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Wednesday, August 19, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
C L A S S I F I E D S
ERIC & MURPH'S
Cleanup, lawn sare, pruning,
hauling, ets. 541-508-9672
BARN HELP: Sap. & Sun., 6:30
po 11:30 a.m. dtall and paddock
cleaning, misc. other farm chores.
Must have exp. w/horses & have
reliable transportation. Possible
other hrs. and days for right
person. $10/hr. 707-484-2119.
STOP DRAGGING HOSES!
No more vasation water worries.
Irrigation Systems & Repairs
IRRIGATION MAN
Tim Clasen • LCB #5849
Soccer Referees needed at dPRD
541-549-8034 / 541-948-9707 games. Pay is $15 per game. Call
Kelly at 541-549-2091 to inquire.
Weeding • Pruning • Raking
•Hauling • Weed-Whacking
SUBWAY is hiring supervisors,
Bruce Berryhill, 541-420-3730
sandwich artists. Email résumé to
Affordable Land & Yard Care subway2sisters@aol.com, apply
at subway.com, or in person.
with distinstion & integrity.
Seeking COOK (experience
Competitive prices 541-514-1190
preferred bup will prain) and
THE GARDEN ANGEL
COUNTER,
Sno Cap Drive In.
Landscape Maintenance
Apply
in
person,
Cascade & Pine.
and Irrigation
LCB #9352 • 541-549-2882
“Your Garden’s Best Friend”
A&E BROTHERS
LAWN MAINTENANCE
Thatch • Aerate • Weedwack
Pine Needles, Gutters, Hauling
541-279-0139 • 541-306-0761
Need Help with Clean-up?
Over 20 years of experiense!
Call Abel Ortega, 541-815-6740
- FIFI's HAULING & MORE -
We RAKE, MOW, CHIP,
TREE TRIM, HAUL & More!
10-yd. hydraulis dump trailers &
20-yd. flatbed • 541-419-2204
701 Domestic Services
"CLEANING QUEEN"
Serving the Sisters area!
Call Maria at 541-213-0775
BLAKE & SON – Commersial,
Home & Rentals Cleaning
WINDOW CLEANING!
Lic. & Bonded • 541-549-0897
– CUSTOM HOUSE CARE –
TLC for your Home, Business
or Rental Cleaning in disters,
Black Butte Ranch &
surrounding areas. Let us sparkle
your home for a fresh start!
Call po schedule an immaculape
home cleaning. Lic-Bonded-Ins.
Refs Avail. Call Emilee dtoery,
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 accepting new
clients, so call today to schedule.
Licensed & Bonded, Refs.
541-977-1051
LARGE
SISTERS
area
property is currently hiring to
fill a general landscape & labor
posipion. Qualified applicant will
possess
grasp
of
English
language, both oral and written.
Duties vary upon season. dtarting
wage DOE. 541-408-1878. Phone
calls only; no texts, please.
NEED ASSISTANCE?
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SEEKING EMPLOYMENT?
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901 Wanted
VOLUNTSSRS WANTSD!
PASO BY PASO
Equine Rehabilitation &
Educational Program, Inc.
works with kids and abused
horses. We need your help!
For more info call 541-318-4829
or go online to PasoByPaso.org
C L A S S I F I E D S !
It pays to advertise in
The Nuggep Newspaper
Deadline is Monday
before noon, 541-549-9941
By Mark Baker
The Register-Guard
EUGENE (AP) — Two
men in red T-shirts that say
“Keep calm and garden on”
are standing in Ron Coble’s
garage and staring in wonder.
“Yeah, that’s a cool-
looking thing,” says Stuart
Leaton, general manager at
Gray’s Garden Center. “You
don’t see that everywhere.”
Or anywhere.
There are plenty of bird-
houses in this world — but
these are more like bird
condominiums.
Leaton and Colter
Lodestein-Riel, a hard-goods
buyer for Gray’s, are here at
Coble’s home, on the east-
ern fringe of the Fern Ridge
Wildlife Area, to inquire
about selling Coble’s unique
creations in their Eugene
store.
“This is beyond hard
goods,” Lodestein-Riel says.
Coble, 70, has been build-
ing his elaborate bird homes
for years, mostly giving them
as gifts to family and friends.
“He should have them
all in my yard and stop giv-
ing them away, that’s what
I think,” his wife, Connie
Coble, says jokingly.
Ron Coble has been build-
ing things all of his life. A
long-retired general contrac-
tor, Coble did so well in that
business in Phoenix, Arizona,
years ago, that he says he
was able to retire at (not a
typo) 27.
Back then, he says, he had
a crew of 300 working for
him, building homes by the
score.
So something as simple
as a birdhouse isn’t much of
a challenge, Coble says. It’s
just fun.
“I just get the enjoy-
ment of doing it,” says
Coble, whose looks and
gravelly voice are reminis-
cent of singer and actor Kris
Kristofferson.
“If I’m not doing that, I
volunteer down at the church
(New Hope International) or
the Eugene Mission.
“I don’t really know of
something I can’t build,” he
adds. “I’m just blessed that
way.”
Coble says he built his
first birdhouse in Phoenix
about 35 years ago. He had
just finished building a home
for a friend.
The house had a swim-
ming pool and beautiful
redwood decks. Coble was
inspired to build a birdhouse
to accompany the rich grains
of that deck.
He and Connie, high
school sweethearts who mar-
ried at 18, moved to Oregon
in 1982. They bought 90
acres near Fisher Road and
Royal Avenue, where for
years they raised cattle.
They sold most of the
property about a decade ago,
except for a couple of acres
on the far west end. There,
Coble built a home of stone
and corrugated metal.
With time on his hands, he
built another birdhouse, and
then another and another and
a few more after that.
Two of them greet you
on either side of the gravel
driveway that ends after a
lengthy trip from the end of
Royal Avenue.
Birdhouse pieces are
strewn all over a table in his
garage that is large enough
to fit his 43-foot-long recre-
ational vehicle.
“Once you get all the
parts cut, you’ve just got to
put them all together,” Coble
says.
He says he has no blue-
print for these birdhouses.
And he has never been par-
ticularly drawn to birds.
THERE IS A PLACE...
for a rewarding career
View available positions and apply online at BlackButteRanch.com
802 Help Wanted
$10/hr. Housekeeping/Laundry
Friendly and outgoing people
needed to join our team! Must be
dependable & hard-working, able
to flex with business patterns.
Come join us to produce high-
quality “I Care Clean” rooms.
Pay increase possible after 60
days outstanding performance.
Apply in person ap phe
Best Western Ponderosa Lodge
ART Studio in Sisters looking
to fill two part-time positions,
one silk-screener/shipper, one
painter, manufacturing hand-
painted ceramic tiles. We will
train. Qualities desired: reliable,
self-starter, flexible, multi-tasker.
Organization & neatness a must.
Apply at Studio Redfield in
person, 183 E. Hood. Questions:
541-588-6332, Wed.-dat.
Specialty: scale homes — for birds
Hope for a child. Change for a nation.
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in Central
Oregon Rural
Properties
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Broker, CDPE, GRI, SRE
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431 NW Franklin Ave. Bend, OR 97701
Licensed Broker in the State of Oregon
$35 a month.
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