W edn e sd ay , O c tob e r 21 , 2015 Th e Nugg e t N ew spap e r , S i s t e r s , O r egon 5 O u t d o o r S c h o o l f o r O r e g o n ’ s k i d s B y J im A n d e r s o n C o r r e s p o n d e n t L a s t T u e s d a y w a s O u t d o o r S choo l D ay a t B r and 33 R e s t au r an t a t A sp en L ak e s . J u l l i a n J o h n s e n (C am p N am e : W a ik ik i ) , h e ad o f th e O r egon Ou tdoo r S choo l Co a l i t ion , g av e m emb e r s o f th e Ro t a ry C lub o f S i s t e r s th e l a t e s t n ew s on a t t emp t s to p rov id e th e Ou tdoo r S choo l exp e r i - en c e s to a l l O r egon f i f th - and s i x t h - g r a d e r s . E d u c a t i o n a l l e a d e r s th roughou t th e n a t ion h av e s a i d o v e r a n d o v e r a g a i n t h e r e i s a hug e n e ed to b r ing ch i l - d r e n b a c k i n t o h a v i n g e x c i t i n g and po s i t iv e exp e r i en c e s w i th t h e n a t u r a l w o r l d a r o u n d t h em . 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