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Wednesday, January 14, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Clouds remain as Kitzhaber begins fourth term By Jonathan J. Cooper Associated Press SALEM (AP) — Gov. John Kitzhaber enters his fourth term Monday with the dark clouds of his third lingering. After a largely successful start to his second stint in the governor’s office, Kitzhaber hit setbacks with the trou- bled Cover Oregon health insurance exchange and rev- elations about his fiancée’s personal life and business arrangements. When he gives the inau- gural address Monday, he’ll lay out a vision for the next four years and try to turn the corner. It won’t be easy. In the coming months, a state ethics commission could rule on whether Kitzhaber’s fiancee, Cylvia Hayes, broke the law with her busi- ness arrangements. And the Legislature will likely vote to dismantle Cover Oregon, the failed health insurance exchange that was supposed to be one of Kitzhaber’s sig- nature accomplishments. Of a certain age... By Diane Goble Columnist Yay! My book is finally in print. Do you have any idea what it takes to get a book into a finished product these days when you do every- thing yourself? Publishers don’t want anything to do with you unless you have an agent, and agents won’t return your calls unless you’re already a best-selling author, so self-publishing is the alternative for wannabe authors, unless you can pay someone to do it for you. Even if you could find a willing publisher, they still expect the author to do the marketing and buy their own books so why not do it all yourself anyway? It gives the author more control, too. But, OMG, who knew it was going to take me 10 months to actually birth the thing? I produced babies in less time! I started this process in May thinking I’d have the editing, proofreading, for- matting and cover ready to upload to the online POD (print-on-demand) book printer by the end of sum- mer. You can probably sense how smoothly that went! I’d actually written this text 10 years earlier and it’s been available as an e-book under a different title for several years. I felt the urge to have it in print and SAVE GAS. EX EXTEND TIRE LIFE. Schedule your alignment today! a 541-549-1026 5 541 549 1026 DAVIS TIRE 188 W. Sisters Park Dr. In Sisters Industrial Park across from SnoCap Mini Storage Serving Sisters Since 1963. to make it into a workbook because that’s really the kind of book it is. When I re-read the content I realized I had to update it and add a section I didn’t put in the e-book ver- sion. So I decided to make the print book a second edi- tion, revised, and to give it a different title. This required a lot of shifting around of text and a change of chapter order, which led to a lot of typos and sentence fragments so editing took forever. Then because I typed it in Word, it had to be transferred into InDesign and because I don’t know InDesign, someone did it for me then couldn’t con- tinue and I had to find some- one else, and that person decided it would be easier to format the document accord- ing to book specs herself than to teach me how... and that took months because I kept finding so many errors caused by the Word-to- two-different-versions-of- InDesign transfers. The same thing happened with the cover. One graph- ics friend came up with the front cover design pretty quickly but then wasn’t available when I was ready to work on the back cover and spine width calculations so the other friend who was doing the text volunteered. She also has her own design business going on so she worked on my job as she could. In the meantime, I had to keep moving my release date goals on my blog and web- site where I was letting peo- ple know about the book’s progress to build up interest. I think my first projected date was September 15, then I’d add another 30 days and 30 days later, add another 30 days. It was actually released January 1. Is that the end of this story? No. Now I’m strug- gling with Amazon.com try- ing to figure out how to do all the things the author needs to do to get their page up and take advantage of what Amazon offers authors for marketing purposes. I know they think it’s simple, but it’s giving me a headache! Still can’t figure out the Inside the Book thing and they don’t offer customer service 19 on weekends. What’s up with that? I’ve come to hate weekends. Everything grinds to a halt for two days. This is not a 9-to-5 job! Also along the way, I’ve been forced to learn social networking as a market- ing tool. I still have no idea when I send something out on Facebook or Twitter who sees it or how some of the things I get find their way to my desktop. I can’t wait for my grandchildren to learn this stuff so they can do it for me and I can get onto my next book. So I thought I’d like to start an authors’ support group to share tips and sto- ries and help each other figure our way through this self-publishing and mar- keting maze. It’s too much for one person to do alone, along with continually hav- ing to learn new software and new ways of getting published and marketing our books online. Volunteer editors, proofreaders and reviewers are welcome to join us. Contact me if you’re interested at dianegoble@ mac.com. Live Music at the Winery Thirsty Thursday with Heather & Tom Duo Jan. 15 | 6-9 p.m. | $5 cofer Belize Fly Fishing Trip May 1-8 • $3,495 151 W. Main Ave., Sisters 541-549-FISH | Open 7 days a week Fondue Friday with JazCru Jan. 16 | 6-9 p.m. | $5 cofer | $30 Fondue for Two 541-526-5075 70450 NW Lower Valley Dr. Terrebonne, Oregon faithhopeandcharityevents.com LETTER FROM SISTERS CITY HALL In an effort to better engage the public and keep the public informed, every two weeks in this space you will fi nd information about what is happening in Sisters from the City’s perspective — projects that are underway, how they are progressing, ideas the Council is considering and general updates. We want to do our very best to keep you informed. Here’s what’s going on in Sisters: City Council Three councilors were sworn in at the January 8 City Council meeting. Returning Councilor David Asson and newcomer Nancy Connolly will serve four-year terms while returning Councilor Wendy Holzman will serve a two-year term. They join Council members McKibben Womack and Chris Frye. New Council leadership was elect- ed, with Chris Frye to serve as Mayor for a two-year term. McKibben Womack was elected to continue as Council President for an additional two years. Appointments were also made to the various intergovernmental agencies Council members serve on as representatives of the City. Chamber of Commerce Building The building that houses the Chamber of Commerce is in the midst of a facelift. Hardwood fl oors were recently installed by Public Works staff and so was commercial lighting. Next on the list will be interior paint. Drop by and admire the improvements. Joint Meeting The City Council and City Parks Advisory Board (CPAB) will be hold- ing a joint workshop to discuss Creekside Overnight Park once a mutually agreeable date has been set. Prior to the joint workshop, the Council will have a workshop to review the data collected on the park and receive a briefi ng on what has been covered in previous CPAB meetings. Urban Renewal Grants The City will again begin accepting urban renewal grant ap- plications from interested businesses located in the Urban Renewal District. Grants will be for façade improvements. Look for further details to follow. Winter Lights The winter snowfl ake lights have been such a hit with businesses, com- munity members, and tourists that the City has decided to leave them up a little longer to brighten our short days and long nights. They will stay up until sometime in February. As always, if you have questions or concerns about anything going on in the City of Sisters, please contact one of your City Councilors (their contact information is available on the City website, www.ci.sisters.or.us) or City Hall at 541-549-6022.