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4 Wednesday, January 29, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Ski team earns second-place finish Sisters Fire District planning for earthquake By Rongi Yost Correspondent In addition to responding to fire and medical emergen- cies, staff with the Sisters- Camp Sherman Fire District are dedicating time this win- ter to ensure the agency and community are prepared for the next Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake. The Cascadia Subduction Zone Fault runs 600 miles from California to British Columbia. The fault lies about 70-100 miles off the Oregon Coast and is responsible for several 9.0 and above earth- quakes. The last Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake occurred on January 26, 1700. Governor Brown is declar- ing the week of January 26 through February 1 Cascadia Earthquake Preparedness Week. Residents are encouraged to have a plan for an extended disaster, and to have supplies on hand to last two weeks. Oregon Office of Emergency Management has information about how to be <two weeks ready= on their website at https://www.oregon.gov/ oem/hazardsprep/Pages/2- Weeks-Ready.aspx . Fire Chief Roger Johnson said, <It is important for us to ensure we are able to provide emergency services to those in need during times of natu- ral disaster.= The board of directors and staff are working together to ensure the agency and the community are well prepared for any type of disaster. While weather events or wildland fires occur more frequently, the basic tenets of disaster preparedness are the same. Fire District staff are focusing on three planning goals for the coming year. The three areas are: continu- ity of operations, community preparedness, and emergency actions during the disaster. Like most agencies and businesses, the Fire District receives most of its supplies and fuel from the west side of the state. Experts have identified that many of the 541-904-5576 267 W. Sisters Park Dr. sisterspropane.wixsite.com/ sisterspropane normal transportation routes will be interrupted after a Cascadia event. The Fire District is working closely with Deschutes County Emergency Management to ensure that critical ser- vices and supplies are avail- able after a Cascadia event. Materials such as medical supplies, food for emergency responders, fuel for vehicles and heat for the fire station will be critical. Services such as power, water and sewer, telephone and Internet access and the 911 center, are all very important services for emergency responders. The Fire District expects to expe- rience an increased demand for services after a Cascadia event. Ensuring the agency is able to receive 911 calls and has the needed staff and supplies to render aid is critical. The Fire District is also focusing on community pre- paredness as a critical link in limiting the impacts from a Cascadia event. The Fire District will host community forums on preparedness and will also distribute prepared- ness information throughout the coming year. The Fire District is also planning to participate in the Great Oregon ShakeOut exer- cise in October. The exercise is the largest earthquake pre- paredness exercise in the world. The Fire District is hopeful that the commu- nity embraces preparedness efforts as it can help reduce the impacts on emergency responders who will be over- whelmed during a Cascadia event. Lastly, the fire district is evaluating and updating all emergency operations pro- cedures relating to natural disaster response. Chief Johnson said, <We know the emergency response system will be taxed during this time. We need to ensure our staff and volun- teers are prepared, and have the resources they need.= NOW OPEN! Sisters boys and girls alpine ski teams raced in a slalom race at Mt. Bachelor on Saturday, January 25, and the boys team walked away with a new best finish, and took second place. Evan Palmer continued to ski with a technically clean style and took fourth place (105 points). Colton Seymour stepped up his per- formance and completed two fast runs for a ninth-place finish (61 points). Remaining scores were: George Chladek 10th place (52 points), Bela Chladek 11th place (46 points), Corbin Fredland 24th place (24 points), and Mitchell Griffin 26th (six points). <The boys continue to up their game,= said Coach Gabe Chladek. <This team of varsity boys have been work- ing on their ski racing per- formance for years, and it9s really showing this season.= The girls team was short a racer, but they skied well and finished enough runs in the top 30 to hold onto fifth place. Sydney Wilkins fin- ished 19th and earned 15 points for the team. Sydney is just a sophomore, and her aggressive skiing this year has moved her up in the fin- ish order at every race. Skylar Wilkins missed a gate on her first run, but had a very smooth second run to finish 24th for seven points. Piper Adelt was 25th and earned four points. Freshmen Tatum and Annie Cohen keep pushing themselves as new ski racers and are get- ting closer to scoring with every run. Coach Gabe Chladek told The Nugget he expects both Tatum and Annie to move up in the finish order throughout the season. The JV boys took fourth as a team, and all racers are improving. Their finish order is as follows: Simon Rhett 33rd, Christopher Lundgren 44th, Conner Petke 48th, Corbin Johnson 53rd, Ethan Eckert 55th, Ian Cash 62nd, Aiden Eckert 66th, Vicente Rebolledo 67th, and Ilya Goheen 68th. Next up for the Outlaws is a giant slalom race on Friday, January 31, and they will race on the Cliffhanger run at Mt. 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