we aim to bring in $200K from nearly 300 donors. The reach of the organization has tripled in the past few years,” said S2T founder Audrey Tehan. Seed to Table receives funds from program revenues, grants, and individual donations. “The growth of individual donors helps us meet our goal and helps the organization by letting potential and current grant

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Seed to Table provides agricultural education opportunities. organizations know that S2T has substantial community backing. It’s not only the size of the donation but the number of individual donors that make a large impact on the organization’s ability and attraction to larger funding sources, locally and nationally. Please help us get to 100 new individual donors today and make sure your funds are matched!” Donations can be sent via mail to Seed to Table Oregon P.O. Box 1812,Sisters, OR 97759. Online at www. s e e d t o t a b l e o r e g o n . o rg / donations. There’s an S2T Giving Guide, which explains different ways to contribute to their ongoing efforts. Business Sponsorships are still available. Seed to Table’s mission is to increase health

and wellness of the Central Oregon community through providing equitable access to locally grown, farm fresh produce and offering opportunities in farm-based education. They are a is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit entity, tax ID number 82-3795618. For more information contact Audrey Tehan at audrey@seed totablesisters.org.

University of Oregon. She, along with Marieke Jeffrey, helped found Poetry Club in 2021, and assisted in composing the book. “I just loved poetry, and I thought Poetry Club was a great way to share stories with the community over a common medium,” says Hepburn. Twenty-one of these SHS students played a part in constructing over 100 poems, some of them who started off never having written a poem before. “I had never written poetry before I joined the club, but it became an important creative outlet for me, as well as a way in which I could view beauty and positivity in the world,” says Molly Greaney, a prominent contributor to the book. Each of these students made compositions that carried their own unique meaning, ranging through diverse topics such as a woolen

I had never written poetry before I joined the club, but it became an important creative outlet for me... — Molly Greaney blanket, platonic love, and pasta adoration. These dozens of poems were divided into seven sections, Scribbles on Nostalgia, Butterflies, Redundancy, Floating, Loss, Warmth, and Earth. These sections helped tie together the seemingly random array of writing, finding shared commonalities that made the collection flow. Though the poetry club isn’t as active today as it was last year, all students who participated left with new insight into creative writing. Many still practice the art today, and use it to better enjoy their life. The book is not currently available for purchase, but Hepburn is working on making copies available through Sisters High School’s library.

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2024 Central Oregon real estate — trends to watch

Dear Property Guy By Mike Zoormajian

After some time off, we’re back with our usual Q&A about rental properties and housing. But first, let’s start with a look at some major market trends. 2024 is shaping up to be a different sort of real estate season in Sisters. After several years of bidding wars, new Covid-fueled residents, cheap money, and massive price increases, things are finally settling down. Let’s take a look at a few trends driving the local real estate market. 1. End of the ZoomTown BoomTown This cute phrase was coined to describe quaint, quiet, idyllic towns that got overrun by wage slaves from big cities when businesses decided everyone could work from home. Instead of staying in their actual homes, these remote workers moved to cool places like Sisters, Sandpoint, and Whitefish. The result was higher rents and higher home values. Now that these workers are being called back to the home office, demand for rentals and housing in these places is slacking. Areas like Boise and others have seen

double-digit percent declines in values, but that’s not happening locally. 2. Interest rates This is the big thing in real estate right now. Pretty much every homeowner who purchased before 2023 is sitting on an interest rate that starts with a 3 or a 4. With rates now hanging around 7 percent, people just can’t afford to sell their current house and give up that sweet, sweet cheap money even if they would like to move. The result? Less supply, which is keeping prices high. Combining fewer sellers with the fact that higher interest rates have made houses unaffordable for many potential home buyers, and you have a recipe for a slowdown. What does that mean in real-world terms? Say it was just a year or so ago, and you wanted to buy a little place in town. For a $700K house with 20 percent down, your monthly payment would have been around $2,300. At today’s rates, you’d be looking at more like $3,700. Sobering indeed. Now some smart people are saying we’re going to get some interest rate relief in 2024, but nobody’s talking about a return to the threes and fours anytime soon. 3. Inflation For those of you born after 1980, inflation is bad. It is (basically) when the price of retail goods seems to increase rapidly for no good reason. Any skeptics are welcome to check your

current grocery bills against last year’s, for evidence. The real kicker here is that inflation is generally not accompanied by higher wages, so we all see reduced purchasing power. The housing market, and especially new construction, is not exempt from this. Raw material prices and labor are high, and will continue to increase. This means that the likelihood of newly constructed “affordable” single-family homes remains unlikely. For individuals, inflation means a higher percentage of income going to essentials like food and gas. 4. To bubble or not to bubble Many of us remember the 2008 housing crash and the ensuing recession. With some vocal commentators screaming “housing bubble” and “recession,” many are wondering if we’ll see a repeat. One crucial difference between now and 2008 is the amount of equity the average homeowner has. In 2008, banks were giving away zero-down loans, and doing a poor (or criminal) job of verifying ability to repay. This led to a huge mess when the economy turned down and borrowers, unable to make payments, simply walked away from their loans. Since 2008, lending requirements were tightened considerably, and even a significant drop in housing prices would not create negative equity for a significant amount of owners. This

means a lower likelihood of a recession -ueled crash in property values. 5. Low housing supply But, but, but... the Governor said “more affordable housing.” I know, we all wish politicians could repeal the laws of supply and demand. But a bunch of affordable single-family housing springing up isn’t going to happen any time soon. Remember that whole 2008 housing crash thing? Builders basically stopped building for five years after that, and we’re still feeling the effects. Today, permitting and planning processes remain expensive and cumbersome, discouraging building. Also, our new friends high interest rates and inflation will continue

to make new construction a challenging business case. What does all this mean? My crystal ball is cloudy and I’m suspicious of anyone who claimed to know the direction of the market. But for those interested in real estate, I would pay close attention to these particular trends. And while I think it’s safe to say that dramatic market swings are not likely in our area, anything can (and often does) happen. Mike Zoormajian is a principal at WetDog P ro p e r t i e s i n S i s t e r s . Providing local real estate, property management, and investor services. Questions and comments to: letters@ wetdogpnw.com. Free advice is worth what you pay for it. Consult a real attorney before doing anything crazy.

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A N N O U N C E M E N T S Kalamataca Ranch Christmas Tree Hunt 2023

Head to Kalamataca Ranch to explore 80 acres for a natural Christmas tree. Saturday and Sunday, December 2 & 3 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Donations go toward local nonprofits including Sisters Young Life. Enjoy crafts, cocoa, chili, s’mores, and a campfire. Saws, sleds, ropes, and permits are provided. Directions: Head west on Hwy. 20, past Black Butte Ranch. Turn left on McAllister Rd. Follow the signs for the Christmas Tree Hunt. Info: Brooke, 541-588-0408 or Shannon, 206-356-0972.

