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Degree in Accounting or Business preferred but not req. Hours flexible. Send résumé and cover letter: jobs@mtngroup.net The City of Sisters is now hiring a temporary Seasonal Utility Assistant for the Public Works Department. 40 hours/week, must be available to work weekends. For a complete job description and application please go to: www.ci.sisters.or.us or pick up a copy at Sisters City Hall. Application deadline is 5 p.m. Wednesday, February 24, 2016. (Pls. incl. your résumé). Approx. start date is March 14, 2016. Angeline's Bakery is hiring early-risers! A.M. baking and/or raw-food-juicing guru. Drop off your résumé at Angeline's. MCGREGOR: Event depicts glacier exploration rings in a tree,” which can reveal evidence of environ- mental conditions over long periods of time. Other discoveries inside the glacier include fir tree seedlings that have traveled through the melting ice for years, fallen into the caves, and begun sprouting in the total darkness, and species of extremophiles, organisms that have adapted to live in the extreme environment found inside the glaciers. Conditions inside a glacial cave, Brent notes, are brutal, and even with modern equip- ment he and his team are often reduced to “basic sur- vival mode.” McGregor’s focus on cav- ing comes less from a sense of adventuring than “a pas- sion to investigate what we are driving over.” And he knows that the work he and others are doing inside the caves is a valuable addition to the study of the world’s vanishing glaciers. “If they are melting and Continued from page 3 of passages, now understood to be the longest glacial cave system in the Lower 48. And because of the con- stantly shifting environment inside, McGregor notes that his photos will survive as “the only pictures of that time period.” The team’s efforts at documenting these changes, and collecting data inside the strange and shifting under- world of ice, rock, and water, first of their kind, have drawn interest from the National Geographic Society, and NASA scientists, who have found evidence of predatory microbial life in the ice core samples Brent’s team has collected. Data ice from core sam- ples the team collects are extremely valuable scientific records, Brent says, “like Fundraiser will support exploration By Craig Rullman Correspondent Glacier Cave Explorers, co-led by Brent McGregor and Eddie Cartaya, are plan- ning a fourth expedition to Mt. Hood in June, 2016. The team will include scientists, dedicated mountaineers, cli- matologists, photographers, and journalists from OPB, as they descend once again beneath the ice to record and study changes deep inside the cave network since their last expedition. Though they have received worldwide rec- ognition and applause for their herculean efforts on the mountains, exploration and discovery of this kind does not come on the cheap. “I have broken just about every thing I have,” McGregor says, noting that Canon does not recommend the treatment these gruel- ing explorations deliver to his sensitive photographic equipment. A fundraising website has been launched at Indiegogo. com, and includes a video presentation outlining the scientific importance of their discoveries thus far, the haz- ards involved in the expedi- tions, and a modest presen- tation explaining the team’s needs. Glacier Cave Explorers are hoping to raise $30,000 to help with medical sup- plies, scientific instruments, and other essential expedi- tion-quality gear for their on-going work in unforgiv- ing environments. You can learn more about the nonprofit Glacier Cave Explorers organization on their Facebook page: www. facebook.com/glaciercave explorers/. Direct donations can be made on their fund- raising website: http://igg. me/at/glacier-cave-explorers. McGregor will also be presenting “Mysteries Beneath the Ice,” at The Belfry on February 10, at 6 p.m. The presentation will document the first five years of The Sandy Glacier Cave Project, through narration, stunning photographs from inside the cave system, and video of the expeditions. Ti c k e t s a r e $ 3 5 a t the door, or online at BendTicket.com. A fine din- ner will be offered to those in attendance. Hope for a child. Change for a nation. LETTERS Continued from page 2 as the largest source of greenhouse gases and water pollution. Undercover investigations have documented farm animals being beaten, caged, crowded, deprived, mutilated and shocked. Lent offers a superb opportunity to honor Christ’s powerful message of compassion and love by adopting a meat-free diet for Lent and beyond. After all, it’s the diet mandated in Genesis 1:29 and observed in the Garden of Eden. Our supermarket offers a rich array of plant-based meat and dairy alternatives, as well as the more traditional vegetables, fruits, and grains. Entering “vegan recipes” in our favorite search engine offers more products, recipes, and transition tips than we can use. Skyler Nash going away,” Brent says, “something is wrong.” True firsts are rare in the rapidly shrinking modern world, and that fact alone puts Brent McGregor’s hard- won discoveries, and the beautiful photographic record he is making of them, in rari- fied air. It is not a leap to sug- gest that the work McGregor and his team are doing will one day rank with the first expeditions to find the source of the Nile, or Powell’s first travels into the mystery of the Grand Canyon — a sig- nificant addition to the time- honored traditions of explora- tion, discovery, science, and conservation. McGregor will present “Mysteries Beneath the Ice” at the Belfry on February 10, at 6 p.m. The presentation will document the first five years of The Sandy Glacier Cave Project, through narra- tion, stunning photographs from inside the cave system, and video of the expeditions. (See related story below.) $37 a m month. o n t h All the difference in the world. Sponsor a Ugandan child with a local organization at HopeAfricaKids.com This ad sponsored by The Nugget Newspaper.
