The Nugget Newspaper // Vol. XLII No. 34 // 2019-08-21

The Nugget Vol. XLII No. 34

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News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon

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City to enforce camping regulations during festival

Wednesday, August 21, 2019

City council awards community grants

Sign of the season...

By Sue Stafford Correspondent

By Sue Stafford Correspondent

In a change to enforcement of longstanding City regulations regarding overnight camping on city streets in the downtown area, patrons of the Sisters Folk Festival (and other events), who were used to parking their campers and RVs on city streets for the weekend, will no longer be allowed to do that — and run the risk of being ticketed if they do.

Although longstanding City policies have prohibited overnight camping on

PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK

Autumn is in sight. The Outlaws football camp got underway last week, as young athletes prepare for another season under the Friday night lights.

See CAMPING on page 21

Correspondent

The City of Sisters planning department is currently conducting a site-plan review for a new 9,100-square-foot retail sales establishment to be located on the south side of McKinney Butte Road directly adjacent to Bi-Mart and The Pines residential community.

The store to be built has been identified as Dollar General, a national corporation that has over 15,000 stores in small to mid-size communities in 44 states. In Central Oregon they have stores in La Pine and Culver with a number on the west side of the Cascades in towns like Cave Junction, Winston, and Roseburg.

The property is owned by

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City Council voted to award 24 community grants for a total of $21,447 for FY 2019-20 to provide assistance to non-profits and for-profit entities and organizations that serve the Sisters community.

Requests for grants from 27 organizations totaled close to $48,000. As part of the selection process, each councilor individually makes their selection from the grant requests of organizations to support and the amount of that support. Any group not chosen by at least three of the five councilors is automatically eliminated from See GRANTS on page 25

Dollar General store planned for Sisters

By Sue Stafford

PRE-SORTED STANDARD ECRWSS U.S. POSTAGE PAID Sisters, OR Permit No. 15

Threewind Partners, LLC, with Helmut Junge of Eugene listed as the principal. Acting as the agent on behalf of Threewind, for the purpose of preparing and processing the necessary permitting documents relative to the property, is SimonCRE SDL III, LLC of Scottsdale, Arizona. Peter Krahenbuhl is their vice president of development. The architects for the project are CASCO + R/5 in St. Louis, Missouri.

The subject property is located in the Highway Commercial zone, which allows for retail establishments, restaurants, some franchises like McDonald’s and Dairy Queen (which are not allowed in the Downtown Commercial zone), motels, See STORE on page 14

Wild West Show shoots it up in Sisters

By Jodi Schneider Correspondent

Last weekend, Oak Street was transformed back into the wild and woolly past of the American Wild West for the 7th annual Sisters Wild West Show.

When the country was wild and young, anything could happen, and people often took justice into their own hands. The outlaws of the Old West packed their six-shooters and rifles to rob banks, stagecoaches, and trains.

Mick Howard, a.k.a.

Mojave Mick, a Deschutes Desperados re-enactment player, served as the local sheriff ready to incarcerate the worst of them.

Howard’s been in reenactment for nine years, writes most of the skits for the troupe, and has been with the Cowboy Action Shooting Club for over 20 years.

PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK

Cowboys, cowgirls, outlaws and fancy ladies made Oak Street in Sisters wild last weekend.

“We started as re-enactment players when (show promoter) Richard Esterman invited us to try it out for The Wild West Show,” he said.

James Hawkins, a.k.a.

Tetherow Tex LaRue, is one of the original re-enactment players and loves the humor that’s added to each script.

This year new re-enactors joined in on the fun, including a few Sisters locals.

Sisters resident Tom Barrier and his family of five, Taylor, 14; Lyric, 10; Rhythm, 8; Titon, 6; and Harmony, 5, all participated in skits.

See WILD WEST on page 23

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By Cory Misley City Manager, City of Sisters

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Letters to the Editor…

The Nugget welcomes contributions from its readers, which must include the writer’s name, address and phone number. Letters to the Editor is an open forum for the community and contains unsolicited opinions not necessarily shared by the Editor.

The Nugget reserves the right to edit, omit, respond or ask for a response to letters submitted to the Editor. Letters should be no longer than 300 words. Unpublished items are not acknowledged or returned. The deadline for all letters is noon Monday.

To the Editor: Re: “Don’t give a pass to false narratives,” The Nugget editorial by Jim Cornelius, August 14, page 2.

That’s right, Jim, facts matter. It is not at all clear from the facts in the shooting of Michael Brown by Officer Wilson in Ferguson five years ago, whether or not a murder occurred.

Legally, two elements must be present to constitute a murder. First there must be an actus reus — a physical act that harms another person — and a mens rea — a guilty mind or criminal intent to commit a crime. The facts in this instance confirm there was a physical act that harmed someone.

It is not as clear as to whether or not Officer Wilson had criminal intent where he shot unarmed black man Michael Brown in the head. One might infer that from the circumstances of the shooting, but it is not known if

Officer Wilson had a guilty mind at the time of the incident.

So, politicians Harris and Warren don’t know if a murder occurred. They are just speculating as are you when you suggest a murder did not occur. Speculation is something in which politicians and newsmen ought not to engage.

The findings of the investigation into the killing were based upon the fact the investigators were unwilling to speculate as to the intent of Officer Wilson.

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To the Editor: My closest and dearest friend often sends me cut-outs of articles from The Nugget. I’m a See LETTERS on page 31

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Although Sisters is a safe community, there is always room for improvement. In the 2016 survey conducted by the Deschutes County District Attorney’s Office, “Community Attitudes About Public Safety in Deschutes County,” Sisters — across the board — reported the lowest level of concerns on public safety topics compared to other communities. However, the focus of the City Council and staff is continuous improvement of the quality of life here in Sisters, especially as we grow and change.

We should acknowledge that, overall, we live in a safe place. Since 1998 we have had Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO) as our contractual law enforcement partner, with backup help from the Oregon State Police and Black Butte Ranch Police, and our attentive community to thank for that safety. We are also aware that some current public-safety issues need attention, and actions are being taken to lessen those issues.

Our actions are being determined through a sensible, evidence-based policymaking process.

As many of you remember, in 1998, the population sign read 911. Since then, the city has tripled in size to 2,725. It goes without saying, there has been a lot of growth and change in Sisters and Deschutes County. The contract terms between the City and the DCSO have not changed much since 1998.

The contracted cost has doubled with inflation, while the number of weekly patrol hours within the city (120) remains the same. The City is doing significant due diligence regarding future law enforcement services, well ahead of the current contract ending June 30, 2020.

In February 2019, the City Council established its goals for this current fiscal year, and a top priority was public safety, specifically evaluating the City’s law enforcement options.

We take this seriously. Law enforcement (and the public safety it fosters) is essential to our community and a significant component of our budget — this fiscal year the

City is spending $611,849 (over half of the property tax revenue within the city) on service from the DCSO. There are effectively two options: Contract with a law enforcement agency or reinstate our own police department. The former requires looking at possible contractual partners and negotiating acceptable terms in that contract. The latter requires a comprehensive analysis of the associated expenses and infrastructure and timing (for a primer, among his opinions, read Craig Rullman’s column “Community Policing” published in The Nugget on August 28, 2018) and potential long-term, sustainable funding options.

Community policing is predicated on relationships. Sisters is still a small city, somewhat like a small neighborhood in a larger city. We should know the individuals that serve us in a law enforcement capacity on a daily basis — that means full-time staff who work only here. The School Resource Deputy at Sisters High School, who builds relationships with School District employees, students, and parents can leverage that to bolster public safety throughout the entire community. It would make a significant impact if that approach were applied to the City’s contracted law enforcement service.

In that 2016 survey, Sisters ranked traffic safety as their top threat (illegal drugs second) while every other community had that flipped. We know traffic is an issue and we are working on that through a multifaceted approach — there is no silver bullet. We will continue to explore our law enforcement options over the next handful of months.

To learn more about your perspective of public safety in our community, we will distribute a public safety survey to utility accounts within the city. If you live outside the city, you can share your opinion by contacting me at cmisley@ ci.sisters.or.us. Your input is very valuable to us.

We are being thoughtful about considering publicsafety options in the community’s best interest as we look to the future of law enforcement in the city.

Opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the writer and are not necessarily shared by the Editor or The Nugget Newspaper.

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Furry Friends needs donation facility When the Sisters community drops off redeemable bottles and cans on the side porch at The Nugget, they are incrementally contributing to the health, well-being, and happiness of many Sisters families. Furry Friends Foundation (FFF) helps families in need keep their beloved pets in their home by providing pet food, supporting emergency veterinary services, and sponsoring spay and neuter services.

The redeemables collection brings in about $8,000 a year.

“It’s our biggest funding source,” said FFF founder and director, Kiki Dolson.

All of those cans and bottles require sorting — according to Dolson, about 22,000 per quarter — which are picked up by Oregon Beverage Recycling.

The person who has picked up, sorted, and stored the materials for pick-up for the past seven years is stepping away from the task — and FFF needs a new place to do the work.

See FURRY FRIENDS on page 29

Stone sculptors make rock solid art, friendships in spite of the “Do Not Touch” signs. The sculptures, both real and abstract, were displayed atop rough wood pedestals; and as the morning sun rose higher in the sky, each reflected or refracted light in different directions.

Such is the beauty of carved and polished stone.

Symposium Director Doug Wiltshire said that at any given time during the week, between 50 and 60 sculptors worked on their art, sponsored by the Northwest Stone Sculptors Association

By Helen Schmidling Correspondent

Turning a stone into a work of art is hard work. It’s dirty.

It’s noisy. It can be toxic. And it’s addicting. Ask any one of the artists participating in the International Stone Carving Symposium this week at Suttle Lake Camp. The camp wrapped up with a big outdoor show of stone sculptures on Saturday.

Dozens of people roamed the site, running their hands over finished work, and barely resisting the temptation to touch sculptures-in-progress,

See SCULPTORS on page 24

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Ron Artis II is returning to the Sisters Folk Festival next month.

Fan favorite to play, teach at festival

By Ceili Cornelius Correspondent

Ron Artis II & The Truth are the encore artists for the Sisters Folk Festival this year.

After their rousing success at last year’s festival, the band will be back performing their soulful blues-rock at multiple venues in town.

Artis, who recently moved himself, his wife and three daughters to Portland, is looking forward to playing the festival again this year.

They moved to Portland due to the fact that his touring has taken off in the past months, and it was easier to be closer to things, versus their home in Hawaii.

Artis, who grew up playing music, loved the range of

talent on stage at the Sisters Folk Festival.

“One of my favorite parts of playing the festival was recognizing the educated ears of listeners there, and the festival is very specially curated and organized and I felt honored to be there,” said Artis.

Artis is not only returning to play, but will be one of the instructors at the Americana Song Academy at Caldera the week leading up to the festival. It is his first time teaching at the camp.

“I am really looking forward to not only teaching my own classes, but sitting in on a few of the others taught by fellow artists,” he said.

Artis will be teaching three days of classes, each with its own theme. The first

day’s goal for his students is to find out who they are musically and what is their own sound and story, and take that journey.

“That part of it — finding who you are as an artist — is equally as hard as the craft itself,” he said.

The second day will be about finding your groove and feel as a performer.

“I will teach ways of finding a rhythm and focus on an emphasis on listening,” he said.

The third day will be even more of a focus on learning how to listen to your bandmates and fellow musicians and really highlight the importance of collaboration.

See RON ARTIS II on page 29

SISTERS AREA MEETING CALENDAR BOARDS, GROUPS, CLUBS Al-Anon Mon., noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Wed., 6 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration.

541-549-8737 or 541-549-1527.

Alcoholics Anonymous Thurs. & Sun., 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration / Sat., 8 a.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration / Mon., 5 p.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Big Book study, Tues., noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Gentlemen’s meeting, Wed., 7 a.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Sober Sisters Women’s meeting, Thurs., noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Step & Tradition meeting, Fri., noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church. 541-548-0440.

Alzheimer’s & Dementia Caregiver Support Group 1st Tuesday, noon, Sisters City Hall. 800-272-3900.

Black Butte Ranch Bridge Club Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m., BBR community room. Partner required. 541-595-6236.

Central Oregon Fly Tyers Guild For Saturday meeting dates and location, email: steelefly@msn.com.

Central OR Spinners and Weavers Guild One Saturday per month, Jan. thru Oct. For schedule: 541-639-3217.

Council on Aging of Central Oregon Senior Lunch Tuesdays, noon, Sisters Community Church. 541-480-1843.

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

Sisters Area Woodworkers 1st Tuesday, 7 to 9 p.m. 541-639-6216.

Sisters Astronomy Club 3rd Tuesday, 7 p.m., SPRD. 541-549-8846.

Friends of the Sisters Library Board of Directors 2nd Tuesday, 9 to 11 a.m., Sisters Bridge Club Thursdays, Sisters Library.www.sistersfol.com.

12:30 p.m., The Pines Clubhouse.

Novices welcomed. 541-549-9419.

Go Fish Fishing Group 3rd Monday, 7 p.m. Sisters Community Church. All Sisters Caregiver Support Group ages welcome. 541-771-2211.

3rd Tues., 10:30 a.m., The Lodge in Sisters. 541-771-3258.

Heartwarmers (fleece blanketmakers) 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City Hall. Materials provided. 541-408-8505. Sisters Cribbage Club Wednesdays, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Ray’s Food Place Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday, 1 to community room. 541-923-1632.

4 p.m. 541-549-1028 or 541-719-1230.

Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board Military Parents of Sisters Meetings of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m. are held quarterly; please call for details. Location information: 541-549-1193.

541-388-9013.

Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 to Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters 8:30 a.m., Brand 33 Restaurant at Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m., Aspen Lakes. 541-410-2870.

Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-549-6469.

Sisters Parent Teacher Community SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings 2nd Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. at Sisters & Enrichment) Monday-Friday, 11 a.m. Saloon. 541-480-5994. to 4 p.m. at Sisters Park & Recreation Sisters Parkinson’s Support Group District. 541-549-2091.

2nd Tuesday, 2 p.m., The Lodge.

Sisters Family Aglow Lighthouse 541-668-6599.

4th Saturday, 10 a.m., Ponderosa Lodge Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday.

Meeting Room. 503-930-6158.

Location information: 541-279-1977.

Sisters Area Photography Club 2nd Wednesday, 4 p.m., Sisters Library Sisters Rotary Tuesdays, noon, Aspen Lakes Lodge. 541-760-5645. community room. 541-549-6157.

Sisters Trails Alliance Board 1st Wednesday, 5 p.m. Sisters Library.

Public welcome. 541-719-8822.

Sisters Veterans Thursdays, noon, Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-903-1123.

Three Sisters Irrigation District Board of Directors 1st Tuesday, 4 p.m., TSID Office. 541-549-8815.

Three Sisters Lions Club 1st Thursday, noon, Ray’s Food Place community room. 541-419-1279.

VFW Post 8138 and American Legion Post 86 1st Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Sisters City Hall. 541-903-1123.

Weight Watchers Thursdays, 8:30 a.m. weigh-in, Sisters Community Church. 541-602-2654.

