Quilt show has powerful impact in Sisters
By Bill Bartlett Correspondent
They came. 10,000 strong. And they came early, even before the 1,000-plus quilts had been completely hung across downtown Sisters. In part because it was 85 degrees by 8:30 a.m., and more to get a first-hand look at one of the premier quilt exhibits in the country.
“We drove through on our way to McDonald’s for breakfast around 7:15 and when we came back at 8:30 it was like, ‘Whoa! How’d that happen?’” said an amazed Cory Archer from Redmond, playing in a golf foursome at Aspen Lakes. He and his mates were astounded at the instant transformation.
Indeed, with military-like precision a hundred volunteers gathered the quilts, ladders, clothes pins, and mapping notebooks from an impromptu warehouse on West Sisters Park Drive and fanned out across downtown in an orchestrated fashion and in a little over an hour Sisters turned into a wonderland of quilted majesty.
The Nugget was part of one hanging team and by 8 a.m., their progress slowed as passerbys now in the hundreds would stop to ask questions, directions, or in some cases lend an eye in gauging
if a quilt was hung straight or correctly centered.
Yes, parking was a challenge. Yes, it was hot. No, that did not interrupt anybody’s apparent enjoyment.
Citizens to steer Sisters into the future
By Matt McClellan Correspondent
The process of shaping the future of Sisters — both figuratively and literally — is underway.
According to projections used by the state, the population of Sisters will nearly double by 2043. To meet the needs of a growing population, the City has embarked on the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) expansion process. Over the next year the City will effectively decide where the city limits will be in 20 years. To aid in this work, the City has assembled the UGB
Steering Committee, whose first meeting was held on Thursday, June 27.
According to the City’s project website, the core functions of the committee are to “review draft materials, assist with public engagement efforts, and make key recommendations to City Council.” The packet provided at the first meeting (and available on the city website) describes a key role of the committee as “making key recommendations to Council through a consensus decision-making process.” Before each meeting, the
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To the contrary it was if the full sun shone a brighter light on the massive collection.
“We were ready. Plenty of water and sunscreen. Big hats,” said Myra Winkler
from Sutherland, Oregon.
“It’s July. It’s gonna be hot,” her pal Lurene Davison added. “But it’d have to be
See QUILTS on page 18
Revised wildfire map to drop on Sisters Country
By Bill Bartlett Correspondent
Along with the rest of the state, Sisters will soon see the release of the Oregon Statewide Wildfire Hazard Map risk map (see related story page 15).
A key takeaway is the change in name from “risk” to “hazard” map. The semantics are subtle, but significant. Risk implies impacts on insurance, whereas hazard suggests something more temporary that can be mitigated.
Ben Duda heads up the Sisters Sub-Unit Office of ODF (Oregon Department of Forestry). He is also a volunteer firefighter with SistersCamp Sherman Rural Fire District. He is well-versed on the complexities of fighting fires in the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI).
The Nugget asked him how the new map differed from the map that was
Road project causes vehicle damage
By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief
A chip-sealing project on Locust Street/Camp Polk Road went badly awry this week, causing damage to numerous vehicles. The Deschutes County Road Department is making good on the damage.
Road Department Director Chris Doty told The Nugget what happened on Wednesday, July 10.
“Chip sealing can be very finicky,” he said. “In this case, a little too much oil was applied and we released the road to traffic before the oil had time to settle.”
The result was “traffic driving on the road before it was ready,” and cars being
Too much oil and opening to traffic too soon have been identified as the culprits in a road work mishap that messed up dozens of cars in Sisters.
pelted with oil and bits of gravel.
“We’ve received upwards of 70 claims so far,” Doty
told The Nugget on Friday morning. “It’s a mistake and
See CHIP SEAL on page 8
PHOTO BY CRAIG STELLE
Pat Bowe was one of four Sisters-area veterans who received Quilts of Valor from Salem Star Valor Quilters at the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show. The others were Donald Taylor III, Lance Trowbridge, and Michael Preedin. The event is representative of the deep community impact of the annual Quilt Show.
PHOTO BY CODY RHEAULT
Letters to the Editor…
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Community Garden
To the Editor:
In response to Mary Edson’s objection of Cliff Clemens Park as the new site of the community garden:
Lawns are water hogs. Using the conservative recommendation of one inch of water per week, it would then take 217,000 gallons of water to irrigate the Cliff Clemens lawn May–September...
What does that water get us? Well, it gets us essentially nothing beyond the largely unnecessary recreational benefit of a small number of people. Lawns are symbols of a stale, bourgeois life. When I look at a lawn I want to die alone in a deep hole.
You may be saying, “but doesn’t food require irrigation too?” For the most part, yes. Especially annual vegetables. Yes they do.
See LETTERS on page 8
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The bullets fly
By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief
“There’s no place for this kind of violence in America.”
So said President Joe Biden in response to an attempt to assassinate former president Donald Trump on Saturday, in a shooting at a campaign rally that left an attendee dead and two others severely injured. The shooter was taken out by a Secret Service counter-sniper team.
It was, of course, the right thing — the only thing — to say.
But violence directed at political figures has all too often found its place in America — and across the world. Sometimes it is politically or ideologically motivated, as when Gavrilo Princip, a Serb nationalist, shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo in June 1914 and touched off the fuse that exploded the European powder keg cataclysmically in World War I. Often, it’s the acting out of the pathologies of the maladjusted, as when John Hinckley, Jr., wounded President Ronald Reagan and several others in a 1981 shooting motivated by his desire to impress a movie actress with whom he had no relationship whatsoever.
Patriotic spirit...
a .38 slug in the chest while campaigning to regain the office of president, and delivered an 84-minute speech before receiving treatment. An Italian immigrant named Giuseppe Zangara fired five shots at President-Elect Franklin Roosevelt in 1933 while Roosevelt was giving a speech from the back of his car. He didn’t hit him, but he did hit and mortally wound Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak.
Huey Long, who was a populist rival of Roosevelt’s in the 1930s, was gunned down in the Louisiana State House.
Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. both fell in the terrible year of 1968.
In the very recent past, Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s husband was assaulted in his home by a maniac hunting for her. In 2022, a 26-year-old man traveled to the Maryland home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh with burglary tools, a Glock, and a plan to kill the justice, then commit suicide.
The list is long — and it’s not exclusively American. Europe endured a deadly spate of political assassinations through the late 19th century, right up to the murder in Sarajevo that inaugurated an apocalypse.
John Grant presented Ponderosa Properties with a Statement of Support (SOS) from Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR). According to Grant, the SOS is the easiest way a business can show their support of our nation’s military and to inform veterans, who they do business with, that their service is appreciated. This SOS was signed by Debbie Dyer, broker/owner of Ponderosa Properties.
We don’t know yet what was the motivation of the 20-year-old shooter in Butler, Pennsylvania, whether he was a Princip or a Hinckley.
Open societies — where people, parties, and ideologies contend for power — breed rancor. And there is always going to be a handful of people angry enough or demented enough to act out the most extreme manifestation of that rancor. We have to recognize — even if we can’t allow ourselves to acquiesce to it — that this is what we are.
You could argue that it is only improvements in surveillance and security that have made active targeting of political figures uncommon. And we all saw the results of the breakdown of security at the Trump rally.
Pictured from left to right: John Grant, ESGR representative and Sisters resident; Adelynn and Sage and their mom, Kenndra Dyer, property manager at Ponderosa Properties. Any business wishing to participate in this national effort to support our military including members of the Guard and Reserve components may contact Grant at jwgrant.ESGR@gmail.com.
It is right to insist that political violence should have no place in America — but it’s also necessary to recognize that over more than two centuries political violence has seeped into the fabric of the nation like an indelible blood stain. We remember that four presidents have been killed in office: Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy. But there have been many other attempts, now seldom remembered.
Andrew Jackson narrowly escaped death when an assassin stuck a percussion pistol in his chest and pulled the trigger. The percussion cap fired, but the main charge did not go off. Gerald Ford was targeted twice in 17 days, by two separate women. Manson follower Lynette ‘Squeaky’ Fromme failed to chamber a round in her Colt 1911. Sara Jane Moore actually got shots off from a .38 revolver, and missed.
Theodore Roosevelt took
A friend here in Sisters expressed the hope last weekend that the horrifying events in Pennsylvania on Saturday will sober up a country that has grown increasingly addicted to vitriol and hyperbolic rhetoric that feeds a climate of rage and distrust. I hope he’s right, but I have my doubts. I can’t help but remember that the president who eloquently appealed to “the better angels of our nature” as civil war loomed over the country fell to an assassin’s bullet just as that war was ending.
COMMUNITY
Artist brings adventure to canvas
By Katy Yoder Correspondent
Clarke Berryman is a man in his early 80s who jokes that he doesn’t know what he wants to be when he grows up. Hearing about his life so far, it’s plain to see he hasn’t been spending much time in a recliner watching other people lead adventurous lives. He’s traveled around the world to African nations, India, and South America. His paintings and
BOARDS, GROUPS, CLUBS
Al -Anon
Mon., noon, Shepherd of t he Hills Lutheran Church. 5 41-610 -7383.
Alcoholics A nonymou s
photographs are a stunning collection of beauty found in animals around the world.
His life began in Montana where he was raised on a cow/calf operation. Suffice to say, his horizons have broadened professionally and academically. After completing his undergraduate work at Montana State in Bozeman, Berryman pursued a Masters in reproductive physiology at Colorado State in Fort Collins.
“I was born and raised on
a ranch in Butte, Montana, and was a working cowboy for a lot of years,” said Berryman in his Sisters art studio. “I wanted to be a veterinarian since I was a kid. I started out in reproductive physiology, which related to breeding cattle, because I needed to know where hormones came from. As I got more and more into it, reproductive physiology became sort of an endocrinology
Quilters throng to Sisters for classes
By Bill Bartlett Correspondent
It’s easy to think of the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show (SOQS) as an impressive display of quilt-making, all taking place on a single day — a tourism-driven event showcasing both artists and the town. Generally overlooked is what locals call quilt week — the multiple days preceding the famed outdoor show held on the second Saturday of every July.
From Monday through Friday nearly a thousand quilters take part in Quilter’s Affair, sponsored by the Stitchin’ Post. This is the
serious side of quilting art, where attendees can easily spend $5,000 or more in classes, lodging, and dining. They travel hundreds, in some cases thousands, of miles to attend workshops. Some seven dozen classes are offered with a range of subjects that are “dazzling,” as Cleta Rollins from North Carolina said. “There’s a lifetime of learning all wrapped up in one neat weekly package,” she said in amazement. A look at the class offerings proved her point. Painting With Glass, Barn Quilt Painting, Tiny Piecing, Stories in Stitches, Fused
County provides funding for new housing program
Deschutes County Board of Commissioners, on Wednesday, June 12, unanimously approved funding for a new pilot program that encourages builders to construct and sell new homes at prices attainable to medianincome earners. The program, called Workforce Home Ownership for Median-income Earners (Workforce HOME), was established in partnership with NeighborImpact, Housing Works, and the Central Oregon Builders Association (COBA). It
SISTERS AREA MEETING CALENDAR
Council on Aging of Cent ral O rego n Senior Lunch In- person community dining, Tues. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Grab -and -go lunch Tues., Wed., Thurs 12:3 0 to 1 p.m. Sisters C ommunity Church. 5 41-4 8 0-18 43
Monday, 5 p.m., Shepherd of t he Hills Lutheran Church • Tuesday, noon, Big Book study, Shepherd of t he Hills Lutheran Church • Wednesday, 7 a.m.,G entlemen’s meeting, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church • Thursday, noon, Sober Sisters Women’s meeting, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church
Thursday, 7 p.m., Episc opal Church of the Transf iguration • Fr iday, noon, Step & Tradition meeting, Shepherd of t he Hills Lutheran Church. 5 41-5 48 -0 440. Saturday, 8 a.m., Episc opal Church of the Transf iguration
Central Oregon F ly Tye rs G uild
For Saturday meeting dates and location, email: steelef ly@msn.c om Central Oregon Trail A lliance (COTA)
Sisters Chapter meets 4th Thur sday 6 p.m. at Blazin Saddles Bike S hop sistersrep@c ot amtb.c om Ci tizens4Communit y C ommunity Builders meeting, 3rd Wednesday of ever y mont h, 10 to 11:30 a.m. V isit citizens 4c ommunity.c om for loc ation.
East of the Cascades Quilt Guild 4th Wed. (September- June), Stitchin’ Post . A ll are welcome. 5 41-5 49 -6 061.
G o Fish Fishing G roup 3rd Monday 7 p.m., Siste rs C ommunity Church. 541-771-2211
Hear twarmers (f leec e blanketmaker s) 2nd Tuesday, 1 p.m., Siste rs Communit y Church. M ater ials provided. 541- 408 -8 505.
Hero Q uilters of Sisters Thursday, 1 to 4 p.m. 5 41-6 68 -1755
Living Well W it h D ementia Sisters
Care Par tner suppor t group. 2nd & 4th Weds., 1-2:3 0 p.m. T he Lodge in Sisters. 5 41-6 47-0 052.
Milita ry Parent s of Sisters M eetings are held quarter ly; please c all for details. 5 41-388 -9 013.
Oregon Band of Brothers Sisters Chapter meets Wednesda ys, 11:3 0 a.m., Takoda’s Rest aurant. 541- 549- 64 69
Sisters Aglow Lighthouse 4th Saturday, 10 a.m., meeting by Zoom. 503- 93 0- 6158
Sisters Area Photography Club 2nd Wednesday, 3:3 0 p.m., at Sisters Communit y Church. 5 41-5 49 -6157.
Sisters Area Woodworke rs First Tuesday, 7 to 9 p.m. 5 41-231-18 97
Sisters Astronomy Club 3rd Tuesday 7 p.m., SPR D. 5 41-5 49 -8 8 46
Sisters Bridge Club Thursdays, 12:30 p.m. at Sisters C ommunity Church. Email sister sbridge2021@gmail.com.
Sisters Caregi ver Sup por t G roup 3rd Tues., 10:30 a.m., Siste rs Episcopal Church. 5 41-719 -0 031.
