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16 Wednesday, June 13, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Wednesday, June 13, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon The people behind The Nugget... Katy Yoder has always been a writer. Now The Nugget freelancer is commit- ted to making writing her life and career. “That’s always been my outlet and my love,” she recalled. “And it started with my mom introducing me to all these great books.” Yoder recalls that her mother, Mimi Graves of Sisters, would hold out books as milestones on the road to growing up. At a certain point, she would tell Katy that she was ready for a certain story. “She made books so excit- ing,” Katy said. For years she kept jour- nals and wrote poetry — and found a way to keep her hand in the trade through free- lance feature writing for The Nugget, which started about a decade ago. Feature writing is a congenial form of jour- nalism for Yoder. She recalls studying journalism in college and being put off by a hard- bitten ethos that getting the story was not just the most important thing, but really the only thing that mattered. An empathetic soul, she couldn’t see herself shoving a notepad or a microphone in someone’s face in the midst of a crisis or tragedy. “Getting the story is more important than (people’s) feelings,” she said. “I knew I couldn’t do that.” Feature writing offers a different path. “I love being able to intro- duce an interesting person to more people,” she said. “And I like telling positive stories. I really love highlighting inter- esting people and people who have used their lives to do good.” (See her most recent story on page 3.) Katy Yoder Yoder said. Over the past couple of years, Yoder has taken up a different challenge. Diagnosed with breast can- cer while she was working as the development director for Sisters Folk Festival, she started writing a column about her medical struggle — and the accompanying emotional fallout, both good and bad. “I started writing the col- umns because Nugget editor I love being able Jim Cornelius asked me to to introduce an do that,” she said. “I would never have thought to do that, interesting person to because I’ve always told other people’s stories, never my more people. And I like own.” Writing the column caused telling positive stories. Yoder to delve into areas she’d opened up to before and — Katy Yoder never explore dark topics — such as facing mortality. “It gives me an opportunity “The reason I asked Katy to ask questions I wouldn’t to write those columns is that ordinarily ask,” she said. “I’m I knew she had the courage to nosy — but I’m not comfort- be honest, real and authentic able being nosy without a — and that she has the chops reason.” to communicate what it means So Yoder ended up in the to go through a life-changing field she studied after all. confrontation with death “It’s funny, because I and dying,” Cornelius said. ended up doing journalism — “That kind of writing has a but I’m doing the kind of jour- big impact on people because nalism that feels right to me,” everyone is touched by cancer. she said. They’ve either faced it them- The words come easily. selves or had loved ones taken The interviews are often so by it. This is one of those situ- enjoyable and absorbing that ations where delving deep into the stories “write themselves,” the personal communicates HIKE: Badlands offers nearly all-season hiking opportunities Continued from page 7 back to the Castle Trail junc- tion, where we had origi- nally entered into Flatiron Rock’s inner sanctum. From there, we simply retraced our steps to the Ancient Juniper Trail junction, which we ignored this time, to return on the main Flatiron Trail for the shorter return to the trailhead. This hike is best under- taken during the early and late shoulder seasons but can also be an option on cool, cloudy, or wet days when the mountains are not very inviting. Regardless, always bring plenty of water because this is desert country. I’ve tried to give detailed trail directions because it’s easy to become disoriented out here where all the country looks the same. Also, carry a map; maps of the Badlands trail system are available on the BLM website and other sites. To reach the Flatiron Rock Trailhead, simply take Highway 20 for about 16 miles east of Bend. The trail- head is on the left and is well marked by a BLM sign. Showing kids the ropes... PHOTO PROVIDED Katy Yoderg freelance writer. the universal — and I knew Katy could do that.” Yoder found that facing a potentially terminal illness broke down psychological barriers, and her writing deep- ened and became more urgent. She has also been tapped to teach classes on death and dying. “It opened up the teacher side of me, I guess, just because of the life experience I’ve had,” she said. Facing mortality and pushing the boundaries of her writing has led Yoder to devote herself to being a full-time writer. She is grate- ful to her husband, Gary, for his full support of that ambi- tion. She is currently working on a memoir. And she will continue to tell the stories of Sisters folks in the pages of The Nugget. “I’m really excited to be a full-time writer,” she said. “To be what I’ve always wanted to be.” Now you can help The Nugget continue its journalistic mission The Nugget Firefighters to train near Sisters The Central Oregon Fire Management Service will host its annual Guard School training this week, where 57 men and women will begin their initial training to become wildland firefight- ers. At the end of the week- long event, students will be qualified as entry-level fire- fighters, and will join more than 300 other federal and state wildland firefighters working in Central Oregon this summer. “This type of intense training provides the essen- tial foundation for becoming an effective, well-informed, and safe firefighter,” said Nate LeFevre, Acting Fire Staff for the Central Oregon Fire Management Service, the combined Forest Service and BLM fire and fuels organi- zation in Central Oregon. This year, attend- ees are coming from a variety of agen- cies, including the Forest Service, the BLM, the Oregon Department of Forestry, the Bend Fire Department, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, the Oregon Military Department and the Oregon National Guard. RAY’S FOOD PLACE Thank you for supporting us! Three easy ways to support community journalism: (limit 4 packages) Make a fi nancial contribution to keep professional community journalism thriving in Sisters... ܂ $50/year Supporting Subscription ܂ $100/year Sustaining Subscription ܂ $________ Other Contribution Visit NuggetNews.com, stop by the offi ce at 442 E. Main Ave. (Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri), call us at 541-549-9941, or drop a check in the mail. Tomas Garcilazog charro and rodeo specialty actg visited Sisters Elementary School last weekg where he thrilled the children with demonstrations of his mastery with a lariat. Garcilazo is a renowned horsemang master of the ropeg and an ambassador of Mexican Charro tradition. 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