The Nugget
Vol. XLV No. 8
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Permit No. 15
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Fires imperil
homeowner’s
insurance
in Sisters
Country
“OKLAHOMA!”
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
Sisters Transportation
and Ride Share (STARS) is
an invaluable local program
that offers free transporta-
tion for all Sisters Country
residents, to Sisters, Bend,
and Redmond for all non-
emergency medical appoint-
ments: physicians, dental,
vision, physical therapy, hear-
ing, lab work, testing, and
vaccinations.
STARS and COVID-19
came on the scene within
months of each other, and yet
STARS volunteers were able
By Bill Bartlett
Correspondent
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
Sisters High School students are ready to present “Oklahoma!” to the community February
24-27. Tickets are available online at https://sites.google.com/ssd6.org/oklahomatix.
See STARS on page 22
Living amidst a forest in a
multi-year drought has gotten
the attention of your insur-
ance company. After the cata-
strophic fires and resultant
claims losses from western
states wildfires, a number
of insurance carriers have
dropped homeowners insur-
ance altogether. Others have
raised rates or limited the
areas they will insure.
Zip code 97759, Sisters
Country, 97702 (south and
See INSURANCE on page 23
Wilderness permit
program sees changes
A life of aviation adventure
The Central Cascades
Wilderness Permit System
will see some changes,
designed to improve the per-
mit system following last
summer9s implementation.
According to the Forest
Service, the changes will
increase permit opportuni-
ties for the public and sim-
plify the permit reservation
system.
The permit season will
change to June 15 through
October 15 every year
rather than the Friday before
Memorial Day through the
last Friday in September.
This change aligns the permit
season with the actual season
of use. Last year, the Forest
Service reported, people had
permits in early June that
were unusable due to snow
and road conditions while the
wildernesses were accessible
in early October.
Day-use permits will not
be available for full sea-
son advanced reservations.
All-day use permits will be
released in a 10-day and
two-day rolling window dur-
ing the permit season. Last
summer there was a signifi-
cant number of <no-shows,=
Editor in Chief
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primarily caused by people
making advanced permit res-
ervations and not using their
reservation.
The overnight permit sys-
tem has changed the most.
The overnight permit quota
is now based on the date
of entry 4 meaning there
is a daily entry quota for
each trailhead allowing new
groups to start their trip each
day. This simplifies the reser-
vation system because people
will not have to block out all
the days of their planned trip.
The 14-day maximum stay
limit will remain in place.
Reservations for the over-
night permits will begin on
the first Tuesday in April
(April 5) and 40 percent of
overnight permits will be
available for advanced reser-
vation. Once the permit sea-
son begins, the remaining 60
percent of overnight permits
will be available in a seven-
day rolling window
Permit quotas will slightly
increase for most trailheads.
Hunters will continue
to use their valid tag,
issued through the Oregon
See PERMITS on page 22
Jim Cornelius
In the mid-1990s, Shane
Lundgren was flying on the
knife9s edge of adventure, in
some of the most hostile envi-
ronments known to aviators.
Those adventures, along with
other achievements in the
field, earned him nomination
among the Living Legends of
Aviation.
The Camp Sherman resi-
dent grew up on the wing. His
father, Kim Lundgren, was a
navigator for PanAm, and the
founder in 1978 of Air Berlin.
Shane was born in Palo Alto,
California, and went to uni-
versity in San Diego, major-
ing in history and economics.
He thought he was headed
into a career in law. But the
pull of aviation was strong
4 he had started getting his
ratings and licenses at the ear-
liest possible ages. In 1982,
he checked out in the Boeing
737 operated by Air Berlin.
At the age of 21, Lundgren
was the youngest person to
fly the 737 commercially.
He wasn9t going to law
school.
From 1982 to 2012, he
would fly as a captain for Air
Berlin. These were historic
Shane Lundgren
is taking his place as
a Living Legend of Aviation.
PHOTO COURTESY SHANE LUNDGREN
times. Shane was on hand
when the Berlin Wall came
down.
<I kind of feel like Forrest
Gump,= he said. <I was at the
Wall, and all these historic
events are going on around
you.=
When the Wall fell, Air
Berlin <was kind of this
strategically placed airline,=
Lundgren said. German
investors bought in, and
the carrier, which flew to
Moscow, went from being
a U.S. airline to a German
one 4 the only airline in his-
tory to change flags in this
manner.
Flying for Air Berlin,
Lundgren took routes to
Moscow and beyond 4 and
a wild notion began to grow.
<I got pretty interested in
barnstorming across Siberia,=
he said.
<Barnstorming= was a
popular phenomenon in the
See LUNDGREN on page 21
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