Wednesday, January 31, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
9
A pioneering Sisters businesswoman Outlaws alpine skiers
face rough conditions
ByKEileenKM.KChambers
Correspondent
“‘Are you an antique,
Mom?’” Chelsie Hoyt-
Gloeckner said, laughing,
during a conversation at
Suttle Tea. “That is what my
young girls, Lola and Hadley
asked me recently. ‘Were
there cars when you were
little?’ Nothing like being an
antique!”
Raised in Sisters, Chelsie,
the owner of Heritage USA,
an antique store located at
253 Hood Ave., is among
the town’s creative business
women who juggle being a
wife, raising children, man-
aging a store and watching
over a ranch. She doesn’t sit
still much.
Her father, Chuck, started
Hoyts Hardware & Building
Supply in 1976. As a little
girl, Chelsie would go to
work with him.
“Dad would give me
‘jobs,’ counting nails,
nuts and bolts and such.
Sometimes I would sit on the
counter and draw pictures
of the ‘old men’ who came
into the store. Then I would
sell the pictures to them for a
quarter. Looking back, I can
only imagine what a head-
ache I must have been. When
I take my kids to Heritage, it
can be total chaos!”
“The funny part about
that story is that, when I was
16 working at Black Butte
Ranch, the golf marshall
asked me, ‘What is your last
name?’
“‘Hoyt,’ I answered.”
“‘I have been looking for
you for 15 years!’ And, out
of his wallet, he pulled out a
child’s drawing. Big nose and
glasses included! Down at
the bottom was scribbled, 25
cents. I guess I was born to be
a peddler.”
Chelsie’s first business
in Sisters (started at age 19)
was Dusty Trails, a cowboy
hat and music store. After
getting her art degree in col-
lege, while working full-time
at Hoyt’s, Chelsie ran her
own portrait photography
business for about ten years,
using antiques as props, and
processing the film and prints
herself in her own darkroom.
Chelsie’s love and use of
antiques led her to renting a
booth at Heritage USA, then
owned by Wanda and Craig
Waters.
“When I was little, my
grandmother would take me
hunting for antiques,” she
said. “Heritage was her favor-
ite store.”
In 2015, the Waters, decid-
ing to retire, sold the business
to Chelsie.
“I have such huge shoes
to fill,” Chelsie reminisces
about her love for and friend-
ship with Wanda. “Anyone
ByKRongiKYost
Correspondent
PHOTO PROVIDED
ChelsieKHoyt-Gloeckner’sKdaughtersKareKbornKpeddlersK—KjustKlikeKsheKwas.
who knew Wanda was blown
away by her high-energy, ‘go
get ’em’ persona. Knowing
her taught me about so much
about cherishing life, espe-
cially your work. And so,
now, that is what I seek to
do.”
As with Wanda, other
businesswomen in Sisters
have had a huge impact.
“Some might not realize
this but Sisters has a tremen-
dous legacy of women who
have created businesses that
have remained successful
over the long haul,” Hoyt-
Gloeckner said. “Women
such as Barbara Turner
(Sisters Cascade of Gifts),
Kiki Dolson (The Nugget),
Jean Wells (Stitchin’ Post),
Pat Molesworth (Village
Interiors) Jeri and Kara
Peterson (The Paper Place),
Janet Brockway (Bedouin),
and Rosie Horton (Common
Threads) have inspired me
because they know their
hometown and that is why
they have been successful for
so many years.”
With Wanda’s passing in
2017 along with the tragic
loss of Chelsie’s mother fol-
lowed by her stepfather, what
helped Chelsie was the life
and spirit of her predecessor.
“I don’t allow myself to
wallow. I can’t. I am a mom.
A wife. I have a business to
run. I keep my chin up and
remain grateful. Sure — the
smoke this summer was bad.
Folk Festival being cancelled
was huge. But again, after
being through the things I
have been through, I take
things in stride. If I stress
out, what’s the point? No. I
choose instead to enjoy my
life and work.”
During January and
February, Heritage closes
mid-week to allow for count-
ing inventory, revamping
spaces and painting — tasks
not easily done during its
normal schedule. The store
will return to its seven-day-
a-week schedule — “with
a bang” Chelsie said — in
March.
With children to pick up
from school, it was time for
Chelsie to run.
“I am so thankful for my
life here in Sisters. I have
such huge support from my
husband, John, my employ-
ees, not to mention our ven-
dors. And my girls. Hadley
has a love and knack for
this store while my brother,
Tyler Hoyt, and I hope that
perhaps Lola and her cous-
ins, Willa and West, will take
over the lumber yard! Who
knows?!”
The Alpine ski team par-
ticipated in a slalom race on
the I-5 run at Mt. Bachelor
on Saturday, January 27.
Conditions were more win-
try than the skiers have
seen this season; snow fell
heavily at times, and skiers
also had to deal with strong
winds.
Evan Palmer was the
Outlaws’ top performer.
Palmer skied two very con-
sistent runs, and finished
17th in the combined, and
scored 25 points for the team.
After strangling a gate on
his first run, George Chladek
recorded a 14th-place fin-
ish on his second run and
scored 18 points for the team.
Kincaid Smeltzer finished in
the top 30 and scored two
team points.
Ian Cash (freshman) skied
his first high school race.
Coach Gabe Chladek said,
“Ian did a great job pushing
himself. He crashed out on
his first run, but recorded a
respectable finish on his sec-
ond run.”
John Banks was disquali-
fied for a missed gate on his
first run, but came back and
finished his second run in
55th place.
The combined finish order
is as follows: Evan Palmer
(17th), Kincaid Smeltzer
(24th), George Chladek
(47th), Christopher Lundgren
(49th), and Corbin Johnson
(61st).
On the girls’ side, Skylar
Wilkins finished 36th in the
combined, which Chladek
stated was a very respectable
finish for a freshman with
her experience.
“If Skylar continues with
the steady improvement she
has been showing, she’ll start
scoring points for the girls in
the future,” said Chladek.
Holland Hartman finished
35th on her first run, but
didn’t ski in the second run.
Chladek said, “Some of
our racers struggled with
fogging goggles, and deeper
ruts than we have been rac-
ing on in the past.”
The Outlaws will head to
Mt. Bachelor on Saturday,
February 3, for another
Slalom race.
Sarah Conroy, Chiropractor
Prevent • Heal • Feel Better
Happy
a
2018, Sisters!
Nourish
yourself...
N
Schedule
feel better!
nline!
o
Est. 2002
ned
Sisters Ow
Call 541-588-2213
392 E. M
Main Ave. | www.sisterschiropractor.com
Located within Bigfoot Wellness
Shena Fields LMT#7439 | Harmony Tracy LMT# 21211
AFTER-SCHOOL
YOUTH
UKULELE
CLASS
Rise &
Shine!
taught by
Patrick Pearsall
at SPRD
Ages 7-1/2 to 14
3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
every Wednesday
February 7-28th
$60 for 4 classes
Breakfast & lunch
Th ursday through
Tuesday, from
8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
View activities & classes, and register online!
www.SistersRecreation.com
1750 W. Mckinney Butte Rd. | 541-549-2091
SNO CAP
403 E. Hood Ave.
cottonwoodinsisters.com
Sisters Family Owned
MINI STORAGE
Sisters Industrial Park
157 Sisters Park Dr. • 541-549-3575
www.SistersStorage.com
• State-of-the-art
Security Technology
• Sizes from 5x5 to 12x40
• Individual Gate Codes
• Long-term Discounts
• On-site Manager