SCHOOLS Black Butte School Board of Directors 2nd Tuesday, 5 p.m., Black Butte School. 541-595-6203.

Sisters Christian Academy Board of Directors 2nd Thursday, 8 a.m., RE/MAX office. 541-549-4133.

Sisters School District Board of Directors One Wed. monthly, SSD Admin Bldg. See schedule online at www.ssd6.org. 541-549-8521 x5002.

Sisters Middle School Parent Collaboration Team 1st Tuesday, 2 p.m., SMS. 541-610-9513.

CITY & PARKS Sisters City Council 2nd & 4th Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Sisters City Hall.

541-549-6022.

Sisters Park & Recreation District Board of Directors 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m., SPRD bldg. 541-549-2091.

Sisters Planning Commission 3rd Thursday, 5:30 p.m., Sisters City Hall. 541-549-6022.

FIRE & POLICE Black Butte Ranch Police Dept.

Board of Directors Meets monthly.

541-595-2191 for time & date.

Black Butte Ranch RFPD Board of Directors 4th Thursday, 9 a.m., Black Butte Ranch Fire Station. 541-595-2288.

Cloverdale RFPD Board of Directors 3rd Wed., 7 p.m., 67433 Cloverdale Rd. 541-548-4815. cloverdalefire.com.

Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD Board of Directors 3rd Tuesday, 5 p.m., Sisters Fire Hall, 541-549-0771.

Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD Drills Tuesdays, 7 p.m., Sisters Fire Hall, 301 S. Elm St. 541-549-0771.

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

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Solo flight carries on tradition

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The Sisters Saloon and Ranch Grill outdoor patio will host Sean Watkins (of Nickel Creek) & The Bee Eaters on Friday, August 23. Doors open at 6 p.m., show starts at 7 p.m. The show is open to all ages. The show also features special guests Coyote Willow.

Tickets are $15 in advance at www.bendticket.com and will be $20 at the door, if available.

Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Sean Watkins has long been known for his work as onethird of the Grammy Awardwinning Nickel Creek and, more recently, for helming, with sister Sara, the itinerant, genre-hopping Watkins Family Hour ensemble.

In the last year he has more assertively — and impressively – taken on the role of solo artist. “What To Fear” is a follow-up to 2014’s acclaimed “All I Do Is Lie,” which had been Watkins’ first solo effort in nearly a decade, 10 years that had been jammed with collaborative projects and a herculean amount of touring.

On his own, Watkins

displays tremendous warmth and soulfulness as a singer, a refreshing candor and humor as a lyricist, and prodigious skill as an arranger. And he doesn’t merely stick with the familiar: On “What To Fear,” he bolsters an acoustic lineup with a rock rhythm section, bringing drama and drive to these new tracks while keeping intact the emotional intimacy of all the stories he is telling.

Sisters Saloon is located at 190 E. Cascade Ave. in Sisters.

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Acclaimed musician to play Sisters Saloon

10% of sales donated to Breast Cancer Casting For Recovery

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Sean Watkins & the Bee Eaters will play on the patio at Sisters Saloon on Friday, August 23.

On his 16th birthday, Ryan Ilmberger carried out an unusual family tradition: He soloed in an airplane.

Like his father on his 16th birthday, Ilmberger flew an airplane by himself before he could drive a car by himself.

Two years ago, the Ilmberger family was living in the San Francisco Bay Area when they learned about the Flight Science program at Sisters High School (SHS). After visiting Sisters, and learning about the unique collaboration with Outlaw Aviation at the Sisters Airport, the family made the move to Sisters to allow Ryan to participate in the program.

Ryan set a goal to solo on his 16th birthday, the minimum age required by the FAA to solo an airplane. After a few practice touch-and-go landings in Outlaw Aviation’s Cessna 172 with Sam Monte, Certificated Flight Instructor (CFI), Monte felt Ilmberger was ready to perform the maneuvers by himself.

“Are you confident you can do this?” Monte asked him.

“I felt nervous, but I told Sam ‘Yes, I’m ready’,” Ilmberger recalled. “The plane felt so light with just me in it, so I had to use more flaps than usual to get the plane on the ground. But it was the smoothest landing I’ve ever done. I just didn’t want to bounce, with so many people watching.”

“Ryan is good at setting

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Ryan Ilmberger, left, receives congratulations from instructor Sam Monte. goals, and then putting in the work to achieve them,” said Monte.

“For a 16-year-old to solo on his birthday is a rare achievement. It’s a true test of character. We are very proud of Ryan’s dedication,” said Walt Lasecki, CFI with Outlaw Aviation.

Ilmberger has taken the Flight Science classes at SHS, and participates in the weekly group ground classes hosted by Outlaw Aviation for students preparing to take the FAA written exam. There are currently 20 SHS students in the Outlaw flight training program.

Carrying on a passion for aviation, Ilmberger intends to pursue a career as a pilot, and become a CFI. His father,

Steve, is a professional pilot, flying large helicopters for ODF fire suppression, and a CFI. Years ago on their second date, Steve introduced Ryan’s mother, Lonnie, to aviation with a helicopter ride to an island.

“There were no doors on that helicopter! But it was fun. Aviation has been a big part of our life together since that day,” said Lonnie.

Although early in his flight training, Ilmberger has already received a scholarship from The Roundhouse Foundation to help fund his flight lessons.

“We are so very grateful for this program offered at a public school, and scholarships available to students,” said Lonnie.

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Fourth Friday August night’s artwalk this week

By Helen Schmidling Correspondent

Summer is winding down, but the evenings are still warm and perfect for strolling through the galleries of Sisters. This month’s Fourth Friday Artwalk is August 23, from 4 to 7 p.m. Gather your family and friends to visit the galleries for new and unique art, discussions with artists, and light refreshments.

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“Lily Pond” by Mike Wise at Hood Avenue Art. Hood Avenue Art will feature work by plein air oil artist Mike Wise, and potter Annie Dyer. Wise, born in Brooklyn, studied biological illustration at Iowa State University and earned a doctor of chiropractic medicine degree from Northwestern Health Science University in Minneapolis.

He turned to painting when he moved to Bend. “The light — it hits you, promising stunning scenes of beauty if you stop long enough to look. Painting this environment soothes the

mind and relaxes the body,” he says. Annie Dyer’s unique pottery combines high-gloss finishes with highly textured ones, each piece being both unique and functional.

The Clearwater Gallery is excited to feature awardwinning oil painter David Mensing from 4 to 6 p.m.

Replete with bright colors and powerful palette-knife strokes, Mensing’s style captures the beauty of the West.

He interprets what he sees in nature onto canvas to create vibrant and peaceful paintings.

Gary Cooley is known for his colorful bronze sculptures, but did you know that he is also an exceptional oil painter? He will welcome visitors to his Collection Gallery to discuss both art forms while sipping lemonade and — if you’re lucky — sharing one of his famous homemade oatmeal cookies.

At Beacham’s Clock C o m p a n y, t a l k t o E d Beacham about his unique clocks that are replicas of an

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“Clock Works” by Ed Beacham at Beacham’s Clock Company.

1860s original which sold for a record $277,330 in the Fontaine Auction. Each of Beacham’s clocks is an investment, because he is the only one in the country making them. The floor clocks each have a different carved head, but the clock faces are the same, incorporating time, day and date, sidereal time (solar noon), sunrise and sunset.

Opening at Stitchin’ Post Fabric Arts Gallery is “My Story, My Work” by Marie

Murphy Wolfe, who combines quilting and haiku. Murphy Wolfe has enjoyed working with her hands all her life.

Her process involves deciding on a subject, an exhibit title, an emotion, or an image from her travels.

She then writes a simple haiku, which she includes with the art quilt.

Mel Archer will be demonstrating the components of his glass-on-glass impressionist landscapes at Sisters Gallery & Frame Shop. Archer creates his own shades of colored glass, in the forms of frit, rods, or panels, by blending and fusing standard colors. He then uses these components in creating multi-layered impressionist glass landscapes.

Wildflower Studio will be featuring original acrylic paintings by David Rock and original paintings and prints

by Kathy Deggendorfer.

Original paintings by Linda Hanson are featured at Good Day Café, adjacent to Bedouin. Hanson, who

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“Eagle Headed Moose Antler” by Maurice Brown at Antler Arts. lives in Sisters, studied art in San Francisco and has an MFA from San Francisco Art Institute. Through all her travels, Hanson’s first love is “the rough and rugged country of the West, especially the high desert of Central Oregon.

Rivers, trees, big mountains and bigger skies open my heart and my imagination.”

Jill Neal invites you to “celebrate your inner woman” at Jill Neal Gallery, where new images decorate wooden boxes of caramels, new mugs, and Northwest Wild Women wine labels.

Head down to Antler Arts for a display of jasper pendants by Julie Neff of JN Jewels, and the antler art of carver Maurice Brown, formerly of Montana, recently relocated to Sisters. Brown carves and paints, and his moose-antler carvings are collected worldwide.

Check out the fire pits at Ken Scott’s Imagination Gallery, the original work at Dyrk Godby Gallery, and the unusual and unique creations at Grizzly Ridge Upcycle.

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Volunteers receive as much as they give in service

By Carol Statton Correspondent

The heart and soul of a community is beautifully revealed through the people who commit their time to become volunteers.

Sisters Habitat for Humanity offers many opportunities to become a part of something that truly changes lives. Every person can make a difference and utilize their unique skills and experience.

No matter the age, a place and purpose awaits each new volunteer; a place, purpose and an untold number of new friends.

When moving to a new town, some find it hard to get connected. Seniors, relocating to be near family, can find it especially challenging to get integrated. Individuals spending extended time here from other countries may find themselves looking for a deeper cultural experience.

Young adults trying to discover their capabilities and value may seek alternatives from the usual path. Even long-time residents can find themselves turning a corner and needing something new, something meaningful. All who hunger for connection, friendship and a new way to give back can find opportunities through volunteering.

Josie Newport, Thrift Store manager and volunteer coordinator, knows that the time her volunteers give is precious and priceless.

Many of those working here also serve elsewhere. When asked about any possible limitations there might be, such as age or physical conditions, Josie feels confident that they have a place for everyone hoping to become a part of the team. Within the Habitat for Humanity family, managers and staff are dedicated to making possibilities real.

To step behind the scenes and witness staff preparing each donation with care, it is quickly apparent that each individual is fulfilled by their special contribution to a very worthy cause. With varied backgrounds and giftings, the tasks at hand are taken care of... and the tasks at hand are numerous because of the overwhelming generosity of this community. Volunteers also have the opportunity to donate their accrued hours to Habitat for Humanity for the purpose of securing grant money, or to the homeowner, who has to have 500 “sweat equity” labor hours invested in their future home. The time each volunteer so generously gives truly contributes to the success of the organization,

as well as partners with those working toward receiving their new home.

Opportunities expanded this year when the Thrift Store relocated to a new and much larger location downtown. With new visibility for those traveling on Cascade Avenue, the store is seeing a significant increase of customers daily. On average, there have been approximately 275 people per day walking through the doors of this beautiful new space.

With donations increasing and more customers excitedly looking for fun treasures, there has never been a greater need for those willing to help.

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Habitat for Humanity has been a vital part of the Sisters community since 1991. The Thrift Store opened in 1993 and ReStore opened in 2007.

To date, 66 homes have been completed, changing the lives of those families significantly — and changing the lives of each of the volunteers who have been crucial to making this possible.

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Former Outlaw’s path set in Sister High School classes

By Chloe Gold Correspondent

Full-time ceramist and part-time river guide in the Grand Canyon, Laura Campbell developed the tools for her professions through her experience at Sisters High School.

In her junior year at Sisters High School, Campbell began participating in IEE (Interdisciplinary Environmental Expedition).

Led by Rand Runco, Samra Spear, and Glen Herron, the class spotlights nature in three subjects: Physical Activity and Outdoor Recreation— taught by Rand Runco; English — taught by Samra Spear; and Science — taught

by Glen Herron.

At the end of the year-long course of classes, students have acquired skills such as fly fishing, mountain biking, rock climbing, and no-trace camping. The highlight of the course for many students is the end-of-the-year raft trip.

Upon completing the course as juniors, many

students will be offered positions as IEE interns, as Laura Campbell was in her senior year. IEE interns are predominantly seniors who have taken IEE and found a passion for the class. Their job mainly consists of helping to lead the expeditions.

As the end of the school year approaches, IEE interns learn how to guide riverrafting expeditions for the annual IEE rafting trip. As an IEE intern her senior year, Campbell learned how to become a river guide, and led a group of juniors through their rafting expedition on the Deschutes River.

Becoming an IEE intern and leading that year’s raft trip is where Campbell first started out as a river guide.

According to Campbell, she “definitely wouldn’t do [her] job now if it wasn’t for IEE.” Inspired by her first rafting trip as a guide, Campbell currently is a river guide in the Grand Canyon National Park, where she has worked for seven years.

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From Baynes, the art teacher during Campbell’s time at Sisters High School, Campbell learned pottery.

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Campbell has had many other pieces featured in the art auction for My Own Two Hands in addition to the piece she donated this year.

The proceeds of this auction are distributed to various music and art programs under Sisters Folk Festival within the Sisters School District.

To pursue careers in art and the outdoors as many students from Sisters do is something unique to this community. For Campbell, being “given the alternative types of education, like learning outside was great for [her] and how [she] learns,” she said.

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Cardio or weight-training for weight loss?

Which is more effective for weight loss — cardio or weight-training? Itʼs an ageold question for exercisers and is under constant scrutiny.

Weight-training will help with fat loss because the muscles are more metabolically active.

But does cardiovascular training produce better results because of the constant elevated heart rate? As per usual, there are some ambiguities that ought to be discussed.

Cardiovascular training requires the body to begin to use stored energy within the muscles, in the form of glycogen carbohydrate. This energy needs to be restored. The restoration will firstly begin with food. If not enough is supplied, the body will convert

stored fat. Which is how you lose weight.

Now, the benefit of cardiovascular training is that the constant elevated heart rate and energy requirements make this a very efficient machine to burn energy — and subsequently fat — compared to the time spent weightlifting. If you are riding a bike at a moderate level, you hit 5.0 mets, which means five times more energy is used than just sitting on the couch.

Over the course of an hour a 150-pound person may burn up to 500 calories.

Weight-training is also a possible way to lose weight — albeit from a different perspective. While weightlifting also burns calories, it is about half of that (2.5 to 5.0 mets) of basic cardiovascular training. The benefit from weight training is that muscle tissue is a big energy consumer. The implication is that if you have more muscle than fat, your body is constantly burning more energy. Your metabolism is higher.

For example, a 180-pound

person who is at 20 percent body fat has a lean weight of 144 percent. A 180 pound person who is 10 percent bodyfat has a lean weight of 162 percent. The difference in metabolism between these two individuals is 1,781 daily calories, vs. 1,957 calories for the more muscular person. This difference of nearly 200 calories in the long run will make a huge difference with weight loss considered.

