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Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Milli Fire begins to wind down in Sisters The crisis that began in Sisters on August 12 when the Milli Fire began has abated. Evacuation orders have been lifted, smoke is clearing and some areas of the forest closed due to the fire are again accessible. But the fire has left its mark. At 24,025 acres with 60 percent containment, the fire continues to burn on the southwestern edge of the fire perimeter as it moves slowly south in the Pole Creek burn and west into rock. The fire intermittently puts up columns of smoke as it moves into interior pockets of unburned fuel. It has cost $15 million to suppress so far, and the economic costs due to loss of business and event cancellations is still being calculated. Resources on scene include 59 personnel from the Forest Service, the BLM, the Oregon Department of Forestry and the Oregon Department of Transportation. Firefighters have been

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For the first time in weeks, folks in Sisters can clearly see the mountain skyline as smoke from Oregon’s multitude of fires — including the 24,079-acre Milli Fire — abates. patrolling, mopping up and repairing containment lines. Crews also continue monitoring the perimeter as it pushes into the lava flows along Highway 242, ensuring that all hot spots are monitored until cold. The area closure in place for the Milli Fire has been reduced. While the western, southern and eastern boundaries of the closure remain

the same, the northern border has decreased to open access around Black Butte Ranch and Cold Springs Campground. Acreage on this fire will likely grow moderately this week, fire officials report. The west side of the fire continues to burn downslope with occasional torching in pockets of timber in the Three Sisters Wilderness

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and will continue to extinguish naturally when it runs out of fuel in the lava fields. Fire will also continue a slow move to the southwest in the Pole Creek burn area where overhead hazards remain a concern for firefighter safety. When necessary, firefighters will utilize indirect firefighting tactics like helicopter bucket drops to cool hot spots.

Sisters Folk Festival looks to future after cancellation As a pall of dense smoke settled across Sisters on Wednesday, September 6, an emergency meeting of the executive committee of the Sisters Folk Festival’s board of directors convened to make a decision each of those involved described as painful and gut-wrenching: For the first time in the two-decade history of the event, they were forced to cancel. The cancellation was a blow to artists, music-loving patrons and the businesses in Sisters that host venues and cater to the festivalgoers. Board chairman Kerry Bott told The Nugget that the See CANCELLATION on page 30

Highway 242 to remain closed due to fire

Sisters graduate is ‘best warrior’

The McKenzie Highway is a scenic byway and a favorite ride for bicyclists and motorcycle riders from across the region. This summer, it’s also served as an anchor point for containment lines around the northern and western edges of the 24,079-acre Milli Fire. The encroachment of fire has left burned snags along the roadway on Highway 242, and tree branches and other debris are scattered along the route. According to Oregon Department of Transportation spokesmen, the route will remain closed until damage and hazards are assessed and whatever action required is taken. Snags in particular pose

Sgt. Dane Moorehead, 2008 graduate of Sisters High School, was named the Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) of the Year in the 2017 Oregon Best Warrior Competition held August 24-26, at Camp Rilea near Warrenton, Oregon. Moorehead was one of 15 Oregon National Guard soldiers who competed for the elite titles of Soldier and NCO of the Year in a grueling competition that tested their mental and physical resolve. Moorehead has been with B Troop, 1st Squadron, 82nd Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Brigade Troop Command, since June 2010. In 2014-15, he was deployed and served

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a hazard both to work crews and the traveling public, and they will have to be removed. Burned trees can fall across the roadway, sometimes long after fire has moved through. Wind and the weight of snow or shifting soils due to rain can bring them down. ODOT will work with the Forest Service to identify hazard trees, and crews will cut them down. How long the closure will be in place and whether the road will be reopened at all before the snow flies remains to be seen. “We anticipate that it will be closed for a while yet,” said ODOT public affairs official Tom Strandberg. “Safety is our primary concern.”

By Sue Stafford Correspondent

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Sgt. Dane Moorehead (center), 2008 Sisters graduate, is the 2017 Oregon National Guard Best Warrior Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year. 11 months in Afghanistan in Operation Enduring Freedom. He earned several medals during that deployment, including the Army Commendation Medal with

Valor for his actions while his unit was under enemy fire. Competition included the Omaha Beach event, See MOOREHEAD on page 17

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Editorial…

We are our own disaster relief program Sisters has had a tough year. A hard winter has been followed by a brutal fire season that cut summer short and choked up the local economy. Smoky conditions ripped the heart right out of the busy summer season, which is when most of our local businesses put together the bankroll that gets them through the winter. The eclipse didn’t pan out to be an economic boon; Labor Day was smoky and slow and the Sisters Folk Festival was cancelled due to air-quality concerns. Those are tough blows to take for local shops and restaurants. There may be some programs to help out those hit hard by what can only be termed a slow-rolling economic disaster, but in all likelihood, Sisters is on its own. And we can handle that. We can pull

ourselves up by our bootstraps and be our own disaster-relief program. It doesn’t have to be arduous, either. A little extra effort to dine out locally more frequently; a little extra sustained effort to shop local instead of buying online or at the box store will go a long way toward filling the hole left by the great summer smokeout. Most shops in Sisters can order quickly what they don’t have in stock, and Sisters is full of dining options for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Maybe this is a good opportunity to rediscover our hometown and keep our dollars at work in our own community, while reaching out a hand to help our neighbor. Jim Cornelius Editor

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To the Editor: A recent visit during “Solar Eclipse” week to Camp Polk Cemetery found the flagpole and American flag posted by local Sisters VFW and American Legion Posts, to honor veterans buried there, on the ground. The pole had been bent at the base and the flag ruffled in the dirt. On Wednesday, first day of school, the flag and pole at Sisters Christian Academy was lifted from the mount, and tossed into the parking lot, smashing the solar light system. The flag was stolen. Both flagpoles honoring veterans have been repaired/replaced by an anonymous donor, and are proudly flying again. If anyone has any information concerning the two flagpoles, or knows of any other flags being damaged, please call 541-549-1132 and leave a message as VFW and American Legion would like to remedy the problem as soon as possible. Bill Anttila VFW Post 8138 Service Officer

To the Editor: Thank you, Sisters Folk Festival Board of Directors. This was a very difficult and courageous decision (to cancel the event), and it was the right one. The renowned quality of the festival would have been compromised, and many who could not have enjoyed their tickets would have been forced to forfeit the value because of the smoke. For these reasons, and in appreciation of what the festival has brought to my community, musically and financially, I will not accept a refund for my tickets. Use the money to put the festival back on its feet for an even better event next year! Erik Dolson

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Jonah Goldberg The Obama Department of Homeland Security concluded that left-wing “antifa” forces were engaged in “domestic terrorist violence,” according to documents obtained by Politico. Who am I to argue with the fine men and women of former President Obama’s DHS? In fact, as someone who has been fighting with antifa defenders for a good while, I feel a bit like the defense lawyer in “Miracle on 34th Street” when the U.S. Post Office confirms that his client is actually Santa Claus: Hey, don’t take my word for it; “terrorist violence” is the term chosen by professionals working for a Democratic White House. With this moral victory secured, let me now break with some of my friends on the right and say that I think it’s a bad, or at least premature, idea to go all the way and label antifa an actual terrorist organization. Many defenders of the antifa cause insist these loosely organized activists are simply anti-fascist, and that fighting fascism is some kind of get-out-of-jail-free card for lawlessness, violence and intimidation. That’s nonsense. The state has a monopoly on all violence save for selfdefense. In a nation of laws, people cannot exempt themselves from the rules because they don’t like someone’s ideas. Giving a bunch of adrenalized anarchists unilateral authority to designate fascists strikes me as an incandescently stupid idea. Antifa’s understanding of what qualifies as fascist includes conservative campus speakers, defenders of free speech and even plain old Republicans. And yet, college administrators, local politicians and police departments, particularly in places like Berkeley, have given antifa protesters a kind of benefit of the doubt. And so have some in the media who think there’s something romantically heroic about direct action and, in the Trump era, resistance. This isn’t to say that there have been no arrests. But university officials and local politicians have been intimidated on numerous occasions. In Portland, a parade was canceled because an email threatened violence if Republicans

were allowed to march in it. In Berkeley, Mayor Jesse Arreguin urged UC Berkeley to cancel “Free Speech Week” for fear of violence, giving antifa a heckler’s veto. So much for the home of the free speech movement. Predictably, such responses have only emboldened the goon squads. Still, the local authorities that are contributing to the problem are also the best solution for it. In fact, Arreguin has the right idea when he says antifa should be labeled a gang. Like many gangs, antifa is less of a sophisticated criminal enterprise and more of an excuse for hooligans to make trouble. Maybe local police departments aren’t up to the task of combating them, but we won’t know until they stop appeasing them. Meanwhile, officially designating antifa a terrorist organization would most likely be opening a Pandora’s box. There is a huge difference between countering foreign terrorists, who have no constitutional rights, and domestic ones. The federal government is constitutionally empowered to fight foreign threats. The states are supposed to fight crime, even domestic-terrorist violence. The groundswell behind the label “terrorist” for antifa is a call to blur that distinction. Although treating American radicals and vigilantes the way we treat foreign members of the Islamic State or al-Qaida might play well in certain corners of the populist right these days, serious conservatives should be very skeptical about granting the federal government new police powers, which could be used to other ends in future administrations. Elevating antifa to the category of terrorist organization would fuel the worst trends in our politics. It would entice President Trump to indulge his strongman shtick, and it would give antifa the stature it clearly craves. It would also likely accelerate vigilante violence among the white nationalists. Launching a federal crusade against domestic enemies would only fuel the fallacy that anyone antifa attacks is a fascist. We should fight crime, whatever guise it takes, on the local level — as the founders intended. © 2017 Tribune Content Agency, LLC

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Sisters GRO receives matching grant The Roundhouse Foundation has provided to Sisters GRO a $6,000 matching grant to support the ASPIRE program at Sisters High School. The ASPIRE resource is a 1:1 program designed to help students (and parents) navigate the post-high-school path and education decisions. Students are matched with volunteer mentors from the community starting in the junior year. The matching grant opportunity will go a long way to help support the ASPIRE program. Contact Karen Hensley, info@sistersGRO.org, if you can provide any contribution (small or large) to help match the generous Roundhouse grant opportunity. The Roundhouse

Foundation has expanded its enrichment scholarship funds to include all Sisters school students in K-12. The Roundhouse Foundation has generously provided funding for all three of Sisters’ public schools, allowing students from the elementary, middle, and high schools to apply for enrichment experience scholarships throughout the 20172018 school year. The enrichment scholarship program is designed to provide out-of-school experiences that help the student reach for their higher potential. Examples of some of the eligible programs throughout Oregon are posted online at www.SistersGRO.org.

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The East Pointers have become a beloved band in Sisters.

East Pointers stayed in Sisters By Ceili Cornelius Correspondent

Indie film goes to heart of Lakota country “Neither Wolf Nor Dog,” one of the most talked-about independent films of the year. It will premier at Sisters Movie House on Friday, September 15. The elder, Dan, is played by David Beautiful Bald Eagle, who died at 97 last summer. Dave Bald Eagle lived a remarkable life, which included dropping into the

By Jim Cornelius News Editor

A Lakota elder and his protective friend suck a white author into the heart of Lakota Country, encouraging him to see their reality without falling prey to white men’s guilt-ridden clichés, so it can be distilled into a book that the old man can leave future generations. That is the premise of

See FILM on page 18

The East Pointers returned to play the Sisters Folk Festival this year as the encore performer, after their lively performances at the 2016 festival. Jake Charron, Koady Chaisson, Tim Chaisson and their sound engineer Donny Richard returned to Sisters for the Americana Song Academy at Caldera and the weekend folk festival. “The festival is an instant highlight of the summer, we have so much fun playing it as well as teaching at camp, it’s something very special to us,” said banjoist Koady Chaisson. Even with the cancellation

of the festival, the East Pointers kept their spirits high by getting together with other artists and bringing people together with music. “It was an incredible honor to be chosen as the repeat act and we are bummed we couldn’t play for the audiences who wanted us to come back,” said Chaisson. All members love the fact that the town of Sisters really does become a stage. “The vibe of Sisters is very much like the east coast of Canada where we are from, so we love coming here and feeling like home. Everyone here is incredibly friendly and understanding and so passionate about music, and it’s a great place

to be,” said Chaisson. Even with forest fires surrounding them, at song camp they were still able to hike around Caldera, located west of Sisters at Blue Lake. “It’s beautiful in it’s own way — even with the forest fires,” said Chaisson. They aren’t accustomed to seeing forest fires on Prince Edward Island where they are from; they see tropical storms. “This was our first time really experiencing seeing forest fires firsthand,” said Chaisson. The East Pointers are considered “contemporary folk,” but they don’t put themselves in genre boxes. See MUSICIANS on page 29

SISTERS AREA MEETING CALENDAR BOARDS, GROUPS, CLUBS

Central Oregon Fly Tyers Guild 4th Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For location information: 541-549-2072.

Al-Anon Mon., noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Wed., 6 p.m., Central OR Spinners and Weavers Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration. Guild 4th Saturday, 1 to 3 p.m. Sisters 541-549-8737 or 541-549-1527. Library (Jan.-Oct.). 541-639-3217. Alateen Thursday, 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration. 541-549-1527.

Central Oregon Woodworkers Guild 2nd Tuesday. 541-639-6216.

Sisters Area SketchUp Users Group 2nd Wednesday, 7 p.m., Earthwood Timber Frame Homes. 541-549-0924. Sisters Astronomy Club 3rd Tuesday, 7 p.m., SPRD. 541-549-8846. Sisters Bridge Club Thursdays, 12:30 p.m., The Pines Clubhouse. Novices welcomed. 541-549-9419.

Sisters Veterans Thursdays, noon, Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-903-1123. Sisters Walking Group Fridays, 10 a.m. at Village Green Park. All are welcome to come walk! 541-410-9245. Three Sisters Irrigation District Board of Directors 1st Tuesday, 4 p.m., TSID Office. 541-549-8815.

Three Sisters Lions Club 1st Sisters Caregiver Support Group Thursday, noon, Ray’s Food Place 3rd Tuesday, 10 a.m., Ray’s Food Place community room. 541-419-1279. Alcoholics Anonymous Thurs. & community room. 541-771-3258. Sun., 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the VFW 8138 & American Legion Transfiguration / Sat., 8 a.m., Episcopal Friends of the Sisters Library Board Sisters Cribbage Club Tuesdays, Church of the Transfiguration / Mon., of Directors 2nd Tuesday, 9 to 11 a.m., 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Ray’s Food Place 1st Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Sisters City Hall. 541-903-1123 or 5 p.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Sisters Library. 541-977-8285. community room. 541-923-1632. 541-549-1132. Church / Big Book study, Tues., noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Heartwarmers (fleece blanketmakers) Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City Gentlemen’s meeting, Wed., 7 a.m., of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m. CITY & PARKS Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Hall. Materials provided. 541-408-8505. Location information: 541-549-1193. Sober Sisters Women’s meeting, Thurs., Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday, 1 to Sisters City Council 2nd & 4th noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Sisters City Hall. 4 p.m. 541-549-1028 or 541-719-1230. Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 to 8:30 a.m., Brand 33 Restaurant at Church / Step & Tradition meeting, Fri., 541-549-6022. Military Parents of Sisters Meetings Aspen Lakes. 541-410-2870. noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Sisters Park & Recreation District are held quarterly; please call for details. Church. 541-548-0440. Sisters Parent Teacher Community Board of Directors 1st Tuesday, 541-388-9013. 3rd Wednesday, 3 p.m., Sisters 6 p.m., SPRD building. 541-549-2091. Black Butte Macintosh Users Group Elementary C-wing. 971-570-2405. 3rd Thursday, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Sisters Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters Sisters Planning Commission Library community room. 541-549-1471. Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m., 3rd Thursday, 5:30 p.m., Sisters Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday. Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-408-5594. City Hall. 541-549-6022. Location information: 541-279-1977. Black Butte Ranch Bridge Club SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m., BBR community & Enrichment) Wednesdays, 1 to Sisters Rotary Tuesdays, noon, room. Partner required. 541-595-6236. FIRE & POLICE Aspen Lakes Lodge. 541-977-6545. 4 p.m. at SPRD. 541-549-2091. Central Oregon Council on Aging Senior Lunch Tuesdays, noon, Sisters Community Church. 541-678-5483.

