Wednesday, January 25, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Youth art submissions sought for Eagle Watch
The 22nd annual Eagle
Watch celebration will be
February 25-26 at Round
Butte Overlook Park. The
celebration honors eagles
and other raptors that live in
the Lake Billy Chinook area.
Hosted by the Oregon Parks
and Recreation Department
(OPRD), Portland General
Electric (PGE), Crooked
River Grassland, and the
Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs (CTWS), the event
features activities to explore
the natural and cultural sig-
nificance of the birds.
The two-day celebra-
tion runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday, February 25 and
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday,
February 26. Festivities will
be in “Eagle Village” at
Round Butte Overlook Park’s
visitor center, 10 miles west
of Madras.
“This is a fun, free week-
end event perfect for the
entire family,” said event
coordinator and OPRD
Park Ranger Erin Bennett.
“Visitors will have the oppor-
tunity to glimpse our resident
bald eagles and golden eagles,
as well as learn about the sig-
nificance of the eagle to tribal
culture and traditions.”
Central Oregon students
in 4th-12th grade can enter
an eagle art contest through
3 p.m. February 17. Winners
will be announced at lunch
on February 25, and their art-
work will be on display dur-
ing the celebration. Artwork
can be dropped off at the Cove
Palisades State Park or at your
school’s office. Contest rules
are posted at covepalisades.
wordpress.com.
Event attendees can
meet Aquila, a rehabilitated
golden eagle, as well as a
great horned owl that lives at
the Sunriver Nature Center.
Saturday at noon, children
can meet JR Beaver, Smokey
Bear and Larry the Lightbulb.
Children are also invited to
participate in the eagle race
(on Saturday) or make a bird
feeder (on Sunday). Madras
Garden Center will demon-
strate how to create a back-
yard refuge to enjoy bird-
watching year-round at your
own home.
Wild eagle viewing will
take place each day at Round
Butte Overlook Park and
two overlooks on Mountain
View Road. Wildlife biolo-
gists have recorded 11 bald
eagle pairs and nine golden
eagle pairs living in the area
year-round, and migrant bald
eagles join the resident birds
from January through March.
PHOTO BY SUE ANDERSON
Central Oregonians come out in numbers to view eagles.
For those who want more, on
Sunday at 4:30 p.m. attendees
can go to Smith Rock State
Park for an hour-long guided
tour with Oregon Eagle
Foundation volunteer David
Vick.
The Quartz Creek
Drummers and Dancers will
provide a special presenta-
tion of tribal drumming and
dancing sponsored by Warm
Springs Power and Water
Enterprises at 2 p.m. on
Sunday.
Admission and parking at
PGE’s Round Butte Overlook
Park is free. Attendees can
purchase souvenirs and par-
ticipate in a daily silent auc-
tion, with proceeds benefiting
the Oregon Eagle Foundation.
Indian fry bread proceeds will
support sending local kids
to the rodeo, and donations
for lunch support Culver
Middle School’s Science,
Technology, Engineering and
Mathematics (STEM) pro-
gram. Only cash and checks
will be accepted; no ATM is
on site.
Call Oregon State Parks
Information at 800-551-
6949 or The Cove Palisades
State Park at 541-546-3412
for information, or visit
www.oregonstateparks.
org, the Cove Palisades
blog, The Cove Rattler, at
covepalisades.wordpress.com
or Facebook.
Ex-Klamath
sheriff denied
grand jury
notes ahead
of trial
KLAMATH FALLS (AP)
— Former Klamath County
Sheriff Frank Skrah has been
denied access to notes from
his grand jury indictment just
weeks before he is set to go to
trial for misdemeanor charges.
The Herald and News
reported Wednesday that a
judge ruled that Skrah can’t
see the grand jury notes,
despite an argument by his
attorneys that they may con-
tain exculpatory information.
In Oregon, grand jury
notes are considered confi-
dential but may be unclassi-
fied in some circumstances.
Skrah was indicted in
September 2015 on nine
misdemeanor counts related
to three instances of alleged
excessive use of force and one
instance of alleged neglect
of property owner’s rights
related to his role as sheriff.
He is scheduled to stand trial
February 8.
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