Wednesday, June 6, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
According to preliminary
data received by NOAA’s
National Weather Service
in Pendleton Oregon, tem-
peratures at Sisters averaged
warmer than normal during
the month of May. June is
expected to be warm and dry.
The average temperature
in May was 55 degrees which
was 4.3 degrees above nor-
mal. High temperatures aver-
aged 71.7 degrees, which was
5.3 degrees above normal.
The highest was 83 degrees
on May 17. Low tempera-
tures averaged 38.4 degrees,
which was 3.3 degrees above
normal. The lowest was 25
degrees, on May 2.
Five days had a low tem-
perature below 32 degrees.
Precipitation totaled 0.15
inches during May, which
was 1.06 inches below nor-
mal. Measurable precipita-
tion — at least .01 inch —
was received on three days,
with the heaviest, 0.07 inches
reported on May 7.
Precipitation this year has
reached 1.07 inches, which
is 5.27 inches below normal.
Since October, the water year
precipitation at Sisters has
been 2.85 inches, which is
8.37 inches below normal.
The highest wind gust was
39 mph, which occurred on
May 8.
The outlook for June from
NOAA’s Climate Prediction
Center calls for above-nor-
mal temperatures and below-
normal precipitation. Normal
highs for Sisters rise from 70
degrees at the start of June
to 80 degrees at the end of
June. Normal lows rise from
38 degrees to 42 degrees. The
30-year normal precipitation
is 0.86 inches.
This was the second warm-
est May on record. The warm-
est was 55.2 degrees in 1992.
Drugstore in new digs
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
Some businesses come
and go in Sisters, but one
long-time fixture, Sisters
Drug, has simply moved.
The familiar purveyor
of all things pharmaceutical
for over 43 years has under-
gone a few changes in recent
years. The Pill Box orga-
nization, which owns five
other pharmacies including
Rice’s Pharmacy and Gifts
in Corvallis, purchased the
Sisters pharmacy in 2008.
As of May 29, the phar-
macy moved from its famil-
iar location in the building at
the corner of East Cascade
Avenue and South Fir Street,
formerly known as Sisters
Drug & Gift, into a shiny new
home in the front of Ray’s
Food Place. The pharmacy,
managed by OSU graduate
pharmacist Diane Nauman,
has most of the familiar
staff: Linda Wheatley, Kim
Ankrum, and Marge Crain,
with part-time pharmacist
Terry O’Callahan helping
out.
On the walls in the front
of the new space are large
sepia reprints of historic
Sisters, from the Hindman
homestead to old Main Street
(now Cascade Avenue).
The customer area is con-
venient, with comfortable
chairs and soft lighting. The
work area is light and bright
with plenty of counter space
and rows of shelves for the
pharmaceuticals.
A nice addition in the new
space is a separate private
room for patient drug coun-
seling and immunizations.
Nauman can also provide
travel vaccinations. Still to be
installed is Nauman’s histori-
cal pharmacy collection of
medicine bottles, scales, jars,
and remedies which will be
displayed on shelves in the
customer area.
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rearranged their layout to put
toiletries and over-the-coun-
ter medical supplies next to
the pharmacy.
Nauman said the move to
Ray’s was like coming home.
She managed a pharmacy
inside Ray’s in Albany for
seven years. Two years ago,
after her younger daughter
graduated from high school,
she moved to Tumalo and
was enjoying semi-retire-
ment, serving as a traveling
pharmacist, which included
Sisters Drug. She was
delighted when the opportu-
nity to manage the new home
for Sisters Drug presented
itself.
“It is such a unique phar-
macy. The staff cares so much
about the community and
is involved,” Nauman said.
“Sisters Drug is like the old-
time pharmacy where cus-
tomers are known by name
and appreciate the customer
service they receive.”
The pharmacy, though
small in square footage, is big
on services — providing spe-
cialty pet medications, pre-
scriptions for hospice, special
orders, synchronized medica-
tions, prescription deliveries,
and compounding services —
in addition to filling regular
prescriptions.
Wheatley added, “We
care about our community.
We have some great ideas for
new stuff.”
For those on numerous
maintenance prescriptions,
four or more drugs can be
packaged together in bubble-
paks for daily dispensing.
Nauman has plans for the
pharmacy to have more com-
munity involvement by offer-
ing monthly education events
in Ray’s community meet-
ing room to discuss health
news and the findings of new
studies.
She cited a recent study
that found people who have
sufficient Vitamin D intake
PHOTO BY SUE STAFFORD
Sisters Drug staff, Linda Wheatley, left, pharmacist Diane Nauman, and
Kim Ankrum are enjoying their new surroundings in Ray’s Food Place.
have a 26 percent decrease
in fall risk. She would like
to share information with
the community that would
be helpful in the understand-
ing and management of their
health.
A 1992 graduate of Oregon
State University’s College of
Pharmacy, Nauman has two
daughters currently attending
OSU. Rachel, her oldest, is
finishing her second year of
the four-year Pharm. D pro-
gram. Her younger daughter,
Lexi, is graduating this month
with her Bachelor of Science
in Science and starts her
Pharm. D program in the fall.
“The pharmacy profes-
sion is a family tradition,”
Nauman said, “and they are
third-generation Beavers, as
my dad graduated from OSU
as well.”
The pharmacy hours are
Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to
6 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to
2 p.m., and it is closed on
Sundays.
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