East of the Cascades Quilt Guild 4th Wednesday (September-June), Stitchin’ Post. All are welcome. 541-549-6061.

Sisters Area Photography Club 2nd Wednesday, 4 p.m., Sisters Library community room. 541-549-6157.

Sisters Trails Alliance Board 1st Wednesday, 5 p.m. Sisters Art Works. Public welcome. 541-719-8822.

Black Butte Ranch Police Dept. Board of Directors Meets monthly. 541-595-2191 for time & date.

Black Butte Ranch RFPD Board of Directors 4th Thursday, 9 a.m., Black Butte Ranch Fire Station. 541-595-2288. Cloverdale RFPD Board of Directors 3rd Wednesday, 7 p.m., Station 602, 67433 Cloverdale Rd. 541-548-4815. See the agenda at cloverdalefire.com. Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD Board of Directors 3rd Tuesday, 5 p.m., Sisters Fire Hall, 541-549-0771. Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD Drills Mondays, 7 p.m., Sisters Fire Hall, 301 S. Elm St. 541-549-0771.

SCHOOLS Black Butte School Board of Directors 2nd Tuesday, 0 p.m., Black Butte School. 541-595-6203. Sisters Christian Academy Board of Directors 2nd Thursday, 8 a.m., RE/MAX Out West Realty office at Outlaw Station. 541-549-4133. Sisters School District Board of Directors One Wednesday per month, SSD Admin Bldg. See schedule at www. sisters.k12.or.us. 541-549-8521 x4011.

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Volleyball team takes top honors at Cascade Tournament By Rongi Yost Correspondent

The Lady Outlaws dominated play at the annual Cascade Tournament held on Saturday, September 9. Coach Rory Rush notes that this is the fourth year in a row that Sisters has taken the top spot. Sisters easily earned the No. 1 seed with their victories over Astoria, YamhillCarlton, and Kennedy in pool play. Hawley Harrer tallied 27 kills, Jessie Brigham recorded 36 digs, and the team as a whole posted 19 serving aces. The Outlaws opened bracket play against league foe Sweet Home, and defeated the Huskies in two sets, 25-9, 25-17. Freshman Ellie Rush set the tempo of the match when she started the first set with a five-point serving run, which included two aces. Sophomore Sam Silva added four kills and two aces to help the Outlaws get the first-set win. Hawley Harrer led the team with six kills and three aces in the second set. In the semi-finals, the Outlaws faced Salem Academy, the No. 1-ranked 3A school, who defeated Cottage Grove in the first round. Sisters crushed the Crusaders 25-15, 25-13. Harrer, Sophia Silva, Mattie Mynatt and Sam Silva all made big contributions with serving aces and kills to lead

the Outlaws in the convincing win. Sisters advanced to the championship round and matched up against the Cascade Cougars. The Outlaws took a tight firstset win at 25-21. Cascade made a late six-point run to bring the game to within two points. Strong offensive kills from Harrer and Ashlynn Cantwell ended the run, and the Outlaws got the win. In the second set, Rush got the Outlaws out front with an 8-0 serving run which set the tone for the lopsided 25-9 victory, which clinched the crown. Harrer said, “The tourney was really good for us. We had two rough losses against Bend and Summit last week, and I think it made everyone hungry to want to work hard and get grinding. We had a slow start to the tournament, but as the day went on we played smarter and more as a team. “Our coaches have been great, and have been pushing us to become the best we can be,” Harrer added. “I’m excited to see what the season will bring.” Coach Rush commented, “I was happy with the teams’ overall effort and focus. We did a great job finding energy after two tough losses last week, and limited practice time due to air quality. We went into the weekend tournament wanting to clean up our unforced errors, and execute our game plan from start

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to finish. We made strides in the right direction, but still have some fine-tuning that needs to happen as we prepare for league play. I am excited with the cohesiveness that is continuing to build.” Earlier in the week, the Lady Outlaws lost to two tough teams. On Tuesday, September 5, the Bend Lava Bears swept Sisters with scores of 25-17, 25-22, and 25-20. Harrer and Cantwell both had 11 kills in the game, and Kendra Sitz recorded eight. Two days later, the Outlaws played a very competitive match against the Summit Storm, but fell in four sets. Scores were 23-25, 25-10, 20-25 and 24-26. Every set was a battle. After a tough loss in the first set, the Outlaws came out with grit and determination, dominated the set, didn’t have one unforced error, and recorded a big win to even it up at 1-1. Both the third and fourth frames were close, with points jumping back and forth between the squads, but sadly, the Outlaws just

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Cassidy Ling-Scott with a set in volleyball competition last week. couldn’t hold on for the finish in either set and the Storm tallied the win. Harrer led the team with 19 kills, and Cantwell added eight. Cassidy Ling-Scott dished out 29 assists and Brigham had 13 digs and three aces in the contest. As a team, the Outlaws posted 10

aces on the night. Sisters was to play Ridgeview at home in a nonleague match-up on Tuesday, September 12. The Outlaws will play at home against Cottage Grove to kick off league play on Thursday, September 14. Games are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.

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SPRD offers range of classes for all ages this fall Sisters Park & Recreation District (SPRD) will be offering new classes this fall, and bring back old favorites. Photography for Everyone is a new workshop for all skill levels, taught by Jeff Omodt, a lifelong photographic fanatic. Omodt will bring examples to illustrate various concepts and then encourage everyone to share their own special skills and techniques. This five-week class will explore the building blocks and concepts of making better pictures using your own camera, whether it’s an iPhone or DSLR. Each class session will have a skill or technique to explore and develop, then a homework assignment to go out and apply what you have learned in class. This workshop is held on Tuesday for five weeks, starting September 19, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. CarFit is an educational program created by the American Society on Aging, and developed in collaboration with AARP, AAA, and AOTA. The goal for this community-based program is designed to give you and your vehicle a quick but

comprehensive check on how well you work together by: • Promoting conversation among older adults and families about driving safety. • Linking adults with relevant, local resources that can help ensure safe driving. •  H e l p o l d e r d r i v e r s improve the “fit” of their vehicles for safety and comfort. “This community-based program, like the evidencebased programs that I teach for SPRD, is based on real findings, pilot-tested, driver participation, and survey follow-up,” said Shannon Rackowski, adult/ senior programs coordinator for SPRD. “I am just a helper,” said Rackowski. “The real force behind this class coming to this community is Sharon Ling, of the Sisters Community Luncheon.” The class is not only for seniors; bring the whole family and learn tips and ideas for car safety. CarFit will take place on Saturday, September 16 at Sisters Community Church parking lot. CarFit is sponsored by AARP. Sign up with Sharon Ling at 541-390-6075.

Hearings to deal with alleged confession in Bend killing BEND (AP)— A former security guard’s purported confession to killing a woman at the community college where he worked will be the subject of a hearing this week in a capital murder case in Bend. The first of three days of hearings was set for Tuesday in the case of Edwin Lara, who is charged with killing Kaylee Sawyer, 23, in July 2016. The killing rocked the town, which is well-known for its outdoor recreation and microbreweries and lies in the shadow of the Cascade Range. The Bulletin reported that the hearing could include discussion about whether there was a violation of a judge’s gag order on attorneys and investigators speaking about the case outside court. Lara, 32, is accused of kidnapping, sexually assaulting and killing Sawyer, 23, while on duty as a Central Oregon Community College security guard. He then drove to Salem, the state capital, where authorities say he kidnapped another woman and took her to California, then shot

and wounded a man and carjacked a vehicle carrying three people. After a highspeed chase on the main freeway along the West Coast, the California Highway Patrol arrested Lara. A detective from Oregon testified that he interviewed Lara in a California jail and that Lara described where he had dumped Sawyer’s body. Attorney Tim Williams on July 24 sued Central Oregon Community College and Lara on behalf of Sawyer’s family, The Bulletin reported. The lawsuit describes an encounter between Sawyer and Lara in graphic detail. Four days later, defense attorneys filed the motion seeking sanctions due to a violation of the judge’s gag order. Williams said he has not been contacted by the court or anyone else involved regarding a possible violation of the gag order and that he believes it does not pertain to him. The trial is scheduled to start in October 2018. Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel is seeking the death penalty.

SPRD will also bring back Painting in Watercolors with Jodi Schneider-McNamee. “This adult class was so well received when it was offered in the spring that we thought we would bring it back,” said Rackowski. The Adult Ukulele, with

Peggy Tehan, and Adult Hula Classes with Rackowski are also on offer. One of the special classes offered for women is the Women’s Fall Mountain Biking class with LIV Cycling USA Ambassador and MRB enthusiast Brittany

Simonis. S P R D o ff e r s i n d o o r pickleball play at Sisters Elementary School. Visit sistersrecreation. com, stop by the office at 1750 W. McKinney Butte Rd., or call 541-549-2091 for more information.

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Round-Up host says no to group that sells Confederate flags PENDLETON (AP) — Round-Up week’s most visible purveyor of the Stars and Bars won’t be back on Pendleton’s Main Street this year. The East Oregonian reports that Round-Up host The Main Street Cowboys didn’t accept the application of Liberty Flags & Gifts. Last year the vendor was criticized for displaying and selling Confederate flags. Host Director Johnny Blagg says the current political climate and the media scrutiny were factors in the organization’s decision to pass on the vendor’s application. Liberty Flags & Gifts owner Viola Moody says she thought that she and Blagg had reached a compromise for the 2017 event during a recent talk. But Moody says she recently learned that their application was denied. She says they’re “dumping” on the group’s free speech.

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Obituary Christopher “Scott” Moon June 27, 1967 — September 6, 2017

Scott Moon, 50, of Sisters, passed away on Wednesday, September 6, at Partners in Care in Bend, surrounded by his family. He was born on June 27, 1967, in Portland, Oregon and resided in Cannon Beach until 1980 when he moved to Sisters with his parents Robert and Lori and sister, Connie Moon. Scott graduated from Redmond High School in 1985 and that summer became a “sleeper” at Black Butte Fire Department for two years until his family moved to their home in Crossroads. Then, in 1987, he became a volunteer firefighter captain for Sisters-Camp Sherman Rural Fire Protection District for 12 years. Also in 1987, he started working for his family’s business, R.E. Moon Builders, building custom homes for 22 years. Scott married Alicia on April 22, 1989, in Sisters and they had three boys; Barclay, Cody, and Travis Moon. From 1999-2000 he worked for Oregon Department of Forestry. Scott enjoyed spending his time outdoors hunting and shooting, spending time with his family, and making

others laugh. Scott is survived by his wife, Alicia; parents, Robert and Lori; sister, Connie; sons, Barclay (wife, Brandi), Cody (fiancé, Nicole Webb), and Travis; and grandson, Dayton. Scott will be greatly missed by his family and many others. There will be a celebration of life and potluck held at the Sisters fire station on Sunday, September 17, at 4:30 p.m. The family welcomes anyone who would like to come and celebrate Scott’s life. Questions about the celebration of life should be directed to Barclay Moon, 541-408 5380.

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How Can You Leave The Legacy You Desire? You may not see it in the greeting card section of your local drugstore, but August is “What Will Be Your Legacy Month.” So it’s a good time to think about the type of legacy you’d like to leave. Of course, “legacy” can mean many things. In the broadest sense, your legacy is how you will be remembered by your loved ones, friends and the communities to which you belong. On a practical level, establishing your legacy means providing your family and the charitable organizations you support with the resources you’d like them to have. And that means you may need to take the following actions: create your plans, communicate your wishes, and review and update your documents. Let’s take a quick look at all these steps: • Create your plans. You will want to work with your legal professional, and possibly your tax and financial professionals, too, to draft the plans needed to fulfill your legacy wishes. These plans may include drafting a will, living trust, healthcare directive, power of attorney and other documents. Ideally, you want these plans to do more than just convey where you want your money to go – you want to impart, to the next generation, a sense of the effort that went into building the wealth they receive. Without such an appreciation, your heirs may be less than rigorous in retaining the tangible legacies you’ve left them. • Communicate your wishes. It’s important to communicate your legacy-related wishes to your family members as early as possible. By doing so, you can hopefully avoid unpleasant surprises and hurt feelings when it’s time for your estate to be settled – and you’ll also let people know what tasks, if any, they need to perform. For example, if you’re choosing a family member to be the executor of your estate, or if you’re giving someone power of attorney over your financial or health-related matters, they should be prepared. • Update your documents. During your life, you may well experience any number of changes – new marriage, new children, opening a family business, and so on. You need to make sure your legal documents and financial accounts reflect these changes. For example, if you’ve remarried, you may want to change the beneficiary designations on your IRA, 401(k) and other retirement accounts – if left untouched, these designations may even supersede the instructions left in your will. And the directions in life chosen by your grown children may also dictate changes in your will or living trust. In any case, it’s a good idea to review all your legacyrelated documents periodically, and update them as needed. In addition to taking the above steps, you also need to protect the financial resources that go into your legacy. So, when you retire and begin taking funds from your IRA, 401(k) and other retirement accounts, make sure your withdrawal rate is sufficient for your living expenses, but not so high that it eventually jeopardizes the amounts you planned to leave to your family or to your preferred charities. A financial professional can help you determine the withdrawal rate appropriate for your situation. With careful planning, and by making the right moves, you can create the type of legacy you desire – one that can benefit your loved ones far into the future. This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.

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Man hurt in cave fall On September 9 at about 1:26 p.m., Deschutes County 911 received a report from Nathan Rose of Bend that Tyrell Bailey of Bend had fallen in the Bessie Butte Cave near China Hat Road and Forest Service Road 1810. Rose reported that he and some friends including Bailey had descended into Bessie Butte Cave and Bailey had fallen as he tried to exit the cave. Bailey was reported to be injured and unable to exit the cave on his own. Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office deputies, Bend Fire Department, a Forest Service law enforcement officer and 20 Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office search and rescue personnel responded to the scene. A technical rescue system was set up by Bend Fire and

DCSO SAR personnel. The system included an artificial high directional and a rope system to raise the patient out of the cave, which included a 30-foot vertical section. Bessie Butte Cave consists of a confined space entrance which limits accessibility. Bailey and his climbing partners had limited experience and poor equipment to attempt entry into such a cave. Deschutes County Sheriff ’s Office reminds those recreating in and around caves to be familiar with the type of cave, access and exit gear requirements and the technical skills required to safely complete such an exploration. Bailey was transported to the hospital by Bend Fire medics with non-life-threatening injuries.

PENDLETON (AP) _ Opening day won’t be an abundant day when summer steelhead season arrives Friday on the Grande Ronde and Imnaha rivers. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced this week it’s lowering the bag limit to one fish per day on both tributaries. Meanwhile, there will be no harvest in the mainstem Snake River, but catch-and-release fishing will be allowed. Oregon officials expect the reduced bag limit for hatchery steelhead will be temporary, but it marks a conservative beginning to a season that’s expected to be hampered by low returns. As of Monday, only 70,000 hatchery and 25,000 wild steelhead have passed Bonneville Dam. That is 30 percent of the most recent 10-year average.

