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Wednesday, August 22, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon CLASSIFIEDS 29 Fair success... LETTERS Continued from page 2 Metolius Lawn Maintenance Aerating, thatching, mowing, pruning, hauling & more – Call Eric Bilderback LCB #15899 • 541-508-9672 All Landscaping Services Mowing, Thatching, Hauling... Call Abel Ortega, 541-815-6740. AJ's PROPERTY CLEANUP Lawncare • Thatching • Edging Aerating • Hauling Debris • Mulching // Licensed 541-279-0139 • 541-306-0761 FIFI'S HAULING SERVICE Yard, Construction, and Debris Cleanup & Hauling! Serving Central OR since 1979 • 541-419-2204 • 701 Domestic Services BLAKE & SON – Commercial, Home & Rentals Cleaning WINDOW CLEANING! Lic. & Bonded • 541-549-0897 801 Classes & Training A D V E R T I S E H E R E ! Do you offer lessons or workshops for ... YOGA? DRAWING? VIOLIN? Or... ? Let our readers know with an affordable classified ad! $2 per line the first week, $1.50 per line for repeats. And your ad goes online at no extra charge! Call before noon on Mondays to place, 541-549-9941. The following day I returned to the Forest Service and asked a very simple question: When the forests are bone dry, the temps are in the 90s, the wind is blowing hard and the campgrounds are packed full of people, why do we still allow campfires? The surprising answer was that there has never been a wildfire caused by a “designated” campfire, so they see no reason to change policy. Last Friday I looked at the weather report. There is a Fire Weather Watch stating possible thunderstorms coupled with high winds and almost zero precipitation. Wondering what the fire department’s regulations are around burning, I called the Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District. Turns out theirs are very similar to those of the USFS. Fires are still allowed in designated areas if they are a certain size and distance from structures. Apparently these types of fires have also never gotten out of control. I fully appreciate the agencies that protect us from many dangers, sometimes putting their very lives on the line. But I don’t agree with their assumptions that people are always going to make good choices about something as risky and unpredictable as fire. Human error has historically proven to be at the root of many disasters. So far we have been very lucky in Central Oregon. Why not use a similar approach to designated fires, as with prescribed fires, and say “No Fires” unless “precise weather conditions allow.” This policy leaves no room for misinterpretation, poor judgment or insufficient monitoring. It would most certainly include July and August, our hottest months — a small price to pay for avoiding (as best we can) the very real possibility of even more massively destructive wildfires. With all that is at stake now, in the era of catastrophic fires we cannot afford to still be at the “it won’t happen here cause it never has” stage. Better safe than sorry! Susan Prince Serving Sisters Since 1994 802 Help Wanted VOHS Custom Landscaping is now hiring! Competitive wages, great company. 541-515-8462 Short-term Jobs, Great Benefits BLACK BUTTE RANCH COOKS | Dishwashers Bartenders | Servers | Golf Counter help thru October Excellent working environment! APPLY NOW at BlackButteRanch.com Nail Technicians: This is a great opportunity to work with a fun team and exceptional clients at our beautiful 1,800-acre resort. The Nail Tech's schedule is full-time with great earning potential. Apply online at blackbutteranch.com or submit résumé to jobs@blackbutteranch.com Los Agaves seeks experienced COOKS with Food Handler's card. $15/hr. Apply in person or call Jimmy at 541-848-8504. NOW HIRING two (2) full- or part-time Stylists for our Salon Renaissance Sisters location. Tim, 541-388-3091. D ESIGNERS & B UILDERS of D ISTINCTION 541-549-1575 CCB#194489 Beautiful home in Sage Meadow on 1.2 acres! 69760 Old Wagon Rd., Sisters Custom 3-bedroom home has large living room with wood-beam ceiling and woodstove, sunroom. CAR ENTHUSIASTS: Four-car detached garage! Includes large shop area plus a bay for RVs, 4th bay on backside (could be hobby room). $599,000 MLS#201808513 A Giant Among Realtors… Ellen Wood, Broker, GRI, ABR ellen.wood@cascadesir.com 541-588-0033 | 290 E. Cascade Ave., Sisters I will get you moving! 901 Wanted Wanted: small older crawler tractor (bulldozer). Any model/condition. Running or not. Even garden-size or small farm tractor with loader. Also looking for skidsteer bucket loader and/or backhoe unit for tractor. Old advertising signs, old gas pumps, old barn items, blacksmith tools, anvils, vises, post vises, old logging tools. Private party, cash. 360-204-1017. LEGACY REALTY 262 S. Cedar St., Corrie C. Lake 541-521-2392 Lic#201218852 Sisters, Oregon (Behind Hop-n-Brew) Debbie Brown 541-419-8156 Lic#200511204 PHOTO BY PAM MITCHELL Graduating seniors of the Cloverdale Livestock Club Noah Keeton, Sam Mitchell, Ethan Kennedy, Serena Salisbury, Ashley Hunt and Sydney Salomone have all been longmtime participants in the Deschutes County Fair. All are moving on to postmgraduation endeavors with the experience of responsibility and dedication. — Serving all of Central Oregon — Sandy Goodsell Principal Broker Jonathan Hicks Broker ABR, CDPE, CIAS, GRI, SRES 541-480-0183 865-335-6104 LICENSED BROKERS IN THE STATE OF OREGON goodsellandhickssellcentralor.com