The difference of 200 calories a day strictly from metabolism can mean that over the course of a month, our hypothetical people will have different weight-loss outcomes.

The muscular person will enjoy a greater weight loss of 1.7 pounds due to the amount of extra calories theyʼre burning.

The lesson with both modes of exercise is that they both can elicit the same results through a completely different mechanism. When employed from both ends (cardiovascular activity and muscle-building weight-training) a person stands to gain

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A good way to train for weight loss is to adopt a circuit style of training using different muscle groups; this will increase heart rate and calorie expenditure throughout the workout while also asking the muscles to adapt and grow to the resistance.

Keep 30-60 seconds rest between each exercise and work upper body and lower body in an alternate fashion.

Using three each of upperand lower-body exercises will provide a robust workout.

For cardiovascular training, 30-60 minutes of continuous activity will produce a good result. Three sessions per week at this level will suffice. The intensity is important. Once breathing becomes audible and heavy, and the heart begins to pump harder and faster, you are likely in the right zone. Over time, this

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CBD is everywhere — does it work?

By Jim Cornelius Correspondent

CBD is everywhere these days — in oils, tinctures, salves, gummies; coffee drinks, honey and smoothies can be infused with it. It is as though CBD is some new magic potion that can cure all ills. What, exactly, is this suddenly ubiquitous wellness product?

First, it might be best to address what it is not. CBD is not “pot.” Though it is derived from cannabis, CBD (cannabidiol) is the nonpsychoactive compound of the cannabis or hemp plant.

It won’t get you high. What many users will tell you is that it has a range of beneficial effects on pain, anxiety, insomnia and a range of other conditions and distempers.

Erin Chapman was an early adopter of CBD products, and carries them at Trailstop Market in Sisters.

“It seemed like a good alternative to pharmaceuticals,” she told The Nugget.

“I’ve had chronic back pain.

Anxiety — I deal with that.

Insomnia…”

She has seen benefits from using CBD, and has customers who have reported the same. However, Chapman readily acknowledges that different people respond differently and reports of effects are, by nature, anecdotal.

CBD does not act like medicine, she notes.

“Some people say they don’t notice anything; other people love it and swear by it,” she said. “The effects are really subtle… CBD is kind of like a supplement to me.”

Rigorous scientific studies have yet to be done on the

widely touted effects of CBD — but one area has been studied with striking results.

Dr. Peter Grinspoon, a contributing editor to Harvard Medical School’s health blog, notes that, “CBD has been touted for a wide variety of health issues, but the strongest scientific evidence is for its effectiveness in treating some of the cruelest childhood epilepsy syndromes, such as Dravet syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS), which typically don’t respond to antiseizure medications. In numerous studies, CBD was able to reduce the number of seizures, and in some cases it was able to stop them altogether. Videos of the effects of CBD on these children and their seizures are readily available on the Internet for viewing, and they are quite striking. Recently the FDA approved the firstever cannabis-derived medicine for these conditions, Epidiolex, which contains CBD.” Mel Trammell, at Aqua Hot Tubs in Sisters, uses CBD through essential oils produced by Young Living Essential Oils. She says that CBD is “really calming” and beneficial for stress and anxiety. Young Living products have a seed-to-seal that guarantees quality and purity.

“They do testing on everything to make sure it is pure,” she said. “Even though it’s ‘the new thing,’ they’ve been working on it for years.”

Chapman also emphasizes the need to pay attention to quality.

“It’s really difficult to tell just from the packaging,” she said. “Do your own research and then ask for test results.

Anybody who sells CBD products should have test results on hand.”

Chapman is stocking locally produced CBD products at Trailstop Market.

As with any “new” wellness product, some people go overboard with claims, making CBD sound like a cureall, which health and wellness professionals insist it is not.

A health.com article cited Junella Chin, DO, an osteopathic physician and a medical cannabis expert for cannabisMD: “A lot of times people think CBD is a cure-all, and it’s not. You should also have a healthy lifestyle with plenty of exercise and good nutrition — CBD is not going to fix everything.”

Still, CBD has been demonstrated to have at least some beneficial effects, and may well hold greater promise.

Dr. Grinspoon offers some sage advice: “We need more research but CBD may prove to be an option for managing anxiety, insomnia, and chronic pain. Without sufficient

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County Vaccination — taking a offers free purposeful approach diabetes prevention

By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

Deschutes County Health Services has announced upcoming dates for the Prevent Diabetes Central Oregon program. This yearlong lifestyle change program can prevent adults at risk from developing Type 2 diabetes.

Free information sessions will be offered in Bend, Wednesday, September 18, 1 to 2 p.m., Mike Maier Services Building, 1130 NW Harriman; and in Redmond Thursday, September 19, 1 to 2 p.m., Redmond Senior Center, 325 NW Dogwood.

The program is for adults with prediabetes — a condition marked by higher-thannormal blood glucose (sugar) levels — who are 5 to 15 times more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes than those with normal blood glucose levels. In fact, many people with prediabetes will develop Type 2 diabetes within three years if they do not take steps to prevent it.

It is estimated that one in three American adults has prediabetes. People can find out if they may be at risk for diabetes by taking the risk test below, or talking to their health care provider: https://www.cdc. gov/prediabetes/takethetest/ Guided by a trained lifestyle coach, participants will learn the skills they need to make lasting changes such as losing a modest amount of weight, being more physically active and managing stress. Groups meet once a week for 16 weeks, then one to two times each month for the remainder of the year. The program provides a supportive environment with people who are facing similar challenges and trying to make the same changes. Together, participants celebrate their successes and find ways to overcome obstacles.

Prevent Diabetes Central Oregon is a recognized program of the National Diabetes Prevention Program, led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Deschutes County Health Services was awarded funding from the Central Oregon Health Council to coordinate Prevent Diabetes in Central Oregon with multiple partners.

For questions about classes in Bend or Redmond, contact Sarah Worthington at 541-322-7466. To learn more about diabetes prevention, visit www.deschutes.org/ preventdiabetes or www.cdc. gov/diabetes/prevention.

Vaccination has removed terrible scourges from human ken. Smallpox was, for most of human history, a deadly killer. Vaccination has eliminated the threat. Parents used to dread the advent of summer, when polio seemed to lurk in the hot air, poised to strike down young people with paralysis that could blight their lives forever. Vaccination lifted that pall.

Today there are vaccinations against all kinds of childhood diseases, sexually transmitted diseases, and against seasonal afflictions like the flu.

The ubiquity of vaccines for all kinds of diseases has created some cultural backlash. While there are ardent “anti-vaxxers,” most of the concern raised about vaccination is not extreme — but people do have questions.

“I wouldn’t say I have anybody who flat-out refuses vaccination,” Dr. Eden Miller of High Lakes Health Care in Sisters told The Nugget.

Dr. Miller advocates a measured and individualized approach to vaccinations — and to the illnesses they are intended to prevent.

Families should act upon their needs and requirements and upon solid, evidence-based information.

“Vaccination should benefit the herd, but still be individualized,” she said. “We should not be fearful of illness or fearful of vaccination. There’s somewhere in between… We still have to have room for freedom.”

Some people worry about side-effects of vaccinations. The concern that has

received the most attention is a claim that vaccines cause autism — a claim that has been thoroughly and repeatedly debunked. Most people’s concerns are less dire than that — and they’re not entirely unfounded. Some people can have a negative reaction to a vaccine and feel pretty cruddy.

But serious side-effects are very rare, and pale in comparison to the serious health risks of contracting measles or pertussis or other childhood diseases.

For some people, it’s not the vaccines themselves so much as the intensity of the amounts and varieties recommended for kids that raise concerns. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends getting 29 doses of nine vaccines (plus a yearly flu shot after six months old) for kids aged 0 to 6.

Dr. Miller, again, recommends an individualized approach based on what works for a family. She notes that early, extensive vaccination is a widespread protocol because in many environments doctors simply don’t know when they’ll see a patient again — when they’ll have another opportunity to vaccinate.

In a community environment where patients and families can develop a relationship and a history with their doctor, it may make sense to hold off on some vaccinations.

For example, if a newborn isn’t going to be out in the world and potentially exposed, that family may be perfectly justified in spacing out their vaccination regimen.

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Running commentary

By Charlie Kanzig Correspondent

We are all athletes. That is the premise on which I have stood as a coach of cross-country and track for the past 35 years.

Not everyone views themself as an athlete, however, and perhaps for good reason. As an overweight 59-year-old, I don’t look nearly as athletic as I did in my 20s and 30s. By the same token, someone who has never really used their bodies beyond getting through 9th grade P.E. doesn’t view themselves as an athlete, but they are, nonetheless.

The human body has an uncanny ability to adapt to what we ask it to do. For the person who considers themself a non-athlete or for those, like me, who are focused on regaining fitness, there is tremendous hope that things can get better.

This week, the Sisters High School cross-country team will start its official practices for the year. Some of the students have been running all summer and will

be prepared to do anything we ask of them, while others who have come out for the team have done very little.

This is where individualization comes into play. Each runner must be taken from where they are and build from there.

This rule holds true for all runners, so if you are thinking of starting a running program or have already been running, it is vital that you take on this approach for the best results. This summer I read a book, “Running to the Edge: A Band of Misfits and the Guru Who Unlocked the Secret of Speed,” and watched a documentary called “City Slickers Can’t Stay With Me,” both of which chronicle the coaching career of Bob Larson.

Larson started coaching at the high school level and went on to community college and club coaching before taking the helm at UCLA and ultimately working as an Olympic coach.

In both the book and the documentary Larson’s athletes repeatedly comment on his ability to make them

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Two sessions will be taught by Glenda Hyde, OSU Extension Service community educator with Master Food Preserver volunteers on Wednesday, September 4. Participants can choose a morning session, 9 a.m. to noon, or afternoon, 1 to 4 p.m.

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and fruit pie fillings in a boiling-water canner. Then, participants will have some fun preparing a jar of fruit and a jar of fruit pie filling to take home and share with family and friends. Everyone will get up-to-date, tested recipes from reliable resources and tips on entering preserved foods at the county fair.

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successful by dealing with them as individuals and helping them grow from their own strengths.

He also is a tremendous advocate of bringing these individuals together into teams or training groups because he understands the magic that can happen when a group of people joins with common goals.

I also read this week an article on racecenter.com by J. Carl Laney about tips for running as you age, many of which apply to this idea of individualizing as well as the social aspects of running.

There is a temptation to compare our progress to others. In this article the author warns us to not compare our current selves to our younger selves. He says we must accept ourselves in our current condition and go from there. Good advice.

Another point of his article that rings true for all runners is to “mix it up” in training. You don’t have to run every day. A swim, a hike, some time on the stationary bike or rowing machine — these are all good options

to running. And of course, a rest day now and then is perfectly acceptable.

Like Larson, Laney believes in the social aspects of running. He says that as you age and perhaps can’t run at all anymore, it is important to stay part of the running community. Now 70 and unable to run longer distances, he volunteers at marathons, crews ultra-runners, and acts as a superfan for friends in races.

The connection between our physical health and our mental and emotional health is undeniable. Both Larson and Laney understand that the act of running is much more than a physical challenge. Adding the social component not only makes running more enjoyable, but likely will produce better results through camaraderie, accountability, and shared experiences.

I have a friend named

Mike Bauer, a high school counselor and coach, who started a morning running group in 1976 in Stayton, Oregon, at the age of 29. He invited anyone and everyone to join him for an easy 3.5-mile run around town beginning at 6:05 a.m. from the local community pool, Monday through Friday.

Now 72, he is still at it, though there is more walking than running these days.

There was always a “code of the road” that those who ran faster would circle back to those moving slower, allowing everyone to go at their own individual pace yet keeping the group cohesive.

I am considering following in Mike’s footsteps.

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The City of Sisters is accepting applications for a volunteer position on the City Parks Advisory Board for a 3-yr. term.

Applicants must live within the Sisters School District boundary.

The Board advises the Council on matters pertaining to the acquisition, development, maintenance and preservation of public parks, trails & open spaces, meeting every first Wednesday at 4 p.m. Applications are at www.ci.sisters.or.us or at Sisters City Hall at 520 E. Cascade Ave. Applications will be accepted until 5 p.m. Friday, September 6. For info contact Patrick Davenport at 541-323-5219 or at pdavenport@ ci.sisters.or.us.

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Saturday, August 24 Friends of Metolius Walk 10 a.m. in Camp Sherman Saturday, August 24 Stars Over Sisters Party 8:30 p.m. at SPRD Sunday, August 25 Kids’ Performance Class 11:30 a.m. at Fir Street Park

In the middle stage of Alzheimer’s Sunday, August 25 Disease, those who were partners Sunday Showcase Talent Show now become hands-on caregivers.

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Online Safety Training Call 800-272-3900 to register.

SafetyNet®, KIDS Center’s newest training addition, will be held on AARP Driver’s Safety Thursday, August 22 from 5 to AARP’s Driver Safety Course, a 7 p.m. at the Sisters Library. This classroom refresher for motorists training is designed to help adults 50 and older, will be offered learn how to use technology in a on Tuesday, September 10 safe, positive, and ethical manner from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Sisters while providing the tools needed Community Church. There will to safely manage online lives for be a one-hour lunch break. Call both themselves and children.

541-390-6075 to register. Cost is Please contact Rachel Visser at $15 for AARP members and $20 541-306-6062 to register. for non-members.

Free Spay & Neuter

It’s as easy as 1-2-3. Stop by the Furry Friends Foundation (FFF) office to fill out a simple form, call to make your appointment at Bend Spay & Neuter, transport your pet. FFF also sponsors vaccinations and chipping. Located in the Sisters Art Works building, 204 W. Adams Ave., Suite 109. For information call 541-797-4023.

Senior Luncheons & More

Adults age 60 and older are invited to join the Council on Aging Senior Luncheon, served every Tuesday at Sisters Community Church. Coffee and various fun activities begin at 11 a.m. with lunch served at noon.

Bingo is played after lunch until 2:30 p.m. For information call 541480-1843.

Circle of Friends Benefit Concert

Join Circle of Friends on Sunday, August 25 from 5 to 8 p.m. for an evening of music, food and community while supporting the transformative work of mentoring. Location is 69331 Deer Ridge Rd. with music by Dry Canyon Trio. Purchase tickets in advance for $25 by calling 541588-6445. Food and Beverage available for purchase. Don’t forget your blanket or lawn chair.

Seeking Poets & Poetry Fans Share your voice & the poetry you love with your community.

Participate in Tea & Poetry, presented by New Oregon Arts & Letters and Sisters Farmers Market. Email tiffany@plazm.com for information or call 503-9970301; email is preferred.

Friends of Metolius Walk

Saturday, August 24 from 10 a.m. to noon, enjoy a free interpretive walk along the Metolius River with Susan Prince. Observe the unique riparian habitat of the Metolius and learn about recent changes to enhance habitat for fish and native plants. Children are welcome, but please, no dogs. Meet near the Camp Sherman Bridge fish viewing platform. For more information please call 415-233-3243.

Stars Over Sisters Party

Learn about the night skies!