“This is the lowest run we’ve seen in decades, but I’d encourage anglers not to panic and give up on fishing this year. Coupled with the right river conditions, even in a low-run year, we can still have a worthwhile steelhead fishery,” said Jeff Yanke, an ODFW fish biologist based in Enterprise. “Folks will just need to have a little more patience,” he added, “and that is one quality steelhead anglers always bring to the river.” The East Oregonian

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Immigrants accuse Trump administration of betraying them By Andrew Selsky and Josh Hoffner Associated Press

They grew up in America and are working or going to school here. Some are building businesses or raising families of their own. Many have no memory of the country where they were born. Now, almost 800,000 young immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children or overstayed their visas could see their lives upended after the Trump administration announced Tuesday it is ending the Obama-era program that protected them from deportation. “We are Americans in heart, mind and soul. We just don’t have the correct documentation that states we’re American,” said Jose Rivas, 27, who is studying for a master’s in counseling at the University of Wyoming. Rivas’ grandmother brought him to this country from Mexico when he was 6. He wants to become a school counselor in America but lamented: “Everything is up in the air at this point.” The news that the government is phasing out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA, was met with shock, anger and a sense of betrayal by its beneficiaries, often called “Dreamers.” Demonstrations broke out in New York City, where police handcuffed and removed over a dozen

immigration activists who briefly blocked Trump Tower, and in other cities, including Salt Lake City, Denver, Los Angeles and Portland. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said DACA, started by President Barack Obama in 2012, was an unconstitutional exercise of executive power. The Trump administration and other DACA opponents argue that it is up to Congress to decide how to deal with such immigrants. At a Los Angeles rally, handyman John Willis carried a sign saying “American lives matter” and criticized the DACA program as an “unlawful tyrannical executive order that our previous president thrust upon us. “I don’t wish these kids to be sent back to Mexico or anything like that, but I don’t believe we should have two sets of laws,” he said. “We have one set of laws, we should follow them. Congress needs to get up off the pot and enact some legislation to take care of this mess.” Attorneys general for several states threatened to sue to protect the DACA beneficiaries. “We stand ready to take all appropriate legal action to protect Oregon’s Dreamers,” Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum tweeted. Ricardo Ortiz, who was brought to the U.S. from Monterrey, Mexico, at age 3, has been volunteering at the downtown Houston convention center that sheltered

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Outlaws fall in overtime heartbreaker Newport Market takes over Melvin’s in Sisters By Rongi Yost Correspondent

The Outlaws battled hard in a rough, physical game on the road against Cascade on Friday, September 8, and suffered a heartbreaking 17-14 loss in overtime. Both teams exhibited exceptional defense the first two quarters of the contest, and at the half there was no score. In the third, Cascade scored on a one-yard run, the extra point was good and the Cougars went up 7-0. Sisters tied it up at the end of the quarter when Jake Stevens streaked up the middle and ran 61 yards for the touchdown. Austin Morss’ kick for the extra point was good, and at the half the score was tied up 7-7. Ethan Morgan scored early in the fourth on a oneyard run, Morss kicked the PAT, and the Outlaws took the lead 14-7. With two minutes left in the final quarter, Cascade completed a twominute drive. The Cougars scored on a 15-yard pass with 25 seconds left on the clock, got the extra point, and sent the game into overtime. In overtime, Cascade

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Ethan Morgan breaks through for a touchdown against Cascade. made a good drive all the way down to the nine-yard line. Sisters held them to a field goal, but the Cougars took the lead with a 17-14 advantage. Sisters wasn’t in sync on their drive, couldn’t get a score, and suffered the loss. Sisters had lots of solid runs in the second half. The offensive line did a good job, which allowed the running backs to get some good yardage. Morss had a great kicking game and was two-for-two on his PATs. Stutzman Turner recorded one interception.

Quarterback Zack Morgan suffered a shoulder injury, and once again Christopher “Pherry” Luz stepped in for the Outlaws and did a great job. Coach Neil Fendall said, “The players and coaches would like to be further along in our execution than we are, but we’re very pleased with how they competed, that’s for sure.” The Outlaws will play at home against Crook County in a non-league contest on Friday, September 15. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.

Newport Avenue Market on Monday took ownership of Melvin’s Fir Street Market, a natural, organic grocery store and deli in Sisters. Founded by Melvin Herburger in 2011, Melvin’s will continue to offer customers the same hometown service and selection of natural and organic products that they’ve to come to rely on, but infused with the fun and friendly attitude for which Newport Avenue Market is known. A s p a r t o f R u d y ’s Markets, Inc., which includes Newport Avenue Market and now Melvin’s by Newport Avenue Market, the Sisters grocer will install

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Veterans Man’s legacy will support environmental protection Gil Staender, a long-time Last week, Staender’s organization resident of Camp Sherman estate donated $530,000 to the Sisters area, loved the Western Environmental offers awards and the great outdoors. He was a Law Center, in Eugene. guide on Mt. Hood and sum“This is the largest gift mited more than 50 times. He our organization as received for students was active in the Mazamas, in our 24-year history,” said Sisters VFW Post 8138 will be sponsoring its annual VFW awards at the local schools again this year. One student will be selected from each category to receive the monetary reward: • The Patriot Pen Award ($100) is given for a middleschool-grade essay on patriotism. The essay is due in October. • The Vo i c e Of Democracy Award ($100) is given for an essay and voice recording on patriotism. The essay is due in October. • The Arts Award ($100) is given at Sisters High School for a patriotic poster design. The project is due in March. Brochures detailing the projects will soon be available at the Sisters schools. Call 541-549-1132 and leave a message or mail Sisters VFW Post 8138, PO Box 682, Sisters, OR 97759 for more detailed information.

The Nature Conservancy, the National Audubon Society, Greenpeace, Utah Wilderness Coalition, and other conservation societies. He and his wife, Vivian Staender, spent a year in the Arctic, in the wilds of the Brooks Range of Alaska in 1965. They authored several books about the experience. They sold their house in Lake Oswego and moved to Sisters in the 1960s, where they purchased a section of land north of town. They built a stone house “off the grid,” before being off the grid was popular, and named the place “Wildhaven,” which has been donated to The Nature Conservancy. Gil taught school in Sisters, and the couple helped legislate for the very first bottle bill in the U.S., passed in 1971. Though Staender died a year ago, his legacy lives on — and continues to impact the wilderness world he so loved.

David Lawlor, development director for the Western Environmental Law Center. “It was unexpected. It is very, very meaningful to us.” Lawlor said the organization’s board of directors will meet soon and discuss the uses to which the generous behest will be put. The center has multiple purposes in its legal efforts to protect wilderness, wildlife and the environment. It has worked on endangered-species protection and is working to protect the CascadeSiskiyou National Monument. It also fields a climate management team tasked with keeping fracking out of sensitive areas and litigating regarding the impact of coal plants and coal burning. Lawlor said the board will explore potential expansion of their programming and the possibility of adding

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Amid raging wildfires, fire management practices criticized By Andrew Selsky Associated Press

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than 12,000 square miles (31,080 sq. kilometers) while shrouding vast areas of the West in smoke and destroying homes and historic lodges. Some experts say the policy of fighting wildfires whenever they break out and sharply limiting logging and other forest thinning has created a combustible situation in which forests have grown too thick and too close together. Oregon state Sen. Herman Baertschiger Jr. wrote to the chair of the Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee, calling for a work group to revamp policy. “The inability to manage our forest resources due to environmental concerns is threatening the safety and well-being of Oregonians

and ultimately damaging our beautiful state,” the Republican wrote. In Oregon alone, at least 822 square miles (2,128 sq. kilometers) have burned so far this year — an area over half the size of Rhode Island. The 2014 wildfire season claimed 911 square miles (2,359 square kilometers). “We’ve allowed forests to develop that never developed naturally,” said John Bailey, a professor of fire management at Oregon State University in Corvallis. “As a result, we have longer and hotter fire seasons that drive these megafires.” A fire becomes a megafire when it reaches 156 square miles (404 sq. kilometers). A megafire burning in southwest Oregon increased to 277 square miles (717 square

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kilometers), authorities said Thursday. Bailey said the solution is thinning forests through logging, prescribed burns and allowing naturally occurring fires to be managed instead of extinguished. There is now a record amount of fire fuel such as trees and brush in the West, and forests that were once separate now overlap, he said. “Oregon is not harvesting enough timber, nor reducing fuel loads, to ensure the health and natural resiliency of our forests,” said Republican state Sen. Sherrie Sprenger. Paul F. Hessburg Sr., a U.S. Forest Service research landscape ecologist, told an audience in Bend in May that forest fuels are at “powderkeg levels.”

There’s “a current epidemic of trees; more trees than the landscape can support,” he said. He also advocated thinning by managing wildfires and other means. “If we don’t change a few of our fire management habits, we’re going to lose a few of our beloved forests,” he said. So far, it has cost federal, state, and local governments along with private groups at least $238.5 million to fight the fires in Oregon, the Oregon Department of Forestry said. “It is bankrupting us,” Bailey said. “The irony is we steal from the positive things we can do to keep suppressing, even though suppressing makes next year’s fire season worse.”

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A N N O U N C E M E N T S Fundraising Concert

All are invited to a violin and piano recital, followed by a wine & appetizer reception at 4 p.m. Sunday, September 17 at the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration. The short recital is sponsored by the Sisters chapter FS, PEO. The violinists are brothers Nicholas (11) and Ezra (8) Oncken, with pianist Stephanie King. Donations will be gratefully accepted and will fund scholarships for graduates of Sisters High School. For additional information call Carolyn at 503-810-7372.

Home Repair with Habitat

Do you own your home and does it need a fresh coat of exterior paint or maybe a ramp or other repairs? Sisters Habitat for Humanity is accepting applications for its home repair program. If interested, please start the process by reading the Home Repair Qualification Guide, found online at sistershabitat. org. Homeowners who think they qualify, or who have any questions, should contact Family Services Manager Marie Clasen at 541-549-1193 or marie@sistershabitat.org.

Sponsor an Impoverished Child from Uganda

Hope Africa International, based in Sisters, has many children in Kapchorwa, Uganda, who are awaiting sponsorship! For information, please visit hopeafricakids.org or call Katie at 541-719-8727.

Parenting Seminar

A seminar presenting ways to work through difficult moments of parenting and teaching will be held at Sisters Community Church Saturday, October 7, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Learn simple techniques using love and logic. Cost is $20pp or $30 for couples. Registration is required no later than October 4 by calling 541-549-1201 or online at sisterschurch.com/events. Scholarships are available; they should be requested when registering for the course.

Land Trust Walks & Hikes

Now through November, Deschutes Land Trust volunteer naturalists lead more than 120 free walks, hikes, and bike rides. Explore birds, wildflowers, and geology at various protected lands in small groups. Registration online is required, and each outing opens one month prior to its date. Once registered, directions are provided. Go to deschuteslandtrust.org/hikes for details, or for additional information call 541-330-0017.

Food Assistance at the Kiwanis Food Bank

Your family may be eligible for food assistance at the Sisters Kiwanis Food Bank. Eligibility rules may be found online at fns.usda.gov/tefap or visit the food bank for complete information. The food bank is located at Main Avenue and Oak Street and is open once a week, every Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. You may also get cat and dog food weekly during those hours at no charge, provided by Furry Friends Foundation of Sisters.

Habitat Needs Volunteers

Sisters Habitat for Humanity is seeking volunteers to help in its ReStore and Thrift Store. At this time, many regular volunteers are out on vacations and extra hands are needed at the stores. Interested in volunteering? Please contact Store Volunteer Coordinator Jen Binks by calling her at 541-549-1193.

Big Rigs for Kids!

The annual Big Rig Celebration, sponsored by Together For Children and Knife River, will be held Saturday, September 16 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Knife River (64500 OB Riley Rd. off Hwy. 20). Big construction rigs will be available for climbing, with a huge sandpile to climb on or dig into. First 100 kids are free; all others are $5 per child (adults are free). Designed for children ages 2 to 5, older siblings welcome. Kids may bring their own dump trucks & sand toys. For additional information call 541-420-8110.

Seeking Mentors for Kids

Circle of Friends has children in Sisters waiting for a mentor. Can you invest time in the life of a child? For more information call Nicky at 541588-6445 or email nicky@ acircleoffriendsoregon.com.

Spinners/Weavers Group

The Central Oregon Spinners and Weavers Guild will meet at the Sisters Library on Saturday, September 16 from 1 to 4 p.m., featuring a hands-on program on creating braids. All fiber enthusiasts are welcome! For additional information please call 541-639-3217.

Kiwanis Meetings

Interested in a local civic organization? Sisters Kiwanis raises gifts and money for our community! For a hosted visit or more information, please call 541-410-2870 or learn more online at sisterskiwanis.org.

Stars Over Sisters Star Party

Learn about the night skies! Stargazers are invited to gather at the Sisters Park & Recreation District building on Saturday, September 23 at 7:30 p.m. for a free presentation and slide show. If weather permits, the group will head out to the SHS sports fields to observe the night sky through powerful telescopes. Questions? Please call Ron at 541-549-8846.

Senior Lunches and More

Meet your fellow seniors at the Sisters Senior Luncheon! Lunch is served every Tuesday at noon at Sisters Community Church with a $3.50 suggested donation for those over 60. The espresso hour runs 11 a.m. to noon, and BINGO is played after lunch until 2:30 p.m. A free blood pressure clinic is offered the last Tuesday of the month from 11 a.m. to noon. For info call 541-678-5483.

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Still Have Eclipse Glasses?

Through mid-September, eclipse glasses will be collected in a box at the Sisters Library for Astronomers without Borders, for distribution to schools in Asia and South America for the 2019 eclipses. Sponsored by the Sisters Library, Sisters Science Club, and Friends of the Sisters Library. Questions? Call Kathy Campbell at 541-912-0750. You may also learn more online at astronomerswithoutborders.org

Taking “Bling” Donations

Sisters Kiwanis is taking donations of antique or vintage jewelry and watches, even costume and broken pieces, all year long in preparation for next year’s Antique & Collectibles Sale. Questions, or to arrange for pickup of larger items, please call Leart at 541410-2890. You may also drop off small items off at Essentials Skin Care, at 492 E. Main Ave.

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Since 1993, Samaritan’s Purse has delivered 135 million shoebox gifts to children Humane Society of Central Oregon affected by war, poverty, 541-382-3537 disease, famine and disasters in more than 100 countries. When you buy school supplies, pick up extras to set aside to fill your gift shoebox! For details go to samaritanspurse.org/occ or call Joanna at 541-588-0886.

Bottle & Can Drive for Furry Friends Foundation

Furry Friends Foundation can use your redeemable bottles and cans. Help us raise funds to assist families with free spay and neuter services, emergency medical assistance and more by dropping them off (in closed plastic bags, please) to the blue recycle bins on the front west porch at The Nugget. NOTE: They MUST be labeled with OR 5¢ or 10¢ – if not, please take them to the recycle center on Sisters Park Drive. For more information call 541-549-9941.

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… is for FREE pets seeking homes and LOST & FOUND animals. The information is published free by The Nugget Newspaper. MISSING CAT: “STAR” is an 9-year-old gray cat, missing since August 24, last spotted in the area around Sisters Elementary School. If seen, please call Gaby at 541-540-6554. MISSING CAT: “TUNA” is an 9-year-old male cat, longhaired with a shiny black coat (and a grayish chest, and gray toe tufts). If seen, call 541-514-1763 or 206-902-0700. Lost pets? Call HSCO, 541-382-3537; BrightSide, 541-923-0882; Des. Co. Animal Control, 541-388-6596; Sisters Vet Clinic, 541-549-6961; Black Butte Vet Clinic, 541-549-1837; Broken Top Vet Clinic, 541389-0391. And: Facebook.com/FurryFriendFinderBend?fref=ts

Letters of interest are being accepted for a 3-year-term volunteer position on the PSARD three-member board. Must be a resident of the Panoramic Special Access Road District for more than 90 days and a registered voter. Send to: PSARD, POB 1226, Sisters, OR 97759. For additional information call 541-610-6731.

