Tim Roth returns to
Sisters schools page 6
Sound of French Canada
to ring in Sisters page 15
Sisters student’s art
celebrated at State Fair page 17
The Nugget
Vol. XLII No. 35
P OSTAL CUSTOMER
News and Opinion
from Sisters, Oregon
www.NuggetNews.com
Fire season
is not over
in Sisters
Country
Despite cooler tempera-
tures and recent moisture in
Sisters Country, fire officials
are reminding residents and
visitors of Sisters that fire
season is not over.
<While we haven9t seen
the wildfire activity in Central
Oregon like we have in recent
years, we need everyone to
remember it9s still August and
there is significant warm dry
weather ahead of us,= said
Gordon Foster, Prineville-
Sisters Unit Forester for
PRE-SORTED STANDARD
ECRWSS
U.S. POSTAGE PAID
Sisters, OR
Permit No. 15
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Citizens
weigh in
on public
safety
Summer9s last stand...
By Jim Cornelius
Editor in Chef
PHOTO BY JIM CORNELIUS
The summer season is serving up some real summer weather this week, with temperatures climbing into
the 90s. Officials warn that it’s still fire season out there, and fire danger will be high through the Labor Day
holiday. Then Sisters Country will slide into one of its finest times of year — the fall.
See FIRE DANGER on page 30
Citizens are letting their
local government know their
outlook on public safety
through a 21-question survey
that went out last week.
The survey was sent to city
of Sisters residents in their
utility bill. The City of Sisters
contracts with the Deschutes
County Sheriff9s Office for
law enforcement services and
it is city property owners who
See SURVEY on page 23
Volunteers conduct stewardship
Buckmann marks 20
years promoting Sisters
By Jim Cornelius
Editor in Chef
By Jim Cornelius
Editor in Chef
As Labor Day rolls around
to celebrate those whose work
builds our country and com-
munities, Jeri Buckmann is
marking two decades of put-
ting Sisters on the map.
Buckmann has been a
fixture at the Sisters Area
Chamber of Commerce for
20 years 4 years in which
Sisters and the Chamber both
have changed dramatically.
Like so many folks who
now call Sisters home,
Buckmann and her husband,
Bob, who were living in
Grafton, Oregon, started out
as visitors.
<We9d visited here a few
times and we always called
the Chamber for what to do,=
she recalled.
Again, like many others,
the quality and intimacy of
the local schools offered a
strong incentive to relocate.
The Buckmanns moved here
Inside...
and enrolled Adam and Sara
in Sisters schools.
Jeri almost immediately
called the Chamber and
offered to volunteer.
<A few months later, the
events coordinator position
came open and they said,
»Would you like to do this?9=
she recalled. <I said sure. I
had no experience other than
organizing kids9 parties.=
In the 1990s and early
2000s, the Sisters Area
Chamber of Commerce was
a major player in creating
and managing the events that
helped establish the com-
munity as a destination and
a hub of arts and entertain-
ment. At various times, the
Chamber hosted an antique
fair, Saturday markets, a car
show, a Western and Native
American Arts Festival and
its signature event, the Sisters
Harvest Faire.
In those early days, Bend
See BUCKMANN on page 22
About 20 sport-shooters,
along with Forest Service per-
sonnel and local law enforce-
ment officers, gathered on
Saturday morning to conduct
a stewardship cleanup at the
popular Zimmerman Butte
shooting area.
The event was conducted
under the auspices of the
group Trash No Land out of
Washington, with the support
of the U.S. Forest Service and
sponsorship from a variety of
outdoor-oriented businesses.
The Forest Service provided
a Dumpster for the cleanup,
and Sisters Ranger District
personnel pitched in to pick
up and haul trash.
Sisters Ranger District law
enforcement officer Fred Perl
thanked the volunteers, noting
that the work fits in with the
USFS motto of <safe forest,
healthy forest.=
<Thank you for promoting
the vitality of the forest, as
well,= he said.
Trash No Land coordinator
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
About 20 volunteers did yeoman’s work in sprucing up the popular
Zimmerman Butte recreational shooting area last weekend.
Bill Cogley emphasized
the importance of respon-
sible shooters taking care of
the areas where they shoot
4 because if they become
unsafe or detrimental to for-
est health, they could be shut
down. Keeping and bearing
arms is a right enshrined in
the U.S. Constitution 4 but
the ability to go out shooting
on public lands is a privilege.
<We have a right to own
firearms, but we don9t have a
right to shoot on public land,=
Cogley told the assembled
volunteers. <It9s a privilege.
We9d hate to see it go away
because people abuse the
privilege.=
Responsible shooting
means observing safety pre-
cautions and using appropri-
ate targets 4 not junk and
trash. And targets should be
removed after a shooting
See CLEANUP on page 25
Letters/Weather ................ 2 Sisters Salutes ..................4 Announcements ................12 Sisters Naturalist ............. 14 Classifieds .................. 27-29
Meetings ........................... 3 Fit for Sisters ..................... 9 Entertainment ..................13 Crossword ....................... 26 Real Estate .................29-32