Wednesday, June 26, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Local artist contributes
to Healing Reins
Horses have been discov-
ered to have a very special
gift. They can help people
who are physically and emo-
tionally injured to heal. There
are some things that only a
horse can do.
If you have lost the use of
your legs, you may be fitted
with prosthetic replacements,
but as good as they can be,
there is always discomfort
when you wear them. A horse
gives you legs that let you
fly over the ground. You can
find a freedom with a horse
that is beyond anything you
imagined when you were first
injured.
If you are emotionally
scarred by war or abuse,
you9ll never be able to fully
function in society until you
are able to overcome the
deep, often hidden, fear that
can choke your social adjust-
ment. A horse will help you
overcome that fear as no other
counselor or program can do.
In Colorado, a prison has
been using violent inmates to
gentle wild American horses.
The result of this collabora-
tion between the BLM and
the prison system has pro-
duced the most successful
inmate rehabilitation program
in the country.
Healing Reins, in Bend,
is a non-profit organization
which offers horse therapy
to the public. This grow-
ing industry is a natural for
Central Oregon, and Healing
Reins has enjoyed a success-
ful 20 years serving the com-
munity. As a non-profit, they
depend upon community sup-
port. This year they decided
to invite local artists to submit
a painting, which will be sold,
with the proceeds supporting
their horse therapy program.
Sisters artist Jean Russell
Nave decided to join the proj-
ect. Nave grew up with horses
and had a dream about a piece
of art she has painted and is
offering to the program. When
Jean was young, her family
was dysfunctional and her
horse was her way to escape
the chaos. She would canter
across the fields and dream
that her little mare, Ginger,
could fly. Her painting is
titled, <Sunrise Magic4the
Gift of Freedom,= in honor of
the freedom Healing Reins9
horses give their clients.
The completed works of
art are a minimum of 18 by
24 inches, either horizontal or
vertical.
The art will be delivered
at the end of this month to
Kelly Thiel at The Wilds in
Bend. The exhibit will show
the entire month of July at
Layor Art Supply, 1000 NW
Wall St., #110, Bend.
The first reception will
be downtown Bend9s <First
Friday,= July 5 at 5 p.m.
The second reception will
be <Meet the Artists= on
Thursday, July 18 from 6 p.m.
to 8 p. m.
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ALLEN: Supervisor
retired on June 21 after
40 years
Continued from page 7
Allen said.
While he grew up in the
San Diego, California, area,
Allen9s mother9s family was
from Oregon, and he spent
considerable time here in his
youth, working on a farm
near Madras.
<I quickly figured out
doing farm labor 4 I9d look
up at Mount Jefferson and
think I9d rather be up there,=
he recalled with a smile.
Allen spent all his time
outdoors, no matter where
he was, and that9s where he
wanted to work.
<I knew from early high
school that I wanted a job
where I was paid to be out-
doors,= he said.
He got his degree in for-
estry from UC Berkeley in
1979 and worked on crews in
the woods for 15 years. While
working on the Umpqua
National Forest, a mentor
advised him to move into
management.
<I was 36 at the time, and
starting to see that there was
a bigger world out there and I
was interested in that world,=
he recalled.
Allen has served as a
Deputy Forest Supervisor on
the Gallatin National Forest
in Montana and a District
Ranger for the McKenzie
Ranger District on the
Willamette National Forest.
Allen9s entry into the
Forest Service and into lead-
ership positions coincided
with a transition from a get-
the-cut-out mentality of
the <old= Forest Service to
a more ecologically based
approach that fit well with
Allen9s education, training
and temperament.
It’s finding
that sweet spot
of those social,
ecological and
economic goals...
<I was real excited about
that,= he said.
He feels that the Deschutes
National Forest is a good
example of how competing
and sometimes conflicting
needs can be balanced.
<We are one of the most
intensively managed forests
in the West,= he said.
Yet ecological values are
still at the forefront.
<It9s finding that sweet
spot of those social, ecologi-
cal and economic goals,= he
said.
Getting community buy-in
is critical to finding that sweet
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spot, and Allen has proved
adept at cultivating it.
<I think it takes time= he
said. <You have to build up
community support. And the
best way to do that is to get
them involved.=
Allen is confident that
community involvement and
engagement will continue
under his successor.
As for himself, he and
his wife will stay in Central
Oregon, though travel to
Ireland, Scotland and the Alps
are in the cards. He plans on
taking advantage of the rec-
reational opportunities he9s
sought to accommodate.
<I tell everybody unabash-
edly that I9m going to ski
midweek from now on and
I9m going fishing when I
want to, not when I can fit it
in,= he said.
Allen expressed apprecia-
tion for a high-quality staff
across the forest 4 and they
in turn salute him as he heads
out to the river.
Deschutes National Forest
Public Affairs Officer Jean
Nelson-Dean spoke for many
of her colleagues in assessing
Allen9s tenure:
<I9ve never worked with
anyone who showed as much
leadership as John Allen.=
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