Sisters Walking Group

Enjoy walking with others? All are welcome to meet every Friday at Village Green Park for a walk from 10 to 11 a.m. For additional information call Gennifer at 541-410-9245.

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September p calendar Open Computer Lab

On Tuesdays, September 19 & 26, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Sisters Library, all are welcome to come to the open computer lab to practice computer skills and get help with issues from library staff. For information call the library at 541-312-1072.

Family Fun Story Time

Family Fun Story Times for kids ages birth through 5 take place at the Sisters Library on Thursdays, September 14, 21 and 28 at 10:30 a.m. They feature songs, rhymes and crafts, all designed to grow young readers. Parents or caregivers must attend with the child and are encouraged to participate in all the activities! For info call 541-312-1072.

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Sisters Community Church (Nondenominational) 1300 W. McKenzie Hwy. • 541-549-1201 10 a.m. Sunday Worship (with signing) sisterschurch.com | info@sisterschurch.com

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Westside Church | Sisters Campus 442 Trinity Way • 541-382-7504 | westsidechurch.org 9 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Sunday Worship Vast Church (Nondenominational) 1700 W. McKinney Butte (Sisters High School) • 541-719-0587 9:37 a.m. Sunday Worship | vastchurch.com

Calvary Chapel (Nondenominational) 484 W. Washington St., Ste. C & D • 541-588-6288 10 a.m. Sunday Worship

Seventh-Day Adventist Church 386 N. Fir Street • 541-595-6770, 541-306-8303 11 a.m. Saturday Worship

New Hope Christian Center (Assembly of God) 222 Trinity Way • 503-910-9069 10:30 a.m. Sunday Worship

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 68885 Trinity Way • Branch President, 503-932-2401; R.S. Pres., 541-549-4499. 10 a.m. Sunday Sacrament Meeting

Chapel in the Pines Camp Sherman • 541-549-9971 10 a.m. Sunday Worship

Baha’i Faith Meetings Devotional Gatherings, Study Classes and Discussion Groups. Call for location and times • 541-549-6586

On Wednesday, September 20 at 9:30 a.m., Deschutes Library and Goodwill Job Connection staff present an interactive workshop where attendees will learn about career services, best practices in a job search, ways to update a résumé and more. Bring a flash drive to save your updated résumé. Due to limited space, registration is recommended online at deschuteslibrary.org/calendar or by calling 541-312-1072.

Romanticism and the Industrial Revolution

At the Sisters Library at noon on Friday, September 22, all are welcome to a free program that looks at how Romanticism took hold in arts and literature during the 19th century in Europe, while the Industrial Revolution saw advances in technology and the way people lived. For info: 541-312-1032.

STEAM Team: 3Doodler

Youth ages 9 to 17 will get to create, design, and build with a 3Doodler at the Sisters Library at 10 a.m. on Saturday, September 23. Registration in advance is required due to limited space. Register online at deschuteslibrary.org/calendar or call 541-312-1072.

The Library Book Club

Read & discuss “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay” by Michael Chagon with other thoughtful readers at the Sisters Library on Wednesday, September 27, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Questions? Contact Paige at 541-617-7078 or paigeb@deschuteslibrary.org.

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Music documentaries series on tap With the sad news that the 22nd annual Sisters Folk Festival was forced to cancel last weekend’s events, due to on-going health concerns from the wildfire smoke, Sisters Movie House looks to offer music fans some consolation, starting the weekend of September 16-17 with a selection of outstanding music documentaries. “We’re calling it the ‘More Than Folk’ Film Festival,” said Drew Kaza of Sisters Movie House. “We had scheduled this in well before the folk festival cancellation, thinking it was a perfect way to extend the music lovers’ enjoyment another week. Now we hope it offers a little consolation — and some great music stories — after the loss of the folk fest this year.” Kicking off with “Sidemen: Long Road to Glory” – which opens on Saturday night, and continuing for three more days, Sisters Movie House will feature a different newly released documentary film each day — all of them premiering for the first time in Oregon. In fact, “BANG! The Bert Berns Story” – showing on Sunday, September 17 — will ONLY be seen in Sisters during the remainder of its theatrical run and not seen anywhere else in Oregon. It is the story of 1960s record label executive/ songwriter Bert Berns, who

founded the BANG! Label and signed such notables as Neil Diamond and Van Morrison to their first record deals. He also wrote the hit song “Hang on Sloopy” among other classics, all before succumbing to a heart condition before the age of 40. Saturday’s “Sidemen” features the last surviving members of the Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters blues bands, while Monday’s “Two Trains Runnin” might be a tale most interesting to folk music fans. It tells the story of two country blues legends (Skip James and Son House), who disappeared from blues/roots music for almost 30 years, only to be re-discovered and brought to a surprise appearance at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival to the delight of the sell-out crowds. “Two Trains is an amazing story that we think will really resonate with Sisters Folk Festival fans,” said Kaza. “The Newport Folk Festival is the grand-daddy of them all, and this movie is narrated by Common with music from Gary Clark, Junior, so it is both classic and contemporary at the same time.” The More Than Folk Film Festival wraps up on Wednesday, September, 20, with an intriguing look at

music industry legend Clive Davis, who signed acts such as Janis Joplin, Santana, Aerosmith and Whitney Houston amongst others over a glittering career. “Clive Davis: Soundtrack of Our Lives” is a look at an iconic figure, beloved by the artists he nurtured through years at Columbia and Arista Records and beyond.

This is going to be a special two months for music fans at Sisters Movie House. — Drew Kaza In addition, Sisters Movie House announced that the definitive Pearl Jam concert documentary “Let’s Play Two” with footage from Chicago’s Wrigley Field, will also screen in early October. Dates for that event will be announced shortly. “This is going to be a special two months for music fans at Sisters Movie House,” said Kaza. “This is certainly no substitution for the folk festival, but we hope it will tide some over until 2018.”

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THURS...SEPT. 14 Sisters Saloon Karaoke Night! 9 p.m. Every Thursday, no cover! For info: 541-5497427 or sisterssaloon.net.

FRI...SEPT. 15 Paulina Springs Books Author Reading with Carl Fiedler 6:30 p.m. On “Ponderosa: People, Fire, and the West’s Most Iconic Tree.” Refreshments will be served, free admission! 541-549-0866 or go to paulinasprings.com. Hardtails Bar & Grill Karaoke Night! 9 p.m. Every Friday, no cover! For more information call 541-549-6114 or go to hardtailsoregon.com. Fir Street Park Sisters Farmers Market 2 to 5:30 p.m. Oregon-grown produce & plants, with live entertainment too! sistersfarmersmarket.com.

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Sisters Saloon Live Music with The Bobby Lindstrom Band 7 to 10 p.m. No cover for blues & rock! For additional information call 541-549-7427 or go to sisterssaloon.net. Cork Cellars Live Music with Doc Ryan & The Whychus Creek Band 7 to 9 p.m. No cover! For more info call 541-549-2675 or go to corkcellarswinebistro.com. Hardtails Bar & Grill Karaoke Night! 9 p.m. Every Saturday (if no live music is scheduled), no cover! For more info call 541-549-6114 or go to hardtailsoregon.com.

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Sisters Saloon Trivia Night 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sign-up is at 6:15 p.m. Free, every Tuesday! For info call 541-549-7427 or go to sisterssaloon.net.

WED...SEPT. 20 Hardtails Bar & Grill Karaoke Night! 9 p.m. Every Wednesday, no cover! For more info call 541-549-6114 or go to hardtailsoregon.com. Sisters Saloon Texas Hold ’Em Tournament 7 p.m. Every Wednesday! For information call 541-549-7427 or go to sisterssaloon.net.

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SAT...SEPT. 23 Rancho Viejo 10th Anniversary Party and Music with Mariachi Band 5 to 9 p.m. With prizes and specials! Come celebrate, and come early! For more information call 541-549-3594. Cork Cellars Live Music with Jim Cornelius & Mike Biggers 7 to 9 p.m. No cover! For more info call 541-549-2675 or go to corkcellarswinebistro.com. Sisters Saloon Live Music with Thomas T and The Blue Chips 8 to 11 p.m. No cover for blues! For info call 541-549-7427 or go to sisterssaloon.net. Fir Street Park Buried Beef & Brew 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. $12 adults, $5 kids, $5 beer. Beef, corn, “beer keg” beans and more! With Live Music by Dry Canyon Stampede. Buy tickets at Sisters Park & Recreation District, or call 541-549-2091, or go to sistersrecreation.com. Hardtails Bar & Grill Karaoke Night! 9 p.m. Every Saturday (if no live music is scheduled), no cover! For more info call 541-549-6114 or go to hardtailsoregon.com.

TUES...SEPT. 26 The Belfry Sisters Science Club presents “To Infinity and Beyond” 6 p.m. social hour; 7 p.m. lecture. Gabe Gabrielle, former Dir. of Eng., USAF Special Ops Command, is with NASA’s speaker’s bureau. Donations accepted at the door. Info: 541-912-0750 or sistersscienceclub.org. Sisters Saloon Trivia Night 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sign-up is at 6:15 p.m. Free, every Tuesday! For info call 541-549-7427 or go to sisterssaloon.net.

WED...SEPT. 27 Hardtails Bar & Grill Karaoke Night! 9 p.m. Every Wednesday, no cover! For more info call 541-549-6114 or go to hardtailsoregon.com. Sisters Saloon Texas Hold ’Em Tournament 7 p.m. Every Wednesday! For information call 541-549-7427 or go to sisterssaloon.net.

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Paulina Springs Books Author Reading with Scott Sisters Saloon Karaoke 6:30 p.m. On “Pacific Night! 9 p.m. Every Thursday, Kloos Northwest Medicinal Plants: no cover! For additional Harvest and Use information call 541-549-7427 Identify, 120 Wild Herbs for Health or go to sisterssaloon.net. and Wellness.” Free, with refreshments! 541-549-0866 FRI...SEPT. 22 Hardtails Bar & Grill Downtown Sisters 4th Karaoke Night! 9 p.m. Every Friday, no cover! For more Friday Art Stroll 4 to 7 p.m. information call 541-549-6114 Galleries & shops feature live entertainment & refreshments! or go to hardtailsoregon.com. Info: sistersartsassociation.org. Fir Street Park Sisters Fir Street Park Sisters Farmers Market 2 to 5:30 p.m. Farmers Market 2 to 5:30 p.m. Final market of 2017 season for Oregon-grown items! Oregon-grown produce & plants, with live entertainment sistersfarmersmarket.com. too! For more info go online to Listings free to advertisers. sistersfarmersmarket.com. Submit by 5 p.m. Fridays to teresa@nuggetnews.com

Wednesday, September 13, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

Paw Prints

Jodi Schneider McNamee Columnist

Cats make great pets, too If you’ve ever had a cat you probably already know how much joy they bring to your life. Yet, cats sometimes don’t get the credit they deserve. They are often seen as solitary, aloof creatures. And this can be far from the truth. Cats can thrive in a family with children and can even learn to play games that you’d think are associated with dogs, such as fetch. Many cats love to be petted, held, and cuddled. Give them a bit of attention and you’ll get love in return. Cats love to play, and they are quite acrobatic, too – especially when you take out a toy fishing pole or a cat dancer toy. They will leap,

run, and pounce on the toy, which is great fun to watch for the whole family. And they are extremely loyal. Even scientists were baffled by how Holly, an indoor four-year-old tortoiseshell calico, became lost on a family excursion during an RV rally in Daytona Beach, Florida, in November 2013 and returned home 200 miles away and two months later, showing up in her family’s backyard weak and emaciated. There was a strong bond between that feline and her humans. Most cats are litter-box trained. You won’t have to walk them on cold, rainy, or snowy days. They do prefer a clean litter-box, so keeping the box tidy is necessary. If you’re the busy bee, that’s OK; cats don’t require constant attention. They are happy just being near you. So, you won’t have to dote on them all day. You can teach a cat to come when called, to not scratch the furniture, and to retrieve toys. Just like clicker training with dogs, you can teach cats with a clicker. Some folks worry that cats do not love their pet parents as much as a dog would. Even though some cats like their space, once they get to know you, they will love

you unconditionally in their own way. Many cats wait by the door when they hear you coming home, just like dogs do. Dr. Dennis Turner, a leading expert on the felinehuman bond, explains why he likes cats: “I appreciate the fact that they’re very sensitive. They are very independent thinkers and independent actors and they’re very elegant and beautiful to watch. I could watch cats for hours.” According to Dr. Turner, each feline-human pair has an individual way of communicating, due in part to the wide variety of behaviors cats use to “talk” to their human family. While some kitties like to rub up against your legs, others will rub their head against yours. Some cats sit very still while staring at you, others tilt their head in an irresistible questioning gesture. Many kitties vocalize as a way to communicate, and some scratch the floor or stand on hind legs to reach for you with their front paws. Dr. Turner’s research shows that unlike dogs, cats follow their pet parents’ lead when it comes to how much involvement they have with each other. Some cat pet parents

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Cats are not necessarily aloof creatures. They can make for really fun pets. prefer a lot of interaction with their pet, while others don’t have much time to devote or simply prefer less interaction. Cats are very adaptable to their humans’ need in this regard and fall into step easily with the pace that you set. Cats played an important role in humanitarian Albert Schweitzer’s life. He believed that cats consistently improve a human’s mood. Research carried out

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by anthropologists suggest that Schweitzer was right. A recent Swiss study recruited over 200 couples with cats and compared how both their cat and their partner affected their mood. Their results showed that, in line with previous studies, cats could alleviate negative moods. Cats are wonderful pets and so many need homes, so if you’re looking for a pet, why not adopt a cat?

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Wednesday, September 13, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

Pilot flies puppies to forever homes By Jodi Schneider McNamee Correspondent

Private pilot John Dunlap of Sisters loves to fly and has owned his own small aircraft, a Cessna 180 Skywagon, for six years. He volunteers time maintaining backcountry airstrips in Oregon as a member of the Oregon Pilots Association. The airstrips support rural communities. And now Dunlap is donating time and resources to help unwanted animals in distant places find their forever homes. Dunlap left Sisters Eagle Airport on August 24 for his very first flight as a volunteer for Pilots N Paws. He picked up two Chesapeake Bay retriever mix puppies at Lampson field airport in Lakeport, California and brought the siblings up to Lenhart airport northeast of Salem to their new families. Pilots N Paws, a high-flying animal-rescue organization, was founded accidently in 2008 when a private pilot offered to fly a mission of mercy to save an abused dog for a friend. Pilots N Paws is now a nonprofit organization that helps save the lives of dogs in need. The intent of Pilots N Paws is to provide an environment in which volunteers can come together and arrange or schedule rescue flights, overnight foster care or shelter. “I was supposed to fly out on the 23rd, but the smoke

from fires was bad enough that I had to wait an extra day to fly,” Dunlap told The Nugget. “One of the volunteers, Terry Roy of the rescue group Chesapeake Bay Retriever Relief & Rescue that I was volunteering to help, kept the pups for the night.” When Dunlap left Sisters, he had to deal with smoke all the way to his destination and back. “I got up above the smoke at 14,000 feet by using oxygen in my aircraft after about 10,000 feet. You really have to watch the temporary flight restriction areas. There are boundaries around the fires that you are not allowed to fly near because of special aircraft.” Becoming a volunteer for Pilots N Paws launched for Dunlap after reading “Dog is My Copilot,” a book that tells the story behind this remarkable organization. “My wife, Robyn, picked up the book one day and gave it to me to read. I was hooked after that,” said Dunlap. “We both love animals and have pets, and the book inspired me so much that I went online and signed up for the Pilots N Paws program.” Then Dunlap kept watch on posts from rescue groups for any need for animal transport. Chesapeake Bay Retriever Relief & Rescue (CBRR&R) came across two puppies and wanted to rescue them.

