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Wednesday, January 25, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
SHELTER: Fostering
animals allows some
to use facility
Continued from page 3
Families are provided with
a separate classroom in which
they can all stay together and
have a little privacy. There is
currently a family of four uti-
lizing that room – mom, dad,
and two young boys. They
had been living in the woods
in their tent trailer until it just
became too cold and snowy.
Last Friday was an especially
tough day for them when they
discovered that the tent trailer
had collapsed under the
weight of the snow, so now
they are left with no shelter
at all other than that provided
overnight at the church.
At midnight, a new team
arrives to relieve the early
shift volunteers, and they stay
until 7 a.m. During the night
they simply monitor the facil-
ity and the guests, and are
available to assist the guests
with any needs that may arise
during the night. A majority
of the late shifts have been
filled by two men, Matt and
James, from Shepherd’s
House in Bend, although vol-
unteers are welcome to also
sign up for the late shift.
Last Friday night, a
Deschutes County sheriff’s
officer brought a man to the
shelter after everyone was
settled for the night. He had
been walking in the dark
and cold on icy Highway 20,
with the intention of walking
over Santiam Pass to Eugene
where he hoped to catch
a bus to take him back to
Tennessee. The shelter hosts
welcomed him, gave him a
warm meal of lasagna left
from dinner, and set him up
with a place to lay his head
for the night.
Breakfast foods, also
provided by volunteers, are
set out for guests, coffee is
brewed, water is boiled, and
the lights go on at 6 a.m.
Guests put away their bed-
ding, prepare for the day,
have breakfast and make
a lunch to take with them
if they wish, help clean up
the facility, and everyone,
including volunteers, are out
of the building by 7 a.m.
Due to the generosity of
the community, the shelter
has received a number of
cash donations as well as a
wonderful variety of food
and clothing donations. There
have been fresh doughnuts
from Sisters Bakery, hot pizza
from Martolli’s, dinner from
The Open Door, gift cards for
the guests from McDonald’s,
Sisters Coffee, and Melvin’s
Fir Street Market.
Your Store dropped off
some brand-new T-shirts.
Individuals have brought in
jackets, sweaters and boots
and even a pair of snowshoes
so one guest can walk in to
check on his snow-buried
motorhome. Donations of
dental care and hygiene prod-
ucts have been greatly appre-
ciated. A couple stopped
by the other night with two
one-gallon Ziplock bags full
of homemade cookies plus
another bag of warm jackets
and some boots. Sisters Ace
Hardware has donated sup-
plies that the shelter guests
need to make their camps
habitable. Bi-Mart has also
donated a variety of supplies.
Foster families, who have
agreed to care for guests’
dogs, have eliminated a big
hurdle for people who need to
come to the shelter, but don’t
want to leave their dogs alone
at their camps. Currently,
three dogs are being cared for
by two families. The owners
are able to have doggie visita-
tions with their pets.
Kiki Dolson of Furry
Friends Foundation is provid-
ing coats and food for guests’
dogs who are being fostered.
Pam Klettke made beautiful
fleece blankets for the foster
pups.
The response of the com-
munity whenever a need is
put out has been tremendous,
and at times almost instanta-
neous. The many generous
hearts that make Sisters the
special little village that it
is are making it possible to
meet a critical winter need
– warm and safe shelter on
cold winter evenings for
those among us who are in
need.
For anyone interested in
volunteering, and there are
many ways to do that: go
to the Sisters Cold Weather
Shelter Facebook page and
send an email by clicking on
the blue button at the top of
the page, or post your inter-
est on the Facebook page. If
you leave your contact infor-
mation, someone will be in
touch.
Ontario police say a
woman who died in a head-
on crash shortly after her
reported abduction may have
also been stabbed.
Anita Harmon, 40, of
Weiser, Idaho, died at the
scene Monday after the
Dodge pickup in which she
was a passenger crossed
a centerline on an Eastern
Oregon highway and col-
lided with an SUV, Oregon
State Police said. The driver
of the SUV, a 38-year-old
man from Vale, Oregon, also
died.
Police in Ontario were
chasing the pickup after
being alerted that a woman
was being held against her
will and had been stabbed.
Ontario Police Chief Cal
Kunz said it has yet to be
determined if the woman
died from stab wounds or the
crash impact.
The suspect driv-
ing the Dodge, Anthony
Montwheeler of Nampa,
Idaho, survived with serious
injuries.
Harmon’s car was found
abandoned in the middle of
a street in Weiser, 20 miles
north of Ontario.
It was not immediately
clear if Montwheeler and
Harmon were separated or
divorced.
The pair had co-owned a
scrap-metal business based in
Weiser. They were convicted
of first-degree theft in 2012
after underpaying an elderly
couple by more than $10,000.
Montwheeler was sen-
tenced to two years in prison
and his wife 16 months.
The two later successfully
appealed the convictions and
were dismissed last October.
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