Wednesday, August 16, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Sisters folks make their eclipse plans
For some folks it’s the
event of a lifetime — for
others it’s a day to hunker
down and avoid the crowds.
A Sisters folks have a variety
of plans for the morning of
August 21, when Sisters will
get about 30 seconds of total-
ity in the solar eclipse.
Audacitie Anderson told
The Nugget that “with a
daughter and family living
and working in the Sisters
area, we wouldn’t dream of
not being there for this special
occasion and sharing it with
them. We are taking planes,
trains and automobiles to
get there! Heading out from
Wisconsin on Monday, hus-
band’s birthday. I think we
are camping out with daugh-
ter’s friends for the eclipse
out in the yard. Can’t wait!”
Jeff Spry, who has seen a
total eclipse in Hawaii, said,
“I was gonna go to this cool
spot an hour out of town but
now I think I’m content sit-
ting in my front yard with the
dogs and having a waffle or
two and enjoy 30 seconds in
the moon’s shadow!”
City of Sisters employ-
ees are planning to view the
eclipse from the roof of City
Hall, and a lot of working
folks in Sisters plan to simply
step outside at around 10 a.m.
to enjoy the spectacle. (Use
eclipse glasses to view any
moment outside the totality.)
Some say they are plan-
ning to “hibernate” on their
own property for several
days — and could do without
the expected inundation of
eclipse-chasers.
Bonnie Malone notes that
“friends (are) coming to my
house to watch the eclipse
from the same rock pile in
my back field where they
watched the 1979 eclipse.
Otherwise, going nowhere
I can’t get to on my bike or
horse.”
Sue Edgerton recalled the
1979 total eclipse.
“We saw a total eclipse in
May of 1979 in LaGrande.
Took our four kids out of
school and drove out to the
middle of Grande Ronde
Valley. It was impressive,
and no hoopla like this year.
My friend’s chickens and
peacocks came out the regu-
lar time to announce morn-
ing loudly, then went back
inside the barn when it got
dark, then came out again and
announced morning all over.”
Cami Kornowski plans to
view the ecipse with other
astronomy enthusiasts.
“Driving home to Central
Oregon from Portland, to
spend the night before and
morning of the eclipse with
some of the other Sisters
Astronomy Club members
out at Rimrock Ranch! Get to
bring the telescopes out, see
the Perseids, and the eclipse!
Perfect!”
And, of course, there are
always the entrepreneurs.
Gene Blick whimsically
announced that he’s planning
on cashing in on another nat-
ural phenomenon:
“Towing a portable rest-
room out next to the high-
way: $20. How bad you need
to go?”
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