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Wednesday, August 31, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Seed to Table planning harvest dinner Suspect in Oregon
killing extradited
By Erin Borla
Correspondent
The Seed to Table pro-
gram has been going strong in
Sisters for the last three years,
and director Audrey Tehan is
excited about moving into the
fourth.
Seed to Table started with
support from the Sisters
Science Club and Sisters
School District as an oppor-
tunity to connect students to
farm- and garden-based edu-
cation. This year the local
program has been recognized
at the state level, with Tehan
as a Farm-to-Table speaker
at the State-wide Oregon
School Gardens Conference
in September, as well as the
Environmental Education
Conference.
Seed to Table aims to
increase health and well-
ness of students and fami-
lies — specifically decreas-
ing obesity — in the Sisters
community through provid-
ing equal access to nutritious
foods and offering opportuni-
ties in garden-based wellness
education.
The farm provides fresh
produce to each of the three
schools in the Sisters School
District including items for
the salad bar, radishes, toma-
toes, squash and potatoes.
This last year Tehan and
the program hosted over 1,300
students on the farm, which is
located on East Black Butte
Avenue in Sisters. Students
from the Sisters School
District as well as Cascades
Academy, the Waldorf School
in Bend, and Heart of Oregon
Youth Build have all gotten
a chance to come to the farm
and get their hands dirty.
The program in all aspects
is designed to encourage
creativity, problem-solving
and the sheer love of health
foods, and the learning that
comes with hands-on experi-
ential learning on a farm and
garden.
In addition to Tehan’s
work in the garden, she has
been contracted to manage
the greenhouse at Sisters
High School and teach a sus-
tainable-agriculture class.
photo Courtesy CasablanCaimaging.Com
Kids get their hands dirty at the Seed to Table farm.
“The greenhouse will offer
a four-season living labora-
tory,” said Tehan.
This past spring and sum-
mer Seed to Table offered
a Community Supported
Agriculture (CSA) where
local community members
purchased a share of vegeta-
bles once a week throughout
their growing season.
Seed to Table also pro-
vides food for both of the
Food Banks in Sisters: The
Sisters Kiwanis Food Bank
and the food bank at Westside
Church. The production from
the local garden has been so
great they have been able to
feed close to 150 families per
week with fresh vegetables.
Tehan estimates it will be
close to 10,000 pounds of
food this season.
Along with Tehan, there
is one full-time college intern
provided through the Rogue
Farm Initiative and several
high school internships;
all internships are paid for
through scholarship funding.
To learn more about
Seed to Table visit www.
S e e d t o Ta b l e S i s t e r s . o r g
or plan on attending their
Harvest Dinner on September
24, from 4:30 to 8 p.m.
“The event is designed
to gather community around
food,” said Tehan. “It will be
a unique farm setting, long-
table format. We just want
people to celebrate good
food.”
The cooking at the event
will be done by Bite of Bend
finalist Chef Anna Witham.
Tickets start at $20 and
are available at www.seed
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There is still plenty of time
to get out to the farm and look
at all of the produce being
grown right here in Sisters.
Tehan encourages the public
to stop by the farm during the
week between the hours of 9
a.m. and 2 p.m.
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contrails...
BEND (AP) — A Central
Oregon Community College
safety officer charged with
the murder of a 23-year-
old woman was extradited
August 24 to Oregon from
California, where he had been
held for a month in connec-
tion with other violent crimes.
Edwin Lara, 31, of
Redmond was booked into
Deschutes County Jail and
is being held without bail,
according to online records.
Lara faces four counts of
aggravated murder in the July
death of Kaylee Sawyer.
Lara kidnapped and tried
to sexually assault Sawyer
before killing her to cover up
his attack, authorities said.
Police believe Lara
encountered Sawyer on July
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24 while working his night
shift as she took a late-night
walk near campus.
Lara’s wife, a new hire at
the Bend Police Department,
noticed her husband was act-
ing out of the ordinary the
next morning and confronted
him. He broke down and told
her he had struck Sawyer with
his patrol car, panicked and
buried the body, according to
a police report.
Deschutes County District
Attorney John Hummel has
said he doesn’t believe Lara’s
story and declined to provide
further details about the case.
Authorities say Lara fled
after the killing and went on a
crime rampage that included a
kidnapping, attempted murder
and carjacking.
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