Stargazers are invited to gather at the SPRD building on Saturday, August 24 at 8:30 p.m. for a free presentation. If weather then permits, plan on heading out to the SHS sports fields to observe the night sky through powerful telescopes. Info: 541-549-8846.

Sisters Sunday Showcase Talent Show Audition

Got talent? Can you sing? Dance?

Juggle? Tell a good joke? Show us what you’ve got! All are invited to watch and/or perform a talent on Sunday, August 25 at 1 p.m. during the Sisters Farmers Market at Fir Street Park. Presented by Starshine and Sisters Farmers Market.

Auditions required. Text or email a 1-5 min video to Jennie Sharp at 541-645-0688 or jennie@starshinetheater.com by August 20. Details: starshine-theater.com/talentshows.

Kids’ Performance Class

Starshine and Sisters Farmers Market are teaming up to host a 1-hour free performance workshop for kids of all ages on Sunday, August 25 from 11:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. Kids will create a miniperformance that they’ll present at the Sisters Sunday Showcase Talent Show at 1 p.m. Costumes included! To register call 541-645450688 or go to starshine-theater.r. com. Details: starshine-theater. com/talentshows.

The Autism Treatment Center of Bend will host a free public presentation at the Sisters Library on Thursday, August 29 from 6 to 7 p.m. Rosimery Bergeron will discuss qigong sensory treatment massage, a research-proven, parent-delivered treatment that can improve all aspects of autism. Register at www.

AutismTreatment.Center or call 503-917-1239 for more info.

DLT Walk & Hike Series

Deschutes Land Trust volunteer naturalists lead free walks and hikes in small groups.

Upcoming walks include: Walking Meditation in the Indian Ford Meadow Preserve on Thursday, August 22 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.; Stream Sampling on Whychus Creek on Saturday, August 24 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Metolius River Preserve Hiking Tour on Saturday, August 31 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Online registration is required at deschuteslandtrust. org/hikes. For more information call 541-330-0017.

World’s Children Speaker

Sisters nonprofit World’s Children is offering a speaker for your club, church group or classroom. Topics include street children in developing countries; child trafficking; and child marriage. Each talk is given with a PowerPoint presentation that explains why these issues exist in developing countries and what can be done about them. For more information call 541-904-0789 or email info@ worldschildren.org.

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Sisters Habitat for Humanity is accepting applications for its homeownership program. If you have lived and/or worked in Sisters for at least a year, have a need for housing, have verifiable income and are willing ng to contribute up to 500 hours of sweat equity, this program may be for you. Please review Habitat’s qualification guide online at www.sistershabitat. org/housing-programs or pick one up at the Habitat office, 141 W. Main Ave. Questions, call all 541-549-1193.

SISTERS-AREA CHURCHES Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church (ELCA) 386 N. Fir Street • 541-549-5831 10 a.m. Sunday Worship shepherdofthehillslutheranchurch.com Sisters Community Church (Nondenominational) 1300 W. McKenzie Hwy. • 541-549-1201 10 a.m. Sunday Worship (with signing) sisterschurch.com | info@sisterschurch.com St. Edward the Martyr Roman Catholic Church 123 Trinity Way • 541-549-9391 5:30 p.m. Saturday Vigil Mass 9 a.m. Sunday Mass 8 a.m. Monday-Friday Mass Calvary Chapel (Nondenominational) 484 W. Washington St., Ste. C & D • 541-588-6288 10 a.m. Sunday Worship The Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration 68825 Brooks Camp Road • 541-549-7087 8:30 a.m. Ecumenical Sunday Worship (Sunday school, childcare) 10:15 a.m. Episcopal Sunday Worship (Sunday school, childcare)

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Chapel in the Pines Camp Sherman • 541-549-9971 10 a.m. Sunday Worship Sisters Church of the Nazarene 67130 Harrington Loop Road • 541-389-8960 | sistersnaz.org 10:45 a.m. Sunday Worship | 2sistersnaz@gmail.com Westside Sisters 442 Trinity Way • 541-549-4184 | westsidesisters.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 Seventh-Day Adventist Church 386 N. Fir Street • 541-595-6770, 541-306-8303 11 a.m. Saturday Worship The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 452 Trinity Way • Branch President, 541-420-5670; 10 a.m. Sunday Sacrament Meeting Baha’i Faith Meetings Devotional Gatherings, Study Classes and Discussion Groups. Call for location and times • 541-549-6586

Child Sexual-Abuse Prevention Training

Darkness to Light®, a child sexualabuse prevention training, will be held on Thursday, September 5 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Sisters Library. This training program provides participants with 5 steps to better protect children from sexual abuse. It gives adults the tools for recognizing the signs of sexual abuse, responding to suspicions, and gives simple ways to minimize opportunities for abuse in organizations and our community. Please contact Rachel Visser at 541-306-6062 to register.

Camp Sherman Pancake Breakfast

Bring your family and friends to a traditional Pancake Breakfast at the Camp Sherman Community Hall, Sunday, September 1, 8 to 11 a.m. Enjoy all-you-can-eat ham, eggs, pancakes, orange juice and coffee. Adults $9.00; children 5-10 years $6.00, under 5 free.

Proceeds benefit Camp Sherman Historical Society and Friends of the Metolius. Call 541-595-2719 for more information.

Sisters Library coming events

Ready for Kindergarten

A special storytime just for children entering kindergarten will include songs, crafts and more. Thursday, August 29 at 1:30 p.m. No registration required. Call 541-617-7078 for more info.

Family Fun Story Time

Family Fun Story Time for kids ages birth through 5 takes place at the Sisters Library on pla Thursdays, September 12, 19 and an 26 from 10:30 to 11 a.m., with wi songs, rhymes and crafts, all designed to grow young readers.

Caregivers must attend. rea Info: Inf 541-617-7078.

The Nonfiction Book Club

Read and discuss “City of R Light, City of Poison: Murder, L Magic, and the First Police M Chief of Paris” by Holly Tucker C with w other thoughtful readers at at Fika Sisters Coffeehouse on Thursday, September 12, from 1 to 2 p.m. Info: 541-617-7078.

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Ins Insulting the president, from Washington to Trump. On Saturday, September 14 at 3 p.m. at the Sisters Library author and professor Edwin Battistella will trace the ways in which presidents have been insulted over the centuries since the founding of the republic, selecting from more than 500 examples collected in his upcoming book, “Dangerous Crooked Scoundrels.” Battistella shows that less has changed than you might think.

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Wednesday, August 21, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

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Stewardship group plans cleanup Recreational target-shooters are gathering on Saturday, August 24, for a stewardship cleanup of the popular Zimmerman Butte shooting area about five miles west of Sisters.

The group, Trash No Land out of Washington, is organizing the cleanup with the support of the U.S. Forest Service and sponsorship from a variety of outdoor-oriented businesses, including Sisters Meat and Smokehouse and The Fly Fisher’s Place in Sisters and Sportsman’s Warehouse and Trigger Happy Guns in Bend. Sisters Les Schwab will recycle any used tires found on the site.

Event coordinator Bill Cogley told The Nugget that the cleanup is receiving “great community support — we just need the volunteers. I am really hoping to get as many responsible target-shooters as possible.”

Cogley said that, in addition to cleaning up trash and litter that tends to accumulate in shooting areas, the event is geared toward promoting an ethic of stewardship among responsible sportsmen.

Zimmerman Butte lies west of Sisters on Forest Road 500 off of Highway 20.

There will be a 9 a.m. safety

briefing and discussion about current recreation activities, fire prevention measures and safety in recreation. Several businesses have donated prizes for a raffle that will be held along with a free barbecue lunch at noon.

Participants are asked to bring potluck salad or side dish, outdoor clothing, boots, gloves, rakes, magnet

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Fir Street Park Live Music with Freddy & Francine 6:30 p.m. Sisters Folk Festival Free Summer Concert Series.

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Food Cart Garden at Eurosports Trivia Night 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sign up by 6:15 p.m. For additional information call Eurosports at 541-549-2471.

Sisters Saloon Poker Night 7 p.m. Every Wednesday! $20.

For information call 541-549-7427 or go to sisterssaloon.net.

Cork Cellars Tasty Thursday Hosted Wine Tasting 5 to 7 p.m. For additional information call 541-549-2675 or AUG go online to corkcellarswinebistro.com.

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For more information on stewardship in recreational shooting, visit www.trashnoland. org.

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Old Mill District in Bend Art in the High Desert 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Juried fine art and craft show and sale with 115 artists. Go to ArtInTheHighDesert.com for more info.

Madras Air Show of the Cascades 2 to 10 p.m. Vintage aircraft, pilots performing aerobatic maneuvers, car and vintage bicycle show, fireworks and more. Go to cascadeairshow.com for more information and tickets.

Downtown Sisters 4th Friday Art Stroll 4 to 7 p.m.

Galleries and shops feature live entertainment and refreshments, every fourth Friday of the month! For additional information go to sistersartsassociation.org.

Food Cart Garden at Eurosports Live Music with Bitter Creek Band 5 to 7 p.m. Dogs, children & adults all welcome!

For information call Eurosports at 541-549-2471.

The Suttle Lodge & Boathouse Live Music with Cosmic Evolution 6 to 8 p.m. Big Lawn Music series with food & beverages for purchase. For additional info call 541-638-7001 or go to thesuttlelodge.com.

Angeline’s Live Music with Cuppa Joe 7 p.m. Summer music in the backyard. $5 cover. For additional information call 541-549-9122.

Sisters Saloon Live Music with Sean Watkins (of Nickel Creek) & The Bee Eaters 7 to 10 p.m. Tickets $15 in advance, $20 at the door. For more info call 541-549-7427 or go to sisterssaloon.net.

Hardtails Bar & Grill KJ Annie Rawkstar Karaoke Night! 9 p.m. Every Friday, no cover! For additional information call 541-549-6114 or go to hardtailsoregon.com.

Madras Air Show of the Cascades 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Vintage aircraft, pilots performing aerobatic maneuvers, car and motorcycle show, live music and more. Go to cascadeairshow.com for more information and tickets.

Old Mill District in Bend Art in the High Desert 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Juried fine art and craft show and sale with 115 artists. Go to ArtInTheHighDesert.com for more info.

Paulina Springs Books Author Presentation with Dan Bernstein 6:30 p.m. The author will present from his book, “Justice in Plain Sight.” For more info call 541-549-0866 or go to paulinasprings.com.

Cork Cellars Live Music with Jazz Folks 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. No cover! For information call 541-549-2675 or go online to corkcellarswinebistro.com.

Hardtails Bar & Grill KJ Annie Rawkstar Karaoke Night! 9 p.m. Every Saturday, no cover! For additional information call 541-549-6114 or go to hardtailsoregon.com.

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Every Sunday: fresh local produce, lunch, live music, & yoga.

Call 503-997-0301 or go to sistersfarmersmarket.com.

Old Mill District in Bend Art in the High Desert 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Juried fine art and craft show and sale with 115 artists. Go to ArtInTheHighDesert.com for more info.

Sisters Saloon Open Mic Night 9 to 11 p.m. For additional information call 541-549-7427 or go to sisterssaloon.net.

The Suttle Lodge & Boathouse Live Music with Muzicka 6 to 8 p.m. Big Lawn Music series with food & beverages for purchase. For additional info call 541-638-7001 or go to thesuttlelodge.com.

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

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Free and open to everyone 21+. For additional info call 541-638-7001 or go to thesuttlelodge.com.

Sisters Saloon Karaoke Night 9 p.m. to midnight. Every Thursday, no cover! For additional information call 541-549-7427 or go to sisterssaloon.net.

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Food Cart Garden at Eurosports Live Music with Juju Eyeball 5 to 7 p.m. Beatles tribute. Dogs, children & adults all welcome! For information call Eurosports at 541-549-2471.

Angeline’s Live Music with Brent Alan & His Funky Friends 7 p.m. Summer music in the backyard. $5 cover.

For additional information call 541-549-9122.

The Suttle Lodge & Boathouse Live Music with Alex Crowson & Jeffrey Silverstein 6 to 8 p.m. Big Lawn Music series with food & beverages for purchase. For additional info call 541-638-7001 or go to thesuttlelodge.com.

Paulina Springs Books Author Presentation with Tom Sims 6:30 p.m. The author will present from his book, “On Call in the Arctic.” For more info call 541-549-0866 or go to paulinasprings.com.

Deschutes Historical Museum, Bend The Little Woody Barrel-Aged Beer, Cider & Whiskey Festival 5 to 10 p.m.

Tickets & info at thelittlewoody.com Hardtails Bar & Grill KJ Annie Rawkstar Karaoke Night! 9 p.m. Every Friday, no cover! For additional information call 541-549-6114 or go to hardtailsoregon.com.

Deschutes Historical Museum, Bend The Little Woody Barrel-Aged Beer, Cider & Whiskey Festival noon to 10 p.m. Tickets & info at thelittlewoody.com Hardtails Bar & Grill KJ Annie Rawkstar Karaoke Night! 9 p.m. Every Saturday, no cover! For additional information call 541-549-6114 or go to hardtailsoregon.com.

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Wednesday, August 21, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

Sisters Folk Festival seeks volunteers

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The proposed site of a new Dollar General store in Sisters.

STORE: Decision could go to planning commission Continued from page 1

and a host of other allowed uses. Dollar General qualifies as an allowed use.

According to Community Development Director Patrick Davenport, City zoning regulations are spelled out in the City’s Development Code, and proposed projects must meet City requirements for lighting, maneuverability, parking, landscaping, signage, lot coverage, and other considerations. The City planners are charged with reviewing site-plan applications to see they meet City requirements but they are, by law, not allowed to decide if a proposed business is needed,

wanted, or likely to be successful. They must make their decisions based on the established criteria.

The decision regarding Dollar General is a Type II decision, which means it could be called up to the Planning Commission for review.

Davenport said they should soon receive a Master Plan application for development of the remainder of the property to the east, behind BiMart, fronting on West Hood Avenue, which will include several more commercial pads and some apartments. That property adjoins the 13 acres along Highway 242 that is currently listed for sale. The 13 acres are zoned multi-family, which means it could be developed to include single-family homes, townhouses, and apartments.

When life changes, you still want a place that feels like home!

The Sisters Folk Festival (SFF) is quickly approaching, and excitement is building as festival preparation is in full swing. SFF is in search of folks who can commit to 10 hours of volunteering throughout the festival weekend (September 6-8). In return, volunteers are given a wristband to enjoy the music at all 11 venues.

Many of the festival volunteer jobs are near or inside a venue, so catching your new favorite musician or band can be easy to do. The festival is seeking evening volunteers at several venues to monitor the door, run bike valet, tend bar and sell merchandise.

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Wednesday, August 21, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

Golfers aid families of fallen warriors

Obituary Leanne McConville

December 19, 1928 — August 13, 2019

By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

This Labor Day Weekend, Aspen Lakes is inviting golfers in Central Oregon to hit the links to celebrate Patriot Golf Day. The event is the largest grassroots golf fundraiser benefitting Folds of Honor, a nonprofit organization that provides educational scholarships to children and spouses of fallen and disabled veterans. On Patriot Golf Day, golfers across the country will be encouraged to add an extra donation to their greens fee to fund Folds of Honor scholarships. Donation opportunities will be made available throughout the weekend at Aspen Lakes.

