Wednesday, September 23, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Sisters veterans served in Second World War
By lance trowbridge
Correspondent
Two Sisters veterans who
served during World War II
are Doug Blair, who served
in the U.S. Navy, and Gordon
(Spud) Halsten, who served
in the U.S. Coast Guard.
Blair trained extensively
for duty on an LST (long ship
transporter), carrying trucks,
tanks, and other equipment
with troops from Tinian
Island in the Pacific Theatre
to the Philippine Islands and
photo provided
Spud halsten served in the Coast guard.
Guam. The duty was hot,
unrelenting, and very hazard-
ous with Japanese zeros try-
ing to torpedo and sink his
ship.
The LST was over 300
feet long and was used to
transport troops and equip-
ment to the shoreline of the
battle zones.
Doug Blair has lived with
his wife, Eleanor, for over 60
years and they have settled
into Mennonite Village in
Albany, Oregon, to be close
to their family.
Gordon Halsten served in
the Coast Guard as a radio
operator and captain of the
port town of Hidden Inlet,
Alaska, from 1943 to 1945.
He was a seaman on Coast
Guard Cutter 254 from 1941
to 1942, and during 1943 to
1945 he served as a radio
operator in San Francisco, at
Craig Alaska, and Prince of
Wales Island located west of
Ketchikan, Alaska.
lance trowbridge and doug Blair.
Gordon lives with his
daughter, Debbie, who
Teaches at Sisters Christian
Academy.
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oSu-Bend to
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no-car
commutes
BEND (AP) — Oregon
State University is consider-
ing rewards for students who
don’t drive to the Cascades
campus in Bend, opening fall
2016.
The campus’s transporta-
tion plan calls for a fifth of its
students to arrive by vehicle.
Limited parking spots are
being considered to reduce
drivers, as well as incen-
tives like tuition remission or
credit toward a giveaway, The
Bulletin reported.
Residents formed Truth in
Site and waged unsuccessful
legal challenges that delayed
the project for a year. Member
Tracy Pfiffner says she hopes
the university can meet its
goals.
Associate vice president of
finance and strategic planning
Kelly Sparks says the school
is looking at both incentives
and consequences, like vari-
able parking prices depending
on how often a student drives.
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at is that for every day you
don’t arrive in a car,” Sparks
said. “We’re looking at both
carrots and sticks.”
Cascades East Transit is
adding bus routes as well with
the support of $300,000 from
the university over the next
three years. The student gov-
ernment recently authorized
spending some fees on bus
passes.
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