The Nugget
Vol. XLIII No. 22
News and Opinion
from Sisters, Oregon
www.NuggetNews.com
Aviator
fought in
World War II
Ten Sisters veterans gath-
ered at the Village Green on
Memorial Day, May 25, to
honor the fallen and to pay
their respects to all veterans
who had served our country
in U.S. military service.
The small ceremony took
the place of the traditional
Memorial Day service at the
Village Green Park, which
was not held this year due to
COVID-19 restrictions.
This year 9s keynote
speaker was to be World War
II Navy fighter pilot Leon
Devereaux who currently
resides in Tumalo.
Devereaux was born on
August 26, 1923, in Bend.
He became interested in
flying at an early age, after
his father arranged a flight
for him in a Ford Tri-Motor
airplane. He attended Bend
High School and was active
in multiple sports. Upon
graduating in 1941 he
attended OSU, majoring in
Aeronautical and Mechanical
Engineering.
On December 7, 1942,
one year after the attack on
Pearl Harbor, Devereaux
joined the Naval Air V-5
program with a goal of
By Charlie Kanzig
Correspondent
For Karen Hensley, co-
founder of Sisters Graduate
Resource Organization
(GRO), the desire to create
opportunities for others had
its roots in being part of a
big family growing up in a
small town in the Willamette
Valley.
<When you are one of 10
kids, you learn about giving
and receiving and the need
to be unselfish, so I have
always had a heart to help
others,= she said.
Her motivation to build
up a scholarship program
for students in Sisters also
stems from understanding,
from personal experience,
His next key assignment
was aboard the USS Shangri
La CV-38. Task Force 38
launched over 1,000 sor-
ties to northern Honshu and
Hokkaido where the B-29s
from Tinian or Guam could
not reach.
On the morning of July
See MEMORIAL DAY on page 17
See HEROIN on page 23
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
Retailers happy to be open for business
By Jodi Schneider
Correspondent
the challenges of affording
higher education.
When she graduated from
high school Hensley did not
have the sort of financial
support to make further edu-
cation affordable. A strong
work ethic, along with a
high school intern program,
helped her on her earliest
career path, as she earned
certification as a dental
assistant before she was 19.
Later in her life she managed
a dental office and became
active in commercial real
estate.
<I want kids to feel sup-
ported in their dreams, espe-
cially with the cost of post-
high school education being
See HENSLEY on page 11
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Meetings ............................. 3
July 14, 1944.
Next, he was transferred
to Green Cove Springs NAS,
Florida, where he began
extensive combat training in
the F4U Corsair, and became
carrier qualified in March
1945. He was then sent to
Saipan with the VBF-99 to
escort B-29 bombers to deter
enemy aircraft.
Police seize
heroin in
Sisters
traffic stop
A traffic stop on the
outskirts of Sisters on
Wednesday afternoon led
to the seizure of heroin and
other drugs, a set of brass
knuckles and more than
$3,000 in cash.
The Deschutes County
Sheriff9s Office reports that
its Street Crimes Unit has
been investigating 33-year-
old Derek Chamberlain
of Bend for the sales of
controlled substances in
Deschutes County. On May
20, Street Crimes detec-
tives reportedly learned that
Chamberlain was returning
to Deschutes County with
possible controlled sub-
stances in his possession.
Detectives observed
Chamberlain driving a
Toyota 4 Runner heading
eastbound through the City
of Sisters. Chamberlain was
stopped near milepost 1 on
Highway 20. According
to a sheriff9s office report,
Deschutes County Sheriff9s
Office K9, Ares, and his
partner, Deputy Mike
Mangin, responded and
Sisters veterans gathered in a small ceremony at the Village Green to observe Memorial Day. The traditional
event was scaled back to meet with social distancing and gathering limits.
becoming a pilot. His train-
ing involved ground school,
physical fitness and sur-
vival training. Flight train-
ing continued in the Boeing
N2S Stearman, known as the
<Yellow Peril.= Final train-
ing took place at Corpus
Christi Naval Air Station in
Texas, where he received his
commission as an ensign on
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Sisters veterans
honor the fallen on
Memorial Day
Sisters woman had a
vision to help students
Inside...
P OSTAL CUSTOMER
The road to recovery has
started for local businesses in
Sisters. They unlocked their
doors on Friday May 15,
the day Deschutes County
moved into Phase I of the
state9s reopening.
For the first time in weeks
many retailers welcomed
people in their stores and
said it9s giving them a sense
of normalcy. Some small
business owners in Sisters
are still erring on the side of
caution, sticking with curb-
side pickup. A couple are
remaining closed.
But for others, it9s busi-
ness as usual 4 with some
restrictions.
While these businesses
have guidelines in place to
keep everyone safe, many
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Paw Prints ........................... 9
PHOTO BY JODI SCHNEIDER
The staff at Bedouin is masked up and helping customers.
proprietors told The Nugget
they9re excited to reopen,
and so are their customers.
On Hood Avenue in
Announcements ..................10
Crossword ..........................18
downtown Sisters, shop own-
ers Brian and Heather Olson
See RETAILERS on page 23
Classifieds ..................... 19-21
Real Estate ....................21-24