Sisters Cribbage C lub M eets 11 a.m. ever y Wed. at S PR D. 5 09 -9 47-574 4.
Sisters Garden C lub For monthly meetings visit: SistersGardenClub.com.
Sisters Habitat for Humanit y Board of D irectors 4th Tuesday, 4:3 0 p.m.
Location infor mation: 5 41-5 49 -1193.
Sisters Kiwani s 1st & 3rd Wednesdays, 11:3 0 a.m. to 1 p.m., at The Lodge in Sisters. 5 41-6 32-3663.
Sisters Parent Teacher Communit y 2nd Tuesday, 6 p.m. at Sisters Elementary School Commons. 917-219-8298
Sisters Red Hat s 1st Friday. For location infor mation, please c all: 541- 8 48 -1970.
Sisters Rotary 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, Noon, Aspen Lakes. 5 41-760 -5 64 5.
Sisters Veterans Thursdays, noon, Takoda’s Rest aurant. 541- 903-1123
Sisters Trails A lliance Board Meetings take plac e ever y other month, 5 p.m. In- person or zoom. Contact: info@sisterstrails.org
Three Sister s Irrigation Distric t Board of Direc tors M eets 1st Tuesday, 10 a.m., TSI D Of fice. 5 41-5 49 -8 815
Three Sister s Lions Club 2nd Thursday, 6:3 0 p.m., Spoons Rest aurant. 5 41-419 -1279. VF W Po st 813 8 and A merican Legion Post 8 6 1st Wednesday of the month, 6:3 0 p.m., M ain Church Building
Sisters Communit y Church 541- 549-14 62 (John).
SCHOOLS
Black Bu tt e School
Board of Direc tors 2nd Tuesday, 3:45 p.m., Black But te School. 541- 59 5- 6203
will provide developers a $30,000 builder credit for each home they build that is sold within a price range that is affordable for the workforce in Deschutes County. Buyers must earn between 80 and 120 percent of the area median income and be currently employed by or have an accepted offer of employment from a Deschutes County employer to qualify. A deed restriction will be placed on each home constructed through the
Sisters School District Board of Directors O ne Wednesday m onthly Sisters School District Administr ation Building. See schedule online at www ssd6.org. 5 41-5 49 -8 521 x5 002. CIT Y & PARKS
Sisters Ci ty Council 2nd & 4t h Wednesday, 6:3 0 p.m., Siste rs City Hall. 5 41-5 49 -6 022. Sisters Park
PHOTO BY KATY YODER
Clarke Berryman at work in his studio in Sage Meadow.
See AFFAIR on page 6
See HOUSING on page 7
Foundation awards grants
The Roundhouse Foundation has awarded grants to 106 organizations throughout rural and indigenous Oregon communities, with nearly $1.7 million in total support. These organizations were selected as part of the Spring 2024 Open Call grants cycle which closed in March with decisions shared in May and June.
The recipients, or grant partners of the Roundhouse Foundation, are either nonprofits or government entities. They vary in missions, but fall into these core focus areas: arts and culture, education, social services, and environmental stewardship.
“We are honored to support these kinds of projects that build strength and resilience in rural, remote, and Tribal communities,” said Executive Director and Trustee of The Roundhouse Foundation Erin Borla.
The Roundhouse Foundation hosts two Open Call grant cycles per year, in spring and fall respectively, and interested organizations are encouraged to learn more about eligibility criteria at https:// roundhousefoundation.org/ eligibility-for-grants.
A sample of the spring 2024 supported programs:
Arts & Culture Columbia River InterTribal Fish Commission to compensate cultural practitioners and offset costs for three community-based programs that address issues identified by and important to Native families, including the Columbia River Round Dance, Tribal Fishers Expo, and a Native-specific domestic violence healing and awareness event.
Underscore to support Underscore’s growth as an essential source of indigenous-centered news and information in the Pacific Northwest, including
journalism that illuminates critical issues impacting tribal populations and community-centric information about events and civic resources.
Wallowa Valley Music Alliance to expand and sustain youth music programming, including Wallowa Fiddle Tunes Camp and Youth Musicals.
Education
Civics Learning ProjectCentral Oregon - to increase the rural impact of CLP programs that bring educators and students together with civic leaders, lawyers, and policymakers to learn about the democratic process through hands-on activities.
SMART Reading to develop strong, lifelong readers by providing pre-Kthird grade children who live in rural communities with one-on-one shared reading time and their own books to keep.
Tillamook Education Foundation to purchase a Wheel Hub Dynamometer for the Basic and Advanced Mechanics courses at Tillamook High School.
Environmental Stewardship
Applegate Valley Rural Fire District to purchase a wood chipper that will assist homeowners with processing hazardous fuels from around their homes and driveways.
Growing Gardens to hire an Eastern Oregon
Coordinator to work with incarcerated individuals at correctional facilities to train inmates for agricultural and horticultural jobs after release, supporting inmates’ sense of agency to create a better future for themselves, their families, and their communities.
High Desert Partnership to support six multi-sector collaboratives that implement impactful solutions that benefit and strengthen Harney County’s youth, community, and environment.
Social Services
In Our Backyard — Central Oregon — to bring peer-led, survivor-led, and evidence-based abuse prevention programs to rural classrooms.
Project Lemonade to support youth in foster care with access to new clothing and educational and enrichment opportunities in rural communities.
Winston Area Community Partnership to provide free healthy, balanced afterschool and summer snacks for tweens and teens at the Winston Teen Center.
The Roundhouse Foundation is a private family foundation based in Sisters that supports creative solutions to the unique challenges associated with rural culture and the landscapes of the Pacific Northwest. For more information call 541904-0700, and visit www. RoundhouseFoundation.org.
Sisters ranch hosts land management workshop
Pine Meadow Ranch, School of Ranch, OSU Extension, and High Desert Food & Farm Alliance, is set to host the workshop, “Howdy Do: Practical Land Management,” on Thursday, July 18, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Howdy Do workshops turn the model on its head, tapping into community wisdom of farmers, ranchers, hay growers, and gardeners on what works and what doesn’t work in Central Oregon when it comes to making things grow here.
Hosted at the picturesque Pine Meadow Ranch in Sisters, this workshop offers participants a unique opportunity to share what works and what doesn’t when it comes to developing soil, water management, and dealing with fire, pests, and other ranch and farm issues.
“I often learn more from the people I sit next to at workshops than I do from the lecture! Their secrets to growing great tomatoes, how bringing back wetlands improves hay production, and most strikingly, their stories about what doesn’t work. Howdy Dos makes those experiences the star of the show,” said Pam Wavrin, program development manager of Pine Meadow Ranch.
This event emphasizes
networking opportunities and focused discussions with community members and experts around topics that the group identifies as most impactful and important. Participants can also look forward to hands-on demonstrations on soil and water from OSU Extension’s Nate Stacey.
“The most impactful programs we run are peer-topeer and neighbor-to-neighbor. People put into practice what they learn from someone with on-the-ground, in-the-dirt experience, and the battle scars to show for it,” said Andrea Smith of High Desert Food and Farm Alliance.
Registration for “Howdy Do: Practical Land Management” is open. For more information and to secure your spot, visit https://schoolofranch. org/w-howdy-land.
“Central Oregon has a history of rugged individualism and a culture of we’reall-in-this-together-ism. This first Howdy Do fosters our culture through idea sharing between experienced locals and newcomers, farmers, ranchers, gardeners, everyone trying to do the impossible — make things thrive in our soil,” said Mark Gross, founder and executive director of School of Ranch.
F.S. mulls proposal for guided biking
The Forest Service is proposing to approve special use permits for two local businesses, Stagecoach Adventures and Cog Wild, to provide shuttle services to and from several trailheads within the Sisters Ranger District. Both companies have provided proposals for their operations and the District is currently completing the environmental effects (NEPA) and special-use permitting reviews.
According to District Ranger Ian Reid, the two companies have proposed to operate shuttles that would serve hikers, bikers (mountain and/or gravel), and winter recreationists. They would use 15-passenger vans with a roof rack for bikes and other equipment. Both companies propose to run shuttles through the spring, summer, and fall seasons and Stagecoach would continue shuttles through the winter.
In addition, the Forest Service is reviewing a proposal from Cog Wild for outfitter guide use on the Sisters Ranger District. This includes guided mountain bike rides or skills sessions, up to 50 trips per year. Their overall permitted use across the Deschutes National Forest would remain the same, however this permit would allow for additional locations for their guided trips.
The public can submit comments by email to: comments-pacificnorthwestdeschutes-sisters@usda.gov. Put the name of the project in the subject line of the email. Comments must be submitted as part of an actual email message, or as an attachment in Microsoft Word, rich text format (rtf), or portable document format (pdf) only. Comments submitted to any email address other than the one listed above, in any other format, or that contain viruses may be rejected. All comments should be received by July 19.
Comments may be submitted by post mail to: Ian Reid, District Ranger, Sisters Ranger District, PO Box 249, Sisters, Oregon 97759. Handdelivered missives may be delivered to the same address during normal business hours: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.
For more information about this proposal please contact Erik Taylor, special uses permit administrator, by email at erik.t.taylor@usda. gov.
Kim Stafford celebrates new poetry book
Poet Kim Stafford will celebrate the release of his new book “As The Sky Begins to Change” at Paulina Springs Books on Thursday, July 18, at 6:30 p.m. Stafford will be joined by local singer-songwriter/poet Beth Wood, who will share an original song inspired by Stafford’s new work.
“As the Sky Begins to Change” is a book of poems to wake the world, lyric anthems for earth and kin.
In his third poetry collection from Red Hen Press, Kim Stafford gathers poems that sing with empathy, humor, witness, and story. Poems in this book have been set to music, quoted in the New York Times , posted online in the Academy of American Poets Poem-
a-Day series, gathered in a chapbook sold to benefit Ukrainian refugees, posted online in response to Supreme Court decisions, composed for a painter’s gallery opening, and in other ways engaged with a world
at war with itself, testifying for the human project hungry for kinship, exiled from bounty, and otherwise thirsting for the oxygen of healing song.
Founding director of the Northwest Writing Institute at Lewis & Clark College, Stafford teaches and travels to raise the human spirit. He is the author of a dozen books of poetry and prose. He has taught writing in dozens of schools and community centers, and in Scotland, Italy, Mexico, and Bhutan. In 2018, he was named Oregon’s ninth Poet Laureate by Governor Kate Brown for a two-year term. His call to writers everywhere: “In our time is a great thing not yet done. It is the marriage of Woody Guthrie’s gusto and the Internet. It is the com
posing and wide sharing of songs, poems, blessings, manifestos, and rants by those with voice for those with need.”
At Paulina Springs Books is located at 252 W. Hood Ave.
Kim Stafford is launching a new book of poems at Paulina Springs Books.
PHOTO BY ROB REYNOLDS
Glass, Fabric Book Making, were but a few of the diverse and eclectic offerings.
“I get so inspired and challenged every time I come,” said Rita Wang of San Francisco.
Wang considers herself a beginner, even though she has been quilting for more than 20 years. In fact, she’s at least an intermediate if not expert, her friends chime in.
“We all feel kind of intimidated when we walk in,” her companion Jenny explained. “There is so much talent here. It kind of takes your breath away.”
“It’s also like a Chinese menu,” quipped friend Rikki. “So many choices. So little time. I could spend a month here easily.”
Quilter’s Affair takes
place at Sisters High School which is a beehive of creativity for five days. Beyond classroom instruction, attendees are fed, and treated to a wealth of exhibits.
On Thursday night SOQS
held its fundraiser, a night of colorful celebration inspired by Freddy Moran. Moran, known best for her sense of humor and color, is famous for her phrase, “Red is a neutral!”
An internationally recognized, award-winning artist, author, and teacher, Moran did not begin quilting until she was 60 years old. Since that time, she has created countless quilts, all with her signature joie de vivre (and a few polka dots).
Friday Night’s program featured Giuseppe Ribaudo’s “Unbounded.” And for these serious-minded quilters it did not end Saturday. Ribaudo conducted a Sunday lecture and walking tour. Ribaudo is better known internationally as Giucy Giuce, a social media quilting phenomenon.
While Quilter’s Affair is the main event, quilting was on full display all week in
Sisters. Friday was the scene of The Quilt Show at Black Butte Ranch. The exhibit, which ran outdoors on the lawn, was free.
That afternoon, Plein Air Painters immersed themselves in the surroundings. A silent auction and reception followed. Proceeds benefited scholarships.
Sisters Garden Club joined in the action with its Garden Party Thursday.
Temperatures were running close to 110 degrees all week. The seasonally warm weather seemed to be no deterrent on either the size of crowds nor their enthusiasm.
“Honey, you don’t know hot,” boasted Morgana King of Redding, California. “I just checked back home and it’s 113 degrees, and last Saturday when I left to come here, it was 119 degrees. Now that’s hot.”
For the most part quilters found it all rather bearable. Many had their lunches under a shade tree at the high school.
When asked what brought quilters to Sisters for quilt week the answer nearly always contained the same word: quality. “There’s really very little comparison on the west coast,” said Val Boschi from Denver. “You’d have to go to the Upper Midwest or into the Deep South to find this level of instruction and variety.”
Most of the quilters lugged their own sewing machines, often resulting in a baggage surcharge for those arriving by plane. Quilters were overheard in a variation on a theme: “My family thinks I’m nuts.” Or. “My friends just don’t get it.”
“Yah,” said Terry Eilers from Lincoln, Nebraska, who took three days to drive here. “It seems a little crazy, but crazy fun. And crazy rewarding. I learn so much and always make new friends,” she smiled, as she hugged two mates who she met four years ago at a Quilter’s Affair.
Education is a big part of the Quilt Show, especially in the week known as Quilters’ Affair.
PHOTO BY BILL BARTLETT
Sisters High
PHOTO BY BILL BARTLETT
Festival releases single-day tickets
A limited number of single-day tickets and the full performance schedule for the 2024 Sisters Folk Festival will be available at 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 17. This year’s lineup includes 33 acts set to perform at seven venues in Sisters, Friday, September 27–Sunday, September 29. Patrons can purchase tickets and view the schedule at www.sistersfolkfest.org.
