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Wednesday, April 8, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Museum exhibit explores Outlaws beat Madras on diamond
high desert childhood
By rongi Yost
Correspondent
Imagine what childhood in
the high desert was like a cen-
tury ago, when young chil-
dren were expected not only
to go to school and do house-
hold chores, but often to work
to help their families survive.
This was a far different
lifestyle from that of today’s
tech-savvy youth. Growing
Up Western, a new exhibit
at the High Desert Museum
depicts how children worked
— and played — in the high
desert.
The exhibit, curated by
museum staff, will include
historic photographs, artifacts
and treasured toys.
“The exhibit is a great
way for adults and kids alike
to discover what their lives
would have been like
had they been
born in the 19th
or early 20th
century,” said
Dr. Margaret
Lee, the muse-
um’s curator of
Western history.
“Back then, it
wasn’t unusual
for a 3-year-old to
be put in charge
of looking after
younger siblings.”
Museum staff
collected items over
many years to create
the exhibit, which will
highlight the differ-
ences and similarities
between growing up
then and growing up
today. A few of the items
that will be featured
are a replica of a child’s
1900 bedroom, a hand-
sewn and hand-painted
baptismal quilt from the
1890s, a beaded plateau cra-
dleboard and Chinese girls’
binding shoes. There also
will be a section about chil-
dren’s working lives, which
will include a child’s pair of
woolly chaps, a small saddle
and a child-size rifle.
Dr. Lee notes, “You don’t
think of children needing
work gear such as a rifle, but
here in the high desert, chil-
dren often had to help hunt for
dinner to feed their families.”
But even with all the
responsibility weighing on
their shoulders, children
found ingenious ways to inte-
grate play into their everyday
lives. The exhibit will include
toys and puzzles children
played with a cen-
tury ago.
High Desert
M u s e u m
Executive
Director Dr.
Dana Whitelaw
said, “Seeing
the photographs
of children work-
ing and playing
— in addition to
the artifacts —
brings to life
how challeng-
ing life was
back then and
the indomitable
spirit of children of
the West.”
The exhibit runs
through July 26.
A beaded plateau
cradleboard is part of
the new exhibit.
photo provided
The Outlaws earned an
11-5 win over Madras at
home on Friday, April 3. A
day earlier, Sisters lost 3-2 at
home in a tight game against
Burns.
In Friday’s action, the
Outlaws scored 11 runs on
10 hits, and had one error in
the game. The White Buffs
scored five runs on six hits
and had four errors.
Alex Olivier pitched the
first five innings for the
Outlaws. Olivier attacked the
hitters and made them hit the
ball. The infield defense did
a great job of backing him
up to get the outs. Ryan Funk
came in and closed out the
last two innings.
Sisters had two back-to-
back doubles to highlight the
second inning. Justin Harrer
started with a double down
the left-field line, which
scored two runners, and Funk
followed with a double to
score Harrer.
Defensively, Alec Gannon
made a fully extended diving
catch for an out in the second
inning.
Coach Steve Hodges
noted that Funk had a very
strong defensive game.
“Ryan worked very hard,
and had a great defensive
performance,” said Hodges.
“He had one particular great
play from the mound. Ryan
went to his knees, grabbed
the ball with his bare hands,
and threw the guy out. It was
a very athletic play. Ryan also
did a great job when he was
behind the plate. He blocked
the ball all day. He blocked it
in the dirt, and kept the ball
in front so runners couldn’t
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advance. His defensive effort
was really good, and made
a big difference in the game
today.”
Hodges also said that
Harrer had several outstand-
ing plays from shortstop.
Harrer went two-for-four
from the plate with three
RBI, Funk had two doubles
and two RBI, and Ben Larson
went two-for-three.
“We’ve been playing
really good defense, and are
averaging just one error per
game in the last five games,”
said Hodges. “Our defense
has been very solid, and that’s
what is getting us wins.”
In Thursday’s game
against Burns, Sisters got two
runs off two hits, and they
had no errors in the game.
Burns got three runs off five
hits and committed three
errors.
The Outlaws had a big hit
from Alec Gannon, who had
a double down the right-field
line in the second inning.
Next week the Outlaws
start league play. Sisters was
to play Sutherlin on Monday,
April 6. The Outlaws will
play at Cottage Grove on
Wednesday, April 8, and wrap
up their week at Sweet Home
on Friday, April 10.
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