Free Lunches for Seniors

For those 60+, the Council on Aging of Central Oregon offers a fun, no-cost social lunch every Tuesday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Sisters Community Church, 1300 McKenzie Hwy. No reservations needed. No-cost Grab-N-Go lunches take place weekly on Wed. and Thurs., from 12:30 to 1 p.m. Call 541-797-9367.

Weekly Food Pantry

The Wellhouse Church hosts a weekly food pantry Thursdays at 3 p.m. at 222 N. Trinity Way. Both drive-through pick-up and shopping-style distribution are available. Call 541-549-4184 for information.

SISTERS LIBRARY COMING EVENTS

Renaissance Sisters Holiday Performance

Enjoy the sounds of your favorite holiday tunes with recorders. While Renaissance music is the primary focus, the Renaissance Sisters have evolved into a more eclectic group that plays other genres, including Christmas, jazz, Irish, and even Latin American tangos. Wednesday, December 6 at 2 p.m. in the Sisters Library Meeting Room.

Sisters Jazz Choir Holiday Performance

Enjoy the harmonies of the Holidays with Sisters Jazz Choir. The Sisters Jazz Choir is an elite choir of 12 high school students auditioned out of the Sisters School District Choral Program. Saturday, December 9 at 11 a.m. in the Sisters Library Meeting Room.

Wreath-Making Workshop

Learn to hand tie beautiful holiday greenery wreaths at 1 p.m. on Thursday, December 14 in the Sisters Library Meeting Room. Participants will have the opportunity to create one greenery wreath and a swag. Instructor will provide a variety of greens, cones, 14” hand-tie wreath rings, and wreath wire. Bringing a pair of pruning shears or heavy scissors is recommended. Registration is required at https:// www.deschuteslibrary.org/ calendar/adult.

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Friday–Saturday, December 1–2 Camp Sherman Holiday Bazaar Camp Sherman Community Hall Friday–Sunday, December 1–3 Grandma’s Attic Craft Show St. Edward Catholic Church Saturday–Sunday, December 2–3 Kalamataca Ranch Christmas Tree Hunt West of Black Butte Ranch Wednesday, December 6 Renaissance Sisters Concert Sisters Library Meeting Room

Camp Sherman Holiday Bazaar

Friday and Saturday, December 1 and 2, join a festive community gathering at the Camp Sherman Community Hall with wreaths, crafts, and goodies for sale. Friday hours are from 5 to 9 p.m. Enjoy soup dinner and outside live music and hot drinks by the fire. Also this year — a Silent Auction from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday night to raise funds for Community Hall restoration work. Saturday hours are from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This holiday tradition is one you won’t want to miss! Call Lorie at 541-5952719 for more information.

Jefferson County Forestland Meeting

There will be a Jefferson County Forestland Classification meeting on Monday, December 11 at 6 p.m. at the Camp Sherman Community Hall, 13025 FSRD 1419, Camp Sherman. Join by Zoom at https://odf.zoom. us/j/97349227583, Meeting ID: 973 4922 7583.

STARS Seeks Dispatch Volunteers

While working from home, help STARS transport Sisters Country residents to nonemergency medical appointments. Needed: A computer, the ability to use online apps, and a telephone. Call 541-904-5545. STARS is an AFSC Action Team.

Free Weekly Meal Service

Family Kitchen hosts weekly togo hot meals on Tuesdays, 4:30 to 6 p.m. Sisters Community Church, 1300 McKenzie Hwy. Visit www.FamilyKitchen.org.

Sisters Habitat Volunteers Needed

Now that the children are back in school, are you looking for something fun to do with your free time? Come volunteer with Sisters Habitat for Humanity! Call 541-549-1193 to get started.

Sunday School for Children

Church of the Transfiguration is now offering Sunday School for children, ages 5 to 12, regardless of church affiliation, during both Sunday worship services. Protestant/ecumenical service is at 8:30 a.m. and Episcopal service begins at 10:15 a.m. The church address is 121 Brooks Camp Rd. Sisters. For info call Margaret Doke at 541-588-2784.

Grandma’s Attic Craft Show

Find gifts and decor at this craft show on Friday, December 1 through Sunday, December 3 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at St. Edward Catholic Church, 123 Trinity Way in Sisters. Proceeds support St. Winefride’s Garden. For more info call 541-549-9391.

Community in Winter at Black Butte School

Black Butte School presents “Community in Winter,” an evening of two short plays performed by BBS K-8 students. Thursday, December 7 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Camp Sherman Community Hall. Admission is free. Call Black Butte School at 541-595-6203 for more info.

STARS Seeks Volunteers to Transport Patients

Help Sisters Country residents get to nonemergency medical appointments in Sisters, Redmond, and Bend. Attend a free two-hour training. Emails from STARS dispatchers allow you to accept dates and times that work for your schedule, and a mileage reimbursement is included. Learn more at www. starsride.org. STARS is an AFSC Action Team.

American Legion and VFW

Meetings are held on the first Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at Sisters Community Church, 1300 McKenzie Hwy. All members invited to attend. Call Charles Wilson, 847-344-0498.

Sisters Garden Club Journal

Sisters Garden Club has a Garden Journal that is available for $15 at Paulina Springs Books, The Gallimaufry, Three Sisters Floral, Flowers by Deanna, Home Styled, and Metamorphosis, all in Sisters. The multi-year journal includes pages for notes on weather, monthly garden activities, plant details, and more. Sales support the Club and other local nonprofits. Get your copy now. They make great gifts. Please call 971-246-0404 for questions.

Sisters High Desert Chorale Holiday Concert

Join the High Desert Chorale, under the direction of Irene Liden, for a concert of holiday songs, featuring the Sisters High Desert Bell Choir. Two shows will be held — Friday, December 8 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, December 10 at 2:30 p.m. — both at Sisters Community Church, 1300 W. McKenzie Hwy.

Making a Difference Made Easy in Sisters Country

Age Friendly Sisters Country (AFSC) fiscally sponsors three great Action Teams, and two of them currently need your help to advance their projects to improve livability in Sisters Country. Help the Family Friendly Restroom Team get their project (literally!) off the ground by going to www. agefriendlysisters.com and following the links to volunteer. Go to starsride.org to learn more about their Action Team. Call AFSC directly at 541-241-7910 to learn more about what we do.

Pet Food Drive

The annual Furry Friends (FF) Pet Food drive is going on now and is held in conjunction with the Kiwanis and local fire department’s Spirit of Giving campaign. Donations of pet food can be dropped off at the FF office. Monetary donations are welcome and can be mailed to P.O. Box 1175, Sisters 97759 or made online at www. furryfriendsfoundation.org. For more information please call 541-797-4023.

