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32 Wednesday, July 1, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon C L A S S I F I E D S STOP DRAGGING HOSES! No more vacation water worries. IrriTation Systems & Repairs IRRIGATION MAN Tim Clasen • LCB #5849 541-549-8034 / 541-948-9707 701 Domestic Services BLAKE & SON – Commercial, Home & Rentals Cleaning WINDOW CLEANINGu Lic. & Bonded • 541-549-0897 – CUSTOM HOUSE CARE – TLC for your Home, Business or Rental CleaninT in Sisters, Black Butte Ranch & surroundinT areas. Let us sparkle your home for a fresh start! Call to schedule an immaculate home cleaning. Lic-Bonded-Ins. Refs Avail. Call Emilee Stoery, 541-588-0345 or email customhousecare@earthlink.net ~ I and I Crystal Cleaning ~ Have your home and business crystal clean! with the best rates in town. Now acceptinT new clients, so call today to schedule. Licensed & Bonded, Refs. 541-977-1051 SALES POSITION open at The Jewel, full or part-time, seasonal. Bend and/or Sisters stores. Jewelry/art sales exp. preferred. 541-549-9388, ask for PeTTy. Housecleaners: F-T, P-T, and on-call needed. Some Saturdays required. Speed & accuracy for best pay! Call 541-549-2934. HOME ASSISTANT wanted to Slick’s Que Co. in Sisters is now clean/organize personal homes and vacation rentals. P-T. hirinT Servers, Dishwasher, Bussers, Cook! BrinT résumé to Email résumé & a cover letter to 442 E. Hood Ave. 541-549-4227. customhousecare@earthlink.net or mail to Custom House Care, Seeking reliable, energetic & P.O. Box 131, Sisters, OR 97759 motivated hard workers! P-T & F-T Window Cleaning in Seeking COOK (experience Sisters. Mon.-Fri., no weekends. preferred but will train) and $10/hr. to start; $11-$15/hr. COUNTER, Sno Cap Drive In. after 2 weeks. Please email Apply in person, Cascade & Pine. eryn23@msn.com for full job Sisters Habitat for Humanity description, or call (NO texts!) ReStore DRIVER: Eryn at 541-420-9812. 8 to 12 hours/week, 3 days/week. Lake Creek Lodge is now hiring $10/hr. to start. Must be able to lift 50 lbs. Valid driver’s license for summer serving staff for all & good driving record a must. meal shifts, 7 days/week & F-T Drop off résumé at the ReStore, dishwasher. Email résumé to Attn: Robin, 254 W. Adams. lakecreekevents@gmail.com Starting Wage $10 per hour: T H E N U G G E T Full- and part-time positions are N E W S P A P E R available for people interested in 901 Wanted growing and advancing. You take care of our customers Three Sisters Lions Club and we take care of you! is seeking items for their annual • College Tuition Assistance fundraising Yard Sale, July 17-19 • Get your High School Diploma on the corner of Pine & Main. 802 Help Wanted • Learn English under the Arches If you have unwanted items BLACK BUTTE RANCH has • Meal Discounts in saleable condition to give • Unlimited growth potential immediate openings for: to a good cause, please call • Many additional benefits • Licensed MassaTe Therapist Kathleen at 541-410-6831 Make a commitment to a • Maintenance Tech, Owner Svcs or Deri at 541-419-1279. company that’s committed to • Brick Oven Pizza Cooks VOLUNTEERS WANTED! you! Apply today online at • Bistro Bartenders Paso By Paso Equine MyLocalMcDs.com/Sisters For a complete list of all our Rehabilitation & Educational current openings throughout the Sisters Landscaping has openings Program, Inc. works with Ranch, visit our website at in all phases of landscaping. kids and abused horses. We www.BlackButteRanch.com/job Willing to train – exp. welcome. need your help! For additional or call HR: 541-595-1523. EOE. Call for appt. 541-549-3001, or information call 541-318-4829 We offer a druT-free workplace. sisterslandscape@gmail.com • PasoByPaso.org • HIKE: It’s one of the region’s finest wildflower displays Continued from page 24 to stop for a rest or lunch break. At a pace that can only be described as a saunter, I reached this spot after a very leisurely hour-and-a-quarter stroll from the parking lot. Here in the meadow, I heard my favorite bird call — that of the Swainson’s thrush, which always reminds me of summers at my grandparents’ forest cabin. Hikers who want more of a challenge can continue along the same trail, which climbs all the way to the sum- mit of Iron Mountain for a total climb of nearly 2,000 feet. Return is possible via a different route, which drops back down to the Tombstone Pass parking lot for a loop hike of just over six and a half miles. A Forest Service brochure, that may be available at the trailhead, states that “Nearly every wildflower found in the Western Cascades – over 300 species – can be found along the Iron Mountain Trail!” So, it is hardly possible to indi- vidually list all the flowers I saw on this visit. A few, how- ever, include the coneflower, mountain cat’s ear, woolly sunflower, owl’s clover, scar- let gilia, blue headed gilia, various penstemons, paint brush, and many, many more. As the summer progresses, many of these flowers will fade away; but their place will be taken by others, such as fireweed and the ubiqui- tous lupine, which is only just beginning to bloom. Returning by the same route provides a pleasant and relaxing hike, and the slope is gentle enough to preclude the type of jarring descent that is common on some of the steeper trails in our area. It is worth noting that trail maintenance does not seem to have caught up to this area yet this year. Several downed logs block the trail in spots. Some have been in place long enough to have developed well-worn bypass trails. Also, the trail has a fair number of deep holes that appear ran- domly and are deep enough to cause injury if a careless hiker is not paying attention. After carefully crossing back over the highway, it is possible to take an alternate route back to the parking lot by taking the nature trail around Tombstone Prairie. The tombstone for which the area is named marked the site of the 1871 burial of 18-year- old James A. McKnight, who died of a gunshot wound near the mountain pass that would be named for his tombstone. The tombstone was toppled by vandals a few years ago, and only the broken base is visible along the nature trail. Along the western end of the nature trail, trail mainte- nance is again lacking. At one point, I briefly lost the trail because it was so badly over- grown with bracken ferns and other undergrowth. Finally when the nature trail rejoins the main trail, there is a bit of an uphill slog to the trailhead. It’s easy to forget about what was a mild downhill run at the beginning of the hike! To reach Tombstone Pass, travel west from Sisters to the Santiam “Y” and turn left to stay on Highway 20. Travel another 3.5 miles and stay straight on Highway 20, ignoring the Eugene turnoff. From there it’s another 7.9 miles to the summit of the pass. This is a fee-use area. Protect your pets from extreme heat! Please don’t leave us in a car; we’d rath h e o r t stay home! Hot cars! Estimated Vehicle Interior Air Temperature v. Elapsed Time Department of Geosciences, San Francisco State wniversity Hot t asphal burns! Press the back of your hand firmly against the asphalt for 7 seconds to make sure our paws will be comfortable. When the air temperature is... The asphalt temperature has been measured at... 77º F 86º F 87º F 125º F 135º F 143º F These temperature correlations represent worst-scenario variables: direct sun, no wind, very low humidity, and high radiant energy. At 125º F, skin destruction can occur in 60 seconds. An egg can fry in 5 minutes at 131º F. Data Source: Berens J. Thermal contact burns from streets and highways. Journal of American Medical Association; 214 (11): 2025-2027 If you an animal in a see car and believe parked that it is a dangerous s it u a tion, call the sheriff ’s n on-emergency number: 5 41-693-6911 . FURRY FRIEND S 501 ( c )( 3 ) FOUNDATION FurryFriendsFoundation.org
