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Wednesday, September 23, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Sisters salutes... " Dave Johnson, DVM, wrote: I commend Tate Metcalf and his staff of the Sisters Athletic Club with excellence in operat- ing the Club with compe- tence, astute cleanliness/ sanitation, and exceeding the Oregon criteria during COVID-19. As a member, it is a pleasure to use your facili- ties and personally wit- ness the compliance by your members and staff in following your well- explained COVID-19 cri- teria. Particularly note- worthy is mandatory mask wearing, one-way traffic flows, separation of mem- bers using the facility along with your staff9s pleasur- able approach for enforce- ment of these special health safety measures. You manage our club with safety, sanitation, cleanliness, health, flow patterns of members, dis- tancing, installation of clear plexiglass barriers in front of reception counters, as well as other positive meth- ods. A notable example is the reservation system of one swim lane per person per hour. The staff provides exceptional guidance and methods for ease of com- pliance. This protects mem- bers using the swimming facility and locker areas. Sisters Athletic Club is an illustrious example for other athletic clubs, fitness clubs, and health clubs to emulate. The State of Oregon is fortunate to have your leadership with managing a health club dur- ing this pandemic. As a career commis- sioned officer of the US Public Health Service, I am pleased to provide you my full endorsement of your health practices and especially during this COVID-19 pandemic. You are clearly adhering to the top recommendations by esteemed health leaders such as Anthony Fauci, MD. " 24/7 Sports listed Sisters High School grad- uate Thomas Arends, Oregon, Director of Player Personnel in its list of <College football9s rising stars: The 30Under30 for 2020.= The citation reads: The Ducks have gone from dormant power to Pac-12 favorite under Mario Cristobal9s direction, and the recruiting depart- ment is a huge reason why. Arends helps lead a recruit- ing outfit that9s produced back-to-back No. 1 over- all classes in the Pac-12, including a 2019 group that finished seventh nationally, the best class in Oregon history. Before returning to his alma mater 4 Arends started his career as associ- ate director of player per- sonnel under Chip Kelly 4 Arends worked at Baylor. He helped the Bears put together their 2018 class, which finished 29th nation- ally despite some diffi- cult circumstances as a program. Thomas Arends9 mother, Susan, and father, Phil, both reside in Sisters. Rotary Club offers ‘mega raffle’ fundraiser Winners for 12 prizes totaling $3,000 in value will be drawn October 31 in the Rotary Club of Sisters9 Mega Raffle. The Mega Raffle is in support of Rotary Club service projects in Sisters Country that include Books for Kids, Sisters High School Scholarships, Sisters Park & Recreation District (SPRD), Family Access Network (FAN), Adopt-A- Road, Operation School Bell and more. Only 500 tickets will be sold. Donations to Rotary Club are $10 per ticket and tickets can be obtained by calling 541-301-0300. Among the prizes are a three-night stay at a luxury Oregon beach house; a $250 case of wine from Cork Cellars; a $450- value family photo pack- age; dinners; and five $100 certificates good at Sisters retailers. For more information and description of prizes visit www.sistersrotary.org or call 541-301-0300. FIRES: Climate, management, lifestyle are all factors Continued from page 6 through prescribed burns and careful logging will help prevent forests that cover vast tracts of the American West from threatening cities with fire. But whether that would have spared towns is less clear. Strong winds sent flames racing down the western slopes of the Cascade Range into small towns like Detroit, Oregon, wiping them out. <In a wind-driven event at 30 miles an hour, where you9ve got embers flying far ahead of the actual flame fronts and flame lengths being much greater than normal, is thinning going to really be enough to stop a home from burning in an inferno like that?