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Empowering students helps them to learn and discovered that dancing the letters helped her learn them. Pretending she had paint on her feet, she wrote her name on the ground. Shaping her body into letters imprinted them on her memory. It wasn’t long before we moved past this challenge and she was reading on her own. As a high school student one of our sons was having difficulty with advanced algebra. When given the opportunity to drop back to a lower level of the subject he responded that he’d rather get a C from the instructor teaching the advanced class than an A from the one teaching the regular class. We accepted his appraisal and applauded his resiliency and tenacity. I don’t remember his grade, however it did not prevent him from getting into the college of his choice. I encourage parents to identify their own biases. We parents all have biases. These are usually unconscious thoughts that often direct how we react and respond to the things our kids do or don’t do. Since these are hard to identify, asking a friend or a spouse to help recognize our tone of interactions with each child (whether its positive or negative) and what kind of

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As the school year gets underway in Sisters, parents are eager to help their students have the best possible experience. How that plays out through the year greatly depends on what takes place in the opening weeks of the school year. One of the most important aspects of learning is for students to feel empowered and important. I’d like to suggest some strategies for parents that will help develop these perceptions. First, I feel it’s important to have a strength-based approach to learning. When students only hear about what they don’t do well, their desire to learn will quickly disappear. Instead of looking at what’s not happening, supporting a child by looking at their strengths, aptitudes and interests, helping them relate these to what the teacher is having them work on can make a huge difference. When one of our daughters was in the first grade she was having great difficulty learning the alphabet. She had always loved books so it wasn’t a lack of exposure that hindered her. I experimented

feedback we give (specific and concrete or general and/ or dismissive) can make a big difference on how empowered each child will feel. A third suggestion is for parents to become a “warm demander.” This means to hold high expectations for all kids and to believe in their potential for growth. Numerous studies indicate that when kids know that adults have high expectations for them their motivation increases and they achieve more. It is important to guard against students falling into perceived expectations and biases that hamper their learning. Be sure they know you believe in them and support their efforts to achieve. At the same time be mindful of piling on expectations that create stress. As you, the parent, engage with teachers encourage as many student-centered learning experiences as possible. Even kindergartners and elementary-school-aged kids can get excited about learning that is presented in project-based learning, cooperative learning, and service learning. All of these help create a community environment, providing meaningful roles of leadership and focusing on performance outcomes instead of reinforcing

the need for good grades. Here in Sisters we hear of many learning experiences that fall into the above category. A wonderful example is shown in “Journey’s Flight” and the students’ involvement in writing the story of a butterfly’s adventure. The profits from the sale of this book will be donated to maintain the monarch butterfly garden built by Sisters Middle School students. The Seed to Table collaboration with the school system; Sisters High School students going to Seattle to study cancer; traveling to Nepal with Ten Friends; and becoming counselors at outdoor school are marvelous examples of how this teaching concept is played out in our school system. Equally important in helping students feel empowered about their learning is ongoing and active reflection by them of how they are doing. Establishing personally relevant learning goals and actively engaging in ongoing self-assessment develops habits for a lifetime. When a young child is having trouble making friends, helping them learn skills builds an understanding of appropriate social behavior. Helping

a third-grader who is having difficulty with spelling figure out his best learning style (visual, audio, physical or a combination) may be the key to success. Equally important are efforts to help older students look at how they are doing, analyzing what’s behind successes and classes not going as well. Research shows that individuals who demonstrate enthusiasm, kindness, focus, calmness, and openness enjoy more power in their social circle. Helping students learn to focus on others will inadvertently build their feelings of power. If our goal is to have happy, engaged students excited about learning, we need to help them feel like they have personal power. Take time as a parent, or the friend of a young person, to really get to know them and use that information to encourage them to feel excited about the year ahead. This article was inspired by ideas presented in the article, “How to Help Students Feel Powerful at School,” by Amy L. Eva, Ph. D, education content specialist at the Greater Good Science Center, printed online in PrintBookmark, February 22, 2017.

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Oregon woman and guide dog help others By Kathy Aney East Oregonian

PENDLETON (AP) — As a young woman, Sharon Zenger traded in her driver’s license for a seeing eye dog. Zenger started life with almost normal vision, but as a toddler was diagnosed with a degenerative eye disease called retinitis pigmentosa. Growing up in Pendleton, the girl spent years preparing for blindness, practicing with a white cane and learning to read Braille. When her sight dimmed, she was ready. Zenger, now 37, trains visually impaired children in six Oregon counties as an employee of the InterMountain Education Service District. Tod Zenger chauffeurs his daughter and her guide dog, Jude, from school to school each day. Except for the ever-present Jude, one might not realize the Pendleton woman can’t see. She walks with an air of confidence, following her German shepherd’s subtle guidance. She wears glasses and appears to look directly at people who speak to her, though in reality she sees only blur or blackness, depending on the brightness of the environment. Zenger’s easy nonchalance belies her toughness. She got her first guide dog at the Guiding Eyes for the Blind guide dog school in New York City. To graduate the monthlong training, students must navigate the Big Apple’s legendary traffic and multilevel subway system. “I walked out of Grand Central Station and had to find my way to Central Park,” Zenger recalls. After reaching her destination, she headed to the subway, found a train to the upper east side, got off at the proper stop and found a pub where she met her classmates and instructors. Getting around in New York City can rattle even sighted people — doing

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it with impaired vision takes nerves of steel. “I remember thinking I’m glad I don’t live in New York,” Zenger said. She returned to Oregon, where she earned undergraduate degrees in social science and teaching and a master’s degree in education at Portland State University. She memorized the campus and surrounding cityscape. She knew the exact number of steps and stairs in various PSU buildings from front door to classroom. She learned to navigate through the school’s underground tunnel system. After graduation, Zenger taught for 10 years at the Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind. In the three years

requiring high-crawls through the ocean surf in full battle gear to shore. Once on shore, Moorehead had to carry two cement-filled ammunition canisters to the top of a steep sand dune and then race back down to the finish line. The stress-shoot portion of the event included three timed M9 pistol firing sequences while enduring stressful distractions such as smoke, sirens, yelling, and evacuating a simulated casualty from an Army vehicle. Other physical challenges included climbing ropes, crawling under wires, and maneuvering through a number of other obstacles. Besides the physical testing, soldiers were required to complete a written exam and essay as well as face a board

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Normandy combat zone as a D-Day paratrooper and dancing with Marilyn Monroe, and acting in films (see The Bunkhouse Chronicle, page 19). Neither Wolf Nor Dog was his final role, and it spoke profoundly to his heart. “He saw it before he passed and said it’s the only film he’s been in about his people that told the truth,” director Steven Simpson said. Simpson is Scottish, but he had unique credentials to bring Kent Nerburn’s novel to the screen. Simpson has made three films in South Dakota and the Pine Ridge Reservation, including “Rez Bomb” and the documentary “Thunder-Being Nation.” Nerburn approached Simpson to bring his beloved story to life “from the reservation out, rather than from Hollywood in.” The filming of Neither Wolf Nor Dog is nearly as extraordinary a story as the one the film depicts. Crowd-funded, it was shot by a crew of two, with Simpson handling almost all of the technical duties, on a short schedule that had to accommodate for the limited

physical capabilities of a then-95-year-old lead actor. If audience and critical reaction is any indication, Simpson succeeded at every level. The film has garnered critical acclaim and — more importantly — has deeply moved audiences. In an interview with The Nugget, Simpson noted that Neither Wolf Nor Dog may be one of the rare films where it is best to see the movie before reading the book. That’s thanks to Dave Bald Eagle’s performance as Dan. “Dave Bald Eagle was beyond perfect for the role,” Simpson said. “With anyone else it would just be a fraction of the film.” It is delightful, the director said, to read the story with the actor as your image of the character of the Lakota elder. “He left a piece of his spirit with the film,” Simpson reflected. “He goes to an incredibly deep place in the last scene at Wounded Knee.” Wounded Knee, in the Dakota Badlands, was the site of one of the most devastating actions of the long conflict between Americans and the Lakota Nation, on December 28, 1890. Some 200 Lakota Sioux men, women and children were gunned down in the snow on that day, in a scuffle that turned into a confused

firefight, which became a massacre that stained the honor of the United States Army and ripped the heart out of the Lakota Nation. Simpson said that he threw out the script for the scene set at that sacred place, and David Bald Eagle improvised a heartfelt monologue that touched on the lasting scars of that tragic day. At the end of the long take, Simpson recalled, “he turned to Chris Sweeney (who plays Kent Nerburn) and said, ‘I’ve been holding that in for 95 years.’” Wounded Knee has reverberated across a century and more. In 1973, armed activists of the American Indian Movement initiated a takeover of the site in protest of the conditions under which Indian peoples continued to live. That inaugurated a weeks-long siege, which included significant longrange gunfire from police and government officials surrounding the AIM encampment. Simpson notes the irony of the fact that Bald Eagle, who fought in World War II, and Sweeney, who was awarded the Silver Star for combat actions in the Persian Gulf War, were actually under fire for fewer days than their fellow actor, Richard Ray Whitman, who was never in the service, but spent days under fire during

the 71-day occupation of Wounded Knee. The subject matter of the film is fraught — the injustices perpetrated on the native peoples through a long and tortured history, and the intractable problems that continue to plague the contemporary Native American experience. Yet audiences have connected deeply with the story. “People fall so madly in love with Dave Bald Eagle on the screen that by the time he tells those hard truths, their heart is open,” Simpson said. “They’re listening in a different way.” Limitations of budget pushed Simpson both technically and in the effort to distribute the film. Somehow, all obstacles have been overcome to create an intimate independent film that has seen remarkable success on an exceptional number of screens for a film of this type, sometimes outperforming

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This jump’s for you, Chief Editor’s note: This is a reprinting of a July 2016 column in honor of Chief David Beautiful Bald Eagle. At age 95, he starred in the independent film “Neither Wolf Nor Dog,” which is premiering Friday, September 15, at Sisters Movie House. See related story, page 3. “… I can remember everything: From horses and cart days right up until today; jet planes and computers. When I was a boy there weren’t even any fences … all just open prairie. The world has changed so quickly … It’s so short a time … I’ve had a long life, but it seems like yesterday…” – Chief David William Wo u n d e d i n W i n t e r Beautiful Bald Eagle The world lost a great man last week. Chief David Beautiful Bald Eagle died on July 22. He was born in a tipi on the

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Skydiving. I’ve seen a lot of that lately, while working the horses or out watering the garden, I look up and see the brightly patterned canopies swinging back to earth, and on some days I can even hear the delighted shrieks and shouts of people living their lives with a dramatically renewed sense of awe. Surely you know what comes next. What better way to honor a life of service and dedication to family, friends, neighbors; a life so well lived, so perfectly bookended by tipis and supercomputers, that it almost defies articulation? Why wouldn’t we, after considering one man’s model, take a minute to examine the mundane routines that we fall into so easily, to throw them out with Monday’s garbage, and to purposefully aim for a place completely beyond our comfort zone? We did, my wife and I. We drove down to the airport and signed up. We entrusted our lives to a pair of complete strangers, Ryan and Steven, strapping into the harness, and donning the surprisingly simple garb of human flight. And it was not lost on me, as we flew over the drop zone and Ryan cinched up our tandem rig, that Beautiful Bald Eagle believed that the harness he wore on D-Day had saved his life, as he and his brothers from the 82nd were shot, in his own words, “like clay pigeons” descending over Normandy. The harness was

so tight, he said, that it prevented him from bleeding out from his wounds when he hit the ground. I won’t tell you I wasn’t scared. I was. Ryan, my instructor, told me just before the door opened and we tumbled out — which in that first few seconds is like falling in a vacuum of pure shrieking insanity — that he could feel my heart beating above the vibration of the plane. He wasn’t kidding. But then, just as suddenly, we were flying, buoyant even, as if the air were pushing us back into the sky, and we were carving our descent in a series of controlled and rewarding turns. Fear vanished. It was true flight, loud, windy, with all of Central Oregon spread out beneath us in a vision of mountain lakes and forests and volcanoes holding snow in the lees. We could see St. Helens, Rainier, the raw power of the Cascade peaks marching off into the horizon, and far below, the little town of Sisters, looking something like a cartoon hamlet just recently hacked

out of the forest. And then the parachute opened and we began to float, the world gone so suddenly quiet it seemed we were drifting in the primordial. And there is nothing like hanging lazily under the canopy, taking in the curvature of a world you might never quite see again in the same way, and looking up to see your wife, still streaking earthward at 150 mph, in a pink flightsuit, freefalling. We could do worse than to model something of our drive for life after David Beautiful Bald Eagle, who just kept living well when age and gravity and time might have forced him to close up shop. But he didn’t allow that, and instead seemed to grow bigger and stronger with age. We should do so well. His example inspired us, and we were happy to shove complacency aside, widen the path, and just get after the good and sweet business of being alive. So … this jump’s for you, Chief Beautiful Bald Eagle — “walk on.”

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Fish Lake and the Santiam Wagon Road By Craig F. Eisenbeis Correspondent

In our search for a hike with smoke-free breathable air, we thought we’d give it a try on the west side of the mountains. The results were marginal at best, but we still had a nice hike. We started at Fish Lake, which has long since completed its annual vanishing act. When I was last here in May, it involved a twohour kayak trip on a beautiful lake teeming with waterfowl. Last week, however, that same space formerly occupied by the lake had become a grassy meadow, with welltraveled trails across what had, not so long ago, been the lake bottom. The lake’s peculiar geology causes this unusual annual phenomenon. Each year, the lake’s basin fills with snowmelt; but the underlying lava and volcanic soils are so porous that the lake cannot sustain itself when the water input tapers off during the summer. As a result, the lake goes dry each year. Still, there actually are fish in this seasonal lake. They survive by retreating into the lake’s principal tributary, Hackleman Creek, as the water level begins to fall. For our outing this time, we chose to retrace part of the historic Santiam Wagon Road. This is one of those hikes that you can tailor to your preference for that particular day. Given the heat and smoke, we decided — before we even started — to limit our outing to between 5.2 and 7.2 miles. It’s 2.6 miles to the Hackleman Road Trailhead and 3.6 miles to Lost Prairie. The Santiam Wagon Road was built in the 1860s and

stretched from Sweet Home across Santiam Pass, down Indian Ford Creek, through Camp Polk, and eventually reached the Deschutes River north of present-day Redmond. Little more than a wide trail, the road was a principal trade route between western and eastern Oregon through the remainder of the nineteenth century and on into the twentieth. In response to the increasing cross-state traffic, roadhouses appeared along the way, the largest of which was at Fish Lake. There, shelters were built to accommodate travelers; and the site is reported to have included a hotel, blacksmith shop, cabins, and a saloon. Starting in 1905, the site was also used by the U.S. Forest Service as a ranger outpost. The structures remaining today date primarily from 1910 and 1924. Of special interest, however, is the pioneer grave of Charity Ann Noble, which significantly predates that era. In October of 1875, 19-year-old Charity Ann died in childbirth at this remote waystation when her family was trapped there by an unexpected early season snowstorm. Her infant also died, and they were buried together at the site. The grave is less than half a mile from the parking lot and can be visited without the necessity of a formal “hike.” On this occasion, though, after paying our respects at the gravesite, we continued on up the hill and farther along the historic wagon road. Last year, we walked another section of the wagon road, 20 miles farther to the west, near the site of the former Mountain House waystation.

