GRADUATES: Resilient
Sisters folks adapt
and overcome
Continued from page 3
and beyond, Bidasolo is often
running a very busy schedule
with a full class load, a foot-
ball ambassador position with
the Oregon Duck Football
team, and many other extra-
curricular activities.
<The social piece of school
is huge for me, and it9s been a
mental struggle to accept that
that has been stripped away,=
said Bidasolo.
Bidasolo is trying to keep
up with having some sort of
structured schedule to her day
to cope with the change being
home.
<I9ve learned that I have
to continue to use my Google
calendar and figure out a bal-
ance to not work on school all
day and take breaks,= she said.
Bidasolo believes that after
this period of isolation, it will
be interesting to see what the
system will look like.
LOTTERY: Keno 8-Spot
did the trick for
Sisters woman
Continued from page 3
and I thought, 8Oh, this is not
good; I9ve only won $6.9 All
my numbers came up and
I said 8Oh my gosh! Oh my
gosh!9 Then I wasn9t sure it
was really real. I wasn9t sure
I9d really won it.=
But win it she did, which
was verified at Sisters
Mainline Station the next day,
where the clerk exclaimed <It
was you?!=
Hewitt claimed her prize
after making an appointment
with the Oregon Lottery. The
Oregon Lottery offices in
Salem are still closed pend-
ing guidance from Gov. Kate
Brown.
Her first stop after claim-
ing her prize at the Oregon
Lottery headquarters was
Joann Fabrics in Salem for
more mask-making supplies.
<My masks are popular,
and I want to keep making
them 3 and maybe some other
things,= she said.
As for the funds, Hewitt
plans to be conservative.
<It9s my retirement,= said
the 65-year-old, who recently
divorced. <I might buy a little
camper so I can go camping
and have a little fun.=
<Hopefully after this time,
we can assess what is truly
necessary in education and the
value of professor9s and stu-
dent9s time,= said Bidasolo.
Bidasolo has had extra
time to reflect on the life
she led while in Eugene and
feels an immense sense of
gratitude.
<I ran at 100 mph during
school in Eugene, with school
and meetings and social-
izing, and now I am able to
sit and relax and breathe and
appreciate that way of doing
things, but also slow down
and be cautious about what
I add back into my schedule
because I can9t continue to
work that pace,= she said.
Bidasolo plans to con-
tinue her work as a foot-
ball ambassador even with
an altered football season.
She is also continuing her
work as executive director
of Youth Movement, devel-
oped by the University of
Oregon9s Warsaw Sports
Business Club, whose mis-
sion is <to ignite a generation
to be active, motivated and
connected to the power of
community.=
It is a field day event for
Native American youth,
which this year went virtual
to raise funds for COVID-19
relief in native communities.
For more information visit:
https://www.ym7.org/2020.
Bidasolo wants to keep
busy during this time, but also
take time to be with her fam-
ily and slow down and lighten
up the crazy schedule she had
kept during school.
College students around
the world are feeling the
effects of COVID-19 in dif-
ferent ways, but these Sisters
High School graduates, now
college students, are finding
ways to adapt and embrace
this time before exiting col-
lege into the great big world.
These students, through their
own adaptation and coping
mechanisms, are learning
things about themselves and
their ways of life and what9s
truly important 4 insight that
will have an effect on how
they conduct themselves in
the future.
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