Wednesday, May 1, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Sheriff describes Camp
Sherman coverage
SCIENCE: 8Is your
mind your own?9
scientist asks
Continued from page 3
By Conrad Weiler
Correspondent
Dave Blann, Jefferson
County resident deputy sher-
iff, provided coverage for the
small community of Camp
Sherman for 22 years, serv-
ing 250 residents (fewer in
winter). He also coordinated
the Jefferson County Search
and Rescue9s Hasty Team.
His passing earlier this year
has left many Camp Sherman
residents with questions about
replacing him.
Last week, Jefferson
County Sheriff, Jim Adkins,
came to Camp Sherman and
spoke with about 100 local
residents at the Community
Hall. He covered future plans
for local coverage.
<No, there will not at this
time be a replacement for
Dave Blann,= said Adkins. <I
know this will not be popular
but I want to explain my plans
for future Camp Sherman
coverage.=
S h e r i ff A d k i n s t h e n
explained, that with over
1,700 square miles for his
police force to cover with 12
officers, he has to carefully
allocate coverage. Recently,
Blann spent two days cover-
age in Camp Sherman and
two days in Crooked River
Ranch. This type of coverage
will continue with the deputy
from Crooked River Ranch
now covering there for two
days and Camp Sherman for
two days. The main difference
in this coverage is that Blann
lived in Camp Sherman, was
well-liked and well-known.
Even when he was not pres-
ent, people felt his protection.
Allocation of coverage
time will also depend on
events and season of the year.
In the summer, with large
crowds at Camp Sherman
campgrounds, deputy cov-
erage will be there at these
busier times. Where the
action is determines where the
coverage is, Adkins explained.
Also, the Forest Service has
enforcement personnel for for-
est campgrounds.
Further Camp Sherman
coverage will be from retired
volunteer Deputy Sheriff
Mark Foster, who lives in
Camp Sherman. When this
was described to the audience,
there was a tremendous round
of applause for Foster9s dedi-
cation to his community.
Black Butte Ranch police
will respond in case of emer-
gency in the Camp Sherman
area.
Blann also had other Camp
Sherman jobs. He plowed the
roads during winter snow sea-
son. This will be covered by
contract in winter.
Blann also coordinated
the Search and Rescue Hasty
Team. This will now be han-
dled by teams from local
counties including Jefferson
County.
Finally, Blann was head of
the Camp Sherman Transfer
Station, where local residents
could bring trash, garden cut-
tings, and metal wastes 4 two
weekdays in summer, one day
in winter.
Sheriff Adkins asked the
assembled group to be open-
minded and see how the new
coverage works.
<I am always available and
willing to listen to any sugges-
tions you have,= he said. <We
will have future meetings to
answer more of your questions
and listen to your comments.=
by discovering who you are,
compared to who you think
you are.=
Seventy years ago, Dr.
Collins explains, electron
microscopes revealed the
structure of a synapse, that
minute gap between the neu-
rons that transmit and receive
the signals controlling how
we think and move.
Today, researchers can see
the functional activity of bil-
lions of synapses in action
in a human brain and have
learned that we actually live
in a world without color,
sound, aromas and taste. Our
brains create the rainbow col-
ors we see; the symphony we
hear; the coffee we smell and
savor.
But we still think we are
in charge. Not so, Dr. Collins
argues. Researchers have
shown that brain activity for
an act of alleged <free will=
begins unconsciously half a
second before the act itself,
followed quickly by con-
sciousness stepping up to
take the credit. You have even
less time to change your mind
before you act, but it can be
done, as illustrated by a bat-
ter who checks her swing or
a teenager who swallows a
swear word in front of his
grandma. In other words, you
might be able to stop that act,
but you can9t consciously
start it.
If free will is an illusion,
how can human beings shape
their experiences to guide the
subconscious toward con-
scious behavior that is moral
and good for the species?
It9s a complicated question,
and Dr. Collins plans to thor-
oughly engage the audience
in seeking some answers.
Dr. Collins was an aca-
demic neurologist for 35
years. A graduate of Cornell
University Medical School,
he completed an internship
at Massachusetts General
Hospital, research training
at the National Institutes of
Health, and neurology train-
ing at Cornell-New York
Hospital before moving to
Washington University in St.
Louis, Missouri, where he
was Professor of Neurology
and of Anatomy and
Neurobiology.
In 1987, Dr. Collins
was named Frances Stark
Professor and Chairman in
the Department of Neurology
at UCLA, where his dedica-
tion to the academic pursuit
of scholarship in research and
education was the hallmark of
his tenure. He retired in 2004
and co-founded the Sisters
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PHOTO BY XXX
Bob Collins.
Science Club in 2011.
Dr. Collins9 lecture, <The
Brain Makes the Mind,=
starts at 7 p.m. at The Belfry.
Social hour begins at 6
p.m. with light fare, beer, and
wine available. Admission is
$5; teachers and students are
admitted free. The Belfry is
located at 302 E. Main Ave.,
Sisters.
For more information on
this topic and on the Sisters
Science Club: www.sisters
scienceclub.org; sciencein
sisters@gmail.com.
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