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Wednesday, May 10, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Museum
displays
scat and
tracks
As animals move through
the region, they leave sign of
their activity. Learning to rec-
ognize and understand these
signs is a way to enrich any
outdoor experience, whether
it’s in a backyard or on a
remote wilderness trail.
Visitors can discover the
world of animal communica-
tion and wildlife tracking in
the High Desert Museum’s
Scat & Tracks exhibition,
which opened Saturday, May
6.
“We strive to bring natural
history components closer to
our visitors, so when they are
out enjoying our scenic region,
they will know more about
what they might encounter,”
said the Museum’s Executive
Director Dana Whitelaw,
Ph.D. “Scat and Tracks is
another way for us to bring
some elusive animals closer
to us.”
The exhibition features
interactive stations for visi-
tors to make paw prints, create
track rubbings and test their
knowledge matching animals
with the appropriate scat. All
ages can use what they learn
to discover more while they
are outdoors.
The art of tracking wild-
life evolved over thousands
of years, from early humans
hunting game to modern-day
biologists following wild ani-
mals through the use of radio
collars and satellite telemetry.
Scientists are also able to col-
lect and analyze animal scat to
determine an individual ani-
mal’s health.
Scat & Tracks tells a more
complete story about the mes-
sages animals leave in the
wild and how biologists can
use this data to characterize
and monitor behavior, habitat
use and population dynamics.
For more information
about this exhibition, visit
www.highdesertmuseum.org
or call 541-382-4754 ext. 241.
Location
set for city
manager
finalists
meet-and-
greet
Commentary...
Bull by Bull
By Judy Bull
Columnist
The community will
have a chance to meet the
four finalists for the posi-
tion of city manager — Brant
Kucera, Martha Meeker,
David Miller, and Bruce
St. Denis — at a special
meet-and-greet event on
Monday, May 22, from 5 to
6:30 p.m. at FivePine Lodge,
1021 Desperado Trail.
Attendees will have an
opportunity to ask questions
and discuss topics of interest
with the finalists in an infor-
mal setting. Light refresh-
ments will be served.
Final interviews will be
conducted on Tuesday, May
23; the City Council expects
to make its selection by
Wednesday, May 24.
• I rewrote my obituary
awhile back when I realized
I know a lot more about my
life than I did 10 years ago
when Vernon and I first wrote
our obituaries. Firstly, Vernon
has died. That changed every-
thing. Secondly, I wouldn’t
have yet discovered “The Big
Bang Theory” or “Little Big
Shots.” And thirdly, I now
know what it feels like to be
74 years old.
• Someone once asked me
how Vernon and I settled our
spats. Most times we saddled
our horses in silence, rode out
the front gate, and let the con-
nection to our horses recon-
nect us to one another.
• Any number of times
every winter, the weather
conditions are such that when
I go out to feed my critters,
I can hear a clinking sound
coming from the horses as
they come in to be fed. Rid-
dle and Riley are tough old
Kiger mustangs who grow
thick, heat-trapping winter
coats, covered by long guard
hairs which collect runoff
which then freezes into clink-
ing icicles dangling off their
sides. Amazing.
• I was sorry to see Bru-
no’s Deli close, its iconic
7-Up sign on Revere in Bend
gone. Vernon and I often
stopped there on hot summer
days to get us a Magnum Ice
Cream Bar to split. Talking
Vernon, the old gentleman in
the Les Schwab TV ad who
says, “Who does that any-
more?” is a perfect Vernon.
• Having eaten eggs for
breakfast, lunch, and dinner
for most of my adult life, I
am ever-aware of just how
many ways people have to
cook hard-boiled eggs. There
are as many ways as there are
people.
• It took me forever to
stop looking at the clock on
the stove after it quit work-
ing. Trouble was the digits
were still lit up where the
clock had quit. I finally had
to put black electrician’s tape
over the dial, which I have
also put over the “airbag off”
light on Pepper’s side of both
the pickup and the Bronco.
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• One year I spent Thanks-
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glad I did it. I bought $15
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• It’s very comforting
knowing that when I open my
cupboards years from now,
everything will be the way it’s
always been. Even more than
disliking change, “what is, is
what was” suits me just fine.
• As I grow older, I realize
there are some things I don’t
ever have to try or re-try:
bungie jumping, getting mar-
ried, going out on the ocean
on anything smaller than a
cargo ship, buying a new car,
starting another colt. I just
don’t need to do ’em.
• Sign of aging: I went
to a party the other night
with a bottle of wine, bread
and spread, and bright pink
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