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24 Wednesday, April 6, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Sisters Country birds By Douglas Beall Correspondent The great blue heron is America’s largest heron, with a wingspan of up to 79 inches and a height of 40 to 53 inches. It is commonly seen along waterways, swamps and coastal ocean sides. Around Sisters they can often be seen in wheat and grass fields feeding on moles, gophers and ground squirrels. Also great blues can be seen overhead soar- ing slowly, traveling to their nests or a new feeding area. They will form rookeries in mature forests in which large stick nests two to three feet wide are built for two to six eggs and to accommodate their fast-growing chicks. This community nesting has up to 500 nests and will erupt into loud guffawing when disturbed. Clearcutting and construction near a colony are particularly damaging, and a 1,000-foot buffer zone is recommended. In recent years great blue heron colo- nies are becoming smaller, numbering 100-200 birds. For more great blue heron images visit www. abirdsingsbecauseithas asong.com/recent-journeys. photo by DougLAS bEALL Great blue heron. Frontiers In Science MONTHLY SYMPOSIUM IN SISTERS Music & The Brain By Robert Collins, retired neurologist Farm regulators eye ‘stop work’ By Mateusz Perkowski Capital Press CORVALLIS (AP) — Food manufacturers and pesticide applicators could be subject to “stop-work” orders under new regulatory authority being considered by Oregon’s farm regulators. The Oregon Department of Agriculture may seek new regulatory power to halt spe- cific unlawful actions that endanger public safety. Currently, the agency can suspend or revoke the license of a food establishment or pesticide applicator that’s violating the law, but such sanctions may be overkill in some situations, said Lauren Henderson, ODA’s assistant director. “We don’t have anything that’s specific to an activity. It’s all or nothing,” he said during this week’s meet- ing of the Oregon Board of Agriculture in Corvallis. Revoking a license or obtaining a temporary restraining order in court also involves fairly high legal hur- dles, Henderson said. Taking such drastic steps would be overly burden- some for the agency and the business in the case of minor violations, such as a faulty thermometer in a refrigerated meat cooler, he said. Under the proposed stop- work authority, the ODA could simply require a com- pany to cease using that cooler until it’s fixed, he said. “We’re looking at some- thing very narrow and prob- ably short-term,” Henderson said. At this point, the proposal is in a very early stage but the agency is considering it as a possible “legislative concept” for the 2017 legislative ses- sion, he said. Henderson acknowledged the stop-work idea has met with some trepidation among regulated companies. “The industry as a whole is pretty nervous about us having that authority,” he said. Aside from possibly affecting pesticide applica- tions, the proposal could impact on-farm processing, such as dairymen who make farmstead cheese. Doug Krahmer, a blue- berry farmer and board mem- ber, said companies should have a way to challenge a stop-work order. “I would caution you to put some sort of judicial mechanism in there, so if a grower or an owner takes issue with a stop-work order, there is a quick way to get adjudication,” he said. The U.S. Department of Labor did not provide such recourse when it issued “hot goods” orders in 2012 that halted the sale of perishable fruit based on alleged labor violations, he said. g n i s i t r e v d A t e g g u N e h in T Works! Th e Nugget is at the top of my !ist for advertising g and marketing when I need to get information out about Sisters Park & Recreation District programs. I often ask peop!e how they heard about the programs SPRD off ers, and the answer is typica!!y, “I read about it in Th e Nugget.” SPRD customers !ook for our week!y Kelly Crowther advertisement because they know that the ads in Th e Nugget are updated week!y and contain pertinent information. Working with Th e Nugget is a!ways a breeze, too. Th ey are in communication with me one to two weeks in advance about what programs There is no sound in the world, only vibrations and pressure waves. How does the brain use this “mat- ter in motion” to create tones, rhythms, and melody that set our feet to tapping and fl ood our souls with emotion? Tuesday, April 26 At The Belfry, 302 E. Main Ave., Sisters One-hour Lecture begins at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. for music, food and beverage. Admission: $5; Science Club Donors, Teachers and Students - FREE sring your curiosity and an appetite for food, drink & knowledge! and events we have coming up in Sisters. 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