Wednesday, March 23, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Mule team wanderer stops in Sisters Memorial scholarship
receiving contributions
By Jim Cornelius
News Editor
Randy Boehmer has been
on the road these past eight
years, in a wagon that serves
as both transportation and
home, drawn by a team of
mules. He’s wandered across
26 states, “just wherever the
Good Lord leads.”
His mission, he says, is
simply “to win souls for
God.” His manner of doing so
requires no aggressive pros-
elytising. His covered wagon
is emblazoned with the words
of Acts 18:31: “ Believe on
the Lord Jesus Christ and
thou shalt be saved, and thy
house.” That — and curiosity
toward what he’s about —
draws people to him to talk.
“Sometimes it’s more peo-
ple than I can talk to,” he said
as he watered his mules on
the lot behind Space Age Gas
in Sisters on Friday.
Formerly a taxidermist
from Arizona, Boehmer was
set on his current path after
his parents and his wife died
in the 1990s.
He says he “saw the futil-
ity of chasing the things of
this world.”
Boehmer and his mules
sat out a heavy three-day
snowstorm on Santiam Pass
before rolling slowly down
the road to Sisters last week.
He says he has no idea how
many daily miles he covers
on average.
“Couldn’t tell you,” he
says. “I don’t keep track.
When the mules get tired, I
know it and I have to find a
photo by JiM Cornelius
Randy Boehmer and his mule team rolled through sisters last week.
place to rest.”
Much of the muleskinner’s
time is devoted to taking care
of his team. In return, they
willingly pull his home day
in and day out.
“God made ’em to work,
and they love it,” Boehmer
said.
Boehmer notes that he
is frequently asked how he
makes his living out on the
road.
“People always want to
know how I make a living,”
he said. “And I tell them —
God provides.”
The muleskinner headed
east out of Sisters, down
Highway 126, where he
intended to turn north and
head to Washington, then
east again to Montana for the
summer.
The mule-walk pace
allows him to truly see the
country.
“I don’t miss anything,”
he said. “I even get to see the
leaves bud out on the trees.”
Follow Randy Boehmer’s
journey on Facebook. Search
The Randy Boehmer Jesus
Wagon And Mules.
The $1,000 Lauren Berray
scholarship is awarded to
a graduating senior from
Sisters High School who
best demonstrates the quali-
ties of Lauren that created so
much positive change around
her: generosity, selflessness,
kindness, and community
involvement.
The recipient will meet
specific academic criteria as
well as complete an essay
describing how he or she
represents these qualities.
The scholarship was estab-
lished through the Oregon
Office of Student Access
and Completion (OSAC)
which is an organization
designed to facilitate the
monetary and administra-
tive portions of scholarships,
grants and financial aid to
Oregonians for the purpose
of furthering educational
goals. The award will be
presented at Sisters High
School’s spring awards
assembly.
Last year, the first schol-
arship was presented by
the Shultz family to Nila
Lukens, who stood out due
to her significant volunteer
activities while maintaining a
strong work ethic, two shin-
ing principles of Lauren’s
character. Nila is now attend-
ing her first year at Southern
Oregon University study-
ing Environmental Sciences/
Pre-Med.
Contributions are tax-
deductible; donations of any
amount will go a long way
toward ensuring that Lauren’s
memory is carried on for
years to come.
Step 1. Go to OSAC
Website http://www.oregon
studentaid.gov/
Step 2. Click “Donate” on
upper right of screen.
Step 3. Click “Donate
Now.”
Step 4. Select “Lauren A.
Berray Memorial” and fill out
applicable information.
Check Donation:
Payable to: OSAC
Memo: Lauren A. Berray
#688
Address: 1500 Valley
River Dr., Suite 100, Eugene,
OR 97041
For more information
email katherinecanja@
yahoo.com. You may also
contact the OSAC represen-
tative, Rachel Cummings, at
541-687-7387.
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