The nugget. (Sisters, Or.) 1994-current, September 02, 2020, Page 21, Image 21

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C L A S S I F I E C D L S A
CITY OF SISTERS
NOTICE AND REQUEST
FOR PROPOSALS
LAZY Z RANCH MASTER
From design to installation we
can do it all! Pavers, water
PLAN
features, irrigation systems, sod,
Proposals Due by 2 p.m. on
plants, trees etc.
October 7, 2020
The City of Sisters (City) is
541-771-9441 LCB #8906
soliciting proposals from
3 All You Need Maintenance 3
qualified land use planning,
Pine needle removal, hauling,
mowing, moss removal, edging, engineering, and/or architectural
landscape consulting firms to
raking, weeding, pruning, roofs,
develop a long term Master Plan
gutters, pressure washing...
for the future development and
Lic/Bonded/Ins. CCB# 218169
preservation
of the City owned
Austin " 541-419-5122
portion of the Lazy Z Ranch
701 Domestic Services
detailed within the City9s
Request for Proposal (RFP).
BLAKE & SON 3 Commercial,
Interested firms can obtain a copy
Home & Rentals Cleaning
of the RFP at
WINDOW CLEANING!
https://www.ci.sisters.or.us/rfps
Lic. & Bonded " 541-549-0897
Sealed RFPs must be received by
3 T H E N U G G E T 3
Kerry Prosser, City Recorder, by
hand delivery at 520 E. Cascade
802 Help Wanted
Ave., or PO Box 39 Sisters,
Finance Manager
Oregon
97759, on or before
Sisters Habitat for Humanity
2
p.m.
(local
time) on October 7,
20 hours/week, Starting wage is
2020.
Envelopes
should be
$20-$25 / hr DOE.
clearly
marked
<LAZY
Z
Bookkeeping, HR, budgeting,
RANCH
MASTER
PLAN.=
mortgage processing, insurance.
Please provide one (1) digital
Full description is at
copy
(no email submittals), one
sistershabitat.org/about/hiring.
(1)
original
hard copy, and ten
Email cover letter, resume and
(10)
hard
copies
of the Proposal.
references to
The
original
should
be marked
sharlene@sistershabitat.org.
<Original= and must bear an
Davis Tire
original ink signature by an
FT & PT positions available.
individual authorized to represent
Pay dependent upon experience.
the Proposer. Late submissions
Apply in person,
will not be accepted.
188 W. Sisters Park Dr.
The City of Sisters reserves the
Immediate positions available.
right to reject proposals not in
Dishwasher. Evening shifts
compliance with the prescribed
available Wed., Thurs., Fri. Pick procedures and requirements and
up application in person at
may reject any or all responses.
Rancho Viejo.
All requests for clarification
must be submitted in writing
no later than Thursday,
October 1, 2020, to
Paul Bertagna at: Email:
pbertagna@ci.sisters.or.us
Help Wanted
(preferred method). Copy Troy
Please send an email to
Rayburn at: Email:
sistersfencecompany@gmail.com
trayburn@ci.sisters.or.us
with letter of interest or
call 541-588-2062.
Wednesday, September 2, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon 
S S I F
INTERNET: Connectivity
has become more 
critical in pandemic
Continued from page 3
broadbandnow.com,  there 
are  14  possible  providers 
with  eight  of  them  offer-
ing  residential  service. 
Approximately  90  per-
cent of Sisters residents are 
served  by  multiple  wired 
providers and several satel-
lite  ISPs. According  to  the 
same  source,  Sisters  is  the 
86th  most  connected  city 
in  Oregon,  ahead  of  Mill 
City  but  behind  Redmond, 
Culver, and Terrebonne. 
Installing  cable  lines  in 
town  isn9t  much  of  a  chal-
lenge, where houses are on 
city  lots  and  next  door  to 
each other. Running cable to 
individual houses on multi-
acre parcels of land is some-
thing else entirely. Satellite 
dishes are a common sight in 
isolated rural areas, bringing 
hundreds of TV channels and 
providing  Internet  service 
via satellite. 
