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Wednesday, February 7, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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life-savingdgear
A local nonprofit outfit-
ter that serves veterans has
a new piece of gear. It’s not
a truck or a boat or a fly rod
or a rifle: it’s an Automatic
External Defibrillator (AED),
which could provide vital
life-saving service out in the
backcountry.
Warfighter Outfitters of
Sisters received the AED
through the Sisters-Camp
Sherman Fire District’s AED
grant program. The goal of
the grant program is to maxi-
mize the survival rate from
incidents of Sudden Cardiac
Arrest (SCA). One of the
best ways to do that, the fire
district asserts, is to have
as many AEDs as possible
deployed throughout our Fire
District.
Warfighter Outfitters is a
nonprofit guide and outfit-
ter providing service to the
nation’s veterans on hunt-
ing, fishing and engagement
trips. The excursions include
anywhere from two to more
than 30 veterans on a trip.
The organization is 100 per-
cent volunteer-based and the
trips are funded entirely by
donations.
The Fire District grant
program covers up to $250 in
funds toward the purchase of
an AED. Because Warfighter
Outfitters operates on dona-
tions only, they needed the
full amount of the AED cost
covered. The proposal came
before the Sisters-Camp
Sherman Fire and Ambulance
Association Board at their
January meeting, and they
approved the expenditure of
Association funds to cover the
remaining portion.
Brett Miller, founder of
Warfighter Outfitters said,
“With the remote nature of
our offerings and the gen-
erations of veterans we serve,
this AED will not only pro-
vide crucial, timely, lifesav-
ing support to anyone on the
river or in the woods, but will
also provide peace of mind
to all those on our trips and
those around us on the river.
This device is not only avail-
able to our veterans, but also
the community that will be
using the same water or land
that we are on, and we always
have many veterans who are
very well trained with the
devices.”
Fire Chief Roger Johnson
added, “We are honored to
provide this lifesaving sup-
port to veterans who have sac-
rificed so much for all of us.”
For more information
about the District’s AED grant
program, call 541-549-0771.
PHOTO PROVIDED
Larry Stuker, left, along with fire Chief Roger Johnson, presented an
automatic external defibrillator to Brett Miller of Warfighter Outfitters.
Bisnett Insurance Inc. has
announced the acquisition of
Fullhart Insurance in Sisters.
The new company
will initially be known as
Fullhart Insurance, a divi-
sion of Bisnett Insurance.
Bisnett Insurance will retain
all employees of Fullhart
Insurance. According to
Bisnett, those employees
“are one of the key reasons
for the acquisition.”
During the transition, Don
Fullhart and Betsy Furlott
will stay involved with the
company as board members.
Betsy will also continue
on as a consultant. Fullhart
Insurance has locations in
Tigard, Sisters, Waldport,
and Reedsport.
“Don and I are so pleased
to announce this new phase
of our company. Our cli-
ents and colleagues will be
excited about the change
because it offers them
more insurance options and
resources. Bisnett Insurance
brings a lot to the range of
services we now offer our cli-
ents,” said Fullhart Insurance
owner Betsy Furlott. “It’s a
very good fit.”
Roger Bisnett, Kent
Bergstedt, Keith Blackerby,
and Stephen Bisnett own
Bisnett Insurance Inc. with
licensed agents in Oregon,
Idaho, and Arizona. Roger
and Linda Bisnett started
the agency in Pendleton
in 1980. Since then, the
company has experienced
steady growth, acquiring 14
agencies. Bisnett now has
Oregon offices in Baker City,
Milton-Freewater, John Day,
Pendleton, Hood River, Lake
Oswego, Tigard, Sisters,
Reedsport, and Waldport.
The agency also has loca-
tions in Sun Valley, Idaho and
Scottsdale, Arizona. Bisnett
Insurance now employs more
than 50 people, most of them
full-time licensed agents.
“We’ve admired our
friends at Fullhart Insurance
for many years,” said Kent
Bergstedt, president of
Bisnett Insurance. “Our com-
pany has always had a focus
on bringing quality people,
resources and quality insur-
ance solutions to the com-
munities we serve. We’re
looking forward to what we
believe will be a winning
combination.
“Betsy and Don are sec-
ond-generation owners who
put their clients first. Their
team’s high level of integrity
has made the agency one of
the best in our state.”
CascadedSotheby’sdgrowsdindSisters
C a s c a d e S o t h e b y ’s
International Realty has
acquired Metolius Property
Sales, effective immediately.
According to Cascade
Sotheby’s, the acquisition
creates an even bigger pres-
ence in the community,
securing 20 percent of the
Sisters real estate market.
Cascade Sotheby’s also notes
that the organization “wel-
comes the talent of 12 top-
performing new brokers to
the Cascade team.”
“As always, our strategy
is to look for acquisitions
that fit our growth trajectory
and that most importantly
bring a great team with the
intelligence and integrity
that mirror the way Cascade
Sotheby’s does business,”
said Michael Kosmin, chief
operating officer, Cascade
Sotheby’s International
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Realty. “Metolius founder
Jeff Jones has built an incred-
ibly productive team, secured
some of the finest listings in
the region, and has just done
a superb job of building
an enviable partner for our
brokerage.”
Metolius principal broker,
Jeff Jones, founded Metolius
Property Sales in 2009 with
the intent of providing home-
owners and prospective buy-
ers with a customer-focused,
individualized real estate
experience.
“I’ve been honored to
have a great team of people
to work, with and I’m very
proud of the culture we’ve
built together at Metolius.
I’m confident that Cascade
Sotheby’s will only expand
on that,” said Jones.
C a s c a d e S o t h e b y ’s
International Realty reports
that it exceeded $1.3 billion
in closed sales in 2017.