The diverse and talented lineup of artists represents multiple genres of roots music from all over the world. Each of the SFF artists will perform multiple times throughout the festival weekend, with several acts performing all three days. Music will run from 6 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. on Friday; noon to 12:30 a.m. on Saturday; and noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday.
The venues include
Sisters Art Works, The Belfry, Sisters Depot, Open Door, Sisters Saloon, Oliver Lemon’s, Village Green, and a free KidZone (no wristband required) at Fir Street Park on Saturday, September 28. Friday passes are $85 for adults and $35 for youth; Saturday passes are $130 for adults and $60 for youth; Sunday passes are $70 for adults and $30 for youth; and 3-Day passes are $225 for adults and $85 for youth ages 17 and under. Festival passholders will have access to performances and workshops at all venues on a first-come, first-serve basis for the day(s) their pass is valid.
For the most current updates and additional information, follow @ SistersFolkFestival on Instagram and Facebook.
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Workforce HOME program to ensure that any future sales price remains affordable to qualified buyers for 20 years.
The County has allocated $320,000 in support of the project.
“The County is excited to be providing enough money to fund builder credits for 10 newly constructed homes, which means 10 families in Deschutes County will be able to fulfill the American Dream of owning a home,” said County Commission Chair Patti Adair.
“There is a huge need for workforce housing in this community. While this is a one-time commitment from the County, I hope it’s going to prime the pump to get more people that are working in Deschutes County into housing,” said County Commissioner Vice-Chair Tony DeBone.
“I would like to express appreciation for all the innovative folks who brought this pilot program to us. While the funding provided by the county isn’t enough to help all of the workforce families in
our community, it is a start,” said County Commissioner Phil Chang. “We hope other agencies and businesses will be motivated to help support the Workforce HOME program in the future.”
NeighborImpact will administer the program, determining the eligibility of developers and potential buyers, overseeing the application processes and funding, and conducting annual verifications to make sure the homes remain occupied in accordance with the deed restriction.
“This program is crucial to helping developers buy down the high costs of land and development fees in Central Oregon, and we’re excited to see an increase in badly needed homes for our county’s workforce as a result,” said Morgan Greenwood, COBA vice president of Government Affairs.
“Our local workforce is our community’s greatest asset. I extend thanks to our County Commissioners for prioritizing the opportunity and ability for our hardworking folks to own their
own home.” said Cheri Helt, owner of Zydeco Kitchen and Cocktails. “Deschutes County is leading the nation by launching the first program to have a dedicated fund for homeownership for individuals active in our local workforce earning 80 precent to 120 percent of area median income. Our workforce will now have more opportunity to live, and invest, where they work and play.”
“This program is innovative. It’s a break from the same-old, same-old,” said Scott Cooper, executive director of NeighborImpact. “Central Oregon is once again in the forefront of thinking creatively. It’s exciting.”
Of the funds provided by the County, $300,000 will go toward builder credits for 10 new homes in Deschutes County and $20,000 will be paid to NeighborImpact for administration of the program.
For more information about the program, email Morgan Greenwood at morgang@coba.org.
A er 40+ years building high-quality homes in Sisters, Black Butte Ranch, and Bend, I have transitioned into real estate. My knowledge and experience in home construction gives me a unique perspective valuable to both home buyers and sellers.
Dennis Staines, Broker 541-480-8456 dennis@dukewarner.com Licensed in the State of Oregon 1033 NW Newport Ave., Bend www.dukewarner.com
Gabe Lee will perform at Sisters Folk Festival 2024.
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But, unlike a lawn, in exchange for that water you are receiving food, sustenance, nourishment. Can you eat lawn?
Soil is the basis of community. The world needs more fertile soil, more clean food, more people working beside their neighbors. Everyone in Sisters should have an opportunity to grow food. We deserve public opportunities for food sovereignty.
There are dozens of other places in town to walk your dog, to let your children play.
Mary’s claim that Cliff Clemens Park is “used by many of us on a regular basis” is complete donkey mud. No one uses that lawn. No one.
And for her to say that the previous SCG was “unkempt and unattractive,” and to call the garden a “dirt patch” is a whole other hunk of doo doo.
We should not live amongst lawns. We should live amongst gardens. They are full of life, of tiny habitats, and specks of wonder.
Please. Rip up that water-sucking lawn and let the people grow food in Cliff Clemens Park.
Bailey Diemer
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To the Editor:
Apparently Mary Edson has not visited the Sisters Community Garden recently. She cites that the garden is unkempt and surrounded by a chain link fence; neither of which is true. Photos of the garden taken the day Ms. Edson’s letter was published in The Nugget can be seen on the garden’s website at SistersCommunityGarden.org. Viewers will note clean pathways, well-tended garden beds and nothing close to a chain link fence.
Ms. Edson, who apparently lives close to Cliff Clemens Park, feels it should be used for “our” children to play and to walk “our” dogs. But neighbors should note that all residents of the city of Sisters own and can use the park for a variety of appropriate purposes; no city park is reserved exclusively for neighbors.
Cliff Clemens Park is considered an under-used park by city leaders. A community garden would use a small portion (0.4) of the acreage on the park — certainly not a
“large portion” of the treeless, parched lawn and not enough land to prevent “occasional events” from taking place. Additionally, once the Sisters Park and Recreation District redesigns the land at the former elementary school, another field for children and dogs and all residents of the city will be available, and close to Cliff Clemens Park at that.
The parking problem Ms. Edson notes seems to mainly be caused by neighbors parking and storing vehicles in the west and south lots. Several vehicles can be seen parked there every day. At the same time, the east lot is rarely used. A quick visual survey of the east lot at various times of day in the first weeks of July show it not being used at all in 10 out of 14 days. The community garden rarely has more than five vehicles in its present lot on a daily basis, and gardeners’ visits are brief, usually less than an hour.
A community garden is included in the 2023 Sisters Parks Master Plan. This type of garden offers space to people who don’t have enough room or a sunny place to garden on their own property. Community gardens offer all residents a plethora of benefits, including social interactions, improved food choices, an increase in use by pollinators, physical activity, and health benefits, among many others.
Adding a community garden to Cliff Clemens Park will help beautify the area and give neighbors another chance to interact. Yes, it will reduce, but not take away, open space for dog walking, children playing, football games, picnics, or birthday parties. It will not create an eyesore. Rather its vegetable plots, flowers, fruit trees, and berry patches could bring joy to many.
Karen Kane
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Outdoor air conditioning
To the Editor:
Just a quick observation of our local retail and business community downtown: First, downtown Sisters is a wonderful place to stroll, shop, have a bite to eat, or hear some local music, and everyone should try and buy local whenever possible. Our business community has done a fantastic job creating a
CHIP SEAL: County is making
we need to fix it.”
That number has only risen.
Doty said that Laurie Smith, Deschutes County Risk Management, is processing claims and has contacted several local auto detail vendors and repair shops. She can be reached at 541-385-1749.
Outlaw Auto Detailing and 3 Sisters Automotive have been designated as service providers — and they’re seeing a lot of traffic. Nugget reporter Matt Van Slyke brought his vehicle in and Danny Lingo at 3 Sisters Automotive removed rocks from the area between the dust shield and the rotors. He said that has been the common problem from the chip sealing mishap.
Desmond Boots of Outlaw Auto Detailing told Van Slyke last week that, over two days, he had received about 50 phone calls — and he was anticipating a lot more.
“I don’t think there’s been more than a 10-minute span
that the phone hasn’t been ringing or someone hasn’t called in,” he said.
His four-person crew will take on four or five projects a day, and their schedule suddenly got very full.
“We were one week out before all this happened, and then, within one day, were about .... A full four weeks out,” he said.
Boots said that everyone has been happy with Smith’s efforts to right the problem.
“I will say that Laurie with the county has been amazing,” he said. “Everybody that I talked to that has called in said that she’s been great. So, they’ve taken full accountability.”
Doty provided The Nugget with what he described as a home remedy for those who want to remove the tarry oil themselves.
“For minor oil accumulation, the application of olive oil (to soften the oil droplets), followed by a wash with dish soap is a proven home remedy,” he stated.
However, commentators have urged users not to use dish soap, but to get soap formulated for use on cars. Dish soap can affect a car’s clear coat and protective wax.
thing. I started studying hormones seriously and understood a little neuroanatomy and neurophysiology.”
Eventually, Berryman transferred to a neuroanatomy and neurophysiology masters. After he graduated from vet school, he applied to Cornell University where he could study with a leading veterinary neurologist. He was accepted. His proclivity for science was complimented by his love of drawing.
“From the time I was a little kid I wanted to draw and did all the time. But I never painted. I did a lot of drawing in veterinary school. My notes were always in demand because I drew everything in color,” he said laughing. “I’d look at tissue in a microscope and draw it all in color. My classmates wanted to borrow my notes.”
In 1972, when he was ready to open a practice, Berryman and his late wife, Patricia, moved to Oregon to be close to her family. At first, he started out with a large animal practice, but an injury sustained when he rode bucking horses as a kid resulted in severe back pain. Berryman switched his practice to veterinary neural surgery. The attention to detail required for a surgeon came easily to Berryman and was mirrored in the detailed line drawings he created. His understanding of the anatomy of an animal or human made him an exacting artist.
Moving to Sisters from their home in Woodburn came about after Berryman and his daughter came over to Central Oregon on a business call. He had several other companies, including a real estate company that built schools, veterinary clinics, and medical centers. During their trip to Prineville, they had time to look at real estate in the area. Nothing attracted
him in Bend or Redmond but when he saw a house in Sisters, suddenly he knew it was where he wanted to be. He bought the house in 2010 and he and Patricia moved to Sage Meadow.
After retiring from his other professional endeavors, Berryman got into fine art painting. Berryman had an impressive collection of photographs taken during the couple’s travels. He describes his painting genre as classical realism. He’s studied with contemporary American artists and has received awards for his work.
“You don’t have to wonder what you’re looking at when you view my art. I paint what I see. From being a surgeon, I’m a perfectionist. I don’t know if I became a good surgeon because I was into art, or I became an artist because I was a trained surgeon on the spinal cord and brain,” he said.
After his wife died, he found some old photos of her, like one in Petra, Jordan, where she was riding a camel. He decided to take the image of her on the camel and alter it to have her riding through Africa.
“I wasn’t doing particularly well at the time. I was really missing her,” he recalled. “It was a highly emotional experience painting her. That time was bittersweet because certain memories would come back that I didn’t particularly want, but there were also times when some wonderful memories would come back. I relished them. It took me years to work through the loss. Part of me went on that canvas along with her.”
Traveling in remote wild places are memories Berryman will always cherish. With his camera at the ready, he was happy to venture into dangerous territory to get a perfect shot. He had a guide in Uganda who suggested he see over a million migrating wildebeests. The wildebeests were accompanied by thousands of elephants and zebras. On the
periphery of the massive herd were predators trying to get the sick or the young.
“The migration from Tanzania is a continuous circle following the grass. We came upon elephants in a sea of wildebeests. We came around a corner and saw elephants stopping to drink. I took a lot of photographs. I love animals whether it’s a zebra or a giraffe or whatever. Painting is a way to relive that experience watching the elephants. When I’m on safari, I’m with one guide and no other visitors, so I can watch the animals as long as I want. There was an emotional component with that picture of those animals stopping to drink and cool off. I was in the situation… in the zone… a part of it.”
When asked how it feels to be near formidable animals, Berryman recalls a few times when it wasn’t until later that
he realized he’d been closer than he should have been.
“I’m not scared of predators or gorillas,” he said. “I am so adrenalized from being in the situation that there’s absolutely no fear. A couple of times when I got home, I’d think that was really stupid. A jaguar photo I took and later painted, was from a river in Brazil, I was in a little wooden canoe with a guide. The jaguar was on the bank, not that far from us. I was elated that I could be there. As I painted it and got to thinking, I could have been his lunch. He could have easily jumped 25 feet or swam to the boat. I was so involved there was no fear.”
No longer showing his work in a gallery, Berryman uses his studio as a little gallery where people are welcome to come and visit him. He still has some images that are for sale and he’s
open to doing commissions. He enjoys taking part in the Artist Studio Tour sponsored by Sisters Arts Association. He and his new wife, Lyda, enjoy visitors and they say his coffee pot is always on and he paints seven days a week.
Currently dealing with an illness, Berryman reiterates that he’s not afraid of death.
“I have a condition called Pancreatic IPMN and I’m a diabetic on top of it,” he said. ‘But I’m alive and I can still paint. I’ve led an absolutely blessed life. And I haven’t told you half the things I’ve done. I’m a committed Christian, I put a lot of credit to that. Even when I went through trials and tribulations, like we all go through, I was able to accept it and deal with it. Attitude is everything.”
Berryman can be reached at 503-989-3059.
PHOTO BY KATY YODER
Wildlife themes are strong in Clarke Berryman’s work.
Friends of the Metolius Interpretive Walks
Join Susan Prince on this free interpretive walk f rom Camp Sherman Bridge to Allingham Bridge & back. Saturday, July 20 , f rom 9 to 11 a .m. Obser ve the unique riparian habit at of the Metolius ecosystem that includes charismatic species such as osprey, river otters, and merganser ducks . Learn about recent changes to enhance habitat for fish and native plants. Susan’s cabin on the river has been in her family since the 1930 ’s . Meet near the Camp Sherman Bridge fish-viewing plat form. Children are more than welcome, but dogs are not appropriate. Wear sturdy foot wear and bring water. For information call 415-233-3243.
STARS Seeks Volunteers to Transpor t Patients
Help Sisters Countr y residents get to nonemergency medical appointments in Sisters , Redmond, and Bend . Attend a free t wo-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.