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Central Oregon Federated Republican Meeting

COFRW (Central Oregon Federated Republican Women) meets the first Thursday of every month from 10:30 a.m. (registration) to 1 p.m. at Brand 33 at Aspen Lakes Golf Club in Sisters. Come learn from quality speakers, and hear and question local and state candidates. Meetings include lunch for $27. RSVP required to attend. Learn more about upcoming meetings and speakers, and RSVP at www.COFRW.net.

Sisters French Club

For people interested in French culture and language, Sisters French Club meets the second Monday of each month at 6 p.m. at The Barn, 171 E. Main Ave. All levels are welcome. The next meeting will be August 7. For more information, please visit Facebook @ SistersFrenchClub.

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colonial settler state. It was driven by an ideology, Zionism, which demanded the creation of an exclusive Jewish state in Palestine. There was no place in it for the indigenous Christians and Muslims. They had to go. Golda Meir was from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. For those looking for insight into the current disaster, it is important to listen to Israeli scholars like Ilan Pappe and Benny Morris and American Jewish scholars like Noam Chomsky and Norman Finkelstein, or even Miko Peled, the son of an Israeli general. They are on YouTube. If one has the stomach, there is a video by Israeli public broadcasting of Israeli children singing how they will eliminate all Palestinians within one year. Meanwhile, the Israeli killing of innocents goes on. Now more than 5,000 children. Gary Leiser

It’s simple

To the Editor: For once, Mr. Mackey’s reference to a biblical quote was right on the money. Proverbs 14:15-18 states: “The simple believe anything, but the prudent give thought to their steps.” Wow. I couldn’t have said it better. It goes on to state: “The simple inherit folly but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.” Right now, there seems to be a decided lack of crowns in this country. There is, however, too many people who want to keep it “simple.” I love how Mr. Mackey puts scientists in air quotes as if they’re not real. I’m sure he chipped out his letter on a piece of stone before trekking over to The Nugget. If you don’t believe in someone, you certainly wouldn’t want to use anything that they had anything to do with, such as ink, paper, laptops, email, etc. I think Sharon Booth left out a word when she was talking about “not opinions, but facts, (here is where I would have inserted ‘knowledge’)” like ice ages developing over thousands of years. Then Mr. Mackey wouldn’t have misunderstood thinking that you’d have to be there thousands of years ago to get the data. Apparently, he’s not familiar with ice core samples or analogies. How we went from climate change to COVID kinda stumped me, but I guess if you want to prove that scientists are not telling the truth, and you don’t know the truth, conspiracy theories are always a good way to go. I wonder if Mr. Mackey has overcome the trauma of the vaccines he got as a child. You know, polio, smallpox, diphtheria, etc. Those pesky scientists. I couldn’t help but notice Mr. Mackey left out Russia when he was questioning climate

change being a bigger threat than China, Iran, North Korea. Russia may well be the biggest threat we have on the foreign relations front. If they attack NATO, it’s war on a huge scale with a country with a lot of nukes. China would think twice about a war with us ‘cause then they’d never get back the money we owe them and who would they sell all their crap to. If North Korea sent a nuke to the U.S. or Japan, they’d be turned into radioactive slag. So, in answer to your question, yes, climate change is the bigger threat and even our enemies will suffer from it. It’s simple. Bruce Campbell

Dangers of drinking

To the Editor: Hello everybody, grace and peace to you. I would like to share a second letter with the people of Sisters to talk about my experience with the powerful liquid drug known as alcohol. This information is for any and all AA and NA participants. I believe separatism and divisionism is the foundation of war, conflict, and bloodshed. Alcohol is a drug. The Food and Drug Administration classified it as an adult beverage, however, I believe it should be classified as a drug. What I am about to tell you is scientific and medical fact. Alcohol is a double-barrel shotgun. The first barrel is the constant consumption of alcohol leads to the creation of a drug called THIQ. This drug is more addictive than heroin. So if you are addicted to alcohol than you are in worse condition than a heroin addict. The chemical compound THIQ was fist created and used in the middle of World War II. The navy physician went to their chemist requesting a drug less addictive than morphine. The Navy physicist chemist cooked up the drug now known as THIQ. A year later the medics went back to the Navy and requested that they return to morphine because THIQ was so addictive. In 1962, a female neurologist named Virginia Davis was studying cancer in Houston, TX and the process of the human brain, which means she whittled on brains. The brains she was dissecting were the brains of winos. One day she made a comment to her colleagues, I can’t figure out how these winos can afford their heroin. She was the one who discovered that the brain can only process so much alcohol, and with the excess alcohol the brain creates THIQ, which as we already know is more addictive than heroin. Thus the metaphor for the double barrel is this second barrel, and that’s called relapse. Relapse pulls the second barrel. The human brain enters into withdrawal with the absence See LETTERS on page 12

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of alcohol (THIQ). They are now fighting with a craving more powerful than the relapse a heroin addict experiences, which is why it is so difficult for someone to put down a drink. How many bars and lounges and restaurants do you have that are selling alcohol? It is one of the greatest and most dangerous issues facing Sisters, but we don’t address it at all. These facts pertain to weekend warriors, social drinkers, and those late-stage chronic addicts. Chuck Morse

Congrats on retirement

To the Editor: A tip of the hat to Bonnie Malone. She and Sisters are connected at the hip in more ways than one! Congratulations on your retirement, Bonnie! Judy Bull

Compliments

To the Editor: You need a topic category of “compliments!” I just read the November 15th issue and want to say how much I enjoyed the “Keeping the wild in Whychus Creek” story and “The long echo of the guns” commentary. I always appreciate the current local news, but savor the inclusion of stories that go a little bit bigger in context and focus, especially with an historical perspective. Thank you for such a great local newspaper! Sara Stamey

Public lands permits

To the Editor: As a follow-up to my letter regarding stripping branches from cedar trees, I can report that some action was taken by Ian Reid, Sisters’ district ranger. He and a colleague hiked with me to see two of the worst sites along the trail. He brought the permit to check items of compliance or violation, and was open about acknowledging definite abuse of the permit. I learned that permits measure tonnage, not confined specific areas, and that this particular permit was for two tons of branches! However there is no system for checking amounts cut or compliance, and rare consequence issued, mainly because of staff and logistic limits. His colleague said they just hope that 80 percent of the people do the right thing and obey limits. We discussed that by definition, public lands have three designated purposes;

commercial, conservation and recreation, and the Forest Service must seek some balance. He explained the many duties that require prioritizing, like wildfires, homeless camps, illegal tree felling, safety, camping sites, trails, education, and the current philosophy of thinning by logging and prescribed burns. The mandates are national, but managed locally. While we cannot undo the damage and illegal actions, it is important for ordinary citizens to note when something seems “not right,” and pursue answers or action that can be fruitful, ultimately. Mr. Reid promised to review how permits are issued and how better to enforce them, with that department, for future use. I appreciated that they took time to communicate, visit the damage, and follow up, and we all learned from the experience. Wendie Vermillion

