sisters Country birds —
western tanager page 15
Arts association
celebrates launch page 9
The Nugget
Vol. XXXVIII No. 19
Magic moments at
sisters arts event page 23
P OSTAL CUSTOMER
News and Opinion
from Sisters, Oregon
www.NuggetNews.com
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
sALI brings lacrosse action to sisters
By Rongi Yost
Correspondent
The ninth annual SALI
(Sisters Annual Lacrosse
Invitational) tournament
drew 66 teams from all over
Oregon, the majority from the
Portland-Metro and Corvallis
areas, but also teams from as
far away as Lake Tahoe and
Idaho. Close to 4,000 visitors
came to Sisters for the big
event.
Every available field
space was in use as teams
from first through 12th
grade competed in the most
looked-forward-to lacrosse
event of the season. High
school teams, JV teams, and
five youth divisions were
represented.
Comments from locals
and out-of-towners were all
positive.
Local Outlaw dad Chris
Mayes said, “This is our
fourth year attending the
SALI tournament. I think its
just great; it’s great for the
program, the community,
PRE-SORTED STANDARD
ECRWSS
U.S. POSTAGE PAID
Sisters, OR
Permit No. 15
Citizen
committee
approves
school
budget
By Jim Cornelius
News Editor
back for their second SALI
tournament. The Ratters have
For the first time in sev-
eral years, the Sisters School
District will not be laying off
teachers or cutting other per-
sonnel to make up a budget
shortfall.
“This is the first year (of
his tenure) that we’re not lay-
ing off anybody in our com-
munity, so I’m happy about
that,” outgoing superinten-
dent Jim Golden told the bud-
get committee Wednesday
evening, May 6.
The committee signed
off on a $17,268,824 total
See LaCROSSe on page 30
See BudgeT on page 19
photo by Cole Davis
The Outlaws hosted a major tournament in the ancient native sport of lacrosse last weekend.
and the economy. It’s unique
because teams come from so
far away, and they come back
every year because it’s so
well run, and it’s fun to be in
Sisters.”
Michele Ratter, from
Canby, and her family were
superintendent search sisters raises its ‘own Two Hands’
draws flood of applicants
By Jodi Schneider McNamee
Correspondent
By Jim Cornelius
News Editor
Thirty-five community
members, teachers, and
administrators on the Sisters
schools superintendent search
committee spent a very long
weekend meticulously comb-
ing through 42 applications
for the post that opened when
current superintendent Jim
Golden took the superinten-
dent’s position in the Greater
Albany School District.
“We never expected to get
this many — from all over the
country,” said school board
chair Don Hedrick.
Each committee member
reads each application then
chooses their top 12 candi-
dates. The district’s contract
Inside...
search firm, Window To
Leadership, a government
leadership training and execu-
tive search firm out of West
Linn, will compile the results
of the committee’s work and
on Thursday will come up
with a slate of finalists.
Hedrick said the commit-
tee won’t know how many
finalists they have to interview
until that process is completed.
The district contracted
with Window To Leadership
for $7,500 plus expenses.
The firm certainly suc-
ceeded in bringing in appli-
cations. Hedrick is pleased.
“It’s better to have more
than not enough,” he said.
The district aims to have
a new superintendent in the
saddle by July 1.
With bells and chimes
ringing and drums thunder-
ing, the Sisters Americana
Project students kicked off
the 14th annual community
arts fundraiser My Own Two
Hands (MOTH) on Friday,
making their way down
Main Avenue holding up the
MOTH banner, followed
by young artists from the
SPRD Community School.
This year’s event theme was
“Imagine.” Students from the
Grasshoppers and Dragonfly
programs celebrated using
their imaginations to create
art.
Directly following were
students of Sisters Elementary
School excitedly showing
off their colorful wings and
“imagination hats.” Teaching
photo by JoDi sChneiDer mCnamee
americana Project students led the annual MOTH kickoff parade.
artist Karen Williams coor-
dinated their projects for this
year’s parade.
Next up were Sisters
Middle School students
depicting their creations as
what they imagine the world
could be with help from fifth-
grade teachers Mrs. Young,
Mrs. Pledger, and Mrs. Tisdel.
And bringing the parade to
an exciting grand finale was
the Sisters Middle School
Marching Band.
The parade is produced by
Sisters Folk Festival (SFF),
See MOTH on page 22
Letters/Weather ................ 2 sisters Naturalist ............... 9 Movies & Entertainment ....13 Business at Glance........... 18 Classifieds .................. 27-29
Meetings ........................... 3 Announcements ................12 sisters salutes .................17 Crossword ....................... 26 real Estate .................29-32