Essay contest honors Deputy Dave Blann
By Katy Yoder Tuesday, January 19, 2021 10:46 AM Jefferson County Sheriffâs Office Corporal Jason Pollock and Patrol Deputy Clark Linden visited Black Butte School, which is launching an essay contest on law enforcement to memorialize the late Camp Sherman Resident Deputy Dave Blann.
photo provided Deputy Clark Linden and Corporal Jason Pollock met with Bethanne Kronick Blann at Black Butte School, where school children will honor Dave Blann through an essay contest.
photo by Katy Yoder • • Black Butte School students in Camp Sherman were finally back in the classroom with teachers and classmates on January 11. Their teacher, Delaney Sharp told them they were having a special visit from Bethanne Kronick Blann, who told them about the “Deputy Dave” Memorial Essay Contest. Accompanying Bethanne were Jefferson County Sherif
For the love of history
By Sue Stafford David Banks, right, at a Civil War reenactment in Camp Sherman with âAbe Lincoln.â
photo provided Long-time Sisters resident David Banks remembers a day long ago when he rode down Cascade Avenue on the back of a Triumph motorcycle on his way to the B Bar B tavern.
He was familiar with Sisters because his parents had a place at Black Butte Ranch where he visited often. When things changed for him in Palo Alto, California, where he was living, he made the decision to “matriculate north,” to Sisters. He had a best friend in Tumalo and Banks decided to settle in Tollgate, where he and his wife Adrienne raised their children, John and McKenzie, who attended Black Butte School, graduating from Sisters High School.