Our major parties

To the Editor: Does the USA have two major political parties? Dumb question? You decide. Out of 50 states, 31 states and the District of Columbia (DC) register voters by party affiliation. The other 18 states register voters without party affiliation. Therefore, over 1/3 of U.S. states are excluded from political party affiliation totals. That is a very big hole in determining which are the major parties. In 2022 there were 168.42 million registered voters. In 2023, it jumped to 210 million. Yay! The 18 states that do not allow party affiliation at registration have 139.9 million people out of U.S. population of 336 million, or 42 percent. The number of registered voters (210 million) is 63% of US population. If that last percentage (voters to population) holds true for the 18 states, then the estimated number of registered voters for which we do not know their party affiliation is 88.1 million (63% of 139.9 million). Of the 31 states plus D.C. that do track affiliation at registration, 40% are Democrat, 29% are Republican, and 28% are Independent (as in party, not as in nonaffiliated). Also, in 19 of these states plus D.C., there are 20% more Democrats registered than Republicans, and of the remaining 12 states Republicans have a 12% lead over Democrats. The party affiliations also indicate that 12 states plus D.C. have a Democrat plurality, eight states have a Republican plurality, and 10 states have Independent Party plurality. Yet we continue with a two-party system from primaries to divided congresses. Looks to me like we have three major parties. Go figure. Susan Cobb

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The Belfry Live Music: Thunderstorm Artis 7 p.m. Soaring vocals meet dexterous, layered guitar and intimate storytelling. Presented by The Whippoorwill Presents. Tickets, $25, at www.bendticket.com. Paulina Springs Books Scrabble Club 11 a.m. Open to all. Info: PaulinaSprings.com.

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We live in an Alpine town — which means we’d better be keeping an eye out on the night of December 5. That’s Krampusnacht, the night when Krampus arrives to terrify all the naughty children. Krampus, whose origins probably stretch back into pre-Christian times in Europe, is described as half goat/half demon, hairy with cloven hoofs and a long, red tongue. While St. Nicholas traditionally left gifts for children on December 6, Krampus hauled them off in a bag or a basket for a licking with birch switches. Or worse. Not nice. Krampus’ traditional stomping grounds are in Alpine Austria, Bavaria, and the mountains of the Balkans. But if Santa Claus can make it around the world in one night, why not Krampus? Is any mountain town truly safe? In recent times, Krampus Runs have become popular in Europe. They often involve excessive libations and occasionally produce broken bones. Sisters will stick with its December 2 Ugly Sweater Run — but we might want to keep watch for cloven heels clattering on the pavement under a really ugly sweater. The current revival of interest in Krampus is often attributed to push-back against the materialism associated with Christmas.

Perhaps the greatest critique of Christmas materialism appeared in 1957, when Dr. Seuss published his parable “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” The book was adapted into an animated TV presentation in 1966, and it became annual viewing for a couple of generations, back in the days when you had to watch a show when it came on — no streaming or recording. Theodore Geisel’s Grinch was an alienated green creature living in isolation in a mountain cave above Whoville. Annoyed by the sound of good cheer emanating from the village, he plotted to infiltrate the town and steal all the presents from the cottages of the Whos. That’ll show ’em. But the morning after his raid — Christmas morning — he heard no lamentation coming from the bereft residents of Whoville. Instead, he heard joyous singing — and realized that maybe there was more to Christmas than all the “stuff.” Legend has it that the Grinch’s heart grew three sizes that day. He sledded down his mountain and returned all the presents he had looted and joined in the Whos’ feast of roast beast. Whether they step out of the mists of time or out of the mind of a single brilliant cartoonist, the monsters of Christmas have something to tell us about community. Fahoo fores dahoo dores Welcome Christmas, Christmas day.

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Save the date! The Sisters Folk Festival is back for its 27th year on September 27-29, 2024. Please join us for a multi-genre, intimate discovery festival that brings amazing artists to seven stages throughout downtown Sisters, Oregon —where All The Town’s A Stage. Sisters Folk Festival proudly brings both high-profile and lesser-known artists, songwriters, and bands together to perform in a variety of settings, including expansive tents, a historic former church, and courtyard venues at local establishments. Three-day festival tickets go on sale Wednesday, December 13, 2023. The initial 500 tickets will be offered at a holiday price of $185 (limit two per person), the next 800 tickets will sell at the early bird price of $200, and the remaining inventory will sell at an advance price of $225 for all three days of performances. Give the gift of music this season — and be sure to secure your spot at the festival, which is sure to sell out again this year. For more information, visit www.SistersFolkFest.org.

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Sisters salutes… (Thanksgiving style)

• Jennifer Seher wrote: Ten years. A decade later, and we are still giving thanks to the Sisters community. What started as a short exchange to reach out to the homeless became an annual celebration of the best part of Sisters. I moved here at age 22 with a toddler, an imminent divorce, a pending bankruptcy that left me with 15K in debt, no car, no job, and I knew nobody. My parents took me in, and this town wrapped its arms around me. Suddenly I had a winter coat (which I still have), my son had presents at Christmas, and I had employment at Sno Cap Drive In. Thirty-one years later, and I’m in a place where, for one day each year, I can give back some of that love I was given so long ago. As fate would have it, one of the first people I was blessed to know is Deri Frazee. I can’t say enough about her amazing, unique spirit that has raised my spirits more times than I can count. It was her idea that we start this event. We had no idea what we were doing, much less what it would become. We emptied our pockets to buy food, Sisters Community Church generously made their kitchen and serving space available. There were maybe five of us that worked 12 hours straight. I cooked. That’s about all I remember ... other than after getting home I had nothing for dinner. I made boxed mac-n-cheese before pouring myself into bed. It was the best day ever.

