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Wednesday, June 24, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Sisters artist lands magazine covers City of Sisters
Jill Neal, who9s <wild,
tasteful women= have become
iconic images, landed them
on the cover of two maga-
zines in June.
The Sisters artist9s cel-
ebratory women grace the
cover of the June issue of
Pink magazine based in the
Hamptons, and Paisley maga-
zine from St. Simons Island.
The artist has been busy
since recently closing her
gallery in Sisters and moving
strictly into online sales.
Her new <Front line= mug
released in June, and has
been sent all over the country,
including a children9s hospital
in Dallas. A young woman got
several cases to give to all the
hospital workers, as her young
brother had been there off and
on for several years with heart
surgeries, Neal said.
<I9ve been writing a 8Daily
Diva9 post to give a lift of
sorts to my Facebook friends,
and it9s starting to go all over
the U.S., England, Australia,
and who knows where else,=
Neal said. <It9s been such a
privilege to know that it has
lifted people9s spirits during
all the trying times we9re in
4 plus it a chance to share
my message of empowerment
for women, all colors, sizes.
In essence 8God made us all
so rejoice!9 We all need to be
celebrated for who we are.=
Neal has moved into what
she is calling her <art attic=
upstairs in the Three Creeks
building, and is using it as a
fulfillment center.
COVID-19 Situation Report
By Cory Misley
City Manager
PHOTO PROVIDED
<I am fortunate to have
been able to do so success-
fully and am very thankful
for that!= she said. <I hope to
be able to have an open house
to celebrate once things open
up!=
Intoxicated hiker rescued
A woman 4 later found to
have been intoxicated 4 was
the focus of an extended res-
cue mission on Broken Top
last weekend.
On Saturday, June 20
around 7:10 p.m., Deschutes
County Dispatch received a
911 call regarding a hiker,
later identified as Chantel
Nelson, 34, of Beaverton,
who was reportedly hiking
near Broken Top mountain
and <in trouble.= According
to Nelson9s hiking partners,
she was also beginning to lose
consciousness and could not
continue on her own.
Based on this information,
two DCSO deputies and nine
Deschutes County Search and
Rescue volunteers responded
to assist. According to the
Deschutes County Sheriff9s
Office, one deputy remained
in quarters with a volunteer to
coordinate the mission while
another deputy responded to
the scene with the eight other
volunteers.
<Based on Nelson9s loca-
tion and the amount of inter-
mittent snowpack on the
Forest Service roads in the
area, reaching her location
proved challenging,= the
sheriff9s office reported. Due
to weather and the circum-
stances of the call, air trans-
port was not an option at that
time. SAR resources drove up
Bearwallow Road in trucks
towing two off-road vehicles.
The deputy and volun-
teers then deployed up Forest
Service Road 370 to the 380
Road. Due to the amount of
snow, these roads were later
determined to be impassable
for one of the off-road vehi-
cles, resulting in some SAR
volunteers having to hike in
on foot.
SAR volunteers first
reached Nelson around 12:40
a.m. and began tending to
her. Nelson was able to walk
down the mountain with the
assistance of the volunteers.
Nelson walked to the Broken
Top Trailhead where a DCSO
SAR vehicle was waiting.
Nelson was then transported
to the SAR and then provided
transport into Bend at her
request. Nelson declined fur-
ther medical assistance at
that time. DCSO resources
returned to quarters at approx-
imately 7 a.m. the following
morning.
Dep. Joshua Westfall,
Assistant Search And Rescue
Coordinator, reported that,
<It was later determined that
intoxicants were the primary
factor in Nelson9s inability
to continue down the moun-
tain, requiring her rescue. The
Deschutes County Sheriff9s
Office would like to remind
the public that consuming
intoxicants while recreating
in the wilderness can lead to
dangerous situations necessi-
tating rescue and potentially
putting the recreator and res-
cuers at risk as a result.=
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Over the past week
Oregon has seen increasing
numbers of positive COVID-
19 cases. It seems that is due
to both more spread of the
virus, including concentrated
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Although this is alarm-
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fortunately not mirrored that
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fewer positive cases have
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Since the COVID-19
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has been a lot of uncertainty
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minimizing the spread and
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simple precautions: social
distancing, washing your
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Hearing that over and
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On June 24, the City
Council will consider sev-
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policies and programs that
were established during
and by way of the state of
emergency declaration. The
declaration occurred back
in March and is scheduled
to expire June 24. The dec-
laration was critical to act
swiftly in the pandemic and
the City did that in a multi-
tude of ways over the past
months.
Although the City may
not be in a declared state of
emergency that does not take
away from the importance of
maintaining precautions and
a heightened sense of aware-
ness. We are still in the first
wave of COVID-19 and no
one can say what the future
will bring. We are fortunate
to this point and should
find renewal in a cautious
optimism, while keeping a
watchful eye on both what
we can and cannot control as
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