Wednesday, June 27, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Summer camp offers adventures
From mountains to mead-
ows, meandering creeks to
the mysteries of lava caves,
adventure awaits July 16-20
for the kids who enroll in the
first annual Jim Anderson
Camp for Science and Nature.
This new day camp will
run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. for
students entering fourth, fifth
or sixth grade, featuring field
trips, scientific research and a
challenging educational cur-
riculum developed and taught
by education professionals
from the Upper Deschutes
Watershed Council and
Discover Your Forest.
Tw o S i s t e r s t e a c h -
ers, Kristy Rawls and Kirk
Albertson, are camp coor-
dinators; Karen Gentry of
Discover Your Forest and
Alyssa Grove of the Upper
Deschutes Watershed Council
are leading the activities. Jim
Anderson will make a guest
appearance, and the Sisters
Astronomy Club will partici-
pate as well.
The camp was developed
by the Friends of the Sisters
Library and is supported
by the Jim Anderson Chair
endowment from Bob and
Gayle Baker. The camp is
administered by SPRD.
“This is a great opportu-
nity for kids to do real science
with inspiring teachers and
have a lot of fun along the
way,” said Kathy Campbell,
a member of the FOSL board.
Campers will bring their
own lunches and will meet at
SPRD each day; all transpor-
tation for field trips will be
provided by SPRD.
With a maximum enroll-
ment of 15, the camp will
provide individual attention
and assistance for each child.
The week kicks off with a
visit from Jim Anderson, fol-
lowed by a “Bio Blitz” along
the Metolius River. Midweek,
campers will map glacial
activity at Three Creek Lake,
sample water at Whychus
Creek, and talk with trees at
Cold Springs. On Friday, the
group will cap their adven-
tures by heading underground
at the Lava River Caves.
Biologist Alyssa Grove
is an environmental educa-
tor with the Upper Deschutes
Watershed Council. She will
coordinate activities in the
middle of the week.
“This camp is a great way
to utilize community mem-
bers and resources to create
a unique camp experience
that really focuses on the
science behind our amaz-
ing local ecosystems,” said
Groves. “The experience will
be a great tool to help deepen
a student’s connection with
the natural world, develop a
stronger sense of place, and,
we hope, a feeling of stew-
ardship for their home.”
Campers should enroll
through SPRD; the reg-
istration fee is $125. Full
and partial scholarships are
available.
The Friends of the Sisters
Library board is hopeful the
camp will become an annual
summer activity, inspiring
girls and boys to pursue sci-
ence and excel in their sci-
ence classes at school.
Gayle Baker says she
is delighted that FOSL has
launched this very special
camp in Sisters.
“The Jim Anderson
Camp,” Baker said, “just
may be the inspiration for
the next Einstein, Salk or Jim
Anderson himself!”
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Nesting comfortably...
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
A trumpeter swan surveys its domain at Aspen Lakes.
Prosecutor: Man justified in shooting in Bend
BEND (AP) — A heavy
equipment operator was
legally justified when he shot
and wounded a knife-wield-
ing man last month outside
an Oregon hotel, a prosecutor
said Monday.
However, Robert Garris
was foolish to appoint himself
“sheriff of the Days Inn” and
initiate a confrontation with
the man he considered shady,
Deschutes County District
Attorney John Hummel said
in a statement.
“Robert Garris was
legally justified in shooting
Christopher Nolan, which is
why I did not charge him with
a crime,” Hummel said. “But
his actions on the day of this
shooting, and in the months
prior, were foolish, danger-
ous, and mean-spirited.”
Garris, 39, of Medford
was staying at the Days Inn in
Bend while working on a con-
struction project. He some-
times complained to hotel
staff about people on the prop-
erty who looked homeless.
Rather than head back to
his room or call police, Garris
would go outside and confront
them, authorities said.
On May 14, Garris com-
plained to hotel staff and then
found Nolan outside a restau-
rant next to the hotel.
When the men came face
to face, Nolan pulled out a
switchblade and extended
the knife, authorities said.
They say Garris stepped back,
yelled at Nolan to drop the
knife and then fired seven
shots, four of which hit Nolan,
who survived.
Oregon’s self-defense law
does not require people to
retreat before using deadly
force against someone threat-
ening them with deadly force.
For that reason, Garris — a
lawful gun owner — was
authorized to shoot, Hummel
said.
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