Since then we have admitted a few more into The Turkey Club: Kimber Finney, Michele Hammer, and Josh Reed. Every year things get bigger, better, and we learn something to do the following year. We have several meetings leading up to Thanksgiving Day, followed by a system of cooking, serving, volunteer coordinating, and cleaning. More than 50 individuals lend their holiday time to help. Everyone gets an all-they-caneat meal plus one to take home. All food left at the end of the day feeds those serving us at the Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District. The smiles on their faces makes that the best delivery every year. Since the inaugural year, commercial partners have contributed to offset costs and lend support to a few locals feeding hundreds of meals in that single day. Without them, this wouldn’t be possible. Sno Cap Drive In, Ray’s Food Place, Sisters Bakery, and Big Ed’s Artisan Bread have become steadfast bedrocks to us. The Nugget Newspaper holds a fundraiser as well, giving around $500 each year. Individuals drop donations into a jar as they come in, also generating around $500 each year. No amount of thanks could be given to everyone that supports us. It’s about giving. Giving time, giving love, giving food, giving back to pay it forward. In the end, we are thankful. I couldn’t be more so.

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What was once a $10 bag of cat food is now $15; we’ve seen an increase of approximately 150 percent across the board. With about 40% of our clients being seniors on a fixed income, our services can significantly impact their way of life,” said FFF founder Kiki Dolson. “Winter cold weather brings a high demand for dog coats. Fortunately, the donation of hand-sewn fleece coats by Valerie Fercho-Tillery helps meet that need. However, we always need more dog coats for large dogs. “One of our main focuses is our spay/neuter program,” Dolson said. “Furry Friends has a partnership with the Rawley Project’s FixBend program. FixBend’s low-cost spay/ neuter clinics are held monthly at their facility in Bend. “The total cost adds up quickly for multiple animals, with vaccinations also sponsored, so cash donations are so important to maintain this service.” The blue-bag bottle and can fundraising drive is year-round and is a vital funding source for FFF. If you would like yours to be donated to Furry Friends, leave them on The Nugget’s (right-hand) porch in the blue bins. Grab a blue bag from the basket and

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Three Sisters Historical Society Take a trip back in time this holiday season with a visit to Three Sisters Historical Society’s museum located at 151 N. Spruce St. in Sisters. The museum’s home is itself a historic site — Sisters’ original library building, opened in 1939, later moved and remodeled and renamed the Old Maida Bailey Library. The Three Sisters Historical Society is proud to be in this wonderful location. Visitors strolling and shopping through town can take in the current exhibit. New for the holidays is a custom puzzle highlighting a photo of the Maida Bailey Old Library/Sisters Museum. This is a one-of-a-kind gift for just $20! There are also books for sale, and you can leave a donation in the name of a loved one for the holidays. Three Sisters Historical Society provides oral history resources on tape, and they host historically oriented Fireside Chats. Keep an eye out for the next chat in early 2024. The museum is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.

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Folks in Sisters can ring in the holiday season by attending one of the Sisters High Desert Chorale Holiday Concerts at Sisters Community Church, 1300 McKenzie Hwy. The free concerts are scheduled for Friday, December 8, 7 p.m., and Sunday, December 10, 2:30 p.m. T h i s y e a r ’s c h o i r, directed by Tollgate resident Irene Liden, will present a program including a variety of seasonal music with traditional carols, gospel pieces, and modern songs. The choir will be joined by performers playing tone chimes

and several other instruments. At intermission, homemade baked goods and fruit will be available for attendees to enjoy. “We look forward to entertaining our neighbors as we share the spirit of the season with everyone,” said Liden. Sisters has had a community choir under the direction of several different individuals for several decades. The choir this year is comprised of 49 adults who practice for two hours every Monday evening at the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration. They are accompanied by Sisters resident Becky Smith.

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and friends and tradition. The Nugget interviewed dozens of visitors from Bend and Redmond, especially many who were making an annual journey. As the Gutierrez family said: “It’s just so magical here.” Locals beamed with pride as they engaged tourists and heard how special the day and place was. “Can you imagine anything like this in L.A.?” asked Celinda Larkin from Pasadena. “We have the world’s most famous parade (the Rose Parade) but I’d rather be here.” Rick Benvenuto and his wife, Holly, and their three kiddos were visiting family in Black Butte. “We’re from Anaheim, you know, Disneyland — and this is so much more real life,” he said. “Yah, it’s a little hokey, but that’s the charm,” Holly added. “I mean Santa Claus in a fire engine and not in a sleigh… that’s a hoot; that’s priceless,” Rick cracked. Indeed Santa was last in the parade, riding in Engine 726. He circled back to Fir

Street Park after his ride up Main Avenue, for picturetaking and to chat with the hundreds of kids who scooped up candy thrown by passing floats. Predictably the horses and big trucks were kid favorites — but there was a little something for everybody. The Sisters Dance Academy got big applause for its members’ synchronicity and energy. Leading the parade were Sisters military veterans, some in uniform, trooping the colors as spectators saluted or placed hands on their hearts as they passed by. “It’s obvious Sisters has a lot of patriotic pride, one of the reasons we wouldn’t miss the parade,” said Al Nolan, taking in the parade with his wife, Bev, and their four grandchildren, who were visiting from Chicago. The second stage of Holiday Palooza was the annual tree-lighting ceremony at Fir Street Park. At last year’s lighting of the 65-foot tree with 2,500 lights, Rotary Club of Sisters served about 300 cups of hot chocolate and around 200 cups of hot cider. This year’s refreshments were courtesy of Holiday Palooza’s sponsors, Sisters Woodlands and Kizziar Property Co. Chilly temperatures

It just wouldn’t be Thanksgiving in Sisters without the tree lighting. — Heidi Franklin seemed to keep some Sisters folks home by the fire; the crowd was smaller in size than last year’s balmier edition by roughly 200. However, those on hand were no less enthusiastic as mayor Michael Preedin led the “three, two, one” countdown to lighting the tree. After the tree burst into luminescence many in the crowd joined in singing and dancing. “I don’t care how cold it is or that we were here for the parade, no way we’re missing tonight,” insisted Cory Franklin. He and his wife, Heidi, had their three children and nine grandkids on hand. “It just wouldn’t be Thanksgiving in Sisters without the tree lighting,” Heidi said, with accompanying nods of agreement from her entourage. “Now we can start Christmas,” Mel and Dory Halloran said, as the crowd shifted from “Happy Thanksgiving” at the parade to “Merry Christmas” as the tree erupted into light.

