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10 Wednesday, September 13, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Veterans Man’s legacy will support environmental protection Gil Staender, a long-time Last week, Staender’s organization resident of Camp Sherman estate donated $530,000 to the Sisters area, loved the Western Environmental offers awards and the great outdoors. He was a Law Center, in Eugene. guide on Mt. Hood and sum- “This is the largest gift mited more than 50 times. He our organization as received for students was active in the Mazamas, in our 24-year history,” said Sisters VFW Post 8138 will be sponsoring its annual VFW awards at the local schools again this year. One student will be selected from each category to receive the monetary reward: • The Patriot Pen Award ($100) is given for a middle- school-grade essay on patri- otism. The essay is due in October. • The Vo i c e Of Democracy Award ($100) is given for an essay and voice recording on patriotism. The essay is due in October. • The Arts Award ($100) is given at Sisters High School for a patriotic poster design. The project is due in March. Brochures detailing the projects will soon be avail- able at the Sisters schools. Call 541-549-1132 and leave a message or mail Sisters VFW Post 8138, PO Box 682, Sisters, OR 97759 for more detailed information. The Nature Conservancy, the National Audubon Society, Greenpeace, Utah Wilderness Coalition, and other conserva- tion societies. He and his wife, Vivian Staender, spent a year in the Arctic, in the wilds of the Brooks Range of Alaska in 1965. They authored sev- eral books about the experi- ence. They sold their house in Lake Oswego and moved to Sisters in the 1960s, where they purchased a section of land north of town. They built a stone house “off the grid,” before being off the grid was popular, and named the place “Wildhaven,” which has been donated to The Nature Conservancy. Gil taught school in Sisters, and the couple helped legislate for the very first bottle bill in the U.S., passed in 1971. Though Staender died a year ago, his legacy lives on — and continues to impact the wilderness world he so loved. David Lawlor, development director for the Western Environmental Law Center. “It was unexpected. It is very, very meaningful to us.” Lawlor said the organiza- tion’s board of directors will meet soon and discuss the uses to which the generous behest will be put. The center has multiple purposes in its legal efforts to protect wilderness, wildlife and the environment. It has worked on endangered-spe- cies protection and is work- ing to protect the Cascade- Siskiyou National Monument. It also fields a climate man- agement team tasked with keeping fracking out of sen- sitive areas and litigating regarding the impact of coal plants and coal burning. 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Having the knowledge of Gil’s personal life makes the gift so much richer and more meaningful.” capacity through the use of the Staender behest. He also noted that the orga- nization intends to name its giving program after Staender in recognition of the scope of the gift and the extraordinary life the German immigrant built in the American West. Ali and Rick Geraths of Sisters, who were close friends with Gil, traveled to Eugene and shared photo- graphs and stories from Gil’s Buy or sell your car with locally owned ... Blue Moonstone & Diamond (Low miles • newer than 2005) DA3919 RE ! ED C DU $39,000 Best Price! No Hassles! CARFAX AX Ce C Certifi e rti rtifie ti i fied! ed! d! Sisters Car Connection 541-815-7397 102 W. Barclay Dr., Sisters No idea what to get them? No idea what to get them? Honor them with an ad in the The Nugget! Honor them with an ad in the The Nugget! Birthday? Anniversary? Graduation Birthday? Anniversary? Graduation or or Special Special Occasion? Occasion? 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