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Wednesday, July 1, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Obituaries
Fly-in event helps Sisters soar
Ian Doyel Davies
May 25, 1988 — June 23, 2015
Ian Doyel Davies, 27
years old, of Norfolk,
Virginia passed away peace-
fully at home on June 23,
2015.
Ian will always be loved
and tremendously missed by
his father, Owen; his mother,
Norine; his step-mother,
Tricia; his oldest brother
and best friend, Colin; his
loving sister, Nicole and her
husband, Chris; as well as
his other brothers, Zachary,
Ian-Michael, Sean, Connor;
and numerous family and
friends around the world.
Ian was born in Fort
Walton Beach, Florida and
lived in Alaska, Washington
State, and Oregon where he
graduated from Sisters High
School in 2006. He trav-
eled to Africa and Brazil
before coming to Virginia
to attend college and begin
a career as a heavy-equip-
ment operator. Ian lived his
life passionately, and it was
perhaps best expressed in
his music and art. Ian had a
natural talent for guitar and
loved random jam sessions
with friends, family and, in
many cases, total strangers.
His talent for music is what
brought people together and
put smiles on their faces.
Ian loved traveling the
world and spent time in
Africa, Europe, and South
America. Wherever Ian
was, his heart yearned to
return to the family and
friends he left in the Pacific
Northwest. His desires will
be honored with a home-
coming celebration of life
on July 4, from 4 to 7 p.m.
at Shevlin Park, where fam-
ily and friends are welcome
to gather to celebrate his
precious life. A private cer-
emony is set for earlier in
the day.
Ian leaves behind his
parents, grandparents, aunts
and uncles, cousins and
By Jim Cornelius
News Editor
nieces and a legacy of love
and kindness. His friend
Amie summed up what Ian
meant to many who knew
him in her thoughts below:
A beautiful man.
You’re not here with
us now, but I can feel you
always.
You took a part of my
heart and your spirit lives
inside me.
You capture hearts with
your smile, and in your
presence spirits fly freely.
A creator of beautiful
things and a soul that runs
deeply.
Can’t help but fall in love
with your beautiful soul,
You taught me how to
embrace moments and live
life so full.
I owe you so much, I
wish I could tell you what
you’ve done for me,
I’d give anything to
get you back, for me, your
friends, and your family…
I love you dearly my
friend. With all of my heart.
In lieu of flowers or
cards, the family requests
that you forever keep Ian in
your heart; honor his joyful
spirit by taking time to get
outside and run, laugh and
play. He would have wanted
all of us to enjoy every day.
Smile,
Sisters!
One of the most innova-
tive education programs in
Sisters High School is the
Flight Sciences program.
Benny and Julie Benson,
owners of Sisters Eagle
Airport, are key supporters of
the program, which includes
their daughter Cammi, and
they are putting some wind
beneath the programs wings
on the Fourth of July with
a fundraiser fly-in at the
airport.
Festivities will begin at 7
a.m. with pancakes, the buzz
of arriving planes for the fly-
in, and the rumble of classic
cars for the hot rod show.
Sisters Rotary Club will be
flipping the pancakes, while
planes arrive from all over
the Northwest.
New this year will be the
Runway Run 5K, which will
begin at 8 a.m. Participants
can register online at http://
sistersairport.com/july4flyin.
php. The $35 entry fee also
includes a T-shirt and pan-
cake breakfast.
The Sisters Fly-in signa-
ture event, the Great Rubber
Chicken Drop, will take
place at 10 a.m. Participants
can purchase a two-by-two-
foot numbered square, which
is chalked on the runway,
photo by Jim corneliUS
Jon renner, Cammi Benson, seth roy and Julie Benson with the outlaws
aviation plane that helps get students into the air.
for $5 each. A plane flies
over the matrix, and rubber
chickens are flung out. Each
chicken represents a specific
prize, ranging in value from
$50 to $400. The person who
purchased the square that
each rubber chicken lands on
wins that prize.
The event supports the
Flight Sciences program,
which has grown to 32 stu-
dents enrolled for next year.
Upon successful comple-
tion of the class, the students
have finished all the ground-
school requirements needed
for their private pilot’s
license.
Sisters Eagle Airport is
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access to local planes, pilots,
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with student participation
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While they can’t solo until
they are 16, and they cannot
be issued a private pilot’s
license until they are 17, the
students can take lessons
with a CFI, and the hours
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Cammi Benson has done a
solo flight and Seth Roy will
do so soon.
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