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Wednesday, May 3, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
LETTERS
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To the Editor:
Please do not remove the western meadow-
lark as Oregon’s official state bird.
State Senator Frank Girod, predictably
from a west-side district (Stayton), introduced
Senate Concurrent Resolution 18 to replace
the meadowlark with the osprey. The mead-
owlark, while found throughout Oregon, is
primarily identified with well over half the
state in the grasslands and pastures east of the
Cascades. Once again, a west-side legislator
has devised yet another ham-fisted grab giv-
ing short shrift to a bird that, for many, defines
a way of life on the east side.
Anyone who has ever woken up on a sun-
shiny morning in the Baker Valley or along the
base of the majestic Steens can never forget
the time nor the place of hearing, according
the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, its “buoyant,
flutelike melody ringing out across a field.”
After 90 years of Oregon history, for
Senator Girod, it’s all about the momen-
tary whim of a “beauty pageant” maneuver
to replace a bird special to Oregonians and
increasingly rare with a common species.
Senator Girod claims the choice of our
state bird is “unoriginal.” This is false for,
had he bothered to review history, the reality
is exactly the opposite. Oregon and Wyoming
were actually the first to designate the mead-
owlark as their respective state bird in 1927.
Then, four other states, Nebraska, Montana,
Kansas, and North Dakota, followed our pio-
neering designation by establishing the mead-
owlark as their state bird between 1929 and
1947 following the adage that “imitation is the
sincerest form of flattery.”
Keith K. Daellenbach
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presently is for that one to receive it in
Bend or Redmond. The other would be here
with no good way to even visit regularly.
However, it is possible to meet needs in the
homes of both old and young, singles and cou-
ples as they face the complications of injury,
health or aging. It requires setting up a ser-
vices coordinating agency. Perhaps, requiring
only one office, it could be part of the project
to be near the high school at McKinney Butte
Road.
If there was such an agency that would
arrange the meeting of the requirements of
insurance, long-term, Medicare and Medicaid,
needs could be met with professional help
with in-home healthcare. The service of such
an agency would be to coordinate with Sisters
BMC and St. Charles clinics, dentists, nurses,
foster care, Hospice. The list goes on: Elder
law, senior counseling services, optical and
auditory services, exercise centers, physical
therapy professionals, nursing, housekeep-
ing and food services, local transportation
services, a grocery store that sells affordable
food and delivery services, even yard care.
Much of these are already here like Sisters
Athletic Club and the Park and Recreation
District functioning well for everyone. All
of these services are good opportunities for
employment for younger people. All of them
continue the kind of caring Sisters community
that people find so wonderful.
Care can be given without the expense
of the residential, and continuous-care units.
Sisters soon will have more affordable small
apartments and homes available. The wonder-
ful group of creative, giving older people in
the community would be glad for complete,
competent services so that they can continue
to live well with care in their own homes and
continue to be happily functioning people in
our community.
Joann Power
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To the Editor:
There are many 70-to-90-year-old and
older people in the Sisters area who must feel
unsure of how they will be served when they
need assisted-living care. The promises that
have for years been made for a continuous res-
idential-assisted living setting have not mate-
rialized. At best it may be years before it does.
Many retired people might have moved here,
as my husband and I did, to ensure a secure
future as we age.
In our case we foresee a time when
neither of us will be driving. Without
an assisted-living setting in Sisters, if
one of us needs care, the only option
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To the Editor:
Next Saturday at Sisters Library, 2 p.m.,
there will be a viewing of “Traces of the
Trade,” a documentary of a modern family
retracing the many steps of slaves bound for
the U.S.
The family was among the biggest slave-
trading businesses in America. Tom DeWolf,
descendant of this family, will share the
positive results from this experience through
an organization he founded for healing dia-
logue between African-Americans and white
Americans.
Please join us for this fascinating tale.
Bonnie Malone
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MARATHON: Event
raised funds for
Outlaws swim team
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“He is in such good shape
and so efficient. His time is
remarkable.”
Hosang runs for the
middle school track team,
where the longest event, the
1,500 meters, is not even
one mile. He runs about 40
miles a week and loves cross-
fit, according to his dad, Joe
Hosang.
“When he crossed the line,
he just had a huge smile on
his face,” said race director
Bryn Singleton. “He looked
great.”
Peter Curran, 39, finished
second overall in 1:23:11.
Another eighth-grader
also beat most of the adults in
the race. Vicente Rebolledo,
a classmate of Hosang’s at
Sisters Middle School, ran
1:38:24, which put him sev-
enth overall. Sisters High
School senior Jesse West fin-
ished in 1:55:12.
Jen Warolin won the
women’s title with a time of
1:37:39, while local runner Jo
Zucker won her division in 2
hours and 5 seconds.
A total of 73 runners com-
pleted the half-marathon.
Kathy Fectau took the
women’s title in 50:42, which
put her in seventh place
overall among a total of 50
finishers.
Singleton felt pleased that
her goals for the race were
realized.
“It was a great day for
the race, and my goal is that
everyone is out there just hav-
ing fun and enjoying a com-
munity event,” she said. “The
secondary goal is to raise
money for the Sisters High
School swim team, which we
accomplished.”
The three choices of
races make the event unique
and attractive, according to
Singleton.
When he crossed
dhe line, he jusd had a
huge smile on his face.
He looked gread.
— Bryn Singledon
“There’s something for
everyone whether they want
to run or walk,” she said.
“The majority of the people
that come out seem to be
groups of friends who just
want to enjoy Sisters for the
weekend, and many come
back year after year.”
Three Creeks Brewing
Co. is the title sponsor of the
event, which is in its sixth
year. Singleton also wanted
to thank Dr. Ben Crockett
for his continuing support
throughout the race’s history.
“Also, I can’t thank the
volunteers enough for their
help in manning aid stations
and directing runners,” she
said.
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