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get needles and leaves off the roof. Both are often acidic and can be hard on or stain surfaces. Then there’s the furnace. You’ll want to stay on top of that. Where to begin? Start with what can cause the most damage. Water damage can be as costly as fire damage. Broken pipes can cause thousands of dollars in losses in a matter of a few hours. But fire can be catastrophic. So addressing the fireplace is a good place to start. Animal nests or creosote buildup in your wood-burning fireplace can be hazardous. Get or make an annual inspection before building your first fire of the season. Soot and other debris build up in the chimney. Call a chimney sweep to clean the chimney before your first winter use. Vacuum or sweep out any accumulated ash from the firebox. Folks in Sisters Country are apt to barbecue yearround, scraping snow off the grill as if it were nothing at all. If you stop grilling in winter and you have a gas grill with a propane tank, close the tank valve and disconnect the tank. Store it outside. It’s a good time to inspect and deep-clean your grill and cover it before putting it away for the season. Your furnace will function more efficiently with a clean filter. A dirty filter with trapped lint, pollen,

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Block up those crawl space vents to prevent cold air infiltration. dust, etc., obstructs airflow and makes your furnace run longer to heat your home. Replace filters at least every three months. If you’re already doing this, great! One of the most obvious but not easiest winterizing jobs is the irrigation system. The folks at “This Old House “explain. Turn off the water to the system with a main valve that’s usually found near your water meter. If your system has valves to prevent backflow, shut these off too. There are usually two of these valves that lead into the backflow device; be sure to shut them both off. If your system doesn’t use potable water, it might not have a backflow preventer. Turn off the timer If your system runs on an automatic timer, make sure you shut that off too. Some systems have a “rain mode” that allows you to essentially power down the timer without losing any programmed information or settings. Allowing the system to run in rain mode throughout the winter is usually safe and shouldn’t run up your energy costs. In the spring, you can turn the rain mode off, and the timer should resume working normally.

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Drain the water It’s not enough just to keep water from flowing into the system; you also need to drain out the water that’s already in there. This is the biggest and most time-consuming step in the process, but it’s absolutely vital. There are three main methods of drainage depending on what type of sprinkler system you have. There are three techniques: manual, automatic, blow out. If in doubt, get help. There are a number of businesses in Sisters that can handle the task and in the long run it may be best to bite the bullet and pay for the service. Or pay for it come spring when you replace broken heads and split lines. Insulate above-ground components Finally, make sure that all the above-ground parts of the sprinkler system are properly insulated from the weather. The main shut-off valve, plus any exposed pipes or backflow preventers, should be wrapped in foam covers or insulation tape. On the backflow preventers, make sure not to block any air vents or drain outlets. Don’t let Old Man Winter get too far ahead of you.

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Animals depend a great deal on irrigation water. When the system goes off, then it’s rain and snow that provide life with critical water. You can help. Even in Sisters — usually with abundant snow and ice — it costs birds precious calories and body heat to melt frozen water. Backyards that provide fresh, clean liquid water during winter tend to host more avian visitors than do frozen yards. In winter, “water is as big an attraction as feeders,” says Sally Roth, author of “The Backyard Bird Feeder’s Bible.” Sisters Feed & Supply has three outdoor-rated immersion birdbath heater options. Otherwise, choose a birdbath made from plastic or resin or that is marked as “frost-resistant.” Choosing a dark-colored birdbath will help keep the birdbath warmer longer during the winter months. Darker colors tend to absorb heat more efficiently than lighter colors. Locate your birdbath with a large amount of sunlight. This will help melt any ice that forms. Also, find a location that also has a

windbreak or create a windbreak to help prevent the wind from blowing snow into the birdbath. If you do not have a composter and dump your scraps, consider putting them outside in your yard far away from the house. Deer, foxes, and rabbits will gobble up your recycled table scraps, particularly things like corn and other veggie or fruit scraps. Rabbits will also snack on the twigs and leaves in the brush piles you kept from autumn. Want to keep friends with the squirrels? Then treat them to nuts. Hazelnuts, walnuts, and almonds are always a hit with these furry friends. They also will eat bits of carrot, apples, beans, and spinach. Before burning or taking your old Christmas tree to the dump, or burning your leaf and brush piles, maybe donate them to the many types of wildlife who may find shelter in your piles. Rodents, birds, insects, toads, and other small creatures can make a home in your backyard collection, and it can keep them warmer during the winter months. Wood piles are also a great shelter for birds.

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Hood River Basin, and that’s glacial, that’s like two-thirds glacial fed in late August and September,” said Andrew Fountain, a Portland State University geology professor who led the study. “Now is that important to the orchards? Frankly, I don’t know. But that water is probably going to go away,” he added. Scientists have long tracked glacial melt in the North and South poles but as the impact of climate change spread, they’re now watching that effect in the West. Of the 612 federally listed glaciers in California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming, 50 are no longer considered glaciers given their size and condition, researchers found. Geologists consider glaciers to cover at least 25 acres. They’re made up of ice, snow, rock, sediment, and exist in areas where the average temperatures are close to freezing, winter precipitation produces significant accumulations of snow, or warmer temperatures the rest of the year don’t melt the previous winter’s snowpack, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Tw o g l a c i e r s , i n Washington and Wyoming, have disappeared entirely. In the Cascade Range, 25

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Now is that important to the orchards? Frankly, I don’t know. But that water is probably going to go away. — Andrew Fountain glaciers have been lost, including seven in Oregon. Fountain said it’s possible that glaciers in the Oregon stretch of the range and any peaks south of Mount Hood could begin disappearing altogether in about 50 years. “What this means is that our gorgeous summertime views of the mountains are going to become more like California, where they’re just kind of barren peaks,” he said. Fountain and his team outlined and identified glaciers using maps compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey over 40 years, from the 1940s to the 1980s. They overlaid satellite imagery of the same areas taken between 2013 and 2020, coming up with a comprehensive inventory of 1,331 glaciers in the seven Western states, including the 612 federally listed glaciers. Most of the West’s glaciers are in Washington state: The glacial cover on Mount Rainier alone is larger than that of all the other states combined. Of the eight glaciers that have disappeared in Oregon, six are now considered perennial snowfields, no longer moving and growing like a

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glacier. And two have gotten so small – smaller than two football fields – that they can no longer be considered glaciers. Most are in the Three Sisters area, Fountain said. One, the Benson Glacier in the Wallowas, is considered a snowfield. The only glacier in the West that appears to be growing is Crater Glacier on Mount St. Helens. It’s on the north-facing side of the crater left by the 1980 eruption of the volcano and rapidly accumulated snow, rocks, and ice pack and is continuing to move downslope. Fountain will soon release another study showing the volume and area changes of the federally listed glaciers during the last century. He and his team see themselves as the reporters of the high alpine. “We’ll keep tracking the glaciers as they go along and just kind of see what happens in that sense,” Fountain said, adding that the only thing that will slow glacial loss would be slowing of emissions of greenhouse gases. “Frankly, we’re all kind of on our own on this,” Fountain said. “There is no state agency that is particularly concerned with the glaciers. It kind of falls between geology and hydrology. You can’t manage glaciers per se. So in that way, the state doesn’t have any interest.” Republished under Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 court e s y o f h t t p s : / / o re g o n capitalchronicle.com.