This is an event that hits very close to home for Aspen Lakes PGA Professional Howie Pruitt, who is spearheading the effort. Pruitt was a decorated combat helicopter pilot in Vietnam, where he did a tour of duty in 1971-72.

U.S. involvement in the war was winding down overall, but not for Pruitt’s Air Cavalry unit, which was at the tip of the spear in the strategic I Corps A Shau Valley.

Pruitt was flying three combat missions a day during that year.

“When I came back from Vietnam, my first assignment was with the Fort Dix Casualty Branch,” he told The Nugget.

Part of his job was to inform family members that their loved ones had been killed in Vietnam.

“I rang doorbells,” he said.

“It was a little tough.”

Given his background, the mission of Folds of Honor touches Pruitt deeply.

Folds of Honor was founded by Major Dan Rooney, an F-16 pilot with the Oklahoma Air National Guard, after he witnessed the twin brother of Corporal Brock Bucklin escorting his brother’s remains to his family after Corporal Bucklin was killed in action in Iraq in 2006. A memorial coin with Corporal Bucklin’s name will be provided to donors at Aspen Lakes.

For more information on Folds of Honor, visit https:// www.foldsofhonor.org.

Non-golfers can also participate by donating to the mission at www. support.foldsofhonor.org/ goto/AspenLakesGolfClub.

Pruitt reported last week that Aspen Lakes has already received more than $500 in straight donations. He hopes to raise $5,000 through Labor Day Weekend.

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Howie Pruitt is spearheading Aspen Lakes Golf Course’s Patriot Golf Day fundraiser for Folds of Honor. as a golf professional was a circuitous one.

He took up the game in his teens, living in Columbus, Ohio, the hometown of the great Jack Nicklaus.

“Nobody in my family played golf,” he said.

He played through his career in the U.S. Army, including time on the links with the U.S. Army champ.

Pruitt ended his service in the Army in Germany, then stayed in Europe in a civilian capacity for a decade.

He and his wife then moved to Silicon Valley, where Pruitt built a career in human resources for the high-tech industry.

When the couple moved to Bend, Pruitt worked in the mortgage and financial arena

for a number of years before deciding to pursue a lifelong dream — to become a golf professional.

Pruitt became a PGA member and has served as an officer. He is currently section secretary for the Pacific Northwest Section. On September 1, he will become vice president.

Pruitt has served as Aspen Lakes’ PGA Head Professional and Director of Player Development for the past six years, and he loves it there.

“This is a great golf course,” he said. “Great family — the (Cyrus) family is great to work for.”

For more information, contact Howie Pruitt, PGA, at 541-549-4653.

Leanne was born in Centerville, Iowa in 1928 to Nelson and Nina Mitchell, and was youngest of two children.

Leanne grew up in Centerville, and after graduating from Centerville High School she moved to New York and worked as a seamstress for the Rockettes at Rockefeller Center. After working for the Rockettes for more than 40 years, she retired as the costume director.

In 2000 she reconnected with her high school sweetheart, Bill McConville, who

was a long-time resident of Sisters. They married, and Leanne moved from the “Big Apple” to her new home in Sisters.

Leanne is preceded in death by both parents (Nina and Nelson); her older brother Nelson II; and her husband, Bill McConville.

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Wednesday, August 21, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

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Verbal, emotional attacks are elder abuse

By Betsy Leighty-Johnson Colulmnist

This is part of a series on elder abuse awareness, intended to raise community awareness and to provide resources for individuals who are themselves vulnerable or are caregivers, family or friends of vulnerable people.

The Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS) has Adult Protective Service (APS) offices statewide to coordinate and conduct abuse investigations and provide services to reports of neglect and abuse of vulnerable adults, including: adults over the age of 65, adults with physical and/or developmental disabilities, adults with mental illness, and children receiving residential treatment services.

Verbal or emotional abuse is the second leading type of elder abuse in Oregon, representing 26 percent of all substantiated cases in 2017.

Verbal/emotional abuse often coexists with other types of abuse, including financial exploitation and physical abuse cases.

DHS’ web page provides definitions and warning signs for the abuse of vulnerable adults. Verbal or emotional abuse includes threatening significant physical harm or threatening or causing significant emotional harm to an adult through the use of: derogatory or inappropriate names, insults, verbal assaults, profanity, or ridicule; or harassment, coercion, threats, intimidation, humiliation, mental cruelty, or inappropriate sexual comments.

Some of the warning signs of verbal or emotional

abuse include: • Humiliating, insulting, or threatening language directed at the person.

• Being emotionally upset or agitated.

• Being extremely withdrawn and non-communicative or non-responsive.

• Unusual behavior usually attributed to dementia (e.g., sucking, biting, rocking).

• An adult’s report of being verbally or emotionally mistreated.

Verbal and emotional abuse often takes the form of bullying and threats if the vulnerable person does (or does not) do something. An example would be if someone was to threaten or bully a vulnerable person into signing a document that would not be to the vulnerable person’s best interest “or else...”

Or, stating if the vulnerable person did (or did not) do something, they would be made miserable for the rest of their life. Or, stating if a vulnerable person does (or does not) do something, they will never see something important (i.e., their pet, grandchildren, or home) again.

Verbal and emotional abuse is particularly persistent in cases involving other types of abuse, such as physical or financial abuse, when the perpetrator tries to control the victim from reporting the abuse. Often, the victim is made to feel guilty or somehow responsible for the behavior and actions of the perpetrator, such that the vulnerable person becomes a reluctant or unwilling participant in the abuse investigation.

Physical abuse represents 15 percent of all substantiated abuse cases of Oregon’s

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vulnerable population in 2017 and is any physical injury to an adult caused by other than accidental means that may result in bodily injury, physical pain, or impairment.

Some of the warning signs of physical abuse include: • Cuts, lacerations, punctures, wounds.

• Bruises, welts, discolorations, grip marks.

• Any unexplained injury that doesn’t fit with the given explanation of the injury.

• Any injury incompatible with the person’s history of unexplained injuries.

• Any injury which has not been properly cared for (sometimes injuries are hidden on areas of the body normally covered by clothing).

• Dehydration and/or malnourishment without illnessrelated cause.

• Unexplained loss of weight.

• Burns, possibly caused by cigarettes, caustics, acids or friction from ropes or chains.

Victims of physical abuse may excuse away their injuries by stating that they injured themselves. Regular check-ups

by medical professionals, including routine physical and vision exams, can assist in determining whether injuries are signs of abuse or reflect a need for changes in medication or other accommodations.

If you become aware of signs that a person over 65 (or a person with disabilities of any age) is being abused, report it and let the authorities investigate. Protect any evidence you may have and call the toll-free abuse hotline at 800-503-SAFE or by calling local law enforcement in the county where the abuse occurred. If you report elder abuse in good faith, the law will protect you from

being sued by the alleged abuser if you are mistaken.

D r. B e t s y L e i g h t y Johnson has a PhD in Human Services with a specialization in Social and Community Services. In September 2014, the author and her husband discovered his (then) 96-year-old mother had been the victim of financial elder abuse. They were very involved in the collection of evidence assisting in the felony prosecution of the victim’s daughter for the crime. Since that time, the author has become an elder abuse advocate, currently assisting the Deschutes County District Attorney’s office with elder abuse cases.

Wednesday, August 21, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

Tales from a

Sisters Naturalist

by Jim Anderson

Citizen scientists needed!

Keeping up with bats is not an easy job. People who study bats don’t sleep during the normal times of most human beings. All our bats are nocturnal — local residents as well as visitors — so bat people are up all night long. Tom Rodhouse of Bend, a regional wildlife ecologist for the National Park Service, is one of those people — and he needs your help.

Tom started studying our bats back in the 2000s, beginning at OMSI’s Camp Hancock, then on to South Ice Cave and Ft. Rock State Park. He placed mist nets in what he thought were bat flyways and did a land-office business live-trapping them.

He identified local bats and those that fly in from other locations to spend summer here pigging out on our moths and other nocturnal insects.

Hoary bats from down south and several of our local species work on moths and mosquitoes in summer, but desert-dwelling pallid bats pretty much single out Jerusalem crickets for their main meal. All summer long I receive phone calls about piles of funny-looking orange insect heads and black legs deposited on front porches.

Visiting the site and looking at the evidence, I determined that bats had left the mess, and one night, visiting a site near Sisters, I observed pallid bats coming into a porch overhang carrying crickets in their tail membranes. They’d roost over the doorway and proceed to munch on the bodies, spitting

out the heads and legs.

In addition to Tom Rodhouse, there are other batty individuals who have contributed to our basic knowledge of these small flying mammals. People like biologist Pat Ormsbee, now retired after a career with the Forest Service, is a shining example.

Pat worked for the USFS in Eugene as a wildlife biologist and began surveying for bats as part of her job in about 1990. Bats intrigued her because they’re mammals that fly, echolocate, live for decades, and their young are called pups!

While working for the USFS, Pat completed graduate school at Oregon State University in 1995 and began conducting one of the first radio-telemetry studies of bats in Oregon. She tracked female long-legged bats to their daytime roosts and found them using big snags and hollow trees, which was an amazing discovery. She taught us that the bats were dependent on the biggest, baddest old trees in the forest to raise their pups.

You add that up with the other news about the welfare of cavity-nesting birds and other wildlife and you know why the USFS began placing “Wildlife Signs” on snags, in an effort to save them from wood-cutters.

In 2002, Pat started the bat grid program, and she started knocking heads and dragging people by the ear to start working together to save bats all across the Northwest. She got over 75 state and federal agencies, universities, NGOs, tribes, and consultants and recruited over 150 agency and citizen scientists to fund and do the monitoring of bats that was so desperately needed to get a pulse on bat populations.

Tom Rodhouse came out of the woodwork to help Pat, they became fast friends, and have been working diligently ever since to turn the bat grid into what is now called the North American Bat Monitoring Program.

Enter Roger Rodriguez, who Tom beckoned to town a few years back to start up the

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Northwestern Bat Hub and run the North American Bat Monitoring Program out of OSU-Cascades. Roger, Tom, and Roger’s hired man Trent Hawkins, and still sometimes Pat and some OSU students are now doing amazing things all over the countryside trying to get a handle on these bats. They’ve got Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW), the Forest Service, BLM, and all kinds of other groups pulling together to run around and put bat detectors out on ground.

They’re running down the old bat grid locations and visiting new spots to find out what’s going on with our bats.

Trent Hawkins is recruiting and training volunteers to help go out in the desert and listen for spotted bats in the Central Oregon Spotted Bat Project. You can join in the fun!

Spotted bats are probably the coolest bats around, with huge pink ears, jet black in color with three white spots on the back. Sometimes they are called the Oreo cookie bat. Or the jackass bat. Or the death’s head bat. Depending on how you see the pattern when looking at their back.

Spotted bats are so shy and solitary that Tom and the gang really didn’t know they were in the area until they figured out they could hear them calling better than catch and record them.

They’re high flyers and roost among sheer cliffs, but — unlike most other bats — their clicking calls can be heard by humans while the

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Local NPS wildlife ecologist and bat expert Tom Rodhouse, bat study head. bats are flying about hunting for moths and other nocturnal flying insects in the canyons of Central Oregon. It is because of this audible call that Tom and Trent decided to start bringing citizen scientists in to help.

Biologists have limited understanding of spotted bat distribution and seasonal patterns in Oregon. What they do know, however, is that their calls are most commonly heard near the canyons and cliffs of eastern Oregon’s high desert in places like Smith Rock.

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The Nugget to launch Celebrate! magazine This fall, The Nugget will publish the first edition of a new magazine-format publication that honors the triumphs and achievements of the vigorous and accomplished people who call Central Oregon their home.

Celebrate! Abundant Living in Central Oregon tells the stories of milestones achieved and obstacles overcome, of awards and honors earned in the arts, athletics, and service to the community.

From a junior rodeo champion to a lifetime-achievement award for an auto racer; from the decades-long effort to restore Whychus Creek to major business anniversaries, Celebrate! seeks to… well…

celebrate the full and vivid lives built by the people who make this special place so special.

In addition to engaging and uplifting storytelling from award-winning writers, Celebrate! will also be a resource guide for creating your own celebrations and marking your own milestones — from weddings to retirements, from arts events to happy holidays.

The abundant life of Central Oregon gives us so much to celebrate, The Nugget invites readers to join in sharing and spreading the joy.

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Airshow features warbirds, drones

By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

Many folks from Sisters will be making the trek up to Madras on August 23-24 to take in one of the most spectacular air shows in the West at the Airshow of the Cascades.

Hundreds of planes of all types will be part of the show, including about 30 flyable World War II warbirds — types that were flown in air combat during D-Day operations in Normandy in 1944.

Those planes are part of the Erickson Aircraft Collection.

A partnership with the Erickson Aircraft Collection allows Airshow visitors free entry to their museum, which houses the largest privately owned collection of vintage warbirds in the world.

The airshow in Madras is a family event that is distinct from many other airshows across the West.

“Here it’s more up-close,” said Airshow board member Tom Brown. “You get to talk to the pilots; you get up close to the planes.”

The Airshow of the Cascades has always been about more than planes. The show started when local rancher and vintage plane enthusiast Ron Ochs invited friends to fly in to his ranch in the late 1970s and ’80s for a get-together and weekend party. They’d land on his hay field after the second cutting.

Friends who didn’t fly drove their fancy cars out to the ranch.

When the event moved to the Madras Airport to become Airshow of the Cascades in 2000, the car show came with it. Now there’s also a motorcycle show and — new this year — a vintage

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Jury convicts meth traffickers who operated in Central Oregon U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams announced that a federal jury in Eugene has found two men guilty of trafficking methamphetamine from Southern California to Central Oregon and the Portland metro area for distribution.

On August 9, 2019, Ronald Wayne Thrasher, 49, of Madras, was found guilty of purchasing and transporting methamphetamine for distribution. Thrasher’s supplier, Russell Marvin Jones, 53, of Gresham, was found guilty of selling methamphetamine and possessing a stolen firearm.

Both men were also found guilty of being felons in possession of a firearm.

Thrasher and Jones have each served time in prison for past convictions. Thrasher served time in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and Jones in Oregon state prison for first degree manslaughter.

Nine co-defendants have

previously pleaded guilty to conspiring with Thrasher to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and are awaiting sentencing: Jordan Michael Johnson, 57, of San Diego, California; Brenda Ann Lederman, 46, of Santee, California; Jason James Puckett, 46, of Prineville; Tyler Wayne Fuller, 30, Renee Marie Scarlett, 48, and Talina Shantel Ortiz, 45, of Madras; Jacklin Renee Bowlby, 36, of Bend; Kerry Wayne Hopson, 33, of Redmond; and Mistie Dawn Cooper, 39, of Alfalfa.

Fuller also pleaded guilty to robbing a bank in Madras.

