Wednesday, December 14, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
DEER: Three deer fell
into a local resident’s
pond last week
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up to the fence surround-
ing the pond and get it
into their back room just
as the Deschutes Sheriff
Deputy, Sgt. Sonderberg
and the ambulance from the
Sisters Camp Sherman Fire
Department rolled into their
yard.
Diane could see the fawn
wasn’t breathing, and with-
out hesitation, set to work
with mouth-to-mouth resus-
citation, while Bob snatched
up his wife’s hair-dryer,
plugged it in and started
blowing warm air on the
almost-dead fawn’s wet, cold
body.
Within moments, fire-
fighter Cody Meredith was
checking the fawn’s vitals
which gave off the hoped for
message that it was going to
live. At that moment, Sgt.
Sonderberg warned every-
one what was going to hap-
pen next: “You guys better
get out of the away,” he said
in his professional sheriff’s
deputy voice. “When that
deer opens its eyes it going
to run right over everyone to
get out of here!”
Just about the time the
rescue crew backed away,
it did just that! Everyone
breathed a big sigh of relief
as the fawn leaped through
the open door, running off
to join its brothers and sis-
ters like nothing had hap-
pened. The conversation
that followed was everyone
hoping that was the end-
of-that…but it wasn’t. The
next day another deer broke
though the ice going to water
and began to flounder as
it beat the edge of the ice,
sinking and rising as it strug-
gled to get out of the frigid
pond.
Bob could see it was a
repeat of the day before,
so he grabbed up his stout
rope, made another loop and
this time dropped it over
the deer’s head on the first
toss. This one being a full-
grown buck with a hand-
some rack, the animal was
more than Bob and Diane
could drag out of the ice
water by themselves, so
they hooked the rope to their
pickup and dragged him
out.
At that point, Bob had a
close call. He got the rope
off the deer as it was laying
on the grass by the pond,
and as he walked up to it,
holding a big sleeping bag
between himself and the
buck’s pointed antlers, the
deer leaped to his feet and
charged Bob, full bore, and
head down.
Bob shuddered when he
shared his memory of the
event.
“All I could see were
those two big, blood red
eyes and those sharp antlers
headed right at me!”
The antlers struck the
thick sleeping bag, but the
blow knocked him over
backwards against a gate
in the fence, after which
he bulldogged the deer to
it’s knees to give himself a
chance to leap through the
gate to safety.
It as at that point the
Storlies could see the buck’s
damaged ribs poking out
from it’s chest and an injured
front leg, which Bob thought
was caused by a collision
with a motor vehicle.
In spite of almost drown-
ing and the motor vehicle
injuries, the buck was last
seen walking around the
Storlies place normally.
“I like the small herd that
comes to water,” Bob said,
“but that big buck gives me
the willies; I will never for-
get the killing look in those
big, blood-red eyes glaring at
me as that demon charged—
he’s just not welcome here
anymore.”
Sunday’s deer incidents
repeated on Monday, when
a young forked horn fell
into the same pond. Bob tied
another lariat in his stout rope
and tossed it over the deer’s
head. He and Diane hooked
the rope to the pickup—same
as before—and dragged it
out to shore, and then Bob
tied it off to a fencepost,
but was unable to loosen
the loop, so he cut the rope
and the deer ran off. Anyone
seeing a fancy red-and-
white rope dangling from a
small forked horn’s antler
will know where it came
from.
“We hope the pond will
freeze over so the deer will
no longer break through the
ice,” Bob said. “But it would
be far safer if they’d use the
water tank we have for them
set up near the barn; it has a
heater in it.”
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Good Time Travelers
change venue in Sisters
The Good Time Travelers
will perform their origi-
nal music at The Belfry,
Thursday, December 15.
Local musicians Brad Tisdel
and Brent Alan will open the
show.
The performance has
moved to The Belfry from its
originally scheduled location.
The Belfry is located at
302 E. Main Ave.
The duo of Pete
Kartsounes and Michael
Kirkpatrick come together as
The Good Time Travelers.
The duo pairs a high voice,
smoky and soulful, with a
low voice, rich with bravado.
United by a passion for
performing, this songwrit-
ing and pickin’ duo presents
original songs about “the
journey.”
The duo of Brad Tisdel
and Brent Alan will open
the show. Local musicians
for the past 20 years, they
share a common love for both
Americana/Bluegrass music,
and mellow tunes that are
heartfelt and reach deep into
human emotion and experi-
ence. Tisdel was fortunate to
have Brent add vocal harmo-
nies and multi-instrumental
talents on his 2007 release,
“On Your Way.” Brent Alan
has performed for over three
decades in various bands,
including Brent Alan and
his Funky Friends, Dennis
McGregor and the Spoilers,
and Low Hanging Fruit with
Tisdel.
The show starts at 7 p.m.
and the sliding scale dona-
tion is $15-$20 dollars at the
door. For more information
call 541-408-0200.
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