The Nugget
Vol. XLIII No. 20
P OSTAL CUSTOMER
News and Opinion
from Sisters, Oregon
www.NuggetNews.com
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
SHS classes launch science balloons
Redmond
woman
drowns at
Scout Lake
By Ceili Cornelius
Correspondent
On a clear spring day in
Sisters last Thursday, the
Sisters High School chemis-
try classes instructed by Rima
Givot launched two strato-
spheric balloons from Sisters
Eagle Airport, loaded with
students9 experiments.
This is the fourth year of
launching the weather bal-
loons with students. Students
learn about weather patterns,
atmospheric pressure, tem-
perature change, and UV
level change, while analyzing
the effect on certain materials
during flight.
This project is made pos-
sible with the leadership of
Steven Peterzen of the strato-
spheric ballooning company
ISTAR, and funded through
a grant recently awarded
to the program by Battelle
Memorial Institute, and men-
torship by Rod Moorehead
and Ron Thorkildson.
The students have been
building their own experi-
ments at home and collabo-
rating virtually to build the
<payload.= The balloons
are inflated with helium in
order to float up far into the
atmosphere. The purpose of
on site, live-streaming the
launch to their classmates
virtually.
<While the students will
not be as active in the launch
as in the past, their experi-
ments will still get flown
up so they can learn from
this experience,= said Givot.
<We had to get creative in
A 44-year-old teacher
from Redmond drowned at
Scout Lake on Sunday.
Jefferson County Sheriff9s
Office reported that emer-
gency responders were dis-
patched at 12:35 p.m on May
10 to the report of a possible
drowning at Scout Lake, near
Suttle Lake and Highway
20 about 12 miles west of
Sisters.
Dispatch was told a
female had fallen from her
stand-up paddleboard into
the lake. She was reportedly
not wearing a life jacket. The
woman, later identified as
Valerie Mallory, was pulled
from the water and CPR
was started. Medics from
the Sisters/Camp Sherman
Fire Department arrived but
were unable to resuscitate the
woman.
She had friends and fam-
ily on scene.
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Rancher Jim Wood, who lives part-time in Sisters, found one of the Sisters High School scientific balloons when
it landed on his ranch near Post.
launching the experiments
into the atmosphere is to see
what happens to them pass-
ing through the various lay-
ers of the atmosphere. The
payloads include a number of
various experiments includ-
ing fruits, bread, activated
yeast, salmon eggs, feathers,
and mold growth. Cameras
are also attached to the pay-
load to capture what happens
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to the experiments during
flight and observe the flight
of the balloon. The payloads
also contain UV sensors to
test the effect of sunlight at
certain elevation on certain
experiments.
GPS trackers are enabled
to track where the balloon
eventually lands.
During the preparation for
launch, a few students were
Home near Sisters destroyed by fire
New Sisters Farmer’s
Market to launch June 7
By Katy Yoder
Correspondent
There9s a lot of change
happening at the Sisters
Farmer9s Market. Some is
in response to COVID-19
and safety measures for par-
ticipants. For the first time,
Seed to Table will be run-
ning the market and has hired
the first paid market man-
ager. In keeping with Seed
to Table9s mission, there will
be expanded outreach and
access to locally-sourced,
fresh products.
Audrey Tehan, Executive
Director of Seed to Table,
explained some of the
changes.
<We9ve been involved
in brainstorming ways to
revitalize the market,= said
Tehan. <To realize the poten-
tial of the market, we looked
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at how many hours it takes to
run it. Our goal is to increase
health and wellness in the
community and promote
local farmers and small busi-
nesses. It9s been a yearlong
conversation with Sisters
Park & Recreation District,
who was the fiscal sponsor,
as well as vendors and the
City and market participants.
We asked for input to under-
stand what we needed to be
successful.=
The market had been run
mainly by volunteers. They
received a stipend, but it
didn9t come close to covering
the hours invested in the mar-
ket9s success.
Tehan praised past man-
agers and the fantastic job
they9ve done.
<It was clear it was time
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A home in Cascade
Meadow Ranch west of
Sisters was destroyed by
fire early Thursday morning.
First-arriving units found the
residence at 15169 Windigo
Trail already fully engulfed
by the blaze.
The 3,600-squarefoot
home was unoccupied at
the time of the fire. Damage
estimates are unknown at
this time, but the home is a
total loss, the fire department
reported.
The fire department
reported that fire crews
performed a defensive fire
attack because of how much
the fire had already pro-
gressed when they arrived on
scene. The cause of the fire
is under investigation by the
Oregon Office of State Fire
Marshal and Oregon State
Police.
Sisters-Camp Sherman
Fire District responded with
seven emergency vehicles;
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Fire consumed a 3,600-square-foot home in Cascade Meadow Ranch last
Thursday, May 7. The home was unoccupied at the time of the blaze.
three additional units from
Black Butte Ranch Fire
District and four additional
units from Cloverdale Fire
District also responded to the
fire. A total of 30 firefight-
ers responded to the incident.
One firefighter suffered a
minor injury, not requiring
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treatment, during the fire.
Fire Chief Roger Johnson
said <Due to the time of day,
and rural nature of the sub-
division, the fire was not
detected until the home was
heavily involved with fire
and unsafe for firefighters to
enter.=
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