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May
14, 2002
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Western Deschutes County
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Sisters,
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2002
The Nugget Newspaper
Sisters, Oregon
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Local veterans' activist dies
Phil Chlopek, a long-time Sisters
resident and veterans' affairs activist, died Thursday, May 9, of an apparent
heart attack. He was 74.
Chlopek was well-known in
the Sisters community for his efforts to recognize armed services veterans.
He was active in the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars, combining
their organizational efforts into the Sisters Veterans' Group.
"He really kept the local
Legion and VFW organizations together," said friend and fellow veteran
Jack Berry.
Chlopek launched and managed
the Sisters Veterans' Group's Firewood Program, which provides fuel for
needy folks in the Sisters community.
Berry recalled that Chlopek
pushed him to salvage timber burned in a wildfire on Berry's property
at Sno Cap Vista.
"Because of his cajoling and
his needling, we ended up with 20-25 cords for the wood program," Berry
said.
Chlopek served in the Navy,
as a police officer and was noted as a firearms instructor (see obituary,
page 14).
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