Wednesday, July 15, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Star-watchers
RECON Sisters skies
By ron Thorkildson
Correspondent
All are invited to attend
the next Stars over Sisters
star watch to be held at the
Sisters Park and Recreation
District building and
the Sisters High School
parking lot on Saturday,
July 18, beginning at
9:30 p.m.
The event features a pre-
sentation that will describe
the RECON project and
explain how citizens of
Sisters can participate.
RECON stands for
Research and Education
Collaborative Occultation
Network, and is a citizen
science project in which
the community of Sisters
is privileged to play a role.
Citizen science is scien-
tific research conducted, in
whole or in part, by ama-
teur or nonprofessional
scientists.
The goal of RECON is
to investigate objects at the
outer regions of our solar
system beyond the orbit
of Neptune. Specifically,
the effort is to measure the
size of these distant bodies
using the method of stellar
occultation. An occultation
occurs when one celestial
object moves in front of
another, temporarily hiding
it from view. In this case, a
small, far-off world moves
in front of a known star.
The length of time between
when the star winks out
and when it becomes vis-
ible again is proportional
to the size of the obscuring
body.
Following the presen-
tation, the telescope and
other equipment used for the
project will be set up out-
side and available for view-
ing planets, stars and other
goodies in the summer sky.
Other telescopes will also
be set up to observe the
heavens.
Free self-defense class
for college-bound
Sisters Park & Recreation
District (SPRD) is once again
offering a free self-defense
class — this one specifi-
cally geared toward college
students.
College Prep Class on
Self Defense & Safety – 101
is built on the principles of
“how not to be a target.”
The first principle of self-
defense is to avoid making
yourself a target, because
predators are always looking
for “easy prey.”
Participants will also learn
where the vulnerable targets
are on an attacker, quick and
effective techniques that can
extricate a person from a dan-
gerous position, and strate-
gies on how to avoid being in
a position of being attacked.
The class will be led by
Charles Quandt, better known
as Coach Q, Sherri Hermens,
Kim Manley, and Deschutes
County Sheriff Lt. Scott
Shelton (Retired). The class
will be offered at SPRD on
Saturday, July 25 from noon
to 2 p.m. Class size is lim-
ited; call early to reserve your
spot, 541-549-2091.
Sisters
salutes...
• Hats off to the horde
of volunteers who make the
Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show
such a unique and success-
ful event. This celebration
of the arts has put Sisters
on the map in many ways
— not least as a community
that can pull together and
make spectacular things
happen.
Way to go, 40-year-old!
• Steve & Patti Janego
wrote:
We would like to share
a sincere and heartfelt
thankyou to our neighbors
Scott, Dina, Serena, Rheana
and Savannah Salisbury for
their time and caring in
keeping our gardens and
plants watered and green
during the extreme heat-
wave, while we were away.
With our home being part
of the “Home and Garden
Tour” this year and our
vacation to Alaska planned
the week before the event,
the Salisbury family went
to extreme care to be sure
our plantings survived! We
are blessed to have such
great neighbors in our com-
munity, thanks so much.
We also would like to
extend our deep gratitude
to the Sisters Garden Club
and volunteers for taking
such good care of oversee-
ing our home and gardens
with the guests that poured
through our place the day of
the tour.
• Ian Baldessari of
Sisters made the dean’s list
at University of Montana.
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4 TH F RIDAY
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J IM H ORSLEY !
Emerging Sisters
artist Jim Horsely
presents a freshness
and honesty in his
oil paintings that
stir the imagina-
tion and appeal of
Central Oregon’s
Western heritage.
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Wednesday
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7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Giving back...
photo by KiKi dolson
Something really extraordinary happened to Furry Friends at
the Sisters Quilt Show this year. 2013 winner Sandie lane from
Tillamook, oregon donated her winning quilt back to Furry Friends.
A favorite of all, this Amy Bradley patterned quilt pieced by Valerie
Fercho-Tillery will be up for auction again in 2016.
Vandals strike Pine
Meadow Village
Vandals “tagged” Pine
Meadow Village with graffiti
last week.
Captain Erik Utter of the
Deschutes County Sheriff’s
Office reports that deputies
pulled four case numbers
involving incidents of graffiti
on a home, a couple of cars,
and “other property” in the
residential area at the west
end of Sisters.
At this time, the sheriff’s
office does not have suspect
information regarding the
incident.
“We are going to put a
request out for Crimestoppers
for the community to hope-
fully give us some tips,”
Captain Utter said.
The tip line is 1-877-876-
TIPS or you can call the sher-
iff’s office at 541-388-6655.