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Climate may hit beer drinkers By Darrell Ehrlick Daily Montanan/Oregon Capital Chronicle

Climate change may be very bad news for beer drinkers. A new report in the journal Nature Communications shows that climate change is responsible for the decrease in quantity and quality of hops produced in Europe. And that trend is projected to continue as climate change is projected to continue. That news could be problematic not just for Northwest hops farmers, but also bad for the beer drinkers. Montana ranks third in national beer consumption per capita, at an average of 41 gallons per year. That’s behind North Dakota, which averages 45.8 gallons, and New Hampshire, which averages 43.9. Oregon is 20th, with 30.3 gallons. Increasing temperatures and longer, hotter, drier summers have hit hops farmers in Europe particularly hard, where growers note not only a decreased quantity, but also a decrease in the alpha content of hops. Alpha content is a measurement that quantifies the bitterness of the hops, a desirable profile for many beer drinkers. Hops that have a high alpha content are often described as having a grapefruit or citrusy aroma. The hop-growing zone that runs through central Europe also runs through most of the United States, including Oregon. In the journal article published in September, Nature Communications said it forecasts a decline in hop yield ranging from 4 percent to 18 percent, while the alpha content could plummet by as much as 31 percent in the same time period. Hops farmers are already seeing evidence of a

changing climate pattern, as most European hops growers said hops were maturing 20 days ahead of where they were just 30 years ago. “The lowest hops yields were negatively affected by a lack of precipitation, while the lowest values of alpha content were caused by extremely high temperatures,” the study said. That means that the trend toward both hotter and drier summers anywhere hops is grown could reduce not just the yield, or how many hops are produced, but it could also affect the quality of hops, reducing the alpha content – the very characteristic that makes hops “hoppy.” Using the European areas as a study, scientists and researchers used modeling programs to forecast what hops production will look like into the future. And if climate change isn’t reversed, the trend is troubling for hops producers and consumers. “Model projections for 2021 to 2050 suggested a decline in hops yields from 4.1 percent to 18.4 percent. A decrease of 20 percent to 30.8 percent was also projected for alpha content,” the study’s authors concluded. Idaho, Washington, and Oregon produce the bulk of American-grown hops. The Northwest, which includes those three states, produces more than 60,000 acres of hops out of a total of 63,000 acres nationwide. Daily Montanan and Oregon Capital Chronicle are part of States Newsroom, a network of news bureaus supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501(c)(3) public charity. Republished under Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, court e s y o f h t t p s : / / o re g o n capitalchronicle.com.

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Judge finds gun measure unconstitutional By Ben Botkin Oregon Capital Chronicle

Oregon’s voter-approved gun law that would require permits and a safety course violates the state constitution, a Harney County Circuit Court judge ruled on Tuesday, November 21. The ruling is a setback for gun safety advocates who backed Measure 114 in response to gun violence and mass shootings and convinced Oregon voters to pass it in 2022. Gun rights groups challenged the state law in federal court as well as Harney County Circuit Court. The law has not gone into effect with the litigation pending. The ruling effectively means Measure 114 will not become a reality unless Judge Robert Raschio’s decision is overturned in a higher court. Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum promised to appeal the case. “The Harney County judge’s ruling is wrong,” Rosenblum said in a statement. “Worse, it needlessly puts Oregonians’ lives at risk. The state will file an appeal and we believe we will prevail.” The Gun Owners Foundation and Gun Owners of America, Inc., both based in Virginia, were plaintiffs

in the original complaint filed in Harney County, but they voluntarily dropped out at the end of May. Harney County residents Joseph Arnold and Cliff Asmussen are plaintiffs in the case, giving it standing to be filed in the conservative eastern Oregon county. The judge, Raschio, decided the case based upon the law’s application to the state constitution, not the U.S. Constitution and Second Amendment rights. During a six-day trial in September, Raschio heard from experts about firearms and Oregon history, including the lives of Oregonians in 1857 when the state constitution was adopted with the provision that people shall have the right to bear arms for their defense. Raschio referenced Oregon’s frontier history to justify his ruling. “The court finds the (voters) of 1857 did not seek to restrain access to the best firearms with the highest functionality possible they could procure,” the judge wrote in the 44-page ruling, which notes the state constitution was adopted in an era when pioneers “engaged in forceable removal of the Indigenous tribes of Oregon” and wanted the best weapons possible.

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Matt Hilgers knows how important athletics can be in keeping students connected to school. He was once one of those kids whose primary motivation in the classroom was staying eligible for sports. “Sports is what kept me in school to start with,” he acknowledged. “I went because I wanted to play sports. It kind of balanced out as I got older.” Hilgers grew up in Redmond, graduating in 2004. He played basketball at Chemeketa Community College and baseball at Western Oregon before getting a master’s degree at George Fox University and an administrative license at the University of Oregon. An educator himself now — serving as the Sisters High School Outlaws Athletic Director — Hilgers is a strong advocate for a culture that supports and nurtures student athletes. “The more a kid can tie themselves to school, the more success they’ll have going forward,” he said. To that end, he is focused on building the Outlaws Together culture, tying the schools together K-12. He notes that when younger kids engage with high school athletes, it creates admiration and aspiration to be in their shoes someday. That’s especially true when the Outlaws are experiencing “huge success” as they did this fall. Not only did the volleyball team attain a state championship, the soccer programs and the football team all turned in strong seasons. “It just goes to show how much hard work our coaches put in this fall,” Hilgers said. Success builds on success. “As a kid, when you see that, you think, ‘I want to be part of that someday.’” He’s also focused on finding ways for the athletics programs to give back to the community that supports them so strongly, both in spiritand through the extensive fundraising Hilgers and his teams undertake to make sure that sports are accessible to all students. Not only did the Outlaws have success on court and field, they did it SWEET REWARDS FOR STUDYING HARD!

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popular. Younger than her siblings by 10 -12 years, she felt cherished and well loved as the baby of the family. She was assigned tasks like drawing black lines on her sisters’ legs to resemble nylon stockings during the war years and helping her father garden and tend chickens. Her mother was a great multitasker and did chores while Tillie helped her prepare for a teaching credential by reading books to her. Tillie says, “I guess I was born under a lucky star.” Her luck continued as she found her best friend, Margo, in the first grade. They often dressed alike, hiked the sagebrush hills, and double dated as they grew. She describes Margo as gracious and beautiful. By chance at a scholarship luncheon, Margo was seated next to a “Mr. D,” a benefactor who believed in women’s education. Mr. D was enchanted and decided to

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Tillie and Don Hollar in 2013.