This day, however, we had no intention of going anywhere near that far. Trail guides and contour maps show very little elevation gain, but there are some notable ups and downs along this trail, especially if you are prone to wheezing in Central Oregon’s 2017 blanket of smoke. The most stunning feature of this hike is the trees. First of all, they are green and unburned; but, beyond that, they are gigantic. Rivaling the majestic Douglas firs of the better-known Hackleman Grove, another mile west of Lost Prairie, these are some of the most magnificent trees you will see anywhere in our region. One disappointment is that, although the trail parallels Hackleman Creek the whole way, it is not visible anywhere along the route until it approaches the Lost Prairie Campground. West of the Hackleman Creek Road Trailhead (2.6 miles from Fish Lake), there is also a significant amount of road noise from Highway 20, which makes turning back at that point an attractive alternative. If you continue on, however, the trail narrows to something more akin to a single-track, and the undergrowth becomes more lush. The trail crosses picturesque Toad Creek on a heavy-timbered bridge that looks substantial enough to hold an eighteen-wheeler. Continuing to Lost Prairie makes for a 7.2-mile round trip; and it is more than nine miles for a round trip to the Hackleman Grove. If you are really ambitious, a round trip to Tombstone Pass would be a whopping 18

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These photos of Fish Lake — here in May and below in August of this year — illustrate Fish Lake’s annual vanishing act. miles, but a judicious car drop at any of these locations halves the total distance. We chose to stick to our pre-determined limit and returned by the same route on the wagon road. The old wagon road became obsolete in 1939 when the new Santiam Pass Highway was completed along its present-day route. This new road means that today you don’t need to worry about becoming trapped, like Charity Ann, if you choose to visit the site of the old Fish Lake station. To relive this bit of local history, to enjoy hiking the old wagon road, or to visit Charity Ann’s final resting place,

travel west from Sisters over Santiam Pass on Highway 20 — fire conditions permitting. At the Santiam “Y,” take the left fork on Highway 20 toward Eugene and Corvallis. Three miles later, take the next left fork toward Eugene on Highway 126. The Fish Lake parking lot is about a mile farther on the right. The first road, to the Guard Station, is usually gated, so take the Forest Service-marked roadside turnoff that follows. The site and buildings continue to be used by the Forest Service as part of the Fish Lake Guard Station. The guard station also serves as an historic and interpretive site.

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Fish Lake in August of this year.

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Sisters Trivia Night has a new home Competitors at the outdoor Sisters Trivia Night are happy that the weekly summertime event has found a new indoor home with the nights getting darker and the weather beginning to grow chillier. Sisters Saloon owner Aaron Okura explained, “I was interested in hosting a trivia event and knew that Eurosports already had one started. Karen Kassy, the emcee, picked up on that and asked Brad if he minded moving Sisters Trivia Night over to the Saloon to have an indoor space during cooler weather. We’ll move it back to Eurosports for the summer. It’s a cooperative alliance that benefits everyone and keeps the event year-round for the participants.” Kassy had received a lot of feedback when the event ended last summer, and again this summer. Jeanette Pilak was happy to hear of the cooperative solution. “Like children chafing at returning to school schedules, we didn’t want to believe that summer trivia was coming to an end. How exciting to move indoors to Sisters Saloon. Good food, good times, good friends — yahoo!” Eurosports owner Brad Boyd said, “We’ve loved having the teams of adults, families, and kids competing for prizes to see what they know. We’ve had lots of locals and visitors making it a destination stop on their vacations. We’ve even had people stop by from foreign countries and the teams would invite them to join up. There is a spirit of fun competition.”

“This community event was a highlight of our neighborhood. We gathered once a week during the busy summer to relax, enjoy and compete. Now we are excited to look forward to a weekly winter activity to keep us local,” said Kathy Miller of Sisters. Ginny Hall agreed, “The friendly competition continues. Teams will cheer and jeer each other on as we continue through the winter doldrums by keeping our brains sharp!” Teams of one to four players compete, consisting of all ages. Signups are at 6:15 p.m. and the event starts promptly at 6:30 p.m. and is usually done by 7:15 p.m. Prizes are awarded to the winning team. Kassy explained, “I research and create original categories and questions that relate to our area, current events or whatever seems to interest people. Some of the topics people are familiar with from Trivial Pursuit, like sports, entertainment, geography, history, science and nature. The events are family-friendly. Participants keep bringing up the time we did ‘Disney princesses.’ It stumped some of our most successful players and the kids were wild about it.” Kassy encourages contestants to submit ideas for categories, many of which she incorporates into future weeks’ questions. Sisters Trivia Night moves to Sisters Saloon starting September 19, every Tuesday (formerly Wednesdays), 190 E. Cascade Ave. The event is free.

Outlaws run away from smoke By Charlie Kanzig Correspondent

The only home meet of the season was among the cancellations due to smoke in Sisters last week, but the Outlaws made arrangements for some of the team to travel to Monmouth for the Ash Creek Invitational on Saturday, getting the competitive season underway. The last-minute addition to the schedule didn’t allow some of the team members to attend the meet, leaving Anna Bartlett as the lone girl to compete. She started strong, but slowed in the second half to finish 81st in 22:47 among 190 finishers. “It was good for Anna to get a race under her belt,” said head coach Josh Nordell. “We are anxious to get the rest of the girls team to the starting line next week.” The boys fielded a full team, and Nordell came away quite pleased with the result as the Outlaws finished 16th among 35 teams. Jordan Pollard led the way for Sisters, finishing 21st in 16:52, in a solid start to his senior season. The field of 255 runners went out fast, as Pollard marked the first mile in 4:56 before settling in to a more reasonable pace. The meet featured most 6A and 5A teams, which gave Pollard, one of the top returning 4A runners this season, a great opportunity to test himself in the early season,

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according to Nordell. “This is great experience for Jordan as a senior,” said Nordell. “He will gain racing savvy going against other high quality runners like he saw today.” Evan Holland of Ashland, who placed fifth at the 5A State Meet last year as a freshman, won the race in 15:55, one second ahead of Jesuit’s Grant Summers. Freshman Ethan Hosang got a solid start to his high school career, finishing 73rd in 18:08. Other finishers for Sisters included Josh Liddell (18:49), John Peckham (18:51), Will Thorsett (20:11), Vincente Rebolledo (21:27) and Ryan Waddell (23:46). A total of 255 runners finished the varsity boys race. Cole Pade (20:54) and Zach Villalovos (27:06) ran in the junior varsity race, while Jack Berg and Jackson Bowe also competed, but did not turn up in the results. Sisters scored 458 points and finished first among the nine 4A schools competing. “We have a lot of potential for growth on this boys team,”

said Nordell. “I am proud of the young guys to step up and want to come to this meet at the last minute. That shows not only dedication to the team, but also the desire to compete.”

I am proud of the young guys to step up and want to come to this meet at the last minute. — Josh Nordell With the prospect of smoke abating in the Sisters area, the team should be at full strength for the Northwest Classic, set for Saturday, September 16 at Lane Community College. The race gives the Outlaws a bit of a preview of the district and state meet courses amid a large field of 1A, 2A, 3A, and 4A teams. “We haven’t been to this meet, but this year’s schedule allowed us to pencil it in and we are really looking forward to it,” said Nordell.

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Oregon team develops engine to keep drones aloft longer By Joseph Ditzler The Bulletin

BEND (AP) — A team led by an engineering professor at Oregon State UniversityCascades has developed a prototype hybrid engine for small, unmanned aerial vehicles, in what could be a significant development in drone technology. Unmanned aerial vehicles, known as drones, and particularly small drones, are often limited by the amount of battery power. A hybrid engine, using a gasolinepowered engine to re-charge an onboard battery, allows the vehicle to stay aloft longer. Chris Hagen, OSUCascades assistant professor of energy systems engineering, and his team managed to scale down the concept, opening the possibility of a viable hybrid engine for “smalls” — drones that weigh less than 55 pounds — said Mark Peters, research compliance

coordinator with OSU in Corvallis. “Dr. Hagen brings a concept proven in hybrid vehicles and larger aircraft and miniaturizes it,” Peters said Wednesday. “It opens up the door to extending and enhancing the usability of small rotorcraft in research, search and rescue and all those different applications that are restrained by a battery pack.” Previously, Hagen conceived of and developed at OSU a natural-gas-powered engine that also compresses natural gas, an advance that led to creation of a company, Onboard Dynamics, in Bend, to commercialize the project. Onboard Dynamics partnered with Southern California Gas Co. in January to demonstrate the engine as a more efficient means of refueling naturalgas-fueled school buses. As for the hybrid engine for small drones, that work began two years ago, Hagen said. The technology existed

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in its component parts; the challenge lay in bringing them together to work as a system, he said. “The integration ended up being a lot more difficult than I expected,” Hagen said Aug. 17. “Although all the stuff exists, you have to basically tailor each one of these components so they consume the right amount (of energy) and they send off the right amount of energy.” Hagen and his team, which included Sean Brown, formerly an OSU engineering graduate student and now an associate engineer at SpaceX, and Shyam Menon, formerly an OSU engineering professor who now teaches at Louisiana State University, pulled components off the shelf, starting with a Tarot-brand quadcopter. The team today includes a group of undergraduates at OSU-Cascades, Hagen said. For power, Hagen’s team purchased a small, one-cylinder, two-stroke engine that produces 2.75 horsepower. The German-made engine, a 3W28i, is commonly used in radio-controlled aircraft, said Gerhard Stejskal, owner of Aircraft International LLC, the Florida-based importer that supplied the engine. Hagen’s team used its

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engine to power a generator that charges the batteries that run the electric motors attached to the drone propellers. Although simple in concept, attempts to bring it to reality proved elusive, Hagen said. “We’ve flown for over an hour, and documented that — an hour and 3 minutes,” he said. “Other people have made these claims but we haven’t seen them do it.” Actually flying the craft is a sometimes thing, he said. It typically “flies” while attached to a set of rails that allows it to rise and fall in a relatively safe environment. The otherwise modest-looking craft has more than $230,000 invested in it, in terms of equipment, a NASA fellowship for Brown and the work of at least six other people, Hagen said. A qualified commercial pilot from Corvallis

sometimes crosses the mountains to fly the drone, he said. “We’ve been at it a couple of years, and we flew five or six times longer than the best battery system,” Hagen said. “We did it just the other day.” Peters said the hybrid system, on display at the Oregon UAS Summit and Expo in early August in Bend, attracted prospective users’ attention. He declined to identify the interested parties or what applications they had in mind. Other possible next steps include interesting the U.S. Defense Department, the National Science Foundation or other organizations in helping advance the technology, he said. “Bend has a jewel in Dr. Hagen. He’s a researcher and an innovator that’s helped out a lot of Bend companies,” Peters said. “He’s a great guy to have around.”

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When the smoke clears By Katy Yoder Columnist

It sure seems like things are falling apart. Hurricanes, fires and crushing snow have left so many feeling exhausted and overwhelmed. Our brothers and sisters in arms have been fighting wars that never seem to end. Our first-responders have been stretched to breaking trying to deal with it all. Firefighters are getting pulled from disaster to disaster as the emergencies shift like the wind. “Act of God,” has often been used to describe the mayhem. I’m sorry, but I just don’t accept that. I know there are religious leaders who talk that way. But in my lowly opinion, Love doesn’t start fires or floods or blizzards. God is in the aftermath, and all the acts of mercy and courage ordinary people are compelled to show. God is there to help us find the strength to act on the compassion we feel for others… even when they look, talk and feel differently than we do. Watching the firefighters as I drive to and from work, I am reminded there are so many human beings who choose to help even when their lives are at risk. They fight fires for the people who are displaced and the animals who could be killed. They sleep next to the highway in little tents with an army of compatriots who work beside each other slowly putting out the flames. They labor in the smoke we are all choking on. And they don’t stop. Sisters was hit hard this year. Some people are still not back in their homes after ice dams built and water crept quietly down their walls and buckled their floors. Businesses have been devastated by the aftermath. Others are overwhelmed with

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work that they can’t get to. Through it all we’ve waited for it to be over. But it isn’t. The beautiful and truly amazing eclipse seemed like an economic solution to our winter woes. Yes, it would be inconvenient with the traffic and all those extra eclipsechasers, but they’d stop to eat in our town. They’d fill up their gas tanks and maybe stop to shop in our stores. But the fire and smoke kept them away. We all heard stories of restaurants and stores that stocked up for the throngs that didn’t come. The loss of income for our local businesses has slowly bled them dry. Now the fires that are blazing across Oregon continue the devastation. Even as the firefighters are taken to bigger fires, we have been left with the smoke that is carried along on the wind. I keep telling myself that the smoke will clear, but it’s still here. Even after a torrential downpour left standing water in the desert, it wasn’t enough to bring the smoke down. This is my final year with Sisters Folk Festival and my last festival as an employee. I envisioned how it would go. One more chance to talk to all the people who come to the festival and our patrons

and sponsors. But the smoke changed that and now I know my last festival was 2016. It’s OK. When I think about the challenges facing so many around the globe, I know my disappointment doesn’t even register in importance. I’ll be fine. It’s my friends, the businesses and the animals I’m worried about. It’s up to those of us who haven’t been so severely devastated to help where we can. Sending money to organizations who are assisting the victims is so important. But so is helping keep our local businesses alive. I’m afraid that many won’t make it through another winter. If you’re able, please patronize our stores in Sisters. Go out to eat, buy groceries and a little (or big!) gift for your loved ones. There’s something so comforting about going into a store where you know the person behind the counter. When they smile and say, “Hello,” I know they’re truly happy to see me. Anyone who’s lived somewhere bigger knows that’s not something to be taken for granted. We have a wonderful place to call home — and when the smoke clears, I am hopeful it’ll all still be here.

Oregon man shares blacksmith skills on YouTube By Carisa Cegavske The News-Review

ROSEBURG (AP) — Scott Wadsworth has been fascinated by blacksmiths since he was 12 years old, when he kept running across descriptions of them in the Western books he enjoyed. He was camping the first time he experienced the joy of shaping metal. He put some nails in a campfire, and once they were hot he started hammering them flat. “I didn’t know what to do with them, but I kept doing it over and over,” he said. Wa d s w o r t h w e n t t o Oregon State University, intending to study for an engineering degree, but dropped out to pursue a construction career. He owned Wadco Construction in Roseburg for several decades, married his childhood sweetheart, Kelly (they met on a school bus in Glide), and raised four kids. Twelve years ago he received a life-changing gift from former Douglas County Commissioner Bill Vian.

Vian gave Wadsworth all his blacksmithing tools — tools he himself had received from Roseburg Forest Products founder Kenneth Ford in 1978. The equipment is worthy of a museum, but Wadsworth has no intention of leaving it to collect dust. “When Bill gave me these tools it really altered the course of my middle age,” he said. Today, Wadsworth builds a wide variety of metal objects, from chandeliers to range hoods to swords. His favorite creation to date is a set of gates patterned to look like dogwood for a design studio belonging to Jennifer Jackson of Sutherlin. It’s the type of creation Wadsworth likes to call house jewelry. The next step in the journey he’s taken came when his son Nathan Wadsworth of Mesa, Arizona, a millennial in his early 30s, suggested his dad put up some videos on YouTube. That seemed like a horrible idea, Wadsworth said. See BLACKSMITH on page 31

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Pop-up concerts soothed impact of festival cancellation By Cody Rheault Correspondent

The cancellation of the annual Sisters Folk Festival dealt yet another economic blow to the community. But with the effort displayed by locals and the generosity of visiting musicians, there was hope. Members of the Sisters Folk Festival board announced in a statement last Wednesday that the smoke was hazardous leading up to the weekend. Air quality conditions — both outside and inside — were predicted to remain at an unhealthy level throughout the weekend as well, forcing them to reach the difficult decision. The safety of attendees and artists were a priority. The news hit the community hard. After weeks of smoke affecting our local economy, many were looking forward to a busy and entertaining weekend. An event many locals describe as their favorite. Musicians from all over the country and Canada were invited as first-timers or encore performers to the folk festival. And at the announcement of the cancellation, many were already in town. Chuck Cannon, a song writer from Nashville and a first-timer at the Sisters Folk Festival, expressed his reaction to the news. “When I heard about the cancellation, it was a real spiritual bummer,” he said.

