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Local vets headed to WWII memorial Residents are invited to celebrate Central Oregon veterans of World War II on Friday asthey leave Bend ontheir way to the dedication of the new WWII memorial in Salem. June 6 is also the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion in France, which marked the beginning of the end of the war. Local vets havebeen instrumental in raising money for the Salem memorial, and many WWII vets are in their
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The best part of sum-
mer isn't the long, warm days, or the cookouts, or the opportunity to putter
in the garden. It's the lawn games. Why? Lawn games epitomize summer. And they are so superior
90s.
The local procession will leave the Jake's Diner parking lot at 8 a.m. and will proceed west on U.S. Highway 20 and north on Third Street out of town. Motorcycles of the Oregon Veterans Motorcycle Association will be escorting the vets all the way to the event in Salem.DeschutesCounty Sheriff's Office buses will be transporting the vets. Residents are encouraged to seethevets off by waving hands or flags at them asthey depart. Contact: Lyle Hicks,
to other sports. Socks
and shoes are generally optional. Participants often play with a cold beverage in one hand. Photos by Ryan Brennecke/The Bulletin
The Nelson family includes, from left, Eva, Isaac, Isaiah, Ella, lan and Nina. The family of six are living in a converted school bus.
your fellow competitors won't be impressed;
they'll just put you in charge of the beer runs. Granted, lawn games may lack the heated competition of toe wrestling or the crowd-pleasing pageantry of bog snorkeling, but these are sports nonetheless,
Free activities at fitness center
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sports that people love. People like Brooks
• 11-1:50 a.m.— Getting Started in Yoga • 6-7 p.m.— Active Isolated Stretching Clinic • 7-8 p.m.— Getting Ready to RaceTriathlon Thursday • 4:30-5:15 p.m. Strong Supple Feet Clinic • 6:30-7:30 p.m. — Getting Started in Pilates Friday • 10-11 a.m.— Getting Started in Weight Training Snturdny 11:15 a.m.-noonWater Fitness Clinic All programs are free and no registration is required. For additional program information and schedules, visit www.bendparksandrec. org or call 541-389-
and green curtains. Ian Nelson built a removable countertop to place on top of the stove when it is not in use.
ular — and some of the
more obscure — lawn diversions.
• A family of 6 decidedto ditch the clutter anddownsizetheir hometoaconvertedschoolbus
The former includes
horseshoes, badminton and croquet. The latter, KanJam, stump and
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petanque (pronounced pay-tonk). For the un-
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initiated, KanJam is a
CULVERiving in a
Frisbee game. Stump — or "nails," as it is
c l uttered house with too
much stuff and too much debt made
calledin some areas of
Nina Nelson feel stressed and out of
the country — involves pounding nails into a
control. She began to simplify life for herself, her husband and their four children. With each item she got rid of and each bill she
tree stump. People take
likes having her family, often literally, within
paid off, she felt more relaxed and at peace. arm's reach. So step-by-step, bit-by-bit Nelson changed her Getting to the bus family's way of life. That path led her to where she is now: living Growing up in Culver, Nelson pictured living in a converted school bus. a typical life, and for a while that's just what she Nelson shares the 294-square-footspace had. After meeting and marrying her husband, with her husband, Ian, and four children, Isaac, they worked regular jobs as a firefighter and 9, Eva, 6, Ella, 5, and Isaiah, 4. nurse's aide and owned a house. Nelson calls The bus, which is still undergoing finishing this life "lame." "We accumulateda bunch of stuffand a touches, sits next to the home where Nelson's parents live on a large herb farm south of Cul- whole bunch of debt," she said. They didn't have ver. While the space can feel small sometimes
many friends and "just weren't really intention-
(Nelson jokes that she misses doors), she also al about anything." Pregnant with her third child, Nelson, now 29, felt stressed. She knew she didn't want to
keep working with three young children, but she also wanted to get out of debt. They attended a workshop about Dave Ramsey, afinan-
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7665. — From staff reports
By" (Chronicle Books), in which he examines some of the most pop-
The kitchen on the bus includes a full-size sink, bright white tiles
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Butler Hays, who has written "Balls on the Lawn: Games to Live
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• 10:30-11:15 a.m.
TRX Clinic • 11:15 a.m.- noonNordic Walking Clinic • 6-7 p.m.— Wellness Oils Clinic Tuesday • 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.— Foam Roller Clinic Wednesday • 9-10 a.m.— Ask
cial coach who encourages people to get out of debt. They left the workshop with something of a plan. Four years later, they were out of debt.
At that time, Nelson also began to try to get rid of many of their things. "I was cleaning all the time; clutter makes me crazy. I was spending
all day cleaning and not paying attention to the kids," she said. The Nelsons sold their house, which they had been underwateron at one time, and moved back home to live with Nelson's parents. Not long after that, Nelson came up with the
idea to live on a bus. See Bus/D5
turns, they flip hammers, they get feisty. Welcome to the world
of stump. Petanque is a popular European game making inroads here; it shares similarities to bocce.
These games, Hays says, are more about leisure and friendship than win-at-all-cost
competition. "I take them serious-
ly, but you can bring a less active person into the fold," he says.
"That's why they often accompany parties. You're inviting people you like rather than people with athletic skills. "The Frisbee games require some athletic skills, but the other
ones — especially the ball-throwing gamesanyone can play those and have fun." "Balls," which is nicely illustrated by Jeremy Stein, presents a veritable decathlon of lawn
sports. Hays explains the history of each, the 'a
aim
(mostly minimal) equipment, rules, terminology. And to enhance the experience — though, really, how can you make lawnbowling any better? Hays suggests drinks to accompany each sport. (His book is definitely skewed to adults.)
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Correction In a story headlined "Activities Calendar," which appeared Friday, May 30, on PageD2,the entry for the Cribbage Club listing was incorrect. The CribbageClub meets from 6-8:30 p.m. Mondays at the Bend Elks Lodge. The Bulletinregrets the error.
greatest athlete. If you brag that you can run the 100 in 10 seconds,
541-419-6021.
Juniper Swim & Fitness Center (800 N.E. 6th St., Bend) offers a week-plus of free fitness activities through June 7. Various fitness clinics and classes provide a way for newcomers and regulars to try new classes, learn new techniques anddiscover Juniper Swim 8 Fitness Center's offerings. The schedule includes: Monday • 10:35-11:15 a.m. Getting Started in Cycle
And, truth be told, you don't need to be the
Some of these sports
are centuries old. According to tradition, the ancient Greeks stuck a Ella jumps down the steps of the converted school bus her family
Storage lockers are also used asseats.
calls home.
stake in the ground and threw horseshoes at it. SeeGames/D4