Drop-In Tennis with the Outlaws
Outlaw Tennis is hosting free drop-in tennis on Tuesdays and ursdays f rom 5 to 7 p.m. through August 15, with the exception of the first two weeks in July. ese are not lessons but a fun time to play the great game of tennis. Sessions are open to the Sisters community, including boys and girls , ages 10 and up, and adults . Held at Sisters Middle School tennis cour ts . Donations are accepted, but not required. For questions please contact: Girls Head Tennis Coach Bruce Fenn at 419-8060167 or Boys Head Tennis Coach Vince Grace at 541-706 -1392.
Free papers at e Nug get If you need papers to start fires in your fireplace, mulch your garden, pack to move, or anything else, stop by e Nugget. ere is a wooden box on the porch with past-date papers for your recycling use
SISTERS LIBRARY COMING EVENTS
Fantasy Maps
Come create your very own fantasy map at the librar y on Tuesday, July 23, f rom 11 a .m. to noon at the Sisters Library
Use interesting materials and techniques to create fantasy maps of your own imagination or ones that lay out the magical worlds of your favorite books! All materials will be provided, just bring your creativity! is program is intended for children aged 6 -11 years . Go to https://www deschuteslibrary.org/kids/ programs for more info.
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THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS
Saturday, July 20
Metolius Interpretive Walk
Camp Sherman Bridge
Saturday, July 20
Forest Cleanup Day
Forest Service parking lot
Saturday, July 20
Circle of Friends Fundraiser Sisters Art Works Building
Wednesday, July 24
Denim Care & Repair Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts
Historic Guided Walking Tours
Join ree Sisters Historical Societ y for a free tour of Downtown Sisters L andmarks on July 17, 21, August 7, 11, 21, 25 . Learn more about who and what has helped “make Sisters, Sisters ” All tours begin at 10 a .m. (except August 25 at 3 p.m.), cover about a mile, and take 1-1.5 hours. Families are welcome. Reser vations are needed, so stop in the Sisters Museum on Fri/Sat/Sun, call 541549-14 03 , or email museum@ threesistershistoricalsociet y.org with your contact info.
Sisters Beekeepers Mee t
Calling all Sisters Country beekeepers and those intrigued by beekeeping . Gather to swap tales, share tips, troubleshoot woes , and toast successes ursday, July 25 at 5 p.m. at e Barn in Sisters . Call Trac y at 970481-4477 for more information or see you there!
Living Well With Dementia Sisters Suppor t Groups
Living Well now o ers t wo support groups . A support group for the care partners and family of those diagnosed with some form of dementia meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month f rom 1-2:30 p.m. at e Lodge in Sisters , 411 E Carpenter Ln. A support group for the person diagnosed with some form of dementia in the early stages meets the same days and times , also at e Lodge Info: 541-6 47-0 052.
Free Lunches for Seniors
For those 60+, the Council on Aging of Central Oregon o ers a f un, no-cost social lunch every Tuesday, 11 a .m. to 1 p.m. at Sisters Community Church, 130 0 McKenzie Hwy. No reser vations needed. No-cost Grab-N- Go lunches take place weekly on Wed . and urs ., f rom 12:30 to 1 p.m. Call 541-797-9367.
Free Weekly Meal Service
Family Kitchen hosts weekly togo hot meals on Tuesdays, 4:30 to 6 p.m. Sisters Community Church, 130 0 McKenzie Hwy Visit www.FamilyKitchen .org
Weekly Food Pantry
e Wellhouse Church hosts a weekly food pantr y ursdays at 3 p.m. at 222 N . Trinit y Way
Both drive-through pick-up and shopping-st yle distribution are available. Info: 541-549-4184.
Forest Cleanup Day
Saturday, July 20, f rom 9 a.m. to noon. Meet at Forest Ser vice over flow parking , 201 N. Pine St. Bring gloves and wear appropriate clothing. Snacks and water provided. Hosted by Sisters Communit y Leadership Initiative (SCLI) in partnership with: U.S Forest Ser vice, City of Sisters , and Discover Your Northwest . Please RSVP to sisterscli23@gmail.com if coming , and provide the number in your group
Denim Care and Repair Work shop
Join this workshop on Wednesday, July 24, f rom 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Celebrate sustainable garment care and create decorative patches with Artist in Residence, Eliot Spaulding For this workshop, bring a pair of jeans , or any denim/heavy cotton clothing that is in need of mending. Alternatively, come as you are, and craf t a decorative patch to enhance a garment at a later date. e workshop will be held in Pine Meadow Ranch’s Classroom, 68467 ree Creek s Rd . is event is f ree and open to the public . Registration is required at https:// roundhousefoundation.org/ events/. For more info call 5419 04- 070 0 or email inquiries@ roundhousefoundation.org
Circle of Friends Fundraiser Circle of Friends presents 2024 “Changing Futures” f undraising event at Sisters Art Works Saturday, July 20, f rom 6 to 8:30 p.m . Emcee Anthony Poponi will present a live auction, food by Luckey’s Woodsman, and music provided by Toast & Jam. All proceeds go to mentor/youth programs. Tickets available at: http://www circleo riendsoregon.org.
Open Studio with PMRCA A Ar tists in Residency Join the fif th Open Studio of the 2024 PMRCA A residency season on ursday, July 25, from 4 to 6 p.m. Presenters for this event include sculpture artist Pato Heber t, scientist Gail Langellotto, and fibers artist Eliot Spaulding . Presentations are in Pine Meadow Ranch’s Classroom, 68467 ree Creek s Rd . is event is f ree and open to the public . Registration is required at https:// roundhousefoundation.org/ events/. For more info call 5419 04- 070 0 or email inquiries@ roundhousefoundation.org
Sisters Habitat Volunteers Needed Are you looking for something fun to do with your free time? Volunteer with Sisters Habit at for Humanity! Call 541-549-1193 .
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of Kolby McMahon and Atigun Dethlef s July 19, 2024, 6:30 p.m on the field at Reed Stadium, 1520 0 McKenzie Hwy. Donations
Free Pet Food Budget tight this month, but you still need pet food for your dog or cat? Call the Furr y Friends pet food bank at 541-797-4 023 to schedule your pickup. Pickups available ursdays , beginning at 12:30 p.m . Located at 412 E . Main Ave., Ste. 4, behind e Nug get
NUGGET
Nugget was surrendered by her owner as part of an unplanned litter they were not able to find a home for. She will need a patient adopter that can work on training , leash skills, and socialization. She is a ver y sweet girl that is eager to please and would love a loving home to call her own. If you think Nugget would be a per fect companion please come down and meet her
SISTER S- ARE A C HURCH ES
Baha’i Faith
For information, devotions, study groups , etc., contac t Shauna Rocha 541-6 47-9826 • www.bahai.org www.bahai.us • www.bahaiteachings .org
Calvar y Church
484 W. Washington St. , Ste. C & D • 541-588-6288
10 a .m. Sunday Worship • www.ccsisters.org Chapel in the Pines Camp Sherman • 541-815-9153
10 a .m. Sunday Worship
e Church of Jesus Christ of L at ter-Day Saint s 452 Trinit y Way • Branch President, 5 41-420 -5670; 10 a .m. Sunday Sac rament Meeting
e Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration 121 N Brook s Camp Rd. • 541-549-7087 www.transfiguration-sisters.org
8:30 a .m. Ecumenical Sunday Worship
10 :15 a .m. Episcopal Sunday Worship
e Resting Place meeting at Sisters Communit y Church, 130 0 W. McKenzie Hwy www.restingplace.us • hello@restingplace.us 5 p.m. Sunday Worship
Seventh-Day Adventist Church 541-815-9848
11 a .m. S aturday Worship
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church (ELCA) 386 N . Fir Street • 541-549-5831 www.shepherdof thehillsluther anchurch.com 10 a .m. Sunday Worship
Sisters Church of the N az arene 67130 Har rington Loop Rd. • 541-389-8960 www.sistersnaz .org • info@sistersnaz .org
10 a .m. Sunday Worship
Sisters Communit y Church (Nondenominational) 130 0 W. McKenzie Hwy. • 541-549-1201 www.sisterschurch.com • info@sisterschurch.com
9:30 a .m. Sunday Worship
St . Edward the Mar tyr Roman Catholic Churc h 123 Trinit y Way • 541-549-9391
5:3 0 p.m. Saturday Vigil Mass • 9 a .m. Sunday Mass 12 p.m. Monday Mass • 8 a .m. Tuesday-Friday Mass Wellhouse Churc h 442 Trinit y Way • 541-549-4184 ht tps://wellhousechurch.churchcenter.com
10 a .m. Sunday Worship
Co-Working Space at Fika!
Drop in for the day, join as a monthly member, or pick up a punch card. Creative community, high-speed Internet, unlimited drip cof fee
541-588-0311
201 E. Sun Ranch Dr., Mon-Sat 6:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Former Sisters resident loses home to hurricane
Many in Sisters will remember Phyllis Yankey, who lived in the community for a number of years.
Phyllis Yankey’s husband, Mike, an Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) employee, was killed in an accident at the ODOT yard at the Santiam Junction in 2009. In 2020 Phyllis left Sisters to be closer to her children.
On July 8, Hurricane Beryl ripped through her current neighborhood in Conroe, Texas, a tree fell and destroyed her home.
In a GoFundMe narrative, her son Chris reported that, “because of some now heartbreaking issues with the insurance companies, her home was not covered and she will receive no reimbursement, making the home a total loss. Her life savings have now been destroyed. She has lost everything and won’t be able to recover from this event financially without our help.”
A GoFundMe fundraiser has been established at www. gofundme.com/f/help-phy llis-yankey-after-hurricaneberyl-destroyed-her-home.
Chris Yankey wrote, “Since my dad passed away, she has been comforting other women dealing with the loss of husbands and loved ones.
“In 2016, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. But not even that slowed her down for long. She got back to work immediately leading women’s ministry at VAST Church in Sisters, Oregon. Living just down the street from the house where she lived with my dad when he died, God was using her to bring life into that town and touch the lives of the women in that town.
“She is truly a remarkable woman and she needs all of us right now.”
Sisters-Area Events & Enter tainment
WEDNESDAY • JULY 17
The Belfr y Live Music: Sarah Shook & The Disarmers playing 10 new songs off "Revelations" plus the fan favorites; with Small Paul 7 to 10 p .m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Presented by The Whippoorwill Presents. Tickets, $20, at www.bendticket.com.
The Barn Live Music: Darin Gentr y's Old Time Group 6 to 8 p.m. on the outdoor stage. Info: thebarninsisters.com.
Sisters Saloon Poker Night Texas Hold’em 5:30 p.m. to close upstairs. 21+. $20 (add'l $5 when bounty chip is played).
Food Cart Garden at Eurosports Cornhole Tournament Sign up at 5:30 Free For info call Eurosports at 541-549-2471
THURSDAY • JULY 18
The Suttle Lodge Live Music: "House Band" Benji Nagel showcases his talented friends every Thursday! 6 to 8 p.m. Free for all and for all ages Info: www thesuttlelodge.com.
Luckey's Woodsman Megan's Terrific Trivia 5:30 p.m. Prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd. Located at 352 E. Hood Ave., Ste. B.
Paulina Springs Books Book Talk
Kim Stafford presents "As the Sky Begins to Change"
6:30 to 7:30 p.m. More info at www.paulinaspringsbooks.com.
Food Cart Garden at Eurosports Trivia Night Sign up at 5:30 Starts promptly at 5:45 to 6:30 p.m. Dog-and family-friendly Free For info call Eurosports at 541-549-2471
FRIDAY • JULY 19
Hardtails Bar & Grill Karaoke with Gaby 8 p.m. to midnight. Information call 541-549-6114.
Paulina Springs Books Magic: The Gathering nights Booster Draft at 5 p.m. $15. Info: paulinaspringsbooks.com.
Eurosports Food Cart Garden Live Music: Magical Mystery Four 5-7 p.m. Free Family- and dog-friendly! For more info call 541-549-2471
SATURDAY • JULY 20
Hardtails Live Music: Candy-O "The Ultimate Tribute to The Cars," 8 to 10 p .m. 21+. Tickets $20 at www.BendTicket.com.
Hola! In Camp Sherman Live music: Emilee Paige 5 to 8 p.m. at 25545 SW Forest Service Rd Unit 1419
Sisters Depot Courtyard Live Music: Brooks Robertson "finger style" guitar 6 to 8 p.m. Tickets $20 at www.sistersdepot.com/our-events.
The Barn Live Music: The Deliciousness 6 to 8 p.m. on the outdoor stage. Info: www thebarninsisters.com.
Eurosports Food Cart Garden Car Show 5-7 p.m. Free Family- and dog-friendly Bring your cool or vintage car for the car show — or come to see them! For more info call 541-549-2471
Luckey's Woodsman Live Music
"Serenade in the Shade" Saturday music series. 4 to 7 p.m. BBQ special. Located at 352 E. Hood Ave., Ste. B.
SUNDAY • JULY 21
Sisters Saloon Live Music: T5 Jazz (piano bass drums, trumpet) 6 to 8 p.m. on the patio Free and open to all ages
Fir Street Park Sisters Farmers Market 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Featuring live music, community booth, vendors, kids activities, and more. For info visit www.sistersfarmersmarket.com.
MONDAY • JULY 22
The Suttle Lodge Live Music: The Deltaz "Big Lawn Series," 6 to 8 p.m. Free for all and for all ages
TUESDAY • JULY 23
Paulina Springs Books Book Talk
Peter Stark presents "Gallop Toward the Sun: Tecumseh and William Henry Harrison’s Struggle For the Destiny of a Nation" 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. More info at www.paulinaspringsbooks.com.
Ski Inn Taphouse Hotel Live Music: Kurt Silva 6-8 p.m. Free entry Info: www.sisterstaphousehotel.com.
WEDNESDAY • JULY 24
Sisters Saloon Poker Night Texas Hold’em 5:30 p.m. to close upstairs. 21+. $20 (add'l $5 when bounty chip is played).
Food Cart Garden at Eurosports Cornhole Tournament Sign up at 5:30 Free For info call Eurosports at 541-549-2471
THURSDAY • JULY 25
Sisters Depot Courtyard Live Music: Open Mic Music lovers can enjoy a variety of local talent in a lively atmosphere. 6 to 8 p.m. Info: sistersdepot.com/our-events.