Chuck is an experienced performing artist with songs written and performed by legends such as Dolly Parton and Toby Keith. His invitation to perform at the festival was something he was looking forward to. “I’ve always wanted to come to the Sisters Folk Festival,” he said, after describing his love for the West and how the Sisters area is his new favorite part of the country. The musical community refused to give up hope, however, at the news of the cancellation. With many performing artists still in town and venues laying vacant, they saw an opportunity where others saw failure. That’s when a group of artists came together and pitched the idea of an impromptu performance. All they needed was a location to do it. By Friday afternoon, The Belfry started receiving calls asking about performance space. Originally scheduled to have all-day events throughout the weekend, The Belfry now laid vacant. With limited time, volunteers and members of the community turned The Belfry into a performance-ready space. Some moved chairs, others hung lights, and The Belfry staff changed their weekend plans to accommodate the last-minute show. “The musician community was instrumental to making the show happen,” said Angeline Rhett, owner of The

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Chuck Cannon performed at The Belfry in a pop-up concert that salvaged a bit of the traditional folk festival experience. the smoke and economy, there was hope after all. “A lot of people focus on the financial impact,”

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TEACHER: Degenerative condition led to blindness

“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” “Little House on the Prairie” and dozens of others. Students can use cameras and CCTVs to magnify a dissecting tray or a white board Continued from page 17 across the room. A multitude Zenger has worked at the of applications designed for IMESD, Superintendent Mark iPads and smartphones round Mulvihill has become a fan. out an ever-increasing list of “When we hired her, we options that didn’t exist when were really excited to have Zenger was a girl preparing such a highly qualified per- for blindness. son who can relate to kids in Paulsen rolls a cart from such a unique way,” Mulvihill class to class, stocked with said. “She is a huge gift to the camera, computer, CCTV, ESD.” iPad and textbooks. Zenger’s arsenal includes As the teenager goes to her everything from white canes next class, Zenger and Jude to the latest in technology. head for the parking lot. “The goal is to make them The two are a team. They as independent as possible,” rarely stray from one another. Zenger said. Zenger’s cell phone message On a recent day, she says, “You’ve reached Sharon worked with Ellen Paulsen, a and Jude.” freshman at Pendleton High In the parking lot, Tod School. The teenager has uve- waits for Sharon in a silver itis, an inflammation of the 2015 GMC Terrain. While middle layer of the eye, and he waits, he spends his time experiences disconcerting sleeping and thinking, runfluctuations in vision. ning errands or going to the The two met up by the car wash as Sharon meets with front office after Paulsen students. Back on the road, the retrieved a white cane from retired electrician drives while her locker. They headed to the his daughter makes calls. school’s front walk where the “She’s mostly on the teenager practiced sweeping phone, taking care of busiwith the cane to detect objects ness,” Tod said. “This is a rolland drop-offs. They walked ing work area.” side by side, Jude guiding They travel miles and Zenger and Paulsen practicing miles together — the odomewith her cane, knowing the ter reads 90,000 miles — in an exercise could help her in the easy camaraderie. Except for future. the fact that she can’t drive, “Potentially, I could go there are few reminders that blind,” Paulsen said. she can’t see. Paulsen said this matter“I forget most of the time,” of-factly, as if she was talking he said. about a minor inconvenience. He remembers the early Zenger smiled. days. Sharon got diagnosed “The kids who do the best, at age three after her parents they have confidence and an noticed she stumbled in dim attitude of ‘It’s just not going light and sometimes wouldn’t to stop me,’” she said. reach for objects. They helped As the teen approaches a her prepare for worsening flight of steps, Zenger asked, vision, but encouraged her to “Do you remember how to do do what she could, even drivstairs?” ing. He remembers when she “Yes,” Paulsen said, with a made the decision to turn in smile. “I got this.” her license. She dangled the cane out “One day, she came home front, letting the tip hit each and handed me her license,” step as she climbed. he recalled. “I said, ‘What’s The cane is one of the most this?’ She said, ‘I just don’t low-tech tools in Paulsen’s feel comfortable anymore.’” arsenal of resources. Under While she doesn’t drive, Zenger’s tutelage, she is mas- it’s obvious Zenger feels tering hardware and software comfortable in life. Part of designed for people who the credit goes to Jude. The are visually impaired. Tools dog takes his job as Zenger’s include closed-captioned tele- eyes seriously. He walks a vision, magnifiers, cameras brisk 3.5 miles-per-hour, she and a myriad programs to scan said, a perfect pace, and likes text and read aloud, enlarge to be on the go, just like her. type and change mouse, back- Occasionally, he disobeys her ground and type on computer in order to shield her from screens to eye-friendly colors dangers such as the oncoming and contrasts. There’s Braille, driver who tried to beat her of course, but now there is through a crosswalk and missomething called “refreshable judged their pace. Jude swung Braille,” a device that converts her around and led her back to text to Braille characters using the curb. round-tipped pins that can be The dog doesn’t pay much raised or lowered into various attention to anyone other than letter combinations. Zenger Zenger. also has a library of tradi“He knows who he’s worktional paper Braille books in ing for,” Zenger said, with a her office: “Charlotte’s Web,” smile, “and that’s me.”

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Letters, spaces, U-Haul trucks, trailers, moving Sleep 2-6, $115-$140 per nt. or Deb at 541-604-0928. boxes & supplies. numbers and punctuation = 1 vrbo.com/442970 or /180950 Moving Sale! FRI. & SAT. character. Any ad copy changes or /337593 • 503-694-5923 CASCADE STORAGE 8:30 to 5 • 4th & Cook, Tumalo will be charged at the first-time (541) 549-1086 • (877) 540-1086 Gorgeous, Private, Custom Furniture, antiques, unique insertion rate of $2 per line. 581 N. Larch – 7-Day Access Lodge-style Home on 10 acres buckboard w/dump bed, buggy Standard abbreviations allowed 5x5 to 12x30 Units Available with spectacular views. seat, peddle cars, sm. display with the approval of The Nugget 5x5 - 8x15 Climate Control Units Sleeps 2 to 12, fenced horse cases, armoire w/stained glass & classified department. NOTE: On-site Management facility, ~5 mi. from Sisters. lighted, adv. signs & much more! Legal notices placed in the Public $425/night, min. 2-night stay. Prime Downtown Space Notice section are charged at the 1 night + $200 cleaning dep. Both Retail and Office 206 Lost & Found display advertising rate. Discounted monthly lease avail! space available. STOLEN BIKE: Boy's Cleary, DEADLINE: MONDAY, noon Please call 541-420-3525 Call Lori at 541-549-7132 blue w/brown saddle. REWARD! preceding WED. publication. Cold Springs Commercial CASCADE Please do the right thing & return PLACEMENT & PAYMENT: VACATION RENTALS Fullhart Insurance / our son's bike! 253-355-0123. Office, 442 E. Main Ave. Phone, Homes for up to 10 people. Summit Solutions Bldg. 541-549-9941 or place online at FOUND: Bracelet on Sunday, $140 and up. Monthly available. 704 W. Hood, Two private www.nuggetnews.com. Payment Sept. 10, downtown Sisters. Call (541) 549-0792 • (877) 540-1086 executive suites, shared bath & is due upon placement. VISA & The Jewel to ID: 541-549-9388. Property management hall. Call Don, 541-549-3172. MasterCard accepted. Billing for second homes. – CAR STORAGE – 301 Vehicles available for continuously run CascadeVacationRentals.net And Other Vehicles! classified ads, after prepayment We Buy, Sell, Consign Quality of first 10 weeks and upon Heated 12x20 units, gated 24-hr. Cars, Trucks, SUVs & RVs ~ 201 For Sale security and onsite car wash. approval of account application. Call Robb at 541-647-8794 or ENTERTAINMENT Center: Call Jack, 541-419-2502 Jeff at 541-815-7397 Storage / Classic Car Garage 2-piece, 6' x 6'4" holds TV, stereo Sisters Car Connection da#3919 CATEGORIES: equip., 2 cupboards for VCR Unique double unit in Sisters 101 Real Estate SistersCarConnection.com tapes + CDs, 2 drawers, top piece available for classic cars, boats, 102 Commercial Rentals (2) TOYOTA Venzas, removable. $100. 541-549-6994. etc. 480 s.f. (24'w by 20'd). 103 Residential Rentals 2011 & 2012, low miles. Also, “Support Sisters” All amenities, secure, 24-hour 104 Vacation Rentals Cadillac Escalade, 2007, black, SHOP LOCAL! access, heated, inside car wash 106 Real Estate Wanted 80K miles, fully loaded car! facilities. Scott, 415-350-6409 107 Rentals Wanted Habitat THRIFT STORE Call Ralph, 541-390-5187 200 Business Opportunities 141 W. Main • 541-549-1740 SNO CAP MINI STORAGE 201 For Sale Open 9 to 5 M-Sat.; 12 to 4 Sun. www.SistersStorage.com 401 Horses 202 Firewood Habitat RESTORE LONG-TERM DISCOUNTS! Black Horse Ranch Tumalo 203 Recreation Equipment 254 W. Adams • 541-549-1621 Secure, Automated Facility Horse Boarding: Indoor/outdoor 204 Arts & Antiques Open 9 to 5 M-Sat. (closed Sun.) with On-site Manager arenas, direct access to 30K acres 205 Garage & Estate Sales Donations are taken at both • • • BLM trails. Beautiful! $495/mo. 206 Lost & Found stores from 10 to 4, Mon.-Sat. 541-549-3575 incl. premium hay. 541-280-5155

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R&B Ranch ~ Horse Boarding Premium facility, $1,000/mo. Indoor & outdoor arena, racetrack. 503-507-8395. – 2017 GRASS HAY – Beautiful, 2nd cutting, quality horse hay. Barn stored. $225/ton COLE RANCH (formerly Patterson Ranch) • 541-213-8959 HORSE CORRAL CHIPS $100/load delivered (~14 yards) Also, PLAYGROUND CHIPS! Bear Mtn. Fire • 541-549-8616 Orchard Grass Hay ~ $205/ton Grandee Farm • Cloverdale Road 541-504-0400 Certified Weed-Free HAY. Orchard Grass or Alfalfa Hay, Sisters. $250 per ton. Call 541-548-4163 ALFALFA, TRITICALE ORCHARD GRASS HAY GRASS BLEND New crop. No rain. Barn stored. 3-tie bales. $160-$210/ton. Hwy. 126 & Cline Falls. 541-280-1895 Central Oregon 5-grass Blend HAY, 1st cutting, close-in to Sisters. $210/ton. 541-788-1226.

403 Pets A CARING ENVIRONMENT for your treasured Best Friends in your home while you're away! Sisters-Tumalo-Petsitting.com 541-306-7551 – DOODLES – 6 chocolate, 6 black, beautiful Doodle puppies. Ready Oct. 9. Vet checked, up-to-date on shots, and dewormed. Parents on site in Sisters. $1,000. 360-749-2879. YOU CAN ASSIST OUR SISTERS-AREA FURRY FRIENDS! Donations to the 501(c)(3) Sisters, Oregon organization, Furry Friends Foundation, Inc., go toward the purchase of pet food, spay & neuter certificates and emergency medical help for pets in our community! FurryFriendsFoundation.org 541-549-9941 BEND SPAY & NEUTER PROJECT Providing Low-Cost Options for altering and wellness! 910 SE Wilson, Ste. A-1 Bend, Oregon 97702 BendSnip.org • 541-617-1010 THREE RIVERS HUMANE SOCIETY – Where Love Finds A Home – Your New Best Friend Awaits! 1694 S.E. McTaggart Road, Madras, Oregon Go to ThreeRiversHS.org or call 541-475-6889

500 Services Graceful Touch Bodyworks ~ Tammy Patterson ~ Facials & Reflexology 170 W. Cascade Avenue, Ste. 5 541-977-4110 MOVING TRUCK FOR HIRE –COMPLETE MOVING, LLC– Sisters' Only Local Moving Co.! Two exp. men with 25+ years comm. moving. Refs! ODOT Lic. Class 1-B • Call 541-678-3332

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C L A S S I F I E D S SMALL Engine REPAIR Lawn Mowers, Chainsaws & Trimmers Sisters Rental 506 North Pine Street 541-549-9631 Authorized service center for Stihl, Briggs & Stratton, Honda, Tecumseh ELEMENTS HAIR STUDIO ~ Holistic Hair Care ~ Sheila Jones, 503-949-0551 120 S. Elm Street BOOKKEEPING SERVICE ~ Olivia Spencer ~ Expert Local Bookkeeping! Phone: (541) 241-4907 www.spencerbookkeeping.com SCC PROFESSIONAL AUTO DETAILING Premium services by appt. Sisters Car Connection 102 W. Barclay Drive 541-647-8794 • Ask for Robb WEDDINGS • CATERING ~ Willow Camp Catering ~ Call Wendy, 541-923-8675 • DERI’s HAIR SALON • Call 541-419-1279 Happy Trails Estate Sales! Selling or Downsizing? Locally owned & operated by... Daiya 541-480-2806 Sharie 541-771-1150 GEORGE’S SEPTIC TANK SERVICE “A Well Maintained Septic System Protects the Environment” 541-549-2871

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504 Handyman John M. Keady Construction Home Maintenance & Repairs, Decks, Fences, Small Remodels & Upgrades. No job too small! CCB #204632 • 541-480-2731 THREE PEAKS BUILDERS Home Maintenance, Repairs & Improvements, large & small. CCB #171646 • 541-556-4299 Carl Perry Construction LLC Home Restoration • Repair Kitchen & Bath Remodeling CCB #201709 • 541-419-3991 LAREDO CONSTRUCTION 541-549-1575 Maintenance / Repairs Insurance Work / Snow Removal CCB #194489 FRANCOIS' WORKSHOP Int./Ext. Carpentry & Repairs – Custom Woodworking – Painting, Decks, Fences & Outbuildings • CCB #154477 541-815-0624 or 541-549-0605 Home Customizations, LLC Res. & Commercial Remodeling, Bldg. Maintenance & Painting Chris Patrick, Owner cpatdaltx@msn.com CCB #191760 • 541-588-0083