= Gersbach said. Millions of dollars are spent on tree thinning and brush clearing every year in Western states, though many argue more needs to be done. But scaling up the costly, labor-intensive work as more people move into mountains and forests has many challenges. Forest thinning helped save the town of Sisters, Oregon, from a wildfire in 2017. But out of 30 mil- lion forested acres state- wide, prescribed burns have been used on only roughly a half-percent a year, Gersbach said. In Washington state, a prescribed burning program hasn9t yet begun on state lands, said Department of Natural Resources spokes- man Thomas Kyle-Milward. The state helps manage deliberate fires on thousands of acres of federal lands each year. Many places don9t have the capacity or the money to do the work, said John Bailey, an Oregon State University professor of tree growth and fire manage- ment. There are no longer enough mills to handle sal- vageable timber, whose proceeds can help offset the costs of forest thinning. <Sometimes I feel like we are making progress at increasing the pace and scale of resilience treat- ments, but largely, the same issues are at play, and prog- ress has been slow,= Bailey said. <More folks are prob- ably 8on board9 to the ideas, but implementation is hard.= And as more people move into rural areas or build vacation cabins in the woods, prescribed burning is less of an option. <Where you have lots of people living on small Where you have lots of people living on small acreages close together, and you’ve got houses and barns and sheds and corrals and fences, it’s very difficult to do a prescribed burn. — Jim Gersbach At least 10 people have been killed in Oregon. Officials say more than 20 people are still missing, and the number of fatalities is likely to rise as authori- ties search. In California, 24 people have died, and one person was killed in Washington state. Paulina Springs Books Virtual Event Books In Common Regional Literary Event Series with Ginger Gaffney & Pam Houston 6:30 p.m. For more information call 541- 24 THUR 549-0866 or go to BooksinCommonNW.com. Food Cart Garden at Eurosports Trivia Night 5:30 to 6:15 p.m. Family-friendly trivia. Socially-distant. Free. For additional information call Eurosports at 541-549-2471. SEPT OPEN FOR BREAKFAST 9 a.m. HAPPY HOUR 3 to 6 p.m. Monday-Friday SEPT 25 FRI Open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. 175 N. Larch St. 541-549-6114 4 hardtailsoregon.com Facebook darcymacey General Cosmetic Implant Family Dentistry We’re here to help you SMILE with confi dence! Dr. Thomas R. Rheuben ~ Serving Sisters Since 1993 ~ | acreages close together, and you9ve got houses and barns and sheds and corrals and fences, it9s very difficult to do a prescribed burn,= Gersbach said. <You9ve got a lot of things that, if that fire for some reason escapes, you9re almost immedi- ately into someone else9s property.= Entertainment & Events SEPT 26 SAT Say Aaahhh... 541-549-0109 11 304 W. Adams Ave. | Sisters SEPT 27 SUN ? Food Cart Garden at Eurosports Friday Car Show 5-6:30 p.m. Bring your cool or vintage car for the free Friday car show. For more information call Eurosports at 541-549-2471. Sisters Area Sisters Arts Association Artist Studio Tour 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free self-guided tour of 26 private artist studios. Go to www.sistersartsassociation.org/ sistersstudiotour for more information. Paulina Springs Books Virtual Event Books In Common Regional Literary Event Series with Craig Johnson Noon. For more information call 541-549-0866 or go to BooksinCommonNW.com. Sisters Area Sisters Arts Association Artist Studio Tour 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free self-guided tour of 26 private artist studios. Go to www.sistersartsassociation.org/ sistersstudiotour for more information. Fir Street Park Sisters Farmers Market 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Every Sunday: fresh local produce and more. Pre-order and details at sistersfarmersmarket.com. Paulina Springs Books Virtual Event Books In Common OCT Regional Literary Event Series with Maxim Loskutoff & Joe Wilkins 6:30 p.m. For more information call 541- 1 THUR 549-0866 or go to BooksinCommonNW.com. Food Cart Garden at Eurosports Trivia Night 5:30 to 6:15 p.m. Family-friendly trivia. Socially-distant. Free. For additional information call Eurosports at 541-549-2471. Events Calendar listings are free to advertisers. Submit items by 5 p.m. Fridays to lisa@nuggetnews.com ?