Wednesday, August 8, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Three
Creeks
Brewing
to debut
Warfighter
Pale Ale
Three Creeks Brewing
Company has partnered
with Warfighter Outfitters, a
Sisters-based nonprofit for
disabled veterans, to create
the Warfighter Pale Ale in
cans and draft to help raise
money and awareness for the
nonprofit.
Three Creeks Brewing Co.
will be hosting a release party
for the beer at their produc-
tion facility located at 265
E. Barclay Dr. in Sisters. It
will take place on Saturday,
August 11 from 2 to 6 p.m.,
and will features raffles, kara-
oke, games and more.
The Warfighter Pale
Ale is crisp and refreshing,
brewed with a touch of crys-
tal and honey malt, alongside
Comet, Amarillo, and Strata
hops. And brewed specifi-
cally to support our friends
at Warfighter Outfitters, who
provide fishing, hunting and
engagement trips to military
veterans.
Founded in 2013 by
Army Sergeant Brett Miller,
Warfighter Outfitters takes
disabled veterans from all
across the country on fish-
ing, hunting, and public
works trips, all at no cost to
the participants. One hun-
dred percent veteran-owned-
and-operated, Warfighter
Outfitters maintains a low
overhead, ensuring that funds
raised go directly to getting
more disabled veterans out-
doors together. Warfighter
Outfitters has taken many
disabled veterans out on day-
long fly-fishing trips on the
Deschutes River, weekend
hunting trips in the forests of
the Northwest, and on week-
long “engagement” trips
doing public works projects
at national parks.
Earlier this year, Three
Creeks Brewing won the
2018 Restaurant Neighbor
Award for the state of Oregon
and was nominated for the
2018 Nationals. This national
award honors restaurants
that go above and beyond in
community service and phi-
lanthropy and aims to inspire
other restaurateurs to get or
stay involved in their local
communities.
For more information visit
www.threecreeksbrewing.
com. To learn more about
Warfighter Outfitters visit
www.warfighteroutfitters.org.
9
Sisters equestrienne soars in competition
By Kathryn Godsiff
Correspondent
Two years ago, Alessandra
Wentworth, 14, would
describe a good day on
her horse as one where she
didn’t fall off. She and her
mare, Making Change, aka
Penny, were just starting out
together and neither of them
were experienced at navigat-
ing their way around a jumps
course.
This year, she and Penny
came home from the recent
High Desert Classics horse
show with a rainbow array
of ribbons, including Reserve
Champion in her division, tes-
tament to Alessandra’s abil-
ity to stay aboard and to the
progress both have made at
the equestrian sport of show
jumping.
The High Desert Classics
is a premier hunter/jumper
show, held on the J Bar J
Youth Ranch east of Bend. It
is the primary fundraiser for
J Bar J Youth Services, and
is always held the last two
weeks of July.
Wentworth competes in
the Children’s Jumpers, .90
meters, which in layman’s
terms means they go around
a jumping course where the
jumps are set at the height of
2 feet 11 inches. Hundreds
of horses and riders compete
over those hot July weeks;
they all need to have enthusi-
asm and a sturdy constitution
to cope. For six days she com-
peted in two classes per day,
against 20-25 other riders.
Wentworth trains with
Cindy Shonka at the JGW
Ranch in Tumalo. There are
several other girls there with
the same competitive streak
as Wentworth and Shonka
has taught them to work as
a team even as they com-
pete against each other. They
are one of the few barns that
don’t employ grooms during
the show, which means that
the girls, and their parents,
are up very early to prepare
for the day. Wentworth does
all her own feeding, groom-
ing, saddling and warm-up,
and that’s just for getting her
horse ready. The riders also
have to look neat and tidy and
stay alert during their jumping
round.
When asked what drives
her to compete at this level
and to turn up at the barn five
days a week to work off part
of her training, she said, “I
love being around the horses,
and love feeling the progres-
sion we’re making.”
Wentworth is a working
student, so she is also riding
other horses during her work
day. “Different horses help
me develop different skills,”
she said.
Penny, an off-the-track
thoroughbred, is a very sen-
sitive horse and she notices
if Wentworth is doing some-
thing wrong. Shonka has her
students work through their
issues, resulting in a strong
partnership between horse
and rider.
When Penny came off the
track, she was retrained and
PHOTO BY AARICA HORNER
Alessandra Wentworth aboard Making Change (aka “Penny”) at the 2018
Oregon High Desert Classic.
her rider focused on dressage.
She also did a little jumping.
Much less than Wentworth
was told, as it turned out. The
Eyebrows
looking
rough?
pair are developing their skills
and confidence together, and
Wentworth says, “We’re in a
good place now.”
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