According to court documents and testimony produced at trial, in spring of 2016, Thrasher became acquainted with multiple co-defendants who were engaged in trafficking methamphetamine from Santee, San Diego, and Portland for resale in Central Oregon. Thrasher used these connections to establish a

source of supply for his own use and distribution.

In early 2017, after his primary supplier was arrested in Redmond, an associate introduced Thrasher to Jones, a methamphetamine manufacturer, dealer and user in the Portland area. On or about February 17, 2017, Thrasher traveled to Portland with his associates to meet Jones.

During this meeting, Jones sold Thrasher several pounds of methamphetamine. On March 20, 2017, after several additional methamphetamine deals, Jones sold Thrasher a stolen firearm.

By April 2017, Thrasher was distributing methamphetamine via multiple associates throughout Central Oregon.

On April 9, 2017, he was introduced to new Californiabased methamphetamine suppliers including Stevens. Two weeks later, Thrasher and an associate drove to Santee to meet with his new suppliers.

VACCINATION: Personal, informed care benefits decisions

going on in our community,” she said. “Protect yourself if you travel. I’ve seen some funny stuff coming back from Costa Rica.”

By the same token, one should not live in fear of lurking disease.

“Don’t go to the extreme of ‘if I don’t vaccinate against everything, I’m going to die!’” she said.

Dr. Miller throws up a caution flag of her own when it comes to pushes for vaccinations for diseases that can be avoided through lifestyle.

“How far should vaccines go?” she queries. “Should it be irresponsibility vaccines?”

Recent outbreaks of measles demonstrate that when rates of immunization drop, diseases that have been in

check can rear their heads again virulently.

People in Sisters are fortunate in that they have access to more individualized and personal healthcare and can make appropriate choices in consultation with a doctor who actually knows them.

That personal relationship is key, as far as Dr. Miller is concerned. She defined her stance on vaccination baldly: “I’m pro vaccination that is very personal. That’s what I am.”

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“They take newborns to Costco, a week old,” Dr. Miller said. “We want to do whatever we want to do, regardless of what our bodies are designed to do.”

Vaccinations are not just for children. Adults have the possibility of vaccinating against pneumonia, flu, shingles and other diseases.

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During this meeting, Thrasher purchased approximately 13 pounds of methamphetamine from Stevens.

In May 2017, a Central Oregon Drug Enforcement (CODE) team investigation identified Thrasher as a high-volume methamphetamine supplier and distributor. On May 29, 2017, CODE detectives, assisted by a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent, arrested Thrasher and seized approximately 16 pounds of methamphetamine, $16,000 in cash, records of drug sales and the stolen firearm from his

residence in Madras.

Thrasher and Jones will be sentenced on February 4, 2020 and November 14, 2019, respectively, before U.S. District Court Judge Michael J. McShane.

This case was investigated by CODE; DEA; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; and the Oregon State Police.

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Sisters Folk Festival contributes to community

By Sue Stafford Correspondent

What began 23 years ago as a one-day music event with a few hundred attendees at the then Sisters MiddleHigh School (now the middle school), has grown and evolved into a three-day, 11-venue celebration of Americana music in which “All The Town’s a Stage.”

People come from within and well beyond Oregon to enjoy a rich variety of music by over 46 artists and groups during the Sisters Folk Festival. As the festival has grown, so has the town of Sisters. In 1996 the town’s population was less than 1,000. Today it stands near 2,800 just within the city limits. Sisters Country (the school district boundaries) is closer to 10,000.

Attendance now reaches about 4,000 people who flock to Sisters the weekend after Labor Day for the three-day festival, one of the major events for which Sisters is famous. Others are the Sisters Rodeo, which will celebrate its 80th year in June 2020, and the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show, which attracts 10,000 people a year to town the second Saturday of July. The Sisters Rhythm and Brews Festival hosted its second

music event last month.

A newcomer in October this year will be the Sisters Book Festival, October 18-20.

These city-wide events contribute to the economic vitality of this small town at the foot of the Cascades and make the name of Sisters, Oregon, known internationally.

Accommodation for event attendees, including lodging and camping facilities, restaurant meals and food, parking and fuel, medical and other services, and shopping, help support local businesses. The festival had to be cancelled in 2017 due to the health hazards of smoke from surrounding wildfires.

That cancellation hit the local economy hard.

Throughout the years, the SFF has worked closely with the City and local businesses to maximize local benefits of the festival and minimize any

disturbance or inconvenience to the citizens of Sisters.

Larger crowds mean more demand for parking spaces around the various venues. Each year, the SFF has worked to improve their operations. They have arranged for bike corrals, shuttles, and venues within walking distances to encourage a reduction in auto traffic. This year, there is a new camping venue available at the high school parking lot (see related story, page 1).

What started as the dream of local residents Jim Cornelius, editor in chief of The Nugget, and initial owner of Paulina Springs Books, Dick Sandvik, has grown into a year-round center for creativity and community music.

In addition to producing the annual Folk Festival, this local non-profit has sponsored the Americana Project in the Sisters schools for the past 20

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of saying thank you to the community for its support of the SFF, a series a three free summer concerts has been held at Fir Street Park. During the quieter winter season, the Winter Concert Series brings first-rate performers to the high school auditorium for the enjoyment of ticketholders. Those performers also spend time in the classrooms with students.

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years, providing arts-related education for all grade levels.

The program has expanded to include visual arts as well.

The luthier program at the high school teaches students how to make their own ukuleles and guitars. This year, six alumni of the Americana Project will be performing during the Folk Festival.

The Americana Project Arts Outreach Scholarship program, in partnership with Family Access Network, provides arts-related scholarships to over 100 Sisters children, enabling them to take dance classes, art classes, and music lessons, helping students realize their full potential.

Songwriting camps for both adults and youth are held each year, with SFF performers providing the instruction for the adult camp held for three days at Caldera prior to the festival.

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city streets as well as on City property, including parks and the City right-of-way (ROW), over the years enforcement of those policies has been lax or non-existent. Now that the SFF attendance has reached about 4,000 each year, officials believe consistent enforcement of the no-camping regulation has become necessary to maintain the livability factor for Sisters residents during the festival.

The City ROW is defined as the space between the street and adjoining property line. In a large number of locations around Sisters, the ROW is the gravel shoulder where a sidewalk may eventually be built.

“Sisters Folk Festival is working to find a solution that works for our patrons, the residents, and the City during our events,” said SFF Creative Director Brad Tisdel. “We are working in partnership with the City of Sisters and the Sisters School District to provide an alternative at SPRD and Sisters High School for camping in RVs.” The SFF has notified its patrons that, although over the years these spots in the ROW have been tempting locations to park a trailer or RV for the weekend, this year the City has indicated they may ticket any vehicles with persons camping in the ROW. Additionally, parking and RV camping violations on vacant lots around Sisters will be strictly enforced by the City of Sisters during the festival.

“If you do not have permission from a property owner to park or camp, you do so at the risk of being ticketed,” SFF patrons were warned.

Motel rooms, short-term rentals, and spaces in the Creekside Campground are booked a year in advance for the SFF weekend. People with RVs, campers, and tents can utilize the National Forest lands that surround Sisters.

In response to the enforcement policy, SFF has arranged for an overnight RV camping location in a portion of the Sisters High School parking lot as an option during the weekend. Space is very limited and requires an advance parking/camping pass, available through the SFF website for $100. Campers must also have an All-Events Pass to the 2019 SFF. With the location being about a mile from Village Green Park, biking and/or walking are reasonable and encouraged. There will also be free shuttle buses scheduled a few times a day between the high school and the park. The parking pass includes up to three nights of camping (Friday-Sunday). RV campers must arrive between 11 a.m. and 9 p.m. on Friday, September 6, to guarantee their spot and be off the property by 9 a.m. on Monday.

RVs up to 36 feet in length can be accommodated. The parking lot option is considered dry camping, so there are no power or water hookups available.

Tisdel told The Nugget, “Thus far the response has been favorable and appreciative that there is an alternative to parking in the right-of-way throughout town.”

Quiet hours in the parking lot will be from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. Generators are allowed (outside of quiet hours) but campers are encouraged to keep generator use to a

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minimum in consideration of other campers. Well-behaved dogs are welcome, although they are not allowed in festival venues unless they are registered service animals.

Pets must be on leash at all times in the camping area.

Campers are reminded to clean up after their dogs.

SFF patrons were told, “We appreciate your understanding of the City of Sisters municipal codes, and we want to be respectful of property owners, neighbors, and businesses as we continue to produce the Sisters Folk Festival, ‘Where All The Town’s A Stage’.”

For more information on the City’s camping and parking regulations visit the City’s website at www.codepublishing.com/OR/Sisters/, by contacting City Hall at 541-5496022, or in person at Sisters City Hall located at 520 E. Cascade Ave.

The camping pass for Sisters High School parking lot is available through the SFF website at www. sistersfolkfestival.org under RV Camping, Get Your RV Camping Pass, Tickets.

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RV parking and camping in the City of Sisters FAQ Q: Can I camp/stay overnight in an RV parked on the street?

A: No. City regulations prohibit overnight camping on City property, including parks and the right-ofway (with the exception of Creekside Campground).

SMC 4.05.020(13) Q: Can I park my RV on a City street overnight, even if I’m not camping in it?

A: Overnight RV parking in the right-of-way is only allowed where specifically designated through RV striped parking spaces and/or signage. Designated RV parking is located on the south side of East Main Avenue between North Cedar Street and North Locust Street (north of City

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Hall). SMC 4.05.020(13) Q: Is RV camping allowed on an undeveloped or vacant parcel?

A: Only if a Temporary Use Permit (TUP) has been issued. (Available at City Hall) SMC 2.15.1900 Q: Can I stay overnight in my own RV or allow a guest to stay overnight in their own RV on my property for a few days?

A: Temporary use of a single RV for overnight camping is generally considered a permitted accessory use and is allowed as follows: • When located on a developed lot containing an occupied, single-family dwelling; • When parked in a legal parking space (i.e. driveway) and fully sited on private property; and • Maximum of one RV allowed per lot.

Use of the RV and property is subject to all other rules and restrictions in the Sisters Municipal Code (i.e. noise) and Sisters Development Code.

to Sisters,” (The Nugget, August 14, page 1) stated that the event was presented by the Rotary Club of Sisters. Sisters Rotary was a presenting sponsor of the event.

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The Bunkhouse Chronicle Craig Rullman Columnist

Can I get a witness?

With all due respect to Sgt. Bailey and the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, whose service and dedication to professionalism are both real and deeply appreciated by this space, the advice to citizens to stand back and “be a good witness” in the face of crime is ultimately damaging to a community.

The “be a good witness” meme has been all the rage in law enforcement circles for several decades, and there are some solid reasons for it. Overzealous citizens who don’t understand the law, or their rights and duties, have caused serious problems for law enforcement, and occasionally themselves. They have been shot, mistakenly arrested, beaten up by suspects, murdered by suspects, and sometimes take action when there is, in fact, no crime.

The specter of civil and criminal liability for addressing any crime is real, and potentially devastating for both citizens and law enforcement professionals alike.

All of those are solid reasons to sit back and be a good witness, and it is the same advice that many departments give to off-duty officers who find themselves in a position to intercede or prevent crimes in progress.

Nothing is worse — and it has happened more than once — than when arriving officers shoot an off-duty officer because he was carrying a gun in civilian clothes and failed to properly identify himself.

But the “good witness” premise is flawed on a number of levels. The first of those is the implicit embrace of the nanny-state, which encourages weakness in lawabiding citizens by causing them to fear virtually everything, and particularly the right and responsibility to confront our nation’s growing multitude of utter scumbags.

The flipside is that criminals, particularly those packs of malicious young criminals and mischief-makers who have yet to be sufficiently thumped by life — and generally have little or no respect for much of anything — are emboldened to deviance every time law-abiding citizens walk away, or make the very funny threat (usually while showing them

their cell-phone) to call the cops.

Turning everything over to the government also adds to the erosion of our rights as free citizens. As a citizen you have the legal right to detain someone suspected of a crime. You have the right to do that using the same use of force continuum that law enforcement does. But for years citizens have been asked to dumb themselves down, act like sheep, and let criminals run over the top of them while waiting to be rescued.

There are actually people in this country who would like you to allow criminals into your house to steal your stuff and abuse your loved ones while you hide in a crycloset frantically dialing 911.

No, thanks.

Being a good witness really boils down to some essential ingredients, which a surprising number of adults are incapable of cooking with, particularly when talking to a dispatcher under conditions approaching stress.

First, is what you are seeing actually a crime? Some knowledge of the law — which many people think they have and actually don’t — is probably important.

Second, get a description of the suspect — what are they

wearing, how old are they, are they white, black, Asian, Hispanic? That isn’t profiling, by the way, it’s being a “good witness,” and details matter. Which direction are they travelling? Are they on foot, a bicycle, or driving a car? What does the vehicle look like? Can you read the plate? Even a partial plate number can be helpful. And after all of that good witnessing, please stand around sucking your thumb until a deputy arrives, by which time everything will probably be over.

Insisting that citizens yield their rights, and one of the feature responsibilities of being an adult — involvement in the protection of their community — to merely witnessing crime is absurd. The “don’t approach, d o n ’t e n g a g e o r g e t involved” advice is fine for children, but not for adults.

That is precisely how criminals and mischief-makers take over a neighborhood, then a town, and eventually a criminal justice system.

And that’s particularly true in a town like ours, which is severely under-patrolled, particularly during the summer months when hordes of people descend on Sisters from who-knows-where.

The dearth of patrols in our city — and a rapidly

growing city means rapidly growing criminal behavior — is likely a staffing issue, and isn’t entirely the Sheriff’s fault. Sheriff Nelson would, beyond a doubt, love to throw a ton of deputies at Sisters’ burgeoning criminal problems, and no law enforcement officer worth the weight of their badge wants their beat to suffer any crime at all, let alone a spree committed by a small number of delinquents.

In law enforcement, as in the rest of life, squeaky wheels always get the grease, and if the people in this town want more patrols, they better start squawking and wobbling — loudly and frequently — like the bad wheel on a shopping cart. They should probably demand that the City Council pony up some more money to get full-time deputies here, particularly through the peak tourism months.

Citizens of this town, or any other, who are serious about preventing crime should also attend a citizen’s academy, learn something about the law, their rights and responsibilities, and make their own choice between merely witnessing, or taking meaningful, responsible action to deter, interrupt, or prevent criminal behavior in our community.

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WILD WEST: Performing troupe creates and acts out scripts Continued from page 1

“Taylor was in a skit last year, and now all my kids are getting into the act,” Barrier told The Nugget.

Two new re-enactors from Redmond, Naomi Marlitt, a.k.a. Sassy Savanah, and Lorinda Tiller, a.k.a. Amber Rose, are members of the Cowboy Action Shooting Club and dressed up as the “fancy ladies” in town.

Another new couple in town was Sam Kovic, a.k.a. Chance the Outlaw, and his wife, Lee, a.k.a.

