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Wednesday, February 23, 2022 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Outlaws dismantled on hardwood 5 Obituaries Betty Lou Farm Rongi Yost January 28, 1933 — February 9, 2022 Correspondent Betty Farm, formerly of Sisters and Camp Sherman, passed away peacefully on February 9. Betty was born in South Dakota and was raised on a farm with seven sib- lings, Viola, Bernetta, Roy, Norma, Harvey, Melvin, and Roger. Betty was preceded in death by her parents, Hugo and Emilia Diede; Viola Liedle, Roy Diede, and great-grandson Blake Spohn. B e t t y i s s u r v i v e d by four children, seven grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. Betty moved to Salem in 1959 with her two children, Robert and Debra, from a prior marriage. In 1962 she met Lee Farm on the dance floor at Crystal Garden, whom she would marry and spend the next 51 years beside and dancing with. They create the blended family of Robert and Debra Benson and Anne and Sherri Farm. Betty was brought up old-school and baked, canned, and sewed clothes for the family. Her baking and canning skills took her to the Polk County Fair where she reigned as Queen of the Kitchen for multiple years. She then went on to make award- winning sewing projects that took her to the State Fair at which she won ribbons and a new sewing machine. Lee and Betty moved to The Outlaws boys bas- ketball squad lost both their games this past week against the top two teams in the state. The Outlaws boys fell 50-32 at Philomath on Tuesday, February 15, and three days later were beaten with a score of 55-38 at home against Cascade. On Tuesday, the Outlaws traveled to Philomath and faced the No.-1-ranked Warriors. It was senior night for Philomath and the team came out fired up in the first quarter. A three-pointer from Max Palanuk gave the Outlaws their lone lead of the game. From there, the Warriors went on a 14-2 run. The Warriors forced turnovers on nine consecu- tive Outlaw possessions and scored 12 of their 16 quarter points as a result. The Outlaws tried to get the tide to turn in the second quarter by playing a 1-2-2 zone defense. That didn9t slow the Warriors down as they shot four-for-seven from the three-point line. The Outlaws were forced to go back to their man-to-man defense to try and take away the Warriors9 outside shot. Ricky Huffman scored four points and Jessey Murillo contributed two points, for Sisters9 only points in the quarter. At the half, the Outlaws trailed 11-32. In the third period, the Outlaws were able to cut the halftime deficit down behind a timely triple-try PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK Ricky Huffman puts up two vs. Cascade. from Palanuk and baskets from Huffman and Jamen Schwartz, but the Warriors closed out the quarter on a 10-3 run. Despite the large defi- cit, the Outlaws never quit and ended the game by winning the final quarter 11-4. Palanuk hit his fourth long ball of the game, and AJ Scholl contributed four points in the quarter, along with some terrific offensive rebound put-backs. Palanuk led the team with 15 points. Huffman scored WE’RE HIRING! Weekends off • Small-shop camaraderie Non-toxic work environment •Picturesque outdoor work sites six points, and Scholl and Murillo added four points each. Coach Chad Rush said, <This was another game where our turnovers sabo- taged our game plan by allowing an already very good team to score some easy baskets and increase a lead each quarter. We must continue to get better as we look to finish off the sea- son with some more tough opponents. See BASKETBALL on page 11 SPRING PROJECTS? 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Betty9s jams, jellies, and candies always seemed to go over good at the Camp Sherman Christmas Bazaar. Betty and Lee moved into Sisters in 2007, where they lived together until February 2014 when Lee passed away. Betty stayed in Sisters for five years and then moved to Eugene where she lived with daughter Debbie and son- in-law Ernie Connelly for approximately three years, until her peaceful passing on the ninth of February. A celebration of life will be held later. OBITUARIES continue on page 6 NEW FABRICS Arriving At The Shop!