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Wednesday, March 29, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Dawn Mitchell operates a successful seafood business.
Keeping it fresh in
Bend fish shop
By Jim Cornelius
News Editor
Dawn Mitchell didn’t have
any plans to get into the fresh
fish business when she left
her 15-year job as an admin-
istrative assistant in Bend.
But when trolling for a
new job proved more frus-
trating than she’d anticipated,
she took the bait that was
dangling in front of her — the
opportunity to take on a sea-
food business. The owners of
Precious Cargo Seafood Co.
showed her the ropes, and
now she’s hooked.
“I have learned so much —
and there’s so much to know,”
Mitchell told The Nugget. “I
love it — and my customers
are so nice.”
Precious Cargo Seafood
Co. has a storefront at 63356
Nels Anderson Rd., Suite 4, in
Bend, but the store location is
the least important aspect of
the business. Precious Cargo
offers high-quality, flash-
frozen seafood from local
and international fisheries.
Precious Cargo’s products
are frozen at sea directly after
being caught to preserve the
fish’s quality and taste.
How the fish is caught and
how it’s handled are critical
to quality and taste, and that’s
Mitchell’s focus. It’s all 100
percent wild and flash-frozen.
She’s open six days a week
and with a couple of days
advance notice she can fill all
kinds of special orders.
“I keep my prices as low
as I can,” Mitchell said. “I
have a huge selection that you
can’t get anywhere else.”
For more information visit
www.preciouscargoseafood.
com or call 541-420-9369.
six months last year as an
exchange student in Austria.
“Since I went to Austria,
they (school officials)
thought I would be proficient
enough,” he said.
Hedemark says her for-
mer student has “intuitive
language skills” and has
developed his ability through
hard work. She credited his
time in Austria and travel to
other European countries for
polishing his conversational
German.
Hedemark added it’s good
to see young people from “lit-
tle old Sisters Oregon” pur-
sue their dreams. Robillard is
one of several in that regard,
she said.
The son of Tammy and
Michael Robillard won’t
get to choose many of his
courses because the York
program specifies a rigor-
ous curriculum. He applied
to the University of Oregon
as a backup plan, and was
accepted, but will bypass
Eugene for the medieval
city where York St. John
University is located.
“It’s rich in history,”
Robillard said. “I’m very
excited about finishing high
school and going. Everything
about this school I fell in
love with.”
That includes rela-
tively small classes at the
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Mon-Sat., 10 a.m.
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PHOTO BY STEVE KADEL
Devin Robillard has chosen a university in England for his post-Sisters-
High-School education.
a bachelor’s degree in both
German and business.
He graduates from SHS in
June, then will fly to England
to begin the college program
September 6. His father and
grandfather will accompany
him to York to see him off,
and Robillard will return
to Sisters during summers.
Robillard’s parents are sup-
portive of his long trek for
post-high-school education.
“They’re happy for me
because it’s what I want to
do,” he said.
Robillard will give his
new environment a tryout
with an eye toward possibly
living abroad afterward.
“Germany is a strong eco-
nomic power in the EU,” he
said. “I could see myself liv-
ing in Europe.”
university with 6,500 stu-
dents. Robillard envisions
a possible business career
some day, but said it’s too
early to pin down his goals.
He developed an interest in
business by working for a
pet-grooming business in
Sisters.
Robillard lived with a
host family during his stint
in Austria. He got along very
well with them, he said, but
will be living in a dormitory
in England. That takes some
of the apprehension away
because he isn’t worried
about what a new host family
will be like.
SHS teacher Matt Bradley
helped Robillard with his
application statement for the
York university. When he is
finished, Robillard will have
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