Polly Wanda Cracker, from Medford have been members of the Cowboy Action

Shooting Club for a year.

Kovic said, “You don’t want to get ‘Polly’ mad; she’s a sure shot. Actually, Lee’s got a real good aim.”

Cowboy action shooting is a fast-growing shooting sport, and is embraced by men, women and youngsters from all parts of the globe.

Besides the shootout performances and skits beginning at high noon, the show also featured a beer garden and vendors with a variety of Native American and Westernthemed arts and crafts for folks to meander through.

New vendor artist Jeanne Warren from Grants Pass, a native Oregonian, showcased her detailed wildlife oil paintings while doing a demonstration for visitors to watch.

“I started painting as a kid,” she said. “My mom was

Sisters author’s story to air on TV Local author Melody Carlson has had one of her novels adapted for television.

“All Summer Long” premieres this Saturday night on the Hallmark Channel and stars Brennan Elliott and Autumn Reeser. Peter DeLuise, son of the late comedian Dom DeLuise, directed.

The story takes place aboard a dinner yacht and is set on the San Francisco Bay, but the movie was filmed in British Columbia. Carlson visited the set in June to meet the cast and crew and watch the filming. Although she was invited to participate as an extra during a party scene, Carlson quite literally missed the boat. The crew sent a shuttle back to shore to pick her up after filming of the scene was complete.

Carlson is the author of over 200 novels for women, teens, and children. Her stories range from serious issues like schizophrenia (“Finding Alice”) to lighter topics. She has accrued a number of awards including Romantic Times’ Career Achievement

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Award, the Rita and the Gold Medallion. Over the years, some of her other books have been optioned for film or television, and still others are currently under consideration.

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Her online gallery name, “Photismos,” stems from Warren’s passion for painting light and color. She loves working with light and shadows to create a colorful experience in nature.

Vendor Marissa Walker from Ventura, California creates her silver jewelry masterpieces on the road and in the

wilderness.

Walker said, “Right now, I’m living out of my little teardrop trailer in the area. I handcraft my jewelry work while I’m on the road and I pick up all my stones for my silver pieces along the way.”

Jennifer Haken, co-owner of Garden of Eden in Sisters, also runs a mobile LulaRoe clothing boutique and was open to the public as one of

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“I bought this trailer from a friend, and it was already custom-made for a clothing shop,” Haken said. “My husband Jeff and I are very entrepreneurial. But I started my own business to help pay the bills, start a savings and it helped put my child through college. And now my daughter has her own LulaRoe clothing boutique in North Carolina.”

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SCULPTORS: Symposium was set at Suttle Lake Continued from page 3

(NWSSA). They hailed from Washington and Oregon, from British Columbia, Italy, Germany, and Japan.

Some continued to work through the day on Saturday under individual open-air tents, chiseling, sanding, blasting, and sanding again.

The tents circled a vast open field with a massive compressor at the center, air hoses snaking through the grass to the tents to power each sculptor’s tools. The hiss of the compressor alternated with the whir of drills and the chime of chisels. Early in the week, the sculptures were rough – barely suggesting a figure, an abstract shape, or a face. Saturday, the finished (or almost finished) work was displayed for the public.

The artists are both men and women, teens to seasoned citizens. Some worked the stones for the very first time, and others have 30 or more years of carving and the arthritic joints to prove it. Some have MFA degrees framed back on their studio walls, where they often work in solitude. The communal sculpture event in the woods at Suttle Lake draws them back year after year because it’s both nurturing and inspiring.

Jason Chrastina of Portland was lured back to carving after a long hiatus. Perched in front of his tent early on in the week were three moderately sized sculptures that he made around 20 years ago: one in marble, one in limestone, and one in alabaster.

“Life just got in the way,” he said.

He works in retail, selling natural foods and homeopathic medications to stores all over Oregon.

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about this society; I knew there was something, somewhere, but this year, my partner found out about this (symposium) and encouraged me to do this. So I got this chunk of marble, drilled some holes in it, and I’m chiseling around the holes.”

On Saturday, Chrastina showed his early work alongside the almost-finished marble piece, which was pinned to a base of granite, the circular holes at the bottom and a series of parallel notches carved at the top. Half of one side was polished, the other half in its natural fractured state.

Jason beamed as he walked through the sculpture garden: “I’m definitely coming back next year,” he said.

Leon White from Seattle is a veteran. On his workbench, a mermaid emerged from a two-foot tall block of premium Carrara marble. White described the whimsical piece in great detail.

“She’ll have a sand dollar necklace, and she’ll be petting a sea horse. There will be a fish here, and a starfish under her tail, which will sweep around to the back like so,” he said, waving his hands over the marble.

A career artist, White began as a painter, but turned to carving stone when he got bored. He’s been a member of NWSSA since 1989, but this was his first symposium near Sisters.

White’s mermaid was still growing from her base on Saturday, but he displayed a humorous but stonecold piece called “Dinner is Served,” consisting of a carved plate and full course: a pork chop, green beans, baked potatoes and a warm roll, complete with marble “butter pat.”

“You know, it doesn’t upset me if I don’t get a whole lot done this week,” White said. “I just bring one piece to work on, because this … it’s like a reunion. We’re all excited to be here. Many of

these folks don’t have a studio where they can generate this much noise and dust, so they come here to rough things out and take them back home to finish.”

Stephanie Robison runs the sculpture program at City College of San Francisco.

All week, she worked with beginning carvers who had the opportunity to try their skill using borrowed tools, borrowed air, and new materials. Baeven Hoit, 17, of Bainbridge Island, Washington, was one of them.

Her mom, Valerie, explained that Baevin has tried out all kinds of art, and makes up stories about her art as she goes. Her first sculpture definitely looked like a wolf with a bird on its back. Baevin, who has autism, is one of many special-needs students participating in the symposium this year.

During the week, sculptor Patty McPhee of Tacoma polished a soft translucent calla lily with an onyx peduncle that she displayed on Saturday. She’s been with NWSSA for 25 years.

“It’s where I found my passion,” she said. “It’s hard work but it’s so soul-satisfying, because it connects you to the earth.

“We’re doing what we love, but it’s toxic,” she noted.

“I mean, really toxic. Once I was sanding a piece, a green stone called chlorite, when my husband walked in and hollered ‘STOP!’ I looked around me and there was a green haze, everywhere.”

She has asthma as a result, but she won’t give up her passion.

McPhee is a self-described “tool junkie,” with at least three angle-grinders and more safety gear than a small store.

All of it thanks to her teacher and mentor, Everett DuPen. In 1925, the Hollywood Daily Citizen praised the then 13-year-old sculptor DuPen as “the genius among us.”

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The Nugget Newspaper Crossword

SCULPTORS: Annual event draws regional artists

By Jacqueline E. Mathews, Tribune News Service

Continued from page 24

Division a nationally and internationally known group.

He was a friend and a mentor to generations of artists, including McPhee, White, and others within NWSSA, who are now mentors to a new generation entering the enchantment of this age-old art form.

“I mentor anyone who comes my way,” McPhee said, “and I find that I learn so much from the people I mentor. I receive far more than I give.”

One of her mentees at Suttle Lake was Jason Chrastina.

As Saturday wore on, the sculptors began to pack their gear and load their rigs for the long trek home. But they will be back next summer. It’s set

GRANTS: Funds support activities beneficial to community Continued from page 1

consideration. The amounts recommended for each group are then added together and an average figure is determined to be their award.

Community grants may not be used for travel, budget deficits, or for routine operating expenses, a provision that eliminated one of this year’s requests from consideration.

Community entities and organizations that serve the Sisters community, but are not designated non-profits, must meet at least one of several criteria: provide assistance for essential utilities, food, medical needs, clothing, or shelter; provide educational or recreational opportunities for children or seniors; or generate/ support economic activity in

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Sisters.

Factors considered when evaluating the grant requests include: the requesting organization’s history of success; the organizational and financial stability of the group; the number and types of community members served; and the ability to measure and track the effectiveness of the project or service.

Each year, when the City’s annual budget is determined, the City Budget Committee sets an amount targeted for community assistance grants.

The City Council approves the budget. The amount available for grant awards is contingent on the Council’s approval of the budget and appropriation of funds for community grants.

Upon completion of an organization’s project or fiscal year, a letter must be sent to the City of Sisters detailing how the funds were used.

This year’s recipients of the City’s Community Support Grants include: • Age Friendly Sisters Country $500; • Citizens4Community $500; • Family Access Network Sisters for utility bills assistance $2,500; • Family Access Network Sisters for shower tokens $750; • Furry Friends $1,000; • Habitat for Humanity Sisters $750; • Harmony Farm Sanctuary $1,375; • Heart of Oregon Corp $900; • Kiwanis of Sisters $1,000; • Rotary Club of Sisters $500; • Seed to Table Oregon $1,400; • Shanrack Limited $400;

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• Sisters Camp Sherman RFPD $1,040; • Sisters Cold Weather Shelter $1,640; • Sisters Farmers Market $900; • Sisters Festival of Books $900; • Sisters Folk Festival $667; • Sisters Outdoor Leadership Experience $600; • Sisters Science Club $563; • Sisters Trails Alliance $1,000; • SMART $500; • Three Sisters Historical Society $813; • VFW Post 8138 Sisters $250; • Warfighter Outfitters Inc; $1,000.

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things can change lives for the better Continued from page 18

ate first. Even if I tried to feed him first, he would back up and invited her to come forward to receive the food.

Harry always stepped in between Lola and anything that he perceived as a threat, such as a big dog or teenagers on skateboards.

Harry’s kindness went beyond Lola. He was always gentle with people, especially children. Harry’s gentleness was the inspiration for me to write the children’s series of books, The Harry and Lola Adventures, that we used to raise money for dog rescue.

He became endowed with special magical powers in the books. A great spirit lived in him which we honored in the stories.

One year after Harry and Lola joined us we adopted Bernie. For the first six months of his life he had been kept in a very small cage, in a dim-lit room, and never let out. He also had no training whatsoever. Bernie and Lola immediately clashed; but Harry would step between the two to calm things down.

Harry and Lola have now

passed on and we miss them dearly.

Two years ago we adopted Chewy and Piper, another pair of rescued Scotties. We were blessed with a new peacemaker. Bernie and Chewy have had a number of issues. Bernie is top dog and Chewy wants that position. Piper, the female, is the peacemaker. She will run between the two boys and give a quick snap at the one who is making trouble. She will also snap at either of the boys who is raising a ruckus.

Sweet and gentle with people hardly begins to describe her overall personality. When you look at her, the kindness in her eyes shows through.

I feel blessed to have lived with such fine spirits. Harry and Piper are good reminders of Christ’s guidance regarding loving, sharing and caring for others. It’s been rewarding to live with virtuous role-models right here in the

house. May I be as good, kind and generous as my Scotties!

Each of us can be peacemakers and make this crazy world a better place. Rather than getting upset with someone who has a different opinion about a subject, acknowledge their right to their opinion and move on with the conversation. Maybe if you listen, rather than get upset, you’ll even learn something new. Offer to help anyone you see that needs assistance.

Kindness is its own reward.

The recent concept of “pay it forward” is a wonderful example of how we can each do a small thing that could change someone’s day — and maybe even their life.

We can change the world. It begins with changing our attitude and our actions toward each other.

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. — Matthew 5:9.

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RON ARTIS II: guitaristsongwriter has relocated to Portland Continued from page 3

“I really want to emphasize the importance of learning and listening to those around you as other artists and musicians,” he said.

Artis did not teach himself these skills and ways to the craft. His father, Ron Artis I, was his teacher and mentor as a musician himself. Artis and his family played in a family band with their father for many years before Artis went out solo. As far as finding his own groove goes, he said it took him a long time.

“I wasn’t a very outgoing kid and it was hard for me to find out who I was musically because I wasn’t super outgoing and it was sort of terrifying to bare myself to the world,” he said.

He expressed the importance of knowing who you are first, and accepting that; otherwise it is just dishonest,

and that will come across in performance.

“It is important as a musician to freely express yourself and not think about the performance, and learning that was an intense journey for me,” said Artis.

Artis always had a strong liking for melodies and the inner workings of music and learning about finding what moves you.

“If a song comes on and I am talking to someone, I get completely lost in the craft of the song, listening to every part and figuring out how they may be doing something with it,” he said.

Artis has always had the dream of working with musicians who perform with instruments in their rawest forms, a string band.

“I am a huge fan of classical instruments in their rawest, most pure form,” he said.

Artis will be bringing a string band to his Sunday performances at the Sisters Folk Festival. The band, Strings of Life, will be adding a classic bass, cello, viola, and two

violins to a set of his songs.

Not only will he be bringing two bands with him, his brother Thunderstorm Artis is slotted to perform his own music as well as a few songs with Ron and the Truth.

“Thunderstorm is really gifted, I am super stoked to have him there with us,” said Ron. Not only will he have this special appearance of the string band — the Sunday of the festival, September 8 is also the release date of his newest album “Love is Love.”

“Those at the festival will be the first ones to get their hands on it,” he said.

The album features songs with the Strings of Life band and all new songs written and performed by Artis. He will be featuring some of these new songs and sounds to his sets at Sisters Folk Festival.

All of the songs off the new record reflect various emotions through the use of various instruments alongside Artis’ soulful dynamic voice. The title track off the

record opens with a sweet interaction with his daughter Ida singing alongside him, with a slow, sweet ukulele tune behind their voices. The album contains a collection of tracks that are personal and real and tell the story of a musician exploring his life.

“Love is Love” uses a number of various instrumental patterns and unique combinations of vocals, guitar, strings and horns to create a wholesome album about life, love and loss.

There are also a few songs written for his wife, Julia.

“My goal with those songs is to remind her how special she is and make her blush,” he said.

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He famously left the folk festival crowd with a tear in their eye after performing his soulful ballad entitled after her name, “Julia,” and sang it to her while she was standing sidestage. His wife and three daughters, recently having the third, Adria, will be travelling with him to Sisters from Portland.

Ron Artis and the Truth will be performing at the SFF Friday, Saturday and Sunday, September 6-8. For tickets and information visit www.sistersfolkfestival. org. There are a few spots for the song academy; more information can be found at: www.sistersfolkfestival.org/ americana-song-academy/.

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FURRY FRIENDS: Nonprofit helps Sisters families in need Continued from page 3

“We are in desperate need of a facility for sorting bottles and cans,” Dolson said. “And volunteers to help.”

Dolson said the organization is seeking “Any kind of outbuilding, barn, shop. We would use it 12 months out of the year… It would be nice to be able to sort inside because it’s cold in the winter.

It doesn’t have to be a heated space.”

Furry Friends is also in need of ongoing donations in order to maintain services year-round. Demand for services continues to grow, and is particularly valuable to seniors on fixed incomes.

Furry Friends was recently able to help a local resident save her beloved dog through crowdfunding for major emergency surgery.

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Bottle and can donations are Furry Friends Foundation’s biggest funding source. The nonprofit needs a new place to sort and store materials.

Dolson said the organization is currently tapped-out when it comes to funds for such assistance.

We are in desperate need of a facility for sorting bottles and cans; and volunteers to help.