Another  option  is  the 
digital subscriber line (DSL) 
which runs through the stan-
dard  phone  lines  that  are 
wired into a home. There is 
an  advanced  DSL  that  has 
come online utilizing a type 
of  fiber  optic  cable  that  is 
run to a <cabinet= in a neigh-
borhood, from which copper 
wires  run  to  houses  in  the 
neighborhood.
Fiber  optic  cables  trans-
mit  data  via  fast-traveling 
pulses  of  light.  A  layer  of 
glass  called  <cladding=  is 
wrapped  around  the  cen-
tral  fiber  and  causes  light 
to  repeatedly  bounce  off 
the walls of the cable rather 
than  leak  out  at  the  edges, 
enabling  the  signal  to  go 
farther with no reduction in 
the  strength  of  the  signal. 
Currently, fiber is the fastest 
and  most  reliable  connec-
tion type, but cable Internet 
can also provide fast Internet 
speeds. Both are better than 
DSL  and  satellite  Internet 
at  consistently  delivering 
promised speeds.
It  used  to  be  that  fiber 
was  much  more  expensive 
than  any  of  the  other  types 
of  Internet,  but  price  has 
come  down  considerably. 
It  is  usually  used  more  by 
large  businesses  and  orga-
nizations.  Bend  Broadband 
offers some fiber optic cable 
transmission.
Fixed  wireless  Internet 
uses  radio  waves  transmit-
ted by a cell tower to bring 
Internet  connection  to  the 
user. This  is  different  from 
cable, DSL, and fiber, all of 
which  use  cables  or  wires. 
The  beauty  of  fixed  wire-
less Internet is that it doesn9t 
require  any  hard  wires. 
Instead  it  uses  an  antenna 
located  on  the  exterior  of 
the  house  or  in  the  attic. 
The antenna picks up radio 
signals from the closest cell 
tower  and  your  ISP  is  then 
able  to  provide  access  to 
the Internet via a cable car-
rying  the  signal  from  the 
antenna to the router in your
home.
Fixed  wireless  is  more 
expensive and doesn9t scale 
well, so a lot more customers 
can9t be added on like they 
can with regular cable. The 
signal  operates  by  line-of-
sight, making hills and trees 
obstacles to transmission.. 
Elon Musk, of Tesla fame, 
among others, is developing 
low-orbit satellites that could 
provide Internet service. His 
developments are out of the 
theoretical stage and are cur-
rently being tested. 
Each type of Internet ser-
vice  has  its  pros  and  cons 
and may not be available in 
all areas. That is what gives 
rise  to  the  digital  divide, 
which  comes  from  lack  of 
infrastructure  and  service, 
and  expense  of  accessing 
service. 
In coming issues of The
Nugget, the focus will be
on how the digital divide
impacts so many fac-
ets of life; possible solu-
tions; and pros and cons of
choices available in Sisters
Country.
THE ARENDS & SCOTT REALTY GROUP
Discover the Diff erence
Phil Arends
Principal Broker
541-420-9997
phil.arends@cascadesir.com
Licensed in the State of Oregon
Chris Scott
Broker
541-588-6614
chris.scott@cascadesir.com
Licensed in the State of Oregon
999 Public Notice
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
OF THE STATE OF
OREGON FOR THE
COUNTY OF DESCHUTES
In the matter of the estate of:
Gary Kent Rodgers, deceased.
Case No. 20PB05520 Notice to
interested persons. Notice is
hereby given that the undersigned
has been appointed as the
personal representative of the
Estate of Gary Kent Rodgers. All
persons having claims against the
estate are hereby required to
present their claims, with proper
vouchers attached, within four
months after the date of first
publication of this notice, as
stated below, to the personal
representative at:
Mark G. Rodgers
20925 Hilltop Pl.
Bend, OR 97703
or claims may be barred. All
persons whose rights may be
affected by the proceedings in
this estate may obtain additional
information from the records of
the
court,
the
personal
representative at the address set
forth above.
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