Wednesday, June 28, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Bend museum plays role
in fish recovery
BEND (AP) — Two
P aci f i c l am pr eys have
been released back into the
Umatilla River after spend-
ing months at the High
Desert Museum in Bend.
The Bulletin reports the
museum housed the fish
in partnership with the
Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reservation,
which is trying to prevent the
lamprey from becoming an
endangered species.
Associate curator Jessica
Stewart says the museum
plans to regularly house and
release lampreys, making
them a consistent attraction.
She says their presence has
helped educate the public
about fish that are a critical
part of the ecosystem.
Pacific lampreys were
historically abundant in the
Upper Deschutes watershed,
but their population has
declined because of dams.
Through the work of
the tribes, more have made
it upstream this year. The
tribes collect lampreys
at Willamette Falls and
Bonneville Dam, and drive
them to rivers and streams in
Eastern Oregon.
13-year-old drowns in river
SALEM (AP) — Divers
recovered the body a 13-year-
old boy who drowned in the
Little North Santiam River.
The Marion County
Sheriff’s Office said Kendall
Alexander of Tigard was
swept downriver Sunday
afternoon while swimming
with friends at the Elkhorn
Valley Campground near the
unincorporated community of
Mehama. Adults tried to reach
him, but were unsuccessful.
The Statesman Journal
reports two people have
drowned in the Little North
this spring, and nine have
drowned there since 1999.
The water is high, swift,
and cold after heavy precipi-
tation and chilly temperatures
in the first of the half of the
year.
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Book store to host authors in July
Paulina Springs Books
is serving up a full slate of
author visits in July.
On Wednesday, July 5 at
4 p.m. local author Marie
Boswick will read from and
sign her newest book, “The
Promise Girls.” The novel
shares the story of three
sisters whose deep bond
is rooted in an unconven-
tional past. Their mother,
bestselling author Minerva
Promise, claims her three
“test-tube” daughters were
engineered and molded to
be geniuses. Now in adult-
hood the three sisters find
their lives have fallen short
of their mother ’s grand
ambitions.
On Thursday, July 6, at
4 p.m. local author Jane
Kirkpatrick will read from
and sign her most recently
released book, “This Road
We Traveled.” The Brown-
Pringle clan is making
their way from Missouri to
Oregon on the Oregon Trail.
Tabby Brown, the matri-
arch of her family, is excited
when her son, Orus, returns
from Oregon with news that
the family will be making
the trip out west. The tri-
als they face along the way
will severely test her faith,
courage, and ability to hope.
What she couldn’t know was
how this frightening jour-
ney would impact how she
understood her own life —
and the greater part she had
to play in history.
On Friday, July 14 at
6:30 p.m., local author Kim
Cooper Findling will share
a slide show of her book,
“Bend, Oregon Daycations:
Day Trips for Curious
Families.” Curious about
the exciting destinations
that surround this beautiful
region of Central Oregon?
Learn what to take, where
to go, and what not to miss
on 19 Oregon day trips
within a two-hour radius of
Bend. Along the McKenzie
River learn about the riv-
er’s unique hydrology as
you walk on a lava flow in
the beautiful forest, or in
Camp Sherman see a river
spring from the ground. Join
us to learn of Kim’s first-
hand knowledge and love
of the area combined with
her knack for candid reflec-
tion and laugh-out-loud
storytelling.
For the complete schedule
of events at Paulina Springs
Books visit www.paulina
springs.com or call
541-549-0866.
Paulina Springs Books
located at 252 W. Hood Ave.
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