sponsor Margo and her friend Tillie for a full four years at prestigious Pomona College in Claremont, California. Her mother urged her to take the opportunity to widen her horizons and although Pomona was challenging, she made many lifelong friends there and met her future husband, Don Hollar. In 1955, her generous benefactor, Mr. D, said he felt no education was complete without a trip to Europe and sent six young women from Panoma, and their lady teacher, to Paris on an allexpenses paid six-week tour of Europe. At the age of 20 she found the cities and art of Europe she had seen only in books to be breathtaking. She still has the small brown-leather diary where she detailed their adventures starting with a long stay in Paris. In Shakespeare’s hometown, Stratford-uponAv o n , t h e y s a w “ Ti t u s Andronicus,” with Laurence Olivier and Vivian Leigh. Laughing, she recalled they sat so close to PHOTO PROVIDED BY HOLLAR FAMILY the stage she Tillie and Don Hollar in 1969. could see the

The Hollar family in 2023. spit coming from Olivier’s mouth. On her return she married her college sweetheart, Don Hollar, and embarked on the challenges of raising five children in 12 years. She says she often feels a bit defensive when people ask her what she did for a living. As for many women in the 1950s her life’s work was as a homemaker and engaged mother, cub scout leader, PTA president,and supporting her husband’s growing career. The fruits of her labor were a successful 60-year marriage and a close family that still loves their time together and takes good care of her. They have had an annual “Hollarama” reunion for 31 years that many in her growing extended family describe as “more fun than Christmas.” Tillie has enjoyed good health, always having many close friends and family, walking daily, not smoking or drinking, and eating carefully. She appreciates the many activities The Lodge offers, from art to shopping to yoga and balance work, to help keep her moving and learning. She says she feels more satisfied with her life choices as she grows older. She has a knack for making new friends. And as advised in many sources for healthy aging she embraces learning new skills. Modestly she says she isn’t that interesting, but she has taken up writing, creating biographies of residents at The Lodge to encourage

Christmas Tree Hunt 2023 Kalamataca Ranch Nov. v 25-26 • Dec. 2-3 • 10 AM -4 PM

Donations go toward local nonprofits including Sisters Young Life

Explore 80 acres for a natural Christmas tree. (This is not a tree farm.) Then join us by the fire for crafts, cocoa, chili, and marshmallows! We have everything you need - saws, sleds, ropes, and permits. All you need to bring is warm clothing, warm hearts, and smiles. Questions? Please call Brooke 541-588-0408 or Shannon 206-356-0972

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connection. Tutored by writer Sue Stafford, she finished a memoir to share with her family that is a frank record of her life detailing joys, laughs, and sorrows. She has become an artist now as well, and the pastel she did for me from a photo of the Alps is an exquisite rendering of a mountain scene. Tillie even views some recent heath challenges as a strange gift, “making me more empathetic” to others in poor health. She focuses on the many good things in her life to cope with the troubles in the world and

the inevitable challenges of growing older. Although she misses her siblings and husband, she views death as a natural progression and says “death has never been a traumatic influence in my life.” She describes herself as a spiritual person, and on a clear day she enjoys looking up at the Three Sisters on her daily walks, saying hello to her departed siblings. If you are lucky enough to meet Tillie someday, please give her a smile and a deep bow in honor of the special ones in our lives that teach us how to reach for joy.

Nugget Poetry Corner Ode to the Aspen Trees Edie Jones

Oh, bare branches! How did it happen so fast? Just yesterday your crown – Golden! Regal! Yes! At last! But, short your season to display. The beauty you were meant to share, now my lawn does lay. Oh, to have you come and go so soon. Predictable – as the sun, and the moon

Like the Ocean Jess Draper

When my screams, need a place to drown They’ll be lost to the crashing sound Of mighty waves; against sand they pound. I guess that’s why I like the ocean; It’s always moving, in constant motion. Coming. Going. Ebbing. Flowing. I guess that’s why I like the ocean Contemplating dreams, in my head they play; No hope left, let the tide wash away. Good or bad, in the sea they fade. Life, it seems, brings unending tears. Salty they burn, but real love mirrors. Collecting in your bottle, you’ve been here. Someday soon, the waves will yield Promised joy, after all these years. And that’s why you’re like the ocean; You’re always present, purest emotion. Vast and wide, no one controlling; Your love for me, deeper than the ocean.

Directions: Head west on Hwy. 20, through Sisters, past Black Butte Ranch. TTurn LEFT on McAllister Rd. Follow the signs for the Christmas Tree Hunt!

Have an original poem that you’d like to share? Email submissions to jess@nuggetnews.com.

Publication is subject to space availability and discretion of The Nugget Newspaper.

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New plant hardiness map unveiled By Steve Lundeberg Correspondent

CORVALLIS – The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released its new Plant Hardiness Zone Map, the national standard by which gardeners can determine which plants are most likely to survive the coldest winter temperatures at a certain location. The maps can be found at https://planthardiness.ars. usda.gov. The USDA describes the latest map, jointly developed by Oregon State University’s PRISM Climate Group and the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service, as the most accurate and detailed it has ever released. PRISM, part of the OSU College of Engineering, stands for Parameter-elevation Regressions on Independent Slopes Model. The previous version of the plant hardiness map, also based on PRISM data, was released in January 2012. The new plant hardiness map incorporates data from 13,412 weather stations, compared to the 7,983 that were used for the 2012 edition. Viewable in a Geographic Information System-based interactive format, the map is based on 30-year averages (1991 to 2020) for the lowest annual winter temperatures within specified locations. The 2012 edition was based on averages from 1976 to 2005. Low temperature during the winter is a crucial factor in the survival of plants at specific locations. The latest edition of PRISM’s signature product, the 30-year climate normals, was released in December 2021. PRISM releases new climate normals every 10 years, taking away

one decade’s worth of data and adding another. “The addition of many new stations and more sophisticated mapping techniques using the latest PRISM technology led to a more accurate and detailed Plant Hardiness Zone Map but also produced localized changes that are not climate related,” said Christopher Daly, director of the PRISM Climate Group and the map’s lead author. The plant hardiness map is divided into a total of 13 zones, each zone representing a 10-degrees-Fahrenheit range of temperatures. Each zone is further divided into two half zones, with each of those representing a 5-degree range. “Overall, the 2023 map is about 2.5 degrees warmer than the 2012 map across the conterminous United States,” Daly said. “This translated into about half of the country shifting to a warmer 5-degree half zone, and half remaining in the same half zone. The central plains and Midwest generally warmed the most, with the southwestern U.S. warming very little.” Accompanying the new map is a “Tips for Growers” feature that provides information about Agricultural Research Service programs likely to be of interest to gardeners and others who grow and breed plants. The approximately 80 million American gardeners and growers are the most frequent map users, according to the USDA. In addition, the USDA Risk Management Agency uses the map in setting certain crop insurance standards, and scientists incorporate the plant hardiness zones into research models, such as those looking at the spread of exotic weeds and insects.

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