Wednesday, July 3, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Changing the way we eat Providing Camp Sherman coverage
By Bonnie Malone
Correspondent
There is a food com-
munity in Central Oregon
with a goal to change the
way people eat and under-
stand food. At the Anthony
Bourdain Dinner on the
Ranch, guests learned about
the cooperative efforts of
these groups in bringing
healthy local foods to the
table. They have a special
kind of bond, beginning
with a focus on food sus-
tainability, availability and
shared resources.
NeighborImpact is cen-
tral collective for these
organizations that include
High Desert Food and Farm
Alliance, Locavore, Seed to
Table, Mahonia Gardens,
Rain Shadow Organics,
Boundless Farms and sev-
eral farmers markets.
<We have 28,000 food
insecure people in Central
Oregon,= said Meiko
Lunetta of High Desert Food
and Farm Alliance. <The
challenges in getting healthy
food to people are both geo-
graphic and economical.
There needs to be nutrition-
ally affordable foods avail-
able in broad locations so
people don9t stop at the fast
food joint.=
As Lunetta explained
NeighborImpact food edu-
cation programs, Chef
James Fink of Wild Oregon
Foods Restaurant impul-
sively offered to teach some
classes. His natural energy
surges when he talks about
using local food sources,
which was mirrored by
people from each of these
healthy foods programs.
<While I went expecting
to find out more about the
providers,= said Janet Stover
McClain, <the most impact-
ful part for me was hearing
how these farmers either
pair up with, or actually
are non-profits who work
within the community to
educate about food, and to
provide fresh, healthy nutri-
tion to those who normally
assume this quality of food
is only available to those
who can afford the quality,=
McClain, a dinner guest, is a
retired school teacher.
So far this year, 4,000
pounds of food has been
donated to food banks in
Central Oregon. Even farm-
ers markets have vendors
who donate their leftover
foods at the end of a market
day to food banks and nutri-
tion programs.
Audrey Tehan from Seed
to Table told the story of two
elderly women who cried
when they saw the high
quality of produce available
to them at the Kiwanis Food
Bank in Sisters.
<Those are the rewards,=
she said.
Food-education pro-
grams are a big part of this
healthy future for Central
Oregon. Seed to Table edu-
cates 2,000 school children a
year in how to grow produce
organically. Locavore holds
classes for another 700 ele-
mentary school children,
including what tools are
needed and when to plant.
The grocery itself is stocked
with organically grown local
foods seasonally dictated.
Jenna Pike expressed the
enjoyment of educating the
public on the variety of beef
cuts and exposing the popu-
lation to more interesting
meats like tongue.
Nicole, a guest who is a
nurse in Prineville, finds all
the food education programs
in the region to be inspir-
ing and extremely helpful
in generating better health.
<People are beginning to
understand the importance
of what they eat,= she stated
simply.
For more information:
NeighborImpact: www.
neighborimpact.org; High
Desert Food and Farm
Alliance: www.hdffa.org;
Splitting Aces Livestock:
www.aceslivestock.com;
Seed to Table: www.seed-
totable.org; Locavore: www.
centraloregonlocavore.org;
Rain Shadow Organics:
www.rainshadoworganics.
com.
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By Conrad Weiler
Correspondent
Camp Sherman has a pop-
ulation of 250 residents and
until recently had a resident
Deputy Sheriff, Dave Blann.
With his recent passing, local
residents have worried about
local police coverage.
Many people in Camp
Sherman felt the community
was safe because of Blann,
whether he was actually there
physically or not.
<I was unaware that Dave
only worked the area part of
the time 4 one thought he
was around full-time,= said
Peggy Anderson.
Camp Sherman is in
Jefferson County. The county
has a population of 24,000 and
a land area of 1,700 square
miles. That9s a large area for
police coverage, and, emer-
gency coverage may become
more important in summer
months when the camp-
grounds fill and many visitors
come to the local area.
S h e r i ff J i m A d k i n s ,
Jefferson County Sheriff, ear-
lier this year held a community
meeting with Camp Sherman
residents to answer questions
about future police cover-
age. The Jefferson County
seat is in Madras, 80 miles
from Camp Sherman. Sheriff
Adkins explained that depu-
ties from other county areas
would cover Camp Sherman
in a sharing nature.
S h e r i ff A d k i n s s a i d
he would return to Camp
Sherman and continue discus-
sion with local folks about
PHOTO BY CONRAD WEILER
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office personnel visited Camp Sherman to
discuss emergency coverage.
police coverage. Wednesday meetings between Ellen
of last week saw Sheriff Wood, Lorie Hancock, and
Adkins back, true to his word, a committee with Sheriff
and much of his department Adkins concerning Camp
came with him to meet with Sherman police coverage and
local folks in Camp Sherman finding a resident replacement
for Blann.
and discuss coverage.
Some of the recommen-
The meeting was held at the
Camp Sherman Community dations for safety included
Hall and the many deputies remembering to lock doors at
explained their duties and home, lock parked cars, and
backgrounds with the large place light movement sensors
around the outside of homes.
crowd.
In an emergency, not only There was discussion of the
would some of these deputies possibility of neighborhood
respond to Camp Sherman, watch teams. Residents should
other police agencies would be alert for suspicious activity
also respond. The Black Butte in the area, and call 911 for
Ranch Police, U.S. Forest emergency help.
A demonstration of work-
Service personnel, Oregon
State Police, Deschutes ing together in emergency situ-
County Sheriff9s deputies, and ations was the recent fire train-
two reserve members from ing exercise in Camp Sherman
Sisters would also be available w i t h t h e S i s t e r s - C a m p
in cases of Camp Sherman Sherman Fire Department
and Cloverdale Fire units to
emergencies.
Presently, Deputy Sheriff become familiar in Camp
Mark Foster, a Camp Sherman Sherman with fire hydrant
resident, volunteers his time locations, take water out of
to monitor and protect his the Metolius River to fight
fires, and practice other skills.
community.
Also, there are ongoing