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Wednesday, August 9, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Premier soccer tourney
headed to Sisters
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The McKinley Ellsworth Family gathered at Camp Sherman for a reunion in honor of one of the original Camp
Sherman pioneers.
Reunion recalls pioneer history
By Jim Cornelius
News Editor
In the early part of the
20th century, wheat farm-
ers from Sherman County,
Oregon, would seek respite
from the hot, backbreaking
August work of bringing in
the wheat harvest by trekking
west in wagon and buggy to
the banks of the Metolius
River.
There they would camp,
relax, fish and play, much as
people do in 2017. So popular
did the destination become
for those wheat farmers that
the area came to be known as
Camp Sherman — the name
the community retains to this
day.
One of those early visitors
to what would become Camp
Sherman was McKinley
Ellsworth, a blacksmith by
trade. On Saturday, August
5, the descendants of his clan
gathered in Camp Sherman
for a family reunion and crib-
bage tournament. Jeff Snyder
is the elder of the clan these
days, the son of McKinley’s
daughter Patricia. He owned
an A-frame cabin in Camp
Sherman and vacationed here
every summer for more than
20 years. His daughter Katie,
a photojournalist in Boston,
was the farthest traveled of
the family, flying across the
country for the reunion.
And she wanted it to be
known that she was doing
pretty well in the cribbage
tournament, too.
Cribbage was central to
the gathering — and another
legacy of “Grandpa Mac.”
“Grandpa Mac, he was
a cribbage player,” Jerry
recalled. “He taught every-
body (and) we taught our
kids.”
It’s the family game,
played with considerable
passion. Tim Ellsworth, who
lives with his wife, Heidi, in
Camp Sherman full time, was
the leader in the tournament
on Saturday afternoon — the
guy with the target on his
back.
Four generations were
on hand for the event, held
at Camp Sherman’s historic
community hall. And despite
the passage of more than a
century, McKinley Ellsworth
would have felt right at
home.
Bend Premier Cup will
bring thousands of soccer
players from throughout the
west to Central Oregon dur-
ing its three-day run, August
11–13.
Now in its 8th successful
year, Bend Premier Cup is
the largest sporting event in
Central Oregon, infusing an
estimated $3 million into the
local economy over the course
of a weekend.
“A lot of players and
their families look forward
to returning to Bend Premier
Cup year after year,” said Tara
Bilanski, executive director of
the Bend FC Timbers soccer
club, which hosts the annual
event. “The soccer is high
level and teams come from
as far away as Alaska and
Montana, so everyone gets
a chance to play against new
competition. The fact that it all
takes place in a region known
for its scenery and sunshine is
a bonus for families who are
traveling with players.”
Nearly 200 teams and
approximately 3,200 players
will make their way to Central
Oregon to compete in the tour-
nament. Because of its size,
Bend Premier Cup is played
on fields throughout Bend and
Sisters, all of which provide
free parking for participants.
Boys and girls teams ranging
in age from U10 to U19 with
gold- and silver-level com-
petition. All teams are guar-
anteed four games, with each
division’s champion and final-
ist taking home medals.
Honoring Sisters’ departed…
PHOTO BY LANCE TROWBRIDGE
Veterans of the Sisters VFW and American Legion, Art Buell, Wendell
Halderman, and Jeff Mackey, install names of deceased Sisters
veterans on the memorial stone at Village Green Park on August 5.
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Cribbage is the family game — and the reunion featured a tournament
with heirloom cribbage boards as trophies.
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