Paulina Springs Books Book Talk
Laurie Wilhite presents "Paddle to the Pacific"
6:30 to 7:30 p.m. More info at www.paulinaspringsbooks.com.
THURSDAY • JULY 25 (cont.)
Food Cart Garden at Eurosports Trivia Night Sign up at 5:30 Starts promptly at 5:45 to 6:30 p.m. Dog-and family-friendly Free For info call Eurosports at 541-549-2471
The Suttle Lodge Live Music: "House Band" Benji Nagel showcases his talented friends every Thursday! 6 to 8 p.m. Free for all and for all ages Info: www thesuttlelodge.com.
Luckey's Woodsman Cascade Lakes Trivia 5:30 p.m. Prizes and swag Located at 352 E. Hood Ave. Ste. B.
FRIDAY • JULY 26
Downtown Sisters 4th Friday Artwalk 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Galleries and shops feature art and demonstrations. For additional information go to sistersartsassociation.org.
Makin’ It Local Artist Reception: Susan Luckey Higdon 4 to 7 p.m. "Color, Light, Texture, And Shapes" features nine newly released prints. Meet Susan and enjoy refreshments by The Luckey's Woodsman. Makin' It Local is at 281 W. Cascade Ave.
Paulina Springs Books Book Signing Event "Sister’s Write" local author group (Valarie Anderson, Linda Jones Weber, Chuck Lesowske, Dawn Jackson, Dana Wand, Melody Carlson, and Edie Jones) will be in the story during 4th Friday Art Walk to share about their work. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Info: www.paulinaspringsbooks.com.
Hardtails Bar & Grill Karaoke with Gaby 8 p.m. to midnight. Information call 541-549-6114.
Sisters Depot Courtyard Live Music: Bob Baker and Brian Odell 6 to 8 p.m. Tickets $5 at www.sistersdepot.com/our-events.
Paulina Springs Books Magic: The Gathering nights Booster Draft at 5 p.m. $15. Info: paulinaspringsbooks.com.
Eurosports Food Cart Garden Live Music: Mortal Solstice 5-7 p.m. Free Family- and dog-friendly Info: 541-549-2471
SATURDAY • JULY 27
The Barn Live Music: Ian George 6 to 8 p.m. on the outdoor stage. Info: www thebarninsisters.com.
Hardtails Bar & Grill Live Music: Status Fear bringing classic rock to the outside stage 7 to 10 p .m. No cover. Info: 541-549-6114.
Luckey's Woodsman Live Music: Matty Knight Band "Serenade in the Shade" Saturday music series. 4 to 7 p.m. BBQ special. Located at 352 E. Hood Ave., Ste. B. Eurosports Food Cart Garden Car Show 5-7 p.m. Free Family- and dog-friendly Bring your cool or vintage car for the car show — or come to see them! For more info call 541-549-2471
SUNDAY • JULY 28
Sisters Community Church Live Music: Toast & Jam Summer Concert Series on the lawn. 6 p.m. Free (donation to local nonprofits who provide assistance for those in need in our community, is appreciated). Bring chairs or blanket. More info at www.sisterschurch.com.
Fir Street Park Sisters Farmers Market 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Featuring live music community booth, vendors, kids activities, and more. For info visit www.sistersfarmersmarket.com.
Sisters Saloon Live Music: Bobby Lindstrom 6 to 8 p.m. on the patio Free and open to all ages Paulina Springs Books Sunday Scrabble 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Come to play Scrabble socialize, and drink coffee. Open to all. Info: paulinaspringsbooks.com.
MONDAY • JULY 29
The Suttle Lodge Live Music: Matt Mitchell "Big Lawn Series," 6 to 8 p.m. Free for all and for all ages
TUESDAY • JULY 30
Ski Inn Taphouse Hotel Live Music: Evan Mullins 6-8 p.m. Free entry Info: www.sisterstaphousehotel.com.
WEDNESDAY • JULY 31
Sisters Saloon Poker Night Texas Hold’em 5:30 p.m. to close upstairs. 21+. $20 (add'l $5 when bounty chip is played). The Barn Live Music: Pete Kar tsounes 6 to 8 p.m. on the outdoor stage. Info: www thebarninsisters.com.
Food Cart Garden at Eurosports Cornhole Tournament Sign up at 5:30 Free For info call Eurosports at 541-549-2471
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Sisters Depot Courtyard Live Music: Timothy James Trio 6 to 8 p.m. Tickets $10 at sistersdepot.com/our-events. Luckey's Woodsman Megan's Terrific Trivia 5:30 p.m. Prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd. Located at 352 E. Hood Ave., Ste. B.
Misspelled lake name honorspioneerOregon
By Maret Pajutee | Correspondent
There is no better place to beat the summer heat in Sisters than at one of our mountain lakes. Suttle Lake, 13 miles west of Sisters, has been a favorite for many years with a variety of campgrounds, boat docks, picnic shelters, and resorts. The lake’s name is a bungled attempt to recognize a man with quite a story.
Before European settlement the lake was frequented by Native Americans who camped along its shores as they fished for sockeye salmon and travelled into the high country. The name they called the lake is not recorded. At an event in 2012 Warm Springs Elder Wilson Wewa said, “Long ago the salmon came to spawn in this lake and they were food for eagles and wolves and badgers and our people set up camps along these shores.” In 1859, a group of explorers following Native American trails found it as they searched for a wagon route across the Cascades. They named it “Butte Lake,” but that name didn’t stick.
Then in 1866 a pioneer named John Settle found the lake again. It was named “Settles Lake” in his honor, but sadly when it was
officially recorded, they spelled his name wrong. It was first mistakenly called “Suttles Lake” and later “Suttle Lake.” Oregon Sisters Country author Ray Hatton noted Settle’s descendants had been trying to correct the error since 1927, without success.
Four generations of John Settle’s descendants even traveled to make their appeal in person at a meeting of the Oregon Geographic Names Board in 1979. The Board rejected the name change, unless residents of Deschutes County agreed, perhaps missing the fact the lake is in Jefferson County.
Born in 1808, John Settle was a coffin maker from Indiana. He loaded up his first wife, Martha Clay Hudson Settle, and a family of 12 children on a wagon train and headed west in 1846. On his way to Oregon, he was a witness to the beginnings of a famous
violent episode that played a part in Congress establishing the Oregon Territory in 1848 to protect European settlers.
His descendants shared the story of his family’s journey. As part of Franklin D. Roosevelts’ “New Deal”, the Works Progress Administration (or WPA) was established and, among its many activities, they worked to preserve the history of early pioneers. According to WPA interviews of family members in 1940, when Settle reached the famous Whitman Mission in southeast Washington the cattle he was bringing along were in poor condition and Dr. Whitman urged him to spend the winter there. He and his older sons helped build a sawmill nearby and some buildings at the Mission. During his eleven-month stay, Settle became friendly with Native Americans in the area. He said they told him they were very unhappy with Dr. Whitman because he had taken their land and timber, had promised to pay them, but had not, and whipped their children. They asked him to urge Dr. Whitman to leave and he became convinced big trouble was brewing. Settle shared what he had heard with Dr. Whitman and tried every argument possible to convince him to leave, without success.
Suttle Lake should have been Settle Lake. In any case, it’s one of Sisters’ gems.
Settle quickly packed up his family and stock and left 3 days before the mission was attacked and Dr. Whitman, his wife, and eleven others were killed by a small group of Cayuse men. The Settle group barely made it out safely. When they reached the Umatilla River, they were attacked by hostile Indians but protected by friendly ones who quelled the attack and escorted them to the Dalles without further trouble.
Settle homesteaded in the eastern edge of the Willamette Valley near Lebanon. His wife Martha passed away in 1858, and in 1859 he married twice-widowed Julia Ann Johnson
and had several more children. He joined a group of farmers and ranchers trying to build a road across the Cascades to provide access to grasslands for summer grazing and potential farmlands in Central Oregon. The enterprise was called The Willamette Valley and Cascade Mountain Wagon Road Company. He was involved for over 10 years as an organizer, one of the principal investors, and a supervisor who helped lay out the route. His rediscovery of Suttle Lake and nearby Blue Lake was during this time while hunting during a road-building expedition. The toll road opened in 1866 from Lebanon to Camp Polk near Sisters, and on to the Deschutes River and served until 1939 when Highway 20 was completed. Today’s highway generally follows the original route of the wagon road.
As well as farming, Settle later owned the Lebanon First Nation Bank Building, built a flour mill, and promoted higher education and other progressive activities. As he grew older, he was called “Uncle Jackie” and stayed busy until he retired.
In 1887, The Oregonian reported he was paralyzed, and not expected to recover, however he lived for another nine years, passing away in 1896 at 87, after a life of hard work, adventure, and helping build the infrastructure of Oregon.
His obituary in the Lebanon Express noted that he was the father of 14 children, nine of who survived him, and described the man, “Through all his long and eventful life in pioneer days and present times Uncle Jackie Settle, as he was
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familiarly known, bore an unblemished name, honest, honorable, and truthful, and has left his numerous descendants, a memory of which they may well be proud. His life was plain, devoid of all ostentation. His death was painless. His funeral was like his life, simple, free from vain display and meaningless orations, in
all as he would’ve wished it, could he have known.”
Next time you travel west towards Santiam Pass, give a nod to Uncle Jackie Settle whose legacy lives on in the most important modern route over the Oregon Cascades, and the beautiful lake that bears his misspelled name.
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Silver lining in wildfire smoke?
By Steve Lundeberg Correspondent
CORVALLIS — Forest scientists at Oregon State University studying tree regeneration have found that wildfire smoke comes with an unexpected benefit: It has a cooling capacity that can make life easier for vulnerable seedlings.
An OSU College of Forestry collaboration led by faculty research assistant Amanda Brackett made the discovery while working to determine the effect of forest canopy cover on summer maximum temperatures near ground level.
The study’s goal was to describe how heat waves and other future climate conditions might affect canopy cover’s influence on temperature. The scientists used previously established heat stress responses of seedlings from laboratory studies to look at temperatureinduced stress to conifer seedlings and germinating seeds under different canopy conditions.
“Tree regeneration is an indicator of forest resilience and an important ecological process, but young seedlings are extra vulnerable to heat stress,” Brackett said. “Our results show that while overstory canopy cover may help buffer temperature stress experienced by seedlings, extreme heat events and climate change still pose significant challenges – and that wildfire smoke can actually be beneficial.”
Brackett and colleagues Chris Still and Klaus Puettman created a metric called stress degree hours to show the duration and intensity of high temperatures that exceed levels that hinder tree regeneration.
“This work shows that widespread smoke from wildfires can lead to unanticipated beneficial effects by reducing sunlight at the surface and thus lowering the temperatures experienced by vulnerable tree seedlings, even during extreme summer weather like the 2021
heat dome period,” said Still, a professor who studies climate change feedbacks and impacts on forests.
In summer 2021 the scientists examined 11 different stands of recently thinned, 50-year-old Douglas-fir in the Upper Blue River Watershed in western Oregon’s Willamette National Forest, measuring air temperatures at two centimeters above ground on south-facing slopes. The study area was heavily affected by wildfire smoke in August 2021 because of the Middle Fork Complex and Washington Ponds fires.
Overall, and after accounting for the influences of topography, they found that for every 10% increase in canopy cover, maximum temperatures at two centimeters were 1.3 degrees Celsius lower, the odds of temperatures exceeding stress thresholds for conifer regeneration fell by one-fourth, and total stress degree hours decreased by 40%.
“Those reductions are large enough to be worthy of attention when managing for tree regeneration,” Brackett said. “But data collected during the Pacific Northwest heat dome in June 2021 indicate that with various climate change scenarios and heat wave occurrences, temperatures will be unfavorable for regeneration regardless of canopy cover.”
During the heat dome, the highest temperature near the soil surface the scientists recorded was 57.4 degrees Celsius, or just over 135 degrees Fahrenheit.
Smoke’s impact on maximum and average near-surface temperature was similar to the temperature reduction caused by an increase of 15% in canopy cover, Brackett said.
The finding is in line with the idea that while smoke can cause a range of concerns, fire is a natural forest occurrence with ecological upsides.
“Smoke absorbs and scatters incoming solar radiation, reducing how much reaches
the forest floor, but we did not anticipate seeing this level of impact,” she said. “That extra cooling effect may be important during extreme heat events when canopy cover and topography do not provide enough protection from harmful and potentially lethal temperatures in the understory.”
Tree regeneration is a critical part of creating the diverse structure associated with healthy, multiaged forests, she said, adding that the study highlights the need to consider conditions experienced by young seedlings when designing and implementing forest treatments.
“Managers need to understand how microclimate varies under a range of overstory conditions,” Brackett said. “Given climate predictions, scientists and managers have to look for opportunities to increase individual tree and forest-level resilience to a hotter and more extreme climate. Wildfire smoke will continue to affect ecosystems, and while we documented an unanticipated benefit, more work is needed to untangle other potential impacts.”
The study, supported in part by the Edmund Hayes Foundation, was published in the Canadian Journal of Forest Research.
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published, then withdrawn, in 2022.
“First off, it’s not yet published, so nobody can say with any certainty. From what information is available, it should be a better tool,” he said.
In terms of agriculture, — focus of ire with the first iteration — properties irrigating, such as hay and orchard grass farmers, will be categorized more accurately.
Duda does not anticipate heavy-handed enforcement despite the consequences of wildfire.
“This will be a massive educational effort — not a big hammer — with hopefully adequate funding to teach property owners how to assess a hazard and the way to eliminate them,” he said.
Duda recognizes that a big portion of the problem is the sheer population growth in Central Oregon.
“We have so many new residents, including in
agriculture, who moved from urban areas or different climates where wildfire was not a threat,” he said. “It’s new to them.”
Fire (property) insurance has been more expensive and harder to obtain in Sisters Country partly as a result of catastrophic losses by carriers like State Farm and Allstate who have pulled out of California markets altogether.
Rory Wold, a State Farm agent, assured his policy holders that they are still active in Oregon.