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CUSTOM CABINETS 603 Excavation & Trucking Design, Build, Install CASCADE BOBCAT – Bison Construction – SERVICE CCB #209860 • 541-390-0769 Compact • Capable FREESTYLE HOMES, INC. Creative • Convenient Professional Building, Driveways, push-outs, backfills, Remodeling & Home Repair arena de-rocking, landscape prep, CCB #165072 • 541-549-0230 trenching, post holes and more! DECKS Lic. & Bonded – CCB #121344 Trex – Timbertech – Hardwoods 601 Construction Mike Scherrer • 541-420-4072 Steel Framing Experts Swiss Mountain Log Homes ROBINSON & OWEN 541-728-3830 Hand-crafted Log Homes & Heavy Construction, Inc. www.5elmsConstruction.com Design Services • Roof Systems All your excavation needs CASCADE GARAGE DOORS & Porches • Railings/Staircases • *General excavation Sales • Service • Installation Log Accents & Fireplace Mantels *Site Preparation Res. / Comm. / Custom Wood • Remodels & Log Restoration, *Sub-Divisions CCB #44054 • 541-548-2215 Log Staining & Refinishing • *Road Building Sawmill & Boom Truck Services CENIGA'S MASONRY, INC. *Sewer and Water Systems Brick • Block • Stone • Pavers – CCB #162818 – *Underground Utilities CCB #181448 – 541-350-6068 Phil Rerat, 541-420-3572 *Grading *Snow Removal www.CenigasMasonry.com www.SwissMtLogHomes.com *Sand-Gravel-Rock BWPierce General Contracting Licensed • Bonded • Insured SPURGE COCHRAN Residential Construction Projects CCB #124327 BUILDER, INC. Becke William Pierce (541) 549-1848 General Contractor CCB#190689 • 541-647-0384 TEWALT & SONS INC. Building Distinctive, beckewpcontracting@gmail.com Handcrafted Custom Homes, Excavation Contractors What can I create for you? Additions, Remodels Since ’74 Sisters’ Oldest Excavation Co. Look at my website: A “Hands-On” Builder Our experience will make your builderofspecialspaces.com $ go further – Take advantage Keeping Your Project on Time And see what dreams of our FREE on-site visit! & On Budget • CCB #96016 we can collaborate on! To speak to Spurge personally, Hard Rock Removal • Rock – Scott Stoery – call 541-815-0523 Hammering • Hauling Builder of Special Spaces, LLC Trucking • Top Soil • Fill Dirt LAREDO CONSTRUCTION 541-280-6692 • CCB #209842 Ground-to-finish Site Prep 541-549-1575 Building Demolition • Ponds & JOHN PIERCE For ALL Your Residential Liners • Creative & Decorative General Contracting LLC Construction Needs Rock Placement • Clearing, Residential Building Projects CCB #194489 Leveling & Grading Driveways Serving Sisters Since 1976 www.laredoconstruction.com Utilities: Sewer Mains, Laterals Strictly Quality SIMON CONSTRUCTION Water, Power, TV & Phone CCB #16891 • CCB #159020 SERVICES Septic System EXPERTS: 541-549-9764 Design / Build / Fine Carpentry Complete Design & Permit THE NUGGET Residential / Commercial Approval, Feasibility, Test Holes. www.NuggetNews.com CCB #184335 • 541-948-2620 Sand, Pressurized & Standard bsimon@bendbroadband.com Systems. Repairs, Tank 602 Plumbing & Electric EARTHWOOD Replacement. CCB #76888 MONTE'S ELECTRIC TIMBER FRAME HOMES Cellular: 419-2672 or 419-5172 • service • residential Large inventory of dry, stable, • 541-549-1472 • • commercial • industrial gorgeous, recycled old-growth TewaltAndSonsExcavation.com Serving all of Central Oregon Douglas fir and pine for mantles, BANR Enterprises, LLC 541-719-1316 stair systems, furniture and Earthwork, Utilities, Grading, lic. bond. insured, CCB #196384 structural beams. Timber frame Hardscape, Rock Walls design and construction services R&R Plumbing, LLC Residential & Commercial since 1990 – CCB#174977 > Repair & Service CCB #165122 • 541-549-6977 549-0924 • earthwoodhomes.com > Hot Water Heaters www.BANR.net > Remodels & New Const. JERRY WILLIS DRYWALL Servicing Central Oregon & VENETIAN PLASTER 604 Heating & Cooling All Residential, Commercial Jobs Lic. Bond. Ins. • CCB #184660 ACTION AIR 541-771-7000 541-480-7179 • CCB #69557 Heating & Cooling, LLC SWEENEY JOHN NITCHER Retrofit • New Const • Remodel PLUMBING, INC. CONSTRUCTION Consulting, Service & Installs “Quality and Reliability” General Contractor actionairheatingandcooling.com Repairs • Remodeling Home repair, remodeling and CCB #195556 • New Construction additions. CCB #101744 541-549-6464 • Water Heaters 541-549-2206 THE NUGGET 541-549-4349 FREE EXCAVATION NEWSPAPER Residential and Commercial on additions & garages. Sisters Oregon Licensed • Bonded • Insured Terms & conditions apply. www.nuggetnews.com CCB #87587 McCARTHY & SONS

TIMBER STAND IMPROVEMENT LLC All-phase Tree Care Specialist SISTERS SATELLITE Technical Removals, Pruning, TV • PHONE • INTERNET Stump Grinding, Planting & Your authorized local dealer for Consultations • Nate Goodwin DirecTV, Exede HS Internet ISA-Cert. Arborist PN-7987A and more! CCB # 191099 CCB #190496 • 541-771-4825 541-318-7000 • 541-306-0729 online at www.tsi.services Gary Miller IT Services Free Forestry Thinning & A Trusted Onsite Business & Management • US #18526 Personal Computer Specialist ~ 50 acres and larger ~ for the Sisters Community Call BMF, 541-420-3254 – 541-771-9929 – BEAR MOUNTAIN FIRE 502 Carpet & Upholstery TREE SERVICE Cleaning Serving Black Butte Ranch, Camp Sherman & Sisters M & J CARPET CLEANING Forestry - Fire - Fuels Reduction • 541-549-9090 • Specializing in.... CORE CARPET CLEANING High-Risk Removals, Tree – Carpet & Upholstery – Trimming, Storm Damage Insured, Bonded • 541-588-6232 & Stump Grinding New Customer Discount! – DEFENSIBLE SPACE – whatslivinginyourcarpets.com Lot Cleanups, Debris Chipping & GORDON’S Hauling, Free Fire Assessments. LAST TOUCH – FOREST MANAGEMENT – Cleaning Specialists for Consulting & Resource Planning, MARSHALL ELECTRIC INC. CONSTRUCTION CARPETS, WINDOWS Grant Writing, Forestry Quality Electrical Wiring New Construction, Remodels & UPHOLSTERY Thinning, Fuels Reduction, New Construction • Remodels 541-420-0487 • CCB #130561 Member Better Business Bureau Logging Projects (lg. & small), Service Calls • 541-419-9473 SMELTZER • Bonded & Insured • Mowing, Prescribed Burning, CCB #181111 / CCB #152389 GENERAL CONTRACTING Serving Central Oregon Pasture/Field Burning. CURTS ELECTRIC LLC Quality • Performance • Value Since 1980 Free Estimates Gladly! – SISTERS, OREGON – Over 30 years Experience Call 541-549-3008 SERVING THE SISTERS Quality Electrical Installations New Homes, Remodels, Repairs Northwest Carpet Cleaning AREA SINCE 1997 Agricultural • Commercial Mark Smeltzer CCB #190468 Great rates, serving all of Sisters! Lic., Bonded, Ins. Residential • Industrial 541-588-6092 studio69217.com Lic., Bonded, Ins. 541-390-0569 Bear Mountain Fire LLC Irrigation pumps, motor control, Carl Perry Construction LLC peterson.carpets@gmail.com DAVE VITELLE barns & shops, plan reviews Home Restoration • Repair 541-549-8616 • CCB #163462 Circuit Rider Carpet Cleaning CCB #178543 Kitchen & Bath Remodeling * Check the current status “A Labor of Love” with 541-480-1404 CCB #201709 • 541-419-3991 of your contractor 35 years exp.! 541-549-6471

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at lighty or easily, but it was the right decision to make. The forecast for improved air quality over the weekend itself had to have made the decision even tougher. However, a forecast is just that... a forecast, not a known. Even bigger than that is set-up. A lot of people may not realize how extremely complex and labor-intensive the festival infrastructure is. It starts actively on Wednesday afternoon, and continues all day Thursday and Friday, with hundreds and hundreds of man-hours required for the festival to come off “seamlessly” every year. Those were the days of our absolute worst air quality, so there was no question that it just wasn’t possible. It was a sad, sad weekend for our whole community. What can we do to help at this point? Patronize all the local restaurants and businesses as much and as often as possible! We all need each other. Sage and Lynne Dorsey

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To the Editor: Are you going to investigate why the Forest Service waited several days to tackle the Milli Fire? It was a small blaze and could have been put out easily. Now the folk festival is cancelled, school is out, and local businesses are suffering. Darin Burgstahler

To the Editor: We would like to express our heartfelt thanks to the Sisters Folk Festival Board of Directors, its working directors, and employees for their handling of a truly rotten situation. Many days of angst and deliberation preceded the ultimate decision to cancel the festival. We’re positive that it wasn’t arrived

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Chaisson describes their music as “upbeat, Celtic folk; we don’t really play traditional music, but we have elements of it, we write all our own stuff and we just do what we do,” said Chaisson. The band has been touring consistently since Sisters Folk Festival last year. They’ve been all over the world, from the UK, to Spain to Australia. “We discover new things and new places every time we go to a new place — we try to experience as much as we can,” said Chaisson. They are in the process of releasing their latest album, “What We Leave Behind,” which is out September 29. They have released two singles, “Tanglewood” and “82 Fires.” They have included 82 Fires in their set for about a year. As Chaisson noted on their website: “While in Penguin, Tasmania we spoke with an older gentleman, a lifelong resident, who said that there were 82 wildfires currently on the loose in Tasmania, the most in over half a century. It hit home the

severity of what we were all experiencing. It was a restless few days for us. Small human decisions about where to live or whether or not the show would go on didn’t matter. Mother Nature would always have the final say. Being in the middle of that brings an immediacy about it, you can feel powerless.” 82 Fires is a relevant song to Sisters’ summer and the status of the number of fires burning across the state. “The song is eerily relevant to what is going on here and the question of the show going on or not,” said Chaisson. “Many of the oldgrowth forests burned down (in Tasmania), and they have six to seven years’ worth of fires in one summer.” “Tanglewood” is one they have never performed live. Jake Charron and Koady Chaisson wrote the song. “We start it as a slow ease into our progressed sound on this album, and then we speed it up in the same key, and then had a key change. We wanted to give audiences a glimpse of what this record would sound like because it is loads different than our previous Secret Victory,” said Chaisson. “We added a lot of new and different sounds, we have Jake Charron playing the keys for us, and we

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have more songs that we recorded and are excited to start playing.” The East Pointers will be on the road for many more months after their album release. They will be going to the UK, Australia, New Zealand, India and back to Canada and the U.S. in 2018.

We hope to return to Sisters soon and play for the festival again when it actually happens... — Tim Chaisson “We hope to return to Sisters soon and play for the festival again when it actually happens, and we were honored to be chosen to come back,” said Chaisson. They did manage to play a set in a pop-up concert at The Belfry over the weekend, living up to their dance-band reputation. “What We Leave Behind” will be available on their website, http://eastpointers. ca/.

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board monitored the situation for days, consulting with meteorologists, fire managers and health professionals. Wednesday was the absolute last day the festival could make the call and still get all the work done necessary to produce the festival. “We had to put our volunteers out on Wednesday afternoon if we were going to put it on — and we couldn’t do it,” he said. Air quality on Wednesday was hazardous. Advice from health professionals was that the festival would be putting volunteers and paid work-staff into a potentially unhealthful condition if they were to exert themselves in the dense smoke. Schools sent students home due to poor air quality in the schools, which also impacted the festival. Plans had been drawn up to move some venues indoors to the schools, but the board couldn’t be assured of good air quality even there. “We had a plan A, B, and C, and none of it worked,” Bott said. The annual Americana Song Academy, held at Caldera at Blue Lake the week running up to the festival, was cut short by smoky conditions. Air quality was extremely bad on Thursday, too, forcing cancellation of the prefestival gathering of sponsors and Folk Art Circle members. And then it rained. It is a bittersweet irony for event organizers that air quality, which was still unhealthful Friday morning, improved steadily

through the weekend to the best it has been in weeks. The improvement — welcomed by all — came just a couple of days too late to salvage the festival. While the cancellation was heartbreaking for staff, volunteers, artists and patrons, people did what they could to make the best of the situation. Singer-songwriter Martha Scanlan, who had taught at the song academy, organized artists who were in town for the song camp or who had arrived early for the festival, and popup concerts were held Friday and Saturday night at The Belfry. Owner Angeline Rhett opened the concert hall to the public for free, and patrons donated at the door to provide some pay for the artists. On Sunday, local musicians joined community members at the Village Green for a spontaneous community gathering. All of those spontaneous efforts to salvage some of the spirit of the annual festival seemed to lift peoples’ spirits — as did the sight of blue skies and the Sisters mountain skyline, obscured for weeks in a smog of wildfire smoke. SFF Managing Director Ann Richardson said that a large number of both patrons and volunteers expressed appreciation for the decision to cancel in the interest of people’s health. She said the response from the public has been overwhelmingly supportive. She noted that many people have contacted the festival to explicitly state that they are donating the price of their 2017 ticket to the festival. Richardson noted that any unused ticket value is a tax-deductible donation to a nonprofit 501(c)(3). She said the festival will develop a

mechanism to generate a tax receipt for anyone donating the value of the ticket. Staff and board are still assessing the financial obligations of the festival for 2017 and expect to let ticketholders know what the festival plans to do in regard to any potential compensation in a couple of weeks. “Until we fully assess our financial situation, we can’t know what we can do for our ticket-holders,” Richardson said. The financial impact of the cancellation does not affect the event alone. “Proceeds from the festival support our music and education programs in the schools,” Bott said. “It’s our number-one fundraiser… In a few weeks, we’ll know what we’re able to do and how it is going to affect our programs.” The festival does not carry event cancellation insurance. Bott explained that premiums for such insurance are extremely expensive — and coverage is limited. In fact, cancellation insurance would not have covered the festival this year, because the board decided to cancel the event. “You can’t make your own call on your event (and be

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Singer-songwriter Martha Scanlan was instrumental in organizing a popup concert featuring several festival musicians at The Belfry on Friday. covered),” he explained. “It has to be an external agency to shut down the event, and that wasn’t going to happen here.” Despite the tribulations of

the past week, festival organizers take heart from the show of support among artists, patrons and community alike, and they vow to return in 2018.

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12234 SW TRACT I Rustic forest cabin along the banks of the wild and scenic Metolius River located just downstream of the village of Camp Sherman. Open greatroom with wood vaulted ceilings, knotty pine paneling, river-rock hearth and woodstove. 1 bedroom PINE MEADOW VILLAGE BEAUTY! down with an upstairs sleeping loft. Beautiful setting and river views. Hike, fish, bike, cross- Exciting architectural design on prominent country ski out your door. Year-round recreational corner location directs your attention to this opportunities. U.S. Forest Service special-use wonderful home in Pine Meadow Village. Cool, lush courtyards, patios & covered porches permit cabin. $325,000. MLS#201609632 provide a very special feel. Bright, sun-filled modern kitchen & great room w/tall, grand ceilings & fireplace. Floor plan affords 2 luxurious master suites. Spacious detached garage features 2nd level guest suite w/great room, fireplace & bathroom. Convenient to swim/spa clubhouse, pathways along water features, tennis & downtown. $544,000. MLS #201706742 190 E. PARK PLACE Affordable living for a chance to live in Sisters, OR, or a great investment opportunity. 2-story townhouse with new carpet and interior paint. Master bedroom on main level with 2 bedrooms and family room upstairs. Lots of windows for natural light and covered balcony with cool breezes and mountain view. Live close to everything Sisters has to offer.$229,000 MLS#201708321

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LUCKY YOU! Lucky you to live on Lucky Lady in Tollgate. This 3-bedroom, 2-bath home on 1/2 acre in quiet culde-sac borders USFS & large common area for added privacy. The 1,400 sq. ft. house has been well cared for, including brand-new face-lift of the master suite. This remodel includes: a new tiled walk-in shower, flooring, new countertops, toilet, fresh paint & new windows. The vaulted living room, warmed by a propane stove, looks out across a landscaped front lawn & ponderosa pines. Efficient kitchen with solid-door cabinets & large pantry. Spacious back deck for your BBQ and wildlife viewing. Homeowners enjoy tennis courts, recreation hall, grassy park & a summer pool. $347,000. MLS #201707640 MAJESTIC, CAPTIVATING VIEWS! Build your dream home on this .16-acre Pine Meadow Village homesite with mountain views in beautiful Sisters, Oregon. Conveniently located across from the community park and tennis courts, near other PMV amenities including pool, clubhouse, water features and trails. All within close proximity of restaurants, shops and services.$190,000. MLS#201705472

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