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Wednesday, April 15, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon TOUR: Garden club has historically used event funds to award grants Continued from page 3 which have helped beautify our town while enhancing our natural surroundings and educating our children about the importance of the natural world. The garden tour was the brainchild of Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show founder Jean Wells Keenan in 1998, when she approached the garden club about offering gar- den tours to the participants enrolled in her Quilters¾ Affair classes during Quilt Show Week. Thus, was born the original Annual Quilt Show Garden Tour. That initial effort raised $4,000 for the garden club which promptly returned it to the community. From that day to this, the money raised by the tour has gone to support fulfill- ing grant requests from local nonprofits and schools that are focused on gardening and the natural world. Money has been given in support of the Sisters Elementary School Garden Club and greenhouse, middle and high school greenhouses and garden programs, Sisters Community Garden, Sisters Library landscaping, City parks, Deschutes Land Trust, Camp Caldera, Sisters Rotary Club, Upper Deschutes Watershed Council for work with Sisters students, Barclay Memorial Park, Central Oregon Veterans Ranch, and Seed-to-Table. The tour provides a diver- sion from classes and an opportunity for visitors and locals alike to experience the homes and gardens in the Sisters area, while admir- ing more quilts belonging to the garden club members and the homeowners. Wells Keenan was made a Lifetime Member of the garden club in appreciation of her help and encouragement with the tour. Her own garden has been part of the tour several times. Homes were added to the tour starting in 2000. Since then, other features have been incorporated such as raffles for quilts and the sale of yard art by local artists. An additional stop on the tour has been at the Sisters Community Garden where lunches prepared by garden members have been available for purchase to help fundrais- ing for the garden. A three- salad lunch has included homemade bread or rolls and desserts. Visitors are invited to eat in the garden while enjoying the view of the mountains and the quilts hanging on the garden fence. Last year, 195 lunches were gone in an hour-and-a-half. With no garden tour this year, the community garden will not be offering their lunch. Doctor seeks dog from biting incident By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief The doctor treating the man who was bitten by a loose dog on the Peterson Ridge Trail at the south end of Sisters on March 25, is hoping the owner of the dog comes forward. Without knowing the his- tory of the dog, the victim is left with worries about pos- sible disease. Dr. Eric Wattenburg told The Nugget last weekend that, while the possibility of rabies is remote, it is a looming con- cern as long as the status of the dog involved remains in question. Dr. Wattenburg said that in cases where a dog who has bitten a person is identi- fied, it can be quarantined for a period of 10 days and its behavior observed to warn of any sign of rabies. “Or,” he said, “if you have evidence that the dog¾s been vaccinated, it¾s pretty much case closed.” With the dog¾s identity and status unknown, the bite victim is faced with a deci- sion whether to pursue treat- ment on a preventative basis. And that treatment is unpleas- ant and expensive. <It¾s thousands of dol- lars, risky injections,” Dr. Wattenburg said. <It¾s taser-type device and pointed it at him and told him he needed to »get the (expletive) out of here¾.= This is very serious and it can be life-threatening. — Dr. Eric Wattenburg The runner contacted the sheriff¾s office and depu- ties responded to investigate. Bailey said that deputies con- firmed that the runner exhib- ited two dog bites, one of which broke the skin. Sheriff ¾s deputies are investigating the identity of the women and the dog involved. Dr. Wattenburg hopes that the dog owner will come for- ward so that the question of the dog¾s health status can be resolved and the bite victim¾s health concerns can either be addressed or put to rest. As of Monday, April 13, the dog owner had not yet been identified. Anyone with information who can help deputies located and contact the women involved is asked to call the non-emergency dispatch line at 541-693-6911. Aerating/ Dethatching FAMILY-STYLE MENU DELIVERY IN SISTERS! Call us for curbside service or delivery 7-days-a-week, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Menu at SistersSaloon.net Our showroom is closed until further notice. multiple injections over many different weeks.” Dr. Wattenburg noted that rabies can lie dormant in a person for weeks, months or even years, and once it is established, it¾s fatal. “This is very serious and it can be life-threatening,” he said. The Sisters man was reportedly running on the trail when a medium-sized black dog ran past him and bit him on the calf. According to an account provided by a friend of the runner, the man fell to the ground and threw rocks at the dog to scare it off. Two women described as being in their 50s to 60s approached and according to Deschutes County Sheriff¾s Office Public Information Officer Sgt. William Bailey, “were not cooperative with providing information” to the victim. One woman was wearing a dark coat, the other a white coat. The runner did not have a mobile phone with which to take photos. The victim reported that he was bitten a second time as he turned to run back down the trail. Bailey told The Nugget that, according to the victim¾s report, “There was a verbal confrontation between them and the dog bite victim. One of the women (pulled) out a WE ARE SCHEDULING SPRING CLEANUPS! you can count on us for your plumbing needs! 541-549-RIBS | 190 E. Cascade Ave. Irrigation Activation 541-549-2882 LCB#9583 Organic Fertilizing Lawn Mowing 541-549-4349 LOCAL. RELIABLE. PROFESSIONAL. 260 N. Pine St., Sisters Licensed / Bonded / Insured / CCB#87587 We’re on-call for... Dental Emergencies & Televisits in Construction appearing in the April 22, 2020 issue of The Nugget Newspaper. ~ Serving Sisters Since 1993 ~ 541-549-0109 | 304 W. 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