“It’s not like California where the losses overwhelmed the system,” he said. “In Oregon, like any state, we have a cap on what share of the market we want to insure. We have reached that cap in several Oregon counties.”
As more companies exit the market, those remaining are undertaking a bigger share of the risk.
Wold says that Oregon could issue a new map every week and it won’t impact large carriers like State Farm who employ their own risk maps and assessment tools.
“There is no one source for assessing risk,” he said.
Wildfire hazard map to be released
By Alex Baumhardt Oregon Capital Chronicle
A statewide “wildfire risk map” that drew the ire of many Oregonians will return in several weeks with few changes but with a new name following a yearlong makeover.
The new “wildfire hazard map,” set to debut in mid-tolate July, will not differ in substance too much from the previous map published in 2022, according to lead researcher Chris Dunn, an Oregon State University forestry professor and wildfire expert. That first map was quickly taken offline in August 2022, just months after it was released, due to public backlash over many areas classified as high risk. Property owners saw the map as a state attempt to regulate their properties, and it coincided with some insurers raising premiums and choosing not to renew or write new wildfire policies.
In the new “Oregon Statewide Wildfire Hazard Map,” some grass and ranch lands will no longer be considered at high risk depending on what they’re used for and on whether, and how often, they’re irrigated. The replacement of the word “risk” with “hazard” indicates that the map is an environmental assessment, not an assessment of individual properties. There will be three hazard categories, rather than the five risk categories in the previous map.
The latest map and the public rollout is the result of broader collective efforts, unlike the last one, Dunn said.
“The Oregon Department of Forestry and OSU stood alone the last time,” Dunn said about the previous map’s public debut. “The biggest change is just that all of these other agencies have come together to participate in community meetings and to meet with the county commissions and county planners,” Dunn said.
Unraveling the ‘risk map’
Dunn and Oregon State researchers worked with the U.S. Forest Service and the Oregon Department of Forestry in 2022 to develop the searchable “Wildfire Risk Explorer” map, which the state Legislature mandated under Senate Bill 762, a sweeping wildfire mitigation package passed in 2021. State agencies were given one year to produce a map and release it publicly.
The final map allowed anyone to plug in their address to see where their area fell among five risk categories from “no risk” to “extreme risk.”
It was meant to bring attention to the potential for wildfire across Oregon’s different landscapes, but was instead seen by many as a propertyspecific wildfire risk assessment. It didn’t help that for
many categorized as living in an area of “high” or “extreme” risk, the map’s findings weren’t widely known until letters started arriving in the mail alerting them to their risk status.
“People would step out their backyard or their front porch and say: ‘There’s no way I’m at high risk. I’ve already cleared my property or whatever.’ Most people were making an assessment from their individual susceptibility perspective, not from an environmental exposure perspective,” Dunn said.
Assigning risk to individual properties is not what the map makers were trying to do, according to Dunn. They were looking at the landscapes around the state and using data to understand the potential exposure for wildfire across a given landscape.
But they failed to make that case. The public rollout was a disaster, Dunn said.
“There was no real hard and concerted effort to reach out to the counties and to the public, mostly because we just didn’t have the time,” Dunn said.
Also, the timing couldn’t have been worse. The rollout coincided with a sea change in the insurance industry, heavily hit by growing natural disasters and costs over the past few decades. Insurers were beginning to not renew policies or stop writing new policies in parts of California due to wildfire risk, and similar trends were beginning to show up in Oregon, on top of rapidly rising premiums. While insurers had been planning such moves for a while, according to industry experts, the public blamed the map, which was seen as an attempt by the state to regulate properties, and property owners, to make them wildfire proof.
Just a few months after being made public, it was pulled by the state forester and sent back to the drawing board.
Redoing the rollout
When rolling out the latest maps, Dunn, researchers, and officials at several public agencies with a stake in mitigating wildfire are presenting a unified front, Dunn said.
Last fall, Dunn and a cadre that included officials from the State Fire Marshal’s Office, the Building Codes Division, the Department of Forestry, and the Division of Financial Regulation met with county commissioners to hear their concerns.
The researchers and agencies also have held joint public meetings in parts of the state where residents were most concerned about the mapping last time, including Grants Pass, The Dalles, Medford, La Grande, and Redmond. Some of the meetings have drawn hundreds
of people, while others have drawn less interest. Dunn said in Redmond about 100 people showed up .and in Grants Pass over 300 people attended. But in La Grande, staff told Dunn about 13 showed up.
Dunn said in Grants Pass the general take was that people weren’t there to argue, but to get more information.
“I think people were generally interested in learning, which is what the intent of these are,” he said.
The target for stakeholders is to get the map finished and online by mid-July. The draft map is currently with county planners across the state, who have had two months to review the data and provide feedback. Once online, the map will be open for at least a 30-day public comment period before the Oregon Board of Forestry votes to adopt it in September. The process is moving faster than Dunn and others had expected, he said, due to political pressure on the Department of Forestry.
After it’s finalized, the state officials in charge of guidelines for shoring up homes against wildfires, or home hardening, and creating defensible space around structures to make it easier to fight fires will need to get to work implementing new recommendations and rules.
The Oregon Building Codes Division is developing residential building material rules that will apply to all new dwellings and in high wildfire hazard zones that are within the wildland-urban interface. The standards would also apply to existing homes and buildings when exteriors are replaced.
“The standards are ready to adopt,” said Mark Peterson, a spokesperson for the agency, in an email. “The division is waiting on the final map, at which point we will do rulemaking to adopt the map, add it to the Oregon Design Criteria Hub, and apply the standards based on the map.”
The State Fire Marshal’s Office is also developing statewide, minimum defensible space standards that will be adopted following the finalization of the map.
Dunn said no one is going to immediately demand Oregonians start spending to wildfire proof their homes and properties.
“Their (the agencies) stance to date has always been that ‘we educate first, regulate last,’ and so I think there’s going to be a fairly substantial, multi-year gap before there’s any real, substantial regulations that occur,” Dunn said.
He’s hopeful the general attitude from the public to the newly rolled-out map will be one of curiosity rather than contempt. He said that despite the trouble with the first attempt to bring it to Oregonians in 2022, it wasn’t a total blunder.
“Even if the map failed, it put fire in people’s minds, and they’re thinking about it, and that is a difficult thing to do,” he said.
Reporting was made possible with a fellowship from the nonprofit Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources.
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committee will receive draft materials and other required reading to better prepare to “ask questions and make informed recommendations to advance the project forward and make recommendations at key junctures throughout the process.”
The steering committee is scheduled to meet four total times throughout the process. These meetings are open to the public and are moderated by Scott Woodford, Community Development Director, and attended by various city staff. Also in attendance are staff of the MIG consulting firm, which has worked with the City on planning projects since 2019 and will continue to provide support throughout the UGB expansion process.
Mayor Michael Preedin appointed the 14 members of the UGB Steering Committee, including those representing specific interest groups and at-large community members. At the beginning of the June 27 meeting, members had time to briefly introduce themselves.
The interests of the City Council are represented by Preedin and and Councilor Jennifer Letz (Councilor Gary Ross attended the first meeting as an alternate in Letz’s absence). Art Blumenkron and Rick Retzman attend on behalf of the Planning Commission.
The forest interest is represented by Ian Reid, District Ranger for the Sisters Ranger District of the Deschutes National Forest. The farming interest is represented by Mel Petterson, who comes from a third-generation farming and ranching family out of Idaho, and who is also a former employee of the school district and current Director of Operations for the Roundhouse Foundation.
Two seats at the table are occupied by community members who own land in the study area just outside the current UGB: Bill Willitts, who is the managing partner of McKenzie Meadows, LLC, and whose family owns FivePine Lodge; and John Tehan, who owned a downtown restaurant for 30 years and has prior committee experience in Sisters.
The introductions of the six at-large citizen members began with Dr. Anna Rasmussen, a computational microbiologist, who graduated from Sisters High School and has called Sisters home for 20 years, and participated in the recent Civic Leadership Academy.
Therese Kollerer is on the Urban Forestry Board
and works with the Sisters Community Leadership Initiative, partnering with the Forest Service to pick up trash from the unhoused living in the forest.
Brian Metolius is a renter in town, living in a house that “used to be John Tehan’s driveway” in the Saddlestone neighborhood, and is participating in his first committee.
Abhi Chaudhuri, who is married to a lifelong Sisters resident and has a four-yearold child, has a career in tech and is “interested in how Sisters grows in a sustainable and equitable way.”
Morgan Greenwood, who moved to town about four years ago and has children entering the middle and high schools in the fall, is a landuse planner who currently works for the Central Oregon Builders Association.
Susan Hallenberg lives just north of the current UGB and has spent her career in real estate, specializing in multi-family, market-rate, and affordable housing, and wants to avoid the “rampant growth…and seeing subdivisions pop up everywhere” that she saw in her previous home of Utah.
After introductions, most of the rest of the meeting was spent by MIG staff summarizing the UGB process, recent planning efforts in Sisters, a timeline of the project, and the Draft Land Need Report. The commit tee had access to the Draft Land Need Report before the meeting and were expected to have read it. Woodford also recommended they pre pare by reading the city’s project website and story map dedicated to the UGB, which covered much of the same information presented during the meeting.
Some committee mem bers believe they need more time to accomplish the work set before them. Metolius told The Nugget , “The first meeting was almost entirely informational after each committee member briefly introduced them selves. There are only three meetings left and there is so much work to do, that I sincerely hope that the coming meetings are more discussion-led.”
members did have about 20 minutes to ask questions, which were mostly fielded by MIG. One table in the Land Need Report suggested that existing vacant land zoned for high density residential within the city limits is twice the amount the city will need over the next 20 years.
Chaudhuri said, “I’m kind of shocked by the high density residential having a surplus, given the housing affordability challenges… that’s very, very surprising. We’ve had so many conversations in the city about having higher density housing. Is there really this much of a surplus?”
In response, Mayor Preedin said, “The answer is no.”
During public comment Peter Winch aired concerns about two vacant lots, including one owned by his family, “appropriately being included in a buildable lands
calculation.” The lots, which sit between Pine Meadow Village and the city limits, do not have road or utility access and are not currently buildable. These lots total 5.6 acres. MIG’s analysis found 22.6 total acres of vacant low-density residential in Sun Ranch, Pine Meadow Village, and elsewhere in the City.
The second meeting of the UGB steering committee is scheduled for Thursday,
July 25, at 4 p.m. at Sisters City Hall.
“The committee is a great slice of the city, and the thing we all have in common is that we love Sisters and want to get this right,” Metolius told The Nugget “If any of our fellow community members have input, we would love to hear from you.”
Editor’s note: Matt McClellan’s wife serves on the UGB steering committee.
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Chaudhuri told The Nugget that he “found it helpful to get all the context up front,” but “at some point we’ll need an all-day workshop to hash out the proposal.” Regarding the three remaining meetings, he added, “I think more time will be needed. There’s so much content and analysis to get through, unless we are expected to rubber stamp the consultant’s proposal — which I’m certainly not at this stage.”
Though there was no time for open discussion during the meeting, committee
Steven shares this photo, where he and two ladies from Holland, pilgrims, read The Nugget in front of the Cathedral of Saint James in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Maggie Bull and family members and friends gathered at Hardtails Bar & Grill to celebrate the 96th birthday of the longtime Sisters resident. Bull served for many years on the Sisters Planning Commission and has long been active in the life of the community.
Dry conditions mean serious fire danger
Since June, there have been 100 human-caused wildfires on national forests and grasslands in Oregon and Washington. While firefighters have been largely successful in putting out these preventable fires, the extremely hot and dry conditions are significantly ramping up fire danger across the region.
“We’re entering a very dangerous time period in the Pacific Northwest wildfire season,” said Ed Hiatt, Pacific Northwest Assistant Fire Director for Operations. “Mother Nature turned on the oven for a week in local forests, and now we’re preparing for the potential of dry lightning and gusty winds across much of eastern Oregon.”
Local responders are closely tracking these deteriorating conditions where any new wildfire will have the potential to spread rapidly and burn intensely right from the start. As firefighters are responding to lightningsparked fires, a preventable, human-caused wildfire can limit availability of needed engines, dozers, helicopters, and other resources.
“It’s as dry as I’ve ever seen it,” said Hiatt. “From the Canadian border to southeast Oregon, multiple
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wonderful, inviting atmosphere downtown.
My one observation where we could do better is not pouring so much air conditioning onto the street. I find it unsettling that as the climate gets hotter, and we need to keep ourselves cooler, we are wasting energy just pouring cool air onto the sidewalks. I assume the retailers are trying to be inviting to those outside, but it seems a small price to pay just to shut the door and help the strain on the grid a bit.
I would love to see Sisters’ retailers leading the charge in changing this habit. We see it with retailers everywhere, but Sisters can do better!
Walter Major III
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Response to “Misinformation”
To the Editor:
I felt I had to respond to the letter entitled “Misinformation” by George Paschalson (GP) because parts are so astoundingly inaccurate.
To begin with Paragraph 1, his statement, “President Trump does not lie” has been thoroughly disputed by multiple reputable sources. I would point out that he should be referred to as Former President Trump (FPT). From The Independent, a British Publication, FPT made more than 30,000 false or misleading statements during his four years as POTUS, which equates to roughly 21 false statements per day! He does not lie? Laughable!
inaccuracies. GP claims: “Inflation up 19.3 percent.” Wrong. In January 2021 inflation was 1.4 percent. It did rise and peaked in July 2022 at 9.1 percent and as of today it is 3.0 percent. Never up 19.3 percent.
“Green Energy – all energy up 35.6 percent.” Wrong. Here I assume the author is not talking about green energy but referring to the effect of green energy on conventional energy costs which are historically considered to be electricity, heating gas, and gasoline. From January 2021 to the present, electricity is up 28 percent, heating gas is up 22 percent, and gasoline is up 38.5 percent. I cannot find anywhere a general energy figure of 35.6 percent. Even if you averaged the three numbers I gave it is only a 29 percent increase.
