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6 Wednesday, September 2, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon U of O: Fall classes will be mostly online E U G E N E ( A P ) 4 The University of Oregon announced last week it will operate primarily virtual classrooms this fall due to the coronavirus pandemic. U niver s ity Pr e side nt Michael Schill said August 26, that first-year students will be welcome to live on the Eugene campus, The O re g o n i a n / O r e g o n L i v e reported. But they, too, will do most classwork remotely. <The decision to move to a predominantly remote and online form of instruc- tion in the fall was not easy,= Schill said in a statement on the University website. <We know that the vast majority of our students are itching to get back into the classroom. Many of our faculty and staff members feel exactly the same way. However, due to a confluence of factors we need to pivot.= University officials said in the spring they hoped to open the campus and resume some- thing close to normal opera- tions this fall. But an increase this summer of new virus cases in Oregon prompted administrators to back away from that plan. Schill said the experience of major colleges elsewhere in the country, which opened briefly and then shut their campuses when students con- tracted the virus, also influ- enced his decision. Formerly F Form orm erly l y Bi Big Bigfoot g foot f t Wellness W l lness Well Wel lnes s THANK YOU FIRE FIGHTERS! WE LOVE YOU! www.blackbutte chiropractic.com 541-389-9183 392 E. Main Ave., Sisters Tales from a Sisters Naturalist by Jim Anderson More marvelous mentors I must tell you about my marvelous mentor Pat Gibson, flight instructor, air- plane doctor, and Fixed Base Operator (FBO) of the Bend Airport. There isn9t room enough in this paper for me to share all the events in my life he helped me get through, from purchasing my first Cub to getting me to my FAA com- mercial, single-engine pilot rating. He went with me on my first cross-country flight. We had gassed up my old Korean War-surplus Piper Cub, and Pat had settled in the canvas back seat to watch. I was up front prepar- ing to do all the flight work, and away we went into the wild blue yonder. About an hour into the flight he sud- denly smacked me on the back of my head with his chart board and shouted, <Where did you say we9re going?= Rubbing my sore spot, I shouted back, <Weed, California!= To which he responded, <OK, but we9re going to have to gas up in Burns!= Throughout my entire flying career I was always lost. Except for the time I spent most of the day in a World War II Schweitzer training sailplane achieving my five-hour soaring badge. At 4 hours, 45 minutes into the flight I was at 12,000 feet above sea level (ASL) over Brothers. I couldn9t believe it, but a huge, adult female golden eagle pulled up alongside me, and I thought she winked at me and shouted, <Nice going!= In those wonderful life- changing times, Phil Brogan asked me one day if I wanted to accompany him to Camp Hancock where he had been asked to give a <Sermon on Red Hill= 4 a lecture on Central Oregon geology he put together for campers and staff. Anything Phil suggested to me I accepted 4 whole- heartedly and immediately 4 and away we went. I had no idea what Camp Hancock was, or where it was. But I soon discov- ered it was operated by The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), and located right near the John Day River close to Clarno. What a trip! All the way from Bend to Hancock Phil was busy pointing out vol- canic and ice age wonders along the route. In the time Phil and I were there, I fell in love with everything about sci- ence, geology, education and OMSI. Phil and I did a picture page for The Bulletin about the camp, which even- tually led to my becoming the staff naturalist, teacher and bus-driver for the museum for six magnificent years. During those wonderful years I had one job that was Sisters Dental WE ARE HERE FOR YOU! Trevor Frideres, D . M . D . Greg Everson, D . M . D . 541-549-2011 491 E. Main Ave. • Sisters www.sistersdental.com Hours: Mon., 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Tues.-Thurs., 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Fri., 7 a.m.-3 p.m. The Nugget Newspaper presents Of a certain age... Living the best years of 0 2 your life in Sisters . 6 .1 9 PHOTO BY JIM ANDERSON In the longhouse of Chief Lalooska at OMSI. my responsibility and mine Ariel, Washington, where alone: On the last Saturday we would enter the land of each month I would take of the Pacific Northwest the old OMSI Ford bus, the Indians inside the longhouse <Space Cruiser,= fill it with of legend keeper and wood- children and a few adults carver, Chief Lalooska. and deliver them to the train Little did I know how station in Portland. much that masterful story- Once everyone was teller would impact my life, onboard the train I9d and those near and dear to drive on up to Woodland me. Washington, greet the train Part III of Jim Anderson9s as it pulled into the station, retrospective will appear in reload the kids and adults next week9s edition of The and then hustle on up to Nugget. NOW OPEN FOR BROWSING! JOIN US FOR VIRTUAL AUTHOR EVENTS... 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