Wednesday, June 28, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Total solar
Local author to sign at Sisters salutes...
eclipse casts Camp Sherman Store
spotlight on author
Local author Kris Lockard, Sunday, July 1-2, to coincide
of the brand-new with the store’s Fourth of July
thriller, “A Matter of Trust,” celebration.
Madras
will sign the book at the
“Many readers of my first
By Gillian Flaccus
Camp Sherman Store from 11
a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and
Associated Press
MADRAS (AP) — The
first coast-to-coast total solar
eclipse to cross the continen-
tal United States in 99 years
will first be visible in Oregon.
State officials expect up
to one million people for the
August 21 event.
As many as 100,000 of
them could wind up in and
around the Central Oregon
town of Madras.
It’s predicted to be one of
the best viewing locations in
the nation with its high-desert
location and flat landscape.
That will make it easy to
watch as the moon passes
between the sun and the
Earth, casting a lunar shadow
on our planet.
The town has hired an
eclipse planner to coordi-
nate with 50 federal, state,
and local agencies. Every
hotel room in town has been
booked for years and 25 area
campgrounds are filling up.
PHOTO PROVIDED
Local author Kris Lockard will sign
her new thriller, “A Matter of Trust.”
book, ‘Green Ridge,’ pub-
lished in 2014, encouraged
me to keep the story going,”
Lockard said. “They fell in
love with the characters and
the beauty of the Metolius
Basin depicted in the book.”
The sequel, “A Matter of
Trust,” also centers around
Camp Sherman and the
Metolius Basin. A cast of
lovable characters with inter-
twining storylines tells a tale
of interpersonal relationships
highlighted by the suspense
of impending peril.
“The book even delves
into the mindset of a critter or
two,” Lockard said.
Wood Iron Tiny Homes
Built in Sisters by Spud Hooley
OPEN HOUSE
Saturday, July 1
All Day – Starts at 9 a.m.
PHOTO BY LANCE TROWBRIDGE
L-R, Vandee Mauser, 2nd Vice Commander, American Legion Dept.
of Oregon; Gene Hellickson; and Tom Harris, 1st Vice Commander,
American Legion Dept. of Oregon.
• At the American Legion
Convention in Florence,
Oregon, June 21-24, Gene
Hellickson of Sisters was
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Barbecue Friday Nights
6 to 8:30 p.m.
Free Open Mic Saturdays
6 to 8 p.m.
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