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Wednesday, March 9, 2022 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon 21 Outlaws Partners In Care names New CEO will have small team on tennis courts By Rongi Yost Correspondent The boys tennis squad cur- rently has four players, and all are fairly inexperienced. The team will welcome any new players who would like to join and learn the game. There will be no cuts, and everyone is guaranteed to earn a varsity letter. Senior Barry Jaxon and juniors Matthew Riehle and Zenus Ortega return as third- year players, but their tennis experience has been limited due to COVID. All three joined the team brand-new to the game in 2020, but after two weeks of practice the entire season was cancelled. In 2021, the season was lim- ited to six weeks, but players were able to put their skills to use in matches and the district tournament. This year, Jaxon, Riehle, and Ortega will get a full sea- son of practice and matches, so Coach Carl Click expects to see a great deal of improve- ment from all three. <Early on in practice I9m impressed with their muscle memory from last season,= said Click. <There is not a lot of dropoff.= Ben Skidmore (freshman) joins the squad as a first- time tennis player, which is not unusual for Sisters High School. Click told The Nugget that over the years the tennis team has had many student athletes want to try a new sport in the spring and just have some fun. <Those players usually get a lot better in a hurry,= said Click. <They may not win a lot of matches, but you can certainly see great strides in their skills, and that makes the game enjoyable.= Since the team has lim- ited numbers, players will most likely play twice in each match, both singles and dou- bles. Click noted that play- ers will also play in different doubles combinations. The team will kick off their season at Ridgeview on Monday, March 14. CORRECTION Cathy and Sam Hernandez are the previous owners of Central Bark. Last week9s story <New Central Bark owner cares for pets in Sisters, (The Nugget, March 3, page 13) used an incorrect last name for one of the prior owners. Partners In Care, provider of hospice care in the Central Oregon region, announces the appointment of Greg Hagfors as its new chief executive officer, according to its President and Board Chair Suzanne Lafky. <Our board of directors engaged in a thoughtful pro- cess to fill the lead staff role following the retirement of Eric Alexander, who served the nonprofit organization for 16 years,= said Lafky. <We are gratified that Greg Hagfors has accepted our offer of employment and will officially be installed on April 11.= Lafky, who chairs the seven-member policy gov- ernance board at Partners In Care, expressed confidence that Hagfors will continue to position the organization as a leader in the care of people with chronic illness or are nearing the end of life. <Greg has been a senior- level health care executive for over 25 years with expe- rience in a variety of settings in Minnesota, Montana, and Oregon.= His interests are in strategy development and deployment, operational per- formance enhancement, and leadership development, she said. <We are looking for- ward to his leadership in all aspects of our organization.= Greg Hagfors is a famil- iar name to many in Central Oregon both as a Bend resi- dent and having served as chief executive officer of the Bend Memorial Clinic (now Summit Health) from 2011 to 2016. In addition to help- ing the clinic grow, he was involved as a board mem- ber and chaired the finance committee of the Central Oregon Health Council for nearly three years. In 2016, he became managing direc- tor of Castling Partners, pro- viding lead services offer- ings designed to support and enhance ongoing per- formance improvement of health-system and physician- owned medical practices. Prior to his move to Oregon to join Bend Memorial Clinic, Hagfors w a s t h e S e n i o r Vi c e President 3 Healthcare for Paley Dixon, where he led the firm9s mergers and acquisitions activities for the health care sector. He also worked with other business sectors as an advisor/consul- tant for buyers and sellers of companies. Hagfors was born and raised in Minnesota. He received his Bachelor of Science degree at North Dakota State University and earned his MBA in Business/ Managerial Economics from Minnesota State University in Mankato, Minnesota. <I am excited to have the opportunity to work with the team at Partners In Care. Partners In Care has an out- standing team of employees that has a patient-centered culture that effectively col- laborates with other provid- ers throughout the region to enhance the patient9s experi- ence,= said Hagfors. Partners In Care is a local, independent, 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization serving a 10,000-square- mile region of Central Oregon. It was founded in 1979 as an all-volunteer hospice known as Friends of Hospice. The organiza- tion became Partners In Care in 2009 through the merger of the two largest hospice and home health providers. Six integrated service lines include hospice care, pro- vided in the patient9s home PHOTO PROVIDED Greg Hagfors. or care facility; Hospice House inpatient facility; home health provided in the patient9s home or care facil- ity; outpatient palliative vare consultations; a nonmedical case management program called Transitions; and grief support for adults and chil- dren experiencing a loss. www.partnersbend.org. Planning a Home Construction or Renovation Project? Our team believes quality, creativity, and sustainability matter. We want your home to be a work of art worthy of containing your life. — Mike & Jill Dyer, Owners 541-420-8448 dyerconstructionrenovation.com CCB#148365 Cascade Views Realty all t y LLC Sally Lauderdale Jacobson Principal Broker & Owner A partnership beyond expectations Professional • Knowledgeable • Caring 541-678-2232 CascadeViewsRealty.com 312 W. Barclay Drive, Sisters • P.O. 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