Wednesday, June 3, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Free firewood program extended
PHOTO BY KEMA CLARK
Library staff has begun the process of reopening the sorely-missed
community asset.
Sisters Library
starts reopening
By Kema Clark
Correspondent
Tuesday, May 26, started
the gradual reopening of
Deschutes County Libraries.
Books that were checked
out months ago, can now be
returned.
The return process is
a little different for each
branch. Some of the library
locations are able to have the
book bins in an area to allow
library patrons to pull in and
hand the books to a library
employee or toss them in the
bin. People don9t have to exit
their cars at all.
The Sisters Library was
unable to arrange the drop-
off in that fashion, since it9s
on a two-way street. Patrons
park in front, exit their car,
follow the signs and drop
the books in the bin. You
will never be closer than six
feet to the library employ-
ees helping, so it9s quick and
easy. Saturday, May 30, was
the second drop-off day.
On June 2, the library
continued curbside drop-offs
(the book drops will remain
closed) and started allowing
patrons to pick up items that
were put on hold before the
March closure.
Per library instructions,
<items can only be picked up
at the location where the hold
was originally placed. All
staff will be wearing masks
and following social distanc-
ing protocols; we encourage
the public to wear masks as
well.=
Beginning June 2,
the Sisters Library hours
are Tuesday to Saturday, 10
a.m. to 6 p.m. Access the
Library Reopening Plan:
Frequently Asked Questions
at https://www.deschutesli-
brary.org. Patrons can place
new holds on library materi-
als starting June 10.
If there are eBooks, audio-
books or physical books that
you want, and the library
doesn9t have them, you can
request anything. Login to
your library account, go to
<My Library Dashboard=
and click on <+ Submit a
Suggestion= on the left side.
Provide the information and
you9ll get a reply quickly
from the library staff to say
it9s ordered, or explaining
why it can9t be ordered.
The Deschutes and
Ochoco national forests and
the Crooked River National
Grassland will extend free
personal-use firewood cut-
ting through September
30. The same procedures
announced at the begin-
ning of May remain in
effect. Firewood cutters can
forego the normal require-
ment to obtain a permit from
a Forest Service office or
vendor.
This interim change to
the firewood permitting pro-
cess is an effort to maximize
social distancing measures.
After September 30, the
Forest Service plans to return
to the regular process of issu-
ing firewood permits and
load tags at our offices and
vendor locations.
Firewood cutters can also
take an additional two cords
of firewood for personal use
only. This is in addition to
the four cords allowed during
the month of May, for a total
of six cords between May 1
and September 30. Inquire
by phone or email with your
local district office regard-
ing commercial firewood
permits.
Firewood cutters taking
advantage of this opportunity
will be required to follow the
same rules and regulations
that are in effect during the
regular firewood cutting sea-
son. These rules and regula-
tions are found in the <2020
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Free personal use fire-
wood cutters will be required
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4737) prior to cutting fire-
wood. See the 2020 Central
Oregon Personal Use
Firewood Synopsis, page
3, for information about
IFPL.
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