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Wednesday, February 16, 2022 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon MILLER: Longtime rodeo leader has passed on after illness Continued from page 1 PHOTO PROVIDED Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District relies on trained and skilled volunteers. Fire district seeks volunteers Even as the Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District is in the midst of two live-fire training sessions (see related story, page 1), the District is putting out the call for more volunteers. The fire department is currently accepting applica- tions from members in the community who are inter- ested in becoming fire and EMS volunteers. The district has continued to see a rise in the amount of emergency response calls. In 2021, the fire department responded on a total of 1,222 emer- gency incidents. Volunteers help run many of these calls and are an integral part of the work of the department. Volunteers are trained and highly skilled in EMS, struc- tural firefighting, wildland firefighting, low angle res- cue operations, hazmat oper- ations, and more. Selected participants will complete the in-house struc- tural Firefighter 1 Academy. The 2022 spring academy will be starting in April, so applications are being accepted and processed now. Generally, the training is on Monday nights with assign- ments and reading assigned throughout the week. There are also a couple of Saturdays involved where training is grouped together for scenario-based and full simulation-style training. Serving Sisters Since 1976 ng on i o g t e g o Need t e’ve W ? s t c e j o spring pr ing you need! th FREE got every Local Delivery Lumber • Hardware • Paint Fencing & Decking • Doors & Windows ows Hours: M-F 8 to 5, Sat. 8 to 4, Closed Sundays 440 N. Pine St. • 541-549-8141 • www.hoyts.net For you it is more than a job... IT’S A LABOR OF LOVE. Let us help make sure you have the protection you need. 541-549-3172 1-800-752-8540 704 W. Hood Ave., Sisters AUTO • HOME • HEALTH • LIFE • BUSINESS • FARM • RENTAL Academy volunteers will receive instruction in several areas including, but not lim- ited to: building construc- tion, communications, fire dynamics, ground ladders, search & rescue, forcible entry, fire suppression, first aid, hazmat operations, wild- land fire training, and more. The academy will be led by a group of experienced vol- unteer officers with the sup- port of our career staff and volunteer corps at the fire department. Applications can be found at www.sistersfire. com/volunteer-program-2/. Call 549-0771 or email recruitment@sistersfire. com. again in 1999, and served through 2019, when he stepped away from the post due to medical issues. In 2012, the Rodeo selected him to be Grand Marshal. That year, Bonnie Malone profiled Miller for a story in The Nugget. Malone depicted Miller9s upbringing in the Amish and Mennonite community of Goshen, Indiana, where his strong eth- ical foundation was built. And she noted that Miller built a stellar reputation as a contrac- tor across the region. <Miller has also been a premier contractor in Central Oregon since 1974,= Malone reported. <With his partner, Miller began building homes at Black Butte Ranch from their Portland-based company until they both moved here with their families. 8Suddenly all our work was here,9 he explained, 8and we loved the area.9 He became indepen- dent in 1978 as GJ Miller Construction Company. <He built the first million- dollar home on the tax rolls in Deschutes County, still a showcase over a canyon. He has built landmarks all over Sisters Country and more than 20 Black Butte Ranch homes. In Bend, there are multiple Awbrey Butte and Broken Top homes and Hawthorne Suites to his credit. Miller has contributed more to this association than anyone in this community. — Curt Kallberg Rodeo was always at the center of Miller9s community efforts.= <Miller has contributed more to this association than anyone in this community,= said then-Vice President Curt Kallberg in 2012. <It9s not only because of his leader- ship; it9s his life.= The Rodeo that Miller so loved will go forward this year after a two-year hiatus, June 8-12. For information, visit https://sistersrodeo.com. Spri ng Cleaning! • Window & gutter cleaning, power washing • Residential & commercial screen cleaning/repair & glass restoration • Housekeeping & deep cleaning • Monthly, bi-monthly, move m v ve mo e i in/out n/ / o ou u t Mendoza’s Cleaning Services LLC 541-610-5760 • Cesar 15 FREE ESTIMATES!