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Wednesday, April 21, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Celebrating 75 years through collaboration By Emme Shoup & Janel Ruehl Guest Columnists The Sisters Country Vision is a community-led vision project, first created with extensive community engagement in 2018, which continues to incorporate new community-led proj- ects. At the heart of imple- menting this community vision is supporting and cel- ebrating inter-community collaboration. As Sisters turns 75 this year, though we can9t have a big celebra- tion due to COVID-19 regu- lations, local organizations continue to find creative ways to highlight Sisters9 unique history and enduring small-town atmosphere. In partnership with the Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce, Three Sisters Historical Society, The Nugget Newspaper and other partners, the City of Sisters is coordinat- ing projects and events that commemorate its 75th Anniversary. The City9s event posters are popping up in businesses9 win- dows, and the blue banners throughout downtown high- light significant historical moments, landmarks, and people. If you9d like to learn the story behind those iconic photos, there will be many opportunities to dig into Sisters9 history and Celebrate 75! Explore the history of Sisters downtown by fol- lowing the self-guided walking tour brochure and the historic plaques on buildings, which serves as an abbreviated ver- sion of the Sisters History Museum9s guided tours. The Three Sisters Historical Society (TSHS) and the City9s RARE AmeriCorps volunteer, Emme Shoup, developed the brochure to highlight 18 historic loca- tions. A community part- ner grant from the Vision Implementation Team (VIT) helped TSHS add 13 new historical plaques this year. You can find the brochure at the Museum, or digitally on the City of Sisters9 history webpage. As you enjoy the historic walking tour, you may soon notice a new mural popping up later this June. On the west wall of the Sisters Habitat for Humanity Thrift Store, the mural will highlight imag- ery from the beginnings of Sisters through cur- rent times,= shares Dennis Schmidling of the Sisters Art Association (SAA). This project has been a significant collabora- tive effort, with TSHS providing the visual narra- tive of Sisters history, and the SAA working with the anonymous donor and the artist, Steve DeLaitsch, to gift the mural to Habitat for Humanity. Coming later this spring, TSHS with C4C (Citizens4Community) will be hosting a Murder Mystery Virtual Event to tell the story of a gold-hun- gry murderer, A. J. Weston, of Sisters in 1920. The Historical Actors Guild of Sisters will be re-enacting and directing the story, which is set to be filmed on the second floor of the Sisters Saloon Restaurant by the talented Sisters Middle School student and videographer, Jack Turpen. More event details will be announced later this spring! As a Tree City, Sisters celebrates Arbor Day every year at the end of April. This year, the City of Sisters is getting 75 ponderosa pine seedlings from the USFS nursery and gifting them to the Sisters Middle School <ECoS= outdoor education class. Each student will be given seedlings to plant in the Sisters area! The Vision Implemen- tation Team is also excited to sponsor the 2021 Com- munity Champion Awards in May. Community mem- bers can nominate any indi- vidual, business, or orga- nization as a Community Champion. A total of eight winners will be announced in early June, and each will receive gift certificates and/ or products from local res- taurants and businesses of Sisters Country. Each individual prize is approxi- mately a $100 value, and each business/organization prize is approximately a $200 value. Your nomina- tions help to support our local businesses who have been impacted by the pan- demic and related stress- ors in the past 12 months, as all gifts are purchased by the VIT (not donated). Nominations open May 1: visit www.sistersvi- sion.org to learn more and nominate your Community Champion. Whether you9re a tourist, a newcomer, or a long-time Sisters resident, one thing that can bring us together is the history of the place we all love. As the city and region grows, the Sisters Country Vision strives to create a more Connected Sisters by embracing its <Small-Town Atmosphere= through increasing oppor- tunities for face-to-face contacts, and visitors-to- locals connections and commerce. 21 Event focuses on wolf interaction T h e Wo l f We l c o m e Committee will continue its discussion of wolf and human interaction in the region with Rick McIntyre and Kira Cassidy in partner- ship with Paulina Springs Books on Wednesday, April 28 at 6:30 p.m. They will follow that public event with a discus- sion of the newly published book, <Yellowstone Wolves: Science and Discovery in the World9s First National Park,= which both McIntyre and Cassidy contributed to, on Wednesday, May 12 at 6:30 p.m. To bring the discussion to home territory, the committee invited John Stevenson, Wolf Specialist for Oregon with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services, to discuss wolves in the local region and their possible future here. That discussion will take place on May 26 at 6:30 p.m. <As human animals, we can learn a lot from wolves9 cooperation, and can live in balance with other humans and species,= said Wolf Welcome Committee co- founder Susan Prince. <As wolves re-populate Central PHOTO PROVIDED Wolves are returning to a role in the natural landscape across the West. Oregon, now is the time to reevaluate how we choose to coexist on our beautiful planet. Not only are humans harming each other, at a hor- rifying rate, but other species as well. Since 1970, wildlife populations have declined by two-thirds (68 percent), according to World Wildlife Fund9s 2020 report. Specifically, humans con- tinue to persecute wolves, the committee argues. Now, without protections pre- viously afforded by the Endangered Species Act, it is much harder to enforce con- servation guidelines. In February, five wolves mysteriously died in north- eastern Oregon.= <This is very unsettling news for a species that is only just beginning to recover in Oregon,= Kathleen Gobush, Northwest program direc- tor at Defenders of Wildlife said in a news release. <Predators, particularly wolves, are often the target of ruthless persecution, and the killing of one wolf, not to mention five, appears to follow a growing pattern of grave concern.= In the same month, in the space of 60 hours, hunters in Wisconsin killed 216 wolves, about a quarter of that state9s estimated wolf population, exceeding the state9s legal hunt quota of 119 animals. To register for any or all of the events, email wolfwel- comecommitee@gmail.com. Go a Have IT! just $99 For you can feature your best gift idea for those special moms and dads on shoppers’ lists. 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