Wednesday, August 9, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Road to Black Butte
closed during eclipse
Deschutes National Forest
officials are preparing for an
influx of visitors to the for-
est for the 2017 solar eclipse.
While only a small portion
of the area will be in the path
of totality, the Deschutes
National Forest is a beautiful
place to experience this spe-
cial event.
There will be several tem-
porary road closures in place
from August 17 through
August 21 to promote public
safety, minimize conflict and
protect natural resources:
• Metolius Basin – Green
Ridge: Forest Road 1490,
which links the Metolius
Basin with the Green Ridge
area, will be closed to motor-
ized use but open to hiking,
biking, or other forms of non-
motorized travel.
• Forest Road 1110 access-
ing Black Butte will be closed
to motorized use starting at the
junction with Forest Road 11.
Forest Road 1110 and the non-
motorized Black Butte Trail
will be open to hiking, biking,
or other forms of non-motor-
ized travel for the 10-mile
round trip. As a reminder,
Black Butte fire lookout at the
summit is active and staffed.
Overnight camping is not
allowed to minimize impacts
to the lookout operations.
• Forest Road 1140-
600/650 leading to the Green
Ridge fire lookout will be
closed to motorized use
beginning at the junction with
Forest Road 1140. For the
duration of the eclipse event,
the public will not be allowed
to access the lookout.
• An area closure remains
in place for the Whitewater
Fire in the Mt. Jefferson
Wilderness. This area closure
includes the Jefferson Lake,
Brush Creek and Cabot Lake
Trailheads. A section of the
Pacific Crest Trail is within
this area closure and has been
rerouted to avoid the area.
For more information on this
closure, visit: https://www.
fs.usda.gov/alerts/deschutes/
alerts-notices.
There will also be an open
fire ban on all Central Oregon
public lands managed by
the Deschutes and Ochoco
National Forests and Crooked
River National Grassland, and
Prineville Bureau of Land
Management lands.
There will be several
information boards placed in
Central Oregon communi-
ties and throughout the for-
est. These boards will have
forest and grassland informa-
tion, pertinent regulations and
maps, and will, at times, be
staffed by information officers
or recreation staff.
The Sisters Ranger District
office will maintain current
business hours and be open
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday
through Friday, and will be
closed on the weekend. An
Eclipse Information Kiosk
will be located in the office
parking lot and will be staffed
Thursday, August 17 and
Monday, August 21 from 8
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. to provide
public information but will
not be able to sell maps or
products.
Central Oregon is now
in the peak of fire season.
Fire officials want to remind
the public that we are in
EXTREME fire danger.
Individuals and families plan-
ning to camp out should bring
a propane stove or alternative
means for cooking. In addi-
tion, visitors are only allowed
to smoke in closed vehicles
or on bodies of water. Grass
and brush is tall and park-
ing hot vehicles on top of
them can ignite a fire. When
possible, find areas void of
vegetation or clear an area to
park. Finally, while this is a
celebratory event for many,
visitors must leave all fire-
works at home — it is illegal
to discharge or even possess
fireworks on public land.
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State board says orthodontist
was impaired while he worked
BEND (AP) — An Oregon
state board has suspended the
license of Bend orthodontist
they say treated patients while
under the influence of opioids.
The Bend Bulletin reports
the Oregon Board of Dentistry
determined that Casey O’Neill
would put his patients at risk
if he continued practicing. The
36-year-old’s office, O’Neill
Orthodontics, was closed on
July 1.
O’Neill sent a text message
to the newspaper saying that
the board’s allegations are
false and he is in “litigation”
with the board for breaching
his patient confidentiality.
O’Neill’s former patients
say their new orthodontist,
David Sullivan, told them
that they will need to have
O’Neill’s work corrected and
some will have to wear their
braces longer. Sullivan says
different orthodontists have
varying practice styles.
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