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Wednesday, June 28, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Students start raising
funds for trip
Next year Sisters Middle
School and Tumalo School
students will leave for a
week-long trip to the East
Coast on an adventure and
an unforgettable learning
experience.
Starting just after the
end of school (June 2018),
students will fly out from
Portland to their first destina-
tion, New York City, where
they will visit key locations
such as the 911 Memorial,
Ellis Island and the Statue of
Liberty. The evening before
departing, students will get
an opportunity to enjoy a
Broadway play.
The trip only begins there.
The following days
students will be taken to
Philadelphia to visit the
Liberty Bell, Franklin Court
and Independence Hall.
From there they set off to
Gettysburg to visit the Civil
War battlefield.
The trip will wrap up
in Washington D.C. There
they plan to visit Arlington
National Cemetery, Capitol
Hill and the National
Archives Building. This trip
is being provided by ETSI
(Educational Travel Services
Inc.).
Founded in 1988 by Judi
and Dennis Tichenor, ETSI
has been enriching young
minds in history through
first-hand experiences. This
incredible journey will give
our students a personal and
deeper understanding to key
events prior to studying U.S.
history the following year.
Over the next year, dedi-
cated students will be orga-
nizing events around town
and providing services in
order to raise money for this
once-in-a-lifetime experience.
The first fundraising event
will involve selling solar
eclipse glasses and water bot-
tles during the Sisters Outdoor
Quilt Show. Plans are being
made for future events such
as holiday wreath sales and
bottle and can recycling.
Watch for specially
marked recycle bins around
town. If you have a surplus of
bottles and cans that you wish
to donate, you may contact
Julie Patton via email at julie.
patton@sisters.k12.or.us.
Additional events will be
announced in the future.
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Obituary
Curtis Eugene Morken
October 2, 1928 — June 15, 2017
Curtis Eugene Morken
was born October 2, 1928, in
Madison, Minnesota, to Dora
and Elmer Morken. He had a
brother, Wayne; and sisters,
Eunice and Corrine.
After school, he moved to
Minneapolis to attend voca-
tional school, then began
a career as an upholsterer.
While in Minneapolis, he
married his high school
sweetheart, Dixie Greenman,
on June 18, 1948. The cou-
ple moved to Southern
California to be near Dixie’s
parents.
After the birth of their
son, Rick, they moved to
Milton Freewater, Oregon.
There, Curt worked for
Recap Rubber. Then they
moved to Ritter, Oregon and
had a daughter, Vicki. While
in Ritter, Curt worked in for-
estry and helped pave the
road to Ritter from Highway
395, along the John Day
River.
The Morkens returned to
California when Curt was
hired by Lockheed. With lay-
offs, he started working for
UPS. He began as a driver
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sister Corrine Gustafson;
five grandchildren; and 11
great-grandchildren.
A memorial service was
held at Deschutes Memorial
Gardens on Wednesday, June
21.
In lieu of flowers, the
family requests remem-
brances in Curt’s name
be made to Sisters Rodeo
Association (P.O. Box
1018, Sisters, OR 97759)
or the Pasadena Masonic
Lodge (200 S. Euclid Ave,
Pasadena, CA 91101).
The Morken family
would like to thank all the
people for the flowers and
cards, also for coming to his
memorial. He would have
really been pleased.
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and then advanced to cus-
tomer service, retiring after
26 years.
In 1984, the couple
moved to Sisters, where they
built their home at Indian
Ford Ranch. Many new
acquaintances encouraged
them to join Sisters Rodeo
Association, where they
both became very active and
developed many friendships.
Curt was an avid fisher-
man, golfer and hunter. He
loved to play cribbage. He
helped organize the Sisters
Cribbage Club, which met
upstairs in The Hotel Sisters
for several years.
In a marriage of 69 years,
Curt never lost his sense of
romance. He loved to pur-
chase gifts for Dixie, from
clothes to jewelry and cars.
The staff at Leavitt’s Western
Wear enjoyed helping him
find the right outfit for Dixie
at least twice a year and on
special occasions.
Curt was a member of the
Pasadena Masonic Lodge,
Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks and Sisters
Rodeo Association.
He is survived by his
wife, Dixie; son Rick
(Eilene); daughter Vicki;
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