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Wednesday, August 29, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Sisters Country birds By Douglas Beall Correspondent Gliding across Oregon’s central sagebrush, the black- billed magpie is searching for any scrap of food; be it insects, carrion, birds eggs or berries. Cousins to the jay and crow families, the mag- pie also uses its sense of smell to find food, which is unusual within the avian kingdom. They are monogamous, and use they same nest for many years. The nest can take almost 40 days to con- struct and becomes a huge pile of twigs and is occa- sionally used by other birds, often owls. Up to nine greenish- gray eggs are laid, and the male feeds the female while she incubates for approxi- mately 18 days and the young leave the nest in 3-4 weeks and join other broods to learn how to fend for themselves. Many moons ago, the black-billed magpie would follow Indian buffalo hunts and feed on the leftovers. They also engage in “anting,” where they rub ants over their plum- age, which may may act as a preening oil; this behavior is not fully understood. A group of magpies is referred to as a “shoal,” a “charm,” or a “parliament” of magpies. To view more images of the black-billed mag- pies, visit abirdsingsbe causeithasasong.com/ recent-journeys. SHERIFF: Mayor had criticized record- keeping Continued from page 1 Council also requested per- haps more citations being issued to hopefully slow the speeders. The sheriff’s office has contended in the past that they try to use speed enforce- ment through the issuance of warnings as an educational tool. Garrison brought with him accurate numbers for the pre- vious three months to replace the former incomplete data. Ticket and warning statistics for May through July 2018 were: May – 12 warnings, five tickets; June – five warn- ings, 16 tickets; and July – 21 warnings, 17 tickets. Garrison indicated that currently they are using a layered approach within the city limits with a speed trailer, the Community Action Target team (officers on bicycles), and this week there should be a patrol car parked around town. Over Labor Day weekend there will be traffic enforce- ment efforts for four days. Ryan indicated he erred on the side of transparency in his quote to The Nugget. He explained, “Our look- ing at a separate police force has nothing to do with these issues. It’s something that is going to come out of our visioning process, and I think the Council’s going to decide whether we need to study that and whether it’s time to look at it and strategize all that, but we are happy.” Sisters will continue to contract with the DCSO for law-enforcement services in the city. Most people agree that as Sisters continues to 9 grow, adequate and appro- priate law enforcement is an important topic that deserves study and planning for future needs. “I think we owe it to our- selves when we do the stra- tegic plan to look at that … We’re not going to rush into it. We’re going to do our homework. It’ll be a process. I just want to be sure we’re on the record on that. Nobody on this council has ever said to me we need to rush into doing this,” Ryan said. Nelson stated, “It’s an absolute honor to provide public safety to the commu- nity of Sisters. That’s just something that is the sher- iff’s priority.” He concluded, “I support whatever decision you make and whatever direc- tion you go. When we retire patrol cars we will give them to Sisters at a fair price to help you jumpstart a department.” Sisters Habitat for Humanity Volunteers, YOU ARE THE BEST! 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