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Wednesday, June 14, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Search and Rescue responds to call
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
A bond-funded upgrade to the dpectator bleacherd at Reed Stadium
id complete.
SPRD luau tickets
on sale now
Sisters Park & Recreation
District is bidding the com-
munity E Komo Mai (please
come) to SPRD’s annual luau
set for Thursday, August 10,
at Village Green Park.
“Every year our luau has a
special element to it that is not
planned; it just evolves, and of
course this year is no excep-
tion,” said Shannon Mokuahi
Rackowski. “We took a
chance; the first year SPRD
thought to present a luau to
the Sisters Community, 322
people turned out!”
Year two featured Central
Oregon’s own Bill Keale, and
a request from Kris Dalton,
a 102-year-old Sisters resi-
dent, Hawaii born-and-raised,
for her favorite lomi lomi
salmon (brined salmon with
onions, tomatoes and special
seasonings).
Ye a r t h r e e b r o u g h t
Mele’uhane, the father-and-
son duo from Hilo, Hawaii,
and saw Coach Steve Pearl,
eight-time national basketball
champion coach in England
and his team visit for their
first luau, with one of his
players celebrating her 16th
birthday with 16 fresh leis
Rackowski ordered from
Hawaii.
This year ’s luau will
feature Michael Dane and
Sherwood Philips from the
Oregon Coast. Michael Dane
has been a headliner for
Salishan Resort and Gracie’s
Sea Hag in Depoe Bay for
over 30 years.
“Michael and I have
worked together for over 20
years, and when I asked him if
he could come play at SPRD’s
luau, he replied ‘of course,’”
Mokuahi Rackowski said.
“Sisters Park & Recreation
is so grateful to once again
have the Sisters ukulele play-
ers, DJ Chuck Boogie, Kurt
Silva, Sisters hula danc-
ers, and Halau Uhane from
Redmond. I look forward to
dancing with all the different
entertainers, for dancing hula
feeds my soul,” said Mokuahi
Rackowski.
Tickets are available now.
The event is a fundraiser for
the SPRD senior scholar-
ship program, which helps
to subsidize or pay in full for
exercise classes, evidence-
based classes such as Matter
of Balance, Walk with Ease,
and Living with Chronic
Conditions, excursions,
and transportation to these
programs.
This year’s luau will run
from 6 to 8 p.m.
To purchase tickets or
for more information call
541-549-2091.
On June 7, at 4:15 p.m.,
Deschutes County 911
received a call from an
employee of International
Emergency Response
Coordination, reporting
one of their clients, Adam
Redfield, had activated
the “SOS” feature on his
“SPOT” device in the area
between South Sister and
Broken Top, near Moraine
Lake. Attempts were made
to contact Redfield on his
cell phone without success.
There was no way to contact
Redfield via his SPOT device
to determine the nature
of his current situation or
problem.
A Deschutes County
Sheriff ’s Office special
services deputy responded
to the area of the Devil’s
Lake Trailhead and located
Redfield’s vehicle. Contact
was also made with
Redfield’s friends and fam-
ily members, who confirmed
he had set out that morning
at about 4:30 a.m., intending
to summit South Sister and
then return home. Redfield
was described as being
very experienced in the
backcountry and avalanche
trained.
Seven DCSO search
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with him. The DCSO dep-
uty and DCSO SAR vol-
unteers further assisted
Redfield back to his home in
Bend.
The Deschutes County
Sheriff ’s Office would
like to remind those that
recreate outdoors to prepare
properly for their activ-
ity. Some considerations
include proper clothing for
day and night conditions in
your environment, even if
you do not expect to be out
overnight. Ensure you have
adequate water and food,
topographical trail maps,
extra batteries or charging
options for phones or GPS
units. Bring a light source
and a signaling device. Seek
out information regarding
the area and what may be
encountered, such as cur-
rent and projected weather
conditions as well as ter-
rain in the area. Tell some-
one where you are going,
what you will be taking with
you and when you plan to
return.
The Deschutes County
Sheriff ’s Office strongly
encourages those recreat-
ing in the outdoors to do so
with a partner(s) and not to
separate.
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and rescue volunteers
responded to the trailhead
and “skinned,” skied and
“booted” into the Moraine
Lake area, and began
their search in intermit-
tent rainy conditions. At
approximately 9:10 p.m.,
DCSO SAR teams estab-
lished voice contact with
Redfield, who had sought
shelter in a snow cave.
DCSO SAR teams physi-
cally located Redfield at
approximately 9:30 p.m. and
determined he had become
lost, but was not injured.
Redfield had summitted
South Sister earlier in the
day and his cell phone bat-
tery had died. Redfield had
become disoriented during
his descent, becoming lost,
at which time he activated
the SOS feature on his SPOT
device.
Redfield was cold and
tired, but otherwise was
able to travel under his own
power, following DCSO
SAR teams back down to
the Cascade Lakes Highway,
arriving at about 12:32 a.m.
Redfield had not known if
his SPOT device worked and
was preparing to spend the
night, although he had not
brought overnight supplies
(Weather permitting)
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