“New Spending $7 trillion.” Wrong. I am not sure what “new spending” means but I think this must mean adding to the national debt. Under the Biden administration the national debt has increased by $6.17 trillion, NOT $7.0 trillion. As a comparison, under FPT’s four years the national debt increased by $8.18 trillion (a 40.43 percent increase).
“Federal Reserve Interest Rate 5.25 – 5.5 percent.” Agreed.
“Illegal Border Crossings 10 million-plus.” Agreed.
“China Surge in Espionage Activities.” Wrong. So far under the Biden watch, cases of Chinese espionage activities have decreased 38.5 percent. From 2017 – 2020 under FPT’s watch, cases of Chinese espionage activities increased 550 percent. Hardly a surge under President Biden.
areas have broken daily records for forecasted fire intensity. Bottom line? If it starts, it’s going to burn hot and it’s going to burn fast.”
Second, GP made the statement that “FPT kept us out of wars.” President Biden has not gotten us into any wars during his term. He did not get us into the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. We are not at war in either location. We are supplying arms and have no soldiers in either location. Were there 13 soldiers killed in a terror attack during the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan? Sadly, yes. Were there soldiers killed during FPT’s four years? He has claimed no. However, records show that at least 65 active duty troops died in hostile action during FPT’s presidency with his directives in Afghanistan and Iraq, and in Syria to fight ISIS.
Moving on to paragraph 2, the Biden record citations in which there are so many glaring
Lastly, let’s talk about paragraph 3. Is the stock market “blooming” or booming? The author says “I don’t think so.” Are facts just irrelevant? In January 2021 the Dow was 30,996 and today it is 39,754, which is an increase of 28.26 percent. That may not be blooming but to me it is booming. I do think so! And how about that military? GP says it is “very weak right now” and that under FPT it was “strong.” I reviewed two recent 2024 studies revealing military strength rankings. In the first, that ranked the 24 most powerful militaries in the world, the United States was number 1, Russia was number 2, and China was number 3. In the second, that ranked the 30 most powerful militaries in the world,
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120 before we’d have reconsidered,” Davison continued as they checked notes on their official program.
The mood was festive well into the afternoon. The pace slowed as the afternoon wore on and quilts on the shadier side of the streets drew more onlookers. Quilts in landscaped settings like Barclay Park or Village Green were small oases of respite.
As hundreds of locals scurried to the coast to avoid the predictable congestion and hustle and bustle, the thousands of visitors dropped not only praise but large sums of cash in local shops and eateries. Stores were thronged by shoppers and often strained the checkout line.
No one cluster of quilts appeared to draw more enthusiasm than the traveling exhibit — Cherrywood Challenge. Due to its high dollar value, it was required to be kept indoors. The Cherrywood Challenge was displayed at the Community Hall at the fire station;
attendees streamed in and out all day, snaking their way through the famed exhibit themed “Monarch” for 2024.
A few blocks away, the annual Quilts of Valor were on display. The national organization’s mission is to cover service members and veterans touched by war with comforting and healing Quilts of Valor.
Sisters Mayor Michael Preedin was among four recipients of the 2024 quilts. None of the four knew ahead
of time of the award. Preedin who served in the U.S. Air Force said, “It was an honor to be recognized for my military service with such a beautiful quilt.
“I don’t know the people whose hands created it, but I thank and appreciate the Salem Star Valor Quilters for such a gift. It is already in a prominent place in my home, my side of the couch where I will use it! It’s an instant family heirloom.”
In partnership with Rotary
Club of Sisters and Sisters Business Association, Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show (SOQS) placed some 1,400 “passports” into the registration bags of those attending the week-long Quilter’s Affair (see story page 3) Passport holders could travel with their passport to one of 38 participating merchants who provided special offers or discounts. Those with an adequate number of stamps in their passports were entered into a drawing for a
quilt provided by SOQS. The winner was Amanda Vedder from Springfield, Oregon. International tour operators brought several buses of quilt enthusiasts to town. The trips, some costing $2,695 per person, indicate the prominence of the Sisters show, now in its 49th year.
Dawn Boyd, SOQS executive director, was unbridled in her appreciation for the over 300 volunteers needed to pull off such a complex event. She was also moved by the many dozens of examples of human kindness that the Show creates.
One story was particularly touching: “A gentleman’s wife had always dreamt of having a quilt in our show. She passed a few weeks ago, and he contacted me to see if he could enter her quilt. Not only were we able to share her quilt, but he also traveled here from the Bay Area and met up with family to honor and celebrate his wife’s quilting legacy.”
The quilts came down at the appointed hour while a few hundred diehard onlookers continued to gaze upon the artistry. “I can’t stop looking in amazement,” said Letitia Palmerton of Sussex, England. “I will cherish these moments for a lifetime.”
The Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show wrapped downtown in color on Saturday.
PHOTO BY CODY RHEAULT
Keeping the sun off with colorful umbrellas helped quilters keep their cool on a high-90s day.
PHOTO BY CODY RHEAULT Quilters exchange techniques and ideas.
PHOTO BY CODY RHEAULT
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Chavez-DeRemer has mixed record on LGBTQ+ issues
By Julia Shumway
After campaigning for the state Legislature as a supporter of LGBTQ+ rights six years ago, U.S. Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer has a mixed record in Congress on these issues.
She introduced a bill to automatically reverse the dishonorable discharges given to gay members of the military because of their sexual orientation, and she voted against an amendment to an appropriation’s bill that would have stopped the Department of Defense from acknowledging Pride Month.
But she also co-sponsored and voted for a “Parents’ Bill of Rights” backed by antiLGBTQ+ groups that requires schools to consult with parents before allowing students to use different names or pronouns at school — a provision some fear could put trans students in danger from parents who don’t accept them. And she voted for bills to ban transgender girls from playing girls’ sports and prohibit the Department of Veterans Affairs from providing hormone therapy or flying Pride flags.
Chavez-DeRemer’s stances on LGBTQ rights — and abortion access — have drawn heightened interest in her reelection campaign against Democratic state Rep. Janelle Bynum. She represents Oregon’s 5th Congressional District, which stretches from Portland to Bend and is among a few districts nationwide that could determine which party controls the House.
In 2023, LGBTQ+ students at Central Oregon Community College called on their school to revoke an invitation for Chavez-DeRemer to deliver the school’s commencement address. The college’s president apologized, saying she “misjudged the potential impacts of inviting a political person,” but ChavezDeRemer’s speech went ahead as planned.
Chavez-DeRemer defended her record in a statement to the Capital Chronicle, saying she was proud to
support the LGBTQ+ community and will continue working to promote equality in Congress.
“As a member of the Education and Workforce Committee, I tried to kill the amendment to the Parents Bill of Rights that would result in transgender students being outed to their parents,” Chavez-DeRemer said in a statement. “I’ve also fought to right the wrongs of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell by pushing for legislation that would ensure veterans who were dishonorably discharged due to their sexual orientation automatically have their status upgraded. To help more couples start or grow their families, I’m leading bipartisan legislation that would make IVF more affordable.”
A mixed record
Throughout her unsuccessful 2016 and 2018 campaigns for state House, her victorious 2022 congressional campaign and her current bid for reelection, Chavez-DeRemer has cast herself as a moderate, though she has been criticized for flip-flopping on abortion rights, telling some voters she supported them and others she opposed them.
On her 2018 campaign website, she wrote that she “support(ed) equality for our LGBTQ communities, stronger environmental protections, and support(ed) a woman’s right to choose.” Her current campaign website doesn’t mention any issues, while her 2022 campaign website highlighted her support for a parents’ bill of rights and opposition to “divisive and politically charged issues” in the classroom, “critical race theory” and “multiculturalism.”
Once elected, ChavezDeRemer co-sponsored House Resolution 5, dubbed the Parents Bill of Rights Act, which passed the House with only Republican votes in March 2023. The measure allows parents to inspect all school library books and review curricula and requires schools to inform parents if their children seek to change their names or pronouns.
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101 Real Estate
1,518 sq. ft. 3BR/2.5 BA
New construction in historic district. 347 W. Jefferson. 2 blocks from coffee. Many special features. $739,000. 541-420-7128
102 Commercial Rentals
MINI STORAGE
Sisters Rental 331 W. Barclay Drive 541-549-9631
Sizes 5x5 to 15x30 and outdoor RV parking. 7-day access. Computerized security gate. Moving boxes & supplies.
STORAGE WITH BENEFITS
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OFFICE/RETAIL
SPACE FOR RENT
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Several space types available. Call owner
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103 Residential Rentals
CASCADE HOME & PROPERTY RENTALS
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PONDEROSA PROPERTIES
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104 Vacation Rentals
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107 Rentals Wanted
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201 For Sale
Warn Mx 8000 winch, fairlead. Older but hardly used. $50 541-390-1720
Treadle, $395. Janome 712T (new) in a White Sew Co. wood base with coffin top. Singer treadle base black, $125. Featherweight 221, $550. Black. Vintage 1957. Case, pedal, bobbins, works great. 541-610-6695
BICYCLES
FOR SALE
Townie Bike "Rolls"
Specialized. Black, 7-speed with panniers. Like new, medium frame. $350 FELT Road Bike, ZW:FOUR. Red, medium carbon frame. Gatorskins tires. $500 541-610-6695
EdgeStar wine refrigerator, brand new, dual temp zone, SS. Bought $629. Sell $400 541-419-2502 for pics.
202 Firewood
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205 Garage & Estate Sales
MULTI-FAMILY SALE.
13767 Meadow View Dr. in Camp Sherman. July 19 and 20, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Furniture, antiques, home decor, sports equipment, tools, lots of stuff.
EPIC HUGE SALE!
3 FAMILIES
293 E. Black Crater, end of Spruce, right in town. This Friday and Saturday, 9 to 5. Follow balloon signs. Furniture, older kids' stuff, quality clothes for young teens (10-16) and women (Large- 2X). Vintage, kitchen, a lot of new things still in boxes, bikes, kids' tables, too much to list.
CROSSROADS ANNUAL COMMUNITY YARD SALE
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Friday 7/19 & Saturday 7/20
Lots of incredible finds! 14434 Pole Ct. and other homes, follow signs.
HERITAGE USA
Open daily 10:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. 253 E. Hood Ave., Sisters. Happy Trails Estate Sales and online auctions! Selling, Downsizing, or Deaths? Locally owned & operated by... Daiya 541-480-2806 Sharie 541-771-1150
301 Vehicles
We Buy, Sell, Consign Quality Cars, Trucks, SUVs & RVs ~ Call Jeff at 541-815-7397 Sisters Car Connection da#3919 SistersCarConnection.com
CUSTOM CAR GARAGES HEATED, 110 POWER $275 • 541-419-2502
Harley Heritage soft tail, 2000, $8,000. Text for more pics, 541-419-2502
401 Horses ORCHARD GRASS HAY ALFALFA TRITICALE
New crop. No rain. Barn stored. 3-tie bales. $240-$360/ton. Hwy. 126 & Cline Falls. 541-280-1895
403 Pets
Meet Joey. Lovable, friendly, 1-year-old Yorkshire Terrier. Somewhat trained, all vet visits and shots taken care of. Need to re-home to a loving family. $1,000. 541-915-8201.
I’ve got your cats covered! Sisters-Tumalo-PetSitting.com 541-306-7551 • Julie
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8 panels. 24 wide x 42 tall (16 ft. long). New with no rust, $50. 541-610-6695
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Miniature Yorkie puppies ready July 4. Black and tan and AKC papered, 4 boys, 1 girl. $1,000. 541-280-2952
Kadabra is a 2-month-old male kitten that is full of energy and ready to dazzle you with his tricks. Apply to adopt him at: sisterswhiskers.org
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SMALL Engine REPAIR Lawn Mowers, Chainsaws & Trimmers Sisters Rental 331 W. Barclay Drive 541-549-9631
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501 Computers & Communications
3 Sisters TeleNetworks, LLC
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502 Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning
M & J CARPET CLEANING
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504 Handyman
JONES UPGRADES LLC
Home Repairs & Remodeling Drywall, Decks, Pole Barns, Fences, Sheds & more.
Mike Jones, 503-428-1281
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600 Tree Service & Forestry
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Serving Black Butte Ranch, Camp Sherman & Sisters Area since 2003
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601 Construction
Earthwood Timberframes
• Design & shop fabrication
• Recycled fir and pine beams
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• Sawmill/woodshop services
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CASCADE GARAGE DOORS
Factory Trained Technicians Since 1983 • CCB #44054 541-548-2215 • 541-382-4553
Lara’s Construction LLC.
CCB#223701
Offering masonry work, fireplaces, interior & exterior stone/brick-work, build barbecues, and all types of masonry. Give us a call for a free estimate 541-350-3218
Uncompromising quality. Local and personal. You can trust me. All projects: From new construction to those little projects you don't seem to get to. My team of local subcontractors and I will get it done right, fair, and pain-free so you can make your spouse happy. Call Jared 503-949-9719
Custom Homes • Additions
Residential Building Projects
Serving Sisters area since 1976
Strictly Quality
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602 Plumbing & Electric
SWEENEY
PLUMBING, INC.
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• New Construction
• Water Heaters
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Residential and Commercial
Licensed • Bonded • Insured
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Ridgeline Electric, LLC
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• Residential • Commercial
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Custom Homes
Additions - Remodels
Residential Building Projects Becke William Pierce
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541-604-5169
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SPURGE COCHRAN BUILDER, INC.
General Contractor Building Distinctive, Handcrafted Custom Homes, Additions, Remodels, Cabin Renovations Since ’74
A “Hands-On” Builder Keeping Your Project on Time & On Budget • CCB #96016
To speak to Spurge personally, call 541-815-0523
Construction & Renovation
Custom Residential Projects
All Phases • CCB #148365 541-420-8448 – Sisters Oregon Guide –Pick
BANR Enterprises, LLC
Earthwork, Utilities, Grading, Hardscape, Rock Walls
Residential & Commercial CCB #165122 • 541-549-6977 www.BANR.net
Excavation: septic system installation and repair, utility installation, site prep, demolition, road and driveway construction and maintenance. "We dig your project" contact 541-325-3020 sales@gardnercontractingllc.com
604
Heating & Cooling
ACTION AIR
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605 Painting
~ FRONTIER PAINTING ~ Quality Painting, Ext. & Int. Refurbishing Decks
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METOLIUS PAINTING LLC
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603 Excavation & Trucking
ROBINSON & OWEN
Heavy Construction, Inc.
