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Wednesday, April 5, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Sisters gets set to celebrate science OSU-Cascades expansion
“A Celebration of Science
in Sisters” kicks off on
Tuesday, April 18, with a
special lecture hosted by the
Sisters Science Club.
“Science Reporting
and Community Memory”
will feature Mark Blaine,
senior instructor at the
University of Oregon in the
School of Journalism and
Communication. Blaine will
tell the story of the UO’s
Science Stories Initiative,
which brings students and sci-
entists together to create cred-
ible, accessible stories about
environmental research. The
event is set for The Belfry
at 7 p.m., with a social hour
beginning at 6 p.m.
A slate of other events
follow the opening lecture,
all planned in support of the
national March for Science
on April 22 in Washington,
D.C. and sponsored locally
by the Sisters Science Club.
“We are grateful to the
Sisters community for its
support for science in the
schools,” said Dr. Robert
Collins, co-founder and pres-
ident of the Sisters Science
Club. “This celebration is a
great opportunity to thank
the community through these
special events in support of
science education and the
research that impacts all
aspects of our lives.”
Following the opening lec-
ture, the week of events con-
tinues when science lovers
meet to discuss “The Gene,”
by Siddhartha Mukherjee,
author of the Pulitzer Prize-
winning “The Emperor of
All Maladies: A Biography
of Cancer.” The Wednesday,
April 19 event will be at
Paulina Springs Books at
6:30 p.m.; on Thursday,
April 20, discussion of “The
Gene” will be at Roundabout
Books in Bend at 7 p.m. Both
discussions will be facili-
tated by Barbara Pettersen,
a nationally certified genetic
counselor.
On April 20-21, the
Deschutes Land Trust will
host two hikes at Whychus
Canyon Preserve to explore
the recent Whychus Creek
restoration. Hikers will
tour the restoration site and
explore the role science plays
in modern restoration and
management of private lands.
Hike leaders will include
Martha Lussenhop of Sisters
and Jen Zalewski, land stew-
ard for the Deschutes Land
Trust.
On Friday, April 21,
Boeing test pilot Capt.
Michael Carriker will visit
local schools to talk about the
science and history of avia-
tion. An aeronautical engi-
neer, Capt. Carriker was the
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BEND (AP) — A bill
to provide money for the
expansion of Oregon State
University’s branch campus
in Bend has passed its first
legislative test.
The bill would create
bonds to pay for the expan-
sion to a former pumice
mine. The Bulletin news-
paper reports it cleared the
House Committee on Higher
Education and Workforce
Development on Tuesday
afternoon.
The bill asks for $69.5
million, much more than the
$20 million Gov. Kate Brown
included in her proposed
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The bill now goes to the
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To round out the week’s
celebration, community
members are invited to join
the Sisters Science Club at
the traditional Earth Day
Fair and Parade in down-
town Bend, sponsored by The
Environmental Center, on
Saturday, April 22, from 11
a.m. to 3 p.m.
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