— Kiki Dolson

“I would say right now our ability to aid people with emergency veterinary financial care — we’re just about out of money for that for the rest of the year,” she said.

People donate generously during the Furry Friends holiday food drive, but donations tend to fall off over the course of the year, while the need remains acute.

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Sweet Remains to grace Sisters Folk Festival with harmonies

By Ceili Cornelius Correspondent

Sweet Remains is a band made up of three guys who didn’t know they needed to be in a band together.

Greg Naughton, one of the three members of the band, spoke with The Nugget on the creation of the band, their sound and their autobiographical film. The Sweet Remains will be featured at this year’s Sisters Folk Festival.

Known for their strong melodic drive and comparable sounds to bands of the 1960s and ’70s such as Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, the Sweet Remains have been a band on the road for over 10 years. Greg Naughton and Rich Price attended college together in Middleburg, Vermont, and went into music together as a hobby. They would sit in at each other’s sets around New York performing their own songs.

When they decided to go into music together, they realized the benefit of touring as a unit.

“Touring is expensive and lonely, and being together we were able to keep each other company. However, throughout our small music tours, we felt like we were missing that third harmony part,” said Naughton.

Several years later, after being separated for a while and going on their own career paths, Naughton and Price found each other once again in New York City through a mutual record agency that was going under. There is where the two met Brian Chartrand.

They met for a jam session in a hotel room and instantly recognized the kinship they had, and thought of Chartrand as the third harmony part they had previously been looking for.

At first, the band’s name was RGB, standing for the members’ first names.

However, they thought of the connection the band had as a showing of how much remained in their sound even after two of the members went off on their own.

“We thought of the three of us connecting as a sort of phoenix rising from what remained, and that is where we got the name ‘Sweet Remains’,” said Naughton.

Naughton and the two other band members began touring around the East Coast, eventually moving westward to where they are now nationally known. They were all touring with the band amidst their own solo tours as well.

“We still did our own solo recording and work while also recording and writing for the band, and we then played the songs for producer Andy

Zula, and he has since been the producer on all of the band’s projects and albums,” Naughton said.

Naughton describes the band’s music as containing broad strokes of Americana and singer-songwriter rock ‘n’ roll.

“A big inspiration for our sound was Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young with threepart harmonies, Americana folk, and rock instrumental sound,” he said.

This year, an autobiographical film starring the band members, “The Independents” will be airing in select theaters. There will be a special screening at the Sisters Movie House, Wednesday, September 4, at 6:30 p.m. ahead of their performances at the Sisters Folk Festival. The event is free to the public with a suggested donation, with a limit of two tickets per person.

The movie came about after many years of collaboration and talks with the members of the band on if they actually wanted to do something like this. Naughton had previous theater experience, owning a theater company in New York while he was on a break from music.

“In the middle of our tour I began writing this film about the band’s unique relationship and their funny experiences, and I felt fascinated by it,” he said.

The film tells the story of how the three men were figuring out how to be in a band — and a touring band as well.

They went back and forth for a long time on if they wanted to hire actors for the film, or just play themselves. They

opted to just play themselves.

“We went to the extreme stock character version of ourselves and in the movie, we all kind of meet at crisis points in our lives, which is exaggerated slightly,” said Naughton.

Rich Price, in the film, was expected by his family to be a super-scholar, which is what he was in school before he met Greg. Greg was in college and a tree-limbing arborist before finding music.

“Brian’s character was the most exaggerated, that he was this homeless lost hippie, but he was without a job floating around looking for another music gig in real life when we met him,” said Naughton.

“Playing ourselves really allowed us to have a safe zone to completely be ourselves while filming.”

The band members had a wonderful time doing the film together and have already received praise for the film. As stated on their website: “‘The Independents’ debuted at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival where the Hollywood Reporter hailed it as ‘An extremely engaging film... An unconventional and sharply written script which subverts all the clichés of the star-is-born story.’”

Over the summer, the band has been recording new singles every month.

“For the start of every month we release a new single. It has been a nice way for us to break out into the streaming world and interact with our audiences better,” said Naughton.

Eventually, all of the singles will be collected into one record. The band has been to

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Oregon a number of times, but never to Sisters.

“We look forward to it very much and I have friends in Bend I am looking forward to getting to see as well,” he said.

The Sweet Remains will be playing the Sisters Folk Festival, September 6-8.

Tickets are still available. For more information visit www. sistersfolkfestival.org. They will also host a question-andanswer session at the screening of “The Independents” on Wednesday, September 4 at Sisters Movie House at 6:30 p.m.

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LETTERS

Continued from page 2

longtime fan of both Jim Cornelius and Craig Rullman and I’ve wanted to let you all in Sisters know just how lucky you are to have such thoughtful, dedicated, and outstanding writers in your newspaper.

I may not always agree, but they always give me pause for thought. It’s a pleasure to read such excellent journalism.

Washington Post, eat your heart out!

Judy Gage

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To the Editor: The Dems and FAKE news have used the term “racist” over the past 2.5 years for everyone and everything so many times it’s now a meaningless term. To combat this failed tactic, they have now elevated the rhetoric to calling their opponents “White Supremacists.”

So exactly what does “white supremacist” America look like? It started with the ultimate sacrifice made by tens of thousands of white Republicans to end slavery. Modern TV has a show called “Blackish.” 74 percent of NBA players are black. We have a black Miss America, Ebony Magazine, Jet Magazine, and Dr. Ben Carson, world-class surgeon. Revered athletes Jordan and Woods have buildings named after them at Nike World Headquarters.

Oprah Winfrey, most famous TV host of all time, builds a $2.8 billion business.

Amazing actors like Morgan Freeman, Denzel Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Will Smith, and Laurence Fishburne to name a few. Amazing singers like Beyonce, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, and of course Whitney Houston. NAACP Image Awards, BET Awards, Soul Train Music Awards, and Black History Month.

Successful black entrepreneurs include Daymond John, Michael Jordan, Robert L. & Sheila Johnson, Janice Bryant Howroyd, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Jay-Z & Beyonce, Dr. Dre, Madam C.J. Walker, and George Foreman.

Scientists include George Washington Carver, Percy Lavon Julian, Mae C Jemison, Earnest Just, Marie Daly, Katherine Johnson, and Edward Bouchet.

Admired politicians include Condoleezza Rice and General Colin Powell.

MLK must be turning over in his grave at how the Democrats and FAKE news have become champions of racial divide once again during election time in efforts to attain power. Please explain to me then: “How was an African American elected to President of The United States for two terms in a “White Supremacist” nation?

Jeff Mackey

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To the Editor: I live at The Pines in Sisters. Recently I was informed that a mega dollar store is going to be developed right outside of our fence-line,

adjacent to Bi-Mart. The Pines for many years has enjoyed the wondrous night sky and relative quiet. This store will surely install intrusive night lighting, delivery bays and parking.

Plus it will cause the already congested area of McKinney Butte and Highway 20 to be more intolerable since, as far as I know, no traffic abatement is to be implemented.

Our City Planning Department has approved this plan even though it will negatively impact Bi-Mart, which is an employeeowned business and has served Sisters for many years. Numerous people have informed me (and a Google search confirmed) that there used to be a dollar store in Sisters that closed for lack of business.

This action also comes at a time when the bond market is issuing a loud warning regarding an imminent recession. This recession predictor has not hit these levels since 2007 (remember that year?). Also, 60 percent of economists worldwide predict a recession by the 2020 election and that investment in real estate will be negative 1.3 in 2020. And we don’t yet know how the trade war will ultimately impact our lives.

I believe this is poor planning and a project to enrich developers and devalue the lives of Sisters residents at this end of town.

Kathleen Meheen

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To the Editor: Yes, it is that time again. I hope everyone has had a great summer. It has been nice to see some staff and students coming back to campus as we get ready for the 2019-20 school year. The first day of school will be here before you know it.

We are excited to put the final touches on the new mission and vision for the district and we will be sending that out to everyone as we start the new school year. This strategic plan is a living document, intended to be updated on an annual basis as the district strives to enhance teaching and learning as well as strengthen our connection with our students and community. I would like to thank all of you who gave us input and feedback throughout this process.

I would like to remind families that we are moving our start time for school back by 30 minutes. This move more closely matches the sleep patterns of teens and has been seen to have a positive impact on their physical and mental health. Our high school students will start at 8:30 a.m. and get out at 3:20 p.m.; our middle school will start at 8:30 a.m. and finish at 3:15 p.m.; and our elementary school will start at 8:35 a.m. and end at 3 p.m. For our middle and elementary school families, if you need to arrange an early drop-off, please contact your school.

I look forward to seeing students, families, and staff back on campus.

Go, Outlaws!

Curt Scholl, Superintendent, SSD

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26226 SW PINE LODGE ROAD Affordable, buildable land is quickly disappearing in Camp Sherman. This south-facing homesite is in a meadow setting with view of Black Butte & Green Ridge. Paved access, approved for septic system, has underground utilities & community water. Neighborhood & National Forest trails nearby & Lake Creek is across the street. Metolius Meadows has ample open space/common areas, community pool, tennis courts, RV parking/ storage, Jefferson County maintained streets & much more. Year-round recreation opportunities out your front door or short drive to the Metolius River, Black Butte Ranch Golf, Hoodoo Ski Area, wilderness areas & a vast adjacent National Forest. $159,500. MLS#201907868

GLAZE MEADOW #45 Wonderful cabin at Black Butte Ranch. Recently updated throughout the kitchen, living and bathrooms. It features a natural wood-paneled interior with tall vaulted open-beam ceilings and natural lava-rock fireplace. Two bedrooms down plus loft with bathroom. Enjoy the great location at the end of a long, peaceful cul-de-sac close to the Glaze Meadow Sports and Recreation Center. Adjacent to bike/pedestrian pathway with easy access to beautiful National Forest lands.$399,000. MLS#201904587

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IT’S A NATURAL! This 39.5-acre parcel is ready for your dream to come true. Beautifully treed with mature pines, character junipers, bunchgrass and wildflowers. Public lands to the west and north keep you neighbor-free for miles in those two directions. Power nearby. Easy access at the top of a small public road cul-de-sac. $299,000.

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CLASSIC HIGH MEADOW HOME Mountain views from this single-level, 4-bedroom, 3-bath home on 1 acre in Sisters premier neighborhood. Hardwood floors, a wall of windows and a wood-burning fireplace grace the greatroom.

New GE Profile appliances & lighting upgrade the kitchen. Newly tiled walk-in master shower.

Fresh paint and new carpeting throughout. Home office, family room and large pantry included in the 2,840 sq. ft. Oversized double garage with abundant storage. The 4th bedroom and 3rd bath can be “locked off” for that man-cave or sheshed.$674,900. MLS#201902939

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CLOSE-TO-TOWN LIVING Charming income producing cottage in the city of Sisters. Property has current short-term rental permit. Downtown location within walking distance to Whychus Creek. Relax in your master bedroom with fireplace and sitting area. Enjoy your evenings on the deck with gazebo and hot tub for your barbeque dinners and cozy evenings. $579,500.

MLS#201905543

343 W. ADAMS AVE. Development opportunity for new construction.

120’ x 114’. Good location in NW portion of Sisters.

Located in area with mix of professional, service, and medical. $289,000. MLS#201903440

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LAKE CREEK LODGE, #18 Turnkey in every sense of the word! Full interest 3 bed/3 bath cabin at Historic Lake Creek Lodge in Camp Sherman. Set on a small rise overlooking the creek basin, this vacation ready cabin offers quality throughout. Knotty pine paneling, plank fir floors, stone/gas fireplace, butcher block countertops, stainless appliances, farm kitchen sink, tile bathroom & showers, cedar decks, stone exterior accents & locked owner storage.

Enjoy the common area tennis, pool, creek & open spaces. The adjacent Lodge serves great meals! $849,500 MLS#201805357 Options: 1/4 share $219,000 or 1/2 share, $429,000

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687 W. JEFFERSON AVENUE Townhome in Pine Meadow Village with carefree living. Quality construction wraps around you in this 3-bedroom, 2.5-bath home. A propane fireplace adds ambiance to the living room. Breakfast bar, pantry and appliances included in the bright kitchen. Spacious master with a walk-in closet, private bath and Juliet balcony that provides a mountain view. Double garage, covered front porch and back patio. A heat pump provides A/C. Pool, hot tub and Recreation Center for homeowners. $354,000.

MLS#201904027

METOLIUS MEADOWS Breathtaking setting overlooking Lake Creek! Here is your chance to live in this enchanting location enjoying the sight/sound of water! One owner, custom built and single level. Separated master with office, TV room with Murphy bed, gorgeous 18557 MCSWAIN DRIVE cabinetry, beams and solid Alder doors, bay Nearby access to public land, BLM and breakfast nook and island. Expansive outdoor trails. McKenzie Canyon open terrain views. spaces too! Come be held captive by the quiet and Filtered views of the Three Sisters. Spacious beauty. $549,000. MLS#201904935 and open. Completely fenced 5 acres, great for horses. Approximately 1,000 sq. ft. shop YOU BELONG HERE with wood burning stove, carport with office. 2.5-acre parcels with community water, power Indoor pool. Covered porch, large deck. Wood and phone available. All lots offer you treed burning stove on tile hearth. Handcrafted privacy and easy paved-road access. Be one log home, large logs. Well insulated. Great of the first buyers in to claim a mountain view. wildlife viewing. Open floor plan. $575,000. Just minutes to Sisters. Priced $196,000 to MLS#201906779 $247,500. Call listing office for MLS#.

ROCK RIDGE #37 Vacation location at Black Butte Ranch! One-half ownership for all of the fun at half the expense! 3 bedrooms plus a bunk room in this 1,540 sq. ft.

Rock Ridge home. So many upgrades, including granite countertops in the kitchen, new decks, efficient propane stove and more. Easy access to several pools, tennis courts, bike paths and the Glaze Meadow Sports Center. $239,500.

MLS#201905281 69114 BARCLAY LANE Beautiful 10 acres with Cascade mountain views! Close to town with paved access, natural sub-irrigated meadow, ponderosa pines, septic approval, excavated pond and shallow well depths.

The building site offers views of Broken Top, the Three Sisters and Black Crater. There are views from the property of Mt. Jefferson, Black Butte, 3-Fingered Jack and Mt. Washington. An early morning walk through the meadow is spectacular with chest-high meadow grasses, wildflowers, grazing deer, circling raptors and countless native birds. This rare setting has Indian Ford Creek along its east boundary.$449,500.

MLS#201906185 BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAIN VIEW Beautiful mountain view acreage located in the secluded Lower Bridge Basin near the Deschutes River. Views of all mountains from Mt. Jefferson to Brokentop. There is a very private elevated building site in the NE corner of the lot with huge mountain views and southern exposure. Lower Bridge Estates offers paved streets, electric power and phone. The lot is approved for a standard septic system. There is abundant BLM land in the area and the nearby Deschutes River corridor is great for hiking, fishing and wildlife viewing. $229,000 MLS#201702313

The Locals’ Choice!