All your excavation needs
*General excavation
*Site Preparation
*Sub-Divisions
*Road Building
*Sewer and Water Systems
*Underground Utilities
*Grading
*Sand-Gravel-Rock
Licensed • Bonded • Insured CCB #124327
541-549-1848
Full Service Excavation
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541-549-1472 • CCB #76888
Drainfield
• Minor & Major Septic Repair
• All Septic Needs/Design & Install
General Excavation
• Site Preparation
• Rock & Stump Removal
• Pond & Driveway Construction Preparation
• Building Demolition Trucking
• Deliver Top Soil, Sand, Gravel, Boulders, Water
• Dump Trucks, Transfer Trucks, Belly
• The Whole 9 Yards or 24 Whatever You Want!
701 Domestic Services
BLAKE & SON – Commercial, Home & Rentals Cleaning WINDOW CLEANING! Lic. & Bonded • 541-549-0897
I & I Crystal Cleaning, LLC Specializing in Commercial, Residential & Vacation Rentals. Licensed, Bonded & Insured. 541-977-1051
802 Help Wanted
Small horse property in need of MANURE MANAGEMENT help. Summers only. Starting 2 days a week, $20/hr. 18 and over. 541-410-2209
Part-Time Sales Associate
We are looking for a friendly, outgoing, and reliable Retail Sales Associate. Workdays would be Thursday, Friday, Saturday and fill in. Email application to: amber@ villageinteriorsdesign.com
Sisters Habitat for Humanity
Join our team & make a difference in our community! Strategic Assistant to Executive Director – Part-time
Meticulous, Affordable Interior & Exterior 541-280-7040 • CCB# 238067
EMPIRE PAINTING
Interior and Exterior Painting and Staining CCB#180042 541-613-1530 • Geoff Houk
Walls Needing a Touchup? Check the Classifieds!
606 Landscaping & Yard Maintenance
Complete landscape construction, fencing, irrigation installation & design, pavers/outdoor kitchens, debris cleanups, fertility & water conservation management, excavation. CCB #188594 • LCB #9264 www.vohslandscaping.com 541-515-8462
All Landscaping Services
Mowing, Thatching, Hauling Call Abel Ortega, 541-815-6740
Keeping Sisters Country Beautiful Since 2006 candcnursery@gmail.com 541-549-2345
J&E Landscaping Maintenance
LLC Clean-ups, raking, hauling debris, thatching, aerating, irrigation, mowing. Edgar Cortez 541-610-8982 jandelspcing15@gmail.com
– All You Need Maintenance –Pine needle removal, hauling, mowing, moss removal, edging, raking, weeding, pruning, roofs, gutters, pressure washing. Lic/Bonded/Ins. CCB# 218169 Austin • 541-419-5122
Provide support to the Executive Director involving special projects and recurring tasks. Significant multitasking. Requires working familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite and QuickBooks. $30 per hour, 20 to 25 hours per week. Email cover letter, resume and references to director@sistershabitat.org. See job description at https:// sistershabitat.org/about/hiring/ E-Commerce Assistant –Part-time Customer-focused service via e-commerce and in-store transactions, merchandising, inventory control, pricing, shipping, and related matters. Minimum of one year experience in a commercial e-commerce environment involving eBay and equivalent platforms. Some college-level training in merchandising, marketing, or e-commerce preferred. Starting pay is $20 per hour DOE, 20 to 25 hours per week. Benefits include paid holidays & sick leave. Email cover letter, resume and references to Kris@sistershabitat.org. See job description at https:// sistershabitat.org/about/hiring/
803 Work Wanted
POSITION WANTED; for Companion Caregiver. Looking for part-time; must be close to Sisters downtown. References upon request. Please call 503-274-0214
SUDOKU SOLUTION
for puzzle on page 21
the United States was number 1 (again), but China was number 2 and Russia was number 3. It seems that when you consider relevant factors, the United States military in 2024 is considered the most powerful in the world and clearly nowhere near “weak.”
It is so frustrating to me to have people write pieces based mostly on opinion and not facts. It only serves to stir up negative emotions based unfortunately on unsubstantiated information. I spent 3 hours researching the above information and easily found factual, unbiased information. Anyone can do that instead of just writing basically an opinion piece.
And if anyone thinks I just made up the information above, references available upon request!!
Mark B. Parchman
s s s
Chaos
To The Editor:
As a Christian, I fully understand and believe that God can and will use either Biden or Trump, or whomever else is elected as President of the USA, to advance His kingdom’s purposes. As a conservative, both fiscally and socially, I am not going to sit out this current election simply because there are two less than perfect candidates, which was the purpose for my June 26 letter to the editor response of the Erik Dolson commentary. My vote will go to the candidate who best represents what I want from my government, regardless of their colorful personality. I also believe that we have a judicial and legislative branch of government, as well as the media, to ensure a proper checks and balances. Everything I wrote after that is factually true, despite Terry Weygandt’s (July 3rd) and now Brad Earl’s (July 10th) accusations, and one can simply hop on the internet to validate these points.
The beauty of being a conservative is that one must not look too hard to find a progressive take from the media, but if you are a progressive, you must do the work to validate claims so that you do not fall for false videos or statements that eventually turn out to not only be false but pure propaganda advanced by the media in the favor of one political party. E.g., “the fine people hoax.”
Case in point, Terry Weygandt claimed I wrote “Democrats and Progressives…are actively trying to destroy our country…” when what I stated was “the Democrat party and its large donors are paying for these protesters.” This is demonstrably true and I question whether Terry Weygandt even bothered to search the internet to ask the question how thousands of tents suddenly showed up on campuses across America, or how money keeps getting raised to bail out these violent protesters? Politico, hardly a conservative media source, on May 5, finally asked the question about this funding and found, “the donors include some of the biggest names in Democratic circles: Soros, Rockefeller and Pritzker, according to a Politico analysis.”
Regarding Miss Thunberg, again Terry Weygand tries to put words in my letter that I did not write. No one is criticizing Greta Thunberg because she falls somewhere on a spectrum, rather her supporters claim that anyone who criticizes her lack of expertise in the subject of climate change, or Gaza for that matter, is doing so because of her being on the spectrum. Does it not make people wonder why so many radical organizations like to place children in front of their platform so that they can later call you a “jerk” because you disagree with what they are advocating for?
Mr. Earl then wrote with quotation marks, attributing a direct quote to my first letter, “paying protestors and being responsible for all the ills of our country and the world.” But
I did not write those words, so one cannot put quotation marks around something where it was not written previously. I did not throw any group or person under any bus, but merely wrote what I have already confirmed to be as fact. Just this week, in addition to the previously mentioned Politico reporting, the White House confirmed that the country of Iran is also funding the student protests. Such strange bedfellows. It is almost as if these entities want to see the United States destroyed.
Finally, I have seen many progressive writers claim that a vote for Trump “will be voting for chaos and violence and the end of democracy.” The chaos and violence are not coming from the Republican party or its policies, but from the non-stop protesters that have been funded from the groups previously mentioned. It is like someone stating, “don’t vote for the Republicans because there is going to be chaos and violence,” and then when asked where this violence will come from, they respond, “from us.”
Steve Woodside
s s s
Yes to pedal-assist
To the Editor:
I love to ride my bike; my non-throttled, pedal-assisted e-bike, that is. My old bike became too worrisome for me to ride after I had my second hip surgery. Riding up any hill, in particular, was difficult. Mostly, it just wasn’t fun anymore. But when my wife and son bought me an e-bike, it put the fun back into riding again. It reminded me of my childhood days when I spent as much time as possible riding my bike. I never did this because I thought I needed the exercise. It was just plain fun. My brother-in-law loved to ride his bike as well. Cancer treatments weakened him so much, however, that making his usual bike rides became impossible until he got an e-bike. Other friends I know have purchased e-bikes because of heart and age-related issues. They just want to keep active, enjoying the great outdoors as long as they are able.
In a recent article in The Nugget Newspaper, the Forest Service is in the process of re-examining their policies in regards to allowing pedal-assisted e-bikes on certain trails. I’m all in favor of allowing for such e-bikes for several reasons. For one, they work much like a regular bike; you pedal to start, you stop pedaling, they slow down and stop. Unlike a motorcycle, they make no noise. Their tires come in a variety of sizes much like regular bikes. They can go fast, like a regular bike, but if you have any health concerns you don’t want to risk a fall so riding slower is the better option.
Mainly, it opens the accessibility to trails and the great outdoors to more people, especially older people with health concerns. It’s all about staying healthy and active for as long as you can…and having fun doing it!
Paul Bennett
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Facts and lies
To the Editor:
Reference letter by George J. Paschalson where he said “everything Trump said in the debate with Biden was the truth.”
Check with Google and there are 12 different recognized news companies which show 30 lies told by Trump and why they are lies.
Next you state “Trump does not lie.” Check for lies told by Trump during his administration on Google. One will find 10 news publications who have checked Trump telling over 30,000 lies during his administration.
Last, the statement that you cite that the stock market is booming “I don’t think so” is another opinion which can be checked many places including Fox Business. Too many people will believe inaccurate sources when facts can be checked.
Bruce Graham
Nugget Poetry Corner
Party Bus
ByPaulAlanBennett
At the Sister s Rodeo
Ther e was quite a big fuss
When a bull got loose and jumped the fence
By the name of Pa rty Bus
He landed in the food cour t
Tossing people here and ther e
A woman in r ed did a somer sault
When he tossed her in the air
When later she w as inter vie wed
She said she had no fear
She w as just happy for the fact
That she didn’t lose her beer
Party Bus! Pa rty Bus!
Ever ybody was sur prised
When they saw that bull go leaping
Right befor e their very eyes
The video went national
The mayor inter viewed
“I haven’t seen so much bull in a full week of the ne ws”
At the next Sister s Rodeo
I hear ther e is discussion
To make the r unning of the bulls
Into a ne w tr adition
We might soon see such flying bull
That could be just as gr eat
By the speaker s at the podium
In the pr esidents’ debate
Party Bus! Pa rty Bus!
He’ ll make you swear and cuss
When you riding on the hor ns
Of a bull called Pa rty Bus
THANK YOU!
To all the merchants and individuals who have generously sponsored and suppor ted the 2024 S isters O utdoor Q uilt Show. We owe a debt of gratitude to not onl y our community par tners, but also to our 300+ volunteers who donated thousands of hours of volunteer work to produce the show. O ur volunteers and community welcomed over 10,000 guests from all over the U.S. and the wor ld, and it would not have been possible without each of you!
QUILT SHOW SPONSORS PROVIDE THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT THAT MAKES THIS FREE EVENT POSSIBLE. WE TRULY COULD NOT DO IT WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU, SPONSORS!
Alpaca by Design • Alpaca Country Estates • Andover Fabrics
Anvil Sewing/Bernina • Farmers Insurance: Austen Law • Beacham’s Clock Co
Bedouin • Bellingar Estates • Bend Picture Framing • Black Butte Ranch
Blazin Saddles • Blue Burro Imports • C&T Publishing • Candy Corral
Central Electric Cooperative • Cherr ywood Hand Dyed Fabrics
Combined Communications • Common Threads • Council on Aging
Cynthia’s of Bend • Dixie’s • Ear Expressions • Eastlake Framing
FIKA Sisters Coffeehouse • First Interstate Bank • FivePine
FreeSpirit Fabrics • The Gallimaufr y • GrandStay Hotel & Suites
Gypsy Wind Clothing • Sisters Habitat for Humanity Thrift Store
Hardtails Bar & Grill • The Hen’s Tooth • Heritage USA • Hike-N-Peaks
High Desert Chocolates • Hood Avenue Art • Island Batik • The Jewel Lake Creek Lodge • Luckey’s Woodsman • Makin’ It Local
Maywood Studio • Mid Oregon Credit Union • Oliver Lemon’s • The Open Door
The Paper Place • Paulina Springs Books • Ponderosa Lodge Best Western
The Pony Express • Prestige Senior Living • The Quilt Basket • Ray’s Food Place
Rescued Living • The Roundhouse Foundation • Sisters Ace Hardware
Sage Custom Framing & Galler y • SFF Presents • Sisters Apothecar y
Sisters Athletic Club • Sisters Baker y • Sisters Cascade • Sisters Coffee Co.
Sisters Depot • Sisters Feed & Supply • Sisters Galler y & Frame Shop
Sisters Meat and Smokehouse • Sisters Saloon & Ranch Grill
Sno Cap Drive In • Spoons Restaurant • Stitchin’ Post • Sundance Shoes
Takoda’s • Sisters Les Schwab • The Rickards Galler y • The Scout
The SweetEasy Co. • Three Creeks Brewing Co. • Washington Federal Bank
OUR COMMUNIT Y PARTNERS HELP TO MAKE THIS EVENT POSSIBLE, AND WE TRULY APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE...
The City of Sisters • Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire Department
Lt. Chad Davis and the Deschutes County Sheriff ’s Department
The Roundhouse Foundation • The staff of Stitchin’ Post
The Nugget Newspaper • Oregon Department of Transportation
Central Oregon Quilt Guilds
Sisters Rotar y • Sisters Community Church
Kiwanis Club of Sisters • Sisters School District
Sisters Park & Recreation District/Astronomy Club
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church
High Countr y Disposal • Honor Flight of Central Oregon
Explore Sisters • Salem Star Valor Quilters of Oregon
We look fo rward to partnering with all of you for our 50th Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show next year ! Reserve your sp onsorship now by calling SOQS at 541-549-0989.
Wildflower Studio • Will-N-Bee’z • Your Store
Please join us at
Tuesday, July 23, 5:30–7 p.m. for light bites and beverages
RSVP: admin@soqs.org or 541-549-0989
“Dreamscapes” by Cher yl Chapman